Copyright Kikuhide Tani. ***Summary of Kishin Douji ZENKI manga book 1 - Chapter 1, Part 2.*** http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/1343/ Version 2. September 1, 1999. (Version 1 - July 26, 1998) Translated by: Yui-chan Edited by: Washuu-chan CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION PART 2: CHILD AND DEMON LORD ((An old, crooked tree sits in the menacing shadows of a forest at night.)) [070-1] Tree : Hate!! Hate!! Hate!! Let me out... [070-2] : LET ME OUT!! ((Meanwhile, the sun rises on the Enno Shrine.)) [071-1] Zenki : ((all tied and warded up)) Damn... [071-2] Chiaki : What a demon! What a BAD demon!! [071-3] : You're different from what the book says. All you are is reckless and wild. [071-4] : You destroyed the shrine and killed the mountain, and you scared the guests away... [071-5] : AND you tried to kill ME!! [072-1] : But it's OK. Your power is sealed and small. The big you is dangerous. Zenki : Damn! As you wished... [072-2] : Ozuno! That old bag... [072-3] : Sealed me in stone... He must have done something to my true form and power! [072-4] Chiaki : ! *What did Ozuno-sama mean... [072-5] : When he spoke to me... [072-6] : Leaving this child to me... [073-1] : I can become "the great master of ZENKI"?* ((Chiaki imagines herself as "the great master.")) [073-1] Chiaki : Put everything away! Zenki : Yes! Chiaki : Make sure you do a good job cleaning! Zenki : OK! ((Back in reality...)) [073-2] Chiaki : But why do I have to fight the evil? There shouldn't be evil in this century. [073-3] : ((flipping through an old manuscript)) But I have to find a way, first, to make this kid... [073-4] : ((grinning)) Make him obey my commands and become my servant! [074-1] Zenki : ((getting hysterical)) There is no way... I am going to listen to you! ((Zenki shakes free of his paper wards and Chiaki gets scared.)) [074-3] Zenki : ((still tied up, lunging at Chiaki)) I don't want to listen to you! I'll kill you!! [074-4] Chiaki : Keep dreaming! ((Chiaki roasts Zenki with a couple paper charms and then ties him up properly again.)) [075-5] Zenki : Damnit~~~~!! Chiaki : Hehehe... Don't underestimate humans. You can't get out of those ropes. Now I can do my research in silence. [075-6] Zenki : ((angry)) Even this normal human can control me... [076-1] : ((fighting to get out of the rope)) Bitch! This is not how I am... [076-2] : Change me back to my original form... Change me back! Chiaki : ((frustrated)) ...... [076-3] : Shut it, Zenki!! [076-4] Zenki : ((frozen in mid movement)) !? [076-5] : Can't... Can't move... [076-6] Chiaki : It's like Grandma showed me... [076-7] : When Zenki sees the light of the Bracelet, he can't move. [077-1] : ((yawns)) I'm sleepy... [077-2] : ((continues looking through manuscripts)) But I have to find a way to command him... [077-3] Zenki : ((to himself)) Damn! Looking down on me... Those books won't work... [077-4] : Just let me break this rope... I'll find a way to return to my original form... [077-5] : And then I'll tear you into pieces... And kill all other demons, and prove I'm the strongest! ((Meanwhile, Jukai and friends stand outside the Enno Shrine in its somewhat destroyed shape.)) [078-2] Jukai : ((in disbelief)) The mountain is cut... [078-3] : My sister's home... Man1 : What happened... Woman : Is Chiaki OK? ((They hear a crash inside.)) [078-5] Jukai : What the--? [078-6] Chiaki : Hey! Stop it!! ((Chiaki comes charging out and lands on her butt.)) [079-1] Chiaki : OOF!! Jukai : !! [079-2] Chiaki : ((seeing Jukai)) Ah, old monk... Jukai : What's going on? [079-3] Chiaki : ((looking around)) This... [079-4] : ((charging off into the forest)) Wait--! Jukai : ......... [079-5] Man2 : Alright... Man1 : Still the same... ((Jukai and friends refer back to the mountain.)) [079-6] Jukai : But we have demons under control everywhere. If the mountain is destroyed, I can't imagine... Man1 : I'm worried... [079-7] Jukai : Let's look around! [079-8] : *What I heard from my sister... Maybe I was just worrying too much. ((Meanwhile, "The Forest on the Foothill--", Zenki is running around, just another shadow in the dark forest.)) [080-3] Zenki : *Huff*... Been running everywhere just to hide... [080-4] : !! Wait! [080-5] : This smell... [080-6] : The smell of an enemy, my blood is boiling! Even if it isn't strong, it's miasma... [081-1] : I'll kill you and eat your seed! HAHAHA! It's your bad luck with me around! ((Zenki runs through the forest again, toward his snack. Chiaki, meanwhile, wanders