[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 4 Chapter 9: Truth of the Past I Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Chapter Index | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- side text : to save the kidnapped yanagi and tatesako sensei, recca infiltrated kurei’s mansion. after many battles, he finally fought off kurei and rescued the two. therefore— kage hoshi : recca, according to our deal, I will tell you everything. do you want to listen? side text : it’s time to give the answers...... after yanagi used her supernatural healing power to heal everyone-- recca and co. headed for some mountain! Volume 4 Chapter 9 : Truth of the Past I (recca and the people are standing in front of an old japanese house somewhere in the mountains.) fuuko : wow-- what an ancient house! domon : this is kage hoshi’s house? it sure is big! fuuko : it’s at least three times bigger than mine! side text : blah blah blah recca : living in such an abandoned place...... what a weirdo! yanagi (staring down) : ah! there’s fish in the pond! side text : blah blah blah tokiya (thinking) : what am I doing here anyway? kage hoshi : this is hokage’s hideout in the past, there’s barrier outside which can prevent others from wandering in, and it’s not so easy for kurei’s people to find either. tatesako (very excited) : are you saying the hokage really exists? I am so touched! kage hoshi! side text : this guy is recca’s teacher, tatesako. just like recca, he’s also a ninja fan, especially interested in the hokage. recca (kick tatesako out of the way) : hey! mister! side text : kick recca : what the hell are you doing here? tatesako : hanabishi—come on, what’s the harm? I wanna here the hokage secret too! recca (to the rest of the gang, veins pop) : what about you guys? fuuko : it’s fun! any objections? domon : fuuko’s here, so I’m here too, any objections? tokiya : I feel like it, you got a problem with that? side text (tokiya) : mad— yanagi (teary) : if you don’t want me here, then I’ll just go home...... I don’t care if I get lost...... recca (totally deformed) : no, no! you can stay! you’re welcomed... welcomed! kage hoshi : it doesn’t matter, I wish you can all hear this. (open door) come in. (everyone’s sitting in the japanese styled living room, around a fire, and eating snacks, drinking tea.) domon : hey! hanabishi, aren’t you even a bit worried? this IS kage hoshi’s place! arrow (recca’s hand) : snacks recca : huh? yanagi (drinking tea, thinking) : the plum tea’s really good. recca (smiling) : even though she’s annoying, she’s not bad! let’s see what she has to say! kage hoshi : thank you for waiting! (door slide open, kage hoshi in a japanese kimono, looks completely different) kage hoshi : thank you all for coming. I am the master of the house—kage hoshi! domon (heart eyes) : beautiful! fuuko (sharp teeth) : domon, if you dare fall for her, I’ll punch you! [what am I getting mad about?] recca (thinking) : just a change of cloth and she’s turned into a real beauty...... yanagi (ashamed, thinking) : she has a really good body...... kage hoshi : today I gathered you all here is only for one thing, now that you’ve faced kurei, I should let you know the whole story...... first, recca, kage hoshi is only a fake name...... my real name is kagero! I am your mother! (everyone freeze... recca’s expression is really funny) recca : what the hell are you talking about? domon : ah! idiot! don’t move! fuuko : it doesn’t matter, let her finish first! kagero : I didn’t expect you to believe me, but please let me finish...... every single word I speak is the truth...... about 400 years ago-- in the third year of tensho...... side text (flashback) : the time of the warring states-- a time when war seemed endless, it’s also the period of the ninja clans. iga-- kouga-- fuma-- and hokage! every leader of the hokage has a supernatural ability-- the ability to control fire! no one knows when it began, but it was passed down every generation. (the picture of a man) the sixth leader-- flame master ouka (a man running breathless.) ouka : is... is... is the baby here? is the baby here? side text : fall (he trips at the door) ouka : that hurts! (very excited) is my kid born? kagero!! old woman : yes, ouko-sama. it’s a very healthy boy! side text : father ouka, mother kagero...... ouka : ah! ah! (patting the baby) don’t cry! listen to him! I got it! I’ll call him recca! side text : this is the way recca was born. but another problem came very soon. villagers : it’s bad luck! the child of the flame is only one per generation, just like we only have one leader! but, why is there two children this time? one is the baby born a few days ago by ouka’s wife kagero – recca! the other is mistriss reina’s son – kurei! side text : to insure that the future leader the child of the flame does get born, the flame master would often have two or three wives. recca’s older brother, named kurei-- was four years old. recca (in complete shock) : kurei and i...... are brothers? domon : isn’t kurei the guy who kidnapped yanagi? fuuko (counting fingers) : four years older than recca, and we’re 16...... then that guy’s 20! tatesako : so the hokage’s not only specialized in madougu, but they also have flame masters. please continue, kage ho...... I mean, ms. kagero. side text (flashback) : reina insisted that kurei has the true leader. reina : even though I’m only a mistriss, but kurei is the oldest son! he has the right to become the next leader! it’s enough to just have kurei has the child of the flame! recca symbolizes bad luck, we should kill him! kagero : reina...... elder : wait! the real omen...... perhaps is kurei! reina : what? what are you talking about? grandfather! how can kurei be the omen? elder : why do you think after kurei was born I still allowed ouka to have other children? because I have a bad feeling. kurei has a evil soul! and the cursed flame! (man pulls out a sword) we don’t need two inheritors of the flame, kurei is the one to die! reina (cornered) : ah! no...... kurei didn’t do anything! (man raises sword) ahhhhhhh! kagero : wait! grandfather, ninjas don’t kill children. recca is the second child...... it’s his rightful place to help kurei...... side text : therefore-- one year passed— children (throwing rocks) : kurei is the cursed child! get out of our village! go to hell! (kurei totally ignores them, though he’s bleeding, he gets home, reina’s very sick, coughing.) reina : my poor kurei...... you were the rightful heir to be our next leader! if recca didn’t exist, if recca didn’t exist...... kurei (looks scary) : mother, if recca’s dead, then we don’t have to live like this anymore? (in the dark, kurei opens the door to recca’s room, the baby is smiling, but kurei looks very scary.) side text : DIE! (he holds a knife, blood spills, people rushing in when they hear the baby scream.) villagers : oh no! the cursed child-- he killed the child of the flame! (they capture kurei, the baby’s still crying.) kagero : recca!! recca!! side text : the wound made by kurei reached all the way inside the gum...... kurei (laughing) : hahahah! cry! I know it hurts! it’s all because of you! my mother and I are being pushed around, forced to live like this! recca (touching his bandage) : ......... side text (flashback from kurei) : did you forget? that was my work 400 years ago! fuuko : and he was only 5? what a scary kid...... domon : If it was just off a little more, recca would’ve been dead! tokiya (eating a cookie) : [tastes good] (yanagi is very pale remembering kurei’s scary laugh) kurei (flashback) : [ahahahaha! the person who I thought I’d never see again finally appeared!] recca (jump up) : what the hell is this? you all believe her? 400 years ago? then how do you explain me standing in front of you right now? kagero : I used the time manipulation spell to send you here. please let me finish...... enemy : heheh! if it wasn’t for the barrier...... it’s difficult to find such a hidden place! kuchibashimaru : then let us, the three winged birds tear this place down, as a present for kurei-sama! end of volume 4 chapter 9 translator's note : ok, I don’t care if other people hate me for this, but I like kurei more and more... not as much as raiha of course... no one beats raiha... but if you know what happened to him in the past... he's not a bad person... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]