02x13 - Zero no omoi

[bunniefuu]

There it is!

No!

Even if you sever this thread,
the curse won't be lifted.

-What?
-This curse is Lady Zero's regret.

Unless you settle these regrets,
you cannot save Lady Zero!

Setsuna... save Towa and Lady Zero!

Take this to Towa!

Hurry! Towa is at the end of this thread!

Peering into my memories
without permission...

Unforgivable!

Madam is still connected to your mother
by a thread of fate!

Towa, I, the great demon Zero,
will send you to hell!

"Zero's Wish."

Come at me, Towa!

Try and take me down!

KIRINMARU'S INCARNATION - RIKU

You're in my way, Riku!

Move!

Riku!

No damage?

There's no end to this!

How about this?

Playtime is over!

Stop moving around!

Curses!

Zero, say your prayers!

Perish!

That won't be enough to defeat me.

Towa, did you know?

The one who ordered Homura
to burn down that forest

to send you two sisters
into the pits of despair...

it was me!

What... did you say?

Lady Towa!

You mustn't let her provoke you!

If I wasn't around, Setsuna
would have never forgotten about you.

Why the hell do I have to deliver you to
the Tree of Ages?

Don't refer to me as "you"!

It's Master Jaken!

I'm the one who has to carry you!

Make sure you pay me!

Now's not the time for that!

This is an emergency!

Seriously, what's going on?

At this rate, Rin will be enveloped
by the silver-scale curse and die.

Rin, as in Towa and Setsuna's mom?

How did this happen all of a sudden?

We're here!

Lord Sesshomaru hasn't returned
to the Tree of Ages?

Rin! Are you all right?

What's the meaning of this?

Are you sure you've been in there before?

Yes, I have! Of course I have!

Hey, Tree of Ages. It's me, Jaken.

Let me in like you usually do!

I have a hard time believing you.

I am the great demon, Master Jaken!

I'm not so sure about that.

You're not much taller than I am.

Grr!

You dare make a fool out of Master Jaken?

Height has nothing to do with it!

Damn you, Zero!

That's right. More. More!

Let your flames of rage consume you!

My Lord.

Now then, let's put
the finishing touches on this!

Have a taste of my power as a great demon!

Lady Towa, you mustn't!

If you k*ll Madam
out of blind rage and hatred,

you will be scarred
for the rest of your life!

She will continue to survive
until the very end.

That is the Madam's wish!

The reason why Aunt Zero
despises half-demons so much

is because she regrets
what happened on the day I died.

It all comes from her love for my father
Kirinmaru, her younger brother.

If it is possible to release her
from those feelings, then perhaps...

Do it!

Strike me
with all your hostility and hate!

Lady Towa!

Towa! Stop!

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

A FEUDAL FAIRYTALE -
YASHAHIME: PRINCESS HALF-DEMON

Windmill of Time...

why do you reject me, the strongest demon?

Why am I not chosen by the ages?

BEAST KING -KIRINMARU

The sound of a pinwheel. Could it be?

AKURU

Akuru!

Here I come!

How long are you going to be doing this?

You should just give up already.

Oh! Lord Sesshomaru!

Moroha.

Yeah?

Take this.

What is this? A black pearl?

Inuyasha and Kagome are within it.

What? Mom and Dad?

They're... alive?

I was the one who proposed
that we seal them within the Black Pearl!

If left to their own devices,
Inuyasha and Kagome

would have defeated Kirinmaru
and k*lled Zero!

Zero and Kirinmaru are bad guys!

What's the problem with taking them out?

You fool!

If Zero dies, then Rin will die as well!

Jaken!

I've spoken too much.

Oh, wait for me, Lord Sesshomaru!

Setsuna!

Towa, calm down!

Don't get in my way!

-Move!
-No!

The half-demon sisters are all together.

This is perfect.

I'll eliminate the both of you at once!

If you slay Zero now,
our mother Rin will also die!

I don't care about that anymore!

I'll never forgive Zero!

I've been suffering this whole time.

But you, you forgot all about me
and had a happy life!

Towa, this is my memory
that our mother Rin had sealed away.

A Dream Butterfly!

It'll be okay. Just follow me.

Come on! Hurry up!

Sis!

Setsuna? Setsuna!

Sis!

Are you okay?
I'm sorry I ran off like that.

Look out!

Sis! Sis!

Sis! Sis!

Where did you go, Sis?

Sis.

Setsuna.

Setsuna!

Oh, Setsuna!

Thank goodness you're okay.

Where's Towa?

Where did she go?

Sis.

Sis, she disappeared.

I didn't run fast enough...

so Sis disappeared!

Don't move from this spot.

Jaken, Jaken!

Come forth, barrier!

Rin, I'm sorry!

Zero found the girls
and burned down the Sealed Forest.

But no need to worry.

I, Jaken, will make sure
Setsuna is taken to a safe place.

I've lost track of Towa at the moment,
but I'll find her right away and...

The scales are spreading!

But why?

To stop the curse, you must freeze
this woman's time permanently.

The Tree of Ages.

Use the Butterfly to bring dreams to her.

Attach it to someone who is close
to the woman

-and grow the Dream Butterfly.
-Sis.

Sis.

Where am I?

Hey!

You there, little girl. Hop on.

What is it? You need not fear me.

Come now. Jump on.

I'm sorry, Setsuna.

You were too young
to handle these painful memories.

I couldn't bring myself
to return them to you.

Show this to Towa.
Tell her your true feelings.

Towa.

