Ryo by Ueda Rinko

Volume 9 Part 56

Translation in English by Y.W 
natane@geocities.com 
This translation may not be 100% accurate as I tried to make the whole thing "flow" better and 
because my Japanese is by no mean perfect! :) 
10:47 PM 11/25/98 

Key 

{ }  = labels placed by the author
[ ]  = action by characters
( )  = speech bubble/ thought 

Notes 

dono	= similar to san, but used for a person of higher status.

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Benkai		Ryo dono! [Running towards Ryo before eventually hugging her] I'm so glad you're
		safe.

Ryo		Benkai...Benkai 

Sound of coughing from inside the cave.

Ryo		Koremori! [She ran towards the cave]

Benkai		Ryo dono?

Ryo		Koremori hold on! Koremori!

Benkai		[He stared in amazement at Koremori who was coughing blood]

Aoi		Ryo!

Ryo		Aoi...

Aoi		Ryo, you're alive...

Kaizon		I thought you died on the battlefield, but you're still around. 
		[Swings his naginata to strike Koremori]

Ryo		Kaizon, wait!		 

Kaizon		Now, you'll meet your doom you bastard!

Ryo		Don't!!
		[She threw herself on top of Koremori, protecting him from Kaizon's blow]

Kaizon		Yoshitsune dono?

Ryo		Koremori saved my life! I was wounded and he nursed me. Now Koremori himself is
		ill. 

Koremori	Ryo...it's good isn't that they came...

Ryo		I...can't return with you.

Aoi		Ryo?! 

Ryo		Go back to the capital. 

Koremori	Ryo?

Ryo		I'm sorry everyone, return to Kamakura...

Kaizon		Heishi will also be at the capital.

Ryo		eh?

Kaizon		Yoshinaka dono was entering the capital when the Heishi ran to Saigoku. How many
		more lives will have be to sacrificed for the enemy?! By helping Koremori, 
		Genji's treacherous act will continue. 

Benkai		I will return Koremori to Saigoku. 

Ryo		Benkai? 

Benkai		Ryo dono, please return to Kamakura.

Kaizon		Are you out of your mind!? The Heishi will kill you on sight the moment you reach
		their borders.

Benkai		He saved Ryo dono's life. There is no limit to return this favour.

Ryo		(Benkai) Thank you Benkai

Ryo		We'll split up from here, the two of you will go alone.

Benkai		Yes. 

Kaizon		Hey Benkai! When you're further away, I'll help you kill him. 

Benkai		Kill?... If I kill Koremori, Ryo dono would be unhappy.

Ryo 		I'm sorry Koremori, we would not be able to leave together.

Koremori	It's all right...I'm fine even if I die here. 

Ryo		Don't...don't talk like that. I... was very happy to receive your proposal (?)

Koremori	So was I...

Ryo		Very...very happy.

Koremori	Goodbye Ryo.

Ryo		(Goodbye...I was happy)

		 {Benkai went to Saiokoku}.

Koremori	Benkai you don't have to accompany me to Saigoku.	

Benkai		Don't say that. I'll deliver you to Saigoku as I promise to Ryo dono. 

Koremori	This body won't last until Saigoku...I love Yoshino sakura...I would love to see 
		them...

Aoi		Benkai fell back. To tell the truth, when it began to snow I had given up. 
		However, he believed that you were alive and continued the search.  His strength
		is incredible.

Ryo		umm

Koremori	[Coughing]	

Benkai		Hold on, drink some water. We'll look for a temple for you to rest.

Koremori	No, I'm fine...There are sakura blossoms here as well, the sky is so beautiful as
		well.

Benkai		You idiot! It's only a little while until we reach Yoshino. Be a man don't give 
		up! [From then on Benkai carried Koremori on his back].

Koremori	(Ryo...what kind of person is this man that you loved?) 

Benkai		Koremori, Koremori! 

Koremori	[Looking up at the cherry blossom tree]
		Ah...sakura, I love this flower. Ryo...(I'm glad). Please...
		[Benkai placed him under the sakura tree]	
	 	(My heart, my soul transformed like a flower. To love a person's smile invites
		 beauty to dance around the flower, every day, until even now...)