no i dnt think so because remember hidan and kakuzu went to the leaf for the same reason which was naruto and were was itachi...look he might have been a spy but he knew he couldnt interfere with akatsuki plans the truth is all akatsuki memebers feared pain and itachi was scared of tobi or who he thought was madara that was his true reason for staying with the akatsuki and anyway i dnt think he could have beat the 6 paths asura path would have absorb susano chakra itachi was already very ill so deva path would have beat him in taijutsu deav path even kept up with sm naruto in taijutsu and the summons chibaku tensei shinra tensei basho tensei, what itachi knew his place in the akatsuki just leave it at that