.: Rekka no Honoo :. Rekka no Honoo [Flame of Recca] :: Anzai Nobuyuki VOLUME 16 :: translated by kamiya shuusai :: :: volume 15 :: CH 1 :: CH 2 :: CH 3 :: CH 4 :: CH 5 :: CH 6 :: CH 7 :: CH 8 :: CH 9 :: CH 10 :: volume 17 :: Aoi Honoo volume 16 chapter 01 Volume 16 Chapter 1 : The Late Dragon (jisho rush at recca) recca (very quickly) : fifth form!! MADOKA!! (and this time, he's using it in a different way... he used madoka to surround jisho and lock him in) kurei : ! audience : OH!? he sealed him in the flame kekkai!! recca (immediately follows) : second form, NADARE! (and there's a big explosion inside the kekkai, the jisho flame dissolves.) domon : a... amazing!! fuuko : use the originally defensive madoka to make the enemy unable to move, and when they have nowhere to go, hit them with nadare!! impressive. recca : AHAHAHAHAH!! how about that, kurei!? (and just as he was getting cocky... kurenai smiles. while he's been busy with jisho, kurenai had already sneaked up on him) recca (sweating) : kurenai... (she *embraces* him) OWWW!! (and jisho returns to normal too) kurei : ...have you forgotten, recca? just like kurenai, jisho is now a flame also--- even if his body is broken into a million pieces...... he will return to his original form over and over again. (jisho hits recca as kurenai holds him down) recca (coughing blood) : AH... (trying to summon dragon) third form... (but kurenai holds his hand down) d... damn you...!! (jisho hits him again) GAAAAAAAA! kurei : you did become stronger. but it's a pity... humans all have a limit to their strength. some people are born with the strength of a demon... and others can't get stronger no matter how they try. what people mean by "limitation" ---- it is the difference in amount! (kurenai lets go of recca) the eight dragons... (kurei punch recca) are nothing------ (recca falls) audience : ....... this is not good... he is already so strong, and now with the two flames "kurenai" and "jisho"... he's invincible... recca... is losing... yanagi (blows away the audience with her scream) : DON'T SAY SUCH A STUPID THING!!! (determined) recca-kun will win! (all the audience looks at her shocked, the hokage all have the same kinda look on their faces too) recca (stand up behind kurei) : the hell with your "limitation", asshole. kurei : ! recca : who came with that stuff. as long as I don't feel there is a limit--- then there won't be one!! audience : h... he stood up!! (cheer) AMAZING!! HE'S JUST GREAT----!! old man (voice only) : he does have a very strong spirit! or else he couldn't have been fighting kurei for so long. yanagi (wide eyes... tokiya looks funny too) : this voice! (she sees the old man who jumped on kagero with his hands in inappropriate places...) old man : WA---------I. kagero : YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! (slap) old man (with a band aid on his face) : ...hi, it's been a long time---!! I am whom you call the mysterious old man!!! kagero (violently covering her front) : I won't forgive you if you do that again!! domon (round eyes, fuuko sweatdrop) : that's right, where have you been? didn't you leave with hanabishi together...... old man : oh him... I gave him a bunch of tests. that guy's really good!! (gets serious) however... kurei is truly frightening!! it is amazing for recca to learn and become so much stronger in such a short time, but that guy probably doesn't need to train at all. he is a genius flame master......!! even so--- (start walking forward) I also want to see the power that exceeds genius! (stopped at the edge of the hokage platform) domon (everyone looks confused) : ...... fuuko : old man? old man (jump off the platform in the "superman" stance and heads for ring down below) : LALALALA----- LET'S GO, RECCAAAA!!! domon (sweating, shocked, deformed... vein, etc.) : I... IDIOT!!! anyone else other than the competitors entering will disqualify us....... (the old man flies toward center ring... and he begins to glow.... and the... old man => glowing old man => flame dragon... transformation... kokuu is here) kagero (shock) : [flame dragon!!?] end of volume 16 chapter 1 top volume 16 chapter 02 old man : YAHOOOO---!! (he jump in to the ring. the hokage members seems to be very shocked, and the old man turns into a flame dragon) kokuu : you seem to be having a hard time! recca!! Volume 16 Chapter 2 : Kokuu's Flame (kurei looks at him unemotionally, tatsuko's scared sitting on the ground) tatsuko : eh... audience (shock) : ......!! it's another flame dragon!! with one eye... recca (seems pissed off... very unappreciative) : I wasn't in trouble at all! hey you, where have you been goofing off at!! kokuu : of course the best...... only comes out in the climax. master!! (kokuu's flame suddenly all go back into recca's body, and the word "ko" appears on his arm) domon : i... I don't believe it... (remembers all those hentai scenes with the old man) fuuko : that perverted old man is... kaoru : a flame dragon!? recca (summon kokuu) : this might be a little early, but I'm going! flame dragon seventh form!!! (the one eyed dragon appear) KOKUU!!! (kokuu has one eye, and one claw which holds a