Shiomi, Chika

"Seemingly afflicted by Yumurasaki's fatal illness of the past, Yukari begins to get very sick in the present day... Meanwhile, Mahoro vows to kill Satomi before he can kill Yukari (as she believes he killed Yumurasaki in the past)! Are these three fated to repeat their tragic connection?"--Back cover.

"Yukari, Mahoro, and Satomi are all influenced by their past life personalities and begin to lose control over their present-day behavior. While Mahoro wonders about Yukari's true feelings for her, Yukari realizes exactly who Mahoro and Satomi were in the past! Meanwhile, Yukari's journeys to the old days are becoming more and more dangerous..."--Back cover.

"Satomi Katsuhiko enters Yukari's life when he needs a new housekeeper, but Yukari's devoted fan Mahoro Tachibana instantly hates him! The three's karmic relationship with each other begins to unravel, and things take an unexpected turn when the past seeps into the present!"--Back cover.

"Yukari Kobayakawa, an accomplished author at the age of 17, writes with amazingly accurate details about historical Japan. As it turns out, he has the ability to slip into his past life in the Edo period--as a beautiful, renowned courtesan named Yumurasaki! When Yukari meets classmate Mahoro Tachibana for the first time, the two of them can't help but feel like they know each other. Yukari senses that they had a major connection in the past, but was their relationship friendly or deadly?"--Back cover.

On a visit to an exorcist agency over a possessed book, Yako Hoshino is startled to see how much Rasetsu looks like Yurara, his former love. Rasetsu, meanwhile, is desperately trying to find true love before her twentieth birthday to avoid being claimed by a powerful spirit who has marked her with a red flower on her chest.

Rasetsu's twentieth birthday has arrived and she and her friends face off against the evil spirit that has promised to claim her.

As the curse claims her, Rasetsu's body becomes covered with rose marks and it seems doubtful that true love will save her by her twentieth birthday, especially after Yako meets his old love face-to-face and Kuryo continues to struggle with a dark secret.

Rasetsu Hyuga, fated to be claimed by a powerful spirit if she fails to find love by her twentieth birthday, is getting mixed signals from Yako, and hostilities break out between Yako and Kuryu while they are visiting the site where their boss fought the evil spirit who has set its sights on Rasetsu.

Yako has a run-in with his old rival, Mei Tendo, and thinks his former love, Yurara, is somehow involved when he is attacked by ancient ghosts.

Kuryu's kiss startles Rasetsu because she likes Yako, but Rasetsu finds it difficult to confess her feelings to Yako while Yako holds onto his old love and she is burdened by her curse.