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(Transcribed by TurboScribe.ai. Go Unlimited to remove this message.) The gods, warlords and kings, a man in

turmoil cried out for a hero.

She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in

the heat of battle.

The power.

Her courage will change the world.

Looking out at the cosmos makes you think

about where we are, where we've been, where

we're going now.

Yeah, I like the bigger now.

I mean Gabrielle, what are we going to

do?

Wander around Greece our whole lives looking for

trouble?

Why don't we go away?

Far away, what do you say?

I can't believe you're awake and just listening

to me.

Let's go south to the land of the

pharaohs.

I hear they're in need of a girl

with a chakra.

You know that there's somebody out there.

Yeah, he's been trying to find us the

past half hour.

Are you alright?

Ah, yes, thank you.

Whoa!

Are you Xena?

Who's asking?

A messenger sent by Kemi.

Kemi, you saw a Kemi?

Several weeks ago.

I was journeying with another month through a

forest near the town of Iguchi.

It started to rain and we sought shelter

at a tea house.

Kenji, not even you could be frightened of

this.

Your Shuji has great dignity and beauty.

I'm blessed with a certainty about what it

means to be a monk.

It was not a steadfastness in his resolve.

Now.

In the tea house I felt the compassion

in your heart.

Don't fear me.

Who is that demon?

The lord of the dark land.

He's preparing an army to wage war in

Iguchi and slaughter the populace.

Honourable 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.

Xena, you must save Iguchi from destruction.

The land of the rising sun.

That's beyond Chen.

I didn't know you were there, Xena.

Yes, I was there.

I was there.

Gabriella, this is not going to be the

trip that I promised you.

But if Akemi calls, I must go.

Wherever you go, I'm by your side.

I knew you'd say that.

The way of the sword is the most

ancient of the warrior's art.

With practise, the samurai develops the sacred virtues

of bravery, self-discipline, and honour.

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...

Gabriella, before we reach Japan, I should tell

you everything that happened there last time.

Many years ago, Perez 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.

Being the kind of person I was then,

the challenge of finding a new land of

plunder was just too much for me.

I had to meet her.

So her dad is rich, you say?

Powerful.

He should pay well for the return of

his sweet daughter.

Come.

Akemi, he's...

Xena, the warrior princess.

You know me?

Oh, yes.

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

Cal 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.

50 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 take the gold.

Shut off the flow of blood to your

brain.

You got 10, 9, 8...

Get it?

I would

have taken the gold.

You know, Barassa, I have a dream.

A dream of conquering every land between here

and Britannia.

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?

She wouldn't lie to me.

She worships her teacher.

What's so funny?

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

Ha-ha.

Now, Kimmy.

Kimmy, I want to show you something.

You're wrong.

Xena would be a great teacher.

I'm ready.

All right.

If someone's coming at you with a right

-left combination, this is what I want you

to do.

You feint back, twist in the direction of

the blow, and then deliver a vicious jumping,

spinning back kick.

Right?

Right, so...

That's right, a left, a feint, a jumping,

swinging...

Jumping, spinning back kick.

All right.

Now I'll be the bad guy.

Lesson one.

Trust no one.

Remember, Xena, I get ten percent of the

ransom.

Good luck, teacher.

Come on, Kimmy.

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 waggon 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 honoured if you would

accept this.

It's really pretty.

It's our script.

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 hoped for even the broken-hearted

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 the kami 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?

Right.

We must visit my grandfather to seek his

blessing.

He's dead, but I can still speak to

him.

Oh, you're talking about moons up your sleeve.

You're playing me for a fool.

I ought to 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're 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 are the sorts

of toys.

Well, then get me one of those.

The great katana lies near you.

But you must know, in our country, women

are forbidden to own katana.

Well, they're just going to have to get

used to it, aren't they?

I come bearing a challenge.

My master wishes to fight you for possession

of the katana, forged from the purest ore

of the Hakuman 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 going to have to

teach me a lesson.

Gimme, gimme.

Ooh!

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 to Kimi.

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.

And 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 cow.

It's a sacred trust.

I would be honoured beyond words...

if you'd teach me that.

You knew her for a few weeks, and

you taught her the pinch.

Sina, in all the time that...

The church is under siege, and there's no

place to duck.

I'm turning back.

I'm with you.

I knew you'd say that.

No!

The katana!

You sent it to the foreign whore!

She's travelling to the city of Haiguchi...

which my army, right now, is destroying.

My general awaits her.

And when he captures Sina and my katana...

she'll lose her head...

to the sting of its blade.

So play.

We've got to release the water from the

tower.

Gabrielle, what would you do?

They used it.

Show me, Gabrielle.

All right,

what's next?

This way!