Originally posted by: Sidnne
and its likely that Konoha will succeed in somehow rescueing him. (whether or not he will still have the Shukaku remains to be seen).
yeah that seems likely, but I have a feeling that Kishi will have Gaara loose his demon(but then again what do I know)

but about Itachi being there, its pretty obvious that they(team 7 +baka woman) will fight but knowing how most things are in this manga and knowing that everyone there has improved(but we dont know how much obviously)(dont know about the sand woman) Im going to make a semi-educated/ignorant guess that they will make Itachi retreat for some mystical reason(b/c having Itachi obliterate everyone and taking Naruto would just be stupid at this time)