[Image][Image] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECCA NO HONOU [FLAME OF RECCA] By Anzai Nobuyuki Volume 7 Chapter 1: Feast of the Illusion Master V (Absolute Zero) Translated by Kamiya Shuusai [ Previous Volume | Chapter Index | Next Chapter ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 7 Chapter 1 : Feast of the Illusion Master V (Absolute Zero) (ura butou satsujin is currently engaged in the battle between mikagami and mokuren) mokuren : your head's pretty dense, you'll pay a great price for angering me! (mikagami just stands there with ensui) mokuren (attack) : go to hell! recca : run! mikagami! you're hurt, you can't fight him! (mikagami cuts off the tips of all the roots that are attacking him) kukai : that's not hyomon ken, is it? daikoku... it's no different than an ordinary sword... daikoku (intense) : no, watch closely... mokuren : so? are we all out of options? you're not gonna beat me at this rate! huh? (shock) my roots didn't regenerate! (the tips where mikagami touched with ensui are all frozen) audience : it... it froze! tokiya : hyomon ken, "absolute zero"! recca : the liquid sword Enui... it froze! it turned into an ice sword! (shake kagero violently) what's going on? mom, you're the madougu expert, tell me! kagero (painful) : uh... uh... c... calm down! recca! ensui is a madougu sword which is formed by stabilizing water molecules-- (cough) so it's form is not limited to only the liquid state. there's the gas state, steam! (flashback of mikagami using the steam cover up when fighting kaoru) the liquid state, water! (the water gathering into the sword) and the solid state which freezes everything it touches, ice! not everyone can easily control the different states. mikagami is so young, but he has already made ensui a part of him. I suppose it proves that his talent and determination is very unusual. domon : also we wouldn't need a refrigerator. tokiya : under extreme temperatures, life forms would stop growing. mokuren (attack) : ha! so what! I have many more roots and branches! do you think you can freeze every one of them? of course, mikagami, don't you forget! koganei is still trapped inside my trunk! he'll die soon if you take too long! tokiya (realization) : [dirty bastard... he planned for everying...] domon (furious) : you cheap, dirty bastard! if we have to rescue a hostage, then we have no chance of winning! mokuren : shut up, you ape! I remember someone said yesterday... victory will be achieved regardless of the means! fujimaru : that's true. arrow : the guy who said it. saicho : fujimaru... recca : fuck! it's impossible for mikagami to attack the trunk while avoiding all the branches! only if that tree returns to a human... mokuren : you are smart, hanabishi. if you can remove kodama, I'll turn back into the human form! but I hid it in a very safe place, you'll never find it! AHAHAHAHAH! kukai : a flawless defense... they can't win! daikoku : [mikagami! would would you do?] mokuren (suddenly) : I'll give you a chance to save koganei. drop your weapon! you endure my attacks, and I'll let him go! domon (shock) : w... WHAT? recca : don't push this, mokuren... (fist tight) free koganei! or else you're ashes! (very dangerous) mokuren : don't threaten me, that was my line. didn't you hear what I said? (ensui drops, everyone I shock) recca : mikagami!!? mokuren : good boy. without your sword, you're completely useless! (attack and injury tokiya) die! die! die! DIE! recca (in pain) : [mikagami did this for koganei...] what a moron... that was so unlike him to do that! (tokiya falls back, mokuren attacks again and again, suddenly tokiya looks up and he sees something shining from the tree trunk) tokiya : [that's...] daikoku : I guess I over estimated him, I always thought mikagami was the coolest and coldest of the hokage. even under special situations, dropping the weapon in the middle of a fight is an unwise decision. saicho : do you really think so? I disagree... look into his eyes-- he hasn't given up yet! tokiya (wipe the blood from his face, very cold) : I'll ask again, mokuren, will you free koganei? mokuren : hm...? did I ever say that I would? audience : what? that bastard! recca : I can't take this anymore, that idiot! (slam the stage) my turn! (holding his hand, a lot of pain) AHHHHHHHHH! (jump back) the sate-- (shockingly staring at his hand) it's like ice... freezing cold! nemi (shivering) : excuse me... someone get me a jacket please? [it's so cold] it's suddenly freezing... domon : freezing? mokuren (stare at his roots) : strange, what happened? my roots are a little numb! (ensui standing there on stage) recca : is that... (mokuren begins to frost) mokuren : my... my body... [my body's frozen!] (shock) tokiya (remove ensui) : the reason you lose is that after you become a tree, your body looses all the senses... you don't feel pain when your roots are cut. therefore, you've never realized that your trunk was slowly frosting. domon (in a big coat) : how is it possible? recca : it's the sword. (diagram) the sword that was standing on stage caused the whole platform to freeze. because mokuren's roots are buried underground, his whole trunk froze. mokuren : w... wait! koganei is still inside my body! if you kill me, he dies too! tokiya : don't threaten me again, do you think I care? I've already marked koganei's position! (a close up of koganei inside mokuren's trunks, the cross he's wearing around his neck reflects light and makes for the light tokiya saw earlier) mokuren : huh... [the... the cross!] tokiya : it's a bad day for you, (cuts mokuren in half) mokuren : AHHHHHH!! tokiya : you are a cheap coward... therefore you wouldn't place kodama too far away, it must be somewhere that you can set your eyes on. so the madougu is-- (slash) there! (kodama is stuck in mokuren's other eye, *nasty, huh?* ensui pokes it out) mokuren : uh... (returning normal) kukai : daikoku... (who's in shock) who did you say was unwise before? mokuren (handing over koganei) : let me go! I'm freeing koganei! I give up! please don't kill me! (pleading) tokiya (smirk) : too bad... I happen to be... the cruelest member of the hokage... (he cuts one of mokuren's arms off, battle over) end of volume 7 chapter 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Email | Lynx | Updates | Sign My Guestbook | View My Guestbook ] Search the Net [1]