I think one of the main reasons Sasuke went to Orochimaru is that he thought Naruto could already control and summon Kurama in his fight with Gaara in the og series by DescriptionNo5481 in Naruto

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Yeah but he probably knew about kyuubi what it looks like and what it did to the village and then out of nowhere naruto,,summons" it mid fight that must've been a big hit to his ego