Disclaimer and Background Info X Volume 13, Asuka Comics A-64-17 ISBN4-04-924788-7 C9979, retailed at 400 yen Copyright (original Japanese version) CLAMP 1999 First printed on August 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 13 -- Kekkai III Translated by Utako Edited and compiled by Rabi 04/30/2000 % indicates lines not spoken $ indicates flashback lines [ ] indicates lines in handwriting or captions { } indicates footnotes < > indicates sounds 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.8 KAMUI % It's a "Kekkai". % The "Seven Seals". % The kekkai of a "Dragon of Heaven". P.9 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! P.10 YUZURIHA % Where!? % Where is the one who triggered this earthquake? % Where are you!? P.11 SATSUKI ...So, this is one of the "Seven Seals". Let's have a little talk with her. Beast. P.16 KAMUI I'll leave him to your care! P.17 DAISUKE Kamui! P.18 YUZURIHA Come out! Stop hiding! Only a "Dragon of Heaven" or a "Dragon of Earth" can stay inside this Kekkai. What are you waiting for? P.19 YUZURIHA What!? P.20 YUZURIHA You are the one!? {Note: "You are the one who did all this!?"} P.21 SATSUKI Yes. One of the "Seven Angels", or, the "Dragons of Earth", is what I am called. P.22 YUZURIHA Why are you doing this!? What can you accomplish by wrecking buildings and causing earthquakes!? SATSUKI What's wrong with causing earthquakes? YUZURIHA Innocent bystanders might get hurt or even die! Like just now! Someone could have gotten hurt! Someone could have died! P.23 YUZURIHA Did you do this knowing what would happen!? SATSUKI Before answering that question, let me ask you something. Why is it "wrong to kill human beings?" YUZURIHA What do you mean "why?" P.24 SATSUKI Humans kill a lot of animals. And trees, and grasses, and flowers, too. Even if they didn't do it consciously, they still keep killing other living things. Why? Because the other living things can't communicate with humans? Because the other living things are not as clever as humans? Well then, is it justifiable to kill a living thing that cannot communicate with you and is less clever than you? YUZURIHA ...No! SATSUKI No? Can you say that you have never taken a life before? P.25 SATSUKI Have you never eaten meat before? Aren't vegetables living things too? When you walk on the streets, have you never stepped on an insect too small for your eyes to see? Animals other than humans kill other animals for food and survival, but humans are different. If it doesn't suit his purpose, he kills, be it those of his own kind or other living things. P.26 YUZURIHA That's not true for everyone...! SATSUKI Sure. But even those who don't act that way, have definitely killed something in order to survive. Then why are humans not counted as living things that can be "killed?" Is it because humans are stronger than other living things? Then, is it justifiable for stronger living things to kill human beings?" P.27 SATSUKI Let me ask you once more. Why is it "wrong to kill human beings?" P.28 YUZURIHA Inuki! P.29 YUZURIHA Inuki! Inuki! P.31 YUZURIHA ...Inuki... ...No...Inuki... P.32 YUZURIHA Don't leave me...! P.34 KUSANAGI Are you alright? YUZURIHA ... Inuki ... P.36 KAMUI The "Kekkai" ...! FUUMA $ If the "Kekkai" dissolves, it means the "Dragon of Heaven" is close to death. P.37 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! P.38 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! Yuzuriha!! P.39 DOCTOR Sir, are you alright!? {Note: The original says "President" instead of sir, but it sounds strange in English.} TOUJOU I'm fine... DAISUKE This place is in danger. Let's hurry and evacuate! P.40 DAISUKE Could this be the work of the "Dragons of Earth"? FUUMA Not Dragons. It was the work of one single Dragon. DAISUKE Who are you!? FUUMA I thought we've met before. P.41 DAISUKE The "Kamui" of the "Dragons of Earth"!? FUUMA The one you hold dearest ... Is that the Dreamgazer Princess under the Diet Building? P.42 FUUMA To protect the Dreamgazer known as Hinoto. That is your "Wish". DAISUKE How... did you know about Princess Hinoto...? FUUMA I know, and not just your "Wish". P.43 FUUMA Since I am "Kamui", "the one who hunts the glory of God". P.44 KAMUI Saiki! I can't find Yuzuriha anywhere! Saiki! P.45 KAMUI Sa... P.48 FUUMA You're late. P.49 FUUMA I was just finishing up. P.50 KAMUI Sa ... ... i ... ki ... P.51 KAMUI Aaaaaaaaaaaah! P.54 SORATA Could it be Kamui!? ARASHI The "Kekkai" that appeared in Shinjuku was made by Yuzuriha ...! Its collapse means ...! SORATA Both Yuzuriha and Kamui are okay! P.55 SORATA Shouldn't we have more faith in them? ARASHI Ye ... yes! SORATA Let's go!! P.58 KAMUI ... oh ...! P.59 FUUMA Shouldn't