Another of the seven swordsmen, namely Kaori Sato, has defected from Kirigakure in search of the power he desires. He hopes to become an apprentice under the legendary Kisame Hoshigaki - in exchange he'll lend his skill to the Akatsuki. There's only one issue: his morals. Can he really cut his ties to Kirigakure and send his condolences to good? The chances seem slim.

The heiress looked so delicate in the moonlight and it only served to make her seem more fragile but nothing could be further from the truth. 'You've truly become something else, dear cousin.' [This is a collection of one-shots for a thirty day challenge I ran into on Tumblr, will be updated daily. There are all kinds of genres - I just picked the two most common.]