Wait... (Spoilers)

[Takuya]

Itachi is considered "good", now, right? He joined the Akatsuki to regulate them?

If that is so, why was he hunting Naruto? Did he want to get him out of Akatsuki's hands? Did he have any actual gains towards capturing Naruto? Help me out here!

[logix]

I dont think he actually wanted Naruto. He came to Konoha to alarm them he was still alive; so he probably just wanted to toy with their shinobi a bit to serve as a warning. Otherwise, he could have easily bitchslapped Naruto, grabbed him by his hair and dragged his ass out of the village.

[Takuya]

Hmm, true. So you're saying he went to Tazuka Town or wherever to show that the Akatsuki was after Naruto? I suppose that could work. But why did he tell Naruto he had to come with him when he was delaying Naruto from getting to Gaara? Was it just a bluff?

Another question is... does Itachi want Akatsuki to get Naruto, or not? Does he just not care?

[logix]

Itachi doesn't give a rats ass.

He hates Madara, the creator of Akatsuki. Why would he in any shape or form try to help Akatsuki?

xD

[Takuya]

Mmhmm... I guess. Itachi's logic doesn't make sense to me. He screwed up Sasuke's life instead of making him a hero. Eh... whatever.

[logix]

You just don't fully understand the topic... dun dun dun, Drama~!

See, had Itachi NOT followed orders, and killed the Uchiha clan guess what? Another shinobi village would have attacked, killing them all! =DD So, Sasuke would have been liek, dedz. LOL. By doing what he did, Itachi knew it would make Sasuke stronger, and make him be on a level to not die easily. I mean, look at Sasuke when he was a kid. He sucked. He got ass raped by Itachi the first time he tried rushing him. Now Sasuke's all for killing S rank criminals by magically pulling stunts out of his asshole.

Itachi Logic = Pure Win.
Kill your family, show your little brother the video tape, and see if he does NOT try and kill you afterwards. =] Unless he's a wuss, which Sasuke isn't. Besides, when has Sasuke ever been a Hero? I mean come on, they might not have shown Naruto in a bit, but the show IS still called Naruto. Ya know... named after the main character who's the Hero.

[Takuya]

No... last time I checked, its called Sasuke. What the Hell is the show Naruto?

[Raikou!]

Maybe he thought Naruto was a danger to the village. He does have a demon fox in side of him that caused the death of hundreds... He was once again just helping the village from the shadows.

[Hitoride Kigen]

I think the reason he went to get naruto was to make himself look good to the Akatsuki think about he was probably under orders and if he would have said "no" then it would have looked odd to the Akatsuki. Also consider how quick Itachi retreated after Jiraiya came into the fight granted he is one of the sannin but Itachi had already defeated one of the Sannin already you think he would have at least tried to fight Jiraiya and leave if they were losing i think he just needed a reason to retreat that the Akatsuki would accept.

[Satu Akira]

Jun 3, 2008 20:46:16 GMT -7 Hitoride Kigen said:

I think the reason he went to get naruto was to make himself look good to the Akatsuki think about he was probably under orders and if he would have said "no" then it would have looked odd to the Akatsuki. Also consider how quick Itachi retreated after Jiraiya came into the fight granted he is one of the sannin but Itachi had already defeated one of the Sannin already you think he would have at least tried to fight Jiraiya and leave if they were losing i think he just needed a reason to retreat that the Akatsuki would accept.

Agreed with you completely, I was about to make the same point. Itachi played the role to his very death. He even had to fool his own partner, the shark guy... Also, he knew that Zetsu was watching during the Sasuke fight, so that was why he was so content with saying "Your eyes" and jazz and did the little motion that only Sasuke would know the two finger poke at the forehead and from Zetsu's point of view would be a last attempt at eyes and a miss. Though with the post above, exactly.


Though the fact still remains... You can't believe everything you read, for all we know there could be a whole another story to the incident Madara failed to mention or lied about. We still don't know enough about the man to tell if he's a manipulator.

[Taro. (FINISH HIM)]

Itachi was not good nor evil; in my opinion.

Madara did state that Itachi had done everything, every single breath to help Sasuke. Itachi was ordered to eliminate his clan but could not muster the courage to kill Sasuke. He gave Sasuke the idea that he was evil so that Sasuke would want to try and kill him. This way Sasuke could gain the Mangekyou sharingan and return to Konoha as a hero for eliminating one of the Akatsuki, a very evil criminal in the minds of the majority of the village.

Except Sasuke's a dick and now wants to crush Konoha, everything Itachi worked for :\.

[Kaj.]

Jun 3, 2008 6:28:52 GMT -7 @logix said:

but the show IS still called Naruto. Ya know... named after the main character who's the Hero.

What's a 'Naruto'?

[shadowroxas]

Jun 4, 2008 14:42:59 GMT -7 Taro. (FINISH HIM) said:

Itachi was not good nor evil; in my opinion.

Madara did state that Itachi had done everything, every single breath to help Sasuke. Itachi was ordered to eliminate his clan but could not muster the courage to kill Sasuke. He gave Sasuke the idea that he was evil so that Sasuke would want to try and kill him. This way Sasuke could gain the Mangekyou sharingan and return to Konoha as a hero for eliminating one of the Akatsuki, a very evil criminal in the minds of the majority of the village.

Except Sasuke's a dick and now wants to crush Konoha, everything Itachi worked for :\.

So....Itachi died for nothing?

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

Jun 4, 2008 14:46:12 GMT -7 Kaj. said:

Jun 3, 2008 6:28:52 GMT -7 @logix said:

but the show IS still called Naruto. Ya know... named after the main character who's the Hero.

What's a 'Naruto'?

Fishpaste

[firechibii]

Jul 6, 2008 8:54:05 GMT -7 @shadowroxas said:

Jun 4, 2008 14:42:59 GMT -7 Taro. (FINISH HIM) said:

Itachi was not good nor evil; in my opinion.

Madara did state that Itachi had done everything, every single breath to help Sasuke. Itachi was ordered to eliminate his clan but could not muster the courage to kill Sasuke. He gave Sasuke the idea that he was evil so that Sasuke would want to try and kill him. This way Sasuke could gain the Mangekyou sharingan and return to Konoha as a hero for eliminating one of the Akatsuki, a very evil criminal in the minds of the majority of the village.

Except Sasuke's a dick and now wants to crush Konoha, everything Itachi worked for :\.

So....Itachi died for nothing?

Itachi died to protect his brother and make him stronger so he can be his own man

[shadowroxas]

"His own man" being the one to end Konoha, the very village Itachi had protect him.

[firechibii]

Itachi betrayed the village to protect it. He did not kill his brother but made him hate him to protect him. He made his brother stronger by getting him to have the lust to kill him. He made his brother stronger when he died and gave Sasuke MS.

[shadowroxas]

Either way, Sasuke's an ungrateful bastard who's gonna destroy Konoha.

[Kin ,Tomonari]

correction, going to try to destroy konoha

[firechibii]

or it could be part of his own plan to help konoha ya never know