EPISODE 15: ONE PROMISE, ONE FIRE
When they got close together the epic battle begins. Sora
he fights like a wild beast, and natsuki, frightened with sweat streaming from his face, quickly repels his entropodic attacks. At one point natsuki catches sora's hand, smiles and throws him against a wall of a house. Sora goes through the House. Then natsuki appears and with speed goes to kill him, but sora gets up and repels her blows. Then with a round kick from where the Green Breeze comes out, sora kicks natsuki. Natsuki exfoliates and penetrates some walls of the houses. Then she gets up, wipes the blood in her mouth and thinks)
NATSUKI
It won't last much longer. He's tired already. I just need some more. Just a little more. I'm so close. I'm so close. Give me the strength I need to keep going. My little sister. Give me the strength to make you proud once more.
(Natsuki then says with anger and sadness on her face)
NATSUKI
TAILS!
(From behind her come out two black tails colored black with red.
Sora at the same time takes a deep breath and when he exhales from his mouth comes out the air in the form of mist. Sora thinks)
SORA
Mmm good grief. It's blood moon demon, as I imagined. I've fought plenty of them, not one more will stop you. Right, sora?
(Then he closes his eyes and another memory of his past comes to mind)
THE FLASHBACK BEGINS:
(Then he arrives at the place where demon hunters are trained. Sora knocks on the wooden door of the temple and shouts)
OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE-DAY
SORA
Let me in! Open up! Open up! Open the door!
(The teacher goes out and faces sora on the steps of the temple. She looks at him attentively and tells him with a serious look)
TEACHER
Please, Why Are you yelling furiously, boy?
(Sora with raised head and with courage in his gaze says)
SORA
I came to to train as demon hunter.
(Sora makes a bow and continues to speak in a loud voice)
SORA
Please! I beg you! Take me to your team! Please!
(All the pupils of the teacher inside the temple stop training and look at him. The teacher then says)
TEACHER
Something brings me to my memory, kid. I understand. you're the kid who came in a few hours ago.
(Sora smiles saying)
SORA
Yes, yes! That's the kid I am! I'm glad you remember me.
(But the teacher concludes by saying with a serious look)
TEACHER
I'm sorry, but you're not ready yet. Here we want children with abilities and talent. Capable of chasing demons and not being afraid, but not stopping anywhere and for nothing. Becoming a demon hunter is the worst choice you can choose in your life. Plus, you should be proud of yourself even if you failed. Just by coming here to pass the tests and show us who you are and what your potential is, you did something very big and brave. Don't be sad you didn't pass, a lot of kids like you failed, you're not the only one you see.
(Sora approaches the teacher saying with anger in his face)
SORA
No! No! No, I don't want to stop here! I WANT TO MOVE ON! I WANT TO KEEP GOING! I am ready to give my life to be what I desire. For this ... for this. SO GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE!
(But where sora is speaking, the teacher interrupts him by telling him)
TEACHER
I'm sorry, but you're not ready. I don't want you to die for nothing, you're young and you've got your life ahead of you. Don't make stupid decisions. You'd better go, please, you're wasting your time here.
(The teacher closes the wooden door of the temple. Then sora with nerves starts banging on the door shouting)
SORA
I'm not leaving here! I won't leave until I'm demon hunter! Do you hear~! I WON'T GIVE UP, I WON'T BACK DOWN! I WON'T DO YOU THE FAVOR OF LEAVING! YOU HEAR ME! YOU HEAR ME~!
(Then he sits down on the steps of the temple and waits. Evening has come, and the master enters the temple. Sora looks at him, so the Teacher Stops, looks at him and says with a serious look)
OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE TO-NIGHT
TEACHER
You don't have the skills other people have to keep going. You have to understand, you're wasting your time here. Go away and don't make me kick you. Obey me, boy, it's for your own good.
(The master enters the temple, closing the door behind him. Sora does not leave but remains seated on the steps and looks at the stars. So before he falls asleep he says)
SORA
I'll manage. Mother, father, I'll manage. I'll make you proud. I'll be like Dad, I promise. Nothing will stop me from fulfilling my dreams.
