—d‚µ‚̃ZƒŒƒX (Ayashi no Ceres) Volume 3 Translation (Part 5) Formatting conventions: text = character's thoughts [text] = narration /text/ = sound effects, when necessary {text} = translation notes Page 120 [At the front gate of the house.] Yuuhi's father: "I leave Yuuhi to you, Suzumi-san." Suzumi: "All right." Yuuhi's father: "By the way, would that girl happen to be the Mikage's..." Suzumi: "That's what I want to talk to you about... Can I escort you back to the main house?" [In Yuuhi's room.] Yuuhi: "...I'm sorry I lied to you..." [Aya shakes her head to indicate it's okay.] Yuuhi: "My mom is actually the main Aogiri house's... chief of the kitchen staff... a maid." Page 121 Yuuhi: "She had been responsible for cooking for the Aogiri Family since the time of my great-grandfather... Even though she was never married, I was still proud to be her son." Yuuhi: "But everything changed when my father had my name entered into the family register when I was 10 years old. My father's wife started to attack us with name-calling and a nasty attitude... but I bore it for my mother's sake." [Flashback to when Yuuhi's mother is seen leaving with a suitcase.] Little Yuuhi: [Mom? Mom! Where are you going!?] Little Yuuhi: [Mom! Wait, please!!] Little Yuuhi: [Don't leave me here!!] [End flashback.] Yuuhi: "After that, I had to try my best to please the people in the main house." Page 122 Yuuhi: "I became a better cook than my mother had been, and also excelled in both academic and sports." Yuuhi: "Everyone still treated me coldly. Only my second oldest brother cared about me." [Flashback to Yuuhi's second older brother Kazuma talking with Yuuhi] Kazuma: [Yuuhi, if I start my own family, would you come with me?] Yuuhi: "...but he died." Yuuhi: "This is the only place I can go! My sister-in-law treats me like her real brother, and Q-san treats me like a relative... but they're all strangers!" Yuuhi: "My blood-relations are even bigger strangers..... so I don't need any "family"!" Yuuhi: "An abandoned child like me never should have wished for a family's warmth!" Aya: "That's nonsense!!" Page 123 Aya: "What are you talking about!? It's not like that at all! Your mom didn't abandon you..." [Flashbacks to little Aya with her parents.] Aya: "You lied about not needing a family! You do!" [Flashback of Aki and Aya fooling around.] Aya: "It doesn't matter whether or not they are people who are related to you by blood! Everyone needs someone to comfort them!!" [Flashback of Urakawa.] Urakawa: [I want to be your friend...] [Flashback of Tooya.] Tooya: [I want to recover my memory!] Aya: "So everyone is so sad...." [Aya begins to weep.] Page 124 Yuuhi: "Hey..." Aya: "Please don't say you're lonely anymore..." Aya: "Being alone by yourself... is lonely. No one can live alone." Aya: "Urakawa must had felt the same way-" Aya: "I'm lucky... I have you... by my side..." [Yuuhi has a wistful look on his face.] Aya: "I can try hard... because I have a loved one... even if he is far away." [Yuuhi looks away.] Aya: "You also have one! I'm sure there is someone... who can give you that warmth..." [Yuuhi looks at Aya with determined eyes.] Page 125 [Aya wipes her tears away.] Aya: "Sorry, you must think I'm stupid for crying..." Yuuhi: "If that's so.....then....give me warmth already!!." [Aya's eyes widen in shock. There is a sudden movement and a cup of tea spills.] Page 126 [Yuuhi is on top of Aya, kissing her.] Aya: "...Yuu...?" Aya: "...n.." Page 127 [Aya's hands tighten around Yuuhi, then she tries to push him away.] Aya: "n... Stop!" Aya: "What are you..." Yuuhi: "I love you!!" [Aya stares up at Yuuhi in shock.] Page 128 [At Mikage International. A computer screen reads "Aogiri Suzumi."] Kagami: "Aogiri Suzumi...?" Man: "Yes. Her maiden name was Sakuradai Suzumi. She's the C-Genoma from Hyogo." Man: "However, since she is supported by the Aogirl Family..." Kagami: "No wonder she let Aya hide at her place. I was too careless to overlook this incident. Looks like I have to capture this woman first..." Kagami: "Hn... This time Tooya won't be able to help you... Aya." [Tooya stands in the cell, his wirsts shackled. He is looking off, thinking.] Tooya: "Aya..." Page 129 [Back to Yuuhi's room. Yuuhi is still on Aya.] Yuuhi: "I absolutely.... won't let Tooya have you!" Yuuhi: "...Because I... I love you!!" Page 130 [In the Aogiri house, a phone is ringing. A maid picks it up.] Maid: "Hello, Aogiri residence." Voice on phone: "I'm a student, is the teacher home?" Maid: "I'm sorry. Mistress left with Master Aogiri a while ago for the main house... can you call her cell phone?" [The voice turns out to be a dispatcher at the Mikage's.] Dispatcher: "So she left 20 minutes ago. Oh, I see. It's okay, I'll call back later." [The dispatcher turns to Kagami.] Dispatcher: "Aogiri Suzumi is on her way to the main Aogiri house." Kagami [looking at watch]: "It takes less than an hour to get there. Send someone to intercept them immediately!" Dispatcher: "Chief, where are you going?" Page 131 Kagami: "I'm going to see how our leader is doing." [Aki is shown with dark glasses on. He is strapped into an elaborate machine. Kagami and Alec are watching him from behind a panel of glass.] Alec: "Aki-kun, what do you see? Does anything about the Hagoromo begin to appear?" Aki: "I don't know... I see a whole bunch of unclear images." [Later, Aki and Alec moved to a normal room. Aki picks up a cup of tea.] Aki: "It is difficult to draw up a memory from one's former life." Alec: "It's not a problem! We can draw it out of your subconscious steadily." Page 132 Aki: "By the way... I haven't seen Tooya for a while. Do you know where he is?" [Alec is playing a video game, ignoring Aki.] Alec: "here they come! here they come!" Watase-sensei's commnet: E.0 [Enemy Zero] Aki: "Did you hear me? You…" [Kagami enters and smacks Alec on the back of the head with his elbow. The sudden attack causes Alec to push the wrong buttons and the screen flickers blank.] Kagami: "Your bodyguard needs to cool his head, so you won't see him for a while." Aki: "Kagami-san." Kagami: "He was so busy falling in love with your sister that he forgot his own position!" Alec [in the background]: "Aah~~ Game over~~" Aki: "Tooya... and Aya!?" Kagami: "Makes you bitter, doesn't it? You two were inseparable ever since you were in your mother's womb. Not to mention in the previous life, Aya used to be your wife. Now someone else is taking her away..." Page 133 Aki: "I... I've never thought about it..." Kgami: "Don't worry, they won't be able to stay together. No matter who she falls in love with, in the end, she will return to you." [Hands are trying to free themselves under the eye of a security camera. Tooya lies on the floor, uneaten food beside him, trying to break his handcuffs.] Kagami: "I'll make her forget Tooya completely!" Page 134 [In Yuuhi's room, Yuuhi is still on top of Aya.] Yuuhi: "Aya... I'll always remain by your side..." Aya: "Yuu..hi-" Aya [remebering Yuuhi's words]: [I love you!!] Aya: "No..." [Yuuhi moves closer.] Aya: "Stop!" Yuuhi: "AYA!!!" Yuuhi: "Wait...wait a second!! Listen to me!!" [Aya is struggling to free herself from Yuuhi.] Aya: "Idiot!! You're really getting out of control!!" Arrow pointing to Yuuhi: One who cannot control oneself when provoked. Yuuhi: "Who's the real idiot!? You insensitive woman!!" Page 135 Label: The lifestyle of this boy over the past few months. [Flashback of Yuuhi forcing himself to NOT open the door between his room and