妖しのセレス (Ayashi no Ceres) Volume 4 Translation (Part 3) Formatting conventions: text = character's thoughts [text] = narration //text// = sound effects, when necessary {text} = translation notes Page 61 [A nurse questions Tooya when he stops walking.] Nurse: "Kiritani-sensei?" [Tooya resumes his walking...past Aya and Yuuhi.] //step, step, step, step...// Page 62 Yuuhi: "Well, well... so now you're wearing a white uniform and playing doctor!" Yuuhi: "Shit... that's the last guy I wanted to see!" Aya: ...my heart... hurts... Aya: your expression was so bland... Tooya... Yuuhi: "This time, the Mikages have gotta be involved in this---I wish they'd just leave us alone!!" Aya: I know he has always been like that... but this time... Page 63 Aya: Right now... Aya: "Yuuhi, sorry!!" Aya: "Just let me go for a bit~! I'll come right back..." [Yuuhi releases Aya.] Aya: "...excuse me!!" [Aya catches up to Tooya.] Page 64 Aya: "I have something...I want to say to the doctor." [The nurse leaves.] Aya: Huh... so this time you're called 'Kiritani-san'!" Tooya: "...25 years old, single, from the US, responsible for internal medicine, just came here a week ago... Aya, how are you doing?" Page 65 Aya [sarcastically]: "What, me? I'm perfectly happy! thanks to you." Aya: "I've always had good luck. Aki is always saying how I'm fortunate and make everything end up good! Sorry to disappoint you..." Aya: "...That's right... I wasn't able to help Urakawa-san." Aya: "And then, Suzumi-san was hypnotized... so, I... I became Ceres on my own!! Probably... I killed some people, but... from now on, I'll continue to turn into Ceres! I've gotta do it in order to fight the Mikage!" Tooya: "...is that so...." Page 66 Aya: "And then...Yuuhi told me... that he loved me--" Aya: What am I talking about...? Aya: "We kissed... and almost had sex!" Aya: I should be more concerned about the Mikages... Aya: "But I couldn't fight it....just then... I wonder what I should do? I don't get...it..." Aya: "m...n..." Page 67 Aya: "Why don't you say something?!" Aya: "What's with that straight face?! Why aren't you angry?! And why don't you say something?!" Aya: "Don't you care? Don't you feel anything? Tell me 'don't let other men touch you'... Tell me 'I miss you'!" [Aya grabs onto Tooya's cloak.] Page 68 [Aya buries her head in Tooya's chest.] Aya: "Say it!! How come you never say anything to make things clear!!" Aya: I'm so lonely... Aya: "You can say it or hold me... hold me tight!!" Aya: Why can't you just say something selfish to me!! Tooya: "I don't know... what women want to hear..." Tooya: "I can only give what I understand... if I can't make it clear, is it really wrong?" Aya: ...! Page 69 Aya [Remembering Yuuhi's words]: [I don't wanna be 'just friends'...] [Aya kisses Tooya] Tooya: ! Tooya: ...?... [Aya unbuttons Tooya's cloak.] Page 70 [Aya's own jacket falls to the ground.] Aya: "Right here, right now... show me who you really are... show me yourself." [Aya hugs Tooya.] Aya: "If you do, I won't be sad... I won't be afraid." Aya: "You said... that you loved me!!" Aya: "Prove to me... that you love me!!" Page 71 Aya: "If you love me... then shouldn't you be hugging me right now...?!" Page 72 [Tooya hugs Aya.] Tooya: "Even without feelings of love, men can hug." Tooya: "...so don't easily give your body to men." Tooya: "Feelings that seem real...don't exist." Aya: ".....What the--- you sound so grown-up..." Aya: "You're treating me like a child...!!" Page 73 Tooya: "...You told me you wanted me to speak my feelings clearly to you." Tooya: "I've also tried to search in my body...search for what I've felt from you..." Tooya [remembering Kagami's words]: [So you're beginning to understand how it feels to be in love?] Tooya: "After it was pointed out, I realize that it's love, but... even though I can feel it, I can't express it." Aya [tries to hide a laugh]: "Poh... why? Everyone