Originally posted by: SOLDIER [X]
you were kinda looking it out of contexxt drcitan. Had Gaara not protected the village Deidara would be dead. Deidara played off of Gaara's weakness and if he hadn't he would have been dead.
I see what you mean by me looking at it out of context. I guess what I was trying to get across was that Deidara was holding back against Gaara because the Akasuki wanted him alive. I agree that Gaara didn't go all out b/c he was protecting the village but I won't agree with you as far as saying Gaara could have defeated Deidara. Not only is Deidara an Akasuki member but we all seen how many steps ahead he could think as far as battle tactics.

To push my point about Deidara dieing soon in the manga we still don't know anything about his past....which I think alot of us are interested in finding out about. He might get fucked up by Kakashi an Naruto but he seems like the type that will flee if need be.