If you are interested, I found the translated bits of Jiraiya's novel (I only translated the NS ones).
To skip to the kakasaku interaction go at the end of part 3
http://www.narusaku....c=13041&&page=4
Thank you for sharing this! Interestingly enough, I've never heard of it, until now.
A few questions arise, however:
1- Will Naruto actually slap Sakura in the canon material? I hope not! It really doesn't suit him. (And I hate when they have these "moments" between "love" interests in anime/manga. I'd actually drop this series if that happened.)
2- Does that mean that there might be an open ending for this series, too? It seems that Kishi has a bit of a plan for how he wants to develop the characters and themes of the story, but since there are many ways to wrap things up, I suppose this possibility isn't invalid, although I'd hate to see it.
PS- Sorry, if it seems I responded to you twice about this. I accidentally responded to your earlier post about this, without realizing that you had shared this as well. I've long since deleted it, however. I feel stupid, though.
Edited by TheQueenB, 11 September 2014 - 04:36 AM.