Page 1 Yuya: STOP...!! Text: A promise broken - Before Mibu Kyoushirou's gate, Sanada Yukimura's life scatters like falling petals...?! Saizou: Y... Yukimura-sama...!! Page 2 no text Page 3 Yuya: Kyaa... Juuyuushi: Uwaaah!! Juuyuushi Yukimura-sama!! Sakuya-dono!! Sakuya: Kyou.... Page 4 Aka-chan: Well done, Kyoushirou - but why did you not deliver the final blow? Aka-chan: You *are* the superior swordsman. Kyoushirou: ...Well, of course I would have wanted to finish them all off... but there were quite a lot of them. I'm sure they're all dead by now, anyway... Kyoushirou: If you like, I shall make certain they are dead. Yuya W... Wait!! Kyoushirou: ...Yuya-san. Yuya: Kyoushirou!! Why did you do something like that!? Yuya: Because of his promise to you, Yukimura-san risked his life to protect Sakuya-san!! WHY?! Page 5 Yuya: Do you hear me!? ANSWER ME!! Yuya: You would kill Sakuya-san to protect some stupid secret?! That's despicable!! Yuya: DO YOU HEAR ME!? Yuya: Wait... don't go!! WAIT!! Yuya: If this is all for a secret, then... then I know it too!! Yuya: "The Mibu Clan's Greatest Secret" - I know it too!! Aka-chan: Oh...? Page 6 Aka-chan: Is that so...? Aka-chan: Well then... Yuya: Ah... No... Aka-chan: Won't you tell me...? Yuya: No... Kyoushirou: Please wait a moment. This girl lived for many years with Shiina Nozumu - there's no telling how much she actually picked up. Kyoushirou: It would be hasty to kill her right away. Aka-chan: ...You really have grown attached to this girl... Aka-chan: I wonder if you like her even more than Sakuya-san? ...Ah well. We shall determine your true allegiances by your behavior, no? Yuya: Thank you... Aka-chan: I'll have Chinmei-san check the status of Sakuya-san and the others. Chinmei: Yes sir, right away, sir! Page 7 Kyoushirou: ...Let's go, Yuya-san. Yuya: ... Yuya: [He... he saved me!?] Yuya: [But... But Yukimura-san and the others... why...!? He believed in you... He didn't betray his promise... Yukimura: [I believe in him. No matter what he's doing now, I still believe in him. Nothing can ever replace the Kyoushirou-san I know.] Yuya: [I don't understand....] Yuya: [I don't understand, Kyoushirou...] Yuya: [What are you thinking...?] Yuya: [Yukimura-san... everyone...] Yuya: [I hope you're alright...!!] Page 8 Akari: We've got to go back! I know we're in a hurry... but Saskue-kun is stillback there!! Akari: Hey... Kyo!! Kyo: ...Don't worry so much. That kid's spirit won't die easy... Kyo: COme on, we've got to catch up. Akari: Kyo... Yuan: Yeah, don't worry! Yuan: I'm breaking the interference a little... so I can check up on him with this "Shingan" of mine. I see Sasuke alive and well, okay? Yuan: As far as everybody else, though, there's still something blocking my vision... so I can't see them clearly. I guess we should just keep hurrying. Akari: Yeah... I guess so... Akari: But... but it's no good if we don't all live to return home together... I mean, you're all my most precious friends... Hotaru: Akari-chan... Yuan: ... Page 9 Julian: Hey, Nee-chan... Nee-chan, why are you on our side instead of the Mibu's? There's got to be a reason. Akari: A reason...? Akari: Well... I guess I wanted to be with Kyo... I mean, with all of you. Akari: This really is a weird group, isn't it? I guess that makes me weird, too. Akari And because Kyo especially has been so sweet to me, I've turned into a stubborn, totally hopeless person~ Julian: Oh? Julian: She/he looks so happy... Hotaru: Hey, that's pretty accurate... "a stubborn, totally hopeless person." Akari: >< Julian: So this is how you treat your friends! Shinrei: Hey... Onime no Kyo... Page 10 Shinrei: Fubuki... is mine. Shinrei: So whatever happens, don't even think about getting in my way... alright!? Hotaru: Shinrei... Kyo: Oh? Kyo: You're giving me orders? That takes balls, doesn't it? Kyo: If you've forgotten how I kicked your ass before, maybe I can refresh your memory? Shinrei: You bastard!! Akari: Hey, you two!! Shinrei: If only we weren't in the middle of a crisis... Damn it, if only we weren't forced together to protect the Mibu Clan from evil... Shinrei: I would haul your assback to Mibu so fast... Shinrei: And there's more... Dude Whose Name I Forgot: Shinrei... Live so that you can change the Mibu... Page 11 Shinrei: I will defeat Fubuki... make no doubt about it! And then, I will rebuild the Mibu Clan!! Shinrei: And if you get in my way... the same goes for you...!! Hotaru: Shinrei... Hotaru: [Maybe it's wasn't such a good idea for the shame of our origins to be revelaed...] Hotaru: [As long as you live, you'll be totally devoted to saving the Mibu] Kyo: I don't know what happened... but I can't change it any more than I can change the color of my eyes... Kyo: I don't want to get in your way. So make sure you kick his ass before I get there. Shinrei: Tch... Shinrei: You don't even need to say that!! Julian: Jeez, what now... we've gotmore important things to worry about... Yuan: Hey, don't go telling people what to do, old man. Hotaru: Whatever... Yuan: ...You're a good kid. Yuan: It's rare to find a guy so apathetic about fighting unless it directly concerns him... Page 12 One of the Guys: This is it... One of the Guys: Fubuki's fortress! Page 13 Julian: ...Nobody's home. You think Fubuki ran off just like Hishigi? Akari: Whatever, this place is great! Yuan: You'd kid of expect that, since this is the symbol of the Mibu's power and wealth. (can't read the rest of what he says) Hotaru: Here, kitty, kitty Yuan: THAT CAT...!! Yuan: Keikoku, don't touch that thing... get back here!! Hotaru: Gu...!! Page 14-15 Fubuki: I see you've come here after all, Onime no Kyo... Page 16 Shinrei [...Fubuki!!] Fubuki: Onime no Kyo... you made it here alive. Impressive. FUbuki: But much has changed... You are now useless to the Clan. Fubuki: It has been decided that Mibu Kyoushirou shall inheirit your body. Fubuki: The curtain has risen on a new age... Fubuki: Together with his predecessor, the new Aka no Ou will restore the Mibu Clan to its former radiance! Our prosperity will rule the world...!! Page 17 Shinrei: What...!? Yuan: So this was the goal of your underhanded schemes... eh, Fubuki? Yuan: I don't know why you would do this... why you would choose the path of destruction... Is this why you brought the former Aka no Ou and Mibu Kyoushirou together? (can't read the small print, too blurry) Fubuki: It is not necessary to explain myself to a mangy, unrefined cur like you, Yuan... Yuan: You'd better not say that until you beat me. Yuan: In fact, you had better beat my *followers* before you say anything!' Julian: FOLLLOWERS?! Hishigi: ...Yuan Hishigi: No more of your nonsense. Hishigi: Until we have a need for our trump card, we keep it hidden... Hishigi: Then we have it when we need it. Yuan: Hey now, what the hell are you talking about...? Julian: After that performance, don't give up your day job... Page 18-19 Yuan: Shit...!! Yuan: [From behind...!?] Yuan: [And they don't look shocked at all...!?] Hishigi: Now that I have your attention, I'd like to introduce someone. Hishigi: The person who, by his own wish, was given the power of the "Medusa Eye" by me... Akari: My friends... Page 20 Akari: I... am Taishirou Hishigi's personal guard. Text: A surprising assassin appears before her (his?) stunned "friends"...!! Akari: #13, puppeting the strongest houriki (buddhist magic) and the strongest swordsmanship... I am Mitarai Toukichirou. (This line made no sense - anybody want to clarify?) Kyo: A... Akari...!? Text: Next Chapter: Mental Collapse!!