During the conflict to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke, Neji and Tayuya fought to a draw. His willful and victorious friends saved him. She was not so fortunate. Now Tayuya is headed on a slow, interrogative path to death in Konoha and Neji finds himself once again in her proximity. The fight is over to him. But to her? They are still opponents in a world where life is an endless battle.

Three different girls turn fifteen under three different circumstances. Each preoccupied with their own life, if it had not been for the one before they would not have life at all. And no matter what happens, the future is not set in stone.

Morgan discovers a strange mark on her body. Quite unlike her mother's, or, presumably, any of her ancestors before.

About a father and his son. About a sword and its wielder. About the guardian and that which it guards.