Will Kabuto change sides?

[Uchiha]

I never said that Kabuto is weak in taijutsu, I only said it's probaly his weakest jutsu type, I mean he is probaly better in Ninjutsu and Genjutsu then he is in Taijutsu. That is was I said and that's all based on what he said that he is not so strong in Taijutsu.

And I don't think Orochimaru arms are healed, why would they? they where sealed not damaged and if he can use them now what was the point in finding Tsunande to heal them when he just could've change body. So I don't think he can use them just b/c he changed body.

[Uchiha]

So you know Kabuto only used tsunandes phobia againts her after Jiraiya and the others had arrived. Before they got there Tsunande was in disadvantage, he could've killed her if he wanted but he was not allowed to do so b/c they needed her to heal Orochimaru's arms. He said it himself that he could just aim for her neck and kill her but he didn't want to.

I would say that Kabuto kicked Naruto's ass, Naruto just got 1 hit and that was with the Rasengan. Kabuto would beat Naruto if they fought 1 on 1, he only lost to Naruto b/c he didn't have enough chakhra left to recover from Rasengan but remember that he fought Tsunande, Shizune and Summoned 2 giant snakes before he took Rasengan.

[Raven]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Haku_san @ Feb 17 2004, 12:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> How can Orochimaru use his arms again? I am well aware of his new body, but didnt the 3rd rip Orochimaru&#39;s arms from his soul(Orochimaru&#39;s soul) with the god of death? Thus would stop him from using his arms in any body? Cuz the 3rd knew that Orochimaru can change bodies, so he sealed Orochimaru&#39;s soul arms inside his own soul.

Maybe I missed it when i was reading back then, but thats what I thought. He used the seal method, TO SEAL oro&#39;s arms, cuz he couldnt seal oro&#39;s soul completely.

Chapter 137 - pg 15 - 16 - The 3rd sealed Orochimaru&#39;s arms from Orochimaru&#39;s soul. The body Orochimaru was in, you see his hands rot as his soul arms are removed. The 3rd said he was stealing Oro&#39;s Jutsus thus stopping him from using his arms again. So it doesnt make any sense for Orochimaru to have working arms in a new body if it was his soul that his arms were removed. OR <span style='color:red'>Does the arms rot in a matter of time?</span>

o.o someone wanna field that one? I would like to know... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Yes, it&#39;s all a bit confusing - it also raises the question, how could Tsunade heal the arms when they are sealed?

[Hotsuma]

I think the sannin are completely overrated. They were good, but that was the past. I don&#39;t think they live up to their reputation.

[Death BOO Z]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (dazzz @ Feb 19 2004, 12:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ohhhh my god...don&#39;t ever bring up kabuto&#39;s red eyes again...

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>KABUTO&#39;S RED EYES MEAN SHIT</span></span>

if his eyes were actually a significant thing, WE WOULD&#39;VE SEEN WHAT IT DOES ALREADY. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
actually, i think you&#39;re right, his red eyes and sayings about &#39;old blood&#39; are probably just him talking about going on a killing spree and blowing his cover, the red eyes probably represnt his blood lust, and when the rain nins saw it, they were parelazyed from the intensity of it (like how Oro did to sasuke and sakura).

Kabuto is probably one of the best ninjas who doesn&#39;t have an advanced blood line&#092;demon&#092;family secret, i wouldn&#39;t be suprised if h actually was disgusing himself as a kid to join the leaf village and then he used &#39;dead soul no jutsu&#39; (the one he used to control the anbu&#39;s body) to fake his whole family...

[Mut]

i think that&#39;s why tsunade is a one of the sannins. her medical abilities are THAT good.

[Lithonite]

okay first, Naruto had enough chakra to heal, its jsut Kabuto cut off his chackr when he hit him in th chest.

Second, again seeing as just having a large amount of chakra and jutsu at your disposal does not make someone &quot;strong&quot; it the abuility to use jutsu effectively against another apponent;- this include but is not limited to exploiting their weaknesses.

Tsunade phobia of blood was a weakness and only an imbacile would not use that to their advantage. for instance lets take Sakura, she is smart as can been but lacks any real pratical combat skill minus maybe genjutsu, that being the case yo wold not try and defeat her using Gen jutsu you would exploit use her weakness in taijutsu and f00king knock her butt out.- the fact kabuto was able to effectively exploit his apponents weakness is nothing but a testimony to his strength.

and for thoose you think Kabuto could defeat any one of the 3.. well frankly im somewhat a kabuto fan but he would not stand a prayer... which was clear after Tsunade regained her composure.

