The Mandalorian sense of honor was a hell of a thing; strict and unyielding but full of care and genuine moral clarity. It guided many to walk a path of righteousness, even when in the darkest bowels of the galaxy. But righteousness is a hard path to walk when everyone around you succumbs to the decadence of greed. Din lost sight of that once. Never again.

Years after her disappearance, Choji's younger sister is found. Having been forced lived a life full of death and violence, the young woman returns to Konoha in the hopes of living a new, normal life away from past traumas. But the unstable woman's dark life doesn't want to let go.

When Kisame and Itachi stumble upon an unconscious woman with an intriguing power, they pull her into the world of Akatsuki thinking that they can use her for their own aims. But as the demon shark gets to know the woman, he finds someone who isn't totally unlike himself.