Farewell, the 2 Brothers of the North Star!
They're Beyond Love and Sorrow!!

Lin says that if they keep fighting like this, Ken and Raoh will both die. Raoh suddenly goes into a stance, and unleashes his fighting spiritual energy.

However, Kenshiro steps forward, and enters it. Bat sees that Kenshiro has stepped completely inside it, and tells Lin that Raoh's fighting spiritual energy is unsteady. Before Kenshiro's nil-thought rebirth, Raoh can't do anything about it.

Lin tells Yuria to look, as Ken is fighting together with her heart. She say Ken and Raoh's long lasting battles shall end soon, and peace will come to both of their souls. Kenshiro says that the next attack will mark their last farewell. Both he and Toki idolized Raoh, the great eldest brother of the North Star!

Raoh tells Kenshiro to try and take him down, and says he'll put his entire life into his fists. He tells Kenshiro to take this fist of all of his soul! Suddenly, Raoh's fighting spiritual energy vanishes.

Raoh yells for Kenshiro to perish in heaven, and charges forward. Kenshiro also advances, as the two deliver their final attacks. Kenshiro avoids Raoh's punch...

Raoh tries to block Kenshiro's punch, but Kenshiro uses the nil-thought rebirth technique. His fist goes straight through Raoh's hand, and into his chest! Blood spurts out of Raoh's wound, and he coughs up blood.

Raoh groans, but eventually tries to punch Kenshiro. However, before he can try, his fists bleeds heavily. He ends up falling down.

Raoh thinks this is impossible, as he put all of his soul into his fists. Kenshiro says that Raoh's heart stands alone. But within his own heart, feelings for him and Yuria live on. Even Raoh's hard fist style, which shattered heaven and earth, can't shatter these feelings. Raoh thinks Kenshiro's strength comes from differences between one who abandoned love, and one who embraced love into his heart.

Raoh looks at Yuria. He attempts to stand, but blood pours out of his body. He sees an image of Toki, who tells him it's ok to say it now -he can say he hasn't abandoned love. Toki tells him to say that he hid it deep within his heart. Raoh would rather die than admit to that.

Toki asks if he accepts the death omen star without saying anything. Raoh looks up, and realizes that he can see the death omen star.

Rihaku's group can all see the star as well. Rihaku says he understands now, even he couldn't read Raoh's sorrowful heart...

Raoh tells Yuria to live on as sadness within his heart. He goes to strike her, but stops when Yuria suddenly coughs.

She coughs up blood. Raoh says she's ill, and can tell her illness is just like Toki's -fatal. Yuria says she has a few months left, she found out soon after she'd been taken away by Shin.

She says she was given a limited time to live, so she thought she would live as the heavens decreed, without defiance. When the general of the South Star moves, do does the North Star, as do the heavens. Such is the destiny of the last general of the South Star. Raoh sees she chose to wait, even though it meant abandoning her own happiness.

Yuria says if it meant her life can bring light to this century's end... she asks Raoh to send her to heaven. Raoh cries and calls her a remarkable woman, but says he cannot kill her. He tells her that he shall bear her in his heart forever, and then strikes her.

Back in the present, Rihaku believes that Raoh must have struck a pressure point on Yuria, and put her in a death-like state to halt her illness. Raoh couldn't obtain his nil-thought rebirth even with killing Yuria. But it was his love for her, and his sorrow, which let him obtain it. Rihaku thinks Raoh also had the right to become the successor to the North Star divine fist. Meanwhile, Raoh thinks that for him to bear love would be a disgrace. If he did that, it'd make him equal Kenshiro in every way. Toki tells his brother it is alright, as the fight is now over.

Raoh refuses to accept this, and says he is the eldest brother of the North Star. He must die with his pride. He forces himself to stand, and hits pressure points on his legs to stable himself. Blood continues to pour out of his body.

He walks towards Kenshiro, and says he's not dead yet. Lin screams for Ken to stop it, and her tears hit Yuria's face. Lin then notices Yuria's fingers twitch.

She then checks if Yuria has a heartbeat. Raoh tells Kenshiro that they should be equal in all respects now. He believes there is no way his fists can't taken him down, and goes to attack him.

But he stops his fists before Kenshiro. Kenshiro hasn't even moved, as Raoh tells him he must already knew. He knows Kenshiro can tell that his fists no longer have the strength to take him on. Kenshiro places his hands on Raoh's fists.

Raoh says he understands now. Kenshiro has lived all this time by seeing through death, fighting alongside irreplaceable friends. He has seen the line between life and death. But the only person Raoh thinks he could ever call a friend was Toki.

Raoh asks to see the face of the man who defeated him, and places his hands on Kenshiro's face. He calls his little brother impressive. Lin shakes Yuria, trying to wake her up.

Yuria opens her eyes, as Lin cries out to Ken, telling him that Yuria is alive. Raoh shoves Kenshiro away, telling him to go.

Kenshiro and Yuria are, at long last, reunited. Yuria says it has been so long, as Kenshiro nods.

Raoh calls out to Yuria, and tells her that her life will be spared for a few more years. He tells her to spend those remaining year with Kenshiro in peace, and live happily. Kenshiro then realizes something -did Raoh give Yuria some of his own fighting spiritual energy?

Raoh smiles, and bids farewell to Kenshiro. He looks up, and says he shall return to heaven, where Toki awaits. Kenshiro tries to approach him, but Raoh yells at him to stay back. He doesn't want him to try and do anything for him now, his eyes should only see Yuria. And he needs nobody's help to return to heaven.

He goes into a stance, as a bright light shines from his body. Bat says Raoh's body is turning white, and they watch as he strikes pressure points on his own chest.

"Of this life, I have not a single regret!"

Raoh thrusts his fist upwards, sending all of his fighting spiritual energy across the world.

Everyone watches Raoh's final moment. Rihaku says that a great star has fallen, but now, light has returned to the world. If it hadn't been for Raoh, Kenshiro and Yuria, this world would have been in darkness forever.

People notice the light, and call it the light of freedom. As villagers begin to rebuild things, food and water is freely shared.

Later on, Kenshiro's group go to the graves of Toki and Raoh. Kenshiro says that if Raoh hadn't given his fighting spiritual energy to Yuria, he might of lost. Yuria disagrees, and says terror was the only way to rule this violent wasteland. But terror doesn't bring true peace.

She thinks that Raoh must have wished he'd be defeated by one would could love. He must have also wished that one day, warm light will pour down onto this wasteland again. That's what she can't help but believe. Kenshiro calls Raoh his greatest friend. He then picks up Yuria, and tells Raoh to rest in peace with Toki. He'll hold his life within his heart, and live on as the North Star divine fist successor.

As he and Yuria leave, the Black King sniffs at Raoh's grave, and then follows Kenshiro and Yuria.

They mount the horse, and ride away. Bat yells out Ken's name and tries to follow, but Lin stops him. She reminds him that they'd promised they wouldn't follow them, and asks him to let them be alone, so they can live quietly by themselves.

As they watch Kenshiro and Yuria leave, Lin is sure that Ken will come back someday... she knows he will.

"Ken!"



The Final Chapter - The End


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