Something did happen! Ayumi saved Maya. Maya thanked her very much. Ayumi felt regret of what she had thought before. She didn't believe she had a bad thought and  as sly as that. She hoped she never met Maya, who disturbed her pride and peace. Then she changed her mind, she decided to come back to Mrs. Tsukikage and promised herself, not to be a loser.

 

From Ayumi's wind, fire, water and soil, which had no shape, Mrs. Tsukikage guided her to understand her Crimson Fairy....

The Crimson Fairy... who gave her soul to the human nature, made rotating energy to the sky, unseen, but had power to move everything on Earth, had rhythm but no shape, to grow living creatures on Earth.... trees are souls, grown by the caress of Earth God, to break out from the soil.... the heart of the God, that's The Crimson Fairy, the eternal soul of the red cherry blossom. It's true... that's why she could hear the voices from the sky and the Earth... could grow all living creatures on land and water.... She gave her soul and love which could move soil energy winding up.... A Goddess... that's The Crimson Fairy.

 

Meanwhile, Maya found out, that the wind, fire, water and soil, all nature movements were The Crimson Fairy's emotion. That's The Crimson Fairy... unseen, unheard and untouchable. But her existence could drive all the souls in this universe... her expressions were expressed  by the wind, fire, water and soil. When Maya wondered, what kind of man was Isshin, whom The Crimson Fairy loved, suddenly she saw somebody... Mr. Masumi! He came with Shiori, Mr. Onoda & Mr. Akame.

Maya felt pain in her heart. She suddenly realized The Crimson Fairy's feeling... loving  a man who didn't consider anything about that. How she suffered.

Since the bridge was broken, Mr. Masumi and the others decided to meet the "human" Crimson Fairy.... Deep in his heart, Masumi thought about protecting the red cherry blossom valley....

 

Maya realized, that the nature movements were the expression of the emotion of The Crimson Fairy... happiness, sadness, madness and despair... And when She fell in love to human, how was the universe that moment? Finding a hanging root of a tree, Maya thought about being a forest fairy who played around... and she bumped right onto Yuu Sakurakouji! They thought Mr. Kuronuma as a bear.... He said, that living in the valley, he began to understand The Crimson Fairy well.

 

Mrs. Tsukikage refused the gift Masumi brought. "I didn't help your father, I helped a sick person in the hut," she said. Mr. Onoda and Mr. Akame were so surpised finding the "beautiful" Crimson Fairies very dirty. There were tensions between the two teams.	Mrs. Tsukikage promised all of them to perform The Crimson Fairy, but before that, both Maya and Ayumi must perform theirs on the red cherry blossom valley, after the bridge was repaired. Masumi despised Maya being so dirty, but unusually, there's none the rebellious Maya...
	she cried instead. She cried in Yuu Sakurakouji's hug. Shiori reminded him not to disturb Maya. In the car (Masumi was lost in thought), she said, how Maya and Yuu Sakurakouji suited  each other so well. He admitted it.

 

