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Again, Zagato greeted Princess Emeraude, who was curling miserably inside the underwater flower prison begging for the Magic Knights to come. She pleaded Zagato to stop. But he told her he'd never change his mind, no matter what the consequences. He informed her the girls from other dimension had resurrected Ceres and Windam. He then revealed someone named Rafaga to the Princess. Rafaga was her former chief bodyguard, whose duty was to fight monsters. He had been brainwashed by Zagato, and was sent to kill the Magic Knights.
Suddenly the palace gate opened, and a ribbon of flames encircled Hikaru and took her inside. She saw a horned wolf materialized from the flames. The wolf introduced himself as Rayearth. Just like Ceres and Windam had done, he asked Hikaru to show him that she had enough will power to be worthy to ride him. Then he flew outside, followed by her. She was shocked seeing Umi and Fuu trapped between spikey rocks, hurt and unable to move. Then she saw Rafaga. Rafaga said his mission was to kill the Magic Knights, and started to attack. The pressure produced by his sword could blow up rocks and create craters on the ground. He didn't only attack Hikaru, but also aimed the blows at Umi and Fuu. Realizing that the two girls couldn't protect themselves, Hikaru stood in the way, taking the blow for herself. She was bleeding hard. Umi and Fuu begged her to move away, but she didn't listen. Even Rayearth told her she was going to die if she continued. He said the only way to win and stay alive was to forget about her friends, stop being their shield, and fight freely. But Hikaru refused. She would never leave Umi and Fuu, her most precious friends. She would help them, and returned to Tokyo together. With this, she leapt over Rafaga and swung her sword with all her strength. Umi told her to use her spells, but Hikaru said she wouldn't because her opponent didn't. She talked to Rafaga and mentioned the Princess' name. Rafaga was distracted for awhile, but the spell Zagato had casted upon him couldn't be broken easily. Suddenly he scream and blew a close attack to Hikaru. Umi tried to use Water Dragon to help her, but Rayearth blocked it and said it was Hikaru's fight. It was no use to interfere. Meanwhile Rafaga succeeded to push Hikaru to the ground. He took her sword to slay her, but it became flames and consumed him. It broke Zagato's spell. Rafaga regained consciousness and told Hikaru Zagato had kidnapped the princess. The girls' armors and weapons underwent their final transformation. Rayearth acknowledged Hikaru's strength and revealed his true shape. Ceres and Windam each beamed out from Umi's and Fuu's breastplates. The Machine Gods took the girls inside of them. Then Mokona aimed the beam produced by his jewel to the sky. The girls took off, and discovered that Cefiro's sky was actually its ocean reflected by a giant mirror. Zagato dwelled on the other side of the mirror. The girls broke the mirror with their spells, and encountered another Machine God, Zagato's. Soon the battle began. The girls didn't know the Princess was watching the battle in tears. Zagato was still too powerful for the girls. He swore to end the Legend of Magic Knights with his own hand. Hikaru encouraged her friends to hold on. If they could defeat Zagato, they would be able to rescue the Princess, save Cefiro, and return to Tokyo. They would fight together and would not lose. They asked Zagato why he kidnapped the Princess. He asked back, why only Princess Emeraude praying for Cefiro. She didn't have freedom, her fate was to do nothing but pray for Cefiro. But the girls seemed to not listening. They combined their spells, producing Spiral Flash which successfully blasted Zagato and his Machine God. Before he died, he wished for Princess Emeraude's freedom. Seeing this, the Princess screamed, calling his name over and over. Princess Emeraude began to change shape. From an innocent young girl transformed into a beautiful woman with anger reflected from her expression. She broke free from the prison, flew to the surface and entered Zagato's palace. The Magic Knights also went inside. They spotted her, and when she told them she was Emeraude, they almost couldn't believe her. Hikaru told her they had resurrected the Machine Gods with the assistance of Mokona, fought with weapons made by Presea and spells taught by Clef, and defeated Zagato using the Gods. Emeraude's anger rose. She'd never forgive those who had killed her beloved Zagato.
Rayearth, Ceres, and Windam combined into a new Machine God. Emeraude rushed to kill the girls, but they stabbed her Machine God first. The Princess smiled, for she now only belonged to Zagato, and a blinding light encircled her Machine God. The girls were transported back to Tokyo Tower. Weeping in one another's arms, saying they couldn't accept what had just happened. |
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Meanwhile, the girls had arrived in front of a palace located inside of a volcano. They noticed their armors and weapons had undergone dramatic upgrades. Umi and Fuu exchanged weapons. They soon discovered that the weapons were useless if handled by any person other than the original owners. Umi's rapier would melt into water, while Fuu's sword, that was very light for her, would turn extremely heavy.
Yet another Machine God emerged behind the Princess. It had a shape of a female centaur. Princess Emeraude was beamed inside. As the palace collapsed, the girls were also transported inside their Machine Gods and fled outside, followed by the Princess. On her way out she found Zagato's sword and picked it up. She started casting her spells that were even more powerful than Zagato's. The girls fought her half-heartedly, not sure what to do. Just when they were in a critical condition, they heard the voice they knew. They quickly recognized it as the 'real' Emeraude's. But the voice explained the woman inside the Machine God was her. A 'foolish' version of her who chose to live for a person she loved instead of living as the Pillar of Cefiro. It wasn't Zagato's action that caused Cefiro's destruction. She said it was all her fault. She had to pray continuously for Cefiro. But she couldn't lie to herself that she loved Zagato more. It was her choice to hide herself inside the water prison, to avoid seeing Zagato. But she still couldn't take her mind off him. So she decided to summon the Magic Knights from other dimension, to kill her, because the Pillar couldn't kill herself, and couldn't be harmed by Cefironians. Only a Pillar had the spell to summon Magic Knights to kill herself if something like that happened. She begged them to kill her, while her other version delivering attacks after attacks full of anger, before her heart full with hatred and urge to kill, before she prayed for Cefiro's extinction. At first the girls refused. But Emeraude begged them to fulfill her real wish, which was to reunite her with Zagato forever.