His eyes narrowed when she refused to budge. True enough that this wasn't his own village, but the fact that he was within the village instead of fighting his way from the outside should have been plenty of evidence that his presence was legitimate. And faced with stubbornness -- Sasuke had spent far too much time with Naruto to be swayed by anything but a mountain of willpower, and even then it would have needed to be considerably more threatening than this kunoichi was presenting now.

"I'm a Konoha-nin," he said instead, turning enough to reveal the forehead protector he'd strapped to his arm instead of his forehead today (the humidity made running with something over his face stifling). "An ally of this village. What are your grounds for this behaviour?"