TOKYO BABYLON VOL. 7, CHAPTER 11: END Copyright CLAMP - SHINSHOKAN 1st Edition: 03/25/1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This script is a English rendering of a Spanish translation a few translations removed from the Japanese text. As such, I cannot guarantee that it is completely accurate, although I maintain that the English mirrors the Spanish in meaning as closely as is humanly possible. Please keep this for your own personal use; it is intended as an aid only, and nothing replaces actually owning the books themselves. If you wish to post this on the Internet, please inform me or Ryoppei. English translation from Spanish courtesy of Amarythia (Amarythia@aol.com) Spanish translation from French courtesy of Ryoppei (Ryoppei@yahoo.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Version 1.1* p 8 Seishiro: "I believe that it is time to realize our promise, now." p 9 2 "Subaru Sumeragi." 3 Subaru: "Sei..." "shiro...?" p 10 1 Seishiro: "I have created this illusion with my magical power." 2 Subaru: "....what...?" 4 Seishiro: "Exactly a year has past, now..." 5 "Since we have met, you and I." 6 "Today, we are going to realize our promise." p 11 4 Subaru: "Since we have...?" 5 "Our promise...?" p 12 4 "Where am I?" 6 "That boy...is I..." 7 "When I was little." p 13 1 "I was born in Kyoto where I lived until 8 years of age with Hokuto..." 2 "After that, I decided to come to Tokyo with my grandmother..." "It was never easy being the 13th head of the Sumeragi family." p 14 1 "It was 7 years ago..." "The day in which I worked my first 'job'." 7 "I've already had this dream..." "It's the dream I had this morning." 8 "This tree..." p 15 1 Seishiro-kun: "These cherry blossoms are magnificent." 2 "You like its flowers, then?" Subaru-chan: "Yes!" 5 Subaru: "I wonder who he was..." 6 "That boy...?" p 16 1 Seishiro-kun: "I'm going to tell you a story." "A body is buried underneath the foot of this cherry tree." 2 Subaru-chan: "A body...?" 3 Seishiro-kun: "The blossoms of this tree bloom so beautifully each year thanks to the body buried at its foot." 4 "Look, the other cherry trees have blossoms as white as the snow." p 17 1 "Do you know why the blossoms of this cherry are a pale pink?" 4 "It is because they feed upon the blood of the body buried beneath them." 5 Subaru-chan: "But...the body buried at the foot of the cherry tree...does it suffer?" p 18 3 Seishiro-kun: "Let's make a promise." 4 Subaru: "I made a promise with that boy." 5 "A promise..." 6 "Yes...A promise..." p 19 1 Seishiro-kun: "The next time we meet..." 5 Subaru: "I'm sorry, I can't hear you because of the wind..." p 20 2 Seishiro: "Note well," 3 "Just who you met that day." p 21 7 Subaru: "Was it you...Seishiro?" 8 Seishiro: "Yes..." 9 "We met seven years ago..." p 22 1 "Underneath this cherry tree." 2 Subaru: "But..." "Why did I forget this meeting?" 3 Seishiro: "Because, seven years ago, I erased your memory." 4 Subaru: "You...you erased my memory?" Seishiro: "You don't remember..." 5 "...what happened?" "You don't remember what you saw underneath the cherry tree?" p 23 1 "You don't remember what I buried?" 3 Seishiro-kun: "The cherry blossoms are magnificent." 4 "You like its flowers, then?" 7 Subaru-chan: "Yes." 8 Subaru: "Was..." 10 "What Seishiro was burying, was it..." p 24 2 "...A little girl?!" 4 "A little girl...!!" 5 Seishiro: "It is a past memory..." "Even if you run away as fast as you can, it is already too late." 6 Subaru-chan: "Who..." "Who...killed this girl...?" 7 Seishiro: "You don't remember?" 8 Subaru: "What...?" 9 Seishiro: " killed her." p 25 1 Subaru: "Yes...it occurred the day I worked my first job..." 2 "I remember...that cherry tree...that cherry tree..." 3 "That day, my grandmother had an appointment with people from the Ministry of National Internal Affairs...and I had to wait for her alone." 