Disclaimer and Background Info The Book X Volume 12, Asuka Comics A-64-15 ISBN4-04-924770-4 C9979, retailed at 400 yen The original Copyright (Japanese) CLAMP, 1999. First printing March 17, 1999. This script was written as an _aid_ for those who wanted to read the Japanese manga (as the US version is not available yet)... not for sale or for commercial/public use. Please keep it for your own personal use. Thanks. X volume 12 -- Kekkai II Translated by Utako Edited and compiled by Rabi 04/11/99 % indicates lines not spoken $ indicates flashback lines [ ] indicates lines in handwriting or captions { } indicates footnotes P.2 Kekkai \Kekkai\ (1) To prohibit exit and entry. Prohibition. (2) The space separating the sanctuary from the nave in a temple or shrine. An area where the exit and entry of those other than specific individuals are prohibited. P.6 FUUMA So, you set up a "Kekkai". You put unrelated people outside of it, too. %KAMUI %He's not here!? P.7 FUUMA To leave here... The quickest way would be to kill the creator of the Kekkai. KAMUI Subaru!! P.10 KAMUI Subaru!! P.13 FUUMA He's quite a handful. Let me do it. P.14 FUUMA Don't worry, I'll play with you later. KAMUI Fuuma...! P.16 %KAMUI %Why can't it get loose? FUUMA I'll leave "Kamui's" babysitting to you. KAMUI Stop! Fuuma!! P.17 KAMUI Fuuma!! P.19 %SUBARU %...What...!? KAMUI Subaru! P.21 FUUMA Do you just plan on running with no counter-attack in mind? P.23 FUUMA I see. You have been planting this little trap while you were running? %SUBARU %Just as I thought...! P.24 %SUBARU %He looks like... Seishirou san!? %How can that be...! P.25 %SUBARU %Why? %Why do they look so much alike? FUUMA If you don't concentrate, your "Kekkai" is going to rip, "Subaru-kun". P.26 KAMUI Subaru!! P.27 NATAKU You will just create more wounds. Why are you doing such a useless thing? P.28 KAMUI Shut up!! I don't want anyone to die before me anymore!! P.29 SUBARU Sei...shirou... P.30 SUBARU Why... ...do you and Seishirou-san... FUUMA ...look so much alike? You... P.31 FUUMA ...wish it to be so, that's why. P.32 (Blood splash) KAMUI [Stop!!!] P.34 KAMUI Subaru!! Subaru!! P.35 FUUMA The "Kekkai" is dissolving. That means... ...that Dragon of Heaven is close to death. KAMUI Fuuma...! FUUMA If the Sunshine building collapses, the surrounding area will be destroyed. The "Kekkai" of Ikebukuro is broken. KAMUI Wait!! Fuuma!! P.36 FUUMA We'll meet again soon enough. Because I'll be the one who kills you. P.37 KAMUI Subaru...! I'm sorry...! I'm sorry...! P.42 NURSE A Have you contacted the doctor!? NURSE B Confirm that the operation room is ready! KAMUI Subaru!! SUBARU ...Please...wait... NURSE A What!? NURSE B What are you talking about? If we don't hurry, you'll...!! P.43 NURSE Don't sit up! SUBARU Ka...mui... KAMUI I'm sorry...! It's all because I couldn't do anything! P.44 KAMUI I'm sorry! SUBARU No... Kamui, it's not... your fault... Not your fault... at all... KAMUI ...Subaru... P.45 SUBARU ...This is... ...what I had wished for... P.46 KAMUI Subaru!! NURSE Hurry to the operation room now! P.47 KAMUI ...Subaru...! ! P.49 KAKYOU "Kamui" the Dragon of Heaven... As long as Kamui is the "Kamui", "Fuuma" will not return... P.50 $KOTORI $The future... $is not yet determined... P.51 KAKYOU The future... is determined as long as those who are living do not abandon their "Wish"... P.52 SORATA I raced there the moment I knew a "Kekkai" was raised in Ikebukuro, but I didn't make it in time. ARASHI It was the same with me. P.53 SORATA ... Where's Kamui? ARASHI He's still in the ward. SORATA ...I see... [Sign: Room 406 Subaru Sumeragi] VOICE FROM WARD Yes? P.55 ARASHI He is sleeping. KAMUI Yeah... SORATA Are you feeling okay? KAMUI ...Subaru... P.56 SUBARU ... I'm sorry ... to trouble you like this ... SORATA There's nothing to apologize for. It's us who should be apologizing. P.57 SORATA ...Kamui, is there a vase somewhere? KAMUI There's one