Originally Posted by Super5
There are going to be a lot of deaths. I'm guessing all of the older people (Kakashi's generation and older) will bite it. This means Gai, Kurenai, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Yamato. Jiraiya's death is all but certain from the foreshadowing 2 chapters ago and the coming battle with Akatsuki. Tsunade will probably die saving the village from some Kabuto/Oro plot. Yamato will get tangled with a Root plot and die because of it. Since Kakashi has been built up so much, he'll probably die fighting Tobi or Pein.
But this also means that all the Akatsuki will die. I'm guessing each of the original Rookies will match up with an Akatsuki and take them down with some assistance. Shikamaru took down Hidan, Naruto took down Kakuzu, Sakura took out Sasori, Sasuke took out Deidara. Of course some rookies won't be able to take down one, and will just play a support role - like Ino. But all the rookies will live. Kishi has made it clear that the younger generation will take over, and to me, this means the older generation must die.