Once, when many planets intermingled and
the boundary between man and god was vague...
This is a tale of a particular family, a tale of love and rebirth.
Kyousougiga
Kurama, what's going on?
If nothing happens, what will become of Koto?
What's happening?!
A virus?
Look!
It's Mom! It's Mom!
Sis!
Mom's Back, and oh, Dad's Back, Too
Chapter 19: The Present (13) / Reunion
Mom?
Koto?
Mom?
Koto?
Mom!
Mom! It's me, Koto!
I've been looking for you this whole time!
I came to get you!
You're really Koto,
aren't you?
I missed you, Mom!
Me, too, Koto!
Yeah!
All right!
There's so much I want to ask you right away...
But for now, let's go home!
Everybody's waiting.
Koto!
You've gotten so pretty, Princess.
And you look much older, Kurama.
And you are as beautiful as ever, Koto.
Thank you.
I thought I was going to die!
I was sure I was going to die!
Poor thing.
Look at how you've grown!
Can you sleep in your own bed now, Myoue?
Shut up.
And look at all the children you have!
I do not!
I'm kidding.
Koto...
Mom...
I'm sorry.
Your siblings made things really hard for you, didn't they?
Will you forgive them?
Yeah.
I'm really glad I met you, Mom.
Me, too.
Welcome home!
I'm home.
Kyousougiga
Chapter 20: The Present (14) / Return
Oh, my! Oh, my!
This place has really changed!
It's Koto-sama!
Koto-sama!
What an honor...
The Council of Three, too.
You know...
We really stand out.
You all worked together
to protect the Looking Glass City, just like you promised!
I'm so proud of you three!
Hey, Mom, let's go to the mountains!
I'll throw a tea party for you!
So you're in charge of the mountains, huh?
Yup!
And Myoue's in charge of slacking off.
I am not.
Then what are you in charge of?
Babysitting is enough work.
Hey, are you...
...talking about us?
That's so mean.
Who else would I be talking about?
You actually like us, don't you?
If we weren't here, you'd cry!
What a wimp!
Shut up, you idiots!
So were things like this your idea, Kurama?
You're always so smart!
I want to see more!
So pretty!
What is this?
A monitor.
A monitor?
Does the color change if you press this?
You shouldn't touch it too much.
I shouldn't?
It's not a tool that changes colors.
So that's the mother of the Council of Three?
Did she leave before you got here?
Yes, I believe so.
And she's my mom, too!
You look nothing alike.
Yes, we do!
We totally do!
Mother.
I think that's enough.
Huh?
What happened, all of a sudden?
You're alike, after all!
What are you doing?
I'm sorry!
We can skip my place.
Oh, come on.
I don't have anything to show you.
I want to see it!
It's so clean!
You like cooking, don't you?
Not really.
You're such a hardworking boy!
This is A, Un's and my room!
I told you to clean it up before we left!
Right!
Right. Right.
Drink up!
Thank you.
It's so good.
Isn't it?
It's just like the tea I used to drink with you!
That's right.
I remember this.
I can't believe you saved it.
It's an important memory of my time with you.
I couldn't get rid of it.
I'm so glad you're back.
Yase...
I'm sorry I disappeared so suddenly.
It's okay...
It's all okay now, Koto.
That was so fun.
Well, I'm going to head back now, okay?
Huh?
Why?
No!
Why?
You're finally back!
I got to see that everybody's doing well.
That's enough.
And...
I promised that when we came back, we'd be together.
Since I came without him, he'll be mad.
Dad'll come back on his own eventually!
Yase...
Head back... but how?
I don't want you to!
I'm not doing that again, okay?
How did you get here, anyway?
Trade secret!
You can't even get back.
Ow!
Koto.
No!
Kyousougiga
Chapter 21: The Present (15) / Koto
Mom!
Koto.
I'm sorry for making you go through all this.
No, it's okay.
You've grown up, Koto.
It really has been a long time.
The last time we met was when you were a little girl.
I saw you when I was a baby?
You sure did!
You were this tiny.
And we went to that place, too.
Oh!
I had no idea.
Your dad didn't tell you anything?
He didn't want to say anything.
It was more like...
"You know already! I don't have to tell you!"
That's what it felt like he was saying.
That sounds just like him.
He's always been like that.
I don't really get it.
Your hair's nice and straight, just like your dad's.
Is it?
It is.
Is it?
It is.
And the color my eyes?
Yes, they're the same.
And yours, too!
That's right.
Now, now.
Are you really going back there, Mom?
I can tell!
That's a holy place for the Shrine, isn't it?
What were you doing there?
Koto...
Sensei and the people at the Shrine won't tell me anything.
But I want to know!
About myself, about Dad, about you...
When I first saw you, I thought you were the priest.
I thought you'd come to get me, just like you'd promised.
I thought that it'd taken a long, long time,
but you'd finally come to fulfill your promise.
But it's not that easy, is it?
Koto, can you save that poor person, trapped by their dreams?
The hole the little sister tore open has already closed.
And with the catalyst in this shape...
Is something wrong?
Something... is bothering me.
How could she be so sure she was going to return?
Well, I'm going to head back now, okay?
How?
What happened?
You're not staying there tonight?
Yeah.
What?
This is my first time seeing this room.
There's nothing in it, is there?
Your girlfriend never comes here.
She's not my girlfriend.
She's too good for me.
You always say that.
"For me," "for me."
Don't you get tired of saying those things?
What's with you?
Nothing.
You're lucky.
To have a past you can get gloomy about.
I'm jealous.
You have one, too, don't you?
I don't.
I don't...
All I have is the future.
I keep telling myself I have to go forward...
without knowing anything at all.
Hey.
What's gotten into you?
Hey.
I won't know if you don't say anything.
Everybody... everybody keeps asking me to do things!
Why?
Koto...
There are lots of things I want to ask!
Things I want your help with!
But nobody tells me anything!
Hey!
Calm down, Koto!
I can't take it anymore!
I've got my own problems!
It's because you're special.
It can't be helped, Koto.
Sensei?
Well, you'll just have to get used to it.
Sensei...
Sensei!
You're crying again, wimp?
You're such a kid, shrimp.
It's been a long time since I've seen your tears.
Sensei!
And the cats!
What are you doing here?
This is the Looking Glass City!
Yes.
I know that.
What was that?
Are you the Priest?
It's been a long time, Yakushimaru.
No, now you're...
Priest Myoue, aren't you?
How did you get here, Sensei?
You guys were getting out of hand.
You idiots were having a party.
And it's made a mess for us.
I can't believe what you did, you little tomboy.
The rest of that dream...
Why now?
There can only be one reason.
It wasn't me!
What the Shrine feared, and tried to isolate, was...
What do you mean?
How did you get here, Koto?
How?
I made an entrance!
There wasn't one, so I forced my way in with Aratama.
You do it, too, with your sword, right?
From the look on your face, there's no doubt, then.
Jeez... Nothing has changed.
Dad's the one who brings all the problems.
And our lovely little sister, too, I suppose.
I found Mom!
Aren't you glad, Sensei?
Kyousougiga
The Looking Glass City is going to be destroyed?
That's big trouble!
This is no joke, is it?
Are we going to be okay?
But the Chief Priest is here,
so it'll all work out, right?
This is all... my fault?
A Story of a Fight Between Here and There
Next time: "A Story of a Fight Between Here and There."
Hey! You didn't tell me about this, Sensei!
What do we do now?