[The four Norainutai members charge to the castle]
[They charge through the occupying yakuza guards slashing at them carelessly]
[They eventually reach the inside of the castle, at a crossroads they run into a lone man]
[KONDO, stares at the man,scared and in shock]
[Kondo, draws his sword, cutting his head off]
[KONDO]
WE HAVE TO RUN!
THE THREE OF YOU, GET GOING AND DONT LOOK BACK!
[BOKKI, looks back to see why the Kondo was so scared]
[LONE MAN, regenerates his lost head]
[LONE MAN, laughing maniacally]
Come back here, you four!
You won't stop the BUMS advance unless you kill me off!
[The four of them start running away faster]
[They finally reach the outside of the castle, the lone man not following them anymore]
[Later that evening, the four of them huddle around a campfire]
[Bokki and Oshiriyama fight over food, Shikage meditates, and Kondo eats silently]
[OSHIRIYAMA, pushing Bokki's face away]
Say Kondo, who was that guy anyways?
[SHIKAGE, still meditating]
If Chief Kondo was scared of him…
Imagine his power, Kintaro.
[OSHIRIYAMA, trying to steal Bokki's food]
Yeah I guess…
But we're the four strongest members of the Norainutai, we can totally take him on!
[BOKKI, ticked off]
DAMN YOU KINTARO!
HANDS OFF MY FOOD!
[OSHIRIYAMA, riled up]
YOU FIRST, DICK FOR BRAINS!
[They glare intently at each other, but starting laughing at the situation together]
[KONDO]
Settle down guys.
Oshiriyama, Shikage is right.
He's not someone to mess with.
That man can't die.
He's been at odds with the Norainutai since my master's master ran this group…
And I know a certain someone looked back when I told you guys not to.
[KONDO, punches Bokki's head]
[BOKKI, rubbing his head in pain]
OUCH!
Come on Kondo… can't a guy be curious once in a while!?
[KONDO]
Not today.
Not in relation to him.
[The memory starts fading away, Bokki slowly regains consciousness]
[ZANKA]
Wow!
How about that?
Your old colleagues…
How long has it been?
5? No… 10 years?
What a lovely memory…
Let's fast forward though…
[The gas fills the room again]
[BOKKI, lies on the ground, injured and playing dead]
[In front of him, the lone man stands tall, blood all over his arms and hands]
[Surrounding Bokki are the dead bodies of his Norainutai friends]
[The memories of his dead friends face invade his mind]
[BOKKI, shouts and squirms]
[ZANKA, giggles with glee]
REMEMBER THEIR FACES, BOKKI?
REMEMBER HOW YOU WERE TOO WEAK TO DO ANYTHING?!
[ZANKA, starts laughing crazily]
[GORO, charges into command room and smacks Zanka with his hammer, concealed by the gas
[BOKKI, back to his senses, smacks Zanka's mask off]
[ZANKA, in shock]
H- HOW COULD THIS BE?!
JUST A MOMENT AGO YOU WERE WRITHING IN THE PAIN OF YOUR PAST!
[The smoke uncovers Bokki's face, revealing a makeshift facemask made from Zanka's iron thread]
[GORO, steps forward wearing the same mask]
[GORO]
For someone whose whole thing is needles…
your stitching doesn't hold up too well
[ZANKA, crazed, starting to feel the effects of the gas]
DAMN YOU!
HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY CRAFT YOU TROGLODYTE.
[ZANKA, charges at Bokki]
[They exchange blows]
[BOKKI, in thought while fighting]
Really?
Troglodyte?
That's such a proper insult…
Did you learn that from Shakespeare?
[ZANKA, now fully crazed]
SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!!!
[BOKKI, teasingly]
I bite my thumb at thee!
[They continue exchanging blows, Zanka's strikes becoming sloppy and unplanned]
[Bokki's cheerful and teasing demeanor disappears as his opponent becomes increasingly unpredictable]
[BOKKI, finds an opening, and stabs Zanka through the chest out of pure instinct]
[Bokki's silhouette becomes one of his past]
[BOKKI, eyes widen realizing what he's done]
[BOKKI]
I'm sorry it had to end this way.
[BOKKI, pulls out his sword, tears streaming down his face)