Jakoh is having another nightmare, and Raoh is once again after him. But as he runs away, he is met with a pair of evil red eyes. Jakoh realises...



...that the dreaded Kenshiro is now after him! Ken grabs him by his throat, lifts him up and then starts to choke the life out of him.



Jakoh wakes up and thinks about how he is suddenly more scared of Kenshiro then Raoh now. Two guards come into the room and bring more bad news: Kenshiro has reached the Imperial capital and is fighting Boltz's army! Jakoh gets really nervous as he knows all about how Kenshiro defeated Raoh, so he tells the guards to get everyone together and fight Kenshiro. The North Star must not be allowed to enter the capital!



Kenshiro arrives at the outer wall and sees a tower structure. Boltz, the blue General of Gento Kouken, stands in it and welcomes Kenshiro. Ken tells him that he will now avenge Shoki's death, but Boltz laughs and leaps down.


GENTO SEIKO HIKEN

(Source Star Blue Spear Flying Fist)



Boltz's attack causes an explosion and leaves a small crater in the ground. He tells Kenshiro that the North Star cannot stand against the Emperor and that he should stop this foolishness now.


GENTO HYAKUSEN SOUKON

(Source Star Hundred Flashing Blue Lights)



This attack sends out many projectiles, several of which cut into Kenshiro. Boltz sees his chance and charges forward with one of his Gento spears, but as he is about to strike, Kenshiro grabs it.



He then uses the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken on him and punches him so hard crashes into the first gate. After he explodes, the gate is also destroyed and the North Star Army have a clear path ahead of them.



As Kenshiro leads the army inside, Falco is watching from the main building. The capital is surrounded with several walls, but Falco knows that no matter how many troops are sent to fight Kenshiro, they will all be defeated. He asks Myuu if she managed to find the location of the Emperor but she hasn't been able to, Jakoh has not said anything. Falco believes that the chaos happening here is all his fault. If only he had done as Raoh had told him all those years a go...



Raoh came to the Gento village but left after Falco made his sacrifice. Before leaving, he told Falco he should kill Jakoh as he will only be a burden later in life if he isn't stopped now. Falco considered doing that, but Jakoh asked him if he would be able to kill him...



...in front of his own wheelchair bound mother? Not only did she raise Falco, she also raised Jakoh. Does Falco really intend to murder him in front of her eyes? Falco raised his fist, ready to strike, but was unable to do it and he let Jakoh live.



Back in the present, Falco tells Myuu that he couldn't kill Jakoh in front of his mother. When his mother died, Jakoh quickly kidnapped the Celestial Emperor to protect himself and took over the capital in the Emperor's name. The real Emperor is somewhere in this building, they just don't know where. If only he'd killed Jakoh back then then none of this would have happened. As he started this, he must finish it and gets ready to fight Kenshiro himself. It is his duty to protect the Celestial Emperor. He looks at the statues of former Gento Kouken masters, and apologises to them -because of him, their style's 2,000 year history may come to an end.



Outside, some troops think they have been clever be getting Kenshiro to grab onto an electrified gate, but he simply rips the bars apart and heads on through without injury. Some troops declare him to be a monster and run away.



At the capital, reports filter through to Jakoh and Taiga that Kenshiro is quickly making his way through their entire army. The lights suddenly go out and this sends the already unstable Jakoh into complete madness, screaming about how dark it is and going crazy with a sword, killing a few of his own guards.



Even Taiga isn't safe. Falco overhears all the noise and goes in to find that Jakoh has stabbed Taiga in one of his legs. When Jakoh sees Falco he calms down a little and yells at him to go and destroy Kenshiro right now, or the Celestial Emperor will die.



Outside, Kenshiro reaches the final set of doors before the capital and defeats the troops with his nunchaku. The ones he didn't hit run away, but one group of men remain behind.



This group all have golden armor. Even when Ken beats some of them out the way they say they won't give up in trying to stop him for Lord Falco. Ken says that they are different from the other soldiers he has fought. They say they are willing to die for Falco at any time, so Kenshiro decides to wait here and let Falco come to him.



Meanwhile Falco can sense Kenshiro is calling him, but before he goes out he tells one of his troops, Saiya, that he has a final plan should he lose to Kenshiro. He gives Saiya a detonator that is rigged to blow up the entire capital. If he loses to Kenshiro, Jakoh will go mad with fear and kill the Emperor and as he seems to be the only one who knows where the Emperor is, no-one could stop him before it is too late. After he kills the Emperor, he will blame everything on him before fleeing. At least with Falco's plan the Emperor will still die, but Jakoh will also perish. Saiya is concerned about Myuu, as she still loves Falco, surely he doesn't want her to also die?



Myuu then enters the room. Myuu asks to have the detonator as she is ready to die and doesn't want to live in a world without Falco. Falco removes his cape and goes up to where the statues are, taking a cape off one of them and putting it on himself.



Falco thinks that with this fight, he will bear the 2,000 year history of Gento Kouken. With no more regrets, he heads outside the final gate, and comes face to face with Kenshiro.



The North Star Army watch and Rihaku says that the stars of Hokuto and Gento were both meant to lead to the same path for the Celestial Emperor, so why would the Emperor have them fight each other? Ken finds out that Falco will not turn back, and that he will live and die for the Celestial Emperor. Falco then releases a projectile, which destroys Ken's weapon and one of his shoulder pads.



Ken snaps the sticks in half and then throws out a move of his own. His attack rips apart Falco's cape, as well as damaging one of his shoulders.



Falco looks at his wound but easily shrugs off any damage it did. Falco says that if he was afraid, he would not have challenged Kenshiro. He is the last gate he must pass to get through to the capital. But he will not pass, even if it costs Falco his own life. The two clash again.



As a large amount of fighting aura is released, Rihaku sees that the heavens have suddenly split open. And as this happens, Lin suddenly puts her hands to her head and says that inside the capital she can hear the Emperor crying and calling out to her!


NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

As Kenshiro and Falco clash, the Emperor is revealed and Lin's destiny awaits! Next time on Hokuto no Ken 2: "The Celestial Emperor is Finally Revealed!!"

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