Saketa mune no kizuguchi ni
The wounds inside my tearing heart,
afure nagareru pain in the dark
are overflowing, Pain in the dark.
kasane aeta shunkan no
The emotions I felt
tsunugaru omoi tokashite
in all these moments will melt away.
Samenai netsu ni unasarete
Raved by that fever, I have nightmares.
Saigo no koe mo kikoenai
Now, the last voice has disappeared.
Don't cry
kowaresou na hodo
It seems you're gonna be torn apart,
dakishimetara
if I ever embrace you.
kimi ga furueteita
You were shivering.
sotto kazasu tenohira ni furete misete
Softly, I try to touch you with the palm of my hand.
zutto sagashiteitanda
You were always looking for...
iroasenai kimi to iu na no kiseki o
that so called miracle which will keep you from fading away.
Motto tsuyoku tenohira de boku ni furete
Touch me firmly with the palm of your hand
Ever never end...
tokihanatsu so far away
I set you free so far away
Our story begins more than one thousand years ago
The Emperor who united our land sired a beautiful daughter named Sandra.
When she reached the age of sixteen, word of her incredible beauty spread through out the land,
and men from as far away as Greece and the Orient
crossed both sea and mountain to ask for her hand in marriage.
However, the Princess would not accept any proposal, no matter how great her suitor.
This is what the Princess said to every one of them:
"I will marry the strongest man in this world."
The Princess asked a swordsman in her father's employ named Vittorio to fight them.
All of the mightiest men had assembled, and fought for many hours, but not one fell.
It is said that when the Princess fell ill and died,
even to this day, that great battle continues.
I will fight you in Princess Sandra's name.
[The Millennium Swordsman]
Kanda's missing?
I thought he was going to Rome.
Yes.
He was going to recover the Innocence discovered on the out skirts of Rome.
But as of one week ago,
he and the finders accompanying him have been completely out of contact.
There are a great many Akuma surrounding the arena where they last made contact,
so we've been unable to approach it without the help of an exorcist.
Allen, that is where you come in.
Okay.
Take us out.
What are you doing here?
Move over.
Are you coming Lenalee?
Well then, take us out...
She seems kinda mad...
I wonder if Komui ordered her to come with me...
But I don't think he would do that...
Because we're friends!
Um...
Come to think of it, we haven't spoken since then...
I'm sorry for my behavior.
Don't get up just yet. I haven't forgiven you.
Uh, right...
You're so selfish, Allen.
Only you can see the souls of Akuma, so you think you have the right to sacrifice yourself,
without a moment's thought about others feelings.
Why are we even friends?
Don't try to make a fool of me! Why won't you fight with me?
I hate that eye of yours, Allen.
I hate it.
I'm sorry.
Lenalee...
Thank you for saving me.
Anytime!
I suppose she's forgiven me.
What are you doing? Hurry up and get on.
There isn't another train to Rome until tomorrow.
Uh, yeah!
A Roman gladiator who's been alive for a millennium?
Doesn't it sound a lot like Lala, who sang for five hundred years?
Then, that gladiator-
We can't say for sure.
We don't know if the Innocence can allow a normal person to live for a thousand years.
He could be a host, though.
We simply have no way of knowing.
It could be called paranormal if he even exists at all.
According to these documents,
there have been many Akuma sightings in the past month in the area surrounding the arena.
But not a single Akuma who entered the arena ever returned.
That may be because they were defeated by an Innocence-endowed swordsman.
I think my brother thought so, too, and wanted to find out for sure.That's why...
That's why he dispatched Kanda.
Hide.
Be careful.
Ready, Mugen?
Innocence, activate!
Get out of my way!
Look where yer goin', Boy!
Um...
If it's about the money, we'll pay you when we get back.
What's this? Are they soldiers?
Do you think they're planning to start a war?
What the hell is this?!
Fine, then! Just try it!
Stop it!
We can't start a fight over every little grievance.
I wish the two of them would just shoot each other.
We're bounty hunters.
We're here to recover the Sardinis' kidnapped daughter.
Bounty hunters?
Kidnapped daughter?
Don't you know?
Three days ago,
the sixteen year old daughter of the Sardini family, named Claudia, was kidnapped.
The man who kidnapped her called himself Vittorio
Vittorio?!
You mean that thousand-year-old gladiator?
Viscount Paretti has handed down an order on behalf of the Sardini family!
All those wishing to claim the bounty are to assemble at once.
Who was that?
I wonder...
Is that so?!
We didn't come here for a picnic, you know!
I have to calm the grumbling beast, though.
How'd you like some, young lady?
That's all right.
My friends, I ask that you stop a moment and listen to me.
As you likely know,
the Lady Claudia of the Sardini family has been kidnapped by a bandit calling himself Vittorio
This matter is deeply troubling to Mr. Sardini.
As a representative of the honourable Paretti family,
I swear to you all that whoever recovers my beloved fiancée will have a share in my property.
Fiancée? I swear to you all that whoever recovers my beloved fiancée will have a share in my property.
She's only sixteen, but she's with that older man there? I swear to you all that whoever recovers my beloved fiancée will have a share in my property.
I swear to you all that whoever recovers my beloved fiancée will have a share in my property.
What do you mean, my son?
How can you say that now?
This is unexpected.
You should be making every effort to recover your daughter.
Why are you concerning yourself with such trifes as property?
Whoo, we're gonna be livin' the good life now!
