Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians

The night the NUE cried (1x7)

Air date: Nov 16, 2004

Yorihisa is reunited with an old friend, a nue that Yorihisa had tried many times to defeat in his youth but failed each time. When the nue captures Akane, Yorihisa must choose between freeing his old friend that had helped him grow stronger from the demon's curse or forfeit Akane's life.