Like a tiny fool,
they died in futile battle.
That is the way of the world.
Worthy of little more than pity.
They coveted a vast power,
and they wailed.
However,
I do not understand.
What is this vast power?
Why did you take flight, searching for it?
Will avenging you...
...reveal something to me,
Village of Jestful Slumber, Mare?
Now set free
Your hidden feelings
So that you may sever
Reality that returns to nothingness
Even if fate is inevitable
Nobody can predict what will happen
Defy it with all you've got
Grasp the future reflected in
Your eyes with your own hands
Shout out
Your existence
Cry out
Shout out
No matter what hardship
Awaits us down the way
Light my fire
I'll let you go on ahead, Nietono.
Yeah, farewell.
Good fortune.
Yeah.
Synchronization.
I see it.
Good...
Destruction Blade Sabrac is a terrifying foe.
He was thought to have been eliminated in Misaki City,
by splitting his body, which was blended with the entire city,
from his consciousness, housed in a humanoid form, indeed.
However...
His survival is a threat.
So the Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Slayer escaped my grasp...
She broke free of captivity,
bringing the other slayers.
Since they were expecting me,
that attack resulted in no more than a scratch.
Nothing goes the way you want.
We've made it so far?
We have arrived at this shrine?
Things appear to be in motion already.
Everyone is in a hurry.
We can't see the battle outside from here.
I'd like to finish as soon as possible, and leave.
What nonsense!
We've made our way into such a treasury!
We can't just leave!
M-M-Madness!
Yeah,
there really isn't time for talk.
Indeed.
His speeches are long, even at the best of times.
Aged tuner...
Time and chance have never brought us together in combat.
But this time, it seems I'll be able to witness the Destroyer.
You old guys are just too hard to keep up with!
It makes me lose self-confidence!
You'll have your chance to regain it.
Yeah, just to let you know,
it seems I can't use my Ceremonial Equipment here.
Oh, huh.
Wait, what?
Why?
Explanation requested.
Pulling one small area, with all my strength,
resulted in no more than that.
Constructing the massive Ceremonial Equipment is currently impossible.
Indeed.
Probably because the Destruction Blade's body
has blended in with this area.
So it won't be that easy, huh?
By the way, Specialist of Everything, that wound...
It's the Destruction Blade's Unrestricted Method, Stigma, indeed.
Didn't we deal with that already?
Can't you close it?
The System for removing the curse no longer works, indeed.
Most likely, he's improved the curse somehow, indeed.
Presently, I am analyzing which Unrestricted System I carry
that may have some effect, indeed.
While it's fortunate that the wound doesn't spread,
I believe we should avoid further injuries at all costs.
Emphasize dodging.
It's not gonna be easy,
avoiding that monster's strikes.
Yeah...
The problem is whether we can use our original plan
without the Ceremonial Equipment.
We should deploy Qadesh's Blood Seal regardless.
He's here.
Spread out!
A dream?
Yes, it may be a dream.
Walking this path,
I have often thought to myself,
that should I wake, it all would disappear.
It could all be an ephemeral illusion,
dreamt over millennia of slumber.
But this is no dream.
All of this is here,
and real.
Long have I made you all wait.
But that ends now.
Rather, it begins.
Awaken me from my slumber.
Yes.
Well done.
"Words of a Vow"
I'm so sorry!
I never expected
enemy reinforcements to arrive so quickly from the west.
It is not your fault.
No one here
predicted this.
Unfortunately, unexpected reinforcements
have struck us from the side.
War never goes as one expects.
The pursuit forces we tasked with delaying the enemy
have proved ineffective, then.
We even deployed Sale and Chiara, but...
It appears that
their tricks were better than ours.
All that's left are
the forces we sent to stop their armies to the east, holed up on Mount Tanigawa.
If the enemy breaks through there, we'll have nowhere to run.
If we worry over our escape route now,
victory is impossible.
But...
This is horrible.
