Yukito, Jump!

**Yukito, Jump!** (幸人、飛んでみろ！, *Yukito, Tonde Miro!*) is the eleventh episode of the *Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds* anime series.

## Synopsis

The Ayaka Islands are safe again thanks to Jingi, but his choice causes ripples of emotions through the island's inhabitants and strife among the Ley Masters. In his despair, Yukito sees a light in the darkness, and makes a decision of his own.

## Plot Summary

The opening scene returns to a past incident in which Jinji takes a fish that Momoko had planned to use to make a meal and eats it himself. Yukito calls him selfish, and Jingi replies that he will live how he wants to until he dies.

Returning to the present scene of the battle between the fire dragon and the water dragon, Yukito's friends wonder about how Yukito can be the water dragon and what will happen to him if he loses the battle against the fire dragon. Haruaki explains that the two dragons are attempting to restore harmony through conflict. Aka asks if Yukito will be able to return, and Haruaki responds that he does not know what kind of spell their master cast on Yukito.

In his dragon form, Yukito apologizes to the fire dragon for leaving. The red eye on the fire dragon's head closes, and Haruaki explains that the corruption clinging to the fire dragon is clearing and re-establishing its circulation with the water dragon, restoring it. Small mitama begin to emerge from the lake of the crater and the dragon forms merge and disperse in a flash of light. Once it is over, Ibara sees Yukito standing over Jingi's body. Yukito is in denial that Jingi is dead.

Mayor Inou receives a call on that the dragon has been pacified and the workers in the office celebrate. Aka and Ibara return to GOZ headquarters where Makita tells them that the members of Akaya Security were successful in combating Ara-mitama. Haruaki returns Yukito to Momoko and explains what happened.

Jinji's funeral begins, and Jingi's friends speculate that perhaps Jingi knew he might die before he went to battle. Inou is seen crying in Jingi's bedroom. Haruaki talks to Aka, who wonders how Jingi learned to cast the spell on Yukito. Haruaki shows Aka the book of their master's notes that Momoko found on Jingi's desk, which mentions the spell that costs the life of the spellcaster. Haruaki suspects that Jinji had been training since their master's death, knowing that it would cost him his life. Haruaki believes Jingi did this so that he and Aka would not be the ones to die.

Haruaki feels guilt that he was unable to do anything to protect others, and he becomes angry at Aka for running away to learn black magic. Aka headbutts Haruaki saying that he does not understand why he turned to black magic. Aka explains that he did so because he was willing to sell his soul to protect others. Haruaki calls him an apostate, and he doesn't care how Aka feels. The three students interrupt the fight between their masters.

Momoko goes to Yukito's room to comfort him. Yukito blames himself for Jingi's death. Momoko hugs him and says that Jingi would not have done what he did unless it was the only way. Yukito goes to the room where Inou is holding vigil over Jingi's body. Yukito comes to believe that Jingi lived his life as he did because he knew he would die. Yukito then grabs Jingi's body in anger, calling him selfish. As he does so, Yukito's eyes flash into blue and he is taken into the golden stream of Ley energy where he seeing Jingi clinging to a giant staff and calling to Yukito to save him. Yukito asks Jingi how he can save him, and Jingi suggests to Yukito that if he is the water dragon, he ought to be able to do something cool to help him.

Yukito returns to his body and believes that he may be able to save Jingi. He asks Momoko to contact Haruaki Kurama and the others to help him. Yukito runs outside, and as he does, a wave of water follows him until Yukito jumps into the wave and turns into the water dragon.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Momoko Amamiya
* Yukito Yanagi
* Jingi Sagawa
* Aka Ibuki
* Haruaki Kurama
* Chatarou Fukawake
* Yako Amano
* Ibara Ichijou
* Sanji Inou
* Taihei Makita