ONIMUSHA 3 (JAPANESE VERSION) SCRIPT TRANSLATION FAQ
Version 1.1 (15 March 2004)
By Matt "Namahage" Hirao
Email: minnani4649(at)hotmail.com [replace (at) with the @ mark]

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                               * WARNING *

This translation FAQ contains multiple spoilers for the game Onimusha 3 (JPN
Version).  Even the Table of Contents contains potential spoilers.  If you do
not wish to know of possible developments that take place in the game, STOP
READING NOW.  Or get someone to read it for you.
You have been warned.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

(You can jump to various sections of the FAQ by using the "Find" command on
your browser and searching for the four letter code in brackets ([]) which
corresponds to the section you're looking for.)

1. Introduction/Disclaimers/Copyright Information [INTR]
2. Version History [VRSH]
3. Opening CG Movie [OPNM]
4. Prologue (Paris) [PRLG]
5. Honnoji (First Battle) [HON1]
6. Paris Streets [PRST]
7. L'Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph) [LADT]
8. Mount Hiei [MTHI]
9. Paris (L'arc de Triomphe/Sewers) [SEWR]
10. Paris (Jacques' House) [JQHS]
11. Japan (Senshu Sakai/ Genma Ship) [SSSK]
12. Paris (Jacques' House / Notre Dame (Samanosuke)) [NTD1]
13. Underwater Temple [UWTM]
14. Paris (Notre Dame (Michele)) [NTD2]
15. Boulogne Zoo [BLZO]
16. Mont Saint Michel [MTSM]
17. Lake Biwa/Oniyashiki (Oni House) [LBWO]
18. Azuchi Castle [AZCA]
19. Eiffel Tower [EFLT]
20. Honnoji (Battle 2) [HON2]
21. Jacques Returns to Paris [JART]
22. Honnoji, Final Battles with Nobunaga [FINL]
23. Nobunaga Defeated [NBXX]
24. Regular Ending [END1]
25. Special (True) Ending (if you got all of Ako's Haori) [END2]
26. Epilogue [EPLG]
27. Heihachi Buraiden Mini-Game [HHBR]
28. List of Notes [NTLS]

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+ INTRODUCTION/DISCLAIMERS/COPYRIGHT INFORMATION [INTR] +
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Welcome to the Onimusha 3 script translation FAQ!  If you have the Japanese
version of Onimusha 3 and would like to know what the characters are actually
saying in the cutscenes, this FAQ is for you.
This is NOT a walkthrough or item FAQ.  Nor have I translated every instance
of speech (such as Mino Oyaji's speeches at the entrances of the Phantom
Realms.)
I am aware that the French dialogue doesn't always agree with what I have here.
It has been quite a while since I took up French, and so I have used the
Japanese script lines in my translation.  If anyone would like to contribute the
French lines for a future version, they would be welcome.
In reading this FAQ, text in brackets ([]) indicate actions taking place in a
scene (hopefully enough to indicate when a line is spoken).  Text surrounded by
asterisks (***) indicate actions that a player must take to trigger a scene.

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who pirated his copy of Oni 3 is going to cough up any cash anyway, when you
can get it for free on the 'Net.
One more thing.  I may or may not have put deliberate mistakes in this FAQ, in
order to be able to prove either that a FAQ was altered or that it was copied
word for word and not attributed to me.  Remember this before you fire off a
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+ VERSION HISTORY [VRHS] +
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Version 1.1 (15 March 2004) Minor formatting fixes and the addition of the
dialogue from the "Heihachi Buraiden" mini-game.

Version 1.0 (11 March 2004) First version of this FAQ with all cutscene
dialogue translated.

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+ OPENING MOVIE [OPNM] +
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Text:            Nine years have passed since that time.
                Oda Nobunaga, who was destroyed by Yagyu Jubei, was reborn
                as the Genma King, and has become even more powerful.
                Sensing danger, Akechi Mitsuhide launched a raid on Honnoji
                Temple, where Nobunaga is.
                Meanwhile, the Genma armies headed to Honnoji to provide
                reinforcements for Nobunaga.

[A ninja (guess who?) fights his way through a Genma ship.  He eventually meets
a powerful Genma warrior, GARGANTO.]

GARGANTO:        Wait.
                That man...I will kill him.
SAMANOSUKE:      Garganto!
GARGANTO:        Long time no see...Samanosuke.
SAMANOSUKE:      You...I will never let you join Nobunaga!

[SAMANOSUKE and GARGANTO fight, and eventually SAMANOSUKE wins.]

NOBUNAGA:        Samanosuke...

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+ PROLOGUE (PARIS) [PRLG] +
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Text:          (Early morning, May 8, 2004, Paris, France)

[JACQUES BLANC is sitting on his motorcycle, calling his son, HENRI.]

HENRI:          Hello?
JACQUES:        Henri?
HENRI:          Oh, it's you, Papa.
JACQUES:        Henri, were you still sleeping?  Hurry and get up or you'll be
               late for school.
HENRI:          Yeah.
JACQUES:        Don't forget to brush your teeth.
               And then tell Yvette, the lady next door, that when I come home
               I'd like to repay her kindness for dinner the other day.
HENRI:          O.K.
               When will you be back home, Papa?
JACQUES:        I think I'll be back tonight.
               And don't forget...

[JACQUES is interrupted by a call from his radio.]

PHILIPPE:       JACQUES!  JACQUES!
JACQUES:        I'll talk to you later, Henri.
               What's going on, Philippe?
PHILIPPE:       Come here immediately!
               It's getting really bad!

[JACQUES starts up his bike, and roars off.]

[Genma demons rampage through Paris, killing civilians left and right.]

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+ HONNOJI (First Battle) [HON1] +
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TEXT:           (June 2, 10th Year of Tensho (1582),
               Honnoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan)

[A group of soldiers wait around a gate, led by...]

TEXT:           (AKECHI MITSUHIDE)

[AKECHI SAMANOSUKE appears in front of MITSUHIDE.]

MITSUHIDE:      Good work.

[SAMANOSUKE and MITSUHIDE nod, then MITSUHIDE nods to a retainer carrying
armor.]

RETAINER:       Here you are, Sir Samanosuke...

MITSUHIDE:      Men!
               The enemy is in Honnoji!
               LET'S GO!

[MITSUHIDE's men charge in.  SAMANOSUKE draws his sword...]

***After Samanosuke battles his way to the entrance...***

[SAMANOSUKE enters the burning temple.  He comes face to face with ODA
NOBUNAGA.  Off to NOBUNAGA's side is MORI RANMARU.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Nobunaga...
NOBUNAGA:       (laughs) So you're Akechi Samanosuke...
SAMANOSUKE:     Now the time has finally come...
               PREPARE YOURSELF!
RANMARU:        My lord...please allow me!
               The head of Oda's personal guard, Mori Ranmaru...
               Is here!

***After Samanosuke beats Ranmaru...***

[RANMARU falls after SAMANOSUKE slashes him.  RANMARU attempts to get up.]

RANMARU:        M-My lord...

[RANMARU falls, supposedly dead.  Now SAMANOSUKE and NOBUNAGA face each other
alone.  NOBUNAGA laughs, then sends green energy bolts at SAMANOSUKE, one of
which knocks him down.  As NOBUNAGA prepares to finish him, a circle forms on
the ground, which grows and surrounds SAMANOSUKE...]

NOBUNAGA:       What's this?

[SAMANOSUKE is swallowed up by the portal and disappears.]

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+ PARIS STREETS [PRST] +
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[Back to Paris, where a group of soldiers prepare to face some Genma.]

PHILIPPE:       FIRE!

[They do.  It has little effect.]

PHILIPPE:       What are these things?

[A Genma soldier slashes PHILIPPE.]

SOLDIERS:       Captain!
               Are you all right?

[The Genma proceed to massacre the squad.  PHILIPPE is backed up against a wall
by a group of Genma.  Suddenly, JACQUES appears...]

JACQUES:        I'm coming!
PHILIPPE:       Jacques!

***After Jacques shoots the Genma...***

JACQUES:        Philippe...hang on!
PHILIPPE:       Don't worry about me, just get out of here, Jacques.
JACQUES:        You think I could do that?
               Hang in there, Philippe.
               Shit.

[More Genma appear.]

JACQUES:        So they're back...
               DIE!

[JACQUES shoots up some Genma, then a bright blue flash appears.]

JACQUES:        What?
               What's that?

[Alleyway.  SAMANOSUKE appears.]

SAMANOSUKE:     What is this place...
               Where is he!?

[SAMANOSUKE looks down at his gauntlet to find his power gone.]

SAMANOSUKE:     My Oni power...

***After Samanosuke exits the alleyway...***

[JACQUES is shooting singlehandedly at a group of Genma.]

JACQUES:        Shit!  SHIIT!!
               Out of ammo...!

[JACQUES faces down a couple of Genma, with no gun.]

JACQUES:        Come on!

[SAMANOSUKE wipes the Genma out.]

JACQUES:        ...A samurai?
SAMANOSUKE:     Hey...where am I?
JACQUES:        Who are you?
               Where'd you come from?

[SAMANOSUKE, unable to parler francais, walks away.]

JACQUES:        Philippe!

[The same portal that swallowed SAMANOSUKE now engulfs PHILIPPE and JACQUES.
SAMANOSUKE runs toward it, but is unable to do anything.  As he walks away,
he finds a strange device at his feet.  He looks up to see...]

