>.< Itachi hugging Sakura? >.< That's just.. not right. In AU, Sasuke is already flirting with her. Ohh, this is gonna become some awesome battle of the brothers! But, over Sakura?! Well, anyways, on the topic of Sakura, I guess why her dad was the 4th Hokage, puts her in Naruto's shoes. Near the beginning of the series (Naruto, not Naruto Shippuden) I bet Naruto wished Sakura knew how he felt. Plus, Sakura must have been wondering that after Sasuke got all serious on her about how horrible it would be without parents.
Now, I really want to see how Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan play in the movie. According to the sources, Deidara does talk more than the others, besides Itachi. I'm wondering to who though? And is he somehow forced to be mannerful? If so, does Hidan have the same thing? And does Kakuzu become a peaceful monk who believes money is sinful? (or something like that XP). Deidara is one of my favorite characters, I want to see what they do with him in the movie.
For Hinata, I think it makes sense. I remember watching that scene somewhere, and I was trying to translate (I don't know any Japanese besides stuff of the names XP. Ex: Itachi=Weasel, Sakura= Cherryblossom, Kakashi=Scarecrow, ect)) but I could tell some words, and I could tell she was angry. I kinda guessed she was mad at Sakura for being near Naruto XD. Guess I was right.
Now, for Akatsuki.. I guess it makes sense to put them with instead of against. But exactly who would they be protecting the Jinchuriki from? Maybe this is where those 5 masked people and 5 masked animal come in. Maybe their the enemies. Hmm, so the AU world, ok I have no idea what Menma means, but I'm guessing that it is Naruto XP, so the AU Naruto is evil and fuses with Tobi, right? So the AU Naruto and the Real Naruto face off in some epic battle, probably right? So I am pretty sure the Masked People and Masked Animals have some relationship. Maybe the same goals? Getting the tails? That wouldn't be right though, since Tobi's AU world is supposed to limit wars/battles, but this would just inflame it! Tobi didn't think things through. He lets it happen though and during the real thing he probably just leaves out things. After all, this is just a trial.