"Chapter I: The Clouds Gather"
*Tomoe is summoned by Lord Noriyuki for help in tracking what may be an uprising of Lord Hikiji. Tomoe visits Hikiji's underling, Lord Tamakuro, to gather intelligence, and finds unsettling information. She is captured while spying, and is brought captive to Noriyuki before she can get the information back to Noriyuki. By fate, Usagi sees her being taken captive, and sets off to attempt to free her.
Elsewhere, the bounty hunter Gen hunts the blind Zato-Ino, but he isn't the only ones with sites on Zato.
*Source: Warlock
Story written and illustrated by Stan Sakai; 20 pages black and white interiors.
Story reprinted in Usagi Yojimbo: Dragon Bellows Conspriacy #1 in color.