Some people here are having a wrong interpretation for the long flashback of chapter 214 of Naruto. Okay, I even think that scene was, in part, sasusaku's fanservice, yes, but...
For me this scene was very well placed. In at a strategic moment, I'd say.
Sometimes we forget the ties of Sakura and Sasuke, particularly now in the shippuuden. It happens because the bonds of Naruto with Sasuke are always more explored (because they are really even stronger) and Sakura're almost all the time, in the shippuuden, worried about Naruto, even when both are concerned with Sasuke.
So that flashbak was good for us remember that Sakura and Sasuke had important moments too, though few . And, more important, for us to understand why she'd been so determined, in the and was unable to kill Sasuke.
She herself was surprised because I was certain he could do. And she says it to herself : "Why I don´t could do it?"
This just shows that the whole time she was determined to do it for Naruto. Yes, the declaration of love was true, now I can see it.
She just underestimated the ties that still has with Sasuke. And what kind of bonds are those which are not yet know exactly.
SS had a connection maybe in team 7 but not a bond. Sasuke was very much interested in Naruto. so you can't compare it to a strongest bond in the series NaruSasu.
Edited by Living Lavish, 02 June 2011 - 07:54 PM.