Hana Yori Dango Vol.29, P.82-131
P.82
Tsukushi: "See you tomorrow", Doumyouji said smiling.
Tsukushi: "See you tomorrow", I replied.
Tsukushi: But that tomorrow never came. 
P.83
Tsukushi: Arrgh.
Tsukushi: Lunch is over already! 
P.84
(she sprints down a school corrider carrying her lunch bag)
Tsukushi: After all the trouble I went to!
Tsukushi: Man, class is starting.
voice: Tsukkii!
(Tsukushi slows down her pace and whirls around)
Tsukushi: That's a nickname I haven't heard in a long time........
(Asai & co. stand nearby nervously)
Tsukushi: ........ I should've known.
Asai: I saw you on TV.
Tsukushi: What do you mean?
Asai: Come on, don't play innocent. 
P.85
Asai: I'm talking about the baseball game yesterday...
(Akira and Soujirou appear in the same corrider)
Soujirou: Makino!!
Tsukushi: Ah.
Asai & co.: [kyaa]
Soujirou: Come with us for a moment!
(he grabs her arm)
Tsukushi: Eh? But what about class??
Soujirou: Nevermind about that! Just come quickly!
Tsukushi: But I already missed school yesterday!
Tsukushi: [owch, don't yank me!]
(Asai, Yamano, and Ayuhara look a little pissed/disappointed)
Asai & co.: [our first appearance in a long time and that was it...?] 
P.86
(Tsukushi and the F3 sit together at the top of the emergency stairs)
Tsukushi: You're kidding. It was on TV?
Akira: We're not kidding. They played it over and over last night.
Tsukushi: Seriously? I don't have a TV at home, so I had no idea.
Tsukushi: I don't know much about baseball... That game must've been a really 
big deal.
Tsukushi: [come to think of it, the neighbors were making a big fuss last 
night...]
Tsukushi: So it was shown on TV...
(then Tsukushi's eyes widen as she realizes the implications)
Tsukushi: .......... 
P.87
(she cups her hand over her mouth in horror, while the F3 stare at her sternly)
Tsukushi: Then, most likely,
Tsukushi: our cover has been blown completely. 
P.88
Soujirou: Where did Tsukasa go at a time like this?
(Tsukushi's heart is pounding)
{b-bump b-bump b-bump}
Tsukushi: I see...
Tsukushi: So that was an American team playing in the game.
Soujirou: I think Tsukasa may have been apprehended. His cell has been turned 
off.
Akira: When we went to his house to pick him up this morning the servants said 
he never came home last night.
Tsukushi: He's been missing since last night?!
Rui: Did he seem weird to you at all yesterday?
Tsukushi: Yesterday...?
~Tsukushi: Doumyouji? What's wrong? 
P.89
~Doumyouji: Nah, it's nothing.
Tsukushi: I should've
Tsukushi: sensed that something was up at that time.
(Tsukushi squeezes her hands together)
Tsukushi: But I was completely oblivious,
Tsukushi: and smiling like an idiot. 
P.90
(Sakurako bursts out of the emergency exit)
Sakurako: So this is where you've all been?!
Soujirou: Sakurako.
Sakurako: It... it's awful!
Sakurako: I... I just heard in the hallway a moment ago,
Sakurako: Doumyouji-san has...
(everyone waits expectantly for her to continue)
Sakurako: Doumyouji-san has-- 
P.91
Sakurako: dropped out of school.
Tsukushi: The time time that was bound to come,
Tsukushi: has finally arrived.
(the metaphorical thin ice Tsukushi has been standing on cracks) 
P.92
(and she falls through it)
(the F4 are all stunned, and Sakurako is in tears)
Tsukushi: ...... Dropped out? 
P.93
Sakurako: The principal received notification today.
(Sakurako grabs Tsukushi by the shoulders)
Sakurako: Makino-sempai!
Sakurako: Where has Doumyouji-san gone? Don't you know?!
Akira: Hey!
(Akira pulls Sakurako back)
Akira: Stop it, Sakurako. Makino doesn't know anything.
Sakurako: But, I hate this!
(Tsukushi is still frozen in shock)
Rui: Anyway, why don't we try looking for Tsukasa for the time being?
(Soujirou pulls out his cell)
Soujirou: I'll try calling his older sister. 
P.94
Tsukushi: Wait.
Tsukushi: Don't call her.
Soujirou: Why?
Tsukushi: Tsubaki-san has her own life to worry about.
Tsukushi: I don't want to get her involved in this.
Soujirou: Then just what are we supposed to do?
