At Oeyama, Raiko has succeeded in seizing the Fire Magatama, but she is attacked by an unexpected assassin. Devastated by fire, the proud city of Heian appears now as a poor burned corpse in front of the astonished fellowship. But inside the palace walls, the Lords of the Right and the Left seem to be indifferent to the disaster that has ravaged the city, and instead are rather concerned about their own plans.