.: Tenshi Kinryouku :. Tenshi Kinryouku [Angel Sanctuary] :: Yuki Kaori VOLUME 4 :: translated by kamiya shuusai :: :: volume 03 :: SC 1 :: SC 2 :: SC 3 :: SC 4 :: SC 5 :: SC 6 :: volume 05 :: Digital Angel volume 04 section 01 kira : [dad... dad... is he alright? he should be out of tokyo by now! (climbing out of the ruined police station) yes! from the looks of it, he finally understands... he couldn't possibly stay in tokyo... couldn't possibly... (his father lies in the wreckage)] damn it! dad! wake up! you stupid human! why? text : it's a dream... yes! (setsuna kiss sara) I'm in the midst of a nightmare. Angel Sanctuary - Assiah Act IV : Good Bye Mother, Part 1 father (hurt) : sakuya? are... you alright... sakuya... kira (shock) : huh... fool! why didn't you go to hokkaido? father : I went... (bleeding, really hurt) but I turned around on the way. I had a feeling... that if I left... I'll never see my son again. it upset me so much to the point where I can't go on anymore. it was so unlike me, I didn't contact the company, and just took a taxi back here. sakuya, do you remember? (flashback to little sakuya) you've completely changed after the car crash... you don't smile and you don't talk... all the doctors told me you went into depression because you witnessed your mother's death. although I worried, I though... even if you've changed, it's still alright! as long as we create a much more beautiful memory together from now on. so I believe that you're my son, a new life that your mother gave up hers to save... we fought and lived for 11 years... my only son. and no matter how you reject me, or defy me... (young kira always fighting with his dad) I can see the pain deep in your eyes... as your father, I knew long ago... you're pleading for help? kira (moment of realization) : [yes, i... was always in pain! I never paid attention... to living a normal life, and loving those around you... at the same time... I didn't realize I was suffocating from the pain I caused by my own constant lies... text (kira crying) : I couldn't understand love, nor pain, nor being loved, and I couldn't understand the meaning of human tears... I didn't even realize the desire I've always had to become human someday-- kira (holding his dad) : no, dad... no... don't close your eyes! setsuna! wake up! listen to my voice! are you planning... to abandon me? SETSUNA! text (setsuna flying toward a ball of light) : who? who's calling me... why are you calling me? stop it! a world without sara... doesn't mean anything to me! setsuna : [I don't want that world! I don't want it! (inside the light) where am I...] (touch someone) sara? is that sara? (staring right into kira's face) kira (setsuna's hand still on his cheek) : who are you calling sara? setsuna (shock, jump back) : AH-- kira senpai! (they are in an empty classroom, kira looks different... sophisticated with glasses, unlike his usual careless self...) kira (sweatdrop) : [so rude... (close his book) what?] you told me you have a math makeup tomorrow, and asked me to tutor you, so I skipped the student union meeting to come here, and you're sleeping like a pig, great! setsuna (startle) : [sleep... then... everything was only... a dream?] kira (turn around) : oh, just in time! this kid's been calling your name in his dream! sara (at the door) : in his dream... setsuna : [how is this possible?] ! sara : then you fell asleep again, setsuna! (mad) setsuna : s... sara! n...no... [it was a dream?] y... you just... my sister sara... did... sara (confused) : sister? (pissed off) why did you say I was your sister? are you stupid? or maybe you've been treating me like that for the last half a year we've been dating? setsuna (got beat up) : [dream... it was all a dream? yes... we... are two completely unrelated people, half a year ago, she became my girlfriend.] sara (sticking her tongue out) : eh-- setsuna (revelation, and bang, push sara on a table) : great! sara, I love you-- (kiss) sara : ahhh---- wait! come one-- what's wrong with you? (get up) kira (calm, drinking tea?) : don't mind me! go on! please go on! [pretend I'm furniture or something! (sara has a hand in setsuna's face) huh? it's over already?] setsuna (sweatdrop) : [I was only kidding...] kira (look out the window) : hey! katou! (hand over a bag) hey, you dropped something! you shouldn't be selling drugs in class. katou (grab the bag) : ah-- (vein) lower your voice! anyway, it's none of your business! moron! (scream at setsuna) huh? what are you looking at, freshman? youji : come on, let's go already! setsuna (shock) : [they're still alive... everyone... is alive... this is reality!] sara : hey, kira senpai, your missing a button. kira : oh, yes. (look down) sara : give it to me! I'll sew it on. kira (taking off his shirt) : thank you. setsuna : senpai, your wound... kira : huh, this? (he has a long wound on his chest) I got it when I was seven in the car crash that killed my mom... if it wasn't for her that protected me, I would've been dead. sara : oh, really... setsuna : that... is not a blood mark? kira : huh? blood mark? what are you talking about, mudou? setsuna : nothing... that must be the dream... [the kira senpai who's smart, gentle, and loves to read, this guy really is kira senpai... (kira with a sweet smile) but, I noticed that senpai never smiled so gently before.] kira : [mudou...] setsuna : and he's never called me by that name. I just feel that... something is wrong... (after school) ruri (smile) : sara, are you going now? sara : ruri! setsuna : [sara's best friend!] ruri : it's cool to be always with a boyfriend! setsuna : [was she always this audacious? sara (wink) : just a while ago, I heard some rumors about you and some guy! setsuna : oh, you're wearing contacts? you look better this way... [huh?] ruri (blush) : uh! setsuna : [I think I said that before...] ruri (wave) : c... come on! don't pick on me. (leave) I'm going! bye. setsuna : [this is reality... (look up, that big ball that kurai threw on him before somewhere in vol 1 is still in one piece) yes... angels and demons... don't really exist...!] sara (hit him with her book bag) : what have you been mumbling all this time!? setsuna (getting hit) : AHH-- (still a little scared...) sara... what are you mad about? sara : i... I'm not mad! [you're just seeing things!] setsuna : [look at your eyes...] sara : look better in contacts? setsuna's saying that to everyone. setsuna : you're getting mad over such trivial things... sara : forget it! I know ruri's cuter than me! (leave) setsuna : hey... (freeze when he sees the scene where her blood spills on him, suddenly embrace sara from behind) sara (drop her book case) : uh... setsuna (look so sad) : don't leave... I don't want to be separated from you again! I had such a sad dream... so long... so long and so real... even though there were happy moments... the last scene was so sad. in that world, you're not my girlfriend... but my sister. but we're still in love... and when people found out, it ends in tragedy. it was a forbidden love. mother... and school... the pain was real... until I almost killed myself... kira : [setsuna...!] setsuna : ! (sense something, look around) ...? sara : then what? setsuna : and then... we decided to elope to a far away place... sara (running into him) : ah-- setsuna : we were finally together, free. sara : then the ending should be happy? [should be?] setsuna : but then... you protected me from the people after me... you protected me... sara : setsuna? (look up) setsuna : no... nothing... sara (touch setsuna's face) : setsuna... don't worry. it's only a dream! the nightmare-- is over. kira : [setsuna!] setsuna (look around) : s... strange. where's the pendant senpai gave me? [and earrings...] sara : senpai? he never gave you something like that! setsuna : no... it should be here... it's... something really important! (look for it) that's... senpai's life... sara (wave her hand in his face) : setsuna... what are you talking about? setsuna (spots the ring on her hand) : the... the ring... sara : huh? damn! you forgot? (smile) this is the very first ring you ever gave me! see! it's a red stone! it doesn't break easily. look! isn't it pretty? (setsuna suddenly stand up) setsuna? what's wrong? setsuna : no... text : it broke... (red stone pieces falling) setsuna : that is... not the ring I gave you... text : flying... red pieces... setsuna : the one I gave you broke... sara (smile) : don't say it... as long as you don't say it, you can stay here forever... text : so red... so red... setsuna : I do... want to stay here, I want to stay with you. sara (hug setsuna) : then do it! no one will pick on us here, no one will interfere! we can always stay here... and live happily. setsuna : I will be so happy... if that's possible... but someone is calling me... sara : no more... setsuna... please no more... setsuna : because this... is not reality. (push her away) and you are not the real sara. (crying, yet firm) you're only an image I created--- an illusion in my dream... (sara looks so sad, she's crying, but her image and all the surrounding world breaks apart and disappears, setsuna is still crying. that dream world disappearing) text : even though I knew it was an illusion... I still want to stay there with you forever! but... I must fight, because... someone is calling me. kira : [setsuna!] (sitting with his father's body, bleeding) setsuna! answer me! (his wounds are still bleeding) I'm still injured... seems like you're the only one who can heal them... would I die... here? that was unexpected... maybe it's better that way... hahah... setsuna : no way! (kira looks up) are you leaving me alone? senpai! I awoke from my dream because of your voice... (setsuna standing before kira with his wings, tears flowing down his cheeks, and he's holding sara's body.) kira : setsuna! end of Good Bye Mother, part 1 top volume 04 section 02 Angel Sanctuary - Assiah Act IV : Good Bye Mother, Part 2 text : rest in peace. in that moment that life withered, was it painful? were you scared? you cold palm holds tight like a bloom, your scarlet lips and hair flying in the wind, made me wonder if it's all a dream, with your pain, speak your last words, end my life! please take me with you! (kurai flying over tokyo on the dragon.) kurai : damn it! isn't anyone alive... [god... please let me see some signs of life! ruined city and piles of corpse... just reminds me of the frightening past!] (find setsuna and kira) ! over there! (spots sara lying on the ground) [sara!] (dragon lands) setsuna! (setsuna looks so sad) setsuna... h... how did this happen... setsuna : ...... I don't know... [sara... even though I knew I would be involved in this, I still chose you and harmed many people. your death...] text : if it's heaven's punishment, then what should I do? setsuna : no... i... I don't want to end it this way! [I just want to see her smile, that's all. i... I only want her smile--] (he hangs on to kira for comfort, and kira's blood drips on him) setsuna (look up) : sempai... you're really hurt... oh yes... the pendant you gave me was cracked from that explosion of energy... (take it out) isn't it directly linked to your body... I'm sorry... I'll restore it at once! kira : setsuna... you recognize me now? setsuna : um... in my dream just now... I remembered... (healing the stone) adam : no! setsuna : ! (shock... everyone is shocked... light appears from above, it's the image of adam kadmon again) setsuna : [he appeared in the abandoned factory last time... the angel with three pairs of wings!] adam : my child, alexiel's reincarnation, mudou setsuna! I'm the ruler of all spirits from the distant past, the first and last saint... my name is serafuita. setsuna : [that light... I felt so much memory and gentleness in that light back then... the voice that rings in my head, a genderless and incredible presence...] kurai : adam kadmon! I heard about him... he's the highest existence ever created by god! he disappeared in the ancient times, the only legendary angel who can use the time magic... adam : boy, break that stone, send the cursed spirit free back to the earth, it's the only way to destroy that man! text : the holy sword alexiel broke to seal rociel... a conscious holy sword that received the power of rebirth from rociel's blood. adam : he's fallen to assiah searching for the reincarnation of his master ever since, and spent his days combining his spirit with human flesh. kira is... (kira smiles) nanatsusaya mitamanotsurugi! setsuna : I remember that part already! but... why must I kill senpai? adam : why? even though the sword was called the holy sword, have you ever wondered why it was sealed deep in heaven? it has killed hundreds of thousands of people, including its masters and became a demon sword. it's a two sided blade that will harm its master... other than alexiel, anyone who wields it becomes insane from its powers and finally end their own life... he can't feel the pain of living... the only touch of life comes at the moment he spills someone's blood. his truth body is that crystal, that cold hard inorganic spirit... that's his true nature, he is the sword! no matter how much he disguises himself, he'll never become a human. (kira looks kinda sad) once again, he will bring disaster! I don't want to put you in any danger right now. you... do want to save this world? setsuna : save... what can I do? adam : there's only one way... i've retracted time to before the world collapsed... immediately after that girl died and your powers awakened, I'll freeze time. freeze earth's time to before tokyo fell. text : I'm trapped inside the etenamenki in atziluth, this is only my spiritual image's projection. before my powers weaken and earth's time starts again to lead to destruction, someone must defeat god's army of angels and rescue me, before god realizes my betrayal. adam : the only one who's capable of this is the reincarnation of the dead organic angel alexiel and the inheritor of her powers and spirit... in the words of the black silent prophecy, the not human yet not angel messiah... mudou setsuna! only you can do it! setsuna : don't make up other people's destiny! I'm only a normal high school student... c... can I really accomplish such a feat? and... you returned time to after sara died... why...? why not before she died? adam : she must die! setsuna! we've been waiting so long for this, in the year 1999 when god sleeps, the messiah is born... if you died then, it was the end of the world, and unless your most loved one dies, your powers wouldn't be awakened! setsuna (shock) : [sara... must die?] adam : we're running out of time... first destroy the evil nanatsusaya mitamanotsurugi... bury it with your own hands! (setsuna turn around and stare at kira, kira smiles) kira : setsuna... kill me! do as he says! this body never would've lasted this long anyway. I've never stayed in one body for this long... and I've learned many interesting things along the way, but, it's time to return this body and father... to the real sakuya... adam : are you willing to risk the world for a human imitation? do it now! just know that this world is the most important, you're the true messiah, you can do it! setsuna (startle) : [save the world? the world with so many sad memories... but, under all those pain, there's probably so many precious memories that I lost! is this world really so cruel to me? the warm hands that held the insignificant me... belonged to the people of this world.] kira (smile) : kill me... to protect your world! (setsuna glares at him, takes the stone pendant and puts it back together) kira (healing) : ! adam : ! kira : the wounds... are gone! setsuna : in my dream... I saw the senpai without that blood mark, but he's not real! I want to save this world, to me, that's the world with the real senpai. you father... must be worried about you! kira (smile) : hn... yes... yes! setsuna (determination) : by the way, adam kadmon! where's sara's spirit... right now? adam : hades... it's the graveyard for all the dead. setsuna : then, I'll go and find sara's sprit. just tell me how, and I'll do it. kurai (shock) : you... what are you saying!? how can you do something that stupid? it's impossible to revive a dead human! setsuna : how do you know if you haven't tried? kurai (pissed off) : I just do, moron! setsuna : don't worry, I'll get back safely. [though I really can't be sure...] kurai : no way! alexiel said that she would come back too, but she never did... rather than worrying about someone else, think about yourself first! Think if you are not a fool! (sad) idiot... (sob) setsuna : ...... you... are a sweet and attractive girl. (smile, pat her) kurai : setsuna... setsuna : kurai, you probably haven't figured out yet, I'm a very