For years she has dealt with the hand given to her after a Hollow attack crippled her, both in mind and body. Upon her transfer into the 9th Division from the 11th Division, she finds herself crushing on her Lieutenant, but the only problem is…Lieutenant Hisagi does not like 11th Division squad members. After twenty years of dealing with his ill-feelings towards her, Isako is completely baffled when he suddenly starts acting differently towards her. What brought about this change in his demeanor towards her and how will she even begin to face it? As if things couldn’t get any more stressful, her already troublesome Zanpakuto begins to mess with her fragile mind, drawing out the skeletons from her closet as it tries driving her away from the idea of being close to anyone.

The sequel to Beauty is the Beast (Kakashi Love Story): Nearly two years after the events of Beauty is the Beast and the start of the Naruto series. Hisayo has made friends, but continues to deal with a few issues such her old clan and her own personal feelings for a certain Konoha shinobi. Akio continues to be a much needed parent though he too is dealing with his own feelings and a past, which continues to haunt him. Satoru has continued to keep a deadly alliance with a man so sinister, that the Hokage himself has been unable to defeat him. An unpleasent series of events will keep everybody on edge and put Hisayo at war with herself. Was it really worth staying in Konoha, especially after the very people she pledged her life to protect suddenly turn on her? Stuck between a world of humans and a world of demons...does she really belong anywhere at all?