Volume 5! ISBN 4-09-136358-X 410 yen [real value, 390 yen] ##Part 4## Page 99 Aya: Ce Aya: Ce...res? Ceres: ...You must not see Aki. Aya: Why, you!! I've been getting pretty sick of you! Page 100 //BANG!!// //slip, slip, slip// Aya: Mi...mirror... Aya: How dirty!! Go away, damn you!! Ceres: What you are doing is futile...I exist inside of you. Ceres: Did you not notice? I am here to destroy the Mikage. Aya: Destroy?! Who said that!! I just want to stop my family from doing stupid things! Page 101 Ceres: I had a bond to my own kind, but the Mikage…to humans, I have none…I never had a human body. Ceres: Whenever I was reborn into the Mikage family, they killed me. Ceres: Whenever that happened, mine and the girls' despair, anger, sadness all became "strength" and were lodged in the soul. Aya: I…I understand, that- Aya: And your precious hagoromo was stolen!…You became a woman…yeah, I think that must've been terrible! Aya: But how can you destroy the Mikage?! You may hate them, but…they're your descendants, too!! Page 102 Ceres: That is why. Ceres: The one I really hate is the man who stole my hagoromo. But my children were precious to me. Ceres: I …protected my children…in order for them to thrive through the ages, I continued to provide them with many things… Ceres: But, they are now the Mikage. Ceres: In order to keep yourself alive, you kill your relatives. To satisfy your own heart, you do not spare making use of innocent by-standers! Ceres: I do not wish to protect these stupid and ugly people anymore! Page 103 Aya: Responsible… Aya: Aren't you responsible for the ones you bore?! And you're going to destroy the Mikage?! //Bang!// Ceres: Are you a parent who sees her children becoming strange, sinning, and having broken hearts? Aya: B…but, you can make things better… Ceres: It is too late. "That man" has already been reborn. Ceres: And if once again, he plans to hurt me…I will kill everyone. /gulp...// Page 104 Aya: This…has nothing to do with Aki's body now!! Ceres: …Aya, I am you. If you would just hand your body over to me, this could all end swiftly...it would be best if you were to fall asleep. Aya: No!! Aya: You're making a mistake. How the hell can you just decide on things when you have no idea what you're dealing with! Do you think that humans are really that hateful? Aya: …So…let's make a deal! Page 105 Aya: I'll give you your hagoromo!! Aya: Then you can cast off all your hate and return to the sky!! I'll fight the Mikage…But destroying them is no good!! Aya: Aki-my brother, you must not kill!! Ceres: …You want me to make a pact with you? Ceres: ….Very well…I agree for now. Ceres: But---about Aki…that is to be decided only after I see him. Aya: What? Page 106 //shhhhh!// Aya: Ah! Aya: Huh... Aya: Ceres's hagoromo--Aki also mentioned it in his letter, "I think I'm beginning to remember about the hagoromo." Aya: That means the Mikage will... Aya: Too... Page 107 Aya: Q-CHAN! Q: Huh! Q: Huh? Do~n't!! Aya: I should be the one saying "don't"!! Tooya: Mn... //zzzzz/ Watase: Of course, she couldn't resist. Ceres: When she sees her own children sinning, which mother will not feel a pain in her heart? Page 108 Aya: What Ceres wants is the hagoromo.. Aya: She died when she was still sad... In order to get back the hagoromo she reincarnated into the Mikage family, but died another tragic death when her family killed her... This was how it all began. Aya: The same tragedy, repeats itself endlessly... A new feeling of resentment begins. Aya: If that's so... Aya: ...then I'll be the one to stop it!! Yuuhi: You're going to give her the hagoromo?! Yuuhi: Hagoromo, you say...Is it like a kimono?...anyway, where is it? Aya: I don't know!...I don't think the Mikage know either. Page 109 Chidori: Hey, hey, Aya-chan! About the hagoromo legend; it's really old, isn't it? Yuuhi: Sure is. How it survived until now is a miracle. Aya: But recently, they've been digging for artifacts around that age. Suzumi: Yes, but...If we can't give the Tennyo their robes, we'll never understand. Aya: Um-hm. Suzumi: I see...a clue to this mystery could be in Aki-kun's memories... since Ceres put it that way, it must be in some place. Yuuhi: O--kay! We'll stick with you to the end! Even if we have to drop out of school for a year. Chidori: Me too--- Suzumi: Don't hesitate to do what's right! Page 110 Aya:...Okay! Letter: To Tooya, I'm going out for just a bit. Because you were sleeping so well, I decided to go without waking you. Letter: I'm going to visit my mom in the hospital today. I'll be back soon, so be patient. *heart* Aya. Tooya: ...I'm not a child. Page 111 Suzumi: Oh...you're awake. Aya left about 30 minutes ago. Suzumi: She's sure full of energy. Now she says she's going to find the hagoromo. Tooya: Hagoromo? Suzumi: ....Do the Mikage have Ceres's hagoromo? //chirp, chirp, chirp// Tooya: ...I ...don't know that much yet. Tooya: Just that...Kagami knows there's something about the hagoromo in Aki's memories...I think...the C-project might also be about it. Page 112 Suzumi: ...Tooya-san, from now on, what are your intentions? Tooya: ... Suzumi: You are my brother-in-law's rival, so I shouldn't be saying this,. Suzumi: But for Aya, it's best you stay here. Tooya: ....I-- Aya: ..."But even if we're apart, we're still a family"... Page 113 Aya: "It's a bond that can't easily be broken." Aya: Hear that? Aki has a way with words! Chidori: Hey, Yuuhi-kun! Will Aya's mom be like this forever? Yuuhi: ...yeah, It's a spiratual condition. No matter how many times Aya comes here with something to talk to her about...her mom doesn't respond... Page 114 Aya: He says "Because you're hanging on, I won't lose either"! Mom, Aki's also hanging in there. Aya: I will, too! Because I've finally found something to keep me going! Aya: My special friends...and my special man... Aya: Who knows. When this is over, I'll introduce them to you. Aya: Ah, I've gotta leave. Aya: I'll definately find the hagoromo!...I'll see you again, mom! Mom: Ah... Page 115 Aya: What'm I thinking? She can't call me...Let's see.... Aya: Huh...? Inside the envelope...there's something written on the bottom. It's really small. Aya: U~m? ..."If" Page 116 Aya: ..."If I am taken over, please kill me." Kagami: I'm very glad you've decided to see your grandfather, Aki-kun. His health is not so well...he'll be glad to see you. Page 117 Grandpa: --Aki!! Grandpa: ...Aki...At last, you've come. Grandpa: Come closer... Grandpa: Aki...It is you. Aki: ...Grandpa... Page 118 Grandpa: ...Aki, I don't have much time left...You're important to the Mikage family...You are my only sucessor. Grandpa: So, before I go...there's something I want to show you. Grandpa: My wheelchair... Nurse: Yes, sir. Kagami/Aki: ? Kagami:...Grandfather, are you okay?...Don't you want to have a rest--? Grandpa: Soon enough...Aki. Page 119 Kagami: !! This place is-- this warehouse continues beyond this door? Grandpa: Just Aki...take me to the back. //clunk// //crrrrrreeeeeakk// //slam...// Aki: Grandpa, what in the world... Grandpa: ...