Aya's.] Yuuhi: [no! no! I can't open the door!] [Flashback of Yuuhi covering his ears when Aya is "changing" in the room next to his.] Yuuhi: [Ah! i can't listen to it!!!] Arrow: the sound of changing clothes. [Back to the present. Yuuhi is still over Aya.] Yuuhi: "Try to notice what guys are feeling for once!" Aya: "If you'd just go more slowly, then-" [Yuuhi shuts her up by kissing her.] Aya: "!" Aya [thinking to herself]: Oh..no... I can't summon any strength... [Yuuhi starts to kiss down Aya's neck.] Aya [thinking to herself]: I can't resist him! Page 136 [Q-chan opens the door, smiling.] Q-chan: "Aya, the mistress is gone so you can use the shower first-" [Q-chan freezes and sees a somewhat half-naked Yuuhi over a slightly disheveled Aya.] [Q-chan's eyes become huge and her jaw drops.] Yuuhi&Aya [blushing furiously]: "Ah... it's not what you think!!" Q-chan [shaking slightly]: "Yuuhi... Aya..." Q-chan [runs away, embarrassed]: "I hope it's a boy!!" Arrow pointing to Q-chan: Short, one-track mind... Yuuhi: "Don't make strange requests like that!!" Page 137 [Aya rearranges her clothing, her face still crimson. The only sound in the room is Aya and Yuuhi's heavy panting.] Yuuhi: "Sorry..." [Yuuhi holds a hand to his face.] Yuuhi: "I don't know what happened..." Yuuhi: "I always feel like I'm wandering around the edge of a cliff. Knowing fully well that if I take one step ahead, I'll fall to my death..." Yuuhi: "Yet I still can't resist jumping down..." Page 138 [Yuuhi turns to face Aya.] Yuuhi: "I'm sorry... I can't treat you like a regular friend..." [Aya looks back at him.] Yuuhi: "My feelings for you are serious. I hope you can understand..." [On the highway. Inside the Aogiri car.] Yuuhi's father: "The Mikage..." Page 139 Yuuhi's father: "Suzumi, do you know the origin of the name "Mikage"?" [Suzumi is pushing Tomonori's face away as he tries to grope her.] Suzumi: "No, I don't." Yuuhi's father: "The original meaning is Onkage, which is referring to the people who expand their power in the shadows. I heard that Mikage's ancestors managed to establish themselves so well because they had been protected by some kind of power from ancient times." Suzumi [thinking to herself]: Power...? Would that be Tennyo's...? [Tomonori causually puts his arm around Suzumi's shoulder.] Tomonori: "Come on~ Who cares about the Mikage anyway? It's just a weird family, not like the royal family. It's a wonder it managed to stay for a couple of thousand years!" Page 140 Tomonori: "However, I heard that a lot of the family members are beauties! Take Aya for example. She's sure to become a beauty within the next five or six years!!" [Suzumi pinches Tomonori's hand.] Tomonori: "Oh-awawawawawaw~" Suzumi: "It would be best if she is still safe by then." Tomonori: "What!? If that little snot, Yuuhi tries to touch her, I'll kill him!!" Suzumi [thinking to herself]: "Idiot! What did he think I was worrying about?!" Yuuhi's father: "...we'll talk about that girl... after we get back to the main house." Yuuhi's father: "...Don't worry. My wife went on a trip. By the way, you look much better... compared to that time." [A helicopter is hovering above the moving cars.] Page 141 [The helicopter aims its weapon and hits the car before the Aogiri car.] Random driver 1: "What happened!?" [Horns start honking as people panic.] Random driver 2: "A car ahead is on fire!!" Random driver 3: "An accident!?" Page 142 [Honking continues.] Aogiri's driver & Yuuhi's father [shocked as they look at the engulfed car before them]: "......." Tomonori: "Ah..." [Suzumi hears the sounds of the helicopter and gets out of the car.] Suzumi: "Looks like we're targeted." Suzumi [to the driver]: "Move over!! Let me drive!!" Aogiri's driver: "Huh!?" Page 