Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-33066801-20170910125949/@comment-734582-20171007143416

Starscream1998 wrote: Please no, no more prophecy BS that stuff ruined Naruto Shippuden. Considering how they worked out, i think it could be argued that prophecies and destiny simply don't work in Naruto. It was evident from Shukaku that others have thought of the Biju as friends before, just as Jiraiya didn't initially chose Naruto as a pupil. On the other hand, knowledge of a prophecy has clearly moved people to act in the interest of said prophecy. Don't forget that Minato too was a blue eyed boy who played with Biju (Kushina/Kurama and Bee/Gyuki).

In other words, prophecies in Naruto are vague and half the time self-fulfilling. In the end, Naruto didn't know about the second prophecy and yet he chose to help people, and the Biju, because he wanted to.