The Disclaimer and background info: The Book: Magic Knight RayEarth 2 Volume 3, Kodansha Comics Deluxe #698. ISBN4-06-319698-4, retailed at 680 yen. The original Copyright (Japanese): CLAMP and Kodansha, 1996. First printing: April 23, `1996.

This "script" was written as an _aid_ for those who wanted to read the Japanese manga (as the US version is not available yet... someday I hope it will be.....)... not for sale or for commercial/public use. Please keep it for your own personal use. Thanks.

Thanks to all of ye for your patience in waiting for me to put this up.

Fuu (fuu@cephiro.anime.net)

Magic Knight RayEarth 2 -- Volume 3, Version 1.0

% indicates lines not spoken $ indicates flashback lines [ ] indicates lines in handwriting or captions { } indicates footnotes < > indicates sounds << >> indicates spells, {} indicate the original kanji used

P.3 <touch>

P.4 <wake>

PRESEA She came to.

<sigh of relief>

HIKARU I......

UMI You went inside the Road of light that one of the attacking countries created, and you fainted.

HIKARU .... Oh yeah. There was a battleship inside the Road.....

CALDINA A battleship.... That would be Autozam.

FUU But.... Why was Hikaru-san able to enter a Road when Umi-san couldn't?

P.5 UMI I don't know.....

HIKARU %.... That was...... %Eagle of Autozam.... %... he had beautiful eyes.... %Beautiful, yet sad eyes....

PRESEA Hikaru? What's wrong? Do you still feel ill?

<shake>

HIKARU No, I'm okay. I don't hurt anywhere.

P.6 <lean>

UMI Really? You're not doing something outrageous again, are you?

<nod nod>

FUU Umi-san was really anxious until you woke up, Hikaru-san.

UMI Fuu, you too! You looked really worried!

<blush> <Fuu giggles>

HIKARU ..... Thank you.

P.7 [MOKONA: Puu puu!]

HIKARU You worried about me too, Mokona? Thank you.

[Butting in... with a backhand punch!]

CALDINA This fluffy ol' thing was just watching absentmindedly.

PRESEA Yes. While I was giving you the medication, it hung on my hair...

<boing>

... kept running around me.....

<twirl twirl twirl>

.... and it was just being in the way.

<tuggle> <Caldina, Fuu, and Umi trip> <tug tug>

Moo...... Koooo.... Naaaaaaa......

P.8 PRESEA Looks like it's time to punish you... it's been a while! So..... should I test whether those eyes really open!?

<grasp>

... Or should I see how much stuff fits into your mouth!?

<pounce>

Weeeelll!! It's time to have some fuuuuuun!

CALDINA I'll help---!

<running>

PRESEA O-hohohohoho!

<running>

UMI It's been a while since I've seen Presea lose herself.

FUU It is great to see that she is still so energetic.

P.9 [MOKONA: Pupupu---!]

<dash> <plop>

HIKARU %The ornament...... %..... turned yellow.....?

PRESEA Prepare for punishment--!!

<pounce> <Hikaru starts> <running>

P.10 HIKARU %Mm....? It's red again...... %Was it just me....?

<roar>

P.11 <roar>

P.12 EAGLE Can I ask you to stop attacking Cephiro?

TARTA, ASUKA NO!

EAGLE <giggle>

Why are you invading Cephiro?

ASUKA I'm gonna be the Pillar of Cephiro and make that country a happy place full of candy!!

P.15 <Sanyun watches in suspense>

EAGLE Full of candy. That sounds fun. But what about Fahren, your country?

ASUKA I'll make both countries happy. [humph]

EAGLE .... That is not possible.

ASUKA Why!?

EAGLE Cephiro's Pillar is not allowed to love anything but Cephiro. If you were to have something that you care about besides Cephiro.....

P.14 EAGLE .... that country will easily crumble.... like this. The two princesses from Chizeta -- why are you going to Cephiro?

TARTA To expand Chizeta's empire!!

P.15 EAGLE Are you trying to make Cephiro into the agricultural and residential portion of your empire?

TARTA I have no intentions of putting pressure onto the people of Cephiro!

