Chapter 252

[Chibionna]

Here is the raw: http://relaissaveurs.free.fr/Shonen%20Jump%2016/
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[Kaiwub]

Here is the raw: http://relaissaveurs.free.fr/Shonen%20Jump%2016/
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It seems that Naruto had deep bonds with Gaara. Good chapter I can't wait for Inanes release.

[B166ER]

that's seems kewl but I can't get a thing of what they say :cry:
translation plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

[feanor]

I have to agree. It does seem like Naruto is extremely motivated by Gaara's misfortune, which would indicate strong ties.

And then I have to add that it looks like Naruto is VERY fast, which is a good sign for those of us who worried about his speed, and his taijutsu. Everyone seemed surprised when he took one big step and was suddenly in the lead.

[Kaiwub]

I have to agree. It does seem like Naruto is extremely motivated by Gaara's misfortune, which would indicate strong ties.

And then I have to add that it looks like Naruto is VERY fast, which is a good sign for those of us who worried about his speed, and his taijutsu. Everyone seemed surprised when he took one big step and was suddenly in the lead.
I think they were more surprised that he was so motivated to get there fast because he was very angry at Akatsuki who took Gaara who probably would have turned out just like Naruto if he had a helping hand. Yashamaru really screwed him up...

[hamstar]

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one of the akatsuki members is the grandson of the old woman of the sand. Possibly sasori?

I hope my translation is accurate. I'm about 70% sure.

[Amatsu Mikaboshi]

well obviously since he was from the sand villiage. i doubt there are multiple sand people in akatsuki.

[Talanock]

a web translation is out

http://www.udanstraight.com/article.php?story=20050316212253290


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it seems Sakura finally knows about the nine-tails. bout freaking time.

[jus10]

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True, it appears that Sasori could be the grandson that old lady was referring to. I'm just glad that they seem to keep Sakura as a Sasuke freak. That and I hope they have Naruto sand bag until everyone else has shown their new techniques.

[BlueSpider]

im sorry what? u like sakura being a sasuke freak? imo thats the most annoying thing about her....her feelings are completely unjustified. anyways not the point.
ok chapter....i like this new naruto....more serious and mature....but still a hint of the prankster in him. cant wait to see him fight if jiraiya believes he can compete with akatsuki

[race84as]

i doubt jiraiya would allow naruto to go on this mission if he felt that he wasn't ready. i had a feeling naruto was hiding his true abilities during the bell test. sakura too, i think her stregnth is only the tip of the iceberg. as for kakashi i think he finally realised that he needs to be in the best shape of his life if he plans to protect naruto from akatsuki. im pretty sure his short bout with itachi inspired him to reach a level he never has before.

[Trinity210]

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Hmm, so it seems that Sakura now knows about the Nine-Tails. And of course Temari knows too, since Naruto mentioned it right in front of her.
I wonder if the Naruto team will actually be able to catch up with Deidara, Sasori, and Gaara before they get to wherever they're taking him--Kakashi said it would take three days just to reach Sand, and the Akatsuki guys have a head start.
Regarding what Sakura said about them having only 6 months to save Sasuke--does anyone else see an eventual assault on Sound in the offing? Sand is probably pretty pissed at Sound too, since Oro assassinated their previous Kazekage--I could see a joint effort of Leaf and Sand to take out Sound happening after the situation with Gaara is resolved.

[Id]

Here's a thought...
Akatsuki wants to include the Kyuubi in their plans. However, they know from the previous encounter, Naruto now travels with Jiraiya. Also, from that encounter they know that they would probably need more than 2 members to handle him. However, being that they have limited resources to execute their plans, they'd rather not send more than 2 members at a time to different tasks. Itachi and Hisame at first, as a sort of scouting team and now Deidara and Sasori as the first strike team. Getting the picture yet? Akatsuki are stragegists. They know if they attack one village that is allied with the other village, a team would be sent to assist. One thing, the village would not send many to assist as they also know that doing so would put the village itself at risk to attack. Much like how the Fifth sent only Gennin against the 5 sound ninjas. I'm sure Akatsuki knows about that. Also, I'm sure they know where Naruto is all the time. Knowing that he arrived in Konoha again, they now have a chance to separate him from Jiraiya. Team Naruto is heading for a trap and Gaara is not only a target, but also the bait.

