♪
Narrator: The hunters have entered the palace
in order to exterminate the chimera ant king.
( Blows striking )
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
( A.p.r. Titters )
Menthuthuyoupi: I guess my attacks
don’t affect it at all. What is that damn thing?
( Knuckle chuckles )
Menthuthuyoupi: Don’t run away! Answer me!
What is this?!
Knuckle: You really think i’d tell you,
you son of a bitch!
If you wanna know, you gotta catch me!
( Menthuthuyoupi groans )
Narrator: To spare the injured shoot
and to draw youpi’s attention to himself,
knuckle began to taunt him mercilessly.
♪
( Menthuthuyoupi roaring )
Meleoron: Damn! Knuckle’s planning to fight youpi alone,
and I can’t get to him,
not through that deadly, swordlike onslaught.
There’s no way!
In that case...
Shoot: No. I can’t pass out,
not now.
If I do,
then hotel rafflesia will cease to function.
Any minor wound, any injury...
Will surely not be in vain.
( Groaning )
I-I can...
Still keep going.
Meleoron: Right now, my job isn’t to help him.
( Sobs )
No matter how much I want to!
My job is to use my power
to help the others
to complete the mission as fast as possible.
Narrator: Though it broke his heart,
meleoron had to leave the two hunters
and follow gon and killua to fulfill his mission.
Meanwhile, ikalgo proceeded further into the palace
to rescue palm.
( Elevator dings )
Ikalgo: Satellite dragonflies.
Palm is a friend of my friends, and I will rescue her.
Any friend of theirs is a friend of mine.
Narrator: Morel was first to reach the throne room,
and he waited to continue his battle with pouf,
who remained in his cocoon.
As netero and the king were leaving the palace,
gon and killua located their target, neferpitou,
all for the purpose of avenging their friend kite.
♪
( Singing in Japanese )
♪
Gon: Do you remember who I am?
( Joints creak )
My name is gon freecss!
And I came here for one reason,
to make you restore kite!
♪
Narrator: For pitou, gon’s words fell on deaf ears.
The only thing on pitou’s mind was solving this crisis
and carrying out the king’s orders.
Every cell in pitou’s body was focused on that singular task.
Neferpitou: I must protect komugi at any cost.
Killua: Something’s wrong.
Narrator: Killua, watching closely,
noticed the abnormality.
Killua: The enemy’s right there in front of him,
so why isn’t he preparing for battle?
I can’t sense any aura around them at all.
Pitou’s defenseless,
might as well be completely naked.
Does pitou think we’re beatable...
Without using aura?
No, it’s impossible.
Gon has a totally different kind of aura than before.
Nobody can fight that naked, not even pitou.
Then is it the distance?
Does pitou think that from here,
if we decide to launch an attack,
there’ll still be enough time to activate nen?
It’s possible.
But if that’s the case,
why doesn’t it look that way?
♪
It almost looks like--
that’s it!
This looks like...
( Cat yowls )
A mother shielding her young with her own body,
protecting the weak from a predator.
But that’s ridiculous.
No way pitou’s capable of that.
But then...
Why did grandpa say...
Zeno: Killua, when you get inside,
you make the call.
Killua: Why was he so cryptic?
( Gasps )
Narrator: While killua struggled desperately
against his own intuition,
gon couldn’t take his eyes off the girl lying before them,
conjuring images in his mind of his broken friend kite.
( Rattling )
Gon: Get away from her now.
( Neferpitou gasps )
Gon: I said step away from her,
and take that monster with you.
I came here so I could make kite whole again,
so come and fight me!
( Gasps )
♪
Narrator: Pitou knelt with palms upturned,
showing that no harm was intended.
Killua understood immediately.
♪
Neferpitou: Please, just...
Wait a while.
( Gon shudders )
♪
Are you kidding?!
Why the hell should I wait for you?!
( Panting )
Get up! We’re going outside!
Narrator: Gon needed an outlet for his rage,
but with pitou being so unexpectedly submissive,
he had none.
Meanwhile, killua was starting to understand
what was going on. It was...
Zeno: I know nothing beyond the mission I was given.
Killua: So what he meant
was that something unexpected had happened.
Grandpa didn’t know anything
when he brought the dragons down.
