01x16 - Battle of Sorrow

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I figured this would happen.

REKKA SHINEN!

Genro, the leader of the bandits...

...was revealed to be the
fifth member of the Suzaku Seven.

However, the Lady Miaka
was stricken with...

...an incurable illness called Shikkonki...

...which will leave her
in agony until she dies.

There's only one thing to do.
You must k*ll her at once.

If I revive her immediately,
I can restore her full health.

We can't do that!

It's okay. I...

Please...

Would you all please step outside?

- What?
- Hey!

I'm going to k*ll her.

Forgive me, Hotohori.

For giving you such
a terrible job to do.

Hotohori, who loved the Lady Miaka,
drew his sword and raised it...

"Tamahome deeply loved the Priestess of Suzaku...

...and that love
moved him to escape...

...from the Kutou palace
where he was imprisoned..."

Hang on, Miaka!

If I can just get to her...

...I know there'll be
some way to save her.

Tamahome!

Are you going to Miaka?

I can't just stay here
and do nothing!

When I think of her in pain...!

I'll come back soon!
Please let me go!

No, I won't let you!

You're a hostage! If they find out
about this, who knows what'll--

Let me go! Yui!

Tamahome!

I thought he'd
try something like this.

Nakago!

It seems you don't understand...

...what it means to offer yourself as tribute.

I'll make sure your body
learns that lesson well.

Bring him.

Miaka!

Hotohori?

Hotohori...

Forgive me, Miaka.
I just can't k*ll you.

Hotohori...

You... You have to!

This is for my own good, remember?
Now, try it one more time...

Don't you see?
Do you think I can k*ll...

...the one I love most
of all with my own hands?!

Hotohori... He's crying...?

I know how much pain you're in,
but try to bear it!

What's with this big
love scene suddenly?!

Are those two going
together or something?

I'll try one more time...

I'll ask that doctor, Myojuan,
for help. So, please...

All right, I'll hang on.

You again....

Please! Save Miaka's life!

I beg of you! Please!

I'm asking you, too.
Without a doctor...

We just can't do it
Miss Shoka's way!

Did...
Did you just say "Shoka" ?

Y- Yeah... Miaka's at
Miss Shoka's house right now.

Th- That's impossible!

Shoka...

Shoka d*ed a year ago!

Lovely girl...

Even in this agony, she overflows
with such life force...

This time, I'LL be
the one to k*ll her.

You're saying that Shoka d*ed
of the disease a year ago?!

Exactly. I was the
city's doctor then.

But, if that's true...

...then who's that Shoka person
Miaka's with right now?!

Oh, no! Nuriko! Tasuki!
We have to go back!

Miaka's in danger!

Right!

Shoka... Can it be?

Chocolate!

I'm not chocolate, I swear!

Potato chips...

Is this girl really asleep?!

Miss Shoka...

I know you mean well,
but you can't k*ll me.

I promised Hotohori I'd hang on.

You're awake?

I know it'd be easier to just die
and let you bring me back to life...

...but there are two people
in Kutou I want to get back.

One is a person I love and
want to always be with.

The other has been my best
friend since kindergarten...

...who had something terrible
happen to her on my account.

This disease makes
my body hurt so much...

...but it's nothing
when I think about them.

No, I don't have the
right to say I'm suffering.

So, no matter what, I have to
hang on so I can see them again.

That's what I've decided.

NO!!!

Stop it!

Lady Yui, I've explained already
that this is necessary.

He knew what happens to
hostages who try to escape.

We must teach his body to...

...avoid letting such foolish
thoughts arise again.

Now, swear to Lady Yui that...

...you will never again mention
the Priestess of Suzaku.

Like hell!

Tamahome...!

Stop it!
You're k*lling him!

STOP IT!!!

He's fainted. Release him!

Tamahome!

Are we clear now, Tamahome?
Remember this.

You will never stand upon
the land of Konan again.

And you will never be
with the Priestess of Suzaku.

You live only for Lady Yui's sake.

Never forget that!

Miaka...

Tamahome! TAMAHOME!

Tamahome!

Wow, what a nightmare!

I dreamt that blonde-haired guy in
Kutou fried Tamahome and ate him!

Well, if he got to eat him,
I should get a little, too!

Come to think of it,
I'm really hungry.

Miss Shoka, where are you?

Miss Shoka?

Stay back, Miaka!
Run! Otherwise, I'll...!

What the hell?!

What's with these guys?!

The whole town seems to be covered
with a strange atmosphere.

Be careful!

What are you doing?!
Let go!

Cut it out! You guys
want me to burn you down?!

Tasuki! Don't use that spell!

Easy for you to say!
Then what should we do?!

Your Highness!
Leave this to us!

But...!

Never mind! Just go!

Thank you!

Hold on! I'm coming, too!

Wh- Who the hell are you?

What's wrong? Miss Shoka?

Come on, where are you?

