Demonic Phoenix
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Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Gamabunta is also randomly thrown in there. Dude tends to pick and choose his own battles. I can't see him deciding to fight people that aren't going to be worth the effort of raising his knife. I also don't see Gamakichi saying something like "Pa, that Uchiha kid smacked me!" So yeah, don't see him coming into play.Naruto vs Shino and Sasuke vs Temari would be the semi finals. Naruto has the chakra capacity to make it through Shino though it would wear him down. I'd see Naruto either spamming clones like crazy or using Kyuubi chakra to try and pull off a win. Temari I do not see beating Sasuke. Natural advantage combined with overall faster taijutsu makes him a much harder threat to beat than Shikamaru. Her summon could help but I'd still give it to Sasuke.
Coming down to Naruto vs Sasuke. Sasuke certainly has the speed advantage unless Naruto uses his fox powah. Sasuke also has fire techniques which Naruto is not accustomed to fighting, and really has no answer to without rasengan. Clones would offer great assistance in a fight like this though Sasuke has shown to be quite aware of Naruto's slyness with clones and would not be as surprised as anyone else.
So I am actually leaning to Sasuke. That is until Naruto goes 1 tail or Sasuke goes curse mark. Whichever comes first, the fight ends there. And it would likely be Sasuke who goes that far first.
As for who is made Chunnin....Shino, depending on how he handles Naruto in a fight. If we go ahead and assume a fight between him and Kankuro took place, that fight alone might give Shino the respect he needs to be Chunnin. Temari is notable and depending on how she handles Sasuke in a fight, she may be made Chunnin. Sasuke has shown a lot of talent in exploiting his enemies weakness and likely could be made Chunnin on that merrit though he has less a chance than the last two but more than Naruto.
All that needs to be done is to summon him, which in of itself will be quite a major distraction to whichever opponent Naruto's facing, never mind the chance that Gamabunta will be on top of them.
As to the reason I say Naruto wins the tourney, is simply because of his near-endless stamina. The entire tourney takes place in one day, and combatants probably get at most, a half-hour of rest.
Just using one Chidori takes a chunk out of Sasuke's chakra capacity, and I do not think he'd use the Cursed Seal against Naruto. Some of the Jounin might step in if he did, Kakashi included. We also don't know for how long he'd be able to keep up his speed in the final match. Though I give Naruto higher odds, Sasuke could likely pull off a win with his ninjutsu & taijutsu.
Yeah, the dude officiating the matches (Genma?) noted that Sasuke was already at a Chuunin level. Whether he was talking about the level of skill or actual rank, I do not know.
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Sasuke would probably lose to Temari due to the battlefield they're fighting in. The arena's like 99% open space. Sasuke at the level he was at during the CE's has no way of closing the gap.
Speedblitz says hai.
That said, yeah, the field gives Temari an advantage.