Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170211023835/@comment-31278419-20170217195452

It wouldn't have been a victory if they died. Death is a possibility in the chuunin exams. Gaara murdered three people and no one cared, so if the other teams wanted they could kill one another. What do you think would have happened if Sakura died in that exam? Naruto would have lost his cool like he did when he thought Sasuke died. Possibly worse and you'd have had a major incident go down. Heck if Naruto went berserk and found Gaara or if Gaara had run across their team and started murdering them then it could have easily turned into a tailed beast fight. Not saying Kakashi had any way of knowing there was another beast there, but the possibility of Naruto getting angry and transforming is pretty real.