# 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...
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Episode Seven
***SIGN*** The Looking Glass at Twilight