Hey.
You're late, moron.
Sorry.
I'm not the one you should be apologizing to.
Let's go.
Yeah.
The vast black mirror in the sky is called the Divine Gate.
It's the entrance to a path created so the God of Creation,
the Snake of the Festival, can return to this world.
The Trinity and his current body are inside.
I, the Flame-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter, and my comrades will go to stop him!
Attack!
Light my fire
Get rid of this reality that tries to unveil
and repaint my secret feelings
So what if fate was inevitable
Nobody can predict what would happen
I fight against it with all I have
to hold the future I've seen in your eyes
in my hands
Shout out your existence
Shout out
Whatever difficulties
are waiting ahead
Light my fire
Welcome back, Satou.
Yoshida?
You could've waited inside.
I told her...
Since you'd run back to come see who arrived first.
I won, just like I said, right?
Yes.
What? Geez...
You aren't coming?
It's all right.
I was able to see for myself that you're back.
That's right.
I saw you here. My job here is done.
H-Hey...
Did you come back for us?
No, you didn't.
But...
You know how to wake a sleeping princess, right?
See ya.
Call us when she wakes up.
O-Okay.
Feelings Heard
What are you doing?
Marchosias...
What are you doing here?
What?
I'm here because I heard you were coming back.
Why?
I'm not interested in peeking.
B-But...
Isn't that why you returned?
Well, yeah...
Eita and the girl told you what happened.
Sort of.
Then, go.
Stop making me run my mouth.
Well, um...
Go.
Yes.
Keisaku, when it's time to act cool, you can never act too cool.
Good luck.
Thank you, Marchosias.
You can say that once everything's well.
I'm back, Margery.
Margery...
I heard about everything that happened.
Who the Silver you were hunting really was.
And that the centuries you spent chasing him meant nothing.
But they meant something to us.
To Tanaka, Shana, Yoshida, and Oga,
To Sakai, too.
And more than anyone, they meant something to me.
No matter what anyone thinks of you...
No matter what you think of yourself, the fact that you're here means something to me.
My entire existence is devoted to keeping you alive.
When I heard you needed me, I was overjoyed.
It convinced me that I really do live for your sake.
Once you wake up, that's the first thing I want to tell you.
Marger—
I heard it...
Your voice.
And I heard Eita and Kazumi's voices too, when I learned the truth and nearly fell apart.
He hasn't done anything for you yet!
You've been loved for a long time!
It's true that I thought of you then.
And I felt my feelings toward you.
I was suprised that they were there.
I doubted them.
And then, I just didn't know...
That's why I slept.
Why?
If they were real, then I could postpone annihilation, at least for a while.
Until I could feel them more strongly.
You felt it, didn't you?
Enough to stave off annihilation.
That's enough.
That's more than enough.
To me...
Thank you...
Or are those words maybe an insult, Keisaku?
It doesn't matter to me.
Just having you here...
That's not enough.
So as a woman, I ask you, as a man.
Keisaku,
I'm not questioning your devotion or your life.
Do you love me?
Yes! I do!
Do you remember?
When I talked about how a Flame Haze is too strong to hold someone as tightly as they can?
Y-Yes.
For a short while, I can make you as as strong as I am.
But if I don't put that kind of distance between us, I'll find myself getting closer to you.
Right?
That's how it's been until now...
And now?
Why not see for yourself?
What's that?
A bird that's not a bird.
Indeed.
It appears to be the Flame Hazes who banished the God of Creation in the distant past.
Are they telling us to follow?
So it would seem.
The enemy army's disarray has turned the tide of battle in our favor.
The troops on the front lines say that the fortress guards have emerged.
So they didn't expect an attack on their main fortress and left it ill-equipped.
Francois, what's happening in the surrounding area?
Right. I'll see.
From what's in my detection radius, a force approaches from the north.
It's likely to be the Bal Masqué defensive forces turning inward.
Closer, from the south, another force approaches.
Those troops aren't that numerous.
We can defeat them, but...
The problem is the two larger forces, which have withdrawn, to the east and west.
No matter how diligent their march, I believe they cannot arrive before morning.
Our own forces harass and pursue the retreating troops, but...
For now, we enjoy a temporary advantage.
It will last only until one of their eastern or western armies arrives.
How much can we accomplish before time runs out?
First, send half our reserves to aid those who fight near the Divine Gate.
It only needs to be enough to occupy them.
Our goal is to split the enemy forces.
