Volume 2! ISBN 4-09-136355-5 407 yen [real value, 388 yen] *Micronesia is a region of islands located in Oceania. It's located southeast of Japan, above Indonesia. Sashimi: raw fish slices, shioyaki: traditional way of grilling food with salt rather than oil] //page 100/ Aya: Hey Tooya: ....Hm.... Aya: Have you always been alone? When did you lose your memory? Tooya: ...About two to three months ago. //page 101// Tooya: When I regained consciousness, I was in a park in the rain..... I had no memory of where i lived, who my family was, or who I was. all I found was thousands of dollars on the ground around me. [*the original was in yen, but I converted it] no matter how hard I tried to remember anything....all that appeared in my head were two things: "Tooya" and "Mikage". Aya: ...And then you found my relatives? and then they told you to work for them and they'd return your memory? Tooya: I was a bodyguard for a while...but what got me my money, a car, and this appartment was the fact that I had the strength to resist a tennyo. They seem to be obsessed with the tennyo. //page 102// Aya: Hmmmm.....the reason you protect Aki and fight against me is because the Mikage.....because Kagami tells you to? Tooya: ...I dunno. you guys....have what I don't know about. There's nothing I want to protect from the bottom of my heart....I don't love anyone, or hate anyone. But from looking at you guys, I get this feeling that I've lost something much more important than just my memory. Aya: Okay, I've got an idea. //page 103// Aya: Go out with meeee Tooya: Huh? Aya: You don't have to say "yes" right away; give it time. All you have to do is fall in love with me! I can't bring your memory back, but I can show you a good time! Like karaoke or parties, or... Tooya: Is it....is it really your place to joke?! Aya: I'm not joking; i'm serious! //page 104// Aya: Girls are always serious when it comes to love! I told you I loved you, so if you're a man, you should answer back! Tooya: ....Damn. You're sure cheerful..... Okay, okay, I'll think about it.... Aya: ...Really? Really?! Tooya: Yeah....so just go to sleep. Aya: Hey, Ceres....can you hear me? //page 105// Aya: I love Tooya. He doesn't have a way with words, and I can't tell whether he's cold or gentle, but......I'm attracted to him. I love Aki, too....he's my precious brother. I think my feelings for him are even stronger than your grudge against the Mikage. So please leave me alone. How can I make you disappear? if you really are me....then please tell me how.... //chirp, chirp, chirp// [freetalk] //page 106// //blaaaahhh// Yuuhi: That stupid-ass woman. She never came home last night.... damn....I'll ditch school today it's saturday anyway [*Japanese schools have classes on Saturday, but only twice a month and only two classes a day. I often ditched on Saturdays, too ^v^] you'd think I stayed up all night studying for a test or something....why would she....for that bastard..... //brrring// Yuuhi: Yeeeeeees? Aya: ...Ah....Yuu....hii? yuuhi: AYA?! Aya: So...sorryyyy....for not...calling you.... Yuuhi: You think sorry's enough!! I've been looking for you!! //page 107// Aya: I'm really sorry....for causing you such trouble again! Yuuhi: Yeah, thanks a lot!! Aya: Aahhh, he's really pissed.... Tooya: Sorry to worry you. I'll bring Aya over there right away. Words appearing behind Yuuhi's head on a black background: She stayed with this jerk all night. Together. The dawn's.... Yuuhi: YOU FUCKING ASSHOLLLLLE!! don't give me that "I'll bring Aya over" crap, gimme the address!! I'LL COME AND GET HER MYSELF!! //page 108// Tooya: ..Is what he said. Yuuhi: HEY, SAY SOMETHING! Aya: Just cut him off //stomp, stomp, stomp,stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp// Q: //snore// //slide!