I'm on a quest to get Thieves & Kings (http://www.iboxpublishing.com/) more attention. I won't be hindered by a little thing like nobody having a clue what I'm talking about. *grin*

Sasuke could have killed Naruto. He didn't.
He did try to, though. Maybe he pulled the chidori back the two times he hit him with it, but when he jammed his hand through Naruto's lung, he said outright that he'd been aiming for his heart. (I'd been mistaken on this, but I reread the scans when someone corrected me on it and then started looking at Sasuke askance. *grin*) That's always been kind of weird, because he just abruptly seems to change his mind about not killing him after the whole flashback arc with Itachi. I've never been totally certain whether that was a flaw in the writing or if he finally gained respect for Naruto after seeing him in the demon fox from hell mode, of all things.
(Though considering Sasuke's attraction to power, maybe it makes sense....)

I'm not sure Sasuke will ever be able to move on, even with Itachi dead--especially since he's pretty much dedicated his life to killing him, and if he succeeds, he's going to be left hollow and floundering for some new purpose for a while. But I think he needs to kill Itachi to make everything he did with his life finally have a point. I would deeply like to believe that Sasuke will have matured enough over the gap that he's willing to just see Itachi dead, regardless of who did it, but I don't think that will happen and I don't think it would be any good to him if he did, except maybe to keep him from charging head-first into a fight he can't win.

*nod* I'm pretty sure that's what's going to happen. It would take that option to force Sasuke to acknowledge that there are a few more important things than his vendetta. It's kind of a pity that we can see it coming so far in advance, but as long as it's done well, I guess it doesn't matter. *grin*

*makes a note to track down Beserk*