[Naruto_Guru]

Omg I need Inane's release *twitching* Man im hooked OMG!

When Inane releases it please put up the link so I can download it.

Fungus: Theres an edit button, use it.

[jus10]

im sorry what? u like sakura being a sasuke freak? imo thats the most annoying thing about her....her feelings are completely unjustified. anyways not the point.
ok chapter....i like this new naruto....more serious and mature....but still a hint of the prankster in him. cant wait to see him fight if jiraiya believes he can compete with akatsuki

Its not about liking her being a Sasuke freak, its just nice to know they don't seem to be planning on changing her role from before. She still brings up Sasuke even though they're going to save Gaara. Its a nice facade when she drops Sasukes name into the mix of their plans to go after "AKATSUKI". When she's getting worked over in battle, watch, she'll think of something like "I can't die here, I have to save Sasuke-kun!" *hurls*:roll: She's still one of the most annoying characters :?

Here's a thought...
Akatsuki wants to include the Kyuubi in their plans. However, they know from the previous encounter, Naruto now travels with Jiraiya. Also, from that encounter they know that they would probably need more than 2 members to handle him. However, being that they have limited resources to execute their plans, they'd rather not send more than 2 members at a time to different tasks. Itachi and Hisame at first, as a sort of scouting team and now Deidara and Sasori as the first strike team. Getting the picture yet? Akatsuki are stragegists. They know if they attack one village that is allied with the other village, a team would be sent to assist. One thing, the village would not send many to assist as they also know that doing so would put the village itself at risk to attack. Much like how the Fifth sent only Gennin against the 5 sound ninjas. I'm sure Akatsuki knows about that. Also, I'm sure they know where Naruto is all the time. Knowing that he arrived in Konoha again, they now have a chance to separate him from Jiraiya. Team Naruto is heading for a trap and Gaara is not only a target, but also the bait.

Don't know if they knew the Sand would ask the Hidden leaf for help, but they are strategists. They are also conceited too. I'm pretty sure that Deidara and Sasori are the weakest of the Akatsuki members, but being that Akatsuki seems to be unique all around, weak and strong members might be difficult to differentiate. I think the idea of the team falling into a trap correct as well. Either way, Naruto shouldn't show of new jutsu's yet. Just show everyone how he's truly mastered his previous ones. IDK, something like a couple of clones all able to do use their own rasengan, a new way to use rasengan w/o rushing head on, stuff like that. Save the good stuff for later when everyone else has showed theirs. :wink:

[Trinity210]

Here's a thought...
Akatsuki wants to include the Kyuubi in their plans. However, they know from the previous encounter, Naruto now travels with Jiraiya. Also, from that encounter they know that they would probably need more than 2 members to handle him. However, being that they have limited resources to execute their plans, they'd rather not send more than 2 members at a time to different tasks. Itachi and Hisame at first, as a sort of scouting team and now Deidara and Sasori as the first strike team. Getting the picture yet? Akatsuki are stragegists. They know if they attack one village that is allied with the other village, a team would be sent to assist. One thing, the village would not send many to assist as they also know that doing so would put the village itself at risk to attack. Much like how the Fifth sent only Gennin against the 5 sound ninjas. I'm sure Akatsuki knows about that. Also, I'm sure they know where Naruto is all the time. Knowing that he arrived in Konoha again, they now have a chance to separate him from Jiraiya. Team Naruto is heading for a trap and Gaara is not only a target, but also the bait.

Wow...you know, I think you could be right. If Kakashi's team pursues Deidara and Sasori, Naruto will just be with Kakashi, Sakura, Temari, and whoever else the Sand decides to send with them. He'll be away from Jirayia and Tsunade, and also away from the many other ninjas that would be found in a village like Leaf or Sand...so he'd be a relatively easy target. I wouldn't be surprised if either a) Itachi and Kisame reappear to try and capture Naruto or b) Sasori and Deidara try to capture Naruto themselves when he catches up to them.

[Rei]

That chapter was'nt too great or at least i thought it was going to be a bit cooler. TT

[Id]

Yeah I got a feeling Itachi is gonna reappear soon...OH HEY...that would work too!!! That way Kakashi can show his new technique that he's been working on...something that counters Itachi's last move that messed up Kakashi. Hmm... :D

[Naruto_Guru]

If there was atleast some fighting this chapter would be SUPER but to bad it wasnt...Cant wait to see what happens next.

