Episode 452 the Genius
Begins with Itachi commenting on it being a bit ominous out to baby sasuke jsut as Tobi unleashes the kyubi.
The Kyubis rampage begins as it destroys the leaf village.
the polcie evacuate everyone the best they can but lost of casualties. itachi manages to avoid the worst of the destrucition while protecticg baby susuke, and comes across the girl who was friendly to him earlier. he rescues her from the destruction and says theyre going to the shelters. Itachi finds his father as he does and fugakau tells him to get to the shelters quickly.
Fugaku and the police manage to finally evacuate the civilians just as hiruzen and the others drive the kyubi out of the village. the other police want to confront the kyubi as well but fugaku tells them that they have orders to stay and protect the civilians.
As they say this a massive explosions happens. Fugaku says they have some how sealed the kyubi.
At the funeral the next day Itachi continues to ponder life and death. nearby the girl he saved looks at him.
the village begins to rebuild as the girl approaches itachi whose still holding sasuke. She thanks him for saving her and he says hes glad shes safe. She asks if sasuke is his baby sister *gigglesnort* 
and he corrects her. she asks if she can hold him but he says no since he doesn't want sasuke to cry. she says he wont cry but sure enough when she holds him sasuke pitches a hissy fit. --seems sasuke didn't like girls even back then 
--itachi takes Sasuke back which delights the baby.but leaves the girl frustrated.
At a council meeting danzo discusses the rebuilding of the leaf and how some clans will be moved about. he says the aburame will be moved to a forested region they requested earlier, and the nara wont be moved as they weren't part of the destroyed area. he says the uchiha and police headquarters will move to a remote area of the village which fugaku protests. Hiruzen tries to calm him by saying the area has a good training area that the uchiha can use exclusively for themselves. Fugaku sits down but clearly isn't happy
At the uchiha clan home the uchiha memebers complain vigorously about their treatment and about being accused of causing the kyubi attack. Fugaku agrees but says they cant be the lone voice of dissent since the others also moved. he says hell argue for their clan though and try and make things better but they have to accept the move and dismisses everyone.
Itachi waits outside studying a scroll and takes his father to the new training grounds which he says he likes. he asks fugakut o teach him new jutsus passed down through the generations.
Fugaku agrees and teaches him to do the fireball jutsu. Itachi then easily masters it in one try causing fugaku to laugh and compliments itachi. the two return to the home as itachi asks if theyre moving soon. Fugaku says they are but stops a moment and looks around. He can sense the uchiha are being watched from all sides. itachi asks if anything is wrong but fugaku says nothing is and says itachi wil be 6 soon.
The academy holds its entrance ceremony where the girl from before smiles and waves at itachi happily. At the academy itachi breezes through the classes genius that he is.
later on itachi plays with sasuke whose crawling now, but he says sorry sasuke later and get sup as fugaku comes home and he asks fugaku to teach him more because the jutsus at the academy is too easy for him. fugaku agrees
at the acadmeny the girls fangirl over itachi to the consternation of the other boys in the class. especially one guy named kamano who itachis has shown up on more then one occasion. Kamano and 2 of his friends make a decision to confront itachi. but the three stooges run into a LARGE kid who promptly wipes the floor with them.
the kids run away and the biug kid chases them to where they hide behind itachi. the big kid confronts itachi who holds up the 2 finger sign of friendship but the big kid throws a punch and itachi promptly wipes the floor with him amazing the others.
itahci asks 2 kids to take the big guy to the infirmary while kamano and the other stooges promptly change their minds and become star struck by itachi they act like a retinue clearing the hallway for him which actually mortifies and embarrasses itachi.
later itachi wanders alone again asking the questions about what is life death shinobi and a village.
Fugaku compliments itachi on ebing top in his class with top marks all around but itachi just asks him to teach him more jutsu, At the academy itachi wants to know more about what a shinobi is and what it means to be shinobi. while practicing hshurkin and kunais he runs into shisui who says itachi is doing great but itahci blows off the praise saying he isn't as good as Shishui is.
later the bug kid has some friends now and confronts itachi whose studying with the stooges. the kid though gives the 2 finger sign then rushes itachi.
Shisui works with itachi more showing him some slieght of hand shurkine tricks which itahci quickly gets the hang of,
itachi easily holds his own with the group of kids and helps out his buddies befiore the fight is broken up by some adults. 2 of the kids grab itahci allowing the big kid to land a solid shot on itachi, itachi suddenly poofs as hes revealed to be a shadow clone that itahci is using to skip school with while he trains with shisui
the instructors are stunned by itahci using a shadow clone meanwhile itahci says he has to go since his clones gone bu before he leaves he asks Shisui why there is fighting in life. Shisui says he doesn't know but if possible hed like to stop it. itahci says he does too then he leaves.
at a meeting of the hokage and council the instructor says they should have itahci graduate as there no purpose in keeping him there. as hes mastered multiple tehciques including the forbidden kage bunshin. Hiruzena rgues but danzo also reminds him its been done before. fugakau and mikoto are proud of him and itahci informs them that the school would like to speak with them to confirm it. as babay sasuke tugs on his shirt causing itachi to smile.
at the acadmemy graduation itachi has a headband and listens as the teams are assigned for missions.
next episode the pain of living
