X VOLUME 5 : SHICHIYOU III Translated by Steven E. Barnes Footnotes on Japanese culture and definitions provided by Fuu Hououji and Steven E. Barnes Edited and various religious footnotes provided by Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim NOTE: % indicates lines that are not spoken. $ indicates flashback lines [ ] surrounds comments / writing that are handwritten or information pertaining to something in the dialogues, or shows who is speaking in a flashback. P2 X Shichiyou III Shichiyou: (1) The seven stars. Pertaining to the seven stars of the Big Dipper. (2) The radiance of the seven stars. [NOTE: Actually this is wrong. Shichiyou refers to the seven days of week. It's Shichiyou-sei that refers to the seven stars of the Big Dipper] P5 KANOE Until the end of the world. P6 SORATA Well... I didn't think that a member of the "Seven Seals" would show up here at the Diet building by themselves. ARASHI But you also walked here by yourself. SORATA Uh that's right. Wahahaha. P7 KAMUI %...It looks like...a real dog... P8 SORATA Oh, that inugami -- he and Kamui are staring at each other. I guess even an inugami likes a Mr. Handsome. Oh, in that case, maybe that Miss over there will also be liked, because she's Miss Gorgeous. Well, don't you think so? P9 SORATA Oh yeah, by the way, Mister... Are your wounds from when Kamui got you OK? SORATA Wahahaha good reflexes, Mister! SAIKI You...! SORATA Now now, calm down. Kamui is still a child, too. He's still very mischievous. P10 SAIKI I... I do not yet acknowledge that he is "Kamui". SORATA Nope. P11 SORATA He's the genuine "Kamui". SAIKI How can you say such a thing. SORATA Because _I_ felt it. P12 SORATA I, Sorata Arisugawa, one of the "Seven Seals". P13 HIEN/SOUHI We have brought her along, Princess. HINOTO %Please, over here. P14 YUZURIHA Please excuse me. I'm Yuzuriha Nekoi; I'm 14!! P15 YUZURIHA Nice to meet you. I give my best regards to you all for what is to come. Ah. Inuki! Thanks for working so hard, Inuki... P16 YUZURIHA Well, it was OK coming to the Diet building; but although I wanted to come down to the basement, I didn't know where to go downstairs from, and there was no doorbell. So I had Inuki go ahead of me. Good day, Hinoto... san..., correct? HINOTO %... Then you really are... P17 YUZURIHA "Seven Seals"... One of the "Dragon of Heaven", I am Yuzuriha Nekoi from the Mitsumine Shrine. P18 YUZURIHA Um, if it's OK, could you please tell me your names? SORATA Oh, that's right. Sorry for the late introduction. I'm Sorata Arisugawa. Call me Sora-chan. YUZURIHA Hello; wow, are you from Kansai? [Kansai- the western half of Japan. People from Kansai have somewhat of a different dialect than people in Tokyo; thus, Yuzuriha noticed the accent and asked Sorata if he was from Kansai.] SORATA Yup, that's right. YUZURIHA Oh wow, this is the first time I've personally met someone from Kansai. SORATA Go ahead, look to your hearts content. I'm a genuine Kansai boy. YUZURIHA Next is... SAIKI I'm... Daisuke... Saiki... YUZURIHA Oh? Saiki-san? Do you happen to... P19 YUZURIHA be an acquaintance of Aoki-san? SAIKI Do you know Aoki-san!? YUZURIHA Yeah. ARASHI Um, you mean, Aoki-san, the editor from Kadokawa Shoten? YUZURIHA That's right, the one working in the editorial department of _Yaseijidai_... [Yaseijidai is the name of a real magazine, the one that Aoki is an editor of. Translated, it means _Wild_Times_.] Ah, do you know him? ARASHI ...I know him, but not enough to say we are acquaintances... YUZURIHA Oh, your name! Excuse me, but what is your name? ARASHI Kishuu... P20 ARASHI Arashi Kishuu. YUZURIHA Arashi-san? [YUZURIHA: Cool name] Who is the one over there with the grim look on his face? SORATA The one with the look on his face like he's carrying all the troubles on earth on his back, is Kamui Shirou, a snappy high school sophomore. P21 YUZURIHA "Kamui". You are "Kamui"... P22 YUZURIHA At school, are you about the second from the front, when you line up by height? [In Japanese schools, the students line up in the physical education area to hear the speech of the principal basically every morning. They arrange the students in files according to their homeroom classes, and the shorter you are, the farther front you go