// Yuuhi: Q-SAN!! Q-san!! I found Aya!! Get the car!! We're gonna get her!! Q:unnnghghhhh //blink// Oh, no, Yuuhi-san, I can't sleep with you..... Yuuhi: WAKE UP, DAMMIT!! Suzumi: You say you found Aya?! //page 109// Suzumi: But why're you gonna go dressed like that.... //spark,spark// Yuuhi: Yeah, I'm gonna cut that fucking pimp into three slices and turn him into sashimi or shioyaki!! Q: //zzzz/// Yuuhi: I'll be back!! Q-san!! You sure take forever to wake up! Suzumi: //chuckle// It sure is....easy to tell what's on his mind. Aya: I guess....they'll be here in another twenty minutes. Tooya: Judging by how angry he is, I'd say sooner than that. Aya: ...So only a little longer....for us to be together... //page 110// Aya: And then he'll put on that Mikage-collar again.... Tooya: Hm? ...He....hey? //page 111// Aya: Te-he-he, it's my "mark"! So you won't forget what we were talking about last night! Tooya: A hickey? Isn't it normally the other way around?...and besides, it'll disappear in a couple days.... [how do YOU know so much about it, Tooya? ^_-] Aya: Then we'll meet again! and when we do, I'll give you another one! Tooya: ...You're weird. //whisper// Yeah, that's right....if I date you, it's sure to be fun.... //page 112// Aya: Huh.... Tooya: This is....my "mark". So that you can always stay the way you are now. //page 113// Tooya: So you can defeat Ceres, and then.... ///rrrrrr// Aya: And then....? Tooya: 'Llo. Aya: Ah... Kagami: It's me. Good work last night, Tooya. By the way, I have to talk to you about Aki. //page 114// Tooya: At the company...? Now?.....Okay, I'll be there in a while. Bye.... Aya: Company...? Kagami-san?! //DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG!!// Yuuhi: HEY, AYAAAA!! Aya: You're annoying everyone! Yuuhi: At least I don't go around worrying people!! Q-san! You've already finished driving! Snap out of it! Q: And then a right at the next corner.... //page 115// Tooya: Well, we'll say goodbye here, then. Yuuhi: Hey, bastard!! You think you're getting away?!! Take some responsibility to how you've hurt Aya!! Aya: He didn't hurt me!! //thud// you sure have some big misunderstanding there! And why do ya have to scream it out?! //ding// Yuuhi: Huh?....Nothing happened? Aya: We didn't do anything!! Yuuhi: //grumble, grumble//....Why was I so mad anyway? I didn't really think anything like that... //page 116// Yuuhi: Well, let's go home! //stomp!// Aya: Go home yourself! Yuuhi: Huh?! H....hey?! Where the hell're ya going?! Aya: Q-san, try and stay hiden! Q: Leave the pursuing to me! Yuuhi: Earth to Ayaaa, now's not the time to be on a guy's tail. What about Aki! //page 117// Aya: Aki was taken back there again.....Tooya's supposed to meet my cousin now. Yuuhi: Well....what're ya gonna do after we get there? Aya:...I don't know. but...what I do know is that I've got a hell of a lot of things I wanna tell that jerk, Kagami. Kagami: That door over there....has your face in its memory banks and will open automatically. //page 118// Kagami: ...What's wrong? Tooya: ...Nothing. //clink// //rrrr// //page 119// Kagami: What is it? Alec: Chief, Aki-kun has woken up. Kagami: Good timing. Aki's bodyguard is also headed your way. Alec:....Just why are you keeping Aki-kun here? Does it have something to do with this project... Kagami: Yes....but now things are still incomplete. There's one more....that accomplice...?! Aya?! Alec: Is something the matter? //page 120// Kagami: ....That very accomplice has just come in. I'll introduce you to her. Yuuhi: What a biiiiig builllllding! Your family never ceases to amaze me! Aya: Not my family! My family was normal; you mean my relatives. Yuuhi: In my opinion, the business world is another dimension, and companies are like dungeons in an RPG! You never know what's going on....and it kinda seems like adults are sorta soldiers fighting all night?....I wonder if I'll ever be a part of it when I grow up? Arrrgh, no way, no way! How borrrring! I'd never dream of it. Aya: ...Damn, I lost Tooya. It's not a work day, so it seems like all the doors are locked... //page 121// //CLANG!!// Aya: WAAHH! //doki doki doki// Do...don't open so suddenly! I wonder if Tooya came in through here... I'm coming innnnn. Yuuhi: Aya! Did you find the entrance?! Aya: Yuu... //page 122// //CRASSHH!!// Aya: Yuuhi.... Yuuhi: Aya!! Hey, open up!! //page 123// Aya: Tooya?! Sorry, Yuuhi! I'm just gonna look around! Yuuhi: What?! I can't hear you! Hey! Where're you going?!! Aya: There's no turning back once I've come this far! //dong// //clank...// //page 124// Kagami: Hello, Aya-chan. Aya: Nice seeing you! //bang// Kagami: Hey, wait a minute......the one who wants to kill you is grandpa. I'm different.....because I'm your cousin. //page 125// //whoosh// Aya: What is this place?!! Kagami: I thought we could have a nice chat. Aya: Chat? Gimme a break, what's with tha "cousin" crap! I think you're really sick!! Just who killed my father! And what did you do to my mom?! And you even....stole Tooya's memory!! And if you try to do something to Aki, I'm gonna kill you!! Or I'll take you to prison or whatever!! Kagami:....Isn't the person who will do something to Aki you? //page 126// Kagami: "Ceres". //gulp...