Within the pages of “The Universe of the Four Gods”…
…Nakago and Hotohori confronted each other on the battlefield.
Mitsukake, wounded from Nakago’s attack…
…sacrificed his body in order to cure the wounded.
Everyone is important.
It’s a doctor’s duty to save as many people as he can!
Shoka! Shoka! Shoka, please hang on!
What’s wrong?
Dammit… I have no medicines…!
Doctor, please…!
I’ll give her this holy water.
I may not have the power to heal people anymore…
…and maybe the holy water is useless, too.
But if I give her all of my life force, then…
Stop it! Stop it! Mitsukake!
Wh-Why, you..!
You bastards!
GET BACK!!!
For your lives, he…! And now in front of me…
In front of me, you dare to FIGHT?!
I won’t allow it…!
LEAVE!!! All of you, leave this place now!
Mitsukake’s life blazed brightly, and then died away.
Meanwhile, in the real world, the Lady Miaka and Tamahome…
…were forced into a battle with Suboshi…
…who had come out of “The Universe of the Four Gods” as well.
Step aside! Let us through!
Where’s the fight?!
Officer! Over there! Those two have been…!
Quit dodging me and fight, Tamahome!
Tamahome! Run! He’ll kill you!
Dammit! My body won’t move like it used to!
I’d better lead him away from Miaka!
Stop!
Hold it, kid! I want you to come with us to the police station.
Tamahome…
OUTTA MY WAY!!!
Don’t think you can get away, Tamahome!
Follow him. Follow him until his body is filled with holes!
That’s a new trick. My strength won’t hold out for very long.
If I don’t do something fast…!
Suboshi!
Stop it, please! Doing this isn’t going to help Yui!
You again! Looks like you’re eager to die!
Miaka, run for it!
You guys run for it!
Suboshi!
Tamahome!
YOU FOOL!
Trying to attack me with my own Meteor Bell?!
I see right through you!
WHAT’S HAPPENING?!!!
Chuei! Gyokuran! Shunkei! Yuiren!
Lady… Yui…!
B-Brother…!
He disappeared!
Tamahome!
What’s wrong, Kai-Ka?
Nothing… I just… suddenly feel so sad…
It’s like… the shock of having half of yourself torn away…
No, the other way around.
Like the half that was missing had suddenly returned…
I wonder what it is. Strange…
I’m all right now, Father, Mother.
I see… A lost part of you.
It must be because Konan and Kutou are at war.
A great many people are dying there.
I know, Kai-Ka. Play a requiem for them.
Pray that the war ends soon.
Right.
Genro! You still alive?!
Damn right, I am! You think this is enough to kill me?!
What’s wrong?!
I don’t see His Highness anywhere…
You’re the general from Kutou…
Or, rather, Nakago of the Seiryu Seven, correct?!
None other.
And you are Saihitei, fourth emperor of Konan.
Or would you prefer me to address you as Hotohori of the Suzaku Seven?
It’s admirable that you, the lord of this realm…
…have come to fight for your country.
Even if you did come here only to die.
If you’d quietly stayed in your palace, you would have lived.
I will withdraw my forces here.
What?!
The land and naval forces of Kutou are now concentrated here.
It would be easy for us to smash Konan.
But now my objective for capturing Konan is gone.
In order to take control of this world, my objective was…
…to first unite the four kingdoms of Konan, Hokkan, Sairou, and Kutou.
However, I recently discovered another world…
…that is even more vital for me to control first.
Now that there is no advantage…
…in allying myself with that fool emperor of Kutou…
…it’s time to realize my plan.
Plan…?!
Why do you think I brought this many soldiers to fight you…
…after you’ve lost the power of Suzaku?
What do you suppose would happen if I, their leader…
…ordered these tens of thousands of troops to attack MY land, Kutou?
Right now, the emperor only has a few thousand…
…of his imperial guards protecting him in the capital.
A nation which cannot win the hearts of its own people…
…is as good as a castle built on a hill of sand.
Doomed to crumble away quickly.
This war…
You’re just doing it to distract the Kutou emperor?!
