Volume 13! ISBN 4-09-137646-0 407 yen [real value, 390 yen] for translations of MOST of this volume (i'm missing the first 50 pages or so), scroll down and read 'em ^_^. these are translated from shocomi magazine, *before* they were even published in the volumes, so there might be a couple differences....which i'll look into later. most of these were also typed by my mother (b/c i had no computer while i was in japan; hand wrote them, mailed them home to my mom adn had her type them for me) so there will be some strange parts here and there where she couldn't read my handwriting ^^;; i'll have to fix these later, too....some parts are also missing page-numbers, but page numbers wouldn't help anyway since these were from a source different from the volumes....i have narration along with these,though, so it should be easy to follow along with. aya+ ceres..._ from long ago...? aya: (think) this is ceres:s past?! aya: so can:t you show me?! what happened between you and shiso?... [ceres in the past is bathing. in the following issue, ceres of the past says stuff, and ceres in the present says stuff. to make things less confusing, i:ll make *cer* stand for past-ceres, nad *ceres* for present ceres.] aya+ (think) this is a tennyo bathing... aya+ so then...the hagoromo must be somewhere! aya+ huh? [a shark is headed for cer] aya+ shark?! [a spear hits the shark before it can get to cer] aya+ ah! [a man helps cer up.] aya: *shiso*?! aya+ waaah!! [something about shiso raping cer...or sometyhing i can:t understand] arrow: vulgar aya+ huh? [the man takes off his upper-robe and clothes cer with it.] man: a bit away, i found *this*...is it yours? [the man is holding up a ball of glowing light.] cer+ yes...*that* is called *mana*. aya+ (think)hagoromo?! i...i can:t see *sweatdrops* cer+ that thing is my life...its existence is very important. man: it is?...then let:s take good care of it. what]s your name? aya+ *mana*...the hagoromo:s real name...! cer: i am *ceres*...i came from far away, but...may i stay here...? ceres+ that:s right...*mana*. you people called it *hagoromo*... [she says something here] aya+ this is shiso!!...not quite the same image! appearencewise and characterwise... ceres+ the mans name was *mikagi*... [shot of a village scene] aya+ mikagi...? mika...ge? ceres+ his tribe was pleased to have a *daughter of a god* stay with them... ceres: from the start, mikagi was nice...days and days went by and he never once tried to take advantage of me. ceres+ just everyday, he:d bring me beautiful flow3rs. now that i think about it, that could have been his tribe]s way of proposing marriage. ceres+ and then, one night... mikagi+ it:s strange, isn:t it...the flowers i bring you all die eventually, but we:re always together. mikagi+ but, the most beutiful flower of all is ceresw, you...you]ll stay in bloom forever, b/c i:ll protect you. ceres+ he game me a set of earrings he made that looked like my *mana* as a marriage proposal. mikagi+ if i can be one wiht you, i:ll give you everything...even my life. [shot of ceres and mikagi...er...making bebies...] aya+ ah... aya+ flowing...feelings. ceres? shiso? aya+ content and happy... aya+ the joy of love. aya+ yes...i know that feeling, too. aya+ tooya... ceres+ that was the first time i felt those feelings... cerse+ up to that point, i had not thought of men as just *seed-planters*...i wanted to live with him forever. [shot of cer, pregnatn and smiling with mikagi.] [shot of mikagi and cer, happy with ther new baby girl.] aya+ ...i understand...