Finale

SCENE OPENS:
WE SEE AN AGED AND WEARY YAIKO (~70) LYING ON A BED. SUDDENLY A YOUNG WOMAN
BURSTS INTO THE ROOM.

YAIKO
Now you're here
Again beside me
Now I can die in peace
For now my life is blessed....

NODOKA
You, will live, Papa, you're going to live
It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!

YAIKO
Yes, Nodoka, forbid me now to die
I'll obey 
I will try.
On this page I write my last confession
Read it well when at last I am sleeping
It's a story of those who always loved you.

WE SEE VISIONS OF THE KENSHIN CAST FLY BY WEARING JOYFUL EXPRESSIONS

Your mother gave her life for you 
Then gave you to my keeping.

WE SEE A BLOOD-SPLATTERED KAORU (~25) LEANING HEAVILY ON A BROKEN SWORD.
CLOSER EXAMINATION REVEALS THE SWORD TO BE KENSHIN'S SAKA-BATTO.  SHE HANDS
YAIKO A BABY WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, KISSES HIM ON THE FOREHEAD AND
THEN TURNS TO CHARGE AN UNSEEN ENEMY.

(SPECTRAL) KAORU
Come with me 
Where chains will never bind you
All your grief 
At last, at last behind you
Lord in Heaven 
Look down on him in mercy.

YAIKO
Forgive me all my trespasses 
And take me to your glory.

(SPECTRAL) KAORU, KENSHIN AND YAIKO 
Take my hand
And lead me to salvation
Take my love 
For love is everlasting
And remember 
The truth that once was spoken, 
To love another person 
Is to see the face of God.

WE SEE YAIKO AT AN AGE SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE ANIME. HE RUNS THROUGH A
FIELD OF WILDFLOWERS TOWARDS THE GIRL FROM THE RESTAURANT. THEY EMBRACE AND
YAIKO SPINS HER AROUND IN AN EXUBERANT CIRCLE. THE BOTH OF THEM ARE CRYING
TEARS OF JOY AS THE SCREEN DARKENS.