aimlessly.)) [081-4] Chiaki : I could have sworn he went this way... Where the heck is Zenki? [081-5] : ((sensing something)) Huh? [081-6] : ((looking around)) What? This... ((Chiaki sees the forest floor blanketed in dead birds.)) [081-7] Chiaki : !! Birds--all dead! This has never happened before! ((She suddenly realizes where she is.)) [082-2] Chiaki : Near the tree where Ozuno-sama sealed the monster long ago! [082-3] : ((running to find the tree)) Then... What's happened to the tree? ((Chiaki reaches the tree to find that Zenki is fooling with its ward.)) [084-1] Zenki : Almost!! [084-2] Chiaki : Zenki! What are you doing? Don't break the rope! [084-3] Zenki : !! ((turns around)) You're very annoying... [084-4] : ((grinning)) I'll open this tree up and devour the being under it. Watch quietly! [084-5] Chiaki : Under the tree... The... The monster... [084-6] : No, don't! With this little of the rope cut, the miasma is already overflowing! [084-7] Zenki : Hey! What do you want, girl? ((Chiaki pushes him away from the warding rope just as it snaps.)) [085-2] Chiaki : Oh, no! Zenki : Oh, yes! [085-5] Chiaki : ((hits him over the head)) You idiot! Zenki : Ouch! Haven't you done enough!? ((Chiaki's attention is drawn to the tree. A boulder underneath the roots emerges; it cracks, then explodes. A large, decaying Possession Beast breaks free.)) [086-1] Monster : MWAHAHAHA~~~! Chiaki : Oh, no--!! [087-1] Monster : I'm finally free! [087-2] Chiaki : It... It's escaped! [087-3] Zenki : He sealed your power... Using the evil power, Ozuno did it... [087-4] : You're weak... This way, I can kill you and eat you! [088-1] Monster : Little demon! What are you chattering about? I've been here for over 1000 years, now I'm going to get back at humans! [088-2] Zenki : You annoying creature! I'll kill you quickly! [088-3] Chiaki : Idiot! You have no power when you're small! [088-4] Monster : Little demon! Stay out of my way! ((The monster pimp-slaps Zenki, who goes flying off into the distance.)) [089-1] Zenki : WAAAH!! ((Zenki ends up crashing into the side of a far-off mountain.)) [089-3] Chiaki : Oh, no... Zenki... [089-4] Monster : ((turning his attention to Chiaki)) HAHAHA! So, how is my power? ((Some of the monster's decaying matter gets spewed onto Chiaki's clothes.)) [089-5] Chiaki : !!? [090-1] : !! My clothes... they're rotting? ((As the monster steps closer, the forest floor directly beneath decays.)) [090-3] Monster : Scared? Matter from my body can rot anything! [090-4] : Beautiful things will all decay! My greatest desire is to see humans decay and die in pain! ((Chiaki is terrified, but determines that as Ozuno's descendant she must stop the monster. She casts the spell to ward evil, but the monster spews on the warding charms as they fly at him, and they decay. Chiaki is out of options as the monster enthusiastically realizes she is Ozuno's heir.)) [092-1] Monster : ((chasing after Chiaki)) I will never forgive you! Chiaki : ((running as hard as she can)) NO--!! [092-2] : ((crying)) I can't... Who... Someone... Zenki...! [092-4] : Help!! [092-5] : HELP ME--! ZENKI--!! ((The light from the Bracelet of Protection shines.)) [093-2] Zenki : ((pinned under a fallen tree)) Ouch! I had forgotten... [093-3] : That damn creature... Dare to treat me this way... I'll kill you! [093-4] : ((sensing something)) !? [093-5] : Who... Who is calling me? ((Meanwhile, the creature is upon Chiaki, just as the Bracelet pounds with light.)) [094-3] Monster : What... What is this light? ((From the light of the Bracelet emerges Zenki, just as confused as the monster.)) [095-2] Zenki : What the... [095-3] : Was I summoned by the Bracelet? [095-4] Chiaki : ((excited and happy)) This... This Bracelet can call you back to me from anywhere! [096-1] Monster : You're better than I thought. Is the child to protect you? [096-2] Zenki : Shut up! Who'd protect that girl!? [096-3] : Hey! Shrine girl!! Chiaki : !! [096-4] Zenki : Turn me back, I can't kill him in this form! [096-5] Chiaki : B-but... [096-6] Zenki : Hurry! Damn girl!! I'm full of eagerness!! [097-1] Chiaki : But... I don't know how! [097-3] Zenki : WHAT DID YOU SAY--!? [097-4] : Damnit! I'm the mightiest of demon lords... But I must fight like this... Stupid girl! ((The monster tires of the dramatics and strikes Zenki.)) [097-6] Monster : Begone! Little demon!! Zenki : ((smacks into a tree)) AAH!! [098-1] : ((getting back up)) You... How DARE you... [098-2] Monster : ((spewing on Zenki)) I'll erode you! Zenki : !!! [098-3] : AAAAAHHHH!! [098-4] Chiaki : ((horrified)) Zenki... Zenki is... [098-5] Monster : HAHA... Your little demon is gone... And now it's YOUR turn! ((Zenki, burned and scarred, crawls back to his feet, upset mostly over the fact he was hit, and with such a filthy liquid.)) [099-4] Monster : What's this... I can't erode you... [099-5] Chiaki : ((concentrating)) If Zenki can change into his true form... [099-7] Zenki : Huff... Huff... I won't forgive you... ((The seal on Zenki's forehead glows.)) [100-1] Zenki : I... AM... MAD--!! ((Zenki's seal begins to break away.)) [100-3] Zenki : I will KILL YOU!! [100-4] Chiaki : The spell on Zenki...? ((Zenki's seal breaks fully and he changes into his fierce god form. He immediately flies at the monster, who is still in shock, and takes out a good portion of his shoulder.)) [104-4] ZENKI : HAHAHAHA... I'm back! My body is back!! [105-1] : You see that!? This is my true form; taste my true power! ((The monster laughs darkly as his shoulder reforms itself.)) [106-1] Monster : My body has already rotted... No matter how much you cut it, it will always reform!! [106-2] ZENKI : Well, then! All the better... Now I can play a little more... ((Dozens of rotting hands shoot from the monster's body and wrap around ZENKI.)) [106-5] Monster : Even though you are big now, and still fighting to protect the girl... [107-1] ZENKI : Who... is protecting? ((The Diamond Horns of Vajra burst forth from ZENKI's elbows.)) [107-2] ZENKI : I am the mightiest of demon lords... [107-3] : ((shredding the hands)) ZENKI--!! ((ZENKI breaks free of the matter for only an instant. The hands all reform and wrap around him tighter than ever, pulling him into the monster's body.)) [108-1] ZENKI : WHAT!? [108-2] Monster : It's no use! You cannot cut me! [108-4] : Even if you are the best... Now that you've touched my body, you'll become a part of it!! [108-5] Chiaki : First, Zenki will be killed... Then me... [109-1] ZENKI : Don't look down upon me! You overgrown Seed of Possession!! [109-2] Chiaki : Now Zenki needs the help of his master... ((Chiaki casts the spell of fire and hurls fire charms at the monster. The fire harms his body.)) [109-5] Chiaki : Alright!! The fire helped! [109-6] Monster : ((reaching for Chiaki)) You... You child... ((Chiaki becomes helpless. ZENKI struggles with new strength within the monster's grasp.)) [110-2] ZENKI : ((taking hold of the Horn)) You can be burned! [110-3] Monster : !! ((ZENKI screams with pain and rage as he rips out the Diamond Horn and reattaches it to his balled fist.)) [110-7] ZENKI : Let my horn... [110-8] : Be consumed with flame-- ((The Diamond Horn bursts into dancing flame. ZENKI burns away the matter holding him. The monster is in total shock that flame could be coming from the Horn.)) [112-1] ZENKI : Let your rotting body... BURN WITH NOT EVEN A BONE REMAINING--!! ((With a single dead-center strike, the monster's body explodes into nothing more than bits of burning debris scattered hither and yon. ZENKI draws the Diamond Horn back into his body. From the debris, the Seed of Possession reforms.)) [115-1] Chiaki : The Seed again... [115-2] ZENKI : ((snatching up the Seed)) No one can look down on me! [115-3] : ((tosses the Seed into his mouth)) Since I'm back in this form... [Munch-Munch] [115-5] : ((turning to Chiaki)) Now it's your turn to be cut into pieces... Chiaki : Erk! [115-7] ZENKI : ((shrinking like 100% cotton in the dryer)) What!? A...Again! [116-1] Chiaki : ((with a sigh of relief)) Good! If he'd stayed like that, he would have killed me! [116-2] Zenki : Why...? The spell is still in effect? What should I do? [116-3] Chiaki : Zenki! [116-4] : ((pats his head)) Thanks for saving me... And becoming my shikigami guardian when I was in danger... [116-5] Zenki : ((throwing a frustrated punch)) Who is--! Chiaki : Hehe! [116-6] Zenki : *Who is trying to save you, girl!* [116-7] : *If I had my way... You...* Chiaki : *He still hasn't accepted it...* [116-8] : *When he's mad, he'll turn back again...* [117-1] : *If he can change back and forth freely, then I...* [117-2] : *Wait, as long as there are still demonds, I have to find a way to control Zenki first!!* ((Someone watches silently from behind a tree.)) [117-3] Zenki : ((turns to Chiaki)) Why are you staring at me? Chiaki : ((holding up warding charms to him)) What do you want? ((The watcher is Jukai.)) [117-4] Jukai : Zenki has been awakened... [117-5] : "Zenki will awaken when disaster strikes"... Then, something horrible is going to happen? [End of Chapter 1, Part 2.]