1. "Yu Yu Hakusho"
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2. In a crowded city,
as I bump shoulders, I'm all alone.
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3. On an endless prairie, as the
wind whistles by, I'm all alone.
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4. Which one is it that makes
me want to cry more, I wonder.
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5. Marking it with twin circles,
I feel a bit more grown-up!
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6. It must be, that when I run
into these terribly difficult walls,
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7. and unexpectedly, for whatever reason,
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8. The courage and power to
break through rises up from within,
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9. All because of how, when I run
into these terribly difficult people,
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10. they show me kindness, I bet!
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11. Thank you very much!
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12. Having come to visit Mukuro,
Hiei has been fighting continuously
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13. in an underground battle arena
for half a year.
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14. As Hiei had gained power
that far exceeds A-Class Yokai,
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15. Mukuro ordered him to fight
one of his 77 attendants,
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16. the Demon Realm
Physiotherapist Shigure.
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17. Shigure was the man who performed
the Jagan transplant surgery on Hiei!
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18. "The Secrets of the Jagan Revealed"
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19. The fee for services
that I accepted from him
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20. was that even if he
did locate his sister,
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21. he could not tell her
that he was her brother.
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22. If you defeat me, I will return
to you your payment for services!
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23. Like I told you before the operation,
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24. I never intended to reveal
who I was in the first place.
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25. The heart is a variable thing.
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26. Well, that's enough reminiscing.
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27. A fight is a fight.
You will stake your lives.
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28. An earnest battle is the best,
regardless of one's capabilities.
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29. At the moment when it is decided,
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30. the journey taken by both sides
blossoms and scatters like fireworks.
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31. Begin!
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32. It's not to my advantage
to let this be drawn out.
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33. There is a chance of me winning
if I use my flame Yoki...
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34. In a fight just using swords,
the odds are 7 to 3 that Shigure wins...
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35. Before, I fought to live,
and I would go to any lengths to win.
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36. That's because I had a purpose...
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37. But not now.
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38. Now, it's only about how I die.
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39. Rui, I know that you
and Hina are close.
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40. However, there is no need for pity.
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41. You must know how many of our sisterhood
have been killed by abominable children.
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42. Still...
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43. You need not pity him.
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44. Don't!
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45. Come back to us alive...
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46. And when you do,
kill me first, would you?
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47. That will be all I can do to
make this up to your mother.
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48. I'm sorry.
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49. I am the abominable child Hiei.
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50. A cursed orphan,
born in the Land of Glaciers.
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51. We had a good haul today!
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52. Boss! Boss!
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53. What is that filthy old rag!?
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54. It's a baby. It was
floating down the river.
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55. Stupid bastard! What are you doing,
picking up something like that?
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56. Well, about that...
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57. Oh? What's this?
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58. You brat! Let go, you!
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59. Yow! You brat!
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60. I was named by a gang of thieves.
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61. Hold up, Hiei!
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62. Hand that over to us!
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63. As a child, I enjoyed the
deep red slice of flesh,
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64. just before it spouted blood,
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65. and when I heard screams,
I would smile lightly.
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66. It's not as though I don't understand
the sentiment of the glacier women
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67. in abandoning me out of fear.
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68. Knowing that my Hirui stone
keepsake was a supreme treasure,
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69. I wore it around my neck in order
to show it off to the thieves.
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70. Just by doing so, there wasn't any
shortage of blood, all day long.
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71. As I spent many years
engaged in carnage,
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72. I came to think that I wouldn't care
if I never found the Land of Glaciers.
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73. Sometimes, I would think of it
as I stared at my Hirui stone.
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74. That's the kind of place it became.
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75. It's Hiei!
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76. By the time I grew
tired of just killing,
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77. even the thieves who had taken me in
had come to fear and avoid me.
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78. The time I spent staring
at my stone increased.
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79. And when I looked at the stone,
I realized that I felt calm.
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80. I only settled down when I
had the stone in front of me.
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81. I changed lands,
and my enemies changed as well.
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82. There were some real
tough guys in there, too.
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83. There were now two things
I was searching for.
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84. The Land of Glaciers,
which had abandoned me,
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85. and the Hirui stone I had lost.
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86. I needed sharper eyes.
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87. Are you the physiotherapist, Shigure?
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88. I want you to perform
a Jagan operation.
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89. Did you hear me!?
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90. A kid like you could
not withstand the pain.
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91. Give it up, and go home.
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92. I'm prepared for it.
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93. I have a condition as to whether
or not I accept your request.
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94. And that is whether or not I
am drawn to the patient's life.
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95. In other words, if you have
led a dull life up to now,
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96. I will not do the operation.
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97. You may tell me about it.
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98. Hmph. It's not worth talking about.
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99. It's so bad, it even makes me sick.
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100. I endured the agony of
implanting the Jagan,
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101. and had to lose the spectral power
that I had worked so hard to build up.
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102. That's an odd sword.
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103. It's a Rinka enreki-to,
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104. made from the bones of the bison
that live in the Demon Realm.
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105. Where are you going?
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106. The operation is over, right?
I have no further business with you.
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107. After the operation is performed,
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108. you lose practically all
of your spectral power.
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109. If you go into the woods like that,
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110. you couldn't even put
a twist hold on a baby.
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111. I don't need you to worry about me.
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112. I'll teach you swordsmanship.
