Suzaku No Miko

Miaka cries on Tamahome

Tamahome who has just saved Miaka is telling her it is not safe to wander around by herself. Miaka starts crying on Tamahome and tells him she was scared. Tamahome tells her the gang is gone and asks why she was looking for him. She asks if he remembers Yui and asks what he did with her. He says he does not know and goes to leave. Miaka mulls him and asks him again. She says she won't leave until he  says he will help.
Miaka keeps on following him They go across the screen back and forth all stalker like and Miaka is rambling stuff about being a coward and not a man. This makes Tamahome mad and he stops and says men get paid for work and asks her for money again. She still doesn't have any to give him. So instead of chasing him around some more she yells out that he is a slave trader and sold Yui. People start to gather around them to listen. And say all these horrible things about Tamahome and slave traders. Tamahome grabs Miaka and runs (my fave line btw).

Miaka yells at Tamahome and people start to watch

The emperor in his cart

As they are running they talk and Miaka tells him that unless he helps her she'll spread around that Slave trader stuff again. Tamahome tells her she is not a slave trader, and Miaka tells him she already knows that. Tamahome then drops her on the ground. Miaka is upset because she and Yui are both by themselves and starts crying again. Tamahome says he doesn't have time to track someone down and that it is hard work. This is when the emperor comes by in his little cart thing and a parade of people. Miaka asks who it is.
Tamahome tells her it is the fourth emperor of Konan and that he has never heard anything bad about him. Miaka, who still has to pay Tamahome, tells him that she will ask the emperor for some of his jewels that way he can pay Tamahome to help her find Yui. Everything is going okay as Miaka walks beside the emperor's Palanquin and is asking him kindly if he could spare some of his gems because he's so rich. Our klutzy Miaka however trips on a stone and the road and grabs onto one of the carts curtains and the guards think that she is trying to attack the emperor. Tamahome saves her from the clutches of the evil guards (ok so they aren't really evil)
He tells her that she has guts and that he'll help her. He introduces himself as Sou Shouko but everyone calls him Tamahome.. Miaka says she still can't pay him, but Tamahome says he'll take his payment now and gives her a kiss on the forehead. Miaka blushes. The guards come to attack them again and Miaka starts glowing in a red light and starts to fade from the book world and reappear in the library. She sees Yui reading the book, and tries to reach out to her but Suzaku the bird stops her from leaving and brings her back to Kounan. Tamahome is in shock, and The emperor orders them to be arrested, but not harmed. (Commercial intermission)

The cute intermission picture

Tamahome telling Miaka he'll help her out

We come back and Miaka is dreaming about Yui, asking if she is taking the Jonan exam, her mom is then saying that its impossible for her to take the exam and that she is too late. Miaka wakes up clinging to Tamahome, after a few insults Tamahome asks who Miaka really is. Miaka doesn't answer him but tells him that Yui made it back  home. Miaka says she couldn't make it back there. Tamahome tells her not to cry and that he will help her get back there because she promised him an award.
We switch scenes and see a huge room where the emperor sits. His advisors are telling him he should execute the prisoners immediately, because the female may be a witch or worse. This is when the emperor reminds them of the legend of the Priestess of Suzaku and asks them if they saw the red light that surrounded Miaka and also that she wears foreign clothes. He tells his advisors she may be the priestess.

Advisors telling the Emperor what they think

Tamahome caught the keys to the cell

In the prison and Miaka is hungry, she searches her pockets and finds some gum to chew on. The guard asks what she put in her mouth and tells her to show him. She does this by blowing a bubble that pops all over her face. The guard thinks she is a ghost, he freaks and the key goes flying. Tamahome grabs the key and the two of them break free. That is after Tamahome sees Miaka covered with gum and runs into a wall. Miaka asks if everyone is going crazy around her, but her face is still covered in gum.
They sneak down a hallway and Tamahome is extremely happy because Miaka has given him some gum and he makes sure that she is not going to take it back later. Miaka can't believe that he is so protective of the gum and so stingy. Anyway they go into a room and there is a giant gold statue of the bird Suzaku. Tamahome goes into a long speech about the four gods and while he is rambling on Miaka smells the food from the kitchens and heads towards it. She sneaks into the room and eats all the food that was on the table before heading out to a court yard. Once out there she realizes she left Tamahome behind and that she doesn't know what door to go back in.

