Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20171227115605/@comment-33683501-20171229095058

We saw in Gaiden already Naruto's negative opinion of Taka. Sasuke only really got his pardon because of the people willing to speak for him. His teammates almost certainly didn't get that same kind of pardon, which means there aren't many places they can actually go.

Suigetsu had big Swordsman dreams, I don't think he'd just let go of that if he had any other choices.