Forced to seek out the Suzaku Seven, Taka tracks down and is reunited with Chichiri and Tasuki. Their reunion is cut short with a battle with a powerful, yet familiar entity, however, and the mystery deepens as Mayo is drawn further into her feelings of hatred and jealousy for Miaka. Armed with the device that originally found the Suzaku Seven, Taka, Chichiri, and Tasuki set out to find the rest of the reborn warriors. But what they do find when seeking out the first two of the warriors is not what they expected at all.