Considering it sems Orochimaru, and Jiraiya have combat abuilities that surpass the 5th&#39;s i dont think it likely he could defeat one of them. This includes conditions of Orochimaru not having use of his arms, or Jiraiya poisoned.

[Hotsuma]

Just because Oro has a new body, doesn&#39;t mean he can just start using Jutsus all crazy-like again.

Kabuto is way better than Tsunade. She messed up his nervous system, yet he was able to figure out how it worked, AND use 80 percent of his &quot;normal&quot; (not hard) effort. Needless to say - Kabuto is one bad motherfucker

I THINK he might potentially be stronger than Oro. We haven&#39;t seen his &quot;old-blood&quot; yet, but he still is able to take on Tsunade almost effortlessly.

[Lithonite]

yeah its a tough call im guessing had she actully ever punched him it would have been over i mean the chick knocks down walls,a nd punched through Orochimaru jaw. I dont think she has much in term of total combat abuility much like Kabuto states about himself but... she is the 5th im guessing she is still ranked pretty significantly above Kabuto in abuility. Why do you think Orochimaru, ist @ 100% after gathering another body? Just curoius to see what you/other might think about that

[xtort]

I don&#39;t know why this thread was brought back from the dead. Kabuto won&#39;t switch sides.

And as far as Kabuto being way stronger than Tsunade... that&#39;s definitely not the case. She has a) more power, B) just as much precision, c) has a bloodline summons, where Kabuto will get eaten by the Manda, d) we&#39;ve seen as little of her power as we have his.

These strength arguements are goofy, like I&#39;ve always said. We know that both Jiraiya and Orochimaru are scared of her chakra power and control. And we know that Kabuto has red eyes... not sure how that means he&#39;s stronger than her. (That doesn&#39;t mean I don&#39;t want to see the &quot;old blood&quot; start to boil, cuz I think Kabuto is one of my favorite characters. He&#39;s sooo evil because he smiles.)

Kabuto, who was on Tsunade&#39;s level (possibly) only with use of the soldier pill, would get slaughtered. That&#39;s just my thoughts on it. There&#39;s no way to prove it though.

-xtortout

Edit: removed emoticons so I could do my &quot;b)&quot;

[Raven]

Like xtort said, it&#39;s really difficult to prove any of this until we see more of the story, characters and true strength develop.

[xtort]

I really hope his red eyes were more than some problems with his contacts. Talk about a teaser... I want to see him get into a big fight... something on the order of the Orochimaru / Sasuke fight, so that it stresses his abilities and makes the blood come out. It better be something, cuz I&#39;ll be mad if whatyouseeiswhatyouget with Kabuto.

-xtortout

[Mut]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (xtort @ Feb 19 2004, 11:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> whatyouseeiswhatyouget </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
personally, i think that&#39;s how it&#39;s been so far in the manga until neji vs kidoumaru fight. there has been a lot of surprises from left and right.

[Mut]

ohhhh my god...don&#39;t ever bring up kabuto&#39;s red eyes again...

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>KABUTO&#39;S RED EYES MEAN SHIT</span></span>

if his eyes were actually a significant thing, WE WOULD&#39;VE SEEN WHAT IT DOES ALREADY.

[Uzumaki Naruto]

its possible, i mean he is a cunning bastard he can pretty much talk his way almost of of anythng, i think

[Kumiriko]

If in switch sides ya mean turn agest Oro. i think he never truely worked for oro.

[shikamaru's will]

who is oro or kabuto???

[ChaosGenkaku]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Kumiriko @ Feb 20 2004, 02:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> If in switch sides ya mean turn agest Oro. i think he never truely worked for oro. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
agreed. he is more clever than orochimaru i guess...
and he dare to show that *cleverness* to orochimaru,
which means &quot;do you think i&#39;m scare of u, sissy~&quot;

[oni roh]

like was said i don&#39;t think kabuto is on a side at all, i&#39;m really interested to hear his part of the story. as for kabuto disguising himself as a kid isn&#39;t a factor because he has been around since that war or whatever and more or less seen around if that makes sense. As for his red eyes i don&#39;t think its a whole lot at all cause if it gave him all this power then he would have used it with his encounter with jaraiya and tsunade etc. too much of kabuto is unkown to make an arguement whether or not who&#39;s side he is on.

[MightyDustLoop]

Anyone besides me think Kabuto is actually with Akatsuki and just keeping tabs on Orochimaru?

He does seem to have an interest in Naruto after all (and a new member to replace Orochimaru after he left isn&#39;t out of the question).