fireball. he throws the fireball between his fangs and...) audience : fireball!!? that's nadare's attack!! recca (aim) : that's the target. lock on. (kurei... the fireball is readying to fire... and raiha looks very worried as he probably is one of the few who understands who it does...) raiha : WATCH OUT!! KUREI-SAMA!! (and kokuu shoots a laser beam right at kurei. but it missed kurei by an inch and the beam penetrates the ceiling and out the dome.) audience (under the collapsing pieces) : WAA!! AHHHH. (kurei's eyes are wide, though I don't think he's scared... more like angry... fuuko... tokiya... the rest of the hokage are in shock, domon's collapsed on the ground) yanagi : domon-kun. audience : WHAT THE HELL? THAT FLAME-----------!! WHAT UNBELIEVABLE POWER!! tokiya : the seventh form "kokuu"......! it's like a laser beam...!! [no one can stand being hit by that thing... not even kurei...!!] recca (looks around) : yo. this is a warning to everyone!! (the audience looks confused) those who don't want to die, get out of here now!! audience (confused, still) : eh... what... what's recca saying... kukai (jump up) : you all saw that flame now!! what if that thing... and nadare come out at the same time, what do you think!!? one ball had that much power!! and countless balls would...!! audience (revelation ^^;;) : ...!!! (start running like crazy) RUN---!! WHAAAAAAA referees : hurry... please hurry!! (rushing everyone out) recca (smile at kurei) : heheh, give 'em a little time, kurei! then we can really get down to business!! (kurei just looks back coldly at him) domon (trying to get a struggling yanagi out) : hurry yanagi!! we have to go!! yanagi (push him away) : i... I'm staying here!! I want to be by recca-kun's side!! kaoru : yanagi-chan... recca : princess!! (something hits domon's head and bounces off to yanagi's hand) yanagi : !? recca (smile at her) : I got that from mom, it's the real hokage dagger! it's a treasure, so hold on to it for me!! go on. I'll definitely return to you!! (yanagi looks down at the dagger, holds it tightly and smile at recca with tears in her eyes) voice : [recca... do you understand?] (and while everyone's running out) kurei (seems pissed off) : recca...... damn... you...... that attack... so you missed on purpose!? you will pay with death for your arrogant attitude!!! (recca glares at him) kokuu : [do you understand......? your power to control flame dragons is near its limit!!] end of volume 16 chapter 2 top volume 16 chapter 03 satomi : this is satomi! west blocks A, B, and C are fine!! inoko : this is inoko--- the east is all fine too. toraha : this is toraha, the north is clear!! inuko (standing outside the dome) : how's the south? ushino! ushino (looking through many security cameras) : ...there's no one here... I think everyone has gotten out--- which means... right now in the dome... there's only...... recca and kurei...... Volume 16 Chapter 3 : Finale (the spectators looking at the dome from the outside) people : ... isn't it huge... like the Dome Class in tokyo? kashamaru (to tsukishiro) : can they really destroy something this big? tsukishiro : dunno. actually, I think tha's exaggerating it a little. (turn around) ...... gashakura (come up behind him) : don't concern yourself with other tihngs, think about how to protect yourself first! if it is really destroyed, the flying pieces will kill a lot of people, tsukishiro. (in mori's castle) guests : --- things are going unexpectedly. mori-san. mori : heheh... don't worry, everyone... my son, kurei is definitely going to win. oh... I will be leaving for a while. (walking out) please...... enjoy the conclusion. (evil smile) (in the dome) recca : seems like no one else is here. now we can go all out!! kurei (look at him coldly) : ...recca... your life will also end here! goodbye...!! recca (smile) : then--- how 'bout it? (summons nadare) kurei : come out, my flame jisho!! KURENAI!!! (*bang* meanwhile, outside...) annoucement : we are prediciting seriously dangerous conditions to come!! everyone, please be completely on guard... domon : he'll be alright, won't he... fuuko (smile) : don't worry! he said it'll be fine. (turn to yanagi) right? yanagi!!! (yanagi smiles back, holding the dagger) ......... recca... won't lie to us. (and at the same time... raiha and neon both standing under a tree in the nearby forest) raiha : oh well. neon. (run into the forest) take care of kurei-sama from now on! bye!! neon (scream after him) : hey!! yo!! where are you going!! raiha (his usual goofy smile) : I'm going to pee, wanna come? neon : Moron!! hurry up and come back!! (as raiha runs out of view, he suddenly looks a lot more serious) text : if I can, I really want to be by your side more often. ...but there is no time... (raiha runs off and disappears) best of luck......... kurei-sama----- (in the dome, recca summoned kokuu now, and kurei has called out jisho and kurenai.) kokuu : [you have to understand, recca!! you are nearing your limit! flame masters use up a great deal of their psychological power when they summon their flame!! this might well be the last flame you can use!! REMEMBER!!] recca : ...... I got it! [let's do it... kurei!!] ATTACK, KOKUU!! (his laser beams meets kurenai and jisho... the entire dome falls apart from all sides. all the people on the outside running for their lives) people : AH!! WAHHHHHHH!!! joker (saving some girls ^.