Not picking sides here but, alot of people are still saying naruto was holding back against sasuke because he had no intentions of killing sasuke, basically saying you cant fight at full power unless your intending to kill them which infact manga has proved this wrong on multiple occasions.
1. Remember when taka wanted to capture bee not kill him? But they had to fight with intention to kill attacks just to defend against bee's power.
2.When sasuke was fighting deidara he didnt want to fight deidara at all, he just wanted answers. Still he had to fight at full power to defend himself.
3. Kakuzu knew naruto was the prize for the akatsuki so he intended on capturing naruto. But once he seen his frs he knew he had to defend himself with intention to kill attacks which still failed.
Same can be applied to Naruto, he didnt want to kill sasuke but he still had to fight with full force to defend himself against sasuke intention to kill attacks. Sasuke just took the bijuu chakra for that extra push & naruto responded with the nature energy.
OT: Sorry for that wall of text.
1. Remember when taka wanted to capture bee not kill him? But they had to fight with intention to kill attacks just to defend against bee's power.
2.When sasuke was fighting deidara he didnt want to fight deidara at all, he just wanted answers. Still he had to fight at full power to defend himself.
3. Kakuzu knew naruto was the prize for the akatsuki so he intended on capturing naruto. But once he seen his frs he knew he had to defend himself with intention to kill attacks which still failed.
Same can be applied to Naruto, he didnt want to kill sasuke but he still had to fight with full force to defend himself against sasuke intention to kill attacks. Sasuke just took the bijuu chakra for that extra push & naruto responded with the nature energy.
OT: Sorry for that wall of text.
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