The moon-dreamers seem to be falling apart. Between her brother's meddling and Jinpachi's reaction to her engagement with Rin, Alice may never go to another meeting. Issei's not too enthusiastic about going, either--especially after his frustration at reliving Enju's pain inspired him to kiss Jinpachi! In his monopoly of information, Rin throws the others a bone, telling Haruhiko to meet them as Shion.

Tamura's willing to wait for Haruhiko to come to him about his problems, but he's throwing all his free-time and connections at Haruhiko's strange situation and the mystery of Takashi's tormentor, "S." From Mikuro, an old friend's psychic brother, Tamura has learned Haruhiko's powers may not be human. But Tamura will soon leave Tokyo to accompany Takashi, who's transferring to a school in Kyoto for safety's sake. The combination of Tamura's leaving and Rin's new scheme has made Haruhiko suddenly desperate to see Tamura...