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| - Ao, shocked that he is seeing his father, Renton, for the first time in his life, attempts to punch him, but is held back by Ivica, who asks Renton about Eureka's situation. Renton explains that the Scub Coral, aiming to avoid the Limit of Questions, sought a way to travel between universes and used Quartz to achieve this. Renton speculates that Eureka must have turned herself into Quartz when she attempted to dispose the collection of Quartz, and she wished to only be transported to a different time and place, which caused her to be unable to materialize at a particular destination. Ivica and Rebekah tell him about the Quartz Gun and it's ability to alter the course of history when it's used. Ao, however, tells him that there is only enough charge for one shot and its what he's been looking for, just as Eureka said. On the island of Okinawa, Renton thanks Toshio for taking care of Eureka and Ao. Ao asks his father what he's been doing while his mother was missing for 10 years. Renton says that to him, she has been gone for a short time, and asks Ao if he likes soccer. Meanwhile, everyone from Generation Blau, mainly Hannah, is questioning whether or not Renton is another threat to them. Ivica assures everyone that Renton is Eureka's husband and Ao's father, therefore he is not a threat. Back at the Fukai residence, Renton and Ao play soccer. Renton explains that Eureka used the Gekko to travel to Ao's world after learning that the Scub Coral had travelled deep into the world's past. In the year 12006, following the events from the end of Eureka Seven, the Scub Coral arrived in the future of Ao's world but their appearance triggered the appearance of the Secrets, which were produced naturally to prevent the Scub Corals' invasion. The Scub Coral began traveling to different timelines to escape from the Secrets, but Secrets pursued the Scub Coral through their holes in time, causing the Scub Bursts. In the future of Ao's world, mankind would be extinct because of this. Eventually, the Secrets considered Renton and Eureka as enemies as well (possibly due to Eureka being a Coralian). While pregnant with Ao, they arrived in the future of Ao's world in preparation for his birth, but they were attacked, and in order to save Eureka and the baby, Renton forced her to enter the pillar of light to be transported to another time with less trapar, telling her that he would stay and kill all the Secrets and he didn't want her to kill her own kind, the Scubs. Renton tells Ao that Eureka gave birth to him soon afterwards and did everything she could to keep him safe. Calling him "Dad" for the first time, Ao asks Renton why he's trying so hard to destroy the Scub Coral, to which Renton replies that its his responsibility as an adult; he and Eureka had fought to protect the Scub and unwillingly caused the Scub Bursts to happen, and therefore, he needs to correct their mistake. After kicking the ball hard at Ao, Renton leaves, telling Ao that he's going back to the future, entering the Nirvash and taking the Quartz Gun with him. Ao tries to chase after his father before Toshio pulls him aside to tell him something as Renton flies off with the Quartz Gun. Afterwards, Ao still decides to go because he still thinks Renton is wrong about destroying the Scub. Using the Nirvash Neo, Ao catches up with his father, who is impressed by Ao's flying skills. Renton apologizes to Ao, who tells him not to. Renton says he will use the Quartz gun to destroy the first Scub Coral in the world, erasing it from all the timelines and returning everything to normal. Ao angrily tells him that there is only one shot left and is worried of what will happen to his mother due to her being in limbo between worlds. Renton says that Eureka is prepared for the outcome, and father and son begin to battle in each of their Nirvash over the Quartz Gun. Truth speaks to Ao, having become the archetype of the Nirvash Neo. Renton angrily attacks the Nirvash Neo, demanding to know why it has an archetype and tells Ao to get out of the Nirvash. Ao fires back at his father and the Quartz Gun is dropped, which begins to fly high into the sky and they pursue it. Renton tells Ao to not interfere. Ao says that Toshio told him about his sister, shocking Renton. In the earlier conversation, Toshio revealed to Ao that his sister, Amber, turned to stone and died when she was 3 months old; in a high trapar density environment, the human and Coralian cells in the baby rejected each other. When Eureka became pregnant with Ao, Renton decided their son had to be raised in a world with less trapar, and chose the world Ao lives in now, which Eureka discovered by accident, so that he would survive. They tried to destroy any Scub Coral that did exist in Ao's world in order to protect him. As Renton cries over the memory of him and Eureka burying their daughter, Ao cries and thanks his father for sacrificing so much to keep him alive but tells him that it isn't right because Naru is infected by the Scub Coral and wonders what will happen to those infected if the Scub Coral s destroyed. Renton says that if they've merged with the Scub Coral, they might disappear. Ao angrily replies that erasing something that's wrong doesn't make it right, and every young life is still a life. Renton says that Ao will turn to stone if the Scub Coral continues to exist in this world, but Ao says that he grew in this world and he wants to protect it. He flies ahead, grabbing the Quartz Gun and heading to the pillar of light, planning to save his mother. Fleur, having heard everything from the Triton, tearfully begs Ao not to go and asks if he was lying when he said they were like a family. The communication is cut off before Ao can reply back. Ao travels 10 years into the past, when Eureka disappeared with the Quartz. He arrives just before she was supposed to vanish, and she happily embraces him. Ao asks her how she knows its him because he would be 2 years old in that point in time. She says that she remembered when he rescued her the first time she arrived in his world, and when she was returning to her world, the degraded Nirvash Neo, with Ao piloting it, told her he is her son, hence how Renton knew Ao's name. She asks why he didn't tell her sooner, and Ao says she wouldn't have believed him and she was pregnant with his sister back then. Renton arrives, and Ao tells Eureka to go with Renton, as he will send them back to their time. Eureka refuses to leave Ao, and Ao says he knows it was hard for her to kill her own kind but she and Renton did so in order to protect him. She says that's not entirely true because someone once told her that she was being selfish for falling in love with Renton and having children, and therefore they have to take responsibility for everything that has happened. Ao tells his parents that they have had to sacrifice themselves for his sake and he believes he was born to free them from their curse of making sacrifices. Eureka cries, and Renton comforts her as he starts to cry, too. As they part ways, Renton gives Ao his old ref board and says the sacrifices he made to protect him were worth it, calling Ao "son". Ao then absorbs all the Quartz with the Quartz Gun. With his parents in the Nirvash close by, Ao vows to save the future they chose, and fires the Quartz at the Secrets, destroying them and erasing them from all timelines. Ao is briefly knocked unconscious, but when he comes to, he sees his parents' Nirvash and a different Earth; one in balance with Coral and the moon with his parents' names carved into it. Ao is embarrassed and amazed of how much his parents love each other before going unconscious again and disappearing. Two years later, Ao (with long hair) is revealed to have been traveling in different timelines before arriving in the year 2027. Truth tells him that because he changed history three times, no one will likely remember him and it will be difficult for Ao to live a normal life if he is forgotten, and he had said goodbye to his parents forever when he returned them to their world. Ao, however, says its okay because his problem is nothing compared to what his mother went through in order to raise and protect him. Using his father's old ref board, Ao departs from the Nirvash and bids farewell to Truth, promising that they will meet again someday as he watches them disappear to continue wonder through time. He then travels back to Earth's surface to resume his life.
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