Manami was drifting in and out of consciousness. She felt that she was being carried by someone. One time she could focus enough to see some fluffy grey hair in front of her. Later she woke up on a hospital stretcher with some medic-nin over her.

She saw a green light and felt a warmth flowing through her body.

"What is her estate?" She heard Kakashi asking.

"Her inner organs are damaged and I have no idea how that could have happened. It's like her cells ruptured." One of the medic answers. "But she will fully recover."

Kakashi left then. Being the captain he had to report to the Hokage but he needed to be sure Manami would be ok. Seeing her in the estate she was in when he reached her scared the hell out of him. Her Sharingan, or whatever that was, must be awakened when Migeru was killed. Kakashi never wanted for such a thing to happen. He was a colleague and has given his life on duty, but he couldn't shut up the little voice in his head that was happy about Manami being single again and he hated himself because of that.

Kakashi didn't know exactly what happened but he saw the key symbol on the headband on the bodies and no sign of the kidnapped Anbu member. One thing was off though. The grass and flowers around the fighting ground where all withered and he remembered his chakra being drained when he came near Manami. Was she responsible for that? Could she absorb chakra not only from people but also from plants?

He made his report to the Hokage and Manami's capabilities made him think. He had heard many years ago of a clan with a Kekkei Genkai that could assimilate someone's chakra to their own but even for the members was rare to drain without a touch. He would order someone to look in Manami's ancestry and in the history of that clan. Maybe they could find something.

The next day Manami was released from the hospital. She couldn't believe that Migeru was dead. It was his funeral and she felt so bad because his family treated her like she was part of it. Migeru's big brother, who she had met only that day, called her little sister. She didn't even know them so Migeru must have shown a photo of her or something. If it wouldn't be disrespectful she would leave the ceremony only to avoid the look of pity the people gave her. She felt she had no right to be pitted because she was about to end things with Migeru. After the ceremonies, she went home and wanted to be alone for a while. Seeing friends die was part of being a shinobi and it was the worst.

Some days had passed when she was called to the Hokage. She had made her report to fill in the blanks of Kakashi's. She was surprised when the third told her he had looked in her family three if one of her ancestors was from an extinct clan. But she was even more surprised when the Hokage told her that she had eyes that resembled a Sharingan, only black and white. Now at his office, he took out a file. "We have found something interesting that could explain your capabilities. I don't have time to tell you so here is the file. I think you should read it." Manami was curious so the first thing she did when she arrived home was reading that file.

The Suu clan was known for its members having the Kekkei Genkai of absorbing the chakra of others. Some members could even do it without touching. That clan wasn't on good terms with the Uchiha. The last head of the family had a daughter who fell in love with an Uchiha. It is believed that the two left their respective clans and married, but there is no evidence for that.

The DNA of Manami Kaigan was compared to some samples from members of the Uchiha and the results show some matches, indicating that they have common ancestors.

'An Uchiha and one of these Suu members. Could they be my ancestors?' If that was true that could explain her abilities. Her black Sharingan could be the result of the diluted Uchiha blood or the mixing of these two clans. Could she activate it?

Manami stood before her mirror. She transferred some chakra to her eyes. They become black with three white dots. 'So it's true. I really have a black Sharingan.' She wanted to know more about the Sharingan, but since the situation with the Uchiha was on edge, she couldn't know how they would react to her different Sharingan and not being an Uchiha. Could she ask Itachi? When she could find him she would.

Some time had passed and the Hokage was in an emergency meeting with the elders. Danzou was there too because of the delicate situation. There was a group of shinobi, most of them were outlaws. They called themselves as freelancers because they were accepting contracts like the hidden villages. Every contract they would sign was one less for the hidden villages. It was not only a problem for Konoha, but since the group was located in the land of fire they were mostly their responsibility. The leader was killed by the Anbu but in a short time, they had a new one. That had happened already twice. It was necessary for some other approach.

Danzou had come to word: "We need someone to infiltrate the group and inform us how they operate. We need to know how they work if there is a leader hidden behind an imposter or a council who chooses a new leader. Only then we can work towards taking the whole group down."

The Hokage thought about what Danzou had said. Knowing him well, he probably already had a plan. But since Danzou didn't explain it right away he had a feeling that he wouldn't like it. "What do you have in mind?"

"Someone has to infiltrate that group so we can fight it from the inside. I have heard you have a specialist in infiltration in the Anbu with unseen capabilities." Manami had caught Danzou's attention on her last mission, especially her strange Sharingan...

For the Hokage was clear that he was talking about her. "The Kunoichi you talking about has already endured a mission for 8 years away from her home. I don't want to send her once again away from Konoha."

"I can't see another solution. If you have another one I would gladly accept it." Danzou responded.

After Migeru's death, Manami was sent on more simpler missions than before, but she needed something to distract herself so she asked for more difficult ones. When she wasn't on missions she would train. Sadly she never seemed to find Itachy to ask him about the Sharingan. She also preferred to stay to herself for a while then to confront the pitiful eyes of her friends.

About two months after Migeru's death, she was once again in the Hokage's office and he had a serious expression (well, more serious than usual). This would be a complicated mission Manami thought.

"I have a mission for you but I don't want for you to feel pressured to accept it." He explained the situation with the group called freelancers and continued saying: "you would infiltrate in that group and gain their trust. You would keep us informed and when an opportunity would present itself we would take them out." 'that sounds simple enough.' But the Hokage wasn't finished yet. "You would need to leave Konoha. You would need to desert and would be considered a missing-nin..."

"Oh, I see" was all Manami could say. The Hokage continued "but you would come back. As long as you don't commit crimes against Konoha or the land of fire you can be pardoned. You would be no longer than 3 years away. But as I said, think this through and give me an answer when you are ready. I don't want to force you after all you have already sacrificed for your country."

Manami left his office without knowing what to do. Would she accept the mission and stay away from her family and friends again? They would think she was a deserter. And what would happen if she didn't accept? If someone died because she didn't accept this mission could she live with herself?