妖しのセレス
                             (Ayashi no Ceres)
                       Volume 2 Translation (Part 1)

Formatting conventions:
text = character's thoughts
[text] = narration
//text// = sound effects, when necessary
{text} = translation notes

                                   Page 5
 Yuuhi: "Ce... Ceres...? You're not Aya?"

                                   Page 6
 Ceres: "What you now call Aya is merely what has existed for the past 16
 years. She is nothing more than the product of her environment,
 relationships, and such."

 Yuuhi: "The Tennyo... what about the Tennyo's personality?"

 Ceres: "They're not separate. It's just that the consciousness of Aya has
 been stronger. This is the first body I've ever had out of the daughters
 from Mikage lineage in which I can bring myself out this much.

                                   Page 7
 [Tooya reaches into his jacket for something. Ceres spots him, and blasts
 him. Kyuu shrieks.]

 Ceres: "Are you a Mikage lackey, then?"

                                   Page 8
 [Tooya appears unharmed... which appears to shock Ceres.]

 Ceres: "Tooya... I must eradicate the Mikage utterly. Knowing that, will
 you still side with them... even though it means opposing me?"

 Tooya: "Fraid so. They ordered me to catch you alive."

                                   Page 9
 Ceres: "Is that so... then I shall bestow the joy of beatitude upon you...
 just as I will with the Mikage clan."

 //DON//
 [The floor around Tooya erupts in fire.]

                                  Page 10
 Tooya: "...petals?"

 [Ceres descends towards Aya's mother, who is lying prone on the floor.]

 Yuuhi: "Hey, wait a minute!"

 Ceres: "That woman... is she not also a Mikage?"

 Yuuhi: "Hold on, don't! This is you... no, Aya's mom!"

 Ceres: "Do you defend her, then?"

                                  Page 11
 Ceres: "Don't be frightened... you have nothing to do with the Mikage. Now
 step back so that you won't get hurt... Yuuhi."

                                  Page 12
 [Ceres slips down through the hole in the floor.]

 Yuuhi [going SD and freaking out]: "Are she and Aya the same person?!
 Aya's rougher, she's a bigger smartass, and most of all, she doesn't have
 that sort of kindness and sex appeal--!! this sucks!"
 {Hiragana in the background: paniikku = panic}

 Tooya [elsewhere]: "It's not such a big house, but still... I haven't got
 the foggiest idea where she is. Another area?"

                                  Page 13
 [A small ball falls to the ground and bounces toward Tooya.]

 Tooya: "...a ball?"

 //korokorokorokoro// {sound of ball rolling across the hard floor}

                                  Page 14
 Ceres [rising out of the ball]: "I'm not letting you go anywhere... now,
 where is my hagoromo?!"

 Suzumi [on the phone with Yuuhi]: "Ceres?!"

 Suzumi: "Are you sure that's really a Tennyo?"

 Yuuhi: "Positive. Her eyes, the color of her hair... they've all changed.
 I can't believe it's the same woman."

 Suzumi: "This is bad. We've got to find Aya and stop her now!!"

 Yuuhi: "S-stop her? How?!"

 Suzumi: "You can do it!! This is why infused the crest of your headband
 with my power. We've got a real problem if she doesn't revert to being
 Aya!"

                                  Page 15
 Ceres: "I cannot return without the Hagoromo. Who knows where it is now?"

 Tooya: "Beats the hell outta me. I don't even know much about myself, you
 know?"

 Ceres [gathering power]: "I see... very well..."

                                  Page 16
 Yuuhi [leaping on Ceres and wrapping his arms around here]: "Enough
 already!!"

 Ceres: "What are you doing--release me!!"

 Yuuhi: "You're Aya, damnit!! Not a Tennyo!!" Ceres: "If you interfere,
 even you will perish!! I'll exterminate all the Mikage--the bloodline of
 the man who stole my hagoromo and shamed me--!!"

