Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3279282-20141020141438/@comment-945885-20141023225037

The quote from Naruto ("There's something I've gotta tell you, no matter what. Wait for me.") seems to me like it's probably to Hinata. My guess is that she stays in the village and gives him the scarf as a sort of luck charm. The layout of the film poster places unique importance on her, as she's turned to the side seemingly praying, and the trailing scarf overlaps with her image. The official Twitter account pointed this out explicitly. Of course, we also have the cover for the single and the film's tagline ("The last episode; a first love.") This all pretty heavily implies a budding romance between the two.

It also occurs to me that it would be interesting if Kakashi and Sasuke's quotes were also aimed at Hinata (Sasuke protects her because Naruto is gone, Kakashi assuring her that Naruto will be safe on the mission), though I don't know that Sasuke would address Hinata with that pronoun. Maybe if she has assumed a leadership position in her clan? Seems theoretically possible.