Stop acting like a baby! You want to know what I really think of you?! I think you're one of my most precious students... and... you're like a little brother to me.

Yeah... the monster fox would do that... But Naruto is different. I've acknowledged him as... One of my excellent students. He may not be the hardest worker... and he is clumsy and no one accepts him... But he already knows what it is to feel pain inside your heart. He isn't the monster fox. He is a member of the  Konohagakure. He's Naruto Uzumaki!