Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001): Season 6, Episode 21 - A Friend in Need: Part 1 - full transcript

Looking out at the cosmos
makes you think...

about where we are...,

where we've been...,

where we're going now.

Yeah.

And like the bigger now.

I mean, Gabrielle,
what are we gonna do?

Wander around Greece our whole lives
looking for trouble?

Why don't we go away?

Far away? Whaddya say?

I can't believe you're awake,
much less listening to me.



Let's go south,
to the land of the pharaohs.

I hear they're in need
of a girl with a chakram.

You know
that there's somebody out there.

Yeah, he's been trying to find us
the past half-hour.

Oh!

Are you all right?

Oh. Yes. Thank you.

Whoa!

Are you Xena?

Who's askin'?

A messenger, sent by Akemi.

Akemi?

You saw Akemi?

Several weeks ago...,



I was journeying with another monk
through a forest,

near the town of Higuchi.

It started to rain...,

and we sought shelter
at a teahouse.

Kenji...,

not even you
could be frightened of this.

Your shuji has
great dignity and beauty.

I am blessed with a certainty...

about what it means to be a monk.

But my companion...

was not as steadfast in his resolve.

You must leave... now.

Come on!

What?!

I know you're a good man.

In the teahose, I felt
the compassion in your heart.

Don't fear me.

Who-Who...
Who was that demon?!

The Lord of the Dark Land.

He's preparing an army
to wage war in Higuchi...

and slowly, the populace.

Honorable monk...,

I beg you to do
what must be done:

to stop him enslaving the souls
of that city.

But I'm no swordsman!

There's one in the west...

far beyond the setting sun.

A samurai?! A priest?! A god?!

No.

A warrior princess.

In the time of ancient gods,

warlords

and kings,

a land in turmoil
cried out for a hero.

She was Xena,

a mighty princess
forged in the heat of battle.

The power.

The passion.

The danger.

Her courage
will change the world.

XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS

The way of the sword...

is the most ancient
of the warrior's art.

With practice,

the samurai develops
the sacred virtues of bravery...,

self-discipline, and honor.

A samurai would rather die
a warrior

than live as a coward.

This Akemi who sent for Xena...,

what do you know about her?

She was forced by Yodoshi...,

the Lord of the Dark Land...,

to seduce souls...

into his grasp.

She's very beautiful.

- And she's a ghost.
- She's a...?

Gabrielle, before we reach
Japa...,

I should tell you everything
that happened there last time.

Many years ago...,
Borias told me

about a young girl who was kidnapped
by a Chinese warlord.

She'd been taken hostage
from a mighty island...

even further east than Chin[a].

Being the kind of person
I was then...,

the challenge of finding
a new land to plunder

was just too much for me.

I had to meet her.

So, her daddy's rich, you say?

And powerful.
He should pay well

for the return of his sweet daughter.

Come.

- Akemi, meet...
- ...Xena, the Warrior Princess.

You know me?

Oh, yes.

I've heard that
you're afraid of nothing.

Kao, here...,

- he's afraid of many things.
- This girl has spirit.

This girl deserves to die...,

speaking like that
in front of my guests.

You won't kill me.

Xena won't let you.

Because in her heart...

she knows
that she will soon love me.

Xena loves no one.

I'll be your student, Xena.

You'll take me with you.
You'll teach me everything you know.

I have a few lessons for you!

Here.

Fifty pieces of gold.

It's the best offer
you'll get for her.

I do what I want
with my property.

I say this isn't a good day
to trade.

Is it a good day to die?

It's unhealthy to negotiate
with this one.

I'd take the gold.

Guards!

I've shut off the flow of blood
to your brain.

You got ten, nine, eight...

Ah, forget it.

I would have taken the gold.

You know, Borias,
I have a dream...,

a dream of conquering every land
between here and Brittania.

Xena, you're always looking

for green pastures
to rape and pillage.

Yep.

And maybe there's more in this
than just the ransom, huh?

I mean, with her father
as an ally,

I could get a nice toehold
on that island.

What makes you so sure
she'll lead you to daddy?

Ah, she wouldn't lie to me.
Hmm.

She worships her teacher.

What's so funny?

Xena, you couldn't teach
a dog to bark.

Akemi!

Come here,
I wanna show you something.

You're wrong.

Xena will be a great teacher.

I'm ready.

All right.

If someone's comin' atcha
with a right/left combination...,

this is what I wantcha to do.