SAMANOSUKE:     That guy's...

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+ L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE (The Arch of Triumph) [LADT] +
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***After Samanosuke gets his first weapon...***

[As Samanosuke climbs back up to ground level, he is shot at by MICHELE
AUBERT.]

MICHELE:        Don't move!
               Hands up!
               Who are you!?
[A group of soldiers opens the door to l'Arc de Triomphe.]

SOLDIER:        Enter!
MICHELE:        Go. (Turning to Samanosuke)
               You don't understand what I'm saying?
SAMANOSUKE:     A foreign language...
               What are you saying?

[MICHELE runs off.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Hey, wait!

[MICHELE is attacked, but SAMANOSUKE rescues her.  SAMANOSUKE fights to the
top of l'Arc de Triomphe to see...]

SAMANOSUKE:     Guildenstern!
GUILDENSTERN:   (Laughing) Samanosuke...Long time no see.
               I didn't think you'd show up...
               The time warp seems to be still unstable.
SAMANOSUKE:     Time warp?  What are you talking about?
               So this is all your doing!?
GUILDENSTERN:   (Laughs) Impudent worm, as usual.
SAMANOSUKE:     What is this place?
GUILDENSTERN:   Here?  This is Paris, the capital of France.
               But it's the future, 500 years later than the Sengoku(*1) world
               that you were in.
SAMANOSUKE:     What?
GUILDENSTERN:   Under Lord Nobunaga's orders, the Genma started a new operation
               in this land.
SAMANOSUKE:     You...What the hell are you up to?
GUILDENSTERN:   I can't explain that to you easily.
               Oh, I know!
               I'll introduce my new son to you!
               BRAINSTERN!

[A huge robot, BRAINSTERN, appears.]

GUILDENSTERN:   Eliminate the meddler! (Laughs)

***After Samanosuke eliminates Brainstern, the scene shifts back to***

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+ MOUNT HIEI [MTHI] +
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[Japan, in the past.  JACQUES and PHILIPPE find themselves in a forest on
Mount Hiei.]

JACQUES:        Philippe?  Philippe!
               Are you all right?
PHILIPPE:       Why'd...this have to happen...?
               I'd made up my mind to die with my wife and daughter by my
               side...
               Just my luck, that instead it'll be in your arms...
JACQUES:        ...Philippe!  Philippe!

[PHILIPPE dies.]

JACQUES:        Rest in peace...
               ...my friend.
               This place...where am I...?

***As JACQUES wanders deeper into the forest, he hears a scream...***

JACQUES:        What!?

[JACQUES recognizes the voice...]

HENRI:          Papa!
JACQUES:        Henri!
HENRI:          Papa, help!
JACQUES:        Wait for me, Henri!

[JACQUES shoots, but it has no effect on the Genma monster...]

JACQUES:        Shit!  My bullets...
               Henri!

[JACQUES is swatted back by the monster.]

HENRI:          Papa!!

[HENRI faints, and as JACQUES gets up, his arm glows...]

JACQUES:        My arm...
               What is this?

***After Jacques kills the Genma...***

JACQUES:        Henri!
               Are you all right?  Why are you here?

["HENRI" disappears, and an ONI appears...]

ONI:            Person of a foreign land...
               I am now speaking directly to your heart.
               Listen carefully to what I am about to say now.
               This is Japan, 500 years before your time.
JACQUES:        What are you talking about?
               More than that, where is Henri!?
ONI:            Your son is in the time period from which you came.
               That last thing was an illusion.
JACQUES:        An illusion...What do you mean?
ONI:            Now, this place is overflowing with Genma, which are trying
               to control humankind.
JACQUES:        Genma?
ONI:            They are the monsters that also appeared in your time.
               Ten days from now, you and Akechi Samanosuke, who like you
               was chosen by the Oni...
               ...shall fight at Honnoji Temple, where you must defeat the
               Genma King, Oda Nobunaga.
               However, in their current condition, Samanosuke and the
               others have no chance of winning.
               If you wish to return to your time, and see your son again...
               ...you must join forces with Samanosuke, and defeat Nobunaga
               at Honnoji.
JACQUES:        Don't give me that!  Return me to where I was before!
ONI:            Karasu-tengu(*2)...
               Help this man until he defeats Nobunaga.

[The karasu-tengu AKO yawns and stretches.]

JACQUES:        Hey, wait!
ONI:            Make full use of the Oni power that I have given you...
JACQUES:        I'm not finished talking to you!

[JACQUES feels a tapping near the bottom of his leg...]

AKO:            Don't lose your cool, Mister.
               My name's Ako.  I'm a member of the Karasu-tengu clan.
               Nice to meet you!

[JACQUES suddenly can speak Japanese...]

JACQUES:        What's this...I can understand your language!
AKO:            That's because of my power.
               With me around, it's like an oni with an iron club (*3).
               I have a lot of powers, I'm agile, I'm smart...
JACQUES:        I have no use for a fly.  Go away!
AKO:            How rude!  I'm not a fly!
               I SAID I was a karasu-tengu!
JACQUES:        I'm going back to where I came from, one way or another.
               Surely there must be a way.
               I just need to find it...

***After Jacques makes his way deeper into the mountain, Samanosuke suddenly
appears...***

JACQUES:        That man is...!

***After Samanosuke and Jacques beat up some Genma...***

SAMANOSUKE:     Hey!  That gauntlet...
JACQUES:        You're the guy who appeared in Paris, aren't you!?
               It's your fault I'm here!
               How am I going to get back to where I was!?
SAMANOSUKE:     Let go!
               What are you talking about?
               Are you one of those "Southern Barbarians"(*4)?
AKO:            Stop it, Jacques!
               This is Samanosuke, another man who wields Oni power.

[SAMANOSUKE and JACQUES talk to each other.]

SAMANOSUKE:     That story's hard to believe...
JACQUES:        But it seems to be true.
SAMANOSUKE:     ...I see.  I believe you.
AKO:            By the way, what were you doing here, Samanosuke?
SAMANOSUKE:     Recently, the actions of the Genma around here have been
               suspicious, so I came to investigate...
               This is Mount Hiei.  Since Nobunaga burned it down 11 years
               ago, it's become a hideout for Genma.
JACQUES:        So defeating Nobunaga is the only way to return to my time...
               Let's go!
               I must return back to the future.  Until then, I'm counting
               on you.
               My name is Jacques Blanc.
               Call me Jacques.

[Apparently, SAMANOSUKE has never shaken hands before.  He learns quickly.]

SAMANOSUKE:     I am Akechi Samanosuke Hidemitsu.

***After JACQUES and SAMANOSUKE reach the statue where the "Enjaken" whip is
found...***

JACQUES:        It looks like something like that thing there was placed here.
SAMANOSUKE:     Yes, it seems that way.
               We might find a clue if we continue on.
               Let's split up and search.
JACQUES:        Got it.

***After Jacques opens the gate...***

SAMANOSUKE:     Thanks.
JACQUES:        Let's go.
               It looks like there's something ahead.

***After Jacques enters the main building...***

[JACQUES and SAMANOSUKE look around.  Suddenly, someone laughs...]

RANMARU:        Sir Akechi...sneaking and sniffing around like that...are you
               a mouse?
SAMANOSUKE:     Who the hell are you?
RANMARU:        I am the head of Oda's personal guard,
               Mori Ranmaru.
               Oh?  I see you're with someone whom I'm not used to seeing.
               Are you so desperate that you have to involve a Southern
               Barbarian?
JACQUES:        You're human.  Why do you ally yourself with monsters like
               them?
RANMARU:        That has nothing to do with you.  You're going to die here.

[MARCELLUS arrives.]

RANMARU:        Samanosuke...My lord is already aware of Sir Mitsuhide's plan
               to rebel.  (Laughs)
SAMANOSUKE:     Wait!
               Jacques...Take care of things here!
JACQUES:        Hey!

***After Jacques defeats Marcellus and collects the souls...***

[JACQUES falls to his knees.]

AKO:            Are you OK, Mister?
JACQUES:        Shit!
               I'll be damned if I die before I meet Henri!
AKO:            Henri?  Oh, your son.
               OK!
               I'll go and tell him that you're safe.
JACQUES:        What!?
AKO:            I said I had many powers, didn't I?
               I can go through time in a single jump!
               In exchange, from now on, don't be so mean to me!

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+ PARIS (L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE/SEWERS [SEWR] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[AKO vanishes.  Cut to MICHELE in Paris, who gets up and aims at SAMANOSUKE.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Stop!

[Suddenly, AKO appears, falling to the ground.]

AKO:            Ouch!
               Oh!  Samanosuke!
SAMANOSUKE:     What are you?
AKO:            What are you saying?  I'm...
               Oh...right.
               The Samanosuke here is different from the one before.
               Aagh..it's so complicated.
               I'm Ako.
               I came from the Sengoku period to help you.

[MICHELE heads to the door.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Wait!
               I'm sorry.
               I couldn't save your comrades.
MICHELE:        What?
               So...that was real...
               Monsters!

[MICHELE, finally realizing what she has just said, is surprised.]

