E6 - Fleeting Times
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[00:17] Yukari
That vision... Why?
[00:21] Aoi
You mustn't look at me.
SIGN You mustn't look at me.
SIGN Episode 6 Fleeting Times
[01:59] Himari
Morning... Huh?!
[02:01] Ayakashi A
Nue-sama! Please help us!
[02:03] Ayakashi B
We beg you! Use your great powers!
[02:06] Himari
Is there some kind of trouble, Aoi?
[02:08] Aoi
Yes. The spring they use as a
watering hole has been tainted.
[02:15] Himari
You mean like someone trashed it?
[02:18] Ise
Don't be stupid.
[02:19] Ise
We're not talking the human world.
[02:21] Aoi
Springs in the spiritual realm are holy,
sourced by Ryujin-sama.
[02:26] Aoi
He protects the springs so they never dry,
and their water stays pure for eternity.
[02:32] Aoi
So it should be impossible
for one to go bad in the first place.
[02:36] Aoi
They only way this could be is if...
[02:38] Himari
Something's happened to Ryujin-sama?
[02:42] Aoi
Yeah.
[02:46] Yukari
No luck, I'm afraid.
[02:50] Yukari
I can't sense his presence,
let alone hear his voice.
[02:56] Yukari
My apologies...
[02:58] Himari
Yukari-san, you can talk to Ryujin-sama?
[03:01] Yukari
I should be able to, yes.
[03:04] Yukari
I am his kin, after all.
[03:08] Aoi
Yukari is my shikigami, but...
[03:11] Yukari
I only became a Mizuchi as a result
of Ryujin-sama's powers.
[03:15] Yukari
Before I was an ayakashi, I was human.
[03:19] Himari
You used to be human?!
[03:22] Yukari
Yes, I was a human sacrifice
made to Ryujin-sama.
[03:27] Himari
A sacrifice...?
[03:30] Yukari
To speak with Ryujin-sama,
one must either be his kin or a sacrifice.
[03:37] Yukari
In my case, I fulfill both requirements.
[03:41] Yukari
So to not detect this disruption...
It's shameful.
[03:49] Aoi
We'll just have to go see for ourselves.
[03:52] Aoi
Yukari, can you take us?
[03:56] Himari
Where are we?
[03:58] Aoi
A spring on the border of
the human world and spiritual realm.
[04:01] Yukari
It is also where Ryujin-sama sent me to live
when I became an ayakashi long ago.
[04:10] Himari
It's so beautiful.
[04:12] Yukari
No one approaches this spring,
[04:14] Yukari
whether ayakashi or human.
[04:19] Yukari
Ryujin-sama protects seven springs,
including this one, to keep their water pure.
[04:25] Yukari
And yet, he doesn't seem to be here.
[04:28] Himari
You don't know where he is?
[04:31] Yukari
No. To be honest, I haven't been able
to see Ryujin-sama for quite a long time.
[04:39] Yukari
Or hear his voice, for that matter.
[04:44] Himari
Yukari-san?!
[04:45] Yukari
I'm fine... But something is wrong here.
[04:50] Himari
What is that?
[04:52] Aoi
Tainted water!
[04:54] Aoi
It's a poison that rots away
the flesh of ayakashi!
[04:57] Ise
Get back!
[05:00] Himari
The spring... It was so pure a second ago.
[05:04] Yukari
Ryujin-sama's spring? Impossible...
[05:08] All
Yukari!
[05:08] Himari
Yukari-san!
[05:14] Ise
This ain't good.
[05:16] Aoi
His spiritual powers are dimming.
[05:19] Aoi
Something really must have
happened to Ryujin-sama.
[05:22] Himari
What does this mean for Yukari-san?
[05:24] Ise
At worst, he'll disappear.
[05:26] Himari
That can't be!
[05:29] Himari
If only there was a way
to call forth Ryujin-sama...
[05:34] Yukari
To speak with Ryujin-sama,
one must either be his kin or a sacrifice.
[05:43] Himari
What if I became a sacrifice?
[05:46] Aoi
No!
[05:47] Ise
That's going too far.
[05:48] Himari
But at this rate...
[05:51] Yukari
Listen to Aoi.
[05:54] Himari
Yukari-san!
[05:55] Yukari
The sacrificial ritual for Ryujin-sama
means offering him your soul.
[06:00] Yukari
It is not something to be taken lightly.
[06:03] Himari
But...
[06:03] Yukari
Himari, you are an important
member of the Momochi family.
[06:08] Yukari
Please, you mustn't endanger yourself.
