In order to save Kagetora, Beni pleads for Iwatsuru to let Kagetora go. She reveals to him that Hitaki had killed Kagetora in a previous life, a story which only makes Iwatsuru more suspicious. Nevertheless he relents, but under one condition: Beni becomes his girl. Will Beni save her love if only to then be denied it? Ninjas + Romance = perfect manga!