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Originally posted by: winstonn
somehow.. or someway naruto is going to lose to sasuke. i'm not a sasuke fanboy. but it's the only way the story can work out.. naruto will lose by a close margin and sasuke will win.. whether sasuke will kill him or not may depend on other external factors e.g the arrival of other genins or kakashi but i feel that naruto will lose only to allow sasuke to leave for orochimaru. then it will be the 1st time in the story that naruto actually fails to convert someone onto the good side.. naruto will then take the blame of sasuke leaving on himself, and he will want to train harder because he will indirectly feel responsible for sasuke leaving due to his inadequacy to stop him with his skills from leaving.. this may spice up the story even more i feel.. and sasuke leaving for orochimaru.. and naruto blaming himself.. it adds up to something which i believe most readers would want to see... just my view only.. yup.. ahha..

That is not going to happen. There's no way in hell its going to happen. This is because manga/anime is all about morals and character.
In all good anime, the person protecting others is the strongest. The only thing that can happen is if the situation is altered, i.e. hostage, whatever. But in an all out bout, THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL he'll lose. i.e. Goku / sayans becoming or transforming only when there is need.

Anime/Manga is all about how looking for strength, only to be strong, isn't the strongest. The strongest thing is to protect others. The only time Ippo from Hajime no Ippo lost, was when he fought Date Eji(sp), because Date was fighting to protect, while Ippo was fighting for strength alone. Also why Takumura never loses(ever notice his last name? mamoru, which means protect) its because he's protecting peoples' dreams.

I'm guessing that Naruto is going to be standing after the explosion, with maybe a battered up as hell arm. Then Sasuke's going to question why naruto has so much power.

But there's no way that the ideals of manga are going to dictate that the goal of doing anything for the power for revenge surpasses the goal of doing anything for the power to protect.

[winstonn]

but the story was built up in a manner that sasuke had to leave if not.. the previous chapters would be in vain,the chapters only served the purpose of providing an understanding of sasuke's childhood and pointing towards sasuke leaving. and again i am not saying that the power for revenge surpasses the goal of doing anything for the power to protect , i don't think naruto will feel vengeful at all.. in fact i think that he will put the blame on himself for failing to keep sasuke.. because afterall he wants to protect sasuke from orochimaru ( and if i am correct he would have failed ).. hence he will only train harder to try to get sasuke back because deep in his mind he knows that you need power to protect the one you loves.