Samuel will lead the remaining half of our reserves in an assault on the Palace of Stars.
Yes, ma'am.
Now then...
Both the Trinity and the God of Creation are absent from this battle.
Let us inflict all the damage we can.
We lack the necessary troops.
But the Palace of Stars guards our greatest secrets.
It must not fall into enemy hands even for an instant.
Thus, I must at least buy time until the nearby forces arrive.
Had the western forces on their way, and their commander, Burning Agitation Haborym, arrived,
there would be no problem.
But we do not have enough to last the short time until his arrival.
I have no choice, then.
This is...
The source of the vibrations is moving!
Impossible!
Decarabia?
To stand at the front of his troops...
That's unlike him.
What?
It seems that directly attacking Decarabia does no damage!
And attacks that were effective against the Denizens no longer work!
He's used an unrestricted spell of teleportation on his own body to deflect the attacks.
And he's using defensive spells on the Denizens on the battlefield.
Those simple unrestricted spells don't work on groups.
He cast them on each individual?
Madness...
He himself must have appeared to cast so many unrestricted spells on a battlefield.
But this is...
He's abandoned any intent of prolonging the battle.
He isn't giving up.
He's taking a calculated risk.
He's so short on forces that he's willing to sacrifice his own life?
Or perhaps reinforcements are close enough that he only needs to hold the line for a bit?
It seems I mustn't hold back either!
We'll concentrate our attacks on a single point.
We build a bridge, a single road above.
Understood, Zirnitra?
We build a bridge, a single road above.
Establishing.
Begin the operation, Demantius.
Disrupt, strike, build!
Thy name is honor...
Hill of Zizka!
All forces, form ranks!
Ready...
Charge!
The blizzard stopped?
With my vision restored, targeting them will be simple.
I'll only have time for a single strike.
Thus, that one strike will have to be as powerful as I can make it.
I found you!
Well done.
But don't you think you used too much of your power?
But it was worth it.
Now Samuel's charge...
C-Commander Sawallisch!
A massive force has suddenly appeared on our western flank!
We kept a careful watch!
Those flames...
Haborym, the Burning Agitation.
Their western forces have returned so quickly?
That flock of birds was an unrestricted spell of concealment?
We've been fooled.
Enemy reinforcements!
Oh no...
They're right on our flank!
The time has come, earlier than we expected.
Margery?!
What?
Look at your face...
I-I'm sorry.
I read what you brought me...
Sophie's plans.
Calm, Crossing, and Ebb.
Yes...
You get ready, too.
We're leaving.
You're coming with me, right?
I must be dreaming tonight
I see, centered on the hidden Rinne, unrestricted spells placed on the fortress ahead.
We even see from our memories
Three layers.
Hiding and intercommunication,
and the last is one I don't recognize.
You can't escape only know this secret with you
That totals twelve defenses in our path.
As usual, their goal is to...
...delay progress.
Yeah.
But your inability to recognize that unrestricted spell is worrisome.
How can I protect you forever ?
Indeed.
We should exercise extreme caution.
Close your eyes, I will, anything for you
But that judge's eye of yours is convenient.
I's like to swap it with mine, which only breaks stuff.
I can't live this way without you by my side
Ow...
I'm suprised you'd prefer to see than to destroy.
Shut up.
I'll believe
If the brilliance that shed light on you
is also within myself
I'm sure that we can go
then let us produce proof that this world is real
and why we should live our lives
Inside of Kaos I say
Where can I get the real love and fate, right now ?
How can I make you know my heart is with you hey ?
Whenever I hand over
the scars on me that all men would forget
to the passage of time
my feelings weaken and fade
Still, I don't want to miss the chances I have left
Back and forth, don't stop the cries in your heart
time over
The image burnt into my mind is you
So now that you & I
I can't live life
Without you by my side
I'll believe even in kharma leading to loneliness
Yeah, yeah
My disconnected memories of our bodies' glowing warmth
are a brightness casting reflections of our future
Can see your light
Because the brilliance that shed light on you
is also within myself
I'm sure that we can go
let us produce proof that this world is real
I'll believe in a tomorrow where we can all live in peace
Yeah, I'll believe
Shana leaves Wilhelmina and the rest to fight Sabrac and chases after Yuji.
But Hecate's ritual begins, and the Path of Pilgrimage resounds with the Snake of the Festival's body's cry.
Next time, on Shakugan no Shana Final,
Words of a Vow
"Words of a Vow."