Originally posted by: Insomniac
personally i dont think their appearance is as great as everyone makes it out to be, all it will do is force longer fights with no clear winner for ages.

One thing, Naruto owned Gaara when Naruto accessed the Kyuubi chakra. Naruto couldnt even touch Kimimaro at the fullest Kyuubi chakra hes been in the whole series.

What the hell is Gaara going to do if Kimimaro hasnt even accessed level 2?
all the genins can hope to do is stall Sakon/Kimimaro and Tayuya - they wont win.
This whole arc, IMO is about to learn teamwork.
Konoha ninjas already learned how to work together, now, they will have to learn how to work with ex-enemies.
Likely, Lee and Gaara will work together, and so will Kankuro-Kiba and Shika-Temari. For me it's the most reasonable prediction. Not that I am known for being a reasonable person.