^) : gravity minus!!! (joker makes some big pieces float, gashakura knocks out some of the pieces with his claws, other fighters all try to break off other showering meteors... and the dome is just... dead... and somewhere, in a secret laboratory, mori took an ax and broke one of the huge containers... there seems to be someone inside...) mori : heheheh... [kurei? or recca?] yes... awaken... [no matter which side wins... it doesn't matter to me anymore!!] end of volume 16 chapter 3 top volume 16 chapter 04 (rocks falling... the hokage all have their weapon out for defense, only domon's the one who greets them with his head... and everyone just stare in silence at the ruins of the dome... where it use to be... right now, there's just a pile of rocks...) Volume 16 Chapter 4 : In the Midst of Ruins host (sweating, the weird looking man who met the hokage when they were registering) : ah... satomi (shock, beside him) : the dome...... the satsujin dome......!! menou (scared) : and recca-san......? everyone (all waking up from their first shock) : ! t... that's right! recca and kurei!!! they were in there, what happened to them!? (look around) could they be... in... all this!? domon (start to throw around rocks like crazy) : HANABISHIIIIIIII!!! ... where... come out, asshole----!! hanabishi----!! asshole... the hanabishi recca that I know...... wouldn't die from a little thing like this!! kaoru (also digging with anki) : GRRRRR! (wow! even mikagami's pushing some big pieces. fuuko is pushing too) fuuko : of course!! that ass, he's probably sleeping someone in the ruins...... (then suddenly yanagi joins in the pushing) hn... yanagi...... (who looks very determined to move that rock...) kokuu (to the rest of the people) : everyone lend a hand! let's find those two!! all : find them!!! aki (looking at fujimaru who's pushing a rock with her... and let's just say that he's not too strong) : you're a guy, push harder!! saicho (all exhausted) : recca... recca-san...... (some people freeze... turn around) man : hey... isn't that where the last battle ring was at? just now... something moved!! (there's a hand reaching out from under all the rocks) people : it's a hand!! (all happy) domon : hanabishi!! (the rocks in that area all blow up and kurei emerges) everyone : ! kagero (shock) : [kurei......!!] neon (probably the only one digging for kurei) : y... you're a live...... kurei... sama... kurei (lokoing around coldly at first, then...) : WHERE ARE YOU, RECCA!! don't tell me this is how it ends and you're dead already!? I have to kill you myself!! it won't end like this, I won't allow it!!! man 1 : what...? isn't it good for him that recca's dead? man 2 (pissed off) : what was that!! man 3 : shut up! we're not for uruha!! yanagi : ...he's alive. (panting, moving another rock) recca-kun promised me, that he'll come back. therefore... (another hand... little bombs land) therefore...... (big explosion) I would say------ (someone step out of the smoke, yanagi smiles) "welcome back" recca-kun. (recca appears, holding some of the bombs his dad makes. everyone's happy to see him, he waves to tatsuko who's wiping her tears) tatsuko : both surviving!!! match continues!!! (recca and kurei glares at each other for a moment, then surprises the whole crowd by punching each other. domon's mouth is open rather big...) kaoru : why... why aren't they using flames...... kagero : it's not that they don't want to... they cant. after releasing enough power to destroy the dome... both of their strengths reached their limit... the last power they have left is their body and------ their unyielding faith!! text : faith... end of volume 16 chapter 4 top volume 16 chapter 05 text : the two of them don't have any strength left to use their flames---- all they have left is their body and......... faith!! Volume 16 Chapter 5 : Physical Battle (kurei punches recca, recca kicks him in return. kurei grabs recca...) recca : ah!? (and kurei knocks him over... everyone else seems confused) audience (the remaining people) : hey... they're not using any flames... this is --- nothing but a street fight...! joker (watching intently) : [recca-san... his movements are being affected a little... possible a bone or two somewhere--- is broken...!!] (meanwhile, kurei bangs recca in the head...) recca : uh... (falls) kurei : recca... don't you always say--- "you fight for the people you want to protect"? "that's a ninja" sort of thing... (flashing scenes of kurenai's smiles... kurei beats up recca some more...) kurei : do you plan to be a hero? however... such pretty things... can only come from happy people who has never lost anything. (flashing scenes of kurenai's death, becoming a flame, kurei steps on recca) do you know what it feels like to lose something? (keep on beating up recca) ANSWER ME!! RECCA!