Who are you?
Have you come knowingly...
to commit a serious offence against Lord Yamikubo?!
Prepare to meet your death.
Yagyus...
pawns of the Tokugawas!
Whoa...
How was it?!
Hey, you sure this is the right way?
Not sure...
but the lost kingdom is supposed to be...
in a mountain somewhere around here.
If that's all we know, we'd be walking endlessly.
The work of the Kimon Clan, perhaps.
Let's go.
Wait up!
What are you going to do?
You must be very tired.
Here.
Go.
I am sure Jubei Kibagami...
who holds half of the Dragon Stone...
will come searching for the Light Maiden.
Hmm.
Then I can finally take possession...
of the lost treasures.
You'll be the lookout here!
Shh.
Jubei Kibagami, you will not escape us.
Old fart, take care of Shigure!
You betcha.
Bastard!
Wait, we're not here to fight.
Oh, there you are. We've been looking for you.
Hmm?
Hey, what's with them?
Must be the Hiruko Clan.
We appreciate you for saving our Light Maiden.
From here on, we will protect her.
What's with you guys?
Come out of nowhere and tell us you're in charge?!
Dear Maiden...
we Hiruko...
ever since our kingdom fell...
have been continuously watching and protecting you...
from our shadowland.
All this time... me...
Until the time was ripe for reviving the kingdom...
our law dictated that we would not go out in the open...
and now... the time has come...
so we would once again be bathed in light.
Dear Maiden, please join us...
at the royal tomb and revive the ancient kingdom.
Dear Maiden, please, provide us with the Light!
What do you want me to do?
Hey, you don't need to trust these guys!
Right, Jubei?
I don't know. I'm only protecting this...
until you've accepted that you are the Light Maiden.
I got the stolen half back.
If you trust these guys and want to act as the Maiden...
then it's yours.
Hail to the Maiden!
Great, this is great. So wonderful. How splendid.
What's with you, old fart? You're weirdin' out.
Never thought I'd live to see it!
What a wonderful, wonderful day!
Thanks.
Stay like this, a little longer.
Wait, don't move.
Don't let your guard down.
Are we going to the top of that?
Where is the Maiden?
She is being watched by your female ninjas.
I have been told...
that before this mountain of fire was created...
ours was a kingdom of magnificent splendor...
the envy of all the nations nearby.
There's no need to be concerned.
What is going on?!
Our Maiden using such a strange spell...
What is happening here?
Ashizo! Run!
Hurry, Ashizo! To Mufu!
Watch out!
Guys?
Milady? Light Maiden?
Shigure, are you all right?
Yes... but who would do such a thing?
Perhaps the remainder of the Kimon Clan.
We must leave here immediately.
We're almost there.
Hey, guys!
What?!
Huh? Oh, nothing.
Let's hurry.
This is the Ancestral Dragon Stone...
that marks the way to the royal tomb.
It looks like...
Yes, they look alike.
Exactly.
The Ancestral Stone used to look just like the Dragon Stone.
But the eruption deformed it.
What are we to do here?
It is said that by placing the Dragon Stone...
in the Dragon Eye of the Ancestral Stone...
and the Maiden plays the song handed down to her...
over the generations on her flute...
we can reach the tomb of the king.
Is that all... playing the flute?
No, you need this for the flute.
What?
This is the true form of the Dragon Flute.
Do we have everything now?
Yes.
I see...
Let's finish the job.
How could you?!
You imposter!
My technique is that of a reflection on water.
I trapped you now with my reflection technique.
The Maiden. Where is our Maiden?
Right here!
Your Highness!
Utsushie, we have no use for them anymore!
You guys take those two and jump into the fire.
Hey, let go! Quit it.
Wait! Stop!
The Hiruko Clan cannot perish like this!
Stop!
Jubei?!
Even if this body is burned in the fire of hell...
I will return to take vengeance!
Your Highness!
Well, this is it.
Is that so?
It's too bad, we just got to know each other.
Then why don't you join me?
Is that your last word?
I'll pass on that.
Bye, Jubei.
Too bad!
You'll need to hang out with me a little longer!
Jubei...
So long, Utsushie.
Jubei...
Jubei!