Valley of the end Naruto takes the gauntlet.

[pateuvasiliu]

Location: Forest of death

Mindset: IC, going for the kill. Naruto will not pity Sasuke or anyone else. He wants to kill them but will not forsake strategy.

All characters are from part 1.

1. PTS Lee ( injured state ) + Kiba + Shino

2. Neji + Hinata

3. Shikamaru + Choji + Ino

4. Haku + pts Sasuke ( non Curse Mark )

5. Kabuto

6. Chunin exams Rock Lee ( up to 5th Gate )

7. Zabuza

8. Drugged Jiraiya ( summons restricted )

9. Valley of the end Sasuke with Curse Mark.

10. Kakashi

 

[Optimistic]

Is this 3 tomoe Sasuke?

 

[BenjerminGaye]

He stops at kakashi.

 

[pateuvasiliu]

Is this 3 tomoe Sasuke?

Yeah, it is.

 

[KidGamer65]

Naruto barely got Bunta to help him fight against Gaara, and he only helped him once he learned Gaara "tried to bully Gamakichi around" as Gamakichi himself put it, so him getting Bunta to fight PTS Sasuke isn't happening.

With that said, Naruto loses at VoTE Sasuke like he did in canon.

If he can beat Sasuke then he loses at Kakashi for sure.

 

[pateuvasiliu]

Naruto barely got Bunta to help him fight against Gaara, and he only helped him once he learned Gaara "tried to bully Gamakichi around" as Gamakichi himself put it, so him getting Bunta to fight PTS Sasuke isn't happening.

With that said, Naruto loses at VoTE Sasuke like he did in canon.

If he can beat Sasuke then he loses at Kakashi for sure.

He only lost because he went to hit his armored forehead, rather than chest.

It is already canon that Rasengan > Chidori.

 

[blackstar9]

He only lost because he went to hit his armored forehead, rather than chest.

It is already canon that Rasengan > Chidori.

its already cannon that sasuke beat naruto at the valley . Dont say he just wanted to scratch his headband thats stupid . He tried to force him back to the leaf and failed

 

[Optimistic]

Naruto loses to maybe Haku and Sasuke(3 tomoe).
Sasuke beats him with CS anyway.So he might be able to get to that spot.

 

[KidGamer65]

He only lost because he went to hit his armored forehead, rather than chest.

It is already canon that Rasengan > Chidori.

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They either hit each other at the same time or Sasuke struck first.

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Even if Naruto had went for his chest, it would have been a mutual knock out.

Even then I could say the same thing you're saying. Sasuke could have slammed what was left of his chidori right in Naruto's face, but he didn't want to kill him (didn't want to follow Itachi's path) so he hit him in the chest.

 

[TheEvilOne]

Sasuke + Haku > Naruto.

 

[Rike Senju]

He stops at kakashi. Naruto did not intend to kill sasuke at VoTE unlike sasuke who wanted to kill him.

 

[pateuvasiliu]

Sasuke could have slammed what was left of his chidori right in Naruto's face, but he didn't want to kill him (didn't want to follow Itachi's path) so he hit him in the chest.

Honestly, chidori to the face or chest, same result.

Naruto barely got Bunta to help him fight against Gaara, and he only helped him once he learned Gaara "tried to bully Gamakichi around" as Gamakichi himself put it, so him getting Bunta to fight PTS Sasuke isn't happening.

Yeah, but this is -AFTER- that.

Naruto saved Bunta's kids and they tackled a Bijuu together. They're buddies at this point in time.

 

[Naruto9001]

Naruto completes the gautlet since Naruto's Kyuubi cloak can tank all of Kakashi's attacks and he would eventually drop down from stamina lost.

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Lol, you really think Naruto was using it at full power. He wasn't trying to kill Sasuke. At VOTE he tested it to see if Sasuke really was trying to kill him. And in part 2 he only wanted to talk to Sasuke to find out what was in his eyes.

They either hit each other at the same time or Sasuke struck first.

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Even if Naruto had went for his chest, it would have been a mutual knock out.

Sasuke stating Naruto wouldn't even scratch his headband statement was expanded on quite a bit. You could almost say this is Kishi's excuse so that the plot could continue. Naruto was trying to prove a point as well as save his friend in the end though he couldn't pull himself to kill or hurt his best friend. Also keep in mind that he only wanted to capture Sasuke Kabuto who is the second best medical ninja behind Tsunade and who was taking food pills to regenerate from any attack couldn't even tank Rasengan so a Rasengan to the chest would probadly kill Sasuke and he couldn't do that.

Even then I could say the same thing you're saying. Sasuke could have slammed what was left of his chidori right in Naruto's face, but he didn't want to kill him (didn't want to follow Itachi's path) so he hit him in the chest.

I dont think Sasuke's Chidori could have reached Naruto's face.