[She smiles at the sight of the other two -- something to ask about another time, maybe. For now, she shifts awkwardly and starts twirling a chopstick between her fingers in a nervous gesture.]

Well... You remember when Tsunade-sa-- When Tsunade made that broadcast, right? I spent pretty much that whole day after that riding and flying all around Johto making sure everyone was safe, getting things together. It was my birthday, too.

Tsunade is... was... my idol. I mean, I trained as a kunoichi wanting to be just like her for years, and then when she pulled something like that?

I don't know, maybe it was just because I hadn't slept in like, thirty hours or something, maybe it was the stress, but as soon as I got to where we were all meeting up, Sasuke was the one who was there to meet me. I must have looked pretty pathetic, but he didn't say anything bad. He just... hugged me. And let me know everything would be okay.

And then I cried on him and probably made a giant idiot of myself but you know. [She waves a dismissive hand, flushing darker.]