Naruto would have ended in chapter 11 if not for Sakura. And then in chapter 49. Then in chapter 51. And chapter 54. Sasuke would have died in chapter 56 if Sakura hadn't stopped the curse mark. They would’ve failed the chunnin exams if Sakura hadn’t stopped Naruto from opening the scroll. Sasuke also used Sakura as an emotional anchor to suppress the curse mark in chapter 68. Sakura was also the only one in their gen who believed in Naruto during his fight against Kiba@@Cc-bh3ye
The moment naruto just said fuck beaing nice and came in with intent to kill and eliminate all the members of the akatsuki and then when pain really fucked up he stood no chance he got merked and then went to go find the puppet master of it all and go rasangan his ass to