After sharing a kiss, they are separated, but destiny compels them to meet again, perhaps at the story's climax. We have Sasuke, the dashing young rival who Naruto learns to open his feelings to. Every figure that Naruto meets is a piece of his own psyche, leading him to his inevitable final decision. What a lot of people don't understand about Naruto is that the whole story serves as a metaphor for a young man attempting to understand his conflicted feelings about his own sexuality.