Yeah, Paretti's property's as good as mine!
I'll bring her back for sure!
We're gonna be rich!
Claudia...
I never thought you'd be such a burden on me.
Vittorio, he says? Such idiocy!
Don't worry.
He won't harm you.
We're sorry to come in this way.
We mean you no harm. We're from the Black Order.
The Black Order?
I've heard of them.
It was one month ago that my daughter started talking about a medieval knight appearing.
I thought at first she had been dreaming and gave it no mind,
but she kept saying he would report to her at night.
Report?
The strongest man in the world has yet to appear.
I screamed at her to stop her foolishness,
but my daughter was so convinced that she was telling the truth.
Then, three days ago, when her marriage to Viscount Paretti was finally to be confirmed...
My God, what was she thinking?
Indeed.
What was Miss Claudia thinking?
Son!
If she married me, the Sardini family, once mere merchants,
would finally have a tie to the royal family.
She would have been filial piety incarnate.
My son, I disagree.
Claudia did not run away.
I'm sure that a man calling himself Vittorio took her!
We don't have to hire bounty hunters when we can just report to the police!
Do not worry, I don't intend to spend any more than is necessary.
It happens often, does it not,
that someone who won the lottery is attacked by someone less fortunate?
You're planning to become nobility.
You should expect certain complications.
Who are those children who have been staring at me all this time?
Ah, they say they're with the Black Order.
Did you call them, Father?
No
I see.
If we have the cooperation of the famous Black Order,
then we have no need for bounty hunters. Please.
I refuse your request.
If you wanted Miss Claudia to come home, you would be looking for her yourselves.
Which do you hold more dear, your daughter, or your treasures, money and property?!
It's because you're such a terrible father, and you a terrible husband, that she ranaway.
Let's go, Allen.
What is it?
Nothing.
In the end, we didn't manage to find a single lead on Kanda, or even Vittorio
Yeah...
At any rate, let's start out again tomorrow.
Good night.
Do you think that Claudia really ranaway from home?
She first started talking about Vittorio a month ago
Why do you suppose she was so set on Vittorio?
Well, because she wanted to get away from her overbearing parents, I'd guess.
That may be, but what if he really appeared?
Why?
Like, if his ghost fell in love with her.
We've never encountered that before.
Just a thought.
Good night.
I'm first!
Where are you?!
I'll cut you to ribbons!
Oh, damn! We have to hurry!
Where are you, Vittorio?! Come out!
Get out here, Vittorio! Where are you, Vittorio?! Come out!
I'll get you!
This way, everyone!
I don't want the money!
Wait...
Forget about him! Save me!
They're all so selfish...
Even so, I have to protect them, as an exorcist.
This is an official order from Viscount Paretti!
Who ever defeats the bandit Vittorio and rescues his daughter Claudia
will receive one-fifth of the Sardini family's wealth and property!
A fifth?!
Not a tenth?
That's twice what we were promised!
I'm not going back. Those things in there are monsters!
No, it's all right.
All we have to do is let those kids take care of it, and take Vittorio down!
This is my one chance to rise up from my status as a penniless nobleman.
I will find Claudia.
Alright, attack!
Fire!
Who's that?
My name is Vittorio,
a swordsman under the command of the Tivoli family.
That's him!
I will challenge you, in Princess Sandra's name.
Fire!
You can't beat him.
Kanda?
This one's mine.
Don't interfere.
Sorry to keep you.
I accept your challenge.
Lenalee!
Pedro! You're all right!
Yes, somehow.
Are you okay?
Never mind that. It's an Innocence fragment.
That sword is what has allowed Vittorio to live for these thousand years.
Those two had been fighting for three days,
but the Akuma finally appeared, and Vittorio disappeared in the chaos.
Mr. Kanda has been so tired from the battle that he's been asleep for the past two days.
And neither of them can use their Innocence's power, can they?
It's a matter of pride as a swordsman.
They won't stop fighting until one of them wins.
Kanda didn't want me to interfere because I can't fight without my anti-Akuma weapon.
His wounds are healing.
Is that his Innocence's power?
Oh no!
Kanda!
Torimodosu yo kono ryoute de
I can see the light of tomorrow,
boku ni wa mieru ashita no hikari ga
and I will take it back with my own hands.
So proud so proud.
Hitori asobi ni akiteru mitai
You seem to get tired of playing alone.
Kokoro no koe wa todoiteiru kai
Will the voice of my heart reach you?
Kikoeru mono sore ga kotae
Whatever you will hear, that will be my answer.
Rikutsu janai kono omoi ga
This feeling isn't logical,
tashika na hitotsu no pride
it surely comes from my pride.
Mukashi ni mita eiga mitai
I know how I will be in the future,
boku ni wa mieru ashita no jibun ga
it will be like that movie we saw a long time ago.
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara hashitteru
I want to be stronger and stronger so I run.
Ushinatta mono umeyou toshite
To bury what we lost,
hazushite shimatta pride
I threw away my pride.
Torimodosu yo kono ryoute de
I can see the pride of tomorrow,
boku ni wa mieru ashita no pride
and I will take it back with my own hands.
Preview
Vittorio swings his massive sword to finish off the wounded Kanda.
A young girl prevents him from ending his fight.
On the next D.Gray-Man:
The Pride of Swordsmen
Pitiful Akuma, let your soul be saved!
The Pride of Swordsmen
Pitiful Akuma, let your soul be saved!