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                             (Ayashi no Ceres)
                       Volume 3 Translation (Part 4)

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

                                  Page 92
 [Ceres is floating in midair, holding Yuuhi and looking at Hayama...]

 Hayama: "Ceres! A complete Tennyo...!! What an honor to meet you!"

 Ceres: "Get away from that girl, you fool!"

                                  Page 93
 Ceres: "Not only did you use Urakawa for your own ends, but you brought
 misery on Yuuhi and so many others in the process. It's utterly
 unforgivable... and I won't accept any more of your excuses!"

 Hayama [pointing gun at Ceres]: "Shut up!!"

                                  Page 94
 [Mikage building. A door opens with a bang, and Tooya stalks in.]

 Receptionist: "What are you doing, sir--do you have something which is
 business for the President??"

 [Tooya ignores the receptionist and walks toward the President's office.]

 Receptionist: "Hey--one second... you're being difficult!! Wait...!!"

                                  Page 95
 [Tooya walks into the President's office]

 President: "What do you think you're doing?!"

 Kagami: "Father, this is Tooya, my subordinate."

 Tooya: "Other people in the company told me that you are here, Chief...
 Hayama and Urakawa in Aisei High School... did you hire them?"

 Ceres: "Did you expect any               Kagami: "Did you expect any
 different?"                      [Image] different?"

                                  Page 96
 [Ceres destroys Hayama's bullet with her power.]
 Ceres: "Do you think you can catch me with this?"

 Ceres: "Urakawa-san, you should not use this power anymore. Your body
 shouldn't even have it. You were not able to have it originally, but it
 has now been induced unnaturally. If you use it any more... it will kill
 you."

 Hayama: "Don't listen to her!! That girl--Mikage--is a monster!! Her
 existence is a hindrance to both of us!"

 Ceres: "Hayama... what kind of man are you?"

                                  Page 97
 [Urakawa looks exhausted, and thinks back to what Aya said to her...]
 Aya [in Urakawa's memory]: [I love someone too, so let's both do our best,
 okay?]

 [...Mikage Headquarters...]

 Tooya: "Why did you induce Urakawa's power all of a sudden?"

 Kagami: "Everyone is composed of the same substances that all earthly
 creatures are composed of. But from Ceres' DNA, we extracted some unknown
 substance. We reproduced it, and put it into members of the C-Genome, like
 Urakawa."

                                  Page 98
 Kagami: "This causes the unknown substances in their cells to express
 themselves... therefore, their 'Tennyo power' is induced."

 Tooya: "So a second, or third Ceres will be produced?!"

 President: "Ceres gave our ancient ancestors her power. For many thousands
 of years, our clan has prospered. From now on, we have a plan to gain even
 stronger power."

 [scene of Urakawa kneeling on the floor with Hayama standing next to her]

 President: "Moreover, many of those who have no ability of their own, if
 we promise them money and social status, can be used as we wish."

 Urakawa: "Sensei... I can't... anymore..."

                                  Page 99
 Ceres: "Cease using her power, Hayama... the hands of the Mikage are wet
 enough with blood... and so are yours."

 Ceres: "I'll send you to heaven!"

 Urakawa: "Don't do it!!!"

                                  Page 100
 [Hayama is struck by a burst of power from Ceres, sending him flying
 backwards into a wall of windows...]

 Hayama [in pain]: "Guu--"

 Urakawa: "Sen... sei... are you all right?"

 Hayama: "W... what... ARE YOU DOING!!!"

                                  Page 101
 Hayama: "You little bitch! It's all because of your dawdling!"

 Hayama: "What do you think I befriended you for? Because you were useful
 to me!!"

 Urakawa [remembering Hayama's words]: [I love you]

 Hayama: "Don't you love me? You won't have any other boyfriend but me,
 right? Come on, dear... quickly... attack her!"

 Urakawa [remembering Hayama's words]: [my feelings]

 Hayama: "DO IT!!"

 Urakawa [remembering Hayama's words]: [will not change]

                                  Page 102
 [Urakawa sets Hayama ablaze with her power]
 Urakawa: "...Sensei... it's okay... because no one can come between us
 anymore... from now on, there will only be the two of us... anywhere we
 go."

 Ceres: "Ura..."

 Urakawa: "Since I was little... when bad things happened, I'd just close
 my eyes a little bit, and they'd soon go away..."

                                  Page 103
 Urakawa: "...and when I open my eyes again... surely..."

 Urakawa: "Mikage-san... when you said that we'd try our best... even if it
 was a lie, I was happy... that we became friends."

                                  Page 104
 [Urakawa and Hayama's bodies burn slowly, holding each other...]

 Ceres: "Even... with such a man... you still want to be with him until the
 end...?"

 Ceres: "If so... go together, the two of you... to heaven together."

 [Ceres lifts her hand, and wraps Urakawa and Hayama in a cloak of flame...
 above the symbol of the Tennyo, they both incinerate and scatter ashes to
 the wind.]

