Or, we might get to see what power Itachi gave to Naruto. I can't forget that.
Also, I've been reading and wading through the pessimism, and so I might of missed it, but what if Naruto is lying here, and not Sakura. What if Sakura is indeed telling the truth, but is just nervous and flubs it up. But Naruto, being the self sacrificing hero he is, worries about her. If she's with me, she might get hurt. If she's with me and I die, she'll be heart broken and alone and I don't want that to happen. If she's with me...etc etc. What if he's telling her she's deluding herself to keep her away, so he can protect her. This isn't an uncommon theme in manga. The hero wants to protect the heroine, by keeping her away.
But then he usually realizes with outside help that he's hurting her more by keeping her away than by being with her with the potential of her getting hurt, so he should get over it. And then they eventually get together through a bit more angst, tears, pain, etc. And we already "know" according to the spoilers that Kakashi and Yamato are watching over the conversation, and they will probably run interference in the case of Naruto being dumb, or Sakura getting broken hearted and thinking about giving up (then they could probably tell her, he worked for your feelings and fought for you for a long time now, if you really care you'd do the same for him now) or something.
Then there's Gaara too....
Just don't lose hope, the plot is on our side!