I apologize for reposting this, I accidentally deleted my old post when trying to edit a part of it. Still unaccustomed to the forums.
I find it laughable that people continue referring to Part I events exclusively when it comes to Kakashi, yet don't extend that gratuitous "courtesy" to any other character. Kakashi has faced the likes of Itachi, Pain, and Obito, all of whom are superior to Orochimaru (Itachi, by Orochimaru's own admission, was stated to be an "unachievable dream"), without breaking a sweat. He easily defeated Zabuza in Part II as well, and stating that he had "support" when the sole purpose of the aforementioned "support" was to provide the readers with visual of mist ninja slaughtering them doesn't change that.
But don't mind me. Whoever is a fan of Part I events can gladly refer to the chapter where Tsunade was toyed with and nearly got butchered by base Kabuto. After all, it would only be the fair and consistent thing to do.
I am also noticing that people are failing to take into account that Katsuyu is made practically useless by the beach location given Kakashi can give her a saltwater bath with his water-style proficiency (dragon or great waterfall), effectively killing her via the osmosis effect, if Tsunade decides to summon it.