EAGLE Even if you don't mean to, if you invade.... you will definitely end up fighting with those that live there. You would invade regardless...... ...... It seems difficult to become the Pillar of Cephiro unless you are willing to sacrifice your life for the sake of the country.

P.16 TATRA And you? What about you? I have heard about the Pillar of Cephiro. That the Pillar is the center of that world, the one that supports the whole country with Willpower.... That cannot be done unless you are willing to live and die with the country. I also know a little about Autozam. The atmosphere of that country is too harsh for man to live in....

P.17 TATRA Is the reason that Autozam is attacking Cephiro to figure out the Pillar system, where all the laws of the world are controlled by the Pillar? Or is it to make Cephiro itself the new land for the people of Autozam to live in? .... Cephiro is a dangerous country..... Are you willing to die for that country?

P.18 EAGLE I know why both of you are attacking Cephiro now. But I cannot retreat, either. I will wait three hours in our time. If you promise that you will not invade Cephiro, I will release Doumu and Bravada. But, if you say that you still wish to fight....

P.19 EAGLE You will have to deal with us first.

P.20 <flap> <footsteps>

ZAZU Eagle seems a bit scary....

GEO ..... so he is hiding something from us.

ZAZU Eh?

P.21 GEO Well, it looks like we're hanging out for three hours. Let's have some tea.

[ZAZU: Um... okay...]

<waffle>

You don't want that booze that I promised you?

ZAZU IwantitIwantitIwantitIwantit---!

<wag wag>

GEO I'll bring some teatime sweets so invite Eagle too.

ZAZU Okay.

<footsteps> <rustle>

P.22 <beep> <whirr>

GEO This is Eagle's medical data.

<beep> <typing>

Analyze this within three hours.

<beep> <kachink> <beepbeep>

%.... Eagle.... you.....

P.23 UMI %But.... %Why was Hikaru able to pass through the Road when I couldn't.....?

<Umi pops her head in>

Ascot!

P.24 <running>

UMI What are you doing?

ASCOT Um... getting some food....

UMI Those are Cephiro's fruits, right? Oh, I've eaten this before! Mokona gave it to us! I love it.

<smile> <heartbeat>

What's wrong, Ascot? Your face is all red.

ASCOT No, no, no, nothing...!

P.25 UMI Ah! I've seen you before. Is everyone okay? Are these fruits for the people in the residential district? Everyone is helping each other. That's really kind.

<lifts hand>

Ugh... I can't reach...

[I can't pat you on the head...]

But you sure grew. It's probably because your Heart Matured.

ASCOT Thanks to the Magic Knights....

<curious look>

P.26 ASCOT Thanks to you... who scolded me when I was wrong...

UMI You're making me blush....

<slap slap>

I'll help!

<pluck pluck>

We have to collect the fruits that grow here?

<lift>

Thanks--!

P.27 FUU Umi-san!

UMI Oh, hi Fuu!

FERIO What are you doing?

UMI Getting fruit. See?

<ta-dah>

FUU Oh! You have so much!

<glide>

UMI Heheheh... I've always been good at this kind of stuff -- from when I was a little kindergartner.

FUU Umi-san, have you seen Hikaru-san around?

P.28 UMI Eh? Isn't she sleeping in her room?

FUU She's not there.

FERIO Fuu asked me, and I've been looking around with her, but she's not here.

UMI Oooooohhhh!!! When we take our eyes off her for one second....!!!

<roar> <glow>

P.29 CLEF %There still is no sign of a new Path appearing.... %That means there is no one worthy of becoming a Pillar in Cephiro %yet.......

<hissssssss>

%Or.... %It's a Path that I can't perceive..... %I do not know where the Path to the Pillar is, or what it is like.

<grasp>

%The only ones that know are the Pillars themselves....

PP.30-31 CLEF %I am not wishing for a birth of another Pillar... %Princess Emeraude... %This country that you Protected using your life.... %If you knew how I feel now, would you think I am at fault...? %Or.....

P.32 <roar>

HIKARU Well, I'm going now, Mokona. It's okay, I'll be right back.

[MOKONA: Puu puu!!]

<running>

UMI Hikaru---!!

