# 12 - Eight Heads
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**[00:06] Nio**
I'll never let go. Never.
**[00:09] Nio**
I'll never let go.
**[00:11] Nio**
I'll never let go!
**[00:14] Naozumi**
You're still saying that?
**[00:26] Kikuchiyo**
There.
**[00:27] Kikuchiyo**
Around that corner...
**[00:33] Kikuchiyo**
There it is. Nijo Castle.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Nio**
Follow this street, then take the first right
and you'll be on Oike-dori Street.
**[00:55] (Flashback) Nio**
Follow that street to the canal,
and you'll see Nijo Castle on your right.
**[00:59] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo**
Right.
**[01:00] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo**
And what will you do, Nio?
**[01:03] (Flashback) Nio**
I'll stall Naozumi-san to buy you time.
**[01:06] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo**
No, I won't have that.
He's simply too dangerous.
**[01:09] (Flashback) Nio**
I'll be fine.
**[01:11] (Flashback) Nio**
Whatever else I am, I'm a Miburo.
**[01:16] (Flashback) Kikuchiyo**
No, no! I'm scared to go alone!
**[01:18] (Flashback) Nio**
Please be reasonable! If he gets you,
this will all have been for nothing!
**[01:24] Kikuchiyo**
* I ought to summon reinforcements and*
* rush to his aid, even if it takes some time.*
**[01:30] Kikuchiyo**
*I know that as well as anyone.*
**[01:32] Kikuchiyo**
*I know it, and yet...*
**[01:38] Kikuchiyo**
This will not do.
**[01:40] Kikuchiyo**
It simply will not.
**[01:41] Kikuchiyo**
Forgive me, Nio.
***SIGN*** Blue Miburo
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**[03:16] Naozumi**
Enough!
**[03:19] Naozumi**
Let go already, brat!
**[03:21] Nio**
Never!
**[03:23] Kikuchiyo**
Naozumi!
**[03:29] Kikuchiyo**
I insist that you stop this.
**[03:33] Nio**
Kikuchiyo-san!
**[03:35] Naozumi**
Oh?
**[03:37] Kikuchiyo**
Sorry, Nio.
**[03:39] Kikuchiyo**
I cannot be the only one to flee.
**[03:42] Kikuchiyo**
In that sense, I suppose
I'm not cut out to rule.
**[03:49] Nio**
*You really are...*
**[03:52] Nio**
*the Shogun.*
**[03:55] Naozumi**
You came back here to die?
Saves me the trouble of coming to find you.
**[04:04] Kikuchiyo**
I may not look it,
but I am the Seii Taishogun.
**[04:08] Kikuchiyo**
I have d-dabbled in swordplay myself.
**[04:16] Naozumi**
You're quaking! You're the
very picture of cowardice!
**[04:23] Nio**
R-Run, Kikuchiyo-san.
**[04:27] Kikuchiyo**
I... I cannot.
**[04:30] Kikuchiyo**
D-D-Do your worst.
**[04:33] Hijikata**
No.
**[04:35] Hijikata**
Your Lordship has done enough.
**[04:40] Kikuchiyo**
You are...
**[04:46] Nio**
Hijikata-san!
**[04:54] Naozumi**
Now *you* look like you can
give me a little entertainment.
**[04:58] Naozumi**
Let go.
**[04:59] Nio**
No!
**[05:00] Naozumi**
Please let go of me!
**[05:01] Nio**
No!
**[05:02] Nio**
No!
**[05:05] Naozumi**
Oh, give it a rest already!
**[05:08] Naozumi**
You must be a Miburo.
**[05:16] Naozumi**
No warning? You're as wild as the rumors say.
**[05:23] Naozumi**
Whoa there.
**[05:27] Naozumi**
Where are you from?
**[05:29] Naozumi**
How old are you?
**[05:30] Naozumi**
Well?
**[05:32] Naozumi**
What, are you angry?
**[05:34] Naozumi**
What style do you practice?
**[05:52] Kikuchiyo**
What awesome strength.
**[05:55] Nio**
*Th-That's Hijikata-san for you.*
**[05:58] Hijikata**
Do you ever stop yapping?
**[06:01] Hijikata**
I've got nothing to say to you.
**[06:14] Naozumi**
Sorry. Bad habit of mine.
