Link:Naruto Shippuden Episode 358
Episode 358: Coup d' Etat
Date: 4/10/14
Today, on episode 358: Coup d"Etat Itachi is informed by Kakashi that ever since the 9 tails incident the hidden leaf village has been having an issue trusting the Uchiha clan. This trust issue was brought about with the accurate assumption that even if the seal on Kushina was broken why would the 9 tailed fox attack the hidden leaf village specifically if it wasn't controlled by someone. The only means to control the 9 tailed beast was by the visual prowess of the Sharingan possessed by the Uchiha clan or by the wood style of the first hokage named Hashirama Senju. With Hashirama senju being long dead the only possible assumptions can be made against the Uchiha clan. The elders of the hidden leaf village came to a conclusion that someone had to be behind this incident but more importantly that this person was from the Uchiha clan or that the Uchiha clan itself was behind this plot. As a result the hidden leaf village has put the Uchiha clan under 24 hour surveillance. Itachi is put on duty to spy on the Uchiha clan, his own people, family, and friends. However, Itachi informs Kakashi that the Uchiha have already been aware of the hidden leafs suspicion. The tension of distrust among the Uchiha and the hidden leaf village have influenced the Uchiha to take matters in their own hands as the leaf has done to them. In the meantime Shisui Uchiha has warded off the hidden mist ninja who were aiming to attack the hidden leaf completing his mission. On his return and confirmation of a successful mission he request that he go on a secret mission given from the third hokage lifting him of his daily duties alongside being given a level of authority and was told if anything was to go wrong to give them his name and it would be cleared. Shisui sought out to meet with Itachi as soon as possible but with Sasuke interrupting Shisui before he got to say anything he teleports. Shisui finally meets with Itachi asking him his true feelings on what their clan has planned about the coup d'Etat the Uchiha have planned. Itachi is against it just like Shisui is. Shisui tells Itachi that he must not do anything about it because he has been assigned to watch Itachi personally. Shisui tells the third hokage and lord Danzo that he plans to use his kotoamatsukami on Fugaku Uchiha manipulating him to believe false ideals by having false altercations in false situations that make him believe his ideals are his own without him or anyone else realizing it during the Uchiha clan assembly. Danzo questions whether or not this will be successful and even if it does manage to succeed that it will not be enough to satisfy the Uchiha from their plans. Later on that day lord Danzo talks with Shisui Uchiha on his own and asks him what will happen if the leaf does not change along with the Uchiha, what will happen? Danzo then asks if things get worse will Shisui turn to using his kotoamatsukami on him as he attempts to steal Shisui's eyes. In defence shisui casts him under a genjutsu that Danzo shortly breaks out of that led to the beating of Shisui as he took his right eye for his own selfish use to solve this matter of trust between the Uchiha and the hidden leaf village. The ANBU appear behind Danzo as reinforcements to steal Shisui's eyes but as soon as they appear Shisui attacks back with fireball Jutsu and it takes many ANBU to counterattack but by the time they look for him he has already teleported somewhere else. Shisui has teleported to Itachi and tells him that Danzo stole his eye to cease this conflict and that soon they will be looking for him to take his other eye so instead he gives his other eye to Itachi for safekeeping. After giving his eye to Itachi he commits suicide by falling off a cliff. As Shisui dies and Itachi watches his bestfriend die his mangekyou sharingan awakens. Itachi reports to the elders that the Coup d'Etat has been foiled by the Uchiha by the death of Shisui Uchiha. On a mission that Kakashi and Itachi go on after they have finished their mission Itachi asks does he intend to honor the sharingan and the wish that his friend has left him with and he replies that he intends to. However, Itachi being realistic doubts that he can protect everyone from what is to occur in the future.
