SDK 233 - A Moment of Eternity 1 Akari?: [N... Nozomu...!?] Nozomu: I... I'm so sorry, Yuya... Nozomu: I've only ever brought you pain... Akari: [Nozomu's soul has taken over... so he has his memories back!!] Nozomu: O... Onime no Kyo... 2 Nozomu: Onime no Kyo!! This is the last time I can force Nobunaga's soul aside!! Nozomu: Please... I'm begging you to kill Nobunaga!! Sasuke: What...!? Akari: N... Nozomu!? Akari: Nozomu!! Don't say something so stupid!! Akari: We'll find some way to help you, so don't be so rash!! Nozomu: Akari... is that you? Nozomu: You haven't changed at all... you're still so kind... Nozomu: I actually miss the days when we shamans were brought to the Mibu for research... Hishigi: .... Sasuke: Akari? You... Akari: .... Nozomu: I can't hold out much longer... Nobunaga is coming back... that controls that Taishirou put in me are crumbling... Nozomu: I will die... and a criminal who committed a terrible sin will get what he deserves... Sasuke: A... a criminal!? What are you talking about!? 3 Nozomu: I know... the Mibu Clan's great secret... Nozomu: I did not learn it by chance... Nozomu: I searched long and hard for it... Sasuke: But... that means you must have told Taihaku!? Taihaku: When Nozomu was being researched, he said something... something I never heard before... about the Great Mibu Secret... Nozomu: I didn't tell Taihaku everything... Nozomu: I... Nozomu: I wanted power... Nozomu: Unlimited power, like the Mibu... Nozomu: The Mibu and the shamans have a l,ong history together... their powers often overlap. The seed of evil began to grow within me... Nozomu: Why should I, the strongest of all shamans, be inferior to the Mibu Clan!? Why must I and those like me be lower than them!? Nozomu (lower left attached bubble): And so I resolved to seize the Mibu's secret... Akari: N... Nozomu... Akari: But... but why...!? You were always so kind and honest... 4 Nozomu: In order to take the Mibu's power, I used my power to see into the Former Aka no Ou's past... Nozomu: And buried within the Former Aka no Ou's past was the Mibu's greatest secret!! Sasuke: What... Sasuke: The Mibu's secret is in the Former Aka no Ou's past!? Nozomu: With great power came great inspiration... Nozomu: I, who had seen what was not meant to be see, could escape the terrified Mibu... Nozomu: I was proud and greedy... a coward, a criminal... Akari: Nozomu... you... Nozomu: So this is all karmic retribution... (yeah, "karmic retribution is never going to fit into that bubble... best to just say "fate!" XD) 5 Nozomu: Being attacked by Mibu Kyoushirou... having my body and power used by another... Nozomu: I deserved it all... I must reap what I have sown... Nozomu: And... Nozomu: Because of that... Yuya... Nozomu: I cannot forgive myself for looking at Yuya with hateful eyes... Nozomu: Don't hesitate, Onime no Kyo!! Nobunaga wounded Yuya - kill us both, please!! Nozomu: Now!! Yuya: Nozomu... niisama... 6 Yuya: Please... nii-sama... don't die... Akari: Y... Yuya-chan!! Akari: She's awake!! Yuya: I... I don't want to be alone again... don't... don't leave me... Yuya: Wh... Whatever kind of person you used to be, it doesn't change the fact that you're my brother...! Yuya: S... so... Yuya: D... don't die... I don't want to be alone... Nozomu: Y... Yuya... Nozomu: Thank you, Yuya... Nozomu: But... 7 Nozomu: Yuya... you aren't alone anymore, are you...? Yuya: N... nii-sama... 8 Sasuke: Wh... Akari: What was that!? Nozomu: Kyo, please!! I can't do this anymore!! Nozomu: I... I can't hold Nobunaga back anymore... Nozomu: P... please... Nozomu: Kill Nobunaga... Nozomu: Kill me!! 9 Nozomu: G... gah... Nobunaga: I won't forgive you for this... Nobunaga: N...Nozomu!! You shamans are useless!! Akari: N... Nobunaga!! Yuya: N... nii-sama... Nobunaga: You shamans intrude where you're not wanted!! Nobunaga: I... I won't... Nobunaga: I won't die from something like this!! Nobunaga: I... Kyo: .... 