Anguish. Despair. Sorrow. Hope. One of the many different emotions that Shu felt after losing Inori. It starts with that. In the time space of that moment to ten years later, its just a simple recollection of the events and feelings that happened that led him to what he was inevitably. Filled with jarring things and most of all, time that changes him for the better.

There are always fights in a relationship, and this one gets a little too far. Neglected and hurt, Tsubaki flees, tired of being the last choice. Black*Star has some serious making up to do.

They forgot everything about their past when they opened that box - now they're back and determined to get their memories back before it fades away from them - this time forever. But how could they get back together when they were on each on ends of the world and they didn't even know who they were up against?

Hateful glares. Complains. Those were the only things directed at Naruto as a child. Given a chance to join the Root was a dream come true because they would never know what was sealed within him. But the darkness that dwells in him never fades. Will he finally be able to express himself or become a machine that the Root makes him to be for ANBU?