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!? you were adopted by a normal family!! you have never been through any trouble!! someone like you can't understand my pains!! (the people watching seems to be in shock) you can't understand!!! (pause...) ...you're the one they call... kukai? kukai : ! kurei : didn't you say in the first round? "dying for the people you want to protect, have you ever prepared to kill?"... that was the truth. and he answered then... "I'm choosing my own path"... (pick up a rock) ...compared to reality... didn't you think it was a childish answer? and the people who walk the path they choose will only end up--- like this. (hits recca's head with the rock) audience : t... that was dirty!! using a rock!! h... how cruel!! (outraged) mokuren : how is that cruel, idiot. one can use any weapon during the tournament, so why is a rock an exception? I'll kill you if you don't shut up. audience : !! man 1 : WHAT!? (pissed off) man 2 (stops him) : stop... he's... mokuren : heheh... [even so, you're still not quite there... kurei...!] kurei : ---recca... I'll let you know that the happy reality and... the painful hell are really so close. you too... text (image of reina) : the people I want to protect... kurei (picing up a pipe) : you too... text (image of kai, jisho, tsukino and kurenai) : the people I couldn't protect... the people who died before my eyes... (image of mori) the one who destroys everything... kurei : I'll make you know the pain of hell too!! recca!!! (hit) I won't kill you yet!! the healing girl will be taken by mori!! you'll be helplessly pondering "I couldn't save her"... the hopelessness! after you have a taste of that despair... (recca catches the pipe) ! (they freeze in that position, kurei beating the pipe on recca, who caught it in one hand) recca (getting up) : ......i... may really be a fool... I don't understand any of this...... (the crowd in silence) I don't even know if I'm right... or wrong... and I never planned to be on the side of justice... even so--- (stand up) I still used my stupid head...... and thought about a lot of stuff. the only thing I understood... was how I felt about you. (holding his fist tight) "DON'T GIVE ME THAT BULLSHIT, ASSHOLE"!!! (and he gives kurei a very hard punch) end of volume 16 chapter 5 top volume 16 chapter 06 Volume 16 Chapter 6 : The Heavy Burden (kurei falls back, all the audience looks at them shocked.) recca : kurei... I'm not making fun of you, I really think you are amazing. being someone so unfortunate... with such a sad history------ it's amazing that with that cross on your back, you're still standing up to fight. it's not pity, but... when I first heard what neon said, I hesitated about fighting you. kurei : ...... that is... (attack) why I said you are still so naïve!!! recca : however... (he hits kurei, who's thrown back and hits this big piece of rock) I finally got it------ (the audience people all have really funny/shocked faces) recca : you're not the only one who carries a big burden, I'm the same. kurei : HAH!! don't make me laugh, recca!! you who have never lost anything... carry a heavy burden!? have you ever seen your loved one blown to pieces right before your eyes!? yours compared to mine is completely different in level and weight!! (recca suddenly standing in front of him) recca : "kagero"... my mother. my mother is alive... I do seem to be more fortunate than you are. however... unless she is "immortal"!! (he beats kurei up while he's talking) time travel...... the technique that sent us to this time also stopped my mother from dying. and in ten years... twenty years... I would be an adult... an old man... I would die...!! and my mother would still be the same as she is right now!! kurei (surprised) : [w... what...!? that is... jikuu ryuuri......!? that means...... kagero has been alive for 400 years since that time......!!? impossible!! then...... can it be that the truth of the secret of eternal life that mori koran is searching for is......!!!] recca (continue) : I want to age and die with my mother! so I am searching for a madougu that breaks the curse... I want to help her! that is the first reason I fight!! and... (the dragons inside recca, talking to him sometime before the fight with kurei started.) text : ............. ...recca... (the dragons inside recca) when you awaken again... it will be time for your final battle! before that... we have you give you your final training--- final training... is for you to know how important your fight is...... what we have entrusted in you!! rui : [did you hear kokuu mention that we use to be humans? the reason why us ex-flame masters became flame dragons is...... please listen carefully... recca...... we are all flame masters who were unable to protect the people they have to protect and died------ our souls are impure with remaining confusion... regret... and hatred for the world, and turned into flame dragons.] madoka : [family... friends...... wife... children...] homura : [we were all ninjas who were unable to protect our people... that... remorse...] text : the eight of us...... entrust it to you... saiha : [when our master is able to protect the people he wants to protect......] nadare : [our regrets... will