143 [Suzumi hits the gas pedal and speeds ahead.] Tomonori: "Suzumi, what are you doing!?" Suzumi: "Don't worry! I'll take you home safely!" [Suzumi pumps the gas pedal further.] Suzumi: "Let's see if you can get us!!" [The speed meter reads 140.] {translator's note: this is in km/hr, so it's pretty fast... but most people on Japanese highways drive around 120....even though the speed limit is 80 ^^;;} Suzumi: "Don't underestimate a woman!" Tomonori: "Suzumi!! You're driving too fast!!" Yuuhi's father [thinking]: Looks like I can't make it home alive... Suzumi: "If you don't like it, complain to the helicopter!" Page 144 Suzumi: "Here goes nothing!!" [Suzumi continues to speed down the highway. Suddenly, the helicopter comes down right in front of the car.] Suzumi: "!!" Tomonori: "OHMYGOD~~~ We're gonna hit!!" Yuuhi's father [thinking]: When I look back, I had a short life.... Suzumi: "Tsk!" [Suzumi turns the steering wheel sharply to the left...] Page 145 [...and the car falls off the ramp.] Suzumi: "!!" [Suzumi uses her Tennyo power to lavitate the car and lands it safely on the lower highway beneath.] The car continues its run.] Suzumi [panting and thinking to herself]: "Damnit... I spent all my power on braking..." Suzumi: "Is everyone alright!?" Words above everyone else in the car: unconscious. [The helicopter moves away.] Page 146 Helicopter guy 1: "Okay, that's enough. Get ready to enter the Aogiri Main House." Helicopter guy 2: "Hn. A little bit of threat and she is forced to use her power." Helicopter guy 3: "Well, it's understandable..." [In Suzumi's house. Aya is taking a shower.] Aya [recalling Yuuhi's confession]: [I love you!] //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// Aya [thinking]: What should I do... How should I face Yuuhi now? Page 147 Aya [thinking]: It's not like I can go about the house and joke like we always do... Aya [having a flashback of Yuuhi's kiss]: [His kiss... so passionate... it's not just a simple physical contact between lips... It's as if I can feel his heart's pounding...] Aya [pounds the shower head against the wall]: "What was Ceres doing!? Why didn't she appear when I needed her? Didn't she show up right away that time with Kagami?" Aya: "......" Aya [thinking]: Could it be... it's because I don't dislike Yuuhi? That's why... Page 148 [Aya notices the hickey on her neck.] Aya [thinking]: A hickey... the same as the one Tooya made before... Aya [seeing a flashback of Tooya kissing her]: [I hope you can conquer yourself.] Aya [thinking]: If Q-chan hadn't come in at that time, maybe I would have... [Aya drops the shower head.] Aya [starts crying]: "...Tooya..." Aya [falls to her knees]: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!!" [In the cell, Tooya is waking up.] Page 149 Aya [thinking]: I'm scared... I'm scared that I won't be able to reject Yuuhi... because I don't dislike him. Aya [holding herself and thinking]: Even though my feelings for him are different from the ones I feel for you... I still won't be able to reject him! Aya [thinking]: Tooya, why are you so far way from me! [Begin flashback.] [The Mikage members are trying to kill Aya as the Mikage grandfather condemns her.] Mikage grandfather: [You're the Tennyo who came to destroy the Mikage family!] [Aya's father's dying face. Aya's mother holding a knife.] Aya's mother: [Aya, why did you kill your father...?] [Kagami looking at her.] ?: [Let Aki go!!] Kagami: [Let the Tennyo appear now!] [Urakawa in Hayama's arms.] Urakawa: [I want to be your friend...] Aya: [I'm going to get Aki back!!] Page 150 Aya [thinking]: I know I must remain strong and can't give up easily... Aya [thinking]: Yet, the more I pretend to be brave, the more I crave for a pair of warm arms to