01x19 - Kaitei no Yashiro

[bunniefuu]

The current's changed?

Yeah. All of a sudden,
we can't catch any fish.

All we're getting is...

Dammit! It's happened again!

It's tangled in the net!

He's at the bottom of the sea now?

You've got to be kidding me.

Did you find Shiranui's shrine,
Master Kamon?

I did. But with it down there,
there's not much we can do.

Do you intend to k*ll Shiranui,
Master Kamon?

That depends.

What's that b*stard Shiranui
plotting now?

We're performing
a spirit-summoning ritual?

Yes.

We summon the soul
that dwells within this hair.

Come forth, by sacred decree!

Masago!

That night, Masago had
asked me to come out

and wait for her at a shack
on Northern Beach.

But Masago never came.

If Masago's hair came from
Shiranui's shrine, that would mean...

Yeah.

We need to squeeze
the truth out of Shiranui.

Master Shiranui, the hair has
broken through the barrier.

It's possible that moving the shrine from
Kyoto has compromised the barrier.

Truly...

There's nothing more terrifying
than a woman's tenacity.

Isn't that right, Masago?

Let's head back, Kamon.

KAMON

Kamon is trying so hard.

Yes.

OTOYA - NANOKA KIBA
He's probably trying to break

OTOYA - NANOKA KIBA
the shrine's barrier with Wood energy.

Lady Masago...

...was so beautiful.

Is her soul inside the shrine?

Looks like...

...someone troublesome's here.

NATSUNO
...someone troublesome's here.

NATSUNO
Natsuno?!

What're you doing here?

You're that girl
who was with Mao.

Natsuno...

Natsuno?

What do you want, Mao?

Why'd you call me here
with a butterfly talisman?

MAO

MAO
We'd like to ask for your help.

MAO

So...

You want to go to the shrine
at the bottom of the sea?

Yes.

But first, Mao...

Do you really think it's a good idea

to bring together survivors
of the Goshikido so easily?

Oh, that's right.
There was that rule

that those summoned to
the Goshikido have to k*ll each other.

Umm...

Do you want all of us
to k*ll each other, Natsuno?

Who knows?

So Kamon, you're the one
who needs my help?

Yeah.

Natsuno... I wasn't expecting
you to still be alive.

Hey, are you sure this is okay?

Yes, that's why I asked her to come.

It was a big gamble, though.

At least Natsuno was never interested
in the Goko Clan's succession.

I'll help you, Kamon.

But in return...

Keep your nose out of my business.

I-Incredible!

Impressive, Natsuno.

Well then, we're going
underwater using this.

But it's going to be difficult to keep
this earthen doll intact beneath the sea.

So that's where...

...you come in.

Huh? Me?!

You're of the Earth element.
Give me a hand.

Uh... What am I supposed to do?

Natsuno...

I wasn't planning on
taking Nanoka underwater.

I intended to have her wait on shore.

He's right,
this is too dangerous.

Shiranui will resist, and Mao
won't be able to stay focused.

Because you'd be worried about me?!

Of course. It's a matter
of life and death.

Shall we give up, then?

No! I'll do it!

Hey...

THE UNDERSEA SHRINE

Everyone, get inside.

Nanoka and I will keep channeling
our energy into the earthen doll.

Show me your hands.

Okay.

With these prayer beads,
our energies will become one.

Copy my hand seals.

Got it.

Great Yin, source of all life.

Spirit of the waters.

Answer the Void and the Northern Stars.

Tortoise and Serpent, unite as one.

Traverse the Six Directions.

Strike awe into all spirits.

Let nothing remain unseen.

Let no vow go unfulfilled.

From the end of one age to the next.

Mao, Natsuno is being surprisingly
cooperative, don't you think?

You don't trust Lady Natsuno, do you?

Well, for now,
I'll just be grateful.

The barrier is blocking us.

Swiftly, swiftly, as the law commands.

May this sacred vow be fulfilled.

We've broken through.

Black evil energy?!

What is this evil energy?

He's probably buying time
to escape.

He's not getting away!

Mao...

SHIRANUI
I never expected you to come to me.

I suppose you're tagging
along with Kamon today?

So, you know why we've come, Shiranui.

What did you do to Masago?

Oh? You mean the hair?

What a nuisance.

I went through all the trouble
to move my shrine here,

but I never anticipated Masago's
hair to break through the barrier.

So this wasn't a trap?!

The spirit we summoned from that
hair wasn't from a living person.

Where is Masago?

Of course she's dead.

She's been dead for 900 years.

Did you k*ll her?

MASTER OF THE GOKO CLAN
Shiranui. Keep an eye on Masago.

