Volume 8! ISBN 4-09-137641-X 410 yen [real value, 390 yen] **You may notice a slight change in format. I'm waaaayy too lazy to type font size=+1 all the time for all the page numbers, so i've just indicated them with equals signs. also, whenever anyone is talking in a flashback, i don't italic-ize it anymore; i just put it in quotes. thoughts are still italic-ized. **blhalbhalbhal** are my notes; {asjfasfsfjsd} are Joy's notes ^_^. I have also taken out the narration. Joy was actually teh one to put narration in her translations and added it to mine, but I'm leaving it out b/c A. I'm too lazy, and 2. I want you guys to buy hte manga, drool over all the cute guys and support the Holy One and make her very rich!!! DO buy the manga and follow along with the translations. I realize that while having the naration along with it is easier to follow, it is also easy for someone to just read teh translations and understand everything w/o buying the actual manga....i don't want that. i want you all to spend your life savings on this series like i did!! >: )= Original Story by: Watase Yuu ("the Holy One") Translated by: Me >: )= Edited by: Joy. =7= //tick, tick, tick// Shuro: "If Tooya-san regains his memories...maybe all the things he has done since he lost his memories...will be forgotten. Isn't that possible?" Aya: Are the things he did since he met me...escaping his mind...? Aya: What we did last night...too... =8= //Rrrr// Aya: !! Aya: huh Tooya: Aya? Are you awake? Aya: ...Tooya! What's wrong? Tooya: ...Just about yesterday...I want to talk about going to Shizuoka's "Miho". Tooya: You must continue to search for the hagoromo. I'm...feeling okay. Even though I'm not getting my memories back... Aya: What?! Tooya: Because I betrayed Kagami, even if I want to be with you, I keep getting pulled away---I continued to pull myself down...But yesterday, I heard your voice in the phone booth. =9= Tooya: I must have always...wanted my memories...and for that, I joined Kagami's side, but I couldn't let you get sad. Because I didn't have confidence in "who I am now". With no memories...I lost my way---countless times. Tooya: "I don't know what I am. NO matter what I do or say, it's probably all a lie." Tooya: And then, you came into my life. Ever since I saw you, I knew for sure. **aw, i'm gonna puke!!** {it's okay. I already did.} =10= Tooya: ...Now... Tooya: You're all I need. Tooya: In my heart, I really miss you. I can't control this feeling...just keep thinking of you. Tooya: I'm not lying; this is how I feel...this is the only thing I'm "sure" about. Before I met you...I didn't feel anything---"death" meant nothing..."happiness" didn't mean anything. Tooya: ....But now, things are different. =11= Tooya: You changed my life... Aya: ... Tooya: Aya? Aya: Ah, ...yeah...I'm listening... Tooya: ...You're not...crying again, are you? Aya:...That's not it. Tooya: No matter what memories come back, I still need you the most right now...and that's never going to change. So don't worry about me now; concentrate on the hagoromo...okay? Aya: Okay...! I got it... =12+13= Aya: Even after he said "good night" when we hung up, I still cried long after that. All my worries, along with his sadness disappear with the flow of my tears. We both believe, trust, and value each other's feelings. [Shizuoka] [Miho no Matsubara] Aya: Wah! Arrow: A tag-along Arrow: The same. Aya: Pretty, isn't it--!! This place---this is the place Suzumi-san was dancing about earlier; the "Matsu no hagoromo". [Hakuriyou no Zou] [Hagoromo no matsu] [Haguruma Jinja] Aya: This palce might have something to do with Tooya's memories... Aya: Even though Tooya said that... I still want to help him regain his memory. I'm a little afraid of the result, but...I think it'll be okay. Aya/Shuro: Hm? =14= Shuro: What---are you feeling ill? You're lucky that this time, the school you're enrolling in is coed! But I really wanted to see ya!!--when you crossdressed at Miyagi Highschool! Yuuhi: Jeez, what're you-- Aya: Wanna see pictures? Shuro: Bwahahahahaha!! Yuuhi: Why'd ya have to bring them along?! Yuuhi: What is it, Shuro!! Are you gay??!! Shuro: But I'm a woman... Aya: ...he didn't notice? Yuuhi: Aren't you being stupid, too, Aya? In your case, you're frollicing around where people tell you because you don't know a thing about the hagoromo!! Aya: ...what's with you!! Want to fight or something!? What did I do? Yuuhi: You DID IT with Tooya!! =15= Yuuhi: Jeez, Shit, I don't thihk it's funny!! I don't know why I even came here anyway, with Tooya coming, too!! Yuuhi: Aya and him already... //ocean waves// Aya: !! Yuuhi: Wait!---Don't die!! =16+17= Miori: Eh...? Yuuhi: Huh! Yuuhi: Aya...?! Aya: Yuuhi--Let's go back to the country house! Yuuhi :Aya?! Yuuhi: Obua!! **some drowning noise** Aya: Yuuhi?! Aya/Miori: What?! Yuuhi: Ther a' ku Aya!! {translation: "there are two Aya's"} help! Aya: Thinking someone's committing suicide and ending up almost drowning yourself... only Yuuhi would do something like that. Yuuhi: Damn, shut up already! In the spring time, who would wear their school uniform and go into the ocean? Hm, I'm good at swimming! Shuro: And she realy did look a lot like Aya-- =18= Shuro: There must have been a reason for her crying, but let's forget about her. "Getting the hagoromo" is more important. Miori: "Sorry for confusing you." Miori: "I'm fine...I was just waiting for him." Shuro: The Tennyo married, and became a protector guardian... but all that was left of the hagormo at the Miho temple is a few broken pieces of cloth. This legend is in Miho no Matsubara, so there might be Tennyo's descendants in the nearby high school. Yuuhi/Aya: Um-hm. Aya: We'll take care of the juniors, so you take care of the seniors, Shuro! Guy: Sahara! =19= Guy: Why'd ya suddenly dye your hair light brown? Aya...?! Yuuhi: Hey, what's with you--- Miori: Wait! Miori: "Sahara" is me! Yuuhi/Aya: Ah! Aya: Wow~ We're in the same High School, too! Miori: Where did you transfer from? Miss, ah... Aya: Mikage Aya! Just "Aya" is fine, Sahara-san! =20= Miori: You can call me "Miori", too...nice to meet you, Aya. Aya: Nice to meet you. I guess we do look alike...kinda like sisters. Miori: Sorry about yesterday...the water makes me feel good...you know. You probably thought I was some whacko trying to kill herself Aya: No...not really. After we left, did you boyfriend show up? You said you were waiting for him... Miori: No. Miori: Right now...he's...missing... Aya: Ha! Aya: Sorry!! I was being too nosy!