(Shippuden)

Keni was leaping through the trees after just having face Kisame and Tobi seeing as he had to retreat as he was not yet strong enough to taken both shinobi's at once. After a few minutes he would come across a small clearing in the forest and as he did Keni would form a form a single hand sign that would cause the ground to the clearing to suddenly open up. He would quickly leap into the hole which began to close almost instantly after he entered. Keni would land on the bottom of the cave floor of Keni would land on the cave floor before proceeding further into his hideout.

As he continued making his way pass one of the protective barriers Keni would take a seat as he began replaying the fight between him, Tobi and Kisame. As he replayed the scenario he would suddenly remember the first time he ever met Kisame and would almost instantly be drawn into a flash back. At this time he was only six and Rakia keeping his promise was escorting Keni to the Land Fire where he'd reunite with his long lost father. During this time the Orochimaru's invasion of the Leaf Village was over, and luckily Naruto was able to defeat Gaara, saving Sasuke and Sakura in the process. Now as Keni and Rakia were making there way to the Land of Fire they ended up coming across Itachi and Kisame who were also on there way to the Hidden Leave Village but for far more darker purposes. Itachi and Kisame were on a mission to capture the nine tails jinchūriki known as Naruto Uzumaki. Even though Rakia was a missing-nin he personally didn't care for the Akatsuki seeing as he felt that their reputation was way over exaggerated. With that in mind Rakia saw this as his only chance to find out if the rumors about the Akatsuki were really true but before he challenging them he quickly took notice that one of the two fellow members was the responsible for the annihilation of the entire Uchiha so he would immediately pushed Keni behind of him as he said, "Look kid just stay out of the way and if things start to look bad just run." Then before Keni could even respond Rakia challenged both Kisame and Itachi wondering which one would accept his challenge.

Itachi saw no reason for him or Kisame to waste their time taking on Rakia who even though was a highly sought after missing-nin couldn't compared to either Itachi or Kisame even on a bad day. Keni would put some space between him and Rakia by hiding behing of a near by tree just as Kisame had decided to accept Rakia's challenge due to boredom. Itachi would just continue to stand there not voicing his opinions on Kisame's choice to take on the missing cloud ninja and just like that Kisame and Rakia's battle would begin. As Keni watched the battle his glance would peer of to Itachi who he noticed had sharingan. He would be completely taken by surprise as but this feeling of shock would quickly be interrupted after he witnessed Rakia dropping from the sky, sadly enough the battle hadn't lasted very long before Kisame had Rakia laid out on the floor.

"Well I guess today just isn't your lucky day, but don't worry Sharkskin and I will end you suffering soon enough." Joked, Kisame.

Kisame began playing around as he continued slamming the handle of Sharkskin into Rakia's back as he attempted to crawl away. Itachi was beginning to get annoyed at the fact that Kisame was wasting time but soon enough Itachi would found himself glaring at Keni and as hid did he couldn't shake the feeling that Keni seemed highly familiar as though he'd seen him some where before. Itachi would remove this thought from his head before turning his attention to Kisame as he said,

"Kisame stop toying around and kill him, we have a job to do."

"You always rain on my fun." Replied Kisame

Kisame would then throw Samehada up into the air and would catch it by it's handle as he prepared to deliver the final blow to Rakia. Just then out of no where a shadow windmill would come barreling at Kisame, who would smirk as he waited till the last minute before knocking it away with Samehada. Keni would charge in after Kisame launching multiple explosive tags that were attached to Kunais directly at Kisame. Using this as a diversion Keni would use the smoke as cover before projecting the great fire ball technique. Kisame would avoid this attack by using Samehada to cut through the attack if only to display his awesome power. Kisame then lunged after Keni swinging his sword in an attempt to shred Keni into pieces. Luckily he managed to dodge Sharkskin but every time he did he would be struck by either Kisame's fist and kicks. . Kisame would suddenly launch a powerful kick to Keni's face sending him rolling in the ground.

