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* Confirmed. The main body of Katsuyu is most likely the largest being in the world, surpassing even the Juubi and the IslandTurtle in size.

** Either that, or something will cause him to go into the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremist]] route, which seems a far more likely outcome considering Naruto's [[TheMessiah character]]. In fact I'm calling it now, even with the Juubi defeated, its chakra would still break havoc in the world and leave enough negative effects to begin a decaying world situation a la [[VideoGame/GoldenSun ''Golden Sun'']].

* No really, since Naruto is TheMessiah it is only natural that he will be the sacrificial lamb and offer himself to die in other to end the cycle of hatred, after all, it has been implied by Yamato that the only way to end it is that one side to "give in" and swallow its tears. Oh and to complete the messianic attibutes he will then be resurrected from the dead. '''Naruto, the savior of the world!'''

Some events will happen that will end with Naruto either choosing someone else or [[TheMessiah sacrificing himself to save the world]], and with Sasuke either ending up with Karin or Ino or, more likely, dead. Sakura will never be able to get over either of them and will end up single and alone. (Note that I am NOT a Sakura hater; I ''like'' the girl, especially with her development in Shippuuden. And while I am a Naru-Hina shipper,I am quick to disassociate myself from my more rabid brethren. This theory instead comes from the fact that I am by nature a pessimistic person who looks for and expects the worst possibilities in every situation. Plus it would make for some drama and might make Sakura into a [[TheWoobie Woobie]])

* I suspect that Sai's wrong about her planning to kill Sasuke and/or her reasons for doing so, as most characters who attempt to predict a decision a character has not been shown making and the motives have been wrong about at least one (Yamato predicts that Sai was going to assassinate Sasuke, but Sai reveals that while he was ordered to do so, he's actually going to try to help Naruto bring him back). The number of lies and omissions from Sakura makes it hard to judge her by her words alone, but as of Chapter 481, it seems that [[spoiler:whatever she's planning, she's doing it alone]]].

[[WMG: There remains an unseen Sharingan power [[supersecretspoiler: Izanami]]]]

** Hopefully it's not [[Manga/{{Bleach}} an old man]]...[[supersecretspoiler: We've seen that before in shonen and it doesn't do nearly as much as some of Naruto's powers. Though it fits in with Shintoism well enough, I'd think it would have to do with creation - what Izanami (the goddess of creation, essentially) did before being killed... combined with the horror Izanami became. So basically Eldritch Abomination spawning is my vote.]]

The reason Sakura is so obsessed with Sasuke? They had sex. Who knows when, but the mood was right, they were alone, they were both horny...but Sakura being the traditional good girl she appears to be was raised to believe sex was for marriage so she now believes she HAS to make Sasuke hers. Sasuke on the other hand probably regards the entire incident as a youthful blunder with a girl he most likely cared about at one time, but has now moved on from. Seriously, why else would Sakura still be so obsessed? They must have had a deeper relationship than just a fangirl crush.

Haku at a young age was able to control water without handsigns, though his kekkei genkai was admittedly water-based, and was able to use "one-handed" signs. Hand-signs are a form of mental control that allow the shinobi to focus on the exact chakra channels used for ninjutsu. Very skilled shinobi should be able to control chakra without hand-signs, much like powerful wizards in HarryPotter are able use wordless and even wandless magic.

* She is a genjutsu mistress, and Sharingan has a minor illusion as one of its basic powers. Plus, maybe she has a half Sharingan because her mom and dad's blood didn't have the ability to mesh together well, diluting her bloodline limit.

We all know that both Might Guy and Rock Lee have Very Thick Eyebrows, and the current Tsuchikage has them too, only his are white. My theory is that Might Guy is (one of) the grandsons of the Tsuchikage, and that Rock Lee is somehow Might Guy's nephew or something with a chakra-based birth defect.

* Or, Orichimaru knew about the True Origins of both the Senju and Uchia families, and was planning to create himself a body with both the Sharingan and the Mokuton bloodlines so that he can unlock whatever powers beside the Rinnen'gan that the Six Path Sage had.

