Event Year: 2002

Taiki learns more of the history of the 12 kingdoms, and of his own nature and destiny.

Keiki and Youko travel to Mt Hou for the new queen's coronation. They detour to Keiki's 'home' and Youko hears the story of Taiki, the missing kirin of the kingdom of Tai.

Rakushun instructs Youko in the history of the world in which she is to play such an important role, and summarises the story so far.

King Kou defeats himself: King En and Youko rout the false queen of Kei and Youko, reluctantly, agrees to take her rightful place. Keiki restores Yuka to Japan, where she finds a strange boy whose art looks like a map of the 12 kingdoms.