02x06 - Racing to Catch Up

[bunniefuu]

Raphtalia: Ost-san isn't the Spirit Tortoise's familiar?

Raphtalia: She's the Spirit Tortoise itself?

Kyo: Think about it.

Kyo: If she was a familiar, she'd be under my control, just like the bats and yetis.

Kyo: I'm surprised that the Guardian Beast in this world had that power.

Kyo: But whatever.

Kyo: Time to finish this up.

Ost: The Spirit Tortoise's head and heart have been regenerated!

Mirelia: It's time.

Eclair: It was an honor to serve under you, Your Majesty.

Naofumi: A barrier?

Ost: To break it, you'll need to destroy its head and heart again, this time at once.

Naofumi: It's taken so many souls it can regenerate this fast?

Kyo: That's what you'd think, right?

Rishia: Itsuki-sama?

Kyo: These guys were weak as sh*t, but their Cardinal Weapons were the real thing!

Kyo: I used them as a backup power source, so now they're actually useful for once!

Kyo: I'm going to drain them till they're dead and dry!

Rishia: How awful...

Kyo: So, I'll be getting back to my hunt.

Kyo: As a reward for making it this far, I'll give you front row seats as I squash them flat!

Eclair: That's...

Sign: The Rising of the Shield Hero

{Episode : Episode Racing to Catch Up

Naofumi: Fitoria? What's she doing here?

Filo: Um... uh...

Filo: "I'm sorry I'm late.

Filo: Now that all this has happened..."

Fitoria: I will aid the Shield Hero.

Fitoria: I will take the head of the Guardian Beast, the Spirit Tortoise.

Filo: Match my timing and destroy its heart!

Ost: The Spirit Tortoise must have realized that I can no longer fulfill my original function.

Naofumi: I see.

Kyo: Okay, okay. The Filolial Queen, huh?

Kyo: I just have to keep you from getting to the heart, I guess.

L'arc: Hey, where's the real heart?

L'arc: Huh? Lad?

Naofumi: L'Arc!

Kyo: How many walls did you have to smash to get here?

Kyo: That's the problem with you meatheads.

Glass: I swear by my vassal w*apon that I will stop you.

Kyo: You guys are gonna destroy this world anyway.

L'arc: Well, yes...

Kyo: Then we should want to get as many souls as we can first, right?

Kyo: Is there a problem with that?

L'arc: There's a big problem!

L'arc: Our vassal weapons are telling us not to do something so disgusting!

L'arc: Can't you hear it, too?

Kyo: I'm not a sl*ve to my vassal w*apon, unlike you.

Kyo: I just need to be able to use it when I want to!

Kyo: Composition Form One: Bird of Flame!

Naofumi: Move!

Kyo: Of course, I've got the same barrier as the Spirit Tortoise's core.

Kyo: It uses the power of the three heroic stooges.

Kyo: And I need their power to make my own personal giant monster movie, too.

Rishia: Itsuki-sama!

Naofumi: Damn it!

Fitoria: The same att*ck, again and again.

Fitoria: Not bad!

Mirelia: Sound the retreat.

Lowhirot Officer: But...

Mirelia: Fitoria-sama can't fight with her full strength as long as we're here.

Fitoria: Good.

Fitoria: Get as far away as you can.

Naofumi: Meteor Shield!

L'arc: First Stance: Wind Blowout!

Filo: She says we need to hurry up and destroy the head

Filo: and heart to remove the barrier from the core!

Naofumi: I know!

Glass: Is that right?

L'Arc: Then this time, we'll destroy the real one!

Ost: I'll open the path to the core...

Kyo: You know I'm not letting that happen.

Kyo: Yup. The Spirit Tortoise's favorite. Gravity att*cks.

Kyo: And since I don't want you to think I'm helpless without the three stooges' power,

Kyo: let me show you something.

Kyo: Pretty, huh?

Kyo: This is the power of the souls I used the Spirit Tortoise to gather up!

Kyo: Scary!

Kyo: Don't get so mad. See?

Kyo: Once I've k*lled these guys and taken all the souls I can from this world,

Kyo: I'll leave you alone!

Ost: Stop it...

Ost: Stop!

Kyo: Nope! Not gonna stop!

Kyo: Come on, where'd all that strength you had go?

Kyo: All your pretty little friends are about to get squashed flat!

Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama...

Kyo: But that'd be a waste, wouldn't it?

Kyo: I'll leave you to enjoy your new life as a pancake,

Kyo: and take them back to my world!

Naofumi: Screw you...

Raphtalia: Stop it...

Raphtalia: Get your foot off Naofumi-sama!

Kyo: She's crying!

Kyo: The demi-human's crying! So cute!

