Impossible...
How...? How...?!
Tamahome... Tamahome...
You are me. Please, never forget that.
I am you. You're the one love in my life.
On the nights when the north wind blows so coldly...
...it makes my heart ache.
But the great and brilliant universe...
...can't give me a star like this.
I love you so much now, it's so sweet...
...that it hurts so much and moves me to tears.
When I pray "I want you to live for your sake!"...
...my heart grows stronger.
The star's shining bright and it's awakening...
...so I can move beyond tears.
If I can make at least one person happy...
It shines as if to protect everything.
That star of love.
You...!
Jeez...
Whew, boy did I sleep well! You hungry, Tama? Tama?
Hey, Tama, ol' pal! What's wrong?
C'mon, reflect me.
I'm here! Reflect me! You're a mirror, right?!
C'mon! C'mon!
Tama...
Don't tell them! Not anyone!
Not even Miaka! Please don't tell anyone about this!
Please, Tasuki...
Tama...
Tasuki! Tamahome!
This is major, you know?! Come quick!
Hey, what's that?
Ahead of us! It's an island!
What, HERE?!
I'm getting no reading on radar!
- Left full rudder! All back, full! - We'll never make it!
What's that light...?
Two days ago, Suzaku Seikun appeared...
Tamahome... Awaken from your slumber.
Now, give me your strength.
Tenkou's power is greater than I thought.
The shadow replacing you will not last against him any longer.
I thought you and Taka...
... could be merged if the stones were gathered...
... but now you yourself must be with Miaka.
I... It looks like I was sleeping all this time...
...protected by Suzaku's holy power.
He said it was to keep someone named Tenkou from sensing me.
If Suzaku had anticipated Tenkou's appearance, then...
It's entirely possible.
I understand what you're saying, but this still feels like...!
Chichiri?
A replacement? A shadow?
What's that mean?
We prayed to Suzaku so I could be reborn...
We prayed, and then...
Then he did THIS?!
Taka! TAKA!
Miaka!
You... You believe me, right?
No, you know it's me!
I- I... I...!
I...!!!
Miaka!
Whew! Gorgeous day out!
Yeah...
Major trouble in the book, though.
Yeah.
It's not like she can choose between them.
Yeah.
Taka is Taka and Tamahome's Tamahome.
Except they're both one guy, aren't they?
I'd better return this to you.
That's... The ring from our wedding!
Thank heaven! I looked everywhere for that thing!
I'm going back... To the other world.
There's no reason to look for the stones anymore.
Take care of Miaka.
Thanks.
For keeping Miaka company while I wasn't there.
Thank you. I mean it.
Sure... No problem.
Tama!
Where the hell are you goin' at a time like this?
Where? I'm going home.
Even though we haven't taken care of Tenkou yet?!
The real Celestial Warrior's shown up now.
Hmm... So you're running.
You can't compete with the original...
...so you're giving up on Miaka and going home.
Is that the sort of guy Taka Sukunami is?
Nuriko...
What?!
Thank you. But this is hurting Miaka now.
If I stay, she'll be torn between the two of us.
Tasuki, you saw it. I don't cast a reflection in the mirror.
Because I'm just a shadow...
It's for the best. Miaka and Tamahome are together again.
Now Suzaku's holy power can be reawakened.
You think so?! You really believe that?!
I was... I'm so sure you're Tamahome!
I'm not him.
I don't get a character mark on me like he does.
I don't have his power.
I could never protect Miaka as well as him.
Look. Suzaku's telling me to go, too.
Weren't you the one who allowed me to embrace Boushin?!
That's right! And didn't you stand up to pain...
...strong enough to resist my power to hold you down?!
And the one...
The one who risked his life to save Hikou and me... was you!
Don't do this! Powers and shadows... None of that matters!
Chiriko... Forgive me.
I still don't remember how you died in battle.
Tamahome...
To the very end, you believed in me!
You actually cried for me, dammit!
Didn't you say your feelings for Miaka...
...would never change, no matter what?!
Do you... Do you really want to just disappear?
Don't go...
DON'T GO!!!
Thank you, all of you. Take care.
