[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 15 Chapter 6: Prelude Battle Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Chapter Index | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 15 Chapter 6 : Prelude Battle (oh... you're gonna like this one... kurei's pie chart... might as well not have one, it has a big unknown stamped on it.... everything, currently battle ability, speed, power etc... all unknowns...) CRAY AGE - 20 SEX - MALE BLOODTYPE - UNKNOWN BIRTHDAY - UNKNOWN (in koran's mansion...) announcer : just now, the determining final match has begun. this is the card *stats* of kurei vs. recca. hokage vs. uruha kurenai's odds are------ a landslide of 1 : 9. all the money is on uruha kurenai. guests : that's right. even though hokage made it this far...... their final opponent is kurei. but still, some people are betting on hokage... really, they must be retarded. (mori koran just watches the screen with his usual evil smile) recca (stretch his neck) : hm. let's go, asshole! (attack, kurei dodges his first several hits, recca's pissed off) damn you... what are you doing running away!! (and just as he was saying... a hand catches his next punch... um... it sure isn't kurei's hand ^^;; a hand that came out of kurei's body.) recca : ! audience : w... WHAT!? from inside kurei...... there's another hand!!? (and more than a hand... kurenai's face half appears... she smiles ^.^) recca (with a really tense look) : k... kurenai...!! (and kurei slaps him back, his flame kurenai is roaring...) domon (also tense) : ...i didn't think she would come out so soon. kaoru : um... fuuko : kurenai... do you remember? mi-chan. that time when we first saw her in kurei's mansion--- that amazing terror... that strength, even when I was going to die, I still thought she was so beautiful...!! kurei's flame, kurenai!! raiha : however... kurenai did come out too early. kurei-sama wouldn't have done this before. unless it's an opponent he mustn't hold back on... which means, that's a man who has enough power to rival him--- hanabishi recca! (recca sits up) neon : yeah, the spunky kid has really grown stronger. but... kurei-sama is the same. look, raiha. he has left most of kurenai's burning flame inside his body, and only let out a portion! he's on a different level than before where he had to release kurenai entirely!! for this day, he too...... must have worked hard. raiha (looking a neon a little surprised) : [neon...] (recca gets up and has this baka smile on his face) recca : ......... hmph. you do move differently than all the previous guys. in RPG terms, you would be the "last boss"!! it'll be game over if I don't play something different. flame against flame!! second form--- NADARE!! (calls out nadare's fireball, the only difference... this is one single ball) fuuko (yelling) : why did you only make one---!! domon : no... LOOK!! (it's one mighty big fireball) audience (shock) : it! it's huge!! kukai (in disbelief) : [to create a fireball of that size... he couldn't have done it when he fought me... in such a short time...!! IS HE A MONSTER!?] recca : here i... (throw) GO!! kurei (facing the fireball) : so you choose to be "quality over number"? such simple minded trick... do you think I can't dodge this!? (recca suddenly signals and the big fireball explodes into all these little pieces) !? [it... exploded!?] (and they all hit kurei... right on target) (domon and fuuko both have a surprised/stunned smile) tokiya : hm. good move. recca (wide cocky smile) : I prefer number over quality! now come on!! (the smoke fades and kurei still stands there coldly) kukai : [no effect... that guy's also... a monster!!] end of volume 15 chapter 6 translator's note : ara... so the recca/kurei battle finally opens. this is a really long fight that will last through the remains of this volume until the end of volume 16. for those who have seen the anime and not read the manga... just keep in mind that this is REALLY different how this fight progressed and how things turned out. really, really... there's nothing alike... I dunno, supposedly by now, everybody knows that at this point in the manga, nothing is the same as the anime anymore, but... I guess fuuko/tokiya/domon's fights all had some resemblance to the anime scene (I won't mention the kaoru/joker fight which was entirely cut) ...but this is nothing like what you've seen... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]