[BlueSpider]

from the sounds of it sakura wants to fight itachi....if sakura is stronger than him ill be pissed

[Naruto_Guru]

from the sounds of it sakura wants to fight itachi....if sakura is stronger than him ill be pissed

Hell yeah thatll be Some BS man Sakura being sronger than an Akatsuki Member...Bs I tell you Bs.

But I highly doubt that she actually is stronger than Itacchi. Although she has gotten a lot stronger.

[graff]

well guys good to be back from vegas...no internet for a week and a half.

now on to the original topic...why would it be such bs i want sakura to be strong now that way she wont just stand around cut off her hair and mention how strong naruto and sauske are. however i dont think that she should demolish an akatsuki member just be on par.

[BlueSpider]

well heres why. sakura was barely at gennin level strenth 3 years ago....itachi was stronger when he was like 9. now he is stronger than orochimaru. i dont want a simple ninja who has trained for three years to be on par with one of the strongest ninjas in the whole show

[graff]

but theres a difference between the two that has to be distinguished when you argue this. itachi is a freaking natrual he mastered the sharingan at age nine where as sakura has had no ninja training until the academy where as from what i can tell people like sauske kiba hinata neji choji and shino all come from ninja clans where they learn other stuff. thats why sakura was useless she had no where to go to train w/ the exception of kakashi and we all know he didnt do shit really other than teach em how to climb a tree. so now that shes been trained by a sannin then she can really bloom. like i said i dont want her to be able to demolish akatsuki or even itachi for that mattter i just want her to maybe take out the small fries of akatsuki...


no hello...?

[jus10]

Good arguments from both sides. Here's a third. :P If I'm not mistaken Sakura is a cherry blossom in japanese (laugh it up) right? Hence the name given to her character hints that she'll eventually bloom. With all this said and nearly 3 years of training with Tsunade obaachan (she started while Naruto was still recovering from Sasuke fight) she'll no doubt be stronger. She's acquired medical skills for healing as well as fighting. Her mastery of chakra control should be complete. I'm betting that she'll also have genjutsu techniques as well, which will set her apart from Tsunade obaachan. So......I think she'll obviously be weaker than Naruto and Kakashi and will just be able to put on a nice show against Akatsuki. Then as usual Naruto or Kakashi will save her.

[feanor]

There can be no doubt that Sakura has gotten a lot stronger, but I don't think anyone has to worry about her beating Itachi. I don't think she stands half a chance, and heres why.

Firstly, she has no bloodline limit, or Demon to help her, so she has to train on her own, and for her to improve for the weakling she was to someone who would stand a chance against Itachi, would take a lot more than 3 years.

Secondly, we have to assume that Itachi also improved in the last 3 years. Even though he had less room for improvement, he was sill young when we last saw him and he pulled out some stuff that surprised even jiraya. To think he would not pick up some new trick while being surrounded by 7 other very powerfull ninja's would be stupid.

Thirdly, Itachi has a lot more battle experience.

4 - Where Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, and all the other characters could focus solely on improving their fighting, Sakura has had to divide her time between fighting and healing.

5 - Sakura was originally a Genjutsu type. She picked up healing and good chakra control which gave her strength. So her possible avenues of Attack is Genjutsu, which has almost zero effect on Itachi ( Because of Sharingan ), and her super strength. There is no way Itachi is going to allow her to land even a single punch. He can do this because of his sharingan.

Lastly, and this is the most speculative. I don't know if she has it in her to kill. She hasn't been involved in a serious fight that we know of (eg. Naruto vs Gaara/Sasuke/Kabuto/Haku). Also Doctors/Healers are usually advers to causing such harm or pain. And Itachi has no such problems.

