by Sasuke , and he felt unworthy of him .
He decided that they would be rivals and even when they were teammates he continued lying to himself . Because Naruto aspired to be like Sasuke , he admired him , without knowing that the other one felt the same about him . Whence Naruto was glad when he learned that Sasuke had recognized him as a worthy rival whom he wanted to face in battle , just as Sasuke told him during the chunnin exams
From the distant admiration they felt for each other , they turned into teammates with a bond that became tighter and tighter as their friendship continued to grew . In chapter 219 Sasuke explains to Naruto that he wanted to leave the village because at being there he started to dream of living peaceful days next to his teammates . The same situation repeated in chapter 698 , he thought of Team 7 as something valuable , since they have become his second family , appeasing his desires for revenge . Naruto was the light that scared away the darkness and pain , that chased him Because of the tragic past linked to the murder of his clan . There you have the reason to why he felt the need of breaking his bonds with Konoha . Especially his bond to Naruto , who was his light and the reason why he was able to believe in the future once again instead of focusing on his desires for revenge as he intended at the beginning .
In chapter 225 , Itachi told him that in order to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan and so he could chase after him and finally achieve his revenge , he had to kill his best friend .
During the battle in the Valley of the End , Sasuke confessed to Naruto that the most important thing he had with Team 7 was the friendship that was built between them during that time . Killing Naruto will entail an increase in his power .
Tobirama said in chapter 619 :
‘ When an Uchiha that has know love loses it ... It turns into an even stronger hate and changes that person ’.
The person who could unleash that hatred so he could face Itachi was Naruto , The person who he shared the closest bond with . In chapter 288 , Naruto had somehow understood what Sasuke intended to do , but despite it , Naruto wasn ' t willing to lose him , let alone letting him go with Orochimaru when he was trying to use Sasuke ’ s body . However , Naruto could not understand him completely , because as Sasuke said in chapter 229 , Naruto knew nothing about him because he couldn ' t understand the pain of losing a bond .
And he was right , the blond did not understand the pain of forever losing someone important until Jiraiya ’ s death . It was there when he truly understood what It was to feel hatred and to want revenge from someone because he was now experimenting it with Nagato . Before that , Naruto could just talk about his first significant bonds , which in his own words were Iruka , whom he saw as a father and Sasuke , whom he considered as a brother . It was precisely because that bond was so strong that Sasuke decided to destroy it .
In chapter 232 , even the manga remarks that moment as a turning point , saying “ what they shared until now … and what they should share from now on ”. Until then , it had been the Uchiha the one looking after Naruto and putting him first over his own wishes .
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