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I think they're the real Kabuto and Orochimaru but I question who Kabuto is loyal to. I'd assume he'd be on Sasori's side because of their past together (That Kabuto had forgotten about until now because of Sasori's jutsu or something.) But Orochimaru seemed to figure things out easily as to Kabuto going for a secret meeting, and I would think Kabuto would know better than that, since his life is on the line. So I think an alliance with Orochimaru is slightly arguable.

One thing I noticed was Kabuto's smile at Sasori, since we've never seen Kabuto smile like that before. I believe that's the first genuine smile we've seen from him since and I'm sure he's relieved that he's not stuck with Orochimaru forever. He probably had a close relationship with Sasori and is smiling at who he thinks is his friend under the puppet. But that smile might also be another fake one, and he might have realized that it's not the real Sasori or something. However, I'm betting it was genuine.

An interesting thing, that I remember seeing emphasized in the anime, was that Orochimaru would say things to Kabuto inferring that Kabuto wanted to kill him. Kabuto would usually freeze, and not say anything, but it seemed more like he wasn't sure of how he was supposed to stand on that matter. I'd assume that Sasori's jutsu of making him forget might not have worked 100% and Kabuto could still feel a bit of the mission to "kill Orochimaru" in the back of his head, but didn't understand the meaning of it. Orochimaru probablly suspected that Kabuto had this going on, and said things like that so see if it would slightly confuse him. So I'm thinking that Orochimaru catching on easily might have been due to the fact that Kabuto couldn't help but be obvious to him with certain parts of his memory working and not the memory that would tell him not to do certain things or else Orochimaru would figure things out.

And that's all I got to say about that, lol.
I must say I'm incredibly happy Kabuto is back. ^_^

i think they are trying to assassinate sasori. i think that naruto will scare them away and sai will join them. i also think that yamato will follow them to their hideout. i think that once they are there sai will rejoin narutos group and they will meet with sasuke. sasuke will beat them and then leave. sai will become friends with naruto. two new akatsuki will be revealed, asuma will die after cutting off the "immortal man's" head and that in order not to lose to sasuke again, kakashi and yamato will help naruto develop the strongest technique that he will ever learn. i also think that kakashi will raikiri the member of akatsuki whose head wasnt cut off but he will survive and.... thats my prediction.... what about yours?