Plans never kept up with changes.
Especially since this era had not yet reached the shinobi world history Kitahara knew, so when it came to predicting the future, the old geezers of Mount Myōboku were sometimes more reliable...
Last night, the crow had stirred up the little boy's dream of becoming Hokage, and it had been brimming with ambition to do something big itself... only to run headlong into the greatest difficulty of its life: the bedding beneath it was far too clingy.
Fine, fine. It would spare those people for now. Besides, the chick was still too young, and they had plenty of time. Great undertakings could not be rushed...
During this period after returning to Konoha, Jiraiya often vanished without a trace. Uchiha Itachi and Kitahara gradually returned to a normal routine: training at the practice grounds every morning, teasing Sasuke until he cried in the afternoon, and taking walks by the lake with the family in the evening.
Sometimes, the little boy would agree to Izumi's request and secretly stake out the sweet shop, helping her buy a bag of sweets before school let out.
Despite his leisurely life, Uchiha Itachi had not relaxed his training. He had finally become able to enter Sage Mode steadily on his own and began researching his senjutsu ninjutsu.
Just as the genius young ninja's strength was improving by leaps and bounds, Uchiha Shisui, who had beaten him up from time to time, returned to Konoha... which also meant the Land of Grass incident had come to an end.
Before the lazy Kitahara could arrange for Danzo to take the blame, the old man returned to Konoha bearing great achievements... During the Land of Grass incident, Shimura Danzō's mix of feints and real moves had forced Tsuchikage Ōnoki to lose his