Well I just wanted to know what you guys on the forums think about the whole plot of the past that is shrouded by Pain, Madara, and even Itachi. Did Itachi really kill his clan mates of his own free will or was it Madara's control? Was the things that Madara told Sasuke true? Who is behind Pain's actions?

my opinion: Itachi was played, Madara has gone mad with power and can not control himself lol. Pain is just being too emo for his own good.

Anything else that might concern the plots of Naruto or your own opinions are welcome as well.

Hrmz, I fully agree with you on that. Itachi escaped Konoha using the "title" as a expelled ninja and took the blame from killing his clan mates in search of Madara. This may be a special order given from the third himself. He took the blame because ofcourse he doesn't want Sasuke to know the truth, and use this as an excuse to make him become stronger just in case he fails to defeat Madara. ITACHI IS SUCH A NICE PERSON! To me the reason why he died because he realize he can no longer beat Madara with himself going blind and nothing else to stop it but stealing his brother's eyes which he doesn't want to do. Instead he made Sasuke stronger and left him in a cloud of mystery. Why ? That I do not know lol. Now onto Madara, what hes saying to Sasuke is a total lie! He's smart enough to manipulate pain and he's doing the same to Sasuke! He doesn't want to stain his own hands with blood but watch others do it for him. Now this all points towards KONOHA! Madara is the true villain at work and use these to strong people to weaken Konoha immensely. WE ARE FORGETTING ABOUT SOMEONE! DANZO! him and Madara may be working together or are somehow related. They both want Konoha to be destroyed and are both shady people.