The Lady Miaka heard from Soi…
…that Nakago had not actually raped her…
…and immediately set out to find Tamahome.
Meanwhile, Tamahome had been captured by Tomo…
…and his brief joy at being reunited with the Lady Miaka…
…was cut short when he was pierced from behind by Tomo’s feathers.
NO!!!
Miaka! Try to concentrate!
If you don’t, you’ll be trapped in an illusion!
Inside the illusion, the Lady Miaka…
…has fallen in love with a boy named Aono…
…not realizing his true identity as Tomo.
Miaka! Remember Tamahome!
Yes. Call me… Tomo.
No! Don’t let him fool you! Open your eyes! Miaka…!
So, what’s up with Miaka and the others?
— You go to sleep! — What’s with you?
Huh?! You’re serious, Miaka?
You’re really going out with Aono?
He is, like, SO-O-O popular with all the girls.
Well, the truth is… That’s not all we did.
Wipe that dirty look off your face and start talking.
He kissed me.
Why, you…! You’ve got your exams, and you…!
Why should you get to enjoy yourself?!
Miaka!
Good morning.
G-Good morning, Tomo.
“Good morning, Miaka.”
“Come! Let us continue our kiss from last night!”
“Oh, we mustn’t! Not here at school!”
Eww! You guys are gross!
Hey! Hey! HEY!
Still, I’m happy for you. You two finally got together.
Yeah… Thank you, Yui.
Japanese class is free study today!
He said to just study from the dictionaries.
A free period? Lucky!
Hey! Hey! These school dictionaries…
…have a lot of scribbles on them, don’t they?
Yeah, they do.
They probably show where all the dirty words are.
Found one! It says “Look at page 581!”
Wow, I’m really lucking out lately.
I always mess up when Mr. Takagi calls on me to read.
It’s like… Everything’s going the way I want it to.
There it is again. Why? Why is my heart pounding?
“Ogre. The constellation Tamahome.”
“The name of one of the ancient Chinese constellations.”
“The gods of the east, west, south, and north…”
“…were Seiryu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Genbu.”
“Each god was assigned seven constellations.”
“Tamahome is one of the seven stars of Suzaku, the god of the south.”
I never heard of any of this before!
Miaka!
Let’s do it together.
“Let’s do it together!”
I told you to quit doing that!
Still, I get embarassed just looking at his face.
My first kiss…!
Miaka?
Listen…
Can you come over to my house tomorrow, on Sunday?
It’s okay, right?
N-No way… I can’t do that!
Tomo, you’re a pervert! A pervert!
He asks me to be his girlfriend yesterday…
…and today he asks me to come to his room!
Miaka, your mouth is smiling.
We’re going for the same school, so we can study together.
Study?
What did you think we’d do?
N-Nothing.
Yeah, of course.
Okay, then it’s settled, Miaka.
Yes… Give your body to the one you love.
To my projection in the illusion world.
Damn it…!
You can’t rescue her from inside this shell, Amiboshi.
Your power isn’t great enough to break my spell.
Not at all…
Mi…aka…!
Well? How is he?
Well…
The wounds on his skin are fairly light.
Hmm… A miracle, after falling from that cliff.
But something else is causing him a lot of pain.
Let me see. Where does it hurt?
Feathers… in my back… In my blood…!
I see.
I’ll take care of you right now.
Miaka…?
Wh-Where am I?!
Don’t be afraid. You’re in my home.
You seemed to be under some sort of illusion spell.
Illusion…?
I see… That was…
Dammit! He got me!
I released you by using a pressure point.
You can move now.
It may have been an illusion…
…but the shock would have killed an ordinary person.
But that’s to be expected of one of the Suzaku Seven, right, Tamahome?
How do you know my name?
It’s been eight years.
Your body’s grown quite a bit, but you’re still the same.
Master!
I have that lucky pencil Tomo lent me…
Still, I never thought I’d be going to his house so soon!
I have to properly introduce myself to his family.
Oh, my! Have you ever met such a polite and lovable girl?
She’d make the perfect bride!
No, really! You shouldn’t!
Sorry about that. I didn’t realize you were there.
It’s all right.
Hey, let’s take a shortcut. It’s near the library.
I’ve been in that library before.
What’s wrong?
I’m sure Yui and I…
So have I. So has everyone, I think.
I think… Something important happened in there.
It’s your imagination.
I’ve got a really tasty cake at my house, you know.
Cake?!
Hello!
Huh? Nobody’s home…
Come in.
You keep this place so neat!
My big brother’s room is always a total mess!
I don’t like to let things get out of place.
