S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) SOULMATES MAGAZINE N1 | Page 9

“HEADBAND”
After Sasuke left the village Naruto sleeps/slept holding his headband.
- LUNA YIN YANG
“ THE DIFERENCE IS...”
Sasuke knew what he felt for Naruto, I
think he knew since he gave his life for him
at the battle against Haku: because the rea-
son why killing Naruto would make him
powerful is because he loved Naruto. Los-
ing him would awake the Mangekyo
Sharingan.
The Uchihas are a clan based on love; their
power grows on very stressful situations,
especially when they or their loved ones are
in danger.
The point is that for a long time, Sasuke saw
his feelings for Naruto as a weakness. That's
how he perceived it, as we found out on
chapter 698. And since it made him feel
weak, he had to destroy them, cut them, and
delete the past, because apparently, the pain
of losing him would make him more power-
ful. That's what he had learned.
Sasuke was always obsessed with power
because when he needed to be strong he
couldn't. An eight-year-old child against a
corrupt, twisted world. A kid that lost eve-
rything and blamed himself because he felt
like he hadn't been strong enough to protect
it.
But in the end, he just couldn't. The thing is
that as much as he wanted, as much as he
tried to do it, Sasuke could never kill
Naruto.
Naruto, on the other hand, draws strength
from love, his endless capacity for persever-
ing and even reaching out to others that
don't deserve it.
For Naruto, the real power is in union and
cooperation. Because fighting for your
loved ones is what makes you stronger.
That's why their last battle was "A battle for
Love and Power".
Sasuke had given up love in all its forms be-
cause deep inside I think he was terrified.
Terrified to feel weak again, terrified to
lose those he loves the most once again.
Sasuke is a warrior in every sense of the
word; he fights against his enemies the same
way he fights against himself, against his
fears and weaknesses: he goes for the kill.
For Sasuke, power is equal to protection, in
the same way that it is for Naruto. Sasuke
wanted to protect the memory of The Uchi-
ha Clan at first, then the memory and ideals
of Itachi, and in is own way, the world itself.
Naruto wanted to protect his loved ones
and the world just as it was.
The big difference is that Naruto was des-
perately pursuing love and trying to make
bonds with whoever he could. Meanwhile,
Sasuke had closed his heart and given up on
love.
But in the end, they had the same profound
and visceral reason:
Fear of the hell that is losing everything and
being incapable of protecting what they
love. A terrible fear of the hell of loneliness.
- ZENY
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