Tokyo Babylon, book 4 vol.5, SAVE.A version 1, 991213 Artwork and story by CLAMP Translation by Ronny Hedin (thark@mangakai.org) --- Page 057 Tokyo Babylon Vol.5 / SAVE.A --- Page 058 --- Page 059 Teacher: ..... ..... Teacher: Hey, listen properly! Teacher: so, it's been decided that next month's off-campus studies will be a one-night trip to Shizuoka. Teacher: Furthermore, since there are the matters of room assignments and such, I want you to split into groups. Girls: Kyaa! --- Page 060 Teacher: Seems like you've mostly decided. Teacher: Hashimoto. What's the matter. --- Page 061 Teacher: Well, it can't be helped. Teacher: Somebody join with Hashimoto... Girls: Eeeh! No waay! Girls: Don't wannaaa! --- Page 062 Teacher: It's nice that you're quiet, Hashimoto, but Teacher: be a little more positive, won't you. Teacher: It'll take some effort on your own part to make friends! Teacher: Maybe it won't be settled in recess or summer vacation, but Teacher: You should be able to join the circles. You're already in your second year, Hashimoto. Try a little harder... --- Page 063 Teacher: If you don't make any friends when you're a student, Teacher: you will have a hard time entering society as well. Teacher: Well, at a girl's school everyone is still children, but they're not bad kids. If you try whole-heartedly, I'm sure you'll be able to make friends, Hashimoto. Teacher: I think I have a duty to you because you're always alone. --- Page 064 Girl: You better not have told the teacher anything. Girl: Cuz' if you ratted we won't forgive you. Hashimoto: ........ Girl: Heey, didn't you hear me? Hashimoto: ! Girl: Wier face! --- Page 065 Girl: Why are you looking at me like that. Girl: If you have something to say, say it, Hashimoto-chan. Girl: Well, hasn't Hashimoto-chan's smell moved. Girl: Ewww, it stinks! Girl: Hashimoto-chan, wipe the mud of my shoes. Girl: Hahahahaha! --- Page 066 Girl: Oh! Ew! I got mud on my skirt! Girl: It's this late already. I have to leave for cram school. Girl: Forgot about my video reservation. Girl: Bye bye. Girl: Awww. --- Page 067 Hashimoto: Ungh... gh... Hashimoto: ...... Save me... --- Page 068 Hokuto: How strange! Subaru sleeping until the afternoon! Subaru: ...I was working until late last night, Subaru: so I slept in the morning. Hokuto: When'd you get to sleep? Subaru: About 10am, I think. Hokuto: So you've only slept two hours!? --- Page 069 Subaru: I slept a bit longer. (Hokuto: There you go.) (Subaru: Itadakimasu!) Hokuto: A bit longer, you say? Subaru: About two hours and ten minutes. Hokuto: That's no difference at all! Hokuto: Lately, you've just been working all the time, it's not good for your health! Subaru: Yeah. But... --- Page 070 Hokuto: "Since this is my job," right? Hokuto: You're diligent, but since you seem like a guy who'd put on his clothes and walk, Subaru, Do you have to attend for extra studying today even though our school is free because of founding anniversary day? Subaru: Yeah. Since I wouldn't have enough attendance days otherwise... Hokuto: Education is only compulsory in Japan until Jr High. You're already a first year highschol student now, Subaru. Hokuto: So I guess you want to go to school? Subaru: ...yeah. --- Page 071 Hokuto: You don't give up on your old dreams, do you. Subaru: N, no. Hokuto: The Sumeragi family that have been protecting Japan spiritually since ancient times. Hokuto: 13th head of the Sumeragi house, the foremost of the few taoist masters still remaining today. Hokuto: For your childhood dream to be becoming a zoo-keeper, Hokuto: it wouldn't even work as a gag. Hokuto: What about your current job? Subaru: ...I'll continue it. --- Page 072 Subaru: But if there's somebody more powerful as a taoist mastor than me... I'll ask him to do it... Subaru: No matter how many years it takes, I'll strive to fulfill