// Aya: What do you...I'm "Aya"! Kagami: But I know you transform. Aya: I don't anymore! I won't let her out!! Kagami: ...Oh?.....Well, then what should I do? Hmph, So that's what a "typical teenager" is? Then I won't treat you like a child either. //page 127// //boom// //bam...// Aya: Wha.... Kagami: Let me test a few things. Until Ceres appears, I won't let you leave. //page 128// [Tooya character profile] //rattle, rattle// Yuuhi: Shit!! Open up!! What a smart-ass security system, only letting Aya in!! Camera....damn, I wonder what the password is?! Q: Yuuhi-san! Where's Aya-san? Yuuhi: Q-san.... //page 130// Q: Hm? //clank!// Q:....tThey let us in, I see. Yuuhi: WHYYYYY! Tell me, God!! Ah....well, I don't really get it, but it's a good thing you were with me! Q: I don't really get it, but I'm glad I could be of service. Yuuhi: Okay! Let's find aya! Q: This place has over fifty floors, so where should we start?..... //page 131// //rip!// //slap!// //rattle...// Aya: GRRRRR! Kagami: It's useless. the door is locked by computer.....there are also no windows. This place is an ideal secret room. //page 132// Kagami: Sounds also cannot be heard from the outside....well, usually there is no one around here on days off anyway. Unless you want to get hurt, let Ceres out immediately...Aya-chan. Aya: Wha....what are you gonna do to me!! You're my cousin!! Kagami: Cousins can marry legally. And the Mikage family has had inner-marriages throughout the generations. Didn't you know? Your mother was your father's second-cousin. Aya: Why...? Kagami: We're blessed with the tennyo-blood...we wouldn't want to dilute it, would we? //page 133// aya:...oh yeah?.....well, it's really a bother to us descendants!! kagami: oh, really?I'm happy. I get to meet a real tennyo in the present.... //bash!// kagami: //ungh!// aya: //beeeee// [sticking out tongue noises ^_^] //page 134// //BAM!!// Aya: Jerk! Kagami: Let Ceres out! Aya: Leggo of me! //DOKUN// //page 135// //vwom, vwom, vwom...// Kagami: ...That's right... Aya: It's no use... Kagami: ....Hang in there. Well, shall I go a little farther? It seems like you still don't have enough motivation. //suck...// //page 136// Aya: No!! Don't give in, Aya!! Tooya: Aki? Aki: Tooya?.....why're you here? Tooya: Kagami called me over....and what about you? I thought you were at your grandfather's.... Aki:....I also don't know.....they brought me over last night. Tooya: That's pretty weird having a living quarters on the 10th floor. Aki: Kagami's dad told me to use it as I please.......and the president here is my uncle. //page 137// Aki: And my grandpa's a section-leader....I had no idea they had such a big operation here......but I wanna do something to help Aya. I don't care if she tries to destroy us....somehow, I....feel something bad's going on. You saw it, didn't you?....You heard about it, right? After I finally got to be with my sister again, she turned into Ceres, told me I was her "enemy" and attacked me. And she even accused me of doing things I don't remember, like calling me "hagoromo-thief". And then there's Kagami! Dad was killed protecting Aya! And they say mom's in the hospital now in a coma?! //page 138// Aki: And on top of that, they tell me to help them out so they won't kill Aya....they tell me I can't be with Aya....What the hell's going on? What the hell did we do to them?.....sonofabitch..... Tooya: I don't know if this will make you feel better or worse, but I'll say this: Aya's been coping through all her trials all by herself. While you were in a bed being babied by everyone, her relatives were trying to kill her. Her father died for his own sake. Even so, without knowing any of the circumstances, she tried to protect you. The Aogiri's were kind enough to take her in, but... //page 139// Tooya: The one who is having the hardest time with Ceres....is Aya, herself. But even so, she's trying her best to fight it....even with that fate. What about you? Are you okay the way you are? Hm, I seem to talk a lot when I'm with you two.... it