For me. I'm like 96 % that Naruto won't confess in chapter 699. Why?
Well
Naruto said to Minato that even he's 17, he still doesn't know so much about boots and WOMENS. And i think that gives me the messange that he isn't ready to start a serious realtionship with someone, because he is still young.
And for me the in chapter 693 when Sakura said i love you to Saskue it just gave me a weird feeling, i always thought that it just didn't feel right. I decided to ignore it, but it has came back again this strange feeling that Kishi had a mind about Sakura's confession. Naruto knows that Sakura is in love with Saskue and he did just get remained of it in chapter 693. So why would Naruto confess to Sakura when he knows that she is still in love with Saskue? It just feels stupid that Naruto would confess to Sakura directly now the POAL is fullfilled when he really knows that she is still in love with Saskue.
Seriously would you really confess to someone who you already knew is in love with someone and it's been proven for not Along ago. Geez, what is the point to confess to someone if you already you will be turned down. I don't think that Naruto just wants to confess his feelings so he will get done with it. He wants also Sakura to accept his confession and start a relationship. It doesn't make Naruto a pussy or coward that he will wait until the movie or chapter 700 to confess. The best way for Naruto to succed is give her time, because come on;
GIVE THE GIRL A BREAK FOR GOD'S SAKE.
A fight with a god, almost died, the boy she loves wants to kill her master and Naruto and start a revolution, she confessed and was turned down with the worst rejaction ever! (killed coldbloody in a illusion, hello?), wakes up and hear that the 2 most important boys in her life that she wants to protect is fighting in a life and death battle, and she will probably found them halfdeath and with missing a arm and she will probably blame herself for she wasn't able to reach Saskue and the POAL from Naruto.
And you guys also wants Naruto to confess to her, the guy who is now so bably injured and is missing a arm. It will littary destroys her. It will be like the ION arc when Sai told her that she is part of responsible of Narutos pain, but like 100x worse.
And i also want to add the fact that two confession on one day is to much to handle, it will confuse her feelings as hell. Plus the things i mentioned before.
So i belive that Naruto won't confess to Sakura in ch 699. He will give her time to recover herself, and it will maybe take some years. For now in the current state they are now, none of them are ready for a romantice relationship. Sakura has just been turned down and Naruto has admiteted that he doesn't know so much about womens and he's probably not looking for serious relationship yet.
EDIT: hey i also got remained of what if Kishi putted the confession in 693, just to not make Naruto confess until the movie or ch 700, just to keep the tension up. It always a possiblity.
Edited by Helloemy, 02 November 2014 - 04:35 PM.