ZetsuAi 1989 Volume 3, Part 3 Abv. K: Nanjo Koji I: Izumi Takuto Ser: Izumi Serika Y: Izumi Yuugo Kat: Shibuya Katsumi Tosh: Takasaka Toshiyuki Pg "It's Izumi and Koji!" Wah! Really... "Ever since Nanjo transferred here, they are always like that." Really! It's almost like a dream! "Nanjo follows very closely!" "But Izumi seems so cold." Yeah! Pg Step step, shuffle shuffle, giggle giggle..... Pg I: "What do you want! Don't you ever get tired of irritating me!" "Stop following me!" K: "Don't be mad! Such harsh words..." "There are so many girls over there!" I: "So annoying! Always following me, can't stand it anymore!" Grls: "Neh! He's jerking his cloths!" "Ah!" Pg I: "If you are going to be like that, then I'm not going to put up with it anymore." "What the hell do you want?" K: "Mmm..... Your..... bo...dy....." Pg I: "What? Don't joke casually like that!" K: That hurts! I: "I don't like these kind of jokes!" Grls: "What are they doing now? Acting?" K: "I'm the wounded one!" I: "Even better if you just drop dead!" Grls: "I didn't know Nanjo Koji is like this?" Mmm! I still think he's so fine! Pg Content with just this... How can I express my feelings? Guess this is okay. Just thinking... I'm here.... But it no longer matters.... Tchr: "Good! Very well done." Pg I will do anything.... Just to be by his side..... So what if they call me a woman...... I: "Today we are going to start with the basic exercises!" As long as I am near his body, I don't care if he thinks I'm bothersome, It's too late, I no longer have any control of myself. Pg Neh! Ser: "Nanjo is wearing a uniform!" Really... Ah! "It's true!" K: "I just transferred!" Text: Follows closely behind... I: "Serika, what are you doing here?" Ser: "I was just out shopping, so I stopped by to see you....." "This is Migumi, also on the soccer team." "Yuugo!" Text: Also here... Mig: "How are you!" I: "Serika, your friend?" Mig: "Hai! You are Serika's brother? So nice to meet you! I'm in another class.." Pg Ser: "She always watches your games!" Mig: "Yes--- yeah!" Ser: "She worships your soccer skills." Oh! You are great! K: "Is there something on my face?" Y: "Did you pick on my brother again?" Pg Neh?? Y: "Did you have a fight with my brother in the hospital?" K: "Like you don't fight?" "How did you get those scratches?" Y: "They weren't my friends." "There were five of them." K: "Bastards! I'll help you!" Y: "Are you any good?" K: "Jujitsu first level, karate third level, kendo second level, never lost once." Y: "Really? Then-" "Do you also play soccer?" K: "Pretty good at that too!" Pg How is your wound? Are you really a freshman? How come it's not on the magazines? "The company paid to keep them quiet." Can I have an autograph? Sure. I'm going to get going! Stay and chat just for a little while! Onisan! Come join us! K: As long as I am in the entertainment circle..... Pass the ball to me! Over here! Line up! Pg An ordinary highschooler- "Tomorrow is the tournament finals! Rest well tonight, and do your best tomorrow." "Yes sir!" "Dismissed!" "Hai!" "Coach!" "What is it?" "I want to stay a bit longer to practice." "I want to make sure I'm ready for tomorrow." "Fine, but don't tire yourself out!" "Thank you." Pg K: We definitely would have been together. What should we do now? I'm going home. Worry about tomorrow! K: If just an ordinary highschooler, then we would definitely be practicing together. Same elementary school, then same middle school, and high school. If it were like that, then I wouldn't have hurt him like that. I would have ... unquestionably... protected him. Pg Would never have allowed to see you like this.... Suffering from such heart-wrenching experience. Pg K: "Practicing against an unguarded goal... is not as effective as someone playing against you." I: "Don't bother me!" K: "Are you afraid that someone can actually block your balls?" I: "Bastard.... I'll show you...." Pg K: "Damn!" I: "You can block it? Try and see!" K: "Ah.." "Just a second!" Pg K: "Hold on!" I: "Got it!" Pg I: "That was by chance! Again!" K: "You're on!" Such familiar look from his eyes... Bright... Attractive.... I like.... Pg The trickling sweat drops.... Shining against the dying sun! Ah! What a sight! Pg "Exhausted!" I: "Not bad!" K: "I got it twice.." "Once I was so close it just brushed by." I: "You try hard, but you should get the left field kicks with your left hand...." "Ah... bone fracture...." K: "I knew you must have forgotten." "Once you start to concentrate on soccer, you forget everything." Can't even lift it! I: "You talk too much!" "Then why do you play the guard?" "What are you an idiot?" Pg I: "Why do you keep on staring at me?" I am mesmerized... Ah! "Izumi! You are great on the field! I like you! K: "Because..." Pg K: "I really like... Don't say it! "The way you skillfully control the ball." "I'm also a fan of yours!" "Just like that girl from yesterday!" "Maybe I should join the soccer team! And quit singing! It's not too late to start now." I must not say those forbidden words inside my heart... I have finally realized. Pg I: "How can you quit now?" "You don't treat soccer like it's your life!" K: "I knew you were going to say that, you