(So sora sleeps on the steps of the temple in the cold. The next morning sora wakes up from the sunbeams, yawns and stretches his body. Then he looks surprised at a blanket over him, wondering)
OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE-DAY
SORA
Where did this come from? Who left this weird thing here that somehow warms you up?
(Then he sees a girl with long beautiful brown hair and brown eyes while wearing a black uniform coming towards him with a basket in her hands. Sora gets up and thinks)
SORA
This thing belongs to this girl. I guess.
(When the girl got close to sora she says with a sweet smile)
SHU
Good morning.
(Sora is left looking at shu surprised, Sora says shyly as he gives the blanket to the girl)
SORA
Goo-Good Morning, this probably belongs to you. Th-Thank you very much.
SHU
No, you can keep it, you need it more than I do, yeah?.
(And she smiles again as she has her eyes closed, sora feels a discomfort in his heart and thinks)
SORA
What a beautiful girl. She is so sweet and good, she looks like a rose just now blooming.
(The girl sits down beside sora, then gives him the basket she holds in her hands. As she spreads her hands to give the basket of food to sora she says a little shy and with a red face while not omitted and the hidden smile she has on her lips)
SHU
I brought you something to eat. I thought you might be hungry.
(Sora opens the basket while simultaneously saying)
SORA
Really! thank you very much!
(When he sees the delicious foods he is impressed, as their smell "breaks" his nose. Then he says with a smile on his lips and impressed)
SORA
WOW! They look delicious! You'll make a very good bride in the future.
(Shu blushes more and says to sora)
SHU
You think?
(Sora looks at shu and with a smile says)
SORA
Of course! Lucky man you'll marry, hehe.
(Shu blushes more and tells sora sharply)
SHU
Anyway, don't thank me go ahead and try. I hope they're delicious.
(Sora rushes to the food saying with a smile again on his lips and from his mouth drooling)
SORA
BON APPETIT!
(When she tries a bite of the first food she says excited)
SORA
WOW! Delicious! It's delicious, it's fantastic!
(And continues eating while shu says with a smile)
SHU
Ah, thank God. I'm proud of myself for making it, hehe.
(While sora is eating, the teacher opens the door and sees sora eating. Sora looks at him with the food in his mouth. So the teacher again answers sora)
TEACHER
You're wasting your time, kid. You'll never be a demon hunter! Go away for your own good, and don't make me send you away!
(Then she leaves and sora continues to sit on the steps of the temple, shu asks)
SHU
Why are you here? Don't you have a home to live in?
(Sora answers her in a serious tone)
SORA
I have a home just, just a promise you make it's not good to break it, don't you think?
(Shu looks at sora and says in turn)
SHU
Yes, but what is this promise you made, must be very important to you?
(Sora smiles and tells shu with pride in his look)
SORA
I want to be demon hunter. I want to save people and live free, isn't it wonderful?!
(Shu cutting an Apple to eat again asks)
SHU
Sounds fantastically wonderful. But, aren't you afraid of the demons that circulate in the forest?
(Sora gets up from his seat and kicks and punches in the air says)
SORA
Uh-huh. They should be afraid of me. I'm going to be so strong that I'm going to beat them all, I'm going to be invincible hahahahahahaha.
(Shu as she cleans the Apple says again to sora filled with Wonder)
SHU
I see, and how many days have you been here outside the temple?
(Sora starts counting with his fingers saying)
SORA
One, two, three, four, not six ... Hahee enough, I lost count.
(Meanwhile a man calls shu telling her)
MAN
Shu, come on. SHU WHERE ARE YOU? COME ON, BREAK'S OVER!
(Shu gets up hastily saying with a sweet smile to sora)
SHU
I'm sorry, but I have to go. I'll see you around, sora.
(Sora gets upset and asks the girl)
SORA
WAIT, WAIT! YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOUR NAME!
