it was the same with shukaku it was a long range fight and naruto was able to do it with his bombings..speed is not every thing in battle or kiba could have won with akamaru on his teamNo at that time the seal wasn't loose enough for that much of the nine tails chakra to slip through. The Shukaku was nothing to me. Regular Gaaru vs Naruto will win, easy. There is absolutely nothing Naruto could do. Everything that Naruto did to Gaara that fight could've never happened if Gaara was using his bread and butter. If lee and sasuke could barely reach him, what possibly could Naruto do to reach him?