4 "I should have waited for her there, without moving. " 5 "But that day..." 6 "... I got the impression that someone was calling me..." "And I strayed from the place where I had stayed with my grandmother." p 26 1 "And then, while traveling the Tokyo streets that remain unfamiliar to me even now..." 2 "...I noticed this cherry tree..." 3 "From this tree emanated the hate and rancor of so many people... not only one or two...but many more." 5 "I felt that there had to be a reason for this occurence... so I decided to stay close to this tree..." 6 "It was a truly magnificent cherry tree." 7 "And I really wanted to remove those negative emanations..." 8 "I had just learned onmyoujitsu..." "It is the first time I used it..." 9 "Yes...it was my first job..." 10 "But a spell had already been cast..." "... upon that cherry tree," 11 "and my powers seemed useless." p 27 1 "It was then when..." 3 "Raining..." "...red?" p 29 4 Seishiro-kun: "This is the first time that anyone has seen me... kill another." 5 "And he who sees me is a little boy of my profession." 6 "Well..." "What to do with him?..." p 30 3 Subaru-chan: "Please forgive me..." "I fainted..." 5 "Forgive me for bothering you." "I'm deeply grateful for your help." 7 "These cherry blossoms are magnificent." Seishiro-kun: "You like its flowers, then?" p 31 1 Subaru-chan: "Yes." 2 Subaru: "...It isn't possible..." 3 "I don't believe it..." 4 Seishiro: "You have already regained your memory." 5 Subaru: "Sei...shiro..." 6 "Is this..." "Still about my dream...? I continue to have the same dream..." p 32 (1) 1 Seishiro: "No, they are your memories." "I locked them away within your spirit 7 years ago." 2 Seishiro: "You interfered with my job all those years ago by breaking into the scene...You witnessed how I killed a person." 3 Subaru: "...It is a lie!" 4 "You are...That child...You couldn't possibly have killed..." 5 Seishiro: "It's nothing but the truth." 6 "I am...the Sakurazukamori." p 33 1 "I am an assassin..." "... and to kill my victims, I use onmyoujitsu..." 2 "The same that you use." 3 Subaru: "...It is a lie..." 5 "If you are the Sakurazukamori, and if all of this is no dream..." "...why do I still live?" p 34 1 Grandmother: "All that meet with the Sakurazukamori... meet with death." 2 Subaru: "My grandmother always told me that!" 3 "So, if all of that is true, why am I still alive?" 4 Seishiro: "Because we made a promise." 5 Subaru: "...What...?" 6 Seishiro: "Do you know why you have never removed those gloves..." "...since you were 9 years old?" p 35 1 "Remember that the reason was because..." "...your grandmother forbade you from ever removing them in front of anyone else." 5 Seishiro-kun: "The next time we meet..." 7 Subaru-chan: "I'm sorry, I can't hear you because of the wind..." 8 Seishiro-kun: "This is why, today..." "... I shall let you go." p 36 1 "So that I may recognize you the next time that we meet," 2 "I'm going to brand you on your hands." 4 "These brands show..." 5 "...that you are the prey of the Sakurazukamori." p 37 1 Subaru: "....It's impossible..." 2 "I don't believe it..." 4 Seishiro: "But..." 5 "Even though I knew you were an onmyouji..." p 38 1 "I never realized..." "...that you were the 13th head of the Sumeragi family." 2 "I imagine that your predecessor..." 6 "...was in for quite a surprise..." 7 "...upon seeing the brands of the Sakurazukamori upon the hands of her grandson." p 39 1 Subaru-chan: "Grandmother..." p 40 3 Grandmother: "Sakurazukamori!!" 5 Subaru: "I remember...That day, my grandmother told me never to remove my gloves in front of anyone." 6 "Even in front of a member of the Sumeragi family." 7 "She told me..." p 41 1 "...never to reveal my hands..." 2 "Grandmother..." p 42 1 Seishiro: "When I saw you running after the Shikigami in the station," 2 "In spite of your gloves..." 4 "...on which your grandmother had placed her protective power..." 5 "...Immediately, I understood..." 6 "Immediately..." p 43 1 "I believe my power to be superior..." "... to that of your grandmother." 3 "But, is it superior..." 