Naruto's had a beast inside him that regenerates his vital organs, provides him with an almost-infinite supply of chakra and for most of the series when the going has got tough for Naruto and he couldn't win a fight the kyuubi has acted independently and bailed him out of a tight squeeze. And you say Sasuke's the cheater?
Yes, the strongest of the bijuu who up until having a change of heart was trying to trick Naruto into craving and user power so that he can free himself all the while killing the boy that had always lived under the shadow of death.
Sasuke was fortuitous in having inherited one of the most overpowered techniques in the shinobi world and had an excellent older brother who would go to insane measures to assure his brother's survival.
Naruto, a boy whose parents killed at birth by the very monster that he has been trying to prevent himself from getting killed by.
Sasuke was handed the golden platter of power yet he would go the length of stealing some more whereas Naruto who basically had nothing had to earn the very same power.
...and in the very end, Sasuke is trying to destroy his friend for his flawed vision whereas Naruto is going the length of putting himself in mortal danger to save his friend(s).
Thanks for proving my point. Sasuke acquired the powers of the beasts through his own power, thus they are part of his powers. They are just another shinobi tool and a tool is only as useful as the user who's using it. This was explained early on in part 1 when Kiba fought Akamaru. Moreover, Sasuke's only using their chakra to augment his susanoo unlike Naruto who benefitted from their regenerative powers.
Naruto was well aware that the kyuubi was inside him and harnassed his powers multiple times in order to gain an advantage. He would have lost/died to Neji and Gaara respectively if he didn't take advantage of his handicap and he knew that. The Neji fight was a perfect example of Naruto using Kurama to gain an "unfair" advantage since any other non-jinchuriki would have lost the moment Neji shut down their tenketsus. It doesn't matter if Kurama was with him when he was a baby, Naruto could have refused the powers of the Kyuubi if he wanted to in many circumstances (such as the ones mentioned above) but he didn't because he needed them to gain an advantage, some may say an unfair one. The definition of cheating. :devil:
Rinnegan that granted him the ability to instantly freeze the bijuu and casting of the chibaku tensei is the sage's gift; whereas Naruto had his bijuu-shroud, the senjutsu (Senpon Rasengan) and the bijuudama beforehand, all of which he earned through hard-training all the while risking his life in doing so (Seal removal for bijuu chakra tug of war and the unmanaged Nature chakra turning him into a frog statue).
Furthermore; if Naruto hadn't reconciled with it; Kurama, the very beast that set the eyes of Akatsuki on him; ever eager to escape, would have killed him.
It isn't Sasuke's power.
