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Did you hear, Tamaki-chan?

About the spiriting away?

Spiriting away?

Yeah.

It happened again yesterday, here in the village.

It hadn't happened in a long time.

Spirited away?

On the edge of town?

Really?

No way!

Again?

It certainly hasn't been peaceful.

I've come today with a request.

This is about the offering, isn't it?

Ominous Dark Clouds

Just as I would expect from you, Baba-sama.

You can easily see what I am thinking.

Then I beg of you,

please do not perform the ceremonial offering.

I cannot grant that request.

You should already know.

The Onikirimaru was not completely sealed.

That cannot be set free to this world.

We have no other choice.

The guardians are the protectors of the Tamayori princess,

the sealer of the Onikirimaru.

You haven't forgotten this, have you?

Always fixating on the fact...

...that your mother became the ceremonial offering,

and you call yourself a guardian?

There is nothing left to discuss.

Mitsuru?

Yes.

That day,

Tamaki-san's strength...

...far surpassed Baba-sama's.

So why hasn't the Onikirimaru...?

But maybe if we had the Artifacts...

However...

Please do not perform the ceremonial offering.

We have no other choice.

I've come to offer myself to the gods.

Mother?

I cannot allow the ceremonial offering to happen.

I'll use any means necessary to stop it.

Even if that means I will fail as a guardian.

Man, I'm hungry.

Before we look into the spiriting away,

let's have Mitsuru make us something to eat.

Sounds good.

Mitsuru-chan's cooking is so good. It really energizes you.

Her inarizushi flavoring is exquisite.

Oh, Ohmi-san.

Welcome home, everyone.

Where's Inukai-kun?

Huh? He was here until a second ago.

Where'd he go?

You're...

You stink today as well.

The smell of a traitor.

What's your problem?

It's not like...

It's not like I'm a traitor because I wanted to be one.

We cannot use him.

He has no strength.

I was only seven at the time, and I didn't and still don't know what happened.

No, what didn't happen.

I was abandoned by my parents and by Kifu village.

I had lost my home and I was alone.

I was taken in by a strange temple.

That's why I...

Mother? Father? Where are you?

I want to go home!

I want to go back to Kifu village!

Form the contract.

Who's there?

My name is Logos.

I am an agent of Sephiroth.

If you devote yourself to that name,

I will give you duty.

Eight years from now, a holy woman will appear here.

You will help this woman.

If you do, she will give you a home.

You will be free of all your pain.

A holy woman?

Form the contract, Funf.

Repeat after me.

I devote my name to Sephiroth.

My name is no longer mine.

I am no longer myself.

I devote my name to Sephiroth.

What?

You're...

...the homeless Funf?

I've always searched for a home,

a place where I'm not alone.

That's why I...

Show yourself, Monado!

Monado Aria!

What shall you do?

I will not involve him.

You should still be able to go.

Yes.

Monado Aria, I must speak with you!

Monado Aria!

Don't be so noisy.

Vier-san.

Please let me see Monado Aria.

I want to talk to her!

The contract is finished.

So Monado Aria will never see you again.

Not yet. It isn't completely finished!

The Onikirimaru seal isn't—

Listen.

Monado Aria has specifically told me that she doesn't wish...

...to meet with you again.

And that she will not allow you to set foot in these woods again.

Because Logos is divided internally?

You should go.

Go home.

Wait.

According to the contract,

that which you want, in other words,

a place to call home and to be free of your pain.

What do you plan to do?

I will return you to your birthplace.

To Kifu village?

Awaken the sleeping power inside you.

The holy woman who appeared eight years later

gave me a chance to return to the place I wanted to be.

That's why I told Aria about the barrier and the Artifacts.

But my true desire is still...

Please, let me meet with Monado Aria once more!

Ohmi-san...

Ohmi-san...

I heard everything.

I had been suspicious of your movements from the start,

and I thought if I followed you, I might end up here.

So you were the traitor.

