Waterfall & Wings Version 1

The Genji wins the battle at Dannoura and destroys the Heike clan. However, instead of feeling the triumph, Yoshitsune feels sad and a sense of emptiness. He stares quietly at the sea that swallowed up the Heike.

Boats are sent out to comb the sea for survivors as well as one of the missing Three Sacred Treasures, the sword.

Otoku comes to look for Yoshitsune and the two recall Heike in its glorious days under the charge of Kiyomori. Otoku feels sad for the late Kiyomori that his clan has fallen this way. The truth is Yoshitsune feels the same way too, as they had been his family when he was young. He still looks upon Kiyomori as a fatherly figure.

(Flashbacks from Episode 1 up til present is shown here. Yoshitsune/Takki has come a loooong way na... Kandou, kandou...)

Yoshitsune feels wretched inside knowing that he is the very person who brought the Heike to its downfall. (Frowning Takki appears again... Gyaaah, you really feel the burden of his heart.. this is ALL YORITOMO'S FAULT!!!)

Yoshitsune tries to forget about his feelings and returns to his camp. Kagasue notices that Yoshitsune doesn't look right although they won the war.

Yoshitsune: "This war was won through the sacrifice of many men. Never forget that."

Tadanobu brings news that survivors of the Heike clan has been found. The list includes Kenreimonin, Tokitada (Tokiko's brother), "Shinno" (actually Antoku), Akirakeiko, Munemori and his son Kiyomune, Sukeko and Yoshiko...

EVeryone is glad to find out that Yoshiko survived.

Kagetoki: "Are you going to see your sister?"

Although he will very much like to, being the General, Yoshitsune has priorities... He decides he has to meet Heike's general, Munemori first.

Munemori: "You.. you are that Ushiwaka isn't it? The one who used to play with Tomomori and Shigehira..."

Kiyomune: "What is going to happen to us?"

Munemori: "Of course they are going to take our heads!"

Yoshitsune: "Without orders from the court and Kamakura, I will not do anything now. Even though you are our enemy, as the Heike general, we will treat you with respect."

Munemori: "I am not the general! The general this time is Tomomori!..... I will like to ask you something. What happened to my mother?"

Yoshitsune: "We found survivors but..."

Benkei: "She is not among the list."

Munemori starts to weep and Yoshitsune sympathises with him, for he lost his own mother as well.

Next, Yoshitsune goes to meet Kenreimonin and the surviving Heike ladies who give him the cold treatment. Yoshitsune asks about the whereabouts of Antoku and the missing sword but Akirakeiko replies that they have gone under the sea with Tokiko. Yoshitsune notices their strange expressions and senses they are keeping something from him. He recalls the boy that Yoshiko tries to protect and the boy that went down into the sea with Tokiko are two different persons... However, seeing that the ladies are still shaken, he decides not to pursue the matter for the moment. Before he leaves, Kenreimonin tells him something.

Kenreimonin: "Destiny... isn't it a sad thing?"

(Kenreimonin is referring to Yoshitsune's destiny of having to fight the Heike against his will and her own, her political marriage to Emperor Takakura and having her whole life mapped out to boost Heike's power.)

Yoshitsune strolls along the coast and runs into Yoshiko. This is the first time he meets Yoshiko ever since she was carried away by the Heike when she was still a newborn.

Yoshitsune: "I still remember the day you were born. They were yelling that it's a girl. I went to see Mother and saw you moving your small hand while lying next to her."

Yoshiko: "That was 20 years ago."

Yoshitsune: "And finally we meet again!"

Yoshiko: "Hai!"

Yoshitsune: "Now that the Heike has been destroyed, from today onwards, stay beside me. Stay with me at the capital."

Yoshiko shakes her head.

Yoshitsune: "Why?"

Yoshiko: "Kiyomori's blood run in me. I am a Heike and I want to stay with the rest of the Heike and face our destiny together."

Yoshitsune is surprised to hear that from Yoshiko.

Yoshitsune: "There is something else I want to ask you. The boy that you covered the white cloth with during the battle... who is he?"

Yoshiko is taken aback by the question. Pausing for a moment, she lies.

Yoshiko: "It is Morisada Shinno-sama. Thanks to you, that white cloth saved his life."

Yoshiko starts to take her leave but turns back again to thank Yoshitsune.

Yoshiko: "Brother, I received the letter from you. Thank you! I am very happy to know your concern for me."

Yoshitsune: "That is because I don't want you to be at the receiving end of arrows (after the Yashima incident) ever again."

Yoshiko: "Knowing that I have a brother like you in this world, it will be my pillar of strength. With this knowledge, even if I am alone, I will never feel lonely."

With that, Yoshiko leaves.

(And this will be the ONLY and LAST time that Yoshitsune will ever talk to Yoshiko. Anou... and we were sooo paranoid when we found out that Goto Maki is in Yoshitsune. LOL~)

(Narration) Yoshitsune finally finds her sister but fails to keep her with him. Suddenly, fe feels the transcience of life. There is also a growing suspicion in him regarding the surviving Shinno's identity.

~End of Episode 36~