Raoh, Shaken by a Nightmare!
Yuria, You Are the Only One!!

At his fortress, Raoh walks around beating up his own men. He tells them all to get out of his sight. One of them asks him to calm himself, so Raoh hits a pressure point on his arm...

...causing a small explosion on it. Raoh tells them all that during his fight with Fudou, he'd ordered them to shoot him with arrows if he retreated. Instead, they shot Fudou, which means they betrayed him. He doesn't want to see their wretched faces, and tells them to get lost.

The soldiers back away, and regroup in a large room. Many of them are suffering from Raoh has done to them, and they start to think that following the Fist King was a bad idea. Yuria then appears, and asks what happened. One of them tells her their lack of prudence made the Fist King very angry. She places her hand on his injured shoulder, and makes the pain go away.

Yuria then goes up to someone who is in so much pain they he begs to be killed. She places her hand on him, and heals him. The soldiers say they can see that soft light emitting from her, a light that soothes their souls, and gives them the courage to live again. Yuria tells them that Raoh is the eldest North Star brother, who only lives for battle. It's his destiny to fight Kenshiro. One of the men asks her if she despises the Fist King, as he kidnapped her. She tells them to try and understand Raoh's feelings, too.

The soldiers realizes that Yuria really is the merciful mother of the South Star, who wraps all of humanity in her tender light, giving them ease and peace. They all kneel down before her, as Yuria thinks that destiny has started to move again. She wonders what Raoh is now thinking about.

At Fudou's village, everyone stands before Fudou's grave. The children say they'll live strong, and won't forget his courage. Kenshiro says Fudou will live on deep within his heart.

Some of Rihaku's men then arrive. They report that news of the Fist King's defeat has spread, and there is turmoil among his army. He's lost command of his forces, there have been upheavals in his villages, and some of his troops have fled. Rihaku says to move their own forces out, and liberate any village from the Fist King's control.

Kenshiro thinks that Raoh's ambition is crumbling away. As Rihaku's men leave, Bat says that Fudou's death wasn't in vain. Lin says that people won't suffer at the hands of the Fist King now.

Back at the fortress, Raoh stands before some hot coals. He places his hands right into the flames, and carries a coal out without any signs of pain.

He crushes it to pieces, and thinks that even blazing flames cannot burn his perfected body. But he has still felt fear twice. He was once shaken by Kenshiro's eyes...

...and again when he saw those children's eyes. Now that he has felt fear, he can no longer call himself the Fist King. What made him feel fear was sorrow -Kenshiro's love for Yuria, and Fudou's love for the children. He wonders if grief surpasses the body, and thinks of what sorrow is.

He recalls what Tou had said to him -that his heart was for Yuria. He thinks that perhaps grief is love.

Raoh goes to where Yuria is, and says she must give him her life. He says he must take it, as whilst his skills, body and spiritual energy all surpass Kenshiro's, he doesn't understand sadness or love. He's heard that love brings sadness, and that sadness brings love. If he loses her, he may come to understand all of it.

He lunges towards her, but then stops when an arrow strikes his leg. Some of his men appear, and one of them says he can't lay a hand on her. He begs him to take their lives instead.

They kneel down before him. Raoh removes the arrow and says they have all been struck by the light of Yuria's motherly star. But he refuses their request, and tells Yuria he doesn't care if she despises him.

Yuria tears a piece of her dress off, and wraps it around Raoh's wound. Raoh yells at her, asking her what she is doing.

She tells him that if he worries about his wound, he can't fight to the full extent. Raoh says he doesn't need pity. Yuria says that before a fierce battle among men, all she can do is see them off the best she can. She then turns around, and says it must be hard to strike her whilst she's looking at him.

She then says she's ready to to go to heaven. Raoh asks her if she is throwing away her life, and she nods. She says it's for a new light, a new light that she can see the era of.

She says that the green trees, the flowing streams, the scent of flowers, the richness of the land, and the aroma of the soil...

...for the era of the new light, fate cannot avoid the fight between him and Kenshiro. For that, she is willing to give him her life. Raoh suddenly has an intense feeling, and wonders what it is -what is this emotion? He then recalls a conversation he had with Toki...

Raoh and Toki watch as Kenshiro and Yuria walk down below. Raoh tells Toki to just wait and see -he will make Yuria his. Yuria is one of his ambitions.

Toki says that's not ambition, it's love. Raoh thinks that's garbage, and says he doesn't believe in love. Toki tells him whilst he may not think it now, it will turn to tears, and move his heart. In time, he will understand both love and sadness.

Back in the present, Raoh wonders why he's remembering Toki's words now. He then realizes he is crying, and thinks this must be love, like Toki said. He questions if he has been after Yuria out of love for her. He goes to kill Yuria...

...but then stops. He thinks that right now, he can't have both Yuria and Kenshiro. He only has one path to live, and asks Yuria to forgive him. He tells her to live on as sadness within his heart, and then goes to attack..

He strikes Yuria on the back of her head.

Back at the village, everyone notices that it has started to rain heavily. Lin thinks it feels sad, like the sky is crying. Rihaku thinks that Yuria may be in danger.

Back at the fortress, Raoh holds Yuria's body, and says it's over.

At the village, the rain is being collected. But everyone then sees something heading towards them: a huge horse. Bat says it's the Black King.

Nobody is riding the Black King, who comes to a stop before Kenshiro, and kneels down. Kenshiro says that Raoh is calling him, and mounts the horse. Lin wants to go to, but Bat says they weren't called.

Rihaku says that Kenshiro and Raoh will conclude their battle, and tells Kenshiro to leave everything else to him. Kenshiro asks him to take care of Bat and Lin. Lin tells Kenshiro to not die. Kenshiro says he will uphold the code of the North Star.

As Kenshiro rides away, Lin screams for him to not die. Kenshiro rides on, and eventually arrives at a certain place: the North Star chi training ground.

Kenshiro thinks that in the 2,000 year history of the North Star, this place is the most sacred of training grounds. The battles for succession have always been fought here. The Black King then stops, as Raoh waits ahead.

Raoh says that to bury him, along with the North Star's 2,000 history, there is no better place than here. Kenshiro tells him that his ambition and his fists will now come to an end.

Now, the bloody 2,000 year destiny of the North Star has come to the final battle between Kenshiro and Raoh. Will Raoh seize the heavens? Will Kenshiro shine the light on the century's end?


NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

The two warriors with love and sadness on their backs! At last, the curtain rises on the final showdown! Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Showdown at the North Star Chi Training Ground! No One Can Stop Them Now!!"

Kenshiro: The North Star code... I will uphold it.