Was it all just a dream? Or a vision?
No, it all really happened, all right.
It all began on that day I asked the tarot cards if I'd find love.
- See ya! - 'Bye!
See ya later!
Sure!
Ready!
Hey, Hitomi! Do a reading for me!
Maybe later!
Geez, where the heck is she?
Practice is starting, Hitomi!
I know, I know!
Okay! Next!
Damn it, Hitomi!
You're late!
Late, big time!
When a member of the track team shows up late for practice,
it's the manager -- me -- that gets yelled at. Got it?
Sorry, Yukari!
I got hung up working on my term paper.
So, did I miss the guys' time trials?
Aw, for cryin' out loud... This next one's the last.
Your object d'drool is running in this one.
Captain Amano...
Ready!
10.64 seconds...
Hitomi, he's awesome! Awesome!
Amano beat 11 seconds!
He's incredible!
Okay, we're gonna do the girls' times next!
Coming!
Hitomi?
What's the big idea?!
Get your butt out there.
All right, already!
Ready.
Ready!
Go for it, Hitomi!
What's going on...?
It's hot...
The wind's hot...
Are you ready, Prince Van?
Yeah. I'll be fine.
I'm sure you'll be able to slay the dragon, Prince Van.
Keep your brother's disgrace from your mind.
Enough, Balgus. I'll never show my back to an enemy.
Amano...
Captain Amano? Where--
You should stay in bed.
I'm sorry...
I'm just glad you weren't hurt.
Thanks.
Your form is pretty much perfect, Kanzaki.
You've been practicing your heart out since junior high to do it.
No, I haven't even broken 13 seconds...
I wish I could run as fast as you, Amano.
I think it's all in the way you come off the blocks.
You focus everything you've got, and then launch yourself forward.
Focus everything...?
Yeah.
Hey, that's a nice pendant.
Oh, this?
It's a good luck charm I got from my grandmother.
It's really interesting, actually.
When you swing it like this, it acts like a pendulum clock,
always completing one cycle a second, never slowing down.
Can I try it?
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Eight.
Nine.
Ten.
Eleven.
Twelve.
Thirteen.
Fourteen.
Fifteen.
Sixteen.
- Sevent-- - Kanzaki.
The truth is, I...
I...
Hitomi!
I brought your duffel!
Yukari...! Come on, Yukari!
Say something, Yukari!
I think I can let this slide for a Yuugetsudo strawberry rice cake.
And some Kamakuraya cheesecake, a Shounan-Honpo bean jam pancake,
and some Gelat Classic peppermint ice cream.
Oh, and maybe a different dessert every day. I think that'll do it.
Come on, I didn't collapse on purpose, okay?!
Oh, really? I bet you're wondering if something...
...would've happened if I hadn't shown up.
Jerk.
Hitomi?
Have you ever done a reading for you and Amano?
No.
Why not?
Well, what if it said it wouldn't work out?
Oh.
But if you really like him...
What's wrong, Yukari?
Look, Hitomi... I overheard some of the upperclassmen talking.
They were saying that... that Amano might be leaving the country!
He might not be coming to the prefectural track meet!
So...
Look, I know how you feel about him, Hitomi...
You should tell him. You'll regret it if you don't.
I know you'll regret it if you don't...
Kanzaki
Hitomi? Hitomi, the bath's ready!
Hitomi?
The Tower.
The card of distant separation...
No...!
Amano's leaving the country! I'll never see him again!
The Ace of Serpents...? Courage?
I'm sorry that I won't be able to run with you in the meet,
but I know you'll do great.
I'll be waiting to hear the good news over there.
Write us when you get there, okay, Amano?
Sure.
Don't forget us!
No way!
Captain Amano!
Amano!
Captain Amano!
Amano...
I... I'd like to ask a favor of you.
If I... If I can run 100 meters in the time...
...it takes this pendant to swing 13 times...
If I break the 13 second barrier...
I'd like you to give me my first kiss!
Don't regret saying that.
Thank you!
Kanzaki! Are you ready!
Yes! Anytime you are!
Yukari...
Focus everything you've got, and launch yourself forward.
Ready!
Focus...
Go!
Seven.
Eight.
Who the hell are you?
Wha-- Where am I?
Kanzaki!
Hitomi!
Are you okay, Hitomi?
Hitomi?
That guy... That's the guy I saw in my dream!
Hey! Who the--
Demons begone!
No, we're not people from the demon world!
Hitomi?
Anyway, who the heck are you?
Van of Fanelia.
Where am I?
What?
Hitomi? You can understand what he's saying?
Then he's probably coming, too...
Get away from here, girl! A land dragon's coming!
A dragon?
Get moving! Do you wanna get eaten by that dragon?!
Now look here, pal...
It's happening again...
What? Now what's coming?
Hitomi?
I don't feel so good... I think I'm gonna throw up...
Here it comes.
What the hell is that?
Hitomi...
Over here! You were fighting me, remember?!
What's the matter?! You're hungry, aren't you?! C'mon and eat me!
Is it dead?
So it wounds its prey and finishes it off later...
Get out of here, girl! Hurry! Get out of here!
Right!
Come on, Amano! Let's head for the mountain!
Hurry!
Yukari!
Ow...
It must be twisted.
Grab onto my back.
Amano...!
- Let's go! - Right behind you!
Damn!
You're not getting away from me!
I think we'll be safe up here.
Hey! Over here!
- Kanzaki! - Coming!
This sword just can't cut through those scales!
I wonder if he's gonna be okay...
He's gonna die...
He's gonna die!
Kanzaki?
Kanzaki!
Look out! Above you!
Now!
Um...
Are you okay?
I'm not so bad off that I need a woman to worry for me.
Let me guess, you want a reward.
Fine. Come to my castle, then.
But don't get too cocky.
It'd be an apology for involving you and your friends in the dragonslaying.
You didn't help me kill that dragon, you know.
What's with the high and mighty routine?!
I did what I did because I thought you were gonna die!
I thought you were gonna...
I was scared! Really scared!
The least you could do is say ''thanks,'' all right?
I shouldn't have saved you!
I should've let that stupid dragon eat you!
The energist... It's...
What the--
Kanzaki!
Captain Amano!
Amano!
Kanzaki!
They disappeared...
Hitomi?
Hitomi!
I made it...
What did you--
The Earth...? How come I can see the Earth?!
We're near the village of Arzas.
''Arzas''?
The card of separation and the Ace of Serpents...
Now I understood what they really meant.
I could see the Earth and Moon in the sky of this strange world, Gaea.
That's the name of this place.
Blue searchlights meet beyond the Moon...
Yeah, my angel who came flying down, who are you?
The doors of destiny are opening before us,
so let's just fall in love.
I can't break free of this moment that's making my heart flutter...
Don't stop, baby!
Your mystic eyes are settin' me on fire,
your innocent smile breakin'me down...
You're the only one with that look in your eye.
An endless journey is beginning...
...with this unstoppable pounding in my heart,
and I wanna swoop down and take you with me!