妖しのセレス
                             (Ayashi no Ceres)
                       Volume 4 Translation (Part 5)

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

                                  Page 131

 Ceres: "Shouta!!"

                                  Page 132
 [As Shouta falls, images of the car accident flash past.]

 Shouta: "Ma... ma..."

 [Chidori and Kyuu-chan covers their eyes. Yuuhi shuts his.]

 //THUD//

 [Chidori uncovers her eyes, Kyuu-chan peeks under her partially opened
 hands, and Yuuhi opens his eyes.]

 Pgae 133
 [Ceres is holding Shouta in her arms.]

 Shouta: "Ma... ma?"

 Chidori: "Shouta!!"

 Yuuhi: "Ceres!! This can't be happening. Hey!!"

 [Blood comes out of Ceres' head.]

                                  Page 134
 [Outside Akiyama's room.]

 Patient: "Nurse, what was that just now--"

 Nurse: "It's nothing! Return to your rooms-

 Nurse #2: [gasps]

 Nurse: "Akiyama-sa--"

 [Akiyama's room is a mess. The concrete on the ceiling is broken as the
 result of the lightning bolt thingy.]

 Kumi: "My injuries..."

 Kumi: "Have healed--"

 Pgae 135
 Nurse: "Akiyama... san? Your bed--"

 Kumi: "I'm all right... I feel like I have power surging through my body."

 Kumi: "But something's weird... Everything around me is breaking."

 Kumi: "How do I stop it---"

 Tooya: "This's bad... Everyone, step back!!"

 [Back at the rooftop.]

 Kyuu: "Aya-san! Aya-san, wake up!!"

                                  Page 136
 Yuuhi: "We've gotta find a doctor fast. Not just her head's hurt, but that
 strange light hit her."

 [Shouta moves his wheelchair a bit.]

 Chidori: "Shouta?"

 Shouta: "...Onee-san. She was shielding me..."

 Shouta: "Just like mom... Just like mom and dad."

 Shouta: "She'll die! And it's all my fault!!"

 [Chidori loses her grip on the wheelchair handle.]

                                  Page 137
 [Shouta moves the wheelchair to move forward.]

 Chidori: "Shouta!!"

 Chidori: "Wait!!"

 [Another lightning bolt thingy shoots up.]

 Everyone: "Waah!!"

                                  Page 138
 [Back in front of Akiyama's room. Tooya looks around at the dead corpses.]

 Tooya: "Crushed to death...? No, spontaneous combustion? Akiyama Kumi was
 acting like an awakened Tennyo. Right, I'd better check on the other
 two--Yoshizuga and... Shouta..."

 Nurse: "Kiritani-sensei!!"

                                  Page 139
 Nurse: "We can't find Yoshizuga-san!!"

 Nurse #2: "Ah!!... what in the world is going on?! Th-that...!!"

 [Tooya checks in Shouta's room. It's empty.]

 Tooya: "Shouta."

 [Back at the rooftop.]

 Yuuhi: "Aya--!!"

 Yuuhi: "Shit... What the hell was all that..."

                                  Page 140
 [Yuuhi looks down to see Aya.]

 Yuuhi: "Aya?!"

 Aya: ...!

 //POW!//

 Yuuhi: "Why'd ya hit me?! You're so mean!!"

 Aya: "You landed on top of me again, jeez..."

 Aya: "Ah!?"

 [Aya cringes at the pain on her head.]

 Aya: "Ouch...?"

 [Aya puts her hands on her temples.]

 Kyuu: "Are you okay?"

 Chidori: "...Shouta?!"

                                  Page 141
 Chidori: "Shouta... Shouta's not here!"

 Aya/Yuuhi: "Huh?"

 Chidori: "He... must've thought that mom and dad's death was his fault.
 Thinking that it was because they tried to save him---!"

 Chidori: "If that's the case, then it's more my fault--"

 Chidori: "That day, I was the one who told the family "Let's go to the
 movies!"

 [Chidori begins to cry.]

 Chidori: "Because of work, dad wasn't able to have a break for a long
 time... But even though the weather forecast said it'd be a heavy rain, I
 whined to let us go."

 Chidori: "If I hadn't said that, everything would have been okay... I was
 selfish. Just like a little kid..."

 Aya: So that's why she's so sensitive about Shouta's injuries...

                                  Page 142
 Aya: "It's not your fault, Chidori. It's not Shouta's fault either."

 Aya: "Your mom and dad really cared for you two. It's not your fault that
 they're not alive now. So... don't give up."

 Aya: "Move on... seriously..."

 [Chidori's legs suddenly buckles and she falls.]

 Aya: "Chidori?!"

 Chidori: "M--m, I just feel a little bad..."

 Kyuu: "Ah!"

 Kyuu: "What's Shouta doing up there!!"

                                  Page 143
 [Through the hole on the ground, Shouta's unconsicous body can be seen
 lying on the concrete one floor down from the rooftop.]

 [At the Mikage family. Aki is sitting on his bed watching Aya on tape.]

                                  Page 144
 [Aki recalls the events before.]

 Kagami: "...You can wipe that look off your face, Aki-kun."

 Kagami: "I don't think it's wrong."

 Kagami: "In fact, I'm quite proud of you... no wonder you two were
 married."

 Aki: "That can't be!!"

 Aki: "I had no idea what I was doing...If I had, that... well... I..."

 Kagami: "Perhaps the problem facing you now is that you're in love with
 your little sister?"