in the line when they line up by height. This is so that all the students will be able to see the principal easier, and for the teachers to have an easier time taking attendance and learning the students names.] SORATA [Gyahahaha] That is harsh, Yuzuriha-chan. YUZURIHA I'm sorry. Is he sensitive about that subject, by any chance? P23 YUZURIHA But, but Kamui-san, you're handsome, and since you are still a sophomore, you will certainly grow taller. [There is no problem.] SORATA Handsomeness and height aren't related, you know. [That really is not a "follow".] ["follow" is a Japanese-made English term referring to a compliment that "follows" another personal comment, usually an insult.] YUZURIHA I'm sorry. I've made you mad, haven't I? P24 YUZURIHA Here! When you are hungry, you tend to be angered easily... SORATA Wahahahaha Gyahahahahaha HINOTO %Where are you going, "Kamui"? P25 KAMUI The "Dragon of Heaven", The "Dragon of Earth"; it's not my problem. HINOTO %Please wait, "Kamui". KAMUI I don't take orders from anybody. P26 SAIKI Hold it right there! KAMUI ...Oh yeah... I haven't settled my score with you. YUZURIHA What? Saiki-san and Kamui-san aren't good friends? SORATA Well, they're still kind of uncommunicative because the two of them are unusually serious. YUZURIHA Did Saiki-san hurt Kamui-san's feelings by mentioning his height, too? P27 SORATA No, it's not. Actually... KAMUI I'm gonna break you to pieces, along with this entire room. ARASHI Saiki. Stop it. SAIKI While I am not one of the "Seven Seals", I _am_ a wind master, who is entrusted with the duty of protecting Princess Hinoto. Besides... P28 SAIKI If that guy is "Kamui", then the World is... KAMUI Stop talking so much, dammit!! HINOTO %Stop it!! Saiki-dono, "Kamui"!! KAMUI Shut up! P29 %Huh? P32 SORATA What is this place... HINOTO %...This is... Illusion. KAMUI Illusion!? HINOTO %This dimension is an Illusion, created by someone. P33 SAIKI But, Princess Hinoto's kekkai is in the area beneath the Diet Building...! HINOTO %... Probably... the "Seven Minions"... SORATA Oh? So the opposition has come to set up a direct attack on us, huh? P34 YUZURIHA This is a pretty tense scene, considering we just got here -- what do you think, Inuki? P35 YUZURIHA It is like Grandma from Mitsumine Shrine said; it looks like things are going to get busy. SORATA Speaking of which... Mitsumine Shrine... the one on Mitsumine Mountain in the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture... ARASHI The one that got the Shingou of Mitsumine-Daigongen from the Seigo-Inkan and the one that uses wolves as the Kenzokushin of the Gongen... that... [Seigo-Inkan: Hmm...CLAMP should brush up their Kanji reading skills. ^_^; Correct reading for it is SHOUgoinkan. Shougoin is a distinguished temple belonging to Tendai School of Buddhism and is also the HQ of Honzan Sect of Shugendou. Gongen = Avatars of Buddhist Gods that appear in the form of Shinto Gods in order to enlighten people. This is a result of the fusion of Buddhism and Shinto in Japan. Shingou = the title of a god. Mitsumine Daigongen can loosely translated as The Great Avatar of Mitsumine. Kenzoku(shin) = Kenzoku means servant/kin. Kenzokushin means lesser spirit/god serving a greater spirit/god (For example, Shitennou are Kenzokushins of Taisyakuten.)] YUZURIHA My, you are well acquainted with it. P35 SORATA Thus, an Inugami. But... why then is your name "Nekoi"? [Neko = cat] YUZURIHA [Meow] It is a concealing name. If inugami masters have surnames related to "inu" [dog], that would be like walking around with a name tag with the name of one's familiar [tsukaima = familiar/demon servant] written on it. Correct? SORATA I see, you guys put much thought into this... P36 SORATA What's that!? HINOTO %This is also an Illusion. %We have become trapped in the spell of the magician. P37 SAIKI If it's an Illusion, then even if these rocks hit us... ARASHI No. Even though visually it is an Illusion, we will receive the same influence mentally as if it was Reality. SORATA In other words, the sensation of Pain when these rocks hit you will be Real. The body has no superficial wounds, but the Pain remains. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to even die from this Pain. YUZURIHA But to breach Hinoto-san's Kekkai on the Diet Building and then to drag all of us into this illusion... The "Seven Minions" and the "Dragon of Earth" are really amazing. P39 KAMUI This is getting annoying! P40 YUZURIHA Wow, that's incredible! SORATA 'Cause he's "Kamui". In order to leave here, looks like we'll have to break this Illusion. Then, allow me to do one thing... [incantations: Namah Samanta Buddhanam Indraya Svaha -- meaning "I devote myself to all the gods, especially to Indra." This spell is usually used to summon lightnings.] P42 YUZURIHA Sora-chan, you are connected with Mikkyou? I didn't know that. [Mikkyou = Vajra-yana Buddhism. I use the term Mantric Buddhism to refer Japanese Mikkyou (Shingon Mikkyou), to distinguish it from Tantric Buddhism of India/Tibet. Shingon Sect (= mantric school/school of the true word; true word = mantra): A school of esoteric Buddhism found by Kuukai. Kuukai studied Tantric Buddhism in China and systematized them in Shingon. Shingon sect places great importance on the "three secrets (body, speech, mind)." Every person possesses these three functions, all of which harbor secrets that lead to the attainment of buddhahood. The rituals connected with the three secrets are passed orally from teacher to disciple in Shingon; this represents a considerable difference from the schools of Buddhism intended for the general public. According to the view of the Shingon school, these esoteric teachings were expounded as absolute truth by Vairocana, the cosmic buddha, and only the initiated can learn to understand them. Vairocana, who is the central buddha of the school, is the universe itself, without beginning or end. He manifests himself through the perfect harmony of the six elements: earth, water, fire, air (wind), space, and consciousness. According to the teaching of this school, the true meaning of the esoteric teachings cannot be conveyed in words but only through artistic representations. This explains the importance of mandalas in Shingon. The shingon school does not, however, despite its esoteric character, deny the importance of our world and of happiness in the present life. From the correct performance of the various rituals, immediate material benefits can be drawn. This view tended to favor the arising of superstitious practices and various currents within Shingon has opposed this. The Shingon school is still today one of the largest Buddhist schools of Japan. (Excerpted from The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion)] Are you from Kouya-san? SORATA Yeah. You probably didn't think such a cool priest could exist. P43 YUZURIHA Wow, I was surprised that a sword came out of her hand. I wonder where in her body that sword is usually kept...? [Cool] SORATA I still don't know because our relationship isn't romantic yet. [YUZURIHA: Kyaaan] P44 [YUZURIHA whistles] P46 SORATA That sure is convenient... P48 SORATA Can this dog transform into anything? YUZURIHA Inuki is a hard worker. KAMUI I don't have time to go along with this tea-time game. Sorry, I'm going home. SAIKI Tea-time game!? P52 KAMUI Sakura...? [Sakura = Cherry Blossom] HINOTO %"Sakurazukamori"... [Another name for Seishirou Sakurazuka, from _Tokyo Babylon_] P53 KAMUI "Sakurazukamori"...? P54 SORATA What the!? KAMUI An earthquake!? P57 HIEN/SOUHI Are there any injuries? HINOTO %... I am all right... P58 SORATA Well, the quake stopped. That's too bad... ARASHI Blood... P59 SORATA It's OK, it's OK. The wound is so little that if I lick it, it will get better. ARASHI But... SORATA This is nothing. Because I've chosen you, Miss! P60 SORATA What, are you going to lick the wound for me, Miss? Ahahahaha YUZURIHA That was some earthquake. HINOTO %Once again... a Kekkai has been broken... P61 HINOTO %"Kamui"... %The Dream that I showed you earlier does not contain a lie. %It was... the Truth. %And the Death of that girl, which I showed you when I sneaked into %your dream previously, is also true. P62 HINOTO %But... There exists another Dream, as Kanoe informed you. P63 SOUHI What... Kanoe-sama...!! HIEN Kanoe-sama was in your dream, Princess!? HINOTO %That was my one and only younger sister... %Bestowed with the power to travel through Dreams. %Fortelling the