So this filler arc could take up to 6 months and inevitably the 6 tails host will have to be captured by Akatsuki to continue with the natural flow of canon material. It may be in a similar fashion to the 3 tails filler arc where the main characters/fillains battled for 20+ episodes and at the very end Akatsuki come in and just one-shot the beast and leave. It's pretty hilarious actually.
So the candidates in the most likely order are -
Kisame - Kisame is a lone ranger at the moment and is suitable for a solo mission. He matches up well against the 6 tails as he is water type user and we know from the 8 tails how strong he is regardless. The thing going against Kisame is that he will have been responsible for the capture of the 4 tails, 6 tails and later be gunning for the 8 tails head. It would seem to be overdoing it with one member doing so much.
Konan - This would be the perfect time to showcase Konan's powers. During the Pain invasion she didn't do much and this arc could prove her worth as being a Akatsuki member. She'd also match up well against the 6 tails host.
They've already changed the order of events now and can have Konan recently capturing the 6 tails and the Konan/Pain/Madara group session can be used to discuss that and later move on to Pain's mission. It was Pain not Konan that was assigned the 9 tails.
Zetsu - We've yet to see him fight and I doubt the Anime would dare introduce a random fighting style for him but anything is possible. It would have to occur off screen though.
Pain - At the current time it would seem is preparing a new Animal realm body. We know it would take a while for Pain to find a good location to transmit and actually travel there although the preview did mention a Mount Katsuragi. However it seems unlikely that he would deviate when he was assigned the 9 tails to lately go on capture another beast.
Team Taka - They have just recently captured a tentacle so it also seems unlikely that the anime team would quickly thrust them into action again by capturing the 6 tails. They should be recovering right now.
Madara - The most unlikely. We know that Madara's time/space jutsus are broken and should be able to easily warp any host to his dimension but has yet to do so. I doubt the anime team would show him doing this on the 6 tails since then it asks the question 'What's the point of Akatsuki if Madara can do it himself etc'.
So yeah pick one
So the candidates in the most likely order are -
Kisame - Kisame is a lone ranger at the moment and is suitable for a solo mission. He matches up well against the 6 tails as he is water type user and we know from the 8 tails how strong he is regardless. The thing going against Kisame is that he will have been responsible for the capture of the 4 tails, 6 tails and later be gunning for the 8 tails head. It would seem to be overdoing it with one member doing so much.
Konan - This would be the perfect time to showcase Konan's powers. During the Pain invasion she didn't do much and this arc could prove her worth as being a Akatsuki member. She'd also match up well against the 6 tails host.
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They've already changed the order of events now and can have Konan recently capturing the 6 tails and the Konan/Pain/Madara group session can be used to discuss that and later move on to Pain's mission. It was Pain not Konan that was assigned the 9 tails.
Zetsu - We've yet to see him fight and I doubt the Anime would dare introduce a random fighting style for him but anything is possible. It would have to occur off screen though.
Pain - At the current time it would seem is preparing a new Animal realm body. We know it would take a while for Pain to find a good location to transmit and actually travel there although the preview did mention a Mount Katsuragi. However it seems unlikely that he would deviate when he was assigned the 9 tails to lately go on capture another beast.
Team Taka - They have just recently captured a tentacle so it also seems unlikely that the anime team would quickly thrust them into action again by capturing the 6 tails. They should be recovering right now.
Madara - The most unlikely. We know that Madara's time/space jutsus are broken and should be able to easily warp any host to his dimension but has yet to do so. I doubt the anime team would show him doing this on the 6 tails since then it asks the question 'What's the point of Akatsuki if Madara can do it himself etc'.
So yeah pick one
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