The intense fight between Isshin Kira and Satou Hideaki has begun.
Satou charges Isshin Kira with his sword while Isshin Kira just dodges it. Then, when Isshin Kira finds a chance, he kicks Satou Hideaki in the face.
But, it doesn't work. Isshin Kira then leaps to turn around for dodging.
Isshin Kira launches a somersault kick that hits Satou's head and his head drops.
"Do you think it's just enough to defeat me?"
Satou said holding Isshin Kira's feet.
"How about this?"
Isshin Kira then locks Satou's neck with his foot that Satou falls.
"Hold still!"
Satou gives Isshin Kira a headbutt that Isshin Kira gets hurled crashing a tree.
"Ugh!!"
That makes Isshin Kira let Satou go and it gives Satou a chance to attack Isshin Kira with his sword with no giving any chance.
"That was close!!"
Isshin Kira evades it. He then launches a crystal at Satou, but Satou can take it though it hit his body.
Isshin Kira back-dashes to dodge Satou's blows that he has to make a distance.
Satou then attacks Isshin Kira with 3 branched vines.
"I've been waiting for this!!"
Isshin Kira smirked.
He dodges all the vines by jumping and moving several times. Of course, he doesn't stay still, then as he is dodging, he still makes so many crystals.
"How about this, Satou?!"
Isshin Kira jumps with launching crystal at Satou.
"That won't do on me!!"
Satou breaks the crystal with his sword.
"How about this?"
Isshin Kira is about to launch the crystal sword from his bow to Satou.
Satou who is about to break the incoming attack is surprised to see the sword scatters to a lot of mini shards.
"Ugh!!"
Satou pants after getting hit by the crystal that his roots stop moving. That gives Isshin Kira a chance to attack Satou.
"Not done yet!"
Isshin Kira said attacking Satou with his crystal again. And it hits Satou for the second time.
"Open your eyes! Satou Hideaki!"
Isshin Kira exclaimed before Satou Hideaki followed by jabbing Satou's face.
"You!!"
Satou exclaimed swiftly attacking Isshin Kira with his sword, but Isshin Kira manages to dodge it, he then performs a counter-attack by jabbing Satou's face for the second time.
Satou is still at It and Isshin Kira can dodge every blow Satou launches. Isshin Kira then launches a counter-attack several times that Satou thuds.
"It's over, Satou Hideaki! I don't wanna kill you here!"
Isshin Kira exclaimed.
Satou then smiles and says,
"You've grown stronger, eh, Isshin Kira?"
Satou summons flame around the blade and comes to thrust Isshin Kira.
"Crap! I won't make it!"
Isshin Kira got stabbed by the blade.
"Ugh!!!"
Isshin Kira moaned in pain and Satou swiftly strangles Isshin Kira with no mercy.
"I don't want to use this actually. But, you made me do it!"
Satou slashes Isshin Kira and Isshin Kira falls on his knee.
"Ugh! I can't lose here!"
Isshin Kira is trying to get up.
Isshin Kira then creates a crystal sword to attack, but the sword breaks as Satou swings his long blade to it.
"You just have no idea when to stop, eh? Isshin Kira!"
Satou kicks Isshin Kira that he gets hurled and falls to the ground. He then gets up and slowly smiles.
"I told you. I have to stop you, Satou Hideaki!"
Satou shoots flame from his blade to Isshin Kira, but the flame disperses by Isshin Kira's crystal shield and then Isshin Kira's gone before him.
"Fleeing, eh?"
Satou sighed.
"I do not intend to do so-"
Isshin Kira smirked.
Suddenly Isshin Kira enters behind Satou and shoots the crystal sword from his bow.
"Don't underestimate me, Isshin Kira!!"
Satou exclaimed after his cheek got scratched by the sword.
"We still got more~"
Isshin Kira fires another to Satou, and Satou uses flame power that triggers an explosion.
"BOOM"
Isshin Kira is hurled crashing a tree.
"Khh…!"
Isshin Kira is trying to get up with all of his might and he is surprised to see Satou coming out from the smokescreen.
Satou, with no hesitation, attacks Isshin Kira again with his sword, but the new leader of the WTM is trying to block Satou's blows with his crystal power but that new Jubokko manages to pierce the crystal and he manages to hit Isshin Kira again.