We cannot afford to be stuck here at such a critical time.
I'd love to break through right now...
If we weren't up against that madman, Mikalojus!
That's why they stationed them here.
If the blizzard vanished,
we could use my Daimôn.
If that natural disaster the Strategist spoke of,
when she said,
"Be cautious but hopeful,"
were to occur,
it would momentarily distract them...
The Supreme Throne, Hecate,
addresses Your Highness.
With my great staff, Trigon,
let your bonds be undone.
Let them be undone.
Let them be undone...
Let them be undone!
Splendid!
Well done,
my servants, Trinity!
My pride and joy!
Creator God,
my comrade and fellow deity.
I shall now return
to the hands of Shana,
the Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Slayer.
Yuji Sakai,
is this to be our last meeting?
Thank you.
But you don't need to worry, Alastor.
Indeed.
We follow the path together.
We'll see each other at the Palace of the Stars soon.
My task here is finished.
Now, it is time to return!
Alastor?
I've returned, Shana.
I knew you'd make it this far.
Shall we go?
Let's go!
Nothing goes the way you expect.
So what shall I do?
I shall open the way by force.
Take that! And that! And that!
Your strength and spirit are to be praised,
but I do not wish my blade broken.
She still had such power...
Words unnecessary.
Activate.
Deploying Qadesh's Blood Pulse.
Yeah.
I can't do anything as crazy as the Chanter of Elegies.
Indeed.
If it's merely a question of isolating the inside of the circle from without,
Let's fire off a big one!
I didn't honestly think you'd expect to defeat me
using the same tactic.
Loss causes such unpleasant fruit to later ripen.
I'll take him out first!
Wait, Rebecca!
Look around you!
The gap between the two worlds?
By cutting it off from me, its control structure,
the body that blended into the area cannot maintain control of its power.
It's begun dispersing, destroying the land.
If you continue to seal me here,
the Path of Pilgrimage will disintegrate.
Old man, stop the Unrestricted Method!
This is bad!
Yeah.
Even if we sacrifice ourselves to cut off this path,
there's no guarantee the Snake will be caught in it, too!
It seems you came with a plan,
but now that's ruined.
Even if you devise a new one,
who will die in the meantime?
We're not done yet!
What?
Wilhelmina!
Take this, blow up, and burn to ash!
Nice!
What?
What happened?
Yeah...
That can't be...
A Rinne prepared by the three-eyed woman.
Her predictions are unpleasantly accurate.
Only one remains.
Master.
I know.
That is my guest.
Yuji Sakai...
I...
I'll fight the body containing him,
hold back the others.
Soaring Flame!
Master...
I told you.
That is my guest.
Shana...
Why have you done this?
Are you here to fight?
My wish to live with you...
My vow to protect you...
Neither of them was a lie.
Yet you would stand in my way, as a Flame Haze,
just another tool?
I will.
The Grand Order you serve is being brought about
by out-of-control Denizens with the power of a god.
The Creator God can change the very world
to suit his will.
Forever.
It's possible
that his manifestation will threaten the world itself.
And so he must be destroyed?
After Yuji left Misaki City,
someone told me something.
That it was time to stop deceiving myself.
That it was time for me to become one with me.
I thought I knew what she meant...
That at some point, the Flame Haze me
and the other me had become two different people.
But I was wrong.
When I talked to someone else about it, they told me,
"There aren't two of you. There's only one."
At the time, I didn't understand.
And ever since I met Yuji,
I've unconsciously pretended not to understand.
I didn't want to fight you.
And I didn't want to accept that I didn't want to fight you.
That sad little reason created
a me who had to fight
and a me who didn't want to.
I was running away from having to choose between them.
And now, I possess the strongest Unrestricted Method,
which allows me to overcome that fear.
I've gained a great power,
which let me come here and fight.
And by meeting you,
I've gained something which will let me settle everything.
Settle everything?
Yes.
Yuji...
I...
