Seriously. He's almost invulnerable to Itachi's Genjutsu, has an even BETTER DEFENSE THAN GAARA in melee-fights, is as fast as Lee, and a lot more. Kimimaro in part 1 was SICK and still OWNED Kyuubi Naruto, the 4 Sound Ninjas (1 v 4), Sasuke, Lee, and others in just his base form. Just imagine...