//cough, cough, cough// On your 16th birthday...Do you remember the hand I showed you? ...When it was revealed, Aya revealed her Tennyo form, but you unexpectedly got scars on your body. Page 120 Grandpa: According to the legend, our ancestor... the "man" that the Tennyo married was torn limb from limb. Aki: //gulp// Grandpa: When I saw your scars...I knew that that story was true. Aki: ...Wh...why are you... Grandpa: Perhaps... Grandpa: ...The Tennyo killed him. Grandpa: Is was probably...for revenge. It seems as though the Tennyo died right after...but...somehow inbetween their deaths, they bore a child... Page 121 Grandpa: How do you think the children stayed alive? By their mother, "Tennyo"...Look, Aki. Grandpa: A Mikage body. Aki: AH!!!! Page 122 Page 123 Grandpa: It's a Tennyo...mummy. Aki: ...res... Aki: Ce...res...!! Grandpa: It was for her child, at one time, for many years after her death, her breasts still produced milk...it was fate... Grandpa: She didn't rot away like a normal person...In order to preserve herself well...She lost a lot of parts...that "hand", too. //dokun dokun dokun dokun dokun// Grandpa: The Tennyo spirit was revived and wants to destroy us, but--...this mummy...will continue to protect us. Grandpa: This is a family secret that we have managed to keep... Aki: A.... Page 124 Aki: AHHH!!!! Grandpa: ...Aki?! Kagami: !! Kagami: Aki-kun?! Wei: !! Page 125 Aki: ...ya...Aya Aki: ...I told you...that I wouldn't lose. Aki: But I should have known...it looks like...there's no way out...I-- Aki: Sorry. Aki: Aya. Page 126 Aki: GOOD-BYE. Aya: Aki? Kagami: ...Aki...kun ...? Page 127 Wei: His blood disappeared!...am I imagining things?! Kagami: Aki-kun?! Aki:...where...is my woman... Kagami: Huh? Aki: ..."Ceres". Aki: Is...my woman. ##Part 5## **Since Aki was taken over by his ancestor, from now on, I'm going to refer to him as "Shiso"** Page 128 Shiso: Ceres… Shiso: My woman; where is she? Envelope: To Aya. Letter: "If I am taken over, please kill me." Aya: …Aki… Page 129 Aya: Why did he write such strange things again? Aya: What'd he mean by "taken over"? Yuuhi: We'd better get going, Aya! Aya: Wah! Yuuhi: If you keep acting scared like that, you'll hurt my feelings Aya: Hey…Mom… Yuuhi: A----ya! I'm sorry to make you leave, but visiting hours are over! Aya: All right, already!! Page 130 Chidori: Q-san, hey, wake up! It's time to drive! Q: Gg… Yuuhi: Well, did your visit with your mom go well? Aya: Yeah. Aya: I promised her I'd find the hagoromo. Yuuhi: The hagoromo, huh…looking for it is fine, but it seems fake. Background: "Tennyo no hagoromo". Chidori: It exists, all right. We know the Tennyo are real! Yuuhi: In your case, it's not "Tennyo", but "Youjo" [="little girl"] Chidori: HOW MEAN!! I'm in High School! Yuuhi: But you don't act it! Do you even have your period yet?! Chidori: Ah! Yuuhi, you pervert!! Q: (absent-mindedly) Turn right at the next corner, then the third shop down, the bakery, buy 5 packs of nattou [*nattou: fermented soybeans....booooy do they smell terrible! I never had the courage to even taste them ^^;;]… Aya: I don't think these team members will work… Page 131 Kagami: Aki-kun! Kagami: Aki-kun, come to your senses! Grandpa: Aki! Aki, what's the matter? Page 132 Kagami: What's that…!? Grandpa: …I don't know…I don't know, but… Grandpa: I think…Aki might have awakened something!! Wei: … Grandpa: Aki…Aki! You must be my successor! Page 133 Grandpa: Come, let Grandpa take a good look at you. Grandpa: With this, I can die in peace. Grandpa: Hey, Aki…listen well. You must take over as leader and watch over this Tennyo body. Grandpa: Haha,….with this, and you, the Mikage will become stronger…and we won't let the Tennyo have their revenge on us!! Aki, I am so glad you were born. You were well… Page 134 Shiso: Silence! Page 135 Wei/Kagami: !! Grandpa: ….A Grandpa: Kii…! //crunch!