(Shu who is a few meters away cries to him with a smile on her lips)
SHU
MY NAME IS! SHU!
(When sora said her name while a strong wind blows his hair for a few seconds, then cherry blossoms begin to fall from the cherry trees. Sora with a smile says as she greets shu)
SHU
I'LL REMEMBER IT, I PROMISE!
(Shu walks away as she says with a smile on her lips)
SHU
I'M GLAD OF THAT! GOODBYE, SORA~!
(In the end sora says to shu)
SORA
SHU~. I'LL MEET YOU AGAIN, I'LL TRY TO MEET YOU AGAIN!
(Shu greets sora without saying anything, only stretches out her hand and greets sora. At the end she turns her head and says to herself)
SHU
And I want to meet you again, sora.
(Sora reason of his power listens to her. Shu's words reach sora's ear with the air, and she blushes a little. After shu has left sora sits on the steps of the temple and with a smile looks at the blue sky as the wind travels the cherry blossoms of the trees. After a few more days the teacher appears, opens the door of the temple and stands in front of sora, sora looks at him and says with an ironic look)
SORA
What do you want now? I know, I know, you're gonna kill me if I don't get out of here and shit like that.
(At the same time he shakes his hand ironically, then continues)
SORA
Isn't that what you want to tell me? But I don't care at all, so you'd better make up your mind and accept me. I'm not going to back an inch in the decisions I make. What I want is to prove to you that I want it more than any pathetic worm you train in there.
(And at the word "train" he shakes his fingers ironically)
SORA
I want to save and protect. I want to inspire people and wake up. I want, I want…
(Then the teacher interrupts him by telling him with a serious look)
TEACHER
You want to find yourself in this dark maze. You want to find the meaning of life and teach it everywhere. You're looking to find out where you're going and where you're going to end up. You seek the beginning, the middle and the end.
(Sora is surprised and looks at the teacher. The teacher says to himself)
TEACHER
It's like I've heard those words before. They are so familiar to my mind.
(The teacher remembers the first day in the temple)
THE FLASHBACK BEGINS:
OUTSIDE, IN THE COURTYARD OF THE TEMPLE-DAY
(He remembers the day when he was a child and was in the temple yard. There he sees from afar a child different from the rest. He is a child with black long hair and one of his two eyes is colored green while the other is colored brown. He's serious and he doesn't react, all he does is sit in a corner. The teacher in childhood approaches him and gives him his hand. The child looks at him, smiles and with the help of the teacher gets up from the ground. The teacher turns from the flashback and with his eyes closed says)
RETURN FROM THE FLASHBACK OF THE PAST:
TEACHER
Mmm, now I see clearly. It's that kid. He is identical with that memorable invincible legend. Unfortunately, I know your end by now, kid, but no one dies without living first.
(So the teacher takes a long breath saying)
TEACHER
Sora, your faith taught me that everything is not measured by how capable a warrior you are. But with how much you believe there's hope, hope to keep fighting like a legend. For this reason…
(Sora gets up and with a big smile says)
SORA
This means that…
(The teacher smiles and shakes his head affirmatively saying his)
TEACHER
Don't let me down, little demon hunter, son of a legend.
(Sora walks inside the temple and the teacher closes the door.)
RETURN FROM FLASHBACK:
(When he opens his eyes, sora sees natsuki in front of him. natsuki begins to perform fast movements with her claws and also with her tails. Sora quickly repels her attacks and retaliates. At some point, sora takes her hand and with bowed head looking at the ground says)
SORA
I won't die, not today!
(Then with a sharp movement breaks her arm, then gives her a round kick sending her high into the sky. Sora without losing a moment is launched and this a little higher than natsuki and hits her with his fist from where the Green Breeze comes out. Natsuki falls on the houses and breaks down all the walls. After a while she starts laughing evil, gets up and fumes start coming out of her broken arm. Then he answers sora)
NATSUKI
You can't beat me. No matter how hard you try, I'll heal without stopping.