uses simple words to express!" Tooya: "No, it's not that... I can't easily use your language." Page 74 Tooya: "My feelings for you can't be expressed by words." Tooya: "I don't...want to use words." [Tooya kisses Aya's... um... face.... ^_- ] Aya: "He... he... what are you saying... this weird kinda talk... I don't get it..." Aya: "If you don't say it with words, how will the person understand? Especially with girls..." Page 75 Intercom: Kiritani-sensei from internal medicine department-- Intercom: Please come to the third internal medicine room. Page 76 Aya: "....Go! It's okay." Aya: "I have to go, too. Yuuhi and the others are waiting." Aya: "Go!!" Tooya: "...Why... are you here?" Aya: "Same goes to you!!" Aya: "C-Genoma?! Is that it?! This time, the patients in this hospital... Kuruma Shouta-kun, too..." Page 77 Tooya: "No one knows who will turn into Tennyo completely. However, I'm ordered to capture them... this is my mission this time." [Tooya leaves the room and closes the door behind him] [Out in the hall.] Yuuhi: "Damn that Aya, she's taking forever!!" Kyuu: "She's okay!! She's only been gone for 20 minutes." [Hehehe, Kyuu-chan still had the cup on her head! ^^] Kyuu: "It'll be very hard to complete the union in less than an hour!" Yuuhi: "What do you mean 'union'!! don't jinx it..." Yuuhi: "I shouldn't have let her go!!" Yuuhi: "What's with Aya? What's so good about that mystery-man?" Yuuhi: "hmph!" Page 78 [Chidori lifts Yuuhi's head up and takes a pic of him.] Chidori: "I thought so!" [Yuuhi backs away.] Yuuhi: "Chi-Chidori-chan?!" Chidori: "Aya only sees you as a friend, but you're DEEPLY and PASSIONATELY involved in ONE-SIDED-LOVE!" [Chidori's words cut through Yuuhi like an arrow.] Chidori: "Heyyy" [heart] "I'll be your girlfriend, then!!" [Chidori tries to cheer up Yuuhi from his depression.] Yuuhi: "What!?" Chidori: "Even though I never thought about looking for you guys before Shouta saw that picture and wanted to meet the flying lady, I was already interested in you!" Page 79 Chidori: "The way you grabbed onto Aya makes me want to use my female instinct! hehe..." Yuuhi [blushing]: "Hm." Yuuhi [tries to act tough]: "Uh, sorry! I'll think about it when you get a little older." Chidori: "What does it have to do with the fact that I'm not changing?!" Yuuhi: "Of course it does!! Look at you! You don't even have breasts!!" Chidori: "Ah, you're so rude!! I have some!! See!" [Chidori grabs Yuuhi's hand and puts it on her breast. Yuuhi is shocked.] Page 80 Aya: "What the hell are you doing?" Aya: "Lolita complex!" [Yuuhi freezes and sweatdrops.] Chidori: "Aya-san, welcome back!" [Later.] Chidori: "Well, Shouta, see ya tomorrow!" Chidori: "We'll be in Tochigi for a while, so don't let yourself get down!" Shouta: "Okay!" Aya: ...he seems pretty hopeful... Aya: Why'd I let her talk me into flying with Shouta? Yuuhi: "A hotel? We just came here and you've already found us a place to stay?" Kyuu: "Just show this name card, and everything'll be okay. The Aogiri name has such power!" Page 81 Yuuhi: ...I wonder if after all, I'm relying on my dad's power. Chidori: "What?! Come stay at my house!!" [Chidori grabs onto Yuuhi. Aya is angry.] Chidori: "You came all this way for Shouta, so come and play at my house!!" Aya: "Don't joke around!! We're worn out..." Chidori: "I wonder what I should do with the negative of this picture..." Aya: "We'll try not to be in the way..." [heart] Aya: One of these days, that brat's gonna get a black eye!! Page 82 [On the way to Chidori's house.] Kyuu: "Look, there's the Naka river!!" Chidori: "Oh, a trout fishery! The stuff there is very delicious!" Kyuu: "There's also a Hagoromo legend in Tochigi." Kyuu: "A young man from the village was watching the Tennyo bathe at this pond, and he hid the hagoromo. The Tennyo became his wife, and tehy had 7 children, but the Tennyo got the hagoromo back