Alright, its something that's been on my mind, and folf inspired me to make a topic about it....
who will be the one to kill (or at least defeat to the point of him no longer being a villian) itachi?

Of course i'm expecting most of you to say sasuke, and so i'll start off by giving the reasons why i DONT think it will be sasuke....

1) the conversation between sasuke and kakashi shortly after sasuke and naruto fought on the rooftop.
This is one of the biggest details that brought me to my conclusion. Kakashi knows what happens to people who go down sasuke's path, and for those who succeed in their revenge, only emptiness remains. I'm quite certain, that if sasuke manages to get revenge on itachi, he will never be able to return to being a good guy.

2) itachi says "the only one who can beat me is another with the same eyes as me." Of course this led us all to believe that he was referring to sasuke....however the only way sasuke can have the mangekyou is to kill naruto...and we KNOW that will never happen.


a few things that CAN happen, however.....

1) Sasuke can beat itachi to the point where he can kill him, but then has a change of heart.
It could happen...i've seen that in anime plenty of times...

2) Sasuke can beat itachi AFTER his goal changes from revenge to defending his friends. I would much prefer to see a scenario like this than the one before this.

3) The unlikely event that sasuke finds out itachi wasnt the one who actually killed off his clan afterall....
but then sasuke still can't be the one to beat the true murderer, if thats the case, because then we end up back to my 1st point.

4) Someone else defeats itachi, plain and simple. The only people i see doing this though, is either Naruto or the 3rd mangekyou user.

for options 1 and 2, sasuke will most likely need mangekyou for these to work. Will he find an alternate way to obtain it? Idk....it's possible

All in all, I'd be more inclined to side with option 2 or 4....
Any other thoughts?