Naruto Shippuuden Episode 19

[Necromas]

No manga prophecies. We don't care to hear it.
User has been warned for blatantly demistifying the current situation.


As for the clone fight theories...

*They could be using a similar jutsu to the one that they used to clone Itachi and Kisame, which we've already seen can clone bloodline limits, the sharingan, and special equipment, the Samehada (Kisame's sword). If they got clones that strong from small fractions of Itachis and Kisames chakra, it wouldn't be a far stretch to say they could get enough chakra for the clones from other Akatsuki members.

*Team Gai can't simply run towards eachother because of the large distance between them, the seals were spread very far apart in 4 opposite directions, and if you're fighting someone on equal footing, you gain a huge disadvantage when you try to run away. Team Kakashi can't really afford to send a member to help team Gai because they have their hands full with Sasori and Deidara and were planning to rely on team Gai for backup, not the other way around.