The Nine-Tails' attack had soured relations between Konoha's leadership and the Uchiha, the former believing the latter to be responsible. During the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack, he was home alone looking after Sasuke, followed by Itachi rescuing Mikoto from falling debris, and in the anime seeking shelter with Izumi. Soon, the two became best friends, forming a brother-like bond as they continued to teach the other new tricks. At age 5, after becoming a big brother to Sasuke, Itachi was approached by Shisui, who offered to train together. The death and destruction he experienced at such a young age traumatized Itachi and made him a pacifist, leading to him training non-stop to achieve his dream of becoming a ninja among ninja in order to erase fighting from the world. His early childhood was marked with violence: when he was four years old, the Third Shinobi World War waged and he witnessed first-hand many of the wars casualties. Itachi was the first child born to Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha. Itachi and Sasuke moments before the Nine-Tails' attack. 22 Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation.Sometime after the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Kakashi was made the Sixth Hokage, Kakashi appointed Itachi as a Fourth Shinobi World War Hero, making every citizen know what he did was faithful towards the village till his very end. Following his death, Itachi's motives were revealed to be more complicated than they seemed and that his actions were only ever in the interest of his brother and the village, making him remain a loyal shinobi of Konohagakure to the very end. He afterwards joined Akatsuki, whose activity brought him into frequent conflict with Konoha and its ninja - including Sasuke who sought to avenge their clan by killing Itachi. He later became an international criminal after murdering his entire clan, sparing only his little brother Sasuke. Itachi Uchiha (うちはイタチ, Uchiha Itachi) was a shinobi of Konohagakure's Uchiha clan who served as a Anbu Captain.