Soujirou: Do you have any other brilliant ideas?
(Tsukushi grabs her lunch bag)
Tsukushi: ...... Bento.
Rui: Bento?
Tsukushi: I'm going to eat lunch. 
P.95
Soujirou: Y...you're going to eat a bento?
(Tsukushi pulls out one of her boxed lunches and pops the lid off)
Soujirou: What the hell... are you thinking?
(the F4 watch incredulously as she eats, bite by bite) 
P.96
Akira: ........... I don't believe this.
Tsukushi: I have to build up my strength,
Tsukushi: the strength to not run away.
(after much irritation on everyone else's part, Tsukushi finally finishes off 
both of the boxed lunches)
Tsukushi: Phew.
Tsukushi: I'm stuffed.
Tsukushi: Well then, I'll be going now.
(she stands up) 
P.97
Sakurako: Going where?
Tsukushi: We made promises.
Tsukushi: To eat stew together soon,
Tsukushi: to go out again.
Tsukushi: When we separated yesterday, we said "see you tomorrow". 
P.98
Tsukushi: I'm going to make him keep those promises.
Tsukushi: Always,
Tsukushi: it's Doumyouji who comes for me.
Tsukushi: Always. 
P.99
Tsukushi: In the past I've only waited for him to come,
Tsukushi: without taking the risk of moving myself. 
P.100
Sakurako: Se-sempai, what are you saying? What can you possibly do by yourself?
Sakurako: [are you feeling ok?]
Soujirou: Go, Makino.
(he gives her a thumbs-up)
Soujirou: Leave Yuuki-chan and Kazuya to us.
Akira: That's right. If necessary I'll get their parents jobs at my father's 
company.
Rui: We'll take care of everything here.
Rui: We're more than just helpless rich boys. 
P.101
Soujirou: So do what you have to without worrying.
Tsukushi: (smiling) Thank you.
Tsukushi: I'll be back!!
Tsukushi: It's my turn this time. 
P.102
(at a travel agency)
clerk: This is the last flight of the day.
clerk: An economy round-trip fare will be 100,000 yen.
Tsukushi: 100,000... How much for a one-way ticket?
(after completing payments, Tsukushi's account book is down to 0 yen... ouch)
(Susumu returns to the apartment after school that day to find his sister on her 
way out)
Susumu: Huh? Sis, where are you going?
Tsukushi: Susumu, I'm going to be away for 4 or 5 days, so go stay with mama and 
papa, ok?
Susumu: Ehh? No way, their place is so cramped.
Susumu: Hey! Sis!
(she runs down the street without looking back) 
P.103
(Tsukushi rings the doorbell of Amon's apartment)
Amon: Oh, hey.
Tsukushi: Yo, it's been a while!
Amon: Yeah.
Amon: I was just watching TV.
(he notices the large duffel bag she has with her) 
P.104
Amon: No more tricks, huh?
Tsukushi: Yup.
Tsukushi: Thank you for everything though.
Tsukushi: I'm just about to go.
Amon: Where to?
Tsukushi: New York. 
P.105
Amon: Tsukasa is there?
Tsukushi: I'm positive he's there. (looking at her watch) Ah, I have to hurry.
Amon: What's going there gonna do? You'll just end up butting heads with his 
mother.
Tsukushi: Haha.
Tsukushi: Probably.
Amon: So you're just going to do the death-for-honor thing, then come home?
Amon: What's the point? 
P.106
(Tsukushi smiles)
Tsukushi: Because I want to see him.
Tsukushi: That's enough.
Amon: ........
Amon: As usual... she has no plan.
Tsukushi: I don't need any other reason.
Tsukushi: I can only treasure a side of myself that is so wonderfully simple. 
P.107
(Tsukushi sits in the plane, departing from "Tokyo International Airport")
Tsukushi: I'm going to New York! 
P.108
(overhead view of the New York polis) 
P.109
(Tsukushi walks down a busy street with her duffel bag slung over her shoulder)
Tsukushi: Wow... the buildings are so tall.
Tsukushi: So this is New York? 
P.110
Tsukushi: (rubbing her neck) Ahh, my body hurts.
Tsukushi: Being on a plane for 12 hours-- That's half a day's worth of sitting.
Tsukushi: So, now what?
Tsukushi: First, I better find a map.
Tsukushi: Okay! I'll look for the Doumyouji company building and start from 
there!
(she approaches a street vendor)
Tsukushi: Map... how do I say that again?
Tsukushi: It's "map". (to the vendor) "Map please!!"
vendor: Blah blah blah.
