For the first time, I actually wish Kishimoto pulled out something really cheap like making the Crow somehow revive Itachi and get him loose from the Kabutomaru jutsu thingy. Almost like if he saw the future back then, and planned for this all along, trusting he would bump into Naruto in the future. Wishful thinking. I just think Itachi is a much more interesting character to have roaming around than Sasuke. Especially considering "that eye guy" is still in business.