I know I have been long-winded, but it would truly be bs ( according to me, you may differ if you want) if Sakura beats Itachi, or any other of the atakusuki for that matter

[Trinity210]

I don't think Sakura is strong enough to be able to beat Itachi...although that would be hilarious. Can you imagine the look on Sasuke's face? I don't think it will actually happen though.
I do think that Kakashi's team+Sasuke will eventually face off against Itachi though, and Sakura may contribute to that battle. I think she might actually have a chance of resisting Tsukiyomi--remember during her battle with Ino when Ino used the body-switch jutsu, and Inner Sakura kicked Ino out of Sakura's body? Ino said something like, "What?! You have two minds?!" The Inner Sakura part of her mind wasn't affected by the jutsu. So if Itachi tried to invade Sakura's mind with Tsukiyomi, the Inner Sakura part of her mind might not be affected, and could kick Itachi out of her mind. I don't think she'd be able to actually beat him, but she might not get knocked out by Tsukiyomi the way Kakashi and Sasuke did.

[Lixie]

People can analyze all they want about Sakura, but the most important thing is that we still haven't seen her fight. You say it's not possible for a weakling like her to improve that much in 3 years... well it was also impossible for Lee to become a great ninja, but he worked hard, and he got his goal. Sakura seems like she's got the same determination and it looks like she will not stop until she has killed that guy.

All of the things you say about Sakura... no demon, no bloodline limit... are all of the things people used to think that Lee wouldn't be a great ninja.

Anyways, I think it would be a nice twist to the story if Sakura killed Itachi instead... cuz if it was Sasuke who killed Itachi, the story would work out too well and there would be no conflict to go on.

[thompkinsbrian]

actually we have seen her do some stuff. when they tried to take the bells from kakashi. the only reason they got it was because naruto was gonna tell him the end to the new novel. sakura still cant stand up to kakshi's level of sharingan what makes you think she can stand up to a ninja that is far beyond kakashi. i dont think right now she naruto or sasuke could single handedly defeat itachi. maybe working together.

what would be funny is if they are all in a huge fight with itachi and they are all getting owned like kids, then out of no where Konohamaru comes in does his sexy jutsu confuses itachi (itachi being a bisexual guy wondering if he should be attracted to this or not) and karate chops him in the back of the neck knocking him out. BAM Konohamaru becomes the next hokage

[Naruto_Guru]

actually we have seen her do some stuff. when they tried to take the bells from kakashi. the only reason they got it was because naruto was gonna tell him the end to the new novel. sakura still cant stand up to kakshi's level of sharingan what makes you think she can stand up to a ninja that is far beyond kakashi. i dont think right now she naruto or sasuke could single handedly defeat itachi. maybe working together.

what would be funny is if they are all in a huge fight with itachi and they are all getting owned like kids, then out of no where Konohamaru comes in does his sexy jutsu confuses itachi (itachi being a bisexual guy wondering if he should be attracted to this or not) and karate chops him in the back of the neck knocking him out. BAM Konohamaru becomes the next hokage


HAHAHAHA...I had a great laugh...thx for your insight.

[graff]

lmfao


STILL NO HELLO FROM ANYONE....DID ANYONE MISS ME?

[B166ER]

miss u ?? where were u ?
hello anyway :p

[Naruto_Guru]

lmfao


STILL NO HELLO FROM ANYONE....DID ANYONE MISS ME?

No one like go away...J/k...Well will anyone say hello?

DunDunDun

Stay tune next week to see if shino18 gets a Hello...What an exciting episode cant wait...DunDUnDun...HAHAHA

[Radeon]

Konnichiwa shino

[graff]

thanks

haha is the translation out yet anywhere.

and oh yeah i was in vegas damn no one even noticed i was gone.

[seraphsword]

English version is on that japflap.com link, it's rar format, but it's the Inane translation.

[BlueSpider]

which is now at narutofan. enjoy anyone that hasnt gone and read the raw....all three of you

[Naruto_Guru]

The Inane Translation was better than the other web one.

[seraphsword]

I still think revealing his nature to Sakura could have been done in a more dramatic fashion. It was kind of an "Oh by the way, I'm the Demon Fox" thing. Lame.

[Naruto_Guru]

I still think revealing his nature to Sakura could have been done in a more dramatic fashion. It was kind of an "Oh by the way, I'm the Demon Fox" thing. Lame.

Thats TRUE.

[Lixie]

I still think revealing his nature to Sakura could have been done in a more dramatic fashion. It was kind of an "Oh by the way, I'm the Demon Fox" thing. Lame.

Thats TRUE.

