Bleach 268

01)
Black: Rukia is pierced, the laughter of the enemy filling her ears, then--
K: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
R: Kuchiki

02)
K: Kuchikiii!!!
R: Owwww!!

03)
R: Wha...
R: What was that for all of a sudden, Kaien-dono!!
K: Because you wouldn't respond to me no matter if I called you or shook you!!
R: What if I ended up getting a sleep-cramp?!
K: Are you telling me you were sleepwalking?
K: Gimme a break...
K: Stop messin' around! We're almost there!!
R: This is--...
K: Here we are, Kuchikii!
R: Y...
R: Yes! Excuse me!!
R: I can remember.

04)
R: This scenery...
R: Each individual tree...
R: A mix of doubt and uncertainty within me...
R: All those feelings stimulating me...
R: This is....
R: Mt. Koifushi, in Hokutan, the 3rd District of West Rukongai,
R: The place where I was first instructed by Kaien-dono...

05)
BLEACH268. You -- Don't Give in to Death (*This is a famous line from a work by Yosano Akiko.)
Black: Thoughts--
Black 2: Seem so far away now--

06)
K: What's wrong?!
K: You can't stop now, Kuchiki!
K: Come on!
R: Ye...
R: Yes sir!!
R: A bird flies.
R: And for that instant, I was distracted.

07)
R: My second strike is knocked away by Kaien-dono from the lower left.
R: I remember it all.
R: Even though I should have been absorbed in the fighting.
R: It's so strange.
R: Guuuu----
K: ....Hungry, huh?
K: Alright, alright.
K: You're pretty damn self-asserted, you know that?
R: Tha...
R: That's not true, Kaien-dono!
R: I just...
R: The way I was back then...
R: There was one uncertainty that never left me.

08)
R: From the start,
R: I was never any good with a sword.
R: I got good grades in my Kidou back at the academy,
R: But compared to that of the Gotei 13, it was still nothing to shout about.
R: Is it really...
R: ...alright for me to be here among the Gotei 13?
R: Where does my heart lie?
R: Why...
R: ...am I here among the Gotei 13?
K: C'mon, you idiot...
K: You should realize that by now!
K: "To fight and protect!"

09)
R: "Protect"....
R: Protect what?
K: What do you mean "what?!"
K: All kinda stuff, you know...whatever needs proteectin'!
R: That sounds like a really vague answer to my question...
R: Are you sure there isn't a clearer answer out there somewhere...?
K: A clearer answer, huh..
K: Kuchiki.
K: Have you ever heard our Captain's fighting policy?
R: No...
K: There are two types of battles.
K: A fight to protect life, and a fight to protect honor.
K: That is Captain Ukitake's policy.
K: But you know, Kuchiki...
K: I think...
K: That both those ending up being the same thing, in the end.
R: The same...
R: ...thing...?

10)
K: Heart.
R: Ehhhh~...
R: Weak...
K: HEY!!!!
K: I WAS BEING SERIOUS THERE, DAMMIT!!!
K: Let me ask you this then,
K: Kuchiki.

11)
K: Where do you believe the "heart" lies?
R: Th...
R: That's uh, you know...
R: It's gotta be in this place...
R: ...right?
K: ....maybe.
K: But the way I think...
K: This is where the heart lies.

12)
K: Every time you and I come in contact with each other,
K: A little bit of heart is born between us.
K: Heart isn't something inside you.
K: But whenever you think,
K: Whenever you remember someone,
K: That's where heart is born.
K: If
K: You were the only one alive in the whole world,
K: Heart wouldn't exist anywhere, now would it?

13)
R: That's right...Kaien-dono did say that.
K: There's no reason to worry.
K: If you truly want to be here from the bottom of your heart,
K: Then your heart is definitely here.
K: And if your heart is here,
K: Then....
K: That's "the reason for you to be here."
K: And...
K: However, Kuchiki.
K: Whenever you fight from this point on,
K: There is one thing that you must never do.

14)
K: And that is...
K: To die alone.
K: Our bodies are formed entirely from spirit.
K: If we die, our bodies will then become...
K: part of all the reishi that inhabit Soul Society.
K: And when that time comes, where will your heart be?
K: Your heart
K: will be passed on to your nakama.

15)
K: If you leave it with your nakama,
K: then your heart..
K: will always live on within them.
K: Kuchiki, that's why...
K: You must never, ever, EVER....
K: Die alone.
Black: Thanks to your help...
K: Got it,
K: Kuchiki?
Black 2: I can leave my heart here.

16)
K: Looks like you're still conscious...
K: Laudable...no.
K: It's more like "useless."
K: No matter how long you survive,
K: It will not change the fact that you can never cut me down.

17)
R: I just...
R: ...remembered...
K: ...What?
K: How to pretend to fight with a broken sword?
K: You're an eyesore.
K: Put it down.
R: ...Third
R: Dance.

18)
R: "Shirafune" (White Blade)
K: ...What....
K: ...the...

19)
R: I just remembered...
R: Where my heart truly lies...
R: Within you, Kaien-dono's spirit body really exists...
R: But...
R: Kaien-dono himself does not.
R: And that's because Kaien-dono...
R: entrusted his heart to me...!
R: ...Farewell,
R: Espada.