Also what the hell is that on the last page. A tail? i'm not quite sure
Its showing Kimimaro in some type of beast or demon form. If you look at the picture closely you can see that it is Kimi climbing out of the sand, trying to get to his feet. The broken tree in the picture is actually over his back. You can see his head and shoulder with some horns/spikes sticking out of them, along with his hand and part of his arm.


I also don't want to see the fight drag out, but I would also like to see more of what Gaara can do. He is my favorite character in the series so far. I'd love to see him do something other than stand there and let the sand do everything for him, but I doubt that will happen. I'm still kind of torn about him being a good guy though, His psychotic, unstable, and self torturing mind was what made him so appealing to me in the first place; he reminded me of myself.

And I'm certainly dying to see what happens when Naruto catches up to Sasuke.