Fix it fic where pre-massacre Itachi ends up in the past post-Izuna death. Itachi realizes Madara super was not as cold towards his brother as the history of their clan makes it out to be and is like. Pooling all the information he'd gathered in trying to understand the village vs clan feud, he decides. If he can't make it back home to help the tensions. He will simply try to cut it off at its base. Que 12 year old Itachi making the best of the single photo he keeps in his wallet of Sasuke. Itachi, appearing mysteriously during the founding of the village (Though either the timeline for when Izuna dies would need pushed back a bit for this or Itachi would need to adjust the hell out of his appearance to make himself look as young as he could possibly get away with. Possibly a really strong hinge or him somehow getting his hands on a beta version of one of Tobirama's questionable experiment scrolls - deaging etc etc), dropping to his knees in front of Madara. Claiming to be the illegitimate son of Izuna, hidden out of fear that he would lose his life in the war. Him explaining that Izuna had him hidden away with his mother and brother until recently - deep in the mountain. But that they had both perished and Itachi didn't know where to go but to his uncle that his dad spoke so highly of 🥺 and to the village his dad wished would work but just didn't believe would 🥺 but look at it now, so amazingly built 🥺 his uncle is so amazing to have been able to pull it off 🥺look at this photo of a mini Izuna in his wallet that was once his own little brother 🥺 feel a connection to him and keep your ass right here 🥺