AYASHI NO CERES Vol. 1 Chapter Five c. 1997 Yuu Watase translated by Lekha M. Rao ----------------------------------------- [160] Aya: ...Mother...! Aya: Why are you here!? Aren't you supposed to be at Ojiichan's place---!? Okaasan: This is a secret from your grandfather... Kagami-san brought me here. Aya(th): Kagami-san...? Aya: Then Aki's here, too!? Did Aki also come back? [161] Okaasan: ...Well, Aki's wounds haven't yet completely healed... But it's okay, he's fine. Everyone treats him very well. Aya: ..... Okaasan: Anyway, Aya, I've been very, very worried about you--- Okaasan: I thought you would surely return home ---Thank goodness....! You're safe--! [162] Aya(th): Okaasan... It's Okaasan. Sound: ha Aya(th): ... Okaasan. How about Otoosan...? Aya(th): Does she not know... that he's dead---? Okaasan: We'll talk later, Aya. Aren't you hungry? I just started to make dinner. Aya: ...Yeah! My stomach's growling! I'll also help out! After all, it's been a long time since I've been here! [163] Sound: click Okaasan: So, Aya, put the powder* in the miso soup. Aya: Okay. Sound: chop chop Aya: ..... [164] Aya(th): Being like this, it's almost as if I've returned to my normal lifestyle. The stuff that happened on my birthday was only a dream... Aya(th): Right now, Aki is probably listening to his favorite CD in his room. And then Otoosan says, "I'm home" .... Okaasan: ...Oh, Aya! Okaasan: You put in too much powder!! Sound: bubble bubble Aya: Ah--- Aya(th): If Yuuhi were here, he would've gone off on how stupid it was... Yuuhi: Stu---pid. Okaasan: Well, I can do it myself, so you don't really need to help. Aya: ... That's true--- Our family hasn't had the chance to... sit down and talk about stuff. Aya(th): I wonder... how much Okaasan knows about the tennyo stuff. Aya: Oh yeah! [165] Okaasan: Oh! If the cloth is here, it'll tear. Wow, we've been living in this house for eight years now. Okaasan: Your father started working in you grandfather's management company. It wasn't his strong point, but he said he worked hard at it. Even thought it was hard on us, we bought this house. Aya: I'm not sure about this, but doesn't Kagami-san work for the same company? A research and development firm or something... there? Okaasan: Your father's in the business firm. It's a different department. Aya(th): So that's it... I was always so indeifferent, I didn't know what type of work he did. Okaasan: He worked hard for our sake... Aya: Ah, hey! I've got to turn down the flame! Okaasan: Say, Aya. [166] Okaasan: Why did you kill your father? Okaasan: ---Well.... Why did you kill him... [167] Aya: ....Okaasan...? Sound: ding dong ding dong Sensei: ...Next time you've got to do it, Aogiri! Otherwise, you'll be a disgrace to your family's name! Yuuhi: My grades and my family are totally unrelated! Sound: pishan [168] Yuuhi: Geez, I'm really late! Guy 1: Hey--- Aogiri, you were held back? Guy 1: The transfer student... Miss Aya-chan, what happened to her? Did she send you away? Ah, but you'll see her at home, huh--- Yuuhi: ...... Guy 2: Every night you get it on, huh-- huh-- How far have you gotten? What's she like!? Yuuhi: What's she like.... Arrow: Eye Yuuhi: ... kind of... Guy 1: Ah, he's remembering something and keeping it to himself!! Guy 1: Please, tell me!! I'll give you 100 yen!! Guy 2: I'll bring you a handicam to tape it next time!! Will 120 minutes suffice? Yuuhi: Don't cling to me--- Yuuhi: She and I don't have anything going on!! Sound: tap tap Yuuhi: In the first place, she's... [169] Yuuhi: Oh, whatever. I don't care what she does... Sound: brrring Yuuhi: ! Yuuhi: Yes. Yuuhi: Ah, Neesan? ...Yeah, before me... huh? Yuuhi: AYA HASN'T COME HOME YET----!? Guys: Oh my Suzumi: That's right!! ...Just now I got a call from the driver. Looks like she went back to her real house in Tokyo. And it looks like she's not coming out... Yuuhi: Her own house!? [170] Suzumi: The driver has no idea what's going on. He also can't get involved in this. Suzumi: The Mikages are probably spreading out, so it's dangerous. Could you please go to her? ...Your pick-up said they'd be there right away! Suzumi: I also want to go, but I've got students coming... Yuuhi: I understand! Leave it to me! See ya. Sound: beep Guy 1: Ran away [from home]? Guy 2: Lover's quarrel?