HIKARU [eh, eh?]

<running>

What's wrong, everyone?

UMI WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHAT'S WRONG!!!?

<Umi lashes out at Hikaru>

FUU We were looking for you.

P.33 HIKARU Eh.... why?

<hisssssss>

UMI WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHY!!!? Where do you think you're going, right after you collapsed!?

HIKARU I thought about going outside.....

UMI OUTSIDE-----!?!?

<trembling>

[Fuu: Please, calm down...]

P.34 FUU You are not completely well. You should not go out.

HIKARU I'm all right, I feel fine!

UMI YOU'RE NOT FINE!!!

FERIO [Calm down...]

Why do you want to go outside? The only thing outside right now is land that is ready to crumble. .... Do you want to see if there is a Path to the Pillar somewhere?

<gasp>

P.35 <gasp>

FERIO In the last battle, you.... were not able to see nor understand anything for yourselves.

HIKARU Ferio....

FERIO I understand. BUT! I won't let you go alone. I'll go with you!

<point>

HIKARU Eh!? But...!!

P.36 FERIO Sometimes I go out with Lafarga to tell Guru Clef about the condition of Cephiro. Although I can't be a guide because the landscape keeps changing, I should be able to help.

FUU Then I will come along with you too.

UMI I'll go too, of course!!

ASCOT I'll go too! I can't wait here at the castle... I won't take no for an answer!

UMI Ascot...

HIKARU But, but....!

P.37 <point>

HIKARU It's like an ocean outside! We don't have anything for transportation....!

UMI Mokona! You gotta have something!

<shake shake>

Something to ride in!!!

<glow>

HIKARU (? speaker uncertain) Waaaa.......

UMI See, you CAN do it.

P.38 FUU Since there are three....

FERIO [hmmm....]

Two people each?

<clutch>

[MOKONA: Puu puu]

HIKARU Mo... Mokona!

FERIO Then let's go together.

[MOKONA: Pupuuuuu---! Puu Puu]

<tug tug>

[MOKONA: Puu puu]

<tug tug>

UMI Why do you get to assign pairs, Mokona?

[MOKONA: Puu puuuuuuuuuu Mokona is very satisfied.]

P.39 FERIO You okay with me?

FUU Y, yes....

UMI Oh well. Hope you don't mind, Ascot.

<blush> <flap>

[MOKONA: Puuuuuuuuuu!]

<lift>

PP.40-41 <sinking>

HIKARU %This is..... Cephiro.... now...... %A pillar is necessary after all for this country to regain its beauty...

P.42 HIKARU %But is that the only Way!? %Is there another Way.....!?

P.43 <zoom> <crackle>

HIKARU Umi-chan! Fuu-chan!

<rustle> <jump>

P.44 <rumble> <glow> <boom>

ASCOT <<Askice>>!! {guard, electric, break, extreme}

P.45 <hissssssss>

FUU Thank you very much!

FERIO You're welcome.

UMI Ascot, was that a summoning spell?

<shakes head>

ASCOT It's my own magic. Guru Clef taught it to me. I can't rely on others forever.

P.46 UMI It was cool.

<Hikaru sighs in relief> <roar>

HIKARU %Where is the Path to the Pillar!?

P.47 HIKARU %But, if a new Pillar is born... %Another person will not be Allowed to Love Someone... %And someday, Magic Knights will be summoned from another world. %Just like we were.....

P.48 HIKARU %And.... %That tragic battle will be repeated.....!

Why..... Why can't they fall in love......?

P.49 HIKARU Mokona. People can't live all alone... Can't fall in love with anyone. Can't come to understand anyone. That is too sad.....

<roar>

[MOKONA: Puu]

P.50 EAGLE %Lantis....

$ (Geo) $Would someone usually oversleep on a day like this?

$ (Eagle) $I did remember that there was a military festival today...

[$GEO: Yes, yes, you're always like this. Eagle looks absentminded.]

P.51 $ (Geo) $Oh yeah. About Lantis...

<flap>

$He declined the offer to be officially registered as a fighter $of the Autozam army.

<hands over the gloves> <turn>

$ (Eagle) $... Geo, I'm going to borrow your bike.