MICHELE:        I understand your language!
AKO:            Thanks to me!
               I have many powers.
               Samanosuke, unless you defeat all the Genma here in Paris, you
               can't return back to your time.
SAMANOSUKE:     What?
AKO:            Meanwhile, someone named Jacques is fighting Genma there.
MICHELE:        Did you say "Jacques"!?
AKO:            You know him?
               That guy is fighting pretty tenaciously.
MICHELE:        Jacques...so he survived...

AKO:            Huuh...
               So you're Jacques' fiancee, Michele?
               That guy's pretty popular, isn't he.
MICHELE:        Right.
               But that Jacques is in Japan during the Sengoku period...
SAMANOSUKE:     With another me...
               That story's hard to believe.

[MICHELE'S radio hisses.]

MICHELE:        This is Aubert.
SOLDIER:        Monsters in the sewer!  Request assistance!
MICHELE:        Roger.  We're going there right now!
SAMANOSUKE:     Those things again...?
MICHELE:        Can I count on you to eliminate the monsters?
               My comrades are calling for help.
SAMANOSUKE:     Of course.
MICHELE:        Then come with me.
SAMANOSUKE:     All right.

***After Samanosuke enters the first room in the sewer...***

[A SOLDIER is found badly wounded.]

MICHELE:        Are you OK?  Hang in there!
SOLDIER:        I was beaten by some monsters...
               The squad is all over the place...
MICHELE:        Some of are comrades are still there ahead, right?
SOLDIER:        Yeah...save them...
               Please...

***After Samanosuke examines the panel...***

MICHELE:        The power is out.
               We'll have to restart it by hand.

***After Samanosuke cuts the chain to the huge ball...***

[MICHELE'S radio beeps.]

MICHELE:        This is Aubert.
SOLDIER:        Help!  Monsters!
MICHELE:        Got it!  We'll be right there!
               My comrades are ahead.  But they won't last much longer.
               We must hurry!

***After Samanosuke and Michele fight their way up the sewer...***

[MICHELE and SAMANOSUKE find a SOLDIER.]

MICHELE:        Are you all right?
SOLDIER:        Yeah...that was close.
               ...Who's he?
MICHELE:        A Japanese samurai.  He's an expert at monster elimination.
SOLDIER:        Oh...Now, even little things surprise me...
               Anyway, thank you for rescuing me.
MICHELE:        Our forces will need to regroup.
SOLDIER:        I'll call for backup.

***After they leave the sewer...***

AKO:            Waait!
               Ooh, that was stiinky!
SAMANOSUKE:     This is...
AKO:            A church.  It's like a big temple.

[The cell phone rings.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Hmm?

[SAMANOSUKE holds the phone, unsure of what to do.]

MICHELE:        That's Jacques'!
               Give it to me!
               Hello!  Jacques!?
               Oh...
               ...Yes, that's right.
               I'll tell you more.  I'll be right there.  (hangs up)
               It wasn't Jacques.
               It was Jacques' son Henri.
               This is a tool that you can use to talk.
               Let's go to Jacques' house.
               Henri is worried.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ PARIS (JACQUES' HOUSE) [JQHS] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[JACQUES' house.  HENRI looks at an old family picture.  The intercom rings.]

HENRI:          Yes?
               OK.  Come in.

[MICHELE enters.]

MICHELE:        Hello, Henri.
HENRI:          Where's Papa?
MICHELE:        Well...

[SAMANOSUKE enters.]

HENRI:          Who's that!?
MICHELE:        This is Samanosuke.  He's a samurai from Japan.
HENRI:          Hmmm...
MICHELE:        Papa is...
               Jacques is somewhere far away, and won't be able to come home
               for a while.
HENRI:          What?  Where do you mean, "far away"?
               Where!!  (AKO appears)
               WHAT ARE YOU!?
AKO:            I am Ako, a karasu-tengu.
               Jacques is in Japan, 500 years in the past.
HENRI:          Japan!?
MICHELE:        Henri, listen carefully.
               Actually...

[After hearing the story, HENRI nods.]

AKO:            He said that even though he can't come back right away, he
               still wants you to be a good boy and behave.
HENRI:          Right...
MICHELE:        Cheer up, Henri.

[MICHELE attempts to comfort HENRI, but he pushes her away.]

HENRI:          Stop it!
AKO:            (whispering) It seems like those two don't get along well.
               Well, I've met Henri, so I'll go back to Jacques.
SAMANOSUKE:     Give him my regards.
AKO:            OK!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ JAPAN (SENSHU SAKAI/ GENMA SHIP) [SSSK] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Back to Japan.  JACQUES is sitting alone when AKO arrives.]

AKO:            Jacques!
               Ooh, I'm so tired.
JACQUES:        Well, Ako?  How is Henri?
AKO:            He's fine.
               He's a cheeky kid, just like you.
JACQUES:        He's cute, huh?
AKO:            ...But it doesn't seem like he gets along well with Michele.
JACQUES:        Yeah...
               ...I guess so.
               That's been a cause to worry.
AKO:            Oh, and Samanosuke said to do your best.
JACQUES:        Oh, the future Samanosuke, right?
               It's really complicated...
               Whatever.  Well, shall we go?
AKO:            Where?
JACQUES:        It's obvious, isn't it?
               To look for a way to go back!

[A beeping sound is heard from a box.  JACQUES opens it to find a watch.]

JACQUES:        This is...
               It's something that only exists in my time.
               Where'd it come from?
SAMANOSUKE:     Probably from Sakai in Senshu(*5).
JACQUES:        Samanosuke!
               What about that guy before?

[SAMANOSUKE shakes his head, then goes to the box.]

SAMANOSUKE:     There's a mark of a merchant in Sakai here.
               It's a port town that trades with outside countries.
JACQUES:        A port town...
               OK.  Let's go there.

[Cut to...]

TEXT:           (SENSHU--SAKAI)
JACQUES:        So this is Sakai.
SAMANOSUKE:     There must be some connection with Genma here.
               Let's split up and investigate.
JACQUES:        Got it.

***When Jacques enters Toraya (the shop) and talks to the merchant...***

JACQUES:        Do you remember seeing this?

[The merchant doesn't answer right away.  JACQUES is suspicious.]

JACQUES:        You know something, don't you?
MERCHANT:       No, I don't.
               Don't know nothing 'bout that.  Never seen it.
JACQUES:        But...
MERCHANT:       You're gettin' in the way of my business.  Go home!
               Go on, go on!
JACQUES:        Hey, I just want to ask some questions.
MERCHANT:       I said I don't know nothin'!  Get out!
               Go on, hurry up!

[JACQUES leaves as the MERCHANT looks on.]

***After Jacques enters Toraya again through the roof...***

[The MERCHANT is talking with a WORKER.]

WORKER:         Sir...
               Soon the next foreign ship'll be here.
MERCHANT:       Say what?  That time already?
WORKER:         We don't meet the ship, them monsters'll do somethin'.
MERCHANT:       Idiot!  Thought I told ya not to call 'em monsters!
               Them's still our customers!
WORKER:         K-'Kay...
MERCHANT:       Well, off to the port.
WORKER:         Yeah.

***After Jacques finds the room with the washing machines and other stuff...***

SAMANOSUKE:     Jacques!
               A foreign ship has entered the port.  Have you found anything?
JACQUES:        Yeah.  Look at this.
SAMANOSUKE:     So this is Guildenstern's doing...
               Bastard...
JACQUES:        Who is that Guildenstern?
AKO:            He's a Genma scientist.
               He makes all kinds of Genma and thinks up bad things.
JACQUES:        A scientist...
               Anyway, if we go to the ship, we might find a way to go back
               to the future.
SAMANOSUKE:     Yeah.  Let's go to the port.

***When Samanosuke and Jacques reach the ship...***

AKO:            Wow!  It's huuge!
JACQUES:        So that's the Genma's foreign ship...
AKO:            If you ride that you should be able to get to the Genma base.

[JACQUES notices something...]

JACQUES:        This is...
AKO:            What's the matter, mister?
JACQUES:        It's my bike!
VOICE:          Wait wait wait!

[The voice belongs to HONDA HEIHACHI, who appears...]

HEIHACHI:       I'm telling you to wait!
SAMANOSUKE:     Who the hell are you?
HEIHACHI:       I am a retainer of the Tokugawa clan, Honda Heihachiro
               Tadakatsu.
               You must be Akechi Samanosuke Hidemitsu.

[SAMANOSUKE nods.]

HEIHACHI:       Well then, en garde!
JACQUES:        Who is that guy?
AKO:            He's Honda Heihachiro, a retainer of the Tokugawa clan, which
               is allied with Nobunaga.  He's famous for being a master of the
               spear.
               Again, someone dangerous has appeared...
               ...wait!  The ship's started to move!
JACQUES:        Shit!
               Samanosuke, I'll back you up!

***After they defeat Heihachi...***

HEIHACHI:       Your skills are pretty good.
               Oh well.
               We'll continue this later.
JACQUES:        The ship's going to leave!
               What should we do...
               I know!

[JACQUES runs to his bike, only to find...]

JACQUES:        Shit!  No key!

[Meanwhile, back in the future...]

HENRI:          Papa!?
MICHELE:        What's the matter, Henri?
HENRI:          Papa is...Papa is...!

[HENRI gets the bike key.]

HENRI:          I've got to get this to Papa!
MICHELE:        Wait!
               The bike key?  What for?
SAMANOSUKE:     Ako!