be freed through the master.] kokuu : [the "flame dragon" curse of the hokage flame masters will be broken then!! you... are the man who carries our hopes!!] resshin : [however......... when you die in the same way like us...... you will become the ninth flame dragon......!!!] (back to now...) recca : ...before that, I'm not a bit interested in becoming the hokage's leader. but now... I take on that name!! the flame dragons... everything of the hokage--- I will... carry it all!! menou (trembling) : kukai... san... recca-kun... (crying) is just about my age... why... why is he so different...? why... does he have to carry such a heavy burden? not flinching... not fleeing... why can he do that...? kukai : ...... surely... that is--- the destiny of those with the blood of the hokage ninja. kurei (punch recca) : that's why I said!! someone who never lost anything has no right to speak!! (recca catches his punch) recca (he looks at kurei with a pretty calm but angry look) : therefore you will take it all away? you lost your loved ones... because you are sad... because you are unfortunate... you have the right to take other people's heart... life... and everything!? let me say it again. (flashing scenes of all of kurei's past evil deeds, when he killed sekiou, electrocuted yanagi, about to kill ganko etc...) "don't give me that bullshit, asshole"!! it's like a kid who got bullied turn to bully someone else!! that just sucks, KUREI!!! (he punches kurei in the face, kurei gets knocked back, and his mask breaks) recca (kurei stands up slowly): I hate complicated stuff! nothing can be done about the past. we don't have to mention it anymore!! we're not comparing who's less fortunate! all that matters is this match!! kurei (his mask has fallen off, and now that his face is uncovered, he actually has a rare smile) : being a moron is so pleasant... recca--- you can say such naïve things...... (recca returns with a typical moron smile) text : and so the two come together--- and proceed toward the conclusion of this fight...... end of volume 16 chapter 6 top volume 16 chapter 07 Volume 16 Chapter 7 : The Ninja of Fire (kurei and recca standing face to face in the midst of the ruins of the ura butou dome) kurei : it ends here...... (raise his hand) let's finish this------ recca. (and his flame sores in his hands) everyone : !! FLAME!? kagero (shock) : [impossible!! such power, he still has so much strength left!?] (recca looks serious, and kurei has this crazy smile) joker : the team uruha kurenai...... all its members hides their faces behind a mask or cloak... everyone was disguised to hide something. noroi was hiding the fact that he was really a corpse--- kai disguised himself as "mikagami's sister's killer"----- as for mikoto... she hides "her true form" inside a madougu. (point to himself in a funny face trying to convince neon) and I am also hiding "the real me"! neon (sweatdrop) : ...... what are you trying to say, joker. joker : kurei is the same... he hides his expressions with his mask--- he disguises his "heart" so no one can see it. "get koganei"... he did give me that order before the finals...... however! he didn't say "kill him". (neon looks surprised) he doesn't want him dead! perhaps he feels more relaxed having kaoru in bed rather than fighting. and... I can tell that's the truth that guy's trying to hide. neon : ...... still... you got guts ignoring orders, and purposely hurting saicho. that was some plan to get koganei to fight you seriously. joker : [and koganei-kun appeared in front of kurei. of course he wouldn't show his true feelings--- he was serious when he shot that flame then!! perhaps driven by his masochistic nature... but he thought "that man will stop me in time"!] hanabishi recca... what an incredible guy. fighting with him has drawn out the human side of him. his mask cracked, and his emotions are slowly showing... and his heart too...... ["I hate him so much I want to kill him"... but he still agrees with recca. that is the only man who could make him face his true heart!!] kurei : [JISHO!!! KURENAI!!! I want to defeat recca!! strength... give me the strength......!!!] (jisho and kurenai's flame surrounds kurei.) kurei (a sad/calm look) : [let's go...... together...] (attack) AHHHHHHHH text (recca standing there, thinking calmly) : perhaps to you... what I say seems naïve. my answers childish. (everyone closed their eyes, afraid to watch, fuuko is praying) even so... but even so---- I still have to say. (yanagi watches them calmly.) recca (eyes suddenly wide open to face kurei) : I WILL!! PROTECT PRINCESS!! (his fist bursts into flames) text : that is------ (recca and kurei collide head on, as everyone watches in awe and neon screaming, kurei falls. recca looks up curiously. the hokage cheers and even tokiya has a rare smile.) tatsuko (in tears) : ...battle time... 58 minutes... 