4 "... or inferior to your own?" 5 "The moment has arrived to realize our promise." p 44 1 Subaru: "Our promise...?" 2 Seishiro: "Don't you remember?" 3 Seishiro: "The next time we meet..." 4 Seishiro-kun: "The next time we meet..." 5 "...we will live together for one year." 6 "Your spirit is the opposite of mine..." 7 "You are gentle, pure, and sincere..." p 45 1 "When you're an adult, you will be the image of what you are now...Your spirit will always be pure." "When we meet again..." 2 "I will do everything possible to love you." 3 "A year passed," 4 "and if at the end of that year..." "...I experience true feelings for you..." "...I will not kill you." 5 "One the other hand, if you mean nothing more to me..." 6 "Than this body..." 7 "Then..." p 46 1 "...I will..." "...kill you." 2 "This is why, today..." 4 "...I shall let you go." 6 Subaru: "Sei...shiro..." 7 Seishiro: "I feel nothing...nothing..." "Even when I kill human beings." p 47 2 "Do you want to know why...Subaru?" 3 "They always speak of the Sakurazukamori clan as a group of assassins...But, in reality, there is no more than..." 4 "One...Sakurazukamori." 5 "To become the Sakurazukamori, there is a ceremony of succession, just like in the Sumeragi family." "Subaru, you told me the other day that what Hokuto could feel after the ceremony saddened you." p 48 1 "The ceremony of succession for the Sakurazukamori..." "...is the murder of the previous Sakurazukamori." 2 "The Sakurazukamori always has clients and collaborators." "This is why..." "...they speak of me as a "group" of assassins." 3 "But the Sakurazukamori is always alone." "To become the Sakurazukamori, one must kill one's predecessor and all those close to him." 4 "The first time I killed a human being...I was 15 years old." 5 "I killed the last Sakurazukamori," 6 "My mother." p 49 1 "But I didn't feel anything." "The sight of my mother's body bathing in its own blood inspired no feeling within me." "Since that day, nothing has changed; it doesn't matter who I kill..." 2 "...I never feel anything." 3 "For me, there is no difference between an human being and an object." 5 "For me..." 7 "...breaking your arm...is like breaking glass...there is no difference." p 50 1 "To me, a body..." "...is nothing more than dust." 2 "Do you think I'm a good Sakurazukamori?" 3 Subaru: "Sei...shiro..." 4 Seishiro: "You understand why we made that long-ago promise..." 5 "The next time that we meet...we will live together for an entire year..." "If after this period I feel something towards you, then, I will continue loving you..." "I won't do anything more than watch and protect you...". p 51 1 "If I consider you a person dear to my heart..." 2 "If I can distinguish you from an object..." 3 "I will not kill you." "But..." 4 "As I imagined, it is impossible." 7 "And seeing you suffer now..." "... I feel nothing." p 52 7 "For me, it is as if I just kicked a stone." p 53 5 "Now we are going to carry out our promise..." 6 "I am going to kill you." p 54 6 "What, do you not intend to defend yourself?" "You may be able to escape this nightmare if you battle seriously with me." p 55 1 Subaru: "...Sei...shi...ro..." 2 Seishiro: "Why such a sad gaze?" 3 "Do you think that I have betrayed you?" 4 "Every day, the people of Tokyo live new tales." p 56-57 "When a human being betrays another..." "That is the type of thing..." "...that occurs every day on the streets of Tokyo." p 58 1 "I don't hate you," "But I don't love you either." 2 "You aren't, to me..." "...anything more than a simple object." 3 "Even if I have soiled the purity of your spirit..." "Ultimately, this fact has not changed anything." 4 "All of the people I have murdered..." "...they are waiting for you." 5 "Among them is the little girl I killed seven years ago." 6 "Farewell, Subaru Sumeragi." p 59 2 "I do believe that it is your grandmother's Shikigami." 3 "Since she is worried about you, she has succeeded in finding this world that I have created with my power." 