                                  Page 145
 Kagami: "You shouldn't feel guilty... do you know? Twins in some overseas
 countries are called 'fiancee'. They bring a different meaning to lovers."

 Kagami: "In Japan, on the other hand, calling twins 'married kids' is
 outrageous. They believe twins are the reincarnations of lovers who
 commited suicide in their past lives."

 Kagami: "Several countries also have myths of the origin of mankind."

 Kagami: "Twin-gods bonded and started humankind... so you don't have to
 worry about your 'taboo' relationship..."

 Kagami: "The rules of nature are a woman and a man... just two living
 beings."

                                  Page 146
 Kagami: "Here, I'll give you this microfilm that Tooya got. You must want
 to see Aya-chan, right? It's been a long time, hasn't it."

 Kagami: "...Don't worry. What you did shall be our little secret."

 Aki: "Aya..."

 Aki: "I've become strange. Somehow... I've become really sick..."

 [Aki slowly cries himself to sleep.]

                                  Page 147
 [Back at the hospital rooftop.]

 Chidori: "Shouta!!"

 [Shouta opens his eyes and looks up.]

 Shouta: !

 Chidori: "Shouta!! Don't move, we'll come and--"

 Yuuhi: "Wait!! It's too dangerous--If we walk on top of that, it'll
 break!!"

 [The concrete around the hole slowly crumbles.]

                                  Page 148
 Yuuhi: "Shouta, listen up!! You've gotta inch yourself over to the right!!
 Go slowly and everything'll be okay!!"

 Yuuhi: "I'll look for a place on the other side!!"

 [Yuuhi runs off.]

 Aya: If I coud get Ceres... why did I return to myself at a time like
 this?!

 [Shouta, shaking slightly, is not moving as he was told to.]

 Yuuhi: "Shouta!! What're you doing? Hurry up!!"

 Shouta: "I can't!!... I can't move!! I'm gonna die. I'm really gonna
 die!!"

 Shouta: "And that's fine with me!!"

                                  Page 149
 Shouta: "Dad and mom aren't here anymore, I can't use my legs anymore, I'm
 just causing everyone trouble... I can't take it anymore!!"

 Shouta: "If I die, I'l be able to fly up where dad and mom are!! I won't
 have to be sad anymore!!"

 Shouta: "Onee-chan, it's best this way!"

 Aya: "WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT!!"

 Aya: "Just how old do you think you are?!"

 [Kyuu-chan has to restrain Aya from getting too close to the hole.]

 Chidori: "Aya-san!!"

                                  Page 150
 Aya: "Our caring about you is bad?? If you die, you think that'll make
 everyone happy?!"

 Aya: "I'm just a brat who lives off of help from others, but did I make up
 my mind to just give up from the very beginning?! You CAN walk. It's not
 that you can't walk; your problem is your lack of courage!!"

 Aya: "Do you know what it means to suffer to the point that you want to
 die!? You can only tell after you've lived your entire life! Don't act
 like you know everything!"

 [Aya suddenly stops and half faints.]

 Kyuu: "Hey, Aya-san, you're losing blood!! You're injured, you know..."

                                  Page 151
 Aya: "...it's okay to depend on others when you're suffering... as long as
 you keep on going... in the future... it will be your turn to help
 others..."

 Aya: "...But don't make others sad...The person who thinks of you is..."

 Aya: "...your big sister who believes in you!!"

 [Aya places her hand on her head, where blood is still coming out.]

 Aya: Yuuhi.

 Aya: Yuuhi, hurry, for Shouta.

 [Yuuhi is running through the hospital hallway.]

                                  Page 152
 Kumi: "Just now... that was..."

                                  Page 153
 Kumi: "...telekinesis...!!!"

 [Shouta, what do you want to be when you grow up?]

 [A pilot! Then I can take my family traveling!]

                                  Page 154
 [That really sounds like fun.]

 Shouta: "Onee-chan..."

 Kyuu: "Aya-san! Look at Shouta-kun!!"

 Chidori: "Shouta!!"

 Chidori: "That's right, Shouta, keep going!!"

                                  Page 155
 [On the floor where Shouta is at, a man walks toward Shouta. He stops in
 front of the boy.]

 Chidori: "...Yuuhi?"

 Chidori: "...No..."

 [The man turns out to be the patient Yoshizuka.]

                                  Page 156
 Yoshizuka: "...It hurts. Like something's escaping my body---!"

 Yoshizuka: "Help... help me..."

 [Yoshizuka grabs Shouta's wrist. Electricity runs through Shouta's body.]

 Shouta: "Aaaaahhhhh!!!"

 Chidori: "Shou--"

 [The Tennyo symbol flashes in Chidori's eyes.]

                                  Page 157
 Kyuu: "Huh... that's probably Yoshizuka-san, Aya-san!! One of the 7
 possible C genoma!!"

 [Chidori swings on her feet.]

 Shouta: "Oneeee... cha..."

 [Chidori puts her hands on her temples. The Tennyo symbol appears behind
 her.]

 Chidori: "Stop it."

 Chidori: "Shou... ta...!!"

 Aya: "...Chidori?!"

 [The buttons on Chidori's uniform fall off. The uniform rips.]

                                  Page 158
 Chidori: "Shou... ta..."

 [Electricity flows from Chidori, crackling all around her.]
 Chidori: "GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM!!"

                           Continued in Part 6...