Itachi is more of a one on one fighter, thats not somthing he would do unless he tried to sneak and kill everyone at night.
This one --^Hell no even with kisame they would be forced to retreat in no time. konoha is well aware of kisame and itachi's ability's because kakashi has fought itachi twice and guy fought kisame twice. Why pain was so successful in owning konoha was because they had barely any knowledge on his ability's/it was a sneak attack and on top of that he is incredibly powerful.
That is not why Itachi ran in Part 1..... Itachi went to the village to ensure that his brother was okay and that the elders kept their promise.... But yuo're right - Itachi couldnt destroy the village like NagatoNagato had a massive advantage that nobody knew what he could do. There are ninja in Konoha that know Itachi's skill set. In fact Danzo probly would have gotten involved if he had. Plus Nagato had godlike force to do heavy damage as well as an army. Itachi would have been destroyed. hence why he ran when he showed up in part 1
danzo wants no parts of itachi and with susanoo,yata mirror and and totsuka sword is a match for very oneNagato had a massive advantage that nobody knew what he could do. There are ninja in Konoha that know Itachi's skill set. In fact Danzo probly would have gotten involved if he had. Plus Nagato had godlike force to do heavy damage as well as an army. Itachi would have been destroyed. hence why he ran when he showed up in part 1
/threadAmaturesu one building and the whole village slowly BURNS!
Yeah hes going to put entire village under genjutsuThey dont know the full extent of Itachi ablites. At a high enough vantage point can get the whole village in his sight. And they don't know of his susano'o or spirit items. Not one can brake his genjutsu. And in the first part he didn't want to fight because he loved the village and made an excuse not to fight, and could have killed them with out Kisame. And Kisame is know as the zero tailed beast.
Itachi and Kisame would beat the hell out of the Konoha 11 excluding naruto low difficultyKonoha 11 takes them with low difficulty
Things were very very different back then.But I thought the question implied that Tobi sent Itachi and Kisame to konoha instead of Pein, so Naruto is training on Mount Myoboku. And Itachi took down Kakashi with tsukoyomi once within 1 second.