"when many planets intermingled and the boundary between man and god was vague... a tale of love and rebirth." "1017)}Kyousou{\cHFCFDFB}gi{\cH000000}ga" "what's going on?" "what will become of Koto?" "What's happening?" "!" "A virus?" "Look!" "It's Mom!" "It's Mom!" "Sis!" "Too" "Chapter 19:" "The Present (13) / Reunion" "Mom?" "Koto?" "Mom?" "Koto?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Koto!" "I've been looking for you this whole time!" "I came to get you! aren't you?" "Mom!" "Koto!" "Yeah!" "All right!" "There's so much I want to ask you right away... let's go home!" "Everybody's waiting." "Koto!" "Koto!" "Koto!" "Koto!" "Princess." "Kurama." "Koto." "Thank you." "I thought I was going to die!" "I was sure I was going to die!" "Poor thing." "Look at how you've grown!" "Myoue?" "Shut up." "And look at all the children you have!" "I do not!" "I'm kidding." "Koto..." "Mom..." "I'm sorry." "didn't they?" "Will you forgive them?" "Yeah." "Mom." "too." "Welcome home!" "I'm home." "Kyousou{\cHEAFEF5}gi{\cH000000}ga" "Chapter 20:" "The Present (14) / Return my!" "This place has really changed!" "It's Koto-sama!" "Koto-sama!" "Koto-sama!" "What an honor... too." "You know..." "We really stand out." "You all worked together just like you promised!" "I'm so proud of you three!" "let's go to the mountains!" "I'll throw a tea party for you!" "huh?" "Yup!" "And Myoue's in charge of slacking off." "I am not." "Then what are you in charge of?" "Babysitting is enough work." "are you talking about us?" "That's so mean." "Who else would I be talking about?" "don't you?" "you'd cry!" "What a wimp!" "you idiots!" "Kurama?" "You're always so smart!" "I want to see more!" "So pretty!" "What is this?" "A monitor." "A monitor?" "Does the color change if you press this?" "You shouldn't touch it too much." "I shouldn't?" "It's not a tool that changes colors." "So that's the mother of the Council of Three?" "Did she leave before you got here?" "I believe so." "too!" "You look nothing alike." "we do!" "We totally do!" "Mother." "I think that's enough." "Huh?" "all of a sudden?" "after all!" "What are you doing?" "I'm sorry!" "We can skip my place." "come on." "I don't have anything to show you." "I want to see it!" "It's so clean!" "don't you?" "Not really." "You're such a hardworking boy!" "Un's and my room!" "I told you to clean it up before we left!" "Right!" "Right." "Right." "Drink up!" "Thank you." "It's so good." "Isn't it?" "It's just like the tea I used to drink with you!" "That's right." "I remember this." "I can't believe you saved it." "It's an important memory of my time with you." "I couldn't get rid of it." "I'm so glad you're back." "Yase..." "I'm sorry I disappeared so suddenly." "It's okay..." "Koto." "That was so fun." "okay?" "Huh?" "Why?" "No!" "Why?" "You're finally back!" "I got to see that everybody's doing well." "That's enough." "And... we'd be together." "he'll be mad." "Dad'll come back on his own eventually!" "Yase..." "Head back... but how?" "I don't want you to!" "okay?" "anyway?" "Trade secret!" "You can't even get back." "Ow!" "Koto." "No!" "Kyousou{\cHEAFEF5}gi{\cH000000}ga" "Chapter 21:" "The Present (15) / Koto" "Mom!" "Koto." "I'm sorry for making you go through all this." "it's okay." "Koto." "It really has been a long time." "The last time we met was when you were a little girl." "I saw you when I was a baby?" "You sure did!" "You were this tiny." "too." "Oh!" "I had no idea." "Your dad didn't tell you anything?" "He didn't want to say anything." "It was more like..." "You know already!" "I don't have to tell you!" "That's what it felt like he was saying." "That sounds just like him." "He's always been like that." "I don't really get it." "just like your dad's." "Is it?" "It is." "Is it?" "It is." "And the color my eyes?" "they're the same." "too!" "That's right." "now." "Mom?" "I can tell!" "isn't it?" "What were you doing there?" "Koto..." "Sensei and the people at the Shrine won't tell me anything." "But I want to know!" "about you..." "I thought you were the priest." "just like you'd promised. but you'd finally come to fulfill your promise." "is it?" "trapped by their dreams?" "The hole the little sister tore open has already closed." "And with the catalyst in this shape..." "Is something wrong?" "Something... is bothering me." "How could she be so sure she was going to return?" "okay?" "How?" "What happened?" "You're not staying there tonight?" "Yeah." "What?" "This is my first time seeing this room." "is there?" "Your girlfriend never comes here." "She's not my girlfriend." "She's too good for me." "You always say that." ""for me." "Don't you get tired of saying those things?" "What's with you?" "Nothing." "You're lucky." "To have a past you can get gloomy about." "I'm jealous." "don't you?" "I don't." "All I have is the future." "I keep telling myself I have to go forward... without knowing anything at all." "Hey." "What's gotten into you?" "Hey." "I won't know if you don't say anything." "Everybody... everybody keeps asking me to do things!" "Why?" "Koto..." "There are lots of things I want to ask!" "Things I want your help with!" "But nobody tells me anything!" "Hey!" "Koto!" "I can't take it anymore!" "I've got my own problems!" "It's because you're special." "Koto." "Sensei?" "you'll just have to get used to it." "Sensei..." "Sensei!" "wimp?" "shrimp." "It's been a long time since I've seen your tears." "Sensei!" "And the cats!" "What are you doing here?" "This is the Looking Glass City!" "Yes." "I know that." "What was that?" "Are you the Priest?" "Yakushimaru." "now you're... aren't you?" "Sensei?" "You guys were getting out of hand." "You idiots were having a party." "And it's made a mess for us." "you little tomboy." "The rest of that dream..." "Why now?" "There can only be one reason." "It wasn't me!" "was..." "What do you mean?" "Koto?" "How?" "I made an entrance!" "so I forced my way in with Aratama." "right?" "then." "Jeez..." "Nothing has changed." "Dad's the one who brings all the problems." "I suppose." "I found Mom!" "Sensei?" "Kyousou{\cHEDEDED}gi{\cH131111}ga" "The Looking Glass City is going to be destroyed?" "That's big trouble!" "is it?" "Are we going to be okay? right?" "This is all... my fault?" "A Story of a Fight Between Here and There" "Next time: "A Story of a Fight Between Here and There." "Sensei!" "What do we do now?"