3. Naruto could get the Sharingan from Itachi's "gift" or, failing that, Itachi's corpse

* While it's obvious that Naruto will defeat Madara the line you're refering to,I have just read it again on Binktopia and I think Kakashi is talking about the total of Kyubi+ Naruto could have that insane quantity of chakra,not that Naruto doesn't have a huge amount but I really can't imagine 100x chakra to come naturaly.

What's more, The Darkness is the [[SealedEvilInACan Statue]] that the Akatsuki are sealing the Biju into. The Darkness/Susanoo is something like Ruin from Brandon Sanderson's {{Mistborn}}: It's a massively powerful creature that was bound long, long ago. It's power was divided into the Bijuu and its consciousness was what the Sage of the Sixth Paths found that allowed him to understand how Chakra Works and create Ninja. The Spirit then possessed his younger son, explaning why the Uchiha are so insane. When Madara unlocked the Eternal Mangekyo, he became fully possessed by the Spirit, explaining his odd powers like Intangibility, his 'Sinister Eyes', and his ability to control the Bijou. He manipulated Pein and the Akatsuki into using the Statue with the promise of a powerful weapon, but instead is rebuilding his body. Sasuke, while being manipulated by The Darkness/Susanoo, is not fully possesed by it because does not have the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, but the most recent changes in his character stem by unlocking the Double Mangekyo. His Chakra is 'darker' because he's being more heavily influenced, and he's weirder/has new powers for the same reason.

Naruto will eventally gain his ambition, he will gain a girl that loves him but he will lose some one important probally sasuke, who is likely to die in some heroic sacerfise or a last battle. With Sasukes death one era will end and a new one will start.

Itachi called Naruto "The Fourth Hokage's legacy" meaning that he was aware of Naruto's parentage since the beginning (taking into consideration that very few people knew of the Fourth's son, after all Minato said that there would be trouble it such thing was public), his attitude towards Naruto and the facts that he constantly delayed his capture, he was also smiling when Naruto defeated his fake body and that all of these was ''before'' Itachi fully realized of the bond Naruto had with Sasuke. Could it mean that all of it was out of respect of a person? Madara also mentioned that Itachi witnessed war when he was 4, most likely he means the Third Ninja War, in which Minato was a hero. Could the young Itachi met Minato there? Did Minato save his life? If so then it would not be surprising that he grew looking up to him, inspired by his talent and his devotion to the village. The Fourth's death must have also affected him profoundly, so he became determined to excel in everything and protect the village at all costs.

**** The problem with these two is that if we look at both the Kages as a whole and the governments of the villages it doesn't seem like intelligence and wisdom are really all that important to being Hokage. Even if you accept that Danzo didn't exist pre-time skip the two top candidates for Hokage were a wandering pervert and a wandering alcoholic problem gambler? These were the people who were best suited to lead? With Kakashi sitting right there? Pretty much every Jonin sans Might Guy is better suited to lead if leadership is inteligence based and not ass kicking equals authority. More than that lets look at the others. There is no way that a sixteen year old until very recently axcrazy Gaara is the most intelligent, wisest, best strategist in his village. Off the top of my head Konkuro has shown more maturity and strategic thought. If the Raikage and Mizukage are even in the top ten most mature/intelligent people in their respective villages then I weep for their people as both have been shown to be mostly emotional. When you factor in the councils and the fact that the Kage clearly are not as much in charge as they are figure heads it kinda comes together. Naruto is a great candidate. He's clearly the strongest in the village and at this point by a considerable margin as he was able to defeat Pein who had pretty much curb stomped the village at that point. He loves his village more than anything (why you would want your leader to be someone who wanders the land and can't be bothered to be home is beyond me) and just by being him he's effectively formed, as a genin no less, an alliance with two separate villages. [[spoiler: Probably at least three at this point as I can't imagine the Raikage not being cool in the foreseeable future.]] He's also world famous and for both his strength and compassion. Who's going to attack a village that's guarded by or allied to Naruto?

