The key to the conquest of the century's end is held by the last general of the South Star. And the identity of that general was Yuria. Raoh and Kenshiro rush to the capital of the South Star. To whom will the goddess of fate smile upon? Hurry, Kenshiro, and embrace your love, Yuria!

Sadness of the Five Chariot Stars!
You're the Woman Burdened by Love and Fate!!

Raoh says that Yuria belongs to him. If the last general of the South Star is Yuria, then she's the only woman worthy of him! He says he'll conquer the South Star, and have Yuria kneel before him. He and the Black King charge off, and Kenshiro attempts to follow, but he has to stop due to several explosions.

The Fist King's shadow squad appear, and the captain says they can't let Kenshiro reach the South Star castle. Kenshiro tells them to move -he's in a hurry. The captain tells him he'll have to defeat them, if he wants to go any further.

The shadow squad all attack at the same time, and throw various projectiles at Kenshiro, but he jumps high into the air.

Raoh continues to make his way towards the capital, saying that the last South Star general shall be his. In the capital, Rihaku is informed that the Fist King has come. Raoh has not made it to the main gate yet, but Kenshiro has yet to arrive at all. Rihaku suspected this would happen, and says they must stop Raoh's ambition at any cost. He says to not let the Fist King set foot inside the castle.

Rihaku's army start to assemble. Elsewhere, Tou hears that Raoh is coming. Yuria asks her what's wrong, but Tou says it seems Raoh had made it to the castle first. She doesn't want Yuria to be caught by Raoh.

Yuria says she will wait... she will wait for Kenshiro, no matter what fate shall bring upon her. Outside, Raoh reaches the main gate.

He places his hand on the gates, and knows there are people waiting the other side. He shouts that nothing will get in the way of his conquest, and then punches the gate.

The gates are blown apart, as Raoh and the Black King make their way in. The soldiers try to attack, but either the Black King smashes them out of the way, or Raoh uses his techniques...

...to kill them. They are soon able to head inside the castle. Rihaku realizes the Fist King is inside, and says the rest is left in the hands of destiny.

Meanwhile, Kenshiro has nearly defeated nearly all of the shadow squad, with only the captain left. The captain says that they've still managed to injure him, and Kenshiro suddenly stumbles. He realizes he has been poisoned, as the captain says it's too late now. They weapons are all swathed with poison, and even a scratch will send the poison through his body. He says Kenshiro won't be able to move, and tells him he'll die here.

Before he can strike, Kenshiro yells out, and energy emits from his body. He says that the North Star divine fist is an art of assassination. Against poison, the energy activates the body's meridian, and discharges the poison from the body. It's one of his secret techniques, and it means poison doesn't work against the North Star divine fist. The captain attacks, but Kenshiro jumps up.

The captain throws some shuriken at him, but Kenshiro catches them all, and throws them back. The captain deflects them with his sword, but isn't fast enough to avoid Kenshiro punching him in the face.

The captain says their mission was to stall Kenshiro here, and reveals that the Fist King will now be at the South Star capital. As he explodes, Kenshiro runs towards the capital. Meanwhile, Raoh is already nearly near the top of the castle.

He enters a large room, and kills several more guards. At the end of the room, he sees the general. He dismounts, and says tells the general that they meet at last. Finally, the time has come for him to take her. He says it has been a while, since the days of their training... from the time she was burned into his heart...

Ryuken and Raoh spar, but Raoh is no match for his opponent. Ryuken tells him he must learn the technique to evade the opponent's attacks on his pressure points. He then says that is all for today, and leaves the dojo.

Raoh lies there, thinking that he can't move, and his eyes won't open. He can only feel pain, and wonders of Ryuken is trying to kill him. He then hears someone walking towards him. He wonders what is happening, at someone begins to heal his injuries. He thinks it may be the hands of God, and wonders who is there.

He eventually manages to look up, and sees a young girl standing there. He asks her what her name is, but realizes it's Yuria. Yuria smiles, and then laughs.

