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Although Sasuke does not regard Naruto as a worthy opponent at first, he is surprised by Naruto's growth and becomes fiercely competitive. In the Part I finale, their rivalry leads to a fight and they grow further apart. Kishimoto said he did not want Sasuke to recognize Naruto as an equal until later in Part II. [11]
During the early part of the series, Naruto is assigned to Team 7, in which he meets his long-time rival Sasuke Uchiha, a taciturn and highly skilled "genius" of the Uchiha clan; and Sakura Haruno, who is infatuated with Sasuke and has Naruto's attention and Kakashi Hatake, the quiet and mysterious leader of the team. Over the course of the ...
A powerful fox known as the Nine-Tails attacks Konoha, the hidden leaf village in the Land of Fire, one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries in the Ninja World. In response, the leader of Konoha and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, at the cost of his life, seals the fox inside the body of his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki, making him a host of the beast.
However, Sasuke uses his Sharingan to enter Naruto's mind and stop him from reaching the Nine Tails. With Sasuke meeting him for the first time, the Nine Tails compares Sasuke's chakra to that of Madara Uchiha before being totally suppressed by the young Uchiha. As his chakra dissipates, the Nine-Tails warns Sasuke not to kill Naruto.
Naruto and Sasuke prove equally matched. In attempts to gain victory, each calls upon their unique strengths: Naruto and the Demon Fox's power, Sasuke and his Cursed Seal's reserves. Naruto and Sasuke fuel their sources of strength into their Vermilion Rasengan and Dark Chidori, respectively, and attack one another. Once the energy created by ...
Determined to bring Sasuke back to his senses and to Konoha, Naruto grabs hold of him and starts to punch him. He makes Sasuke spit out blood with every punch, and then Sasuke rallies and easily repels Naruto. Sasuke tells Naruto that he doesn't dream of the future, only the past, as he recalls his close bond with his older brother, Itachi Uchiha.
Meanwhile, Sasuke wanders through a small deserted town after leaving the Mountains' Graveyard and encounters a group of White Zetsu who attack him upon learning he killed the original. Sasuke incinerates the rest with his Susano'o while keeping one alive long enough to learn about the war, running into Itachi while on the way to Naruto.
Despite parallels between Naruto and Sasuke, Ikemoto claims both character have a different type of rivalry. Boruto being falsely accused as a traitor was an idea Ikemoto conceived early in the making of the series and looked forward into its development.