When a character has a face like this when she sees the main protagonist on the first episode,

it's easy to figure out they are probably going to get together in the end.

I will say that I was surprised that she and Naruto got hitched, but not disappointed. She was a more interesting character than Sakura was, anyway.

It drives me nuts that people get so obsessive over shipping that they completely disregard a story instead of basing their opinion of it on its merits.