* Yuu Yuu Hakusho Manga Translation * * Volume 2: The golden awakening * * Chapter five (13): Prerequisite of a loved one! * Botan: Are you worried about Keiko-chan? Sara: ! Yuusuke: No... nothing... Loudspeaker blaring: The weather is dry and hot today... please take care that your wares do not burn. Sara: Who's Keiko? Botan: Yuusuke's lover. (a giant Yuusuke fist punches on Botan's head) Botan: Ouch! That hurts! Why did you beat me for? Yuusuke: We just grew up together, have some connections with each other... don't add words of your own! Sara: Oh... Sara wants to see her! Botan: What do you think, Yuusuke? Yuusuke: You go, I stay put. Botan: Acting cool! Yuusuke: And you're blind! (later..) Sara: Which one is it? Botan: The girl in the middle. Sara: Oh... [He who followed in the end, Yuusuke] Sara: Who's prettier, her or me? Botan: Huh? Sara: Tell me, who's prettier? Botan: Eh? Ah? That is a very subjective question, subject not to one judgment scale, but an ever-changing one... *Well this is a surprise... Yuusuke's promoted from guardian to lover in a while.* Sara: What about brother Yuusuke? Who's prettier? Yuusuke: Huh? But of course! It's Sara! [Irresponsible] Sara: Really? Yuusuke: You and Keiko... poles apart! You're cuter by a million times! Sara: Oh? But she's very pretty too! Though she's not as pretty as me, she's still prettier than the normal human being. Yuusuke: Nonsense! She always talks with me like this. (presses his cheeks together). Hey! Yuusuke! Shouldn't you attend school once in a while? Botan: Yuusuke! Don't utter crap and say something you don't mean! Sara-chan, he's only shy. Sara: Eh? Botan: In actual fact, he likes Keiko-chan alot. Yuusuke: HEY! Anyone ever told you you had a big mouth! Botan: SO WHAT? Dare you say I wasn't telling the truth? Sara: Oh my! The situation gets more fizzled. All right! I shall decide, and investigate for you, whether or not she is suitable for brother Yuusuke. Yuusuke: ... Eh? Sara: Only those who have been stamped with the 'seal of Sara' can be approved for being brother Yuusuke's lover! (she floats away) Yuusuke: Just what is that fellow up to? Botan: How pure! Your ignorance hasn't changed even till death has it? To Sara, she feels as if her brother has suddenly been snatched by a stranger girl. Of course she would want to hang on to something she's about to suddenly lose! Yuusuke: About to suddenly lose? Botan: This is only Sara's first time learning about Keiko-chan. Of course, wouldn't it have been fine if you just admitted your love for Keiko-chan? Yuusuke: How am I supposed to say that in front of a kid? [Class 2B] Keiko: (Direct Togashi Yoshihiro English) My money are going back - back to the time. When I was young to live a money. A life of money full of money. Then you came into my money. And you've changed so many things. That I've done before. That I've done before... Teacher: Ah! Wonderful, Yukimura student. Classmate at corridor: I beg you Keiko, let me copy your workbook! Keiko: No no! Homework must be done yourself! Another one: Keiko, I don't understand this... (they watch on) Botan: Excellent results, great sportsmanship and wonderful popularity. How is it? Such an 'asset' is hard to come by nowadays. Yuusuke: What're you, a property agent? Sara: Her value in school is fine! But what's more important is the heart. Perhaps it's merely brother Yuusuke's one-sided love. Yuusuke: You... (at school, perhaps later) Boy: Excuse me, Yukimura. Sara: Mm? Boy: Ever since I entered school, I've been watching for you... will you go out with me? I promise never to let you down. Keiko: ... (turns) I'm sorry. Boy: Huh? Why? Could it be... you have another? Keiko: Yes! *Mm...