"Ughhh!!!"
Isshin Kira screamed in pain and fell on his knee for the second time.
"Is that all, Isshin Kira? Any last words?"
Satou asked pointing out his sword to him.
"Don't… Come… Here…"
"Huh?"
"Don't come here, Yumeno!!!"
Isshin Kira shouted.
"Heaaaah!!!"
Yumeno exclaimed attacking Satou with her gale power shoving that guy far enough.
"Isshin Kira! Isshin Kira! Hang in there!"
Yumeno exclaimed.
"Get outta here… Ugh!"
"Like you are one to talk!"
She argued.
"Stay away, Yume! The battle isn't over yet."
That surprises her.
"Don't look at him, Yumeno…"
Yet, she ignores what Isshin Kira told her and slowly she averts her gaze to Satou Hideaki.
"Satou san…?"
Yumeno is surprised to see Satou before her.
"Long time no see, Yume."
Satou said in blue.
"You are alive! Thank goodness!"
She wiped her tears.
"Stay away Yume! I'll attack you if you persist instead!"
"Eh?"
Satou attacks her with his flame sword immediately.
With the wound open, Isshin Kira pushes himself to get hit by Satou with his body to protect her.
"Ugh!!!"
Isshin Kira moaned in pain.
She is surprised by seeing Satou slashed Isshin Kira with no hesitation before her.
"Go away, Yumeno…"
Isshin Kira grimaced in pain.
"AAAAAHHH!!!"
Yumeno cried aloud.
---
Flashback when Takayuki ran away from the forest.
"Why did you believe that Takayuki boy will return?"
Isshin Kira then answered.
"It's because he is the only solution to the incident. He has something to do with the Yggdrasil!"
"How did you know?!"
"First, this shounen is mysterious. We don't know who he is. Second, if he was not a human, then why didn't he attack humans? He prefers to enjoy the peace with the people in Ichikawa."
"That's all?!"
Isshin Kira then remembered how Takayuki adores Satou Hideaki.
"Last but not least, he wants to do good to someone. That's why I am sure that the shounen named Michio Takayuki will get back here! That's why I beg you. If he returns, you have to protect him though it will put your lives on the line!"
Isshin Kira said.
Flashback ends.
It's morning and Takayuki has opened his eyes.
"You are awake, Michio?"
Ryoichi asked in blue.
"Daisuke san. I'm sorry. I always faint…"
"Well, is your power recovered yet?"
"Umm, how about the others?"
Ryoichi then stands up and says.
"Let's go!"
"Wait! How about the others?!"
Takayuki is surprised to see so many WTM personnel behind Ryoichi heavily injured that they are dying.
"How could they get that badly injured?! Why?!"
Takayuki exclaimed.
"They have defeated all of the golems with all of their might for protecting all of us, Michio! I couldn't do much as I couldn't let them touch you!"
Ryoichi said.
Takayuki then approaches the dying personnel.
"Crap! Another casualty again?!"
Takayuki cried.
"It's… Not… Your… Fault… Just stop crying… Do you know what to do next?"
Said one of them,
"Right. I won't run away anymore!"
Takayuki answered.
"They could defeat the golems because of you, Michio! Without your power, they wouldn't make it here…"
Ryoichi said.
"Let's go Daisuke san!"
"Yeah!"
Takayuki and Ryoichi leave.
"They are still young. If only this war would never happen, probably I'd enjoy peace. I want to see them smile one more time."
After saying that, the dying personnel closes his eye.
---
On their way to the Yggdrasil. They hear an explosion that seemed to come from a battle.
"There!"
Ryoichi said.
"Yeah!"
Takayuki replied.
The duo heads to the source of the explosion and they find the injured Isshin Kira and Yumeno fighting against Satou.
"Issho san!!!"
Takayuki rushes to Isshin Kira.
"Taka… Yuki… finally you come."
Isshin Kira said slowly.
Takayuki thinks that he has the power of regeneration, doesn't it mean that he can heal someone?
"I'll give it a shot!!"
Takayuki lets out his root and it goes to the injured Isshin Kira's body.
"Ugh! What are you doing?"
Isshin Kira asked.
"No idea… Probably this will heal the wound."
Takayuki answered.
"Oi! Michio! What the hell?!"
Ryoichi said.
"What!?"
