▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁volumes ▁consists ▁of ▁twelve ▁books ▁( as ▁released ▁in ▁Japan ). ▁ ▁Before ▁she ▁started ▁work ▁on ▁Tw elve ▁Kingdom s , ▁F uy umi ▁O no ▁wrote ▁ ▁( Sh in chos ha : ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁; ▁Shin chos ha ▁repr int : ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁), ▁a ▁horror ▁novel ▁about ▁a ▁boy ▁from ▁another ▁world . ▁She ▁later ▁worked ▁certain ▁events ▁from ▁this ▁novel ▁into ▁the ▁Tw elve ▁Kingdom s ▁series . ▁Short ▁stories ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁various ▁kingdom s ▁include ▁, ▁, ▁, ▁ ▁and ▁; ▁these ▁stories ▁have ▁been ▁collected ▁into ▁one ▁volume , ▁K ash o ▁no ▁Y ume . ▁ ▁One ▁short ▁story , ▁, ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁accompanied ▁the ▁drama ▁CD ▁for ▁H ig ashi ▁no ▁W ad ats umi , ▁N ishi ▁no ▁S ō ka i ▁and ▁remains ▁un collect ed ▁elsewhere . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁new ▁Tw elve ▁Kingdom s ▁short ▁story , ▁ ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Shin chos ha ' s ▁Y omy om ▁magazine , ▁followed ▁by ▁ ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁H ish o ▁no ▁T ori ▁and ▁Rak ush ou ▁no ▁G oku ▁were ▁later ▁collected ▁into ▁a ▁volume ▁of ▁short ▁stories ▁titled ▁H ish o ▁no ▁T ori , ▁along ▁with ▁two ▁new ▁previously ▁un pub lished ▁stories ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁U .