We're chasing dreams without end in a world without a guide.
These overlapping feelings pierce the beating of my heart
as the unwavering verse quietly goes on.
From far away in the sky, our shadows blur together
as our memories are recorded amid inevitability and whimsy.
Even if the whirlpools of time we pass through,
were to waste away, I'll still believe in your voice.
We're chasing dreams without end in a future without a guide.
And even if I lose my light, someday,
with the twinkling flame you lit in my heart,
these fragments of hope will change into wings
You, who were able to touch these people without a second thought,
despite their horrifying appearances, are indeed one of God's favored daughters.
Beloved daughter of God, now, go forth.
Return back to the place where you belong, together with the one you love.
Princess!
My name... is Kiishimu.
What's this?
Curse the feudal lord of Ryeon Huei.
He is using his hijutsu to try to keep us from coming in.
Still, we must keep going.
That is our duty as mitteishu.
No one who holds the power of hijutsu can come into the city, whoever they might be.
As long as I have this, I am invulnerable.
Those flowers sure are pretty!
Pretty flowers, pretty flowers!
Mother!
What's the matter?
I-It was nothing...
Why would I think of my late mother when I look at Sakura?
Sakura-chan must have been unconsciously searching for her feather,
which is why she went into the lord's castle.
Does that mean that there is a feather inside the castle?
Chu'nyan-chan said that the lord here
suddenly became powerful a year ago, right?
I'm sure that's because he got hold of Sakura-chan's feather.
That doesn't make any sense, though.
These memory feathers got scattered about just recently, right?
W-What's going on?
Sakura!
Maybe because this is a different dimension,
the flow of time is also different.
I'll go make sure.
Wait.
Syaoran-kun, you're injured.
I'm fine.
But...
It's okay. If there is a feather there, I will get it back.
Syaoran-kun...
Just a moment.
Oh, don't worry, I'm not going to stop you.
But if you go in, I think you'll just fall into the same trap again.
We'll have to at least break through the hijutsu that has been cast on the castle gates.
Can't you do anything about that?
Nope.
Hey, don't say that with such a conniving look on your face!
I know! Let's try asking Yuko!
By Yuko, you don't mean...
The Dimensional Witch?
Oh, Mokona, what's the matter?
I-It's talking!
Whoo! We're communicating with a whole different world!
There are limits to how handy one can be, you know.
I see, so you want to break through this "hijutsu" and enter the castle, then?
That's right.
But you don't have to ask me. Fai, you could use your magic, couldn't you?
I turned over the source of my magic to you.
The pattern I took from you as compensation
was the source of the magic that controls your magic,
not your actual magical power itself.
Yes, but, I have resolved not to use my magic without it.
I see. Okay. I will send you something to break through the castle's hijutsu.
However, I will need compensation.
If there is anything I can give you...
How about this?
Are you sure?
Mm-hmm, I'm sure. I don't use it anymore.
Very well. Give it to Mokona.
Kind of looks like a ball of mud.
This will break through the hijutsu.
I'm going too!
It's going to be dangerous, you know.
I'm aware of that. I'm going with you.
This could be a problem.
I'm going to the castle too, to defeat the lord! I have to avenge my mother!
I'm going with you, no matter what! That's okay, right Syaoran?
You can't.
Please wait here with Princess Sakura.
Syaoran-kun...
Why can't I go? Is it because I'm a child, and can't use any fancy hijutsu...
and would just slow them down?
I don't think so.
You could have told her.
You could have told Chu'nyan-chan that the reason we're not bringing her
was so she wouldn't be put to any more trouble.
In any case, we just have to take care of this feudal lord guy, right?
And, if Sakura-chan's feather really is in the lord's hands...
We take it back.
So, they're here.
Come on in if you can, you miserable fools!
That boy is carrying something hidden.
I sense a strong power.
W-We'll be okay, right? Father, your hijutsu is invulnerable, right?
Of course it is.
Okay, it's time for the item we got from the Dimensional Witch.
So, how are we supposed to use that thing?
Throw it!
Throw it as far as you can. Far enough that it reaches the castle.
You think you can reach it?
No problem.
You did it!
The hijutsu within the castle has been broken!
Don't panic. My hijutsu is just getting started.
I'm glad we got inside and all, but how long does this corridor go on?
Kurogane, are you tired? Lazy-bones!
You're not even walking!
We've been walking earnestly enough, but we're not getting anywhere.
And there aren't any doors.
We're back where we started.
How do you know that?
It does indeed look similar, but we never turned around.
I dropped this here earlier, just in case.
Whoo, amazing, Syaoran-kun!
What's with that "whoo" business?
Well, it's because I can't whistle.
Whoo!
Don't you do it, too! Ah, for crying out loud, all that walking was for nothing?
It's here.
Is the lord on the other side of this?
I don't know, but I think I sense an incredibly strong power
coming from the other side.