in the ward... SORATA Nee-chan, can you go with Kamui and arrange the flowers? ARASHI ...Yes. P.58 SORATA I thought you had something to say to me. Was I mistaken? SUBARU It was all my fault... But Kamui, who was with me at that time... He will surely keep blaming himself. Please bring him home for now... It seems that he has been watching me and has not been sleeping at all... If this goes on, he will collapse... P.59 SUBARU Kamui's emotional wounds, compared to his physical wounds, ...are much more serious. SORATA ...The same goes with you too, Subaru-san. SORATA Alright. We'll try our best to look after him. SUBARU Please do so... SORATA How is your right eye...? P.60 SUBARU It is blind. SORATA Any hope of recovery? SUBARU None. P.61 SORATA Does Kamui... SUBARU ...He knows. But this... ...is what I had wished for... SORATA What...? P.62 SORATA We've been staying for too long... let's go home. ARASHI ...Yes. SORATA Kamui too. KAMUI I...! P.63 SORATA The hospital provides round the clock care. Besides, it wouldn't do at all if you're the one who collapses. KAMUI But... SUBARU It's better that you go home for now. KAMUI ...Can I... come here again? P.65 %SUBARU %This right eye... %I had sometimes wished that it would go blind. P.66 %SUBARU %Why would he... %...the "Kamui" of the Dragons of Earth know about this? SUBARU Would he... Would he also know... ...what my true wish is? P.68 FUUMA You were watching at Ikebukuro, weren't you? SEISHIROU So you noticed. P.69 FUUMA It seems that Dragon of Heaven was related to you in some way. SEISHIROU We made a foolish bet a long time ago. SEISHIROU Maybe it's not a good idea (to offer cigarette) to a teenager? FUUMA Well... P.70 FUUMA It's not as if you would give a damn about me, right? FUUMA It was that Dragon of Heaven's wish to lose his right eye. The same way you did. However, his true wish is... P.71 FUUMA ...something that only you can realize for him. His "true wish" is different from what you think. P.74 KAMUI I was right there. P.75 KAMUI I still couldn't do a thing. P.76 SORATA What's going on? YUZURIHA ...Dinner is ready, but Kamui-san just wouldn't come out... P.77 SORATA I'll go fetch him. Pour the miso soup and wait for us. SORATA I'm coming in. P.78 SORATA Dinner's ready. KAMUI Go ahead, don't wait for me. I'll just upset everyone. P.79 SORATA Kamui. I've never said anything useful to you before. I certainly haven't lived such a respectable life that I can teach anyone anything. But, this is something I can say with conviction. P.80 SORATA Regret... ...is something that starts you thinking what you should do to avoid going through all this suffering again. Kamui, I know you're already full of remorse. P.81 SORATA That's why you should start looking ahead, and take a few steps forward. KAMUI That's right. P.82 KAMUI Otherwise, I'll have to live with more regrets. P.83 SORATA For that, you need to eat a lot more to regain your strength! You can't do a thing when you're hungry! KAMUI Yeah. P.84 KAMUI Sorry to keep you waiting. P.85 KAMUI Let's eat. YUZURIHA Please eat as much as you want! ARASHI I'll bring some tea. SORATA I'll help you with it. P.86 ARASHI You amaze me. SORATA Huh? ARASHI To make someone who doesn't want to eat to have an appetite again, that's an amazing thing. SORATA Not at all. Kamui decided it all by himself. ARASHI But you must have said something to make him want to eat again. P.87 ARASHI The will to eat... ...is the will to live. P.88 SORATA Will you eat too, if I ask you to? P.89 YUZURIHA Arashi-san! Sorata-san! Dinner is getting cold! SORATA Coming! P.90 SORATA You look more lively today. Cheer up and take care. P.91 YUZURIHA Can I touch your face, too? KAMUI S...sure. YUZURIHA I'm sorry too, that I couldn't do anything... But... P.92 YUZURIHA If you are in danger again, please call me and Inuki. Promise me. P.93 YUZURIHA See you later. P.94 %KAMUI %...Kotori... %I think I won't be