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[Hakeem_21]

After reading Inane and understanding how the akatsuki guy won i can say that if there is more guys as strong as him in akatsuki then Naruto and co shoulndt worry too much cause Gaara was pretty even until the the trap.

But mostly likely he will be weekest of them all, even Kisame must be better than he/she.

[Zerohour]

I figured Garaa would get beat down, but just the fact that he was taken down in a single attack without even it being the strongest explosive that the Akatsuki member had is kind of doubtful. He still had the coating of sand-armor. So it's very well posible that he did fake his capture in order to get himself out of the village.

Also, a theory for Akatsuki's mission just hit me. Since there are nine Yoma and nine Akatsuki members, it makes even more sense to me that their goal is to capture the Yoma. If they figure out a way to get the Yoma out of the vessle and into one of themselfs, they would further their powers greatly. (Into an akatsuki member if a yoma isn't in one.)