$ (Geo) $Eh!? $What are you going to do about the festival!?

<flap>

$ (Eagle) $Tell them that I'm still asleep.

P.52 <whirrrr>

$ (Geo) $You know your dad's going to yell at me for this---!!

<unsheathe> <glow>

$ (Lantis) $ ..... <<Clefto>>. {elemental, beast, summon}

<roar>

P.53 $ (Eagle) $Lantis!

<shoom>

$..... you're returning to Cephiro? $To end the Pillar system of Cephiro?

$ (Lantis) $ ..... Yeah.

$ (Eagle) $Is there a way?

P.54 $ (Lantis) $The Pillar must travel through the Path to the Pillar and accept a $Challenge. $Only the past Pillars know where that Path is....

$ (Eagle) $You plan to find, and destroy, that Path.

$ (Lantis) $ .... Yeah.

<footsteps>

$ (Eagle) $Will your life be at risk...?

$..... It will be, isn't it....

P.55 <rustle>

$ (Eagle) $Use my hovercraft. $I can't lend you FTO because Zazu will get mad at me. $But I think this is faster than your seijyu.

$ (Lantis) $.... Eagle.

$ (Eagle) $.... It is what you decided. You will go through with it no matter $what happens.

P.56 $ (Eagle) $I have decided something now too.

$ (Lantis) $.... What did you decide...?

$ (Eagle) $A little secret.

LANTIS %.... Eagle.

P.57 LANTIS %What you decided.... %was to invade Cephiro.

..... Do I have to fight against you....?

P.58 <roar>

SANYUN It is the promised time, Asuka-sama. What will you answer to Autozam?

ASUKA ..... Cephiro is what it is now...... ..... because it lost its ruler?

P.59 CHANAN Yes. The Pillar system of Cephiro completely differs from the Emperor- based ruling in our Fahren. The Pillar supports all order within the country with the power of his Will. You could say that the Pillar is the country.

ASUKA Why did Cephiro's princess pass away?

CHANAN I do not know. But I had not heard of the princess falling to an illness. Whether it be an accident or a will of the Heaven, or even a plan by another person... it is only known that she disappeared suddenly one day.

ASUKA We will go to Cephiro.

P.60 ASUKA I will go to Cephiro. To see with my own eyes. Why the Pillar passed away. Why Cephiro is about ready to collapse...

SANYUN .... Not to become the Pillar of Cephiro?

ASUKA I love Fahren. I love Grandpa {Chanan}, Sanyun, and everyone that lives in my country. I can't possibly love Cephiro and only Cephiro.

P.61 ASUKA I must rule over Fahren. To be able to rule Fahren, I want to know what happened in Cephiro. No, I think I need to know. Am I still being selfish?

<pat pat>

CHANAN You have grown up.....

<turn>

I will prepare for battle against Autozam.

<smile>

ASUKA Sanyun...

P.62 ASUKA We will be fighting Autozam. I'm worried that I'm putting everyone in danger.

SANYUN I believe what you have decided is the right thing to do, Asuka-sama. There will be a lot learned by going to Cephiro. That is probably why Chanan-sama decided to go along with your plan. He believes in you, Asuka-sama. We all believe in you. I hope you will believe in all of us too.

ASUKA Yup!

P.63 SANYUN .... and I will protect you.

ASUKA Sanyun.... Thank you.

P.64 <roar>

TATRA It's time.

<stands>

TARTA We're going to Cephiro!

TATRA You don't mind being called invaders?

P.65 TARTA We're going! I can't turn back just because a commander from Autozam said something!

TATRA Can I guess what you're thinking? Even if we turn back now, Autozam will invade Cephiro. Autozam has a lot at stake. They can't survive much longer with their atmospheric conditions.

P.66 TATRA Whether Autozam wants the cleaner air of Cephiro, or only their Pillar system, they cannot avoid fighting the people that live there. Cephiro is a magical country that moves everything with willpower. But, because it has been peaceful for so long, it doesn't have an army. It is not certain whether it can win against an enemy from another country. So you want to fight Autozam for them.

