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In the first half of Part 1, there was just as much evidence that Sasuke liked Sakura as that Sakura liked Naruto, if not more.
Being honest, I only saw two actual moments in Part 1 that actually could be construed as hinting that he might like her. Beyond that, it's been slapping things out of her hands, putting her down and making her feel bad, which I've seen many try to make into moments.
And I didn't find much evidence in Part 1 that she liked Naruto. Thats she was starting to grow fonder of him, yes, but she basically hated him for about the first half of Part 1.
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Sasuke will go back to being the way he use to be before he stopped caring about his teammates.
Well, one thing to keep in mind is this. Even if he came back, went back to the way he was and all, things have changed. Him going completely back to the way he used to be is a hard sell for me anyways. We change due to the experiences we have in life, and he's been with some nasty people for some years. He has indeed changed. He's not outright evil or a total loss, but he's not who he was, which wasn't all that great a person to begin with. I think there's enough evidence to show that.
For another thing, while they still care about him a lot, you gotta figure Naruto and Sakura's perception of him has changed as well. He's shown himself willing to do some nasty things in pursuit of power, and it doesn't mesh with the way they used to view him. I doubt things would ever truely be kosher again if he came back.
Sasuke can't wash away his actions so far completely. Betraying everyone and seeming perfectly willing to kill his former closest friends because they got in his way. In any realistic setting, there's little way that they could ever fully trust him again. There would always be that seed of doubt. That's the thing about betrayal. Barring certain few, extrenuating circumstances, you'll never get back what you threw away. And even with said circumstances, there's never complete trust again, as one might wonder "would he do that again if put into similar circumstances?". Sasuke has that seed of betrayal in him. That jealousy and lust for other things. It'd be next to impossible to wash the perceptions he's given away completely, no matter how much they care about him.
I do sometimes think people put too much stock into what Sakura thought of him in Part 1 and how much she liked him. In how much she liked her idealized version of him. But that topic has been done to death in all the threads on Heaven and Earth, so I'll cut it off here. XD