I will take an ''argument'' from the SS side of the fandom to show you what she meant exactly.. ''Within three chapters Sakura tired to kill Sasuke because she loved him and wanted to save him from darkness to Sakura failed to kill him because she loved him. Either way she loved him.''
To save him from darkness was Sai's take on the situation , but then again he didnt witness Sakura and Sasuke's realtionship that was just a pure conjecture on his side ,nothing more. IF she really loved Sasuke she would have killed him ,why? Well, lets take a peek back at part 1. Do you remember when Jiraiya and Naruto went to look for Tsunade? She was so desperate to see DAN and NAwaki that she was willing to cure Orochimaru's hands , but doing so she'd put the leaf at jeopardy and he told her '' I will kill you if you join him'' or something similar. Now that is what wanting to save somebody from darkness , that is my take on the situation.
She failed to kill him because her feelings got in the way , but what were they? Maybe she still loved him back then , maybe she couldn't bring herself to do so because of Naruto , because Sasuke is like a brother to him. But then again 540 came along.
Yes, that's really what I meant too. Something was in her way so she couldn't do it. The flashbacks are there to show what she was thinking about at the moment and there's a lot of interpretation to be made about them, though there's no doubt she was thinking about them both.
Also I would like to make an amendment here as many may be (I know at least one is 
) in complete disagreement with me about Sakura not having romantic feelings for Naruto. In fact we are speaking about the same feeling but using different words.
I'm not saying she doesn't love him, nor their love is not true, nor even they have a brother and sister relationship.
Her love is real, no doubt about that. I didn't categorize it as romantic at given time (the confession) because that wasn't 100% sincere and Naruto didn't accept it either. Her true feelings are hidden so far and we can only speculate their intensity and every other aspect until it comes clear, so I rather not jump into any definitive conclusions for the time being.
Here's a quick thought: maybe I argued for too long with some hardcore NH and SS fans, I may have gotten used to accept any conclusions with very strong evidences and facts only. Oh well....
Naruto and Sakura interaction is far from done, it can only rise and become better. I mean hey, if the past development before 631 didn't matter to some people 631 was enough of a head to kick NS into the process of cannon. Naruto and Sakura will get more interaction, its only a matter of time, but 630-632 made it clear she does care about him, she is not all Sasuke this and that as much as some people claim. Besides she is Naruto's love interest for a reason, Minato sees her like Kushina (only on screen comparison so far too of any girl to kushina), and her character development with Naruto has only advanced even with the land of iron. No matter what happened to them, their friendship never wavered. If naruto still thinks highly of Sakura as she does to him, Naruto still liking her enough to call her his girlfriend, then it will lead somewhere better. The trigger will be about the aspect of her losing Naruto, basically never realizing something until its gone, well for her it will be that aspect when the time for Naruto vs Sasuke comes she will be concerned, I mean she cried just over learning what happens to a Jinchurki if the tailed beast was pulled out and what happened during the 4 tails event, and even lying to Naruto made her cry internally and say she was sorry, she hated to do that. Sakura in all these situations put Naruto above herself. She cares, plain and simple. She cares now and will care when Naruto vs Sasuke occurs. Sakura's development will lead somewhere, this includes everything with Naruto. And as far as anything else is concerned, Kishi hinted NaruSaku just because of 631 no matter how people look at it. Kushina hinted a pairing, Naruto and a girl, Minato said that girl (sakura) is like Kushina, its a freaking simple equation, so far Sakura is the only girl to = Kushina in both hints back from the confining the Jinchurki arc and more recently, its that simple. Yet to most its not 1+1 = 2, they treat it like 0 / 1 = 100 somehow. Naruto and Sakura will have more development and interaction, otherwise what would be the point of all this other stuff? Most fans in the west may want this stuff to vanish but its not, its not going to vanish under a rug. Kishi has plans for this stuff and its going to resurface no matter what they say or feel.
Well said, Sakura's overall development and her relationship with Naruto are far from done. Like I said back in one of my posts, the real trigger should be the feeling of losing Naruto and never being able to experience anything with him anymore. Humans almost never realize how something or someone is important until they are gone, unfortunately.
EDIT:
Wow, I've just came across this:
...and not so long after, this:
Ino: It's thanks to you both. I... Many things happened... And I want Sakura-chan to be happy. As I thought, the one who matches that girl the most is... the boy who's so much alike to Minato-san... the gentle Menma-kun.
Shikamaru: That's right~!
Chouji: Ah, yesterday's Menma... He acted a bit more idiot than usual though... like, he's livelier than usual.
Really... is any more evidence needed?
About the question for newbies: as green as possible.
Edited by Darkness, 05 August 2013 - 05:23 AM.
Just another reason to love him. He's such a troll when it comes to pairings haha.
