Fushigi Yuugi: Dai Ni Bu EP3 - Manifestation of Rebirth

Miaka and Taka are returned to the real world, finding themselves in the bedroom of a bandaged Yui. Yui tells them of what happened, and warns Miaka not to return to the school until they figure out who Renkou/Shigyou truly is. Taka decides to speak with Keisuke and Tetsuya the following day. After their discussion, Taka tries to reach Miaka, only to realize she isn't home. The boys split up to find her, Tetsuya off to Yui's and Taka to Miaka's. He runs into Miru Kamishiru, the new member of the research club Keisuke and Tetsuya had formed with Taka. While introducing herself, Miru falls faint. When Taka takes her back to his place to tend to her, she bites his ear and paralyzes him with pain. She drops her demure act, laughing as she sarcastically hopes that he "makes it in time." Miaka, meanwhile, has returned to school despite having told Yui and Taka that she wouldn't. At first, everything and everyone seems normal, but at the end of the school day, her mind-controlled classmates corner her again. They take her to Renkou, who tells her that she's about to be killed and that it will be made to look like suicide. Taka fortunately makes it just in time to save her before she can be harmed, and together, he and Miaka use the scroll to defeat Renkou. The scroll seems to become sentient, or controlled by Suzaku, dropping Renkou off the roof of the school as Miaka and Taka are taken back to the universe of the scroll. They find themselves reunited with Tasuki, Chichiri and the spirits of the others as they try to find a way to break into Nuriko's childhood home. Nuriko reveals that his older brother, in pain and bitter about the loss of both of his siblings, is refusing to give up a crystal ball that had once belonged to Nuriko, but now houses his memory orb. As Taka takes hold of the crystal ball, a creature, planted in Taka's body by "Miru's" bite, breaks out and attacks. Chichiri is able to keep it at bay and do his best to protect Taka, who falls unconscious but cannot be detached from the creature safely. The ruckus wakes Rokou, Nuriko's brother, who tries to leave with the crystal ball in an effort to protect one of the last of Nuriko's possessions that he has. Miaka tries to run after him on her own, only to be stopped by Tasuki long enough for him to offer her his help on horseback. After a brief argument stalls them, Miaka is attacked by a venomous snake. Tasuki jumps in front of her with his horse to protect her, and he and the horse are bitten instead. Although he's able to kill the snake, the snake's venom courses through him. Miaka saves him by sucking it out of his body. This gives Miaka the idea to try the same with Taka, as the creature seems to be attached to his blood. Nuriko, who has gone after his brother himself, finds them on the road and takes them back to the house. Because of Miisu's (the true identity of Miru) spell, which has created an idol made out of Taka's blood, Miaka's attempts to suck the poison out only serves to hurt him more. When Nuriko's attempts to convince his brother to help them by giving up the crystal ball fail, Chiriko attempts to possess Rokou's body, but with Rokou's heart being closed and unwilling, Chiriko fails. He tearfully shames Rokou for wallowing in grief, calling him a disgrace for being too cowardly to help. Rokou finally springs into action, giving his arm to a spasming Taka before he can bite his tongue off. Rokou speaks to Nuriko about being unable to accept his death and feeling as though he had never been a good enough older brother to him. Rokou's courage helps the warriors finally defeat Miisu's creature.