Naruto's fate.

[ShadowStrike]

Akatsuki wants Kyuubi. Tobi told Pein to get Naruto himself but now Tobi is taking on Naruto. It's unlikely that leaf people can handle Tobi so is Naruto done for?

Maybe Sasuke will kill Itachi, gets eternal MS and come rescue Naruto?

[Oblivion]

Tobi is only their to keep naruto in check so that he doesnt disturb while his underling itachi is trying to get the EMS and also till pain arrives to deal with naruto.

and i also dont think that madara could defeat all of them.

yamato, Kakashi and naruto together could be totally dangerous for madara.
really, the mokuton, Magenkyou and Kyubipower+new ipwnu rasengan are on par with madara.

and if kishi wants he can give the others such as shino, sakua and hinata some major part in the battle.

[Decorus]

No Tobi is trying to stop Naruto from preventing Itachi's demise at Sasuke's hands.

If Madara wanted to kill them he already would have done so. Just like I have this impression from Madara's conversation with Pein that he expects Pein to die at Naruto's hands.

[kaylee]

I agree that Tobi does seem to be just playing around right now, so I doubt we'll see him fight seriously at this point. He's probably intended to be more of a final villain for Sasuke anyway, and for now he's probably just holding them up until Pain arrives.

And Pain would be a much better fight against all the Konoha nins anyway, since there are so many of them. There are enough to handle each of his bodies, and since Kishi tends to split up large groups for more individual fights, this would be a perfect opportunity.

Although, on the other hand, it seems to be way too early for the final battle with Pain. I honestly have no clue where Kishi is going with this.

Maybe Sasuke will kill Itachi, gets eternal MS and come rescue Naruto?

As much as my inner SasuNaru fangirl would love such a scenario, I doubt it's likely. Sasuke couldn't care less about Naruto at the moment. He's only focused on Itachi and Madara. Of course, Naruto is clearly connected with Madara's goals, so it's likely that the two of them will be connected again at some point. But I still don't see Sasuke willingly going to rescue naruto.

[Razh]

I do. If he beats Itachi, ha can quit beeing cold blooded.

Those of you that don't think he feels anything to Naruto any more are wrong.
Some say that he would have killed him back than at Orochimaru's hideout. That was all just to make Naruto stop going after him.

Or maybe some of you think that the guy who left a battlefield od ninjas alive would kill his old friend in cold blood...

[sabuk-demon]

naruto gets stronger our a stronger team to take down pein,pop him with that new
jutsu he learned.and sasuke take down madara.but both seems far from now and impossible
to do but would go nice with the plot.

[kaylee]

I do. If he beats Itachi, ha can quit beeing cold blooded.

Those of you that don't think he feels anything to Naruto any more are wrong.
Some say that he would have killed him back than at Orochimaru's hideout. That was all just to make Naruto stop going after him.

Or maybe some of you think that the guy who left a battlefield od ninjas alive would kill his old friend in cold blood...

No, I don't think that, and I agree that in some way, deep down, Sasuke still cares about Naruto and the rest of team 7. But caring about him and going out of his way to rescue him are two completely different things. He's already said, once he kills Itachi, his next goal is Madara. So there's still a while before he can "quit being cold-blooded."

[Oblivion]

because sasuke has feelings for naruto he left him alive.
because he isnt cold blooded he doesn't want to kill those he care for.
he said, he wont walk the same bloody path as itachi. he will achieve power without taking the blood of those he care for.
he doesn't want to achieve the MS if it means killing naruto.

and remember he smiled when he was back at the naruto bridge so that mizuki can take zabuza's sword.

and thats the main point:
unlike jiraya who failed to make orochimaru come back, naruto will achieve this goal.

(i also think that orochimaru would be hurt if he'd be conscious and got to know of jiraya's death. its like a sibling relationship, no matter how bad you behave to your sibling, if anyone else treats your sibling bad you wont forgive it.)

to the OP: i also think that at some point sasuke will come out of nowhere to save naruto's ass. maybe not right now, coz i think in close future sasuke wont be in the spotlight anymore but remain in the background and when finally shown again, it wont be like the last time that naruto had to search for him and sasuke attacked him but that sasuke rather save him in some situation.

[Rahan]

to the OP: i also think that at some point sasuke will come out of nowhere to save naruto's ass. maybe not right now, coz i think in close future sasuke wont be in the spotlight anymore but remain in the background and when finally shown again, it wont be like the last time that naruto had to search for him and sasuke attacked him but that sasuke rather save him in some situation.

If Sasuke comes out on his own to rescue Naruto, then Naruto will be one of the lamest character of a shounen manga ever (weak, stupid, immature, unable to achieve his goals and completely dependent of his entourage) and those 3 (and possibly 4 or 5 since it will be a while before something happens to Naruto) years of "must save Sasuke" will sound as very bad joke from Kishimoto.

We would be also fixed on who is the main character. Naruto would merely be the Pikachu of the manga. (= the mascot). Involved in the main plot. (Team Rocket need the bijuus), but unable to do something on his own.

[Oblivion]

i think you misunderstood me.

naruto will kick the final villains ass. he will become hokage and at the end of the manga he will pretty much be a pwnass ninja bitorch.

but at some point in a later arc, why not show sasuke?

while in this arc he was introduced

naruto had to search for him and sasuke attacked him

but that this time he is on his side.
he isnt going to stick, but also has some issues with the guy naruto is dealing with.
appears out of a sudden, shows some bitch ass move, and then either just stick around for a small while, or hurries of right away.
back then he had to be 'dangerous' and speak ill of naruto and the others coz he knew that oro was listening and if he'd show anything too nice his cover would be blown.

[Rahan]

What I mean is that Naruto has to be the one giving the helping hand, not Sasuke. We are not bearing with 4 years of "must save Sasuke" to see Sasuke on his white horse rescuing Naruto.

[Oblivion]

oh my god, maybe i am too stupid to tell what i mean:

sasuke doesnt come to rescue naruto, but appears coz he has something to do with the guy naruto is dealing with, and so coincidentally deals with the guy.

he comes not to save naruto, but for some own reason.

if naruto would be in danger, we would expect someone to come.

i'd really love to see sasuke come back totally out of nowhere.

[Decorus]

If Sasuke comes back after defeating Itachi and rescues Naruto it will prove one thing, that Naruto actually managed to knock some sense into him at the Valley of the End.

[ShadowStrike]

If Sasuke comes back after defeating Itachi and rescues Naruto it will prove one thing, that Naruto actually managed to knock some sense into him at the Valley of the End.

That's most probably the case; Naruto's too inflluential. Only influential, he should go for elections in the States.

[Decorus]

Orochimaru had said time and again Naruto was a bad influence on Sasuke hence his desire to have Kabuto immediately kidnap Sasuke just after the elimination bouts. Kabuto had the bad luck to run into Kakashi and retreated.

Naruto is an inspirational leader, he may not be the best leader for combat. You put him in the role of Hokage and he will have the entire village putting forth 200% 24/7 to be the best Ninja they can be.

I mean come on he got Neji to go "What would Naruto do?" while he was fighting a battle against an opponent who had every single advantage over him to the point of negating all of his abilities and just thinking like Naruto caused him to pull a win out of obvious defeat.

Now if Sasuke manages to not kill Itachi and come back to save Naruto then well it proves that Kakashi's message managed to finally sink in and Naruto has a lot more of a hold on Sasuke then I thought.