I think Jiraiya transforming that rain ninja into a from was just a trick, it would make more sense if it was because not only would he have gotten information from the remaining ninja but he would also have a prisoner to send back to the leaf for interrogation, and since Jiraiya was being overly cautious from the beginning I think that is exactly what he did. If it gets there in time to help him in any way is another story, but Jiraiya knew there was a very high possibility of him Jiraiya so doing so would have been a good insurance policy in case he does actually die.
Kishimoto hasn't been splitting the battle lately if I remember the Gaara battle correctly that is all we saw for a couple chapters, and he did the same thing with Sasori, Deidara, Orochimaru, Hidan and Kakuzu and the Sasuke again. Its looks as if this battle is going to be over soon so we should get to see the Sasuke, Naruto, Itachi meeting next.
The second half of Naruto's power is not stored with the frog what the frog has is the key to release the seal in Naruto so he has complete access to the Kyuubi's power.Originally Posted by DDBen
Ying and Yang doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be more powerful. Sure there is no doubt that he will be stronger but I think the ying chakra would give him more abilities. As far as it is now the Kyuubi chakra Naruto has seems to be only able to be used as raw energy, it isn't used in the sense of normal chakra as more of a physical attack, like rasengan or when the cloak surronds his body.. Splitting the ying and yang doesn't always mean that you just have half your chakra. In some animes mixes ying and yang provides balance not necessarily strength so if Naruto is unable to control the yang chakra because it is just raw power then he might be able to control the Kyuubi if he had both not that he is ever going to get the ying chakra back.Originally Posted by dimitris127