The last time Shiki had been to the Kamo Clan was six years ago, when she herself had only been six years old. Six years old, and completely unaware of what it had meant to be ushered in through a side door and led through the clan grounds by a single clansman, discreet and secretive.

' It hadn 't been her fault. Shiki had known nothing of the nuances of

anything

going on at the time, and Ima-san had been all too willingly tricked by their older Gojo clansman ' who just so coincidentally happened to have strong ties to the Lady of the Kamo Clan.

This time, however, things are different.