Kurara and her shipmates have escaped the grasp of the princess, whose wish to control and command them as her own human shikigami would be a fate worse than death. Travelling through the forests and across the seas of Mikoshima, they finally the Grand Stream, where their old airship - and old enemies - await. Both parties seek the greatest shikigami of all: Suzaku, a paper phoenix. But will it be saved - or destroyed?