Saku and Kaguya got up to a big tree with numerous empty branches. Kaguya looked at the scroll and saw that it was the same place where they had the jewel-encrusted branch. She needed to figure out which one of the branches is the jewel-encrusted branch. To help boost her confidence, she decided to play her shinobue. As she played her flute, one of the branches started to glow like fire. She looked up close and touched it. The branch showed flashbacks of her playing with it. She flashed back into the real world, plucked the branch off of the tree, and headed back down.
"You finally found the jeweled branch," Saku smiled.
"It's not just any branch," Kaguya said. "It's a rattle. I think I played with it when I was still a baby."
Just then, the onis appeared and started attacking Kaguya, but one of them ripped her robe. As they were about to kill her, someone threw a rock at one of the onis. One was a man with his hair in a ponytail, and the other was a woman.
"Easy," said the man. "It's just a lady."
The same monkey that saw Kaguya came in and attacked the onis. Saku helped out fight off the onis too. The onis got so scared of their teamwork, they ran away in horror. The girl came up to Kaguya and helped her up.
"Oh, great," groaned the girl as she saw her torn dress. "Your robe is ruined."
"I wore it for a while though," Kaguya replied.
The snow monkey thought that one of Saku's tails was fruit, but Saku growled and he ran up to the handsome man.
"Thanks for saving me," smiled Kaguya. "Who are you two, anyway?"
"Prince Nakauji," greeted the boy. "This is my little sister, Princess Niku."
"Our pet monkey, Riyo, was going around when he spotted some onis," Niku replied. "My brother and I were stopping for water when he took off."
"So," Kaguya asked, "where are you two heading to?"
"The Moon Festival," Nakauji replied. "Lord Koreyoshi is having a big festival, and maybe he could help me with my problem."
"Well," Kaguya replied, "I'm going to perform for the lord. I'm also meeting my adoptive family there and discovering my real family."
"Having 2 families in 1," Saku smiled. "She also has been encountering crazy kappas and blinding branches."
"We can tell," Nakauji replied.
They decided to head off to the festival and, hopefully, find the robe, ring, and necklace.
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Along the way, Kaguya told them about what she was going through.
"That's amazing, Kaguya," smiled Niku. "You finding a bunch of mystical items to make you remember your past?"
"Yes," Kaguya replied. "So far, I had a baby bowl and a rattle."
"CUTE!" smiled Niku.