 [I only wanted to protect... the warmth of my first lover...]

                                  Page 105
 Aya: "Urakawa-san?"

 [...you became my friend...]

 Suzumi: "Aya?! Are you all right?!"

 Aya: "...ah..."

 Suzumi: "Where's Yuuhi? Aren't you guys together?!"

                                  Page 106
 Aya [tearfully]: "Sor... sorry... Yuuhi..."

 [Yuuhi begins to sit up behind Aya, unseen to her...]

 Aya: "In order to protect me, Yuuhi...!!"

 Yuuhi: "OUCH! It hurts everywhere!"

 Aya: ...alive...

 Aya [tackling Yuuhi and hugging him]: "YOU'RE ALIVE!!"

 Yuuhi: "OOOUUUCCCHHH"

                                  Page 107
 Aya: "I thought you were going to die!! You stupid...!!"

 Yuuhi: "...Sorry..."

 [Mikage Headquarters. Kagami's cellphone rings.]

 Kagami: "It's me." [listens for a moment] "Is that so..."

 [Kagami hangs up his cellphone with a look of bored resignation.]
 Kagami: "Well, it seems that Yuki Urakawa turned out to be a flawed
 design. I suppose that this concludes the matter."
 {[Image] (shippai) = failure, [Image] (saku) = product/work/design. Kagami
 is referring to Urakawa as if she were nothing more than a project to be
 designed, marketed, and discarded.}

 Kagami: "Tooya, you're not going to be leaving the company premises for a
 while. Stop playing those useless romantic games with Aya... you're not
 suitable for that sort of thing anyway."

                                  Page 108
 Kagami: "You don't even know where you were born or what kind of person
 you really are. Being such a mysterious character, how can you hope to
 love and be loved?"

 [Tooya is fitted with handcuffs. Elsewhere, the newspaper headlines read:
 "Another Suspected Arson - School Building Half Burned - 150 Casualties"]
                                  Page 109
 [Suzumi and Q-chan are in the living room.]

 Suzumi: "The police still hasn't find out the cause behind the fire. As
 usual, the police is always more lenient when the cases concern the
 Mikage."

 Suzumi: "It's possible that they also covered up everything that had
 happened in Aya's family, including Aya's father's death. Things are
 getting out of my control. Now that it has come to this..."

 [A maid opens the door to the living room.]

 Maid: "Mistress, the main house called to inform us a car will be arriving
 shortly."

 [Q-chan purposely covers up Suzumi's face with the tea tray.]

 Q-chan & Suzumi: "Huh!?"

 [Suzumi pushes the tea tray down.]

 Suzumi: "Don't use this as a chance to gain screentime!"

 Q-chan: "Oh."

 [In Yuuhi's room.]

 Yuuhi: "Ah~~ I'm bored~~"

                                  Page 110
 [Yuuhi is resting in bed while Aya brings him the meal.]

 Aya: "What are you talking about!? You're lucky you only have a few
 bruises!"

 Yuuhi [looking at his bandana]: "I had no idea this bandana could save my
 life! Nee-san said the spell on the bandana worked because I was
 protecting a Tennyo... I don't really understand what that means, but a
 normal person would have been burnt to death."

 [Aya thinks back to the funerals held at the school.]

 PA announcement: [Let us mourn for the 48 students who died-]

 Student A: [I heard we are going to have a temporary break from school.]

 Student B: [Why did this happen...]

 Aya [standing among the other students]: [Urakawa-san...]

                                  Page 111
 Aya: I think… we were already friends… Yet, even though I had predicted
 what was going to happen, I couldn’t save you… I’m sorry!!

 [Aya is thinking with her back to Yuuhi.]

 Yuuhi: "Aya…?"

 [Aya turns around suddenly and picks up some food with the chopstick.]

 Aya [gesturing Yuuhi to open his mouth]: "Ahh~"

 [Yuuhi blushes and sits up in bed.]

 Aya: "Come on, open your mouth so I can feed you! You got hurt protecting
 me, so I’ll take care of you until you recovered completely!"

 Yuuhi: "Why this all of a sudden!! Stop it!!"

 Aya: "Why not? Your hands are still hurting, right? It’s not like you’re
 losing anything if I feed you! Ahh~"

 [Aya wrestles Yuuhi around, trying to feed him.]

 Yuuhi: "I say no!!"

                                  Page 112
 [Q-chan slides open the door suddenly.]

 Q-chan: "Yuuhi!"

 [Q-chan freezes as she sees Aya bending over Yuuhi.]

 Q-chan: "Oh my god! Yuuhi finally loses his control and pushes aya down!!
 You go~~"

 Yuuhi: "Are you blind!?"

 Aya [backing away like a damsel in distress]: "Yuuhi… when did you attack
 me?"

 Yuuhi [wriggles his fingers at Aya]: "You’re the one who attacked me!!"

 Q-chan: "We don’t have time to discuss this!!"

 Q-chan: "Your father and your older brother are coming to see you!"