[AKO arrives.]

HENRI:          It's this!  Hurry and take it to Papa!
AKO:            How did you know?
HENRI:          I don't know.  I just felt it.
AKO:            Yes.
               Anyway, I'll take it.  See you!
HENRI:          I'm counting on you!

[Back in Japan...]

AKO:            Mister!
               I brought the key!
               Here!
JACQUES:        You got it!
AKO:            Henri got it for me!
JACQUES:        Really...

[JACQUES and SAMANOSUKE nod to each other.  Cut to scene of JACQUES boarding
the ship.]

***After Jacques enters the locked door and leaves...***

[The ship rocks.]

JACQUES:        What..!?

[A shot of the ship sailing, then back on board...]

AKO:            The ship must be headed to the Genma hideout.
JACQUES:        Ako...
AKO:            Yes?
JACQUES:        Could you thank Henri for me?
               Tell him that Papa is grateful.
               And then ask Michele to please take care of Henri.
AKO:            Got it!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ PARIS (JACQUES' HOUSE/NOTRE DAME (SAMANOSUKE)) [NTD1] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Back in the future...]

HENRI:          Oh...
               The bike fell into the sea...
AKO:            But Papa's just fine.  He told me to thank you.
HENRI:          Really?
AKO:            And he asked Michele to look after Henri.
MICHELE:        Really?  That's nice.
SAMANOSUKE:     Let's go, Ako.
               If we're here any longer we'll cause trouble for them.
AKO:            Yeah.

[The phone rings.]

MICHELE:        Hello?
               What?
               It's for you.

[SAMANOSUKE takes the phone.]

GUILDENSTERN:   (laughs) Samanosuke, it's me.
SAMANOSUKE:     Guildenstern!
AKO:            Huh!?
GUILDENSTERN:   Come to the basement of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
               I'll tell you something interesting.
SAMANOSUKE:     Michele, Notre Dame Cathedral is that temple that was in that
               area back there, right?
MICHELE:        Yes...Is something wrong?
               Samanosuke!
SAMANOSUKE:     You stay here with Henri.

[MICHELE and HENRI nod, but HENRI doesn't look very happy.]

***After Samanosuke enters the sealed door...***

[SAMANOSUKE enters and sees GUILDENSTERN.]

SAMANOSUKE:     You!
GUILDENSTERN:   I've been waiting for you, worm.
               As I promised, I'll tell you something interesting.
               I am currently doing research on a time warp.
SAMANOSUKE:     A time warp?
GUILDENSTERN:   When this research is complete, we will be able to jump freely
               through time.
               When that happens, first Nobunaga,
               then a whole group of Genma will come here and crush all of
               you worms!
               And this world will belong to the Genma!
SAMANOSUKE:     Shut up!  I won't let you do that!

[GUILDENSTERN summons two armored Genma.]

GUILDENSTERN:   Go to hell like the worm you are!
SAMANOSUKE:     Wait!

[Laughing, GUILDENSTERN vanishes.]

***After Samanosuke steps into the warp...***

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ UNDERWATER TEMPLE [UWTM] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

SAMANOSUKE:     Where are we?
AKO:            Hey, Samanosuke, this is the boat that Jacques rode.
SAMANOSUKE:     What does this mean?
AKO:            I don't know.
               I'm going to go check on Jacques.

[AKO attempts to jump through time, but fails.]

AKO:            Huh?
SAMANOSUKE:     What's the matter?
AKO:            I've always been able to cross time in a single jump...
               I don't quite get it, but I think the flow of time here has
               become strange.
SAMANOSUKE:     Time...?
               There must be a clue somewhere.

***When Ako warps over to Jacques in the past...***

AKO:            Jacques!
JACQUES:        Oh, you're back!
               This place is weird.
               So this is the the Genma base...
AKO:            Now, the future Samanosuke is in this same place.
               And what's more, this same boat was also there...
               It's all old and decrepit, though...
JACQUES:        Don't tell me...
               The past and the future are starting to come together?
AKO:            That would be bad, right?
JACQUES:        Yes, really bad.  The future will be messed up.
               We must do something...


***When Jacques enters the room with the sealed Blue Dragon medallion...***

[Laughter is heard.  RANMARU appears.]

RANMARU:        So you've managed to solve the puzzle.
JACQUES:        You are..!
RANMARU:        Guildenstern built the time warp device here.
               Well, it's still incomplete.
JACQUES:        A time warp device?
               You mean a time machine?
               Tell me!  Where is this device?
RANMARU:        (Laughs) You can look for it yourself.
               But beware of the Guardian.

***After Jacques places the horn and drains the water...***

AKO:            If the connection between times has begun, things may have
               changed for Samanosuke, too.
JACQUES:        Right.

***When Samanosuke takes the Blue Dragon medallion...***

[SAMANOSUKE turns around to see GUILDENSTERN.]

GUILDENSTERN:   (Laughs) So you followed me here.
SAMANOSUKE:     Guildenstern!
GUILDENSTERN:   As a reward, I'll introduce you to someone interesting.

[SAMANOSUKE turns around to see a Genma RANMARU.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Ranmaru?
GUILDENSTERN:   Ranmaru, you are no longer weak like you were up until now.
               Show this worm the strength you now possess!

[GUILDENSTERN laughs and vanishes.  SAMANOSUKE faces RANMARU.]

SAMANOSUKE:     You look pitiful, Ranmaru.
RANMARU:        SILENCE!
               I have acquired extreme power.
               Let's go, Samanosuke!

***After Samanosuke defeats Ranmaru...***

[RANMARU gasps and falls.]

RANMARU:        I'm not yet familiar with this body...
               Samanosuke!
               This time...
               I will let you off!

[RANMARU runs away.]

***After Jacques takes the power generator...***

[HEIHACHI has just beaten some Genma.]

HEIHACHI:       That takes care of them.
JACQUES:        Hey!
               Heihachi...you...

[HEIHACHI just laughs and leaves.]

JACQUES:        Wasn't that guy allied with the Genma?
AKO:            How weird...

***After Jacques unseals the red door and crosses over to the large door...***

[A huge two-headed monster suddenly moves.  AKO screams.]

AKO:            That startled me!
JACQUES:        What was that?
AKO:            I think it's telling us to leave.
JACQUES:        So this is the Guardian...

[The GUARDIAN roars.]

***After defeating the Guardian...***

[Glass shatters and water starts rushing in.  AKO screams.]

JACQUES:        This is bad!  Let's get out of here!

***After Jacques climbs the staircase...***

[A shot of a Genma train.  JACQUES and AKO are on board.]

JACQUES:        That was close.  I almost drowned.
AKO:            I wonder where this train is headed.

[JACQUES looks out the "window."]

JACQUES:        Henri...
               When will I be able to get back to my own time...
AKO:            Jacques...
JACQUES:        Those Genma bastards!
               Making all those people suffer, and crushing their happiness...
AKO:            That's why you and Samanosuke are doing your best...
JACQUES:        Right...that's true.
               I'm going to sleep for a while.
               Go to Samanosuke.

[AKO nods and leaves.  She reappears near SAMANOSUKE.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!
               Jacques has escaped from these ruins.
SAMANOSUKE:     How?
AKO:            Using a Genma vehicle.
               We found it by coincidence.
               Maybe it's here in this time period, too.
SAMANOSUKE:     (nods) Let's look for it here, too.

***When Samanosuke enters the same room where Jacques fought the guardian...***

[RANMARU suddenly appears and attacks.]

RANMARU:        I thought I'd toy with you a bit, have some fun, before I kill
               you, but I just thought of something more interesting.
SAMANOSUKE:     What?

[SAMANOSUKE is struck by a green light.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!
RANMARU:        (laughs) Samanosuke, I'll remake you into a Genma!
SAMANOSUKE:     What did you say!?
RANMARU:        You, and that brat who was with you!  (laughs)

[SAMANOSUKE vanishes.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ PARIS (NOTRE DAME (MICHELE)) [NTD2] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Back at JACQUES' house.  HENRI is looking out the window.]

MICHELE:        What is it?
HENRI:          I'm going to look for Samanosuke.
MICHELE:        No!  Didn't I say it's dangerous outside?
HENRI:          Shut up!
               I'll be fine!
MICHELE:        Wait, Henri!
               Henri!!

[MICHELE runs after HENRI.  She arrives at the Notre Dame Cathedral.]

MICHELE:        Henri!  Henri!
               Where are you!  Answer me!
               Henri...
               Knowing that boy, he must have entered the cathedral.

***After Michele fights through the cathedral and finds the plans...***

MICHELE:        The Boulogne Zoo...
               Is Henri possibly here...?
AKO:            Michele!

[AKO appears.]

MICHELE:        Ako!
AKO:            Samanosuke...
               Samanosuke was captured by the Genma!
MICHELE:        What did you say!?
               Henri's not here, either.
AKO:            What?
MICHELE:        The two of them must be at the Boulogne Zoo.

++++++++++++++++++++++
+ BOULOGNE ZOO [BLZO] +
++++++++++++++++++++++

[In a cage in the Boulogne Zoo.  HENRI is crying.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Be strong, Henri.
               Michele will surely come and save you.

[MICHELE speeds towards the Boulogne Zoo.]
MICHELE:        Wait for me, Henri.
               I will get you out.
AKO:            Be careful, Michele.
               We don't know what's there.

