Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170915213819/@comment-734582-20170926180300

Starscream1998 wrote: Didn't Itachi kind of want Sasuke to fight him y'know to pull that curse mark off of him and something about being judged by another Uchiha though, I doubt he's just going to sit on his throne and wait for Uchiha aids to kill him. Itachi wanted to die by Sasuke's hand in order to nicely wrap up the Massacre. In the eyes of the world, the Uchiha would be avenged by an Uchiha after being murdered by an Uchiha, meaning that their honor would be intact. Sure Itachi may have to wait longer or even seek out Sasuke himself, but the longer he waits the less power sasuke needs to fight him. Plus, if Sasuke stays out of Orochimaru's way, then he wouldn't need to fight him the way he did. Starscream1998 wrote: The Akatsuki are going after Naruto, Naruto is part of the Leaf, Sasuke would also be part of the leaf and Deidara has a hate boner for Sharingan I will be immensely surprised if he doesn't at least play with the idea of fighting Sasuke. Yea, but sasuke wouldn't be caught alone like he was. In stead, Deidara would almost certainly start the fight against a Sasuke supported by a team.

Starscream1998 wrote: Nope, Orochimaru was crushing on the Uchiha waaaay before Sakura, he's not giving that body up without a fight. True, but at least Sasuke would have allies against him. Plus, itachi may just seek out and murder orochimaru to keep Sasuke out of his hands.