Originally posted by: Kraco
The fight against Naruto was pitiful indeed, there's no denying that, but otherwise I don't think it was that bad. Considering the guy was already more than half dead, he put up a formidable fight against Gaara. You can't forget Gaara is a very powerful character when fully rested (if you can even say that with him), like he was in the beginning of that fight. Who knows how the fight would have ended, if Kimimaro hadn't been running out of his battery life already in the beginning of the duel.