you have aimed here? P.60 FUUMA Well? If you smash it, I'll die. P.61 KAMUI Fuuma ... why ...? Why ... ! P.62 FUUMA You had your chance, "Kamui". P.64 FUUMA If you want to kill me, try harder. ... This is where the heart is. P.65 FUUMA Shall I rip it out ... and eat it for you? P.66 SORATA That will be awkward for us. FUUMA The "Dragons of Heaven"? SORATA Kamui's still a kid. He wouldn't understand all these profound conversations of grownups. P.67 FUUMA ... However, it would have been in "Kamui's" best interest. P.68 FUUMA Don't waste your time. It's too late. P.70 ARASHI The Shinjuku high-rises! SORATA The high-rises there are the kekkai keystones of Shinjuku! If they all collapse ...!! P.74 FUUMA Take him and leave now. SORATA Wait! ARASHI We have to get Kamui out of here! P.75 SORATA Wake up! Kamui! ARASHI I'm afraid his ribs are broken. Be careful! P.81 SATSUKI ... It's accomplished. P.82 YUUTO ... That was a difficult question. "Why is it 'wrong to kill humans'?" The poor girl. That girl from the "Dragons of Heaven" looked like she was going to cry since she didn't have an answer. P.83 SATSUKI I just wanted to give the question a try. An answer from a ethical point of view, from an ideological point of view, or from a biological point of view. There can be many answers. However ... none of them are perfect. What do you think, Yuuto-san? Why is it "wrong to kill humans"? P.84 YUUTO That is because "someone will feel sad". P.86 HINOTO Saiki-dono ... {dono: an old-fashioned honorific} ... this ... is ... too cruel. P.87 KAKYOU However you knew this all along, didn't you? Hadn't you known it would happen this way? P.89 FUUMA This is the work of the Dreamgazer princess. It seems that she intends to bring you back to her. HINOTO Kyaaaaaa! P.90 HINOTO [Chanting] FUUMA If I tear this up, your precious princess will also be ripped apart. DAISUKE Don't ... ! P.91 FUUMA Your wish is to protect Hinoto with your life, to die protecting Hinoto. P.92 FUUMA This "Wish" of yours, I will realize it for you. HINOTO Saiki-dono!!! P.93 HINOTO Don't!! P.94 KAKYOU ... And then he died. The way he did in your "dreamgazing". HINOTO ... Even so, I still wanted to save Saiki-dono ... ! KAKYOU The future has been decided. No matter how hard you try ... it will not change. HINOTO Even so ... ! P.95 HINOTO Even so, I still cannot stop wishing!! For a different future ... !! P.96 KAKYOU ... However, the "Kamui of the Dragons of Heaven" will not be able to triumph over the "Kamui of the Dragons of Earth". P.97 KAKYOU As long as he does not give up the "Wish" that he himself is unaware of. P.98 SOUHI Princess! HIEN What happened!? HINOTO Saiki-dono ... P.99 HINOTO This "Wish" of mine ... Is this merely part of the predestined "Future"? P.100 YUZURIHA Inuki ... ! P.101 YUZURIHA ... Kusanagi-san. KUSANAGI You're awake. YUZURIHA Where ... KUSANAGI This is the medical office of the Self-Defense Force Ichigaya Base. This is the only hospital I am familiar with. All the Shinjuku hospitals are full with all those injured coming in. YUZURIHA Shinjuku ... P.102 YUZURIHA What happened to Shinjuku ... !? KUSANAGI ... Most of the high-rises have fallen. YUZURIHA ... It's my fault ... ! KUSANAGI Missy ... YUZURIHA I ... couldn't answer that question ... that why Shinjuku ... P.103 ... and Inuki as well! KUSANAGI It's not your fault. YUZURIHA [hiccup] It's ... my fault ... ! [hiccup] I couldn't answer that question. "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" P.104 YUZURIHA [hiccup] I knew it was wrong, but I didn't know... how to explain it ... I knew I should say ... say something, but ... but then I became... more confused. I just don't know ... how to ... say it ... ! Since I couldn't say anything, couldn't do anything, Inuki ... who was protecting me ... [hiccup] P.105 YUZURIHA It's not just Inuki! With the Shinjuku buildings collapsing, a lot of people must have died! Just because I couldn't answer that question ...! KUSANAGI But missy knew it all along. YUZURIHA What ... ? KUSANAGI The answer to "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" YUZURIHA I don't know! KUSANAGI You know. P.106 KUSANAGI See, this is the "Answer". Missy, why are you crying? P.107 KUSANAGI Aren't you sad because Inuki is gone? YUZURIHA ... Yes. KUSANAGI Aren't you sad when you think that people have died in Shinjuku? YUZURIHA Yes ... P.108 KUSANAGI The answer to "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" is "because someone will cry for them" like this. P.109 KUSANAGI And not just human beings. It is wrong to kill living things because someone is bound to feel sorrow for them. Missy, do you feel sad when someone died? Even if that is a