episode 13-16

Episode 13- For the Sake of Love

When everyone returns to Konan's palace, Tamahome gets a message from Kutou country promising that the assassination attempts directed at Miaka will stop if he goes to Kutou alone (this due to Yui's desire to separate Tamahome from Miaka and have him to herself). So he leaves, promising Miaka that he will return when the remaining seishi have been gathered. Hotohori, Miaka and Nuriko set out once more to search for the remaining seishi, while Chichiri remains at the palace masquerading as Hotohori by using his magic. Since Miaka's Universe of the Four Gods scroll was left behind in Kutou, Taiitsu-kun gives her a special mirror in its place, to provide her with the clues she will need for finding the shichiseishi. As the travellers near Mt. Leikoku, Miaka's mirror indicates something about a bandit. Before they can puzzle it out, Hotohori, Miaka and Nuriko are kidnapped by bandits and taken to the Mt. Leikoku stronghold. As soon as the bandit leaves with Miaka, another bandit starts hitting on Hotohori. Nuriko says that they all think that they are women and suggest they go with it for now. The bandits untie them.


Episode 14- Wolves in the Stronghold

The bandit then took Miaka to the bandit leader (Eiken) while Nuriko and Hotohori, pretending to be women, serve a group of bandits some drinks. The Eiken tried to rape Miaka but was ambushed by Hotohori. Miaka is certain that Tasuki, the 5th shichiseishi, is somewhere nearby. Suddenly A breeze blows through the room, and Miaka dissappears. Genrou, a handsome fiery-haired young man, in the doorway takes Miaka as a hostage (thinking she is Eiken's wife). Hotohori tries to attack Genrou, but Genrou throws some papers at him that turn into wolves. He escapes with Miaka and says that Eiken has to challenge him for the positiion as leader. He also told Miaka that the only reason why the bandits are obeying Eiken is because of the tessen (the fan that can incenerate enemies). Genrou takes out the "papers" that he threw at everyone before and explains to Miaka that you can write whatever you want on the paper and it will appear. So Miaka starts writing stuff on them and gives them back to Genrou. Not long after that the bandits attack Genrou throws the papers at them and it turn into food! Turns out that Miaka wrote different foods on the papers. Tamahome came to the rescue and Genrou got the tessen. Miaka was overjoyed but Tamohome turns into paper. She wrote his name in one of the papers so that he would appear.......she holds it and cries.


Episode 15- Return From the City of Death

The bandits apologize to Miaka. She asks if any of them are/know of Tasuki (that's the bandit that has the character on his body). Everyone is clueless, but Genrou says he knows him. He says that Tasuki was their former leader and he is now dead. In despair, Miaka wonders what she will do if one of her seishi is not living, and the two rogue bandits mention a village nearby where a young woman has been, well, raising the dead. Miaka, Hotohori, and Nuriko then take off for the village to locate this woman. Miaka asks this woman (Shoka) to revive Tasuki, but Shoka says that she will lose her ability if she leaves the village. So Miaka and the gang venture back to bring Tasuki's coffin to Shoka. En route, Miaka and her seishi are confronted with dozens of zombies eager to feed on their flesh. They are only saved when Genrou makes an appearance and fries the zombies with his tessen (iron fan). He then apologizes for misleading them and reveals himself as Tasuki, their next seishi. At this moment Miaka falls ill with a deadly disease, which has no cure. Shoka can't heal the Miaka unless she dies. Hotohori volunteers to kill Miaka and tells everyone else to leave. He hold up his sword.


Episode 16- Sad Battle

Unable to allow Miaka to die, or kill her, the three seishi appeal to a local doctor-turned-hermit named Myou Juan for help. The doctor tells them that Shoka died a year ago. Back to Miaka, Shoka decides to kill her herself with a knife which Miaka manage to dodge. The gang hurries back to save Miaka but get attacked by more zombies. Shoka turns into a demon. The gang attacks, but gets captured also. Turns out that Shoka and Juan were lovers when she was alive. Myou Juan has no choice but to kill Shoka. Juan absorbs the demon's energy from Miaka, and Miaka is all better now. She also spots a character on Juan's hand, he's the 6th seishi, Mitsukake. Juan tells them how he was in a distant village with Shoka was dying, and he coudn't save her. He picks up Shoka's body, and everyone is crying.