[something i don:t understnad ] aya+ but, we]ve got a problem here: is he *that* shiso?! aya+ he]:s awfully kind and seems so nice...how did he turn into the shiso i know?! [aya holds up three signs] sign 1+ he hit his head sign 2: he ate somethign rotten. sign 3+ he let someone [sometihng] aya+ so, which is it? ceres:...it was both our faults... [2 men are holding cer down while 2 others beat up mikagi.] ceres: we were attacked by some men from another tribe. [the men hit mikagi, knocking him out. cer uses her power to destry all the men] [later, at mikagi:s house] mikagi+...i:m sorry...i let them hurt you... cer+ ...it:s all right. don:t blame yourself like that... mikagi+ i:m a sorry excuse for a man. if i just had...i little bit of your *power*... cer+ ...then, i shall give you some. just a bit of my strenght...you who are pure of heart shall never be hurt again. cer: it shall protect you. [ceres imprints her symbol into mikagi]s chest.] ceres: my power can make thoughts real. if you think you can or can:t fly, either can become truth. [something.] ceres: so, back then, too...if myhusband desired to... [in the present, in a hospital] kagami+ how:s shoso doing? doctor+ nothing life threatening, but... [aki (not shiso) is chained to a hospital bed, strugling with shiso] aki+ ...p...! aki+ stop hurting aya...! ceres: but...turning thoughts into reality is where all the suffering began. [scars break out on aki] kagami+ aki?! shiso: [shouts something (profane?) maybe *shut up*. i dont: khnow that kanji...] aya+ what do you mean...by *suffering*?? aki+...no...! i:m not gonna lolse aga... someone+ ah...it looks as though he:s still fighting with *shiso* cer+ mikagi? welcome ho... shiso+ shut the hell up!! i came here to this world once again for the sole purpose of finding my woman...!! shiso+ ceres...!! [mikagi comes home, covered in blood.] cer+ mikagi... mikagi+...i met those bastards. cer+ huh...?! mikagi+ the ones...who attacked us. but dont worry mikagi: i killed them all. mikagi: your power is amazing, ceres...!! mikagi+ it:s like i hav3e a god inside of me!! [cer looiks shocked/sad] mikagi+ i:ll become stronger abd strgoner for your sake!! [shot of gruessome battles between mikagi and other tribes.] ceres: from that day on, my husband changed. ceres: as if just to show off his powers, he fought with other tribes...and other men would help him. ceres: he wiped out the other tribves. cer+ please stop, mikagi-- cer: you]re not that kind of man! you don:t have to show off for-- //slap!!// mikagi: it:s all for you and the children!! mikagi: you came here and gave me this power!! cer: (think) no...that:s not what i wanted... mikagi: you are never to leave this house again!! i will not allow you to be seen by other men!! ceres: i wonder if i cooperated b/c i was afraid of losing my power?... i had been attatched to it forever...to bare our third chilkd, we moved to a different house. cer: mikagi...where:s my *mana*?! cer: give it back...you know it:s my life. [mikagi is being served wine by a lady servent. other lady servants are around] mikagi: someday, you:ll get it back. [he grabs her wrists] cer: please, return it!! if you don:t, then i can]t-- [mikagi forces cer to the ground and kisses her] cer:...no...!! [one of cere:s earrings falls off] [ceres is presumably raped.] mikagi: you will always be only my woman!! cer: (think) where did he go? the man who loved me...no...maybe he never loved me....from the start... cer]s oldest child: mother, hurrty!! let:s go somewhere where father can]t find-- mikagi: where do you think you]re going? [mikagi holds up cer:s earring.] mikagi: you desert me...even when i gave you... [cer]s oldest child stands protectively in front of cer, her son, and her baby.] cer]s oldest child: father! mother is getting weaker and wekaer!! coc: if this keeps up, mother can:t-- //smack!!// [mikagi strikes coc, killing her.] son: onee-sama!!... ceres: somewhere in my heart... cer: [examines daughter...]...ah... cers: ...i still believed in him. mikagi: so she died, eh?... that]ll teach you for trying to run away. cer: (think) surely, someday...he:ll change back... [cer sees a silhouette of bad-mikagi next to a silhouete of good-mikagi] mikagi: come, ceres. cer: (think) but [cer]s eyes glow and sparks fly and stuff.] aya+ no!!... [cer]s power slashes mikagi all over, killoing him.] aya+ (think)scars...all of shiso]s body... mi9kagi: ce... [cer, shocked adn crying, watches her husband]s body fall to the ground]. cer: )thin) htis is not...what i had wanted to happen...whay...? cer: WHY???!! cers: i was speechless...from then on, men...were just *seed-beraers* to me....i wonder what made him change like that? he must have not been important to me...if we just produce descendants-- aya* stop lying to yourself!! aya: you loved him..!! aya: you wantred love, didn]t yoi!! [ceres closes her eyes in sadness] aya: we]re not animals!! we]re humans...!! ceres: )think) *human*....the human i knew had a *heart*. if one has no heart, surely one can:t feel love or sorrow...but i really thought...i wanted to love. mikagi: (flashback) if i can be one with you, i]ll give you everything...even my life* [ceres, in the hospital bed, cries in her sleep] ceres: (htink) forever... ceres: (think9 i wanted to be loved--- [shuro arrives at the aogiri house] suzumi+ thanks for coming, shuro...you must not have much time with getting ready for your concert and all. shuro: no problem...you said that you got a message from aya^^^ susumi:...it:s this... [turns on the video] aya: (on the tv screen) hello to everyone at the aogiri household. how are you?... shuro: aya!! aya: i:m sorry i dissappeard suddenly. since then, i:ve been diong as lot of thinking, and have decided to stay with the mikage. shuro: (shocked) she couldn:t... aya:...but don:t worry. they treat me very well here, adn they said that everythings going smoothly with the baby inside of me. [cheerfully] so i don:t want to have anything to do wtih the aogiris anymore...please! if anything happens, i:ll contact you again....oh, and hello to shuro, too! bye... [suzumi looks sad, shuro looks shocked, and yuuhi looks pissed] yuuhi: goddammit...what:s with tha5t *hello to shuro* shit?! shuro: yuuhi... yuuhi: what the hell is she thinking!! [yuuhi pounds his fist into the floor] even when they killed chidori and tooya!! shuro: it:s probably b/c the mikage research center can find the hagoromo faster. suzumi: probably...like she wants to get it back h3erself because we:re standing in her way... yuuhi: [yells something; upset] yuuhi: because...it really hurts...not being able to do anything about it...! [shuro:s getting ready to leave] suzumi: lets: just think about how we can help aya. and shuro, be careful around the mikage. shuro: i:m fine_! btw...have you been worrying too much lately? suzumi: not really...? why? you don:t mean i have worry lines on my face?! Q: i think she means wrinkles. [suzumi throlles q] q: i:m sorry, mistress! it:s not really true!! ahuro:...that:s right...she didn:t drink the drugs, so she:s not changing. suzumi: huh? shuro: nothing! well, i:ll contact you later. [shuro leaves] yuuhi: nee-san...did she seem a little strange to you? suzumi: yeah...i wonder if she:s okay... [shuro:s at tokyo dome, looking pensive] akashi:...i wanted kei to sing here, too. but you can make kei:s wish come true. this concert is sure to be a big success! shuro: [says somethign cheerfully] well, i:ve got some errands to run. akashi: try to take a rest while you can!...how are you feeling? shuro: akashi-san, you worry too much! [something offensive] akashi: what?! [angrily] just don:t be late again tomorrrow. [after akashi leaves, shuro looks mad/weak] shuro: i:m still....alive! kei...give me strenght...so i can help my friend...! aya: (think)tooya...our baby is diong fine today. i wonder how long tis: been since i came ehre? the aogiris must be really mad at me, but...before i igive birth to this child, i must...give the hagoromo...the mana, back to ceres. ceres:s and mikagi:s sad past...and all of their ancestors...if i give ceres her mana back, then surelyu...all of this will end. [aya feels tooya:s necklace on her neck] you:ll watch over me and the baby, right, tooya... aya: !! [a c genoma bumps into aya] aya: ah--...so...rry... [the c genoma starts to look gross] aya: huh? nun: ceres, this way!! [she drags aya away as the c genoma spits out blood.] aya: what?! but that girl... [2 nuns drag the c genoma agay] nun: don:t worry! it:s nothing!. aya: (think) what...?! kagami: is that so...*another* one? man: this mnakes 29 all together. we:ve lost almost half of the c genoma. ceres: (flashback) our ancestors living on is our only grip on life. what you are doing now is the same thing we did-- lady: chief! it:s time for the meeting with the members of *radanareku* [kagami, lulik, wei, and assamu look at these monitors with people in them] council-dude: it loks as though you:ve lost another c genoma, mikage jr. cd: it makes me wonder if the c project is really runing smoothly. cd: our purpose is to make a better future by creating a superior human race. cd: your c project is *the only one that is not working* cd: and for that purpose, other members have given you vast funding. cd: jr...we expect something of your experiments in japan. cd: if you have success in japan, next is the world...to use the tennyo power. cd: we will especially be looking forward to the completion of the hagoromo. [the council dudes go off the screens] assamu: what the hell were those guys talking about...! kagami:...they also should understand the improtance of the c project. it:s just because it:s only our project that:s not working. assamu: those bastards know nothing! i remember picking up the remains of those killed by guerillas... there must be many other kids out there like me! no family, can:t go to school...this project was created to elliminate those problems, wasn:t it?? [shuro:s outside mikage:s place. turns into tennyo and sings] assamu: lulik:s wife died because she was sickly and he wants humans to *become stronger*. wei wants to make a world with no rich and poor! you saved me, chief, an dtreated me well! i won:t let go of this project!! kagami: lulik, the hagoromo? lulik: we:re close to finding it, but not *perfectly*...someone:s singing... kagami: ! aya: [in room, looking at picutre of tooya] i wonder if that girl is okay? but i:m alwqays tired...becuase i:m pregnant? [hears singing] singing?! this voice... [feels faint] ungh... kagami: it:s tsukasa shuro...she must be near! guy: it:s like she:s usuing her power, but...we must find her! shuro!! (think) it:s not working. kagami: it storpped... giy* chief"! tsukasa shuro wants to see you! [shuro appears before kagami] shuro: so you:re aya:s cousin...who runs the c project, huh? kagami: you came here by yourself to save aya? tha:ts too bad, because our power-- shuro: doesn:t seem to be working. but i didn:t come here to save aya: just to show you my power. i think i want to become under your care, like aya. i:m tired to pretending to be a boy and being a singer...but i can:t be a normal human, either! kagami:...are you serious? shuro: not right away. i still have my concert to do. [shuro un-tennyos] i plan to *declare my retirement* at the concert...and then take my responsability. kagami:...i see...your p0ower must be amazing. having a voice that is able to break through anything... aya: (think) ...the song stopped... //crrrreak// shuro:...aya. aya: shu...shuro?! i thought it was you...! why?! [aya and shuro run to each other] shuro: i asked that kagami-guy if i could see tou. i only got 10 monutes. [aya and shuro clasp hands. we see that shuro is also weraing the bracelets that the c genoma have to wear.] shuro: they say i had to wear these here or they wouldn:t trust me, but it:s good i can see you ...everyones: been worried. aya: sorry for going off on my own like this...buti don:t know what to do about the ha-- shuro: [whisper] ...they:re probably listenign in on our conversation. i came here to check out the place because i:m gonna live here, too. aya: huh?! why?!! shuro: 2 days later, at my concert, i:m going to retire...i can become a woman again, since i had been singing as a *man*...this is my chance. it:ll be my last concert, broadcast on statellite tv, so you should watch it! and also forgive the *chief*! aya: no! you can:t come he...your:e mainly doing this for kei! i...understand now-^-! the way you felt when you lost kei... shuro: look\! this is the ring kei was wearing when he died. shuro: take a good look...i:m *just like kei*. aya: [think] huh? [shuro]s hand gets all gross like kei was when he died.] aya: !! (think) a rejection...of the drugs?! shuro:...that:s what it is. [squeezes her hand and the gross stuff goes away.] ...it:s been....slwoly advancing. //smile// aya:...o...no...!! shuro...!! you...can:t--!! (think) just like that girl earlier?! shuro* i:m okay! i feel like doing this...and kei said he understood. aya:...no...this can:t be happening!! (think) why...no... shuro:...[sort of hugs aya] you:re wearing...the perfume i gave you? aya: yeah...you gave it to me on my 17th birhtday...i still wear it. it cheers me up...like you:re here, rooting for me. it looks like im: gonna be alone wehn i lose...but...why is everyone...not... shuro: you:ll be fine. [shuro hugs aya] shruo: i:ll alwqys be with you. chidori adntooya will, too...! nun: it:s ben 10 minutes. please leave. shuro: weell then, see ya later, aya! and watch my concert. [some kanji w/o furigana >: (= ] aya: shuro shuro: a *miracle* will happen!! aya: (htink) huh...*miracle*? aya: shuro!? shuro, wait!! [nun holds aya back] shuro: [deeply/sadly]...wait for me...aya. aya: (think) shuro...? "[at Tokyo Dome] Suzumi:.........wow, what a big crowd! Q: Even though Kei's not here anymore, shuro's still sure to try herbest! Yuuhi: Yeah, but......I'm kinda worried after what she said yesterday.... [flashback]Yuuhi: What?! You went to Kagami's place?! Good thing you're safe!...so, how's Aya? Shuro: I could only speak with her for 10 minutes...I couldn't bring her back. Oh, I have a favor to ask of you, Suzumi. Tomorrow, when my concert is over....can someone rescue Aya right away? Suzumi: Eh? Shuro: Please? Suzumi: ...?! Okay, but... Yuuhi: I'll go! Because I'm sick of letting her shut me up! Q: [wearing an interesting costume] And I shall accompany you! Suzumi: [small print] Since when did you(???) Q: [small print] Since (???) Yuuhi Just concentrate on doing a good job at your concert! Kei'll be sure to watch! Shuro: Yuuhi......thank you![end flashback] Yuuhi: [holding up picture of Chidori] ... what's she thinking of doing? Huh, Chidori... [shuro in dressing room, looking at picture of Kei] Shuro: Kei......here I go. Please give me strength......... for my....last concert. [Shidori's ghost appears behind Shuro] Chidori: Shuro Shuro: [w/o looking behind her, smiling]...oh, that you, Chidori? Chidori:....why're you doing this? Won't you die? Shuro: ....Yeah, but today'll probably be the best day of my life. Doing what I can....[looks at picture of Ayn/Yuuhi/Chidori/etc.] For the ones I love. That's what I've decided to do with my life.....and for Aya....Aya....... Chidori: [smiling].....I understand! I'll help you! Voice: Shuro! [Shuro snaps out of it] it's time. [Shuro smiles, kisses Kei's ring, and walks out] [at Kagami's place in Aya's room] [Aya is in bed, feeling ill] Aya: I hurt...fever? [flashback]Shuro: Watch my concert, Okay?[end flashback] Aya: Shuro's another victim of the drugs....only Shuro? [image of other C genoma (typist's note ????)] Could it be possible.....that everyone....is going to die? [music plays. Aya gets up and touches a screen] Kagami: [on the screen] hello, Aya-chan. How're you feeling? You don't look so good....Tsukasa Shuro.....Tennyo-name "Juno"'s concert is starting. I'll make an exception and let you watch it. Aya: Really?? Kagami: It will lift your spirits. Aya: ....Kagami....I want to ask you something. Of the C genoma you've brought here...how many of them have died? If --everyone rejects the drugs.......... Kagami: I don't need to answer that. I'm gpoing to turn the screen off now.....have fun watching the concert. Aya: Wait, what about the hagoro --[Kagami cuts communication. Aya's pissed abd punches the screen] Kagami: [looking tired]....everyone...? If that happens, then thatchild....? Some Guy: Chief! We have something from the hagoromo research lab! Kagmi: .......I wonder if they've got it........Lulik: This way [Lulik leads Kagami to a room. We see the hagoromo. It's a circularthing] Kagami:.......I.......see......so this is.....the hagoromo...... [at Shuro's concert, Shuro's singing soulfully] Aya: [watching it on TV] Shuro's song...is coming into my heart..."good luck!" "don't lose!" But Shuro must be in terrible pain.....good luck.......good luck! Shuro:.........Everyone! Everyone give me your "power" as one! Give me "power"....!! Aya: Wow...you're amazing, Shuro....! Shuro: O---Kay......I think this is a day we'll never forget. I feel like your power is merging with mine. With your help....I can make my last song the best I've ever sung. But before that.....I have something I......have to get off my conscience....I...Tsukasa Shuro......Am really a girl! [the crowd is shocked]......This isn't a joke. It's true. Ever since I started GeSANG, I've been lying to you all.....I'm sorry [even Yuuhi has a shocked SD-look] Suzumi:......Why are YOU surprised? Shuro: It hurt my heart, but.....I wanted to help my deceased partner's....Kei's dream come true, so I lived as a boy....because I loved Kei.....because.....I wanted to be with him.....Everyone, sorry for all of that. And also....Thanks alot! Crowd: Shuro ----!!Sing!! Shuro: [on the verge of tears]..heh..Thanks......!! [Aya's crying for joy] Shuro: Okay.....This will be my last song! Everyone sing with me. [Shuro transforms into her Tennyo form] A GeSANG song.... a ballad that Kei wrote. Ayn: Huh?! She transformed....[Shuro' singing vibrates all around the research center] Shuro!? [on a street TV screen] News Lady: Here is the 9 o'clock news -[picture changes to show Shurosinging] [a kid is playing video games and the screen changes to shuro]. Kagami: This is...singing?! Power?!!! [the building starts to break] Someone: Get the hagoromo and the children to shelter! [Shuro's spirit comes into Aya's room] Shuro: Aya. I'm free Aya: Shuro....stop!! If you use your power in your condition.... [flashback] Shuro: A miracle'll happen[end flashback] Aya: YOU'LL DIE!! Shurooooo!! [Aya cries] [Shuro's skin starts to rot a bit] Shuro: Kei...[a hand clasps with Shuro's She looks next to her and Kei is holding her hand, singing] - Kei....!! Mikage guys: Stop the singing!! Kill the monitors!! Mikage guys: We can't. The computers....are acting on their own!! This is pushing the sheild to its limits.... [Aya's bracelets break] Aya: !!!The sheild...?! Shuro........ Shuro's spirit: See....didn't I tell you a miracle's happen? I'm fine. I'm leaving now....I returned something precious to you. Live! Aya..for all of us ---- Aya:.......Shu....! Thank you.....!! [In Shiso's room, *Aki* is chained to the bed] Mikage guy: .....Are you Okay, Shiso.......! Aki (???): ......No.....I'm not Shiso!......Suddenly I got my will back....That voice....who was it.....?! Kagami: [looking in Aya's room and finding it empty]. Aya....?!......You did it, Shuro? You broke the sheild. You are a great artist -- [shot of shuro's dead body on the stage and Aya, strugling along the road]. Shuro's voice: For the sake of beating fate this time..Live......Aya [Aya is still slowly making her way out of the building.