She's alive! Barely but she isn't dead yet... Imma be so angry if they kill her...

What i'm pissed about is that when they kept asking is Kakashi is dead, they never actually said it. I'll stick with my hopes that he isn't until someone tosses his ass into a coffin. Same goes with Shizune & Hinata.

One of the Recent mangas, already stated Shizune is dead, Kakashi is most likely either way at the moment., Hinata is alive though.

True... yet I can't believe Shizune just died so easily. We knew that she was of Jounin level, and she always worked directly under the hokage... so it just doesn't add up to well.

Shizune's demise was a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, at a jounin level, she's still pretty much a healer and or assistant, take note that Tsunade's real successor is none other than Sakura. Kakashi was dead (officially) when he talked to his dad in the afterlife and when Tsunade couldn't sense his chakra anymore. Choji should've just taken the bullet lol.

I can't really imagine on how the Naruto manga will continue after this, like seriously. All hell has broken loose. literally. And I feel if a group of ninja actually find Pain, that he would kill all of them. I have a feeling Ino's dad will probably like "PAIN I KNOW YOUR SECRET" *get's impaled, dies* and at the rate were going, something tells me Yamato will probably die while attempting to seal the six tails. I mean if three (decently or well known) characters die in recent chapters, I'm positive that they aren't the last.

lets hope that Sakura and the others get to Hinata in time. I hear ya, they gave pain Uber Hax. I mean characters are dying faster than the Saiyan saga in DBZ. It's like atleast a member from each team would die or get radically injured....(insert Team Gai member here) or something like that. I kinda feel bad for the pursuit team going to the tower though. I don't think they're enough, however. Pain is losing chakra too so I'm pretty excited on how things would turn out.

We never really saw Shizune Fight though Remember that. We saw her use needles once I think, and that was about it. Though Remember Kakashi is Easily Above Jounin Level, He's probably at Sannin Levels, and he was killed by I think it was 2 peins. Then you also have to consider Konohamaru basically destroyed one, somehow. Which means he has to be stronger than even shizune. Which is odd, but I look forward to seeing him more no doubt. Shizune's Mind was taken by PEin I think. So she may have a small sliver of a chance to come back, however what's the point of killing people in the manga only to bring them back, He pretty much exhausted that with Gaara.

Thats mainly why I think Kakashi is Dead, and Shizune is. Not Sure about Konohamaru but he's probably alive, due to the fact he killed one pein, and I doubt he'd be killed easily by a shockwave. Though Personally I think Gai is the next to die, Gai, Lee, and Yamato, are probably the only ones who can save naruto. Gai because of his ability to open all the gates, Lee is there because of his ability to open the gates, and Yamato ACtually has the sealing ability.

Though I cant think Gai would die there, mainly cause he is probably the one to kill Kisame, or the other guy is, Forgot his name. Also gai is probably one of the closer jounins to Kakashi, and viewed him as a rival and friend. So he might as well finish what kakashi couldnt. It is personally my firm believe that Gai is stronger than Kakashi, and Tsunade, do to those gates, and it would only make sense for the manga to show all 8 gates, since they at the beginning stated the power would be far greater than that of even a Hokage. So they have to use them.

Now since I'm basically labeling what happens since Kakashi died. With Sasuke and Naruto, Kakashi was the bond that held them together. Either in Kakashi's Death, That bond falls apart, and Finally We get the Battle Sasuke vs Naruto that will be held to the end, with Naruto Killing Sasuke. Or Sasuke and Naruto Come together to Destroy Akatsuki. However the prior is more likely to happen.

Sasuke and Naruto will fight, Naruto will win, and the rest will play like the finale of Kingdom Hearts II. Put Naruto as Sora, Sasuke as Riku, and Madara or somebody else (Kabutorochimaru?) as Xemnas.

I wonder if this means the 4th is alive or if it's only his spirit or whatever. I can't wait to read the next chapter!

I'm betting its uhh whats the word, an imprinted memory onto the seal? So basically when the seal goes into the 8 tails, it releases the memory, and such, to confront naruto, or something like that. Memory is not the term I want to use, but you got the jist. but I wanted to see the 9 tails. ;(

If you want to see the nine tails, go back to episode 1 of the first Naruto series, LOL.