// Page 136 Shiso: …no… Shiso: …This is… Shiso: …My woman's…shell. Just her shell. Page 137 Shiso: Where's my woman? Shiso: Where's Ceres? Aya: I'm ho~me! Aya: Tooya, are you awake? Page 138 Tooya: …Welcome back. Aya: Wha, what, are you changing your bandages? Tooya: My body is dry now…It's just hard to do this by myself. Aya: Ah, I'll help! I'll help! Aya: How surprising…this is the first time I've seen him naked… Aya: He sure looks sexy in a kimono... Aya: You shouldn't try to do anything by yourself; you're injured. Tooya: …Yeah…Good thing I had her help me. Page 139 Aya: "Her"? Tooya: Suzumi-san. Suzumi: Now, let's do your lower body... Aya: AH! Bad, bad, bad, bad!! That's absolutely wrong!! Tooya: I was joking. Aya: Huh? Aya: I hate you, Tooya. Tooya: My shoulders. Tooya: Could you hold them from the back? Aya: Sure! Page 140 Aya: Like this? Aya: Gently now, gently… Tooya: Yeah. Aya: …He's got broad shoulders. His arms are strong, too… Aya:He's much more brawny than Yuuhi or Aki. Aya: Wide back. Aya: Smell. Aya: Tooya's smell. Aya: somehow, it's familiar… Page 141 Tooya: What? Aya: Nothing…since your back is so wide, I have to rest on it… Tooya: …Why? Aya: …I want to stay like this forever, no matter what happens… Page 142 Kagami: …That's right. Dad. Kagami: Yeah…They're disposing of the body, so I think I'll leave… Kagami: Yeah, Aki, too. Kagami: You should see him---yes. Page 143 Kagami: …What a pity… Kagami: Well, if I look at it from his point of view, to die in the hands of his favourite grandchild must have been satisfying. Kagami: But I never thought, this is the reason for it all... the "Tennyo Body" Kagami: Treated like that after death... Tennyo's spirit had no way to fly to the skies. Page 144 Kagami: I finally understand why the tennyo are being reincarnated into Mikage girls. Kagami: But, this thing can protect the Mikage... I don't know how it all happend last time, but this thing in front of me... is just an "empty shell". Kagami: What's more important is the Tennyo who reincarnates and lives~~~ Mikage Aya! Shiso: My woman. Shiso: Where is Ceres? Wei: I...I don't know, but you'd better wear some clothes first. Page 145 Shiso: Give me my woman. Aya: Itadakima~~~su! Wah! It's sukiyaki! Chidori: Aya-chan, where's Tooya-san? Aya: He said he wasn't hungry! He said to let him sleep. Yuuhi: Suzumi, if you eat all this meat, you'll get fat. Suzumi: Annoying kid. Page 146 Q: Ah? Q: Ah?! Yuuhi: …Meeting Aki-kun would… Chidori: Q-san's making a ruckus by herself. //Stomp, stomp, stomp// //Crash!!// Q: AYA-SAN, AYA-SAN, AYA-SA~N!! Aya: What's wrong this time? Page 147 Q: TOOYA-SAN IS NO WHERE IN SIGHT! Q: …huh? Chidori/Yuuhi: …We thought you were one of the beasts from Mononoke-hime… Aya: "No where", you said…that was…a lie, right? Q: It's true!! His futon is cold!! I've lied down in it, I swear! Watase: You're not supposed to do that! Suzumi: Aya!…Well, this isn't so… Suzumi: Aya!! Page 148 Aya: Tooya. Aya: Why?! Kagami: …Are you feeling better, Aki-kun? We'll take you home… Shiso: //mumble, mumble// Page 149 //Sound of heavy breathing// Aya: Ow! Aya: I'm so stupid. Aya: Chasing after a man frantically like this. Page 150 Aya: Tooya!! Shiso:…There. Kagami: Eh? Shiso: Over there…turn. Page 151 Kagami: But, Aki-kun, over there is-- Shiso: Do as I say. Go! Shiso: There are signs of that woman. Shiso: I can smell her. Page 152 Aya: …Really. //breaths// Aya: Why do you think you can just do as you please?! Tooya: …I can't leave Aki alone in that