xd, it's not so much he's afraid anymore or anything like that, it's tradition for the two of them. They have their brother sister relationship status thing working now and it's more or less Naruto being kept in line by Sakura because God knows he needs it and Hinata's character is bolder now but she'll let Naruto's second advisor keep him in line....and if I havn't said it I tried to imply that Shikamaru and Sakura act as Naruto's advisory for the most part now.
Very well (Already knew the answer

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Yes I see, Ryoko the underdog, I'm glad you don't hate her lik william and Uzumaki here...
Wait Uzumaki did you say you didn't like Ryoko or do you just not want her to win or both? Or...how do you feel on Ryoko actually :shrug: