* Yuu Yuu Hakusho Manga Translation * * Volume 2: The golden awakening * * Chapter one (9): A short-lived revival; back editorial * (a back alley, and a messy place) Man: Oh! Other man: What is it, Daisuke? Squatting man: Why bring a Sarayashiki girl here? Daisuke: Not bad eh? It's my girl. Squatting man: Heheh... really? How did you let her give up her life? Daisuke: Idiot! As long as I call out, all the girls will say OK! Right? Keiko: ... (thinks back) "Daisuke: If you refuse me, I'll take those two friends of yours!" Keiko: My you're good at words. Daisuke: Don't give me that rebellious face! Aren't we having fun? Keiko: Don't touch me! Daisuke: (grabs her) Get your situation clear! I've said it: You're my girl from today onwards. - Previously on this thread - Yuusuke was allowed to live for one day to allow his body to recharge with some live energy. Unfortunately at the same time, Keiko was taken away by an enemy school. According to the rules of Reikai, talking with Keiko would mean committing a very serious offence. Can Yuusuke safely rescue Keiko from her dilemma? Go for it! Yuusuke! Keiko: Please continue your leisure. Kuwabara: DAISUKE? Girl: It's a man with a big head... Bald boy: Do you know him, Kuwabara-san? Kuwabara: Yes! That guy Daisuke... He moved here recently, got a flair for fighting. Our enemy school's Middle Two students have been entirely controlled by him. Girl: Keiko was brought away! Bald boy: We're sorry, Kuwabara-san! Kuwabara: With a girl, it's highly possible that he went to to Bar "Half Killed"! But that's a pricky place... All right! I'll go! Yuusuke: (just behind the wall where Kuwabara was talking) What? *Keiko was... darn it! What should I do?* Bar "Half Killed"... *That fellow [Kuwabara] isn't too reliable now...* (Yuusuke thinks about how he's going to do it) Yuusuke: Keiko! I've come to save you! Because of XXOO reason, I've been permitted to revive for a day! Keiko: Ah! Thank you, Yuusuke! You're thet most handsome guy in the world! Yuusuke: *Gwah, but that'll mean conversing with her! I must save her without her discovering I'm there.* ! [The plastic bags and toiletries bought from a convenience stall.] Yuusuke: (throws stuff all about) Ah! This is it! (at little half killed wine bar...) (crazy people [looking like half dead vampires] dance to the crazy music. Keiko sits alone somewhere else) Idiot1: Daisuke! Come on! Go get close with your girl! Daisuke: IDIOT! (whams him away) Daisuke: As an orthodox sect, it is unthinkable for us to perform such a hideous deed! (stands tall) Daisuke: Therefore, it is thinkable to perform it small-scale. All right! We'll just pull at her skirt! Or should you do it yourself? Keiko: Wh... NO! Don't come any closer, or I'll scream! Daisuke: They can't hear you outside! Come on! No need to be shy. (shrieks and screams ensue) Entrance guard: It sure seems like a party in there. (he gets stepped on) (Mysterious man walks on) Keiko: ... Ah! (she gets hit to the ground) Daisuke: Humph! She was too rough, so I had to use force! She won't be getting up for the time being! Idiot1: Then do it while she's still unconscious! Daisuke: Idiot! We can't do it in broad daylight! (kneels down) Daisuke: Therefore, we can do it in secret. (the door is kicked open) Idiots: WHO IS THAT? Daisuke: *Don't be impatient!* Man with funny face: Passer-by! Idiot2: HAHAHA! Who're you? Idiot1: UGLY UGLY! Man with funny face: !! Keiko! What did you idiots do to Keiko? Daisuke: We've just decided to touch her now! She was too rough, so we had to be a little more brute. Man with funny face: She's fainted? Then I don't need this mask anymore. (flips the mask off) Man with even more funny face: (drew the moustache and whatnots on himself to prevent himself from being recognized) (make-up off...) Yuusuke (was: Man with even more funny face): So, you're the idiot who hit Keiko? Idiot1: Ah! You're the fellow from just now! I want my revenge! Kill you! Yuusuke: It's you? DOKAT! (Yuusuke kicks his leg through the idiot's face) (after