future through Dreams... One who %possesses the Dreaming power same as my own... P64 KAMUI Why are there two True Dreams? HINOTO %That is because you are "Kamui"... KAMUI What did you say? HINOTO %"Kamui". "One who represents the majesty of God". P65 HINOTO %Meaning that he will bring together the ones who God granted His power %to, carry out the Power and Will of God, and save this Earth. %However, the name "Kamui" has one more origin. P66 HINOTO %"One who hunts the majesty of God". P67-68 HINOTO %Meaning that he will hunt the ones who God granted His Power to, %and destroy this Earth. P69 KAMUI I will... destroy... HINOTO %What Kanoe has told you is the truth. %You can become the "Dragon of Heaven", one of the "Seven Seals". %However... you can also become the "Dragon of Earth", one of the %"Seven Minions". P70 HINOTO %Depending on the decision that you make -- whether to be the "Dragon of %Heaven" or to be the "Dragon of Earth" -- the destiny of this Earth %will be altered greatly. P71 KAMUI The Earth... just because of me... alone...? HINOTO %The Dream which I showed to you earlier will become Reality if you %become the "Dragon of Earth", becoming the "One who hunts the majesty %of God"... %The disastrous earthquake, the mountainous pile of corpses... %all of these things will become Reality. P72 HINOTO %"Kamui"... I beg of you, please, please save this Earth... %Together with these three, and the remaining three of the "Dragon of %Heaven", save this Earth. P73 $[TOORU] $Kamui. Go to Tokyo. $Your Destiny is waiting for you. P74 HINOTO %"Kamui"!! P75 HINOTO %"Kamui"...! SORATA Princess. It's OK. P76 SORATA Kamui... still has... P77 SORATA ...something that he wants to protect. P78 SORATA ...and Kamui isn't insane enough to destroy that with his own hands. The "Seven Seals" are starting to gather, centering on Kamui. Of course, the "Seven Minions" are, too. Me, Miss Arashi, Yuzuriha-chan. Three more left. P79 SORATA I don't know how many of the "Seven Minions" have come together, but we have to find the other three pretty soon. P80 [Politicians: A hi- high school student? Again?] P81 $[HINOTO] $"Kamui"... $You can become the "Dragon of Heaven", one of the "Seven Seals". $However... you can also become the "Dragon of Earth", one of the $"Seven Minions". $Depending on the decision that you make -- whether to be the "Dragon of $Heaven" or to be the "Dragon of Earth" -- P82 $the destiny of this Earth will be altered greatly. P83 $The disastrous earthquake, the mountainous pile of corpses... $all of these things will become Reality. P84 $[TOORU] $Kamui... $Go to Tokyo. $[HINOTO] $"One who represents the majesty of God". The one who will save this $Earth. $"One who hunts the majesty of God". The one who will destroy this $Earth. P85 $[TOORU] $Your Destiny is waiting for you. KAMUI %Mother... P86 KAMUI %The Destiny that Mother said was waiting for me in Tokyo... %It was about this... P88 KOTORI %That man... Who was that...? %He knew that this was Kamui-chan's house... %Why... $[KAMUI] $Don't get involved with me. $Things have changed in 6 years. P89 KOTORI %Kamui-chan... P93 KOTORI Uh... Um.... I, I was just passing by... [background: Panic!!] P94 KOTORI Um... Umm... Kamui-cha... no, Shirou-kun, I wasn't following you... Um... Umm... Kya.... P96 KOTORI Kyaaa-- Kyaaa-- Kyaa Kyaa Kya.... P97 KOTORI Ummmm.... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. $[KAMUI] $Kotori-chan. P98 $[KAMUI] $Kotori-chan, it's dangerous! $[KOTORI] $I'm fine. Because your leg is injured, I want you to $wait for me right there. $Please wait. I will be right there. $Please stay still -- I won't be mean to you. P99 $[KOTORI] $It's all right now. $[KAMUI] $Kotori-chan! Look out! P100 $[KOTORI] $Kamui-chan! $Kamui-chan, are you OK? $[KAMUI] $I, I'm OK. P101 $[KAMUI] $I'm fine. $[KOTORI] $Waaaaaaaaan $I'm sorry. $I'm sorry. $I'm sorry. P102 KAMUI %She hasn't changed a bit... %Just like when I left 6 years ago. KOTORI Oh! I, I have to go get a doctor! Stay there. Don't move. Please. I'll go run right now and... P103 KAMUI It would be better for you not to run. KOTORI What...? KAMUI There is nothing wrong with me... (murmurs).... were you OK? ... Are there any injuries... on your body...? P104 KOTORI