state. Plus, the Mikage are after their "traitor", me. Aya: Liar!! Aya: You told me "I will give you everything"!! Tooya: That's right…so. Tooya: For you…I'm going up against the Mikage myself. Page 153 Q: Huh! Q: So…you employed Tooya?! Suzumi: Only in appearance…mainly because he said he wanted to take everything on by himself. But he's our ally. The Aogiri will support him all the way. Suzumi: Besides, even if he leaves, He's still close by. Suzumi: That's why I didn't tell them. Especially Yuuhi. Tooya: …I will always love you. Tooya: I'll promise. Page 154 Aya: …Really? …So, if anything happens…you'll come right away…? Tooya: Yeah. Aya: …And your proof? Tooya: The promise…mark… Page 155 [nothing >: ] Page 156 Person: Hey, look. Person: What're they doing! Person: Huh… Person: Snow?! Person: …Flower petals…? What is it? Page 157 Shiso: She's there. Shiso: "Shifuku no Yorokobi!" [*this is a line of Ceres's that she used a few times when she kills someone; she also used it in the scene where she made urakawa-san and hayama-sensei disappear while they were dying. flower petals always appear after it. i had been translating it as "the joy of death" because that translation worked so well in the 4th episode of the fansub i made. i know it means something else,but "shifuku" is not in my dictionary...I kinda have an idea of what it might mean, but don't know the best word for it in english, so maybe i'll change all the previous translations into "shifuku no yorokobi"...well, whatever ^_^] Aya: I love you, Tooya. Aya: It's hard, but, I…really love you--- Page 158 Aya: So-Stop doing dangerous things! Tooya: …Okay…getting hurt is hard for me, too. Tooya: …Because… Tooya: I promised. Wei: Master Aki. Wei: Chief. Kagami: …I should have known. Kagami: That is… Kagami: Shiso (Aki's ancestor) Page 159 [nothing] Page 160 Shiso: I've found her! Page 161 Aya: A… Aya: …ki---? Aya: …!! Aya: Aki!! Page 162 Aya: Aki!! Aya: I'm so happy…Aki!! Tooya: …Scars. Ceres: "Get away from him, Aya!" Shiso: At last Page 163 Shiso: I have found you… Aya: AKI. ##part 6## Page 164 //Dokun// Aya: What just happened? Aya: I don't know. Page 165 Girl: Hey, isn't that just a bit much? Yuuhi: ? Girl: Intense-- Yuuhi: Wha… Page 166 Aya: A…ki Aya: Aki Tooya: Aki!! Page 167 Aya: Not Aki Aya: No!! Page 168 Tooya:…Aki!! Tooya: What's with-- Shiso: What a nuisance you are. Shiso: My woman Shiso: Give her to me. Page 169 Shiso: Hand her over. Shiso: …If you don't… Page 170 Aya: Yuuhi!! Yuuhi: Wha…t did he just do?? Page 171 Yuuhi: You, you, you, you're siblings!! Girl: Hey, it's yet another guy… Shiso: Stop… Shiso: …this annoyance. Aya: Aki.,..!! Shiso: …A-ki? Shiso: Ah… Shiso: The name of this body. Shiso: I wonder? Page 172 Shiso: He is… Shiso: …no more. Shiso: He is asleep. Shiso: In the deepest place in his mind…he has given up. Aya: No Shiso: He ran away... yes... he's disappeared... Aya: NO!! Page 173 Aya: You're lying!! Aya: Aki. Yuuhi: Aya!! Page 174 Page 175 Shiso: Ceres!! Shiso: Oh, have you come to kill me again?! I still will not give it back to you!! Yuuhi: "It"…? Tooya: He means the hagoromo! Tooya: Aki-Oh…that's the personality…of your former-self…!! Page 176 Ceres: You coward…!! Ceres: Did you come here unsatisfied with the way things were last time, with intentions of capturing me?! Ceres: Return it at once!! It is mine! Ceres: No one else can understand-I know it is not lost!! It must be somewhere!! Shiso: I will not return it…No matter how much you want it, it is futile to search for it that way. Shiso: As I told you last time, you will not return anywhere…You cannot run anywhere. Page 