Eh, I don't know. I don't like dramatic stories. I think the way he said it made it less of a, "LOOK AT ME I'M DEMON FOX!" GASP!!! type of thing. I like it.

[kwint]

Well...he made it kind of obvious since the chuunin exam...

[Naruto_Guru]

Its kinda wierd that Sakura couldnt tell why everyone hated him...SO obvios..its like duh.

I mean everyone always told him he was never gonna be a good ninja.

They always laughed at him and stuff like that.

It makes it so obvios that he was like a monster or something.

[seraphsword]

Well, she was too busy dreaming over Sasuke to really notice Naruto was alive. Plus he was a prankster and did stink at ninjitsu for the longest time, which might have explained a little why people didn't like him. After all, the first time we see him he's painting grafitti on the faces of the hokages.

[thompkinsbrian]

he only did that cause of how people treated him. its a good example of a child wanting attention. i heard it refered to as a cry for help before too. then he had iruki which he was still a little trouble maker but straightened him out a bit.

i agree saukra was prolly too busy drooling over sasuke, but i also think she knew about Nine-Tails BEFORE naruto told her. i mean she knew all that stuff i am sure she came across that too. i think the only one in the group that may not have known was temari

[random]

Huh? You guys were discussing the possibility of Sakura defeating Itachi? Well how can that even be remotely possible? -_-

First off, are the Naruto and friends people even on par with the older Jounins like Kakashi, Gai, Asuma etc? I mean, yeah they all trained hard. They all became Chuunins and some Jounins, buit frankly, i doubt they'll reach the experienced Jounin's level this quickly.

With that established, Kakashi got creamed by Itachi. No i really cannot see them defeating Itachi at all. Probably not even the entire team kakashi combined.

In fact, i'm wondering how on earth team kakashi is suppoed to pull off this mission facing the akasuki people... Each member is just about as strong as Itachi, who's supposed to be stronger than even Orochimaru... It's all like a Kage strength level already... And they have people capable of destroying an entire village single handedly. No really, team kakashi hardly stand a chance...

Although really, i'd love to see Sasuke's face if Sakura kills Itachi...

By the way, hello... I'm a new member of some sort...

[graff]

well think about it would jiraiya really let naruto go if he thought that he didnt have a chance and also kakashis not the type of guy to take too big of an unnecessary risk. same goes for tsunade i doubt that old hag would let them go if she thought that they didnt stand a chance. the truth is theres something we dont know right now. like are sasori and diedra the low end of akatsuki or what. plus the jutsus that naruto and kakshi have plus sakuras probably got a bunch of new ones as well. the truth is they stand alot more of a chance than you give them credit for.

[thompkinsbrian]

yeah right now we dont know much about what they have learned over the past years. but i doubt sakura would beat itachi one on one regardless.

lol and its funny when people put things up like its a fact then they are dead wrong. not saying you are wrong but i have seen it before in specualtion. people say no way this happens blah blah blah its immpossible this and that. then bam it happens

[graff]

yeah im not trying to say its not possible that they get creamed im just saying the stand a hell of a bigger chance than some people give them credit for.


hell it would be kinda funny to see them all cocky and then bam they get stomped just like gaara and kankoro.

[thompkinsbrian]

no i am agreeing with you it can go either way cause we really dont know do we. and gaara didnt get stomped gaara lost to protect the village.

[Allister]

I thought they said it had something to do with Yondaime, and his secret jutsu. Either that or his personal list.

[Morpheus]

Well. At some point in the anime, someone has to defeat Itachi. Will it be Sasuke, Naruto, or Sakura? Perhaps Kakashi?

I think it may be one of those.

It would be so cool if Itachi kicked Naruto's and Sasuke's Ass.. then the weak crybaby Sakura suddenly explodes with emotion and power to save his comrades and put a good fight against him, at least, hurting him seriously.
Maybe he would try to use Mangeykou on her and she dispels it with his genjutsu abilities.
Because of what she said : "I am going to save those two", It would be no surprise that she is the one to beat him. 8)

[graff]

imo it would have to be one of those guys cause well it would suck anyother way.