-- Miori: That's okay...he's been missing for nearly a year... we grew up together =21= Miori: We loved each other. Miori: ...Over by the sea, we used to take walks all the time, so if I wait there from morning until night, I believe...that some day he'll come back. Aya: Oh...yeah, I sorta understand teh way you feel! He'll come back...I'm sure! Miori: ...Thanks...Aya. Aya: "Miori"...huh. Maybe it's because we look alike, but I feel kinda of close to her. Aya: I hope she finds her boyfriend... Aya: Ha! And I'm supposed to find the Hagoromo!! //Rrrrr// =22= Aya: ...Tooya?! Tooya: Aya? Aya: You just arrived? ..yeah. Th...that hotel...okay!...Okay...I'll come right away! Bye. {Geez, just arrived and he's already asking to sleep with her?} **hehehe** Tooya: What...? My heart's racing. I really must know...this place... {His heart is racing? Gee, I wonder why. -_-} **well, they say anticipation is half the fun >: )= ** Tooya: I thought that since my headaches had calmed down for a while that I was okay, but... Tooya: ...I don't get it. That shadow is floating...over my head--- =23= Tooya: ...But...If I don't remember...that's good. Tooya: If I don't get my memories back, Tooya: Then I'll be able to concentrate on Aya forever. **you mean "i'll be able to have constant sex with Aya", right?** {I think that's what he meant. Afterall, the picture of Aya that he thought of is a naked Aya on the bed. -_-} Aya: Looking for the hagoromo'll probalby be hard, but this time, I have Tooya here. Yuuhi: Are you going to see Tooya? =24= Yuuhi: His memory. Yuuhi: If it comes back, don't'cha think it'd be ba~d? Yuuhi: Isn't that what Shuro said? Aya: ...That's...just a possability! And besides, Tooya...and I...are now...ha... Yuuhi: Y...you must've... Yuuhi: HAD SEX?...With...that guy... =25= Aya: ...Sorry... //SORRY// //BOOM!!// Yuuhi: I thought I was just jumping to conclusions...how naive! Yuuhi: OHHH~~~~~!!! Shuro: I told you not to ask her! Looking for problems doesn't solve anything. Yuuhi: Shuroooo!! If you're a man, you should understand the way I feel!! You should understa~~nd!! Shuro: Sorry, I'm a girl Shuro: Sure, I understand! Here, I'll comfort you! =27= //SMOOCH// Shuro:...That was telling you to cheer up! How are you? Yuuhi: EVEN THOUGH I LOST MY LOVE, I'M NOT GOING TO RUN INTO THE ARMS OF A MAN!! Shuro: Wah!! Yuuhi, settle down!! Aya: "Sorry"...Yuuhi, that's all I could say. But...I...we... =28= Aya: ! Tooya: You came. Tooya: ...I missed you... Aya: The passion...cannot be stopped! {oh my...only 16 and she's already addicted to sex.} =28= Aya: Unable to stop even if we want to. {definately addicted.} Aya: ...Tooya. I love you... Aya: With my heart...and with my body. Tooya: Aya... Aya: Both desire, both give, and both embrace. Aya: ...Too...ya! Aya: No more...will anyone... Aya: Be able to tear us apart... =29= Tooya: Did you wake up? Aya: ...Yeah...hey, Tooya. Tooya: Hm? =30= Aya: You told me on the phone...that I changed you...but you've changed me, too. Tooya: Huh? Aya: Well, because I fell in love with you, I became a crybaby, hehe. Aya: I hate people who let others see them cry...because I want to be strong... Aya: On the other hand, that's not like a woman; not gentle...I say this, but I have no real talents, I dont' know my dreams, or what I want to be when I grow up. Aya: I've been living one step at a time...I'm not like that anymore I can't do anything...That kind of me was bad...But, you know...loving someone like this... Aya: I finally got...love...and built my confidence. {I think Aya's way too naive. She thinks giving her body would secure her man and...build her confidence!? If anything, I think her confidence can only take a dive. People with confidence don't depend on others...sexually.} **hmm, methinks this sex scene translation is turning into a discussion...sorry to any aya/tooya/pre-marital sex fans out there....that's what you get for having two conservatives translate the manga ^_- ** Aya: ...And glad to be alive... Aya: In your arms, I've changed a bit...I've become a "woman". Aya: Right now, I really like that "me". Tooya: I'll take you to school. Aya: Okay! =32= //WHOOSH!// Aya: What a strong wind! It's a bit annoying with my long hair. I wonder if I should cut it... Tooya: Your hair's pretty...I like it long. Watase: Good thing I drew her with long hair. Aya: ...Okay, you win! Aya: Oh~ yeah! Tooya, I always come here to the "Mihomo Matsubara". We have some time before school, so let's take a look! Okay? Tooya: Uh...okay. Aya: It's really pretty, huh. It really feels like a place where Tennyo would be. Oh yeah, that girl came here! =33= Aya: There's this girl at school who looks a lot like me!! Even Yuuhi mistook her for me, so you'd be surprised fi you saw her! Tooya: Huh...? Aya: Tooya, this way! This way! Aya: "Tooya, hurry up!" Aya: "This way!" Aya: "This way." =34= Tooya: A... Girl: "Tooya". Girl: "Wait for me!" Aya: It suddenly got cloudy, so we can't see Mt. Fuji. That sucks! Girl: "Went to Tokyo..." ?: "Kiss me, Tooya...I love you forever." =35= Woman: "It's your grandpa's will, Tooya." Aki: "Protect Aya, Tooya!" Old guy: "Tooya, the Mikage household in Tokyo has Tennyo descendents, but..." Kagami: "Be my employee, Tooya." Girl: "Look, Tooya, a High School uniform!" Aya: "I love you." "Tooya" Tooya: ...A.... =36= Tooya: Aya!! Aya; Huh?! Tooya: I'm going back...!! I...can't... Aya: Tooya?! What's wrong?! Aya: Hey!! =37= Aya: Wait, Too-- Miori: Tooya?! =38= Miori: ---Tooya. =39= Aya: ...Sahara...san? Aya: She just said..."Tooya"...? Miori: "He's missing." Miori: "He's been gone for a year." Miori: "We used to walk here a lot..." Miori: "We loved each other..." Tooya: "Miori." =40= ?: Tooya!! //SCREEEEECH!!// Aya: Tooya--!! Tooya: ...Ungh...! Aya: Tooya!!...Thank God! Are you okay?! =41= Tooya:...Mi-o-ri--- Aya: Tooya? Aya: N, no...Tooya...I'm Aya--- Tooya: ...A-ya-...? Tooya: ...Who are you? =42= "Aya...?" "Who?" Tooya: You're not Miori...? ...Who...are you...? Aya: ...What are you saying, Tooya...? =43= Aya: "Who"?...I'm "Aya"! Aya: Hey! Stop joking around...Tooya! Tooya: Aya Tooya: Aya--- Tooya: Ungh... Miori: Tooya!! =44= The man from the car: Hey, is he alright? Miori: ...quick! Take him to the hospital! Miori: Tooya, let's go! You're be fine! =45= Aya: ...Tooya? =46= Yuuhi: That bad girl!!