12 seconds... WINNER, HANABISHI RECCA!!! (yanagi runs up and hugs recca) text : that is ninja------ end of volume 16 chapter 7 top volume 16 chapter 08 Volume 16 Chapter 8 : The Runaway Wheel (yanagi runs up and hugs recca, all teary again, recca smiles) tatsuko (also teary) : battle time... 58 minutes 12 seconds... Winner!! HANABISHI RECCA!!! and the result is three vs. two!! audience (cheer) : hokage, hokage... tatsuko : hokage... audience : hokage!! tatsuko : wins!! saicho (smile) : they really beat kurei......! hokage won!! (menou hugs her dad happily) fujimaru : ...we had the worst luck to run into them in the first round... daikoku (T.T) : no, think of it as an honor! minamio : you're always so serious, daikoku... (even the uruha ma people are cheering) text (the ghosts of team saakasu watches them) : and now... we can also leave in peace... hokage...... thank you---- (they disappear) man 1 : damn~~ (wiping his eyes) I'm really going to have a good drink today!! man 2 (still in shock) : recca won! and that... kurei!! (kurei is lying unconsciously on the ground, behind the cheering crowd are the members of uruha oto, miki and aki are clinging on to neon, sobbing) miki : onee-sama... aki : kurei-sama... kurei-sama is... neon (also crying, but calm) : there is no shame... he--- stood up and fought... text : no...... that was... too shameful... (mokuren also standing amongst the spectators) text : heheh...... hehehehehehheh...... (he takes out a cell phone) mokuren : ...yeah, it's me... yeah, just like you've heard. people (cheering in the background) : hokage, hokage!! mokuren : that fool lost... yeah... I'll be there in a minute... (and so mokuren walks away from the cheering crowd) yanagi (handing the dagger back to recca) : here. the treasure you gave me... I took good care of it!! (recca smiles) i... i...... believed... recca-kun would win... (Starts sobbing) ...i believed you... always... I didn't cry... even when the dome was destroyed... (burying her face in recca's arms, suddenly they were surrounded by people) everyone (laughing and making faces) : [ohhhhh--- she's crying. that won't do, that won't do, you make the girl cry---- heheh---] recca (embarrassed) : hey, shut up!! (wipe away yanagi's tears, yanagi looks up, recca has a big smile) I'm back, princess. (suddenly he gets knocked over by mikagami) recca (jump back up) : what was that for, mikagami!! (pissed off) tokiya (give him a very simple look) : you made yanagi-san cry. (suddenly smiles) ...well, I should compliment you for once. at least you prevented something worse from happening. you got me really worried. recca (beating up tokiya, now that he finished talking) : now die!! girly man!!! (*it sounds funny, recca said "onna man" in japanese... onna being woman. it just sounds funny ^^;;*) spectator 1 (sweatdrop) : mikagami was working harder than anyone else to dig through the ruins. spectator 2 : what an untruthful guy. (kagero watches them and smiles. joker comes up next to kaoru) joker : what a tough guy, recca-san. he must have several broken bones right now. kaoru (surprised to see joker there) : eh!? joker : well... kurei-san who treated you coldly is also tough in spirit. kaoru (suddenly realize in shock) : [kurei...... is gone!! (he's not lying there anymore)] people (suddenly all realize) : huh...? kurei disappeared!! when did he... that bastard ran away in humiliation! what an ass!! recca (scream, sounds really pissed off) : shut up!!! (then gets embarrassed when everyone looks at him) uh... huh? what... tokiya (glare at him) : you got mad? recca (really embarrassed) : anyway!!! that bastard is fighting for what he has to carry on his back! and even though he's really annoying, you can't just say he's completely a bad guy!!! (think back to the time when kurei's mask cracked) [and... that look back then... I saw it for a second, a human kurei--- he... maybe he can still turn back--- maybe that guy can still turn back...... or maybe I was just being too naïve......] (suddenly realize) ! oh right, what about domon and fuuko? tokiya (looks funny) : I think they said "we can relax now that recca won, time to take it out on somebody." (same time, fuuko and domon bashed the party at mori's castle. fuuko walking up to one beaten up guy) man : ahhhhhh! (backing away, fuuko grabs his collar) fuuko : so you were betting on human lives like a game? don't you think I will seriously kill you? hm. man (sweating) : uh!! e... everything was mori!! mori did it!!! but he disappeared some time ago......!! fuuko (surprised) : mori koran--- domon : disappeared!? (somewhere else, kurei standing on a cliff looking over the world. he seems unusually calm.) kurei (thinking about recca) : [why......? (look at his hand) the man I always wanted to break into eight pieces...... why......? do I feel so pleasant at heart...... (smile to himself) even someone...... like me-----] (suddenly he gets hit all over his body, caught him by surprise. he looks back in time and saw a few people in shadows. the last thing he though about was recca and his stupid smile.) text : maybe that guy... can still turn back... or maybe I'm just being too naïve...... end of volume 16 chapter 8 top volume 16 chapter 09 (neon running in the forest) neon : [kurei-sama... where are you...!? kurei-sama!!] Volume 16 Chapter 9 : The Real Demon Awaken (kurei gets hit hard all over, very badly hurt) kurei : uh...... (he falls) mori koran (one of the people in shadows) : heheh... heh... heheheheheh!! what's wrong, kurei? (looking really scary) a man of your level didn't even discover our presence? kurei (bleeding badly) : mo... ri... mori... koran!! (he gets hit again, by mokuren's roots.) mokuren : ...call him mori-sama, yong master. just look at you now, kurei-kun. you use to be so arrogant, now you are nothing but an insect. mori koran : well, be patient, mokuren... I still have some things to say to him. let me introduce her to you, kurei--- (the shadow who attacked kurei is a girl, wearing the same kind of robe kurei has) mori koran : "renge", your double. no... to be exact--- with your genes... (kurei seems shocked, an image of a girl who was smiling kindly) mixed with kurenai's genes created her, a clone. kurei (jump up) : d... damn you!!! (renge blasts some flame at him.) kurei (wounded even worse) : ...flame arrows!? you... can control fire!? renge (smile) : oni...i-chan... mori koran (behind renge) : good, good... good girl, renge. that's your scary brother...... you have to protect daddy... (to kurei) her intelligence is equal to a new born baby. she doesn't know anything. what a cute girl. she does whatever I tell her to... unlike you black hearted traitor who's always plotting against me!! she's my puppet! KYAHAHAHAH!!! ...ever since I kept you as a dog, there hasn't been a time that I an sleep as easily as tonight. frankly... I'm afraid f you--- I see your face even when I close my eyes. I thought you'd kill me while I'm asleep... I was so worried. I even see it in my dreams... how many time I had to get up...... do you understand? my troubles...... there was only one way to bring peace to my heart! I made genjuro make... (a figure in a glass tube) a puppet with powers equal to yours, but much easier to control!! at that time... you wanted to host the ura butou satsujin!! that opponent that made you enter the tournament--- hanabishi recca! I was even more assured when I saw the strength of the hokage!! these people can defeat kurei. even renge, whose powers have not fully awakened yet...... can easily kill a dying man. it would've been best if you won and I got the healer!! whichever way, with the hokage as your opponent, you're not getting away in one piece!! (looks really pleased) the real purpose of the ura butou satsujin is--- to assassinate kurei. (kurei trying to get up) heheheh... too bad... hokage was truly strong! under their protection, sakoshita yanagi is--- beyong your power!! such a fool, you dog... (step on kurei) there's another reason why I gave up on you. text : I'm so close to finding it!! the strongest hokage madougu!! TENDOU JIGOKU!!! kurei : [tendou jigoku......!?] mori koran : it was written in ancient books--- "the ultimate madougu sealed in their land"--- "tendou jigoku cannot rise again" "infinite power over everything, destroying everything". sokakusai (a man in black cloak carrying a large pot/caldron) : which means when we find it, mori-sama can defeat the hokage anytime. mori koran (take out a small contrl) : until then, I'll leave my last desire, that healer girl alone. you go first, your personal death squad "uruha" is disbanded as of today. your position... (kurei screams, a look of horror as he looks at that control) and power... will turn into pieces of flesh with this button--- your short lived mother... (a smiling image of tsukino) everything you have... (press the button) I will take away!!! (kurei freezes. the image of tsukino cracks, he screams) kurei (jump up and runs toward mori like mad) : GAHHHHHHH!!! renge (smile) : bye... bye... onii... chan... (raise her flame hand...) (at the same time...) recca (suddenly looks up at the sky) : ! (everyone else still celebrating, recca has a strange look) (at the cliff... neon jumped out and covered kurei from renge's attack. both of them falling off the cliff) neon (closed her eyes) : [kurei-sama......] (they fall into the sea below.) mori koran (not pleased) : ......... they got away...... end of volume 16 chapter 9 top volume 16 chapter 10 Volume 16 Chapter 10 : The End of the Third Ura Butou Satsujin (on the cover, a picture of team hokage on top and tatsuko presenting the teams they beat along the way. vs. kuu, uruha maboroshi, uruha oto, saakasu, uruha ma, and uruha kurenai.) announcement (done by tatsuko and nemi) : ...... ...the third tournament has been an event on a scale never witnessed in history! the numerous fighters all did their best, even with injuries they fought bravely--- in the heat of battle, some lost their lives, lost their friends... or companions... I think many are filled with grief. but... surely with the losses... there were gains--- (menou standing in the audience, some guy standing next to her, thinking "kawaii"...) announcement : through the battles, some have gained irreplaceable things, everyone... really...... really did a great job!! so now, let's start the award ceremony!! (cheers) in third place is the team who showed their skills of trickery in the semi-finals... (kashamaru and tsukishiro on the platform, tsukishiro is blushing, thinking "everyone's looking at me...") announcement : uruha ma!! in second place, is the winner of the first and second tournaments, and this round's favorite, uruha kurenai!! (no one on the platform) ...... there's no one there, tatsuko...... (sweatdrop) ...oh... (sweatdrop) and!! the champion of the third ura butou!! (enlarged image of domon with a stupid smile, taking the award on the platform) HOKAGE!!! (everyone gives him funny looks) domon : ohhhh everyone!! oh thank you, baby!!! (he said this in english ^^;;) huu---- (all the people jump back with open mouths and sweating) man 2 (sweatdrop) : ...what the hell...... man 1 (^.