Story 78: Fun Chocolate!
Translated by: Michelle aka Nekochan (aoi_hane@hotmail.com)

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

(Page 1)
[A calendar on the wall shows that it is Valentine's Day.]

Shiine: "So, tomorrow is..."

Riya: "February 14th..."

Popy: "It has finally come for this year..."

//shiver// All three: "It's that SCARY VALENTINE'S DAY!!"

(Page 2)
[Cha Cha enters with a doggybag from the sweet shop.]

Cha Cha: "I'M HOME!!"

Riya[shiver]: "What's that you have in that big bag?"

Cha Cha: "huh?"

Shiine[shiver]: "What did you buy?"

Cha Cha: "It's a boy's SECRET!!"

[Cha Cha walks away.]

Cha Cha: "From now on, no one's allowed into the kitchen!!"

3 boys: "!!! Now we're dead..."

(Page 3)
//waaaaahhhh// [anguish yell...]

3 boys: "WHY IS IT STILL POPULAR TO GIVE HANDMADE CHOCOLATE??!!"

Popy: "Last year's experience was truly horrible, Nami made some 
       octopus-shaped chocolate and she put real octopus in it and 
       she was watching me till I finished every piece!!!"

Riya: "Marin made a crab-shaped chocolated, not only did she put 
       crab meat into it, she also added flavouring!!"

Shiine: "Although Orin wasn't so scary, she had to put bean paste 
	 and goat's liver in her chocolate... just thinking about 
	 it makes me want to puke!"


(Page 4)
3 boys: "BUT THE WORST WAS PROBABLY CHA CHA'S UNEXPECTED EXPLOSIVE 
	 CHOCOLATE!!"

Shiine: "At that time, I thought the world was going to end..."

Riya: "I DON'T WANNA EAT SCARY CHOCOLATE!! I DON'T WANNA EAT ANYMORE!!

Cha Cha[appearing suddenly]: "RIYA!!"

Riya[leaping in shocked]: "YES?!"

Cha Cha: WHAM!!

Riya: WAAH!

[Cha Cha slaps Riya on the cheek!!]

(Page 5)
Riya[crying]: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean what I said..."

Cha Cha[holding out a bowl]: "I got some Dog Tears!!"

Cha Cha[patting Riya]: "I'm sorry, did that hurt? But I needed some 
			dog tears, so...What were you saying just 
			now?"

Riya: "?"

Shiine[whispering]: "Hey, isn't she making chocolate?"

Riya: "Why would she want some dog tears?"

Popy[seeing a book in Cha Cha's hands]: "......"

[Cha Cha walks off smiling holding a book titled "Girl's Friend"]

[Later... the 3 boys are going somewhere.]

Shiine: "You say Cha Cha's favourite magazine "Girl's Friend" is 
	 very suspicious?"

Riya: "Isn't that the very popular magazine about love among all the 
       girls in our class?"

Popy: "That book is teaching them something..."

[At the bookstore.]

(Page 6)
Popy: "HERE IT IS!! IT MUST BE THIS ONE!!"

Book: "Recipe to make SURE LOVE LOVE MAGIC CHOCOLATE!! It even works 
       on magicians, all it takes is one bite to make him fall madly 
       in love with you!"

Popy: "Hey... look at the ingredients needed..."

Shiine: "Dog tears, a lizard's tail, a magician's..."

//WAAAAAHH// [A scream interrupts them!]

Popy and Shiine: "OH NO!! RIYA!!!"

(Page 7)
[Riya is being attacked by 4 masked people!]

Attacker-Yakko[hitting Riya]: "Come'on CRY CRY!!"

[Attacker-Marin is stamping on his toes!]

Attacker-Nami[holding out a bowl]: "Riya senpai, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Attacker-Orin[holding out a bowl]: "All we need are some tears~~"

Popy[to the rescue]: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??"

Attacker-Marin: "Shoot! Let's scram!!"

Riya[with angry tears]: "They're so mean, they're all so mean!! 
			 Although they were wearing masks. You could 
			 tell they were Marin, Yakko, Nami and Orin 
			 with just one look."

Popy: "They're all planning to make chocolate..."

Shiine: "All they want are some dog's tears, you just have to 
         transform into a boy to... huh?"

[The attackers are returning!!]

[Someone grabs a handful of Shiine's hair!!]

Shiine: "!!"

(Page 8)
[The 4 attackers are grabbing at Shiine's hair!!]

Shiine: "YEOW!! STOP IT! STOP PULLING MY HAIR!!"

Attacker Yakko: "Stop being so stingy, we only want some 10-20 
		 strands of hair!"

