Originally posted by: Pervert-Sennin Jiraiya
lol you think much to high of both naruto and kabuto. all of the sannin were disabled during that fight, tsunade still had her phobia, jiraiya was drugged nad orochimaru didnt have any arms. kabuto is over estimated since naruto almost won. and kabuto shouldnt really be counted as a genin he is the freakin right hand man of orochimaru.

the best team is still naruto, shikamaru and gaara.
overating him? i think not...

let's see, he whacked 8 ANBU's down, who Kakashi stated in Sasuke's room to guard him from Orochimaru.
he fought Tsunde and tied with her even before using her blood phobia, and then he went on to fight Shinzune and to survive a Rasengan.

oh, and when he went up against Tsunde, he avoided all attacks be4 using the chackra scupler to weaken her muscles, otherwise he'd be dead...

and here are some quates about him..
"you're most likely not able to kill me" Orochimaru, while he had his arms working.
"it'd be dangerous, even for me, to go against two of the legendary three" Kabuto thinking while facing tsunde.

if you'd give Kabuto a rematch against any of the enemies he fought against, he'd probably win this time, unless you believe Naruto will be able to hold him down with clones long enough to use the rasengan (and please remember that Kabuto offed 4 clones in a second, while he was under the effect of Tsunde's attack), or that Kabuto would drop his guard against Tsunde again...

Shikamaru, on the other side, lost to the sound nins in masks, and no one who wears a mask and has a face which is identical to others can be strong, and that's a fact... Shikamaru can't fight in a true fight, and his tactic skills won't help neither Gaara nor Naruto in a serious fight, since those two will just go all out and smash thier enemies...