Sumire Part 2 (スミレ
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Yashiro Nene, dragged by Sumire to take a bath, notices a yorishiro seal on Sumire's neck, revealing that Sumire is indeed No. 6's yorishiro. Sumire notices and tells Nene that she knows Nene can destroy a yorishiro like her. According to Sumire, she does not mind if the seal is removed but requests Nene to "please wait for one more day" as Sumire's wedding to No. 6 was the day after. She also asks to not tell 'Gon,' Hanako's nickname given by Sumire. Later on, when Hanako and Nene are sent off to bed, Hanako stays awake to keep watch. However, Nene is awoken to masked people. At first, Nene is shocked and taken aback, but instead of attacking her, they praise and congratulate Nene on her wedding mistaking her for Sumire, ignoring Nene's pleas that she isn't Sumire. After Nene is forcibly departed, a scene appears with Sumire and Hanako. Hanako is laid out on the floor, looking defeated and unconscious while Sumire stands with an electrified knife in front of him. Back to Nene, she, in a frenzied panic, leaps off from the seating she is being held from and runs off. She is then stopped by another masked person, she is punched in the stomach and called a "failure of a Kannagi.' Revealing their true intent, they claim it will be troublesome for them if Nene isn't sacrificed today, continuing to mistake Nene for Sumire. Nene is forcibly fed an unknown elixir which puts her in a brainwashed state, unable to think on her own. One of them is asked to relay the message to the head of Minamotos, referring to Kou Minamoto's family name. A flashback appears of Sumire and No. 6 when Sumire was a child, No. 6 states that he is her caretaker and he will protect her. The scene then resumes to Nene, walking up to the portal to the far shore, but due to the bell bracelet Sumire had given her, she is unable to pass through. She snaps out of the daze from the elixir while the masked people around her begin to talk in a panic, realizing that she isn't Sumire-sama. One masked person notes that "A daughter of the Akanes rejected by the gate..." confirming that Sumire and Aoi are related by bloodline. The people, desperate for a sacrifice, attempt to throw Nene into the portal by force. This is when Hanako is called by Nene, although appearing unconscious by his earlier scene, he appears unscathed by Nene's side, finally appearing to save the day.