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Sumire Kakei knows better than anyone that some shadows don't disappear... they wait.
After being accepted into Konoha despite her past, she has carefully rebuilt herself into someone gentle, dependable, and harmless. But when quiet threats begin surfacing from a part of history the village would rather forget, old scars begin to ache.
Assigned to watch over her is Kawaki, newly promoted Genin and already struggling with the weight of his own past. To him, Sumire is kind in a way that feels unfamiliar. She was steady, patient... and safe.
He doesn't yet realize she understands him better than anyone else ever has.
As tensions rise and unseen forces close in, Kawaki begins to notice something unsettling beneath Sumire's soft smiles-something sharp, deliberate, and far older than the girl she presents to the world.
Some roots, once planted... never truly die.
And some weapons, once forged... are never meant to choose their own side.