Sis.

Setsuna!

Setsuna!

Sis!

I'm sorry, Setsuna!

I'm sorry I let go of your hand!

I won't let go of you ever again!

It was my fault for being too slow.

I'm sorry, Sis.

What are you waiting for, Towa?

Cut me down!

I've got no grudge against you anymore.

What?

Thanks to you, I was able to regain
my bond with Setsuna.

And you also made me realize
that Papa Sota, Mama Moe, Mei,

and everyone else in the other world
love me very much.

Thank you.

It's all because of you, Lady Zero.

Thank you.

Lord Sesshomaru, how is Rin?

Oh, no!

The scales are about to cover
her entire body!

Towa... Setsuna...

I'm telling you to k*ll me!

Zanseiken!

Setsuna! Can you sever the thread
between Mother and Zero?

Mother said that severing the thread
won't save Zero.

"Save me"?

Of all the nerve!

Then what should we do?

In that case,
I'll drag Rin with me to hell!

Madam is trying to take her own life!

Don't do it!

How can we stop Zero?

Is that...

You are who you are, Lady Zero.

I would like for you to remain that way.

That's the one!

The Great Dog-Demon will die?

That can't be.

That's not possible!

I don't see the value in believing
the prophecy of the Shikon Jewel.

But if you fear for his life
that much, Sister,

then why don't you go help him?

-What is this?
-Help him?

It's Zero's memories.

Me? Go help the Great Dog-Demon?

Ridiculous.

He would never die!

The Great Dog-Demon is dead.

How could that be? That's impossible.

Were we demons not fated
to journey an endless path?

To wander through an eternal destiny?

I couldn't protect him, even though I knew

his death was foretold
by the Shikon Jewel.

I wanted to believe in his strength.

He was an invincible great demon,

so I wanted to believe
he would never be swayed by a human woman.

I was the only one
who could have protected him.

It's as if I k*lled him myself.

No, I did k*ll him!

I thought I had discarded these tears.

Lady Zero.

I can see that you haven't changed
one bit, Lady Zero.

My Lord.

But that's what makes you who you are.

It's okay to be that way.

I see. So that's it.

Towa, your strength comes
from being surrounded by lots of love.

You are overflowing with love,
like the Great Dog-Demon.

That's probably why I despised you.

Setsuna, I am grateful
for what you have done.

You have untangled the thread of my heart.

I have no more regrets left in this world.

-Is that-
-The thread she shares with our mother?

She's not going to make it!

Her entire body
is about to be covered in scales!

It's all over.

What?

Aunt Zero!

Please help us stop my father Kirinmaru
from his rampage.

I'm sorry, Rion.

This is goodbye.

-What?
-Riku!

Aunt Zero!

Please forgive me, Madam!

You did the right thing.

Thank you, Riku.

Aunt Zero.

Half-Demon Princesses,
I have one last parting gift to show you.

Long ago, Rion was k*lled by a half-demon.

By the order of the Emperor, I shall
slay you, Kirinmaru!

And according to the prophecy of the
Shikon Jewel,

-Foolish human!
-Kirinmaru will be k*lled by a half-demon.

This is the reason
why Kirinmaru despises half-demons.

I commend you on your courage
to take me head-on.

Rion!

Hold still!

Rion!

Let go of her, half-demon!

Shut up!

I'll make you pay for what you did to my
master!

I won't forgive such underhanded actions.

That's what you get
for bringing a kid to the b*ttlefield!

I'm sorry, Rion.

The Dog-Demon of the West
said this would happen.

I did this to you.

This is all my fault!

Forgive me!

Kirinmaru...

the Half-Demon Princesses before me
are not the half-demon you despise.

As foretold by the Shikon Jewel,
you may be felled by a half-demon.

However, they might be able to save you.
Or rather Rion!

Save Rion?

Rion, what is it
you're not satisfied with?

Kirinmaru, I'll be waiting
in nirvana for you.

Madam.

Aunt Zero.

Flowers?

If there are hopeless demons
who fall in love with the likes of humans,

then I suppose there's no problem

with a demon who falls in love
with said demons.

Don't you agree, Half-Demon Princesses?

Lord Sesshomaru.

Our girls... saved Lady Zero.

I'm so glad.

Sister...

you've passed away.

But what you said was uncalled for.

Why are you hesitating?

Your parents are inside of there, right?

Yeah, it's just...

I don't know what to say
if I were to suddenly run into them.

This is not the time
to be thinking about that!

You've been dying to see them, right?

Well, I had always assumed
that I never had any parents!

All right, I've decided!

If I run into them, I'll just roll
the dice and hope for the best!

Uh, who are you?

Oh, he ran off.

Who are you talking to?

Huh?

You know, that kid with the pinwheel
who just passed by.

As I suspected, the members
of the Dog-Demon Clan can see him.

That's...

Kirinmaru!

Huh?

The Black Pearl where his corpse rests...

Kirinmaru, you b*stard.

What the hell are you doing?

Steal Akuru's pinwheel and bring it to me.

If you don't, you can say goodbye
to your parents within this.

What?

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

This Black Pearl is connected

to where the Dog-Demon of the West
was laid to rest.

But now his half-demon son

and the priestess who erased
the Shikon Jewel are sealed within it.

Quarter-demon, if you want this back,
bring me Akuru.

Next time on Yashahime:
Princess Half-Demon:

"Kirinmaru of the Dawn."

Windmill of Time, take me to the world
that lies beyond space and time.

Let the Degenerate Age begin.