oops! What you expect from a newbie poster. Anyways. About Naruto being cocky. When is he cocky? Only in time that don't matter. When it comes down to it, like the time with Gaara, Naruto wasn't rude at all to Sasuke. What i mean is that he didn't rub his new found powers in Sasuke's face. In the quiet time, the times of story building, Naruto, i believe, will still say "I can't lose to Sasuke". But thats just me, and i could be wrong.