stranger to you, or not a human at all? YUZURIHA Yes, I will. P.110 KUSANAGI Even if you don't know the person who died or where or when he died, if someone was killed by another person somewhere unexpectedly, won't you feel like crying? YUZURIHA ... Yes. KUSANAGI Nobody dies unmourned. Whether it was an acquaintance or a stranger, someone will feel sorrow. P.111 KUSANAGI That's why it is wrong for a person to kill another. Don't you think? YUZURIHA Yes. KUSANAGI Cry and mourn all you want. For Inuki and for those who died. When you're done crying, think of how to make good use of your life that Inuki has saved. P.112 YUZURIHA Yes ... KUSANAGI Rest for a while. I'll keep watch, don't worry. YUZURIHA Kusanagi-san ... KUSANAGI ... Yes? YUZURIHA ... Thank you ... P.113 KUSANAGI The missy ... I didn't know she was one of those called the "Dragons of Heaven". P.116 KAREN So the "Kekkai" has collapsed ... ? KAREN Sorry to call you here. SEIICHIROU Not at all. I'm sorry for being late. P.117 KAREN Please have a seat. Is tea okay for you? SEIICHIROU Yes. P.118 SEIICHIROU ... I hope you don't mind my touching the teddy bear. KAREN Not at all. SEIICHIROU ... This is Shinjuku. KAREN We might say it's totally devastated. SEIICHIROU You used to work in Shinjuku, didn't you? P.119 KAREN I started working in Shibuya a week ago. It's a 5-minutes' walk from this weekly mansion. What about you? SEIICHIROU The books fell down from the bookshelves in our office, but I got away with just a bump on the head. Both my wife and my child are alright. KAREN You have a wife and a child? SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN So it's true. SEIICHIROU What's true? KAREN The good men are usually either taken or gay. P.120 KAREN But I'm glad your family is safe from harm. SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN Have you contacted Sorata-kun? SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN It seems Kamui-kun is hurt again. P.121 SEIICHIROU He's still being treated in the Clamp Campus ... But he remains unconscious. Subaru-kun was also in a Shinjuku hospital, but has been evacuated along with other patients and was not injured. He is now in the Clamp Campus with Kamui-kun and the others. KAREN Where is Yuzuriha? P.122 SEIICHIROU We still ... ... don't know. Daisuke-kun ... ... seems to have passed away. KAREN ... seems ... ? P.123 SEIICHIROU Princess Hinoto said she felt it in her dream ... Since Shinjuku is in such a state, there is no way to identify the bodies. But I ... I thought so too. KAREN You feel it ... when someone close to you died? SEIICHIROU I don't have that kind of power, but ... This is very strange. P.124 SEIICHIROU Daisuke-kun made me promise not to cry for him if he died. He had decided to protect Princess Hinoto when he was small. That's why if he was to die, he would have died protecting Princess Hinoto. He would have died fulfilling his own wish. So he said not to cry for him. KAREN When was this promise made? SEIICHIROU When he was 13. P.125 KAREN But it's tough not being allowed to mourn the death of someone you love. You should never ask someone to make that kind of promise to you. SEIICHIROU ... Yes. P.126 SEIICHIROU You told me on the phone that you have something to tell me. KAREN Yes. ... Next time if somewhere in Tokyo is facing destruction, I'll go. SEIICHIROU Why? KAREN Because I should be the one to go. SEIICHIROU Karen-san ... !? P.127 TV BROADCAST All of a sudden, the Yamanote Line was derailed! The cause for the derailment is totally unknown! I repeat! The Yamanote Line was derailed! SEIICHIROU "The Dragons of Earth"! KAREN It's "The Seven Angels". P. 128 KAREN What about the tea? SEIICHIROU Oh. Thank you. KAREN No, you can't go. You have a wife and a lovely child. Kamui and the other "Seven Seals" are still young. P. 129 KAREN That's why I'm going. I have no one to cry for me. SEIICHIROU That's not true ... KAREN I don't have anyone. Really. P.130 KAREN That's why no matter what happens, don't involve yourself. Until I die. P.131 KAREN I just wanted to tell you this. SEIICHIROU Did you think I would say "okay I understand"? KAREN I didn't think so. That's why I put something in your tea. SEIICHIROU Karen-sa ... P.132 KAREN Keep an eye on Aoki-san. I will take care of things before Aoki-san wakes up and Sorata-kun and the others arrive. P.136 KAREN Stop it right there, will you? NATAKU ... You are one of the "Seven Seals". KAREN Why are you doing this? P.137 NATAKU Because this is the wish of "Kamui". KAREN !? P.138 KAREN I don't like impetuous people. P.141 KAREN Now we can take it slowly. Just the two of us. P.143 KAREN You wouldn't want to die, would you? The people crushed