P.67 <Tarta swallows> <Tatra giggles>

TATRA You can talk to the people of Cephiro, Tarta. And you can give up if they don't like your ideas about expanding our territory. But that's not the case for Autozam. There might be bloodshed.

P.68 <pat pat>

TATRA You're such a good girl, Tarta.

TARTA What do you want to do, sister?

TATRA Me? I don't care if cute little Tarta is happy.

<blush>

TATRA We will now fight the battleship from Autozam.

<crowd>

To your places!

P.69 TARTA Sister...

TATRA That commander from Autozam is strong.

TARTA He has enough mental energy to pierce through the road that we created.

TATRA Not only that.

TARTA Eh?

TATRA .... Tarta. Remember this. A man who is "prepared to die" is strong.

P.70 TATRA The only person that can win against such a person is the one who "knows the value of his life".

P.71 <roar>

[ZAZU: My, that was delicious. The best thing that goes with cake is booze.]

<bebeep>

GEO Give me the analysis results for Eagle's medical data.

<pipipipi> <shunk> <footstep> <gasp>

P.72 <stand> <beep> <monitor goes black>

EAGLE It is now time. Have you come to a decision?

<Asuka flashes on screen>

ASUKA I will go to Cephiro.

<The princesses flash on screen>

TARTA Me too.

P.73 EAGLE I see.... .... Then we shall begin.

<roar> <pounce> <slash> <flap>

P.74 HIKARU <<Blazing Arrow>>!!

<whoosh> <roar> <burn>

FERIO <whistle>

You guys are really strong now, Magic Knights.

FUU .... That reminds me. Why are we called "Magic Knights"?

P.75 FUU Clef-san is called "Guru". Presea-san is called "Pharle". Ascot-san is a "Bal". These are all words from Cephiro.

ASCOT Yes.

FUU Then why are we, and only we, "Magic Knights" -- a term in English?

FERIO English?

UMI A language spoken by one of the countries in the world that we live in.

FUU Did a person who came from another world, summoned by a past Pillar, call himself that?

P.76 FERIO No, I haven't heard of such a thing.

FUU That means that someone from Cephiro named us "Magic Knights"....

UMI Who is that someone...?

<roar>

P.77 <roar>

HIKARU What is that?

FUU Those are the Roads from the other countries!

UMI They've reached Cephiro already!?

HIKARU %I have to fight him again.....

<roar>

P.78 <roar> <glow>

P.79 <panting> <flap>

ASUKA Ha!

<roar>

EAGLE Fire the Laguna cannons.

PP.80-81 <whirrrrrr> <crackle> <kaboom>

P.82 <grind>

[ASUKA: Kyaaaaaaaaa]

<sinking> <flash> <zzzzzzzzz> <da da da da da>

P.83 <da da da da da> <crackle> <squeeze> <pi pi pi> <beep>

EAGLE Concentrate the missiles in this region.

GEO Roger.

<clank> <thud thud>

P.84 <boom> <grrrrrrr> <slam slam slam>

[TARTA, TATRA: Kyaaaaaaaaa]

P.85 <thud thud thud> <boom> <grasp>

FUU Kya!

<flap> <thud>

P.86 HIKARU %The ornament is yellow again!

<whirrrr> <thud thud thud>

FUU <<Guarding Wind>>!

<glow>

P.87 <sink> <thud thud thud> <roar> <crash> <tip> <wind>

[HIKARU: Waaaaaaaaaa]

P.88 UMI Hikaru!

FUU Hikaru-san!

<catch> <Hikaru opens eyes>

HIKARU ..... Lantis!!

P.89 <beep> <clank>

EAGLE I'm going out.

ZAZU Roger!

<pi pi> <footsteps>

P.90 <pi pi pi pi> <whirrr>

GEO Give me the analysis results!

<beeeeep> <kashink>

It can't be....!

P.91 <whirrr>

LANTIS Are you hurt?

P.92 <shake shake> <anger>

PRIMERA Wait.... why are you staring at each other----! [Mmm? The stone on the forehead is yellow?]

P.93 <roar> <whirrr> <pyun pyun pyun>

EAGLE I will lead commands from the field from now on. Release the defensive shields as soon as FTO leaves the ship.