[06:12] Himari
Yukari-san!
[06:14] Aoi
We'll find another way to call Ryujin-sama.
[06:17] Aoi
So don't think about
doing anything reckless.
[06:31] Aoi
This spell's no good either.
[06:34] Aoi
We have to hurry before Yukari...
[06:36] Himari
Aoi.
[06:38] Aoi
Himari?
[06:40] Himari
See, I'm the one who should...
[06:42] Aoi
I told you no!
[06:45] Aoi
Sorry, I'm lashing out at you...
I'm the worst.
[06:49] Himari
That's not true.
[06:52] Himari
I know how worried you are about Yukari-san.
[06:57] Aoi
Himari...
[07:00] Aoi
Yukari was my first shikigami, and the
first ayakashi I met at Momochi House.
[07:07] Aoi
He was the one who lent me a
hand when I wandered in.
[07:13] Aoi
I was afraid and didn't know what to do.
[07:17] Aoi
Yukari shares my sadness when I get hurt.
[07:23] Aoi
He scolds me when I've done wrong.
[07:26] Aoi
He's... the best shikigami I could ask for.
[07:31] Himari
Yukari-san is more than a shikigami to you.
[07:35] Himari
He's an important part of your family.
[07:37] Himari
I think I understand how you feel,
at least a little bit.
[07:41] Himari
We haven't spent nearly
as long together, but...
[07:44] Himari
Yukari-san is like family to me, too.
[07:47] Himari
That's why...
[07:49] Aoi
No!
[07:50] Aoi
Ryujin-sama is far greater and far more
distant than your average ayakashi.
[07:56] Aoi
As his name implies, he's a god.
[07:58] Aoi
Our reasons and words
won't mean anything to him.
[08:02] Himari
Yukari-san said the same thing.
[08:04] Himari
That he doesn't understand Ryujin-sama.
[08:07] Himari
But Yukari-san lived here
all alone, didn't he?
[08:13] Himari
It's so beautiful and pure,
yet I can't help seeing it as lonely.
[08:21] Himari
I want to believe in Ryujin-sama,
[08:23] Himari
who sent Yukari-san to Momochi House
after living here all by himself.
[08:28] Himari
I want to try talking to him.
[08:32] Himari
Please understand, Aoi...
[08:36] Aoi
I'm sorry. I couldn't find another...
[08:38] Himari
Don't apologize.
[08:40] Himari
If it means saving Yukari-san,
I'm happy to sacrifice myself.
[08:45] Aoi
I understand how you feel, Himari.
[08:47] Aoi
I really do, but...
[08:52] Aoi
I don't want to put you in danger.
[08:55] Aoi
Please try to understand me, too.
[08:59] Aoi
Listen, Himari.
[09:01] Aoi
If you're in danger, even for a moment...
[09:04] Aoi
I don't care that it's Ryujin-sama.
[09:06] Aoi
I'll purge him and put him to rest.
[09:08] Himari
Aoi...
[09:10] Aoi
So please, don't be reckless.
[09:12] Aoi
No matter what. Promise me?
[09:17] Himari
I promise. Thanks, Aoi.
[09:23] Himari
Let's save Yukari-san
and go home together.
[09:26] Aoi
Yeah.
[09:35] Ise
We can't get near the spring 'cause
of the tainted water, but...
[09:40] Nue
Himari, remember what we agreed.
[09:43] Himari
Right. I promise not to be reckless.
[09:47] Himari
So I'm leaving Ryujin-sama to you guys.
[09:51] Himari
Yukari-san... Hang on a bit longer.
[09:55] Nue
Now then, let us begin.
[10:00] Nue
Almighty god of water,
[10:03] Nue
protector of the seven springs between
the human world and spiritual realm...
[10:08] Nue
This holy water flows from your blessed veins.
[10:10] Nue
Come forth, Ryujin! We offer a sacrifice.
[10:14] Himari
Please, Ryujin-sama.
[10:17] Himari
Let me hear your voice.
[10:22] Ise
Did it work?!
[10:30] Himari
I-Is that really Ryujin-sama?
[10:33] Ise
Has the tainted water cursed him?!
[10:37] Nue
No, it is not the water cursing Ryujin.
[10:42] Nue
Ryujin himself is the problem.
[10:45] Nue
Look there!
[10:48] Himari
Is the tainted water coming
from Ryujin-sama?
[10:53] Himari
Please, Ryujin-sama! Listen to us!
[11:02] Nue
We've no choice. He must be cleansed.
[11:04] Himari
Ryujin-sama...
