Air date: September 28, 2004
Hikaru is standing firm at the Rashomon Gate. For the words her brother left to her. For the hopes that her friends entrusted to her. For the prayers of the people of Heian. Her woman's heart, her disguised identity as Raiko, everything is now behind her; and for the first time, Hikaru shoots her arrows to kill.

Script: Yoshiki Sakurai
Storyboard: Mizuho Nishikubo
Director: Junya Koshiba
Animation Director: Masayuki Sato