You feint back,
twist in the direction of the blow,

and then deliver a vicious jumping,
spinning back-kick.

All right?

Right. So...,
that's right, a left,

a feint, uh,
a jumping, swinging...

Jumping, spinning back-kick.

All right.

Now, I'll be a bad guy.

Hmm.

Lesson One:

trust no one.

Remember, Xena,
I get 10% of the ransom.

Good luck, teacher.

Come on, Akemi, keep up.

My ribs are still a little sore.

Well, next time we'll start
with something a little simpler.

Like listening.

Listen to that.

To what?

To life and death.

Every sound, every movement
is a message.

A wagon just crossed
a creek up ahead.

A deer grazing nearby.

When you listen to the Kami
like that...,

you must be at peace.

The Kami? What's that?

The Kami are the powers
behind all nature.

They make the sun shine,
the grass grow.

They brought you to me.

No, no, no. When I listen
like that, I'm at war.

Every sound is a possible warning
of an enemy approaching.

I believe that one day, Xena...,

the Kami will help you
know peace.

And I would be honored...

if you would accept this.

Oh.

Uh...

It's really pretty.

It's our scripts.

When my people are overcome
with a feeling

that needs to be preserved...,

we write verse.

Oh, yeah?

- Like what feeling?
- Love.

Love?

"Yesterday...,

the moon took lodging
on my sleeve.

Today...,

I've hope for even
the brokenhearted stars."

So beautiful.

To write something like that,
she must have loved you very much.

What's wrong?

The truth is, Gabrielle...,

she broke my heart.

She broke your heart?

I don't understand.

For a while,
I didn't understand myself.

When I travelled with Akemi
to her island for the ransom...,

I was to learn that my heart
was seeking something else.

I thought I was taking you
to your father.

His castle's in the north.

We came here first
to visit my grandfather.

He... died here...
many years ago.

Are you telling me
that we've walked days

in the wrong direction
to see a dead guy?!

We must visit my grandfather
to seek his blessing.

He's dead..., but...
I can still speak to him.

All your talk
about moons up your sleeve...,

you were playing me
for a fool.

I oughtta just...!

You hear the Kami
through the sounds of nature.

In the same way,

I hear sounds
that are silent to you.

My grandfather says

that you are a wise and appropriate
teacher.

And...

he feels your sword...
is not good enough.

There's a string of widows
from here to Greece

that say different.

Compared to a katana...

all other swords
are toys.

Well...,

then get me one of those.

The Great Katana
lies near here.

But... you must know.

In our country...

women are forbidden
to own katana.

Well, they're just gonna have
to get used to it, aren't they?

Sensei!

I come bearing a challenge.

My master wishes to fight you
for possession of the Katana...,

forged from the purest ore
of the Hakiman temple.

Your master must be
a mighty samurai.

Oh, no.

I'm just a girl... in search
of a really good sword.

A woman?
A foreigner?!

Challenging us?
For the sacred katana?!

This is a great insolence!

Well, I guess you're gonna have
to teach me a lesson, hmm?

Ooh, gimme, gimme!

Yeah.

Grandpa was right.

Now, this is a sword.

"In a flurry of snow,

two breaths of wind unite...
and become as one...,

and then disappear
into each other."

Listen, Akemi...,

I don't want you to take this
the wrong way.

I really love this sword...,

and you're a nice kid, but
I just came for the ransom.

I don't believe that.

What do you hear now?

Snow falling on cedars.

No.

Your heart...
beating harder than normal.

You're a master of war...,

yet... you know no words
to speak of love.

And then you go
and save my life.

There's no greater gift of love
a teacher can give a student

than that.

I have another gift
I must ask of you.

I saw what you did
to kill that coward, Kao.

It's a sacred trust.

I would be honored,
beyond words...,

if you'd teach me that.

All right.

You knew her for a few weeks
and you taught her the pinch?

- Xena, in all the time...
- Higuchi is under siege,

and there's no place to dock.
I'm turning back.

What?!

Gabrielle, I've got to go ashore.

I'm with you.

I knew you'd say that.

Firebombs!

They're going to burn Higuchi
to the ground.

We've gotta release the water
from the tower.

Gabrielle, what would you do?

I saw these acrobats.

- They used to...
- Show me, Gabrielle.

Climb on!

All right. What's next?

This way!

Gabrielle!

Whoa!

Xena!

Go for the ladder!

Kill her!

