doubt he'll die, he's survived too long to die now without fightin his bro. I think the next battle will be the two genin and shikamaru vs the two sound nins left.

the sound nins will be burdened by sasuke's "basket" and will not be as effective as they could be. And akamaru will die.....heh, sure why not?

I'm tired of 1 vs 1 fights, get to the nice team battles already...make it more interesting.