[[WMG: How Kakashi obtained his Mangekyou Sharingan]]
After the TimeSkip, it was revealed that Kakashi had somehow gained possession of a Mangekyou Sharingan. The Mangekyou Sharingan is obtained through the death of the person closest to the Sharingan wielder. Since Kakashi obtained his Sharingan from [[spoiler: Obito, who had become his closest friend at the time of his death]]. So therefore [[spoiler: Kakashi had had the potential to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan right from when he got the eye from Obito. He then had to abandon Obito, effectively 'killing' him, and obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan. However, at the time, Kakashi did not have the ability to activate because he wasn't truly an Uchiha. So after the timeskip, Kakashi, having become more proficient with his Sharingan, managed to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan which had lain dormant in him since Obito's death.]] Huh... that made more sense in my head.

[[WMG: Tobi is actually Tobi(Ten tails)]]
* He is the original ten tailed beast-or at least its mind...He even says he is just an empty shell of what he used to be-the Sage of six paths split up the Ten tails' chakra and his body was supposed to be sealed in the moon.Tobi is trying to get back all of his power and his body.This would explain him being angry at Nagato for using the Outer path claiming it was meant to be for him, and his claim that he gave the Rinnegan to Nagato in the first place.

[[WMG: "Madara" isn't actually a physical being.]]
The final secret of the Sharingan is that anyone who possesses the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can be possessed by some spirit, possibly related to the Kyuubi. The spirit named itself after Madara, the first person it possessed. Since Obito's eye was transferred to Kakashi, he technically gained the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, so the spirit was able to take over his body. However, Obito's body is too weak, so "Madara" wants a stronger host. That's why he wants Sasuke.
* Alternatively, Tobi is the ghost of the real Madara (and Obito is in no way involved), who actually did die at the Valley of the End, but remains earthbound due to the power of the Eternal Mangekyo. This would explain why attacks just phased through him (that time/space jutsu explanation sounded awfully fishy) and his reason for capturing the bijuu: he's building himself a new body out of the most powerful beings in the world.
** I would like to add to this. I feel that Tobi is Madara's chakra and soul, and as he consists of chakra, he can use jutsu. Having an advanced sharingan, he can also modify his chakra to take on various chakra types. He could have at leased added earth to his collection, and seems to have some physical interaction (the catching of Zabuza's sword) because he uses a small bit of earth chakra to make a surface for contact. He's a ghost that wants his body back, based on his comment about the Rinne Tensei.
*** Him being some sort of ghost is tinted to be true by Madara stating [[spoiler: "It's to become complete"]] when asking why he wants the tailed beasts, and earlier when he said he was planning on [[spoiler:Pain using his BackFromTheDead power ''on him'']].
*** This is also supported by him saying that [[spoiler: "The wound the First Hokage delt me was too great,"]]
*** Even better, what if Tobi is actually the spirit of the Sage of Six Paths son? (The one who founded Uchiha) and is the true big bad behind Madara?
**** Considering the hints given that Tobi [[spoiler:may not really be Madara]], and the frequency with which fan theories have called revelations ahead of time with this series, this may actually turn out to be good as canon!!
* There are more hints of him being a ghost, but at the same time more hints of him being a living being during his fight against Danzo's bodyguards. He can phase through solid objects instead of just letting them pass through him, but at the same time, he can't be both tangible and intangible at the same time- and it's quite possibly linked to his Sharigan, seeing as he's tangible during his OHKO jutsu, and is affected by an Aburame jutsu when he uses it once to the point that he can't just warp out of it. And it's not a matter of him willing himself to be tangible- [[spoiler: He tore off his arm and kicked it at someone as an offensive maneuver.]]