wasn't even my place to say all that.... Aki: Tooya.....do you love... //knock, knock, knock// //page 140// //click// Alec: Excuse me, gentlemen. chief....Kagami-san has summoned you. Ah, this is the first time we meet, Tooya-san! I'm Alexander O. Howell. I work under Kagami! My hobbies are anime, and video games, and my type of girl is Shiori-chan from "Tokimeki Memorial". Nice to meet you Tooya: ....Oh really.... Alec: Well, please wait here for a while! //page 141// Kagami: ...Hey, hey, if I go any farther than this, the boyfriend who gave you that hickey will be sad, won't he? Flashback-Tooya: "It's my mark....so that you can stay the way you are" Kagami: Or did you sell yourself on the streets and a middle-aged man gave it to you? Aya: Tooya. SHUT UP... Don't mess with me!! I won't turn into Ceres!!....for....for Aki... //page 142// kagami: Oh, really? //pinch// Aya: Ow!...I won't turn into her TOO....YA!! Kagami: ....Tooya? Aya: //pant, pant, pant// Kagami: i told him to observe you....I get it. if Iwant you to release Ceres....how's this? //clunk// //page 143// Kagami: Here is your enemy....Ceres. //clunk// Aki: A...Aya?! //page 144// Aya: Tooya...Aki //spark!// //page 145// //spray// [freetalk] //page 146// Kagami: ...You two'll be fine. This is a special-strong glass. The surroudings have been totaled, though. So you finally showed yourself, Ceres....how does the gas taste? You must find it difficult to.....move.... Ceres: ....What....do you plan on accomplishing by summoning me?...Are you going to use me again as you did in the past? //page 147// Ceres: ...Just like that man... Kagami: Huh? Kagami: Is Aki.....is Aki the man who stole your hagoromo? Ceres: ...Yes.... Kagami: What about you?...Why do you show yourself in Aya? Ceres:....I....had my hagoromo....stolen by that man.....and then he forced me....to be his wife....and I bore his children.... Kagami: And those children are us, right. Ceres: I reappear....in order to get my revenge, I am reborn into those with my blood....into girls who are born into the Mikage....into girl with bodies close to my requirements! //page 148// Kagami: Close to your body requirements? Your figure? Or do you mean those who have the most of your blood? Ceres: ....I have reappeared many times this way....but I cannot use the body well until the girl reaches 16. and you people....have figured that out and always undergo a "ceremony" and destroy me!....But this time is different....but....ironically, the man I despise the most also has to reappear; and in the form of Aya's twin....I cannot believe he would be reborn as my twin!! //slide...// Ceres:...But never mind....before I destroy you people, I...shall get my hagoromo back. When I do that, I shall not be disturbed by Aya's presence, I will become a complete tennyo and shall return to the heavens. Aki:...Do...does that....does that mean that Aya will disappear? //page 149// Aki: Even if what you say is true! i'm me! I don't have any memory of being that "man"! I know nothing about the hagormo and I don't even consider myself related to these guys!! Give her back!! Set my little sister free!! The one who's gonna disappear is YOU!! Kagami:....Well, I'm sure it's impossible for you to destroy us. Ceres: What are you...unhand me.... Kagami: You should have a little rest... //shoosh!// //page 150// Yuuhi: Don't move!! Tooya: Aogiri! Yuuhi: Just step away from Aya slowly! Kagami: How did you get in this building? Ceres: Yuu....hi....! Yuuhi: Hold onto me! //page 151// Kagami: Wha... //bam!// //page 152+153// Yuuhi: WAHHH!! Kagami: She...she flew.... //whoooooosh// Q: Yes, she did! Kagami: Did you see that?!!...That girl really did.... Q: ...Fly, didn't she! Kagami: ...Who are you? Q: I won't telllll you! [*Q was singing a song here, I think it has something to do with the "Q-chan" she was modeled after] Alec: //bang!