} Aya: I have to get out of here! Shuro sacrificed her life for my freedom. I'll get the hagoromo back....definitely! [Aya turns into her tennyo-form. NOTE: In this issue, Ceres is drawn like Aya with long, black hair at times, and both Aya and Ceres are in control of Aya's body] [Ceres/Aya floats along into a room. 2 gunmen appear behind her.] gunmen: Ceres, freeze!![Ceres knocks them away] Ceres/Aya: Oh no.....I'm losing strength. It's even hard for me to fly. I have to get the mana as soon as possible, or else.........!!! [Kagami and some guys are walking down the hall] Kagami: How bad are the damages?? Guy: The main computer is completely destroyed! Backup's also no good. Kagami: What about the C genoma? Guy: They have all been assembled in the central hall, but.....they don't look like they're in good shape! Chief! this institution is no longer....... Kagami: Naver mind that. We must concentrate on not letting Aya get away [Kagami opens a door to a room with Assamu, Lulik, and Wei. The screen with all the "Ragunareku" council members turns on] Assamu/Lulik/Wei: Chief!! Kagami: ...Sorry to keep you waiting, gent;lemen of "Ragunareku." Council guy: What a pity, Mrkage Jr. We've heard the details of yoursituation. Kagami:........You sure get the news very quickly..... CG: It appears as though continuation of your studies would be difficult.....so we will take over.[Kagami's eyes get really big] CG: Your job is done. Kagami: ---- Huh? CG: Please hand over to us..the hagormo and Ceres.....and the surviving C genoma. They will all die very soon, but we can use them as weapons or as *pets*. Kagami: [outraged] Those girls are.....future mothers!! Mankind has come this far-- CG: [some kanji] No matter how many generations pass, human essence doesn't change. But the hagoromo....we see it as a possible "elixer of life".....we have no interest in what is to come of the current humans on this planet. Wouldn't it be nice, instead, to outlive everyone.......even if we have to leave this planet. Kagami: [shocked]....no.......[angry/emotional] You're wrong!! That's not the purpose that I've been----- CG: And we haven't been cooperating with you for your ideas iether!!.....understood,Jr? We will soon come to take over. We'll also return your dispatched men to their own countries. Don't try to resist us...wouldn't you like to leave "Ragunareku" in a friendly manner? ...bye. [the screen turns off] Assamu:....Dirty...Bastards...They've always been! Lulik: Chief...? Kagami:....I understand now. For my ideals, funding and power were necessary.......but it seems like I've been too naive. Our C project, which we've made so many sacrifices for, has come to this....... Assamu:...Chief....you couldn't mean......!! Kagami: Everyone thank you for your work up until now. Maybe you can enter a new project of "Ragunareko"?....I'll leave returning to your countries up to you. Wei:.....is this...abandonment? Abandoning "Gardinal".......abandoning the Cproject?! Assamu: No -- Are you just gonna give up?! Just like that?! Wei: [holding back Assumu] Assumu! Assamu: weren't we goinhg to make this world better?! we've come this far....... Kagami: [chuckles] You want the hagoromo....? Don't be silly.........!! [Ceres comes to a room full of debris and broken glass containers] Ceres/Aya: Mana.....!! [Ceres notices a guy hiding in the shadows and blasts the glass in front of him. She's about to really hurt him, but.......] Man: w -- wait [the man turns out to be Alec, handcuffed] Alec: I won't hurt you!! I'm "Howell".... You can call me "Alec"! Aya/Ceres: (thinking) Howell.......? The man Tooya talked about?! The one who helped him..... Ceres: Where is the hagoromo? Is it hidden somewhere?! Alec: Uh.......I don't know......I was captured for having second thoughts about the project and just escaped. Anyway, it's bound to be hidden somewhere. [Alec opens a door and finds Kagami behind it. He quickly shuts the door -- SD'ed it -- but is immediately reopened - slamming his head - ] Ceres: Kagami.....!! Kagami: Ceres......! Come with me! The hagoromo's at another place. You need it, don't you?! Alec: [standing protectively in front of Ceres] Chief!! You've come to this?!! Stop it alread...