stubborn guy who keeps my promise no matter what happens! (smile) I believe that anything is possible with a strong will. maybe I really am a fool! kurai (hug him) : idiot~~~! you super, super idiot--! setsuna : hey, adam kadmon! I'm not all powerful like alexiel, I'm a very stubborn boy! I won't give up my loved ones or friends because of danger or impossible circumstances. if I'm the true messiah, I wouldn't abandon my people and this world! right? (adam kadmon stares at him for a moment, and a small dagger appears in setsuna's hands from the pendant) setsuna : [it looks different...] adam : nanatsusaya, stab setsuna's heart with your body. setsuna would fall in a state of temporary death, where his spirit will be able to leave his body. but if it does not return after seven days, or the dagger was removed... then he really will die, and his spirit won't be able to return! do you still want to do this? setsuna (cheerful) : of course, I'll come back with sara's spirit! and then we can fight those bastard angels! kira (sweatdrop) : ... this guy... setsuna : come on... senpai, do it. kira (holding the dagger) : you better come back... [you want me to kill you, you want me to repeat that same past? you're so heartless!] I'm tired of searching for you! setsuna : ... right! kurai (kira grabs the dagger) : SETSUNA! (setsuna smile) (he gets stabbed, blood spills, and he falls back.) text : go to hades... maybe you can do it. something that even alexiel couldn't do, maybe you can... adam : [then experience it for yourself, everything that will happen from now on, the rules of the world, the attitude, and the truth. find your disciples, those who will protect you, who will fight with you, they may be humans, demons or angels, they exist in every kind! become the essence of their hope! my wonderful children! please forgive me. for making you face such difficult fates. I will always be watching over you!] text : I pray that the world I love will be peaceful and happy forever! (in another unknown dimension, katan lying on a floating rock) katan : [...? this place... (look at himself) i... I thought I died...] (someone steps on him) AHH! rociel : you can still feel pain? isn't it better just to die, katan? (half of katan's body is MESSED UP, looks somewhat more like a skeleton) I didn't know you were so stupid, stupid enough to actually go to the place where the messiah awakens! if I didn't save you, you won't even have limbs left, just like kirie. katan, why? why do you disobey me? (hit him) katan, why did you risk your life to help kirie? katan : ! rociel : did you find out my true purpose? (katan coughs blood) hahah... heh... katan, does it hurt? katan (in pain) : ...! yes! enough to die... rociel : that's right! actually, don't you rather die? kirie (stares at rociel) : kirie... was so stubborn... she worked so hard, just to make you happy, watching her efforts... it reminds me of myself before. rociel : heh... but I think this is enough, I'll give you one more chance. (take out a feather) katan... (it turns into a pill) swallow this, and you'll recover immediately! or do you want me to feed you like last time? come... open your mouth. katan : ha... haha... hahahah... ahahahah... ahahahahahah! (crying but smiling) finally... finally... you're going to kill me... rociel sama. rociel (startle) : what are you talking about? katan... I said, you'll live if you eat this! katan (touch rociel's face) : poor guy... I really can't abandon you and leave alone... yes... (smile) because you need me! when I eat that pill, my body can regenerate, but that person is no different than all the angel puppets you control, my mind will be controlled, until I am an obedient machine! kill the real me, and the only man loyal to you in this whole world will also disappear. the noble rociel sama... the most beautiful angel! everyone in atziluth is fascinated with your brilliance... but... rociel : shut... katan : you're really more pathetic than anyone... rociel sama... rociel : shut up! eat this thing obediently! you're not allowed to have your own mind! because you never follow my orders! katan : uh! (rociel force the pill down. katan eats it but in the meantime bit rociel's finger. and then he falls asleep) rociel : I'm beautiful? (the messed up half of katan's body immediately begins to regenerate electric wires) you don't know anything! my body... is made from such disgusting filth! i... (part of katan's face is already being reconstructed) I am god's waste, katan! the most honorable waster in this world... that's my true appearance... katan... you were born in my hands, my only beautiful thing... [innocent, pure, and just... you were so adorable when you admired me. I just wished... that you wouldn't be like me!] but... your hands... were stained with human blood... it's your fault... you should've returned to heaven... then you wouldn't have been like this! (crying, holds katan's hand) that's right... I won't tolerate your disobedience... I won't allow you to die by yourself! (kiss his palm) don't leave me alone... I won't allow it... katan! (arakune arrive on the streets of tokyo where everything is frozen) arakune : tokyo... returned... to normal! w... what's going on? why has time stopped? (someone watching from above) h... how did this happen? kurai! where are you? michael : heh! (arakune finds kurai and the rest of the people, setsuna is lying on kira's lap) arakune : he... he's dead? kira : no! like orpheus, he went to find his bride in hades. for such a long time, I've been searching for him... until I don't even remember who I am anymore. however, waiting is more painful... text : resist! kira : but waiting is still painful... kurai : but all we can do is wait, I was about to say "only god knows"... but I guess even god wouldn't know this... arakune : kurai... kurai (wipe away the tears) : seems like god's pretty stupid too! (smile) text : you can mock-- those who resist their fate... even if they can't win, they will still fight, because to give up is an act of betrayal. kurai : ha! god, if setsuna comes back, you better get ready! (the finger aimed at heaven) it's very dangerous to enrage a group of stubborn fools! text : kill each other-- scream at the top of our lungs, kill at free will and stain the earth! our century, from that time on... begins! GAME OVER or CONTINUE end of Good Bye Mother, part 2 top volume 04 section 03 text : --the rebel of death and rebirth, this is the prelude of your era-- Angel Sanctuary - Hades Act I : Beneath the Mask, Part 1 text : oh my beautiful bride, my lovely Eurydice! I've lost you! the ruler of the underworld Hades and his queen Persephone heard the lyre master orpheus, his sigh of lost love and the tragic music he made. it was so full of sorrow... so painfully mourning... the people of Hades, their king and their queen, all agreed to return orpheus's bride back to earth. on the long returning voyage, orpheus was not allowed to turn around and look at his wife behind him, however he has still broken the taboo. Eurydice covered her face, gave a little painful cry, and fell to the bottom of darkness! (eurydice covering her face and tears flowing down her cheek... *or is that a him?