At one part of the bamboo forest, Kaguya sat down and began to figure what to get to discover who she was. Out of her forehead, Saku showed a scroll, which was also a map. On the scroll/map were a bowl with kappas, a branch with a couple of trees, a robe with a firebird, a ring with a bunch of tanukis, and a shelled necklace with a dragon.
"Not long before Nagatane and Sena adopted you," Saku explained, "the stuff your kidnapper stole also dropped along with it."
"But why would my kidnapper take that stuff?" Kaguya asked.
"He thinks that their valuable and they would be perfect for the market," Saku explained.
"I think we should look for the bowl first," Kaguya suggested. "And according to the map, it's at a pond filled with kappas."
They followed the map to a pond with a couple of stones. Kaguya looked down and saw that a kappa was living there.
"Those are the kappas alright," she said. "And one of these things must be the bowl."
There was only one problem - the kappas were super possessive of their stones. Kaguya tried to step on the stones, but sensed something. *This sounds just like a taiko drum,* she thought to herself.
Kaguya figured that if she could play a little drum song, maybe the kappas could give her the bowl. Just like that, she played the stones in a taiko style. The kappas were so happy that she entertained them. The kappas moved out of the way and showed the bowl in the heart of the lake.
Kaguya kicked off her shoes, stepped on the stones, and walked closer to the bowl. As she picked up the bowl, the bowl began to glow like fire. It showed her a flashback of the nannies feeding her some baby food. Then her real mother picked her up and cuddled her.
Back in the present, Kaguya remembered that this was the same bowl that was fed to her as a child, called the Bedding Stone Bowl. The kappas decided to repay her for entertaining her by giving her some fish. Kaguya knew she had to eat along the way, so she took some fish and ate them.
Saku looked at Kaguya while she ate. "Look at you," she said, "eating like one of the geishas."
"My older adoptive sisters taught me how to eat like a geisha," Kaguya replied. "And they taught me good manners."
"Girl," Saku replied, "we better get going if we want to find the magical branch."
"Right," Kaguya replied as she packed up and headed out.
Little did they know was that the onis who attacked them many years ago were spying on them. They were upset because their boss found out about Kaguya surviving the fall and their abduction. To prevent making the same mistake again, they decided to kill her once and for all.
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Meanwhile, a snow monkey was going around minding his own business. That was when he heard dog barks, and he followed them to the onis. The monkey got so horrified that he took off.