(And with these words natsuki again attacks sora. Sora with surprise again takes an attitude of attack and clenches his teeth from anxiety. Natsuki performs attacks with both her tails and with her claws. Sora, making a clang and moaning, repels her attacks, but natsuki is faster and sora starts losing the battle again. Natsuki nails sora with her tails and sends him over walls of houses. Sora falls over breaking the walls resulting in even more scratches and bruises on his body and face. Sora cannot repel all her attacks. So in the end natsuki with a demon look and with a kick beats sora. Sora sees that natsuki goes to kick him and puts his hands in a self-defense position in front of his face, with the force of her kick but sends sora with force against a wall. Sora falls to the ground, weak now with very little strength tries to get up but in vain. Natsuki walks towards him saying)
NATSUKI
You're a very good warrior, I have to give you that, hahahahahahahahaha.
(And after he has got very close to sora and stands tapping on his Broken Axe. In sora's mind come many images of the past, especially the last words of shu)
THE FLASHBACK BEGINS:
OUTDOORS, IN THE FOREST-THE SUN RISES
SORA
SHU~!
(Sora yells, while at the same time the demon who killed shu has disappeared. Sora then approaches shu, kneels beside her and tells her with tears in her eyes knowing that she will die)
SORA
Shu, shu! Don't close your eyes! Look, look, the sun is rising! Another day passed! Another ... one, one day ... passed.
(Shu stretches out her two hands towards sora giving him her two little axes and telling him in a low voice)
SHU
Do the best you can. For me, for your mother, for all the people waiting for you to meet them. For our village, sora.
(Sora from his nerves grabs the two axes of shu and throws them saying with nerves)
SORA
Shut up! I don't want it! I don't need those blades! I ONLY WANT YOU, SHU!
(Shu stretches out her hand stroking sora's face, meanwhile sora with tears in his eyes forcefully presses the point where shu draws blood telling her)
SHU
Let me die without difficulty, please very sora.
SORA
No! No, don't say that! You're gonna be okay, I promised you! I'll cure you, just be patient! I promised to protect you forever! Don't leave me alone... don't leave me alone, I'm afraid... I'm afraid of the dark.
(As he says all this sora cries at the same time, but shu with both her hands and with a smile on her lips catches his head and kisses him on the mouth. Sora is left with his eyes open, then leaves him and tells him with a sweet smile while wiping the tears that are in his eyes and cheeks)
SHU
Sora, you will never be alone. All I want from you is for him not to forget me, not to forget the promise we made. That's all I ask, that's my last wish. Fulfill it.
(Sora with open eyes remembers their promise.
THE FLASHBACK BEGINS WITHIN THE PAST:
(Sora and shu holding on by the little finger of their hands both saying at the same time with a smile on their lips while both are in an abandoned house and behind them there is futon (布団) to make love)
INSIDE THE ABANDONED HOUSE TO-NIGHT
SHU, SORA
I swear that no matter what happens, we will protect any man who needs our help and our love. We swear together to our own honor that we carry as demon hunters.
RETURN FROM FLASHBACK WITHIN THE PAST:
(When sora comes back from the flashback all he sees is shu's hand falling to the ground. Sora catches it and with tears in his eyes says)
SORA
I'll never forget you shu, don't be silly. Never. Never, I swear. I swear, take my heart. Damn it!
(Then he rises from the ground, and a gentle breeze winds his clothes and green hair. Then he looks at the sunset and tightens the handles of his two axes. Then he says:)
SORA
Earth sensation.
(But sora doesn't feel anything and can't spot the demon, then again says screaming)
SORA
Heart sound! Red eye!
