Kenshiro uses a bike to get to Southern Cross. Meanwhile, Shin tells Jackal that Julia must not know that Kenshiro is alive. He tells Jackal to guard her, and not take his eyes off her.

Julia wakes up, and finds herself in a room full of machinery. She asks what happened and where Shin is, but Jackal says he can't tell her that. He'll just say that Shin had some personal business to attend to. Julia asks what she's doing here, but Jackal pulls out his staff and asks what she wants to do.

Julia tells him to get away, but he says he's in charge of watching her -sometimes the fox gets a break. He thinks he and her will be pretty good friends by the end of the night. He gets up and walks up to her, saying it's just her and her best pal, Jackal.

Kenshiro enters Southern Cross, but then hears a siren. The people know this siren means the curfew is in effect, and go inside their homes. Meanwhile, Jackal offers Julia a drink, but she refuses. Jackal says it means more for him, and then feels Julia's face. Julia tells him not to touch her.

Jackal says he likes touching her so much, so Julia slaps him. Jackal says he likes that. Julia slaps him again, but he says he thinks he's falling for her. Outside, Kenshiro walks through the streets, and comes across several posters of Julia, with the message "Mother of the Future" on them.

Jackal tells Julia he's not afraid of Kenshiro or Shin, and thinks he could take both of them. He thinks that Shin has lost it, as power corrupts a man. The clock's ticking, and things could go either way upstairs. He says it could go this way or that way, and pulls a lever in both directions, causing some nearby cogs to turn different ways. He's sure Julia doesn't understand what he's talking about, but if things goes his way, he's sure he's going to have a lot of fun with her before they go to hell. Julia suddenly places her head on the floor, and says there's something moving under here.

Jackal says he'll take care of her, and kisses her forehead. He then tries to listen to the noise, at which point Julia pulls down some shelves, which crash over Jackal. As she moves away, Jackal grabs her foot, causing her to fall.

She eventually manages to get away, but Jackal says she's made this big, bad wolf very happy. Outside, Kenshiro stands before...

...Shin's fortress. He heads inside it, where several Crossmen attack him.

He takes them all out, and heads further into the fortress.

Meanwhile, Jackal yells to Julia that attempting to escape is a felony, and the punishment is at the discretion of the officer in charge -that's him! Julia is a level under Jackal, and tries to evade him. Elsewhere, Kenshiro arrives in Shin's room.

Shin is waiting inside, and tells Ken it's surprisingly good to see him. He asks what he's been up to, and Kenshiro says he's been ruining his plans. Shin says he'd call it standing in the way of progress, as it's a new world, shaped by his dreams. Kenshiro tells him his dreams are over. Shin tells him to walk away, and let the future commence, unhindered by such ghosts of the past as him.

Kenshiro takes his jacket off, and tells Shin he always did love the sound of his own voice. Meanwhile, Julia sees an exit, but has to run off when Jackal appears the other side of it.

Shin takes his jacket off, and he and Kenshiro begin to fight. This time, Kenshiro manages to hit Shin a few times.

Shin says that's improvement, but it won't make any difference. The two continue to fight, but Shin evades Kenshiro's strikes, and hits back.

Kenshiro says he can see through all of Shin's moves, and then lands several punches and kicks on him.

Shin falls, but he tells Kenshiro to wait. He almost forgot that he had some sad news: Julia is dead. As Kenshiro takes this in, Shin suddenly goes on the attack.

He quickly beats up Kenshiro, hitting him several times and throwing him around. Meanwhile, Jackal finds Julia, and starts hitting her. He tells her she's been a very bad girl, and he's going to teach her a lesson.

Shin hits Kenshiro several more times, and then uses a Southern Cross technique to finish him off. He hits Kenshiro in the chest.

Kenshiro falls, and then his arms bleed heavily. As he collapses, he notices something on the ground: a crack, which has a small flower growing out of it. It was the place where a seed had fallen earlier.

Kenshiro says Julia's name, whilst at the same time, Julia says Kenshiro's name. Jackal thinks how sweet -Kenshiro's name is the last word out of her mouth before it fills with her dying blood. She had a throne, now she's flat out her back like a good little bitch. He says he can hurt her for as long as he wants, and all the while Kenshiro is upstairs, she can't even say goodbye. He asks her if that hurts, and then slaps her.

Kenshiro looks at the flower, and then looks at Shin. Suddenly, the aura around Shin's hand disappears, as Kenshiro stands up once more.

Kenshiro goes on the attack, and hits Shin with several kicks. As Jackal continues to hit Julia, she notices one of the straps on Jackal's head has come loose.

She grabs it and places it in some of the cogs next to them. The strap pulls Jackal forward, and as he screams, the straps get torn off from his head.

With the straps no longer keeping his head from bulging up, Jackal starts screaming. Seconds later, his head explodes, killing him. Back at the other fight, Kenshiro hits several pressure points on Shin.

He hits him again, and Shin says the North Star and the Southern Cross should never have fought... that was the teaching. Kenshiro says the teachings were true, but there is no Southern Cross.

Kenshiro hits Shin with a few more kicks, knocking him down and defeating him. Kenshiro grabs Shin and tells him he's ruined his life... he's ruined all their lives. Shin says all this was his vision... Julia had nothing to do with it.

Kenshiro asks if she's alive, but Shin says she isn't, and laughs. Kenshiro hits him one last time, killing him.

Kenshiro gets up and leaves the throne room. He stumbles around the fortress, but then comes across a large group of Crossmen.

However, the Crossmen suddenly stop, and bow down. Kenshiro turns around, and sees that Julia has appeared.

Julia places her hand on Kenshiro's face, and calls him the Fist of the North Star. As the two hug, Julia reveals that she still has the bag of seeds.