If I had to take a guess,
his mission was probably to use dragon dive and dragon head
to get the king and his royal guards
away from each other,
but he didn’t know she was here, too.
Wait. She must be the third party,
the one none of us even knew existed. It’s her!
♪
If i’m right, then more than likely,
she’s the reason the king hurt himself.
Why would the king do something so bizarre?
It must be because she’s special,
special to the king.
So that’s why pitou isn’t taking her apart.
Pitou’s healing her on the king’s orders.
Pitou’s healing ability doesn’t just preclude using en.
All aura must be focused on the healing ability
when it’s being used.
Narrator: But as important as this information was,
killua was painfully aware
that it would only have a negative effect on gon.
Killua: What do I do? What should I say?
- Gon! - Neferpitou: I’ll do anything!
( Gasps )
I’ll do anything you want me to do,
but you have to wait, because i--
I have to save this person, no matter the cost!
♪
Gon: "Save"?
What do you mean by "save," huh?
Killua: "Anything"?
You say that you’ll do anything?
Gon: Killua...
I’m asking the questions here.
( Killua gasps )
Gon: What do you mean by "save"?
Tell me.
Narrator: Pitou didn’t know what to say in this situation,
but what came out was...
Neferpitou: This girl is precious
to someone I really care about
more than you could possibly know.
Narrator: The truth, plain and simple.
Neferpitou: Because of her, the king became who he is today.
If she ceases to exist, the king will cease to be who he is.
She means that much, so...
All I want is for her to live.
I beg you to let me heal her,
and then i’ll do anything you ask of me,
so please just wait.
Gon: You want to save her life?
You’re telling me that you really...
Want to save this girl’s life?
( Shuddering )
How dare you say that?
( Aura exploding )
How dare you?!
Damn it! Why, you...
Why should I wait?!
Why should I do anything you say?!
( Neferpitou gasps )
Killua: Gon, just wait a second.
Look, that girl’s really hurt,
probably because of us and grandpa’s dragon dive.
Gon: And?
Killua: And pitou’s likely healing her.
Well, that’s what it looks like, anyway.
Gon: So?
Killua: Hold off.
Wait until it’s done.
Gon: "Likely"? "Probably"?
You want me to wait because of that?
Even if we did wait, there’s no way we can guarantee
pitou will follow through on that promise!
"Probably"? "Likely"?
For real?
The hell with that!
Quit messing around!
( Panting )
What the hell’s the matter with you?!
You want--
you want me to trust this thing?! Seriously?!
Because there’s no way in hell!
( Arm cracks )
( Both gasp )
♪
( Chorus vocalizing )
Neferpitou: If you like, i’ll break my right arm as well,
and if that’s not enough...
Then i’ll break my legs.
( Whimpers )
If you truly think that I won’t keep my promise after I heal her,
you can mangle my body all you want,
as long as it doesn’t hinder my ability to treat her.
Just let me do that.
Please, i’m begging you.
Please let me save her.
( Gon shuddering )
( Chorus continues )
( Rubble clatters )
Gon: No fair.
It’s not fair, damn it!
Why are you helping her, anyway?!
After all of the things that you did to my friend kite!
Killua: Gon!
Gon: Why?!
( Shudders )
I want you to tell me!
( Shuddering )
To hell with this.
( Neferpitou gasps )
Gon: Show me...
Killua: No. You kill pitou,
and kite will never be whole again.
Gon: Must be real nice for you.
You can stay calm...
Because it’s not your fight.
Killua: I’m only saying this,
because it looks like you’re losing it.
Did you forget what you told me in the very beginning?
We’re here to get kite back.
Get it together, damn it!
Gon: Okay.
I’ve calmed down now.
For how long? How long should we wait?
( Neferpitou gasps )
Uh, I estimate it will take three to four hours
to heal her completely.
Gon: Sorry. Too long.
( Neferpitou gasping )
Then give me just one hour,
and I can heal her most critical injuries.
I’m begging you, so please.
Gon: You can have one hour,
and then you’re coming to peijing,
because you’re gonna heal kite.
Can you promise me that?
Neferpitou: I can. I promise you.
Gon: I’ll wait right here for one hour.
( Wind blowing )
♪
( Singing in Japanese )