TAMA!!!
Farewell...
TAKA!!!
My room. Heh, that's awfully kind of you, Suzaku.
Taka, you in there?
Keisuke?!
I'm coming in.
Keisuke, what are you...?
That scroll told us what was happening...
...in the other world, like the book did.
Tetsuya and Yui worked hard to decipher it, so...
So that's the reason I know why YOU CAME BACK HERE!
K- Keisuke?!
Wondering why I just punched you?!
"I'm the one who's hurt here," is that it?!
Right! Because you were the man among men...
...who stepped BACK for Miaka's sake!
If you give up, then Miaka and the others will be happy!
You love her so much you don't want to tie her down.
You think that's so goddamn cool...?!
You son of a bitch... You son of a bitch...!
I thought I could believe in you.
No, I did believe in you! You all showed me...
That love... That the power of love was everything!
You let me believe in something only little kids do.
It really hurts me, since I can't do anything myself.
Maybe this sounds strange, but...
But I thought you could really pull it off.
Even if your opponent was the real Tamahome.
Taka! Taka!
Taka...
Someone's gonna have to tell her.
I'll tell her.
I appreciate it.
It's time... that I told her everything.
Convenient.
I don't have to see how pathetic I look.
Hi.
You fool. You actually went home by yourself.
Can't break loose...!
Don't hate me so much. I'm you, remember?
Don't you get it? The life force and power you had before.
You could say I'm made from all the things that you lost.
Oh, now he gets it!
How'd you think the light of Suzaku was produced...
...so conveniently for you and without a medium?
It was because Lord Tenkou pitied you and gave you the power.
Tenkou... That time, with the stones...!
All the stones are now inside me!
That's what makes you the fake!
You DIRTY...!!!
It's too late for that. I'm the real thing now.
Miaka's never coming back. She's mine now.
- So long, Taka. - No, wait!
WAIT!!!
Miaka... Guys...
It's still early!
Hey, kid, you all right?
It's always the young guys who can't hold their booze.
That can be a pain in the ass, huh?
Forget it, he's gone.
Great... Where'd he go?!
Isn't there some way we can tell the others?
I think the only one who could would be Taka.
I think it'll be all right.
Shut up, Mr. Idiot Big Brother!
Lay off! I told you, that was anger born from love.
- Anger born from love, huh? - Don't you start now, Yui!
So, what makes you think it'll be all right?
Because now it should be clear what has to be done.
For Taka, at least.
What are you trying to say?
Miaka!
Tetsuya, the school!
- What? - Take us to my school!
Uh, sure!
I told both Nuriko and Tasuki.
That no matter what happens, I'll still love you.
No matter what...
But that's nothing a guy who's disappeared can say.
You see? I think it was hard on him, too...
...but you have to understand.
Now that he knows he's just a shadow...
I'm sorry. I didn't stop him. I couldn't stop him.
To care for people...
You're a kind person, and I know it'll be hard...
...but please forget about him!
I'm the one who loves you.
To love people...
That's right, this is Tamahome.
The one I loved in the book.
To make people happy...
Tasuki and Chichiri are still with us.
And Nuriko and the others will be reborn now.
I promised to make you...
...the happiest bride in the world, didn't I?
Tamahome...
Wo Ai Ni...
I have to stay!
Miaka?
I...
I... That boy...
It took me a month to call him Taka and not Tamahome.
I knew he was a little different from you, but...
Stop it. He doesn't matter now.
He always SMILED!
That big, wide smile he always wore...
And he only had eyes for me!
Miaka!
What can he do for you?! Miaka, I'm right here!
Look at me!
Miaka!
You're not right! You're Tamahome, but you're not!
What?!
I don't understand!
Miaka!
But the one I'm drawn to now is HIM!
I have to go back! He's calling me!
Taka is calling me!
TAKA!!!
Miaka, come to me.
Taka!
TAKA!!!
Miaka...
Taka...
Suzaku's power. The power of love.
You see that, Tetsuya?
Those two by themselves can cross dimensions without any medium.
HEY! PAY ATTENTION WHEN I'M TALKING!