able to cry for you for a while, %since nothing is changed by crying or grieving. %Will you forgive me? P.95 %KAMUI %Thank you. P.96 KAMUI Where's Segawa? CLASSMATE He's probably in the Staff Office. He was absent until yesterday. His mother passed away... ...in the Ikebukuro earthquake... P.97 SEGAWA Shirou-kun! P.98 SEGAWA Ah! So you did get hurt! KAMUI I'm alright. But you... SEGAWA It's just a cut. P.99 SEGAWA You heard about my mother? ...So you knew already. P.100 SEGAWA When I got back, our home was already burning... I didn't make it in time. Just like the time my father passed away, There was nothing I could do. But... that's exactly why I have to live my father's and mother's share of life as well! P.101 SEGAWA At the funeral, I cried and cried, I thought my eyes were going to melt. Now I'll try hard to laugh their share of laughter, too. Our home is lost, but I'll be staying at the dorm! Exams are coming soon, I'll have to study hard to keep up the grades! P.102 SEGAWA Come on! School has started already!! KAMUI If there's anything I can do, please tell me. SEGAWA Huh? P.103 KAMUI ...Because we're friends. P.104 SEGAWA Sure! [Ah! The teacher might be there already!] %KAMUI %There's something I can do. P.105 %KAMUI %I can protect what is important to me. P.106 %KAMUI %For this, I will create a "Kekkai". P.108 FUUMA ..."Kekkai"? When the Dragons of Heaven roar, the Dragons of Earth answer. And there are Seven Angels to break the Seven Seals. P.109 FUUMA "Kamui". If you create a "Kekkai," I, too, will gain new power. P.110 FUUMA Because that is your wish, "Kamui". P.112 %HINOTO %How are your wounds? KAMUI My wounds are mere scratches. %HINOTO %The danger that wounded you and cost one of the Dragons of Heaven his right eye... %I had not foreseen this in my dream. KAMUI So it's true that someone is blocking you? %HINOTO %I am afraid so... P.113 KAMUI Is it Kakyou whom I met in the dream before? %HINOTO %...Yes. %Please forgive me. KAMUI ...It's not your fault, Hinoto. P.114 KAMUI So there's no need to apologize. P.115 %HINOTO %Thank you. P.116 [Building sign: Shinjuku General Hospital] [Door sign: Room 406 Subaru Sumeragi] SUBARU ...Yes? P.117 YUZURIHA I'm sorry. I couldn't get to Ikebukuro at that time, and I couldn't do anything. I'm really sorry. SUBARU There's no need to apologize to me. YUZURIHA But if I don't, I'll go on feeling depressed. P.118 YUZURIHA I like everyone. Kamui-san, Sorata-san, Arashi-san, Aoki-san, Karen-san, and of course you, Subaru-san. SUBARU I'm not the kind of person worthy of your affection. P.119 SUBARU I make a lot of people worry about me, but in the end, all I can think of is myself. YUZURIHA That's not true! You are a kind person! P.120 YUZURIHA So please promise me. Don't take it all upon yourself. If anything happens, call me and Inuki. YUZURIHA Thank you. P.121 YUZURIHA ...Such resemblance. SUBARU Huh? YUZURIHA You and Kamui-san really resemble each other. It's not the face, just, you know. P.122 YUZURIHA I'm happy. In Tokyo, I've met a lot of people who petted Inuki for me. P.123 YUZURIHA That's why I want to be friends with everyone. ...and with Kusanagi-san, too. SUBARU Huh? YUZURIHA Oh, nothing, nothing. P.124 %HINOTO %We have discovered the identity of the old gentleman you brought back from Ikebukuro. DAISUKE He's the President of Toujou Pharmaceutical, the largest pharmaceutical firm in Japan. KAMUI What did Fuuma want with the president of a pharmaceutical firm? DAISUKE There had been rumors about Toujou Pharmaceutical for a long time. That the firm "has been using a substantial budget to develop 'something' somewhere underground..." P.125 KAMUI ...develop something? %HINOTO %It seems that President Toujou's condition allows him to receive visitors. Do you wish to see him? KAMUI Yes. Maybe ... he'll know something about Fuuma. %HINOTO %I understand. P.126 %HINOTO %Saiki-dono, please lead the way. DAISUKE