I knew it; NAruto has dedicated himself to this promise of a lifetime. I predict it will take about that long to fufill it, though.

As for Sakura trying to become a Medical Ninja... I still say Huzzah. And with what Tsunade seems to have said at the start of the chapter, SAkura may be able to do it, if she really dedicates herself to it.

GO SAKURA!

And Mut@t@? Itachi is, currently, one of the least interesting villians in the series. His sole purpose is to prove motivation for Sasuke at the moment. There's no need for him to come into the story right now. Let some other characters have the spotlight. And especially allow some new Akatsuki members to appear; if Kishimoto is going for the typical organization style villian entity, he'll need to reveal all of them before any of them can have a truly significant impact on the story.