and returned to the sky." Kyuu: "Um, and the Tennyo's village was named 'Amagomura'." {Amagomura = Heavenly Child Village} Chidori: "Tennyo?" Yuuhi: "Um, nothing, nothing!" Aya: I wonder if the Tennyo here returned to the sky... Granpa: "Huh?! You came all the way from Tokyo to visit Shouta in the hospital?!" Page 83 Granpa: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Please, please stay here for the night!!" //chop, chop, chop// [Grandma is busy chopping away while looking at Yuuhi.] Granma: "I'll make dinner right away!! So please make yourselves comfortable!!" Yuuhi: "Uh, I'd keep my eyes on the cutting board if I were you..." [Grandma cuts herself.] Granma: "Ah!" [They gather around the table to eat.] Chidori: "Wowww!! Amazing!" Grandma: "Sorry I let a guest do all the work!" Chidori: "Buuut isn't he a great cook?!" Yuuhi: "It's nothing." Chidori: "You're awesome, Yuuhi! Did you learn how to cook before?" Yuuhi: "For now, it's still just a hobby! But when I graduate from high school, I'd like to go somewhere and study cooking." Page 84 Yuuhi: "...It's just my dream... but It'd be nice to own a little restaraunt with the woman I love..." Yuuhi: "That's it!" Granpa: "Hahahahaha!! I wish you luck, son!" Granpa: "Here's a guy with bright family plans!" Grandma: "That's his dream for the future!" [Nighttime. Aya gets ready to go to bed. Kyuu-chan is already asleep beside her.] Aya: Yuuhi's always throwing fast balls at my heart. Aya: While Tooya's throwing curve balls. How can I catch them? I don't get it... [Aya notices a picture.] Page 85 Chidori: "That's Dad and Mom!" Chidori: "Two years ago, a bus slipped in the rain! That's when Shouta's feet were hurt, too..." Chidori: "Our parents shielded us with their bodies! Their necks broke... and they died!" Chidori: "Look! This scar is also from the accident." [Chidori shows Aya her scar.] Chidori: "...whaat?" Aya: "Me, too... My father died--He was also shielding me..." Chidori: "----!" Chidori: "Eh, he, he... Really?! I guess we can relate to each other, then..." Chidori: "Well, I'll go sleep with Yuuhi-kun, okay? Good night!" Aya: "Goodnight...." Page 86 [Aya ties Chidori up in the bedsheet.] Aya: ... Chidori: "Why??!" Aya: But these kids are hurting more than I thought. If I could just help Shouta-kun. [The next morning, in the hospital.] Doctor-guy: "Kiritani-sensei, Kiritani-sensei!" Doctor-guy: "Kiritani-sensei! Can't you hear me?!" Tooya: "Oh yeah... My name's 'Kiritani...'" Doctor-guy: "Please stop kidding around. This is the special isolation ward patient's medical chart." Page 87 [The doctor-guy is hanging around Tooya, trying to pick on him.] Doctor-guy: "Check out that hair! Looks kinda reddish-brown... Isn't that a bit flashy?" Doctor-guy: "Huh? Huh?" Doctor-guy: "You should also consider cutting your hair!! And what's with all that junk on your ears and neck?? Hey, are you listening to me?!" [Tooya stops at Shouta's medical chart.] Tooya: ... [In Shouta's room.] Tooya: "You said you weren't feeling well?" Shouta: "Sensei... Um-hm. I'm okay... It only hurts a little." Tooya: "Does the sky... interest you?" Shouta: "I've been thinking about it... about what's beyond the sky--where mom and dad are." Page 88 [Aya is walking down the hallway to Shouta's room.] Aya: //butsubutsu// {grumbling, complaining} [Aya is having flashbacks.] Chidori: [I'm going to school today, so take care of Shouta!!] Chidori: [You understand that you have to!!" Aya: There's no way that little brat could be cute... but then... Yuuhi: [Aya! Kyuu-san and I'll look after the patients, but...] Yuuhi: [YOU STAY AWAY FROM THAT JERK TOOYA! UNDERSTAND!?] Aya [meekly]: [Yes, sir.] Aya: "Jeez--" [Aya pauses at Shouta's door.] Shouta: "I wonder if I'd be able to live happily if I could fly? Because I'm so lonely, and I can't meet anyone..." Page 89 Tooya: "Humans are alone. From the day they're born