Chapter 13 Shito Desperate Struggle
Chapter 14 Yoake Daybreak
Chapter 15 Owaranai Uta Endless Song
PART THREE
Chapter 16 Koji Orphans
Chapter 17 Furaibo Roaming Like the Wind
Chapter 18 Aimai Ambiguity
Chapter 19 Madoromi Takumi’s Dream
Chapter 20 Gaki Hungry Ghosts
Chapter 21 Kunoichi Female Ninja
Chapter 22 Nemuranai Machi The Town That Never Sleeps
Chapter 23 Hi no Tama Zoku The Fire Tribe
Chapter 24 Hitsuzen Necessity
Chapter 25 Aska no Maho Aska’s Magic
Chapter 26 Henge Transformation
Chapter 27 Kuroi Kaze Black Wind
PART FOUR
Chapter 28 Sabaku Desert
Chapter 29 Kakushi Toride Hidden Fortress
Chapter 30 Kako The Past
Chapter 31 Hakobune The Ark
Chapter 32 Uchoku no Kei The Strategy of Going Around to Go Straight
Chapter 33 Kiki Facing Death
Chapter 34 Kofuku Surrender
Chapter 35 Hoshu Trapped
Chapter 36 Rekishi History
PART FIVE
Chapter 37 Kishu Sudden Attack
Chapter 38 Hokaku Capture
Chapter 39 Teiko Resistance
Chapter 40 Yami Darkness
Chapter 41 Keisho Inheritance
Chapter 42 Metsubushi Smoke and Mirrors
Chapter 43 Shinobi no Kaze The Ninja Wind
Chapter 44 Yoake Daybreak
Chapter 45 Namida Tears
Chapter 46 Omoni Burden
PART SIX
Chapter 47 Ango Cryptography
Chapter 48 Hokora The Cave
Chapter 49 Ogon Densetsu The Gold Legend
Chapter 50 Solomon no Hiho King Solomon’s Treasure
winter solitude—
in a world of one color
the sound of the wind
–Bashō
Part One
BOUMEI
亡命
EXILE
CHAPTER 1
遊技 Yugi
The Game
The party had just started, and Jet stood in Amy Williams’ kitchen, wearing the two-dollar black dress she’d bought at the thrift store.
“That’s such a cool outfit,” Amy told her, pushing a drink into her hand. The girls gathered, staring as if trying to remember whether they’d seen the dress in a catalog or a store window. Still, Jet knew it would’ve been cooler to have a date or to buy clothing that hadn’t belonged to someone living in an old folks’ home.
“Yeah,” she said, “just put a hood on this thing, and I’d look like the grim reaper.”
The girls in their sleek new outfits laughed. Jet could hardly believe it. She knew she’d changed, that people looked at her differently. Even her mother, staring at her one morning, had said, “The tomboy’s gone. You’ve become a woman.” Now Jet wanted nothing more than to spend the evening with the girls who’d always ignored her. But she couldn’t. She had ten minutes before she had to leave. The game. Tonight was the night of the game. Saturday night had been ever since Jet could remember. She hated the game