4 "Now, I really should complete this job." 5 "Farewell." p 60 2 "I do believe that she is intent upon destroying my universe." 3 "One pays dearly for destroying the universe of the Sakurazukamori." p 62 1 Nurse: "Call a doctor!" "Quickly! Bring him to the emergency room!" 3 Subaru: "Se...i...shi...ro..." p 63 1 "I really was in love with you..." (2) 5 Hokuto: "Subaru..." p 64 1 "Subaru..." p 65 1 "You don't eat..." "You don't talk..." 2 "Subaru..." 4 "Subaru..." "I'm sorry..." "Really, I'm sorry..." 6 "It's all my fault!" "I'm the one who presented him to you!" p 66 1 "Subaru..." "You have always been so gentle, so honest..." "But..." "...you didn't seem attached to life." 2 "Grandmother and I need you, but you didn't understand that..." 3 "You were ready to sacrifice yourself for whatever cause." "It is for that reason that..." 4 "...I wanted you to be attached to something." "You wanted to be a veternarian in a zoo, but you had to abandon your dream in the face of family responsibility..." 5 "You always thought that if you were capable of renoucing it...it was because it wasn't a true dream..." p 67 1 "I wanted you to have something that would allow you to say, 'I am who I am,'" "'And even if others don't agree with my personal choices, I will not change anything in my life'..." 2 "I'm the one that presented him to you..." 3 "For I've understood from the start..." 4 "That Seishiro was going to be..." "...someone very important for you, Subaru..." 5 "I knew that he represented a danger to you...but above all...I wanted you to live..." "I wanted you to be as a normal human being...living freely..." p 68 1 "I didn't want it to end like this!" 2 "That man...has stolen your spirit." 3 "Subaru...I'm sorry..." 4 "It's my fault that your life is even worse than death." "I'm sorry..." 5 "Subaru...I don't want you to die..." p 69 3 "If this man is really the Sakurazukamori..." 4 "...he will return to kill Subaru." 5 "But I will not let him..." p 70 1 "Subaru...Forgive me." 2 "You're going to be very angry..." "Because...it's all my fault." 4 "I'm the one who has made your life so difficult..." "But I will never be able to be happy again..." "Alone." 5 "So..." p 71 1 "I beg of you." 2 "Return." p 74 3 Grandmother: "A month has passed since Hokuto's disappearance..." "In spite of our searches, no member of our family has been able to locate her...and Subaru, you continue in this state..." 5 "Subaru..." p 75 Voice: "Su-ba-ru" "Su-ba-ru" p 76 1 Hokuto: "Su...ba...ru..." p 78-79 Subaru: "Hokuto!!" p 80 1 Subaru: "Hokuto!" 2 "Hokuto!!" 4 Grandmother: "Subaru! What's wrong? Subaru!" 5 Subaru: "Hokuto!!" p 82 3 Grandmother: "Hello...?" 4 "Yes..." 5 "What?" 8 "Ho...Hokuto is dead..." p 83 1 Subaru: "He has killed her..." "...that man..." 2 Grandmother: "Subaru...How can you know?" 4 Subaru: "I have decided not to return to school." Grandmother: "What?" 5 Subaru: "Starting today, I'm going to retaliate. It is my only opportunity to win over him." "I'm going to be very busy...I won't have time to go to class." p 84-85 1 "Sister..." 2 Hokuto: "I beg of you. Return." (3) 3 Subaru: "Don't worry, I will be the one who is going to kill..." "...that man..." p 86 2 " shall be the one to kill him." END OF CHAPTER 11: END ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOTNOTES (1) A part of this page was missing from the Spanish script I used. Thanks so much to Sakurazuka Val for her advice. (2) The original said, "Realmente, te amaba." This is the imperfect past verb tense in Spanish with an ambiguous beginning and ending point. We may only know that he did love Seishiro sometime in the past but he may or may not still love him in the present. This is very different than the past tense in English and I really can't think of any way to express this line as I see it in Spanish with English...sorry! If it weren't such a pivotal line in the story, I would have left it as the literal, "Really, I loved you." (3) Thanks very much to Rika Takahashi (aka Fuu) for correcting this line.