*) text : --fell to the bottom of darkness-- (setsuna floating unconsciously) text : --guest-- voices : come, come over here! the child of light! but he's not fully developed yet, too young, and not fully awaken either... amazing... I've never seen such beautiful light! there's still time! still time! text : we've always been in the deep silence, waiting for this moment. enra ou : we have developed you just for a time like this! you have grown! it's time now for you to use your powers. go! (a cross appears) this... I've taught you how to use it. its true power only works once. chose carefully. it will decide your destiny! the path you take is completely up to you. watch your step. guide (some guy in a hood) : yo, old men, how many times do you have to echo that in my mind? don't tell me you're senile. enra ou : that's one of the wheels. with a creaking mechanic sound, it will always be turning... (the guide leaves) but it really is going too slow. until this world weeps again on the day of rebirth-- text : earth right now-- is in a temporary slumber. (in heaven...) sevotharte : on the judgment day of 1999, this planet should accept the end of their world! but strange things have happened, assiah's every nation and city has been frozen, in complete silence. "who did this?" "why did this happen?" I think all you high ranking angels should know already... the one who has so much power... and controls the lost time magic from the ancient times... there is only one. "how was it achieved?" there is only one possible answer. that supposedly disappeared holy hermit adam kadmon... Serafuita. that man from an unknown shadow, has stopped the destruction of assiah! text : atziluth (etenamenki)-- araboth-- (in the palace, all the high ranking angels are there attending one of sevotharte's meetings...) angels : do you mean adam kadmon? lord prime minister! the angel serafuita is still alive? how is that possible? (zaphkiel is very quiet, just listening to everyone else) sevotharte : you fools, so do you finally understand the seriousness of the situation? this is the presence of a great threat to atziluth, in an emergency, I ordered the immediate gathering of all chief angels... and how dare some people openly ignore the orders... there must be a very good reason... deputy chief virtue?! barbiel : uh, lord sevi, our chief virtue raphael sama is not feeling very well... sevotharte : hm... the healer is sick? barbiel : [ohohohoh...] of course! this is raphael sama we're talking about! I think he got a little too tired after all those women! sevotharte (seriously mad) : do you have a better explanation than that? I should consider your comment as violating filthy speech regulations... (point his cane in her face) as you insult the name of a high ranking angel? barbiel : m... my mistake... (sweating) [this guy can't take a joke!] sevotharte (take back his cane) : nevermind! at least you are better than the other guy who doesn't even send an assistant! dubbiel : do you mean michael sama? however... if he shows up, nothing will be able to be accomplished... (metatron suddenly shock) he only disrupts the meetings! anyhow, the main focus of this recent incident has been identified as that fallen angel... alexiel's reincarnation, mudou setsuna! (someone appearing from the other end of the hall) because some officer killed his sister, his power explodes with his anger and cause tokyo to collapse... this is all we've been able to find out. we can't tell if he's still alive... perhaps his human body couldn't stand the energy emitted from his own body and self destructed... metatron : sevi... sevi! (very upset) SEVI---! (grab on to sevotharte) he's coming... (door slam open) guard (rush in) : lord prime minister sevotharte! I apologize for disrupting the meeting! sevotharte : what's wrong!? guard : we've just received a report... that... inorganic angel rociel sama who was supposedly sealed in the war of heaven and hell... has appeared in Atziluth! sevotharte : fool! look behind you! guard : ! (a man stands in the shadow behind him) guard : u... uahhhh! rociel (smile) : move... (knock the guard out several feet) guard : wahhhh! angels : ! rociel (smile) : long time no see... all you choir chiefs. metatron and sevotharte... (metatron still clinging on to sevi) thank you for guarding my throne for me during my absence... I really appreciate it. angels : r... rociel sama! rociel : let me continue that report, mudou setsuna is not dead, I can still a slight life force in him. his spirit has only been separated from his body! I can feel it! no matter how many times she's reborn, she is always my other half, an irreplaceable soul... but right now she should be a human, setsuna's spirit is heading for... zaphkiel : hades... rociel : that's right! the sacred resting grounds for human souls that even angels and demons cannot intrude! except one man... that last of the seven archangels, the angel of death, uriel! text : ......... (setsuna floating around) rociel : the bottomless pit... the endless labyrinth of darkness and isolation-- that is death! text : where... is this? how long have I been here? it's so dark around me... so quiet... not a sound... setsuna : [light... I want some light... huh? strange... I can't move my hands! hands... the numbness... no! my feet too! my body... my body is dumb!] text : w... what's going on? no... impossible! setsuna : [my eyes can't see, and my ears can't hear?] text : I don't have a body! then... if I'm like this--- can't see and can't hear, lying here alone? will I be like this forever? how did that happen? i... I don't want... setsuna (reach out a hand) : [I don't want to!] guide : your ears should be working! setsuna : [just now... a voice broke through the darkness!] guide : start thinking! your hands can move now! say something! setsuna (open his mouth) : uh! voice... guide : you eyes will be able to see! (setsuna opens his eyes and there's a guy in a hood in front of him) guide : what's your name? setsuna : [I can see..] huh? [I really can see...] name? [this place...] guide : are you still half asleep? heh! (kick setsuna's butt) setsuna (mad) : hey... what the hell are you doing? asshole--! guide : at least it's ok that you know it hurts, now tell me your stupid name! [everyone said it was stupid...] setsuna : what the fuck does my name has to do with you? [shut up, at least it's not worse!] I'm mudou setsuna! go take it out on my stupid old man! guide (relax) : fine! now that you are awake, you moron! setsuna (confused) : [oh yea, i... I died because I came after sara... then this place is...] enra ou : the messenger of light, welcome! our messiah! this is Hades... the kingdom of the dead. (enra ou looks kinda weird... he's a big statue with all these faces, behind setsuna) setsuna : huh--- what's that! all those faces... it's gross! faces : heheh... so rude. but he's pretty cute. enra ou : ever since humans existed on earth, we've been ruling Hades, I am the materialization of a higher spiritual existance. I'm known as the ruler of Hades, enra ou! setsuna : which means... you're the head of this place? then I got a question! [for the guy with the biggest head.] I'm here to find someone! please tell me if you know anything! her name is mudou sara, she's... my sister. (the guide seems shocked) enra ou : you came here just to find your dead sister? what a messiah, it took a lot of guts! but it was very stupid! fool! unfortunately, her spirit is no longer under our guard. setsuna : ! enra ou : she was taken away. at the center of Hades, there's a giant tree named Yggdrasil, a man lives there, he is the guardian of the gate to hell. setsuna : the guardian of the gate to hell... what the hell is that? guide : Hades is the land of after death, people gather here to clear their minds of evil. and from their results, they will be sent to either the gates of hell or heaven. the guardian guards the door to hell, he's the most frightening executor! setsuna : that executor, why... why did he take sara? enra ou : he said he wish to sacrifice her to the Yggdrasil. setsuna : [sacrifice...!?] enra ou : he needed a beautiful girl who had sinned to be cast into hell. setsuna : w... what? what did sara do? she wouldn't even squash a bug... (suddenly realize...) enra ou : you seem to have figured it out. setsuna (psychotic smile) : because... she's in love with me? me... because I'm her brother... she can't go to heaven? [sara...] guide : ...... setsuna (sad) : sara... how do I get to Yggdrasil? enra ou : you want to go there? you won't be able to handle it. that guy's very scary! [ahahah...] setsuna : no matter what kind of monster he is, even if the possibility is zero, I won't back off! my love for sara won't break so easily! guide : AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (he's having a lot of fun, especially when setsuna sounded so serious before, setsuna turns around a glares at him, the guide pretends not to see him) enra ou : find! we are curious, what kind of power does the messiah have. that man knows the way to Yggdrasil, he will take you there. because he's your only guardian. setsuna (lots of sweatdrops) : huh? (funny expression) [him?] he is-- MY GUARDIAN? o... old man, wait a minute-- (freeze) ....... (turn around and stare at the guide) : you... you're my ancestor? guide : you gotta be kidding! you don't have a guardian or a spirit guide, it's a very rare case, so I was assigned by those old men to be your guidance spirit. [aren't you so touched!] let's make this clear first, I hate annoying kids like you! but a deal's a