Story 66: Egaon, Egaon, my relationship with Egaon.
Translated by: Michelle aka Nekochan (aoi_hane@hotmail.com)

[xxx] : narration
{xxx} : translation notes
//xxx// : sound effects
"xxx" : character speech
xxx : character thoughts

(Page 120)
//dokan// [Egaon dealts a finishing blow to the bad guy.]

Egaon: "Egaon's emiemi Kick!!"

[It's happening in school.]

Riya: "KYAAaaaaaa! I Love Egaon ^^!!"

Cha Cha and Shiine: "He knocked out the bad guy in just a few blows!!"

Egaon [flying off]: "Thanks for your support!! Goodbye!"

Riya [leaping happily]: "BYE BYE!!"

Cha Cha: "It's the latest big thing."

Shiine: "Surely it will appear in the news tomorrow."

(Page 121)
Narrator: "When his job as Egaon is over, he hides and returns to 
	   his usual form."

[Egaon lands on a tree, checks around before changing back into Popy.]

Egaon: "man... Lately, I have to transform into Egaon eveyday. Next 
	time, I do not want to be Egaon anymore."

[A voice speaks up from behind.]

Strange guy: "he he he... I saw it, I know your true identity..."

//GIKU// [Popy gets a shock!]

Popy: "Wh...WHO IS IT?!"

(Page 122)
[The strange guy looks just like Daimaou!!]

Daimaou: "I am the Demon Prince! I've come from the Demon Realm!
	  I'm going to kill all the people in this world and make 
	  this place a part Demon Realm! And you Egaon appeared to 
	  try to stop me!"

[Daimaou cast a spell... i think]

Popy: "Wa..."

Popy: "Wow, what a strong evil force... it's so powerful..."

//pita// [Suddenly it stopped.]

Popy: "Huh?"


(Page 123)
//nugi// [Daimaou takes off his head (it's a costume)]

Guy: "Ah... I've not done this Daimaou stuff in a long time..." 

//zuru// [Popy just facefaults!]

Guy[patting Popy's head]: "Did I scare you? Don't worry, I'm 
			   not that dedicated to my job."

Popy: .....

Guy: "I am a leader of the Magical Kingdom, Demon Prince 
      Heihachi, my card..."

Popy[taking the card]: "Isn't this one of those things you 
			can make at the arcade center?"

Heihachi[stuffing his Daimaou costume into a pouch]: 
"Yup, isn't it cute?"

Popy: "......"

Heihachi: "Actually I have a favour to ask of you. If you listen up, 
	   I won't let out your secret... hee hee..."

Popy: "huh?"


(Page 124)
Heihachi: "I'm sure you don't want me to let out the secret of 
	   Hohoemi Egaon."

//sa// [Popy goes pale.]

Popy: "......"

Heihachi(dragging Popy): "Don't worry! I'm not asking you to do 
			  a BIG favour. Wanna eat some fried 
			  fishcake?"

Fishcake seller: "There you go, little demon prince. What are 
		  you here for this time?"

Heihachi: "I'm going to take over this land pretty soon."

Fishcake seller: "Yea, Yea... whatever. You're here to play 
		  aren't'cha?"

Popy[think]: He's actually so familiar with the local people.

[Later, Popy and Heihachi are on the bench eating fishcake.]

Popy: "Are you really going to take over this land?"

Heihachi: "Well, some day I shall! But for now, I haven't 
	   played many many games here yet, and I haven't read 
	   lots and lots of comics and I haven't tried lotsa sweets 
	   to see if they taste good! And I still want to try the new 
	   songs at Karaoke, I'm just soooo busy now."

Popy: "It all sounds like having fun to me!"


(Page 125)
Heihachi: "I hope the superhero side of you will try to stop me and 
	   protect this world."

Popy: "huh?"

Heihachi: "Lately, I have to go back to the Demon Realm and report 
	   to my dad about the latest developments on the battle 
	   field, oh brother! If he finds out that I'm not doing my 
	   job, not only will he beat me he'd probably cut my 
	   allowance too."

Popy: "Are you asking me to do you this favour?"

Heihachi: "Yup!"


(Page 126)
Popy: "I thought it was some kind of BIG favour..."

Heihachi: "Are you saying OK?!"

[Heihachi's handphone rings.]

Heihachi: "Hello?... hello? Dad?"

Heihachi[to Popy, tossing him a book]: "Quickly read this script 
					book aloud!!"

Popy: "Script... script book?"

Heihachi[to the handphone]: "Hey I'm very busy right now! Now I 
			     just met some Hohoemi Egaon superhero 
			     who's getting in my way... wahhh!!"

[Heihachi whacks a rolled-up sleeping bag, pretending to be fighting.]

Handphone: "Heihachi? What's wrong?! Heihachi...?"

Heihachi[think]: Quickly read~~!!!

Popy[panicking]: "oh.. okay... you can forget about doing evil..."

Heihachi[angry]: "I'm gonna to TELL!!"

Popy: ahhhh....

(Page 127)
Popy: "YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT DOING EVIL!! TAKE THIS EMIEMI PUNCH!!"

Heihachi: "Ahh!! Yeow! Take this flying kick!!"

Popy: "Waaah!"