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113. You'll what?
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114. If my patients die on me right away,
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115. their surgeries will
have been a waste, after all.
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116. For some strange reason,
I did as he said.
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117. Somehow, I didn't think it would
be so bad to stop off on my way,
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118. and I decided to steal the
swordsmanship techniques he possessed.
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119. To think that the time would come
when I would have it out with this man...
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120. Is this my destiny?
This might be a nice place to die...
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121. Well done.
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122. A draw, huh?
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123. He's turned his katana lengthwise?
Is he giving up his left arm?
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124. I've won!
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125. Well done.
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126. A draw, huh? That's not
a bad way to die.
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127. Hiei,
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128. that was a magnificent fight.
Let me give you a reward.
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129. Your Hirui stone.
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130. The stone you've spent more
than half your life looking for.
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131. To me, it is no more than a
tribute that was paid to me
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132. by one of the lands I rule.
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133. Take it.
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134. Hmph. I don't need some stone that
reeks of your stomach acid any more.
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135. Hiei, why did you choose
this way to die?
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136. Why are you in a hurry to die?
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137. Why?
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138. One of the things I was searching for,
the Land of Glaciers,
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139. I immediately located with clairvoyance,
one of the Jagan's powers.
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140. The Land of Glaciers,
which gave me birth,
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141. and then abandoned me...
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142. The homeland I had not
been to in so many years,
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143. and which I had no memories of...
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144. The Ice Maidens all looked somewhat
miserable and apprehensive,
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145. and I lost my desire to kill them.
I did not have to do a thing.
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146. It was already as though
the town was dead.
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147. Rui, I leave the rest up to you.
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148. Right. Please watch yourself
and get some rest.
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149. Okay then, take care.
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150. Be careful.
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151. Rui... the Ice Maiden that cast me
into the Demon Realm forest...
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152. Do not panic. I do not
intend to do anything to you.
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153. Rather, I have something
I want to ask you.
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154. There, I found my mother Hina's grave.
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155. Apparently, soon after she bore me,
she took her own life.
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156. Hina-san had a daughter.
Her name is Yukina.
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157. She was a lovely young girl.
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158. However, she went off somewhere,
many years ago.
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159. We don't know where she has been since.
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160. Just a moment!
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161. By any chance, are you the
one that I abandoned?
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162. Are you the one from back then?
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163. I did gain something.
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164. My sister's name was Yukina,
and no one knew where she was.
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165. In search of Yukina,
I went to the Human Realm.
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166. There, I encountered a Yokai that
had taken human form... Kurama.
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167. I joined Kurama and company and stole
the treasures of the Spirit Realm.
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168. That incident was how
I came to know a human
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169. who was serving as
Spirit Realm Detective.
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170. I changed slightly.
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171. Inside Tarukane's mansion,
I found my sister, Yukina.
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172. Naturally, she didn't know who I was.
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173. I didn't say anything, either.
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174. That was enough.
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175. About the time I also grew tired
of fighting in the Human Realm,
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176. there came messengers
from the Demon Realm.
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177. If you meet anyone who
has something like this,
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178. I'd like for you to give it to them.
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179. It was not the Hirui stone
that I had been searching for.
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180. However, as I looked into Yukina's face,
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181. I figured that this Hirui
stone would do just as well.
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182. My objective had disappeared.
There was no reason for me to live.
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183. All that was left for me
to do was to fight,
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184. and I started to think
about the way I would die.
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185. Is that so, Hiei? Is that right?
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186. Of all the consciousnesses
that I have touched,
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187. yours is the most pleasant
one so far. Rest well.
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188. Hirui stones...
what strange stones they are.
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189. They seem like they have the power
to draw out all of one's hatred.
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190. Thanks to those stones, I was saved.
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191. From the time I was born,
I was a prisoner.
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192. I, too, lost something in
order to pay for my freedom.
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193. I became strong by
cursing those around me,
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194. and there was a time when I killed
anyone that caught my attention.
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195. Without that stone, my heart
would have filled with hatred,
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196. and fighting would have been
my means of venting it.
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197. As promised, this is who I,
Mukuro, really am.
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198. Look at me. I can show you everything.
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199. Live, Hiei! You are not yet strong
enough to seek the manner of your death.
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200. Live, and this time,
touch my consciousness.
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201. Henceforth, Hiei became
Mukuro's highest-ranked warrior.
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202. What awaited Kurama, who went to the
Demon Realm at the invitation of Yomi,
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203. a friend from the past,
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204. was not a warm reception,
but cold, hate-filled maneuvering.
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205. After the passage
of a thousand years,
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206. the two men's ambitions and ties
had become intricately entwined.
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207. Next time:
"Demon Realm Thieves...
A Thousand-Year Reunion"
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208. When my letter reaches you,
don't break the seal,
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209. just leave it alone,
and after some time has passed,
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210. I'm sure you will
understand how I feel now.
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211. This is my first, and last, request.
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212. As gently as we could,
it wasn't very hard,
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213. with one purpose,
we foolishly embraced.
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214. As twilight closes in,
I shoot an arrow of courage
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215. from a distant window,
toward your back, as you leave.
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216. Although it still has not
stopped raining outside,
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217. the drenched people and the city
still believe in the sun.
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218. An old melody, and a blurred silhouette.
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219. Living the easy life doesn't
make for a very good picture.
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