Akemi had found herself alone on many occasions, and felt alone even more often. Countless hours spend hiding by herself in the shadows, as her title as am elite ninja required her to do, many nights spent sleeping at inn's and even the structures she refered to as her houses without another soul present and countless steps taken on lonely dirt trails with no one at her side. That had been how things had been since Manami sensei and Hado sensei had died. Though Yoru sensei remained alive, at least as far as Akemi knew, he felt like a distant memory, and had for over a year now. The only people that truly understood what Akemi was and could even begin to understand how she felt were all either dead or having long parted from her life. Alone was too weak of a word to describe what she felt.