Naruto has always been stronger than Sasuke.

Hey guys.

I have been asking a single question, and so far I have not been satisfied by the answers. My question is: Why should Sasuke and Naruto be evenly matched in power? Some people said that it the way it is in most mangas they read so far. Some other people said it is the way Naruto and Sasuke have always been. Some said it should be this way for the sake of the last battle between them. However, what if the last battle is not planned to be a Sasuke vs. Naruto?

My point is that most people in this forum are misled by they desire to see a Naruto vs. Sasuke battle. This might not be the final battle, and I think there is even more in the power of Naruto as compared to Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke have never been evenly matched in term of power if we look at them from two different perspective.

Perspective #1: Naruto and Sasuke fighting a common enemy: Naruto is always the strongest

The first perspective is both of them are fighting a common enemy. In that case, we have seen that Naruto was always greater than Sasuke, or inspired Sasuke to attain a new level of his power. This was seen against Zabuza (Zabuza vs. Kakashi) for the first time when Naruto got a great idea after Sasuke was frozen by fear. The next time we saw was against Haku. Sasuke was almost dead, and Naruto got angry to almost kill Haku. The next was against Orochimaru during the chunin exam, where Sasuke almost gave up the scroll to Oro. In that fight, Naruto fought Oro until Oro renewed his seal. Then Sasuke got revived after seeing Naruto, and started a fight with Oro. The last case of this perspective was against Gaara. You all know that Sasuke was beaten up, and was saved by Naruto. In short, when Sasuke and Naruto are fighting a common enemy, Naruto has always been shown to be the strongest of them.

Perspective # 2: Naruto vs. Sasuke: Sasuke seems to be stronger but he is not actually.

My opinion is when Naruto and Sasuke are fighting, Sasuke only seems stronger but actually is not the strongest. The reason is that Naruto has never aimed to fight Sasuke with evil intent. The first of this fight was after the formation of team 7. Naruto used Shadow clone to beat Sasuke in order to date Sakura. To me that was the only time Naruto ever planned to fight him. After that Sasuke beat Naruto at the end of this anime arc but Naruto was sick. The second fight between them was on the roof top of the leaf hospital. You can imagine Naruto's feelings. He crossed all the world to bring a doctor in order to save his friend, and all Sasuke did to thank him was to pick a fight with no reason. Naruto was shocked, and if you are honest, you have notice that Naruto was testing Sasuke's intent during that fight. Obviously, Sasuke morally lost this fight due to the impact of the rasengan. The third fight was in the final valley. Sasuke seems to have beaten Naruto. However, I claim that he did not win because Naruto was: 1) trying to stop him from going dark, and 2) Naruto put a crack in his forehead protector. So in this perspective, I claim that Sasuke seems stronger because Naruto is not fighting at his full power. I could had the last time they met but it would be of no use.

Please give your opinion, and don't change the idea of the thread. I like those who see and don't say anything because they have nothing to say.