A battle between the two of them should end very quickly if they wanted to kill each other.

Every battle that Naruto's been in has involved an enemy that wasn't really trying to kill him for a while. In fact, it is only at the very end of the battle where his life is actually in danger. That's why he has time to whip out his cool moves.


We all know that Naruto has failed in the vast majority of his attempts at summoning and rasengan. Out of dozens of attempts, he's managed to summon Gamabunta twice, and out of hundreds of attempts, he got rasengan once.

We also know he still can't summon Gamabunta whenever he wants, because he got that weak-ass frog last time. So clearly, the two times he did get Gama were flukes.


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As I said, a quick-and-dirty ninja battle like the ones shown in the invasion would just involve kunai or shuriken. With his speed, Sasuke would probably win within seconds.

However, if the fight were to last for a couple of episodes, the result would certainly be different. As I said, Naruto needs some time to get worked up.