Retreat!

Whoohoo!

We've won! We've won!

Move! Move!

This way! Follow me!

Higuchi is saved.

Not quite the way I would have done it,
Gabrielle, but it sure worked.

You know, Xena,
I still don't understand.

You taught Akemi
the pinch.

Did she ever use it?

Yes, unfortunately she did.

After a many days' walk,
we reached her father's fortress.

Akemi?

Akemi, what are you doing?

You've thirty seconds to live.

My brothers...,

my sisters...,

my mother...,

and my gentle grandparents.

I avenge all your deaths...
at the hands of this monster.

- Father.
- Father?

I pray you suffer
in death...

the way your family
suffered in life.

It was my duty.

He had to die.

I don't care about that!
What about the ransom?!

Where's my money?!

Forgive me, Xena.

I don't suppose
there's any inheritance in this!

I have one last thing
to ask of you.

Restore my honor.

The sacred katana.

You want me to cut off...?

That's why you wanted me
to take the katana.

After that is done...,
take my ashes...

and place them
in the family shrine...,

in the town of Higuchi.

No, no.

No, I'm not going to...!

Akemi.

I pray you will.

"The... snow melts.

Flowers fade.

And I pass...

as all things do."

You...

"But-But time...

and love...,

they go on."

Restore my honor, Xena.

Xena!

How will you feel when you come
face-to-face with Akemi's ghost?

Better question is...,

how will Xena feel...
face-to-face...

with the ghosts of the people
she killed at Higuchi?!

What?!

Who are you?

My family name is... Harukata.

But he's known as
the killer of ghosts.

- Xena saved your city.
- This time.

But that does nothing to atone...

for what happened...
when last she was here!

What's he talking about?

I was fulfilling
Akemi's dying wish:

to place her ashes
at the family shrine here in Higuchi.

Word got out that I was
honoring the ashes

of a girl
who'd killed her father.

The townsfolk felt that I
would be defiling their graveyard.

They banded together
to stop me.

Xena.

I tried to ignore them,
but they came after me.

Xena!

Akemi!

Akemi!

Watch out!

Run! Run; fire! Fire!

Fire!

The wind took the fire...

from house to house.

40.000 of my townsfolk...

perished... in the flames!

No, it's not possible.

That is... only the beginning!

Akemi told me that
after she killed her father,

Yodoshi's spirit
was so full of evil,

even the underworld
would not allow him to enter.

He became Lord Yodoshi...,

the eater of souls.

The 40.000 lost spirits
were at his mercy.

Now he holds them...
inside him...,

enslaved.

Then I am guilty
of a greater evil

than I ever thought possible.

Xena, it was a horrible accident.

No.

No, I must put things right.

Can you hear them?

I thought I heard a horse
before.

Listen not just to the sounds...,

but to what's behind the sounds.

How many are there?

At least three armies
are gathering.

I'll warn the others.

Ghost killer...,

I know that you think of me
as your enemy...,

but you must believe this:

my spirit aches
for the torment I've caused.

We both want... the same thing:
to release those souls.

You've devoted your life
to killing Yodoshi.

Why is it
that you have never succeeded?

I have the power...
to slay him.

But it is impossible for me
to get close enough...

to use my blade.

Why?

Because... I am mortal.

Only... another ghost...

can trap... a spirit
as mighty as Yodoshi.

Akemi...,
I know what I must do.

But I'm afraid that this day...

what's done
may not be undone.

Xena, the militia is prepared.

Why aren't you ready?

Gabrielle, come here.

Come here,
give me your hands.

All right.

Here.

Feel the surge of blood
under the skin.

- Now, just behind...
- Xena.

You don't have to do this.

I understand why you would never wanna
teach me the pinch.

No.

No, today
more than ever...

I want you to know
what I know.

Please.

Why are you doing this?

Gabrielle...,

if I only had thirty seconds
to live...

this is how I'd want to live them...,

looking into your eyes.

Stop this.

Stop it.

Always remember: I love you.

Why would you teach me this
right now?

I don't understand!

There's nothing to understand.

I just wanted you to know
everything I know.

Let's go,
we got a battle to win.

Wouldn't it be better
if we stayed with Xena?

Xena wants us to lead
a contingent to the east plain.

She said a group of Yodoshi's
archers are gathering there.

TO BE CONTINUED

Subtitles:
Marlon Rocha Lacerda
@marlonrochalegenda (^^V^^)