The rain has stopped, and jousuke and Enobaruchi hurry back to the village. They find a hawk carrying a scroll, which they believe to be a message from ogen-sama. . The sect sees the scroll and flips out, thinking it's a message sent from unobaruchi to Enobarachi. They don't know what to make of it, but they're sure that the clans have sworn an oath to secrecy. They're about to wed, and they've been holding off on the ceremony because of the truce between the two clans. They say that they'd like to forget the past behind them, but that's just not possible. They think that the hawk is just a "friendly little ninja competiton" . They wonder why he's so upset about the scroll, but he doesn't seem to care. He says that he just wants to be with his wife, who's going to be married soon. He tells the sect to be more careful with the scroll until she returns, and he apologizes for staring at it. He apologizes again, and says that the clan has been enemies with the iga for 400 years, and that the two have made peace. He's not worried about it, he says. He wants to go back to his wife's house, but udono-sama says he should stay in the village for a while. He asks .