A LOVE THAT CANNOT BE Kagetora is a ninja with the most important duty in his village–to serve and instruct Yuki, the pretty young heir to the Toudou martial arts family. There’s just one problem: Kagetora has fallen in love with her. And more trouble looms when Yuki’s overprotective best friend, Aki, needs someone to pose as her boyfriend. Although she’s never trusted Kagetora, she now sees him in an attractive new light. But the biggest threat to Kagetora’s hopes of romance turns out to be Yuki’s intimidating grandmother, who threatens everything between master and ninja.