I hate to admit it, but yeah kakashi could be dead. They always kill my favorite characters after all. Tsunade, as I said before, could be fine. Either she is dead, ravely injured and still healing, or fully healed and looking like a granny, all of which would/could inspire oro's comment. Sasuke is not going evil again. If he does im going to be furious like

and go to kishi's house to beat him up

. Another Madara and Hashi battle is likely, but we saw what happened to the landscape during their last battle and this time they have a very large audience, so what's kishi going to do about that? Kill all the shinobi from the great nations? I don't think so. :scorps: probably something more unpredictable. Sakura dying? No way. As much as most people dislike sakura I belive Kishi has a soft spot for her, I don't think he would kill her. That being said, I don't think he dislike neji, its just that this is war and someone close to naruto had to die. Not such a big character but not such a small one either. We got to know neji very well in part one, and WE had a soft spot for him, giving him a special position in the naruto story. Someone minor, like tenten, shino, or kiba might not have any impact on us. But neji's death hit us where it hurts without making us stop reading. Not enough readers care for Sakura for her death to mean something, and Kishi likes her. So she wont die, count on it. Now, another person posted about narusasu openings being annoying. I don't know about the rest of you, but none of the openings seemed to be yaoi to me. Anime friendships are usually very strong, stronger than those in real life, especially in battle mangas like Naruto where friends die. Theres not a doubt in my mind that naruto and sasuke are nowhere near gay for each other or anyone else, so sorry yaoi girls you're out of luck. Ill admit sasuke has ignored every girl that's come his way, eve nthe pretty ones like Ino, and his alternate self is a playboy of all things, but im still sure he's not gay, just apathetic when it comes to girls and very serious about being strong. Narutos a pervert and likes sakura and possibly hinata in the future (they did have their big moment in 615 after all). Hes not gay, end of story.
My prediction for next chapter: one of three things will happen:
Orochimaru and Kages
obito vs kakashi
Juubi attacks with more power and possibly kills more people (not any major characters, like members of the new sanin as I said before)
Possibly all three of these could happen too, what do the rest of you think?