I think Gaara will be defeated, He didn't stand a chance against Deidara in their first fight and now since Kabuto is much stronger than most Akatsuki members, he will most likely defeat Gaara, or he will betray Madara and tell The Alliance of what Madara has and his army.
Gaara wasn't going all out against Deidara, he was feeling him out, and trying to capture him alive. He got out maneuvered yes, he spent a lot of chakra defending the sand village against that bomb, and then deidara's bombs embedded in his sand.
Wow I wasn't aware how underestimated Gaara is....if you actually read the manga you see that Gaara was pretty much pwning Deidara until he had to use the rest of his chakra to protect his village, which left him vulnerable. Dang.
least I'm not the only one who hasn't written Gaara off completely.
yeah, but if YOU actually read the manga you would know that deidara wasn't trying all that hard. look at the deidara/sasuke fight. i like gaara just as much as the next guy, i'm just saying, what if he ends up giving up his life to save naruto
See my above statement. Neither of them were going all out, and if deidara had done that against gaara he would have failed in his mission. they were both trying to capture the other alive, deidara managed it by using the entire sand village as a hostage.
Deidara fought off Team Gai and possibly Team kakashi with only a kumai in his mouth. and he managed to escape. Gaara will either lose or get badly injured against Kabuto/Deidara, or Gaara will lose/die trying to defend Naruto. So with a disadvantage or not, Gaara will most likely be defeated or killed.
Again, trying to capture him alive... What part of that does nobody understand?
Everyone wanted information on akatsuki, and dead men tell no tales. So of course they wanted them alive, so of course they didn't go all out.