***When Michele rides on the boat...***

[MICHELE is sitting and looking out.]

AKO:            Michele?
               Are you thinking about Henri?

[MICHELE nods.]

AKO:            Why don't the two of you get along?
MICHELE:        The reason is that boy's mother, who died in an accident...
AKO:            Huh...
MICHELE:        That boy's mother died protecting him...
AKO:            But...
               Why then does Henri hate you, Michele?
MICHELE:        He thinks it's his fault that his mother died.
               So he doesn't want a new mother...
AKO:            A new mother...

[The boat stops.]

***After Michele beats the monsters on board...***

MICHELE:        Monsters!
AKO:            So this boat can't move anymore?
MICHELE:        No problem.  It'll move if I do this.

[MICHELE kicks the motor, which restarts.]

AKO:            Good job!

***When Michele gets to the room where Henri is being held...***

MICHELE:        Henri!
HENRI:          Michele!
MICHELE:        Are you OK?  You're not hurt, are you?
HENRI:          Yeah!
MICHELE:        I'll open it right away.

***After Michele defeats the monsters and pulls the red lever...***

[The doors open.]

HENRI:          Michele!
MICHELE:        Henri!

[As HENRI and MICHELE run to each other in slow motion, suddenly someone
appears between them...]

GUILDENSTERN:   That'll do!

[GUILDENSTERN grabs MICHELE and HENRI.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Let them go, Guildenstern!

[GUILDENSTERN laughs and vanishes.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Wait, damn you!
GUILDENSTERN:   A child and a woman...I've got some good material here.
               I'll turn them into Genma!

***When Samanosuke reaches the lab...***

[MICHELE and HENRI are strapped to "tables."  GUILDENSTERN is hovering over
HENRI.]

MICHELE:        Stop it! You monster!
GUILDENSTERN:   The child is good.
               His heart and stomach look soft.
HENRI:          Stop!  STOP!!

[SAMANOSUKE runs in.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Stop it, Guildenstern!!
MICHELE:        Samanosuke!
GUILDENSTERN:   What a persistent worm you are.
               This brat is mine.
               You really think I'll give him to you?!

[GUILDENSTERN levitates HENRI and MICHELE up into the ceiling.]

GUILDENSTERN:   (laughs) Come, worm!
               I'll crush you myself!

***After Samanosuke defeats Guildenstern...***

GUILDENSTERN:   D-Doesn't it hurt...being decrepit like this...
SAMANOSUKE:     What a persistent bastard...
               Just go to hell, already!
GUILDENSTERN:   (laughing) You can talk big now...
               The "Time Warp Device"...
               Is already complete!
SAMANOSUKE:     What!?
GUILDENSTERN:   Even if I should die, as long as the "Time Warp Device"
               exists...
               This world will belong to the Genma!

[GUILDENSTERN laughs and falls.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Where is it?  Talk!
               Tell me, Guildenstern!
GUILDENSTERN:   I can see...I can see it...
               My greatest masterpiece!

[GUILDENSTERN dies.]

***After Samanosuke absorbs the souls from Guildenstern...***

[MICHELE and HENRI are lowered.  MICHELE awakens.  SAMANOSUKE is with HENRI.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Are you all right?
HENRI:          Yes.  I was scared...
MICHELE:        Henri...you're not hurt?
HENRI:          No, I'm fine.

[MICHELE notices something on the wall.  It is a picture of a castle.]

MICHELE:        Mont Saint Michel...
AKO:            Mont Saint Michel?
MICHELE:        This.
AKO:            Samanosuke, isn't that where the device is?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ MONT SAINT MICHEL [MTSM] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[On the road.  No one is speaking.  MICHELE looks at HENRI, who looks away.
AKO looks dejected.]

AKO:            I'm going over to Jacques for a bit.
SAMANOSUKE:     OK.

[On the Genma train in the future.]

JACQUES:        A souvenir from my wife?
AKO:            Yeah.
               Don't you have anything, mister?

[JACQUES thinks a bit, then reaches into his pocket.  He pulls out a ring.]

JACQUES:        My wife wore this.
AKO:            (smiling) Thank you.  Later, mister!

[AKO hums and disappears. Back in the car...]

HENRI:          Mama's ring...?
AKO:            Yes.  Everything's ready.
               Well, you're going to be surprised...
               Hey!

[AKO works some magic, and a white flash appears.  In the whiteness appears
HENRI'S
MOTHER.

MOTHER:         Henri...My darling Henri...
HENRI:          Huh...?
MOTHER:         It's been awhile, Henri.
               You look a little...sad.
HENRI:          Mama!
MOTHER:         It's my fault that you're not happy...
               ...I'm sorry.
HENRI:          No!
               Mama...It's my fault that you...
MOTHER:         Henri, listen carefully.
               What happened to me wasn't your fault.
               There is a reason for everything that happens to people.
               So don't blame yourself.
HENRI:          ...Mama...
MOTHER:         Open your heart, Henri.  I love it when you're happy...
               Mama is always watching over you and Papa...

[The light fades, and tears are streaming down HENRI's face.]

HENRI:          Mama...Mama...
               I understand.

[MICHELE is also crying.  Soon the car passes by a castle.]

MICHELE:        You can see it now.  Over there.
SAMANOSUKE:     So that's Mont Saint Michel...

[In front of Mont Sant Michel...]

SAMANOSUKE:     Ako and I will go on alone from here.
MICHELE:        Understood.
               I will protect Henri now.
AKO:            Well then, we're gonna blow this time warp device up!

***When Ako warps over to Jacques...***

[The Genma train stops and the door opens.  JACQUES steps out and looks
around.]

JACQUES:        This is...!
AKO:            Jacques!
JACQUES:        Ako!
               Isn't this Mont Saint Michel?
               Have I returned back to my own time!?
AKO:            Unfortunately...
               This is Mont Saint Michel 500 years ago.
JACQUES:        (sighs) I was actually happy for a while...
AKO:            Don't be so disappointed.
               It's 500 years from now, but Henri and Michele are here too.
               So hang in there!
JACQUES:        You're right!
               I'll hang in there, just as you say!
HEIHACHI:       Yo!

[HEIHACHI appears.]

JACQUES:        You again?
               Now what do you want?
HEIHACHI:       Actually...

[HEIHACHI looks up and sees BEGADONNA.  Suddenly, he attacks JACQUES.]

JACQUES:        What are you doing?!
               Just as I thought...you're an enemy, aren't you!?

***After JACQUES defeats HEIHACHI...***

[HEIHACHI and JACQUES face each other.  Suddenly laughter can be heard.
BEGADONNA jumps down to them.]

JACQUES:        Who are you!?
BEGADONNA:      (laughs) Heihachi, dispose of this Southern Barbarian right now!

[HEIHACHI pauses, then sighs.]

HEIHACHI:       Don't want to.
BEGADONNA:      What's the matter, Heihachi?
HEIHACHI:       Heihachi is not a guy who fights under orders from anyone!

[HEIHACHI walks away.]

BEGADONNA:      What's with that attitude!?
               Such impudence coming from a mere human!
               Wait, Heihachi!
JACQUES:        So, a new monster has appeared...
               There's no end to them.

***After Jacques enters the red door...***

[JACQUES sees a group of prisoners ushing a large wheel.]

BEGADONNA:      Work!
               Work harder!
JACQUES:        That woman again...
BEGADONNA:      Work for the sake of Lord Nobunaga!
               If you slack off, I will make you pay!

[BEGADONNA leaves.  JACQUES runs in.]

JACQUES:        Everyone, get out of here!
               Hurry up!
               Go on, hurry!

[The prisoners escape, and some Genma arrive.]

***After Jacques leaves the room...***

[A key is thrown at JACQUES' feet.  JACQUES looks up to see HEIHACHI.]

HEIHACHI:       Yo!
JACQUES:        Heihachi!
HEIHACHI:       The French people are being held in the storehouse up ahead.

[HEIHACHI leaves.]

***After Jacques opens the storehouse...***

[Prisoners are huddled in a corner, looking scared.]

JACQUES:        Don't worry.  I'm here to save you.

[The place begins to shake.]

PRISONER:       The castle has finally started to move!
               It's all over now!

[The prisoners run away.]

JACQUES:        Hey!  What was that about the castle!?

***After Jacques opens the gate and enters the room in the basement...***

[The door shuts.  JACQUES tries to open it, but fails.  Suddenly, poison gas
fills the room.]

JACQUES:        Shit!  It's a trap!
               I'll be damned if I die in a place like this...!

[JACQUES falls.]

AKO:            Hey!  Hang on!
               Jacques!  JACQUES!!

[Back in the future.  HENRI is startled.]

HENRI:          Papa!

[Henri dashes out of the car.]

HENRI:          Papa!

[MICHELE stops him.]

MICHELE:        Wait, Henri!
               What is going on?
HENRI:          Michele, Papa's in danger!
MICHELE:        You can't go alone.
               I'll go with you.
               First, let's look for Samanosuke.
               We'll need his help.
HENRI:          OK.

***When Michele and Henri reach the gate...***

MICHELE:        Samanosuke!
SAMANOSUKE:     Why are you two here!?
HENRI:          Papa...Papa is in trouble!

[AKO appears.]