* Guy 2: Aogiri--- Good luck. Bring 'er back--- Guy 1: Hey--- no matter how much a girl resists, if you kiss 'er, she'll listen to whatever you say, ya know---- Yuuhi: Pshaw. There's no way that girl would listen to reason with just a kiss! Yuuhi: Geez, making me worried like this... Yuuhi (th): ... Oh--yeah, my "pick-up" ... Yuuhi (th): ---It couldn't be... [171] Q: Yuuhi-sa----n Yuuhi: Why, oh why does it have to be you---!! Q: All right, let's fly--!! Yuuhi: Please, just look straight ahead and drive!! Drive nicely, okay. Okaasan: Well, Aya-- Okaasan: --Why did you kill your father...? Aya: That's not it... that's not it!! I didn't do it!! Aya: Otoosan was only protecting me...!! Anyway, please listen to what I have to say, Okaasan... [172] Sound: Za Okaasan: ...You... killed him. Okaasan: ...You killed him. Okaasan: You killed him...! [173] Okaasan: It's okay. ...I'll no longer allow such things. Okaasan: If you die together with your mother, it'll make up for your crime..... Aya: Okaasan...!! Sound: Za Sound: BAM Aya: ! [174] Tooya: !? Sound: THUMP Okaasan: Aya Okaasan: Wait a second [175] Okaasan: Aya Sound: pit pat pit pat Okaasan: Aya..... Kagami: "The one who killed your husband is Aya, your daughter." Sound: click [176] Sound: shake shake Aya(th): Okaasan, why...!! Sound: slump Sound: ba dum ba dum ba dum Aya(th): Ah... it's Aki's room. Nothing in here has changed. Aya(th): The only thing that has changed... is me--- Aya(th): What should I do, Aki, what's the best thing to do? Aki!! Aki: gasp Kagami: ...What's wrong, Aki-kun. [177] Aki: ...What? ... Oh, it's you, Kagami-san. Aki: I felt like I was being called by Aya. Kagami: By Aya-chan? Aki: ..... Aki: Oh yeah, my mother was also worrying all day today because she hasn't seen her in so long.... I wonder where she went. Kagami: ...I dunno... I just came back from the company. Kagami: ...Anyway, Ojiisan was also worrying, you know. He said, "Aki shuts his mouth and won't even eat." Aki: Of course I do! No matter what I hear, he ALWAYS says, "I don't know" to me!! Only "Don't leave here" to me!! I ask about the thing about my wounds... and the strange hand I was shown on my birthday! ...And you!? Do you not know!? [178] Kagami: That was---- Oh, the mummy hand. Kagami: Besides, it's not human... It's the hand of something that wanted to ruin the Mikages. Kagami: In order for that thing not to appear again, everyone in the family is shown it on their sixteenth birthday. Kagami: Then, when you appeared before it, it knew instinctively, those wounds Kagami: Perhaps you're the embodiment of a long-dead ancestor--- Aki: Embodiment...? ...So I had an ancestor that died of wounds like this...? Kagami: ...It's just speculation. Aki: It's like a demon, isn't it. [179] Sound: KNOCK Aya: !! Okaasan: -----Aya!! Sound: KNOCK KNOCK ...etc. Okaasan: You're in there, aren't you!! Open up, Aya!! [180] Sound: knock knock Yuuhi: Excuse me--- Hello--- It's the paperboy!! Q: It's strange, isn't it. They're not responding to the doorbell or the phone. We can't get in! Yuuhi: Miake-sa----n. It's "Speedy Neighbor Dinners!!" Q: I said it won't work. [181] Yuuhi: Wh... What are you doing!! Since when.... Tooya: If you don't move, you'll get hurt. Sound: slash Sound: CRASH BANG Yuuhi: Ah... That's right, Aya! [182] Yuuhi: I'm going in!! Yuuhi: Oda-san, wait outside!! If anything happens, I'll let you know!! Arrow: Still not listening Tooya: cough Sound: bubble Sound: click Tooya: ... The gas's fault...? Tooya: The air inside the house must be stagnant... Sound: rattle rattle rattle Okaasan: Aya...!! [183] Sound: DONK DONK Aya: Okaa... sa... S... stop Aya(th): Why....!? Aya: Ow... Sound: BA DUM Sound: ba dum ba dum ba dum ....etc. (heart beats) Aya(th): Not again...!! This feeling!! Aya: Stop... STOP IT!! Aya(th): My whole body's in a commotion. Otoosan: "You are a normal kid." [184] Aya(th): Aki. Tooya: "If you weren't a tennyo..." Aya(th): Tooya... Ceres: "It's useless." Ceres: "Release me." Ceres: "The real--" Ceres: "--you." Sound: donk donk ...etc. Yuuhi: !! Yuuhi: Wh... What are you doing!! Yuuhi: Mmph... Yuuhi (th): Th... This is not the strength... of an ordinary... woman!! Sound: crash Tooya: ! Yuuhi: .... Ow... Yuuhi: .....!? [185] Yuuhi: Aya...!? Ceres: ---Aya went to sleep. Ceres: I am from another world. Ceres: My name is "Ceres." -------------------------------------------------------------------- *the powder is soup base (dashi) *he literally says, "fuufu kenka," which means, "a dispute between a married couple"