embrace me. Aya [thinking]: ...I'm not strong at all... If someone holds me tightly in his arms, how should I face him? Aya [thinking]: Maybe... maybe I won't be able to resist accepting him. Aya: "Tooya..." [Somewhere else.] Tooya: "Aya..." Page 151 Tooya: "After I met you..." [Tooya reaches his hands forward.] Tooya: "I experienced for the first time..." [In the shower, Aya stops crying.] Tooya: "What it means to be lonely..." [Both look up.] Tooya: "Understand... what is lonliness..." [The images overlap as if Tooya is embracing Aya in his arms.] Page 152 [Tooya begins to tighten the embrace.] Tooya: "...Aya..." [In the shower, Aya closes her eyes.] [Suddenly, the handcuffs clicks when Tooya tries to embrace further. Both open their eyes in shock.] [Tooya drops his hands back to his lap in defeat.] [Aya holds her hand to her heart.] Q-chan: "...ya! ...Aya!!" Page 153 Aya [thinking to herself]: Am I hallucinating? I thought I heard Tooya's voice...felt his embrace... [The showerhead continues to waste water.] Q-chan: "Aya, it's Kyuu! Are you done?" Q-chan: "There's someone on the phone asking for you. He said his name is Kagami Mikage..." Aya: "!" [Aya answers the phone.] Kagami: "Long time no see, Aya-chan." Kagami: "How are you? Of course, you seemed fine judging by the tapes Tooya filmed." Aya: "Shut up!! What the hell do you want!?" Kagami: "I just want to hear your voice, that's all... Don't worry, Aki's fine. As for Tooya, he's in confinement." Aya: "Look!! I don't know what you plan to do, but don't use Aki and Tooya!" Page 154 [Aya is in the bathroom with a towel wrapped around herself.] Aya: "You caused Urakawa's death!! Why did you have to hurt innocent people!!" Aya: "If your target is me or Ceres, you should come directly to me!!" Q-chan: "What to do? What to do? What to do?" [In his office, Kagami looks up at the large Ceres poster.] Kagami: "You don't understand anything... Don't worry, I'm going to get you eventually." Kagami: "You accused me of causing Urakawa's death? What a joke. Her power was drawn out by your body's unknown substance. Therefore, you're the one who caused her death!!" Kagami: "I have a warning for you. The woman by your side will experience the same thing very soon." Page 155 Kagami: "That's all. I'll talk to you later, Aya-chan..." Aya [thinking]: I'm the one who caused Urakawa's death...? Aya [thinking]: ...the woman by my side...!? [Suzumi and the rest have safely arrived at the main Aogiri house.] Suzumi: "I'm not hurt. I'm glad father isn't injuried!" Yuuhi's father: "What is this all about?" Suzumi: "I'm sorry... I was going to discuss this with you, but I better go back first." Tomonori: "Oh come on, Suzumi! Just stay for the night!" [Tomonori is holding onto Suzumi and won't let go.] Suzumi: "You're not injured either?" Yuuhi's father: "After what just happened, how can I let you go back alone? You should stay for the night. The security system here is better-" [The lights go out.] Page 156 Yuuhi's father: "...power outage!?" Tomonori: "How come... why all of a sudden?" Yuuhi's father: "The security system? What happened to the security system?" Yuuhi's father: "What!? They are not working!?" Yuuhi's father: "Everyone remains calm!!" Suzumi [thinking]: Could it be the Mikage...? Suzumi [thinking]: Did they come into the Aogiri house already? If anything happened here, the media is going to make a big deal out of it!! [Suzumi opens the door.] Suzumi: "Father!! I'll check outside-" [Sleeping gas slips into the room.] Page 157 Aya: "He meant Suzumi!" Suzumi: "Gas...!?" [Everyone falls unconscious.] [A few men in suits enter the room and step around the unconscious Suzumi.] Man 1: "Well, shall we have a little fun with our tennyo?" Continued in Part 6...