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According to me the reason Uchiha Itachi has wiped out his whole clan, except his little brother, is because he needs another Mangekyou Sharingan user to accomplish his plan.

To make a long story short:

The origin of the Uchiha clan lies with Uchiha Madara. Madara was the son of a girl from the Hyuuga clan who married to Sojobo, the King of Tengu (a crow-like creature with beak and wings). Because of his father’s demonlike nature the Byakugan he inherited with the Kekkei Genkai from his mother, evolved into a new form –the Sharingan-. However as Madara grew older he found out his father’s real intentions… Sojobo wanted to use a son of his own blood as a container for his demon self. Madara didn’t plan to let that happen without a fight and so he planned to kill his father. Although he had very strong powers in him (from both the oldest clan of the leaf village and his demon father) he knew he was no match for Sojobo. Out of desperation he sought for the legendary Bijuu—Kyuubi (the God of Fire). Kyuubi was very impressed by Madara’s abilities. A secret pact was made and Kyuubi agreed to lend his power and chakra to Uchiha Madara. Soon Madara mastered the katon (fire element) and he could even cast a dark fire that would burn for 7 days and 7 nights after performing the Amaterasu. But even with these newly gained powers and a huge supply of chakra from the Kyuubi, Uchiha Madara was only able to beat his demon father by a hair’s breadth. He couldn’t finish him once and for all but only managed to seal him up. However, the seal he used was a very special one. To break the seal it requires the Kyuubi’s chakra and also not one but 3 Uchiha members who can wield the Mangekyou Sharingan. Each MS user has to cast a different MS jutsu at the same time and when the 3 jutsus–Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu and Susanoo–combine, the great evil will be unleashed. It’s a tall order and Madara thought it would be enough to seal up the demon for eternity. But what Madara didn’t anticipate was that this seal itself would bring a bloody massacre upon his own clan many decades later…

Years later a prodigy child was born in the Uchiha clan, his name was Itachi. Itachi didn’t like the way his clan limited their own powers and he dispised the way his clanmembers didn’t live to be such superior beings as Madara.

“You hold onto your organization, your clan, your name…These things limit us and our capacities…These things deserve to be shunned…It’s foolish to fear what we have yet to see and know!!
I’ve lost all hope for this pathetic clan.”

From the moment Itachi heard about the origin of his clan he felt a weird sense of pleasure and superiority. He felt he was somehow more special than the others. Then his sick and twisted mind had gone even further. He wanted to set the tengu free. He was willing to sacrifice his body in exchange for probably the strongest power the world had ever seen. He was ready to offer his body to the Tengu King.

Soon Itachi had put his thoughts into action. When he learned about the Akatsuki’s plan to capture the Bijuus he decided to join them. He needed their help to get the Kyuubi’s chakra. But that’s not all. Itachi still had to find another 2 MS users. After awhile, he came across a second MS user who agreed to help him carry out his plan. Now all he needed was the third and last MS user.

Itachi knew his clan members would never kill their loved ones to get MS. He despised them. They were a bunch of cowards, useless …oh wait, Itachi suddenly came up with an idea—he could still use them to achieve his purpose. He could use them to make his little brother the third MS user…

On a full-moon night, the ancient blood inside Itachi finally awakened and he had completely lost his mind. He killed his entire clan including his parents. Then he waited for his little brother Sasuke to come home. He wanted him to know he was the one who did it. He used Tsukiyomi on his brother to make sure such a traumatic picture would stay with him for the rest of his life. He wanted Sasuke to hate him. He wanted Sasuke to hate him enough to kill his own friend and activate the Mangekyou Sharingan. He told him about the secret meeting place so that he would find out everything. He wanted Sasuke to take the path he had paved for him—the path of an avenger…

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…Why Itachi killed his whole clan exept his little brother…
…Why Itachi needs Sasuke to have activated Mangekyou Sharingan…
…How Itachi joined Akatsuki…
…Why Itachi only cares for releasing the demon of his clan…

I hope I didn’t spoil to much for you fans out there…
Greeting, Tommy Vercetti

When he was six, Sasuke got lost in it for two whole days.

2. It was Itachi who realised the little boy was missing.

It was Itachi who found him.

3. Itachi knows exactly what Sasuke wants

He knows it better than Sasuke himself.

4. But he doesn’t love Sasuke.

He never did.

5. Itachi is a very accomplished teenager.

Arguably, his greatest accomplishment is his ability to lie to himself.

6. Sasuke is afraid of the dark. Always has been, always will be. He hates the moans and groans and screams and cries and whimpers he hears when the sun goes down, when it’s so dark even the moon doesn’t show. His uncle used to rock him to sleep; his mother used to leave a night light on, specially for him.