Tsukushi: Eh? How much is it? "How much?"
Tsukushi: Oh, 10 dollars. That's pretty expensive. 
P.111
(Tsukushi drops her bag onto the ground)
Tsukushi: (sifting through her wallet) Let's see, 10 dollars.
(she buys one of the maps)
Tsukushi: Thanks.
Tsukushi: .........
Tsukushi: Huh? (Tsukushi stares at the empty spot next to her)
Tsukushi: My bag... I put it right there. 
P.112
(she sees a long-haired young man running through the crowd carrying her duffel 
bag)
Tsukushi: Aah!
Tsukushi: Th-thief!
Tsukushi: This can't be happening!
Tsukushi: Inside that bag is-- 
P.113
Tsukushi: something very precious!
(Tsukushi runs out into the street after the thief)
Tsukushi: Give that back!
(and nearly gets hit by a car)
{honk honk honk}
driver: Blah blah blah! 
P.114
(having lost sight of the thief completely, Tsukushi sits down on a doorstep)
Tsukushi: I've been in New York only 30 minutes,
Tsukushi: and I've already been had. 
P.115
Tsukushi: 3 days worth of clothes, my toiletries, my jacket.
Tsukushi: No, that stuff doesn't really matter.
Tsukushi: But what will I do?
Tsukushi: THAT was in there too...........
Tsukushi: No. If you start crying it's the end.
(she wipes away the tears forming at her eyes)
Tsukushi: At least you still have your wallet and passport.
Tsukushi: In any case, I have to find a place to stay tonight.
Tsukushi: Alright! Hang in there!
(she enters a hotel)
desk clerk: Blah blah blah.
Tsukushi: Um, "single room one".
clerk: Blah blah. 
P.116
clerk: Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Tsukushi: Huh? It's too fast, I don't understand.
Tsukushi: (holding up a $50 bill) Then, will this do?
(the clerk shakes his head, and writes something down)
Tsukushi: 400 dollars?
Tsukushi: Fo... four hundred dollars is like... 40,000 yen?! For one night?
vendor: Blah blah blah blah blah.
Tsukushi: What is he saying?
Tsukushi: Even though I studied so much for the Teen of Japan pageant, I can't 
understand him at all. Tsukushi: However, I do get the picture that I can't stay 
here tonight.
Tsukushi: In New York, the prices are very high... maybe even higher than in 
Tokyo. 
P.117
(Tsukushi stands out on the street, looking up at the buildings)
Tsukushi: Doumyouji's New York house... where is it?
Tsukushi: It's a mountain of buildings that I'd only seen in movies.
Tsukushi: A company that can have its buildings and hotels here-- 
P.118
Tsukushi: Your family really is amazing, after all.
Tsukushi: With only 50,000 yen to my name, it's still hard for someone like me 
to imagine.
Tsukushi: Huh? (looking around) Where am I?
Tsukushi: I was spacing out, and I guess I've ended up in the back streets,
(she sees two young punks looking at her) 
P.119
(Tsukushi clutches her purse to her chest, wideeyed, as the punks talk to her)
Tsukushi: Uh... oh.
Tsukushi: This doesn't look good.
(one of the punks puts his hand on her shoulder) 
P.120
Tsukushi: [GYAAAAAAA!]
(the punk holds her by the wrist, trying to say something to her)
Tsukushi: Noo!
Tsukushi: I-I don't have any m-money!
Tsukushi: Why do I always end up in these kind of situations?!
voice: Heey, Japanese speech. It's kinda nostalgic. 
P.121
Tsukushi: Someone who speaks Japanese!!
Tsukushi: H...help!
(a young man with blonde hair approaches them)
man: Huh?
man: Haven't we met before?
man: Ahh!!
man: You're Tsukushi, right?? 
P.122
man: Ohh!
man: I'm amazed to see you here!
man: Hey, it's me!!
man: You don't remember?
man: I'm Thomas; I used to be staying as a guest in Sakurako's house!!
Tsukushi: Eh?
Tsukushi: Tho...Thomas?
Tsukushi: You mean you're that Thomas?! 
P.123
Tsukushi: What are you doing here?!
Thomas: I got deported from Japan for staying there illegally.
Thomas: And I didn't feel like going back to Germany, so I came here to New 
York.
(Thomas chats with the punks for a moment)
Tsukushi: Y...your friends?
Thomas: Yeah, but don't worry about these guys. They're not scary people.
Thomas: They saw you wandering around like you were lost, and they thought 
they'd try to help you out by showing you around.
Thomas: I'm living with them right now.