to the day they die... they're alone." Shouta: "But I still have a big sister, and a Granpa, and a Granma." Shouta: "I have friends, too... don't you have someone, Sensei?" Tooya: "--No." [Aya is evadropping outside the door.] Shouta: "Then, your mom and dad?" Tooya: "I don't know them." Shouta: "Then--didn't you have trouble growing up?" Tooya: "...I don't remember." Shouta: "Then, have you always been alone?" Page 90 Shouta: "...Aren't you sad...?" Shouta: "I'd be sad! That scares me." Tooya: "That's right. I'm scared--always." Tooya: "But I've never been lonely... because I've never had anyone important to me... I've never had anything to lose." Tooya: "But... now, I've found someone." Aya: "Huh?" Shouta: "That's great! Are you happy?" Page 91 Tooya: "...I've become sad--I don't know who I am anymore. I don't know what I'm doing or saying... Maybe everything's just a lie..." Tooya: "If I get close to her, I'll only hurt her... but I can't help myself now..." Aya: He knows we can't be together, but still... Shouta: "Even if you're sad, can't you get better? Can't you escape?" Tooya: "I don't want to turn away from my feelings... sometime... for that person, I'll find myself." Tooya: "It probably still counts as happiness... a kind of sweet agony." Page 92 Shouta: "...I wonder if I'm just running away, too..." Shouta: "...I wonder if I'll be able to keep going... like you..." Shouta: "O--kay--...I'll become your friend, Sensei! ... If I do that, you won't be so sad, right?..." Tooya: "...take a nice, long rest." Page 93 [In the hospital courtyard.] [Tooya is sitting on a bench, thinking back to what Shouta had said to him.] [Are you always alone?] [Aren't you sad?] [People walk by.] Kid: "Daaaad! Moooom!" Page 94 [Aya is hiding behind a tree.] Tooya: "...'Dad'." Tooya: "...'Mom'---huh." Page 95 (flashback) Aya: [What's with that happy face?] Aya:[Why do you look like you don't care?!] Aya: [Why can't you make things clear?] Aya: At first, I felt satisfied just looking at him with my heart pounding... As long as I can be with him and tell him about my love for him, I don't need to think about anything and I feel happy... but as I began to have desire, I began to feel unsatisfied and often got angry for being lonely... I never thought about how lonely Tooya feels... Never realized how he suffers for my sake... Page 96 Tooya: [...Aya.] Aya: Just looking at him, my emotions race, my heart stops---- It's true... Tooya... [I can't use words. I don't want to use words.] Page 97 Aya: I won't run away either. Because of everything. Aya: The 'sweet agony' that was given to us... Aya: this pain must be what loving someone is like... [Yuuhi and Kyuu-chan are leaving the information desk.] Yuuhi: "Sooo this time, the urgent care patients we came for are these 7 people!" Yuuhi: "Including Shouta, that's 3 boys, and 4 girls...I wonder if they're the same 7 in the legend? Their ages are scattered..." Page 98 Kyuu: "But they all came from the Tennyo legend called Hagagun... if we can find out whether they have ancestors in Shioyagun...." Yuuhi: "It's useless! It's too old a story! Even if they did have descendants, they would all be scattered by now. How the heck did the Mikage family find them out? There are no specific traits..." [Yuuhi stops at a door.] Yuuhi: "Let's see... this is Sasamine..." [A woman rushes out the door and buries herself in Yuuhi's chest.] Kyouko's Mother: "KYOUKO!!" Nurse: "Call the doctor! Hurry!!" Kyouko: "u..." //alarm goes "beep! beep!"// Page 99 [Lights flicker and go out.] Yuuhi: "Huh?!" [Back outside.] Aya: .....!! Aya: "Ceres... why are you coming out now?!" Aya: "Oh no!! If I change now---" Aya [remembering Tooya]: [My job is to capture the Tennyo.] Aya: "If Ceres is in the same mood as before, she'll want to kill Tooya... then Tooya, too..." Aya: "What should I do? I can't control her!!" Continued in Part 4...