A little boy is punished by his grandmother and is standing outside in the cold.  When he sees something, he trips and falls.  When he gets up, he is in a different place, a sunny day where is grandmother's funeral is being held and a year later.  His name is Kaname Takasato and Sugimoto has discovered that he's been to the Twelve Kingdoms and wants to find out more about him.  Meanwhile Keiki and Yoko, soon to officially become Queen Kei, travel to Mount Hou.  When they get to the place that Keiki was raised, he and Youka tell her the tale of Taiki.  Before his ranka hatched he was blown by a shoku into Japan and his nyokai, Sanshi, looked all over for him.  After ten years, Lady Gyokuyou found the boy and Sanshi was able to pull him onto Mount Hou.