You sure about this, Miaka? Even though I have no powers?
I was called. I heard you calling me, Taka.
That's why... That's why I came back!
Miaka...!
You're all that I see now.
I want us to be one. I want you and I to be one, now.
Feel me. Make me every part of you.
You're me and I'm you.
The two of us will return to being one.
Not just in body, but in everything.
It's our souls that want to be together.
Those feelings flow from so deep inside of us.
So deep, so warm... Without limit...
We'll never be apart again.
It was confirmed today by an MSDF scout plane...
... that the small, unidentified island that appeared in the Pacific...
... is approaching at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
On its present course...
... it will appear in Tokyo Bay at 11:00 tomorrow morning.
It's almost here.
Maybe we should warn them of the danger.
You mean that Tenkou's coming?
Yeah. They might not believe us, but...
If they did believe us, it'd cause a panic!
Tetsuya, Tamahome's doing something in the book.
Tama, where's Miaka?
She went back... She left me.
She what?!
Apparently...
...she went back to him.
The gems, scattered so that he could be reborn...
The trembling of your hearts as you searched for them...
I enjoyed it all.
Don't give us that!
Tasuki, no!
You care too much for your friend to ever kill Tamahome.
Even if you do see his true form as Yousui...
...all of the Jewels of Memory are inside him.
Mitsukake and Chiriko. Your gems, as well.
You want to settle things right now?
All of you... will die.
If that's acceptable to you, then try and beat him.
What do we do, Tasuki?
Don't ask questions you know the answers to.
My life already belongs to them.
Miaka?
Mm? What?
What do you most want to do now?
What do I want to do?
Stargaze. I want to go look at the stars with you.
The stars, huh?
You can see lots out in my hometown.
Once this is all over, we'll go and see them.
Sure.
Let's go!
Please... Give me the power to protect him...
... and all the people I love!
All right, you guys wait, got it?
First of all, we can hit that thing from the sea with this.
Well, we're going. You two take care.
Yui... Thank you.
What are you talking about?
Yui... Are you happy now?
Yeah.
Yui! Gotta go!
Coming! See you!
Be happy with Tetsuya, Yui...
Now then...
We may never come back here.
Now...
Farewell, world where I grew up. And everyone in it.
Why did they say that...?
Together, no matter where we go.
They're going to...!
Now... Come.
You and I...
Miaka!
I'll never forgive you...
If you two don't come back in one piece...
...I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!!
They're coming. Coming, all for my sake.
Yousui! Or, rather, Tamahome! Go!
Where...?
Miaka!
Try and beat me.
You want to save Miaka, don't you?
Ta... ka...
It's your fault, Miaka.
As much as I love you, you chose him over me!
Why, you...!
Miaka... BELONGS TO ME!
Tasuki!
You sensed it, Chichiri?
Yes. Taka and the priestess are here.
Well? Aren't you going to come join them?
That's awfully nice of you.
We finally get to meet you in person.
I look forward to it.
Well, shall we go pick them up?
With this, our battle will end.
I'm so excited about this!
Don't get careless.
Hey, Chichiri!
How should we announce ourselves as we go in?
Can I open the show?
Leave this to me!
- Nyan-Nyan! - Where the hell've you been?!
You really DO wait for the most dramatic moment, don't you?
Too slow!
Stop it... Stop it!
No way I'm letting you have Miaka!
Now hurry up and disappear!
Why, you...!
What are you so afraid of?
Only kids get crazy from jealousy.
Do you really have so little confidence in YOURSELF?!
There's no way I'm going to lose.
Not to you. And not to me, either!
Damn you... Damn you...!
DAMN YOU!!!
DIE!!!
NO!!!
Fool...
Miaka...
Taka...
Miaka...
Taka... Make me one with you.
I love you...
And... I'll protect you.
Man! Being real really feels different, doesn't it?!
You okay, Nyan-Nyan? Did that hurt you?
No problem!
Miaka!
Taka!
What's going on? I didn't sense this at all...
Nobody could have. Because her chi...
Her life force is completely gone...!
- Miaka! - Hang on!
