02x05 - Rion to iu na no shôjo

[bunniefuu]

I am Kirinmaru's daughter.

My name is Rion.

You're Kirinmaru's daughter?

The Kyuyokon root is right here.

Please take it.

"The Girl Named Rion."

This is the Kyuyokon root.

Many apparitions
have come here seeking it, but...

they were all swallowed up by the barrier
and disappeared.

The Kyuyokon is the ultimate weapon.

It can absorb and expel
unlimited amounts of demon power.

It is the one thing
that my father, Kirinmaru, fears.

I offer this to you.

Are you sure
about letting us have it?

It's going to put Kirinmaru
at a disadvantage.

My father cannot be satisfied
unless he takes on the strongest opponent.

This strongest opponent must,
one, have the strength

to successfully break through
the barrier at Mount Musubi...

and, two, possess a kind heart

to understand what to protect
and what to let go of.

And that's us?

Yes. I implore you
to slay my father, Kirinmaru.

Is it true that Sesshomaru's daughter
entered this mountain?

There's no mistake.

The place reeks
with the smell of a half-demon.

But no one should be able
to enter this place.

Yeah!

Oh, my. I seem
to run into brutes everywhere.

Who the hell are you?

Walking around, wearing nothing
but loincloths. Such poor taste.

You can't have an audience with
the Half-Demon Princess in that get-up.

What?

How dare you?

We'll get rid of you first!

Even the way they die is in poor taste.

Lady Towa...

I cannot enter Mount Musubi.

But rest assured.

Until you take possession
of the Kyuyokon root...

I will hold off the small-fry demons.

Kirinmaru is your actual father, right?

Do you really want us to k*ll him?

Yes.

-I am already dead.
-You're dead?

I lost my life
almost 600 years ago. However...

my father refused to accept my death.

Since then, my soul has been trapped
in this astral body

and sealed here in Mount Musubi.

Father used the Dream Butterfly

and forced me to meet him in dreams.

All this time, for 600 years?

So you've been restrained
even after death.

Talk about sheltering
your daughter too much!

My father's selfishness
has been unbearable to me.

Please free my soul
and send me to the afterlife. And...

put a stop to my father's ambition
to annihilate everything

by turning this world
into the Degenerate Age.

Kirinmaru has traveled
to every corner of this world

except for one place,
beyond space and time.

Beyond space and time?

Does she mean the future I was living in?

To that end, he intends to find
and capture a spirit named Akuru

so he can move the Windmill of Time.

But if he does so,

it is said that the world of the living
will cease to exist.

So that's what
the Degenerate Age is about.

Flowers, trees, insects, animals,

all the things I love in this world
will instantly disappear.

No way.

That is the one thing I want to stop him
from doing, no matter what it takes.

So much pain...

Whoa!

You've been burdened with so much pain

and forced to bear it
for 600 years all by yourself.

How lonely you must've been.

How hard it must've been on you.

You shed tears... for someone like me?

Towa, don't be so trusting.

She is Kirinmaru's daughter.

Why should something like that matter?

You are a kindhearted person, Lady Towa.

Cheer up!

We'll find a way to save you, Rion!

Is that...

Is that a thread of fate?

I don't believe it.

You can see the thread of fate that
I share with someone close to me?

Since wielding this naginata,
I've begun to see something like threads.

Where does that connect to?

I believe it is probably connected
to my father Kirinmaru.

This thread is the evil bond
with my father Kirinmaru

that has continued for 600 years.

Please sever it!

I've never done something like this.

If you do so, I will be able
to set out into the afterlife.

Wait! You're going to die?

I died a long time ago.

Please do it!

I'm sure this will put a stop
to Kirinmaru's tyranny!

All right.

If I can't even cut this,
I probably will never be able to sever

the fate shared between
my mother Rin and Zero either.

It's all or nothing. I just have to try!

The Dream Butterfly?

-Forgive me. My aim was off.
-Not at all.

-Could it be Setsuna's butterfly?
-This is...

my butterfly.

It is what Kirinmaru used
to bind me to this place.

Rion...

are you saying that you find
your father's love annoying?

Am I not proficient enough yet?

The cocoon... it fell apart.

What is that?

It is the vessel for my soul,
made from my bones and grave soil.

You were locked away
in a thing like this for 600 years?

Yes.

Rion. Rion.

It is dangerous for you to leave there.

Be good and go back inside the cocoon.

You must not leave Mount Musubi.

-He forced her back inside!
-Rion!

I have already escaped your shackles!

I will move... to get away from here!

I will defy fate. I will use
this body made of bones and grave soil...

And I will rise again!

I will walk on my own strength! Kirinmaru!

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

SESSHOMARU'S VASSAL – JAKEN

THE SPRIT KIRINMARU IS AFTER - AKURU

Oh, Lord Sesshomaru, it's Akuru!

Ignore it, Jaken.

What does Lord Sesshomaru
intend to do about Kirinmaru's request?

TOWA AND SETSUNA'S FATHER - ESSHOMARU

Begone! Kirinmaru!

So much demon energy!

Undo the barrier!

The barrier disappeared.

Rion.

Farewell, Father.

Take a good look, Rion.

This world is made of a single sphere.

I have had more than my fill.

Lady Towa...

let me present this to you once more.