I, I'm fine! See, I am not hurt anywhere! [See? See?] KAMUI ...I'm glad. KOTORI %Kamui-chan... %By any chance... was he worried about me...? P105 KOTORI %Maybe I can tell him now... %My thanks for that time... $[TOKIKO] $It was a boy whose face is not familiar to me. $He was small and had a pretty face. KOTORI Wa... Wait! By any chance, when... When I collapsed at the stairwell to the roof, someone carried me to the nurse's office. Was that Kamui-cha... no, wait... P106 KOTORI Shirou-kun!? P107 $[KOTORI] $Kyaaaa $My hat... $No. I can't reach it. $[KAMUI] $I will try climbing up there. P108 $[KOTORI] $No. This tree is so big... that is dangerous. $[KAMUI] $But... Kotori-chan, you loved that hat... $[KOTORI] $It's okay. $I am sad that I can't get the hat, but if you get hurt, $I'll be a hundred, no, a thousand times sadder. $[KAMUI] $... Kotori-chan... P109 $[KOTORI] $Let's go. Oniichan is waiting for us. $[KOTORI] $%What is that sound...? P110 $[KOTORI] $%A hat... my hat... $%I thought I lost it yesterday.... $%...Maybe Kamui-chan... $[doorbell ring] P111 $[KAMUI] $Yes? $Kotori-chan... $[KOTORI] $This... $This hat.... $Did Kamui-chan get it for me...? $[KAMUI] $No. $[KOTORI] $Kamui-chan... $Yesterday... $Because of me... P112 $[KOTORI] $You climbed that tree... $[KAMUI] $Ko... Kotori-chan! $[KOTORI] $I'm sorry, Kamui-chan. I'm sorry. P113 $[KAMUI] $No, I... KOTORI %Kamui-chan... You haven't changed... Thank you... KAMUI What....? P114 KOTORI Thank you very much for rescuing me all the time... Thank you.... P115 KOTORI What? You were surprised? I was surprised, too. KAMUI You still are able to speak to the animals and plants like before... KOTORI It's not that I can speak. These children play along with me. P116 KOTORI That child... she is worried... that something happened, because you aren't cheerful. P118 SORATA I'm jealous. I'm jealous. I'm jealous because he gets to talk with pretty girls. Kamui is the happiest man in the Three Kingdoms. [Three Kingdoms: Japan, China, and India. Japanese people use the phrase "best (blank) in the Three Kingdoms" to mean the "best (blank) around"] But... Kotori-chan is _really_ cute... "Kotori-chan playing with the kotoris" Hey, that was a pretty good one. [Kotori = little bird] Hey, hey, Miss, don't you think it was funny? P119 ARASHI ... Thank you... very much. SORATA Huh? What, what? Ah. About this. It's no big deal. It's nothing. ARASHI What? SORATA I have already "decided" on you, so it's no big deal. P120 ARASHI I have been meaning to ask you about this. SORATA Huh? Ask me? Me, I like the Okonomi-Yaki from Kansai. The Modern-Yaki is also delicious. [Haha--hahahahaha] [Okonomi-Yaki: A Japanese pancake-like substance containing vegetables and meat. Eaten with a sauce resembling Worcestershire sauce and mayo, sprinkled on top with shaved bonito. Yummy. :) ] Oh yeah, there also is a delicious Okonomi-Yaki restaurant in Tokyo. Let's go together sometime... ARASHI It has nothing to do with that sort of things. SORATA Then is it my annual income? ARASHI No. When we first met, you mentioned that you "decided". SORATA Yes, I did. I "decided" on you, Miss. P121 ARASHI What did you decide? SORATA The one that I am going to give my life for. P122 SORATA Grandpa Stargazer at Kouya, where I'm from, said to me: "You... $[STARGAZER CHUU] $You... $Will become one of the "Seven Stars in the Sky". $Using that Power, you will become one of the people that determine $the fate of the Earth. $Sorata-- $Meet "Kamui"... $And be of help to "Kamui". P123 $[STARGAZER CHUU] $Protect "Kamui" as long as you live. $However... P124 $[STARGAZER CHUU] $When you Die, $it will be for the sake of a Woman. P126 $[STARGAZER CHUU] $You will probably lose your life... $For the woman that you love. SORATA And that's the story. Grandpa Stargazer was kind of annoying with all his little lectures, but he has never been wrong about the things that he has said. So... I will probably die for the sake of a Woman. P127 SORATA Although I don't know why I am going to die for a Woman when I am protecting "Kamui" as long as I live. I... had decided from when I heard Grandpa's words. I am very picky about appearances, so if I was to die for a Woman, I wanted to die for a beautiful woman. Since