[[WMG:Madara is partly telling the truth and partly lying]]
Some of what Madara has said has been confirmed, some of seems to be lies, and some may well be him deluding himself. Here's a rundown of his claims
* His younger brother '''let''' him take his eyes: '''Most Likely False'''. When he first confirms that he "killed his friend and his brother", Sasuke gets angry, and Madara notes that he managed to obtain a perfect Mangekyo and use the Sharingan without trying to justify it. When he mentions that his clan turned against him for killing his brother to save himself, his claim that his younger brother sacrificed himself for the sake of the clan is highly suspicious, since he had not mentioned anything like it before, and he does not mention the blindness at any point (which would suggest that one of the two would have to sacrifice his life, or else they both would have gone blind and partly justify taking his brother's eyes). After all, if using the Mangekyou too much makes you need your sibling's eyes, why wouldn't Madara and Izuna just trade eyes if Madara was trying to strengthen the clan? Isn't TWO Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan's better than one?
** It seems most likely that an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan can only be obtained by one of the siblings, or else there isn't any reason they wouldn't do that in the first place.
* Konoha under the Second Hokage actively discriminated against the Uchiha because of resentment over what Madara did: '''Partly False'''. Given that Madara was the only Uchiha to oppose the treaty with the Senju, it seems illogical for the Second Hokage would punish the rest of the clan for what one of the members did. While there were dissidents, it's unclear that the Second Hokage did anything to give them the indicating that he was keeping them under suspicion.
* Madara did not summon the Nine-Tailed Fox to attack Konoha when the Fourth Hokage sealed it away: '''Most Likely False'''. The Fourth Hokage saw him with the fox, and the events are a bit too convenient for him (especially since the Uchiha were blamed, and Madara wanted to kill the rest of the Uchiha clan along with Konoha). It's possible that he did this as part of a XanatosGambit, knowing that if it succeeded, he could have his revenge on "Senju and Uchiha," and if not, he could force the Uchiha into conflict with the rest of Konoha and have them destroy each other. He most likely omits his responsibility to make the elders' discrimination against Uchiha seem unjustified.
** Madara didn't summon the fox. He did, however, take control of it and use its hate to make it attack Konoha. So, its partly false/a half-truth.
* The Uchiha were plotting against the village: '''Most Likely True'''. Notice that at one point during Sasuke's flashbacks toward the end of Part I, one of the Uchiha members tells Itachi that their agent in the ANBU would know if Itachi destroyed Shisui's suicide note, and threatens Itachi over his potentially betraying '''the clan''' rather than the village. However, Madara is unclear about how much the village's decisions provoked this.
* Itachi was acting on Konoha's orders and wanted to protect Sasuke above all else: '''Most Likely True'''. Notice that Itachi is reluctant to fight the Jonin sensei shortly after his introduction (and Asuma's immediate reaction that this is uncharacteristic of someone who killed his family is TruthInTelevision), and he doesn't seem to seriously try to capture Naruto. Madara also mentions that Itachi was a potential problem for him when speaking with Zetsu, whom he would not need to deceive about the Uchihas, suggesting that this is not a lie.

Many of the times when he's lying are times when it would lead Sasuke to side with him (in the case of Itachi being ordered to kill his clan, though, Sasuke earlier tells Itachi that once he kills him, he's going after his accomplice- soon revealed to be Madara- next). It's rare for things characters say in Naruto to be proven entirely false (like with Jiraiya and the Fourth Hokage's suggestions that Madara used the nine-tailed fox to attack Konoha), but usually, they're missing some detail that changes the reality significantly, but doesn't go against what they said (in Neji's flashback, he didn't realize that his father '''chose'' to sacrifice himself). Madara is thus partly telling the truth, partly lying to get Sasuke to turn against the village, and partly telling what he thinks is true, but is actually not- he seems to have wanted to protect his clan, but lost sight of it in his hatred for the Senju.

[[WMG: The newest arc will culminate in a follow-up RescueArc for Sasuke]]
Sasuke will fail epically in his attempt on Danzou's life and will consequently be captured and put on trial for his crimes. Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Kakashi, and Yamato will form a team and race to stop Sasuke's execution.
* I suspect so, too, and believe that it will happen after Naruto gets through to Sasuke. Danzo, never having been one to spare Sasuke even before his plans for revenge turned darker, will most likely step in at the end of their battle to capture Sasuke while Naruto is unable to overcome him.

[[WMG:Danzo & the advisers saw the Madara/1st Hokage fight and know something important]]
Since [[spoiler: Minato told Naruto that the Kyuubi attack was Madara's doing]] it's clear Madara's lying to manipulate Sasuke. It's possible that the segregation of the Uchiha clan, it's revolt, and Itachi's involvement in the massacre were all made up as well and Itachi merely took the blame for something Madara did all by himself. But what seems weird is that when Madara told his "story" to Sasuke he seemed to single out Danzo and the two advisers as the evil ones, while the 3rd was still labeled as the good natured, father-like man he always was. Given that the 3rd and the advisers were trained by the 1st, I believe they tried to help him fight Madara and learned some key piece of info about Madara, like a weakness. To kill off the three elders, he's turned Sasuke into his personal assassin and will stand back while Sasuke does the dirty work. It would explain why Madara never just teleported into Konoha and grabbed Naruto.

