Wh-What's that?
N-No way!
Clouds?
Is that a mirage?
This is me
My hair flutters around my cheeks, red from the cold
I'm me
When I found a tiny bit of determination, all this began
If even hope and despair hold the potential
for a future where darkness holds no sway
then the pain I can never forget is our promise from days past
At night I hold on to my hopes and prayers, unreasonable as they are,
and once I awaken
I take the chains I call my reasons and simply take flight into the endless sky
Yes, simply that
We've come to welcome you, master.
Please proceed.
Let's go.
It's fine. I won't let them do anything to you.
I have to go.
I need to find out what Sakai is doing.
And if I don't agree with it, then...
I'll have to...
I'd like your help with something, Yoshida.
I'm just a human. What can I do?
This is something that can only be done by a human.
A human who worked with the tuners to repair this city.
Don't worry.
I won't let these people hurt you.
I promise.
After waiting for thousands of years,
only a few more hours remain.
In less than twelve hours,
at midnight...
Spiral of Conflict
To create the paradise Xanadu,
we must open a large hole
to the rift between worlds, and channel power through it.
A large hole?
The tuning repaired the damage to Misaki City
by restoring it from the mental image
of someone who was born and raised here.
We'll overwrite those repairs
with an unrestricted spell called an Anti-Shield,
and temporarily expand the gaps that were repaired.
When the gaps are expanded,
things in this world will be disconnected from each other
and will essentially cease to exist.
I guess you could describe it
as a silk cloth that suddenly has holes punched in it.
And you'll send
the power needed to make the new world through those holes?
Yes.
This plan will alleviate some of the stress from the God of Creation.
He agreed without hesitation.
Plan?
Then the reason you called Bal Masqué to Misaki City
Yes.
I told you...
This is Sakai Yuji's plan.
Activate.
The Crystal Altar?
This shows the places that you repaired.
This is where I wanted to take you.
Also...
This is where I belong.
Bel Peol!
It will protect you.
However, we need to seal the power of that pendant.
You can call her, right?
I don't think summoning one Crimson Lord would help here,
so it's just a precaution.
Right now, I... I...
Am I relieved that I can no longer sacrifice myself?
Obviously, Sakai would realize that I could use it to resist.
I ignored the possibility that he might stop me,
and lost myself in the excitement of seeing him again.
In the end, I kept clinging to the part of me that still
cared for him.
I have to think...
About why I'm here.
No... About its value.
This is the central control room!
I'd like to begin the process of changing all
the Castle of the Star of Darkness' functions over to the True Ruler's Shrine.
Is that all right?
Of course it is. Begin.
Roger that...
Here we go!
Domino!
Yes, professor!
Activate the perfect transformable alloy deluxe,
the miracle of science,
Excellent 252570, the Altar Shrine of the Celebratory Ruler!
Hit the button.
This is it.
Bel Peol, finish this.
Yes, sir.
Tartaros.
Synchronize with the seal.
It is done, master.
Yes.
Now no one inside the seal will be devoured,
regardless of how violent
the battle becomes.
I see...
Master, I would like to begin preparations.
Yes.
Be sure they are prepared not only for war,
but for chaos and confusion, as well.
Yes, sir.
Now then, let us truly begin this time.
My priestess, here is my final declaration...
Yes.
Master Throne Hecate,
closest of those to you,
raises her staff, Trigon, to open a path to the minds of others.
Watch and behold.
I am divine.
I am beyond your comprehension!
As one of the leaders, I'd like to say a few final words.
I am the God of Atonement.
I judge their actions to be counter to the laws of the world, as I understand them.
And I will condemn and punish them.
Thus, I believe this operation to be the best option.
I thank you for accompanying us.
It's far too late for thanks.
Words unnecessary.
Yes.
We are the only ones who can do this.
With all our wit, and all our might.
We'll execute our plan,
and claim victory.
Then let us begin, as well.
That voice... Is that you, Lamis?
So, you were told my name.
That is correct.
It's been a long time.
But... why?
I volunteered to create the Anti-Seal,
as it would give me a chance to speak to you again.
This is the tuning mark that Khamsin carved into the town.
Activating Anti-Seal.
Calm down.
Nothing real was damaged.
I didn't expect it to have such a violent effect.
I apologize.
No...
Something feels wrong.
I no longer feel at peace here.
Is something wrong with your body?
I-I'm all right. So now...
Preparations for the ceremony are complete.
I see...
Um, Lamis?
Yes, miss?
Why are you helping Bal Masqué?
Is it because you want to go to paradise?