^) : well, that sure seems like what the hokage would do. girl : damn--- why didn't they send mikagami-kun!! recca : ......well--- that's because--- we don't like to get up on stage. fuuko : except him who really wanted to go. tokiya (blushing with a sweatdrop) : but he's really humiliating us...... somebody get him off. kukai (yelling) : hey come on--- that speech is like the principal's farewell in school days!! hurry up and end this---!! saicho (very embarrassed) : shihandai!! recca (^.^) : hey yo! you said the same thing when this began. you really seem just like a noraml guy when you're not fighting. kukai (^.^) : really? ...... (a little more seriously) recca, it was very pleasant to fight with you guys--- let's do it again sometime! next time, us "kuu" will win!! recca (thumb up) : not that easy! I'll show you!! announcement (lots of balloons and flying ribbons) : ...those are the awards--- the third ura butou satsujin...... has ended!! domon (running over with the trophy) : ohhhhh---!! (which is a guy showing off his muscles) what an amazing trophy... ah!! (and as everyone watches, he trips and breaks it) ahhhhhh~~~!! (domon crying, holding the broken head) fuuko (pissed) : you have to pay for it, domon!! six hundred million yen!! tokiya (looking at them with sweatdrops) : why six hundred million... recca : what did you do, dom... (suddenly stop) ! (he spots a man looking at him, with very cold, emotionless eyes. *rasen ^.^ another one of my favorite, finally appears* for a moment they only see each other. then when recca looks again, he's gone) kagero : ...? what is it? recca. recca : huh? no, it's nothing, mom!! (rasen walks out of the room, another girl was waiting for him in the shadows *kirin, his partner... how romantic ^^;;*) kirin : ...... are you really interested? then you should've entered the tournament. frankly, I can't believe kurei-sama would lost to that guy. ......so, do we kill him? (rasen gives her a look) ...heheh... I see... (they walk off together) (people leaving, menou saying goodbye to recca, fuuko partying with the uruha ma people, who got a naked woman for a trophy that tsukishiro is admiring. saicho having last words with kaoru, and kaoru picks up a piece of kurei's broken mask. tokiya thinks about kai to himself. and finally recca and yanagi are together.) yanagi : everyone... is going home...... we can go back to school now. recca (smile) : yeah! yanagi : [recca-kun... everyone...... good work... and--- thank you...] tatsuko (running toward them) : recca-saaaaaaaaan----!!! recca : hey, the dragon nee-chan. tatsuko (catching her breath) : ......um... really, congratulations!! hope we meet again!! (then glare at yanagi) good luck to you too! there's not many good guys like that out there! yanagi : uh, yeah... hokage : alright, so everyone's here---!? then... let's go home, hokage!!! (they all leave, recca smiles and wave back, tatsuko waving also, smiling. then the image begins to fade and tears comes to tatsuko's eyes. then she starts to sob, the other refs come to comfort her.) refs : don't cry, don't cry, tatsuko! let's go have a drink tonight! we'll always, always be with you. (and so that's the end of the ura butou satsujin) text : everything's not over yet. (mr. hanabishi in his house...) fate... (recca comes home with kagero) will bring them into a new battlefield. recca : i... I'm home, pop! hanabishi : hmph! what do you mean "I'm home"!! (vein) you went out for so many days!! what a bad kid!! (still smoking) ...so? did you take care of everything? recca (smile) : yeah!! hanabishi (slightly smile) : ...um! go take a bath!! text (a photo of all their friends in the tournament) : even though this is only a temporary moment of peace right now... the fighters are--- (the new moon hanging in the night sky) going into their peaceful dreams------ end of volume 16 chapter 10 translator's note : alas! end of this ura butou arc finally! *sigh* it did take me a while, but don't complain ^^;; I just think it's funny how this new character rasen is also on my favorite list... another uruha... I wonder why I don't like any hokage people in particular. if you are wondering who rasen is, you can take a look at the image on my opening page, he's one of the jyushinshuu on the top row I think... white hair, no expression, etc. as for kirin... she's also there, the girl with the sunglasses... she's not a jyushinshuu, but I just thought it'd be appropriate to have her there since she's always with rasen. she's rasen's voice, his expression and his heart. top :: volume 15 :: volume 17 ::