Quote Originally Posted by FullMetalAlchemist
I truely doubt that one lol. I seriously doubt any of the akatsuki can beat the konoha kages when they where at thier prime. Only one would be tsunade. She is powerful but mainly a medic ninja, and we haven't seen anythiong really special from her, also jiraya and orochimaru are stronger then her. The first four hokages where said to be the most poweful of thier time so i doubt kakuzu at that time could beat him, not even now. especially if naruto ends up beating him. We all know he isn't at the level of the first 4 hokages.
Also one could assume that the hokages mostly just fought to protect their own people. A loss for the 1st would've meant a loss for konoha itself. I don't think running away wouldve been an option for him.

Now that I think about it.....
It would be interesting to see how Kakuzu reacts to Yamato's fighting style, considering Yamato's the same as the 1st