HENRI:          Ako!  What's happened to Papa?
AKO:            Jacques has been caught in a trap!
HENRI:          Can't he get out?
AKO:            Impossible!  It's some kind of mechanical device, and nothing
               can be done!
MICHELE:        That's...
SAMANOSUKE:     Ako, where is Jacques?
AKO:            In the basement of this building!

[HENRI runs off.]

MICHELE:        Henri!
SAMANOSUKE:     Let's go!

***After Samanosuke reaches the room...***

[HENRI is frantically tapping away at some keys.]

AKO:            How's it going, Henri?
HENRI:          Just a minute.

[The lock opens.]

HENRI:          Did it!
               Papa, do what I do...

[JACQUES hears a voice.]

HENRI:          Papa, do what I do...
JACQUES:        Henri...

***After the code for the lock is cracked...***

[The gas stops and the door opens.]

JACQUES:        Thank you, Henri...
               You saved me.

[Back in the future...]

AKO:            Well done, Henri!
               You were easily able to figure out that difficult device!
MICHELE:        It's all thanks to Henri.

[The screen on the machine glows.  RANMARU appears.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Ranmaru!
RANMARU:        (laughs) Samanosuke.
               It's almost time to activate the time warp device.
MICHELE:        That's the Eiffel Tower!
AKO:            Eiffel Tower?
RANMARU:        (laughs) But you won't be able to witness it.
               Because you will die here!

[The device begins to explode.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Get out of here, everyone!
MICHELE:        This way!

[Everyone is running away.  They are met by an armored Genma warrior.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Michele!  Take Henri with you and go!

***After Samanosuke defeats the monsters...***

[MICHELE and HENRI are outside.  Suddenly, the GUARDIAN awakens.]

MICHELE:        Look out!

[MICHELE is rammed by the GUARDIAN.]

HENRI:          Michele!

[MICHELE doesn't move.]

HENRI:          Michele!
               Michele!!

[The GUARDIAN roars.  SAMANOSUKE and AKO appear.]

AKO:            He's awakened from a 500-year sleep!

***After Samanosuke defeats the Guardian...***

[HENRI is crying next to MICHELE, who still isn't moving.  SAMANOSUKE turns her
over.]

HENRI:          Michele...

[MICHELE wakes up.]

HENRI:          Michele!
MICHELE:        I'm OK, Henri.
               It's nothing serious.
HENRI:          MICHELE!
MICHELE:        Henri...
AKO:            Wonderful...
SAMANOSUKE:     Everything's fine here now, Ako.
               Go over to Jacques.
AKO:            OK.
HENRI:          Ako!
               Tell Papa...
               To marry Michele!
MICHELE:        Henri..!
AKO:            Got it!

[HENRI and MICHELE embrace as AKO vanishes.  Suddenly explosions can be heard.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Hurry!  It's going to explode!

[They speed away as the castle explodes.]

HENRI:          Is everything OK, Michele?
MICHELE:        Hold on tight!

[They escape and cheer.]

[Back in the past.  JACQUES is sitting on some steps when AKO appears.]

JACQUES:        Ako!
AKO:            You all right, Mister?
JACQUES:        Yeah, sort of...
AKO:            Everything's fine between Henri and Michele.
JACQUES:        Oh...thanks.
AKO:            It's great, isn't it?
               Now you can tie the knot with Michele!

[JACQUES looks embarrassed.]

JACQUES:        Yeah, I guess so.

[The room shakes.]

JACQUES:        OK!  Let's hurry!
AKO:            Yeah!

***When JACQUES enters the next room...***

[The room is shaking.]

BEGADONNA:      You're too late!

[BEGADONNA laughs as the castle starts to rise.]

JACQUES:        I won't let you escape!

[JACQUES lassos the castle.  As Mont Saint Michel explodes, the castle rises.
Cannons come out and point downward.]

BEGADONNA:       FIRE!

[The castle takes off as Mont Saint Michel explodes.  JACQUES and AKO barely
manage to hold on.  BEGADONNA laughs.]

BEGADONNA:      As long as we have this...
               We're invincible!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ LAKE BIWA / ONIYASHIKI (Oni House) [LBWO] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[The castle drifts to a snowy place.  JACQUES falls.]

AKO:            JACQUES!!

[The castle lands.]

[JACQUES slowly gets up.  AKO arrives with SAMANOSUKE and HEIHACHI.]

AKO:            Here he is, Samanosuke, over here!

[JACQUES gets up.]

JACQUES:        Where am I?
SAMANOSUKE:     Lake Biwa, in Japan.

[JACQUES looks up and sees...]

JACQUES:        You...!
SAMANOSUKE:     Don't worry, Jacques.
               He's a friend.
HEIHACHI:       Sorry.
               I had no choice but to ally with the Genma.
               But I can't take it any longer, what they're doing!
               Please...let me join you!
JACQUES:        Understood.
               Welcome, Heihachi.
HEIHACHI:       Thanks.
AKO:            Ooh, it's cold!
               For snow to fall in this season, it must be the Genma's
               doing!
SAMANOSUKE:     Right.
               There's no time to waste.
               According to legend, the "Oni Army Pearl" is around here.
               In the "Oni Army Pearl," Oni soldiers are sealed.
               If we find that, we can surely bring down Azuchi Castle.
HEIHACHI:       Ohh...just a pearl or two, we'll find it right away!
JACQUES:        No, Heihachi.
               You return to Azuchi Castle.
               We'd be grateful for someone helping us from the inside.
HEIHACHI:       I wanted to go crazy with you guys, but it can't be helped.
AKO:            Well, let's go look for it.
HEIHACHI:       I'll be waiting for you at Azuchi Castle!

***After they reach the "Oniyashiki" ("Oni house")...***

[As JACQUES enters the house a gate crashes down, separating him and
SAMANOSUKE.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Are you all right, Jacques?  Ako?
AKO:            Yeah.
JACQUES:        Shit...it doesn't look like this'll open easily.
SAMANOSUKE:     Let's split up.
               I'll search around the outside of the house.
               You search around inside.
JACQUES:        Got it.  Meet you later.

***After Jacques defeats the monsters guarding the "Oni Army Pearl"...***

[JACQUES takes the "Oni Army Pearl" in his hand.  SAMANOSUKE arrives.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Jacques...
JACQUES:        So this is the "Oni Army Pearl"?
SAMANOSUKE:     Yeah, that's it.
               Everything is ready.
               We're going to storm Azuchi Castle!

+++++++++++++++++++++++
+ AZUCHI CASTLE [AZCA] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++

[Outside Azuchi Castle, SAMANOSUKE, JACQUES, and AKO see an advancing army of
Genma soldiers.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke...

[SAMANOSUKE nods and places the "Oni Army Pearl" in his gauntlet.  Beams of
light shoot out and form themselves into Oni soldiers.]

AKO:            Awesome!
SAMANOSUKE:     I will control the Oni from here.
               Go, Jacques!
JACQUES:        Yeah!

[With a yell, JACQUES charges in.]

***After Jacques fights his way to the castle...***

[HEIHACHI is busy attacking a group of Genma soldiers.]

JACQUES:        Heihachi!
HEIHACHI:       Oh!  Jacques!
               You're here!  Well done!
JACQUES:        Yeah.  They gave me a bit of trouble there.
               You?
HEIHACHI:       Yeah, it took some time dealing with the lackeys, but
               I've wiped out most of the Genma in the castle.
               What's Samanosuke up to?
JACQUES:        He's controlling the Oni soldiers.
HEIHACHI:       Oh, really...
               Great!
               Now there are only a few left in the castle, so there's no
               way he'll be able to escape!
RANMARU:        Sir Honda...

[Up above them is RANMARU.]

RANMARU:        Do you really intend to annoy my lord?
HEIHACHI:       You got it!
               I'm gonna hang Nobunaga's head on this spear!
RANMARU:        Hmph...you've got power, if nothing else.
               If it's something you can do, then do it.
HEIHACHI:       Wait, Ranmaru!
               Jacques...go on ahead to Nobunaga's place.
               If you use this elevator, it'll be nearby.

[JACQUES and HEIHACHI nod, then HEIHACHI leaves.]

***After Jacques takes the elevator and goes up the stairs...***

[BEGADONNA is licking her talons, when she sees JAQCUES.  BEGADONNA laughs and
drops down beside JACQUES.]

BEGADONNA:      Entering this place as you please...
JACQUES:        You again?
BEGADONNA:      Back down, inferior scum!
               Who do you think I am?
               I am the exalted Queen of the Genma, wife of Lord Oda
               Nobunaga, King of the Genma!
               Unworthy imitator of the Oni clan, kneel down before me!
JACQUES:        Silence, monster!
BEGADONNA:      (Laughs) Do you think you can win against me?
               I shall tear you apart!

***After Jacques beats Begadonna...***

BEGADONNA:      ...You!

[BEGADONNA staggers over to NOBUNAGA's armor.]

BEGADONNA:      Lord Nobunaga...
               At least let me die in your arms...

[BEGADONNA dies.  A ladder appears.]

***After Jacques climbs the ladder...***

[HEIHACHI is lying in a puddle of blood.]

JACQUES:        Heihachi!  Hold on!
               Hold on!!