[Popy and Heihachi pretend to sound like they are fighting each other 
when they're actually just punching/kicking a rolled-up sleeping bag.]

Heihachi[to the handphone]: "DAD!! I'll talk to you later!!"

Handphone: "OK!! All the best Heihachi!!"

[Popy and Heihachi take a breather...]

Heihachi: "That was great acting!! Do you have plans to become a voice 
	   actor?"

Popy: "NO WAY!!"

[Cha Cha, Riya and Shiine were watching them.]

Riya: "What are you 2 doing??"

Popy[shocked]: "WAH!"


(Page 128)
Riya: "You're so mean! You don't want to play-pretend as Egaon with us, 
       but you're playing it with some stranger here."

Cha Cha: "Who is he?"

Popy[flustered]: "Erm... He's called Heihachi..."

Heihachi: "We are friends! We are best friends!!"

Popy: "......"

Heihachi: "Those who want to play pretend just grab his finger!!"

Trio: "ME--!!"

Popy[to Heihachi]: "I don't want to play..."

Heihachi: "I'm gonna tell..."

Shiine: "Popy, you don't need to cry over this, right?"

Popy[tearing]: "......."

Heihachi: "......."

Riya: "Hey! There's something strange flying over!!"

(Page 129)
[3 gargoyles are approaching!]

Gargoyle: "Where is the demon prince? Daimaou ordered us to help 
	   him in battle!"

Trio: "Demon Prince?"

[Heihachi and Popy quickly dart behind some bushes.]

Hehachi: "Shucks! Dad is so persistent! I have no choice, play 
	  pretend with me one more time!"

Popy: "What?!"

Heihachi: "You wanna betray me?! I'm gonna tell..."

Popy: "Fine! I'll play, I'll play..."


(Page 130)
Popy(think): "Transform!!"

Trio: "huh?"

[All of a sudden, Heihachi(in his Daimaou costume) dashes out of 
the bushes and grabs Cha Cha!!]

Heihachi: "What about it? Hohoemi Egaon, I have a human hostage!"

Gargoyle: "It's the Demon Prince!"

Heihachi: "I dare you to lay a finger on me!!"

Egaon[flying out of the bushes]: "You're so despicable!! Daimaou!"

//kuru kuru kuru// [Egaon does some somersaults in the air.]

Egaon: "I dare you..."


(Page 131)
Egaon: "TO CHALLENGE ME IN A BATTLE!!"

[Egaon strikes some pose.]

Heihachi: "Wow... you look like a totally different person..."

Egaon: "Shut up!"

[Riya and Shiine decide to join in.]

Riya: "Hohoemi Egaon! Let us help you!"

Shiine: "I won't forgive him for taking Cha Cha hostage!!"

[Shiine fires some magic blasts at the gargoyles.]

Shiine: "See the power of my magic!!"

(Page 132)
[Riya charges at Daimaou!]

Riya: "I'm gonna BITE you!!"

Popy(think): "Telekinesis"

[Popy uses his psychic powers and makes Riya bite the gargoyle 
instead of Heihachi.]

Riya: "CRUNCH!!"

Heihachi[to the gargoyles]: "Retreat! Hohoemi Egaon is no 
			     match for you!"

Gargoyle: "But it wasn't Hohoemi Egaon who hurt us..."

Egaon[jumping at Daimaou]: "Now's the chance! Take this, my 
                            emiemi DOUBLE-SLAP!!"

Heihachi: "WAH!!"

[Heihachi loses his grip on Cha Cha and drops her!]


(Page 133)
[Egaon catches hold of Cha Cha, and takes her down safely.]

Egaon: "The hostage has been rescued."

Heihachi: "Hohoemi Egaon! I'll be back for you! Retreat!"

Trio: "YEAH!! Hohoemi Egaon WINS!!"

Egaon[thinks]: "I've become a sweet-talking superhero."

[Later, back in the bushes, Egaon transforms back in to Popy.]

Popy: "I can't be used by that rascal again... have to get out 
       of here quickly."

Heihachi[appearing suddenly]: "THANKS A LOT!!"

//pon// [Heihachi gives Popy a hard pat on the back.]

Heihachi: "Now we can take a break, I'll depend on you next time!"


(Page 134)
Heihachi: "The gragoyles are all gone. To celebrate, let's all go 
	   and karaoke. Hey, would you 3 liked to come along?"

Cha Cha: "Where did the two of you go?"

Riya: "You missed the most awesome fight between Hohoemi Egaon 
       and Daimaou!!"

Popy[to Heihachi]: "About the.. karaoke..."

Heihachi: "If you don't sing, I'm gonna tell..."

[Later in the karaoke room...]

Narration: "Popy is such an unlucky superhero, he was 
	    discovered by a big bullying demon prince."

Cha Cha: "Egaon carried me!!"

Riya: "It was so cool! Wish I could be saved by Egaon too."

Heihachi: "ok folks! Line up!"

Shiine: ?

[Popy is singing some song about not giving up just because 
you lost once.]

Narration: "Go for it Egaon! Don't give up Popy! You have 
	    to break a few eggs to make an omelette!!"


~ End of Story 66 ~

Translation copyrighted to Nekochan (aoi_hane@hotmail.com)