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During a war, a handful of warriors nearly obliterated the Imperial Army.

They were called the Ninku Unit.

The empire was barely able to defeat them,

so they set out to subdue the unit in fear of their powers.

Few even know about the real Ninku anymore.

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If all we did was goof off every day,

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The waves of happiness and sadness flow back and forth.

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I'm just starting to understand the mysteries of the heart.

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I won't run away. I will find the truth with my own two hands.

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Whether laughing or crying, I've gotta let my own colors shine.

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But if all we ever do is have fun, we lose sight of our happiness.

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When I can't reach you even though I'm being frank,

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I suddenly grow quiet,

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but I know someday, somewhere, we'll understand each other...

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Reaching the Cape of Feng Shui might not help them draw power from the Tenkuu Dragon.

This uncertainty among Fuusuke's group escalated into a dispute between Aichou and Touji.

Mekira, who had her sights set on the group, seized the opportunity.

She first made arrangements to immobilize Fuusuke and Touji

and took Rihoko and Hiroyuki hostage.

Then she ambushed Aichou while he was on his way to the Cape of Feng Shui alone.

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Looks like even a Ninku is helpless in the face of my illusion techniques.

As if this would be enough to hold me down!

If you don't want to die here,

you'd better not try anything funny.

Mark my words.

I'll take you out...

all on my own!

Rooster Art: Air Leg Claw!

Rooster Art: Sky Wing Rend!

Air Pressure Soaring Fist!

Is that all you've got?

What?!

You might be a Zodiac Ninja, but you're still just a lone Ninku.

You're no match for me.

Cut the crap!

Sky Soaring Fist!

It's futile!

Women don't like overly persistent guys, kid.

Shit!

See? You can't do a thing by yourself.

I'm not gonna lose...

to a fucking bitch like you!

It's half-hearted fools like you who delude themselves with their dreams.

We're returning to base!

Ma'am!

Stay away from the cell.

I've put up a barrier using pendulum hypnosis to prevent that Ninku from causing trouble.

Ma'am!

Is something the matter, Mekira-sama?

Aida?

You surprised me.

What's the problem?

Mekira-sama is not here.

What?!

Lucia, you were supposed to keep a watch on her tonight.

My apologies. I should have been more vigilant.

You know how fickle Mekira-sama can be!

I can only imagine how badly reprimanded I'll be for reporting late!

Camus, where's Mekira-sama?!

On the double!

Stop right there, Camus!

Threatening him won't help.

Mekira-sama will kill us if Camus goes missing.

My apologies.

I lost my composure for a moment.

She must be quite drunk from the look of things.

In any case, we need to find her as soon as possible,

or things may get out of hand.

Don't let them get away!

Hold it! Stop!

Those guys are pretty persistent!

Fuusuke, do you think Aichou and Rihoko have been captured?

I don't know, but they must be in trouble either way.

All right, we'll have to lose them and look for our comrades!

Yeah!

Hey, Touji!

Which way did I come from?

Let's see.

Who's there?

You're-

Found ya.

Have you been chasing us all along too?

I'm not a big fan of convoluted schemes.

My plan is to just get rid of you as soon as I find you.

I have no interest in fighting you.

I need to go save my friends.

If you refuse to fight, I won't give your friends back.

Man, you reek of booze.

Air Shuriken!

I knew you had it in ya.

Why do you come after us?!

It's nothing personal.

I intend to kill every last Ninku user personally.

Air Pressure Fist!

That's...

Fuusuke!

It looks like luck is on my side!

Hold it!

Touji!

Sorry to fight you two-on-one, but I need to know where my friends are.

I give.

It won't be a long wait anyway.

Fuusuke!

You all right?

Yeah. I'll manage.

Let's go.

I'm worried about Aichou.

You still haven't found Colonel Mekira?

Why are you still here? Hurry and find her!

Attention!

Major Aida's order is to prioritize finding Colonel Mekira!

Yes, sir!

Hiroyuki.

Wh-What was that?

Aichou-san!

You okay, Rihoko?

Y-Yeah.

That's good to hear.

Aichou-san, didn't you get captured?

I wouldn't let myself get caught so easily.

Rihoko...

Let's get out of here, just the two of us.

We'll start a happy family together.

A-Aichou-san, I know you've been too shy to tell me that, but now's not the time.

I think you might be getting a little ahead of yourself just because we're alone.

Is there a problem?

No problem at all!

Oh, but what about Onii-chan and Fuusuke?

Forget them.

Those idiots will probably just spoil our fun.

You're...

not Aichou-san.

Who are you?!

Aichou-san's not a guy who'd badmouth his comrades like that!

Who are you?!

Get up already, ugly!

Huh? Why are you here, Aichou-san?

That was one of Aida's illusions.

It vanished when you ripped the string from the pendulum.

Is that so?

Halt!

Let's go!

It's me.

What?!

How did he break out of my barrier?!

I'll be there right away.

Tell the search party for Colonel Mekira to return as well!

Honestly, what a handful.

What next?

Camus!

Damn it!

Not you too!

Wow, Camus! Did you come all this way to greet me?

What's this? Why are you all gathered here?

Ma'am.

