The house was as grand as she had remembered. No signs of any damage or despair any where. Who could have thought that murders took place in that very house? It looked so peaceful, so beautiful, the gardens, the courts, the wall that surrounded it; all the same as though not even a day had past. Ishara felt tears well up in her eyes. She took a deep breath and rang the bell. After a few moments the lock clicked open and there stood an elderly woman. Ishara could no longer contain the tears. "Sakaura!" She sobbed. "ISHARA-SAMA!" The old woman squealed in surprise "JOYS OF ALL JOYS!" She began to sob. "I can't believe. This has to be the happiest week of my life!"
"Week?" Ishara questioned.
"Well, why don't you come in and see for your self?"
Ishara was seated in a drawing room, something strange was going on. Sakaura and Ayoi were keeping something from her. Suddenly she heard voices coming from down the hall. "What is it, Sakaura?"
"Oh~ You just wait and see."
"Are keeping something from me?"
"Oh just come along."
The footsteps came nearer and nearer and then their owner stepped in. Ishara gasped, the other woman had a similar reaction.
"Ishara?" The other woman asked, tears beginning to pour from her eyes.
"I-I don't believe it…. Nee-chan is that really you?"
Wakana just nodded.
"But-but I thought… the fire… the yokai."
Ishara ran over to her sister and wrapped her arms her sister. "All this time…."
"It was all for you, Ishara. I wanted to protect you for as long as possible."
"But nee-chan!" Ishara wailed. "I have been so guilty, that-that you were.."
"Shush, don't cry now. We are together, aren't we? I am alive, aren't I?"
-Deep in the forest that encase the mountain-
"M-master." The weak rat yokai mumbled.
"What is it?" The wolf yokai seated on the grand bed snapped. "If it's more of your incoherent ranting then I will ensure that you no longer have a tongue to complain with."
"No master. Today, one of our scouts saw that the Asida sisters are still alive. They were seen at the mansion….."
"WHAT?"
"M-master…"
"Are you sure?"
"Y-yes master."
"I swear that if I find that you have wasted my time, I will end your worthless life!"
