Episode Title:
What Only Clasped Hands Can Create.
Episode Description:
Ryoko is attacked by some American terrorists while working in Finé's mansion, but she fuses with the Nehushtan Armor in a desperate move and kills them. As Chris and Genjuro come across the scene, Genjuro helps Chris understand what her parents fought for. As the Second Division investigate a clue given to them by Chris, Kadingir, a group of large airborne Noise appears over Tokyo Sky Tower, with Chris arriving to assist Hibiki and Tsubasa. Despite some hostility from Chris, Hibiki helps her and Tsubasa get along and together they defeat the Noise. Afterwards, however, Hibiki receives a distressing call from Miku that the academy is under attack by the Noise.