I'd just like to say that Naruto's Magical Beatdown in this? I think he held back the WHOLE TIME. Even when he was super-charged with the Kyuubi's power, his heart wasn't into the level of violence he'd have needed to carry through his threat from 133's end. And the conclusion? Level 2 Curse Seal and freakish handwings does NOT trump Kyuubi power. I think he deliberately dispersed the Rasengan at the end and just Didn't Carry Through. (a glancing, weak-ass blow from his hand put that scratch in the hitai-ite, so what would have that Demon!Chakra Rasengan have done if he'd really had his heart in it?)
So, my theory remains Naruto could have handily beaten Sasuke's ass there, but he just wasn't really into it. It's his FRIEND, after all.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2005-05-16 06:41 am (UTC)So, my theory remains Naruto could have handily beaten Sasuke's ass there, but he just wasn't really into it. It's his FRIEND, after all.