(And the sound from the demon's heart travels to sora's ear, while simultaneously with the red eye the pupil of his eye changes color, from a black color that has turned to a red color while at the same time he becomes color blind and can see only the red color. Sora sees the demon jumping from branch to branch through the forest, for this he could not locate him with the Earth sensation movement. Then he steps on the ground and with speed approaches the demon. When he gets too close to him, the demon turns his head and faces sora with horror on his face. Sora cries, while in anger and rage he brings his right hand to the left side and his left hand to the right side. The Demon only had time to see the two little axes coming at him. Sora then bringing with incredible speed his right hand to the right and his left hand to the left cuts off the demon's head and lands with an impressive stop on the ground. The demon's head falls down to the ground, and the sound is heard. Blood fills the ground while on sora's face has a few drops of blood. Sora then rises from the ground and with a quick movement of his two small axes drives away all the blood they have on their blades, then turning them quickly puts them back in the black sheath he has back on his back. The Blades of the axes are heard locking in its sheath. The sun has risen and sora prays with clasped hands and kneeling in front of a stone, then gets up and starts walking away while leaves of yellow, red and brown color are taken away by the strong wind)
RETURN FROM THE FLASHBACK OF THE PAST:
(When sora comes back from the flashback he gets up shouting at natsuki)
SORA
I WON'T DIE! NOT TODAY, NOT NOW! I'LL DIE WHEN I GET MY REVENGE! WHEN I DESTROY YOU ALL! WE ALL CARRY AN UNHAPPY STORY AND MINE IS ONE OF THE WORST! BUT THAT'S HOW I LEARNED TO LIVE BY FIGHTING, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR ANOTHER DAY! I WILL FIGHT YOU WITH THE RISING SUN! LOOK AT ME SHU! WATCH ME KEEP OUR PROMISE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
(As he says all this at once the green aura turns into a green flame and goes out of his eyes. This movement is a compound of the technique of fire along with the movement called the wrath of the warrior. Natsuki scared says)
NATSUKI
You'll die like the rest of the thousand hunters! USELESS WORM!
(Sora then directly interrupts natsuki by saying)
SORA
No, I'm not going to die.
(Natsuki gets scared and nervous more)
SORA
I WON'T DIE! I WILL NOT DIE BECAUSE I MADE A PROMISE AND I WILL KEEP IT! I'LL BRING HER IN BY THE END! HEAR ME! UNTIL THE END! AND COMPANIONSHIP WILL HOLD ME PRICELESS TREASURES THAT AT EVERY STEP WILL REMIND ME THAT LIFE IS A WAR! LIFE IS EXPERIENCES. LIFE IS DREAMS WAITING TO BE FULFILLED!
(Natsuki then tells sora to change his point of view)
NATSUKI
Even so it is all so beautiful and rosy. In the end you will die!
SORA
It's not about surviving, it's about changing the world and regenerating the sun. To shine the sun once more through the years! But enough words, it's time to act.
(With a step that leaves behind a green fire attacks screaming)
SORA
TIME TO DIE! I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT AWAY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
(Natsuki with horror in her eyes looks at sora coming towards her. Sora starts performing amazing attacks with his fists and natsuki as he repels her and retaliates she thinks)
NATSUKI
He's determined! He really wants to kill me.
(A fiendish smile fills her lips and she continues to battle sora)
NATSUKI
But you forget one thing, my little hunter. Nobody's ever killed me. What makes you think you can make it?!
The demon strikes sora and sends him up against a wall of a house. The wall breaks and sora goes through the house, the demon thinks sora will give up but she's wrong. Sora brings his right foot forward and his left foot brings it back, and as he takes the green fire out of his eyes he says before rushing at the demon)
SORA
NOW OR NEVER! EARTH SENSATION! WRATH OF THE WARRIOR! HEART SOUND! BROKEN FINGER! BALANCE BREATH! BEAST SOUND! RED EYE! PERFECT HARMONY! Ahhh!