you are really beautiful, I decided on you, Miss. [Kya.. You're making me blush.] So, because I am going to Die for you, you don't have to worry about little wounds like this. P128 ARASHI We just met, and we haven't spoken much at all, and how can you... SORATA One sight is enough. Time does not matter when it comes to falling in love with someone. ARASHI I know that the horoscopes of the Sukuyou-sou of Kouyasan has never been wrong, but that is different from this matter... [Sukuyou-sou = Priest in charge of divination, using the art of Sukuyoudou (Buddhist Astrology). =Stargazer.] SORATA Miss, you don't have to worry about it. I am going to fall in love with you, of my own free will. And die by my own free will. ARASHI You are...!! P129 SORATA Maybe our Fate has been decided beforehand. To live as the "Seven Seals", as the "Dragon of Heaven"... And that is probably all that we can do. P130 SORATA But, of course, you have to choose who you want to fall in love with yourself-- [Ahahahaha] So... how about going on a date with me soon? [As I said before, I know a delicious Okonomi-Yaki restaurant.] Hey, look over there. Kamui, who was being kind of a problem child, is now so cute. See, guys are at their happiest when they are with the girl that they like-- P131 [SORATA: Miss, you're being too hard to get.] ARASHI If I remember correctly, we were going to search for the other three of the "Seven Seals"? SORATA That is one of the things that Kamui wants to protect. P132 SORATA Whether "Kamui" will become a "Dragon of Heaven" or a "Dragon of Earth"... It might be depending on that cute girl. P133 SORATA Miss, can I ask a favor -- talk it over with Princess Hinoto, and put a bodyguard on that girl? ... Before the "Dragon of Earth" side does anything to her. ARASHI ... Yes. SORATA Miss. You are a Shrine Maiden of the Ise Shrine, right? [Ise Shrine = The greatest Shinto temple in Japan, devoted to the Sun Goddess Amaterasu.] P134 [SORATA: bull's-eye?] ARASHI Yes. SORATA [Fu- fu- fu- fu- fu-] You must be really sexy in your Shrine Maiden costume.... Yeah, yeah. [Writing over Sorata: spellbound...] [Writing over Arashi: complete disregard] SORATA Could you wear a hakama once...? [Hakama: a type of pleated skirt] P135 SORATA But then, you wear a hakama only during a "state of emergency"... The Kakushi Miko of the Ise Shrine... [Kakushi Miko: Hidden Shrine Maiden] ...is different from the "outwardly" appearing Shrine Maidens, who act as assistants to the priests at Ise, for things like festivals and gatherings. [Note: Sorata is saying O-Ise-san in this conversation, which was taken as a slang-ish term for Ise. Thus, all entries are Ise.] The Kakushi Miko is the Protector of the Ise Shrine. P136 SORATA It is said that you are "concealing" all of the Spirit Power of Ise in your body. It seems the rumor is true, that the true God Body of Ise Shrine is inside the body of the Kakushi Miko. A Sword, which came out of your hand; is this the true God Body of Ise? P137 ARASHI Where did you hear that? SORATA "Snakes make up the path of snakes", they say. [This phrase means that there are not many secrets when you are in the same industry / occupation / etc.] This industry seems to be big, but it's actually pretty small. [Ahh... Miss's hands are really soft.] However, this really is a "state of emergency", isn't it... for Ise to use its "last resort"... ARASHI I have also heard.... The Star which the famous Stargazer of Kouya raised with much care. P138 ARASHI This Power is said to rival the Founder of Kouyasan. SORATA If you praise me so much like that, I'll blush! Me, you, and the cute Yuzuriha-chan. All of them hidden by our industry, so it turned out. P139 SORATA They say that the grandma at Mitsumine shrine is _really_ scary. I don't like that. She would probably be cruel to me. [That Inuki that's always with her is also scary...] Of the "Seven Seals", three are from our industry. That means... Isn't there a possibility that there are other people in our industry that is on the same grounds as us? ARASHI Then, that means that... P140 SORATA The most likely possibility would be... ARASHI ... the "Sumeragi Clan"... SORATA Yup. Nowadays, the "Sumeragi Clan" are the head of modern-day