ZAZU Roger!

<grasp>

GEO Eagle!! Don't go! Eagle!!

P.94 GEO I analyzed your medical data! You are....!!

<gasp> <donk>

EAGLE Lifting off...!

<vroom vroom>

GEO Wait! Eagle!!

P.95 <siren> <roar>

ZAZU What's wrong, Geo!!?

GEO I'm going after him on GTO!!

ZAZU I can't let you out without word from the commander!

GEO I'm going out to bring back that commander!!

<stands>

ZAZU Geo!? I can't unless you explain it to me!

<grinds teeth>

GEO You... shouldn't be hearing it from me.......

P.96 GEO But, I can't let Eagle fight!

ZAZU ..... Okay, I understand. I'll get it ready for takeoff.

<grasp> <sits> <beep>

P.97 <beeeeeep> <pi pi pi pi>

GEO What's wrong!?

ZAZU GTO is turned off!!

GEO WHAT?

<clang> <pi pi pi pi> <beeeep>

It's Eagle! All the initialization passwords for every fighter-mechas including GTO have been changed by order of the commander!!

<slam>

P.98 GEO Eagle!!

<pi pi pi pi>

P.99 <beep> <whirrrrrrr>

EAGLE %... That is.... %The girl on the red Mashin.....

<gasp>

P.100 <roar>

HIKARU %..... Sad eyes.... %My heart hurts.....

<glow>

P.101 <roar>

CLEF They are finally here....!

P.102 <flash>

CLEF %What is this...?

<flash>

%Such Enormous Power....! %Who......!!?

<glow> <running>

PRESEA Guru Clef!

<slam>

The Magic Knights have disappeared!

CALDINA Ascot and the Prince are gone too!

LAFARGA Guru! Autozam, Fahren, and Chizeta have reached the skies of Cephiro....!

P.103 <gasp>

PRESEA Clef!!

CLEF The Path....

P.104 CLEF Is the Path to the Pillar starting to open!?

<roar>

UMI Are you all right, Hikaru!!?

FUU Hikaru-san!!

P.105 <thud thud thud>

[FUU, UMI: Kyaaaaaaa]

<slam slam> <roar> <rrr> <crash>

P.106 <flash> <slam> <shoom> <thud thud>

P.107 <boom> <roar> <panting>

EAGLE %..... Lantis....

P.108 EAGLE %..... I'm sorry. %Lantis, I..... %I have come here to become the Pillar of Cephiro. %And...... I will...... to Cephiro...... %Thus.... I can't let you destroy the Path to the Pillar!!

P.109 <beam> <whirrr> <grasp>

LANTIS <<Cresta>>!!

<crash> <roar>

P.110 LANTIS %Do I really have to fight you!!?

Primera!!

<flap> <sparkle>

PRIMERA <<Futura>>!! {magic, multiplication}

P.111 LANTIS <<Chronos>>!! {thunder, guard, attack, shoot}

<thud>

P.112 <turn> <nod>

UMI Ascot, I....

ASCOT You're going to summon the Mashin.

FUU Ferio.

FERIO Don't worry. Ascot and I can take care of ourselves.

ASCOT .... I regret being so powerless. If I had more power, I wouldn't have to put you in such a dangerous position, Umi.

P.113 FERIO Cephiro is a World of the Will. The Believing Heart becomes Power. I believe in you. So, please come back.

<flap>

P.114 HIKARU Thank you very much for saving me.

LANTIS .... Why do you guys fight? Why are you fighting for Cephiro? This is not your country......

HIKARU For ourselves.

P.115 HIKARU Because I never want to cry again because of regret.

<steps down> <glow>

P.116-117 <glow>

PP.118-119 <sparkle>

VOICE (*******) The time has come.

<glow> <flash>

P.120 <glow>

PRESEA, CALDINA (?? speaker(s) uncertain) Prince!! Ascot!!

<flap flap>

PRIMERA Wh... why are we here....!?

<point>

P.121 <glow>

ALL Magic Knights!!

P.122 <glow> <sparkle>

HIKARU Mokona...!?

VOICE (*******) The time has come to choose the new Pillar of Cephiro.

