The forehead is the key lol
Well Naruto thought Sakura's forehead was cute though she hated it. Minato liked Kushinas red hair though she hated it. Now that the Sakura-Kushina thing was connected and Naruto has revealed that he still basically loves Sakura (for the girlfriend joke and being a little jealous of not saying his name).
Remember, the only 2 people naruto has not fully changed are ironically those he feels closest with. Sakura and Sasuke will be the last to turn to him, Sakura in loving him and more importantly Sasuke for acknolwdging him. Its just come on now with the haters, look at the early events with Sakura, look at Kushinas events, they are just too good to be dumped on anyone else. Sakura and Kushina are paralleled, look at Sakura's forehead Naruto may find it more attractive now, there is just so much giving the possibilty to NaruSaku, heck more moments can still come up between them with team 7, as long as team 7 has been around the possibility of both NS and SS has existed, but SS has been away for so long, NS still has a longevity advantage over it. 631 was anything but undermined, it may have been the turning point and these past few chapters with Sakura, they resonate with other events like Itachi's speech to Naruto and Sakura's own 573 one just keeps popping up in a few ways, I think there has been more than enough to top 615.
People are still complaining, some say "I liked Sakura better when she was useless" well tough luck, she is the heroine, Hinata isn't going to get anything major now, she had her time, she had her role.
What remains in the NS ammo box?
-Forehead compliment which is highly probable now to come forward
-457 ordeal with the promise- should be near the end
-Sakura's feelings for Naruto- if anything, these past chapters had her focused more on Naruto even with Sasuke coming back, this chapter she was focused on them both.
-Kurama's input towards Sakura- this is highly possible too, if anyone knows how Naruto feels, its Kurama.
-The Obito-rin parallel, seriously this can take effect too, even if a temporary death for Sakura came, she is going to be okay 100% in the end.
-Naruto still loving Sakura (for the most part we can safety conclude for now, also how he never was shown to doubt his own feelings for her, again, land of iron, he is a forgiving guy he would never hate or give up on Sakura at this point).
-Sasuke's not loving Sakura- this is an inate advantage towards us. NH cannot say Sakura's not loving Naruto is an advantage to them because well Sakura is different in this because she loves Sasuke but still focuses a lot on Naruto and does a lot of selfless actions, many times she has put Naruto above Sasuke and herself, don't be suprised if she does this again for the hokage bout.
-Sasuke giving Sakura the "kakashi-rin" speech, if we have any parallels, these would repeat it. Heck you can also count "Sasuke's true motives" in this too.
-Biggest advantage of all aside from Sakura-Kushina, Naruto still loving Sakura, or the forehead stuff? Its how Sakura has stuck by naruto these past few chapters, in other words her maturity she is not going to revert, she is not going to be all over Sasuke, she is highly focused with Naruto, this chapter it was team 7, but when it gets back to the hokage situation, she is going to stay focused on Naruto. Sakura has been growing with him for so long, she is not going to abandon him for Sasuke. In a way, her maturity is in a good state right now, she is being very good between them and not all hung up on Sasuke or sitting in the back, rather she is handling it well, if focused on anyone, following Naruto cause of last chapter how she showed him her determination and how she put her faith in him. Sakura's maturity this chapter was her own growth, that was good, when it comes back to NS, she may soon fully mature over Sasuke, not in the next few chapters but around the time Naruto vs Sasuke occurs. If anything again, the Naruto vs. Sasuke fight is our ace in the hole, I see Sakura turning to Naruto at last in this fight. To me, this could all just be for the slow and steady build up to who she will choose in the end, and I'm betting it will be Naruto.