For love, you've destroyed both of you, Priestess of Suzaku.
In the crimson clothes your own lover's hands dressed you in.
Accompanied by a man's shattered heart...
...you now wed the darkness.
This was so expected it almost bores me, but...
...it is destiny.
Now I see...
This is what you meant by being destroyed!
TENKOU!!!
Chichiri, even I cannot destroy anyone.
Gods merely lead people to the way they are.
After killing the girl he loved...
There's no way he will retain his sanity now.
For ages now, I have awaited this moment...
...in "The Universe of the Four Gods."
In the last thousand years, human desires have grown...
...while the power of love has weakened.
The evil within man is what gives me power...
...and within the world of this scroll, I became a god.
I was worshipped by various people in this world.
Nakago's tribe was one such group.
But for my true ambition of appearing in the "real" world...
...required enormous negative energy.
And that energy had to be directed at me.
You all were the most qualified.
I'm going home now. Back to the other world!
Along with this ancient capital of Hei-jou!
- Is that for real? - What is that thing?!
Miaka Yuki. Taka Sukunami. I thank you both.
Thanks to you, once I smash the gate of Suzaku here, I can leave!
Hold it, dammit!
We have to break this barrier somehow!
Yeah! We can't let him get away with this!
Taka... Taka! Taka!
Wake up, Taka!
Taka, don't worry. You can beat him.
You're so much stronger than you think you are.
You hear them, don't you? All their voices.
They've given us strength. The people who love us...
That's why we can win.
Don't worry! I'm here with you.
To laugh with you and cry with you, I'll always be there.
We live as one.
Damn you...!
Huh? Taka! Taka's life force!
At last, I understand...
Maybe I'm weak. Maybe I'm not special.
But I wanted to live for the sake of another...
I don't need to be a great person anymore.
S- Stay back!
I can believe in myself now.
As long as a single person cares for me...
...I can live my life with pride!
You aren't just a character!
To me, you're someone who can never be replaced.
Don't be afraid.
Everything you are, I'll take into me.
Go home. Back inside of me.
You are me.
Miaka...!
MIAKA!!!
You hear me, Tenkou?
I finally understand. I was "me" from the very beginning.
To meet Miaka and love her... To be loved by her...
...and to absorb Tamahome into me...
...was the reason I was born in this world.
So much time has been wasted because of you!
Tamahome... You refuse the body I granted you?
Is that your wish?
Never forget!
With each step forward a person takes...
...they grow that much stronger!
Indeed, your life force is now enormous.
Such strength cannot be compared to either Taka or even Tamahome.
I sense neither rage nor grief.
However, that's as far as you can go!
Don't forget WE'RE here, too, dumb ass!
Didn't realize we'd broken your barrier, did you?!
It wasn't that tough, either!
We will not allow you to do this!
We won't let you lay a finger on those two ever again!
Damn you... You still don't see that you're merely prey for me?
The four palaces of the heavens, the four corners of the earth...
I summon thee, Suzaku, lord of the south.
- Miaka's voice... - This is...!
I now say these words to thee. Appear on earth...
BOTH of their voices?!
Taka, listen. I never thought I could be this happy.
All our friends, the world, the whole universe...
All of it produced us and let us find each other.
That's why... Why...!
Yeah. I know, Miaka.
I'm so happy I could meet you.
And I'm happy I could meet you.
Now we become eternal.
Thank you, all of you...
Appear to us now from heaven!
My holy power has been returned to me.
Tenkou... It's time that you were destroyed.
Those two... They revived you? With their own lives?!
But I am a god!
You are no god!
Think back to your true form.
You were a man born long ago here in this land of the rising sun.
This is the "The Universe of the Four Gods"...
...from the capital of the T'ang Dynasty!
With the power of the four gods, I could rule the world!
I could become a god!
Though he is a prince, his madness for sorcery...
...has turned him into a monster!
Execute him!
The vengeful ghost of a greed-filled man.
Executed for dark sorcery and erased from history.
You became a god only within your own insane dream.
A dead man who forgot he ever was a man.
We four gods appear now once more!
And we now banish you back to the darkness!
