Originally posted by: MisterBigs
Originally posted by: animemaster

that's odd. I could've sworn it was mentioned that he's probably on Kakashi's level...jounin and even so he'd still lose to Kakashi.
Well during the senin fight he was able to stand his ground against Ero-Senin and he was able to withstand naruto's attack I think that this puts him at a senin level. Also, when Kabuto was going to kill Sasuke in the hospital after the prelim Kakashi said Kabuto was stronger then him. In a full out fight be between Kabuto and Kakashi I would put all my muney on Kabuto. The only reason that Kabuto did not kill Kakashi in the hospital or any of the Jounen after the invation was because of his ties to Oro.
If you had read the manga entirely, you would have noticed that Jiraiya was drugged by Tsunade. End result was that Jiraiya could not mold chakra (very well) . Also, Naruto is not able to perform the Rasengan to its full effect. Add in the fact that Kabuto performed a technique that starts regenerating the cells before he was hit with the Rasengan. If you also read all those chapters again, it uses a lot of chakra to heal people, and is usually a waste to heal yourself.

Kabuto did not kill Kakashi in the hospital because he was not in any position to (he only had a single dagger and his own skills), and if they did start fighting, it would call a lot more ANBU, meaning security around Sasuke would increase dramatically.

If both of them were fighting, i would bet my money on Kakashi. why? because the chidori slices through things instead of exploding upon contact.