"Hahahaha, had enough yet guppy?" asked Kisame

Keni would slowly get to his feet and as he was doing this Itachi found himself admiring Keni a little bit seeing as it wasn't an ordinary thing for a kid his age to be able to perform the great fire ball technique. After a he few more seconds Keni was finally back on his feet and as he glared at Kisame both Akatuski members would immediately take notice of his undeveloped sharingan. Kisame would be caught completely off guard by this new development as he choked back a laugh but as shocked as he might have been Itachi was by far the most surprised. After a second or two Kisame would turn to Itachi and say,

"Hey Itachi I thought you massacred the entire uchiha clan, it looks like you missed one. No worries I'll take care of THIS guppy." Stated Kisame

Just as Kisame began making his way to Keni, Itachi would suddenly blurt out

"Kisame! You've had your fun, this one is mine." Demanded Itachi.

After hearing Kisame state that Itachi was the one responsible for eradicating the entire Uchiha clan images of his dead mother would begin to flash through his head. Over the years Keni had come to blame his mother's death on the ninja responsible for the destruction of his clan. In his eyes if the clan was destroyed, then his mother and him wouldn't have had to fled the village and live in hiding which meant that they wouldn't have been in that small village when Rakia and his men came around. As it continued to sink in that he was now face to face with the man he had come to hate, Keni would slowly become engluf with rage. With no hesitation he would pull out a shadow windmill and suddenly take of as he charged towards Itachi.

"I'm going to kill you!" yelled Keni

Itachi would catch Keni's hand before he could prepare to throw the windmill and with that Itachi would launch a kick to Keni's midsection sending him to flying backwards before finally hitting the floor. Itachi now had possession of the shadow windmill and would simply toss it aside before walking over to where Keni was kneeling as he attempted to get back up on his feet. Itachi ws now standing over Keni, who would look up only to be caught in one of Itachi's Tsukuyomi. Itachi would show him everything that happened the night Uchiha clan were massacred and then Itachi even went as for to show him his own death. Itachi would continue to torture him as he anticipated Keni's will breaking in a matter of minutes but instead Keni's mind began fighting against the genjutsu. Itachi's intricate illusions began getting disturbed by images of Keni's dead mother as they suddenly began flashing through out the genjutsu.

"What's happening?" Itachi would ask himself as he continued to cast the Tsukuyomi.

The sharingan in Keni's left eye would suddenly begin to spin before he was finally able to break free of Itachi's Tsukuyomi, "No!" he screamed. Itachi would take about four steps back as he placed a hand over his left eye and as he did this Keni would now be on his knees while holding his head with booth hands as he despratly tried to regain composure.

"Itachi did that little squirt just brake free from your Tsukuyomi?" asked Kisame

"It seems I underestimated this one. His hatred is strong, I should have casted a stronger Tsukuyomi" Answered Itachi

Keni would leap into the air and launch a barrage fire balls using the Phoenix Flower Sage jutsu as he attempted to catch the two man squad off gaurd. Itachi would look up and would then quickly warn Kisame to avoid touching and or hitting the fire balls seeing as there were explosive tags hidden among the countless fire balls. Keni would end up using the smoke and the debris that were flying around as cover as he made his way to Rakia,

"Rakia come on let's go." Said Keni

"You have to leave me kid, my time is up. Now go get out of here! Go!" replied Rakia

Just as Keni was about to say something he would look up to see Itachi towering over him and with that he quickly leaped into the air and took off into the forrest with multiple Itachi shadow clones on his tail.

The smoke would clear and Kisame was just about to launch in after Keni when he was stopped dead in his tracks by Itachi.

"Kisame, we don't have time for this. Our main objective is Naruto besides that kid won't get far." Said Itachi

"You have clones tailing him don't you?" smiled Kisame

With that the real Itachi and Kisame would once again begin their journey to the Hidden Leaf Village in hopes of capturing the nine tails. Keni still leaping from branch to branch and when he would soon find himself surrounded by countless Itachi shadow clones. Thinking fast he would answer back with a few shadow clones of his own as he attempted made a break for it. Luckily for him he was able to see the hand signs Itachi made to make his first set of shadow clones and was able to copy the technique almost instantly with his sharingan. His clones out numbered Itachi's which allowed them to finish off Itachi's clones. Keni would end up taking a detour due to exahustion before continuing his trip to the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He would set up camp in a little town completely oblivious to the fact that one of Itachi's shadow clones had survived and was still very much following him.

Keni would shake his head as he snapped himself out of the flashback before getting to his feet as he began making his way further into his hideout and as his body vanished into the darkness he would say "Don't you worry Itachi, I will turn your dream into a reality but first there is someone I have to take care of."