NaruSaku has had a lot of missed opportunities in the series. Even as the most likely pairing, I won't deny that. I'm still shocked that Kishimoto completely skipped over the wake-up scene after Naruto's near-death experience when Sakura still needs to realize her feelings. What better opportunity was there than that? It just doesn't make sense to me. I don't know what way Kishi's thinking to make NS canon but whatever it will be, it will never be as believable as a wake-up scene if Sakura truly doesn't know she loves Naruto yet.
I've also been thinking. NaruSaku's moments are always interrupted and as I was re-watching Part 1, I noticed how Kishi never really hesitated to hit us over the head with Sakura's love for Sasuke. They had three hugs, all three done out of relief and two with tears. NaruSaku has never had that and it should've at least been done once after Naruto was saved. That's probably exactly why so many SS fans believe in Sakura's love for Sasuke as "true and deep and emotional." SS even had Sakura embracing Sasuke with tears after she thought he was dead, but not NS. Just tears of relief.
Of course, Sakura was very young and much more emotional back then (something SS fans conveniently fail to remember) and I'm not at all saying she loves Naruto now any less. It just bothers me that NS doesn't get scenes like that when they're going to be canon and SS will be dead by series end. I don't want NaruSaku an angsty pool of dysfunction like SasuSaku, but it really wouldn't kill Kishi to give us at least one really meaningful NS with tears when it's appropriate (again, like a wake-up scene). Other than the Tenchi Bridge scene of course.
SS is such a crappy pairing. I don't like how they're the ones to get relieved, tearful hugs when the actual canon pair doesn't. It just doesn't feel right. 
Edited by xxRomanceGirlxx, 04 July 2014 - 02:38 AM.