// Q-chan!! Obake Q-chan, where are you!! //page 154// Alec: Ah, darrrrn, she's gone!! Because she's an obake? [monster] Kagami:...Alec....now I get it. You input in Obake Q and other anime characters' names into the security computer, didn't you! If you weren't a genius with an IQ of 260, i'd fire you!! Yuuhi: Let me down!! let me down! I'm hella scared!! Ceres: Thank you for saving me, Yuuhi... yuuhi: what the hell..!! if you can fly like this, you don't need the hagoromo!! ceres:....however....i cannot return to the heavens. i do not wish to remain in such a hideous place such as this.... yuuhi: but aki says he doesn't remember anything about the hagoromo! and besides!! you should consider aya's life, too! i don't really understand how you feel, but this place has its good points, too! it's aya's home! //page 155// Ceres: Do you really prefer Aya that much? I understand...I shall bring her back. Man: Huh....? Yuuhi: IDIOT! Don't! If you turn back up here.... Aya:...Huh? Yuuhi: MOMMYYYYYYY!! Aki: Kagami-san! //page 156// Kagami: Aki-kun? Aki: I've decided...I wanna know about myself and about the hagoromo! Until Ceres goes away, I won't see Aya....it seems like she changes into Ceres when she sees me, so....I'll help you out...if it'll bring Aya back! kagami: okay..... //slam...// Alec: So he's helping us?! kagami: Did you get Ceres's image in the backup computer? Also I want you to analyze this blood I took from Ceres. //page 157// Alec: Are you going to proceed as Aki wishes? Kagami: Aki is important for Ceres. We just got the best "Ceres"; you think I'm going to let her go? Alec: Are you talking about the "C-project", Celestial Project? Tooya: Celestial Project? Kagami: The tennyo will belong to us.i'm looking forward to that. Ceres.....huh. Q: Good thing the place you landed happened to be a pool. Yuuhi: //pant, pant// I have vowed! No matter what happens, I'm gonna turn this girl back into a normal human! If I don't, she'll end up killing me!! //end of part 5// //page 158// Kagami: This is an image of a real-live, tennyo. As you can see, her hair and eye color have changed completely. She also has astounding instinctive powers. People: //murmur, murmur// //page 159// Gladys: Her name is Mikage Aya, sixteen years old. Her tennyo-name is "Ceres". Person: Ceres? Isn't that the goddess "Keres" in ancient Rome? Person2: How fascinating....at first glance, she just appears to be a normal teenager. Gladys: Well, I believe we'll be finishing up soon, but I will review with everyone...the legend of angels for wives....the "tennyo legend" also exists in Europe as the "virgin swan legend". If we take a look into Africa and Polynesia, it seems to be a very global legend. The continent of America, northern and central Asia... //page 160// Gladys: Especially in Europe, and Asian countries....Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, Micronesia*, parts of the legend are hidden all over. Kagami: And within all of these legends, Japan alone has close to 50 separate legends scattered throughout it. and one of them is my family, Mikage's "legend" that has been proven as "reality" by that image of Ceres you just witnesed.....and within all of Japan....or within all the world, rather....is the possibility of people still alive with tennyo-blood in them. //page 161// Kagami: And in regards to ancient men marrying tennyo and gaining their riches and power, that is when men were not "apes" anymore, but evolved to "humans". And the lucky men who were blessed with a tennyo's stolen hagoromo became the population's heroes...they became the leaders...and among those leaders is a "leader" that once was our ancestor, reborn again into a "Mikage" boy. This time...we only need one "leader". Alec: Which means that this time, the Mikage have been chosen. //page 162// Kagami: We will begin work within Japan. We shall obtain all the people who contain tennyo genes in them. Person: How are you going to look for those people? Kagami: We are collecting data at this very moment. Those who have the gene are called "C-genoma". Person2: What about that Ceres...Mikage Aya? Kagami: I am sorry to say that presently, we only contain a blood sample. However, from that blood sample, we have been able to extract tennyo DNA. Which means that the time has come once again to receive the blessing of the tennyo...we will be even more than the men of legend. //page 163// Kagami: Each one of you who has been chosen to take part of this project will create a legend. Tooya: "Create a new hagoromo legend....that is our C-project this time"....huh. This time it's "the story of one man obtaining all the tennyo in Japan"? What the hell are you guys playing at? Kagami: ...It's none of your business.....you should concentrate on your own position instead....you've been included in this project. Tooya: Huh...? Kagami: You and Aya love each other, right? //page 164// Kagami: ...Hmph, that's the first time I've seen that kind of reaction from you. Does that mean you know what it's like to love someone? Tooya:....... Kagami: Well, never mind that....you should be interested in both Aya and Aki. I'll leave observing Aya to you. //ka-ching, ka-ching// Alec: TA-DAAAAH Tooya-san, you chose favorite memory-data! [he said this with rather strange Japanese ^_^] Tooya: ....What language are you speaking Alec: I have 100 choices *heart* Tooya: Memory....data? Alec: I'll give you some memory so you can be near Aya. Kagami: But aren't Tooya's lost memories with you? Alec: You can even become a game-nerd or an anime-geek! Kagami: No, that's YOU in correct terms, it would be "knowledge"....we input information into you temporarily...given-memories. kagami; Listen up, Tooya, you are not to speak of the C-project to anyone else. Yes...I am afraid that even if you were to betray us, we would not let you disappear from this world. //clink// Aki: ....Aya.... Flashback-Kagami: "Does that mean you know what it's like to love someone?" Tooya: Love...? Teacher: Mikage.... //page 166// //snorrrre, snorreee// Teacher: Mikage! Aya: //snort// Teacher: Mikage Aya! //ping!// Aya: Ow! Teacher: There's nothing wrong with taking a nap after eating lunch, but I'm teaching class here! As punishment, you're cleaning the physics lab!! On your own!! Aya: //snort// Yuuhi: Stu---pid. Aya: (singing) And soon afterrrrr, we are doin' goooood //page 167// Aya: (still singing ^_^) ...Please don't disturb ussss. Yuuhi: YOU'RE the one who's causing a disturbance!! Shut up and clean!! Aya: What's with that teacher? Just because he's in a high position, he abuses his power...I was just taking a short nap! Telling me NOT to sleep after lunch is what's wrong Yuuhi: If I were a teacher, it'd piss me off!! Aya: Hmph! But physics is boring! Yuuhi: It's more interesting than helping you clean the room!! Damn, and I can't go off freely on my own because of this stupid headband! What a nice day this could have been //page 168// Yuuhi: Ahhh, finally finished! I'll lock up the tools, so you return the key! Aya: Yes, sirrrr. What's with him? Wellll, I guess that gave him a reason to be mad... Urakawa:......Sensei....... Aya: //Mm!// /page 169// Aya: He just kissed her, didn't he!!.... Urakawa: Bye. Aya: But didn't she just say "sensei"?!....I can't see them very well... //starrrrre// Yuuhi: Hey! What're you doing?! Aya: //erk// Aw, man, that was the first time I've seen it live!! But that teacher's sure got it! I wonder if he has a weakness for ditsy high schoolers? Yuuhi:....Aren't there people out there who would grab at a high schooler even if they weren't teachers? Like SOMEBODY I know... [freetalk] //page 170// Aya: ....Who're you talking about? Yuuhi: Oh, noooo one. Aya: What's with that yuuhi? Has he been doubting Tooya this entire month long? is that why he's so pissed off? Yuuhi: Aya, hurry up and sleep! //bong!// Aya: Okay, already! Little does he know....that I've been staying up every night researching tennyo legends. there doesn't seem to be a way that....I can go back to being a normal human. I try my best not to let Ceres out while I'm in school, but it's still bugging me...especially since if none of this had happened, I could have been a normal teenager... //page 171// Aya: ...Your "mark"....has disappeared, Tooya...there are so many things I shouldn't be thinking about now...but they just pop into my head anyway. I must be in love with him....that sucks. Is he staying with Aki? Is he thinking about me? Flashback-Tooya: "So that you can defeat the tennyo....and then...." Aya: ....When I see you next time...can you tell me what you were going to say next?....Tooya //page 172// Aya: I OVERSLEPT!! //bambambambam// Why didn't you at least wake up on time, Yuuhi!! Yuuhi: Because you stayed up until morning with the light on and I couldn't sleep! Aya: Why didn't you just turn it off?! Yuuhi: Didn't you tell me you'd kill me if I took one step into your room?! Aya: People who worry over lamp-light are crazy! Q: Hmhmhm...Yuuhi-san....what you're worried about is not the "light", but "Aya", right? He's going through puberty. //giggle, giggle// To tell the truth, I have to watch out when I take a bath, change clothes, or