01x23 - Smiles

[bunniefuu]

As the world man had built was

buried in ash. A leader appeared,

a man who would later be known as raffles. The first

Raffles and his disciples embarked on a quest

to find new light. And they did

what Raffles found was an unsullied flame,

the spark that would kindle an empire.

Here I come. You ready? You are no brother of mine.

Just give up. Find you repugnant. And it's

hard to believe that you have memories of me. I have a few.

I remember that as a baby, you used

to laugh and cry. You acted way more humid.

Did the darkness scare you? Well, it's all right now.

Your big brother's got your back. Okay.

What was that? A memory of yours. What a revolting image.

I said to get out of my head.

I need you to see that we're brothers. Stop this. No way.

I'm not stopping until I get the real you back.

I'll go faster than light. Fly back to the time when we were

a family and take hold of it.

That's shinra. Guy's a real devil. He's so creepy.

Yeah, he is. Look at that grin. Where it is. He wore the same

vicious smile the day his family was k*lled.

Are all of these shinra kusakabe's memories?

Just hold on. He went past the speed

of light backwards in time and linked me to his past experiences.

Honestly. I don't know how I'll feel when I see your show.

It's been years, but even now I'm

bound to you by the promise I made

our mother your family. And I'll protect you.

Promises. Family bonds. What meaning is there in such things?

Good question. I do want to honor the promise I made to mom.

But now that I've actually met you,

that isn't what's driving me anymore.

Your petty motives are of no interest to me. Is that a fact?

Look, Kusakabe is here. The mother k*ller? Yeah, I heard he

k*lled his baby brother, too. Really?

How? He b*rned them up.. Like the devil he is.

It wasn't me. When my home b*rned, I saw the real culprit.

It looked like some kind of demon.

I swear, sooner or later I'm going

to find that thing and tear it a new one.

Did you see his face just now? What a creep.

Ever since the fire, my face tenses

up into this grin when I'm nervous.

They think I k*lled you. I am not some devil.

Wish I could see you again. Mom. Show.

Why are you showing me these irrelevant memories?

Nothing you do will make us brothers again.

I'm pretty sure that we're the same show.

We were normal kids who grinned when we were happy.

Why can't we smile for real anymore?

I don't have a past, understand? I have no need of one.

This one feels different. Could it be a memory that I've lost?

long years ago. We were just an ordinary family.

You and me and mom.

Before the fire that tore us apart.

You and I could smile without even thinking about it.

Back in those days, it was normal for us

because we were happy back then.

Because we had each other. And we had her. He show? Shinra.

I love you both.

Our mother. Hey, what are you making us for dinner,

Mama? Some hamburgers. That sounds good.

I'll be right there. So let me wash my hands.

Don't worry. I can help out. Leave it to me.

I'll calm him down. I'm on my way.

Mm. It's okay. Your big brother's here, so don't be scared.

Guess the wind must have blown it down.

Sorry, buddy. I'll get that off you real quick.

Dark. Scared. Come on.

Light. Bet it was dark, huh?

Well, you're all right now. So your

big brother came to save the day.

Hey, now, don't cry. You've got your own personal hero show.

Who are that make you feel better?

Whenever you need my help, I'll come running. He.

The.

You are in the dark a long time.

I didn't mean to leave you by yourself. I'm sorry.

Let me get you out of here, okay?

I'll take you someplace bright. You'll have nothing to fear.

My. Brother.

Come on.

Oh, no. What happened?

Oh. Listen, this isn't your fault show.

How may I? Hello? Hello.

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

Books. Six, six, one. Sir, we've lost one inch.

Make what you got and leave now.

You're wearing out your welcome. No one

here wants to see you here. Yeah.

Think that you won from day one. The devil.

Why he wants you to.

Ever try to save yourself like you.

Extreme inmates.

Oh, my. It looks like he went so fast

that he ended up impaling himself on your sword.

Our newest adolla burst is starting to flicker.

Can't let it die on us. I'll collect him and withdraw.

This is bad. Sheena is in no shape to keep fighting.

I don't believe I've met you before,

but, hey, let me guess. Are you

one of the people who stole the show?

If you find all the adolla bursts,

what will you do with them?

The great cataclysm from years back

didn't quite manage to burn everything.

If we collect enough odola bursts, then

we can kick up a new great cataclysm and finish the job.

So toward that end, we're looking for a dola

burst wielders and using the bugs to make our own.

And we'll definitely need you in show.

Stop that. Why are you telling him all this? Oopsie Doopsie.

Who cares? It doesn't actually matter what he knows,

he still won't be able to stop us.

But anyhow, I think it's time I picked up our new prize.

Oh, something on your mind, little buddy.

Before you take him, speak. What happened years ago?

You want to know? Well, between you and me,

I'm a sucker for aggressive men.

So why didn't you force me to talk? Stop screwing around.

I'll get back to work. Severed universe.

What's wrong? Nothing happened. My power failed me.

Have I been cut from? Grace?

So.

Show.

Um. What. What have you done? Wow. You sword

in your chest getting this lively.

He okay? You're gonna come with me now, capiche? Crap. Shinra.

What the hell was that about? Whoa.

She forced my blade away from her head somehow.

I wasn't able to save my brother.

I'm the one who's going to put you down, Understand, Devil.

So don't you die on me.

Oh, How's it going, gentlemen? No offense, but you weren't invited.

You have to be careful. She has

this weird move that lets her cut.

Just stop talking for now. We'll take care of it.

You're kind of in my way. So go take a hike, bub.

No dice. That's weird.

What was that? Some kind of scare tactic? Come. Do your worst.

He has plasma. That must be what

was interfering with my electric signal.

How annoying. You're one pain in the..

Ass opponent, you know that? Hurry, man.

