Kenshiro crossed the ocean in pursuit of the abducted Lin. There he found the Land of Asura, ruled by brutal laws.

Lin: Kaioh!

Kaioh: Out of the way!

Lin: Stop!

Kaioh: Die, for the North Star lapis lazuli fist, and for your brother!

The Demon Kaioh fears the shadow of Kenshiro, a man of the North Star clan. So he conspired against Hyoh, the second supreme ruler of Asura, and Kenshiro's true brother.

Kaioh: In my absence, this was done by the North Star divine fist successor, Kenshiro.

Hyoh: What?! Kenshiro?!

Hyoh has entered the dark world. Now, Kenshiro stands against his wicked motive!

Kenshiro: Even if he is my brother... no, because he is my brother, I must defeat him with my own fists!

Kenshiro versus Hyoh. A battle has begun between two brothers that share blood from the North Star clan. Will Kaioh get the last laugh? The sparks of battle fly in the dark Land of Asura!

The North Star in Danger of Extinction!
Kaioh's Evil Hand has Reached the Daughter of the Emperor!!

Hyoh and Kenshiro stare each other down. Hyoh then uses his heaven destruction technique, distorting the space around Kenshiro.

Kenshiro starts to rapidly spin around, but then eventually stops, and positions himself.

Shachi says Kenshiro was able to break Hyoh's technique. 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. Kenshiro tells Hyoh that the time has come for the Demon to fall.

Hyoh says that the North Star divine fist is impressive, but all it means is that Kenshiro can stand as an equal to himself. Kenshiro says he can say the same to him, but now he'll show him the North Star divine fist's true essence.

Shachi says it's starting -the battle between two genuine brothers. Black Yaksha thinks it's regretful that they couldn't advert a fight between members of the North Star clan. Kenshiro and Hyoh rush towards each other.

Kenshiro just narrowly avoids Hyoh's strike. Hyoh is impressed he was able to evade his thrust, but he won't be able to escape the next. Kenshiro says his own strike clearly wasn't strong enough to shut him up.

Hyoh suddenly yells out, as part of his armor shatters. He has to hit a pressure point on himself to start his arm from exploding. Shachi says that Hyoh just destroyed his own pressure point.

As Hyoh heals himself, he says Kenshiro's speed is fearsome. But he's the second supreme leader, and he won't go down so easily. He resumes his attack.

At Kaioh's castle, Kaioh tells Lin that the battle between Kenshiro and Hyoh has already begun, and the North Star divine fist will be destroyed. Once that happens, the century of the North Star lapis lazuli fist will begin, and he will be the creator of the new century. Lin says Ken won't ever be defeated. Kaioh thinks she must believe that Kenshiro will win against Hyoh.

Lin tells him that the North Star divine fist allows Ken to learn every technique of the opponent he's fought with. It means Ken won't lose to the North Star lapis lazuli fist again. Kaioh says she's forgetting something critical: Hyoh is also from the North Star clan, a family line that has unlimited possibilities. It's why he's setup this battle -Hyoh will awaken sooner or later, and once that happens, there will be a fierce battle between the brothers of the North Star clan. Neither of them are superior, so all that will be left in the end will be two dead bodies. They will put an end to the North Star clan.

Back at the temple, Hyoh punches Kenshiro, and he gets sent flying back. He rebounds off one of the tombstones, and collides into Hyoh.

The two continue to fight, with neither of them having an advantage over the other. The scar on Hyoh's forehead suddenly glows.

Kaioh says his evil fighting spiritual energy is receding. To him it means that the time is near for the North Star clan to perish, and it also means he no longer needs to hide beneath this mask. He takes off his helmet, and Lin is surprised to see...

...that Kaioh looks a lot like Raoh! Kaioh says he must resemble him. But he then says that because Raoh held onto foolish thinks like compassion, he fell before Kenshiro like a helpless idiot. He's ashamed to call him his younger brother.

Back at the fight, Kenshiro dodges Hyoh's next attack, and then seems to strike a pressure point on him. But Hyoh says he's not hit anything, and tells him to look at this. The space around him is warped by his evil fighting spiritual energy, so he won't be able to accurately strike any pressure points. He tells Kenshiro to go ahead and try.