[Kagami points a gun in Alec' face] ..dy? //BAM!// [Alec's handcuffs chain is now broken] Kagami: If you want to come too, then come. Alec. Alec: What a shooooock! Ceres: Kagami.....Where are we going?! [Kagami carries Ceres up to the roof where a hellicopter is waiting] Lulik: Chief!! Kagami: Did Wei's and Alec's hellicopter already leave? Lulik: Yes, but the Cgenoma are... Cgenoma:(flashback/explaination - type thing) We can't leave this place. "out there" is dirty. Because there are many ugly "humans"there. We don't want to leave. I'm not going. Lulik: I tried to reason with them, but they wouldn't listen. Kagami: [discouraged] Fine! What happens next is........ Lulik: Understood.....!.......sorry...........!! I'm "one of those disputed men from Ragunareku"! Assamu: Chief! Me too; I wanna be with y--- Kagami: No! Assamu, go with Lulik! Go to school and to college....your face is too cute to belong to an assasin! Lulik: Alec, I'll be praying for you!..we'll meet again! Alec:.......?! [Yuuhi is in a car with the guys to rescue Aya] Yuuhi:...you say that Kagami's place was destroyed?! Shuro (flashback) After my concert is over, please rescue aya right away (end flashback) Yuuhi: ...Shuro...!...you were so great....Shuro....I won't let you down...! //hellicopter noises// Yuuhi: hm?! [the guys stop the car and Yuuhi gets out to see 2 copters flying over him. One of them has Ceres in it] Ceres/Aya:..........Yuuhi?! [opens the hellicopter door] Yuuhi --! Yuuhi:..Ceres?![Ceres feels faint; Kagami pulls her back in]. Kagami: Ceres...... [Ceres' handbag falls out of the hellicopter. Yuuhi catches it]. Yuuhi: Shit! I'll get you! You won't get away with this!! [the hellicopters come to a big ship] Ceres: A boat.......?! Kagami: This is a replacement for the research center. [opens door]after you. [Ceres/Aya sees the mana] Ceres/Aya: Mana........!! This is the mana......?? I finally found it!! [Ceres/Aya tries to break the container, but loses strength.] Ceres/Aya: I'm losing strength......! Kagami: Our sponser, "Ragunareku" cut us off, but...I'm not giving up the Cproject. Not while you and the hagoromo and the children still have hope......! Ceres: ......foolish.......Still going on.........! In that case, let's talk.....about the mana. [a little ball of energy turns into a naked humanoid in the energy] Alec: "mana".....is that the hagormo? What is the world..... Ceres: One could say that mana is.......a part of our bodies. [the energy ball swirls around and stuff] Ceres: We couldn't evolve like you humans did, becuase we're a female race. Were we bron from mana or did mana bear us?.....Since we've lost our past, our goal was to make descendants.....! [the ball of energy gets bigger/closer] Ceres: And while our bodies change, we live for a long time.....we are strong. [the energy ball rises to the surface of the ocean] Ceres: But we have a weakness....without our mana, we can't live. Alec: ---!! Then Tennyo who don't have mana can't -- [the humanoid in the energy ball sprouts wings] Ceres: Even though we can live for countless days.....in this form, we can hardly last for ten years. Putting on the hagoromo and returning to the heavens,our home, is what makes us not human. [the winged-humanoid rises out of the sea] Ceres: We are weak......very weak. Even so, why.......why are you the strongest beings of this planet......[touches hand to Kagami's face] Give me my mana. You're a Mikage child.......I, who was so foolish, bore you..... Kagami: [emotionally embrasses Aya/Ceres] I want you to understand.....Just you.....! I won't let you go anywhere......I won't let anyone have you! Aya/Ceres: 9thinking) Kagami.....I'm confused.....Am I going to die too? Kagami: [looks up to a blast of light] What the.......?! [everyone looks up, astonished, to see the winged - humanoid hovering in front of the moon.... it's Tooya.]