Divine Gate (ディバインゲート)

The rain begins to fall...

...slowly, at first.

Low points in the street fill up,

creating puddles.

But not everything holds water.

A broken heart, for instance, can't be filled.

Droplets stream down the boy's face like tears.

It's almost funny, since he never lets himself cry.

Not anymore.

These days, he tries not to feel anything at all.

The girl runs.

Faster than anyone, racing through the present.

Searching for a past that's been left behind.

She runs towards the holy Gate, the Divine Gate.

The boy who lights flames.

The red blazing fire.

It is the warmth he has always felt close by

since he was little.

He believes it was handed down to him

by his late father.

Oh my gosh, that episode.

Tell me you watched it.

Uh, yeah, of course I did.

It was so good!

I know!

What's his problem?

I can finally see it.

It's time to rebuild.

This whole world is crap!

I'll make a better one.

You'll see!

Huh?

What is that?

Little girl...

You believe in the glory of the Divine Gate, right?

It was once upon a time,

that three worlds merged into one.

Yes.

As a result, six incredible abilities

were brought to our people.

Now, the Divine Gate calls to those of us

who have faith--

Those of us who truly deserve its powers.

Through the Gate, all things are possible.

You've probably heard all this.

Maybe as an old bedtime story.

In fact...

I bet you used to fall asleep dreaming that you'd wield

such magic yourself!

But you forgot about the Gate, didn't you?

I didn't.

I'm one of the chosen few worthy of its blessings!

Not so fast!

The Gate is real! You'll see!

And I'm going to use its power to change this world.

I will become God.

No! Don't!

Let me go!

What the hell are you looking at?!

Please, help me!

I see.

You're an Adapter, too.

Mind your own business!

Like that'll stop me.

You're dead!

Everyone freeze!

We're the World Council.

Who are you?

Nontron in position.

Generating zone.

Um, we're doing this right now?

Ready to move on.

'Kay, it's time to start talkin'.

So what happened?

Hey, wait! You violated Driver possession laws!

How so?

I don't even have a Driver.

Then how did you...?

Akane!

This guy's not doing so hot; we need to get him help right away.

This quest is clear.

We have one suspect in custody; he's in critical condition.

Please send medical aid immediately.

Roger that.

This zone will be maintained until the rescue ron arrives.

Stop!

All this rain...

I should have known something like this would happen.

The rain doesn't fall forever.

Time is the only thing that's unstoppable.

I've seen you before.

Why're you following me?

The Divine Gate is almost within your reach,

but you refuse to seek it out, Aoto.

You think it's something intangible,

like emotion or thought, don't you?

You weirdo.

Several people were injured this morning

when a deranged man used a Driver

to attack the passengers of an inbound central line tramcar.

So far, no motive has been uncovered for the assault.

Two students from the World Council Academy

who happened to be riding the tramcar

at the time of the incident

managed to apprehend the attacker,

saving many innocent lives.

Oh, thanks. It was nothing!

About the guy who got away...

Can't help wondering who he is.

Blue eyes?

They've got people looking into him.

He's an Adapter, so I'm sure we'll know soon enough.

Race you there!

No fair! Midori!

He was a water-user.

Do you think it's possible he didn't have a Driver?

I don't know.

All I could tell is he must have been crying recently.

Huh? You think so?

Jeez, how do you have so much stamina?

Don't you ever get tired of running around all the time?

You're crazy!

It's my favorite thing!

I'd run in a straight line forever,

all the way around the world if I had the chance to.

The only problem with running so fast

is that I'm afraid I might miss something

one of these days.

I'm the winner!

You know what would be the best thing in the world?

If the Divine Gate would suddenly appear right here

in front of me.

Not this again.

If you'd stop talking about the Gate,

you'd have more friends.

So?

I've already got a best friend who understands me. I'm cool.

I dunno, maybe you should listen to him, bon.

Oh, hi.

Hey pal, where were you this morning?

Pets are supposed to be loyal!

Watch it or I won't share my intel, bon.

Now, now.

No fighting.

So, what's the scoop, Metabon?

You ready for this?

According to surveillance cameras,

this morning's incident was caused by the fire user, bon.

Fortunately, the water-user managed to take him down, bon.

Interesting...

Wow...

Man...

We gotta figure out who this guy is.

He's got the look of a cold-blooded killer to me.

You really think so?

It still seems to me like the poor boy's

about to burst into tears.

Or maybe he looks like that

because he's able to see the Divine Gate.

Would you please shut up about that fairytale?

Your wish-granting magical Gate doesn't exist,

so enough already!

Come on!

Aw! You secretly believe in it, too!

You've gotta be kidding me.

I'm not some stupid kid, okay?

Please. If you don't believe in the Gate,

then why're you here?

Lemme guess...

It's 'cause you wanna use the Driver's power.

Or maybe become a hero.

Or both.

Well, I dunno.

You believe! Told ya!

Sure, ya got me.

We have information regarding the incident

on the tram.

It seems the attacker came to Terrastia

for a contract job two years ago.

He's a demon and an Adapter.

How is he doing?

He's severely injured, but stabilized.

He'll live.

Maybe he couldn't adapt to the environment here

and it drove him mad.

Actually, we suspect that he might be suffering

from some form of psychotic disorder.

Ugh! I hate dealing with beings from Hellistia.

Those guys are the worst.

You can't stereotype an entire world like that.

There are good and evil humans here on Terrastia.

It's the same thing for the demons.

And for the fairies, too.

We all have the capacity to be villains or heroes.

Well, you are a perfect example

of a totally psychotic human, so I guess you're right.

What'd you just say?!

Whatever his home world,

we'll punish him the way we would punish a human criminal.

You got it, boss.