—d‚µ‚̃ZƒŒƒX (Ayashi no Ceres) Volume 6 Translation (Part 4) Formatting conventions: text = character's thoughts [text] = narration //text// = sound effects, when necessary {text} = translation notes Page 97 [At the Tsukasa family party.] Relative: "Where did Kei go? We've lost one of our idols." [Chidori and Q-chan are both fast asleep on the tatami, or straw mats.] Shuro [thinking]: "Aya's not back either..." [Shuro gets up.] Shuro: "I'll go look for them..." [Shuro's two relatives push Shuro back down until her head hits the floor.] Relatives: "How can the main guests of honor all leave!" Page 98 [Yuuhi stands facing the bathroom, thinking and drinking at the same time.] Tooya [in Yuuhi's flashback]: [The Mikage family seems to have started some sort of secrect mission. Tell Aya to be careful-] Yuuhi: "Geez...why do I have to act as their messanger...Chidori's already deep asleep-" //Sounds of toilet flushing in the bathroom// Yuuhi: "Finally she's coming out." [The door opens and an old lady comes out. Yuuhi's eyes pop out and he sweatdrops.] Arrow: Drunk. Yuuhi: "Aya! How did you age so fast in the little time you were gone?" Grandma: "?" Shuro's mother: "Ah! Grandma, you've been in the bathroom all this time!?" Shuro's mother: "I was just wondering where you went!" Yuuhi: "...all this time...?" Page 99 Yuuhi: "Aya!?" [Back outside. Kei looks Aya over as he carries her unconsicous body.] Kei: "Hee...you don't look so bad!" Kei [thinking]: This is a dirty way, but I can't let you reveal the secret... first I had to bring you to a place with no people around... Page 100 [Yuuhi runs around looking for Aya. He notices Kei.] Yuuhi: "!!" Yuuhi: "Stop!!" [Kei turns around.] [Kei dodges Yuuhi's blow just in time.] Kei: "Woh!" [Kei still holds onto Aya. Yuuhi is a little unsteady on his feet.] Kei: "What are you doing!?" Yuuhi: "You..." Page 101 Yuuhi: "What are you going to do to her!!" [Yuuhi does a full swing kick at Kei. Kei dodges and trips Yuuhi with his feet. Yuuhi falls.] Kei: "You're pretty strong! But that's only when you're sober...Too bad.." . Yuuhi [thinking]: Damn...my body is numb... //DOKI DOKI DOKI// [Yuuhi tries to shake himself awake.] Kei: "Hehe...are you her boyfriend? Too bad, I've already-" Page 102 Kei: "...'enjoyed' her!" [Kei cracks his knuckles.] Kei: "So? Do you have a problem with that?" Yuuhi: "What!" [Yuuhi, suddenly awake, lunges forward.] Yuuhi: "What did you say!!" //GAKI DOKA DOSHIDOSHI DOO// [Yuuhi getting...a strong beating...] [The next morning.] //Birds chirpping// Page 103 [Tokyo.] Satomi's mother: "Satomi! Are you still asleep? If you don't hurry up and finish your breakfast, you're going to miss the morning clubs!" Satomi's mother: "I told you not to watch TV so late-" [Satomi's mother notices that her daughter is shaking.] Satomi's mother: "Satomi? What's wrong?" [Satomi, still shaking, starts whimpering. She begins to sweat and several blood veins become visible.] Satomi's mother: "Satomi!?" [An explosion occurs and sends concrete and broken glasses out the porch.] Page 104 [Hiyogo.] [In a local resturant. A glass cup falls to the ground and shatters. The father leans over the fallen mother.] Father: "Hey!! Wake up! What's wrong!?" Son: "Mother!?" [The mother's face is deforming and rotting.] Father: "The ambulance!! Call the ambulance!! Hurry!!" [Aomori.] [In an elementary school.] Kayama [reading from the textbook]: "...'Masako seems to be sad'..." [Kayama drops his textook. The teacher looks at him.] Teacher: "Kayama-kun?" [Kayama is shaking. He clutches a hand to his sweatshirt and holds the other hand to his face.] Kayama: "...hot..." Page 105 Kayama [screams]: "MOMMY..." [Kayama puts his arms around himself and a field of electricity generages from his body. The students around him shield themselves from the intensity of the light.] [Kumamoto] [A car slams into a pole.] Bystanders: "A car accident!!" [In the car.] The friend in the passenger's seat: "...Yoko...Yoko!?" Yoko the driver: "I'm alright...I'm still alive..." Page 106 Yoko: "But...it's strange..." //DOKI DOKI// [Yoko leans on the wheel. Strands of blood flow from her forehead.] //DOKI DOKI DOKI// Yoko: "It's like strength keeps pouring out of my body..." [In the Aogiri house.] [On TV, a soap opera is interrupted by a news brief.] News announcer: "We're interrupting your regular programs with a news brief." News announcer: "Several fires, explosions, and other accidents have occurred all across the