Quote Originally Posted by DB_Hunter View Post
No, there is a chance at this rate that Gai may just becomes Kisame fodder. He is already at the 7th gate, almost at maximum strength as it were whilst Kisame doesn't seem to be undergoing the same strain at this point in time.
We already saw Kisame bust out some high level stuff against Bee. He also just unleashed high level water jutsu's left and right. Let's not forget the fact that Gai fought a shitty clone of Kisame and went 6 gates to take it out. How retarded would it be for him to take his time with the real Kisame, if he already has prior experience and has a taste of how strong Kisame is? Remember when Kisame ambushed them during the Gaara rescue arc? He was moving fast as shit and he was travelling through the ground at that. If given the chance, he will escape easily.

If Gai loses, then unleashing the gates simply wasn't enough to defeat Kisame. Drawing out gate releases would be a lame ass way to extend the fight and it wouldn't help the outcome at all. A fight that doesn't need to be and shouldn't be extended for any reason, because a member of Akatsuki is trying to escape with super secret information and capturing him and it is imperative that they don't allow him to escape.