Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-37960523-20200525011843/@comment-3523655-20200721075511

This would play out as follows:

Naruto vs Hiruzen begins, and Hiruzen is the one attacking, trying to get the initiative to compensate for his old age.

The fight seems pretty even for the first few minutes until it becomes clear that Naruto's bound to get the edge, because no matter how varied an arsenal the ol' Professor has, Naruto's limited arsenal has a variety of uses, so he's always able to get out of whatever situation Hiruzen puts him in.

Naruto steps back to go into Sage Mode, makes a clone to enter it. Hiruzen enacts a series of attacks and jutsu, specifically planning to prevent him entering Sage Mode. They both make summonings who then start to fight each other, and Hiruzen's plan WORKS, the clone collecting natural energy is destroyed before having been able to be effective.

The summoning disappears, it seems he's won. Until Hiruzen realizes TOO LATE that the clone was a decoy. He turns around just in time to see Naruto - now in Sage mode - one-shot him without a sweat with a Rasenshuriken.

Hiruzen puts up what seems to be a fight, but in reality he was just prolonging the inevitable. Naruto wins easily.