Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30355627-20170312130432/@comment-27916438-20170407225854

yes Kakashi should be more than enough to beat hidan,after all he is by far the weakest akatasuki(but the reason he wasn't able to do so it was not to show how strong Naruto has gotten but to give shikamaru his revenge.)

but Kakuzu?I really don't think so,in their battle kakuzu was about to kill him if naruto didn't show up.

not to mention that Kishimoto has given kakashi a feat that he should not being able to do like beating obito.