Originally posted by: winstonn
somehow.. or someway naruto is going to lose to sasuke. i'm not a sasuke fanboy. but it's the only way the story can work out.. naruto will lose by a close margin and sasuke will win.. whether sasuke will kill him or not may depend on other external factors e.g the arrival of other genins or kakashi but i feel that naruto will lose only to allow sasuke to leave for orochimaru. then it will be the 1st time in the story that naruto actually fails to convert someone onto the good side.. naruto will then take the blame of sasuke leaving on himself, and he will want to train harder because he will indirectly feel responsible for sasuke leaving due to his inadequacy to stop him with his skills from leaving.. this may spice up the story even more i feel.. and sasuke leaving for orochimaru.. and naruto blaming himself.. it adds up to something which i believe most readers would want to see... just my view only.. yup.. ahha..