Might I Suggest:

Might I suggest:

He was planned, just not by either of his parents. And possible not known about either.

What if Orochimaru pulled an Orochimaru?

He could have been prepping for when Sasuke's body died out, either to have a high quality vessel ready (massive chakra reserves + sharingan) or to at least begin the rough draft stages of trying to figure out how exactly to do that.

Given, it does leave a lot of questions as to how he ended up in Kiri (unless he just stumbled his way out of the tank when Sasuke was destroying the hideout or something) but I think it'd be a fun concept.

Let's talk about this ☺

(Ok then I don't know what to post so I leave you something that I will also post on my second account @lawieiscrazy )

If he's not a kisaita fanchild then why is he... (I'm sure some animator was peacefully drawing a fanchild of their favorite ship and studio pierrot said "Hey, let's use that design because I can't think of anything else" and then BOOM! Shizuma appears. I mean... come on, he's even a Hoshigaki, so it makes sense... 😒)

You think Itachi ever missed his genjutsu life.

Like. Obviously he missed Izumi but. You think a small part of him ever missed his kids. Even knowing they were a figment of his own mind. Since they were still, in a way, the embodiment of his and Izumi's love for each other. Visual representations of the future they had ripped away from them.

Me, seeing an article pop up about the possible Itachi oneshot, figuring it was someone stretching: lol yeah right in what beautiful reality Me, reading it and checking into it, seeing it might be legit: RARE W FOR THIS REALITY???? KISHIMOTO PLEASE. PLEASE. I NEED TO SEE MY SON. PLEASE.

The Shizuma brain worms are back. If not meant to be KisaIta's son / metaphorical legacy (?) . Why son shaped. Why speaking words I could easily overlay over any screenshot of either young Itachi or Kisame. Why overlaying narrative themes.

Me, watching Naruto and seeing Sasuke's stuffed dino: So does this imply dinosaurs exist in the narutoverse lol Me, watching Sasuke fight dinosaurs in Boruto: son of a bitch WHAT

Me, trying to pick a time period for my fic: Itachi gets help. After the massacre. No, after Shisui dies and he gets his mangekyou. Actually- after his sharingan. I mean. In the warfields. I mean- oh my god there were so many instances in which he could have been helped you all (Konoha + his parents) suck at this stay away from my son actually