10 Nobunaga: I am strong!! Nobunaga: I am strong!! And I will get stronger!! So much stronger...!! Nobunaga: As much as my soul can take!! Until my soul bursts into flames!! Nobunaga: I will fight... Nobunaga: Until I rule... Nobunaga: The world!! Nobunaga: Kyo!! I will defeat you!! Sasuke: N... Nobunaga... Sasuke: Why... why is he still challenging Kyo...!? Sasuke: He can't possible think he's gonna win in that body... 11 Sasuke: Why is he still fighting!? Nobunaga: AHHH!! Nobunaga: [Yes...] Nobunaga: [Now I remember... that very moment...] Nobunaga: Amazing... kid. Nobunaga: You have defeated I, Nobunaga... Kyo: .... Nobunaga: Boy... do you know... how it is that I know you are a being descended from heaven? Nobunaga: It was your emptiness... your abscence of desire... Heavenly creatures have no need for desire, as they are already at the top. Nobunaga: When I realised this, my feelings burned my soul until there was nothing left... Nobunaga: My aspirations of making my dreams into reality disappeared like the morning dew... Nobunaga: ...I've changed... Nobunaga: Fighting you has brought back memories... 12 Nobunaga: I wanted to become a god too... I wanted power... I wanted true strength... Nobunaga: Do you know what that is, boy...? Nobunaga: There something greater than men, greater than samurai, that one finds when one listens to his sword. It can only be found in war. Nobunaga: It is said... that it is the true meaning of battle.. 13 Nobunaga: So I can never die... my soul is always fighting... Nobunaga: When you defeated me, I had a new dream... to once again become the strongest and prove my existence... Nobunaga: That is why I come back. Nobunaga: [And no matter how long it takes...] Nobunaga: [I will fight again and again...] Kyo: Rule the world? Kyo: Okay, sure, let's take over the world. Kyo: And we'll kill anybody who gets in our way. Bon ...Talking about that still? Damn, you're self-centered. Akira: Yeah, let's do it together!! If we're all serious abut it, we'll do it in no time!! Hotaru: Yeah, we could... but why? It's such a waste of time. Kyo: ...Why!? I don't have any interest in ruling the world... 14 Kyo: But isn't it natural to want to be the best? Nobunaga: [That is the dream of a warrior... it's a way of life...] Nobunaga: [So again and again... I will risk my life to fight...] Nobunaga: [So I can show you, who cannot speak to his sword, who cannot find it on his own, the true meaning of battle...] 15 Nobunaga: [Again and again, forever...] Nobunaga: I will win, Kyo!!! Kyo: Goodbye, NObunaga. 16 no text 17 no text 18 Yuya: [Nii... sama...] Nobunaga: Heh... hehehe... Nobunaga: This has been fun... Nobunaga: Someday... someday we'll fight again, Kyo... Nobunaga: And next time... I will win.... 19 Kyo: Yeah, come again... Kyo: However many times it takes. Akari: Nozomu... Sasuke: Nobunaga... Sasuke: [I wonder... if I might have been wrong about that guy...] 20 Sasuke: [He was a bloodthirsty demon, who called himself the sixth demon king... his beliefs and his ways were different from ours, and I think our very way of life was totally different, but...] Sasuke: [He and Onime no Kyo both said they were fighting only for themselves, but I get the feeling that was only part of it...] Sasuke: [And it gives me this hot feeling deep in my heart...] Sasuke: [But those guys who are so pure that they chase a dream and fight to be the best... it's like they're on fire...] Sasuke: [Nobunaga was kind of like us... trying to be pure.. trying to find real strength...] 21 Sasuke: [A solitary soul who lost himself in battle...] (Yah, i took poetic liscence with this line, but everything else sounded stupid.)