Hello everyone! As there is a break this week, and we are all so excited to figure out, how Naruto and Sasuke can survive, I thought I might list some of the current options from my point of view.
I want to start with Sasuke, as there are fewer possibilities for him.
Sasuke:
Naruto is a bit more difficult. I believe Kurama knows how a jinchuriki can survive having his tailed beast extracted, because the SO6P did it with Kurama and the other tailed beasts. In other words Kurama experienced it, and he has a sharp memory and he is quite intelligent.
Naruto:
I want to start with Sasuke, as there are fewer possibilities for him.
Sasuke:
- I believe that Sasuke will survive in exactly the same manner as Madara survived being "killed" by Hashirama. I think that Hashirama figured out how Madara survived back then, and I think it is related to his own chakra.
Reason: It will be a perfect way for Kishi to show us how Madara actually survived, and I am certain that countless fans are still waiting to see that and having their theories destroyed =D
- Self-healing/regenerating cells (doesn't require hand seals).
Reason: We haven't actually seen this jutsu used by Hashirama yet. We only heard of it from Madara, so we can't really know, when and how it sets in.
- Karin/Juugo could probably still heal him some way, as they are pretty haxed at it.
Reason: Karin already knows Sasuke is dead. Oro, Juugo, Suigetsu, and Karin are all involved in this war because of Sasuke. They don't want him to die, but it is hard to see, how they can get to Sasuke in time. Possibly some other shinobi (for instance Minato), could bring Sasuke to them pretty fast.
- Madara turns around to save Sasuke due to resemblance to his younger brother Izuna.
Reason: Possibly Madara wants Sasuke to live on in the "dream world", and thus he would spare his life to show him true peace. Madara would have wanted this for his brother, so it will be his way of doing that.
Naruto is a bit more difficult. I believe Kurama knows how a jinchuriki can survive having his tailed beast extracted, because the SO6P did it with Kurama and the other tailed beasts. In other words Kurama experienced it, and he has a sharp memory and he is quite intelligent.
Naruto:
- Gaara is taking Naruto to Minato, so that he can have the other half of Kurama sealed instead.
Reason: Kurama has the ability to restore life force, which we saw when he was healing Kakashi and Gai. I know most will say, "why did Minato not do this to Kushina?". It is simple, back then Kurama was hostile and would have no intention of helping her survive. The situation is completely different now.
- Sakura saw the kind of jutsu granny Chiyo used to revive Gaara. She could possibly have memorised it, and she would be willing to do that for Naruto, as she would then no longer feel like a burden for him. Also if he dies, she is just gonna be stuck in a dream world anyway.
Reason: Naruto's heartbeat already stopped. Possibly she could keep it going using heart massage, but if the place they are headed for, is too far away, it may be the only option.
- Someone uses Rinne tensei, most likely Obito as he has the only rinnengan besides Madara.
Reason: As white and spiral Zetsu said in unison: "A jinchuriki dies after having his bijuu extracted, that is an inevitable rule". It's also possible that Obito dies, and that Sakura transplants the eye to Minato or Kakashi.
- They fail to rescue Naruto from death, but instead Sasuke lives and obtains rinnengan. He then uses Rinne tensei to revive Naruto.
Reason: I could imagine Sakura wanting to revive Naruto, and we all think she is dead, but before she does it, Sasuke does it providing further bonding amongst the 3 of them. It would also add a huge burst to the "next-hokage-fight".
- Naruto has bumped fists with all Bijuu's but the 1-tailed (or well, he might have in their kid fight waaay back, which was one of the most epic fights, btw!). This could probably give him some sick power boost and thus make him come alive.
Reason: Kurama could have told Gaara how he could enter the place, where only the bijuu and his jinchuriki can be found, or just some random way to give some of the Ichibi's chakra to Naruto.
- Gaara is headed for the bijuu temple, where Naruto learned to handle his chakra. Kurama told Gaara to go there and why, but actually it is complicated. It is too far, and it is in constant motion. A solution to this will be, that the toads can find it easily. The can summon Naruto and possibly Sakura+Gaara to Mount Myoboku, and have already placed a toad on the turtle island to bring them there.
Reason: It has been a while, since we have seen the toads taking part in this story. The great toad sage could have foreseen this, and they are thus prepared. I personally also have a belief, that sage mode is somehow related to meeting the SO6P and thus a power up for Naruto. Nonetheless, the great toad sage has the age, so that he could have been the SO6P's summoning.
- Did Kurama really have time to tell Gaara, what to do to ensure Naruto's survival? It is possible he didn't, and that he simply told Gaara to take him to his other half, who is inside Minato though unlikely in my opinion. Nonetheless noteworthy, but it does not changes any of the theories.
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