Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32617252-20170822230207/@comment-734582-20170826190147

Lorenzo.r.2nd wrote: I wonder: why didn't sasuke intervene in arena art of the fight? even if he would've just gone ps to help Naruto hold back the blast, it wouldn't have made Naruto take the whole blunt of it. It seems Sasuke did use it, but only on the kids. Besides, it would kind of ruin Naruto's plan, since his plan was to allow himself to get captured and so move the fight away from tens of thousands of innocent people they can't to keep safe.

In stead, Naruto took the brunt of the blast to protect people and Sasuke protected the kids while retreating. That way he could regroup and launch a rescue mission without being held back.