My reward is a portion of the power of existence the Denizens
will leave behind on their way to paradise.
I plan to fulfill my own desire
through my work for Bal Masqué.
Yes, those are the Denizens who seek paradise.
This is Misaki City.
Let's go.
At midnight!
Our paradise!
We go to our paradise!
My, my... So many.
I never thought Bal Masqué would be nearly overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
It is just as expected.
But the sight of it is almost terrifying.
All proceed toward the Grand Order!
Could there be any greater sight?
Will you look at that?
We've waited three thousand years for this day.
Yes. It will be a splendid day for the living and the dead.
This is nothing like three thousand years ago.
We have so many cards to play, so many allies here...
High Priestess,
the time has come.
Proceed to the throne.
Very well.
We will now proceed to the third stage of the Grand Order:
Activating the Psalms of the Grand Order,
and reciting the Ceremonial Prayer,
thus creating the paradise Xanadu.
Transferring backup functions to the Conloquiem.
Transfer confirmed.
Farewell,
my beloved Master Throne, Hecate.
Yes.
Let us meet again,
Thousand Transformations Sydonay.
It's not a shadow...
It's a projection of existence, cast inside the zone.
It hesitates because
it has been chosen as the sacrifice for the summoning of divine power.
Sacrifice?
That is the Priestess' role.
Of course,
even if she is sacrificed here,
another priestess will be born someday.
After the God of Creation grants a wish,
she will sleep for an amount of time relative to the wish that was granted.
While the god sleeps,
she will be reborn in preparation for the next wish,
and will wait for his reawakening.
Thus, she appears when our wishes and prayers
have grown strong enough to call forth the god.
She is the harbinger of his return.
Therefore, she is treated with
the utmost respect.
This time, he's making an entire world.
How long it will be...
She's doing this even though she doesn't want to.
Why is her expression so resolute?
Someone down there is different!
A Flame Haze?
This sky bores me.
Come down.
We are the stars...
The singing stars.
The stars who sing with dazzling light.
We are the birds... The birds who breathe flame.
We fly the heavens as we please.
Thus together, we birds and stars...
...become a galaxy, dazzling and burning.
Damn! So the first ones they sent were the Four Gods of the Earth?
I was hoping we wouldn't see them again.
But we cannot stop.
Let's go.
Right, right. Be sure to protect me.
That's one of...
the Four Gods of the Earth?
Flame Haze!
It's too late for you!
Take this!
I was so scared... You just attacked me.
Stop fighting, and return to the Crimson Realm!
Please!
Thank goodness...
Let's do this, Leraje.
We have no choice, right?
Devour more of them!
Devour them, and increase your numbers,
my beautiful dead!
Yes, yes! Today is a banquet!
A banquet of blood and fire!
Stop, men.
I've heard tales of you from the Bright Flame,
General of Evil Spirits.
Unlike us, He Who Walks with the Rain neither enjoyed nor mastered the art of war.
And yet, you hurt him.
And ultimately, you killed him.
That victory was a gift from the master and the General.
I was defeated in that battle myself.
Well, that's fine...
If I kill, and kill, and kill, and KILL those evil spirits,
then someday, I'll have my revenge.
You have to have fun in a war!
Let's give this everything we've got!
Very well. With all my weapons,
and everything at my disposal.
What?
It's coming.
Go!
Shoot them down!
We're going to look for an opening.
Hang on tight until then!
Take this!
Leave this to me.
Speedy breakthrough.
We shall part here.
Good luck.
Right. See you later!
Shana!
Kazumi!
Yuji...
Shana...
Let's finish this!
Shana...
Sakai...
Sakai is doing this for Shana.
I'm sure of that.
And Shana
is really trying to defeat Sakai.
Both of them care about the other more than anyone else.
So why... Why are they in conflict?
Why?
Is this the pain I feel when we are apart?
It strikes me like lightning
Now that I am on my journey
we have no chance to speak anymore
Still, I will remember the day when first we looked at each other
like it was yesterday
Even if we escape the world of sleep
our dreams will not leave us, and we will not leave them behind
Even the sadness in my voice, though full of strength,
will put seeds of happiness into the ground
I won't forget
that we spent time together, even if my body turns to dust
In the sky we used to fly in, full of lights
a waning moon is shining next to the stars
The story we had in mind for our lives
will go on forevermore
Shana and Yuji battle with heart and soul.
As she watches them, Yoshida's feelings compel her to take up the Hiralda.
What does the wind visit upon the battlefield?
Next time, on Shakugan no Shana Final:
What the Wind Calls
"What the Wind Calls."