[race84as]

i know that nobody wants to believe that sakura improved that much but i believe in her. she was the brightest of all the rookies in her class. she also had better chakra control than the #1 rookie sasuke. hell im sure if kakashi had sakura's level of chakra control he would have super-stregnth, but he doesn't. one thing she has going for her is the perfect chakra control which cannot be toaught and i believe that makes her SPECIAL. DONT GET ME WRONG i always looked at her as an annoying character since she was first introduced but i feel that we all have to give sakura and especially her brillliant teacher tsunade some credit. tsunade is the fifth hokage and there is no doubt in my mind that she sees herself in sakura the way jiraiya sees himself in naruto. and she;s the freakin hokage so i think we need to accept the fact the sakura is special now and stop bitching about it.

[jus10]

All things shall be revealed over time. 8)

[Morpheus]

i know that nobody wants to believe that sakura improved that much but i believe in her. she was the brightest of all the rookies in her class. she also had better chakra control than the #1 rookie sasuke. hell im sure if kakashi had sakura's level of chakra control he would have super-stregnth, but he doesn't. one thing she has going for her is the perfect chakra control which cannot be toaught and i believe that makes her SPECIAL. DONT GET ME WRONG i always looked at her as an annoying character since she was first introduced but i feel that we all have to give sakura and especially her brillliant teacher tsunade some credit. tsunade is the fifth hokage and there is no doubt in my mind that she sees herself in sakura the way jiraiya sees himself in naruto. and she;s the freakin hokage so i think we need to accept the fact the sakura is special now and stop bitching about it.

YEAH! That's it! Thumbs up!

One more character to love... one more character to worship in the series. One of the main characters showing some power and skills. I am sure she will give a big surprise for those who think of her as weak.

[thompkinsbrian]

i got one question for you? who says anyone has to defeat itachi at all?

and if sakura was as special as everyone is ranting about why isnt she jounin?

i still believe itachi will do something to redeem himself, self sacrifice or some shit.

[hamstar]

i sure hope naruto was just sand bagging earlier against kakashi...

i need to read 253 already.

[thompkinsbrian]

of course naruto would go all out on kakashi. to do so he would use things like kyuubi power and all that stuff. i do think he was trying but not with the intent to kill as he is told

[Morpheus]

i got one question for you? who says anyone has to defeat itachi at all?

and if sakura was as special as everyone is ranting about why isnt she jounin?

i still believe itachi will do something to redeem himself, self sacrifice or some shit.

She doesn't need to become Jounin to be special.
She doesn't not need to become Jounin to defeat someone with Jounin level, and that.. you will see.

And about Itachi... he must be defeated. He is a twisted psycho without emotions at all. He feels no remorse IMO. He deserves to die while crying and blaming himself for being weak.

[thompkinsbrian]

nah he wont. it would be too simple. its going to be complicated.

[shadowmagus]

i personnally think that itachi will like be something like darth vadar u kno. he sees sasuke getting his ass kicked then goes nooooooooooooooooooo!!! and dies. something like what thomkins said. kills him? to me that woujld be an unsatisfactory resolution

[Väterchen Frost]

I think Itachi will be beaten by Kakashi. It seems that I´m the only one but I think Kakashi will get Mangekyou Sharingan and beat the hell out of Itachi, because I think it´s possible that Kakashis new jutsu is just the new Sharingan!!!

[B166ER]

no you need to have uchiha blood to devellop the mangekyou sharingan, and to kill your closest friend. Kakashi don't have uchiha blood nor any "closest friend"

[thompkinsbrian]

yeah that is definitely two requirements. and i dont think kakashi could kill anyone close to him after what happened to obito

[seraphsword]

I think the only one who could defeat Itachi is Sasuke. Most likely Sasuke would kick the ass of anyone who tried to help him anyway.

Although maybe Itachi will be killed by the mysterious 3rd Mangekyou Sharingan person. And that's why he left Sasuke alive, so he could become strong enough to kill that person. Or maybe not...

Edit: Then again, maybe Naruto can use the Sharingan some day, as he seems to be connected to the Uchiha somehow (ref: Itachi's flashback during his fight with Kakashi, when he mentions the Fourth's inheritance).

[Naruto_Guru]

I think the only one who could defeat Itachi is Sasuke. Most likely Sasuke would kick the ass of anyone who tried to help him anyway.

Although maybe Itachi will be killed by the mysterious 3rd Mangekyou Sharingan person. And that's why he left Sasuke alive, so he could become strong enough to kill that person. Or maybe not...