~ Shuro: These lines sound like a parent talking about his child, Yuuhi. Yuuhi: But that little bitch didn't even come to school!! Yuuhi: She msut be in a hotel now with that bastard, together...oh...ah...like this and that!! Yuuhi: Ahhh, that indescent jerk! Shuro: You're just making them up in your mind. =47= Yuuhi: Wa~~h!! Aya, you idiot, idiot, idiot!! Shuro: Ah, don't mind him, he's just throwing a tantrum! Yuuhi: No, I will not give up!! Before this, I went to Tochigi! Okinawa! Miyagi! And now, Shizuoka! I will master all these cooking styles and become Japan's #1-- Girl: Are you by any chance Shuro from "GeSANG"? Shuro: Ah, yeah, people often ask me that. We just look alike; my name's differnet, though. Yuuhi: Listen. Shuro: Aw, you poor thing. Don't worry, there are happier things in life! Yuuhi: What did you say!? I was feeling depressed! =48= Yuuhi: Aya!! Yuuhi: Why, you, "returning in the morning happy and flustered" might be forgiven in the past, but I won't forgi-- Shuro: Did something happen? What's wrong? You should have called to say you were going to be late... Aya: ...call... Aya: Oh...yeah. The phone... Yuuhi: listen to me... Shruo: ? Aya: I'll call up...Tooya... //RRRR// =49= //RRRR// //RRRR// Miori: Yes? Aya: ...a...Sahara-san...Um..can Tooya-- Tooya: ... Miori: I'm very busy right now. Talk to you tomorrow! Bye! Aya: Ah. =50= Yuuhi/Shuro: ? Tooya: "Your'e not Miori". Tooya: "Who are you?" =51= Tooya: "Who?" Shuro: "If Tooya-san gets his memories back, he might forget all that happened since he lost them..." Aya: What's with that? "He might have had a lover before you." "He might change." Aya: ..that's jsut a possability. No---Tooya can't forget me!! Aya: If I see him, he'll know. If I can just see him...one more time---!! =52= Aya: Sahara-san hasn't come to school since them...the phone doesn't work either...Tooya, how are you doing? Yuuhi: You were stupid again! Aya: What are you doing here, Yuuhi?! Aren't you supposed to be in a different class?! Yuuhi: Yeah. Aya: Well? Yuuhi: I was just practicing cooking...It's a dessert banana tart! I made extra (not really), I thought you must've not eaten breakfast this morning-- Aya: Th...thanks. Yuuhi: Damn, what's wrong with you? These past couple days...we haven't done anything about the hagoromo. If something happened with Tooya--- Aya: !! =53= Miori: I think we need to talk and make things clear. Besides, he has finally calmed down. So he worked for your relatives? But he has no memory of it! Yuuhi: Huh...what's been going on? Aya; Sahara-san...where is he? Miori: Here. =54= Aya: "Mizuki"...? Aya: ...Tooya!! Aya; You're okay, good! Do you remember ? You remember me, right-- Tooya: ...Yeah. =55= Tooya: Aya...san, right? Shuro/Yuuhi:...wha-!! Miori: Tooya, this is Mikage Aya-san...a child of "those" Mikage...It looks like you two knew each other during the year you lost your memories. Aya: "Aya-san" Tooya: That's...right. So...I wonder if I unconciously went to you...But the "time I didn't know anything" was a year...I'm shocked... Aya: Tooya? =56= Aya: Too... Tooya: That's right...you're Mikage's child... Yuuhi: Hey!! Yuuhi: Tooya?! Stop this sick joke!! Did you forget about Aya??!! Shuro: Yuuhi!! Tooya: ...Yuu-hi...? Miori: Leave him alone! He lost his memory!! Ever since he went off to Tokyo a year ago adn disappeared! And finally...He came back to me!! Miori: He's my LOVER!! =57= Miori: "Mizuki Tooya" is so important to me!! Yuuhi: ...You're lying...right. Tooya: ...Sorry... Tooya: Before, in the rain, to involve you in that accident...falling like that--After walking mindlessly in the partk...nothing...It seems like I shoudl be remembering you, but... =58= Aya: But, just last night... Aya: We made love in each other's arms... Miori: It's no use, Tooya! If you keep trying to remember, you'll just get more confused! Aya: ...No...who is this? Tooya: I'm fine, Miori. Aya: He won't look at me that way. Aya: He doesn't smile like that. Aya: Tooya is-- Aya: Sahara-san... =59= Aya; Good for you. Your boyfriend came back! Aya: Well...I guess we'll be leaving-- Aya: Because Aya: this... Aya: IS NOT TOOYA ANYMORE! =60= //HAHAHAHAHA!!// Aya: That really cracked me up!! Did you hear him?! He said "Aya-san", "Aya-san"! My, I wonder if he's crazy? Like you said about his heart returning? Tonight is Mi-zu-gi-sa-n 's "congratualations, your memories came back party"!! Cheers! Shuro: ... Shuro: That's right, Aya...this is...deffinately not Tooya's will, that's just... Aya: I'm sta~rving! Yuuhi-kuuuun! How-is-dinner? =61= Aya: WHaaat~~~You've only done this much? Yuuhi: Huh? Yuuhi: Aya... Aya: You're craaaazy. Aya-san shall help you! Yuuhi: Dont' bother! Wait over there... Aya: A~~h? Just becuase you're good at cooking you think I'm stupid-- Yuuhi: You should sit down and let someone else take care of the work when you're drunk!! Aya: I'm not drunk! Gimme the knife!! Yuuhi: Ah! Dumbass, Stop it!! =62= Aya: Gimme! Yuuhi: Don't act wild in someone else's house!! Shuro: You guys?! What're you-- =63= Shuro: Are...you...okay? Yuuhi: A...ya... =64= Aya: ...oh, yeah. I'm completely... Aya; Fine... =65= Tooya: "You have pretty hair; I like it long." Aya: H...uh? I'm ...FINE... Tooya: "I chose you over my past." Tooya: "I'm saying it myself". Tooya: " You're important to me...extremely important." Aya: ...I'm...fine... =66= Tooya: "You're all I need." Aya: ...ya... Tooya: "You changed me". Aya: ...Too... Tooya: "Aya." Aya: Yaa...aa... Aya: TOOYA!!! =67= Aya: [crying noises] Tooya: Aya... Tooya: Mikage...Aya. .. =68= Tooya: I guess I'll never know...what happeend during that year?....My only relatives are also...dead. Tooya: Miori? That was fa-- =69= Tooya: You...are that guy from earlier? Yuuhi: Right...I guess it's no one's fault, realy. Not YOUR'S or HER'S. This really is really weird, but I guess we can't do anything about it...you changing back into the REAL you. Yuuhi: But...Even though who you used to be is no longer, I just came to say this-- Yuuhi: Give me Yuuhi: Aya! =70= "Give me Aya". Yuuhi: ...Hey, show some reaction...man, you're really a different man. Yuuhi: ...I told you before... "If you make Aya cry this time, I'll take her from you and make her mine"....But YOU don't remember that...Tha~t's the way it is... =71= Yuuhi: Sorry to bother you...Later! //splash, splash// Miori: Tooya? What was he... Tooya: ...It was...about that girl, Aya. Tooya: Did...something special happen to me?...It could't be...That I...during that time...? Miori: Tooya!! =72= Miori: Dont' worry about anything! You dont' have to remember!! Miori: You're Mizugi Tooya--you came back to your own house...That should be enough!! Miori: I finally found