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They had literally no reason to. Itachi did "flee" because supposedly he was only there to warn Danzo (who hadn't existed as a character yet), but the Akatsuki didn't start really going after Naruto until later because you had to seal the Tailed Beasts in numerical orderAkatsuki never attacked the village while itachi was in it and alive though