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The Kouga and the Iga, two ninja clans with four hundred years of hostilities between them, meet at the request of Lord Ieyasu.

Unaware of the devastation speeding towards them, Gennosuke and Oboro enjoy an innocent tryst in the secluded slopes of the forest.

The no-hostilities pact is no more, and the race to finish a long-unsettled score has begun.

The blind leading the faithful, Gennosuke and Udono feast with the Iga clan under the false pretense of coming peace.

The Kouga begin to fret over the absent Gennosuke, and quiet steps are taken to study the lay of the land.

On their return trip to the Iga clan holdings, unexpected bounty is discovered in the wild.

Gennosuke grows wary as hostility mounts, while the other Kouga captive demonstrates dire consequence for the baser forms of assault.

The time has come to harden the heart, to put hope aside. Siblings seek to reunite to great consequence as certain victory is lost, lying dead as two foes in a salt cellar.

With the secret scroll now in Gennosuke's possession, the Iga's elaborate deception has come to an end. At last, the Kouga knows of the old Shogun's fateful decree.

Lord Ieyasu and the nobles review the carnage from a safe distance, tallying the deaths after only two days since the peace was broken.

The wheel of Fate has begun to spin, as history looks to repeat itself. Asked to stand united with her clan, against the Kouga and her beloved Gennosuke, Oboro sacrifices their most valuable weapon.

As the challenge set by Gennosuke is accepted, both clans take to the road. But treachery and death follow on their heels.

Lovers reunite as shades in the night, as the gales of war continue unabated.

Words from the past haunt Gennosuke, and Oboro is convinced that her life will end by his hands.

A father's blood on a young boy's hands? Hatred of the past drives one to reckless action, and when two enemies are trapped, one cannot escape the other.

uring a simpler time, well before the political machinations and the dissolution of the no-hostilities pact, a plan was laid to ensure lasting peace between the Kouga and the Iga.

The Kouga press on to Sunpu Castle, sorrow a heavy companion. Misdirection in the form of a hawk, and confrontation in the night reveals Gennosuke's true intentions.

Death stands in the path of the Kouga, waiting with baited breath, silent in the night breeze.

alse voices on the night wind play at lies and deceit, leading one without sight to a death without hope.

On the banks of a river, one left to death has risen again. Having finally learned the truth he set out to find, Gennosuke is resigned to this war that was never theirs.

Tenzen's secret is revealed at last, the cost of which proves death to a Kouga in disguise.

With Kagero captive, Oboro issues a public challenge, seeking to draw Gennosuke out, desiring to face him one last time.

Gennosuke cuts the serpent down at long last, the one responsible for fueling the enmity between the Kouga and the Iga for two centuries past.

Brought back to the very grounds where the travesty began, forced into this final conflict by political demand, Gennosuke and Oboro face one another on the field of battle.