you...always...I believed you'd come, so I waited...I... Tooya: Mio...ri... =73= Aya: The choker I gave Tooya Aya: All of a sudden, it was broken...just like the two of us. Aya: It was even shaking on Tooya's neck the other night Aya: That night I also believed that "No one will be able to seperate us." Tooya: "Aya". =74= Aya: Where did Tooya go? Aya: Give him back. Aya: Give me the old Tooya back!! Suzumi: "...no way...I can't believe it! Tooya-san...?" Yuuhi: You think I'd joke about something serious like this??. Anyway, she's in no mood to look for the hagoromo now... =75= Suzumi: Yeah...It certainly isn't Tooya's fault...but this is too much suffering for Aya. Chidori: What did I tell you??!! I TOLD you Tooya-san was no good!!! Q: Chidori-sa~n, calm down just a bi-- Q: There, see! Chidori: I...In these conditions, Yuuhi-kun must be a crutch for Aya!! Q: And I will be a crutch for Chidori-san, okay. Chidori: Save Aya, who just fell down bad, with the power of love! Are you listening?! Yuuhi: Yeah, yeah. Yuuhi: And you're a person who got injured by falling off the stairs at a train station. =76= Shuro: Yuuhi! Shuro: Big news! A teacher that's worked here for 30 years knows about the Mizugi house! Yuuhi: Oh! And? Shuro: Well....listen and be surprised! Shuro: I didn't say anything yet!! Shuro: Well, anyway! Somehow it looks liek the Mizugi house is part of the "Miho no Matsubara" Tennyo family line! =77= Yuuhi: Huh... Shuro: If this si true, then just like Aya and I...Tooya-san is also a Tennyo descendant! Yuuhi: Are you...serious? Shuro: But I never heard of a story about the hagoromo being left behind at Mizugi's house...what shoudl we do? Should we go to Mizugi's house to make sure just because we have a bad feeling about... Yuuhi: No, we shouldn't!! Yuuhi: From this point on, he's no longer of my concern!! As long as Aya's still shut herself in her room... Aya: I what? Yuuhi: So... =78= Aya: Yo. Yuuhi/Shuro: Aya?! Aya: What's with your faces?! Aya: But I couldn't've been seen in public the way my hair was before...is it bad? [does she remind anyone else of ayanami after she cuts her hair? ^_^] oh, and another note; this whole "aya getting her hair cut off" is very symbolic. in japanese culture, when one loses a loved one [like is dumpped or something] it is not uncommon to cut one's own hair. also, If one is very angry about something, sometimes one dyes one's hair [usually red]. Shuro: Ah...no! You just surprised us! Yeah! It looks good! Looks good! You look good with short hair! Yuuhi: ... =79= Yuuhi: So...sorry... Aya: Huh...Yuuhi, why? It wasn't your fault!....I've wanted to cut it for a while. Aya: Aw man, lunch break is almost over! The beauty parlor was so crowded... Yuuhi; Aya! =80= Yuuhi: Go out with me! Yuuhi: ....Forget...all about Tooya!...Please forget him! I don't mind!...that you and he...had such a deep relationship!! =81= Yuuhi: And...besides...I lov... Yuuhi: ...so... Aya: ...Up till now, I guess I hurt you countless times chosing Tooya over you. You think htat because I was that way with Tooya that...I'd just run into your arms? Aya: I don't want to be a cheap girl like that. =82= Aya: But-- I'm glad you feel that way...thanks... Aya: And besides, I can't forget him... Aya: My beloved...His sad yees, his shadowed face are all disappearing. I can't smile-- Girl: Wah! Aya-chan, you cut your ha~ir! But it looks good! Girl2: Oh yeah, while you were gone, someone asked me to give you a message. It's from that girl in class 2A...Sahara. Aya: Huh! Girl2: She said "I'm always on the roof after class."! =83= Aya: Sa... Miori: Look..you can see Mt. Fuji from here! Miori: Miho no Matsubara is really cool. When Tooya and I were little, we used to play along the beach. He had circumstances and couldn't go out often. He didn't go to school either...But I was very close to his famikly, so we did everything together. Playing...studdying...EVERYTHING. Aya: Stop it Miori: He's 22 this year...our ages are so far apart, but...his deceased grandfather approved of our relationship. =84= Miori: Because I was all he had. And me, too, all I had was... Aya: I don't want to hear about it. Miori: ...Sorry...about saying all that...but Miori: Forget about Tooya already!!...Dont' say anything that will hurt him!! Aya; Huh... Miori: What you guys told him earlier hurt him a lot!! And if something did happen between you two, I don't wanna know. I don't wanna hear about it... =85= Miori: But the way he is now is the WAY HE IS!! He came back to himself--I don't want him to suffer! I dont' want him to remember what happened and get hurt!! If he can forget you Mikage... Miori: I don't care if you think I'm out of line for saying this, but--please...please dont' see him anymore. Please...forget him! Miori: For his sake. Miori: Please... Aya: For his sake? =86= Aya: "Forget him", "Forget about him". Aya: Why is everyone saying htat? wht are they trying to pull us apart? Aya: Because what happened durring the past year really happened. Aya; I shoudl just forget him? "For his sake." Aya: For his...For Tooya's...sake... Tooya: Mikage-san? =87= Aya: I wanted to hear his voice so much I could have died. Tooya: I guess...I didn't recognise you with your short hair. Tooya: Good thing I found you...I wanted to talk to you. =88= Tooya: Just for a bit? Aya: I can't look...at him. Tooya: I'm sorry...I shoudl be remembering you, but no matter how hard I try...I get a bad headache. Aya: If I do....then I know I'll fling myself in his arms Aya: Oh...That's oaky. Don't worry yourself. Sahara-san...is worried enough... Aya: Even though it's not like he'll hug me back anymore. =89= Tooya: I don't know why I can't figure it out. I'm sorry---I've just been trouble and I can't apologize. Tooya: And, I wanted to ask you something. Did you and I... Aya: Hey, hold out your hand! Aya: I...gave this to you before! I fixed the broken string, so-- Aya; Bye! Tooya: ! Hey Tooya: Wai... =90+91= Aya: Let g... Aya: !! Aya: Too... =92= Tooya: Sorry! Tooya: Why?