**[06:17] Naozumi**
* I haven't met a man worth fighting*
* in a while, and I got carried away.*
**[06:23] Hijikata**
Nio, can you move?
**[06:26] Hijikata**
Escort His Lordship to Nijo Castle.
**[06:29] Nio**
Yes, sir.
**[06:31] Nio**
Ow, ouch.
**[06:34] Kikuchiyo**
Let me help you.
**[06:35] Nio**
S-Sorry.
**[06:38] Kikuchiyo**
Can you walk?
**[06:40] Nio**
I'm fine.
**[06:47] Nio**
Let's take this way around.
**[06:49] Kikuchiyo**
Sure.
**[06:50] Kikuchiyo**
Will that fellow be all right?
**[06:52] Kikuchiyo**
Should we not call for help?
**[06:55] Nio**
Don't worry about him.
**[06:57] Nio**
We'd catch hell for it later
if we called for help instead of escaping.
**[07:02] Nio**
And I can't imagine Hijikata-san losing.
**[07:12] Naozumi**
There's more to come!
**[07:19] Naozumi**
Deftly struck.
**[07:22] Naozumi**
I see you've got skill as well as strength.
**[07:26] Hijikata**
Your strikes are too direct.
**[07:28] Hijikata**
Although between that funny sword
and this narrow alley, I can't blame you.
**[07:32] Naozumi**
I've found it. I knew you were no ordinary man.
**[07:37] Hijikata**
Huh?
**[07:39] Hijikata**
Anyway, are you sure you want
to let them go that easily?
**[07:42] Naozumi**
Trivialities.
**[07:45] Naozumi**
We really ought to talk. I'm sure of it.
**[07:49] Hijikata**
What?
**[07:50] Naozumi**
You said you've got nothing to say.
But don't be like that. Tell me about yourself.
**[07:58] Naozumi**
How about a little story
about me to break the ice?
**[08:04] Hijikata**
Shut up.
**[08:09] Hijikata**
I don't care about your backstory.
**[08:13] Naozumi**
That stings.
**[08:15] Hijikata**
You seem to be enjoying this.
**[08:17] Naozumi**
I really am. I hear you Miburo are a pack of
ronin from Edo who settled in Mibu Village.
**[08:25] Hijikata**
You heard right.
**[08:27] Naozumi**
Then you must understand.
**[08:29] Hijikata**
Understand what?
**[08:34] Naozumi**
Didn't you come here to make your names?
**[08:38] Naozumi**
To live by the sword? To prove your worth?
**[08:43] Hijikata**
Well, maybe some of us did.
**[08:47] Hijikata**
But not me.
**[08:49] Naozumi**
What?
**[08:51] Naozumi**
Then why did you come?
**[08:57] Hijikata**
Ever heard the saying, "We all repay a lifetime
of debt to our parents by the age of three"?
**[09:02] Naozumi**
News to me.
**[09:03] Hijikata**
It means babies are so lovable,
you can forget about what comes after.
**[09:09] Hijikata**
As it happens, I'm an exception.
**[09:14] Hijikata**
I was the youngest of ten,
so I got a lot of affection.
**[09:18] Hijikata**
And not just from my parents.
**[09:33] Hijikata**
My brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles,
and everyone in the village loved me.
**[09:42] Naozumi**
L-Loved you?
**[09:45] Hijikata**
So you see, I owed too much.
**[09:49] Hijikata**
I just want to pay my debts.
**[09:53] Hijikata**
When I heard there were guys
like you running wild in Kyoto,
**[09:57] Hijikata**
I figured people must be in trouble.
Possibly crying their eyes out.
**[10:02] Hijikata**
Whoever they are, I want to do
something for them. That's all.
**[10:10] Hijikata**
Of course, no matter how many times I say it,
none of the other Miburo believe me.
**[10:16] Hijikata**
Do you know why?
**[10:19] Hijikata**
Because I've got a mean face like you.
**[10:24] Naozumi**
I see.
**[10:27] Naozumi**
I get it. I know just what you mean.
**[10:30] Naozumi**
Fighting for the weak
is one aspect of a samurai.
**[10:34] Naozumi**
So that's your bushido, huh?
**[10:37] Hijikata**
Bushido?
**[10:39] Naozumi**
Tell me, brother.
