naruto is going to be THE man..

[Kisuke Kakashi]

I don't know... maybe because if you eliminated your competition there wouldn't be any.

So what would you suggest he'd have done instead?
Killed the Raikage to prevent Sasuke being killed and in doing so, potentially causing a war between Kumo and Konoha?
Very clever of him, that would have been.

 

[Valkyria]

Naruto is the child of prophecy after all so it's only natural that he will eventually get settled into his groove. It's destiny plus a main character cliche that they're the chosen one etc.

 

[Kisuke Kakashi]

Exactly.