HOLY FREAKIN' CRAP! Alright! I just read the latest Naruto Shippuden issue on Mangafox.com and when I got to page 10 I started to flip out like a rabid gopher with mexican jumping beans grafted into it's legs! If anyone reading this is a naruto fan I'm not gonna spoil it for you......... I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! Alright Sakura suddenly says that she loves Naruto! Then Naruto starts questioning it. Let's face it this is pretty sudden after all and just came outta nowhere without any foreshadowing or anything. So she tries to convince him that she's not lying, there's a lil' mini flashback montage of times during the first part where Sakura was freakin' out over Sasuke(pointy haired jackass). Sakura hugs Naruto still goin' on about how she doesn't care about Sasuke anymore and blah, blah, blah. Then He gets this pissed off look on his face, Not a "someone just took a dump in my cereal this morning and now I gotta go kill them in the most agonizing and painful way possible" it's more of a "you just stepped on my foot are you gonna apologize or do I need to kick your ass all the way to Timbuctoo" kinda look. Then tells her that he hates people who lie to themselves. Now personally I think she was lying in an attempt to stop Naruto from going after Sasuke because she's afraid that either one of them will kill the other or that they'll both die. There could be some other motive to her doing this but she is definitely lying cause part of the flashback montage gave some indication to this aaaaand, because she mood and explanation were way too casual. And anyone who is a fan of Narusaku can pretty much guess that when Sakura tells Naruto that she loves him, or they both say it or WHOEVER says it, it's gonna be in some either remote or exotic location possibly after some big climactic battle, and she wouldn't just hug him, no. In all likely hood they are gonna be crashing into each others arms in some kinda madly passionate embrace, lips locked and metaphorical sparks flyin' in a moment that will probably reduce readers whose heads don't explode to tears of joy (or sorrow if your a die hard NaruHina fan. I like both). Not to mention she does it in front of Lee, Kiba, Kakashi, and Yamato. and if she really meant it she would say it while she and Naruto are alone in all probability. Well now that I got that off ma chest I'm gonna go work on my Gir art project!