---My body...moved on its own... Tooya: I must've...durring that time...something happened with...? =93= Aya: ...That would have been fun, but Aya: Nothing happened between us! Just knew each other a bit! So don't worry at all, Mizugi-san! Bye, then. Tooya: Ah-- Aya: Goodbye. Aya: Goodbye Aya: This really is Goodbye---Tooya =94= Aya; That's right...It's fine if my beloved's eyes are never sad again. His shadowy..and lonely face should go away. Aya: Good for you, Tooya...You're not "alone" anymore. Aya: That's good. Aya: So...Goodbye--goodbye... Yuuhi: Oh! =95= Yuuhi: You're home, Aya! I'm makign your favorite dishes tonight! Meat gratan, white fish cooked in sake, sweet potato soup, Japanese-style salad, and red wine. Yuuhi: Come here! Taste the soup for me. Aya: ...I Aya: Just said goodbye to Tooya... =96= Aya: I wonder if I can...forget him? Yuuhi: You can. Yuuhi: Because...I'm here...I'll always be...by your side. Aya: I know I'm being cheap...but =97= Aya: Everyone's left me...Aki and Tooya. Aya: I've always stayed strong for them, but... Aya: I...can't be strong like this. Aya: I can't be strong!! Aya: Yuuhi...mn... =98= Aya: I said "goodbye" to Tooya Aya: I will never see him again. Aya; My Tooya is no longer. Aya: ...No...MY Tooya...never existed. Aya: Was he attracted to me...because I looked like Miori? Aya: It wouldn't have worked out anyway...because I didn't know anything about him. **wow! Aya's finally getting it!!** =99= Aya: I understand now. Aya: I didn't want to lose him. Urakawa-san...Hirobe-san's suffering. v Aya: And...Suzumi-san and Shuro who lost the people most important to them... =100= Aya: All those girls, everyone, was torn apart in this state. Shuro: A~ya! I was jsut talking with Yuuhi, ya know, and he wanted to know if you wanted to go to karaoke with us. Aya: Shuro... Yuuhi: Let's go~, Aya! We've been so busy looking for the hagoromo that we haven't gone in a while. Sing what'cha want! I'll even sing, too! Shuro: //clap, clap, clap// He~y, Yuuhi's pretty good! Just a bit off-- Yuuhi: What the hell, Shuro! You're a pro! You shouldn't compare us! Shuro: Aya! Sing! Sing! =101= Aya: No thanks... Shuro: Okay! I'll sing in your place. GeSANG's "Feel"! A dance beat. Aya: Huh! Aya: Shuro Girl: Hey, hey, that voice! Isn't that Shurto form GeSANG?! Girl2: No wa~y! Guy: The other guy in GeSANG, Kei, died and they're not a band anymore---and they were so popular, too. Girl: Yeah, but I heard in a magazine that Shuro was just taking a break... =102= Aya: Kei's part...that should be in the song isn't there. Aya; He was always by Shuro's side; the man most improtant to her... Aya: How can she sing with such strength? Aya: It must be hard for her, singing alone... Aya: ! Aya: Yuuhi =103= Aya: I have people cheering me up Aya: People who care about me. Aya: That's right, I have to move on. Aya: So I've decided...to forget Tooya. Aya: All right! I'm next! Gimme the mic!! Shuro/Yuuhi: O~h! Teacher: Hagoromo? We~ll...Did you try Sadaoka-sensei? Aya: I asked, but he dind't know. Teacher: Welll, I guess no one knows... Aya: Huh! =104= Aya: It's noen of my business anymore. Aya: He~ disappeared!! My ma~n is go~ne~ Watase: She's singing off-key. Girl: Aya-chan, what's that song... Girl2: Ow! Ow! Shuro: Aya, sorry. Today, you go on home ahead of us. Yuuhi's having a basketball match at his basketball club, and he doesn't think you'd be interes... Aya: Basketball? =105= Aya: What're you saying? I'll go! I'll wait and we can all go home together! Shuro: O...okay. Shuro: ...Sahara... Aya: Good luck! Aya; From now on, I'll pay more attention to Yuuhi =106= Girl: Hey, hey, who's that guy? Girl2: He's pretty cute, isn't he! Girl3: You're lucky, Aya, your boyfriend's sooooo fine! Aya: Huh?! He's not my boyfriend... Girl3: What're you talking about?? You guys look like you're a couple. just the other day, he brought you something, right? Aya: That's...right. I might be able to see Yuuhi that way...some day... =107= Aya: I'll be able to...return Yuuhi's feelings. Aya: Huh? Somehow...my eyes feel heavy. Yuuhi: Aya! Sorry, just wiat a bit longer. Aya: That's okay, I'm fine... =108= Yuuhi: Aya!! Yuuhi: Dammit, stop scaring us. Yuuhi: You said you were feeling feverish? You shoud've stayed home before it turned into one! Jeez. Aya: Sorry...I was jsut worried about the hagoromo. There must not be any Tennyo descendetns here...I asked the doctors, but no one died from the Tennyo drugs here. Shuro: "It looks like Tooya-san might be a Tennyo descendent." Yuuhi: ... =109= Yuuhi: Anyway, leave the hagoromo to Shuro and me. You just rest! Yuuhi: Didn't I tell you you'd just keep getting more and more exhausted? Aya: Um-hm... Driver: It wasn't thsi crowded here before! =110= [nothing] =111= Yuuhi: Aya...? Is something hurting? Aya: ...No...It's nothign... Miori: Tooya? What is it? Tooya: Nothing, just my imagination... =112= Miori: You weren't thinking about...Mikage-san? Tooya: Huh? Tooya: No. Miori: But-- Tooya: Don't worry....you're the one I love. Tooya: Mikage aya...the more I worry about her, the more I hurt Miori...and that girl herself...and Grandfather's will-- =113= Tooya: Miori. Miori: Hm? Tooya: Woudl you...like to come to Tokyo with me? Miori: Huh... Shuro: Mikage?! =114= Wei: So you ran here to Shizuoka, Tooya-- Wei: Were you thinking that if you took Mikage Aya with you that we would leave you alone? Tooya: Huh...?! Miori: What?! You guys...I'm not Mikage-s-- Tooya: do you guys.....know that girl?! Who in the world are you?! Wei: Don't try and fool me....don't think that a betrayer like you can live life so easilly! Tooya: Wait!! Are you Mikage's men?! Tooya: If you are, please!! =115= Tooya: Can't you... Tooya: Take me to the Mikage?! Yuuhi: Come on, Aya, say "A~h". Aya: Um..I can eat alone, you know... Yuuhi: Nevermind! Sick people should listen nicely to others. Aya: ... =116= Aya: A....h //dokidoki// Yuuhi: It's good, right! Aya: Um-hm. Yuuhi: It's very nutritious. Eat it up and you'll get better soon!...and damn that Shuro, she's late...she said she had something she wants to research...but, well, I guess she'll be okay. Aya: Yeah, I guess so...thanks for the food. =117= Aya: Ah, Oh~ yeah...could you get me hot water and a towel... Yuuhi: Huh? Sure. Aya: Umph, I'm so sweaty i'd better change...my whole body is all so sticky...ma~n... //DOKIN// Yuuhi: Here, hot wat--... Yuuhi: I...it's okay! I won't peek!. Aya: I didn't say you were Aya: Are you gonna hover over me? //giggle, giggle// Aya: Yuuhi, I don't know what to do with you =118= Aya: ...the wound on my arm is going away... Aya: Tooya was always worreid about it... Aya: What'm I saying?...Idiot. =119= Aya: ...Why...? Aya: Why am I remembering?... =120= Aya: Forget!! Aya: His smell, his warm body, heavy on mine, his huskey voice. My body feels it again. I remember everything. I was loved and happy; it was that kind of love! Aya: How can I make him disappear? Can't I forget him?!! =121= Aya: I can't go on like this! Aya: It hurts; like