**[10:42] Naozumi**
You should be able to answer me.
**[10:45] Naozumi**
What is the way of the sword to you? Tell me.
**[10:49] Hijikata**
The sword? You mean the way of the samurai?
**[10:52] Naozumi**
Yes! The ideal we strive for.
**[11:04] Hijikata**
It's a delusion.
**[11:12] Guard A**
Is His Lordship still missing?
**[11:15] Guard A**
Whatever it takes, find him!
**[11:16] Guard B; Guard C**
Yes, sir!
**[11:18] Nio**
W-We made it. There's Nijo Castle.
**[11:21] Kikuchiyo**
W-We survived.
**[11:28] Todo**
They say Nio and the Shogun
haven't arrived yet.
**[11:31] Todo**
What now?
**[11:32] Okita**
That's a tricky question.
**[11:35] Hajime**
And who knows where Hijikata went!
**[11:37] Taro**
They're dead! It's all over!
**[11:40] Granny**
Quit your whining, Taro.
**[11:42] Nio**
Hey!
**[11:45] Nio**
We're over here, guys!
**[11:48] Kikuchiyo**
It is I. I have returned.
**[11:50] Todo**
It's Nio. And the Shogun, too.
**[11:52] Okita**
You're all right.
**[11:53] Taro**
You're alive?
**[11:55] Hajime**
Took you long enough.
**[11:57] Taro**
I, uh, wasn't worried. Not one bit.
**[12:01] Hajime**
Seriously?
**[12:02] Okita**
Still, I'm glad. You both made
it here in one piece—
**[12:07] Nio**
Yes. Thank goodness
we got through that safely.
**[12:11] Kikuchiyo**
Indeed. We faced
no trouble worth mentioning.
**[12:13] Todo**
Whoa! You got beat to hell and back!
**[12:17] Hajime**
Someone got you good.
**[12:19] Hajime**
Was it that guy?
**[12:20] Nio**
Yeah. Naozumi-san found us and—
**[12:23] Taro**
Don't use "san" for the enemy!
**[12:27] Taro**
How happy-go-lucky can you get?
**[12:30] Guard B**
Lord Iemochi!
**[12:31] Guard C**
You've returned.
**[12:32] Guard A**
My lord, are you hurt?
**[12:34] Kikuchiyo**
Merely a few scratches. Do not fuss.
**[12:38] Guard A**
You're covered in blood!
**[12:40] Guard B**
Damn those scoundrels!
**[12:41] Guard C**
We'll make them pay!
**[12:44] Granny**
Shogun.
**[12:44] Guard B**
What? You dare—
**[12:46] Kikuchiyo**
Madam.
**[12:47] Granny**
Did Nio work hard?
**[12:49] Kikuchiyo**
Yes. He did indeed.
He is a splendid worker.
**[12:56] Granny**
You did good, Nio.
Well done. What a man.
**[13:00] Nio**
Ow. That hurts, Granny.
**[13:02] Todo**
I knew you'd come through when it counted.
**[13:06] Hajime**
That's the bare minimum.
**[13:07] Okita**
Still, they would've had *all* our heads
if he'd let the Shogun die.
**[13:14] Taro**
Nio, you're a hero!
**[13:18] Nio**
You're all exaggerating.
**[13:20] Taro**
No, I mean it.
**[13:22] Todo**
By the way, did you see Hijikata?
**[13:24] Todo**
He went looking for you.
**[13:27] Nio**
Oh, don't worry.
Hijikata-san is fighting Naozumi-san.
**[13:31] Todo**
Where?
**[13:32] Nio**
By now, he should be...
**[13:36] Todo**
Hey! Where are they fighting?
**[13:39] Okita**
At least name the place
before passing out on us.
**[13:42] Kikuchiyo**
The battlefield is on
Oike-dori Street. Go, Miburo.
**[13:46] Todo**
Got it.
**[13:47] Okita**
I wonder if they're still going at it.
**[13:49] Hajime**
Guess we'd better go see.
**[13:52] Kikuchiyo**
I will take Nio inside. Open the gates.
**[13:55] Kikuchiyo**
Two of my guards were cut down
in the street. Send someone for them.
**[13:59] Guard**
Yes, my lord.