deal, so let's go! don't think I'm your friend! (leaves) setsuna (scream) : l... liar! those old men can't do anything right! why couldn't they find someone better? (the guide covers his ears) I don't need your help! (stick him the finger) [FUCK OFF!] hell with all those gates! I can take care of it on my own! guide : I forgot to tell you, you shouldn't speak so loudly... or else the energy sensitive ghouls would come and devour your spirit! (a big monsters rises behind setsuna.) setsuna (turn around) : AHH! (being grabbed) damn you-- do something! guide (so calm) : didn't you say you can take care of things on your own? setsuna (sweatdrop, veins) : fuck you~~~ (grab the guide's cloak/hood) then I'll drag you in to be eaten together! arrow (tiny font on the side) : doesn't help the situation at all. guide (sweating) : YO! MORON! stop it! let go of me... (the hood/cloak falls off, setsuna stares at the guy in shock) setsuna (very funny face) : huh? (sweatdrop) what... it... it's you? (lots of sweatdrops) why is it you~~~~ guide : shut up! (vein) this is not the time to talk about that! (we'll both get eaten!] ghoul : guuuuuuu end of Beneath the Mask, part 1 translator's note : Yggdrasil is also known as Uchyju, which is literally mean "tree of the universe" top volume 04 section 04 Angel Sanctuary - Hades Act I : Beneath the Mask, Part 2 (somewhere in Hades, a mysterious man looks out the windows) uriel : the ghouls are upset! it seems like our guest is heading for the gates of hell. the one who violates this holy realm, who disturbs my peace... would he be killed by the ghouls? even if he is lucky enough to survive... Yggdrasil's Nydd Hogg will tear him apart! what do you think? doll : yes, master. (scene shift) setsuna : w... why are you here... what are you doing here? katou (aka the guide) : shut up! behind you! look behind you! get out of my way, you idiot! (push setsuna away) setsuna : ahhh! (fall down, the ghoul grabs katou) watch out! katou (raise the cross he's holding) : you can... [get away!] TAKE THIS! (stabs the cross right through the ghoul, the monster vanishes) setsuna (shock) : c... (sweating) cool-- katou : WAHAHAHAHA... ouch~~~ [my feet are numb... my legs are still shaking...] (think) that was so scary... (sweatdrop) setsuna : YOU~~~~ katou (sweatdrop) : you what!? who do you think you are talking to? setsuna : you... you're one of kira senpai's gang... the senior guy who picked on me in the lunch room, and spilled water on me? you name... uh...i think your name is------------------------------------ (silence) uh----------------- (katou punch him on the head) katou (grab his collar) : I'm your senpai katou! katou senpai! setsuna (sweatdrops) : yea! katou, katou senpai! katou : now don't tell me you forgot this, (pull up his shirt and reveals a scar) because I'll beat the crap out of you! that old man enra told me everything, I got involved in you past life troubles. someone used me and turned my body into a monster, so I was killed! that old man says because of you, I was spiritualized, do you should protect you! why do I have to protect the one who killed me? it really hurt when I was killed, I want you to feel that pain yourself! text (setsuna stares at him) : that's right! I will never forget, those who live peacefully by staying away from me...! and those who've died for me... (an image of ruri) setsuna : [I'll never forget!] katou : give my life back to me! hm... (drops setsuna with a "whatever" expression on his face) forget it, it's all in the past! setsuna : [w... w... what did he say?] katou : I'm dead anyway, what can I do? I didn't live for anything anyway! setsuna : [he's talking like that to the guy who killed him? forget it?] katou : anyway... I'm really bored right now, so I'll just hang around! (setsuna's still on the ground) hey! what are you doing? we should get going, set-chan! (step on setsuna's head) setsuna (sweatdrop) : you... you... (get up) how can you give up your life? what will happen to your family and your lover? and the things that's only half done, it's all going to waste! will you accept that too? there must be something you haven't given up on? katou (sweatdrop) : what are you crying? I haven't got much patience! I just want to be happy! do you think hard work can accomplish everything? no matter what you do, you have to think about responsibility, and worry about others, aren't you tired? setsuna (shocked) : [w... what he says...] katou : so what if it's wasted? trash is just trash! don't resist the society, then wouldn't that make your life easier? setsuna : [makes everything I did sound like a moron! (sweatdrop) brain washed?] katou : like me, live according to your wish, isn't it an interesting life? setsuna (sweatdrop) : but we're dead... katou : ahhhhhhh! that's right! damn---! (calm again) then let's go! set-chan. setsuna (falls) : [extremely... stubborn!] alright... just don't call me set-chan anymore! [we're not that close...] katou : oh! then should I call you mutou? [since you are mudou!] setsuna (give up) : I prefer set-chan then... [oh! I want to die! but I'm already dead!] text : helpless setsuna : [following this weird guide, with all these monsters that would appear anytime...] (katou kicks setsuna) [don't always kick me!] katou : [hey, you have to call me katou senpai or katou sama!] setsuna : [can I really-- successfully bring sara back to earth? in these seven days...] (at kurai's castle) text : yes! only seven days... if setsuna's spirit does not return to the body in that time, or if someone removes the connection of Hades, the nanatsusaya mitamanotsurugi... mudou setsuna will really die! his spirit will never come back. (setsuna lying in a nice bed) kurai : setsuna... you'll really be surprised when you come back! this is the third level of hell, the base of the demons, our palace! alexiel's body is also kept somewhere in here, under our strict protection, she's really beautiful! I want you to meet her soon! i... I'm so bored! come back soon! setsuna... (kira listens silently and walks away) kira : [setsuna...] voice (no, I mean a guy named voice) : this is no place for a human! kira (smile) : do I look like a human? voice (hostile) : yes! your whole body smells like human blood! listen! if you mess around here, I will... arakune : voice! (appears behind them) didn't I warn you, you are not allowed in this part of the palace? leave now! your other half noise is looking for you! voice : i... I got it! (smirk) hn! arakune : yo, sword... watch out, this is the center of blood thirsty demons. plus... the part of the reason why gehenna was destroyed was because assiah was polluted, they hate humans! don't ever forget that. perhaps, we should announce your true identity? kira (smile) : I can protect myself, with the sword you returned to me! also, my name is kira sakuya! (turn around and leave) because I feel more and more like a human. [setsuna...] (another part of the palace) noice : wait! voice, where are you going? voice : shut up! what's wrong with princess? that mysterious human, and that corpse... we don't really know that he's alexiel's reincarnation, he's only a human! what's so good about that guy? she's always so worried and protecting him... noice : voice... voice (angry) : damn it! text : atziluth (etenamenki) angel A : have you heard? that rociel-sama... angel B : what? angel C : that rociel-sama is really back to atziluth? angel D : I think so! angel E : hn... no official statements yet. angel F : then, that means lord sevotharte's reign is over? hail rociel-sama! angel G : the revival of the inorganic angel rociel... will things end like this? sevotharte : what? (furious) the monthly meeting... all the angel chief were absent? angel : y... yes! lord sevotharte! they all had different reasons... sevotharte : enough! I know what they want! text : the one who was ranked the highest in heaven along with alexiel before he was sealed, the one who's loved by god, rociel has reappeared! while he was gone, metatron took his throne and became his rival, they don't want to be involved in this fight, plus they want to watch silently, and find the one who's more useful... that's why I needed to establish a firm rule, but at a time like this... maid : metatron sama, here you go! (hand over a bunny) metatron : oh--- huh? no! this is not the bunny I want--- maid (smirk) : oh, really? but this one is