Across the Nightingale Floor

Lord Otori, Takeo, and Takeo's teacher Kenji set off to meet Kaede, a fifteen-year-old girl chosen as the future Lady Otori by a group of political collaborators. When Takeo and Kaede first meet, they are drawn to each other, and fall in love. But events are doomed to pull them apart, and soon they are each thrust into a battle for their lives.