Rei has secluded himself from his friends and family. He knows that he is going to die, but he begins to think about his recent adventures. Do you remember the first time Rei appeared and he killed everybody? Yes. The reason he was killing punks was to find out who was responsible for capturing his sister, Airi. Remember when Airi got captured and Rei's father and mother were killed? Yes.



Rei had led such an empty life. But then he met Kenshiro, Lin and Bat. And Mamiya...



Remember when Rei first met Mamiya, and acted the way he did? Yes. Despite this, Mamiya still ended up going with him and Kenshiro to search for Rei's sister, Airi.



Remember how the Fang clan eventually managed to get Airi and Rei, Ken and Mamiya had to rescue her? Yes. Remember how Kenshiro had to use Hokuto Shinken to make Airi see again and when she could see both she and Rei were happy? Yes.



Rei sits on a bed and thinks that he and Kenshiro were a lot alike. But he could not follow Ken everywhere he went, because as the successor to Hokuto Shinken r he had to lead his own destiny. Rei then thinks about Kenshiro's fellow Hokuto practitioners: Jagi, the man who wanted to tarnish Ken's name as much as possible, as he hated him so much. Toki, a medical genius who has saved the lives of many.



And then there was the eldest of the four Hokuto "brothers" -Raoh. Or Ken-Oh as he would be preferred to be called. Do you remember the time when Rei fought against Raoh and he lost, putting him into this whole situation in the first place? Yes. Raoh gave Rei just three days to live.



As more blood continues to spurt out of his body, Rei thinks more about Mamiya, the first woman that he ever loved. But he found out that she has been captured by Yuda and made into one of his girl slaves -she escaped, but it really effected her life. Yes. As he found this out after his fight with Raoh, Rei made it his final goal to find and defeat Yuda.



Rei also told Mamiya about the little star next to the big dipper constellation: anyone who could see it, known as the "star of death" was fated to die by the end of the year. He could see it, but Mamiya revealed that so could she! Yes. Later on, Rei and Yuda fought each other in Mamiya's village and Rei was the eventual victor. Yuda said that he was secretly very respectful and jealous of Rei and his Nanto Suicho Ken style, and he died in Rei's arms. Yes.



With his final opponent beaten, Rei then told Mamiya that before the star of death takes her, she must try to lead her life as a woman, even if it is only for a moment. He then left to go to this house and he stopped her from following. He didn't want her to see his horrible death. More blood begins to spurt our of Rei and he kneels down, saying that he is the star of justice who lived and died for others. He had no regrets.



After thinking about all of his friends for one last time, Rei closes his eyes. Seconds later, Kenshiro and the others hear Rei fall down and then, they can hear the sounds of his body rupturing.



Some of Rei's blood spills out under the door and everyone sees that Rei has now passed away. Most start crying, and all Mamiya clings onto is one of Rei's shoulder pads that burst off when his shoulder exploded earlier in the evening. Later on, it has been decided that the entire house will be burnt down, so Rei's body is also burnt to ash and nobody will see it. The house is covered with gasoline and Ken lights a torch.



Ken says that he will always remember Rei, and that, like Shin, he will live on within him. He then lights the house and it is soon set ablaze. His heroic legend will be remembered. As everyone in the village watches the house burn, the big dipper can be seen above it. Mamiya realises that she can no longer see the star of death any more!



Lin says that Rei's love for Mamiya has created a miracle. Ken thinks about how Rei was the justice star, and that his legend will never fade.



(Chapter 2: The Tumultuous Dragon and Tiger - The End)

"Farewell...Rei..."


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