better! (draw a gun from the bunny, sevotharte turn around, metatron is held hostage) don't move! I hold the chief of seraphim metatron! I ask metatron sama and lord prime minister sevotharte to step down! metatron : sevi! angel : metatron sama! sevotharte (hold him back) : wait! are you... a member of the lately active resistance group? I want to talk to your leader. who is he? maid : n... no! I'm not related to those organizations! metatron : sevi! maid : don't you care about his life? (hold the gun tighter.) metatron (sevotharte's eyes seems so cold) : [sevi...] maid : damn it! I'm serious! (the gun is moving) ! (her hand involuntarily turns and point the gun at herself) what... (the gun shoots out all these wires and wraps around her, she lets metatron go free, and her body explodes, on the other side, rociel appears, smiling) everyone : ROCIEL! (metatron looks scared, everyone else is just shocked. rociel steps over the flesh of the dead) rociel : my cute little metatron, are you alright? then again, this is the throne of the highest ruler, isn't it? (grab metatron) metatron : ahhhhhh! (but rociel only holds him lightly and wave to all the angels) everyone : rociel sama saved metatron-sama! long live rociel-sama! rociel-sama is back! metatron (rociel kiss him on the cheek) : ! (metatron runs for sevotharte) sevotharte : hahah... no one told me there was a meeting... rociel : I'm not accusing you of anything, sevotharte... everyone : long live rociel-sama! rociel (sitting on the throne) : what should we talk about today? sevotharte! (sevotharte stares coldly at rociel) everyone : rociel-sama-- (someone watching the crowd from above) michael : hahah, things are suddenly getting interesting! rociel's reappearance plus the growing resistance, no one can stand sevotharte's reign of terror any longer! that extremely proud and arrogant weirdo sevoth, he won't tolerate this either! then I, michael-sama can finally do something! now this is what I call fun, heheheh! hahahah! (back in Hades) setsuna : that's strange... (look around) asshole! (jump up furiously) where the fuck did he go? katou cha-- get the hell out here-- or I'll really blow up! (falls down) damn, it's useless anyway... I'll just have to move on... [ seems like he's sort of right...] only a little... (suddenly serious/sad) [sara, wait for me! I'll take you back...] katou (now somewhere else) : old man, what the fuck do you want now? enra ou : about your assignment... I was afraid you might start to care about him if this drags on! katou : no way, no way! enra ou : even though you had a decent training which raised your energy, you were never able to level up your spirit, sooner or later, you will be thrown into the gates of hell, this is your last chance! if you don't want to burn in hell, then finish your assignment! katou : care about him? whatever, everyone's the same! don't worry! I'll use this-- (holds up the cross) to push the brat into the lake of Yggdrasil! (sinister smile) I have always adopted to betrayal with a carefree mask! (in heaven, rociel's house) rociel : all the angels... yes... in atziluth, all the children of god, praises me, respects me, swear their loyalty to me... and they fear me! (stand in the shadows) all the angels wait for my command. but... why... everyone who had my pills would regenerate within a few hours. but you... why wouldn't you wake up? katan... (there's only a coffin in the room, lying silently...) end of Beneath the Mask, part 2 top volume 04 section 05 Angel Sanctuary - Hades Act I : Beneath the Mask, Part 3 (rociel stares at the coffin) rociel : katan... why won't you wake up? why is it only you-- who's still like this... (opens coffin, a bright light explodes) rociel : ! (wires attack rociel, he push them off with a barrier, the wires return to the coffin, he slams close the lid) rociel (stunned) : [he doesn't even have a human form... only live wires and pieces of flesh! his antibodies... are fighting off the poison. the poison is fighting the power of katan that I created, because that power is mutating-- (flashback to when he created katan) is that why you are not synchronizing like the others? then, if then two opposing forces continue to fight, your cells won't regenerate, and you won't synchronize, katan-- will die--!? this is my fault?] no! I will never allow that! you're mine, aren't you? your life... every drop of blood, you belong to me! I won't let you die like this! (lie on the coffin) why is it only you... who never does thing the way I want to? you are such an annoyance... katan... rabbit : huh, what's wrong? metatron, you look so down! metatron : rabbit, sevi... does he really hate me? (hug rabbit) he gives me all these yucky medicines everyday and I ate it all, and I am always really good... isn't that enough? rabbit : you really care about him? hey hey! metatron, don't bite on me! (bite bite) [hey... no...] dubbiel : lord prime minister sevotharte... sevotharte : you're here... anyone seen you? deputy cherubim chief dubbiel. dubbiel : as for my absence in the last meeting... sevotharte : I'm not concerned as long as you present proper reason. come, I want to show you something. dubbiel : ah! sevotharte : so? she confessed? angel : my lord! not yet... her mouth is tight... she didn't confess their location yet! sevotharte : continue! angel : yes! assassin (the maid rociel caught) : don't! dubbiel : t... this woman... sevotharte : she was the maid who spied and tried to assassin metatron in the last meeting. woman! assassin : ahhh! sevotharte : does it hurt? what a pity... the drugs I gave you made you more sensitive to pain. there are numerous nerve points on an angels wings. the creator's greatest mistake... was to create a disgusting, dirty and foolish monster called woman! assassin (bites sevotharte's shirt) : even if I'm so disgusting, I find my path with my own strength! (smile) better than you fake, full of the smell of clorox! sevotharte (throws the part of the shirt on the floor and steps on in) : ...very well! assassin : I'll die honorably with the death of a traitor with my comrades, execute me! angels : do we kill her? but... there hasn't been an official trial yet... sevotharte (leaving) : her crime is the worst first level adultery. this is an immediate case, I had a brief trial, just write that on your report. mark her as the devil's bride, and then cut off her wings! assassin (shock) : n... nooooooo! d... don't cut my wings!! then just... kill me...! kill me!! sevotharte : let's leave before the air is stained with the smell of blood. or would you like to watch, dubbiel? dubbiel (covering his mouth) : ... no! of course not!! assassin (voice can be heard) : nooooo!! stop! sevotharte (in the hall, walking out) : ... isn't it an old torture? but such ancient methods can bring out the terror from the five senses. it's rather interesting to break the wings. even big men will cry out and weep. dubbiel (in sevi's room) : such a terrifying one... sevotharte : rociel and myself... who do you think is a more frightening enemy? dubbiel... don't worry. I've pulled off all the people. (sit down) oh yes... that guy that belongs to your section, who has disappeared. ever since the day earth stopped...cherubim ST number 3, katan. he's a honest and quiet man, but everyone knows that he's also obsessed with rociel. to help rociel break his seal in the material world, he actually went to assiah without permission and sacrificed humans for it, is this true? if the above is correct, then he's in serious violation of our laws, and it's also your responsibility as the chief of cherubim--- your miss management will be charged with the same crime! am I wrong? dubbiel. (press some buttons) I'm very mad. dubbiel? unless something even more shocking happens, my anger will not fade! ---for example, that long gone but suddenly appeared inorganic angel rociel-sama... (bring up the torture chamber on the big screne) gone like those annoying terrorists like her, with the same fate...! dubbiel (sweating) : but... but I heard he is immortal, so even alexiel only sealed him... (they are about to make the burning mark on the assassin) sevotharte : you're wong, alexiel didn't spear him for that reason. dubbiel : ...!? sevotharte : I gave up on that ex-chief of cherubim, jibrille and allowed you to become deputy chief... dubbiel, give me your answer now! or else I won't allow you