Quote Originally Posted by redcat
well the reason she's doing it is so naruto wont hurt himself or get killed from chasing after sasuke. so that means she has to care about him to some degree. but since her motivation was to protect him as opposed to just liking him the way she squealed about sasuke all the time just made the whole attempt seem fake.

in conclusion, she should have flashed him or something.
Though she worded things completely wrong, I don't really question her motives. She HAS to be over Sasuke by now, he always treated her like shit and hasn't been around in forever. Its not a stretch to think her feelings have changed over time. I don't think she's being insincere, I think she's never really put her feelings into words so when she spoke, it did sound like she was settling for Naruto.

To me this chapter makes Naruto look like a bigger idiot. Sakura wants all this to stop. He has to get over this whole chasing Sasuke thing, there have been enough casualties. Sasuke will likely come for him, when Madara tries to take the Kyuubi.