[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 6 Chapter 1: Kuu VI (Dancing Paper, the Battle For Honor) Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Previous Volume | Chapter Index | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 6 Chapter 1 : Kuu VI (Dancing Paper, the Battle For Honor) (saiha going wild all over the place) recca : damn it-- relax! saiha! (the dragon calms) fuu! compared to nadare, you’re easily excited. audience : what is that? blade? that kid got a new weapon! saicho : [my paper is usually indestructible, but this time...... that blade......] fuuko : saiha...... recca’s new weapon? kagero : hn. fire blade...... one of the eight dragons-- saiha’s flame. (diagram accompanied) in the past recca was only able to create fire. but nadare and saiha creates forms in the flame. the power cannot be compared! yanagi (happy) : [ha] then it’s like water flowing from a hose or squeezing it out. [great] kagero : that’s right. domon : but do you think using saiha so soon is a wise decision? tokiya : no...... it’s not what recca wants. if he didn’t use it, he already lost. saicho is not an ordinary boy. (sigh) you won’t get it anyway, so never mind. domon (vein pop) : don’t treat me like an idiot! asshole! yanagi (deformed) : [cccccalm down!] kukai : saicho! see that? you can’t defeat him using ordinary attacks! don’t think so much! use your best attacks! saicho : yes, shihan dai! (more tanka, I don’t feel like translating everything and making them sound poetic... this one means there’s a beautiful princess.) FUYO! I am truly glad to fight a strong opponent like you...... I am very excited. (his fuyo no ken vs. recca’s saiha’s blade, attack, block, basically even.) audience : wow! evenly matched! he can even saicho...... where did that guy come from? neon : not bad! but it’s only a coincident, he doesn’t look like he can beat kurei-sama at all! genjuro : they’re really into the battle! look! when the paper sword and the fire blade come into contact it doesn’t burn! the paper has been given a very amazing aura. the result of the fight can’t be determined yet. saicho (sweating, tired, breathing heavy) : [this time...... I can’t afford to lose......] (flashback of a temple in a forest. saicho reading more tanka under a tree. about flowers... a girl approach.) saicho : (tanka) misora (waving) : saicho— saicho : misora. misora : puff puff puff...... I’ve ran a long way, so tired. you’re reading haiku again? saicho. saicho : it’s my everyday habit. it helps me concentrate. also, this is not haiku, it’s tanka. misora : eh! you’re so picky like usual! oh! I came to tell you, dad’s looking for you! he has to talk to you! saicho : shihan dai? kukai (later) : saicho...... you still cannot finish our target? saicho : I am willing to accept the punishment. kukai : hahah, don’t worry. I didn’t call you here to punish you. saicho...... ordering you to kill is really that difficult? saicho : ......... yes. I always thought kuu is a fighter group. here we fight the strong, striving for the strength to improve...... in the process, casualties are inevitable. but...... the kuu now is an assassination organization! shihan dai, do you know? daikoku, minamio and fujimaru find pleasure in killing...... in the end...... do you know what outsiders think of us? they see us as assassins and not fighters! kuu’s name which lasted 200 years has been destroyed! being a member of the kuu...... my heart is broken...... kukai (pat saicho) : in the present society, fighters are few, and the battle field is fewer. the reason we join the assassination business, was to hope that the name of the kuu will live on. so we can face our ancestors. I’m sorry for the trouble recently. but...... (placing the invitation to the tournament on the ground) the chance to rebuild kuu’s name is finally here! saicho : [chance?] kukai : [this is the invitation to the ura butou satsujin! the tournament which gathers fighters from all over the world!] saicho : (tanka) the autumn breeze sweep the leaves...... kukai : [we’ll use this chance to show the world the true strength of kuu! as long as we win the battle as fighters, we can have our honor back.] (saicho attacking recca with paper weapons.) saicho : bunedo, zoushi, narihira, komachi, encho, kisen! rokka sen! (the six writers) recca (hit badly) : uh...... fuuko : flying weapons! domon : he was too careless! idiot! recca : damn it...... (writes nadare) nadare! (fireballs aimed at saicho who takes out a piece of large paper.) saicho : [I won’t lose! to make up for all the misunderstanding of the kuu, I can’t lose!] paper shield! (his paper blocks all the fireballs and throws them to the ground. recca is surprised.) recca : [he’s very good!] nadare is...... neon : that paper must be concentrated with an amazing aura too? genjuro : correct. he can wave the paper and all the fireballs will be thrown off track! saicho : when he called out nadare, it seems he couldn’t control saiha at the same time. I will win! (holding fuyo no ken) I must rebuild the name of kuu! (stab recca in the leg, that must’ve hurt...) end of volume 6 chapter 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]