Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-12509038-20140727021416

From here, where do you want Sasuke's character to progress as the series comes to an end?

This is how I would like his character to progress: He helps Naruto seal Kaguya by combining their Sun-Moon symbols on their hands. I then think he will be the one who ends the Infinite Tsukuyomi with his special Rinnegan. Of course this will be an extremely gruelling task, and so I think Naruto might give him a lot of chakra in order to accomplish such a feat. And since I imagine Sasuke will reflect his eye onto the moon like Madara did, I also think Naruto might fly him up to the necessary height it takes to reflect his eye onto the moon. Once the Infinite Tsukuyomi is released, and after Kaguya has been defeated for good, I would like Sasuke to flee the battlefield with Orochimaru and Taka, telling Naruto to meet him at the Valley of the End after some set amount of time, so they can both heal and perfect their new abilities they received from Hagoromo, in order to battle for the title of Hokage.

At some point, I would like it if Orochimaru turned on Sasuke once more, maybe when Sasuke is in a weakened state, and try to take his body (mainly because I want Orochimaru to go out as a villain like he was in Part I- I want him to be the one real villain who was never changed by anything). But since Sasuke has surpassed Orochimaru by leaps and bounds, he manages to stop Orochimaru and seal away/kill Orochimaru for good so he never returns again.

Naruto and Sasuke meet at the Valley of the End after some amount of time. Sasuke explains his new goal- he want to completely revamp the entire system of shinobi, and plans on using the position of Hokage as a means to an end of reforming said system. In order to accomplish this, he intends to eliminate the Tailed Beasts (as in his mind, they are merely tools to start wars, and are a symbol of a failed system of shinobi), and he plans to establish peace with the use of ultimate power, and he tends on running the world like some sort of dictatorship. Naruto disagrees with his methods of establishing peace entirely, and so they begin their final battle.

As far as the fight goes, I think it should be somewhere around 10-15 chapters long. It would have every element that has been used in battles in this series, which ranges from ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. As far as Sasuke's abilities go, for starters, I would like if he got some kenjutsu in there, as I always love watching him fight with his sword. He would have access to all of his Fire Release and Lightning Release techniques. I personally would hope to see him use Kirin in this battle, but that's just because it's my favorite technique in the series. He would be able to use his EMS powers (Amaterasu/Blaze Release, Tsukuyomi/genjutsu, etc.), and he would especially use the Perfect Susanoo, as I'd like to see more of what that can do. He would also have learned how to properly use the Rinnegan, and so not only can he use the Rinnegan Shifting Technique, but now he can use the Six Paths Technique, and use all of the the techniques that Nagato used (Deva Path, Asura Path, Preta Path, etc). Finally, some say that he may also be able to use Wood Release since he gained Hashirama's cells from Kabuto, and that would be pretty awesome if he could use Wood Release as well.

The battle would be very intense, exciting, emotional, and action-packed. This would be the greatest battle in the entire series if it is written right. The entire time they fight, Naruto and Sasuke would be arguing over their ideals. Naruto would compare his methods to Itachi's, and use Sasuke's love for Itachi against him. Slowly but surely, Sasuke begins to contemplate the idea that Naruto knows the best way to bring about peace. The deciding factor would be when Naruto uses Ninshu on Sasuke, and he explains that with this new concept of how to use chakra, he can establish peace and recreate the shinobi system in a better way than Sasuke. Sasuke gives Naruto an ultimatum- if he wins their final clash (which would be the classic Rasengan-Chidori clash), then he will accept defeat, and refrain from trying to become the Hokage. They clash, and Naruto wins. Sasuke admits defeat, and leaves the well-being of the village and the duty to establish world peace to Naruto.

From here, I can see multiple endings for Sasuke's character. For starters, let's consider the pairings. I don't care who he ends up with in all honesty, but if I had a preference, I would choose Sakura, and that is mainly because I just can't stand Karin. And regardless of where he ends up, I do think he will restore the Uchiha Clan, and become known as the greatest Uchiha in history.

Now there are three separate ways I can see his character going. Any one of these three would satisfy me-

1. Sasuke returns to the village. He is given some type of special position in the village that fits his personality. It could be some type of official, or maybe a place in the ANBU. Hell, he could even be head of the Konoha Police Force, as that was always his dream before the Uchiha Massacre, and it would be awesome if he accomplished his original dream (despite being massively overqualified).

2. Sasuke becomes a type of vigilante of the sort, and watches over the village from afar, protecting it from afar. He creates his own village, and establishes the Uchiha Clan there.

3. As my friend on Naruto Answers suggested, Sasuke becomes the leader of Otogakure, Orochimaru's village, and completely reforms it so that it is of the standard of one of the Five Great Shinobi Nations.

'''So that is how I think/want Sasuke's character to progress as this series comes to a close. How do you want Sasuke's character to progress? Let me know!'''