A Match Between Brothers of Flesh and Blood!
There Are No More Tears in Hyoh's Eyes!!

Kenshiro and Shachi look out at the ocean. Shachi says that Kenshiro was sent away from this very beach, and according to Jukei, Raoh held him tightly. Shachi asks him again: will he really fight Hyoh, even if he's his true brother? Kenshiro says that Hyoh works with Kaioh, and rules the Land of Asura. It is because Hyoh is his brother that he must defeat him.

That is his fate as the successor to the North Star divine fist. Shachi wonders if Kenshiro can continue on like this, bearing the cross of the North Star divine fist. They start to walk away, but stop when they see someone driving towards them.

It's Tao, who tells Shachi that Leia told him to bring him this. She and the other kids pulled an all-nighter to make it: a shoulder pad. Shachi puts it on, and thinks about Leia. He recalls her saying that she can't stand in his way any longer, and how he should treasure his life. Shachi is determined that he and Kenshiro will defeat the supreme leaders of Asura, so they can change this land.

Tao then reveals that Hyoh is using some villagers to dig up the Asura Holy Temple from a swamp. Kenshiro asks what that is, and Shachi explains it's the sacred birthplace of the North Star lapis lazuli fist. At the temple, Asuras watch as villagers carry heavy rocks. They tell the villagers to hurry up.

The captain there tells everyone to hurry and block off the water from the swamp, so the Holy Temple can stand tall once more. To get everyone to work faster, he has a villager placed in a guillotine.

Another villager is then forced to hold the chain in his mouth, and is told to bite down tightly, otherwise the old man is dead. The captain tells the other villagers to hurry up, so they get moving. The swamp is soon mostly blocked off.

The temple is revealed, and later on, Hyoh walks towards it. He heads inside it, and sees the tombstones of his predecessors. He says that men who previously inherited the North Star lapis lazuli fist were always overshadowed by the North Star divine fist, and their hatred has created an evil energy which envelops this temple. There is no better place for Kenshiro to meet his end but here!

Outside, the villagers are still working, but the guy holding the chain loses his grip on it. The blade falls, but someone throws a boulder, stopping it from hitting the villager.

The captain wonders what's going on, but then he and everyone else sees a massive rock somehow moving towards them. The captain watches as the rock gets closer and closer...

...and then sees that it is being carried by a single man: Kenshiro! The captain is amazed with his strength, and tells him to go on. Kenshiro tells him he'll stop here, as he wants them to carry it from this point on. He places the rock down over the Asuras.

They try to lift it, but get crushed almost straight away. Shachi kicks over an Asura who tries to run, and he smashes into the rock. The rock ends up falling down off a cliff...

...and blocks up the swamp. Kenshiro and Shachi then walk down, and head towards the temple.

Inside, Hyoh laughs, and says his evil fighting spiritual energy is restless -he can tell Kenshiro has come. Kenshiro appears above him, so he fires off an energy blast.

Kenshiro blocks it, as Hyoh and Kenshiro finally meet. Hyoh says he'll settle this long grudge of the North Star, by ending the era of the North Star divine fist. He and Kaioh will then start the era of the North Star lapis lazuli fist.

Kenshiro tells him that he or Kaioh have no future, for as long as he lives. Shachi thinks this must be the fate of the North Star, but can nobody stop their battle? Kenshiro and Hyoh stare at each other.

Hyoh wonders if this man really is Kenshiro. Kenshiro thinks that he killed Raoh with his own hands, a man he loved and called "brother". Hyoh feels as though he has met Kenshiro before, a long time ago. But he can't remember when. His scar then glows.

He is holding something, which then blasts out a powerful light. But then he sees a baby in the light.

However, he then thinks of Sayaka. He knows that Kenshiro is the man who killed Han, and took the life of his beloved Sayaka. Even if he tears him apart, his heart won't be satisfied! He prepares to attack Kenshiro again, but then a shadow looms over him.

Black Yaksha appears, and says that Hyoh's memories did not come back. Hyoh throws several blades at him, which appear to destroy him.