i'm being torn apart-- Aya: Someone, tell me...how.. Yuuhi: Aya? //knock, knock// Yuuhi: Why...were you scream-- Yuuhi: ING?!! Aya: ...Yuu... Yuuhi: Sorry! I didn't see anything! So, I'll just-- =122 Aya: Wait... Yuuhi: Huh...? Did I just feel something soft and squishy against my back? Aya: ...It's...okay. Stay... =123= Yuuhi: A...Aya? Hey... Aya: ...sh... Yuuhi: What? Aya: What you...mentioned before...I'll give you...your "wish". Yuuhi: "I want you." Yuuhi: Wh...at are you... Aya: ...It's...okay...to make love...to me. =124= Yuuhi: Bu...t... Aya: Please... Aya: I want to...forget about...Tooya-- Aya: I want Aya: You to help me...forget. Aya: Please. =125= Yuuhi: Aya! Aya: ...mn... Wei: That's a completely different person, Chief. He really...dosen't remember a thing about us...or Mikage Aya. =126= Tooya: Ah... Tooya: ...First off, nice to meet you. Tooya: I am Mizuki Tooya. [all the past "mizugi"s were a mistake. it's supposed to be "mizuki"...."mizugi" also means "swimsuit" anyway O_o] Kagami: Mizuki...? Tooya: Sorry to intrude so suddenly, but I had to obey the wishes of my dead grandfather. Tooya: "Please go to the Mikage in Tokyo". =127= Tooya: "The one who can use the full potential of your 'powers' is very strong in the tennyo-line... Tooya: "And after I die, they shall be your only relatives; the Mikage. Tooya: "Because you are a child... Tooya: "Who has the blood of both the Mizuki and Mikage families" Aya: With this Aya: I can forget =128= Aya:Is it my fever? Yuuhi: Aya--....mn... Aya: My head is pounding-- =129= Aya: That's right...This is okay. **um...are you sure?** Aya: Because I really do love Yuuhi. Aya: If he's with me, I don't have to worry. Aya: And he loves me, too. Aya: I can leave everything in his hands Aya: If I do--- =130= Aya: I can forget Tooya!! Yuuhi: Aya... //sniffle// =131= Aya: ...Yuu...hi....? //sniffle// Yuuhi: Sorry... Yuuhi: I really...can't do it... =132= Yuuhi: I can't make love to you the way you are now. Yuuhi: Because...I really love you...that's why... **yaaaahh!!! my man!!! whoo-hoo!!!** Yuuhi: Aya. Aya: ...Sorr...!! Aya: Sorry, Yuu...! ...Sor....!!! =133= Yuuhi: Don't cry. Yuuhi: I...will wait for you...until you can forget him. Yuuhi: Hey, tomorrow's a holiday....take it easy. Yuuhi: ....Goodnight... Aya: I am Aya: So dirty Aya: I'm pathetic! Aya: I said that I didn't want to be a cheap girl...I'm so pathetic!! =page 134= ceres: You fool. aya: Huh? ceres: You think that you can save yourself by giving up your body....Just one action...a bond held for only a moment...did you also think that you and Tooya would be connected forever back then? aya: Ce...res....Shut....up... ceres: Even if you throw yourself at him thinking that you're the one who's giving...if your body detaches its self from his then he only returns to his own world. That is why you cannot become "one" forever. aya: Shut up!! If that's true, then why didn't you just take over my body and stop me?!! ceres: ....You need to understand my feelings. =page 135= ceres: You also wanted to know what it was like....and besides, Tooya was serious back then, too. And so was Yuuhi just now. aya: But the Tooya I used to know....disappeared! Just like Aki...even though his body's the same, his spirit is gone! ceres: Completeness and foreverness...do not exist. No matter how painful it is, while one is alive there are things that she can not forget no matter how much she wants to forget. The only choice we "women" have is to accept it. aya: No! I don't wanna suffer anymore ceres: Even though you were tricked once, you mean to say you are still willing to make love to another man? aya: Stop it! stop it! Don't say it! I can't stand it anymore. I....I wanna disappear! oh....Aki. =page 136= aya: There is only one way to make things easier....only one way to forget. Aki...found the way. tooya: Mikage Aya...Why did I hug her back then?....No....It must've been....because she looks like Miori. =page 137= kagami: Sorry to keep you waiting, Mizuki-kun. tooya: Not at all. kagami: Well, let's go to the lab for an in-deapth explanation. //step, step, step// tooya: ....A teenager...? What's a kid doing in a company on a holliday? shiso: .....Good afternoon. =page 138= shiso: You surprise me....You really are a different man.... //step, step// kagami: He's "Mikage Aki" [*the manga had a typo on aki's name; "Akira" ^_^]. He should be a junior in high school now...."Shiso" possesses him now. tooya: "Shiso"? kagami: One of our ancestors....He's a man who married a Tennyo. Because of him, we exist today. Aki-kun is that man's reincarnation. And when we were trying to retrieve memories of his past life, his past life took over his soul. tooya: hmm....How strange... =page 139= kagmi: .....When I heard the story and did some research....I found that one of our female ancestors long ago married a Mizuki. I was surprised at that. You told me....that you wanted to put your "powers" to use? tooya: It is what my grandfather wished of me before he died. Because I had these strange powers since I was born I was hardly ever allowed to set foot outside. My hair color is also strange....I think he was worried about me. alec: Tooya-sa...er, Mizuki-san. Nice to meet you I'm Alexander Howell [*in japanese, "nice to meet you" is literally "this is the first time we meet", so alec is emphasizing that he had never met tooya before......even though he had ^_^] tooya: Hello. gladys: I am Gladys Smithson. Nice to meet you, Mizuki-san....Please feel free to look around.....You have "family" here. alec: Here's my Pikachuu name card tooya: What?! =page 140= gladys: Those girls are "C-Genoma". They are special girls who have Tennyo-blood in them. =page 141= tooya: But what in the world are they for? gladys: We allowed their Tennyo powers to awaken. We are conducting experiments to controll their energy. kagami: Tennyo are "super-women". We can use them to create the perfect civilization. That is the C-Project. tooya: project...? kagami: Yes....Our opinion is that Tennyo are "superior beings from another dimension" =page 142= tooya: ....You mean....aliens?! alec: We cannot determine if it's "another planet" or "heaven" we're dealing with. Countless people have pondered over this, but have not been able to come to a conclusion. kagami: That is why we're giving it a thurough investigation. If we have some material evidence....like, perhaps, the "hagoromo". Those items the Tennyo used to return to the heavens migh hold advanced scientific technology. tooya: So...that mean's I....we are....from another planet... kagami: Yes....Because we are their dissendants, it is not unusual for one of us to possess supernatural powers. //pat// Especially you, who hold the blood of two differnet Tennyo lines... =page 143= kagami: The Tennyo are....the C-project is for the sake of the future of humanity. We need you to let us use your amazing "power". We will cover your money and living expenses for life. You want to settle down with your girlfriend...."Sahara Miori", right? For the sake of your grandfather, too... tooya: .....Understood....If there's something I can do to help....then I'll work for you! =page 144= kagami: Thank you! With you having lost your memory....I was afraid you would misunderstand....."Mikage Aya" is the cause of that. tooya: ?! kagami: Even though she's a complete Tennyo, she is trying to destroy our family....she is our enemy. //rrrrrrrrrrrr// yuuhi:........ngha? yeah, I'm coming....HA! Ow.... //clunk// shuro: YUUHI?! =page 145= shuro: Don't tell me you were asleep?! I've been trying to get ahold of you all morning! yuuhi: Ahhhh, Shurooo? Where the hell are you! shuro: In Toyko at Mikage's main branch. Thing's dont' look too good....Tooya-san joined the Mikage of his own will! yuuhi: Huh?! shuro: I kept watching them, wanting to set some things straight about the hagoromo, but now's not the time for that. Well, anyway, don't tell Aya anything! I'll call you later! yuuhi: eh, ah, hey!? hmmmm......What?! Tooya's with Mikageee? [freetalk] =page 146= ceres: What about Tooya? yuuhi: //gulp!//Ce...res?!AAHH! ceres: Do you mean he is working for them again? yuuhi: Pu, Put! Put some underwear on!! That's the way I left her for God's sake! //whap, whap// ceres: That doesn't sound right.....! =page 147= ceres: Good thing Aya decided to disappear. Her fever's better now, so we can return to Tokyo. //smack!// yuuhi: What...did you just say?! Yeah...! Why....are you here? Where's Aya? ceres: Just as I said....She disappeared She left complete controll to me. =page 148= ceres: She is asleep now and will not ever come out ag... yuuhi: You're lying!! ! You...won't turn back into Aya...?....You're....lying, right?! =page 149= //throttle, throttle// yuuhi: Aya!......Hey, Aya! Aya! Aya!! miori: So, are you gonna work for the Mikage now?! tooya: Yeah. miori: What good news! Good for you, Tooya! Your grandfather in heaven must be proud of you! That's like, a really big company, right?! They even went so far as to give us this nice condo...what nice people! =page 150= tooya: Yeah... //flashback// kagami: "Mikage Aki is Shiso and Aya is Ceres.... Ceres holds a grudge against Shiso for stealing her hagoromo and has killed countless people. Up until now we have not been able to capture her, but....I know that you can capture her and all the tennyo around her." //end flashback// tooya: That gir's a murderer?....she didn't look like that to me. miori: I guess you'll be really busy from now on! I'll ask my parents and look for a school to go to in Tokyo! Or maybe I should get a job instead...we should work really hard! tooya: Miori...do you...mean... =page 151= miori: Yes....We're gonna live together in this place. Didn't I tell you since I was a kid that I would be your wife? tooya: Miori.... miori: Hey......Wanna do it? I've been so lonely....this past year....If you love me, then....right nwo... =page 152= miori: mn......Tooya....I love you.... tooya: //perk// miori: ....Tooya? tooya: .....It's nothing...//rustle// =page 153= //PERK// miori: Tooya...? What's wrong?! =page 154= tooya: .....I'm sorry, I'm too tired and somehow...I'm not in the mood. miori: .....really? Okay....then I'll go shopping or something. You drink, right? Let's have a little party to celebrate your employment! [*It wouldn't be too hard for Miori to get beer from vending machines ^_-] //slam// tooya: What's wrong with me....? I love Miori.....She's always been beside me, supporting me. I must've made love to her lots of times already. //zukin, zukin, zukin// [painful noises] But then why....did my body just....and for that matter, why... =page 155= tooya: Mikage Aya, the enemy of the Mikage......I don't get it...!! My head....What's on the other side.......of this splitting headache?! miori: Shit!.... =page 156= [pic of aya in a bottle] //page 157// Yuuhi: Aya!! Hey....Aya! come on! Come back!!.....stop this sick joke!! Ceres:....It is futile, Yuuhi. Yuuhi:....No....I don't want...Aya to...disappear!! //page 158// Q: WHAT WAS THAT?! //thunk!// //crasssh// Oh dear, he fainted from the shock... Yuuhi: //whap!// YOU were the one who shocked me!! Since when did you come here, Q-san!! Q: Hey, calm down. I heard the circumstances from Shuro-san and even though Chidori's injured, she insisted that we go! So anyway, I made my appearence in this part, but....did Aya-san really disappear?! //page 159// Ceres:....Because of Tooya....but more because of her self-loathing. Flashback-Aya: "I'm dirty. I'm a terrible girl. I wanna disappear!" Ceres: And she also doesn't feel fit to show herself to you, Yuuhi. Yuuhi:....No.....why....! She says she's "dirty"...that she's "terrible"?....I'm the one who's... //page 160// yuuhi:...Because Tooya got like that, I took advantage of Aya's pain....and tried to make love to her and make her mine! I'M the one who's dirty! Yeah...I pretend to be a good guy, but the truth is, I've always wanted to...from the bottom of my heart....and because of that, she's left us...but I can't seem to do anything about it....what....what should I have done?...what can I do!! Ceres:....You have no need to blame yourself. what you did was good. //page 161// Ceres: If you had really made love to her....then Aya....and you, too, would end up hurting more. What's more important is elsewhere....I'm sure you understand what it is....if you love Aya, then all you can do is wait for her. Yuuhi: Ceres...!! HEY!! //shuffle, shuffle// Yuuhi: Ceres!! Wait a minute! Why are you going back to Tokyo? //page 162// Ceres: Aya's problems are her own....but Tooya's different. he's a special person. If the Mikage have their hands on him, I can't let him out of my sight...I must determine if he's my enemy or not. Miori: Cheeeers! //clang...