Listen to me, Ohmi-san.

I did this because I thought this was best, for the village and for everyone.

If only the Onikirimaru didn't exist.

Because something like that exists...

That's why I wanted Logos to take away the Onikirimaru.

Then I'm sure that everyone could be happy.

That's why I...

You betrayed your friends and put them in danger.

No! It's not like that!

Inukai-kun. You're being conceited.

Ohmi-san...

You can call me what you want.

But until Logos takes away the Onikirimaru,

please don't tell anyone about this.

I never had any intention of telling anyone.

What do you mean?

I've become genuinely sick of it myself.

To continue sacrificing many for the sake of that seal...

The very idea...

The ceremonial offering.

The blood seal.

How many villagers have been sacrificed?

This must not continue.

Ohmi-san.

To stop the bloody cycle,

we have no choice but to give the Onikirimaru to Logos.

That's the conclusion I came to.

You're there, aren't you?

Why don't you come out?

As I would expect from the guardians' leader.

You!

But is what you said true?

Yes, let's tip the scale on this battle immediately.

For that purpose, let me join Logos.

You have no qualms with betraying your comrades?

You can't.

You can't become a traitor, too, Ohmi-san!

Are you saying that the grudge born...

...from the murder of your mother is that deep?

Either way...

You can't!

Don't get in my way.

Well, fine.

If you didn't really mean it,

we'll just have to deal with you appropriately.

Ohmi-san.

What?!

It's a lie. Tell me it's a lie!

Stop it, Senpai!

Please calm down!

Try to remember again, Shinji-kun.

Wasn't it some kind of mistake?

I don't want to believe it either.

But Ohmi-san himself said distinctly that he would join Logos.

I can't...

...believe that!

It's not a lie!

I also...

...don't think that Suguru-san could do such a thing.

But I cannot believe that Shinji-kun would lie, either.

But either way,

I don't think this is the time for fighting.

We don't know why he did this,

but if there's still time, we have to stop Suguru-san!

You're right.

Ohmi-san wouldn't betray us for no reason.

There must be something.

Yes.

All right. Let's go!

Shinji, please lead us.

Yes.

This is the place. I was here with Ohmi-san.

Look at the fog.

Logos is somewhere in these woods?

Yes.

Damn. Which way?

Ohmi-san! Where are you?!

Suguru-san!

Your friends have arrived.

What a beautiful display of friendship.

However, they will never make it here.

Whether they'll even make it back home alive is questionable.

Are you okay?

Y-Yeah.

Suguru-san!

Ohmi-san!

Suguru-san?

Go home.

I am no longer your guardian nor your comrade.

If you do not leave, we will fight.

Though this is not what I... no.

What Logos wants.

Let's go home for today.

Stop messing around.

As if we could go home now!

At least explain, Ohmi-san!

Why is this happening?

Ohmi-san is serious.

You can all tell that, too.

But...

Do you want to put Tamaki in danger?

Damn it.

It seems as though you understand.

Then take care on your way home.

Suguru-san!

Why have you allowed him to join Logos?

I don't trust him.

I do not trust him either.

But both your enemies and your friends...

...are easier to use when they're within your reach.

Damn. What should we do now?

What does Ohmi-san want us to do?

I'll trust him.

I'll trust Suguru-san.

I don't know why this happened.

But I'll trust him.

Right now all I can do is trust him.

We're friends, aren't we?

No... we've become friends.

We went though lots of hard times.

You're right.

And we were born and raised as guardians,

which binds us together.

I cannot believe that Ohmi-san would leave us without a reason.

Until now, and from now on, we are the five guardians.

Is something wrong, Inukai-san?

Sorry.

Will you give me some time alone?

Mitsuru-chan?

U-Uh, um... I...

Look at those rain clouds...

Man...

This might turn out to be a real storm.

If you're in pain, it's all right to cry.

You don't need to carry it all by yourself.

I'll help you bear it.

Next time: The Traitor's Vow