Attacker-Orin: "I'm sorry Shiine! I'm sorry..."

[The attackers soon ran off, leaving Shiine looking kinda bald...]

Attackers: "WE GOT IT!!"

Popy: "How terrible..."

Shiine: "My hair~~ my precious hair~~!!!"

Popy: "Here it is! The ingredient is "10 strands of Magician's hair"!!"

Riya: "Oh yes!! I noticed Cha Cha has been picking up hair dropped by 
       Shiine!"

Popy: "But then again, how are they going to get a lizard's tail..."

Riya: "All the lizards are probably hibernating..."

Shiine: "The magic shop is selling some, but it's too expensive..."

(Page 9)
Popy: "Hey... I remembered Seravi's father is..."

Riya: "A lizard man!"

Shiine: "He's hanging out in Seravi's attic hibernating!!"

Popy: "But then again... will they..."

Riya: "hahahahah"

Shiine: "......"

[At Seravi's cottage. The 3 boys quickly dashed in, passing Seravi 
and Dorothy who are playing with Baby Naruto. They soon found Lizard, 
but...]

3 boys: "THE TAIL'S GONE!!!"

(Page 10)
Shiine: "Al.. although he's still alive..."

Riya: "IT'S SO SCARY!!"

Popy: "They even intend to give us food made from Seravi's Father's 
       tail..."

Shiine: "WHAT'S NEXT?!! WHAT ELSE DO THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT 
	 CHOCOLATE!!"

Popy: "Let's see..."

Popy: "They need some live oysters, rose fragrance, cat's saliva..."

[Riya and Shiine look like they're puking in the background.]

Popy[alerted]: "A BABY'S FINGERNAIL!"

 
(Page 11)
Popy[running]: "NARUTO!!"

Riya: "Just now, Dorothy was carrying him!!"

Dorothy: "Those girls took him to play."

Popy: "WAHH!"

[In the Nyanko house.]

Cha Cha[holding clippers]: "Slowly... Popy has already cut his nails 
			    for him so there's nothing to cut."

Yakko: "Just cut a little, or you want to try his toes?"

(Page 12)
//shudododododo// [Popy snatches Naruto from them!!]

Shiine: "NARUTO?!"

Riya: "IS HE ALRIGHT?!"

Cha Cha: "What... What's wrong?"

Popy: "What were you trying to do to Naruto?"

Marin: "NOTHING! We were only going to help him cut his fingernails."

Cha Cha: "That's right!"

(Page 13)
Shiine: "How horrible, you guys want to rob him of his fingernails!!"

Riya: "Naruto, don't fear, niichan will protect you!!"

Marin: "We're such GENTLE girls, why would we do such things?"

Popy[pointing a finger]: "You hit people, pull their hair, cut off 
			   their tails are you sure you're GENTLE?!"

Girls: "Er..."

Marin: "As long as we can get the guy we want, all this is nothing!!"

Cha Cha: "For the sake of love, girls will do anything!!"

//gaan// [Popy, Shiine and Riya kinda freak out.]

Popy: "They still have no regrets..."

(Page 14)
Girls: "Give us fingernails! Fingernails! Fingernails!!"

Heihachi[holding a bundle]: "Good afternoon to you all!! Wow, so many 
			     girls! Would you be interested in some 
			     EVERLASTING CHOCOLATE?!"

Arrow: "Today's job is to help the sweet shop boost sales."

Yakko: "Everlasting chocolate?"

Marin: "What's that?"

Heihachi: "What? You mean you guys didn't see the advertisment? It's 
	   the most popular chocolate this year!

[Heihachi flicks on the TV.]

(Page 15)
TV: "The most popular chocolate of this year is the Everlasting 
     Chocolate!! Just wrap up the chocolate that's of the same 
     age as him in some pretty paper. Every sweet shop is swarming 
     with girls trying to get this chocolate!"

[The girls stare in awe.]

Yakko: "I want some everlasting chocolate!!"

Marin: "Me too!"

Cha Cha: "Me too!"

Heihachi: "Great!"

Marin: "I want to use a red butterfly knot!"

Heihachi: "ok! ok!"

Popy: "We're saved... thank goodness, girls like to follow the 
       latest trends."

Riya[praying]: "I hope handmade chocolate will no longer be popular!!"

Shiine: "I wonder who thought up this scary way of celebrating 
	 Valentine's Day!"

[Somewhere else...]

Seravi: "WAAH!!"

[Somebody returned Seravi the cut-off portion of Lizard's tail.]

~ End of Story 78 ~

Translation copyrighted to Nekochan (aoi_hane@hotmail.com)