It is the Star-Slicer Flute,
created from the Kyuyokon root.

What?

But this is just a flute.

You will understand once you play it.

In exchange, I have a favor to ask.

Please allow me to journey with you!

Sure! Like they say,.

"In traveling, a fellow traveler;
in life, compassion."

Welcome, Rion!

Thank you very much!

We're not out of the woods yet.

The evil demon energy that shrouded
this entire mountain until a moment ago

amassed in one spot,
and it's heading this way!

-That's a demon spirit beast!
-A demon spirit beast?

Kirinmaru must have had it
ready just in case.

If we try to escape this mountain,
it will attack.

Then we have to destroy it!

Easy enough!

-Such intense power!
-Here it comes!

It's just attacking recklessly!

No timing or technique at all!

This is a vicious opponent!

Rion, you okay?

Lady Towa, play the Star-Slicer Flute!

What?

Got it!

I believe you are worthy
of wielding the legendary Zanseiken.

Zanseiken? This...

The Zanseiken is a blade that pairs
with the Bakuseiken wielded by Kirinmaru.

In ancient times, Amatsumikaboshi,
the god of stars, bequeathed two swords.

I have heard that the Bakuseiken
and the Zanseiken were those swords.

This is... Zanseiken.

-Towa! Here it comes!
-Leave it to me!

Amazing! So this is
the power of the Kyuyokon!

I can feel demon power
building up rapidly!

Setsuna, Towa is
about to steal our thunder!

I can't lose to her!

Please! Let me do this myself!

Okay, fine.

Twin...

Azure Dragon Wave!

Yay!

That was amazing!

With such power, it will be possible
to bring down my father Kirinmaru.

I wouldn't be so sure.

Your dad was way more powerful
than that demon spirit beast just now.

We might stand a better chance this time!

Didn't you learn anything
from that last fight?

Tell her, Setsuna.

I suppose. But I was k*lled by Kirinmaru,

so who am I to say otherwise?

-I apologize on behalf of my father!
-Stop that.

Why should you bear the blame
for Kirinmaru's sins?

Besides, didn't you make up your mind

to confront Kirinmaru
with your own strength?

Yes, you're right.

Okay, then! We got what we came here for.

Let's go home!

-Yeah!
-Yes.

I'm starving.

Sesshomaru.

The Yukari no Tachikiri...

have you learned
to wield some of its powers?

No. I still misread the target.

I see.

It seems you still lack resolve.

The Tenseiga?

What are you planning to do?

The Dream Butterfly
that's been stealing Setsuna's sleep?

What is going on?

The Dream Butterfly that possessed Setsuna
was delivering sleep and dreams to Rin.

It is what kept her alive by holding
the silver-scale curse in check.

If I cut it down,
you will be able to sleep again.

But also Rin will be covered
by the scales of the curse and soon die.

Well?

My mother... I want to save her.

Then...

Now you will be able to sleep.

However, there is no time for that.

How can I break the curse?

That is up to you.

-Moroha, were you able to meet Inuyasha?
-Huh?

How did you know?

I see.

Wait for me, Lord Sesshomaru!

Up to me...

Guess that's about it.

-Huh?
-Riku?

Why, Lady Towa!

How have you been?

Riku? Is that you, Riku?

It can't be. Miss Rion?

Riku!

Miss Rion. But how?

This is an artificial body.

It's been ages.

How have you been, Riku?

Yes, well...

No, don't look at me, Miss!

If you show yourself to me, Kirinmaru...

Your father will see you as well!

That's all over.

Is that true?

Yes. Everything I see and hear
gets back to Kirinmaru.

Oh?

It gets passed on to Kirinmaru?

Yes.

Um... Lady Towa?

Hey, Kirinmaru! Can you hear me?

We freed Rion, who you
locked away inside Mount Musubi!

If you got a problem with that,
then come and get us!

Towa.

Oh, boy.

We won't run or hide!

We'll fight you anytime!

Got that?

Interesting.

That was magnificent, Lady Towa.

However, Lady Towa...

I will take care of Miss Rion
for a short while.

-What?
-Riku?

If you're unable to move about freely,

then you'll only become
a hindrance to Lady Towa.

But there is no need to worry.

We'll go on ahead and wait for you.

Really?

Miss Rion... may I?

There!

Now if you'll excuse us...

We shall meet again!

Okay!

And there they go.

Setsuna? Setsuna! What happened?

I can't stand up straight.

Did you get hurt somewhere?

Setsuna! Pull yourself together, Setsuna!

-Setsuna!
-Oh, so that's it.

What's wrong with Setsuna?

She fell asleep.

Fell asleep?

Remember Sesshomaru
cut Setsuna's butterfly just now?

-So-
-So she's not going to wake up again?

Of course she will.

Setsuna! I'm so glad!

You can sleep now! Setsuna!

-She's finally able to get some sleep...
-Setsuna!

so leave her be.

So sleepy!
I'm so sleepy that I can't help it!

I don't have time... to... sleep.

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Maybe just a little.

What? Where am I?

Did you dress me like this?

Hisui, I didn't know
you were well-educated.

Next time on Yashahime:
Princess Half-Demon:

"Hisui the Demon Slayer."

Nothing good comes from all this sleep.