Under NaruSaku goggles...
"And mom told me to find a girl just like her!"
Naruto pauses, just as an image of a smiling Sakura appears in his mind. He feels his heart constrict. "About that..." She loves someone else.
He snaps back and musters a smile. "Well, not everything's going the way mom told me, but I'm trying my best!"
I know Jiraiya told me some things are not possible to win, and I'll be living a fool's dream, but I'd still rather be a fool than a liar to myself. I'll keep fighting until the end.
That's just my nindo.
Under NaruHina goggles...
"And mom told me to find a girl just like her!"
Naruto pauses, just as an image of a smiling Hinata appears in his mind. He feels his breath stop. "About that..." I love someone else.
He snaps back and musters a smile. "Well, not everything's going the way mom told me, but I'm trying my best!"
She may not be what my parents had in mind, or even what I originally did. But this war has proven anything, it's that we do not have to always follow in the footsteps of our predecessors.
I think my parents will fall in love with her the way I have.
Under SasuNaru goggles...
"And mom told me to find a girl just like her!"
Naruto pauses, just as an image of a deadpan Sasuke appears in his mind. He feels his eye twitch. "About that..." You see, dad, I am now seventeen years old and have just admitted to you that I still cannot be moved by the seduction of women. That is because ever since I hit puberty, my body decided to fuck my heteronormative culture and upbringing, instead making me go crazy over my best friend slash rival slash spiritual brother. In my defense, his physical attractiveness easily pwns that of every single character in this series, and in terms of power and excitement, well, there's a reason I want him as my rival. Speaking of rival, with all my latest power ups, he's probably the only person left in the world that I can take to bed and not be instantly incinerated by my insane chakra or a loose godoudama ball floating around.
He snaps back and musters a smile. "Well, not everything's going the way mom told me, but I'm trying my best!"
I have no idea how I'm going to break the news to Sakura-chan, or that poor girl who confessed she liked me, but I figure if I ignore the topic long enough, they'll take the hint.
Under Kishimoto goggles...
"And mom told me to find a girl just like her!"
Naruto pauses, just as an image of millions of shippers appears in his mind. He feels his face pale. "About that..." So the original script said I was to get together with Sakura-chan in the end, but the majority of the readership is all for NaruHina, except going for Hinata now makes me sound fickle or insincere when compared to earlier part of the series, but going for Sakura-chan now doesn't make sense either since it belittles her feelings for Sasuke, and speaking of Sasuke, I'm tempted to just roll with him now, though I would lose a lot of my fanbase who would start finding me uncool or gross. I guess would not mind, if not for the outraged parents with scary pitchforks and the threat of censorship or cancellation.
He snaps back and musters a smile. "Well, not everything's going the way mom told me, but I'm trying my best!"
Sigh, ten bucks that I'm still single in the Last movie.