Back in the present, Raoh says he has finally seized the heaven, and his conquest will be complete when he has Yuria. The guards say they won't let him have his way, and attack him. But their weapons shatter when they hit his body.

Raoh kills them all with a single punch. He tells Yuria that she is a woman worthy of the man who has seized heaven. He walks towards her, and tells her to take her mask off -he wants to see her face. The general hesitates.

Raoh senses something isn't right, and realizes the person before him isn't Yuria. He strikes her helmet, which shatters into pieces. Raoh recognizes Tou straight away. Tou tells him that he thinks of Yuria so much, but he just says she is the daughter of Rihaku, one of the five chariot stars. He thinks she must be protecting Yuria by sacrificing herself. Tou says that is true, but she also wanted to see him.

She cries, and says her tears are for the fate of the five chariots, tears of her destiny to protect Yuria and defeat him. She did not want to meet him this way, as she had given her heart to him since they first met. Not a day has passed without her thinking of him...

Tou runs away from some wild dogs, but they corner her at the edge of a cliff. One of them leaps towards her, but before it can bite her, a rock strikes it in the face. Raoh appears, and the dogs all circle him.

They try to attack him, but he beats them all up. Tou asks him who he is , and he says his name to her. She thanks him, but he makes it clear he wasn't trying to save her. If he couldn't defeat these beasts, then he's yet to complete the art he seeks. This was just part of his training.

Tou followed Raoh back to the dojo, and watched him train. The years went on, and one day, Raoh got beaten up by Ryuken. Tou comes up to him and asks him if he's alright, but he says these wounds are barely scratches. She offers him a cloth so he can clean his wounds, but he refuses it, and gets up. He tells her she's disrupting his training.

Sometime later, Raoh encountered Yuria again. He decided she's too good to give up to Kenshiro, and tried to force her to love him. But Toki then appeared, and Raoh let Yuria go. Tou happened to witness this event, and realized that Raoh's heart was meant for Yuria... even though Yuria loves Kenshiro.

Back in the present, Tou asks Raoh if there's any way he can forget about Yuria. Raoh says that without the last general, his conquest won't be complete. Tou tells him that Yuria's love is meant for Kenshiro.

Raoh doesn't care who she loves, or how impure she may be. All he cares about is her being next to him at the end of it all. Tou wonders if he sees his mother in Yuria. A woman's true image is always maternal. That image of a mother, is something Yuria's star represents: caring, love and maternity. The South Star of the merciful mother.

Tou tells Raoh that he grew up without a mother during his youth, and he now sees that motherly figure within Yuria. She realizes she can't compete no matter what she does. Raoh yells at her, demanding to know where Yuria is. Tou doesn't answer, but instead rushes forward. She grabs a knife from Raoh's belt.

She says that to defeat him is her destiny as the daughter of Rihaku of the Ocean. Raoh tells her to stab him, but she should know that something like that won't harm him. He tells her to do it -can she? Tou hesitates...

...but then stabs her own heart. She collapses and says that by doing this, Raoh may find a little of her in his heart. She asks him to remember her, if he feels any pity for her. She then dies.

Raoh calls her a foolish woman, and pulls the knife out of her. He wonders why, if she couldn't reach her heart, why didn't she try to kill him? If she had killed him, no one could have ever had him. He drops the knife to the ground, and says that if he can't reach Yuria's heart, then she must also die.

Outside, Kenshiro arrives at the capital. He sees the dead bodies everywhere, and looks towards the castle. Inside, Raoh calls out to Yuria: subjection or death -she can decide for herself!

NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW

Kenshiro and Yuria's reunion is interrupted by Raoh! And now, the 2,000 year old secret techniques of the North Star will be unleashed! Next time, on Fist of the North Star: "Ultimate Secret Technique, Nil-Thought Rebirth! Raoh, you've finally been Cornered!!"

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