* (Yuusuke has a slight blush on his left cheek) Keiko: I'm sorry! Botan: Hm... Oh boy! This is YOUTH! Sara: Brother Yuusuke! You're such a fortunate person! Yuusuke: Aren't you guys counting your chickens before they're hatched? She never said who was her 'another'! It could be Kuwabara for all we know! Botan: Why are you still like that? I can't stand you! Yuusuke: Stop beating me you sadistic women! Sara: All right! I shall beat a hundred steps retreat and treat it as you're both in love with each other! Yuusuke: HEY! Don't go around making decisions for me! Sara: But now, the question is, how deep is the love! How deep the love is, is veeeeery important. (at Yuusuke's house) Keiko: WHAT? Atsuko on note: Hai! Keiko-chan, I'm going out for a while... hohohoh, I'm leaving Yuusuke in your care! Keiko: Atsuko-san is so infuriating sometimes! The house is so messy! I can't even find a place to walk in! It's only been a few days, what happened? Sara: Don't brother Yuusuke have parents to care for you? Yuusuke: Mind your own business! Keiko: YA! Even Yuusuke's buried in trash! The extent to which the owner is lazy till is a crime! (an empty bowl falls over a huge pile of books) Keiko: Ah? AH! !! (all stuff falls on Yuusuke's body) Keiko: Yuusuke! Are you all right? Oh man! If I didn't come everyday, the body would have been finished before the soul returned! (finishes cleaning up) Keiko: Some dust on his face... Sara: ... Botan: Keiko-chan is treating Yuusuke's body with utmost seriousness. Keiko: Some dust here too. (stares for a while) Botan: ... Sara: Hm? Keiko: ... (stares some more, leans a little forward towards Yuusuke's face) Yuusuke: HEY! KEIKO! What're you trying to do to a poor, defenceless man? Sara: Brother, be quiet! Botan: She can't hear us anyway. Loudspeaker blaring: Ah... this is a notice all neighbours should take note of! The day is hot and dry, please take care of firestarters... AGAIN... this neighbourhood has saw several fires, just down the road are two fires started without a cause... please everybody take care! Keiko: *snaps out of it* Yuusuke: ALL RIGHT! Way to go, Self-help organizations! Botan and Sara: Chi! Keiko: *Ah... what was I thinking of doing?* Oh yeh, mom wanted me to do some shopping... I'll come back and clean up later! (wanders out of the house) Keiko: Ah! What a disgrace... Sara: Not very happy with it, but that was some great atmosphere just now. Botan: Ah! And why're YOU blushing? You're shy! And your face is burning up! Yuusuke: ~~~ (a leg pops by from corner) (Yuusuke chases Botan around) Mysterious man: ... Botan: Hm? (mysterious man lights up paper stuffed in soft drink can, flings it towards Yuusuke's house) Yuusuke and Botan: ... Botan: It's... burning! Yuusuke: ARSON! That idiotic mom! She didn't even lock the windows and doors properly! Botan: The fire's getting bigger! Burning up with the garbage in the house! Yuusuke: (as he hits his body) Get up! You're gonna die! That's right! Maybe like the other time, I can possess the body... Darn! Why can't I get in? Botan: Impossible! You just went in recently, you have to wait for another three weeks! Yuusuke: Darn! What shall we do now? Botan: Hurry and inform some other people! Yuusuke: (hops on the window of another person) HEY! You're still in the mood for eating when the house opposite is on fire? (next neighbour) Yuusuke: FIRE! YOU HEAR? ARGH! I'll tear you all to shreds! Are there any spirit meditating hermits around here? Sara: FIRE! Botan: It doesn't always go your way! Oh yes! Kuwabara! Yuusuke: It's already too late! When he comes from his house, my body'll already be in ashes. Botan: Well we'll have to try! Yuusuke: Oh man! Somebody hurry! (Keiko buying stuff at the market) Person: There's a fire down the road! Person: But there are fires everywhere! The firemen won't be able to make it! Person: It's the fifth such case today. Keiko: ... *In the direction of Yuusuke's house! It can't be...* !! (she arrives at Yuusuke's house) Watcher: Another roaring flame. Watcher: The fifth one today. Keiko: *Why did it happen!* "Yuusuke: I'll be back. Have faith and wait for me!" Keiko: *Yuusuke!* Sara: Ah! Keiko's back! Yuusuke: What? Keiko: (pushing her way through crowds) Excuse me! There's somebody inside! Person: It's too late! Person: The fire's spreading too quickly! Person: If you go in, you'll die as well! Keiko: LET GO! (she takes a pail of water, pours on her, and opens the door to Yuusuke's house) Yuusuke: KEIKO! END TRANSLATION 20/1/99 (c) 1991 Togashi Yoshihiro Translation: fwah@geocities.com