[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 11 Chapter 8: Nightmare Before the Finals II Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Chapter Index | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 11 Chapter 8 : Nightmare Before the Finals II joker (sneeze) : HE-- ACHU!! kaoru : ! joker : uh... (sweatdrop) I got caught... kaoru (surprise) : huh? saicho : joker san...? (J - kipa turns and glares at him) kaoru : what are you doing here, joker!! joker : I've been asking myself that! when I saw you two entering the dome... (sweatdrop) I just followed...... J - kipa : ... who the hell are you!? (slash) joker (dodge, sweating) : YAA!! (falls) WAAAAA! (vein) I wish I didn't come!! kaoru (sweatdrop) : too late. saicho : ... we must fight. (roll up his sleeve) leave by force! (kaoru holds on tight to anki, joker raises his really weird looking weapon... and the three attack J - kipa, meanwhile, recca's taking a walk outside alone. thinking about what neon said.) neon : [I won't allow you to simply label kurei sama as "evil"......] kagero : [pity also means death... I can't lose you too-- I won't be able to stand up after that...] recca (holding his head, screaming) : AHHHH, I can't take it anymore!! why do I keep on thinking about this stuff!! sound : waa!! recca (look at the dome) : [?! I heard someone in there! what is it!?] (kaoru gets thrown back and hits the wall) kaoru : uh!!! saicho (worried) : kaoru kun!! (joker analyses J - kipa... and seems thoughtful, then...) joker (almost a sinister smile...) : saicho san-- let's attack him from both sides. he must be pretty slow since he's so big. attack on the count of three! let's do it. saicho : alright. joker : one... (J - kipa on guard...) joker : two... saicho : [kaoru kun still has to compete tomorrow! I can't let anything happen to him......!!] joker : THREE!!! (flash! and at the same time, far away...) text : kuu's land-- (a piece of glass breaks off from saicho's picture frame.) misora (holding the frame) : oh no... the frame broke. [not a good sign... saicho... are you alright......] (flip the manga page, and a two page scene of joker killing saicho... joker holding his weapon, and saicho falling back... blood splashing from his wound... saicho falls with a wide eye look, joker smiles at him, kaoru is in tremendous shock...) kaoru : u... uh... uahhhhhhhh (running for saicho) SAICHOOOOOOO-----!! hang in there----!! open your eyes!!! i... i... [if only I didn't bring you here......!!] J - kipa : hmm hmm~~~ internal conflict? it's useless, none of you will get out alive! (joker approach J - kipa) joker : fool... (he's suddenly different) who do you think you're talking to? J - kipa : of course you, moron!! (slash) wake up!! I'm jyushinshuu's J - kipa!!! RyouDan HiSatsu Kou Ken!!! (and aims for joker, but joker single handedly blocks his blade, literally...) joker : that is worthless in the presence of my power. J - kipa : what!? my HiSatsu Kou Ken which even breaks marbles...? joker : have you had enough...... did you really think you were a member of the jyushinshuu. I am the keeper of J's foundation. (an evil gleam in his eyes) J - kipa!! (moves his madougu, J - kipa's head rolls on the ground) J - kipa (that would be the head...) : what? who are you? (and then the whole body falls apart... delayed reaction...) joker : one of the uruha jyushinshuu. joker. (recca enters at that point) recca : ! (shock) wh... what happened!! joker : h~~~i, recca san... sorry I lied to you. I am... a member of uruha kurenai. recca : ! (flashback to all those times that joker appeared friendly to them) joker...... joker : see ya tomorrow!! good night. (disappears) recca (run to saicho) : SAICHO!! kaoru (crying) : sorry!! I'm sorry... sorry!! it's my fault...!!! saicho : kaoru kun... (koganei looks up) don't... blame yourself... it was my fault for being careless...... recca : I'll get princess!! she can use her healing power!! saicho : I'm glass you're alright... kaoru kun-- this... will protect you... (holding a origami crane) tomorrow... good luck... kaoru (crying) : ............!! ...............!! text : how can you work happily if you can't even squash a bug! saicho... leave the kuu! you're not fit for battle! (saicho closes his eyes, smiling) text : misora san... is going to be mad at me again. (kaoru screaming, recca runs out...) text : there must be a reason for choosing the way of fighting, it must be something that needs to be protected... end of volume 11 chapter 8 translator's note : like I said... isn't J so cool? obvious I don't mean that dumbass J - kipa... but the real J ^^... sorry for you saicho fans who must be really pissed off after this chapter... gomen, gomen... I know what joker did was a little mean, but he's still cool, I like saicho too, just not as much as the uruha people, obviously... ^^;; and also... now you know the reason why I always referred to the other guy as J - kipa but not simply J... would've saved me a lot of time if I could... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]