Onmyoujis. The name of the thirteenth leader is... Subaru Sumeragi. ARASHI Of course, if it is the leader of the Sumeragis, there is a high probability that he is one of the "Seven Seals"... P141 SORATA There is a need to see him once. >From what I hear, the leader is a young man with a pretty face. Although I hear that he does not talk too much. [And if he is easily angered, then he is just like Kamui.] I am so glad that I am a "Dragon of Heaven"... ARASHI And why is that? SORATA Because we are all so beautiful. [And if that guy is "Dragon of Heaven" and if Kamui comes on our side, that means there is only one more! We win by a landslide with handsomeness too!! Wahahahaha] [ARASHI: what the heck... ^_^;;] P142 KAREN Oh, then I can't become friends, then. Do you have to be beautiful to become a friend? SORATA No, I think you are beautiful enough, Miss. KAREN Thank you. P143 SORATA But... That is an incredible outfit. KAREN I'm sorry, I've just snuck away from work for a little while... SORATA Work? ARASHI And you are...? KAREN I had to tell you guys something. ARASHI And what did you want to tell us? P144 KAREN A Message from the lady that was kidnapped from her house. SORATA That is... Tokiko-san's house. KAREN There was a woman abducted from that house. Correct? SORATA How did you... Miss, are you by any chance an ally of the guys who abducted Tokiko-san? KAREN No, I am not. P145 KAREN It was I that burned that house down... ...but it was on her orders. SORATA Her...? KAREN The woman that was abducted. Is her name Tokiko-san? $[TOKIKO] $Come back soon. $When you come back, I will tell you. $About your mother. About the Magami family. P146 SORATA Tokiko-san asked for the house to...? KAREN Yes. I... always came to watch this house. It was already burned and the house no longer existed, but... this was the house that "Kamui" lived in. ARASHI Then, you are... P147 KAREN Karen Kasumi. One of the "Seven Seals". P148 KAREN I was sitting here... Watching Kamui's house... And all of a sudden these guys in suits came... And abducted her. When she was taken into the car, our eyes met... P149 KAREN And she said... $[TOKIKO] $B U R N $B U R N $T H I S H O U S E P150 SORATA It is a Kotodama. A Kotodama is a spell where you use words to give a command to a target, and they are compelled to perform it. She sure was a member of the Magami family... ARASHI You said a Message earlier... KAREN Yes. SORATA Tokiko-san's Message was... KAREN Her Message was... $[TOKIKO] $T E L L "K A M U I" P151 $[TOKIKO] $G U A R D T H E "H O L Y S W O R D" P152 ARASHI Guard the "Holy Sword"? SORATA Don't you mean "Get it back"? The "Holy Sword" has already been stolen. How can we guard it? KAREN Well, I relayed the message. I have to go back to work soon. SORATA Where is your workplace? Since you said that you were one of the "Seven Seals", you know that this earth is in danger, right? KAREN Yes. And, I also know... P153 KAREN About "Kamui". I didn't imagine that "Kamui" was such a cute boy. SORATA Miss, which religious sect are you affiliated with? KAREN [chuckle] "Flower". SORATA f--"Flower"? Was there such a sect? ARASHI I... I don't know... P154 KAREN The address is on the back of my business card. If you would like to come over, that would be great. SORATA Fire. That lady has pyrokinetic powers... But where in the world... [Card: Soapland Flower -- Karen] [A "Soapland" is an establishment where a man can obtain a sponge bath from a female attendant (that is usually in lingerie or naked). It is actually prostitution of a sort (but in most of these places, actual intercourse does not take place -- just oral sex ).] P155 SORATA To have Soaps with such beautiful misses... Tokyo is an incredible place... [You can't take things lightly here...] $[HINOTO] $You... P156 $[HINOTO] $Depending on the decision that you make -- whether to be the "Dragon of $Heaven" or to be the "Dragon of Earth" -- the destiny of this Earth $will be altered greatly. $The Dream which I showed to you earlier will become Reality if you $become the "Dragon of Earth", becoming the "One who hunts the majesty $of God"... $"Kamui"... P157 $[HINOTO] $Please save this Earth... $[TOORU] $Kamui... P158 $[KAMUI] $... I want to see Kotori-chan... $and