To Your Eternityseason two, episode six, “Heretics Betrayed”, starts right were we left off. Kahaku has just proposed to Fushi, who is kind of following what that means and loosely knows what the concept of marriage entails. As Kahaku enthusiastically states that he’ll gladly teach Fushi, he hugs him while he is in Parona’s form. To Fushi’s surprise, he has to run away and throw up, coming to the realization that Parona herself would not consent to this.
Kahaku follows Fushi and grabs him as the immortal transforms into multiple different people to try and get away. He is chased all the way to Todo’s tent while she is embroidering a new handkerchief. Fushi, in a fury, explains that Parona was tortured and murdered by Kahaku’s ancestor, Hayase -whom his clan of Guardians venerates very much. Fushi holds nothing back in explaining his disgust and frustration with Kahaku, and Kahaku, visibly struggling to compose himself, formally thanks Fushi for sharing this history and, like the other successors of Hayase before him, promises to leave him alone.
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Kahaku Makes Fushi Sick
Prince Bon, having watched the whole thing with coffee and cookies, thereby orders Kahaku to stay away from Fushi while they’re in the city to gather more supporters. While in the city, Prince Bon, in a panic, tries to dissuade the rumors of Fushi being able to bring people back from the dead, knowing that if Fushi finds out how special he is, no one will be able to control him. This city has quite a few Fushi supporters, but there are quite a few anti-Fushi organizations, the prime one being the Church of Bennett.
While taking a break in private, a woman who works for the church approaches him with a warning: Prince Bon will be executed. Since the church cannot capture Fushi, they plan on attacking his supporters instead. She convinces Fushito surrender to capture to avoid the deaths of his friends.
Similarly, while alone and listening to his ghost friends, Prince Bon is threatened by the church as well, by the Supreme Pontiff, Cylira. Cylira states that the church has the kingdom of Uralis in their grasp, and unless Bon cooperates and forsakes Fushi, they will destroy his kingdom. But if hedoescooperate, the church will back him on his ascension to the throne.
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Riddled by guilt, Bon agrees to stand aside as Fushi is captured. He doesn’t know that Kahaku had been standing in an alleyway, hidden. He and Todo agree torally the people to save Fushi, and draw a large crowd to the stage Prince Bon had been singing Fushi’s praises on.
Bon finds them and gets into an argument with Todo, pushing her down, and drawing the attention of one of the city leaders. Seeing how upset the people are with Fushi’s capture, he demands that the Church of Bennett give absolute proof of Fushi’s heresy. Cylira challenges Fushi to prove his power works in accordance to God’s will and bring back a church official who died two days ago.
Bon in, understandably, freaking out and tries to either warn Fushi about his ability or still try to keep in a secret, but Fushi tries anyway. To Bon’s complete surprise, Fushi fails to revive this man, stuck in the form of his corpse. With the city’s permission now, the Church of Bennett issue the arrests of Prince Bon, Todo, and Kahaku. Todo is stabbed by one of the guards, Bon refuses to leave with Kahaku to stay by her side. It ends with Bon, Todo, andFushi being captured, and Kahaku the only one free.
Fushi Fails His Test
Bon wakes up without his armor - which he comments was his grandfathers - and completely panics over his state of imprisonment: suspended in a cage above a ravine. The cage is divided in two, with Todo imprisoned on the other side, having survived the stab wound because it hit her embroidery and thread. Bon is left with his ghosts before she wakes up, bemoaning his own allegiance with the church, and his own hand in manipulating Fushi.
Fushi is awoken by the Beholder alone in an iron box with the Beholder commenting on his imprisonment. Fushi gets the rundown from him and resolves to escape in order to rescue his friends.He shifts into Guguto use his fire against the seam, but he slowly starts becoming weaker. He frantically shifts to Tonari and still suffers, but he at least knows now he’s not being poisoned. The Beholder comments that his body isn’t getting something he needs, implying that Fushi is suffocating.
Fushi and the Beholder argue about whether Fushi could just wait out the church or not, but Fushi demands to free his friends because, even though everyone dies, those who do deserve to do it satisfied, so they can smile like Tonari before they go.
Even though he resolves to escape, the top of the cage suddenly opens and molten hot iron is poured inside, burning Fushi alive over and over as he dies and comes back. The Beholder starts counting to see how long it takes the iron to harden.
