SDK 294 - Yin and Yang - The Twelvth Sword ~ A Lonely Battle 1 Kyo: ...Hmm... that's odd. You're all alone? Kyo: .... Kyo: What did Kyoushirou do? Sakuya: *many, many whimpering noises* 2 Sakuya: ...Could you believe it...? Sakuya: I... I can't forgive him... I can never forgive him... but I still believe in him... Sakuya: He... he would never do something like that of his own volition... Sakuya: But... but I saw it right before my eyes... my brother... Sakuya: ...Why... why would he ever do such a thing...? Sakuya: What should I do...? Sakuya: [Kyou...] Sakuya: [Kyou...!!] Sakuya: ...As it is, I think that he... Sakuya: Has become a demon again!! 3 Chinmei: Come on, little bro, don't be so uncool!! You're the baby of the Red Cross Knights, but you've got True Mibu blood in you... You've beaten the disease, you've beaten Brother #3 - but you can't take me on? Chinmei: ...That's because it wasn't me who made you kill Shiina Nozomu... Chinmei: It was the Former Aka no Ou...!! Chinmei: There's no escaping him... not for me, not for you, not for Sakuya... we're all just dancing around in the palm of his hand... Chinmei: We can't stand against him... we're the dogs of god...!! Kyoushirou: ...I won't forgive him... Kyoushirou: I won't forgive him... 4 Kyoushirou: AHHHHHHHHHHH!! Kyoushirou: I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM!! Chinmei: Oooooh, tough guy!! But won't an idealistic kid like you get into trouble? Chinmei: If you want to fight the Former Aka no Ou, you've got to kill Onime no Kyo first! Chinmei: Onime no Kyo's a True Mibu too, but his power hasn't been awakened... Chinmei: If you can kill him and take his body... if you can awaken the power in that body... maybe you can beat the Former Aka no Ou. Of course, that's only if you can save Sakuya - her heart is tied to his. Chinmei: ...No problem, right? You've just got to go back to the bastard like a good little boy. Chinmei: You become Onime no Kyo, and maybe you'll get your free will. Then hey, maybe you can avenge Nozomu and save Sakuya, huh? Chinmei: Happy story, ain't it? Well, best of luck!! 5 Kyoushirou: [Return to him...] Kyoushirou: [If I were to defeat Kyo and use his body... I could fight the Former Aka no Ou and save Sakuya...] Kyoushirou: [...Wh...what am I thinking...?!] Kyoushirou: [Kyo is one of my best friends... Using him like that...] Kyoushirou: [I can't do it...] Text: [A tragic man's sad feelings... The catastrophe begins...] 6 Kyoushirou: [But no matter how much I apologise, Sakuya will never forgive me...] Kyoushirou: [Kyo will have to protect her now... My hands can't help her anymore.] Kyoushirou: Sakuya...!! Sakuya: Kyou... Kyoushirou: Did you tell Kyo!? Kyoushirou: Why would you sacrifice yourself!? Kyoushirou: Sakuya, I want you to live...!! 7 Sakuya: [If you kill me, it might kill the Former Aka no Ou too...!!] Sakuya: [Kyoushirou wouldn't do this of his own free will...] Sakuya: [I......] Kyo: ...I'll kill the Former Aka no Ou... Kyoushirou: Wh... what!? Kyo!! Didn't we make a promise!? That we'll always protect Sakuya... Kyoushirou: If... if you kill the Former Aka no Ou... as if you could... weren't you listening...!? The Former Aka no Ou's heart is connected to Sakuya's!! Sakuya: ...Kyo. 8 Kyo: ...As if I could? You don't knwo what you're talking about. Kyo: I heard it right... Kill the Former Aka no Ou, kill Sakuya, whatever. I don't care... Kyoushirou: ...I'll protect Sakuya...!! And if you say you'll sacrifice her to kill that man... Kyoushirou: Then I'll kill you!! Kyoushirou: I... I've pout Sakuya in danger... Sakuya: S... stop, Kyou... Kyoushirou: I don't how the strength or ability to protect her!! I need you to take care of Sakuya....!! Kyo: .... Kyoushirou: You're the only one who can...!! Kyoushirou: [M... my own desires don't matter anymore!!] Kyoushirou: Why can't you just listen!? Kyo: What, to your bitching? Kyo: You got a problem, you take care of it...!! 9 Kid: Ah... Onii-chan, it's you!! Kid: Onii-chan!! Thanks!! You healed me! Kid: ...? Onii-chan? Kid: Hey... Kyoushirou: What's wrong? Kid: ...A demon... Kid: I saw an oni!! Uwaah! Kyoushirou: [...I can't doubt myself now...] Kyoushirou: [Now the hunter becomes the hunted...] Kyoushirou: [Our battle is fate...] 10 Kyoushirou: [...I'm dying... but first, I want to defeat him... for Sakuya's sake... for the sake of the world... Kyoushirou: [It's simple... I just have to go back to the way I was before...] Kyo: Oh, I'm glad I came. Kyo: You can't run now. Kyoushirou: Until I strike fear in the heart of that demonic murderer... Kyoushirou: ...Kyo... Kyoushirou: [I will...] Kyoushirou: I will take your body!! Kyoushirou: [Kill Kyo...] 11 Kyo: Tch...!! Kyo: Gah!! Kyoushirou: [...Hey Sakuya, I've been having this dream lately...] Kyoushirou: [The three of us are all together...] Kyoushirou: [Spring, summer, fall, winter... then the next spring... and on and on like that...] Kyoushirou: [And I'll give you happiness, Sakuya...] 12 Kyo: AHHHHHHHH!! Kyoushirou: [...That's all just a dream now...] Kyoushirou: [With my bloodstained hands, I can't give you anything...] 13 Kyoushirou: Hey, Kyo... Kyoushirou: When you're here, I feel like a kid again... Kyo: ...What the!? Kyoushirou: True, we didn't know eachother back then... but I've always felt as though I had someone with me... Kyoushirou: [...Feels kind of nice.] Kyo: ...What the fuck are you talking about? Kyoushirou: Huh!? You don't get it? It's because... Kyoushirou: You're such a kid that it's fun to be with you!! Kyoushirou: WAH!! 14 Kyoushirou: [It was so hard to find the right words to express how I felt about you...] Kyoushirou: [I guess...] Kyoushirou: [I could call you my "friend"...] (Well, that was gay.) 15 Kyoushirou: ...I... Kyoushirou: I can't go back to the way I was... Kyoushirou: I can't kill you... Kyoushirou: I don't want to kill you... Kyoushirou: ...I don't want to... Kyoushirou: I... I can't kill people anymore!! 16 Muramasa: ...Shibien... Kyoushirou: [...Dear Muramasa-sama... please forgive me for saying this in a letter.] Kyoushirou: [It's me, the guy who couldn't defeat the Former Aka no Ou, couldn't make Sakuya happy, and couldn't be Kyo's friend.] Kyoushirou: [I can't atone for my sins, and so they've just piled up. I want to use what little life I have left to help others.] Kyoushirou: [I'm leaving Shibien to you, along with all of my hope.] Kyoushirou: [I asked Sanada Yukimura to take care of Sakuya. I trust him.] Kyoushirou: [I can't do it anymore...] 17 Kyoushirou: [I don't know if Kyo and I will ever understand eachother.] Kyoushirou: [But if there is such a thing as "hope"...] Kyoushirou: [Then one day, we'll...] Tora: You... 18 Tora: You were in more pain than anyone, Kyoushirou-han... Tora: I'm so stupid, I never saw how you felt... Yuya: ...Kyoushirou... Yuya: [You were always...] Yuya: [So dedicated to saving lives...] Kyoushirou: [Seeing the sakura brings back memories...] Yuya: [You looked so sad when you saw the sakura...] Yuya: [You saw a past you could never return to...] Yuya: [And your face was so sad...] Yukimura: ...Despite everything... Kyoushirou-san came back...] Yukimura: [He came back to us...!!] 19 Kyoushirou: [If you say you're going to hurt Sakuya or any of my friends... then I can become a demon again..] Kyoushirou: [I'll protect Yuya-san...!!] Yukimura: Even if you were his enemy, or if you didn't believe in him... he came back...] Kyoushirou: [I made a promise to the Former Aka no Ou... so that I can use this body.] Kyoushirou: [I won't hesitate like I did four years ago!!] Yukimura: So he can protect Kyo-san, and Yuya-san, and Sakuya-san... so he can protect us all... Yukimura: [He fought so that he could give everything to Kyo...] Yukimura: [His was a lonely fight...] Yuya: Kyoushirou... Kyoushirou: [Are you afraid? I called myself a demon, after all...] Kyoushirou: [But... I knew you'd always trust me, Yuya-san!] Kyoushirou: [I was so happy...] Yuya: K... 20 Yuya: KYOUSHIROU!! Kyoushirou: [I was so happy...] Tora: K... Tora: Kyoushirou-han...!? Tora: [It's the disease.... his body is starting to dissolve!!?] Text: [He who shouldered all of this sadness, Mibu Kyoushirou, turns to dust...!?] Next chapter - Someone who cannot be forgiven!!