Truthfully, I need to revisit canon on Itachi and Shisui because I freely admit to not paying very close attention the first time through ('Uchiha, eyeballs, tragedy, blah blah blah whatever'). But. From where I stand now? I tend to think Itachi and Shisui were very close and that, if Shisui hadn't died (did Itachi kill him? Or is that unconfirmed fanon? I think I remember him telling Sasuke he'd done it, but all things considered that doesn't necessarily make it true), he still would have done what his superiors believed was best for the village, but it's entirely possible that Shisui might have been left alive as well as Sasuke. On the other hand, if he is the one who killed Shisui (for what I'm assuming were tragic-but-necessary reasons or at least believed to be such at the time), he might have killed him in the massacre as well, but it probably would have been extremely difficult.
To properly address the first question, I don't know if it made it easier, but it might have been something of a small relief that he wouldn't have to slaughter Shisui along with everyone else.
*headscratch* How old was Itachi when this all went down, anyway? I know he made ANBU captain at 13 and it can't have been too long after that, right?
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Date: 2012-05-30 01:45 am (UTC)To properly address the first question, I don't know if it made it easier, but it might have been something of a small relief that he wouldn't have to slaughter Shisui along with everyone else.
*headscratch* How old was Itachi when this all went down, anyway? I know he made ANBU captain at 13 and it can't have been too long after that, right?