呪われし炎、『紅』の過去！
With
Domon’s help, Recca and Mikagami had set aside their differences and defeated
Neon & Aki together. However, Neon refused to surrender and decided to use her
final move, even if it cost the lives of everybody in the battle dome...
Green
light swirled from the Hokage maudough – Fukyu Waon, Clashing Harmony as it
encircled Neon. Kagero explained that the maudough was storing energy till it
had reached its maximum limit. Then, it would explode and everybody in the dome
would die. The
panicked audience ran out of the dome as the Fukyu Waon was shooting out green-coloured
beams, which damaged the entrances. Thus, preventing anyone from escaping. Aki and Miki
beseeched Neon to stop but a psychic barrier that was surrounding them. Neon
wanted them to survive so that they could continue to
serve Kurei. Everything that they did in the past, present and future was for Kurei.
Neon
knew that Recca was Kurei’s younger brother. Still, she wanted to get rid of
him so that he would not cause any more pain for Kurei. Recca wanted to know why
Neon was risking her life to protect a murderer. Neon shut him off. What did
he know about Kurei? Did he know his kindness? His pain? His sufferings? 4
years ago, Kurei had taken in Neon, Aki and Miki as his maids. Later, they found
out that they were working for an underground organization but it didn’t
matter to them as they were being well treated. Kurei had never showed his emotions or
feelings to anyone except for a lady named Kurenai.
Sadly,
their love affair was made known to Mori Kougan who instantly had Kurei
punished. Kurenai pleaded Mori Kougan to stop. Mori Kougan told Kurei that
Kurenai was a test to make sure that Kurei has totally abandoned his emotions
and feelings. Since he failed to do so, he would do something about it. He took
out a remote control, saying that he had placed an explosive device in
Kurenai’s body if she happened to betray him and he would use it to drill an
important lesson into Kurei’s mind. He pressed the button. An explosion was
heard. Kurenai
died, with her last words that she wished to be with Kurei forever. Mori Kougan
told him that as long as Kurei shown his emotions, he would take everything away
from him.
Kurei
stood up and released his flame. With tears streaming down his face, he vowed to
make Kurenai’s wish come true. Kurenai was transformed into an angel of flame. She
flew toward him and placed her hand on left side of his face. Kurei blamed
himself for her death and was willing to have a scar on his face as a reminder
of their love. Neon was witnessing all of this and decided to join the Uruha 10.
She vowed never again would Kurei had to suffer.
She
had now collected all the energy that she need and was going to send everyone to
heaven. As the rocks flew about, one of them headed toward Yanagi. Kukai
appeared
and smashed the rock to pieces. Saicho and Fujimaru appeared as well. The team Ku
was prepared to protect Yanagi while Recca and Mikagami deal with Neon.
Recca
struggled if whether he could stop this without killing Neon. Mikagami told him
that even though he sympathized with Neon, he should not forget that she was willing to die for Kurei.
Had he forgotten what Kurei did to Yanagi? Recca remembered a dragon that had the ability to create psychic barriers. He
closed
his eyes and concentrated. In spite of that, the dragon didn’t want to help at
all. The circle surrounding Neon enlarged. Mikagami told Recca to get out of
the way but Recca stayed still. The dragon asked Recca if he was willing to die. Recca
replied that he would stay as he was until he agree to help him. Meanwhile, Mikagami
decided
to take action. He stabbed Ensui into the ground and summoned the icicle flow (Tsuramanai).
(The explanation: Ensui created icicles underneath and shoots out ice spikes onto the ceiling of the dome. The ice spikes on the ceiling absorbed moisture from the surrounding air and create more icicles, sending them down. This pattern would continue until the opponent had been defeated.) Neon was determined not to let Mikagami win and enhanced her power. Mikagami concentrated and sent huge ice spikes underneath that shot out so high that one of them knocked off Neon’s Fukyu Waon. The maudough flew in midair and a passing icicle destroyed it. Fukyu Waon played its last tune and the flute in Neon’s hand broke into pieces. Neon was unable to create the Reqieum. As she fell to the ice spikes below, she prayed for Kurei’s forgiveness for failing him.
Recca
ran forward, intending to save Neon. The dragon asked him why did he want to
save an enemy who wanted him dead. Recca replied that it didn’t matter because
she was a human being and nobody deserved to die before their time. A tattoo
burned on Recca’s arm. The dragon found him foolish even though he agree to
help him. Recca summoned the 5th dragon – Madoka, the king of
psychic barriers. Thus, Neon was saved.
Neon
asked Recca why did he save her. Was she now to face the shame of defeat? Recca
told her some people would be sad if she died. Besides, he would not get a good
night’s sleep if he didn’t save her. Aki and Miki ran towards her and hugged
her, crying with relief. Neon told the referee that she had lost since her
maudough had been destroyed. Therefore, Hokage could proceed to the next match.
Before
Uruha Oto walked away, Neon told Recca that she was still faithful to Kurei and
would kill Recca if he ordered her to despite the fact that Recca had saved her.
However, Recca was not bothered by it. While the Hokages celebrated their
victory, the happy
Recca jumped onto the annoyed Mikagami.
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