by the trains you derailed thought so too. P.144 KAREN Don't do this again ... NATAKU Why would people not want to die? I do not possess such an emotion. P.146 KAREN ... This is so strange. You look like a small child to me. P.147 KAREN Aren't you alive? No living thing is without emotions. You only think that it was so. P.148 YUUTO Please forgive my interruption. P.149 KAREN ... You are another member of the "Seven Angels". YUUTO This is such an embarrassing title. But yes, it seems so. KAREN I'm all wet. My makeup is ruined. YUUTO You look much more beautiful without it. KAREN Why, thank you. P.150 YUUTO I haven't used my water tricks for quite a while. It makes me feel tired. Maybe I'm getting old. KAREN But you're still so young. YUUTO I just dress young. That's why I'd like to avoid exhausting myself if possible. Can I prevail on you to take down the "Kekkai"? P.151 KAREN Will you promise me not to go about destroying things again? YUUTO I wouldn't mind, but I doubt he will make such a promise. KAREN In which case I can't let you go. YUUTO Then I have no choice but to tax my aged body. P.156 KAREN You're still much younger than me. YUUTO Not at all. Your flame has slowed me down. Attacks when evaded are useless. P.157 KAREN It was pure luck that I eluded your attacks. YUUTO Don't be so modest. P.158 KAREN Aoki-san!? Why are you here!? P.159 YUUTO Since he can enter the "Kekkai", I assume he is another member of the "Seven Seals". But it seems he is not in his best condition. It would be difficult for both of us to cover for our companions. At this stage the derailment is probably not enough to affect the entire Yamanote Line. We will withdraw for the time being. Will you agree to call it a day? P.160 KAREN ... Very well. P.161 KAREN Next time you decide to destroy anywhere, remember to ask for me as your opponent. KAREN You ought to have been sound asleep for at least 4 hours after taking the drug. How did you get here ... P.162 KAREN You ... ! SEIICHIROU ... I couldn't keep my eyes open ... so I borrowed the fruit knife ... at your ... home. KAREN What did you do that for? Don't you know your wife will worry about you? SEIICHIROU That's what ... I'd like ... to say to you. Did you really think that ... ... no one will weep for you if you die? P.163 SEIICHIROU I will ... weep for you. I am not good at getting angry ... but if ... you left all by yourself thinking what you had on your mind just now, I will really ... get angry ... P.164 KAREN Aoki-san! P.165 KAREN'S MOTHER Devil! You should have died! YOUNG KAREN Mama won't be sad if I died? KAREN'S MOTHER Who will ... ! YOUNG KAREN You won't? KAREN'S MOTHER ... feel sad for the like of you! P.166 KAREN ... Thank you. P.169 KAREN KASUMI P.170 KAREN Paul! {Note: the name of Karen's teddy bear.} Isn't it beautiful? See? I can do it without using a match. I'll show this to Mama. It's so beautiful. Mama will be pleased. P.171 KAREN Mama! Look! Isn't it beautiful? KAREN'S MOTHER Demon! P.172 KAREN'S MOTHER It's all because of you that we have to hide in such a place. KAREN Please stop! Mama! KAREN'S MOTHER Why ... !? How did I give birth to a demon like you!? Why don't you just die! P.173 KAREN Mama won't be sad if I die? ... You won't cry for me? KAREN'S MOTHER Who'd cry for someone like you! P.174 MAN We need the powers of your daughter. Please let us raise her to use her powers for peace. KAREN'S MOTHER Please go away! MAN Madam! KAREN'S MOTHER This child is a demon! If I don't keep watch over her, who knows what she will do! Demon! Those fishy religious cults came here all because you are a demon! P.175 KAREN ... I didn't do anything. Ever since that day, I can't make fire anymore. I didn't do anything ... ... Am I a bad girl just because I have this power? If a demon is someone who do bad things ... ... isn't Mama a demon too, since you beat me all the time? P.176 KAREN ... Where ... ... am I? DOCTOR You're in a hospital. Your neighbor called the police. P.177 KAREN ... Where is Mama ... DOCTOR ... She passed away ... When the ambulance arrived to take you to the hospital, she tried to stop them. She ran out to the street and got hit by a car ... ... Now ... ... rest some more ... KAREN ... Even so, Paul ... ... I still loved Mama ... P.178 KAREN She is the only one who will ever cry for me ... ************************************************************************** Utako ~ Keeper of the Maneki G-Boys Figurine Collection TM Keeper of Neko Heero's Rubber Duo TM (sniff, pat, pounce!) Keeper of Heavyarms Mk. II (Trowa's pet turtle) Last Impression: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/4189/ Gundam Wing fanart, doujinshi translation, quotes and stuff