Whoo update! Because I'm tool lazy to bother with that quiz for my law class right now.
Part 4: PLOT TIME BABY(exciting isn't it?)Oh hey pinkish window tint kudos to Ahknee for finally solving her grand graphic driver issue and getting Aero back on Vista.
Glad to hear that, princess. Apparently everything about Kitahama was generally as amazing as Hatsu had expected. She thinks the pendant is already taking effect, yay. Due to overstuffing herself, though
... princess, the plot's about to happen, wake up!
But I didn't-
Ohokaymybad.
Mune gives the still-sleepingish Hatsu a brief warning before entering the room.
Of course he ends up a bit flustered from her remark, but he quickly sobers up.
He cites a "suspicious atmosphere" as the reason. This excites Hatsu, but he tells her to chillax because this so isn't a situation where someone should be happy or anything. Mune saying he grew up in Kitahama castle and thus knows all the secret passageways and such. Hatsu, though confused, knows when to shut her mouth and
get back in the kitchen to make me a sammich listen to Mune's orders and prepares to follow him when SUDDENLY
CRAP.
... what the hell Pixia why was that prompt for jpg quality save in Japanese?! D: /offtopic
Cue ninja mooks entering, looking for none other than the princess.
One of them notes her bed is still warm, so she shouldn't be far. Commence search! Hatsu, from her hiding spot, realizes that these fine gents are out for her life. Proceed into stealth mode!
*insert Mission Impossible music here*
Mune says there's no escape route via the front gate, so they'll need to boogey on out the back way. Hatsu, of course, has a typical fail moment and trips. At least she has her kimono getting all up in the way as an excuse, because let's face it she's a tomboy and would probably know how to run.
GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK Uh wrong game.
Hatsu does not want to be given a piggyback ride, but eventually gives in.
Am I the only one a little weirded out by the fact that Mune is a choice for partner in this game? Uh-huh yeah.
A generally sappy moment happens where Hatsu reminisces how Mune is always able to comfort her blahblahblah this is squicking me out a little. The two banter a little and OHGOD WAIT I SKIPPED THAT DIALOGUE CRAP.
Hatsuhime: Oh, you're going so fast, everything's a blur!
Muneshige: If you move around too much, you'll fall off.
... am I the only one who took that out of context? :U
Okay seriously the guy gave her piggyback rides when she was knee-high to a grasshopper this is making me D:
The two continue to banter back and forth, Mune mentioning how Hatsu is a little heavier than when she was young. She gets indignant and proclaims he the enemy of women everywhere.
Hatsu calls him a pig and starts to strangle him. This is gettin' kinky.
They moved unspeaking through the moonlight, and finally made their way to a huge and ancient pine at the edge of the castle.
Mune circles the pine and calls Hatsu over. She wonders what it is he found, and he says it's a secret passage he made as a child.
Hatsu is appropriately embarrassed for the both of them.
Mune starts dramatically humming some hardcore themesong. Hatsu scolds him.
Muneshige: It's brings back memories. Power UP -
Hatsuhime: Muneshige!
Muneshige:Forgive me.
Anyone else hear a plot device? Hatsu wonders if it's somebody crying. Mune remarks there are plenty of vermin like mice around, and to pay it no mind. Hatsu, being a girl, absolutely hates mice.
His impression is both hilarious and frightening all at once. I don't know why.
Hatsuhime: That's all wrong!
Mune suddenly sobers up, however, and slaps a hand over Hatsu's mouth. From nearby, a ninja hears them. His companion says it was probably just his imagination.
Way to go, Mune.
The first ninja orders everyone to split up and search every inch of the area. Back down below, Hatsu calls Mune pathetic.
Hatsu wonders what they should do now. Mune tells her there's a smaller tunnel that goes through further, but he wouldn't be able to fit it. She refuses to leave him. He reassures her, and says there should be an inner moat, currently used as a prison, that she could hide in. She still refuses.
Muneshige: Princess, I swear I will come for you.
Hatsuhime: But I thought you were pathetic ...
Muneshige: I am pathetic. But, please believe in this pathetic man!
Hatsuhime: I have a bad feeling about this ... I feel like I may never see you again!
Meanwhile, one ninja sees their footprints and orders everyone to gather. Mune tells Hatsu he's going to go out and fight, and that she should take the time to escape.
He asks her to forgive him for that. She says she won't, and that's the reason she stopped playing koto.
Hatsuhime: So you have to ... you have to come back.
Muneshige: Princess Hatsuhime. I hear and obey.
Hatsuhime: I feel better ... Now go!
Do note the translators kinda botches Hatsu's name translation. "Princess Hatsuhime" stands as redundant, being "Princess Hatsu princess;" thus, her name probably should've just been Hatsu.Hatsu keeps telling herself not to cry.
She finally reaches the exit, yay! But then a bright light appears at the end of the tunnel. DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT, PRINCESS!
...oh come on how would you even know this tunnel leads out here I mean really you creeper ass monkey.
Harumoto says that it would be dangerous if he didn't know all the secret passages that littered the castle.
He just does that creeper laugh in response. She tells him he's pointing his sword at the lord's daughter and commands him to put it down.
She asks what he's going to do to her. He asks why she's not pleading for her life, begging to live. She wants to know why he's doing this. He claims it's for the Mochizuki clan; without Hatsu in the way, Matsuchiyo becomes the next lord, and the real power will fall to Harumoto. Hatsu tells him his ambitions are selfish if he's doing this, but he tells her to think of what a girl like her would do to the government.
He's amused she's showing any prowess at debate. Hatsu accuses him of planning this all along, but he just tells her it's her own fault for being lured in. She begs him to let Muneshige go, but he tells her that's a no can do, but that he will shed some tears at her funeral if it's any reassurance. Harumoto simply laughs at her.
... whoops I missed the ending cue card MY BAD.
Thus ends part four. What will happen next time now that our heroine is dead? TUNE IN NEXT TIME TO FIND OUT.