                                  Page 17
 [Yuuhi silences Ceres by kissing her.]

 Ceres: ...lips... k... kiss...

                                  Page 18
 Aya: Tooya...

 [Aya and Yuuhi suddenly find themselves facing each other... kissing.]

 Yuuhi: "...hm?"

 [Aya smacks the heck out of Yuuhi.]
 //PAN//

                                  Page 19
 Aya: "Whattya think you're doing, you little perv!!"

 Yuuhi: "A... Aya...?! No way--that really turned you back--?!"

 Aya: "WHAT THE HELL'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Cut the crap already!!"

 Aya [suddenly noticing Tooya]: Tooya?! "Why're you--"

 //funfunfun// {sound of a vehicle's engine outside}

                                  Page 20
 Kyuu [waving to ambulance]: "Ahh! Over here, over here!"

 Aya [as Tooya pulls a vanishing act]: "Wait--"

 [Aya comes back into the room and notices her mother, lying on the
 ground.]

 Aya: Mother--!! That's right... she backed me into a corner...

 Yuuhi: "Your old lady... she hasn't woken up..."

 Aya: "Mom... Mom... wake up, please!! Mom!!"

                                  Page 21
 Aki: "Helloooo?"

 [A man who had been reading a newspaper outside of Aki's door walks in.]

 Man: "What can I do for you, Aki?"

 Aki: "I'm a little hungry... would you bring me something to eat? I can't
 move, you know..."

 Man: "Sure! Right away--"

 Aki [watching the man leave]: "Thanks!"

                                  Page 22
 [Aki gets up and sneaks out of the room while the man's gone.]

 Aki: "Hmph. Idiot thinks I still can't move... I'm sick of being watched!
 They won't make a fool outta me..."

 Aki [remembering Kagami]: [Aki, I think the cuts on you reflect the last
 moments of our ancestor.]

 Aki: That explanation... what a bunch of vapid crap. Like that makes me
 want to do what I'm told.

 [Aki stops as he overhears Kagami and his grandfather talking nearby...]

 Grandpa: "What about Aya? We already know she's living with the Aogiri
 family!"

 Kagami: "I understand... I'll take care of it, grandfather."

 Grandpa: "I won't rest easy as long as Aya is alive! Before Aki finds
 out... deal with Aya right away!"

                                  Page 23
 Suzumi: "She's in a coma, right?"

 Yuuhi: "Yeah. According to the doctor, mental shock seems to be the cause.
 It's like she's completely closed her mind. He says there's nothing we can
 do but wait."

                                  Page 24
 Suzumi: "I wonder if the Mikage did something to her... I just can't
 believe a mother assaulted her own daughter. Oh by the way, about that
 Tennyo who called herself Ceres... I'm amazed you were able to get her to
 transform back. Good job..."

 Yuuhi [remembering a friend of his]: [All you have to do to shut a woman
 up is give her a kiss, you know!]
 {Handwritten note: 'He suddenly remembered the advice of some
 less-than-reputable acquaintances.'}

 Suzumi: "Her eyes and the color of her hair changed? And I don't
 understand... why did she say to give back her 'hagoromo'?"

 Yuuhi: "She looked so damn powerful... saying 'I'll exterminate all the
 Mikage', and stuff."

 Suzumi: "Aya doesn't remember any of it, does she?"

 Kyuu [suddenly appearing and startling both of them]: "Isn't that
 terrible?!"

                                  Page 25
 [Suzumi and Yuuhi both fall over.]

 Kyuu: "Oh my."

 Yuuhi: "Why'd you have to break the tension like that?! We were having a
 serious conversation..."

 Kyuu: "You're so cruel to me... just because I look like Chisato
 Moritaka--"
 {Chisato Moritaka is a popular and beautiful Japanese musician. Kyuu-chan
 has a penchant for comparing herself to beautiful Japanese celebrities.}

 Yuuhi: "I said no such thing!!"

 Suzumi: "Aya..."

