*nod* The manga's just odd there. In the manga, the bit where Naruto gets knocked into the water and muses "I can't beat him." is the moment when he goes Kyuubi Lvl 2. Here... he gets beat some more(there was definitely shock after the Bunshin-Whip and Sasuke roasting them and then finding that Naruto was STILL ALIVE. That, IMO, freaked Sasuke out in the 'I hit you that hard and you're still alive?' sense and he lost it as naruto was again moving to try and stop him, so Sasuke snaps, probably thinking: "What will it TAKE?" and hits with the piledriver and breaks his neck. (the way Naruto DOESN'T move or anything and his head lays tilted back makes me think that were he anyone else? He'd have been dead.
And then Kyuubi SPEAKS and there's the "Be grateful to me, brat."
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on 2005-05-16 06:58 am (UTC)And then Kyuubi SPEAKS and there's the "Be grateful to me, brat."