We're running out of time. We need to leave soon.

Yeah, I'm aware. So shut your trap.

It won't even take me a second to crush these twerps.

How many of you are there? My tech. Yo.

It looks like they're hardware Fritztown.

I'll keep her distracted. Help! Shinra. Sir.

Let's hit it. Stupid jerk. So annoying.

Ugh. That plasma screws up my signal

and keeps me from hitting their nervous systems.

They're so few people who can actually make plasma.

Why does he have to be one of them?

Shinra. You're going to be okay now.

An earthquake right on schedule to seems.. Like a big one.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

That's because the evangelist is behind it. Time's up.

If you survive. No. They have shown.

Damn it. Give my brother back to me now. Losing blood.

We need to get out of here to.

It's been ten minutes. Most quakes aren't nearly this long.

That woman said this was the work of the evangelist.

I don't get it. Why would they do this?

Show where they take you. Shinra You

need to focus on staying awake.

If you want to see your brother again, you've got to survive.

To the emergency room. Better idea. Let's call on our colleague.

When it comes to healing. Pyro Kinetics Director Huang has no match.

Emergency. What is it, Lieutenant? Aigoo.

Hello, Captain Wong.

Thanks for coming. My crewman's badly hurt.

We received prior notice from Central. I take

it this happened in the Nether? It did.

What exactly did you do in the Nether?

Do you know what's causing this incessant earthquake?

It almost looks like you broke some taboo

down there and incurred the wrath of the great soul.

Long story short, we were hunting someone

called the Evangelist who's built a cult.

The white clad. They turn people into Infernals.

They're looking for people who have a dollar

curse the flames of the underworld.

A dollar. They'll use those flames to torch the world.

We'll talk more once I've seen to your crewman.

Captain Huang. You will be able to save him, won't you?

Possibly depends on how much strength he has left.

I'm told that his heart, lungs and spine were all damaged.

Even if I can save his life, he may well end up paralyzed.

The patients at third Gen right. And he

hasn't adolla burst as well, correct.

I don't know if that's good or bad.

This will be my first contact with the Sacred Flame.

There's no telling what will happen.

Our team would never be the same without him.

So, please, Captain, do your best.

I'll try. I'll do everything I can.

I beseech thee, Sol, please grant the light of life to shinra.

We've successfully removed the sword. And his vitals are stable for now.

All that's left is to treat him with my power.

Not that it would be enough to heal

a wound like this on its own.

Honestly, his fate will rest on the strength of his flame.

No point waiting. The time has come.

Stay back. Commencing final operation on Shinra Kusakabe.

Rod of Asclepius.

Serpent revitalize him.

It's been an hour since the operation began.

Where are the others? Sister Iris went off to pray for Kusakabe.

Lieutenant Hinawa is being treated himself and leaked

his following up on some leads.

But what about Vulcan? He's with Lisa at the moment.

We got her back, but she looks to be pretty traumatized.

A kind of fire company is this. It feels like a hospital.

You mean you don't know? Shouldn't surprise me.

First off, medical treatment is a sacred

ritual that can only be performed by the Holy Soul Temple.

So since medical treatment is Company Six's specialty,

they're an entity of the Holy Soul Temple. Like the first.

I see. Now. So this building is like

an ugly holy soul temple slash pseudo hospital.

No, it's a fire force company. With

treating the wounds of pyro kinetics.

They say no one can hold a

candle to Company six, Captain Hwang.

Apparently the reason for this is that she

heals them with her own fire powers.

I didn't know flames could heal people.

Does anyone know how that works?

Her fire takes the rod of Asclepius, the symbol of medicine.

The serpent she makes can heal wounds, cure illnesses, you name it.

And when her patients have flames of their own,

she can use that to relieve them

of their suffering in an instant.

His flame is quite beautiful. At this rate,

he should make a full recovery. That Adolla burst is incredible,

but I had to use all his firepower to heal him so he may

not wake up for a few days.

I'm awake. Skies. Clear. How long was I out?

What? I wouldn't give for some rice.

I feel like I'm about to starve.

What happened to show? I thought I'd saved him, but.

He must be back with the evangelist by now.

It's a beautiful sky. I should be

looking at it with my brother.

Damn. You awoke in only three days, as Captain Hwang predicted.

It might just be the sunlight. You

don't even look all that pale.

That said, you're still on the mend.

At ease, soldier. I'm glad you're feeling better.

With all due respect, sir, I'm lost. What are you doing here?

Checking up on you, of course.

But why would you? I'm just a random

second class fighter soldier who's not in your company.

Have I put you out? No, sir. Then if you're feeling up to it,

I think you and I should have a little chat.

About the fire that broke out years back.

You get dressed first, then we can

take in some fresh air outside.

I brought you some rice balls.

Oh,

you always eat a lot.

Yeah, probably more than most. You've certainly grown up.

So you are the fire soldier that I met years ago.

And what's more, you saw what actually happened on that day.

Tell me, how much did you know?

Everything. And had I reported the truth,

you would have been spared a life of infamy.

No one would have thought you k*lled your family.

It doesn't matter what happened to me.

What about my brother? Did you know

that show was still alive or not? Of course I saw him. Yeah.

And did you know that he was kidnapped?

Taken to be raised by the evangelist? Yeah.

I knew that, too. If you knew that,

then why didn't you help him?

Why didn't you say anything to me? If I had known.

Then I wouldn't have left Chau alone

in that darkness.. For whole years.

You had years to grow up.

years to build your strength. And still you nearly d*ed.

The truth would have done you no good.

That stabbed in the chest was a fluke.

I'm stronger than I was when we sparred.

I doubt it. The fluke is that you survived.

If you truly gotten stronger. Come and prove it.