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...they were trying to make Itachi as a good guy after his death (it's a cliched thing to do, but we can live with it). It seems that the higher-ups trained Itachi to be a spy/mole and kill them all, but why I ask, did Madara help him kill off his own clan? Did Madara not know it at the time? Was this Itachi's initiation test in order to join Akatsuki? Or did he simply plan this from the start (to gain his trust, use him in the Akatsuki, and then kill him)

A little while ago we learned that Itachi was in a previous battle, now it seems pretty certain that he was fighting Madara (or maybe even the last Bijuu...other than Naruto of course). With Sasuke and Madara talking, who thinks that Madara is going to try and reason with Sasuke to join his team? I mean, Sasuke can't go back to the village (that's obvious) he's a missing-nin. And even if he were to return, the higher-ups would order him to be killed (so that all Uchihas would secretly die out).

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