to leave this room alive. maybe I'll let you stay here forever, just like that woman... dubbiel (taking off his glasses) : if such a thing happens to occur... I, dubbiel... will react as with your expectations... is that acceptable? sevotharte : do as you see fit! dubbiel : ...... (kneel and kiss sevi's hand) as you wish... the pure white angel......! (he leaves and sevi immediately takes off his glove that dubbiel kissed and tossed it in the fire.) sevotharte (touch his hand) : disguisting...! that bat... (meanwhile... in the land of the dead...) text : this is easy, I've always lived like this. even if they do call me a coward. that's right! (setsuna sleeping, leaning against a tree) I don't care is you are the messiah or an angel! for my own sake, I have to kill you! (an attack from behind, a cross stabs, setsuna suddenly turns around and stares katou in the face. katou pauses and holds off his cross) setsuna : what are you doing? katou (shock) : you~~~~~~ (yell) you moron! (vein) if you knew, how come you didn't dodge or hit back? are you dead asleep? setsuna (jump back) : [eh!?] but you didn't have to wake me up like that! I'm not that dead asleep yet! (waving the cross) [that's very dangerous!] katou (think) : he didn't notice my killing aura? [shuu--! youngsters these days are so slow... (sweatdrop)] hurry up and let's go, kid! (vein) there are many ghouls wandering around here! [still nervous] setsuna : hey! let's get this straight, you're the guy who suddenly disappeared! katou (suddenly strangle setsuna) : guy!? I told you not to call me that! setsuna : o... ouch! katou : it hurts? that's only because you still try to hold on living sensations! we're fleshless spirits, it's impossible to feel pain or heat. the thought of being held by the neck would hurt from when you are still alive would make you feel pain. just cool down for a while over here! then you'll get it that it's impossible to make your woman come back to life. setsuna : i... I'll never know if I don't try! katou : moron, of course it's impossible! (lean up close, quite threatening) I'm telling because I'm being nice! text : never been hurt... katou : knowing that it's impossible, no matter how hard you try, it's only a waste of time! be prepared now so you won't be too disappointed! text : never been beaten... katou (smile) : just flow with the times like me, even the life after death is very smooth! because I am not afraid of death! (suddenly, something's wrong with him) !! (fall) setsuna : katou? katou : uh...! (slap off setsuna's hand that's reaching to help him) don't touch me with your dirty hands! you incest bastard! fall in love with your own sister? love the sister with the same DNA as you! you're not narcist! so disguisting! (setsuna looks shocked) you're only taking advantage of someone convenient! you're not only shameless, you're also stupid! aren't you arrogant! how can someone who's already dead be revived! (everything shatters) setsuna : no! my stubbornness and efforts won't be wasted! rather than admitting defeat without even trying, I'd rather fight for it, and accept the pain with all my wounds! if I deny it myself, the small chance will slip through my fingers, to admit that all the past efforts and sacrifices were to waste... I can't do it! (grab katou's shirt) and... you said you're not afraid of death? before you died, wasn't the last thing you said, I don't want to die? katou (get up) : you lie! setsuna : I'm not lying! for you own pride, to treat all the people fighting as morons, your numb soul, to think that nothing more is important, that's your way of painfully escaping reality. that's an excuse for not being able to accomplish things, in reality, aren't you just afraid to be hurt? that is the reason why your soul cannot be freed... and wander in a place like this. you should really hate me! you're so pitiful! you never realized that though you are still alive, you're only moving flesh! katou (biting his lips) : s... shut up---! (about to hit setsuna with his cross, but something goes wrong again) uh... uh... (turns around and runs off) setsuna : katou? katou (somewhere, alone) : this feeling... is it... [this shouldn't be happening... the gone emotional ties... why is it coming back to me?] (his body begins to turn into wires, like those that devoured him the first time) text : you'll be materialized by the cleansed terror and sink even deeper. (these are the voices from enra ou) that's only because your mind is too weak. if this continues, you'll be drawn into the darkness and become a ghoul! (a music box) you're too fragile! (a fading image of kira) katou : shut up! be gone! go away! (his body returns to normal temporarily) [I know... if only I pierce his heart with the cross they gave me, then his powers are mine! that's right! if mudou setsuna disappears, I won't be in pain anymore, I'll be able to reach my resting place. pain... me?] (suddenly a ghouls comes and attacks him) ! [damn! I left both the psi wave interrupter jacket... and the cross with him!] ahhhh! (the ghouls gets stabbed, and disappears) ghoul : help... me... setsuna (standing there with the cross) : are you alright? katou : mudou...! setsuna :I just... heard the ghoul say--- help me... and... what is this? (holding the cross, looking very surprised) the ghouls powers are flowing into my body... then... (come to a realization) you were trying to use this--- to kill me? (looking down on katou, with really sad eyes) katou : eh... [is he gonna cry!?] mudou...! i... setsuna : forget it, it's all in the past! (katou almost falls, sweatdrop.... like the "he stole my line" look) here! (hand the cross back to him) katou : w... what are you saying? you should know I'm only a selfish guy! I might take this chance to attack you! setsuna : but then we won't owe each other anything! and if we have to be suspicious of each other when we travel together, it's going to be unbearable! (katou first looks shocked and then...) katou : [I knew it---] setsuna : ? (still standing there with the cross...) katou : [this guy is a complete IDIOT! he's brave, charismatic, and utterly and complete--- a moron! that's why he would shine with such a bright light. that's what's meant by idiots can only be cured by death.] setsuna : hey, come on! (leaving) from the violent way you beat people up, it seems like you got problems too. katou (looking up at setsuna) : yeah! even more than enough for the 108 bell tolls. [I've never seen a moron of this level. anyway, (take the cross from him) I'll observe him for a little longer!] end of Beneath the Mask, part 3 top volume 04 section 06 (a bird flying in the sky and then suddenly drops.) doll : gee! it failed again. I still can't control it as well as the master... (she's standing next to a bird skeleton with a mask on it.) Angel Sanctuary - Hades Act I : Beneath the Mask, Part 4 doll : the persona mask I borrowed doesn't work at all! ... oh yes! (dig) found ya. (dig up a skull) maybe people with strong anti-feelings will work better. come on! help me! I want you to take care of those who trespassed here. (put the mask on the skull) because... they are interfering with us. If I allow them to come closer, master will be unhappy, maybe they are assassins from heaven! this is a garden for just the two of us, I won't allow anyone to disturb it. he is the most, most important person to me, my wonderful master. awaken! (this human shaped monster pops out from the ground, wearing the mask) ghoul : heheh--- heheh! heh! setsuna (somewhere in the forest too) : I thought I heard ghoul's screams deep within the forest... katou cha sempai! katou : I can hear that myself, kouhai *the opposite of senpai* oda mudou kun! (their tension is electricfying) both (vein, glare) : ......! katou : you go ahead first! with this jacket, I can sense the ghouls, so I'll just run away while they eat you. setsuna (walk ahead) : [yeah, yeah. I didn't think you were this dirty!] I heard it again... [after I beat that ghoul, I wonder why... their sad screams echo in my head, as if in a plea, calling to me...] someone's there! katou : kill it! setsuna : I wonder if it's another ghoul! (run after it) hey! wait! (he grabs that hand and he freezes, there's a ring on that hand, the same ring with that red ruby...) setsuna (shock) : t... this ring... (remembers the time when sara died. the hand breaks off) s... (the girl runs