**[13:59] Kikuchiyo**
And summon a doctor at once.
**[14:02] Guard**
Yes, my lord.
**[14:03] Taro**
O-Okay, guys, good luck!
**[14:05] Taro**
Don't get beat—
**[14:06] Taro**
Ouch, ouch, ouch!
**[14:07] Granny**
You're going with them, Taro!
**[14:10] Granny**
Your friends are fighting, so do your part.
**[14:15] Todo**
Let's go. Those guys are nuts.
**[14:20] Naozumi**
The way of the sword is a delusion?
**[14:22] Hijikata**
You heard me.
**[14:36] Hijikata**
Cheap piece of junk.
**[14:37] Naozumi**
The fight's over. Back to our talk.
**[14:41] Naozumi**
Why? Why would a samurai
like you say such a thing?
**[14:48] Hijikata**
It sounds like there is
some misunderstanding.
**[14:51] Hijikata**
I am no samurai.
**[14:52] Naozumi**
What?
**[14:57] Naozumi**
Then what are you?
**[14:59] Hijikata**
Just a farmer's son.
**[15:02] Naozumi**
Impossible!
**[15:03] Naozumi**
A p-peasant? *You?* Lies!
**[15:07] Naozumi**
Stop lying!
**[15:12] Naozumi**
A wakizashi? You wish to continue?
**[15:15] Naozumi**
What can you do with that toy?
**[15:25] Naozumi**
A test of strength, is it?
**[15:27] Naozumi**
Did you think you could
cross blades with me and win?
**[15:31] Naozumi**
What?
**[15:39] Naozumi**
You punched me?
**[15:40] Naozumi**
Is that any way to fight?
**[15:43] Hijikata**
Don't act like this is some exhibition duel.
**[15:46] Hijikata**
We're brawling, plain and simple.
**[15:49] Naozumi**
You want a brawl?
**[16:06] Naozumi**
Let go!
**[16:08] Hijikata**
No, *you* let go!
**[16:10] Naozumi; Hijikata**
I'll murder you!
**[16:10] Naozumi; Hijikata**
I'll murder you!
**[16:12] Ayame**
You want to keep going?
**[16:17] Hijikata**
*When did that guy get here?*
**[16:29] Ayame**
That's hardly beautiful.
**[16:32] Ayame**
Not beautiful in the least.
**[16:35] Hijikata**
Who are you?
**[16:37] Ayame**
Good evening.
**[16:40] Ayame**
Naozumi, that sword of yours
won't do any good here.
**[16:44] Ayame**
You must know that.
**[16:45] Hijikata**
*A new enemy?*
**[16:47] Naozumi**
Damn you, Ayame.
**[16:50] Ayame**
I'll be the one to kill you.
**[16:54] Naozumi**
Why aren't you wearing your Risshi uniform?
**[16:57] Ayame**
Oh, come on. I'd stick out like a
sore thumb walking around in that.
**[17:01] Ayame**
How stupid can you be?
**[17:04] Ayame**
Do you recognize this flower?
**[17:06] Ayame**
It's called a "rose,"
and I hear it has thorns.
**[17:10] Ayame**
Just like me.
**[17:11] Naozumi**
You'll stand out even more in that!
**[17:16] Ayame**
You have potential,
but unfortunately, you lack polish.
**[17:20] Hijikata**
Who are you people?
**[17:23] Hijikata**
How many are you?
**[17:25] Naozumi**
According to the *Nihon Shoki*, the great serpent,
Yamata no Orochi, had eight heads.
**[17:33] Naozumi**
Eight heads.
**[17:35] Naozumi**
Namely, the Lily...
**[17:38] Naozumi**
the Pure, the Agitator, the Hound, the Quiet,
the Fiend, the Firework Maker, and...
**[17:49] Naozumi**
the Samurai.
**[17:52] Hijikata**
What are you after?
**[17:53] Naozumi**
I'm glad you asked.
**[17:55] Naozumi**
We, the Blood Risshidan, will—
**[17:57] Todo**
Hey! There they are!
**[18:00] Okita**
Hijikata-san!
**[18:04] Hijikata**
*What rotten timing.*
**[18:07] Ayame**
Oh, my.
**[18:10] Okita**
Huh?
**[18:11] Okita**
Oh, my. What's this?
