Tohru and the Sohmas are keeping busy during the summer months out of school, but they are all looking forward to spending time at the beach until Akito's arrival puts a kink in their plans.
Haseo decides that he is done with The World, a massive multiplayer online game, he receives a letter from Aina--the first of the Lost Ones and Ovan's little sister--and embarks on one last mission to save those he thought were gone forever.
Habaek's decision to bring Soah into his magical kingdom angers the other elemental gods and goddesses, but during the night, when Habaek is able to assume the form of an adult--the god Mui--his flirting with Soah gets out of control and Habaek questions whether he should admit his secret.
Soah, a young woman whose determination and strength saved her village from a terrible drought, turns her talents to uncovering the truth behind the predicament in which she finds her strange new husband, the Water God.
Soah is surprised when, after being sacrificed to the water god Habaek in exchange for a promise of rain, she is welcomed into his magical kingdom instead of being killed.
Brody and teenage ghost Talia try to catch a serial killer named Penny Murderer, but things get complicated when Brody's supernatural abilities result in him entering the mind of the criminal.
Various writers and artists contribute to David Peterson's world of "Mouse Guard" in this anthology of short stories woven together by a storytelling contest held by the proprietress of the June Alley Inn, in the western mouse city of Barkstone.