Tamahome explains to Miaka about the God Suzaku

A beautifu 'Woman' points Miaka in the right way

She runs around a bit and she hears laughing. She looks and to see who it is. A beautiful woman points to the appropriate exit, and as she is about to leave the woman asks if Miaka is the one who was arrested. Miaka tries to deny it but the woman says she will not tell the guards on her. She just wants to know if she was trying to attack the emperor. Miaka tells her that she wasn't. That she was just trying to talk to the emperor not harm him.
Tamahome has finally noticed that Miaka is gone. He starts to search for her when he is seen by several guards. Since he can not find Miaka Tamahome decides to be bait so that Miaka may have time to escape the palace. The guards ask him where the girl is and he tells them he doesn't know, he also tries to run around a bit to by Miaka more time. Unbeknownst to him is that Miaka is really just on the other side of the court yard.

Tamahome can't find Miaka anywhere

Hotohori thinks Miaka is great

Miaka is still talking to the Woman about needing to find Tamahome because he helped her and she also lets slip that she is from another world. She thinks this Woman will think she is nuts, but the Woman is actually very excited and wants to hear all about it. The Woman now introduces herself as Hotohori although says that she is usually called something else. she holds onto Miaka's face and Miaka blushes, Miaka tells Hotohori that she is beautiful and Hotohori laughs and says something along the lines like I know. They hear guards off in the distance and Hotohori tells Miaka to hide.
Tamahome as well as the guards come into sight. Tamahome is being held by several of them and has apparently been recaptured. Miaka can't stand to see Tamahome thrown in prison because of her and steps out to the guards. Tamahome sees this and is shocked (I think by the fact that she didn't use this time to escape) Anyway Miaka says she can't leave him hear alone. She is grabbed by one of the guards and Tamahome gets really mad And his Ogre character starts glowing seeing Miaka may be in danger. He attacks the guards and frees Miaka He tells them if anyone touches Miaka he will kick their ass.

Tamahome can't believe he's been captured and Miaka is turning herself over

Hotohori can't believe his eyes Hotohori who has been watching is shocked by Miaka's actions and the fact that Tamahome has a character of Suzaku on his forehead. He realizes that she really must be the priestess of Suzaku.  Hotohori yells at everybody to stop fighting and reveals that he is the emperor of Konan. They stop fighting immediately and Tamahome can't believe that he's in front of the real emperor and quickly bows down. t. Miaka looks slightly shocked.
She asks Tamahome how could such a beautiful young woman be the emperor of the city. Tamahome tells Miaka that the Emperor is a man and to please get down on her knees. Miaka however still can't believe it so she goes up to Hotohori and feels up his chest she says that it's flat so that means down below there should be man parts she knows nothing about. Tamahome then comes up, severely shocked, and swats her down. (this part is really funny. If you can you must see this part.)

Miaka is shocked that the emperor is a man

Hotohori proclaims Miaka Priestess of Suzaku

We are once again back in the big royal meeting room, and Hotohori is in his Emperor garb and he apologizes for tricking Miaka because that wasn't his goal, he just wanted to see what she was like. He tells her that she is the girl who was foretold and that if she likes can become the Priestess of Suzaku and that she can make any wishes she likes. Miaka thinks about it and imagines wishing she'll get into Jonan with Yui, or have all the guys like her and little wishes like that. Hotohori tells her that those are baby wishes and that she could wish to rule the world if she desired. t. Miaka tells Hotohori that she will do it. She will become the Priestess of Suzaku.
Hotohori stands up and proclaims that from this day forth Miaka Yuuki will become the Priestess of Suzaku. She is brought out of the palace room to the front where hundreds of people were bowing down before her.

Yui reads aloud that Miaka consented to receive the powers of Suzaku and that hundreds of courtiers bowed down to pay homage to her. To them she was their saviour

Everyone bows down before her


End of episode