Sai should be a water buffalo. Those bastards kill so many people. XD; Or a lemur. u__u

Naruto is scared, and Neji is asking more of him, no? Neji can stay IC and still push Naruto into getting pissed off, or whatever he needs to be to let Kyuubi get the upper edge. Hell, it could be that they're both fine, but Naruto ends up struggling more with Kyuubi, and at the end of training/whatnot, some flippant remark sends Naruto over the edge despite himself and wham-bam-thank-you-sand there you go. XD;