A brush with death and an encounter with a stranger leads Naruto to a decision. Set during the blank period, months after the movie, "The Last." Based on characters created by Masashi Kishimoto.

As Naruto struggles to deal with life as an amputee, he becomes much closer to a certain lavender-eyed kunoichi. Canonically set in the time period between the end of the 4th Shinobi War and "Kakashi Hiden". Cover image drawn by Sasaki-NH, used here with her permission