Battle of Sorrow.Tamahome tries to escape, and is caught and tortured by Nakago. Hotohori cannot bring himself to kill Miaka, and instead goes to talk to Juan Myō again. Whilst there, they mention Shōka, and Juan tells them that she died a year ago. Shōka tries to kill Miaka, but Miaka talks her out of it, saying she has faith in Hotohori. Hotohori, Nuriko and Genrō hurry back to Miaka, but are attacked by the possessed villagers. Shōka yells at Miaka telling her to get away from her, but Miaka can't hear her. Hotohori, Nuriko and Genrō arrive, with a mysterious fighter, who is Juan Myō. Shōka accuses Juan of leaving her to die, and Miaka deduces that they were lovers. Miaka comforts the young woman, despite her monstrous appearance, and tells her she knows how she feels. The woman returned to normal, and in the weakness of her desperation, Shōka sprouts a sickness demon from her back that had possessed her when she died, which tries to eat Miaka. Shōka begs Juan to kill her with his powers. He does so, and the house vanishes and the villagers fall down in a faint, unpossessed once more. Juan heals Miaka and he is revealed as Mitsukake, the sixth of the Suzaku Seven, with the powers of a Healer. He tells them that he used his Suzaku powers to become the village doctor, and he was called very far away when Shōka was dying. He returned too late to save her. Miaka tells him that Shōka looks happy now, and gives a Suzaku vow on the rising sun to never give up, for Shōka's sake.