away) [was that sara?] no! wait! (run after her) katou (run after him) : yo... hey! don't move on your own, we're in a forest! many ghouls gather around the uchuuju ahead... hey!! (meanwhile, in heaven... talking down to a hooded man from his balcony) sevotharte (hand over a map) : this is a information on rociel's castle. dispose of it properly and don't leave any signs. there's one more thing I'm concerned about. when rociel came back from assiah, he brought something with him. a coffin. some witness said that it seemed like he really cared about it, I wonder who's corpse it is, or maybe... that could be the key to that man's weakness. even if you can't kill him, at least get the coffin! dubbiel (the hooded man, obviously) : yes! sevotharte (suddenly) : who's there? (blast, half a statue is missing now...) dubbiel : a spy? sevotharte : ...forget it, you may leave! I already know who it is. it seems like he won't ever decide to give up! (zaphkiel lowers himself behind the statue, his hair is lose because the tying thing got cut off) zaphkiel : ...that was good...! prime minister-dono. (inside, little metatron is walking around in PJ, dragging his little bunny, and looks like he just woke up) metatron : sevi... sevotharte : metatron sama!? what's wrong? it should be nap time. metatron : I saw a scary dream. maid (running after metatron) : sevi-sama!! (holding on to metatron) he wanted to see sevi-sama no matter what... metatron : see for me, sevi. then I'll fall asleep, didn't you always use to sing for me? sevotharte (sweatdrop) : ha? [sing?] metatron : usa-san *bunny-san* told me so. sevotharte : ...then tell rabbit-san that I don't sing anymore. i... forgot everything. come...hold my hand... (metatron puts his little hand in sevi's palm) text : no... let go of my hand... (the girl breaks off setsuna's hand...) setsuna (tries to grab her) : wait! are you... sara? (the girl still doesn't turn) that ring... it must be...! but... what are you running from...? girl : because... I don't want to let you see my face... (she turns around, and she's crying) setsuna : SARA!! (katou hears him and... setsuna hugs the girl) [it is sara.] (suddenly the girl stabs him) sara : brother, sorry... but i... if I don't do this, I'll be stuck in hell! the crimes that I bear, only with you blood--- I can cleanse my soul. therefore... please... for sara... I want you to die! (stab) setsuna (not thinking very clearly) : [sara... is this the only way? is this the real wish after your painful death? sara!] (the dagger that's stabbing down on setsuna is knocked away by katou from behind) katou : are you daydreaming with your eyes open? I don't know what this guy looks like to you, but the cross can reflect its true appearance, look for yourself! (a ghoul appears on the cross) setsuna (shock) : [a ghoul...] ghoul : lp... help... setsuna (surprise) : [help?] (the ghoul is still on top of him) katou : mudou!? what are you doing!? you want to get eaten. setsuna (smile) : ... don't worry. (hold the ghoul's hand.) there is no more fear. no more pain. (slowly taking off the mask from the face) now... you are free...! (a bright light shines) katou (covering his face from the light) : !? [it's changing... he's relieving that ghoul...!? (the ghoul's spirit turns into a girl in that light and wings appear on setsuna's back as he sends her off.) that guy... even wounds on the spiritual body has healed...!! this gentle light, where did i......?] setsuna (afterward, when the ghoul is gone) : how pitiful... she seems to have had this mask place on her, and was being controlled... I guess I won't be able to see sara so easily! katou : i... idiot! if that was really your sister, are you just going to let her kill you? you want to be killed by the girl you are rescuing? setsuna (remembering sara's bright smile): but... she... sara sacrificed everything she had to be with me! her future, her happiness, mother and friends... I took everything away from her! she even gave her life to protect me! (katou getting a hold of him) someone like that... if my death can save her... then, even if she kills me... it's... it's alright... katou (with a very funny look) : [only if you die, things will great~~] (push setsuna away) I am embarrassed just to hear that, moron! why are you so obsessed... I can never do that. if I fall in love, I'll be thinking about her everyday, and nothing else... I think that's disguisting. so I've fallen into a habit that when I feel I'm too involved in a relationship, I'll break it off immediately. [before I was tired of her of course.] (some random girl crying as katou walks away) since there's usually no reason, I get hit pretty often. setsuna : why do you do that? why can't you like someone? [you deserve to get beat up like that--] katou : ...... (think about it) ...i will beat up people. when I get serious... then I will treat it as a very important matter. when I fall for a woman, I just want to look at her, bound her... so if she fools around even a little... I will kick somebody's ass! (the mask on the ground looks at him) I can't see anything else, I don't care about what's happening around me and falls into a destructive frenzy. by the time I realized it, everything has shattered. text (broken glass) : not realizing that the shattered objects have their consciences too, finally they are only taped together with the ugly lines of scotch tape. katou : such things keeps on happening in front of me, so after a while I just got use to it. setsuna : [then...] katou : [don't bother me anymore.] ....... that just means--- maybe I'll be fooling around with everything, but, don't you think you are too serious? loosen up! (throw over his cloak) here! take it! that's only half, so I don't know if it'll work. at least it's better than nothing! setsuna (takes the half-cloak): hn... thanks for worrying about me. (smile) katou : errrr... (looks pissed off) don't misunderstand. I was worried that you'll give off a strange wave that attracts the ghouls! setsuna (big smile) : you're blushing, senpai... [don't tell me you like me now... I really can't help if I looks so cute.] katou : [you moron!!] (the finger) shut the fuck up--! (slap the cloak on setsuna) just put it on! (vein, and as setsuna looks like @.@... he's thinking...) what an annoying kid... (suddenly he feels there's something behind him. it's mask. he quickly turns around) katou : [that mask!?] (the mask flies over and suddenly sticks on to him face and merges.) katou : ...huh? (touching his face) [it disappeared?] (thinking to himself) I felt as if that mask was sticking on my face... [that was disguisting...] strange... setsuna (walk up) : I'm done! what? katou : ...nothing! nothing... I think. ghouls : hehehe! hahaha... heheh! hahaha...... (while up in heaven) maid : coffin? man : yeah! where did rociel hide that coffin? maid (with a dagger to her throat) : inside... the furthest corner of the north wing... man : thanks! (knock her out) maid : ah! (in the room with the coffin) man 1 : we found it. why did rociel-sama take great care with this... I want to see what it is! I thought this job was gonna be difficult, it was too easy. man 2 : hey... did you hear something? (lean on the coffin) it came from inside. man 1 : is it alive? voice : ...sama... rociel... ma... rociel-sama... (suddenly a hand breaks through the coffin and grabs that man's head. rociel is standing at the door) rociel : it's so rude for guests to come at this hour. however...it's a good thing to want to feed, but katan...! (the 2 man are already dead, decapitated by many wired and circuits stretched out from the coffin) rociel : don't you think it's a little messy to eat like that...? end of Beneath the Mask, part 4 translator's note : is it just me, or is sara getting a little annoying after awhile too... not to mention I hate setsuna at this point... I mean... *the following is completely spoiler alerted... don't kill me if you read something you're not suppose to know...* proceed... I have 2 favorite characters in this story and they are kira sakuya and zaphkiel... setsuna killed them both!!! indirectly, but still they died because of him... especially zaphkiel... it's almost no different from setsuna killing him... I hate this guy... he really doesn't deserve to be the messiah... lucifer-sama is so much better than him... ^.^ of course... top :: volume 03 :: volume 05 ::