 [Yuuhi's eyes widen slightly in shock.]

                                  Page 113
 Yuuhi: "Is that so...?"

 Yuuhi [going back into the covers]: "I'm going to bed."

 Aya [looks at Yuuhi weirdly]: "You're going to sleep with your dad and
 older brother? What kind of weird welcome is that...?"

 Yuuhi [pissed]: "I meant, 'I don't want to see them, so I'm going to bed!'
 You idiot!!"

 [Later, Aya and Q-chan are walking down the hallway.]

 Q-chan: "They are busy people, yet they still find them to come visit..."

 Aya: "Maybe I should go say hi to them."

 Aya [thinking to herself]: Yuuhi said his mother died when he was in the
 fifth grade. How come...

 Aya: "Q-chan, how come Yuuhi doesn't want to see them?"

                                  Page 114
 [Q-chan's eyes turn blood-shot and her face darkens.]

 Aya [startles, thinks to herself]: I think I just asked a wrong question.

 [In the living room, Suzumi is talking to the Master and Yuuhi's older
 brother.]

 Suzumi: "I apologize for not having better refreshments to welcome your
 visit."

 Master Aogiril/Yuuhi's dad: "That's alright. Our visit is rather sudden."

 [Yuuhi's older brother Tomonori grasps both of Suzumi's hands and caresses
 them.]

 Tomonori: "Exactly! Still, you should come to the main house more
 often..."

 Suzumi [images kicking Tomonori in the face]: Don't touch me, you prevert!

 Suzumi [in reality]: "Hohoho... I don't want to intrude and visit too
 often like a daughter-in-law."

 [Q-chan slides open the door.]

                                  Page 115
 [Q-chan enters the room. Aya stays outside, behind the door.]

 Q-chan: "Sorry for the interruption."

 Suzumi: "Q-san, where's Yuuhi?"

 Q-chan: "En.. he said... he's not feeling well and doesn't want to see
 anyone."

 [Suzumi is concerned.]

 Yuuhi's dad [continues drinking tea]: "....."

 Tomonori: "Hn. Oh well, as long as he's okay."

 [Aya pauses as she listens to Yuuhi's brother.]

 Tomonori: "It's just some minor burns and he makes a big deal out of it!
 You can't kill a cockroach like him. Having his face in the newspapers is
 such a disgrace!"

 Tomonori: "I've seen Suzumi already, so let's go home..."

                                  Page 116
 [Aya enters the room and steps on top of Tomonori's head.]

 Aya: "Hi, I'm Mikage Aya!"

 [Yuuhi's dad spits out his drinks.]

 Tomonori: "Wha-wha-wha!?"

 Aya: "I'm living here right now. Nice to meet you!"

 Yuuhi's father: "...Mikage...!?"

 [Suzumi remains silent.]

 Aya: "Yuuhi almost died protecting me. So if you're a good brother, you
 should at least..."

 [Tomonori grasps Aya's hand.]

 Tomonori: "You're Suzumi's friend? You're living here right now? It's a
 pleasure meeting you!!"

 Aya: "That's not what I'm saying!"

 Tomonori: "Are you in high school? How cute!"

 Tomonori: "Feel free to visit the main Aogiri house-"

 [A slipper hits Tomonori's head before he can finish his sentence.]

                                  Page 117
 [Yuuhi appears in the doorway, his hand still outstretched from throwing
 the slipper.]

 Yuuhi: "Don't touch her!!"

 Suzumi: "Yuuhi!!"

 Yuuhi: "Long time no see, brother. I see you're still a pervert!"

 Tomonori: "You're not so bad yourself... "Aogiri's third son." You seem to
 make a lot of appearance in the newspaper lately!"

 Yuuhi: "Thanks to the man who donates tons of money to my school!"

 Yuuhi's dad: "Yuuhi, how's your injuries?"

 Yuuhi: "They're fine... thanks for comming to remind me of your existence
 when I almost forgot about you."

                                  Page 118
 Yuuhi's dad: "Don't say that. I told you I have connections with people
 from both the political and the economic industries."

 Yuuhi: "I'm fine. You should get back soon before aunt knows and gets
 angry!"

 Tomonori: "We don't need you to tell us to go back. We're not as idle as
 you are!"

 [Yuuhi's dad starts to get up.]

 Suzumi: "Father... you haven't come visit for awhile, why not stay a bit
 longer?"

 Tomonori: "Hn... A brat like you dares to speak so bold!"

 Tomonori: "No wonder your mom abandoned you!!"

                                  Page 119
 Aya [thinking to herself]: Huh...!?

 [Yuuhi's dad and Tomonori start to leave.]

 Tomonori: "What "third son"!? A mistress's bastard has no right to call
 mine and the dead Kazuma's mom 'aunt.'"

 Yuuhi's father: "That's enough! Tomonori!! We're leaving!!"

 Maid: "Master, you're leaving already?"

 [Footsteps.]

 [Yuuhi's hands are balled into fists and shaking.]

                           Continued in Part 5...