// But that turned out really well, Tooya! that you can work at "Mikage International"! That's amazing! //page 163// Tooya:..... Miori: What's wrong? Tooya:...I've been thinking about it, Miori....about living with you....can you give me more time? Miori:...Why...? Tooya: It's not what you think....I guess I just still can't figure out my own feelings yet. Lots of things happened at once, right? Until things calm down, I want us to wait. //page 164// Miori: Tooya, you love me, don't you.... Tooya:...Of course i do. that's why I want to... Miori: Then let me be with you! I don't wanna leave you!! Please don't make me suffer anymore! Say it! Say "I love you"....! //page 165// Tooya: I love you. //shhhhhhh// I love you Tooya: "I love you"....huh. How strange. Even though I got those words out, somehow....it seems wrong. When I hugged Aya like that for no reason....what I was feeling couldn't become words and my body just moved on its own....what meaning do the bland words "I love you" have when they come from a body that does not move? //page 166// Miori: This isn't what you told me before!! He's very confused....even though he should be crazy about me....did you do what we promised?! Yeah...yeah....otherwise this'll all be meaningless! If he remembers about that girl again....yeah....that was okay....huh? His appearance? He's fine.....don't worry! //click// Miori: //ha!//....Okay. All right, mom, I'll call you later! //beep!// //clunk// //page 167// Kagami: That's right, "mom".... Man: Chief! Ceres appears to be on the move! she's headed for Tokyo. Kagami: So she's coming, huh....! Man: I'll notify the men in the lab right away! Tooya:....Were you just talking to your parents? They must be concerned about you. Miori: Uh-uh, I'm fine! //page 168// Miori: Sorry about the selfish things I said earlier. You're kinda right I should talk to my parents about this first. You've got a job to start....so I'll let you go tomorrow. Because I believe in you. huh? Tooya: //doki!// oh. Miori: Is this...yours? Tooya: I can't say that...I got it from Aya... //page 169// Tooya: ....Yes, it's mine! I've had it....for a long time... Miori: //ha!// oh...that's right!...I just remembered! I thought I'd seen it before! Since I haven't seen it in a year, I'd forgotten about it. //slap!// Miori: ahh! Tooya: A...year...? //page 170// Miori:....Tooya?! Tooya: This...? "I remember this"....is that what you just said? //rrrrrr// Miori: hey, get the phone! you're acting weird today, tooya! //rrrrrr// Flashback-Aya: "This....is something you gave me earlier" Tooya: That...can't be... Miori: Tooya! It's from a guy called "Kagami"! //page 171// Tooya:...Hello? Kagami: Mizuki? This is a little sudden since you've just become a "gardinal", but....you see... Tooya: Mikage....Aya is on her way here...?! Kagami: Currently, she is turned into Ceres. This will be your first task. I want you to capture her right away. understood? [freetalk] //page 172// Yuuhi: Ceres!! can't you wait? You're crazy trying to go into that Mikage building!! Your powers don't work on Tooya! What if you get caught like before?! Ceres: No matter where I am, it is the same. If he were to become on the Mikage's side once again....the feeling I had that I had known him from long ago must have been wrong...it appears as though we were destined to fight. //stomp, stomp// Q: Yuuhi-san! I've got to call Shuro and the others now! Three monkeys are better than one! Yuuhi: That's "heads". [*the japanese phrase, "three heads are better than one" is "sannin atsumareba monju no chie". when q said it, she substituted "monju" with "monkey" ^_^] //page 173// Q: Until then, please try to hold Ceres-san down! Yuuhi: Okay, just hurry! Q: Oh yeah, and if you should happen to meet with Tooya, could you give him my picture....the power of love might help him remember everything. Yuuhi: Just go already! Ceres?! Ceres: Aya....the other me....in exchange for not killing your brother and not destroying the Mikage, you promised you would give me my hagoromo. However, you have taken all of that back by what you have done. //page 174// Ceres: But perhaps it is best for you this way. Because you might fight with the man you love from now on. Tooya: What's the meaning of this? This is not something I had been holding. This seems like an item I picked up during my year with Mikage Aya. ///rip, rip// Then why is Miori....no....something's off. Mikage Aya... //rip, rip// //page 175// Tooya: ....Ngh....when I try to remember her, my head....! Kagami: Mizuki! What's wrong? Tooya: Oh...nothing. Kagami: You understand, right? If Ceres appears, head towards the underground parking lot....if things work out, two other tennyo will come, too. Show me what you can do. And do it for a "happy future" with Miori-san.... Shiso:...Kagami, do you really think that man will be okay? //page 176// Shiso: You said "If he leaves the woman, we won't kill him"...but why are you trying to use him like this? Kagami:...Because he's a useful human.... Tooya: Miori's future....what am I doing this for? The one I've loved forever is Miori. There's nothing to be confused about. //page 177// Tooya: //ha!// //BOOM!!// Kagami: Here she comes!! Tooya: Where are you!! Ceres:....Did you put that "neckband" on again? //page 178// Ceres: Yes....that's what i thought. too bad for you, Tooya.... //whooosssshhh// //rip, rip// Tooya: Think only about Miori. This is an "enemy"... //rip, rip, rip// Ceres:...It appears I have no choice. You are no longer the Tooya that Aya loved //rip// //page 179// Tooya: Shut up!! Ceres: Well, what are you then? Tooya: I contain the blood of the Mikage and the Mizuki. The chief told me I am a special "C-genoma"! //page 180// Ceres: I can't just attack him like before...he says he's the descendant of me and other woman? //slash!// //clink// //page 181// //bam...// Man: All right!! Kagami: Not yet...Mizuki, well done. Now knock her out with gas and leave her in the parking l..... //rip, rip, rip, rip// Kagami:....Mizuki? //page 182// Ceres:...What happened to that choker...? //perk// Ceres: Was "Aya's heart" that she gave to you....thrown away? //rip, rip, rip// Flashback-Aya: "Tooya" Kagami: Mizuki! What's wrong! //rip, rip, rip// Tooya:...Don't get it...!!....I....am....I...!! //page 183// Miori: What the hell are you doing?! Just kill her already!! Tooya: Miori?....Why are you here...? //spark, spark// //page 184// Miori: I hate that woman! Why don't you get her all fucked up and then kill her! Tooya: Mio...ri...?! What...are you saying...! Miori: Can't you do it...?...Yeah...I guess you were not right after all //page 185// Miori: If you really love Aya that much, that's fine.....okay, I'll do it. //bap!// Because this is my revenge!! Ceres/Tooya: Ce....res?! //end of volume 8//