Kyo: If only you'd k*lled the Spirit Tortoise's avatar, this wouldn't have happened!

Kyo: Man, this Shield Hero sure is a useless loser!

Filo: No! Stop!

Kyo: Quit your squealing, bitch!

Kyo: So this dumbass is really that important to you?

Kyo: Shut up so I can k*ll him quick!

Rishia: Stop it!

Rishia: You... coward!

Raphtalia: Rishia-san?

Filo: Rishia-oneechan...

Kyo: Who the hell are you?

Kyo: A moment ago you were just whimpering in the background.

Kyo: Wuss!

Rishia: That's right.

Rishia: I'm a wuss. I can't do anything.

Rishia: So...

Rishia: I understand.

Kyo: Understand what?

Kyo: And wait, how can you walk?

Rishia: You're the same as me.

Rishia: You're relying on the power of others.

Rishia: You're not an amazing person at all!

Kyo: Who the hell do you think you are?

Kyo: You wouldn't know just how awesome I am!

Rishia: I know.

Rishia: I know that you're actually weak.

Rishia: That's why you pretend to be strong.

Rishia: You try to intimidate your enemies, like a little animal puffing out its fur!

Naofumi: Rishia...

Kyo: What? You're all talk, huh?

Kyo: Damn you!

Kyo: Where did you go?

Rishia: I'm weak, too.

Rishia: My body, my heart...

Rishia: Especially compared to Naofumi-san, Raphtalia-san, Filo-chan, and Ost-san.

Rishia: But I'll never lose to somebody like you.

Kyo: Shut up...

Naofumi: Rishia... How is she...

Ost: Shield Hero...

Ost: I, the Spirit Tortoise, give my orders to the heavens and the earth.

Ost: Sever the laws of reality, bind them together, and make them spit out the pus within.

Ost: My power...

Ost: I give you the power of the Spirit Tortoise.

Naofumi: I, the Shield Hero, take upon myself the power of the Spirit Tortoise,

Naofumi: and give my orders to the heavens and the earth.

Naofumi: Sever the laws of reality, bind them together, and make them spit out the pus within.

Naofumi: Power of the ley lines, manifest my magic and the power of the hero.

Naofumi: As the source of thy power, the Shield Hero, I order thee.

Naofumi: Unravel the mysteries of all things...

Kyo: Where are you!?

Naofumi: ...and give them everything!

Naofumi: All Liberation Aura!

Kyo: This world's most powerful magic?!

Ost: Now!

L'Arc: Thanks!

Naofumi: Filo, go with them!

Filo: Roger!

Kyo: You little...

Kyo: I won't let you!

Rishia: Your opponent...

Rishia: is me!

Kyo: I'm getting real sick of you!

L'Arc: What are you doing here, Little Miss Filo?

Filo: I can talk with Fitoria!

Therese: Fitoria... the Filolial Queen?

Glass: Makes sense.

Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, are you okay?

Naofumi: I guess.

Naofumi: But her...

Naofumi: We were only barely able to move with Ost's help.

Naofumi: So how...?

Naofumi: She was the only one of us who could handle that supergravity att*ck.

Naofumi: Is that what the old lady meant by manipulating ki?

Kyo: You...

Rishia: I told you.

Rishia: You rely too much on your power.

Rishia: Your att*cks are simplistic,

Rishia: so even I can dodge them.

Kyo: Simplistic, huh?

Kyo: Thanks for the advice.

Kyo: I'll use those simplistic att*cks to k*ll you, then!

Kyo: Composition of Flame!

Kyo: What?

Rishia: And you're a trickster.

Rishia: You have a twisted mind, and love to lie and deceive people.

Kyo: I shouldn't have tried to fight you like a moron!

Kyo: I should've done this from the start!

Rishia: You're an idiot to try and take hostages at this point.

Rishia: I don't want to forgive you, but if you surrender now, I won't k*ll you.

Kyo: Who the hell do you think you are?

Kyo: I'd rather k*ll you and then die!

Naofumi: Rishia hasn't just learned to use ki.

Raphtalia: She's like a totally different person.

Ost: Shield Hero...

Ost: I ask you again.

Ost: Please, k*ll me.

Naofumi: But...

Ost: Rishia-san is right.

Ost: Kyo Ethnina is a liar to the end.

Naofumi: What do you mean?

L'Arc: The real heart is this tough?

Therese: L'Arc, stop complaining and destroy it!

Filo: Fitoria says to hurry up, too!

L'Arc: I know!

Fitoria: He's using the souls he stole?

Fitoria: Even if I dodge it, it will destroy the entire city.

Fitoria: Multi-caster ritual magic?

Filo: Fan lady!