P.123 UMI Whose voice is that!?

VOICE (*******) Those with strong Hearts that have gathered in Cephiro.

Asuka of Fahren. Your Wish is to make a country that makes all your thoughts become reality. However, that Wish is not Strong enough for you to become the Pillar of Cephiro. You have within your Heart people and a country you love more than the future of Cephiro.

P.124 VOICE (*******) Tarta and Tatra of Chizeta. Your Wish is to make Cephiro part of your kingdom for your parents and for your native country. However, your Wish is also too weak of Heart for you to be the Pillar of this country.

These Wishes are too weak because they are not Wishes that you Grant by risking everything you have.

P.125 VOICE (*******) Only those that want to create the future of Cephiro with a Heart that is Stronger than anyone else has the right to be the Pillar.

.... Lantis.

<gasp>

You have a strong Heart.

P.126 VOICE (*******) Your Wish to destroy the Path to the Pillar so Cephiro will no longer have a Pillar... A Wish that you would risk your life to grant. Your Heart is the strongest of those in Cephiro.

P.127 VOICE (*******) However. There is someone here that has a stronger Heart than even you.

PP.128-129 VOICE (*******) The Path to the Pillar will now open. Those that have the right to become Pillar, follow my Path and accept my Challenge!

P.130 <suck> <shumm> <shuummm>

P.131 <roar>

UMI Hikaru!!

FUU Hikaru-san!

[HIKARU: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa....]

P.133 EAGLE Where are we......!?

HIKARU Tokyo!?

<silence>

P.134

HIKARU %Nobody is moving!? %Has time stopped!?

VOICE (*******) That is the site of the Pillar's Challenge. The one who overcomes the Challenge and returns to Cephiro will become the new Pillar.

HIKARU The new Pillar!?

P.135 EAGLE ...... Could you tell me your name?

HIKARU Hikaru. Hikaru Shidou.

<smile>

EAGLE .... Hikaru. That is a cute name. But I have decided to become the Pillar of Cephiro. So..... I will defeat you, and return to Cephiro.

P.136 <clank> <gasp> <thud thud thud thud> <slam slam slam slam>

P.137 <glow>

GEO Eagle!!

ZAZU FTO isn't showing up on the radar! It completely disappeared from Cephiro!

<dash>

UMI Mokona! Where did you put Hikaru!!?

<flash> <slam>

P.138 <grasp> <whooooosh>

ASCOT Umi!!

FERIO Fuu!!

CALDINA Hikaru and the white thing from Autozam were swallowed by that fluffy thing!!

PRESEA (or Lafarga. uncertain.) Guru Clef!! What is Mokona.....!?

<standing up>

P.139 CLEF ..... Mokona is something that Princess Emeraude had given me, telling me that "It should not fall into Zagato's hands until the Day to Come".... Princess Emeraude is the only one that knows what Mokona truly is.....

<screech> <melt>

PRESEA Guru!!

CLEF This tremendous power...!! Mokona can't be....!!

P.140 LANTIS Where have Eagle and the Magic Knight gone!?

VOICE (*******) Another world. A place where you, Magic Knights, call Earth.

FUU, UMI Earth!?

LANTIS ..... Who are you.....?

P.141 <flurry of feathers>

VOICE (*******) I am the one who Created this World.

P.142 VOICE (Creator) The land. Order. Reason. I am the one who Created all.

And...

P.143 VOICE (Creator) I also created the World that you, Magic Knights, live in.

P.144 <roar> <surge> <wave>

EAGLE %At a time like this.....

HIKARU <<Blazing Arrow>>!

<roar> <slam>

P.145 <hisssss> <lands>

HIKARU Why do you want to become the Pillar of Cephiro!? Is it for Autozam!?

EAGLE ..... no, not for them.

<shink>

I want to be Pillar.....

P.146 <stab>

EAGLE .... for myself.

P.147 CLEF .... Creator......?

VOICE (Creator) Yes. I first created the world that contained Earth... a world without an absolute leader, a world lacking order and full of confusion. But a world where the Will of the living weave their futures. That was Earth.

