I would never understand if he did NH/SS. Not after all this NS development, ket alone kishi asking us to support Naruto
Well he is asking people to support Naruto as in the series, as for anything else like invidivual characters or pairings, no. He may not even give a flying pig over any of this stuff. To him it could just easily for his story be like this: "Hmm guess I'll develop Sakuras feelings for Naruto, draw a conflict for her between Naruto and Sasuke, she ends loving Naruto." Hypothetically kishi could just have done something like this.
If any fan actually even thinks he is asking to support a pairing, do they not see the folly of such an action? Its like spoiling a part of the ending, let alone part of the fate for the main character, not to mention it would partly or pure fanservice in an ending rather than a creative one. As i said in my fanbases and their demands thread, no fanbase is entitled to anything like this, its not going to come true simply "because they want it to." Otherwise the series just becomes a serialized fanfiction and a sellout to the fans, giving them entirely what they want regardless of any premade development. Example, even if this went for the NH fanbase, it could honestly also end up just ruining even major development for Hinata like in 615. Fanbases or just fans should not be wanting this, they should respect the choices of the author and limited few who work with him decide the fate of the characters. If they don't like it, they shouldn't even be complaining cause I'm willing to bet most of us just read it online in "other places" so truly the majority of us are not even supporting the series, in truth only way I have supported the series in past years has been the clash of ninja games, UNS2, and UNS3 over these past 6 years. None of us are entitled or even have a right to say what goes in the series, we just follow the story and reserve the right to our opinions towards how the author choose the plot and actions of his characters, if we don't like it okay, thats our choice, otherwise fans should not just go around trying to make some crazy demands or think that something like a petition to change something would actually work.
I'm serious, if NS gets more notice of becoming canon and some anti-NS fan or small group of them anywhere even trys something like a petition to change the ending, now we are just talking plain insanity, fans of any base should not even try to think that a petition to change the ending to something we have no say in from the start actually matters. If NH or SS became canon, oh well, I'd still like NS more and just deal with it not being canon, sure I would be upset but I would not take an action like trying to petition the author to change it.
Besides, all we need to see for NS development, look at the build-up thread, that speaks for itself.