are always so responsible." "Bleeding..... Neh?" How are you.. recently? Pg, Pg K: "Even with a small wound like this you should be careful, so it doesn't haunt you later!" I don't care how... I: "What the... don't do that!" K: As long I am by your side. "Ah! That hurts!" "Sorry." "If is a girl, I would definitely have made my move......" Is this love? That kiss after the fight.... "But I'm not a woman!" Were you really just joking around? Pg Like a person obsessed with pride and purity.... If I tell him I like him, then he would certainly despise me--- Pg Has he already recognized it? When I touched his legs, my hands couldn't stop shaking! "Girl..." "I need a girl....." Pg Wait! Don't leave me! 2 Pg Spread Izumi..... I like you.... I like you! Don't leave me...... Pg Whaaa! Pg Tosh: "Nanjo! Are you awake?" Kat: "We thought you were dead." "We have a show to do today! Didn't I tell you to wear your beeper, and not to fall sleep?" "And you wouldn't even answer the phone!" "Why didn't you sleep in your bed, you are going to catch a cold." Pg Mmm... "Go brush your teeth! Wash your face!" "We don't have much time!" "Your face is so red!" You really need someone to take care of you! Ah! "You have to watch out for your wound!" Do you even remember you have a broken bone! Goddamn..... K "My first time...." That dream..... my heart is racing...... Pg Maybe that's exactly what's on my mind. I guess I'll settle for the dreams! Damn! Kat: "Koji!" "Look at this!" K: "I have the right to dream what I dream!" In dreams you can do anything! * Pervert! Kat: "Are you listening to me? Izumi and his sister...." "Do you want them to be the target of the press?" Some tabloids love even the slightest rumor, and twist everything! This time it was close, if it falls in the wrong hands, this will be big trouble! Pg There are so many hazards in this business! That incident in the past... Do you want history to repeat itself? After that incident, you now return to school. Is it really just a coincidence? Makes me wonder. I just want to be a normal highschooler. "What wind blew you here?" Pg "Why come all of a sudden? K: "I wanted to see you!" "You don't want me here?" "You didn't even tell me when you left!" K: "Don't be like this!" "I am the one who loves you." "Mmm" "Koji, your birthday is coming up... what do you want?" Pg "What do I want?" A bright red lipstick! Ferrari F40. Pg "Neh? Tonight?" K: "It's just dinner!" "But I have to ask my manager first..." "But you know he'll say no." "Ah!" "Koji, aren't you going out with my sister?" Pg K: "But... I'm asking you out!" Neh! You have to get ready! Okay! "Ah... This will be our little secret..." The biggest news since the establishment of our school! Izumi scored 15 points by himself. School soccer team participates in national tournament! Pg Good morning! Our soccer team is invincible! He's definitely got the talent and the strength! Even the Soccer Association thinks so-He could have been on the national soccer team. Any other opinions? The school has an image to uphold! But this is hard for me to say..... Will his family background influence his chance at becoming a national representative? Pg The truth is none of us know of his family background! If it weren't for the reports on the newspapers, no one would have known..... "Koji! I'm going to be late!" "Neh!" Pg K: "Good morning!" "My you have grown so much!" "Aren't you going to say hi?" "Congratulations on making it to the finals, missed the game... too bad..." Pg "What do you do with him during the day? Let him outside?" "Can you keep pets in your apartment?" I can't look at him straight in the eye.... Because, this is the first time I've seen him since having that strange dream... So nervous..... I: "The landlord won't let me keep him!' "I wanted to put him at the orphanage, but he came back to me." Pg I: "I don't want to leave him either!" "But... I can't find any other place to live...." "I'm still trying to solve this problem!" Careful! Pg I: "What?" K: "Nothing!" Truly like a virgin! Something I lost when I was just thirteen.... So innocent- Why does your hair smell so sweet... "I took a shower... in the morning...." "Because I was sweating." "Why?" K How do you fulfill all your sexual desires? Didn't know... he has such long lashes.... "Neh...." Pg "This has nothing to do with it.." Such swift moves on the field! Will you win? My hot-blooded bishonen- I actually-feel-guilty. Pg Ser: "Here we are again! To cheer you on!" Frnd: "I'm just a follower." I: "Serika..." "Like Hell you're here to cheer for me? You came to see that handsome fellow!" K: "Cut your hair? Looks cute!" Ser: "Really?" FanClub: "Neh! Get away from him!" "We are talking you! Don't you hear?" "What is wrong with me?" "Everything!" I: "I can't believe he's charming girls on the soccer field!" "Definitely sick!" "How can I let him near my sister!" (Earnest, innocent) Pg Neh? Ah? I: "I don't care! Get away from her." Kat: "Koji! Come here right now!" K: "What?" Pg Kat: "There is a new article about you on the tabloids..." In the spotlight for just one year, this star has never ceased to create scandals- Currently dating the famous Minamimoto