Takayuki asked.
"Why is Satou Hideaki fighting again Yumeno?"
Ryoichi asked.
"Eh?"
Takayuki remains confused.
No matter how strong Yumeno's wind is, Satou can break the shield with his sword and it overwhelms her.
"Why are you doing this, Satou?!"
She asked.
Satou just lets out a sigh and says,
"When I felt that sacrificing myself for the world is good, probably you guys will know me as a hero, but in the end, they forgot me!"
Satou looks pissed and he continues,
"I saved this world by putting my life on the bet! But, no one knows about that! Even I am not known as a hero! Cut the crap already! How dare you laugh and enjoy your life with me full of misery?! Give me back my humanity, bastard! You just can't do it, can you?!"
Satou points out his sword at her and says,
"That's why I decide to destroy this world! By destroying everything, then you'll experience what happened to me!"
That makes her cry.
"No way… All of the memories… Everything I've protected all this time… You will just destroy it like that, Satou?!"
"That's right! If you don't want it, kill me, Yume! I dare you!"
Satou is about to attack her but Satou's sword gets blocked by Michio Takayuki's roots.
"Sacrificing yourself for the world just for being known as a hero?! Cut the crap! You are not Satou Hideaki!"
Takayuki's sudden entrance surprises Yumeno, Satou, and Ryoichi.
"What do you know about me anyway?! How dare an outsider tell me that I am not Satou Hideaki! Who do you think you are?!"
"When I saw it! A year ago, Satou Hideaki sacrificed himself for the world, even he was ready to do so when he was approaching the Yggdrasil! Then the miracle happened! The world was saved! When I saw him, he was smiling proudly!"
"That was not making any sense! I regret it up till now!"
"If only what I saw that time is fake, but it's still the truth for me! You said that if I can stop you, you'll surrender, right? Then, show me if it's the truth! I'll prove it that you are not Satou Hideaki!"
That gets in Satou's nerve that Satou charges Takayuki out of the blue.
"As I thought, you are not!"
Takayuki blocks Satou's blow with his root enveloped hand.
Takayuki then jabs Satou's face heavily that Satou gets thrown away.
"Ahahaha!!"
Isshin Kira laughed.
"What's so funny?!"
Satou asked.
Isshin Kira then throws a not from his pocket.
"It's?! Satou's diary?! Why did Isshin Kira have it?!"
Yumeno is surprised to know that.
Isshin Kira just smiles and says.
"I heard a story about an eagle flying in the middle of a blizzard with nowhere to perch, it just did it with no reason, but I am sure, there was something that motivated it to do so, either it's a blind belief or trivial stuff. Now, Takayuki is as strong as the eagle in the blizzard. He won't fall that easily! Fly, Takayuki! Keep flying no matter how much snow comes... You'll make it!"
Though Isshin Kira is coughing, he keeps on,
"No matter what kind of misery ahead, you can pass it through, Takayuki... So, be careful Satou! Now, Takayuki can't be defeated that easily!"
Issho Kemen then bursts out laughing.
"Shut the fuck up!!"
Satou exclaimed as he gets upset and charges at Isshin Kira with his flame sword, quickly Takayuki appears before Isshin Kira and parries the flame sword with his sword blade.
"If you use a sword to kill, then I'll use mine to protect!"
Michio Takayuki told Satou Hideaki.
"Issho san, you'd better not talk too much. For now, just leave everything to me. I used to be a pessimist on anything, but somehow, I feel like I can do it."
Takayuki told Isshin Kira.
"Then, try to build some confidence, shounen..."
Takayuki then replies,
"I don't believe in myself, but... I believe in everyone who believes me, that's why I can't lose here!"
Isshin Kira then smiles and says,
"That's enough! I'll leave everything in your care..."
After saying that, Issho Kemen closes his eyes.
"Daisuke san! Please take Issho san's body to somewhere safe! Yumeno san too! Leave! I'll take him on myself!"
Takayuki said.
"I get it! Don't lose, Michio!"
Ryoichi said carrying Isshin Kira's body.
Takayuki then hits Satou with his short blade, yet the blade gets parried by Satou Hideaki's long blade.
"You stop me? Cut the crap!"
Satou exclaimed.
"Yeah! I will!!"
Takayuki exclaimed.
The sword fight occurs between the duo.