For that reason, tens of thousands of civilians have had to die?!
For now, an enemy nation will be annihilated. Rejoice.
I have one more question! This world you must possess first…
Where is it?! Do you mean to say…?!
I’ll be sure to send your regards to your priestess.
Miaka… Tamahome…
Not those two…
I WON’T ALLOW YOU TO COME BETWEEN THOSE TWO!!!
You fool.
Your Highness!
Suzaku… GIVE ME STRENGTH!!!
Mi…aka… Miaka…
What’s wrong, Miaka?
Nothing. I felt like someone was calling me.
He’s bruised and has a lot of internal bleeding…
…but at least no bones were broken.
Tamahome…
We won’t send him back into the book like this, right?
Right? Right?
Sorry, ma’am. My friend’s just a little drunk.
Why am I apologizing?
I can’t ever go back into “The Universe of the Four Gods”…
…because Yui wished it.
If we send Tamahome back into it, we’ll never see each other again.
But… But… Right now, inside the book, everyone is…!
What should I do?!
Miaka.
Got a minute?
“The Universe of the Four Gods.”
I was just reading some of it.
Mitsukake’s dead.
And, right now… Hotohori is on the verge of death.
Just your voice may be able to make it there.
Here, this part…
Mitsukake… Hotohori…!
Hotohori…
Hotohori!
Miaka…?
Miaka’s… voice… coming from the sky…
Hotohori! Tasuki! Chichiri! Do you hear me?! It’s me!
It’s true! Miaka! What happened to you?!
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry! I can never go back there.
I can’t go back!
Miaka… The Kutou… have withdrawn…
Konan is safe.
One thing… I regret, though…
I didn’t kill him… I couldn’t stop him…
Him? Him who?!
Tell… Tamahome…
He has to… kill him… You’re the only ones left…
Your Highness! Please don’t talk anymore!
Hotohori, don’t! Don’t die!
Because… Because… What will Houki do?!
Yes… That’s right… Houki is waiting for me…
I cannot die… before I see my successor’s face…
Hotohori…
Yeah… That’s right. It’ll look like you.
She’ll have a beautiful, handsome boy! So…!
Miaka… We will all meet again…
Beyond worlds, beyond time…
We will all surely meet again…
Meeting you all… has given me such joy…
Miaka… Meeting you made me so…
Be happy… Miaka…
A sad and troubled time comes to us…
…and now I journey out, seeking the light of hope.
The soul of my words…
…shines with the spirit of the people that I lead.
The moon has slipped below the mountain tops…
…and soon the sun will rise.
And beautifully, this lonely time passes by.
There is a nation I wish to protect.
There are people I wish to help.
Glory in the flames of life!
Let it last forever!
Make the joy that I can dream…
…become my strength for tomorrow.
When the happiness of my life is told…
…let all that’s left behind be love.
Ah… All sadness and pain…
I wanted to make them vanish from before you.
Make the joy that I can dream…
…become my strength for tomorrow.
The Priestess of Suzaku? What’s that?
According to ancient legend, the character which appears…
…on Your Highness’s throat marks you as the protector of…
…the priestess who shall come from another world…
…and summon the power of Suzaku.
The Priestess of Suzaku…
A girl who will appear from another world…
Maybe she will be able to save me from the loneliness I feel.
Maybe she’ll be able to love me as a person…
…and not simply as the next emperor.
Surely…
Hotohori…?
Hotohori…
I loved you…
Be happy…
You liar… You said you weren’t going to die.
You said you weren’t going to die, didn’t you…?
YOU LIAR!!!
You’re awake now?
Yeah…
Miaka… Where’s Miaka?!
It’s all right. She’s fine.
She is… Thank goodness…
Tamahome, I have a favor to ask you. Don’t tell Miaka…
Won’t you please go back into the book by yourself?
Keisuke…!
If she had just believed…
If she could just have opened her heart…
Then surely she could have blessed the Lady Miaka and Tamahome.
Sadly, the feelings the Lady Yui had…
…for the Lady Miaka have been all for nought.
Next time, “Wedding Celebration.”
She can never forgive being separated…