Yes. KAMUI There's one more thing I want to know. You once told me, the criteria of a Dragon of Heaven is the creation of "Kekkai". %HINOTO %Yes. KAMUI Please teach me how to create a "Kekkai." P.127 %HINOTO %This knowledge is known only to the Dragons of Heaven. %I cannot teach you that. P.128 DAISUKE Seiichirou-san once told me how a "Kekkai" is created. KAMUI Aoki-san...what did he say...? DAISUKE He said he wasn't sure how it was done. But he was always thinking of something important to him when he did it. P.129 DAISUKE To protect something important to him with his own hands. That's what he wishes with his whole heart when he creates a "Kekkai." P.130 DAISUKE I guess it isn't much help! KAMUI Not at all. Thank you. DAISUKE Since when have you become this gentle ... You were such a spunky fellow when we first met. P.131 KAMUI When I first returned to Tokyo, I thought everyone who made overtures to me were enemies ... How are your wounds? DAISUKE Oh, they healed a long time ago. P.132 KAMUI I'm really sorry for what I did. DAISUKE He...Here we are! P.133 DAISUKE I'm... sorry, too. Let's just... forget about it. P.134 YUZURIHA Oh, it's so late already. I'm sorry, Subaru-san, you must be tired, and I stayed here for so long. SUBARU ...I don't mind at all. YUZURIHA This is a get-well gift from me. P.135 YUZURIHA Because you'd get lonely all by yourself. SUBARU ...Thank you. YUZURIHA See you. P.136 SUBARU ...You'd get lonely all by yourself... P.137 $YUZURIHA $There's still time before I meet with Kusanagi-san. $He always arrives early and waits for me. YUZURIHA This time I'm going to arrive early and wait for him! Wah! P.138 YUZURIHA I'm sorry. Are you alright? FUUMA Oh, I'm alright. What about you? Did you hurt yourself? YUZURIHA Not at all! P.139 FUUMA Good. Take care. $YUZURIHA $Wow, he's so cool! YUZURIHA Kinda like Kusanagi-san! P.140 $YUZURIHA $Have I seen him somewhere before? P.141 YUZURIHA What's wrong, Inuki? You look worried. KUSANAGI Missy! P.142 KUSANAGI Did I get the time wrong? I thought I was early. YUZURIHA No, I arrived a bit too early today. KUSANAGI Really? YUZURIHA Yes! KUSANAGI Good. P.143 YUZURIHA I just saw someone who looks like you. KUSANAGI Looks like me? [Then he must be a big guy.] YUZURIHA No. I'm not talking about the physique... [though he was tall...] Oh! You both give me the same feeling, especially the smile. P.144 YUZURIHA But... I must have met him somewhere before. KUSANAGI Someone who looks like me... YUZURIHA Could it be someone you know? KUSANAGI It's not like that. The one I know, I wouldn't say he looks like me. Say rather that he looks like everyone, but then he also looks different from everyone. P.145 KUSANAGI It's as if he has thrown away his own self... ...to act like "someone else" according to the other person's wish. P.146 KUSANAGI That's not a good thing to do to yourself. YUZURIHA Kusanagi-san... KUSANAGI Oops, what a weird topic it is. So, where are you taking me today? YUZURIHA Takano Fruit Parlor! [Their fruit juice of the season is really tasty!] P.147 KAMUI Aren't we going to the hospital? DAISUKE President Toujou is here. P.148 DAISUKE He's with the medical staff of Toujou Pharmaceutical. KAMUI Why use a hotel? DAISUKE Even though the founder of Toujou Pharmaceutical, Toujou Motoharu, carries only the title of President, he is still the actual head of the firm. If it was discovered that he was involved in the earthquake at the Ikebukuro Sunshine Building and got hurt, there'll be internal and external repercussions. P.150 TOUJOU You are..."Kamui"... P.151 TOUJOU Let me speak with them alone. DOCTOR But... TOUJOU First I must thank you. KAMUI I didn't do anything... TOUJOU If you hadn't brought me out of Sunshine Building, I wouldn't be here now. Thank you. P.152 KAMUI There's something I want to ask you. What was Fuuma doing at the Sunshine Building? TOUJOU Fuuma? DAISUKE That is the real name of the other "Kamui". P.153 TOUJOU I do not know why "Kamui" appears under the Sunshine Building with Nataku. However, "Kamui" had said, "I will destroy all of the Kekkai, and eliminate all who pollutes the Earth." P.154 TOUJOU "And Sunshine Building is one of the Kekkai." P.155 DAISUKE What is Nataku? TOUJOU Nataku is a clone. A life-form created out of an artificial womb and DNA manipulation. It had also been my granddaughter. P.156 KAMUI Granddaughter...? But he... He looked like a guy to me. TOUJOU Kazuki... my granddaughter died of sickness when she was very young. My son, who was the head of the Development Division in Toujou Pharmaceutical, decided to revive her as a clone, using the cloning technology that he has been researching for a long time. P.157 TOUJOU However, Kazuki's body was consumed by sickness and could not be entirely restored. My son's... Kazuki's father's body was used for the missing parts. KAMUI Did he pass away? TOUJOU My son took his own life... ...to revive Kazuki... P.158 TOUJOU And then, Nataku was completed using Kazuki's artificially matured womb and my son's tissues. Half of the tissues forming Nataku's bone structure came from my son. That's why Nataku looks like a male. But in fact, it is sexless... and without emotions. KAMUI And why... ...is Nataku with Fuuma? P.159 TOUJOU That is probably because Kazuki, no, Nataku, is related to the End of the World. DAISUKE Then it is one of the Dragons of Earth? TOUJOU Even knowing that, my son still wanted to revive Kazuki... P.160 KAMUI How did you know your granddaughter is a Dragon of Earth? TOUJOU ...That is because... P.161 DAISUKE Another earthquake?! KAMUI It's the Kekkai... P.162 FUUMA ...So, it's Beast. P.164 KUSANAGI Are you alright? YUZURIHA Yes! $YUZURIHA $This is not a normal earthquake! $KUSANAGI $This is the handiwork of the one under the Government Building! P.165 YUZURIHA Kusanagi-san! I just remembered something I've got to do! KUSANAGI Huh? YUZURIHA Can I call you again? KUSANAGI Su...sure! KUSANAGI Wait! Missy!! YUZURIHA Please leave here as soon as possible! P.166 KUSANAGI Missy! KUSANAGI Damn! P.169 - X12 END - P.171 - Seiichirou Aoki - P.172 DAISUKE Seiichirou-san! Seiichirou-san! P.173 DAISUKE That's great! Seiichirou-san! You're really the number one Wind Master among us! SEIICHIROU That's not true. DAISUKE No, even the Head of our clan said so! That you know best how to manipulate the wind! I'll work harder so that one day I'll be as strong as you! SEIICHIROU You'll soon be as good as me. DAISUKE Really? SEIICHIROU Sure. P.174 DAISUKE How do I do that? SEIICHIROU Why do you want to become a good Wind Master, Daisuke? DAISUKE Cos I want to be strong! SEIICHIROU Why? DAISUKE Cos there's someone I want to protect! SEIICHIROU Is that Princess Hinoto whom you met under the Diet Building? P.175 SEIICHIROU We Wind Masters are granted this power to protect the one we love. We learn to read the tracks of the wind, control it, and use our powers only for the protection of the one we decide to protect for life. P.176 SEIICHIROU And it's up to us to decide who is the only one we want to protect. You have decided you want to protect Princess Hinoto. The wish to protect, that alone will make you strong. If your heart does not falter, the wind will be your friend. DAISUKE I understand. P.177 DAISUKE Have you decided who you want to protect? SEIICHIROU No, but I will certainly meet someone in the future. That's what I believe. P.178 SEIICHIROU Hello? Shimako-san? It's me. Yes. I just got the manuscript from the writer. Yes, I can come home. What? What day is this, you said? Of course I remember. It's the anniversary of our marriage, and the birthday of our lovely daughter, Yuka-chan. I'll get back to the office first, then come home. P.179 SEIICHIROU What? Of course. Of all the people in the world, I love you and Yuka-chan the most. P.180 SEIICHIROU That's how... ...I became strong. - END -