It's gloomy in the witch's card reading shack, but gloomier still in Fisk's terrified gut. He doesn't have long to live. Truly, this is a desperate act¾looking to the witch for guidance¾but the Emperor has demanded his head, and the Emperor always gets what he wants. Fisk has an idea, a possibly dangerous idea, but if it's successful it might be enough to buy his freedom.

Doomed to live her life in hiding, Katasuma knows that if anyone learns of her existence, she will be next on the butcher's block. Katasuma must decide between living safe, or living free.

Because one is stuck in the past and the other can Ses the future, their paths are unlikely to cross. But as Katasuma and Fisk soon find out, when your life's work revolves around bending the restraints of mortal limitations, nothing is impossible.