There was a very slight flush before he indicated with his head.

"Hiruzen."

The Blaziken crooned again, nodding in greeting to Naruto.

"Ino."

This time it was the bat-like creature, using one of her wings to brush against Naruto's head before she flew back ahead to lead the way.

"... Naru."

The cat like creature meowed and nuzzled against Naruto's leg before running ahead with Ino. Sasuke wasn't looking at Naruto at all then, and in fact he was looking at anything that wasn't his suddenly taller blond teammate.