We wanted to report to you that we had captured Aichou,

so we were trying to find you.

Is that so?

Let's get going, then.

Well, actually, it seems he escaped while we were here.

It's your fault.

Ma'am.

It's fine.

If he's capable of escaping from your illusion,

killing him personally should be worth my while.

Be sure to find him before he finds his friends!

Move out!

Yes, ma'am!

You okay, Aichou-san? You're not hurt, are you?

This is nothing.

I'm sure Onii-chan and Fuusuke will save us.

As if I'd need that moron to help me.

Like the first time you met them?

They told me about it a while back.

Fuusuke was desperately holding on to an old pic of you with spiky hair.

This one?

What? You have a copy too?

Hey! You wanna be friends?

Friends?

Would you like to be a Ninku with us?

If you need to find us, we'll be training around here!

That was the first time someone showed me any kindness.

I still don't think I was wrong.

But one thing about me did change after being a Ninku with those guys.

I learned how to trust someone else.

What?

Oh. It's nothing.

Let's go!

There they are!

They're over there! After them!

Attaboy, Hiroyuki.

This is the end of the line for you, Aichou the Rooster Ninja.

Mekira!

I'll destroy the Ninku with my illusion techniques for destroying my home country.

I have no idea what you're blabbering about!

Fifteen years ago,

our home country descended into a war with a neighboring country.

It's abundantly clear that you Ninku schemed to start it.

What the hell?

Our once peaceful country went up in smoke in the span of a year.

Just as a peace treaty was being negotiated, the Ninku set the royal castle ablaze

and murdered the royal family.

I'm sure you've heard of it.

The sole survivor of the royal-

None of that matters now.

Mekira-sama.

No sense in worrying about old grudges.

The strong ones win. That's how it always works.

I'm doing this for my sake alone, to prove that my clan's illusion techniques are the strongest.

That sounds stupid!

That was way before I became a Ninku.

But I can say one thing for sure.

The Ninku have never done such a thing!

But you only believe in your own strength, so it's not like you're gonna listen, right?

Fine then. I'll take you on.

I've always settled things this way.

Stay away!

Listen here! Don't lay a single hand on Rihoko.

If any of you even dare try, I'll kill you where you stand!

Fine by me.

You bitch.

You'd better kill me, or I'll kill you all!

It seems you're still affected by Aida's illusion.

Who's there?!

We made it.

Give us back our friends.

Show-offs!

Onii-chan!

I'm impressed you figured out where we were.

We asked one of your grunts where your HQ is.

We didn't get lost at all tonight!

Looks like friends really do stick together like glue!

Interesting.

Leila! Aida!

Yes, ma'am!

Yes, ma'am!

Let's rock!

What?

Damn! Another illusion?!

Fuusuke!

Air Dancing Leaves!

Mekira-sama!

Not too shabby, Rat Ninja.

But can you withstand my Crystal Eyes?

Closing your eyes won't help you.

It's game over.

Onii-chan, Aichou-san, Fuusuke.

Hiroyuki!

I've won.

My body...

Stop!

Father! Mother!

Air Pressure Fist!

What's wrong? I barely grazed you.

What was that all about?

She suddenly freaked out when she saw that fire.

What's with you two?

Aren't you going to make up?

Would it kill either of you to talk?

It's not my fault Aichou's so bashful.

He's so overjoyed, he wants to cling to me and give me a big bro hug.

Don't be ridiculous!

As if I'd cling to you!

Hey, hey, who was the guy who saved your ass back there?

How can you take credit when you barely helped?

You caused this whole thing by slowing down our trip to the Cape of Feng Shui!

What was that?!

Wanna go?!

Knock it off, you two!

Fuusuke, help a girl out here!

This meal's delicious!

You've tried my patience long enough!

Right back at ya! I'm gonna knock some sense into you!

I want more!

Fine, knock yourselves out!

Ah, nakushita chizu ni wa kaite nakatta

Ah, the map I lost didn't tell me

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sou, ashita ni aeru basho ga

where I can meet tomorrow.

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Ah, zenbu tebanashite miageta sora de

Ah, when I let everything go and looked up into the sky,

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the sun gave me a nod.

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kokoro dake wa itsumo hadashi de itai

If nothing else, I want my heart to stay barefoot.

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Rains always bring with them a rainbow.

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sora no namae omoidashite

Let's remember the name of the sky

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ude wo hiroge yonde miyou

then open our arms and call it out.

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tsubasa hoshigaru koto wa mou shinai yo

I'm not going to wish for wings anymore.

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kaze wa kokoro de umareru

I'll find wind within my heart.

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Fansub Credits

Translation: E_B & convexity

Translation Check: convexity

Timing, Typeset, Encode: Eternal_Blizzard

QC: SolZen QC Unit

Karaoke: Shujin0

Special Thanks: CP, chichiri, ronahn

A SolZen Fansub Visit us at #Soldado-Subs & #Saizen@irc.rizon.net

Hey, Fuusuke! You'd better be sure about this!

This old man is just rambling nonsense. Can he really fly a plane?

What? This geezer was an ace pilot for the Air Force?

Hold on a second! He was?!

How long ago was that?!

Next episode: Hero of the Skies!

We're going down!