[SAMANOSUKE runs in.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke...
SAMANOSUKE:     What happened?
HEIHACHI:       F-fell into Ranmaru's trap...
               I was defeated...
JACQUES:        Heihachi!
HEIHACHI:       Jacques...Samanosuke...
               Nobunaga isn't here.
               He's in Honnoji Temple.
JACQUES:        What!?
HEIHACHI:       The G-Genma...
               And Nobunaga...destroy them...

[HEIHACHI dies.]

JACQUES:        Heihachi!!
SAMANOSUKE:     Heihachi...

[AKO starts to cry.  SAMANOSUKE rises to his feet.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Nobunaga, you bastard...!
JACQUES:        Ako, go to Henri.
               Papa's going to be in the final battle.
AKO:            At last, this will be the decisive battle...
               Do your best!

++++++++++++++++++++++
+ EIFFEL TOWER [EFLT] +
++++++++++++++++++++++
[AKO disappears.  Cut to a scene of MICHELE's car heading to the Eiffel Tower.]

[The Eiffel Tower is ahead as SAMANOSUKE and MICHELE look up.  Suddenly, AKO
appears.]

HENRI:          Ako!
AKO:            Jacques is headed towards Honnoji.
               If things go well, he'll soon be able to come home!
HENRI:          Really!?  Papa's coming back!?

[MICHELE smiles, but SAMANOSUKE looks perturbed.]

MICHELE:        What's the matter, Samanosuke?
SAMANOSUKE:     If things go badly, Nobunaga will come to this world.
               We've got to stop the time warp device somehow...
               Michele, stay here with Henri.
               Let's go, Ako!
AKO:            OK.

***After Samanosuke reaches the top of the Eiffel Tower...***

[A shot of the time warp device.  RANMARU is nearby.  SAMANOSUKE arrives.]

RANMARU:        (Laughs)
SAMANOSUKE:     Ranmaru!
RANMARU:        So you survived, Samanosuke...
               But you're too late!
               Everything is ready for my lord to arrive.
SAMANOSUKE:     I won't let you do that!
RANMARU:        Shouting now won't help you.

[RANMARU brandishes his blades.]

RANMARU:        I shall take your head as a present for my lord!

***After Samanosuke defeats Ranmaru...***

[RANMARU falls.]

RANMARU:        Samanosuke...why you...

[RANMARU reaches for a lever.]

SAMANOSUKE:     STOP!

[RANMARU pulls the lever, activating the device.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Shit!

[Power runs up the Eiffel Tower.  RANMARU laughs.]

RANMARU:        Finally...my lord will arrive!
               Lord!!

[RANMARU falls.  SAMANOSUKE attempts to slash the machine, but nothing happens.]

SAMANOSUKE:     It's no use...
AKO:            Samanosuke...
SAMANOSUKE:     Ako!
               We must prevent Nobunaga from coming here at all costs!
AKO:            Right!

[AKO vanishes.  SAMANOSUKE is alone at the top of the Eiffel Tower, with Paris
at night visible below.]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ HONNOJI (BATTLE 2) [HON2] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Back to Honnoji Temple.  A group of Akechi retainers, led by Akechi Mitsuhide,
are at the gate.  A path clears for SAMANOSUKE and JACQUES.]

MITSUHIDE:      I'm counting on you.

[They nod.  The gate opens.]

MITSUHIDE:      Men!
               The enemy is in Honnoji!
               LET'S GO!

[The men charge.  SAMANOSUKE and JACQUES walk in and ready their weapons.]

***After Jacques and Samanosuke make it to the main temple...***

[RANMARU blocks the path.]

RANMARU:        I will not allow you to come any further.
SAMANOSUKE:     Ranmaru!

[SAMANOSUKE attempts to advance, but JACQUES holds him back.]

JACQUES:        Leave this to me.
               I will take revenge for Heihachi!

[JACQUES leaps over RANMARU's slash. He then disarms him and beats him up
before finally uppercutting him over the edge, killing him.]

JACQUES:        Heihachi...I've avenged you...
SAMANOSUKE:     Let's go.  Nobunaga is in there.

***When Jacques and Samanosuke enter the main temple...***

[NOBUNAGA is alone in the blazing temple.  SAMANOSUKE and JACQUES arrive.]

NOBUNAGA:       So you've come...
               First Yagyu Jubei...
               Now...
               Akechi Samanosuke...
               Do you dare to stand in my way again, wielder of Oni power...
               It cannot be helped.
SAMANOSUKE:     Nobunaga!
JACQUES:        We shall end it right here, right now.
NOBUNAGA:       If I do not destroy you, my supremacy will not be realized.
               Die...
               ONIMUSHA!

[NOBUNAGA knocks them back.  SAMANOSUKE clashes with NOBUNAGA but is blasted.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke!
NOBUNAGA:       It's your turn now...Southern Barbarian.
JACQUES:        You bastard...!

***After Jacques beats Nobunaga...***

[NOBUNAGA falls.]

AKO:            You did it!  You did it, Jacques!

[JACQUES nods and runs to SAMANOSUKE.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke!

[SAMANOSUKE gets up.]

SAMANOSUKE:     I'm fine.
               There's no need to worry.

[JACQUES begins to glow.]

AKO:            The time warp device is active.
               You can go back to your own time!
JACQUES:        Samanosuke...

[SAMANOSUKE offers JACQUES his hand.  JACQUES grasps it.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Go, Jacques.
               Thanks for your help.
JACQUES:        Yeah...
               It was fun!

[JACQUES enters the portal.  Suddenly, NOBUNAGA rises and hits SAMANOSUKE
with a green bolt.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke!
AKO:            Samanosuke!
               SAMANOSUKE!!
SAMANOSUKE:     Ako...
               The other...me...
AKO:            Got it!  Just a moment!

[NOBUNAGA places his foot on SAMANOSUKE'S chest.  JACQUES can do nothing.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke!

[NOBUNAGA stabs SAMANOSUKE dead.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke!
               Samanosuke!  Dammit!

[JACQUES vanishes and NOBUNAGA laughs.]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ JACQUES RETURNS TO PARIS [JART] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[JACQUES reappears near the Eiffel Tower.]

HENRI:          Papa!

[JACQUES turns and sees SAMANOSUKE, MICHELE, and HENRI.  HENRI runs up.]

JACQUES:        Henri!

[JACQUES and HENRI run to each other.]

HENRI:          Papa!
JACQUES:        Henri!
HENRI:          Welcome home!
MICHELE:        Jacques!
JACQUES:        Michele...

[The three of them embrace as SAMANOSUKE and AKO look on.]

JACQUES:        Samanosuke...
SAMANOSUKE:     Jacques...
               I heard the story from Ako.
               I will return to my own time, and destroy Nobunaga.
JACQUES:        I will go with you.
               Let's defeat Nobunaga together.
SAMANOSUKE:     No.
               The time warp is only to return us to our proper times...
               Henri, isn't this great...
HENRI:          Samanosuke...
SAMANOSUKE:     Take good care of your new mother.
               And live happily together, the three of you.
HENRI:          ...Yes.
MICHELE:        Thank you...
               I won't forget you.
JACQUES:        Samanosuke!

[SAMANOSUKE turns around to face JACQUES.]

JACQUES:        Win.
SAMANOSUKE:     (nods) Farewell, friends of a foreign land.

[SAMANOSUKE and AKO step in the portal.]

HENRI:          Samanosuke, Ako...
               Goodbye.

[SAMANOSUKE and AKO vanish.  JACQUES, MICHELE, and HENRI are together.
JACQUES pats HENRI.  They can speak French again.]

JACQUES:        Let's go.
HENRI:          Do you think we'll meet them again?
JACQUES:        Yeah, we'll definitely see them again.

[Suddenly, from behind a tree, a blade flashes.  A wounded RANMARU runs up to
the family and slashes HENRI...]

JACQUES:        Henri!  Henri!
RANMARU:        (laughs) Serves you right!!
JACQUES:        Henri!  Henri!!

[Enraged, JACQUES begins whipping RANMARU.]

JACQUES:        TAKE THAT!
               YOU BASTARD!

[RANMARU falls.  JACQUES rushes to HENRI.  MICHELE is hysterical.]

JACQUES:        Henri!  HENRI!
HENRI:          Papa...

[HENRI falls dead.]

JACQUES:        Hang in there!
MICHELE:        Henri!
JACQUES:        Henri!
               Henri...Henri...Henri...(sobs)
               No...Henri...

[JACQUES' gauntlet blazes.]

JACQUES:        What?

[Energy from the gauntlet flows into HENRI.  He opens his eyes.]

HENRI:          ...Papa?
JACQUES:        Henri!?  Henri!
HENRI:          Papa?
               ...Papa!
JACQUES:        Henri!
HENRI:          Papa!

[They are all crying now, but the tears they cry are those of joy.  JACQUES
looks at his arm and sees that the Oni gauntlet is gone.]

JACQUES:        Thank you...
               Thank you...Oni Power...

[The three of them embrace under the light of the Eiffel Tower.]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ HONNOJI, FINAL BATTLES WITH NOBUNAGA [FINL] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Honnoji, in the past.  SAMANOSUKE reappears.]

***When Samanosuke opens the door to the temple...***

NOBUNAGA:       So you escaped, Southern Barbarian...
SAMANOSUKE:     Nobunaga!
               I'm back.
NOBUNAGA:       You...