[[WMG:Tobi is simulataneously everyone who has ever lived and died in the Narutoverse and just pretends to be different people for the lulz.]]
It makes perfect sense.
* [[spoiler: It's actually what he wants, as of chapter 467]]

[[WMG: Madara is Sasuke's real father]]
At some point, Madara snuck into the Uchiha compound and knocked up Sasuke's mom while Fugaku Uchiha was away. Fugaku suspects something happened, but could never be sure. It would explain why Fugaku didn't take well to Sasuke in the flashback, why they don't resemble each other, and why Sasuke has the same chakra as Madara.
* I once read a fanfic with the exact same premise, all except Fugaku agreed to it due to being sterilised after having Itachi. It was an epic fic. Srsly. Like, over 30 chapters long, and has a sequel.
** Can I ask you to post the name of the fanfic?
*** The Pit of Voles has some gems after all; turns out it's actually ''sixty six'' chapters long, and the sequel is in the twenties: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3900854/1/Itachi_The_early_years Link]].

[[WMG: Danzo is the Long Forgotten Twin Brother of Izuna Uchiha]]
He was erased from the history books because he never awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan,and the Uchiha clan as a whole alienated him because his extremist veiws would endanger their plans of taking back Konoha. He wants to kill Sasuke because he wants revenge on what he believes is the remainder of his clan for shunning him, and because he is jealous of Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan.

[[WMG:Madara/Tobi made his teleportation by copying the Fourth's Flying Thunder God Technique]]
* Kakashi even compares the two techniques and it's likely that the Fourth used this technique when he beat both Madara and the Nine-Tails. So probably used his Sharingan to find out how it worked, and some time in the 15 years between his defeat and when we first saw him using it, he found a way to make it work without the seals and even applying it to only parts of his body.

[[WMG: There's an additional step to the Sharingan.]]
Basically confirmed in the latest chatper (464), when Sasuke calls his the Double Sharingan.
* No, he just means he got the Mangekyo Sharingan working for both eyes and thus can use Susanoo at full power, as oppose to a minute ago where he had only Amaterasu and a partial power Susanoo.

[[WMG: Follow up from the above. The more powerful a Sharingan gets, the more bound their are to 'Susanoo' and 'The Darkness.']]

[[WMG:Sasuke will end up releasing Orochimaru. AGAIN]]
Although his Susanoo looks different than Itachi, since Itachi transferred his powers into him it seems quite possible that the blade thing Sasuke's made was also the Sword of Totsuka/Sakenagi Longsword/whatever it's call. Orochimaru had his mind sealed by it and since it sucked in most of his body his mind was probably put ''into'' it, so it seems the illusion may only last while he is in contact with the blade. Sasuke using it may end up accidently releasing a piece of his body that Orochimaru puts his mind in by trying to use it ([[HowDoIShotWeb wouldn't be the first time he's made such a mistake]]) and it could combine back with [[strike:[[FanNickname Kabuchimaru]]]] Kabuto to give him a functional (though probably temporary) body.

[[WMG:The place Madara sent Karin and Sasuke is a dimension within his own eye]]
When he sends both of them in there is looks like they're sucked into a vortex centered around his eye. So it's like Kamui but it doesn't [[PortalCut rip whatever it touches apart]] (or tire out the user). This might mean that the one way to attack without him phasing through it to GoForTheEye!

* Neji

* One of the parents of the Konoha 12; Shikaku Nara and Chozu Akimichi seem the most likely candidates.

[[WMG: Zetsu will fight Kabuto]]
Just looking at Kabuto now, and Zetsu, they would be a perfect match-up.

[[WMG: Tobi can detect other eyes that can use Sharingan with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.]]
Madara stated that he had some way to track Sasuke when he blocked him going towards the Leaf Village because he failed to capture the 8-Tails, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers which explains how he's able to teleport without running into objects and always show up where other people are]]. However, as [[http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=571784 this thread shows]], any time he showed up in an area he hadn't been to before or wouldn't know someone was there a Sharingan user was nearby. This would also explain why he couldn't have found the hosts personally: he had no idea where they were and Zetsu scouts more effectively than random teleporting. Going with [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic the names of the other Mangekyo Sharingan techniques]], such an ability is likely to be called "Izanagi".
** [[spoiler: Change the name, as a jutsu known as Izanagi has been revealed that does otherwise.]]

