Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9567825-20140910102105/@comment-5413572-20140910184417

Here's what I hope will happen (though it probably won't): Naruto and Sasuke will fight for a time, with neither making any headway and a large amount of collateral damage happening. Eventually, Naruto loses an eye, but he succeeds in ripping out Sasuke's Rinnegan, which he implants in himself and uses to undo the IT. However, Sasuke lunges at Naruto and bites him, as Madara did with Hashirama, thus awakening his other Rinnegan. The fight becomes a stalemate, and finally, Naruto uses the Reaper Death Seal to seal both his and Sasuke's souls- and thus, both Asura and Indra's chakra- in the Shinigami. Boom- the fight between the brothers is done for good, and the IT is undone. This unfortunately means that Naruto cannot become the Hokage. When everyone in the Ninja world learns of what Sasuke had planned to do and what Naruto sacrificed for their sake, they end the fighting forever.

Now yes, this reeks of deus ex machinas and half-formed ideas, but so has the manga for a long time now. And yes, this means Naruto doesn't become Hokage, but he ultimately facilitates world peace and ends an eras-long struggle in a noble way. I'd call that a win and end the manga on an ambiguous note.