[SAMANOSUKE sees his other self dead.  He leans over him and absorbs the power
of
the dead SAMANOSUKE's gauntlet, turning him into Onimusha form.

NOBUNAGA:       Incorrigible.
               I shall beat you back down to Hell once again.  (Laughs)

***After Samanosuke beats Nobunaga once...***

[As NOBUNAGA falls, he doesn't hit the ground, but levitates over it.]

NOBUNAGA:       (Laughs) It's not over yet.

[NOBUNAGA assumes his true form.  Onimusha SAMANOSUKE prepares for the final
battle...]

***After Samanosuke defeats Nobunaga again...***

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ NOBUNAGA DEFEATED [NBXX] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[The scene changes back to the temple, which is ablaze.  NOBUNAGA begins to
rise as SAMANOSUKE approaches.  He dances with his sword as he chants this
poem:]

NOBUNAGA:       A man's life of fifty years,
               When compared to the vastness of that under Heaven,
               Is as an illusion or dream. (*6)

[As SAMANOSUKE looks at his arm, NOBUNAGA laughs.]

NOBUNAGA:       Well done!

[NOBUNAGA turns into green-black mist, which SAMANOSUKE absorbs.]

AKO:            You did it...
               Samanosuke!
SAMANOSUKE:     I kept my promise to you, Jacques...
               And the Oni Clan.

[The temple begins to collapse.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!  We have to escape!

[The screen fades to black, and the following is displayed:]

TEXT:           June 2, Tenth Year of Tensho
               In the Disturbance of Honnoji Temple
               Oda Nobunaga vanished within the blaze.

TEXT:           However, there remains a history that has not been told.

TEXT:           Here and now, one chapter of the long battle between the
               Oni and the Genma has come to an end.

++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ REGULAR ENDING [END1] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++

***If you didn't pick up all of Ako's Haori, this is the ending you'll get:***

[SAMANOSUKE is sitting on a riverbank.  He looks down at his Oni Gauntlet.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!
               What are you doing?

[SAMANOSUKE walks up the path to find AKO.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!
SAMANOSUKE:     Ako.

[AKO flies around SAMANOSUKE.]

AKO:            Let's go.  Come on!

[The two of them head off into the distance.]

NARRATOR:       The story of the long battle between Akechi Samanosuke and Oda
               Nobunaga has come to an end.
               However, a new journey has already begun...
               Until the Oni Gauntlet in which Nobunaga is trapped is sealed
               away, their journey will continue.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ SPECIAL (TRUE) ENDING [END2] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

***If you managed to get all of Ako's Haori, this is the ending you'll get:***

[SAMANOSUKE is sitting on a riverbank.  He looks down at his Oni Gauntlet.]

AKO:            Samanosuke!
               What are you looking so serious for?

[AKO lands in the river.]

AKO:            I've made up my mind.
               I...
               I'll always be with you.
               That's OK, isn't it?
SAMANOSUKE:     If that's what you want, that's fine.
AKO:            I don't like that answer.
               Do you want me around, Samanosuke?
               Do you?
SAMANOSUKE:     Well...
               I haven't thought about that.
AKO:            I hate you, Samanosuke!
               I really hate you!

[AKO starts splashing water on SAMANOSUKE.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Hey, stop it, Ako.
               Won't you stop?

[AKO, in a fit of pique, flies off.  She sits on a rock and thinks.]

AKO:            That's it!

[She uses her magic, and begins to grow.  She picks a flower and finds
SAMANOSUKE.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Ako!
AKO:            Look at me, Samanosuke.
               I'm a girl, too.
               I can love...
SAMANOSUKE:     You're right...
               Hurry up and find someone to like.

[SAMANOSUKE walks away.]

AKO:            How rude!
               He's really slow.
               Oh...I know!

[AKO runs up to SAMANOSUKE.]

AKO:            Samanosuke...
               You really understand, don't you?
               You know, you know, you know?
SAMANOSUKE:     What are you talking about?
AKO:            Never mind that now!

[AKO gestures placing the flower in her hair.  SAMANOSUKE does.
AKO smiles and takes SAMANOSUKE's hand.]

AKO:            Let's go.  Come on!

[The two of them walk off into the distance.]

NARRATOR:       The story of the long battle between Akechi Samanosuke and Oda
               Nobunaga has come to an end.
               However, a new journey has already begun...
               Until the Oni Gauntlet in which Nobunaga is trapped is sealed
               away, their journey will continue.

++++++++++++++++++
+ EPILOGUE [EPLG] +
++++++++++++++++++

***After the credits...***

[An army is seen marching.  In the middle rides a man once known as KINOSHITA
TOKICHIRO, but now he goes by a new name--TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI.]

HIDEYOSHI:      (laughs) After the death of my lord...
               I, Hideyoshi, will rule Japan!

[HIDEYOSHI laughs as his eyes glow red.]

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HEIHACHI BURAIDEN MINI-GAME [HHBR] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TEXT:           Sakai, Senshu.

               Jacques and Samanosuke, who arrived at this place while
               following the clues of the Genma, received information that
               a foreign ship belonging to the Genma had entered the port,
               and headed there quickly.
               Appearing there was Honda Heihachiro Tadakatsu.

               This provincial samurai, a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu,
               confronted the two and challenged them to a match.
               Heihachi demonstrates skill with the spear that would not
               be beaten even by two people possessing Oni power.

               However, Heihachi withdraws his spear and leaves.

               Afterwards, Jacques, who received help from Henri, jumps onto
               the foreign ship and leaves Sakai, leaving Samanosuke alone at
               the port.

               This is the story of what happens next...

[SAMANOSUKE turns to see HEIHACHI.  He prepares to draw his sword...]

HEIHACHI:       Wait, wait!
               I apologize for what happened before.
               I just wanted to test your strength.

SAMANOSUKE:     What are you talking about?
HEIHACHI:       Actually...
VOICE:          Sir Honda!

[A MERCHANT comes running up.]

HEIHACHI:       What is it?  I'm busy right now.
MERCHANT:       We got a problem!
               The Genma're attacking the town!
HEIHACHI:       What'd you say!?
               Why didn't you tell me that earlier?
SAMANOSUKE:     What are you going to do?
HEIHACHI:       Obvious, isn't it?
               I'm gonna save the townspeople!

[HEIHACHI turns to the MERCHANT.]

HEIHACHI:       Hey, wasn't there a drawbridge in the town?
MERCHANT:       Yeah.  It's busted now, but I asked the blacksmith to fix it.
HEIHACHI:       Where's the blacksmith's?
MERCHANT:       It's at the end of the back road of the town.
               Please use this.

[The MERCHANT gives HEIHACHI something, which we later find is a bracelet,
then runs off.]

HEIHACHI:       Hey!
SAMANOSUKE:     I'll hold those things off at the drawbridge.

[SAMANOSUKE walks off.]

HEIHACHI:       You monsters!  Thinking you're all that!

***After Heihachi picks up the red stone...***

[HEIHACHI has just beaten some Genma.]

HEIHACHI:       That takes care of them.
JACQUES:        Hey!
               Heihachi...you...

[HEIHACHI just laughs and leaves.]

JACQUES:        Wasn't that guy allied with the Genma?
AKO:            How weird...

***After Heihachi places the gear...***

[The gear clicks into place and the drawbridge rises.]

HEIHACHI:       There, it should be safe for a while.

[The two turn around to see a large purple Genma.]

SAMANOSUKE:     No...not yet.

***After all the Genma are destroyed...***

[HEIHACHI hits the ground with his spear.]

HEIHACHI:       OK...that takes care of them, anyway.
               Thanks, Samanosuke.  (bows)
               Talk to you later.

[HEIHACHI walks off.]

SAMANOSUKE:     Wait.
               Your master is Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is allied with Nobunaga.
               If you become enemies with the Genma, that's treachery against
               your master.
               What exactly are you trying to do?
HEIHACHI:       Anyway, I'm sure we'll meet again, Samanosuke...

[HEIHACHI walks off, as SAMANOSUKE looks on.  SAMANOSUKE then looks over the
ocean.]

TEXT:           It is unclear whether Heihachi's actions were that of an enemy
               or an ally.
               Even when he later appears at Mont Saint Michel, Heihachi does
               not make his true intentions known.
               A little more time would be necessary before Jacques and
               Samanosuke would learn of the feelings seething deep within
               this man's heart.

               HEIHACHI BURAIDEN - Fin.

+++++++++++++++++++++++
+ LIST OF NOTES [NTLS] +
+++++++++++++++++++++++

(*1) The Sengoku (Warring States) period was from 1476 to 1615.

(*2) A "Tengu" is a goblin that can fly and usually has a long nose.  A "Karasu"
is a crow.  I just didn't feel like classifying Ako as something like a "crow-
goblin."

(*3) In Japanese stories, Oni demons carried iron clubs as their weapons of
choice.  In this case, Ako is like a "secret weapon."

(*4) "Nanbanjin" actually refers to people from European countries like
Portugal and Spain, which traded with Japan.  Literally translated, though,
it means "southern barbarian," and when the word is used here it's often
derogatory, almost a racial slur.

(*5)  Present-day Osaka, which still has a reputation of being a place of
merchants.

(*6)  Part of a stanza from the play "Atsumori," reportedly a favorite of
Nobunaga.

Copyright 2004 Matt "Namahage" Hirao.