Kaioh tells Lin that he will soon be the creator of the new century. He stands up and says that compassion and love are only for fools, and it's no wonder Raoh died when he was obsessed by those feelings. Lin tells him that if he'd fought Raoh, there's no way he would have won. She says that the ones that win in the end are those who live with love.

Kaioh laughs and says that fools cannot be victors. To be the final victor, you must be one with limitless evil.

Lin tells him he's wrong, but Kaioh says that Hyoh was also foolishly taken in by love, meandering along paths not needed to enter the dark world. To him, Hyoh is nothing more than his puppet. He reveals that the one who stole Hyoh's memories wasn't Jukei, it was him. It was back when he and Hyoh were training under Jukei...

Kaioh and Hyoh are sparring. Kaioh thinks that Hyoh is said to have had his memories stolen by Jukei, to seal away his compassion -but he wonders of Hyoh truly has lost his memories. Hyoh is a man of the North Star clan, and the hidden technique only he knows is the greatest threat. As they're alone right now, nobody would question an "accident" during training. He goes to strike Hyoh...

...but someone grabs his arm: Jukei. Jukei asks him why there was a killer's intent in his fist. He tells him he still doesn't understand his place, and strikes him on the back of the head.

He then starts hitting him all over his back, telling him he is Hyoh's attendant -he's to live for Hyoh, and die for Hyoh. Hyoh pleads with Jukei to forgive Kaioh, as all Kaioh did was put too much strength into his practice. Jukei says he'll leave it at this, but warns him that the North Star lapis lazuli fist is a dangerous art, an art that only someone from the North Star clan can master. He thinks that teaching it to Kaioh may have been a mistake.

Kaioh thinks he's wrong, and also thinks that one day, he'll have both Jukei and Hyoh begging at his feet. Later on, Kaioh is imprisoned. Hyoh comes down to where he is, and gives him some water. He tells Kaioh that he has never considered him to be his attendant -since childhood, he's considered him a friend.

Kaioh asks him if he can remember his childhood. Hyoh says he can, and then says he's only going to tell him this: he hasn't lost his memories. When Jukei performed the technique to erase them, his brief reluctance weakened his technique. He thought it would be better to act as if he really had lost them. He asks Kaioh to keep this a secret, and then leaves.

As he walks off, Kaioh cannot believe someone could be this stupid. He decides to seal Hyoh's memories away forever, and hits him with the technique to do so.

Back in the present, Kaioh says that Jukei is now dead, and Hyoh moves as according to his plans. He asks Lin if she can still claim a fool can become the victor, as dying for love or compassion accomplishes nothing. But evil knows no restraints, it's what will rule this world! Meanwhile, back at the temple...

...Hyoh laughs, and says that Kenshiro won't stand a chance now. Kenshiro tells him he'd rather not fight him if possible, but this is his fate. Hyoh charges forward.

However, Kenshiro blocks his attacks, and quickly goes on the offensive. He hits Hyoh with a punch, knocking him back.

Kenshiro says that if he can't hit his pressure points, he'll just crush his body. Hyoh gets up and throws out an energy blast, which Kenshiro blocks.

Hyoh gets up and attacks again, as Kenshiro fights back. Eventually Kenshiro hits Hyoh with a kick.

Hyoh crashes into the ground. As he gets up, he thinks Kenshiro is strong, strong enough to fight Kaioh as an equal. He wonders why a man this strong would want to lay a hand on Sayaka. And the look in Kenshiro's eyes... he doesn't look like the type who'd kill a woman in a fit of rage. He doesn't understand it, why did Kenshiro kill Sayaka?

Hyoh's scar then glows again, and he screams out. He can see Raoh and Toki, and a white light... Kenshiro then appears from the light... is the light Kenshiro?

Something then appears from out of Hyoh. Black Yaksha says the aura of the God of Battle of the North Star clan must dwell within Hyoh.

Back at the castle, Lin is thrown onto a bed. Kaioh says that once Hyoh awakens to the North Star clan, neither him or Kenshiro will have the advantage. They'll both fight using all the power they have, and will end up destroying each other, taking the North Star clan with it.

He tells Lin that when that happens, she is to become his bride, and will bear the child of the creator of the new century. He then starts to laugh.

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Let his memories return! The precious bond between the brothers of the North Star. Now, the grief returns to his eyes! Next time, on Fist of the North Star 2: "The Brothers Meet Each Other with Tears. Kenshiro, I Have Been Waiting for You!!"