After that last chapter I suddenly saw this series coming to an end. I just hope they make it a good one.
But I think it'll be something like: after 500 chapters Naruto still doesn't become Hokage, but everyone will acknowledge him, which was what he wanted. He'll die in some heroic death trying to save a village, or the world, and everyone will mourn. It will end with Shikamaru speaking in his memory of Naruto while smoking a cigarette, and then he'll smirk and say some clever sarcastic line, and then look up at the sky, releasing a puff of smoke.
Cut. -End scene-