I thought you weren't going to use magic.
That wasn't magic. It was more like instinct.
Here.
Yeah, and what's this for?
Smash through this wall.
I've got a better way to do that than by using this.
You were right!
There's somebody here.
Glad you could come, you miserable worms.
They figured out the corridor's hijutsu!
That is exactly what I expected them to do.
That is the enchantress Kiishimu,
who possesses the mightiest power in all the land.
Not even Chu'nyan's renowned practitioner mother was able to handle her.
With the power of this feather, I was finally able to lock her away inside this castle.
Regardless of who these guys may be, they are no match for her.
Who are you?!
As humans who live no more than a hundred years,
and are no better than worms,
you should watch your mouths.
Or so I'd like to tell you,
but you are my first guests in a long time. I will overlook it.
Huh? What are you talking about?
Let's start with you revealing to us where the feudal lord is, right now!
Kuro-pun, you're too short-tempered.
Kuro-pun is short-tempered and self-conscious. That's so cute!
Shut up, you two!
Such amusing little urchins.
She said something nice about us! Tee-hee!
She was not! She was calling us brats!
There might be something that we are looking for inside this castle.
Could you please tell us where the feudal lord is?
You have such nice eyes.
However, I cannot give you an answer to your question.
Moreover, I cannot let you pass, either.
I'm getting the feeling that to keep us from passing,
you might do something violent to us, huh?
That is correct.
Is this an illusion?
No, it's hijutsu. An illusion would only fool your eyes,
whereas my hijutsu is more than just beautiful.
The wounds inflicted by my hijutsu are all for real.
Which means, if we are severely injured?
You'll die.
My foot!
The water in the pond is made of the same thing as these orbs.
Also, everything you see with your eyes may not necessarily be genuine.
You mean, we'll dissolve if we fall into the pond?!
Kuro-min, could you break this thing off?
Huh? What for?
Empty-handed, the only thing we can do is keep avoiding these things, right?
Now we can destroy these orbs without touching them.
Whoo! Kuro-sama, looking good!
Y-You guys?
We've all decided we're going to go attack the lord's castle, right now.
We're going to go win our freedom for ourselves.
All right, I'm going with you.
Just a moment.
You mustn't go.
S-Sakura?
You have something else that you must do.
Something that I must do?
Those are the words of God's favored daughter.
You'd better stay here.
B-But!
Syaoran-kun, you go on ahead with Mokona!
But we're not through here.
Mm-hmm, but even with the three of us, we're not having that much effect.
Besides, you should move on ahead while you can still move your foot.
Syaoran-kun, you've got something that you have to do, after all.
It's okay. Kuro-pi will manage something for you.
What, I will?!
Thank you very much.
The magical power is weaker up there.
Syaoran-kun, you'll be able to get out through there.
That's awfully high! Syaoran, can you reach it?
Here I think you're gone, and you've been hiding in there?!
So high, so high!
You'll be fine.
I don't know what they're discussing,
but would you mind not boring me too much, little urchins?
So why do I have to do it?
Here goes!
Looks like I let one of them get away. Oh, well.
I think I'll rake the remaining urchins over the coals a bit more.
This rain does indeed sting.
It does seem to dissolve your clothes and body when it hits you.
I won't let you escape the same way that earlier urchin did.
Kuro-moo, that was mean!
If I hadn't done that, you would be dissolved right now.
That's true, but I wish you would have been gentler.
These urchins are pretty good. For the first time in a while,
I might get through this without growing bored.
This is quite the serious pinch, isn't it?
Sakura, I've decided to go with everyone else in town after all.
S-Sakura...
Let's go, Chu'nyan.
Go? Where are we going?
Sakura?
Syaoran, does your foot hurt?
It's fine.
In that case, I'll make it so you never stand on it again!
Mokona, would you give me some room?
Syaoran...
Quickly.
You repugnant kid! I'll bury you with my own two hands!
Hijutsu?
That's right! My father has cast his hijutsu on me!
How do you like my power?
You know, when this town is bathed in twilight,
there will be a little seed that drops from your hand.
If you can call this trodden-down dirt a road,
does closing my eyes count as love?
If this world had been flat,
the two of us would never have met.
We were both running to keep our distance.
But now, without reducing speed,
no matter how far apart we are,
as the miracle repeats itself,
we will come face to face again.
We will come face to face again.
Puu!
Kuro-rin and Fai are having a hard time fighting Kiishimu.
There's also a fierce battle unfolding between Syaoran
and the feudal lord's ill-tempered son.
Right in the middle of it all, Sakura starts acting strangely while she is with Chu'nyan.
Huh? Who is that who plants a kiss on Kuro-rin's cheek? Just wait until you see!
Tsubasa Chronicles, Episode 10, "A Farewell Mirror."
Next time, your heart will pound over the bang-bang hammer!