heh, i was wondering what the 5th meant by " i have already done someting about that " i think the leaf made a new trety with the sand- on ethat has both villages much more involved with daily duties. this is my only explination for what we ahve come to see. otherwise good or bad this fight is not something a group w=of nin on a mission would get involved with.

now to address 2 comments one Lee is no longer drunk- kmimaro makes note of this. second for the person mentioning how sasuke surpased lee..this never happened. he almost matched his top speed without opening of gates of course. and again for thoose you who are continually trying to put strength within the naruto universe on a linear scale... IT IS NOT A LENEAR EQUATION FOR THE STENGTH OF CHARACTERS IN NARUTO-THIS IS NOT DBZ. certain skills and techniques are simply more or less effective depending on the skill employed by an opponent.

also yes gaara is strong but he is still gennin/chunnin lvl any one of the jounin would own him. i highly doubt he is the strongest of the sand.... and if he is that really doesnt say much for the sand now does it.

Kimimaro has a taijutsu based fighting abuility his physical attacks will most likely not be able to break through the barrier of sand without use of lvl2...and lord knows what kind of power he is going to have @ lvl2 he is already a monster compared against even the strongest of the gennin/chunnin. He lacks Lee's speed so kimimaro is gong to have a tough fight against him.


oh yeah i almost forgot... as for Itachi and all the itachi comments. i hate to break to all of you. Itachi's can be beaten by some of the introduced characters. and from what i can tell from dialog and what limited interactions with Itachi. were it not for the mange sharingan anyone of the 3 would have a fair shot at beating him. its that damn genjutsu that Oro is afraid of. and it is that jutsu that really makes him so damn devistating. only way to combat it is to avoid looking at it. and from waht we can tell only one capable of performing such footwork is currently Gai... and no that does not mean i think that Gai could take him all it means is we know that his particular method of fighting itachi is effective agaist him.

back to the 3- Oro wasnt weary of Itachi until after thy had ben in akatsuki together. apperantly Oro saw something that itachi did that he knew he could not counter( im assuming mange sharingan ) why is tha relavent simple Jyraiya didnt back down inspte of the fact being from the leaf he is gong to know of itachi's past and very well what he is capable of. or so he thinks. He was not afraid of the genjutsu. as for the 5th... well honestly remains to be seen fighting a crippled Oro, and a jounin really doesnt say much to me.

as for itachi being greatest genious of the leaf..no unfortuunately this is not true. yes he was amazing hands down. but no more so than any of the 3 from what i can tell. especially Oro- the 3rd saw something in him that he had yet to come across. including a bright hopeful that surely would have caught his eye by attaining title of anbu captain @ age 13

Itachis is strong and eceptional strong for his age, seeing as he is still very younge but he is at the Hokage, and sannin lvl.