 Yuuhi [whispered]: "Shit! She might've been eavesdropping on us..."

 Kyuu [whispered]: "You mean about me looking like Chisato Moritaka...?!"

 Suzumi: "NO, you idiot!!"

                                  Page 26
 Suzumi: "I'll go get something to drink for you..."

 Kyuu: "I'll come with you..."

 Yuuhi: "Hey, hold on!! Well, I'll come too--"

 [Aya snags the back of Yuuhi's collar.]

 Aya: "Did I... did some weird power come out in me again? And trash our
 house? And Tooya...?"

                                  Page 27
 Aya: "Did I say 'I'll exterminate the Mikage'? Did I try to hurt my
 mother, even?"

 Yuuhi: "N... no... you didn't do any such thing!! you just put a little
 pressure on me, that's all..."

 Aya: "Why... why don't I remember?! I'm the only one who doesn't know what
 happened... even though it's all about me!! Before I lost consciousness, I
 definitely heard a voice inside me..."

                                  Page 28
 Aya [remembering Ceres' voice]: [RELEASE ME]

 Aya: "I was defeated by the voice of the Tennyo inside myself..."

 Aya: "Damn it..." Even though I'm still me... "Damn it!"

                                  Page 29
 Aya: "I swore... I promised... to my father... that I'd never be 'Tennyo'
 again... to Tooya as well..."

 [Aya turns away from Yuuhi.]

                                  Page 30
 [Yuuhi walks through the hospital... and spots Tooya in the hallway.]

 Yuuhi: "Him..."

 Yuuhi: "HEY!"

                                  Page 31
 Yuuhi: "What do you think you're doing here, asshole? Don't come sneaking
 around here!! I don't know how Aya feels, but you're an eyesore to me,
 pal! Don't get too close to Aya from now on... I'm going to protect her!"

                                  Page 32
 Tooya: "Well then, protect her, why don't you. Protect her with all your
 strength... from the Mikage, and also from me."

 Aya: That Tennyo is going to exterminate the Mikage family. I've got to
 stop it... by all means. To the last man...?

                                  Page 33
 Aya: Not only grandpa and my other relatives... Tooya, mom... and Aki too?

 [Aki limps along outside, in pain.]

 Aki: "Unh... wait for me, Aya... I'll be there soon..."

                                  Page 34
 Aki: "We've been together since we were born. We must... not be
 separated... I have to be with you... I'll never let anyone lay a finger
 on you."

                                  Page 35
 Aki: "Aya--wait for me!"

 [...elsewhere...]

 Grandpa: "Where did Aki go!! What were you morons doing?! If anything
 happens to that boy, I--!!"

 Grandpa: "Go and find him!! He's injured, so he can't be that far."

 Kagami: "Tooya! You're quite late."

 Tooya: "I'm real worn out. Can't we talk later?"

                                  Page 36
 Kagami: "Aki's managed to escape. Go and find him now. That's your job
 too."

 Tooya: "You've gotta be kidding me. First looking after the sister, now
 the older brother? Give me a break, I'm hungry too."

 Kagami: "You can't defy me, Tooya, can you? Unless, of course, you don't
 want to get your memories back."

 Tooya: "I met the Tennyo."

 [Kagami looks startled.]

 Tooya: "Aya transformed, just as you expected. A woman with a different
 personality, calling herself 'Ceres'... with different eye and hair color
 from Aya." Ceres [in flashback]: "Where is my hagoromo?!"

                                  Page 37
 Kagami: "Hagoromo...?! And then?"

 Tooya: "I failed to catch her alive. That's all. I'll go and find Aki.
 Satisfied?"

 Grandpa: "Kagami! Aki must have gone to find Aya!"

 Kagami: "...Grandfather, Aki can't possibly go and see Aya..."

 Kagami: "...however... if by some chance he does manage to, it would be
 quite interesting. Ceres... Hagoromo... indeed."

                           Continued in Part 2...