Tsukushi: Show me around...?
Tsukushi: My bag was just stolen a little while ago, so I thought...
Thomas: Oh, I see.
Thomas: Well we're just about to throw a party. Do you want to come along? 
P.124
(Tsukushi and Thomas walk together)
Thomas: Looks like you cut your hair, Tsukushi.
Thomas: It took me a second to figure out who you were.
Tsukushi: I was pretty surprised too.
Tsukushi: Ahh.
Tsukushi: [what a surprise...]
Tsukushi: My legs are still shaking.
Thomas: How's Sakurako doing?
Tsukushi: Really well.
Thomas: It's been such a long time, hasn't it?
Tsukushi: Speaking of Thomas...
Tsukushi: he was the one who drugged me and took me to a hotel, in order to help 
Sakurako take scandalous photos of me.
Tsukushi: (fuming) Just remembering it kind of puts me in a bad mood.
Thomas: Here it is, the co-op where we all live together.
Tsukushi: Eh? Here?
(they stand in front of a really shabby looking building)
Tsukushi: I've got a bad feeling about this. 
P.125
(inside they're greeted by a very... er... classy looking young woman)
woman: Blah blah blah.
Tsukushi: Wah! [dynamite]
(Thomas introduces Tsukushi, and the woman starts laughing)
Tsukushi: What? What's she laughing about?
Thomas: When I told her that you're a friend of mine, she said it looks like I 
hang out with some very little babies.
(Tsukushi pictures herself in baby clothes)
Tsukushi: Baby... but I'm 17.
Tsukushi: [though I suppose if we compare her body and mine...]
woman: Blah blah.
Tsukushi: Wow, this is a really gaudy room. The walls are bright red.
Tsukushi: Are you having some kind of celebration?
Thomas: We had an unexpected flow of cash today, so we're celebrating that. 
P.126
(the buxom female kisses a long-haired young man on the cheek)
Thomas: This guy is the one who earned it for us.
Tsukushi: Huh... so you all live here together?
woman: "Wow!"
(Thomas runs over to see what his friends are looking at)
Thomas: Hey, wow. What's that?
Thomas: Incredible, this is one of the items that came in today?!
Thomas: Tsukushi, why don't you try it on? This is something you'd never get to 
wear in your entire life!
Tsukushi: Huh?
Thomas: (grabbing her by the shoulders) Turn around, turn around!
Tsukushi: What is it?
(Thomas fastens a necklace around Tsukushi's neck, and everyone applauds) 
P.127
Thomas: We're gonna sell tomorrow.
(Tsukushi takes a closer look at the necklace and recognizes the Saturn pendant 
at the end of it)
(she grabs the long-haired young man by the hair)
Thomas: Tsu...Tsukushi?
Tsukushi: You...
Tsukushi: Give me back... my bag. 
P.128
Thomas: Huh? That was your bag, Tsukushi?
(Tsukushi still has her hand on the young man's hair)
young man: ["oh nooo"] Blah blah.
Thomas: This is unexpected. We already sold off all of the stuff inside.
Tsukushi: So...sold it?
(everyone parties around her)
Thomas: Everyone is so grateful to you, Tsukushi! 
P.129
Tsukushi: What's with these people?
(the long-haired young man stands next to Thomas, scratcing his head in 
embarrassment)
Thomas: Look, he's apologizing so why don't you forgive him?
Thomas: He says he thinks you're cute.
Thomas: Now let's make up and have a drink.
Tsukushi: Thomas... you're a shady foreigner as usual.
(Tsukushi sits in between Thomas's friends uncomfortably, clutching her purse 
against her)
Tsukushi: ["make up", you say?] 
P.130
Tsukushi: ........ My butt hurts.
Tsukushi: It feels like there's something underneath me.
(Tsukushi reaches around on the couch beneath her, and pulls out a handgun)
Tsukushi: Oh, it's a gun. No wonder it felt so har...
Tsukushi: ........
(Tsukushi comes to her senses after a moment and tosses the gun up into the air)
Tsukushi: $%&^*@*?!!
Thomas: (holding the gun) Hey, watch it. What if it had gone off?
Thomas: This isn't a toy, you know.
(Tsukushi has "turned into stone") 
P.131
Thomas: Bob says you can try holding it, but be careful not to pull the trigger.
(one of the other guys, "Bob", gives Tsukushi the thumbs-up sign)
Tsukushi: I have a feeling that I've come to the farthest place from the 
Doumyouji house.
Tsukushi: What does tomorrow hold for me?!
(the Statue of Liberty looms ominously)