[11:05] Nue
Retreat, Himari!
[11:07] Himari
Ryujin-sama! Please let me speak to you!
[11:10] Nue
Himari!
[11:16] Nue/Ise
Himari!
[11:18] Nue
Stand down, Ise!
[11:19] Ise
But—
[11:20] Nue
I shall go from here.
[11:22] Ise
Even you can't cleanse Ryujin without...
[11:25] Nue
So be it. I'll accept
whatever curse may befall me.
[11:28] Nue
I won't let him have Himari.
[11:30] Ise
Nue-sama!
[11:31] Yukari
Please wait.
[11:37] Ise
Yukari...
[11:38] Yukari
Nue-sama, please release me from my contract.
[11:45] Yukari
That way, I can calm
Ryujin-sama and save Himari.
[11:52] Nue
Do you believe you can face Ryujin's
dark rage in your current state?
[11:57] Yukari
Either way, I must!
[12:01] Yukari
I truly want to understand
Ryujin-sama's heart!
[12:09] Nue
Return to me no matter what.
[12:13] Yukari
I will.
[12:15] Nue
By the order of the Omamori,
Yukari Mizuchi, kin of water...
[12:22] Nue
Release your true powers and go forth!
[12:32] Ise
So this is Yukari's true form.
[12:46] Yukari
Ryujin-sama...
[12:50] Yukari
Himari!
[12:54] Yukari
Himari! Are you all right? Himari!
[13:03] Yukari
No!
[13:12] Himari
What is this?
[13:29] Himari
These visions...
[13:30] Yukari
So you saw them as well?
[13:34] Yukari
Those were fragments
of my memories from long ago.
[13:39] Yukari
It seems our minds synced together,
[13:43] Yukari
and my memories flooded into yours.
[13:48] Yukari
Memories of my time as a human,
before I became an ayakashi.
[13:52] Yukari
I'm sorry you saw something so unpleasant.
[13:55] Himari
No, I'm sorry.
[13:57] Himari
I was basically peeking into your past.
[14:02] Yukari
Please, you mustn't fret.
[14:05] Yukari
They're merely fleeting reflections
of a time long gone by.
[14:11] Yukari
When I was young,
I didn't understand people's hearts.
[14:16] Yukari
I was raised to assassinate the emperor
when the right time came.
[14:20] Yukari
The emperor was ultimately
murdered by someone else,
[14:25] Yukari
and his killers came after my life as well.
[14:31] Yukari
Somehow, I was able to defeat
them all in mortal combat.
[14:36] Yukari
I was vilified as a man-eating killer for it.
[14:43] Yukari
Later, I was forced to pay for the crime
of the emperor's murder,
[14:48] Yukari
and so I was sacrificed
to Ryujin-sama as punishment.
[14:53] Yukari
I feel no anger, sadness,
or regret over my past.
[14:59] Yukari
It was my fate, and I've accepted it as such.
[15:07] Yukari
But perhaps now, I wish I had shed tears
as you do upon the emperor's passing.
[15:16] Yukari
When I was sacrificed,
all I could do was wait for death.
[15:21] Yukari
But Ryujin-sama spared me for some reason.
[15:24] Yukari
He brought me back to life
as his own kin, as a Mizuchi.
[15:29] Yukari
After that, I spent a long time
at this spring I was given...
[15:35] Yukari
But one day, Ryujin-sama said unto me,
[15:41] Yukari
"Go to Momochi House and never return."
[15:46] Yukari
I listened to his orders,
met Aoi, and became a shikigami.
[15:52] Yukari
Since then, no matter how much I call to him,
I haven't been able to see Ryujin-sama.
[16:00] Yukari
I'm a fool who fell short as a human,
and cannot fully embrace being an ayakashi.
[16:06] Yukari
Still, I wonder why Ryujin-sama ordered
me to go to Momochi House...
[16:12] Himari
Could it be because you seemed lonely?
[16:18] Yukari
Me? Lonely?
[16:21] Himari
It must be incredibly sad
to live all alone forever,
[16:24] Himari
so I think Ryujin-sama sent you to
Momochi House where you could meet others.
[16:30] Yukari
I couldn't understand it back then.
[16:34] Yukari
But after meeting Aoi, Ise, and everyone,
[16:38] Yukari
and living with you in that house, Himari...
[16:44] Yukari
I see... I was always lonely.
[16:49] Himari
I don't think you a fool at all.
[16:54] Himari
I know that you're a kind person
with both a human and ayakashi heart.
[17:00] Himari
I think Ryujin-sama feels the same.