[[WMG:Itachi's gift to Naruto is actually twofold:]]
The first part is a way to counter the Sharingan.
The second? Well, we can assume that Itachi knew about Kabutimaru when he gave Naruto some of his power...
Yeah, I think he gave him the Sussano'o.
Think about it: if we assume that Itachi knew Naruto's parentage, and that he likes terrible jokes, wouldn't it fit?

[[WMG: Sasuke will eventually have a HeroicBSOD and speak to Itachi]]
If Itachi suspected that Sasuke would turn against Konoha when the truth came out about the Uchiha massacre, as shown when he gives Naruto his "[[FanNickname crow job]]" in preparation for this, then he might have also had some way of passing on a final message to Sasuke, much like Minato prepared for Naruto. Sasuke will probably meet Itachi on some kind of [[SpiritWorld spiritual plane]] where Itachi will apologize to Sasuke for hurting and deceiving him, but will deliver some [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan well-deserved smack down]] for acting so crazily on his behalf. Hopefully this should resolve Sasuke's vengeance issues and set him back on the right path.
* If it fails it may show how Sasuke has completely jumped off the [[Slippery Slope]] and has lost sight of his original goals if he completely ignores it.

[[WMG: The loss of Sasuke allowed Kakashi to unlock his Mangekyō Sharingan]]
Kakashi was able to unlock his Mangekyō Sharingan after the time skip...after losing Sasuke, his protégé, to the dark side. I know the Uchiha think you can only acquire a Mangekyō Sharingan through the death of your closest person, but they've always had a flair for the melodramatic. Kakashi holds himself personally responsible for Sasuke's defection. He sees himself in Sasuke and was unable to save him. This is why Kakashi can keep using his Mangekyō Sharingan without going blind, because his powers aren't fueled by anger and hate. Kakashi will reveal this fact to Sasuke personally during the epic final showdown, thus proving that not all Mangekyō Sharingans are soaked in blood (which is something most Uchiha mistakenly believe is their curse).

[[WMG:Neji would somehow get rid of his Caged Bird Seal]]
Probably killing some guy/girl from main family in process.Having proved to himself that fate can be overcomed he will tell the others how to do that and, err The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized.Branch/Main family massacre is sure to follow.

[[WMG:Whether or not "Tobi" is full of bull shit depends on fan reaction]]
Either [[spoiler:Madara]] is lying and [[spoiler:Itachi stole Sasuke's eyes]], or he's not and [[spoiler:Itachi pulled off a {{plan}} to set Sasuke up to be the sole survivor of the Uchiha clan and be able to kill his enemy Madara]]. Which is true will be decided later. The reason for the two-week break between chapters was listed as "research" to see how the people reacted, and which will be proven or disproven later.
* I doubt it. I mean, Sasuke's repressed flashbacks (Itachi [[spoiler: sheds tears]]) make it pretty clear what is what. Besides, if they go and [[spoiler: make Itachi evil again]], it will be nothing less than the biggest Main/{{Asspull}} Naruto ever performed.
** Second biggest. The biggest was [[spoiler: making him a good guy in the first place]]
*** No, the biggest was really [[spoiler: reviving everyone that died in the Invasion of Pain arc.]]
** Not really. Just two words explain everything: [[spoiler: Madara's lying.]]
*** But how does that explain Sasuke's flashback of the end of his fight with Itachi? With Sasuke out of chakra, back against the wall, Itachi slowly walking towards him with an all-but-invincible defensive technique in full force, the fight all but finished, only to have Itachi [[spoiler: smile, tap Sasuke's forehead in that beloved big brother way he used to do before his Main/FaceHeelTurn, and say, "Sorry, Sasuke. There won't be a next time."]] before he collapses. If [[spoiler: Madara were lying and Itachi telling the truth]] then why did he seemingly throw the fight when his ultimate goal was his for the taking?
**** Sasuke's flashback? False memory. I think the BigBad may have the power to literally screw with people's heads to a small degree. Sasuke believed it because he WANTED to believe it... pun not intended. As for Itachi... he wasn't telling the whole truth either.
**** Given that the internal damage of using Susanoo and the disease eating Itachi up from the inside means he's basically a ''walking corpse'' by the time he reaches Sasuke, I think of the "Tobi is lying" interpretation of that scene as Itachi knowing he's done for, and as his life flashes before his eyes, he takes pity on Sasuke and decides to use his last words to pretend to be a caring older brother one last time...while setting up a posthumous deathtrap for Madara.