I love you.
I must be dreaming tonight
This feeling...
Love is the strongest Unrestricted Method!
We erase it from our memories
You found this out while wielding a deadly blade...
I suppose you learned this from he who raised you...
You can't escape
With this, the strongest Unrestricted Method, I will challenge you,
I only know this secret with you
and I will win.
You will defeat me?
Yes.
I will not kill you.
It isn't that I don't want to kill you. I will not.
How can I protect you forever?
I will defeat you, and make you do as I say.
And if the Snake of the Festival possesses you, I'll take him down too.
Close your eyes
I'll be anything for you
I've never seen her like this before.
And then I'll search for an answer
I can't live this life
as to what you should or shouldn't do with your power,
Without you by my side...
one that will satisfy the Flame Hazes.
Yes.
I should've just resolved myself to that difficult task.
"I'll believe..."
That is who I am as a Flame Haze!
Impossible.
Such a convenient conclusion would never be allowed.
You would mock the desire
I've held for millennia with a child's fantasies?
I can't live life
It doesn't matter whether it's allowed or not.
Without you by my side...
"I'll believe..." Even in the fatality of solitude (Yeah, yeah)
I've chosen that path, not yours,
as the path we must walk together.
The fragments of the burning records
So I will strive to make it real.
For the day we can share
Reflect the moment's brightness (Can see your light)
the strongest Unrestricted Method,
like everyone does.
If the luster that made you shine
I remember what you once said.
Is also inside of me, (then I'm sure that we can go)
I will go and prove everything
That you mustn't waste the fact that I was there,
It is the reason why I continue to exist
that the contractor of the Dark God, who could ruin everything,
was with you.
Hey, hey if there is no defying the fate fed before my eyes,
What?
If you destroy Yuji and become
Then I want to extend myself and fight with my own two hands
the Creator God alone,
as the God of Atonement's contractor,
I believe that you will see what I'm doing is never wrong for us
I will use the Tenpajyosai without hesitation.
That's right, from now on, I fear nothing "I'll believe"
Because Yuji is there,
"I remember" That fact teaches...
I'm not acting simply as a Flame Haze.
...me how to live
Because of who we are now,
These unrequited feelings are strong enough
we can choose a new path, even a child's fantasy!
that they could sever eternal darkness
That is why I want you to remember something
She's...
...dangerous.
Back and forth, the screaming in my heart won't stop (time over)
Even the scabs of tears are afterimages that we should love
Whose laughter is that?
Who knows? But this is interesting.
(So now that you & I)
I can't help but laugh.
I can't live life
Without you by my side...
"I'll believe..." This determination is engraved into my heart (Yeah, yeah)
You really do amaze me.
I've thought so many times, but never as much as now.
In the hellfire of war,
When you boast this much, it becomes as good a reason to fight as any.
I will find you as many times as it takes (Refrain again)
I can't live life
It isn't boasting.
Without you by my side...
I'll make it real.
"I'll believe..." Even in the fatality of solitude (Yeah, yeah)
As to that, I want to ask you.
What is the nature of your Grand Order, which threatens to change the world?
The fragments of the burning records
Reflect tomorrow's brightness (Can see your light)
It's too early for that.
Weren't you going to make me do as you said, after you defeated me?
If the luster that made you shine
Is also inside of me, (then I'm sure that we can go)
There is a time to speak of everything.
I will go and prove everything
If you wish me to speak of it now...
It is the reason why I continue to exist (I'm dedicating my body and soul to carving myself into today)
Then defeat me, as you said you would!
All right, I will!
kyouzon shite iku ashita wo "I'll believe..." (Yeah, "I'll believe")
Sabrac and Wilhelmina.
Khamsin and Rebecca.
Shana and Yuji.
Amidst their battles, their feelings clash.
And the Snake of the Festival leaves the Path of Pilgrimage.
Next time, on Shakugan no Shana Final:
"From Rift to Rift."