They finally arrived to Lord Koreyoshi's palace. "It's looks beautiful," Niku smiled. "And you can see the moon from here." She saw some Japanese mask and scared her brother as a joke.
"Very funny, Niku," growled Nakauji.
As Kaguya was laughing at Niku's joke, she saw her family looking through the toys. They were thrilled to see Kaguya again and in a new robe. They looked at Nakauji being such a gentleman. Sena and Nagatan had a feeling that he might make a great son-in-law. Kaguya blushed.
"Lord Koreyoshi," Kaguya said.
"Now, everyone," Lord Koreyoshi announced. "A few days ago I saw a wealthy bamboo selling family, whom had a very talented musician. Now playing a little song on my koto, Kaguya Hime."
As she played the koto, she sang a little song Moriie taught her when they were children.
I hear voices in the night
Sometimes it can be a bit of a fright
Our moon can sometimes be blue
and harvest from our point of view
A shine on us
In the summer and winter
There's a shine on us
Whenever the weather gets mintier
After her performance, Niku realized something. She showed Kaguya the map, and they saw that the dragon that guarded the shelled necklace was near the palace that looked like Lord Koreyoshi's. Kaguya had a feeling that the dragon might be here.
Hinu and Ine decided to distract them with their dancing while Kaguya looked through the dungeon, hoping that there were any prisoners who rebelled against silly laws.
"Let's go," whispered Kaguya.
Just like that, Kaguya, Niku, Nakauji, Riyo, and Saku secretly took off while. Little did they know, Lord Koreyoshi glared in suspicion.
Kaguya sensed the necklace nearby. Unfortunately, the door to where the necklace it was heavily guarded. That was when a bunch of tanukis came in and took them down. Kaguya smiled, knowing that they wanted to help her.
XxoxX
In the dungeon, they saw a dragon with the necklace. Kaguya played her shinobue to wake the dragon. He saw through her eyes and gave her the necklace. Also, he gave her another flashback, featuring her royal unveiling.
"You are the lost princess of the Moon Empire, Princess Miyako," the dragon said.
"Miyako?" Kaguya asked.
"That is your real name," the dragon answered.
"You finally know who you are," smiled Niku. "The lost princess of the Moon Kingdom."
As the dragon was about to take her and her friends a lift to the Moon Kingdom, someone threw shurikens at him, turning the dragon into dust. It was Lord Koreyoshi.
"So," Lord Koreyoshi said, "you finally know who you are?"
"Why do you care so much about preventing me from seeing my parents on the moon?" Kaguya asked.
"Because-" Lord Koreyoshi answered as he revealed the same birthmark on his neck.
Everyone was shocked. "We have the same marking!" Kaguya exclaimed.
"Which makes you the daughter of my sister," Lord Koreyoshi replied. "And you weren't born fully royal, you know."
"I was adopted by a peasant family," Kaguya said.
"You don't understand," Lord Koreyoshi replied. "My younger sister was the princess of the kingdom. It was tradition to marry someone of royal blood and of class stature, but instead, she married a peasant whom she fell madly in love with in the villages. If he hadn't played his solo, she wouldn't have married him and had you."
"My real father was a peasant?" Kaguya asked.
"Exactly," Lord Koreyoshi replied in a rage. "I tried to tell my sister a thousand times that marrying a peasant could ruin the family line and my future at being king, but she never listened. So I decided to teach her a valuable lesson to NEVER MARRY A PEASANT!"
Kaguya was shocked when she realized something. "You're the one who stole me as a baby," she growled.
"Correct answer," Lord Koreyoshi smiled as his dogs turned into the same onis that helped kidnap her.
"Man," Niku replied/ "Talk about class hatred."
"How dare you kidnap Kaguya and make your own sister heartbroken!" Saku shouted as Koreyoshi got out a sai and stabbed her in the heart.
"Saku!" shouted Kaguya.
"You said you were going to help me find a woman to marry," Saku said weakly.
"I lied" smiled Koreyoshi. "Your family has the most valuable art in Japan. I was just using you to get near your work."
"When my REAL parents find out you stole me," shouted Kaguya, "you're going to be so sorry!"
"They'll never know," smiled Lord Koreyoshi, "'cause I'm going to destroy the palace." He took off on a grey cloud.
In the dungeon, Kaguya, Riyo, Nakauji and Niku were by the side of a dying Saku. "Saku," Kaguya cried, "stay with us."
"I'm afraid not," Saku replied, "It is my time to go, and your time to become a-a-a...warrior."
And just like that, Saku died. Just then, something amazing happened. He body turned into sparkling dust and it landed on the back of Kaguya's new robe.
Kaguya started to glow, Saku's tails came out of her, which amazed Niku and Nakauji, who then realized something. "You know, sis" he said, "I'm starting to think that Kaguya is the woman I was suppose to marry."
"You're right," Niku smiled.
Kaguya looked at Nakauji, who then took her hand. Niku and Riyo sat down on one of her tails. "Come on," Niku smiled. "Let's give him the grand finale."
As she flew off, her adoptive family an tanukis watch her go off to the Moon Kingdom.