[[WMG: Tobi? More like ''no''-bi]]
Tobi isn't the Mizukage or Danzo or Madara or anything silly like that. That's like saying Osama Bin Laden was secretly Vladimir Putin, Dick Cheney and ''Hitler'', and nobody ever noticed. Tobi is a nonentity who impersonates famous ninja for kicks. Sharigan? ''Contact lens''.
* Tobi's a... ''cosplayer?''
** ^ MadeOfWin.
*** Er... Jossed. Tobi/Madara/[[spoiler: whoever the hell is under that mask]] used the power of the Sharingan and the [[spoiler: Rinnengan]] to survive his fight with Konan.
*** Tobi didn't get the Rinnegan until after he beat Konan, that was the reason he fought her at all... to get the Rinnegan from Nagato whose body she hid, he survived using Izanagi.
*** Not Jossed at all. Kakashi is living proof that you don't have to be an Uchiha to have a Sharingan. And given the recent revelation that [[spoiler: whoever's under that mask, it's definitely NOT Madara]], this is looking more likely all the time.
*** This has been more or less confirmed by the most recent chapter, which comes just shy of outright stating that Tobi's Sharingan is actually [[spoiler: Obito's remaining eye, due to being able to use the same Sharingan as Kakashi]] which means that Tobi himself could be just what he says: no one. Or he might be Obito.

[[WMG: [[FanNickname Kabuchimaru]] will be the ultimate BigBad after the Akatsuki is defeated.]]
Let's face it, Orochimaru has been set up as the BigBad from early in Part I. Then we get to Part II, and he gets easily taken out, twice, by two different [[SpotlightStealingSquad Uchihas]]. That's it? Surely not. Kabutimaru's long absence is too conspicuous to be insignificant. It's likely that he's gaining power to take out his two greatest enemies: Konoha and the Akatsuki. The only question is, who will be controlling the body, Kabuto or Orochimaru?
* However, since he ignored Rule 34 ( no, not [[RuleThirtyFour that one]] - [[EvilOverlordList the one on the Evil Overlord list]]), he will be executed in a HumiliationConga.

** Hopefully it's not [[BLeach an old man]]...[[supersecretspoiler: We've seen that before in shonen and it doesn't do nearly as much as some of Naruto's powers. Though it fits in with Shintoism well enough, I'd think it would have to do with creation - what Izanami (the goddess of creation, essentially) did before being killed... combined with the horror Izanami became. So basically Eldritch Abomination spawning is my vote.]]

The reason Sakura is so obsessed with Sasuke? They had sex. Who knows when, but the mood was right, they were alone, they were both horny...but Sakura being the traditional good girl she appears to be was raised to believe sex was for marriage so she now believes she HAS to make Sasuke hers. Sasuke on the other hand probably regards the entire incident as a youthful blunder with a girl he most likely cared about at one time, but has now moved on from. Seriously, why else would Sakura still be so obsessed? They must have had a deeper relationship than just a fangirl crush.

[WMG:Neji would somehow get rid of his Caged Bird Seal]]
Probably killing some guy/girl from main family in process.Having proved to himself that fate can be overcomed he will tell the others how to do that and, err [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]].Branch/Main family massacre is sure to follow.

Sasori said in his fight against Chiyo and Sakura that his 100 puppet technique was used to destroy a country. The only way I could see Madara dieing, seeing as he survived the fight against Hashirama would be by taking out a whole country, besides, he said he got the rinnegan shortly before he died, he might have invaded whirlpool to test it, or to get Uzumaki DNA to awaken it.