Blue Seed Episode 12

    Episode twelve begins in Tokyo where a giant centipede is crawling through the night - darkened city until it reaches a skyscraper where it then climbs to the top and sheds its skin, leaving the shell hanging around the building.
    The next morning, the TAC are at the site and they are all baffled as to what it could mean, Momiji included, who cannot sense any Aragami activity from it.
    The story switches gears at this point and we see Momiji dressed for gym, walking with her friends and talking. She is being watched by Kusanagi, who laughs softly as she demonstrates her proclivity for klutziness by knocking herself out with a soccer ball.   Momiji sits up and begins to laugh at herself and when she does, Kusanagi is strongly reminded of Kaede, whom he begins to remember.
    Suddenly disturbed, Kusanagi leaves Momiji's school and we see him sitting on the steel girders or a half constructed building, watching the sun set. He is remembering Kaede, but his musings are interrupted when he senses something. Jumping down to the ground, he puts his hand down and feels something moving underground.
    Tracking it, he comes across Murakumo and he confronts him. They do battle and Murakumo tells him that he is beginning to think that the Princess Kushinada thinks too highly of Kusanagi. During the fight Kusanagi suffers some serious damage. and Momiji, who is still at school with her friends, senses that something is wrong, but at this point, she isn't truly certain what it is.
    Later that night, Kusanagi staggers to Momiji's house, bleeding heavily and leans against the tree outside her window, looking up at her and smiling before he passes out. Momiji is sitting, studying for her math test when she senses Kusanagi and knows that something has happened. She goes outside and starts calling his name, and finds him lying on the ground.
    While Kusanagi is unconscious he begins to dream of Kaede. He calls to her and begins to express a desire, but before the thought is complete, he awakens and sits up, staring into Momiji's face. Momiji starts shooting questions at him, which he just ignores, lost in his own thoughts. He dresses, goes to the window and leaves, while Momiji just helplessly watches him.
    He is going after Murakumo again, but his mind is on what Murakumo said to him and he begins to wonder if Kaede is still alive. The night skies over Tokyo begin to blacken with thick clouds as the last centipede skin is hung around a skyscraper to combine with two others to form a perfect triangle and a beam of light is formed, revealing the hidden realm of the Aragami.
    Kusanagi confronts Murakumo once again and they begin to do battle, but this time, the giant centipede is involved and Momiji, who sees them on tv, rushes to Kusanagi's side. Her arrival distracts the centipede which then tries to attack her and she is knocked unconscious.
    Kusanagi saves her from the centipede and deposits her safely upon the ground, and Murakumo speaks, his words once again making reference to another Kushinada. When Kusanagi asks him about it, Murakumo's cryptic reply is that the Kushinada that Kusanagi once knew is gone forever.
    Murakumo then demands to know why Kusanagi continues to fight him. Kusanagi doesn't answer, but instead looks down at Momiji and begins to think about her. Then he laughs and turns to tell Murakumo that his reasons are none of Murakumo's business.
    Murakumo leaves and Kusanagi kills the giant centipede. The episode ends with Momiji awakening in her own bedroom with Kusanagi waiting for her outside. When asked, he confirms that he brought her home and then says, "Didn't I say that I would always protect you." and thinks to himself, 'It's true I always will protect you'.