[17:03] Yukari
Himari...
[17:05] Himari
So I bet there's a reason
he hasn't tried to see you.
[17:12] Himari
Let's turn him back to his true self!
[17:14] Himari
Then we can ask him directly!
[17:19] Yukari
Let's.
[17:27] Himari
Ryujin-sama!
[17:37] Yukari
Ryujin-sama, please! Please calm yourself!
[17:40] Ryujin
It's dark... and cold...
[17:45] Himari
That voice!
[17:46] Ryujin
I'm lonely... So lonely...
[17:50] Yukari
Ryujin-sama?
[17:54] Himari
Could that be it?!
[17:58] Himari
Gotcha!
[18:15] Ryujin
Yukari.
[18:16] Yukari
Ryujin-sama!
[18:18] Yukari
You've returned to us!
[18:20] Himari
We did it!
[18:22] Ryujin
Yukari and you, human child...
[18:25] Ryujin
I have caused great trouble for you.
[18:28] Ryujin
No words can express my gratitude.
[18:29] Yukari
Hardly!
[18:30] Yukari
The fault is mine for not noticing.
[18:35] Ryujin
That was inevitable.
[18:37] Ryujin
I had blocked off our connection.
[18:41] Yukari
Was I... of no use to you?
[18:46] Ryujin
Nay.
[18:47] Ryujin
Yukari, I wished for you to find peace.
[18:51] Yukari
Peace?
[18:52] Ryujin
I knew Momochi House could
free you of your loneliness.
[18:58] Ryujin
To keep your kindred heart from swaying,
[19:02] Ryujin
I hid myself, closed off my heart,
and blocked our connection.
[19:08] Yukari
I still feel so powerless.
[19:10] Yukari
How could I not notice
how deeply you cared for me?
[19:14] Ryujin
Dear Yukari, I have found my answer.
[19:18] Ryujin
Neither ayakashi nor humans
should lose sight of their hearts.
[19:23] Ryujin
I threw myself into protecting
the waters so I could let you go,
[19:27] Ryujin
but alas, that was a mistake.
[19:29] Yukari
Ryujin-sama...
[19:31] Ryujin
I was consumed by loneliness and failed to
notice this curse cast by a lawless being.
[19:35] Ryujin
I'm ashamed to have behaved so foolishly.
[19:39] Yukari
Someone dared to endanger
the great Ryujin-sama?
[19:43] Himari
A curse from a lawless being? That seal!
[19:48] Ryujin
But we've opened our hearts to each other,
and I am now myself again.
[20:00] Himari
The tainted water!
[20:02] Ryujin
Now, Yukari...
[20:03] Ryujin
You must give your heart to serve
your new master at Momochi House.
[20:09] Ryujin
I shall return alone to protect the waters.
[20:13] Yukari
Ryujin-sama...
[20:14] Himari
Ryujin-sama! Water may flow,
but it can also be gathered!
[20:18] Yukari
Himari?
[20:20] Himari
We always keep water near,
[20:23] Himari
so I believe it will always connect us!
[20:27] Yukari
Yes, you're right.
[20:30] Yukari
Ryujin-sama, please let us know
when you're at this spring.
[20:37] Yukari
We will come to visit you.
[20:40] Yukari
So one day...
[20:43] Ryujin
Yes! Indeed, we shall meet again!
[20:57] Ise
The tainted water!
[21:01] Ise
Himari! Yukari!
[21:08] Ise
Jeez, you two. I was about to get worried.
[21:10] Himari
Sorry!
[21:11] Yukari
My apologies.
[21:13] Ise
What happened to Ryujin?
[21:15] Yukari
Thanks to Himari, we were able to calm him.
[21:21] Yukari
Nue-sama, as promised, I've returned.
[21:24] Yukari
I, Yukari of Mizuchi...
[21:27] Yukari
am here to serve only you.
[21:30] Yukari
My apologies for worrying you. I...
[21:34] Nue
I was not worried.
[21:38] Nue
You are my best shikigami.
[21:42] Yukari
Nue-sama...
[21:44] Nue
However... Himari!
[21:46] Nue
That's not the case for you.
[21:48] Himari
Wh-What?
[21:50] Nue
I told you not to put
yourself in harm's way.
[21:53] Himari
W-Well, that was...
[21:55] Nue
No excuses.
[21:59] Nue
I shall punish you later.
[22:03] Nue
Let us return home.
[22:04] All
Yes!
[23:47] Aoi
Himari, stay by my side.
[23:51] Aoi
Don't go anywhere. Please...
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