177 Shiso: You will… Shiso:…be my woman forever..!! Ceres: SHUT UP!! Shiso: …This is futile…I will not-- Page 178 Shiso…! Kagami: Damn! Kagami: Wei! Kagami: Aki-kun! Page 179 Wei: Wait! Wei: The traitor Wei: I'll kill him. Wei: …or I want to, but I can't do that here. Wei: I have all the people surrounding us to thank for that. Page 180 Guy: Wei! Ceres: Wait!! Yuuhi: Ceres!! Ceres: Unhand me!! That man and my hagoromo…My hagoromo-- Page 191 Ceres:!! Yuuhi: Aya… Tooya: Aogiri! Page 192 Tooya: Take care of Aya. Yuuhi: Okay-what??! Tooya: I have to watch the Mikage's moves. Tooya: I want to know if Aki really disappeared…I'll keep communications open. Yuuhi: No! But, you…and Aya… Tooya: Aya… Tooya: …will be fine… Yuuhi: … Chidori: Aya-chan! Are you okay? Arrow: She was hiding all along. Page 183 Wei: Chief! How is Master Aki… Kagami: He didn't eat or drink continously for a few days, he also didn't sleep well, it's no wonder his body couldn't take it. Kagami: But at least, the ancestor is revived. Kagami: Whether this is good for the C-Project, only God knows... Kagami: No, only Tennyo knows... Page 184 TV: O-kay! Now, next up! TV: It's the Mikage family's first son, Aki! Aki: (on the TV) Jeez, don't you think that's stupid? You think this kinda movie is original? I'm eating rice, for God's sake! Dad: Aya! I just bought that camera, don't wreck it! Aki: My sis is just so aggressive, but she's very cute girl. Aya: Thanks, stupid! Aya: Aki. Page 185 Aya: Aki Aya: Ah, cut the tape! Cut the tape! Aya: Aki. Page 186 Yuuhi: Ah! You shouldn't use electricity! Chidori: We have to eat! You've been shut up in here since yesterday! Aya: …I'm not hungry… Chidori: Ah! Chidori: Music Station's starting!! [*must be friday ^_^. god, i love that show] Today, they're gonna have GeSANG! They're gonna introduce their new music, and then-- Aya: I don't feel like watching it. Chidori: Aya-chan… Aya: …This kind of thing is often in Shoujo manga…lovers that die often meet each other again. Aya: …I didn't know that something like that really existed…but I thought things were going to be okay-- Page 187 Aya: But, on the other hand, no matter how hateful, disgusting... they will still meet. But, why meet as a twin brother and sister... it's just too much! Yuuhi: Aya! It'll be okay. Aki-kun will get back to normal soon, and-- Aya: STOP TRYING TO CHEER ME UP!! Aya: I understand; I understand!! Aya: Aki's heart is nowhere. That's not Aki anymore!! Aki's not here anymore!! Page 188 Aya: He's nowhere!! Aya: …Dad…is dead. Mom can't wake up, but…if Aki's here…even if we're apart, as long as he's okay… Aya: …I can't go on anymore. Aya: I can act cheerful all I want....but even that has its limits!. Page 189 Yuuhi: So…what about the hagoromo…? Aya: It's no good…I can't look for it with Aki like that. I can't fulfil my "duty" with him like that…because I know this time-- Yuuhi: So… Yuuhi: …What's going to happen to "Aki"?! Yuuhi: That guy said that Aki was "asleep". He's still alive! He didn't disappear! So are you just going to give up?! Are you going to desert him?!! Page 190 Chidori: HE'S RIGHT!! Chidori: You two are "brother and sister", isn't that right?! Didn't you tell Shouta not to "expect to get it all at once"?!! Chidori: Believe in yourself!! Believe in Aki-kun, and the hagoromo! Aya: Aki Aya: …t… Aya: But…!! Tamori [he's the MC on Music Station. love the guy ^_^]: Oh, so your ancestor was a Tennyo? Page 191 Tamori: What's that all about, Shuro-kun? Shuro: But that really does exist in Okinawa! Shuro: After all, we… Shuro: …have the Tennyo's hagoromo. Yuuhi/Chidori/Aya: HUH??!