some more assorted noises...) Yuusuke: Who's next? Or should you all come together? More idiots: Don't look down on us! KILL YOU! (Yuusuke finishes them all off) One big idiot: (smashes awine bottle on Yuusuke's head) To heck with you! Yuusuke: YOU IDIOT! THAT HURT! (sends him flying into the air) Yuusuke: *licks the wine* That's cold! What a pity! That was some expensive wine! You should've used an empty wine bottle! Oh well, I'll just use it as a substitute for hair gel. (slicks his hair up) Idiot1: Ah! Look! Idiot2: No wonder I found him familiar! Yuusuke: A buncha fool. Idiot1: He's... he's Urameshi! Idiot2: Don't joke! That guy's dead! Idiot1: Just someone who looks like 'em! Idiot2: His face is universal! Daisuke: Humph. I don't care if you're Urameshi or not, I was the one who hit the girl, are you not happy with that? Yuusuke: Oh? So I presume you're ready to die! I thought an idiot like Kuwabara was the only local who would still dare look for me after knowing my name! Are you someone new? Daisuke: Shut up! Come on! Yuusuke: Then I'm going! (in a flash, he head-butts Daisuke, and delivers a crunching punch) Daisuke: ... !! Idiots: Daisuke! Just two punches and... Idiot1: He really IS Urameshi! Idiot2: GHOST! RUN! Keiko: (gets up) Oh... Yuusuke: Humph! A buncha idiots. Keiko: !! Ah! (she turns around) Yuusuke: ! Keiko: Ah... (points in Yuusuke's direction) Yuusuke: Ah! *I've been discovered!* Keiko: FIRE!! It's burning! Quick, save the fire! It'll be terrible if a disaster started here! (slams out the fire) Keiko: It's extinguished... good! (faints) Yuusuke: ... Phew! Gave me a fright! (outside) Kuwabara: I'm about to go in... about to finish up the enemies! *Supposing there are lots of people inside! This time, even I'm scared... maybe I won't make it even after battling for my life! Maybe my life won't be enough at all... but that's just as well, if I die, I'll be able to fight with Urameshi again!* Yuusuke: Oei! Kuwabara! Kuwabara: !!? HUH? Yuusuke: You're really slow! Kuwabara: U... Ur... Urameshi - ? What's going on? WHY? [right now, this is Kuwabara's heart condition] Kuwabara: What's... going on... aren't you... dead? EH? (after a while) Yuusuke: And that's what it's all about. I can come back for a day every month, but I won't be able to talk with her. Kuwabara: ... If you weren't in front of me now, I would never have believed it! Yuusuke: I'll have to wait till my real revival before I can speak with her anyway, so don't let Keiko know about this occasional revival! Keiko: ... Kuwabara: ... If you accidentally speak with her, won't you be a goner? Yuusuke: Precisely! So, let's just treat it as you've saved her! Kuwabara: No problem! If it's for that reason, I'll consent. Keiko: (with an eye open) ... Kuwabara: But you'll have to buy me a drink the next time you come back! Yuusuke: I'll just let you defeat me once. Kuwabara: Idiot! I'll defeat you one day by true ability! [Yuusuke's house] Yuusuke: The letter's ready, [Saved you, sent you here. You should thank me! I'm Kuwabara!] Yuusuke: this way she won't know it was me who saved her. *And now I'll just have to pretend I'm sleeping before she wakes up to go home!* ... *Why won't Keiko wake up quickly? I wanna go out to play! Sheesh, I'm tired...* Keiko: ... ... (looks at the fast asleep Yuusuke) Yuusuke: (opens his eyes) ... Eh? Hm? Botan: Oh? You're awake? Yuusuke: Ah! Botan! Eh? My soul's returned here? Botan: You haven't been exerting force for a while, so you got too tired. While you slept, your time was up. Yuusuke: WHAT? Darn! I only played for 5 or 6 hours! Botan: With that rough fight of yours, it was more than enough. Yuusuke: !! Ah... this is... Botan: This is the signal Keiko-chan left behind for you. [The head of Yuusuke's body] Yuusuke: That fellow... she wasn't really sleeping! Botan: And she heard everything! (Keiko smiles as she hops gaily away) (after having left a lipstick mark on Yuusuke's left cheek) END TRANSLATION 18/1/99 (c) 1991 Togashi Yoshihiro Translation: fwah@geocities.com