After rescuing Yanagi and destroying Kurei's mansion, Kage Hoshi invited Recca and his friends into her secret hideout carved in the face of a cliff. Kage Hoshi reveals to them that her real name is Kagero, and that she is Recca's true mother. While Recca refuses to believe, she tells all of them the truth of 400 years ago: Oka, the Hokage clan's leader and a flame master, had two sons: Recca with his wife Kagero, and Kurei with his mistress Reina, making Kurei and Recca half-brothers. Kurei, who exhibited flame powers as a child, was slated to inherit the clan leadership, but it was soon discovered that Recca also possessed the same powers. According to prophecy, only one member of the Hokage clan can use the powers of flame in each generation, and when there are two of them at the same time, one of them is bearing a cursed flame which can lead to the end of the clan's existence. The clan elders determined that Kurei was the one with the cursed flame, and sentenced him to death, but was spared upon Kagero's request. Meanwhile, while Kagero was telling them all of this, three members of the Uruha under Kurei's orders was spying on them, having discovered the hidden passageway towards the hideout, and was planning to attack them all unaware.
Después de rescatar a Yanagi y destruir la mansión de Kurei, Kage Hoshi invitó a Recca y sus amigos a su escondite secreto excavado en la cara de un acantilado. Kage Hoshi les revela que su verdadero nombre es Kagero y que ella es la verdadera madre de Recca. Mientras Recca se niega a creer, les cuenta a todos la verdad de hace 400 años: Oka, el líder del clan Hokage y maestro de las llamas, tuvo dos hijos: Recca con su esposa Kagero y Kurei con su amante Reina, haciendo que Kurei y Recca hermanastros. Kurei, que exhibió poderes de llamas cuando era niño, estaba programado para heredar el liderazgo del clan, pero pronto se descubrió que Recca también poseía los mismos poderes. De acuerdo con la profecía, solo un miembro del clan Hokage puede usar los poderes de las llamas en cada generación, y cuando hay dos al mismo tiempo, uno de ellos tiene una llama maldita que puede llevar al final del clan. existencia.