Master? What do you mean?

Don't let her escape the compound.

I also knew that Masago
hated the Goko Clan.

Especially...

After Daigo was cursed to death.

And that night...

Miss Masago!

Where are you going?

Shiranui...

MASAGO

MASAGO
Turn a blind eye, Shiranui.

I have no intention of ever coming back.

Why are you doing this?

I...

...was summoned to the Goshikido.

So it was Masago who
was summoned, after all.

And yet, she died?

Masago told me what
happened at the Goshikido.

Mao...

She even told me
you were the sacrifice.

Then they told me to k*ll
sorcerers I'd never even met.

But... I can't do such a thing.

Miss Masago...

Miss Masago...!

Miss Masago!

The moment Masago died, the ayakashi
began swarming around me.

Curse Mao to death.

If you lack the resolve to do that,
then die right here.

I thought they were going to k*ll me,

but here I am, still alive.

So instead of Masago, you replaced her
in the circle of the Goshikido?

Tell me, Kamon...

You weren't at the compound
that night either, were you?

Were you planning
to run away with Masago?

Masago was planning
to run away with me?!

If so, Masago is dead because of you!

Well then, it's about time...

...you die.

Well then, it's about time you die.

Mao, you're coming with me.

The black evil energy again...

It's not emanating from Shiranui.

It's coming from behind him!

Kamon...

I have no more use for you.

Coral?!

It's too hard!

Kamon...

I can't breathe...

Masago...

I thought Masago was
the only Water sorcerer

who'd been summoned
to the Goshikido.

That's why that day...

Kamon.

Tonight. At the usual place.

If she knew that I was also
summoned to the Goshikido,

what would Masago do?

At the compound, one person
after another was cursed to death.

Those who'd been summoned
to the Goshikido

knew what it meant,
so they were prepared, but...

Come on. Who's doing that?

Maybe I should get away
from this compound right now

and take Masago with me.

What would Masago say?

If I had only spoken
to Masago sooner...

Tell me, Kamon...

Were you planning
to run away with Masago?

Masago is dead because of you!

Masago...

I'm sorry I wasn't by your side
in your final moments...

Kamon...

Not even a scratch!

Ayakashi are inside
the black evil energy?!

I've got to get rid of them quickly!

There are too many...

You're wasting your time.

The ayakashi will just keep coming.

Meanwhile, Kamon will...

Kamon...

Reveal your true form.

Let your presence be revealed.

Let even the Five Sacred Mountains bow.

Swiftly, swiftly, as the law commands.

Let no vow go unfulfilled.
- Mao and Kamon are taking too long...

Will they be okay, Natsuno?

No, it's not looking good.

By the way, Nanoka,
can you swim?

I'm a weakling,

so I could only dogpaddle about


It's not safe here.
We have to go!

Okay!

The water split apart...

Amazing!

YURAKO

Yurako?!

Kamon.

Those who were summoned
to the Goshikido

can injure and k*ll one another.

If Shiranui truly inherited
the Goshikido's fate from Masago...

Kamon will be k*lled by Shiranui.

I can breathe...?

Masago...

Is this...

Masago's hair?

Yurako is spewing black evil energy!

That same evil energy is
connected to the entrance!

Natsuno! The water's flooding out
of the main hall!

He's using a Water attack.

Now I see why they haven't come back.

An Earth sorcerer?!

Is that Natsuno?!

Kamon!

Hair...

Is Masago protecting him?

You're pissing me off.

While I was in there,
I did a lot of thinking.

You became immortal because you were
caught up in the circle of the Goshikido.

You have my sympathies for that.

But to say that Masago died
because of our rendezvous...

You've no right to say that.

Still, I'll let it slide.

However...

Someone like you...

...has no right to
call Masago by her name!

That's what he was mad about?

Mao!

Nanoka. Natsuno.

No doubt about it.

It's the same black evil energy.

Yurako is here.

Lady Sana?!

And another thing.

Why is Masago's hair in your shrine?

This evil energy...

The night that Lady Sana died...

I saw the same evil energy
at the compound.

What?!

The same evil energy,
from 900 years ago,

when Lady Sana died?!

Yes, I'm positive.

Natsuno!

Natsuno!

Miss Natsuno.

Mao.

Mao...

Lady Sana...

Mao...

Mao...

NEXT TIME

I'm taking Masago back.

It tore out Lady Sana's heart.

Her heart?!

I saw Sana's blood-red heart.

I worry so much about you...

Why can't you understand that?!

Me too...

I've been trying to be
mindful of your feelings...

...but you never even notice me!

Next time: "Sana's Heart."