She cares about him don't get me wrong . But I wouldn't call it true love if it was true love her feelings wouldn't decrease. She is more infatuated than genuinely loving him . To me that showed when she had the flashbacks right before Sasuke was going to kill her .
But she was very happy on those flashbacks, we only saw her smilling the same when they went back and fought as a team 7 once again, i also suggest revisiting her confession, she never stated that Sasuke made her happy but that the team 7 made her happy, her love for Sasuke is tied to the team 7 on which makes her happy.
The other thing that makes her happy is her seeing Naruto happy which she didnt realized it yet which could potentialy lead to being with Naruto makes her happy.
If Kishi destroy team 7 and make sure it wont go back as they were in the past, the pillars of SS are completely destroyed because it wont provide her happiness.
bolded, just because Sakura is not being childish or fangirl like Ino and Karin doesnt mean that she loves Sasuke less or something like that, she's completely aware that Sasuke is still evil, before the fake smile she dropped a tear of joy on seeing Naruto and Sasuke fighting alongside each other and the fake smile said that she was aware that Sasuke is not a good guy.
And besides if she truly loves him she would accept him for a rogue nin imo .
He was already a rogue ninja when he left the village the difference is that later he joined akatsuki and treatened to destroy the village, she acknowledges what she feels for Sasuke as love even with him being rogue ninja but the fact he is a rogue ninja, treatened to kill her and also wants to destroy the village and kill the people she cares about makes her sad, she knows that her feelings for Sasuke is not something she should be proud of.
She matured, and currently which is shown on the fake smile and 632 she put her head above for heart for once
Edited by Dαrkrєrsŧ, 06 January 2014 - 08:46 PM.