I don't get that. I respect their enjoyment of the ships, but... Ron is an unappreciative cockwaffle and Hermione is an underappreciated genius nearly unrivaled in intelligence and hard work. Meanwhile, Harry is, well, Harry, and Ginny is... freaking BORING. Did Ginny have anything in common with Harry?

Sasuke and Hinata have never crossed paths directly, though they did know of each other. The only point without making it AU where they could connect is after the War that occurred in Shippuden, and that would take you reading up on how that shitshow ended and I don't want to put you through that. For my sake, we can IMPLY it, by Hinata being gone a lot more under the ruse of 'training', and for some reason or another Sasuke is helping her because maybe he sees a little of his younger, naive self in her. SasuHina is one of the more slower romances out there. I wouldn't worry about it for now.

The ending DOES suck. I won't get into it again, but Kishimoto dropped the ball big time and a significant amount of people think the man can eat a dick now. I'm on that train. NaruIno are much more alive and bouncy compared to Shikamaru and Sakura, who would be of the calmer, more relaxing variety.

Hmm, speaking of Ino confronting them, what time do you want those two to get off of training? I was thinking maybe a little before mid afternoon, around 3 or 4 pm? I wanted to know how long Shikamaru immersed himself in books before he headed home and Sakura can be the one to catch HIM just entering the Nara compound this time.