P.148 VOICE (Creator) But the Earthians fought day after day and they are continuing to destroy their Land, their World. That is why I created this new World, including Cephiro. A world where one Will determines all.

FUU Then... the one that named us "Magic Knights".....

UMI .... is Mokona?

P.149 HIKARU What do you want to do with Cephiro!?

<clang> <falter>

EAGLE I want to.....

<slip> <grasp>

P.150 VOICE (Creator) Eagle of Autozam. Your body has been taken over by an illness?

EAGLE .... Yes. The doctors told me that I would die before I reached Cephiro.

HIKARU That can't be!?

EAGLE Overuse of mental energy. Autozam is a highly machine-based country. We have changed mental powers into energy -- into Power that is used to move things. I seem to have used too much of my Heart.... I am like a mecha that is about to run out of fuel.

P.151 EAGLE I will soon fall into a slumber. A slumber from which I will Never Wake.

HIKARU Never....?

EAGLE This illness culminates by stopping all bodily functions. But it is not death. The person falls into the same condition as a person who is asleep.... although he will never wake again. I plan to put Cephiro into an eternal sleep...... I will move all inhabitants into neighboring countries.... All that will remain here will be myself, the Pillar. And I will sleep forever with Cephiro..... so tragedy will never strike again.

P.152 HIKARU Why....? Why are you, the commander of Autozam, doing this!?

EAGLE When I found out that I did not have much time left to live.... I swore to myself. That I will decide how my life is to end. And.... My Wish is to end the history of Cephiro with me.

P.153 VOICE (Creator) Is it for your friend... Lantis, the Kailu of Cephiro?

HIKARU Lantis!?

EAGLE No, it is not. It is true that Lantis risked his life to end the history of Cephiro that can only be written with the sacrifice of the Pillar.

P.154 EAGLE Because that was his Wish.... after he found out about the tragic ending to the love story... between his older brother and the princess that he guarded for so long. But I don't want Lantis to die. I don't want someone with eyes colored like the skies of Cephiro to die. Someone with the eyes that remind me of a place where I always longed to be...... .... I am being Selfish. I know that I am ignoring what he wants to do. I am going to become the Pillar of Cephiro for _my_ Wish.

P.155 <flash> <glow>

HIKARU ..... That's wrong...... That would be doing the same thing that Princess Emeraude did!

P.156 HIKARU Princess Emeraude sacrificed herself to protect the people that she loved.... But what should the people that are left do when she's gone!?

<gasp>

P.157 HIKARU What happens to the hearts of all the people who love the Princess and care deeply about her!?

<roar>

P.158 HIKARU %What happens!?

UMI Hikaru!?

FUU Hikaru-san!!

VOICE (Creator) Hikaru Shidou, one of the Magic Knights, is taking the Challenge to become Pillar of Cephiro along with Eagle of Autozam.

UMI I DON'T want Hikaru to be facing hardship alone!

FUU Mokona-san! Take us to Earth!

P.159 VOICE (Creator) I cannot. Only those who are qualified to go can enter the Site of the Challenge.

UMI I don't care about qualifications!! We promised that no matter what happens, all three of us would work together!!

FUU I cannot let Hikaru-san fight by herself!!

P.160 <lends a hand>

HIKARU Let's go back to Cephiro together. The ones that love you are awaiting you. If you become the Pillar, Lantis... he would be very sad.

P.161 HIKARU I killed his brother.... Lantis didn't blame me. He was nice to me.... but he had sad eyes. You're like him, Eagle. You have sad eyes..... I can tell that you really love Lantis. And he probably.....

P.162 HIKARU I think it was like that for Princess Emeraude and Zagato. But... they Ended Up that way. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore. I don't want to see people crying because they lost their loved ones. And I....

<flash>

P.163 HIKARU ... NEVER want to regret doing something!!

<roar>

P.164 <creak>

VOICE (Creator) A new Path has opened. A Path connecting Cephiro to Earth. The next Pillar is Hikaru.

P.165 UMI, FUU It can't be....!!

GEO Eagle!!

LANTIS .... What will happen to Eagle?

VOICE (Creator) The one who could not overcome the Pillar's Challenge..... will disappear.