Eisuke Hayami was so eager to see Tsukikage Chigusa's Crimson Fairy performance. He hoped his health would be fine just before the bridge was finished being repaired.	Mrs. Tsukikage said to Genzo, that as before... Ayumi was far above Maya....
That night, Mrs. Tsukikage asked Ayumi and Maya to walk as The Crimson Fairy one by one. Then she ordered them to tie a little bell on one of their ankle. The bell rang like music  when Ayumi walked. But when Maya did, it was a disaster. Mrs. Tsukikage said, that The Crimson Fairy was not a human, so she walked unlike human. Maya must think how to act as The Crimson Fairy, while kept her feeling as  her last performance in the valley.	Ayumi asked her teacher to ordered them to walk on the river stones. Mrs. Tsukikage permitted her. Ayumi looked like dancing. But Maya's body coudn't express her feeling well. She failed. Ayumi knew her rival's weakness now, that even Maya could perform other role well and even she knew the mind and emotion of The Crimson Fairy, it's not enough yet. She needed art technique. Rei said, Maya must be sad because of Ayumi.
Genzo thought about what Mrs. Tsukikage said. Though Maya had the feeling of The Crimson Fairy, her ability of movement expression  was far below Ayumi. Both Maya and Ayumi swore in heart,  not to lose from their rival.	Then Mrs. Tsukikage trained them about "the flame of the war". So how would be The Crimson Fairy's mimic. Then she fired questions to her students until a question appeared: how to perform the unseen Crimson Fairy moving the universe and also how to perform her emotions?
They went to a place, where Mrs. Tsukikage wanted to show the performance and emotion of The Crimson Fairy. They were ordered to call and say the dialogue. They were ashamed of their own voices. They're unlike the voice of The Crimson Fairy. Then they went to a clear pond, named mirror pond, and Mrs. Tsukikage asked them if they could see The Crimson Fairy there. Ayumi could only find the reflection of herself. Maya and Ayumi tried their own ways. Begin with the water ripple, Maya found finally that the echo of the heart of The Crimson Fairy turned into sound and words, then vibrated  the universe, and moved it... echoed to  every corner of the world through waves.... Ayumi's heart was enchanted by the pair of beautiful rainbows that united the sky and the earth. She felt everything changed.	She felt peace and happiness. She didn't care  of Maya or The Crimson Fairy anymore. She melted within the nature. As the rain forest, the white air, the butterfly, the rainbow, the sunshine... everything inside the forest.... That feeling.... She knew now! She found her Crimson Fairy!

 

Mrs. Tsukikage crossed the bridge without giving everyone's notice, though a little bell was tied on her ankle.	Masumi carried his father. They arrived on the valley. Eisuke chose a seat on the rock a bit above the others.
	Mrs. Tsukikage welcomed the audience. Then it's Ayumi's turn to perform her Crimson Fairy. Her movement reminded the audience of the Crimson Fairy's dance. She's so beautiful, but mysterious. Even a meaningless movement enchanted them. Her voice was changeable, sometime it's high like a bird, other time it's echoed low like the earth's scream. She's not human. She's a Fairy. The audience thought so.
Maya opened her performance with a surprising sound of OOOOOOOO.... Mr. Kuronuma said, that she must look at the universe through the pond. Her voice gave effect of mystically vibrated echo, not 'a voice' any longer, but vibration of 'the sound' of the air which went wider....
People said, that Ayumi's technique  and way of expression were richer,  but Maya left stronger image.  Though some people chose Ayumi, the chief of the national act association  said, it's difficult to choose.  He was eager to watch the preview.	Maya said to Masumi: Please wait a little more. I know my act isn't perfect yet. I don't know how to express it, how to express the feeling. I can't dance as beautiful as Ayumi. I've worked hard. But... I will make it perfect for the preview. The Crimson Fairy's act that will make you happy. Only for you....
Yuu Sakurakouji came and said: You're great! I must practice hard. Maya: Really? How happy I am.  I felt despair before.... Masumi: (His words are free of suspicion). Yuu Sakurakouji put his jacket around Maya's body and they laughed. Masumi felt jealous. Sayaka teased them, if they were practicing a couple of lovers. Everybody took a seat to watch Tsukikage Chigusa's Crimson Fairy. The chief reminded Masumi, if Eisuke was too excited about this. He also said: Ichiren Ozaki must be satisfied, if	he's still alive. Do you know your father and Tsukikage hurt each other's heart since a long  time ago because of The Crimson Fairy? Until now Eisuke was still in love with Tsukikage as  The Crimson Fairy. Masumi: Yeah... I know. More than anyone else. He was full of suffer because of loving her.... Then Sayaka found blood in Mrs. Tsukikage changing room. Shiori found Masumi's face so scarry.... Mrs. Tsukikage: (Ichiren, my better half, now we will be united. This is my last Crimson Fairy). She appeared on top of a rock above.

 

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