Notice how everything happening now is due to the 3rd Ninja War

[mikeeozua]

-Sasori earned fame as Sasori of the Red Sand
-Kakashi killed Rin
-Madara found Obito and thus 'Tobi' was born
-Minato became a hero and became Konoha's Yellow Flash
-Kakashi also gained fame as Copy Ninja Kakashi
-Itachi became traumatized by the events of the third ninja war thus influencing him to massacre the uchiha
-Kabuto was orphaned
-And Yahiko died and 'Pain' was born.

So basically the third ninja war caused the Akatsuki to form in the first place basically and created the 3 biggest villans of the series! :shrug:

 

[antenna]

wars are a pretty big deal. there are like the milestones in time in the naruto series

 

[xNTMI]

history will repeat itself and IRL life is just a cycle too. maybe the 3rd ninja war is somewhat linked to 2nd ninja war.

 

[Kristjan]

Right now what is happening is only because of madara, he gave his eyes to nagato and the rinnegan made him so strong.