"There were people who loathed one other." "their souls soaked in blood..." "And their bonds were broken by blades... their sincerity walls... please die... please die..." "Clouds shroud a night with a waning moon quivering in the haze" "A cruel trap involving a pair of crucified fledglings since smoldering feelings lie firmly in their hearts destruction!" "severely as a flower pierce with a trembling blade" "Even when I shut the fated tears deep within my eyes my eyelids still remember you" "Runoff in Darkness" "A hawk!" "It holds a scroll!" "I'll capture it!" "Kagero!" "Do not chase it too far!" "I know!" "too!" "now that its master is gone?" "Oboro!" "So two stayed behind... the one on the left is Muroga Hyoma and the other is Kisaragi Saemon... running off with the yamishichiyo potion but dying without having used it..." "Yakushiji Tenzen?" "T-that voice!" "It flies as if patronizing us!" "Saemon-dono!" "Over there!" "Right!" "but must be hiding nearby!" "There are two of us." "He won't attack us carelessly." "Let him go for now." "But..." "The fact the person's presence is concealed means it is not Oboro." "she is unable use a single ninpou technique." "More importantly..." "We may have fallen right into an Iga trap." "You don't mean..." "Now I see." "So the Gennosuke who chased the hawk was actually Saemon..." "Impressively done." "You're" "Hotarubi." "Just as I'd expect of the Tsubagakure Ten." "You had me utterly fooled." "To think neither of you can see..." "So much for the grand spectacle I prepared for you..." "No..." "We both saw him clearly." "With our minds' eyes." "We are thankful we could give him our final farewells and a funeral." "Hyoma." "In that case...." "Can you see this with your mind's eye?" "!" "Gennosuke." "I had intended to leave you alive until the very end so you could see the Kougas' ruin and my marriage to Oboro-sama but it seems the moment of destiny has shown itself!" "Tenzen." "Until we've spoken with the retired shogun in Sunpu and returned could you and your remaining comrades wait for us back at Iga?" "the Tenshou battle and everything else behind us." "unaware of what started it all equal losses..." "Do you suppose we could cut all of our losses and at last break the spell of hatred that has long bound us?" "leader of Iga Tsubagakure." "These are the genuine intentions of Kouga Gennosuke-sama" "leader of Kouga Manjidani." "Hyoma... after all that has happened!" "Gennosuke?" "!" "Then what was that letter of challenge?" "!" "That was to save face." "you see..." "Hyoma." "Don't tell me glib words are your blind man's techniques?" "!" "Pitiful!" "I truly underestimated you Kouga!" "Yakushiji Tenzen." "We will never see your marriage to Oboro." "have you?" "The reason being that you are going to die first!" "It seems your blindness has driven you mad..." "Gennosuke-sama..." "Yes." "Hyoma." "Hyoma!" "You" "Masters are not easily surpassed after all..." "Nothing of the sort." "I'm now nothing more than your night substitute." "That is not true." "I was seen through completely." "I've also worried Saemon and Kagero." "I'm a worthless leader..." "Everyone understands how you feel." "It's just that that is how deeply-rooted this grudge is..." "And now everyone has a reason they cannot see things in perspective..." "If only we had known about the pact's annulment before the Iga..." "There is no turning back now." "I do not want to lose any of you." "for it raised me." "Gennosuke-sama!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "Are you all right?" "!" "There is no need for worry." "I am glad you returned safely." "Yakushiji Tenzen... and Amayo Jingoro are all crossed out with blood..." "That is most likely Gyobu's blood..." "Well done." "Gennosuke-sama..." "The hawk got away." "As did a person controlling it." "kill both it and its hawker." "But what if it's Oboro?" "Should we still do that?" "Of course." "She is an Iga." "Saemon." "Kagero." "Why are you so bewildered?" "Gennosuke-sama ordered me to look at Tenzen." "Just as he did with Nenki." "Hyoma." "Kagero." "Go on ahead to Okazaki with Gennosuke-sama." "Saemon-dono?" "I have a bit of business with this dead man." "I assumed this creepy man was the most powerful of them all he amounted to nothing..." "Tokaido Road" " Chiryu" "Inn" "Akeginu..." "Not at all." "The sticky sea breeze must have felt quite unpleasant..." "I apologize for my unawareness." "Oboro-sama!" "Be my wife!" "The old woman raised you to have the blood of the next Iga leader!" "What men are worthy of passing on that blood?" "!" "which not even Gennosuke have touched have actually warmed up!" "Akeginu..." "Yes?" "Please scrub harder..." "That flute..." "Eh?" "Was that a traveling entertainer who sailed across with us?" "Yes..." "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Where do you suppose he is now?" "I don't know." "or perhaps he's staying at an inn here." "I'd like to hear it one more time..." "Perhaps we'll cross paths again sometime." "Has Koshiro gone to bed?" "I still haven't properly apologized for what I did to him..." "I'd like to before Tenzen returns from scouting the area..." "Koshiro-dono is accompanying Tenzen-sama." "Eh?" "To slay Muroga Hyoma sometime tonight." "They are probably near Komaba as we speak... you know!" "but..." "You're concerned for my safety?" "N-no..." "For Koshiro-dono..." "Akeginu." "Y-you're right." "My apologies." "Familiar men and women often show new sides in strange lands." "T-that's not how it is!" "Once we have successfully slaughtered the Kouga clan" "I see no harm in holding two wedding ceremonies together." "I" "I know Koshiro-dono will be all right." "Akeginu..." "I just know it..." "Tenzen-sama..." "What happened on the boat was just a means." "A means to lure out the hidden Kouga member." "Pay it no mind." "Tenzen-sama?" "Hawk!" "Is Tenzen-sama all right?" "!" "Where are you going?" "How did things turn out this way?" "and why?" "The princess... the place that raised me..." "The princess..." "Yes..." "I..." "I will take the princess away..." "and always be by her side!" "I..." "What can I possibly do like this?" "Kouga Gennosuke..." "Your feelings for Oboro-sama..." "Is this really" " Is this really how you want things to be?" "!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "He left..." "Gennosuke-sama left!" "He's just a Kouga..." "If only the Kouga clan didn't exist!" "Gennosuke-sama..." "But you're not to blame." "Such is youth." "things are proceeding mercilessly..." "I may be wrong in saying this may you remain confused." "I will apologize to Danjo-sama in Hell." "not even Danjo-sama can blame you." "The reason being..." "Hyoma?" "Someone approaches." "Are you Kouga?" "That voice Chikuma Koshiro!" "The mist of sorrow softly touches these lips blotted with red droplets" "The mirror in the sky beautifully illuminates the distance in the night" "Giving more than a passing thought to the myriad of showering stars firmly bind them" "Those beautiful eyes that sparkle with a lazuline hue..." "Even if they wind up closed by a harbinger from the darkness since no one can steal the bridge of connected dreams they still reflect the limitless tomorrow" "Next Episode" "A showdown in moonless darkness between general and grunt soldier." "and for the beloved two ravenous birds now put everything on the line." "A gruesome end crosses eyes of truth." "there is extreme cruelty." "On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou" "Dawn of Darkness"