AIR 7

Yukito sits in the kitchen my himself and remembers something his mother said... That night Haruko comes home and Yukito tells her what happened to Misuzu. She doesn't seem to care, wanting to have the usual party. Yukito won't have any of that and asks why she took in Misuzu? Haruko says Misuzu was forced on her, she didn't want to take her in...

Yukito lays outside and remembers his mother again. Translating what she said as best I can, because it seems very important (please correct me if I've screwed up:

"Girls have dreams, you know. First, they dream of the sky. And then the dream gradually goes back. That dream eats away at the girl. They come to feel a pain that shouldn't exist, and soon they begin to forget everything. They become unable to even remember the name of the person they treasure most. And the morning they finish dreaming their last dream, the girl dies.

That girl was always alone. If their two hearts got close, both became ill. Both couldn't be saved. So that girl said, 'Please go away from me.' She was a very kind, strong girl. That's why I got through it without dying. But, that girl...

There's a girl in the sky with wings. Always by herself, she's disappearing without becoming an adult, repeating those sad dreams.."

Haruko tells Yukito that she's leaving on a trip. She'll leave taking care of Misuzu to Yukito. Yukito tells Haruko that Misuzu's dreaming, and those dreams are making her the way she is. Haruko thinks it's some kind of joke, though... Yukito tells Misuzu what happened, and afterwards they head towards the beach.

Misuzu seems to have trouble walking as they go to the beach. She finally breaks down like she did before, crying... Back in bed, she tells Yukito that she had a dream last night. She says it was a fun dream, and it seemed like a festival was going on. She then says that her dreams and the person Yukito's searching for must be connected. Yukito says he thinks not.. Misuzu says the dreams she's been having must be those of the other her. That girl's suffering. If she dreams more, she might understand what's going on and be able to help that girl. She began having these dreams after she met Yukito -- it all has to be connected somehow... When she tries to get out of bed she falls down -- her legs won't move..

Yukito again asks if he should take her to Hijiri. Misuzu says no and that she had a dream again. A dream of a journey through a forest she walked through for days and days, but she was able to make it because a precious person was with her. When Yukito walks out of her room something strange happens -- some person strikes at him with a sword and Yukito falls, but that person isn't there at all... There's a scar on Yukito's back from somewhere...

Misuzu seems to be suffering more and more, with Yukito looking on at her bedside. Later she seems to be better, playing cards by herself, and Yukito asks if he should call someone to come. But Misuzu's fine with just Yukito there... Yukito then says he's going to leave the house, and leave the town. If the two of them stay together any longer there won't be anything they can do, so he's decided to run away from her, go to a place far away where they won't meet again. They've gotten too close...

Yukito sits at the bus stop and remembers what Misuzu said as he left. She had another dream, a dream of being locked up all by herself and it was lonely. She had been waiting forever for someone to come get her.. She wants to go with Yukito. But he says he has to leave her, that's the only way things will be better.

Yukito goes to sleep and remembers his mother once again. This time she's putting on a performance with those dolls for children, who are enjoying it a lot. Yukito has that doll and he tries to make it move. His mother says that if he doesn't think that he wants to make people laugh that it won't move. He finally makes it move. Back to the beach where Yukito runs up to his mother. She holds out the doll and says that unfufilled wishes are inside it -- her mother, and her mother's mother, and before that all put sealed their power within the doll, someday to set someone's wish free. She's got one thing to ask of him -- it's up to him how to use it and he can even forget about the girl in the sky. Somewhere, in some town he'll meet a girl -- if he wants to save that girl no matter what he should put his feelings into the doll. His mother will be there with him...

Yukito wakes up to find a group of kids around him. He asks if they'd watch his show for a bit. He does the usual, making the doll walk, but that's rather boring, so the kids tell him to do more. He eventually gets the doll dancing and jumping.

As the sun sets he leaves to go back to Misuzu, sending the doll climbing onto her bed. He won't go anywhere, he wants to be with her. He asks her to watch the doll as it juggles some juice boxes. She seems to be in pain again and holds her hand out, which Yukito grabs. Why didn't he realize until now? He would have been happy being by her side and watching her laugh and smile, he thinks as he cries. The doll glows and Yukito is on the beach. The voice of his mother says to remember what he should do now. He wants to be by Misuzu's side, and if possible, wants to redo it all over again. Misuzu awakens to see Yukito gone...

Change scene -- a girl with wings flies and lands on top of a guy. It's 994 AD. The guy, Ryuuya, after the girl gets off of him, asks where she came from. Her name's Kanna. Quite the coincidence since the winged girl (翼人) he's supposed to protect is called Kanna. Kanna looks at him with a angry face and calls him a fool ;)

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Wow, lotta stuff to get through this time, wasn't it? I felt like summarizing more than usual since what was said seemed rather important, especially what Yukito's mother said about girls, and the girl in the sky. Misuzu's definitely going through the same thing she was talking about, so... So what's happened to Yukito now?.. and what are we doing back in 994 AD? It seems like Yukito is somehow connected to that guy, and Misuzu to Kanna since she was in her dream. Too many questions to figure out there, ain't there? I'm not one who can speculate well so I'll leave that to y'all ;) And on a side note, none of the other AIR girls showed up this time. Wouldn't mind seeing them again sometime...