Fudou in Peril!
Hurry Ken, A Man Must Not Abandon His Friends!!

Raoh waits in the canyon. Zaku, along with a few other men, appear, holding a new set of armor for Raoh. The men place the armor onto Raoh.

Zaku says they have a car that wasn't damaged for him to use. Raoh refuses to use it -he will only ride on the Black King. He says that Juza will surely come back to him, and asks where Kenshiro is. Zaku says he has no information, so Raoh tells him to take charge, and go and stop Kenshiro.

Elsewhere, Bat spots a large army of the Fist King's troops heading their way. He quickly rushes off to tell the others, and Fudou thinks the Fist King is trying to completely overwhelm them this time. Bat wonders what they should do.

Fudou tells Kenshiro that the Fist King intends to stop him. He tells Kenshiro to leave this to him, whilst he goes to the capital as soon as possible. Kenshiro asks why they are going this far for him to meet the general. Fudou tells him it's for their last general, and that eternal light. If they are able to meet, grief will change into a warm smile. That's why they, the five chariot stars, will gladly shed every drop of their blood.

Fudou then grabs a chunk of the canyon and rips it off. He tells Kenshiro that his destiny of eternal wandering may come to an end as well. He then tells him to hurry, as he can take care of Lin and Bat. Lin tells him to go, as she and Bat will be fine. She says that Fudou is trying so hard, so there must be a good reason for all of this. She pleads with him to listen to Fudou.

Kenshiro tells Fudou he's counting on him, and then runs off. Fudou thanks Lin for what she said, and says her eyes look just like the eyes of their general.

Bat points out the army is almost here, so Fudou says he'll get to work. He throws the chunk of rock at the army, which crushes several of them. He then picks up Lin and Bat, and tells them to just watch from there.

Fudou then grabs another rock, and slides it into another group. He then pushes it up against the cliff, crushing them all. Zaku thinks Fudou is a monster, but yells for his men not to falter. He tells them to attack Fudou from all sides.

They resume their attack, but Fudou starts battering them aside. Bat thinks Fudou is so strong, and encourages him to squash them all. Fudou continues his attack.

Elsewhere, Juza's gang celebrate, and hope that Juza will never have to where his battle uniform again. Nearby, some of the gang are trying to get a ride on the Black King, but he's out of control. But the moment Juza tells him to calm down, he does.

Juza gets on the Black King, and rides away from the gang. He patches his wound up, but it's still bleeding. He thinks the Black King must miss Raoh, but says he'll let him see him soon. But there's a place he wants to go to first.

One of Rihaku's men runs up, and says he's heard that Kenshiro is now heading towards the capital by himself. As this rate, he'll get there before the Fist King. Juza tells him to go and find Kenshiro, and show him the way to the capital. As he runs off, Juza thinks he must wear his battle uniform again.

Back at the battle, Zaku is informed that most of his unit has been wiped out. Zaku says they can't report this to the Fist King, and curses Fudou. They then hear someone laughing, and see a guy up above. This man, Hiruka, says it sounds like it's his turn now. He jumps down and says he has a good idea -just leave it to him. Fudou's weakness os sympathy, and it seems that he's been taking care of some orphans...

At Fudou's village, Fudou takes care of several orphans. One night, Fudou's bed broke, causing all of the kids to fall onto him. They realize it had happened again, and as he asked them if they're alright, they all laughed. This was the fifth time...

Back in the present, the kids decide to clean their home up, to surprise Fudou. Outside, some villagers are on guard duty, although one of them says that when it gets this boring, he gets sleepy.

He suddenly gets torn apart by ribbons. Hiruka appears, using a technique of his Taizan yo ken (Taishan bewitching fist) style: jako tai (biting snake sash). He kills another two guards. Inside Fudou's home, one kid, Kan, is stuck under a bed.

The other kids are about to pull him out, but then hear the door open. Hiruka says they must be the brats that Fudou takes care of. He tells them to come along with him, and quickly captures all of them apart from Kan, who remains hidden under the bed.

Meanwhile, Fudou has defeated the Fist King's forces, and tells Bat and Lin that they can catch up with Kenshiro now. Bat says he can walk himself, but Fudou is fine walking like this, so he wants Bat to let him have his way. They walk for a little bit more, but then Fudou senses something is wrong.

He yells for whoever is there to show themselves. They hear a voice, who tells Fudou he knows he has been taking care of orphans. The voice says that if he cares about their lives, he must hurry over to the quicksand pit. Two jackets are then dropped down, and Fudou realizes they belong to two of his kids: Tanji and Jiro.

Meanwhile, Kan slowly makes his way across the desert, wanting to find someone who can help. He is found by some of the Fist King's soldiers, who ask him what's up. They tell him to run before they catch him. One of them hits him with a whip.

They get a good laugh out of it, and one of them starts whipping him repeatedly. Kan gets up, as he knows if he doesn't tells someone about what happened, who will. The guy with the whip goes to strike him again...

...but Kenshiro stops him. The men wonder who the hell this guy is, but Kenshiro pulls the guy with the whip out of his car.

He hits him with so much force his fist goes straight through his head. The others tell him that if he defies them, he is defying Lord Fist King. Kenshiro says nothing, but walks up to their car, and tosses it into the air.

The car crashes back down, and Kenshiro finds a survivor. The guy swears he'll be good from now on, and promises not to do anything bad ever again. Kenshiro says it's a little too late, as if he lets his foot up now, it'll kill him. Kenshiro does so anyway, and seconds later, the guy explodes. He then checks on Kan, but Kan tells him to please help -is brothers and sisters were taken by the Fist King.

Fudou runs to the quicksand pit. There is nobody there, but he then hears the voice calling out to him. He looks up and sees Hiruka, along with some other men.

He also sees that Tanji and Jiro are being held hostage. Hiruka says Fudou must know the terror of this bottomless quicksand. Fudou asks him not to do anything stupid, but Hiruka says he's not going to stop now. Fudou tells him that Tanji and Jiro are both from Hiruka's own clan.

Hiruka initially shows concern, but then decides that in this era, blood relations have no meaning! He has Tanji and Jiro thrown into the quicksand pit.

Bat says they can't save them, but Fudou jumps into the pit. Hiruka says he knew Fudou would do that, as his compassion is his weakness. Fudou grabs onto Tanji and Jiro, and says he won't abandon them -children are the future. He apologizes to the general, as this is the end for him...

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

When the general of the South Star awaits Kenshiro, Fudou's last moment draws near! Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Treacherous Quicksand! Will the Hand of Salvation Reach Fudou!!"

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