The Little Fox's Watch Natsume is invited to go to a pottery classroom with Shigeru. It is being held in an inn where he once stayed and met the young fox spirit. Natsume is also trying to find a rare spirit herb that can heal Nyanko Sensei's wound he had gotten from the cursed arrow fired by Matoba Seiji. Hearing that Natsume is back, the fox spirit is joyous to see him again. He meets a "stone god" who tells him that humans and yokai all have to live in their own world and in their own time. When Natsume returns home, he leaves a cup he ha made with a painted image of a fox on it as a goodbye present for him.