When Sakura wakes up to find a bloodied ANBU in her private sanctuary only days after graduating, she has no idea what she's getting into. But as she's drawn deeper into the darkest parts of her village, she soon finds the strength to protect it.

Naruto makes a good shinobi, but a lousy weapon. Danzo has finally managed to connive Naruto into Root, or so he believes. Naruto, who will now be within reach of his emotionally inept, traumatized, fanatical devotees. What on earth was he thinking?

A void separates them. Two beings, two different worlds, never meant to be together. And yet in that dark, they touch one another before passing on. They might have linked and understood, but now eternal misunderstanding and separation.