Miaka!
Get away from that woman!

Huh? Hotohori?

Shoka d*ed a year ago!

It's too late. I won't give her back.

I'll eat every part of her,
down to her bone marrow!

Ow, ow, ow, ow!

Don't eat my bone
marrow, Miss Shoka!

If you eat me, your brain'll
turn into an appendix...

...and your lungs'll get athlete's foot!

Maybe you can do
it some other day.

Silence!

Damn you, demon!
I'll destroy you!

Wait!

Tasuki! Nuriko!
You're all right!

But, who's this man?

He just suddenly appeared.

Juan...

Juan?

It is! It's Mr. Myojuan!

You mean that guy's THIS young?!

Shoka... Are you the one spreading
the disease through the city?

You mean you've become a monster
who feeds on human souls?!

'Scuse me... Look...

Creepy!
What's going on here?!

Who are all those guys?!

I think they're all the people
Shoka "brought back to life".

But, while they seem to be alive...

...they're just corpses
which she controls!

Corpses?! I shoulda toasted
them before, with this!

Come on!
Don't just ignore me!

I'm right, aren't I, Shoka? Why?

What right do you have to
talk to me like that?!

One year ago, when I was sick
and on the verge of death...

...I waited for you,
but you never came!

I believed in my
heart that you'd come...

No matter how much I suffered...

...I held on to the very end.
But, despite that...

...you never came!

These two were...!

Well? Do you have any right
to question what I do?!

First I'll k*ll this girl
and then I'll k*ll you!

- Tasuki!
- Right!

No! Don't k*ll Miss Shoka!

Miaka! That thing's a demon!
We have to destroy it!

Miss Shoka isn't a demon!

You came back to see him,
didn't you? To see Mr. Juan...

He's your lover, isn't he?! It hurt
to die without him being there.

There was nothing he
could do about that!

You came back to see him.
To see Mr. Juan...

He's your lover, isn't he?!

It hurt to die
without him being there.

There was nothing he
could do about that!

But you can't fight someone you
love just because you're sad!

Miaka...

Miss Shoka!

It's true, Juan...
I was waiting for you...

Please...

Please, help me...

Miss...Sho...ka...

Juan, please! Your power
can destroy this monster!

If you don't,
it'll k*ll Miaka!

Shoka... You...

That's a sickness demon!

You've been possessed by a sickness demon?!

Forgive me...!

The demon possessed me...

...drawn by the pain I felt
that even death couldn't end!

We'll k*ll that demon!

Juan, hurry! k*ll me now
and the demon will vanish!

If you do that, the demon's
spell will be broken...

...and the people in town
will be saved! Hurry...!

Hurry and k*ll me now!

Miaka, thank you.

It's all right now.
You will be cured soon...

...and you will be reunited
with the ones you love.

Farewell...

Great healing power...

DEMON, BEGONE!!!

MISS SHOKA!!!

I missed you...
I missed you so much...

Farewell, Juan...

The house!
It was an illusion!

The townsfolk are
returning to normal!

The demon's spell
has been broken!

Now Miaka will get better!

There were a lot of
innocent people among them.

It's a good thing you didn't
burn them all down, Tasuki.

Miaka! Speak to me!

Miaka!

What's wrong?

She'll be all right.

She just spent too much time
being close to the demon.

I feel warm...

The mark of Suzaku?!

I'd say she's better now.

Are you...?

I am...the member of the Suzaku
Seven known as Mitsukake.

Mitsukake!

And that power that k*lled the
demon and cured Miaka is...?

The great healing power.

Miss Shoka...

That's why I became a doctor.

I wanted to help a lot of
people with my healing power.

But, when Shoka suddenly
developed a high fever...

Juan...! Juan...!

I had been called away to a
distant village to treat someone.

But I didn't make it in time.

Shoka...

SHOKA!!!

The one person I wanted
to save most of all...

...was the one I didn't save!

How dare I call myself
a "great physician!"

This power of mine...
was useless in the end...!

And that's why you turned
your back on other people.

But this time you saved her.

Saved her?

Yeah. Look. You see?
Miss Shoka is so...

She looks so happy...

It's because of Miss Shoka...

...that we found the sixth member
of the Suzaku Seven.

I'll keep trying, Miss Shoka...

"As Mitsukake embraced Shoka,
the Priestess of Suzaku..."

"...gazed at her lovely face
and made a solemn vow..."

"...as night gave way to dawn."

I swear I'll get Tamahome and Yui back!

We only need to find one more
member of the Suzaku Seven!

The beautiful sounds of a flute...

...which are carried into
the Lady Miaka's heart.

The melody, which seems
to gently embrace her...

...saves the Lady Miaka
from a Kutou assassin.

The player of the flute
is a boy named Chiriko...

...the long-sought final
member of the Suzaku Seven.

Next time, "Magic Flute".

Momentary joy is the
prelude to a dangerous trap...