my dream without giving up. Hokuto: So you'll be studying to become a veterinarian at the university? Subaru: Yeah. Hokuto: You've always been a nice, obedient child, Subaru, but, you can also be stubborn. --- Page 073 Hokuto: Your sister will be cheering, so do your best! Subaru: I will! Hokuto: So you will have to keep Seishirou-chan! Subaru, who wants to become a zoo-keeper, and Sei-chan the veterinarian. Hokuto: You're like a couple choosen by destiny. Subaru: Hohoho, Hokuto-chan. Hokuto: And as a bonus, is part of the Sakurazukamori assassin clan, that even we Sumeragis don't know the truth about. Hokuto: It's like a Shojo-manga! Subaru: But, grandmother said! Not everybody named "Sakurazuka" is one of the Sakurazukomori... --- Page 074 Subaru: Besides. Subaru: Someone as nice as Seishirou-san can't be an assassin... Hokuto: Yeah. Hokuto: Certainly, he seems nice, but Hokuto: whether he really is nice or not, Hokuto: is a mystery. --- Page 075 Subaru: ... Hokuto-chan...? Subaru: Yes? Subaru: ...yes... yes... Subaru: I see. Yes. Subaru: Bye. Hokuto: Ho Ho Ho Ho! Finished, Subaru! Hokuto: Today, once again, my cordination is perfect! So, go off to recieve the education you so long for! Subaru: Sorry, Hokuto-chan. Can you call the teacher for me... --- Page 076 Hokuto: What!? Subaru: I can't attend today either. Hokuto: Why!? Subaru: Work. --- Page 077 Hokuto: It's allright, leave it to your sister. Hokuto: No matter what happens, you mustn't give up on your dream. --- Page 078 Subaru: Huh...? Subaru: I'm sure this is where I was told to wait... Subaru: Huh, huh? Subaru: Uh! --- Page 079 Subaru: I- I'm sorry! Woman: You never change, do you, Subaru-san. Subaru: G- Subaru: Grandmother! --- Page 080 Subaru: If you'd told me you were coming to Tokyo, Subaru: I could have come to meet you... --- Page 081 Grandmother: Having come to Tokyo, I took the opportunity to visit the Imperial Household Agency, and heard that you had gotten a request from the governement head of investigations, Subaru-san. So I came to ask you directly about the details. Grandmother: And... Subaru: ? Grandmother: There's also something I want to tell you, Subaru-san... --- Page 082 Subaru: Something you want to tell me? Grandmother: Let's talk about the work first. Grandmother: I'm sure you know that more and more new religious groups have begun to appear lately. Or more precisly new age ones. Grandmother: To sum it up... Grandmother: This is a request by the Ministry of Education to investigate one of them passed on from the governement investigations unit. Subaru: A request from the Ministry of Education to investigate a religious group? Grandmother: If it were an ordinary new religious group it wouldn't be so strange these days. Grandmother: Most groups are investigated by the governement investigation unit. Grandmother: However, with the new age religious group investigated in this case, all of the members are still chlidren studying in junior- or senior highschool. --- Page 083 Subaru: Junior... or senior highschool...!? Grandmother: As they are students, there's a limit to how closely those of the governement investigations unit can investigate their interior. So they want to ask you to do the investigation, as you are a student, Subaru-san. Grandmother: The name is MS Institute. Grandmother: The details are in those files... Subaru: OK. Grandmother: Subaru-san. --- Page 084 Grandmother: ... Things haven't changed? Subaru: No, both me and Hokuto-chan are well. Grandmother: ... Subaru: ...is something wrong? --- Page 085 Grandmother: In the fire-meeting I go to on the 9th of every month for fortune-reading, I saw something about you, Subaru-san. Subaru: Huh? Something about me!? Grandmother: Though it wasn't a good result, shall I tell you? Grandmother: Cherry blossoms {Sakura}... --- Page 086 Grandmother: Subaru-san... --- Page 087 Grandmother: abducted by cherry blossoms... --- Page 088 Subaru: Cherry blossoms...? Grandmother: You haven't taken of your gloves, right. Subaru: Yes. Grandmother: At that time. Grandmother: Waiting alone for Subaru-san... --- Page 089 Grandmother: That night, if you are alone, Subaru-san... Subaru: Grandmother... Grandmother: Don't be led astray by the cherry blossoms. Grandmother: You absolutely... Grandmother: mustn't let your heart by snatched away by the cherry blossoms. --- Page 090 Teacher: Hashimoto! If you don't join in the game properly, there's no point in basket. --- Page 092 Girl: Hashimoto, recieve it properly! Girl: Why don't you recieve the ball properly, Hashimoto-chan! --- Page 093 Girl: Hey, Hashimoto-chan! Girl: Not taking a pass like that, don't you have any reflexes! Teacher: Aaah. Teacher: With an injured in PE class, there'll be a meeting again. --- Page 094 Hashimoto: Uh... Uh... Hashimoto: Uh... ngh. Hashimoto: hn...gh. Hashimoto: Save me, somebody save me... Hashimoto: I can't stand it any more... Save me... Woman: What's the matter? Woman: Alone at a place like this, Woman: What's wrong? --- Page 095 Woman: Here. Woman: If something has happened, you can tell me. Hashimoto: ... Woman: ... Were you tormented at school? Hashimoto: ... how Woman: I know. --- Page 096 Woman: I understand the hearts of those in pain. Hashimoto: Understand? Woman: Yes. Woman: I understand the feelings of those in pain or sorrow. Woman: I've been given this power by God! Woman: You don't have to be afraid. Woman: We Woman: want to help you! --- Page 097 Hashimoto: Help... me? Woman: Yes, we want to rescue you from darkness. Somehow, tell us of your sorrow. Woman: Tell us all that is in your heart. Girl: Where's this? Who're you... Woman: We're people who keep striving Woman: to help those in pain. Woman: We're your friends. Woman: We want to help you. --- Page 100 Girl: Morning. Girl: Morning. Girl: Waa, scaaary! Hashimoto's ghost! Girl: A contribution to the seven wonders of campus! Sign: The grave of Kuniko Hashimoto. --- Page 101 Girls: Ahahahaha! Woman: What's the matter? Kuniko-chan. Hashimoto: I prayed with all my heart! I prayed as you told me, Kumiko-sensei! Hashimoto: But nothing changed! Kumiko: I'm sure you didn't pray hard enough. --- Page 102 Kumiko: Believe! Belive in yourself. You mustn't rush for results. Kumiko: If you pray with all your heart, I'm sure the day when you're rewarded will come. Hashimoto: ... Kumiko: Today, I'll introduce a new friend. He's new here, like you. Kumiko: Subaru-kun. Kumiko: Subaru Sumeragi-kun! Subaru-kun entered on his own. He says wanted to try studying at this institute. Kumiko: Subaru-kun, this is Kuniko-chan! She has just joined. Kumiko: Please greet her. Subaru: P... pleased to meet you. --- Page 103 Kumiko: Well then, class is about to start. --- Page 104 Kumiko: Good morning, everyone. Kumiko: I'm Kumiko Nagi. --- Page 105 Hokuto: Ho Ho Ho Ho! Hokuto-chan arrives! Seishirou: Welcome. Hokuto: Hokuto-chan has come to make dinner! Seishirou: Is this OK even though you're busy, Hokuto-chan? What about Subaru-kun? Hokuto: Subaru is working! Hokuto: As usual, I have no idea at what hour he'll be coming home. Seishirou: Then, is it still OK? When Subaru-kun isn't observed by Hokuto-chan, he often even forgets to eat. Completely absorbed in reading, right? --- Page 106 Hokuto: Whenever Subaru returns to his rooms, I'm standing by with white-stew! Seishirou: Always looking out for your little brother, aren't you, Hokuto-chan! Hokuto: Well, anyway, since it's boring to eat alone, I'm sharing my homemade dinner with you as well, Sei-chan! Seishirou: My thanks. Seishirou: Where's Subaru-kun working this time? Hokuto: Some new religious group called "MS Institute". Seishirou: !? Text: Vol.5 SAVE A - END