Naruto and Sasuke 1

Summary
At the Valley of the End, Sasuke speaks about his notion of a "true Hokage", and talks about Itachi and his past related to Konoha. He tells Naruto that Itachi is "the true Hokage". He then speaks about Itachi's mistake, and the loss of his clan-members, how he wants to shoulder the pain and hatred of shinobi on his own, and that, through this, he will unify the villages, and eradicate the "darkness". He says that a Hokage is one who "sets fire to the villages' darkness with his one own flame". Hagoromo recalls his conversation with both Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto rebukes that if he thinks everyone will be okay with this, which to Sasuke replies that it doesn't matter what they think of him, as he is the only one with power to control. Naruto thinks about his duties and what he has done in the war, and Itachi's words, how if he forgot the people that gave him strength, and took it all on his own, that he would become prideful like Madara. That, if he did shoulder everything by himself, he would fail. Naruto then speaks out loud, talking about how Sasuke doesn't know at all about what Itachi really wanted, and says that their fight with Kaguya should have shown him that he couldn't do everything on his own, however, Sasuke rebuffs Naruto's reply and reaffirms his goal of "severing the past". With nothing else needing to be said, the two charge at each other and begin to fight.

Trivia

 * The digital edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump 2014 #45 featured a full-colour version of this chapter as a digital bonus.