However, Black Yaksha reappears behind Kenshiro, and says he's been waiting for him. Kenshiro asks who he is, so Black Yaksha introduces himself, and says that he has served him ever since he was born. He tells Kenshiro he won't remember him, and since the day Raoh took him and crossed the ocean, he's awaited his return. Hyoh says he's heard that those of the North Star divine fist are given the strongest warrior attendants. Black Yaksha asks Kenshiro to observe his battle.

Black Yaksha tells Hyoh that he never regained his memories, and then entered the dark world. The only option left is for him to take his life! He reveals claws on his arms, and says this was his vow to the late master Jukei. He starts to use a technique where multiples of himself appear, but Hyoh tells him he's not worthy of his time, and turns around. Black Yaksha says he'll show him the hidden technique that can break his heaven destruction move.

Hyoh tells him he's annoying, and fires an energy blast at him. But it fails to hit Black Yaksha, who passes through it. Hyoh uses more energy blasts, but they all fail to hit the mark. Black Yaksha then counter attacks, and almost stabs Hyoh.

Black Yaksha starts to circle around Hyoh, and tells him that the area of influence for his heaven destruction technique is small. The technique he uses is an air-manipulating art that can modify existence itself. Hyoh throws his cape up, but it instantly get torn to shreds.

YUSHOU SEIBU

(Rising Fearsome Dance)

Hyoh thinks that he can't perceive his opponent's movements. He thinks Black Yaksha is slowly closing the distance, and will strike when his guard is down -but it won't work on him. Black Yaksha dives down, and is about to strike, but then one of his arms gets sliced off.

Black Yaksha lands back down and asks how he did it. Hyoh says then when he threw up his cape, he setup the strings behind him, which can disintegrate anything they touch. He blasts Black Yaksha into one of the tombstones, and tells him that he'll send him off with his heaven destruction technique.

He uses the technique, causing Black Yaksha to levitate. Unable to position himself any longer, Hyoh charges forward and tells him he'll strike all 1,109 of his pressure points!

However, before he can, someone stops him: Kenshiro! He starts to fight with Hyoh.

Hyoh tries to counter, but has to go on the defensive so he can block all of the kicks Kenshiro starts to use. Kenshiro eventually manages to land a hit on Hyoh's face. Black Yaksha wonders how Kenshiro was able to stop Hyoh when the latter was using the heaven destruction.

Kenshiro tells Hyoh that he's seen through his art, and that the North Star lapis lazuli fist is no longer a match for him. He'll show him what he means, in exchange for his life. Hyoh unleashes his evil fighting spiritual energy, and says he won't listen to Kenshiro's nonsense. Meanwhile, an Asura informs Kaioh that Hyoh and Kenshiro are at the temple.

Kaioh realizes that their battle must have finally begun. As Kenshiro and Hyoh's power is evenly matched, he wants them to devour each other, and perish together. Elsewhere, Lin looks out of her cell's window, and sees the Big Dipper in the sky.

She thinks of Sayaka, Hyoh and Kaioh, and then says that Ken must not fight with Hyoh!

Back at the temple, Hyoh uses the heaven destruction technique on Kenshiro.

He tells him to die, and throws out an energy blast. But Kenshiro is able to protect himself from it. Hyoh watches as Kenshiro starts to spin around.

Kenshiro eventually stops, and is able to position himself. Black Yaksha says the heaven destruction uses the overpowering flow of one's evil fighting spiritual energy, to trap the opponent inside a temporal state of zero gravity. Shachi thinks he understands -Ken spun himself in the midst of zero gravity, and used the centrifugal force to secure his position.

Black Yaksha sees that one fight with Kaioh was all Kenshiro needed to see through the North Star lapis lazuli fist's secret techniques. Kenshiro tells Hyoh that the time has come for the Demon to fall.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro and Hyoh, the brothers embattled! Will the intensive aura awaken Hyoh of the North Star clan? Next time, on Fist of the North Star 2: "The North Star in Danger of Extinction! Kaioh's Evil Hand has Reached the Daughter of the Emperor!!"