Introduction: A noble, charismatic leader hailed as the next chieftain to her tribe. A deadly, efficient assassin groomed to the next head of her family. Two sides of the same coin separated by duty but eternally bound by love. Set 5 years before the events of "Interview with the Hattori's", the family is contacted to prevent an all-out civil war from breaking out during the Tournament of Champions in Al Mahrib. A teenage Akane Hattori longs for meaning and validation in her life. Yet when she meets a beautiful foreigner, she finds so much more....