Naruto Chapter 385

[Mkadoza]

I noticed something. If Sasuke knew that the sharingan's "true purpose" is to control the kyuubi, could that be the reason he was able to supress the kyuubi's chakra in Naruto when they meet at Orochimaru's lair.

Like Jiraiya said, someone must have summoned the kyuubi when it appeared at the village, and we can safely assume that that was Madara. My other thought is how vital was the kyuubi to the formation of the village, considering that both of the founders had some level of control over the kyuubi (like Naruto and Sasuke o_O).

[chet_chetty]

The Uchiha clan's existence is the most pressing conflict to Madara's goal; which, apparently, is to make Konoha crumble.

With the Uchiha clan serving as Konoha's police squad, their inherit goal to protect Konoha conflicts with Madara's goal to see Konoha fall. The fact that they are Uchiha makes the issue personal and adds fuel to their fire to make sure Madara would not succeed. Also, it appears the biggest anti-Sharingan is another Sharingan so killing off the clan takes care of Madara's biggest threat.

The fact that the secrets of the Uchiha clan, namely the extent of the Sharingan's powers, were hidden goes to show that those Uchiha in the know did not want Mangekyou Sharingan to be attained by any more Uchiha; while of course Madara wants to exploit MS to its fullest. It's suggested that he pointed Itachi in the direction to attaining MS and he, even moreso, would like Sasuke to attain it as well. Madara probably would not have been able to do this if the Uchiha clan stayed in existence.

I personally believe that Tsukiyomi and Amaterasu is the max potential Itachi can tap out of MS. The nine-tails telling Sasuke that his chakra is more sinister than his own and that it reminds the nine-tails of Madara leads me to believe that only Sasuke (between him and Itachi) has the potential to use MS to control the nine-tails (as Madara did).

[joker-kun]

I noticed something. If Sasuke knew that the sharingan's "true purpose" is to control the kyuubi, could that be the reason he was able to supress the kyuubi's chakra in Naruto when they meet at Orochimaru's lair.

Like Jiraiya said, someone must have summoned the kyuubi when it appeared at the village, and we can safely assume that that was Madara. My other thought is how vital was the kyuubi to the formation of the village, considering that both of the founders had some level of control over the kyuubi (like Naruto and Sasuke o_O).

The whole history repeating itself is starting to get old...