Having found a lead on the Himemiko, Yuzuki heads to Sanada territory with Kanbee and Hanbee at the behest of Imari. Along the way the trio is pelted by a rainstorm and Yuzuki collapses with a fever. Hanbee and Kanbee carry the ailing Yuzuki to the Sanada mansion where she is tended to by Saizou Kirigakure and Sasuke Sarutobi. While Yuzuki is recovering, Kanbee and Hanbee follow up on the lead and are given access to what information the Sanada have on the missing Himemiko, but they find little beyond that she had once visited the region. Once Yuzuki is feeling better she is shown around Sanada lands by Yukimura Sanada himself when suddenly the village is attacked by yakuma...