nation since this early dawn. Many patients, whose cause of illness and the identiy of the illness still remained unkown, were sent to the hospitals..." Suzumi: "This...!" Page 107 [Okinawa.] [Out on the streets.] //Rrrrrrrrrrrr// [Chidori answers the cellphone.] Chidori: "Yuuhi!?" Suzumi [through cellphone]: "Ah? Is it Chidori? Where's Yuuhi?" Chidori: "Suzumi-san!! ...th...they..." Suzumi: "WHAT-!? THE TWO OF THEM WERE MISSING SINCE LAST NIGHT!?" [Chidori's eyes turn into spirals. She puts a hand on her head to keep it from hurting too much.] Chidori: "Suzumi-san~ You're too loud~ Q-chan and I had split up to look for them." Chidori [shaky]: "Guwa~~ I'm still suffering from that hangover and now my head's gonna burst.. Guwa~~" Page 108 Suzumi: "That's awful...oh yeah, Chidori, you have to be careful!! Something big just happened that affected all of Japan!!" Chidori [through cellphone]: "Huh!?" Suzumi: "It's the drugs!! The Mikage family...they probably spread the drugs all across Japan!!" [At the Okinawa Convention Center.] [People are setting up the stadium and getting ready for GeSANG's concert.] Shuro: "Kei!!" Page 109 [Shuro gives Kei a very serious look.] Shuro: "Come here. There's something I have to tell you." [Akashi checks her watch.] Akashi: "Shuro! You need to prepare to test the microphones-" Shuro: "I just came up with an idea that I want to discuss with Kei. I'll go do the testing later." [Shuro walks away. Kei follows her.] [The several crew members begin to whisper and gossip.] Crew member: "How come the usually cheerful Shuro showed that threatening look?" Crew member: "I heard that Shuro wants to disband GeSANG..." Crew member: "Then won't Kei be in big trouble? It is Shuro's talent that keeps GeSANG going!" Crew member: "Shhhh!" Crew member: "Is that why Shuro wants to go solo?" Crew member: "..." [Kei has taken in all the conversation.] [Somewhere down the hall.] Shuro: "Yuuhi and Aya didn't come back last night." Page 110 [In the dressing room. Kei is sitting down on a chair. Shuro is standing beside him.] Kei: "-So?" Shuro: "You left in the middle of the night, too. Do you know where the two of them went?" Kei: "Haha. Why did you ask me?" Kei: "I left early last night because I was worried about today's concert." Shuro: "-Really?" Kei: "...really." Kei: "...by the way, do you want to rethink your position? Give up the idea of leaving show business...give up the foolish idea of leaving GeSANG!" [Shuro looks down.] Shuro: "..." Page 111 Shuro: "At the end of today's concert, I'll tell our fans." Kei: "What..." Shuro: "Tell them I'm a girl and I'm sorry that I had lied to them..." Kei: "Why would you want to do that!? Shuro, you can pass for a guy! You are tall enough and you have a guy's voice...everyone believes you're a guy!" Shuro: "Kei..." Shuro: "Right now I can pass for a 'teenager boy'...but I'll change...I'll grow..." Shuro: "No matter how many years have passed, no matter how much I wanted to... I would never become a real 'man.'" Shuro: "Although I feel bad about it..." Page 112 Shuro: "Someday...everyone would know I'm a 'girl.'" Shuro: "I don't mind lying to myself, but if this keeps up...I...besides, I..." Kei: "Do you really think that's a good idea?" [Flashback of the two playing by the beach when they were still kids.] Kei: "It's okay to be separated from me? We've been together ever since were were kids-" [Kei walks toward Shuro. Shuro backs up into the wall.] Shuro: "!" //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// Kei: "I understand...so that's what you want to say? Shuro!" Page 113 Kei: "...I can be your man if you want...please think this over." Kei: "Shuro..." [Kei leans over Shuro.] Kei: "You like me, right...?" [Shuro's eyes widen in shock.] Shuro: "!!" [Kei kisses her.] Page 114 [Kei continues the kiss.] //Slap// [Shuro slaps Kei. She holds her hand into a fist and looks down.] Shuro: "...dirty.. bastard-!!" Page 115 [In a secluded cave.] Yuuhi: "Ugh..." [Yuuhi suddenly opens his eyes.] Yuuhi: "Ha!" [Yuuhi is lying on the ground of the cave. His hands are tied behind him.] Yuuhi: "-Huh...!?" Yuuhi [thinking as he recalls the incident with Kei]: Ah...I remember! I got beat up by that guy... Yuuhi [thinking]: I never thought he would know karate...geez...he should switch to the mafia instead of being an idol. Oww... Page 116 Yuuhi: "Oh yeah, Aya!" [Yuuhi looks around the cave. He finds Aya lying near him in a rather...exotic kind of way.] Yuuhi [blushing]: "!!" [Still blushing, Yuuhi slides over to Aya.] Yuuhi: "...h...hey Aya! Hey..." [Yuuhi looks at Aya's...er...figure.] Yuuhi: "......gulp." Page 117 Yuuhi [thinking]: "That guy said he had "enjoyed" Aya... //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// Yuuhi: "It's impossible...Ceres won't let him do that!" [Yuuhi turns away from Aya, but sneeks a few peeks at her.] Yuuhi: "Aya! Hey! Wake up, Aya!" Yuuhi: "Ah! Could it be that she drank too much wine and got alcohol poisoning..." [Yuuhi leans over closer to Aya.] Yuuhi: "No... hey wake up, Aya!! Aya!!" Yuuhi: "Hey-" [Yuuhi suddenly feels dizzy and loses his balance.] Yuuhi: "Huh.." //DOSA// Page 118 [Yuuhi is lying on something...soft.] Arrow: His heart is shouting. //WOOOOA// [Yuuhi is lying on top of Aya.] Arrow: Close contact one. [Yuuhi's chest is touching Aya's breasts.] Arrow: Close contact two. [Yuuhi's outer thigh is touching Aya's thigh.] Yuuhi [thinking as he blushes, sweats, and has tears coming out of his eyes]: God!! My Lord!! Is this your blessing and pity for all the times I've suffered!? Although it's just for a little while... Yuuhi [thinking]: A...at least she's still alive... I can feel it directly from her body temperature... Page 119 [Yuuhi, still lying on top of Aya, looks at her.] //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// Yuuhi: "........." //DOKI DOKI DOKI// Yuuhi: "Just...just for a little while..." //DOKI DOKI// [Yuuhi leans down.] Yuuhi: "...Aya..." Page 120 [Yuuhi kisses Aya's cheek.] //DOKI DOKI// [Yuuhi kisses Aya's neck.] //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// [Yuuhi lays his face beneath Aya's chin and closes his eyes.] //DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI DOKI// [Aya stirs.] Yuuhi: "U..OH NO!" [Yuuhi immediately gets up from Aya.] Aya: "Nnn...?" Page 121 [Aya opens her eyes.] //Turns head// //KAN// Yuuhi: "Owww that hurt!" [Aya looks at Yuuhi, who is lying beside her. Yuuhi is panting and in pain from the fall.] Aya: "......" Yuuhi: "Oww..." Aya: "Yuuhi!? -What are you doing...? ...Where are we!? Ahh~how come I'm looking like this!?" Yuuhi: //DOKI// "What...what can I do? I...I mean, Kei from GeSANG..." Aya: "!!" [Aya tries to get up.] Aya: "...so you're here to save me..." Aya: "That hurts...what was that guy doing!" //DOKI// Yuuhi [blushing and with tears in his eyes]: "So he really DID it with you!?" [Still thinking about that...] Aya [mad and blushing]: "What are you talking about!!" Page 122 Aya: "But it was really close, and since Ceres didn't come out..." Aya: "That's right, Shuro!" [Aya suddenly turns and begins to run. Yuuhi, still kneeling on the ground, looks at her.] Aya: "Yuuhi! Hurry, we have to find the way out of this cave!" Aya: "Even though Kei... but Shuro's a C-genoma...I hope nothing bad happens.." . [At the Okinawa Convention Center.] Page 123 [The fans are eagerly waiting for GeSANG to appear onstage.] Fans: "Wahh wahhh~" Kei: "Shuro, listen to their cheers. These cheers are all directed at us- Don't you feel good? Surely you don't want to lose that?" Kei: "We're already 'big stars'." Page 124 & 125 [Kei and Shuro step onto the stage. The concert starts.] [Chidori and Q-chan are observing the situation backstage.] Q-chan: "The concert has started!" Chidori: "Aya's not here yet? Mikage's men must have sneaked in already." Chidori: "It's possible that Mikage's men are among the crowd of fans!" Chidori: "Then...Shuro and Kei..." [Although Shuro and Kei are singing and dancing, they each have something else on their mind.] Shuro [thinking as she looks at Kei]: Kei... Shuro [thinking]: Kei's steps are not very steady...! Kei [thinking]: That's strange...what's with me? Page 126 Kei [thinking]: I feel like I can stretch my voice as long as I want- My whole body is full of engery! Shuro: Not only that...his voice today...? [Back at the cave. Yuuhi and Aya have found a door, but it won't budge even when Yuuhi kicks it.] Yuuhi: "It doesn't work!! I don't think we can open this door!" Aya [thinking]: I have a bad feeling about this... Yuuhi: "I give up. Why don't we get Ceres to help us-" //Sounds of broken lock and door opening// Aya and Yuuhi: "…?" Page 127 [The door is opening. Aya and Yuuhi close their eyes from the light that is coming through the opening.] Aya and Yuuhi: "!?" Shiso: "...Are you in there? ...I have been looking for you." Shiso: "Ceres." [The door opens to reveal Shiso.] Aya: "A...ki!?" To be continued...