1) Sasuke left them to go gain his power from Orochimaru and for his own selfish pride. :sasuke:I don't think Sakura and Naruto relationship can happen because that will piss Sasuke off. I mean, how would you feel when someone take away your girlfriend/boyfriend. Sasuke doesn't have much connection to Konoha except for Sakura and Naruto. Plus, Naruto knows that Sakura loves Sasuke, Naruto is not that stupid to not realize that. Remember, Naruto still needs Sasuke to defeat Madara in the final battle. So, If Hinata dies, then Naruto will be all alone. Sorry to ruin the NarutoSakura fans but it's not happening because Sakura is too abusive to Naruto also. And it's not only Naruto but RockLee or other guys had a crush on Sakura at in school. It's like in real life, we all have a crush on the most good looking girl/boy but it not love. A crush is not true love until someone confess the love and both sides agree. Before Sasuke left the village, Sakura confessed her love for him and he said thank you which means he loves her too.
According to Kishimoto's review, he created Naruto's character as someone we could relate to. But it's hard to relate to someone who just have a new love/cofession created and killed. That is just too messed up if Kishimoto does this to us.
Next chapter, the first page after the cover page, we will get to see if Hinata gets saved or not. I am sad but excited at the same time. If Hinata dies, I'll stop reading the manga and just watch the anime. Hey, but I doubt that Naruto/fox will destroy the village because then what's left to fight for. So, I predict someone will calm Naruto down.
2) When they first meet up again Sasuke is ready to kill them all; now I dont know about you, but if I loved somebody, I wouldnt want to kill them. :sasuke:
3) They have been hinting through out the ENTIRE second part of the manga that Sakura has started to fall for Naruto (please dont make me find all the evidence because I will). :naruto:
4) Sasuke has no desire to comeback to Konoha, he even joined the Akastsuki; you can even make a case that he has started to fall for Karin. :sasuke:
Sasuke doesn't love Sakura and Sakura has moved on; You cant fault her for moving on. :headband: