Chapter 139

Making Up (1) (なかなおり①, Nakanaori) is the first part of the 139th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Mizuha tells Fushi to love her as he backs away unsure of what to do. He tells her he doesn't really get it but he'll do whatever it takes to make her feel better. Mizuha smiles and puts Fushi's hand around her waist in a hug. She tells him to hold her like that to make her feel better. Suddenly, Funa sits up and claps telling them congratulations. Fushi pushes Mizuha behind him and summons a sword towards Nokker Funa. But, he senses something off with Mizuha and backs away from both her and Funa. Mizuha becomes Nokker Mizuha and tells Fushi it's been ages since they last met. She explains that she's the Nokker who resided inside the various leaders of the Guardians. Fushi yells that he hasn't forgotten what happened 500 years ago and Nokker Mizuha says she hasn't either. She tells him she was afraid she wouldn't be able to pass on her memories and knowledge to her next reincarnation. However, when Kahaku died along with her, she was supposed to go the heaven, but Mizuha's wish for death brought her back. With the encouragement of the Nokkers in paradise, the Nokker left and implanted herself inside a plant, then she made her way to Mizuha's left arm. Once inside Mizuha's head, she expanded her roots inside Mizuha's body to be better able to defend itself.

Fushi is furious and says the Nokker did the same thing 500 years ago; pretended to be their ally then attacked them, then Kahaku killed himself because of the Nokker. Nokker Mizuha apologetically tells him she regrets that as she realized that method would never make everyone happy. She informs Fushi the Nokkers will no longer take lives. Fushi then points out she just tried to kill Funa.

Nokker Funa speaks up and tells them Funa wanted to kill herself because things weren't going well between her and her friends. She then says that wishing for death is tantamount to being dead. Nokker Mizuha adds on that Funa had a crush on Fushi which was a major source of stress for Mizuha, so they sent Funa's fye to paradise and entrusted her body to the faithful Nokker that dwelled in it. Fushi replies that they shouldn't have killed her, but Nokker Mizuha tells him that she thinks it was the most logical and peaceful solution: Mizuha was freed from her stress and Funa was sent to a happier place.

Nokker Mizuha then says it's the same for Mizuha's mother. Izumi was Mizuha's source of stress and suffering, so she eliminated her. Fushi speculates that the Nokker Izumi was their way in and that their actual goal is to use the Guardians and increase their followers, even using little kids like Mimori. Nokker Mizuha replies that Nokker Mimori was a bit extreme and she apologizes for that, but they had a goal for using Mimori: to find where Fushi's life is located. Fushi asks if they want to kill him again and Mizuha tells him no, they simply wish to live together with him.