sasuketenten
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First of all your logic doesn't hold up, you talk as if sasuke was over there taking a nap, it was obvious from his face that he was not.Even when he is at his most powerful level Sasuke could not beat Naruto. Naruto fought on the defensive for two reasons: The first being that he learned from the first fight with Sasuke when he was younger is that the Sharingan could read his movements so attacking first is useless and leaves him open for counter-attacks. So defensive position is a strong offensive position. The second and most important reason was NEVER GOING BACK ON HIS WORD he promise Itachi he would defend the village without killing Sasuke. That price to save his friend and keep his word was his arm. Plus, we are talking about a fight that happened after Naruto have been fighting nonstop in a war. Not a fresh one like Sasuke after he had a break being sent to a different dimension. Plus, he admitted that he was holding back in the war so that he could fight and kill Naruto after.
If you reread the manga, sasuke clearly stated that nothing he did was working which means he was useing his jutsu/chakra to get out of that world, so he was not taking it easy while naruto was fighting. The fact is neither naruto or sauke went into there fight fully rested and ready to go. The sad fact is the naruto/sauske fight will be debated forever because of this fact.