Genin Sasuke was so pure before Itachi traumatized him again.
He was the one who understood Kakashi's message about teamwork when he fed Naruto even though Kakashi told them not to.
During the Land of Waves arc, when Naruto was out alone training, he went to check on him. Then when they both got to the top, Sasuke helps Naruto return back to Tazuna's place. He saved Naruto from falling off a tree and also saved him from the demon brothers
He sacrifices himself for Naruto during the Zabuza arc.Naruto had done nothing but annoy Sasuke to this point. Getting in his face in ep 3, ambushing him/pretending to be him, refusing to share Sakura's advice, being a liability in general but Sasuke still was willing to risk it all for his annoying orange teammate (esp when he wanted to avenge his clan, he was willing to risk that for Naruto,which is a pretty big deal seeing that this was like his main reason for living..)
He kept his curse-mark a secret from Naruto because he didn't want Naruto to worry about him (he tells Sakura not to tell Naruto about it). While fighting Yoroi, when his cursemark gets out of control, he gets it under control by thinking of Naruto+Sakura.
Sasuke tells Naruto how he's one of the people he wants to fight most, which made Naruto feel pretty happy and felt like Sasuke recognized him as a worthy opponent.
During the Gaara fight, Sasuke used his body to prevent Naruto from hitting a tree and then basically told Naruto to take Sakura and gave a speech of how he's willing to die for his comrades (again shafting his goal of revenge for Naruto/Sakura)
Even when Itachi came back, Sasuke was genuinely afraid for Naruto and wanted to protect him.
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