Why does Haruka fly up to certain death?
This question is referring to the scene where Haruka takes a jet and flies directly in the middle of the RahXephon fight. Why did she do this? There could be many reasons. A few moments before this scene we see that Haruka was about to give up, that apparently she had lost Ayato “forever” this time. But Megumi’s words of encouragement drove Haruka to try anything to get Ayato back. So the most logical thing to do was get a jet and fly directly to Ayato and establish direct contact. Death was certain, but Haruka had to give it a shot. It can be speculated that either Maya brought Haruka to the after-world or Ayato. We’re not really explained how Haruka arrived there. But one thing is for sure, Haruka got to meet Maya and get her blessing and relive an important memory with Ayato. If it wasn’t for Haruka, Ayato would most likely have never realized his true goal for the tuning.