"This is stupid," Naruko declared.

Sasuke bit back a groan and lifted his gaze to his irksome best friend. "You don't have to come if you don't want to, Naruko. You could just stay in class."

Naruko sniffed haughtily. "Shut up, shorty! Even if this is stupid, classes are way worse!"

Sasuke bristled. "I told you not to call me that, idiot!"

"And I told you I wouldn't listen, jerk!"

Sasuke threw his hands up in the air. "Are you going to help me or just get in my way?"

Naruko glared at him for a moment before looking down and kicking at the dirt. "... I guess I'll help..."

"Good." Sasuke nodded. "Set up the net on the ground over there. Make sure to nail down those spikes deep into the dirt."

"I know, I know. This isn't my first trap, ya know."

Naruko stared at the glaring, hissing furry beast that they'd managed to snare. She looked up at Sasuke who was readying an ink pad and a small book. "Why are we doing this?"

"To prove I'm just as good as Nii-san," Sasuke muttered, quickly flipping through the book.

Naruko blinked owlishly. "But you aren't."

Sasuke glared at her. "Well I'm going to be."

Naruko stuck out her tongue at him, and Sasuke (who was feeling particularly grouchy that day) very deliberately knocked over one of the stakes that was pinning the net over the cat. It immediately launched itself at Naruko with a demonic howl and hellfire in its eyes.

Naruko, rather understandably, ran away screaming her head off.