Oh, look. I can see the library.
Why does it keep bothering me?
Hey, Tomo. We should go to the library later.
There’s something I want to look up.
Oh, my God! Is this the page turning…
…on the prologue to adulthood?!
H-Hold on a sec!
What’s wrong? Aren’t we going together now?
Well, but… You said we’d be studying today.
Besides, we’re only ninth graders… And somebody might be home.
Nobody is home. Only you and I are in this house.
I love you, Miaka. I always have.
Don’t you love me?
That’s not it…
Then what?
It’s all right. Don’t be afraid.
I love Tomo.
So, it’s okay…
But something’s bothering me, deep in my heart…
Isn’t there something I have to remember…?
That’s right. The library…
Something happened there?
Tomo, Yui and I did go into that library.
And we found an old book there.
What was the book called? Umm…
Yeah… And then we were taken into the book…
What are you talking about? That’s a dream! Just a dream!
That could never really happen!
Just forget it…
A dream…
That’s right. A dream.
The world inside the book was just like ancient China.
And there was an emperor in a big palace…
Miaka, will you save Konan?
Well? You can have the entire world if you so wish it.
I can get into any highschool I wanted to!
I’ll do it! I’ll be the Priestess of Suzaku!
The Priestess of Suzaku…
And the emperor’s name was…
My name is Hotohori.
I must protect the Priestess of Suzaku and give her all my power.
Yui’s become the Priestess of Seiryu?!
You must get the Shinzaho and with it summon Suzaku.
You must not let the Seiryu Seven get the Shinzaho!
This is wrong… This is all wrong!
Let me go! I’m still inside the book!
You’re not the one I love!
After I summon Suzaku, I’ll stay in this world!
We’ll never be apart, Miaka…
TAMAHOME!!!
You surprise me.
You have broken the spell of Tomo of the Seiryu Seven!
You’re…!
But even though you see the truth now, it’s too late!
If you’re not a virgin, you can’t summon Suzaku!
Tomo’s concentrating all his life force into the shell.
If I’m ever going to escape, now’s the time!
Come on, Amiboshi! Wake up!
You jerk! Pervert! Child molester!
What an impolite young lady.
The boy’s screams excited me much more.
No… Tamahome! How do I get out of here?!
Amiboshi?!
Miaka…
I’ll give you my strength.
Please, try to break out of this illusion!
A flute?!
His hair…!
Shin…!
Miaka!
Speak to me!
Stand aside, Amiboshi.
Defiant to the end, is that it?
Miaka…!
I swear… I’ll protect you!
It looks like it’s all you can do to protect yourself.
Now, give this up. Give the girl to me.
I wish…
I wish I could have been born one of the Suzaku Seven.
Amiboshi…?
How can you hope to fight me…
…when you can’t tell the real me from my illusions?
Miaka…!
It’s time we ended the torture. Now die!
Get away from my brother.
Suboshi… Y-You…!
GET AWAY FROM MY BROTHER!!!
Damn… you…!
Nakago… Forgive me…!
Big Brother!
Speak to me! He’s dead! It’s all right, now!
Suboshi…
It’s like a love scene with the same faces…
Big Brother… Why didn’t you come back to me before?!
I’m sorry… I didn’t forget about you…
Suboshi… We have to stop.
Stop attacking Miaka and the others…
We can’t let Seiryu be summoned…
Come with me… to Makan village.
Once you have a new family and live in peace again, you’ll understand.
If we both drink the juice of…
…the Forgetfullness leaves, we’ll forget everything.
If you want to live with me… Then drink, Suboshi.
Suboshi…
Forgive me, Brother. But I love Lady Yui.
Su…
Amiboshi!
It’s been a long time, Priestess of Suzaku.
I like that new look of yours.
Why are you running away? Come to me!
S-Stay away from me!
Why do all of you Seiyru Seven act like perverts?!
It was your fault those men did that terrible thing to Lady Yui.
So it’s only right that the same thing happens to you.
Right?
You’ve got it all wrong! Yui wasn’t raped!
I’ll defile you the way she was defiled!
Tamahome… Did you really die?
If this guy really does anything to me…
…I’m going to jump off this cliff!.
Whoops. Trying to kill yourself? Can’t let you do that.
TAMAHOME!!!
Overcoming this long period of trouble…
…the Lady Miaka and Tamahome find themselves…
…again in each other’s arms.
But, after their sweet embrace…
…with a single word of farewell, Tamahome leaves the Lady Miaka’s side.
Next time, “Sunlight of Rebirth.”
It is for the one they love…