Fuuma.... $[TOORU] $Kamui.... $We can't go see them right now. $Not now, Kamui. $[KAMUI] $Why? $Why can't I go see Kotori-chan or Fuuma? $[TOORU] $You don't want them to be going through what Saya went through, right? P159 $[Kamui] $... Aunt Saya...? [In Japan, a middle aged lady receives the same title as the English word for "aunt".] $[TOORU] $Saya... was killed... for our sake. $She died for the "Holy Sword". $[KAMUI] $"Holy Sword"? $[TOORU] $"Kamui"... P160 $[TOORU] $I will probably die. $[KAMUI] $Mother!! $[TOORU] $When you are strong enough to be able to live by yourself... $I will Die. $[KAMUI] $NO!! P161 $[KAMUI] $Mother! I don't want you to die!! $[KAMUI: sob sob] $[TOORU] $Kamui, do you have something that you want to protect? $[KAMUI] $... Something... that I want to protect? $[TOORU] $Do you know anyone... that you want to be happy, so much, that you $wouldn't care what happened to yourself, as long as they were happy? P162 $[KAMUI] $Kotori-chan... and Fuuma... $[TOORU] $Then you will be fine. P163 $[TOORU] $You will not choose the wrong path. $[KAMUI] $But Mother, you are important, too! $I want you to be happy, too!! $[TOORU] $I want you to be happy, too, Kamui. $But it is my Destiny to die. $[KAMUI] $Destiny...? $What is Destiny? $[TOORU] $A future that has already been set. $[KAMUI] $I don't think so! $Tomorrow's things aren't already decided... $That can't be true! P164 $[TOORU] $Well... Maybe _you_ can change the future. P165 $[TOORU] $Because you are "Kamui"... P166 $[TOORU] $Become strong, Kamui. $So that you can protect Kotori-chan and Fuuma-kun... $So that you can protect the ones that you love... $So that you will not doubt your actions once you wield the "Holy $Sword" in these hands to fight... $Become strong, Kamui. P167 $[KAMUI] $M.... Mother!! $%What!? Something like an invisible wall... $Mother!! $%Why can't I reach her!? P168 $[TOORU] $Kamui... $Go to Tokyo. $Your Destiny is waiting for you. $[KAMUI] $What is Destiny? $[TOORU] $A future that has already been set. $Maybe _you_ can change the future. P169 $[TOORU] $Because you are "Kamui"... [X 5 -- end] X Sorata Arisugawa P172 PRIEST Sorata!! P173 SORATA Thanks for the food! Wahahahahaha [PRIEST: Oooohh....] STARGAZER CHUU Is it Sorata again? PRIEST Y-yes... P174 PRIEST Why you----! Put down that manjuu, Sorata!! [Manjuu == a bun filled with sweet bean paste] [PRIESTS: stifled laughter] STARGAZER CHUU Even though he finished off a dinner of that size, it seems like it was still insufficient. P175 STARGAZER CHUU Sorata's Power grows stronger and stronger. There is no one who can defeat that child, even here at Kouya-san. "The Seven Stars of the Sky"... [The word for "Sky" is "Sora", the first part of the name "Sorata"] P176 STARGAZER CHUU "The Dragon of Heaven"... In accordance with my Stargazing, we pulled him away from his original parents when he was just three years old, and brought him here to Kouya. He does not even remember the faces of his parents. Although they say it was for the sake of protecting the Earth... I... may have done a cruel thing... P177 SORATA You think too much about it, Grandpa. Hey. I like it here. When you're angry, you're unreasonably frightening, but when you're kind, you are truly kind. And I am grateful to you. STARGAZER CHUU Grateful...? P178 SORATA Grandpa, remember what you were saying before? That my death will be for the sake of the woman I love... Although I don't remember my mother's face, I just remember that she was crying -- enough to make me feel bad. She had a sad face... so much that I became sad just watching her... I... I don't like to deal with women who are crying. You know what, Grandpa... P179 I don't want to make the woman that I love cry. Ever. Grandpa, you taught me how to use my Powers. So that I can protect the woman that I love properly... So I can die to protect her... So, I am very grateful to you, Grandpa. P180 STARGAZER CHUU Sorata... SORATA So.... Grandpa, pray with me that the girl that I am going to fall for is going to be beautiful! [Wahahaha] PRIEST Sorata------! Why you----! Put down that manjuu! You----! SORATA Hey, I'm still growing. I can't help it! [Here. You can have a share.] [PRIEST: Sorata--------!] [X Sorata Arisugawa -- end]