They told him it was only the wind he heard.

7. Itachi is also afraid of the dark. He, too, is afraid of the things the darkness brings (and the things that bring darkness).

Unlike Sasuke, though, he knows the truth.

8. Sasuke hates Itachi for killing the entire family. He wonders why he did it.

He secretly hates Itachi for not killing him when he had the chance.

9. Itachi hates himself for killing the entire family. He knows why he did it, though.

He secretly hates himself for not killing himself when he had the chance.

10. The Sharingan is matrilineal. The entire clan was very well aware of this by the time they hit their hormones. It is stronger when both genetic contributors are users of the Sharingan, but it is still fully matrilineal.

When Sasuke came to realise this, he also realised that the Sharingan is well and truly dead.

11. Because it’s matrilineal (and there is no way this secret can be exposed to the world), the Uchihas are almost as horrifically intermarried as the Hyuugas. Give them a sandwich, and they are their own family picnic.

Mikoto married her own cousin.

12. Sasuke has six toes on each foot, just like his father. He likes the extra toes.

They give him extra speed; extra balance.

13. Itachi, like Obito, was born with webbed feet. His hands were also webbed, but that was fixed before he even left the hospital.

He hates his oddity.

14. Most Uchiha are born blind. It the sign that they carry the Sharingan, that early blindness. It usually passes by the time they are six. But that is a secret no one else may know.

It means Uchiha hearing is as good as the legendary Uchiha sight.

15. Itachi will be blind in three years.

Sasuke will be blind in nine.

16. Before Mikoto died, her son identified himself so that she’d know who was killing her.

She knew before Itachi even opened his mouth. She wasn’t so blind she couldn’t recognise her own son.

17. As Itachi raised his katana to kill her, Mikoto held still. As he prepared his strike, she asked him to stab her through the heart, one last favour.

Ever the good, dutiful son, Itachi complied.

He cried as he stabbed his mommy.

18. Uchihas have an odd sense of humour. Their appreciation for irony is legendary.

So surely they recognised the irony of being killed by their own greatest weapon.

19. Sasuke will never know why Itachi massacred their family. Itachi made sure of that. He killed off anyone who knew.

It’s Itachi’s burden to bear, not his baby brother’s.

Sasuke doesn’t need to know.

20. All Uchiha are blind. Oh, sure, they say they can see, but truly, the only thing they can see is the chakra, the power. They are born blind. Then the world comes to them in a swirl of vibrant hues. The colours are soon covered by a scarlet haze. Next, this haze darkens to the shade of the old blood decorating their hands. Finally, the world returns to darkness, like when they were young and innocent, only it is now shot through with threads of red, threads of chakra, threads of power.

They are born blind.

In life, they are blind with the power.

Blind, they die.

Can someone tell me the real reason why itachi massacre his family
or if there really is another reason

about yondaime, i think hes really dead. if you read volume 14, there are actually 4 souls in the death god’s body, and sandaime said this jutsu was used by the “hero who saved this village”; it is referring to yondaime. and that all those who used the death god jutsu, their soul will be in the death god’s belly, not in the user.

well just a lil something is that when u watchin anime/read manga, during the akatsuki’s meetings, the characters are all shadowed obviously. but there is that one character with the similar hairdue as the 4th. (COULD BE PEIN BUT I THINK ITS YONDAIME). hint:all the other hokage’s have been seen dead (1st and 2nd hokage puppets by sasori, and 3rds funeral) 5th is alive (obviously) BUT 4TH1?!?!!?!?!?

rinningan eyes > sharingan? dunno why pein takes orders from madara.

AKATSUKI MEETINGS
tobi and pein are on the thumbs

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO KABUTO?

Yondaime - part of the whole akatsuki scheme? he may be “dead” but i believe he is not. BECAUSE

AKATSUKIS MAIN GOAL is to capture the jinchuurikis. why? dunno yet BUT they are not really akatsukis main goal..its MADARA UCHIHA.

This couldmean that even tho he may have summoned KYUUBI (before the creation of akatsuki) and needed it for the future MEANING that someone with a holding/compressing technique would have to do it. WHO ELSE but the 4th, putting the kyuubi inside his son for an easier access

JIRAIYA WILL NOT DIE BECAUSE HE IS 1 OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS
SASUKE IS NOT MEANT TO BE HATED BECAUSE HE IS LOVED MY NARUTO (hence we share same sympathies with main character)

Itachi I think is not going to end up being as evil as Sasuke thought and I thik Pein is going to win.

@legend35, that’s an interesting view too.

otaku otoko, I think that is a very valid point too. It would certainly seem plausible that Itachi wants Sasuke to be stronger so that he can defeat Madara.