Sengoku Youko (戦国妖狐)

Tsukiko!

It's her...

Who the hell are you?!

That hurts!

His skin is hard!

Tsuki...

Tsukiko multiplied, nau!

-An illusion? -Is that Tama?

Are you okay?

You fool! Now your illusion is pointless!

Tsukiko!

Farewell!

Damn it!

Wow, he fell right for it.

Oh? You didn't notice either?

The one he kidnapped is one of the illusions.

No way!

Then where's the real Tsukiko?

Over there.

Which one?!

Tsukiko!

Tsukiko!

Tsukiko!

Senya...

Trying to fight a dragon...

Thank you.

I-It's okay.

Geez... Reckless as always...

What if the real Tsukiko fell straight to the ground?!

Don't get it twisted.

The illusions were going to turn into leaves that would have caught her.

T-Thank you.

Senya, was it? Long time no see.

Who are you?

H-Hey!

He's been through a lot.

What about you? Why do you look like that?

Well, I've been through a lot too. But I look cool, right?

Nau.

Oh, you're back.

Damn it, failed again!

At any rate, I've got to find that strong bastard!

Well, shall I introduce myself?

My name is Tama. An old friend of Shinsuke's.

And this is my illusion master.

Master?

Is that a Katawara?

I'm Tsukiko.

A disciple of Shinsuke Sensei.

I'm Senya.

I've lost my memory.

Nau, nau.

Disciple?!

You?

She's not.

S-Shinsuke Sensei is a strong, cool, and brave warrior!

She idolizes you.

What did you do to trick her?

I'm telling you, she's not my disciple.

You two go play outside, okay?

This lady and I have some talking to do.

She seems to know who I am,

but it doesn't feel like we were friends...

Good grief...

You suddenly disappeared without a trace and now here you are.

Suddenly?

Am I wrong?

After the battle at Dangaishuu's head temple,

When I came to at the Mountain God's place, you were gone.

How could you just leave me there?

Yeah, yeah. My bad. I'm sorry, okay?

That's it?

That hurts! It really hurts!

Well...

I wasn't sure when you'd wake up.

I'm taking this.

But while I did leave quickly, I haven't accomplished much.

I returned to my old illusion master to learn more techniques

and searched far and wide for clues on Jinka's whereabouts.

You haven't had any luck?

No.

Now, I'm looking for this amazing fortune teller that my master knows.

Fortune teller?

Will they know?

Who knows?

How about you, Shinsuke?

What happened?

To me? Well...

I came to, and you were gone.

The Mountain God said...

Let's give you a goal!

A goal?

After training here for three months, I'd like you to look for Jinka.

Jinka?

You don't want to?

I'm sorry, but I can't trust you for some reason.

You don't have to.

But this is a job. You will be rewarded, of course.

I don't want your money.

I know that. Your reward is...

I'll wake your friend that's been turned to stone.

Shakugan...

Can it be done?!

I'm not sure.

I had my doubts about it, but in any case, I accepted.

You have no talent at all.

Forgive me! I didn't think you'd be this weak!

You're helpless.

So, I trained for three months...

I feel like you're skipping past a lot...

It'll be a long story if I tell you everything.

Do you want to hear it?

No, it's fine.

So you took off after that.

That was my plan, at least.

I hurt all over... Am I well enough to travel?

You might want to keep back.

I'm in the middle of something.

Is that...

Senya?

I was hoping to task him with a job,

but he's quite stubborn.

It's my duty to avenge my father... No, master as a disciple.

I told you. Your father's been sealed away, but he's still alive.

If you'll accept the job, I'll let him go free.

A Dangaishuu does not negotiate with Katawara even if you may be a god...

Ever!

How unfortunate.

I thought you might actually defeat the Thousand Tailed Fox one day.

Such great potential.

The Katawara wouldn't be happy with you as a member of a human group.

Let me crack the egg of the one thousand devils here and now.

What?

I don't really know myself.

I just thought that maybe you shouldn't be killing a kid.

You know how horrifying I can be after your three months of training.

Yet you still face me?

I'm quite impressed.

Your training is now complete.

T-Thanks...?

It might be a bit difficult to try to keep just you alive, Shinsuke.

Farewell.

My lady!

What is it, Rinzu?

I... um...

Let's go!

Why are you helping me again?

Hell if I know!

I won't let you go!

-Raishoujusen! -My lady, no!

Rinzu?

Tree! Tree!

When I came to, I was in Tsukiko's village.

Senya came to a few days later, but had lost his memory.

I see.

I managed to make it away from the Mountain God,

but it's probably over for Shakugan, now.

Forgive me.

It's not your fault.