Edit: Then again, maybe Naruto can use the Sharingan some day, as he seems to be connected to the Uchiha somehow (ref: Itachi's flashback during his fight with Kakashi, when he mentions the Fourth's inheritance).

What do you mean th 4th's inheritance...I dont know what your talkin about but if Naruto was able to use the Sharingan someday he would be unstoppable...mwhahahaha...O k...but truelly I really think Sasuke is the only one who can kill Itcahi because hes the one with the sharingan.

[B166ER]

when he was talking about the fourth inheritance it was only because yondaime was the one that seald the kyubi inside naruto. anyway, yondaime as no connection with the uchiha clan, or the sharingan. naruto will never use the sharingan...

[MATCHSTICK]

Itachi will get defeated by Gai when he opens all 8 gates to protect Lee. Doubtful, but not impossible. He'll most likely be beaten by the boss of akatsuki maybe for trying to be stronger than him and stealing his demon?

As for where people stand in strength it is hard to tell.
Naruto could be at kage level considering he beat Gaara and Gaara is now Kage. Orichimaru claimed that Itachi can beat him, then Itachi started getting scared of guy, and also Itachi was saying to fish guy (soz forgot name), that they will die if they try to get Naruto with Jiraiya with them, then orichimaru was like Jiraiya your soo weak when trying to get Tsunade to heal his arms. Basically, it is all confusing. (if you want proof to all of what i said i will gladly provide it)

If sakura has perfect chakra control, what took naruto about 3 months (?) to master, Rasengan, could possibly take her even less time. So you never know sakura might just go rasengan on Itachi's ass. Also Kakashi and the mange sharingan, doubtful, unless he considered his plant his best friend, and accidentally killed it by knocking it over.

EDIT: Oh yh, when Jiraiya said 'that jutsu', anybody else think that its similar to gaara's jutsu where he releases the demon inside?

[seraphsword]

EDIT: Oh yh, when Jiraiya said 'that jutsu', anybody else think that its similar to gaara's jutsu where he releases the demon inside?

Doubtful, since gaara's demon was always trying to get out, to the point where gaara couldn't sleep. Maybe the fourth's sealing jutsu?


Also, y'all don't agree that there is some connection between Uchiha and Naruto/Kyuubi? Because when Kakashi asks Itachi what he's after (and we know it was Naruto), he has a flashback of the Uchiha secret meeting place, the same spot he sent Sasuke to.

[7hat1kid]

no you need to have uchiha blood to devellop the mangekyou sharingan, and to kill your closest friend. Kakashi don't have uchiha blood nor any "closest friend"


This is not neceserily true in Kakashi's Case. According to your logic to even use the sharingan Kakashi would need uchiha blood. However, this is not the case as Kakashi got his sharingan under special circumstances. It is quite possible for Kakashi to obtain the Magenkyou Sharingan. If you go back to the Kakshi side story you'll notice that when he as Obito's sharingan surgecally implnated inplace of his own eye it only had two of the little dots. Kakashi as since been able to evolve the sharingan into its three dots stage. If the Sharingan leveled under the control of Kakashi then it is possible for him to obtain the higher level of magenkyou Sharingan. On the subject of Itachi's death he doesn't nececerily have to die. Thing aren't allways so black and white on the subject of good and evil. Itachi isn't as evil and diabolical as everone makes him out to be. Other than when he killed his entire clan he really hasn't done anything that evil. Sure he's probably killed some other ninja's but more than likey it was in defense. He doesn't go around for a thirst of blood you guys make it out to seem.
On the lines of Sakura's rank yea it doens't really mater what your rank acutally is. Yes she's got the official rank of Chuunin but she could very likely be at Juunin level. Just look at the fight between the sound ninja's. Chouji was ranked at a Gennin yet he defeated jiroubou a ninja at Juunin level, Neji was only ranked at Gennin but took out Kidoumaru, Kankouru ranked at genning took out Sakon with ease. Temari when ranked at a genning took out Tayuna with ease, and of course lets not forget about Gaara's fight against Kimmimaro(although kimmimaro really lost to his disease Gaara smacked his ass around a bit). So you see the rank doesnt nececerily accuretly represent the strength of the ninja.