**[18:13] Okita**
Are you in trouble, by any chance?
**[18:16] Todo**
Seriously? Come on, man.
**[18:18] Hajime**
Whoa.
**[18:19] Taro**
Why don't you just finish them off already?
**[18:24] Naozumi**
They're Miburo.
**[18:26] Todo**
Hijikata, we're ready to join in anytime.
**[18:29] Hajime**
This proves you still need to train more.
**[18:33] Taro**
There's more of them now.
**[18:35] Taro**
Do something, Hijikata!
**[18:38] Hijikata**
Quiet!
**[18:39] Todo**
Uh-oh. He's getting beat. Lame.
**[18:43] Ayame**
Well, well. All your friends
are here to watch.
**[18:51] Ayame**
If you cross this line, the fighting starts.
**[18:54] Ayame**
Do you want to settle this here or not?
**[18:57] Todo**
What?
**[19:04] Taro**
G-Go on, Hajime. Get 'em.
**[19:09] Okita**
No, I think we'll pass for today.
**[19:14] Ayame**
I see.
**[19:16] Okita**
Yes. The light just isn't right today.
**[19:23] Ayame**
Let's go, Naozumi.
**[19:25] Naozumi**
Huh?
**[19:26] Ayame**
That's how it goes.
**[19:28] Naozumi**
Don't make decisions for me.
**[19:31] Ayame**
Your sword's bent.
**[19:33] Naozumi**
What?
**[19:38] Hijikata**
Hey.
**[19:41] Hijikata**
This fight's not over.
**[19:46] Naozumi**
What do you call yourself?
**[19:50] Hijikata**
Hijikata Toshizo.
**[19:53] Naozumi**
Kyohachi Naozumi.
**[19:56] Naozumi**
Till we meet again.
**[19:59] Naozumi**
Ask the white-haired kid what we want.
**[20:03] Todo**
Shouldn't we have taken them on
while we had the chance?
**[20:07] Taro**
Y-Yeah.
**[20:08] Taro**
You sure we wanna let them go?
**[20:10] Hajime**
Pipe down.
**[20:12] Okita**
Wow, though. That Naozumi guy seemed tough.
**[20:17] Hijikata**
I'll settle the score sooner or later.
**[20:20] Hijikata**
More importantly, Soji...
**[20:22] Hijikata**
Don't give too much thought
to what doesn't concern you.
**[20:25] Okita**
Whatever do you mean?
**[20:30] Ayame**
That Hijikata guy must
be awfully important.
**[20:35] Naozumi**
Huh?
**[20:36] Ayame**
I didn't really care whether
we went at it or not,
**[20:41] Ayame**
but given where he was standing,
he would have died for certain if we had.
**[20:46] Ayame**
That pretty boy weighed up the benefits
of capturing us and decided not to fight.
**[20:53] Ayame**
It looked like the rest of them
wanted to fight, though.
**[20:57] Naozumi**
Hijikata is my prey.
**[20:59] Naozumi**
If you touch him, I'll kill you.
**[21:02] Ayame**
Oh, I'm *so* scared.
**[21:13] (Flashback) Nio**
Naozumi-san...
**[21:15] (Flashback) Nio**
You're weak.
**[21:20] Ayame**
What is it?
**[21:23] Naozumi**
Still, I liked that white-haired kid.
**[21:26] Naozumi**
They're an interesting bunch.
**[21:29] Ayame**
Really?
**[21:31] Ayame**
The Miburo, is it?
**[21:35] Naozumi**
Yeah.
**[21:39] Naozumi**
That settles it.
They'll be the stars of the festival.
***SIGN*** Eight Heads
***SIGN*** Next time
**[23:21] Old Nagakura**
A clash between the Miburo
and the Blood Risshidan seems inevitable.
**[23:27] Old Nagakura**
Meanwhile, having successfully
protected Lord Iemochi,
**[23:30] Old Nagakura**
Nio is carried into Nijo Castle
and gains unlooked-for experience.
**[23:36] Old Nagakura**
For the Miburo, it would become
a newfound cause for unity.
**[23:44] Old Nagakura**
Next time: "Sharing the Same Dream."
***SIGN*** Sharing
***SIGN*** the
Same
Dream
**[23:47] Old Nagakura**
It won't disappoint.