This feels wonderful...
This sunlight is wonderful... How many years has it been?
What are you looking at?
Your beautiful, glossy hair.
And your eyes that are so full of love.
I'm engraving this image of you in my heart
so that this moment will last forever.
Why?
From now until the end of time, we'll always be together.
Hamona... My beautiful Hamona...
Here and now, I give you my word.
One day, I shall take you to Paradise.
No.
For me, this is Paradise.
Wherever you and I are together, that's Paradise to me.
Lady Hamona has fallen ill.
Paradise Sickness?
Her soul is slowly fading away.
Are you telling me she has the curse of the clan?
You are my only hope.
Guide this miserable man...
...Cheza, the Flower Maiden.
C'mon, runt!
If you don't get a move on, we'll leave you behind!
Hey, doesn't this forest seem kinda strange to you?
There aren't any animals.
You do know what you are, right?
Huh?
They probably ran off when they saw us coming.
Oh, right!
This is the problem with city kids.
But I haven't smelled the flower since we left that cave.
I wonder if this is really the right way...
Mind if I ask you something?
Sure.
Where are we headed?
To Paradise.
What's guiding you?
I'm just going on instinct.
Here we go again.
I just wish it felt like we're at least getting a little closer...
That's...
An airship. Must be the Nobles.
I hate that sound...
Can you sense the castle ahead?
That is where you were born.
So, they're here.
The signal is faint, but it's moving.
She must be inside that vessel.
Are you certain?
Cheza is awake.
And she's reacting to something.
It's been more than a month since she was stolen.
Awake? There's no telling if she's even alive.
He won't kill her.
We were the ones who stole her in the first place.
Our sole objective is to take it back.
Fire a warning shot.
What's going on?!
Man, they're really going at it...
She's there...
Hold it! This doesn't concern us!
I feel it...
Feel what?
I don't know. But it's familiar...
Don't you guys feel anything?!
Kiba!
Can you?
That guy is hopeless...
The Flower Maiden...
Wh-What do these readings mean?
Target his engines.
Fire!
Cheza!
Don't do it!
Oh, no!
Kiba!
Wait for us!
That scent...
Yep, it's coming from up there... There's a faint scent.
Why are you so worked up?
But it's got the stink of a Noble mixed in with it...
A Noble?
Hey, Kiba!
Something in my chest is kinda tingling.
Is that what you meant?
Let's get moving.
The crest of House Darcia... Was this their stronghold?
They say that this was just one of many villas that they had.
But that was years ago.
And they were cursed by Paradise and the family fell into ruin.
Is this place gonna be nothing but ruins, too?
The town is a match for the flower habitat depicted in the Book of the Moon.
She was born here.
Still, it's hard to imagine that Lunar Flowers ever bloomed
on this devastated mountaintop.
I don't know why, but my heart is pounding!
And I feel all warm, too...
This is the sense of excitement you get just before you pounce on a pretty girl...
Don't let your guard down.
I do feel a shiver running up my spine, though.
It's her. It's really her.
My heart just skipped a beat!
Who is that?
Wait!
Cheza.
We meet at last...
I wish somebody'd hold me like that...
Is that really...
Yeah. That's the Flower Maiden.
What's going on?
I don't know!
But whatever it is, it's coming from the garden.
The reading's so large that I can't get an exact fix on its location, though.
Mobilize all units! Surround the garden!
This way! Over here!
That's Cheza, all right. That's the Flower Maiden.
She's a flower and a maiden? That's weird.
Well, as the story goes, some Noble with too much time on his hands...
...made her from a Lunar Flower in a lab somewhere.
They made a human from a flower?
Do you really believe all that?
Hey, she's standing right there, isn't she?
Yeah.
And she smells nice, too.
She smells like a flower.
Smell or no, I don't trust any of this.
Even though your heart skipped a beat?
I believe it.
Just think about it.
It's true that Kiba led us straight here on instinct
or whatever you want to call it, right?
Even if this is just some big coincidence, it feels like we're one step closer.
It sure does!
Well, either way, she's not my type.
It's too bad.
The signal is moving.
No, I don't know why!
Just surround the area before we lose the signal!
This one has been waiting for you all this time.
This one was born here for that very reason.
This one is home, everyone!
Oh. No one is here anymore.
Now this one understands. Everyone has withered and died.
This one is the only one left.
We're in trouble, Kiba! I smell humans all over the place!
We're surrounded!
No! It wasn't her!
Hey, we don't have time for this! We've got to escape!
"Escape"? We're surrounded, damn it! Where are we supposed to go?!
Where do you think you're going?!
I said it's dangerous over there!
What should we do?
Like we have a choice.
Of all the... Kiba must be nuts.
Wait for me, Kiba!
Are you trying to kill her?!
What's going on?!
We're being attacked by...
Someone's trying to escape with her.
Darcia...
I don't know.
Geez, look at all those guys!
Shit...
We're in serious trouble! They've got that end totally covered.
What do you want to do? If we left her here, we could get away.
Forget it!
Guys!
This way!
Do you have confirmation on how many there were?
We're getting so many reports that it's hard to sort through.
Some reports said that they saw boys.
BQys?
Is she nearby?
Let's go!
She... She was smiling.
What the hell?
It's no use! It's a dead end!
Wanna try surrendering?
I'm kidding, I'm kidding!
This way.
Was there a hole there a second ago?
Did that just move?
I'm not complaining. Let's go.
C'mon, hurry!
They vanished?
That's impossible! Start searching for them!
"The Flower Maiden"
"Next Time"
Night is a time of sleep.
But some tales can only be told in the dead of night.
You seem tired, as well.