BEGONE!
Blue light...?
It's protecting me...?
So, I guess I bought it back there.
I figured the afterlife would be prettier.
This just looks like Mt. Taikyoku.
It is Mt. Taikyoku!
Oh, Chichiri. You died, too?
We're not dead, you know?
How come you still have your mask on when you're dead?
Well done, all of you!
I'm glad to see you all back here.
AGH! The Lord of Hell!
- Taiitsukun! Are they all right?! - Did they get rid of Tenkou?!
Raise your hands for questions!
ME!!!
Any questions about my face and you'll be sorry.
Nuriko, smack him!
Are Miaka and Taka all right?
Don't worry. Their bodies couldn't take...
...that much power, but their life force on the other hand...
Guys!
Can you hear us?
Miaka! Taka!
To release Suzaku's powers...
...they separated from their bodies in the other world.
You did it! You guys beat the demon!
No, Nuriko. That's not right.
You all gave us the power.
Yeah. You're all always teaching us so much.
Your feelings let us win. Thank you.
The secret of fighting: Know yourself, believe in yourself...
...and overcome yourself. You did all of that.
Tenkou's evil power has vanished from your world.
Celestial Warriors! The spell on you has been broken!
That unfortunate brother and sister...
...and the souls of those turned into monsters will all be saved.
And that just leaves you two.
You currently exist only as spirit bodies.
So you can exist in any dimension.
Any...?
I'm saying, if you want, you can live in this world.
With everyone... I can be with everyone?
Go home, you two.
Yeah. To your world.
Exactly! The world where you're born is the best one!
You've got people waiting there for you, right?
Quite. And Taka, weren't you born in that world to be with Miaka?
And there are other people there you still have to meet.
We'll be reborn into new bodies soon.
Our hearts will always be together!
We'll always remember. Always...
Taka, make Miaka as happy as she can be.
And yourself, too, of course.
Guys... I love you.
And you've all loved me from the bottom of your hearts.
You pushed me from behind with smiles.
As you told me to keep going forward.
That's why I don't need to say goodbye this time, either.
I know we'll meet again...
Miaka! Miaka!
Miaka, are you okay?
Miaka? What's wrong?
I'm... I'm a little scared.
Will you all be there when I open my eyes?
Taka... Will you be there in front of me?
Yeah. I'm right here.
A brand new beginning.
That's what the story's all about.
Paradise is born right here, right now.
Every day, when I awake and you're there at my side...
...I want to give thanks.
By planting many seeds of smiles...
Taka... Now that I think about it, where do you think...
...the last of those seven jewels was hidden?
Well... Now I know it was right next to me all along.
It was you. Miaka...
Taka... Now we can walk on together.
We'll always be together.
Won't we, Tamahome?
Since hearts that meet in love...
...can build a future for themselves...
...the program of destiny can be overcome.
Just by having a person to whom you want...
...to say "Good night!" makes every day irreplaceable.
We do so many enjoyable things.
I just want you here as you.
It's okay to be happy.
Burst open, smile, and shine.
It's okay to be happy.
The sun shines in my heart because you're here with me.
A brand new beginning.
That's what the story's all about.
Paradise is born right here, right now.
Papa! Mama! Look at the sky!
The stars are all looking at us!
Yeah. They're always watching over us... Always.
Mysterious Play-ing Around!
Number 1!
C'mon, reflect me.
I'm here!
C'mon! C'mon!
Tama...
Don't tell them! Not anyone!
Not even Miaka! Please don't tell anyone about this!
Please, Tasuki...
Tama...
Should I throw a farewell party for you?
Number 2!
Papa! Mama! There're so many stars in the sky!
It's like they're all looking at us!
Are you SURE nothing happened that night?!
Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!
Number 3.
Everything began here.
Surely you didn't call me for a recording session just for this.
I believe I don't need to tell you what I'm capable of.
Don't underestimate the power of youth.
And what will you do if it doesn't work?
Then I will be your slave.
Akira! Bring me some tea!
"New Hit List: Araki... Midorikawa..."
And now, these guys... ARE NEXT!
NO WAY!