The Nightmare Falls Apart! Raijuuta's Dream.

When Kenshin shouts, everyone listens. The battle between the Shinko Ryuu and the military continues at the Tsukayama mansion. With so many tragic deaths occurring, Kenshin runs in the middle of the fight and shouts at everyone to stop. Immediately, the men do as the rurouni says, but a few need to be reminded that the man talking is the legendary Hitokiri Battousai. Elsewhere, Yutarou wanders the forest area nearby his residence and finds one of the thugs that tried to kidnap him lying helplessly on the ground. The thug struggles to speak, telling Yutarou that what he did a couple days earlier was all set up by Raijuuta. Raijuuta had paid the men off to perform the act so Yutarou would earn Raijuuta's trust, but in the end, he had killed most of them. Those are the man's final words before being slain by Raijuuta himself.

Raijuuta hits Yutarou with the Izuna. Yutarou looks up at his teacher, saying he didn't believe a single word from the thug. Enter the Kenshin Gumi. Raijuuta ignores Yutarou for the moment, surprised that the Battousai is still alive. With one swing of his sword, Raijuuta unleashes his deadly Izuna technique, creating a quake in the ground. Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Sano all jump in separate directions to avoid the attack. The only one that took damage from the Izuna was Kenshin, with only a mere cut on his shirt. Raijuuta prepares repeat his maneuver, and that's when Yutarou realizes something. Bravely, the boy steps in front of his teacher's way and asks that he stop fighting because he was the one who saved his life. Raijuuta has no remorse when he launches the Izuna, cutting Yutarou in his right arm. The Kenshin Gumi all tend to Yutarou as he lies helplessly on the ground. Kenshin thinks quickly and tells Kaoru to take Yutarou back to Doctor Genzai's sister's place with Sano accompanying her. The two leave with haste, while Yahiko is the only one who stays back to watch Kenshin defeat Raijuuta for Yutarou's sake.

Kenshin vs. Raijuuta Kenshin resumes the battle, well aware of how Raijuuta's technique operates. No matter, however, Raijuuta continues to attack Kenshin with his Izuna until it finally scratches the rurouni on his wrist. Now, Kenshin fights seriously. A Do Ryu Sen followed by a Ryu Tsui Sen is all that it takes to knock out Raijuuta. One of the Shinko Ryuu members that had witnessed the battle tries to commit suicide because of Raijuuta's loss, but his attempt is canceled when Kenshin knocks the sword out of his hands. Once again, Kenshin has to speak the words of wisdom, telling the man that he can stay alive and atone for his sins rather than taking the simple way out, death.

What a fiesty pair of youngsters. It was discovered by Megumi that the muscles and nerves in Yutarou's arm were severed, thus, he could never wield a sword again with his right hand. Back home at the Kamiya Dojo, Megumi receives a letter from Yutarou. In it, Yutarou writes that he is going to live with his uncle in Germany, only because he wishes to forget the memories of Japan. At the dock, the Kenshin Gumi meets up with Yutarou and one of his servants escorting him. A handful of farewells are exchanged to Yutarou, who remains quiet. When the boy and his servant walk away to board the boat, Yahiko calls for Yutarou's attention and immediately attacks him with his shinai. Yutarou fights back with his wooden crutch. During this sudden battle, Yahiko tells Yutarou to get over his depression and begin training again, even with his handicap. Yutarou swears that he'll never give up Budo no matter what and promises to beat up Yahiko with his left hand. And so, Tsukayama Yutarou departed for Germany. At the Kamiya Dojo, his name will forever be remembered as it is hung up on the wall of students.