sleep. Yuuhi: I wouldn't peep even if you begged me to! //page 173// Yuuhi: What's wrong? Aya: I was just thinking "Hmm, all the girls bleach their hair and wear loose socks". Yuuhi: Well, you do, too! Aya: Yeah, you're right...I guess the reason why I do it is to make myself an "individual"? I did it to be original! But if you look at me among those girls, I just look like another copy.....I may sound like a hypocrite, but....I feel safe like that....being the same as everyone else. Like I'm losing myself in a herd... haha, but since I'm different from everyone now, even though I may look the same, there's not another girl like me... //page 174// Aya: //perk// What...a girl....burning... Q-chan, turn right!! Turn right at this corner!! Q: Yes, ma'am?! //scrreeeeech// //page 175// Yuuhi: Wha....what's going on? Aya: Stop up there!! //screech// Aya: Ah....hey, you!! Wake up!! Yuuhi: Don't, Aya! She fell down; don't move her! Aya: This girl...is Urakawa-san from class-3? Yuuhi: What're you gona do? take her to a hospital? //page 176// Urakawa: /grab//...School....take me to school....I just....felt a little ill, and fell down... Aya: Urakawa-san?! Sign: Nurse's office Aya: I wonder if she's okay.... Yuuhi: What should we do? Class'll start soon. Aya: You go back and tell our teacher....I'm worried about her, so I'll stay with her. //page 177// Yuuhi: You...how did you know she was over there? Aya: ...A vision...came to me. How weird.....it was only for a second, but it looked like she was surrounded in fire.... it's because I have Ceres's power...I guess, instinctive power? I didn't use it recently, but...this isn't normal. It's weird! Yuuhi: ...Yup, you said this before, but there isn't another girl on this planet like you! //rip.../ Aya: You don't have to be so blunt!! //page 178// Yuuhi: I mean there's no one that has as much spirit as you! //doki...// Yuuhi: ...What's wrong with it! More than just bad things can be accomplished with your powers. If you hadn't found Urakawa....not many people pass by that little street....if she had been seriously injured, she might have even died! //page 179// Yuuhi: So you don't have to worry!....if you spend every night reading tennyo books, you'll exhaust yourself! You'll also fall asleep in class Aya: He knew....? Yuuhi: I'm telling you, you're not weird! So just take it easy. Flashback-Q: "What yuuhi's worried about it is you, Aya" by Q-chan Aya: No way....this guy... //dokin, dokin// Yuuhi: Aya....well, you see.... Aya: ...Couldn't be.... Tooya: Class.... //page 180// Tooya: ...Is about to begin, you two. Aya/Yuuhi: WAAAAHHH!!! Aya: Wha!...wha, wha..!! Yuuhi: Tooya?! Why? Why're you here!! Tooya: Don't yell in front of a patient, idiot. Nurse: Huh? What are you kids doing in here? //page 181// Yuuhi: Nurse, this jerk... Nurse: Oh, you mean Mikami-sensei our last school doctor, Yoshihara-sensei was transferred, so we hired him. Tooya: Nice to meet you. Words: Doctor.... Yuuhi: HE'S LYING!! Nurse, don't be deceived!! He's an evil man on a mission to capture a tennyo!! Nurse: Huh? Aya: //grab// Come with me!! Tooya: What a nice school this is. I'm also fitting it well with being a doctor... Aya: Yeah! But how in the world did you do it!! Tooya: It's "fabrication". I received some data from Kagami. //page 182// Tooya: He put a doctor's knowlege into my brain....because I never had any previous knowlege of it. which means that I can essentially become anyone. Aya: ....So....he can actually do that kind of thing........now I know I'm scared of Kagami! He can create, and even destroy people...so....so that was...so you could be with me? //page 183// //squeeze// Aya: I don't care if you were ordered or whatever...I missed you.... he's warm....it seems like fatigue and anything else is just going away....how weird. It's like it's overflowing from my body....giving me strength... //page 184// Tooya: Aya, this is the answer to what you asked earlier. //doki...// Yuuhi: I'm telling you, the guy's not a doctor!! Nurse: You're Aogiri-kun, right? you should take a little rest! Yes, I'll have Mikami-sensei examine your "head". Yuuhi: I am SANE!! Urakawa: //zzzzzz// Nurse: Just stop yelling!! This student will wake up!! //page 185// Nurse: Huh.... //BOOM!// Tooya: The only one I'm interested in is Ceres. Don't get your hopes up on me. //end of volume 2//