After a brief skirmish with Ajobara the last Alarinkiri, Avonome is slain and left for dead. In need of a miracle to save her, her guardian angel, Azrael goes to seek the face of Black Gandhi, the Hogosha. Meanwhile in the realm within, Avonome's conciousness encounters the spirits responsible for her powers and the secrets they hold will prove both dire and shocking. And as time slowly grows to a halt for our heroine, the KIRIJI, a band of immortals gather and their eyes are slowly turned to none other than Avonome.