Glass: What's this?

Filo: Master gave it to me!

L'Arc: Nice work, lad.

Glass: Let's go, Therese.

Therese: Right!

Therese: I beseech thee, power of jewels far and wide...

Glass: Zero-Stance Rondo...

Mirelia: It's not working after all?

Fitoria: No.

Fitoria: Well done!

Filo: Now!

Therese: Bejeweled Blizzard!

Glass: Zero-Stance Rondo: Reverse Four Seasons!

Rishia: The barrier!

Kyo: Damn it all!

Kyo: Just kidding.

Kyo: Did you really think I hadn't put together a plan just in case?

Rishia: No...

Kyo: It's an emergency measure that uses the souls' power to defend the core, but oh well.

Kyo: As long as I can see your faces twisting with despair, that's enough for...

Rishia: Naofumi-san!

Ost: Kyo Ethnina is a liar to the end.

Ost: I think he still has a plan.

Ost: I am one with the core.

Ost: When that happens, use all your power to destroy me completely!

Naofumi: Raphtalia, when I can't move anymore, it's up to you.

Raphtalia: Okay.

Naofumi: Foolish sinner, I sentence you to castyour screams unto the heavens!

Kyo: Hey, hey, hey! Stop it, you moron!

Naofumi: Within the dragon's jaws born from my flesh...

Kyo: No!

Naofumi: ...become an offering to the gods as you howl.

Naofumi: I don't... have any hatred to unleash on you.

Kyo: What the hell?

Kyo: All that build-up and you just stopped?

Kyo: You're letting all the work Mr. Scythe and the big bird did go to waste?

Kyo: Seriously? You're kidding me!

Ost: That's fine.

Ost: Shield Hero, it's fine.

Ost: Now, the time has come for the power I left within the shield to take form.

Sign: {\pos(,)\fs\fsp.\fad(,)}The Spirit Tortoise Heart Shield has been force-unlocked.

Naofumi: The Spirit Tortoise Heart Shield?

Naofumi: Ost, what did you do?

Naofumi: No...

Naofumi: Stop!

Kyo: Don't!

Naofumi: Stop!

Raphtalia: Ost-san!

Filo: Ost-oneechan!

Kyo: Now you've done it!

Kyo: It's all ruined! All my hard work!

Naofumi: You...

Kyo: That's a lie. I succeeded in my real goal, so whatever.

L'Arc: What are you talking about?

Kyo: Did you think that once you destroyed the core,

Kyo: the souls inside would spread out across the world and head up to heaven?

Kyo: Too bad!

Kyo: I kept the bare minimum here, just so that wouldn't happen!

Kyo: All right, I'll be going!

Glass: That's...

Kyo: Shield Hero!

Kyo: And green-hair.

Kyo: I'm going to k*ll you.

Kyo: Have fun until then.

L'Arc: Wait!

L'Arc: Damn it!

Naofumi: Ost... Why?

Ost: You weren't swallowed up by rage and sorrow.

Ost: That's why the Spirit Tortoise's Heart Shield was unlocked.

Naofumi: I don't understand. Explain.

Ost: You don't need to use that terrifying shield stained with hatred anymore.

Naofumi: The Wrath Shield...

Ost: I have taken many lives, and you're still sad at my passing.

Ost: Kind, gentle Shield Hero...

Ost: Please, don't forget what you feel now.

Naofumi: No... No, I'm not kind!

L'Arc: Lad!

Therese: It looks like this is connected to our world,

Therese: but it's about to close.

Glass: The rest is our job now.

Glass: We will defeat Kyo and bring the souls back to this world.

L'Arc: Yeah. Leave the rest to us.

L'Arc: Bye!

Sign: Forbidden ActionThe Four Cardinal Heroes cannot inv*de another world.

Naofumi: What the hell?

Ost: Go!

Sign:Special PermissionInvasion of another world by the Four Heroes is now allowed under certain conditions.

Ost: You need to hurry, or it will close!

Raphtalia: Ost-san!

top,Filo: Ost-oneechan!

Naofumi: Raphtalia! Filo!

Naofumi: What are you doing?

Naofumi: Let's go!

Naofumi: Our comrade's asking us to!

Naofumi: We can't let L'Arc and his friends handle this!

Naofumi: Rishia, you stay with Itsuki...

Rishia: No!

Rishia: I'm your comrade! And Ost-san's!

Rishia: I'm going, too!

Ost: Comrade...

Ost: Comrade, huh?

Ost: If I'm ever reborn... this time, I want to truly be their comrade.

Ost: I pray...

Ost: that there be joy...

Ost: at the end of the Shield Hero's path.

Sign: Infinite Labyrinth