"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" "Wails of Restless Ghosts" "Tokaido Road" " Kakegawa Inns" "Fool." "let me have a turn now!" "Hey!" "W-what in the" "It's kill or be killed..." "The Kouga... and I... win!" "Oboro!" "West Oigawa" "West Oigawa" --What's this?" "Someone read it." "What's this?" "Someone read it." "Let's see here..." "Kouga Gennosuke?" "Kagero is in my hands." "I shall take her head after a day or two of our special Iga torture." "If you are truly the leader of Kouga Manjidani you will leave your hole and rescue her." "bring the ninja roster to us." "and I will drag both you and Kagero to Sunpu alive." "From Iga-no-Oboro." "What is this?" "I saw the same notice board in Kanaya!" "Talk about creepy..." "Heaven help us!" "Tokaido Road" " Fujieda Inns" "Iga" "Kagero..." "I was completely taken in." "To think your sweet breath would transform into poison..." "Oboro-dono!" "Tenzen... but now I regret this war somewhat." "even if it meant a few days of death." "Just... kill me..." "Do not be so impatient." "That would be a real waste." "you will no longer be living." "Tenzen!" "Tenzen!" "You made it here all by yourself?" "You're finally starting to act like a shinobi..." "Tenzen!" "Please stop this!" "I..." "I cannot bear it!" "Oboro-sama..." "I am struck with great admiration." "Using this girl as bait to lure out Kouga Gennosuke..." "That was truly an excellent idea!" "as well." "What a true ninja leader- but a cold-blooded mind." "At least..." "At least show mercy and let her die now..." "Mercy..." "This is a living hell... but she is still a person." "Show some pity for her!" "Mercy?" "Pity?" "these are words oft heard from shinobis' mouths these days but I haven't the faintest understanding of what these words mean..." "T" " Tenzen?" "!" "W-what are you doing?" "!" "Changing my plans." "It seems this girl's breath only becomes poison when she is excited." "We will let her watch us having intercourse you will use your Piercing Eyes." "Tenzen!" "You're a horrifying man!" "'Tis another shrewd way for me to enjoy Kagero again without dying." "Have you no shame?" "!" "my eyes are still" "Oboro-sama." "How many nights has it been since we left Tsubagakure?" "The Iga have clearly won the war." "So let us arrive at Sunpu tomorrow as husband and wife!" "No!" "No!" "Tenzen!" "Yakushiji Tenzen..." "How are you still alive?" "you ask?" "Isn't it obvious?" "!" "of course!" "Gennosuke-sama!" "Oboro-sama?" "Kouga Gennosuke fell right into the trap that you set!" "You look so happy..." "Coming up with cunning plans together was worth it..." "Now just leave everything to me." "So Muroga Hyoma taught you..." "But without your Dojutsu you're even inferior to the gutless Tokugawa samurai." "Too slow!" "Gennosuke-sama?" "!" "Gennosuke?" "Plead for your life." "Depending on your attitude" "I just might be kind enough to drag you to Sunpu half-alive after our audience with the retired shogun" "I might let you stay beside Oboro-sama and me for as long as you live." "but..." "Oboro-sama." "You spoke earlier of a living hell." "But if there truly is a hell then this void I've lived in for 200 years after being born from death with no hope for salvation or deliverance whatsoever is that hell!" "Kouga scum!" "Gennosuke-sama?" "!" "Gennosuke." "Tenzen..." "I refuse to hear your last words." "What do you harbor in your body?" "blind belief it began to wane... you see..." "Damn you..." "Don't tell me you framed the Kouga?" "you plotted something..." "The Iga were on the verge of destruction." "But it was also a very rare opportunity." "the people of Tsubagakure might have become bound by Kouga Danjo and Ogen-sama's relations." "Though the first Hattori Hanzo's anti-war pact was a grave miscalculation on my part." "Grandmother... and Danjo-sama..." "Tenzen..." "You fooled both houses together..." "I fooled no one." "I simply made sure neither side forgot whom to hate." "Gennosuke-sama..." "Iga and Kouga..." "The victor shall be decided here!" "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" "The bright light of life glistens upon overflowing tears." "Blood ties that span the life-death void are carved into evil eyes." "Sparks fly in the darkness." "Glittering lazuline mercy and pity finally fell the phoenix." "On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou" "Fleeting Visions and Fantasies"