(At the same time as he says it all he does. In "earth sensation "he presses the ground with force," wrath of the warrior" takes out of his eyes the green aura but it quickly turns into a green fire. In" heart sound " the sound from natsuki's heart travels to sora's ear. "Broken finger" with his thumb breaks the index finger of his left hand. "Balance breath" takes one breath with its teeth joined and the air passes up, down, left or right of the buildings and obstacles it finds from the entire area and enters sora's lungs. Then in his mind the area of black and white is formed, then he exhales and the air comes out of his mouth like a mist. "Beast sound" starts roaring. Finally the "red eye" the pupil of the eye changes color in both eyes, from a light green color that has turned to a red color while simultaneously suffering color blindness and can see only the red color of natsuki's heart. With these words sora takes a step and breaks the barrier of sound as behind him breaks the ground. Natsuki sees him in front of her and begins to repel his attacks. Sora is so fast, and natsuki in fear tries to defend himself and at the same time thinks)
NATSUKI
It's ... it is. He's remarkably quick. What made him a monster? What? Where did he get the power? Where?!
(As they perform on each other fanatical attacks and repulses sora finds the opportunity and punches her fist in the chest screaming with hate)
SORA
Die! YOUR HEAD IS MY PROPERTY! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
(Natsuki rushes back and pierces some walls of the houses. Without losing a minute, sora again attacks and forcefully punches her head. Natsuki's head comes unstuck from its place and hurls itself into the sky. Blood starts pouring from natsuki's neck, and then her head falls to the ground. After a few seconds her body also falls. Sora falls to his knees looking at the sky with a smile on his lips and a tear rolling from his eye)
SORA
I did it. I did it, shu.
(Natsuki OMOs before evaporating starts and laughs satanically, sora looks at her saying)
SORA
What's the matter, demon? Why are you laughing, Don't you see that the sun is rising? Your end has come.
(Natsuki responds with a satanic smile to sora)
NATSUKI
I confess I'm a little nervous. I wonder where I'm going now that I'm dying? What is there besides death? I'm scared. I'm really scared. What is death? Is there anything or someone up there that can accommodate me? Is there a higher power to embrace me and tear away from me behind my back all those sad and sad memories I have lived through? Can he redeem me and give me one last smile of the most precious treasure I ever had? I shall soon find out; I wish to be born again from my ashes. All this makes me nervous and sad. But, it makes me feel better that wherever I go I'll take you with me, hunter. Look for yourself.
(Sora looks down at his belly and sees natsuki's hand pass through him. Her hand goes through sora and comes out the other way. Blood starts coming out of sora's belly while natsuki's head pulls out small legs and moves away)
NATSUKI
See you again, little hunter, soon. Nothing's over yet, lol.
(Then in a low voice says natsuki and sora does not hear her)
NATSUKI
Rebirth of death.
(Sora falls to the ground, blood flows around him and fills the streets. Then the old woman who has been watching the impressive battle for some time approaches sora. Sora with half-open eyes says watching the old woman blurry)
SORA
Who are you?
(Then he faints, so the old woman catches him by the arms and drags him. Meanwhile, yūto and aiko head to the city center following the Bloods. They run to that place and the blood goes away. Yūto tells aiko looking around him)
OUTDOORS, INSIDE THE CITY-NIGHT
YŪTO
The blood stops here.
(Aiko however approaching a narrow dark alley, calls out yūto)
AIKO
Yūto!
(Yūto approaches while aiko completes her sentence)
OUTSIDE, INSIDE THE DARK NARROW ALLEY-NIGHT
AIKO
Look in here.
(Everywhere there are corpses and blood on the walls and on the ground. Then laughter is heard from a female demon. With fear yūto and aiko look on the roof of a house and see a female demon with white eyes and black hair, as the White of her eye is colored red, the horns on her head are colored black. She wears a black yukata with beautiful red accents. Yūto stretching out his left hand in front of aiko to protect her shouts)
YŪTO
Who are you?
(The female demon with a light evil laugh descends from the tiles with a jump and lands on the ground, then opens her black with red fan and puts it in front of her mouth hiding it)
YUI
Ara, ara, excuse me heheehehee. How rude, let me introduce myself, My Pretty Little Children.
(He makes an elegant bow to the children. After the bow she does not lift her body, except her head, saying with a shrewd cunning look)
YUI
My name is yui, the missing princess.
(Yūto has stayed with his hand in front of aiko protecting her and clenches his teeth. Aiko pulls out the two tantōs she has back in her belt area)
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