Quote Originally Posted by rockmanj
I think that's the point of Kabuto. No one knows what he's really about...and im still curious to see what his secret ability is...like the he gets "those eyes" that Oro talked about so long ago.
That wasn't Orochimaru.[1] That was Kabuto, during the Chuunin exam. Honestly, I don't think he has any particularly special ability other than being a very strong Jounin. I'd compare him favorably to Zabuza, for example. If you recall, during the battle with Zabuza, Sasuke almost flipped out and killed himself because of the "murderous intent" (or was it "blood lust"? -- I forget) Kakashi and Zabuza were giving off.

When Kabuto said he didn't want to awaken his old self, I don't think he meant more than just showing his powers as a Jounin -- "murderous intent", elemental chakra control, etc -- and blowing his cover. Everybody would have noticed if some seven time flunkie suddenly turned into a rival to Kakashi. He was still a spy for Orochimaru at that point.

[1] Okay, maybe it was. If you're thinking about the scene where Orochimaru tells Kabuto he trusts him, Orochimaru meant that he couldn't read Kabuto's facial expression, and that he wasn't sure what he would do.

Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
The only one I would consider evil is Oro and I still don't think he was but Kabuto certainly isn't a good guy so No I don't consider him evil but he is a bad guy.
There's a difference between bad and evil character now? If Kabuto was a sincere subordinate to Orochimaru, he was just straight up evil, just like his master. And there is good reason to think he was loyal to Orochimaru. During the Chuunin exam, Kabuto could have killed Sasuke and screwed up Orochimaru's plan. Orochimaru even doubted him. If he was under a mind control jutsu like Yamato said, Orochimaru wouldn't have doubted Kabuto.