sisters... Who is his new target? What is with his constant games? Just returned to school, Nanjo Koji and the Minamimoto sisters? The critics are turning... "Do you really like to chase skirts that much? I already warned you." "Aren't you afraid you might be expelled from the school?" "What am I going to do with you." "This is not a good match." "They are also idols and are currently very famous!" "Their fans are going to have a field day!" Sure this is also a form of publicity! But you might also get backlashes....... "You went too far on this one." K: "Not a big deal!" Pg 55 Kat: "You.... terrible!" "You did it on purpose!" "That girl.. You used her!" What do you want to say? Speak to me! How can he be like this? Terrible! Despicable! Pg If words of this scandal get around, every newspaper will carry it! "Neh! Did you saw that magazine article?" "Yeah!" Upon the media obsession of this new affair, attention rapidly died down for the Izumi siblings. Knew it! Nothing else matters to me- I don't give a damn about those problems---- "He's gone way over this time? I don't want to hear it anymore." Nanjo Koji is a public heartthrob, and generous one, at that. Will this affect him? "Just a matter of appropriation." I don't care whether it is acceptable or not acceptable- "Come here for a sec!" Pg Are you serious about this? I: "I have something.... To talk to you about." K: Just like this, to protect Izumi! I: "Don't you like Serika?" Pg K: "This is unexpected!" I: "Serika likes you very much, so I want to know what are your feelings...." K: "Do you care what I think?" I: "You wounded your shoulder, wasn't that for Serika?" "But the magazines all talk about this affair between you and a movie star?" "Which one do you really like?" Pg K: "The woman of my fancy...." I: "If you hurt Serika! I'll make sure you pay!" "Today you better give me a clear explanation!" "Who do you really like?" Pg K: "I...." "The one I like is...." I: "-----Ah?" Pg K: It's you! Izumi..... Pg I: "Ah!" "Ah... What are you doing? Let me go!" K: Ah.... "The Nurse's Office......" I: "Neh?" K: "Disgusted! I want to throw up!" "Ah! Give it a rest...." Pg I: "Stop kidding around!" "I'm serious!" K: "I'm also serious." "I truly like someone, he isn't your sister, nor is he those movie stars....." TranNote: You know about those pronouns! Pg K: "I can't say, who is the person that I like...." But... Can't say who he is....... I: "If it isn't Serika! Then stay away from her." "She isn't someone you can play with!" "Ah!" Pg "Aren't you going to take me to the Nurse's Office?" "I think I'm sick!" "I... want to throw up!" "I'm dying!" These thoughts.... "Can't stand it anymore....." Cast them away quickly! These are just my own lustful desires- I cannot allow them to grow- This feeling must be terminated! Pg First time I've ever wanted to protect someone I like... I don't want him to despise me.... "I won't say I like him...." "Just be friends! This should be good enough!" This feeling- Before he notices.... Pg Slow down..... Kat: "Neh!" "Now it's Nanjo Koji's turn." "Katsumi! What are you doing here?" Pg Kat: "Koji! How can you talk to you sempai that dis-respectably?" K: "Neh? Sempai?" "You mean....." Kat: "All because of you! I was forced to relocate here...." "My future is hopelessly bleak....." "Just kidding." "I have many interests!" "This you ought to have already known." Ah! So I'm here again. I like this school. K: "Which section are you in?" Kat: "Section F" Pg Kat: "Ah! Underclassman! You're here?" K: "He's really here......" I: "You did this!" K: "Nonsense! Why would I?" Kat: "You are all so rude." Grls: "Neh! The three of you know each other?" Kat: "But of course!" Pg Kat: "Not just 'know' each other! We are extremely close!" I: Leave me out of this. Kat: "We all love each other deeply." Grls: "Gross." Neh! "Are they those fetish people?" Kat: "Neh! Don't be so disgusting! As humans we are all equal!" Ha! I have no choice! I: "So damn annoying." K: "Please come up with a plan!" He is truly invincible......... Kat: "Enough BS..." Text: All of a sudden on the subject of love! Grls: "Oh now he's serious!" Kat: "Can it be that despite the method of love, love is still love?" "Perhaps this depends on the attitude of the involved....." "There are many forms of love!" "One kind will shatter your heart to pieces! Right? Koji!" Pg K: "Ah!" Are you done yet? Kat: "Some love is tender... and some intertwines between love and hate." "One form of love is selfless sacrifice!" "Another kind of love, though, contains the force to kill....." Pg Kat: "There are so many forms...." "Izumi!" "Koji!" Kat: "Can we have a talk! Later!" Neh! Talk about what? Nothing! I don't want to discuss it now! Pg Some love dwells deep within the bone..... So deep that it turns love to hate! Just want to guard a token of that gentle love...... Love that kills----- "Ah!" I'm so sorry! Takuto! I really like Daddy! Very very much! Takuto! Stand aside! Pg But... Daddy.... Takuto! Go away! Mom.... Darling, I love you! Hm..... me too! Father---- Pg "Ah!" "Classes are about to start!" "Okay!" "You really have someone you like?" Pg K: "Yes!" I: "Then will you?" K: "Neh?" I: "Kill that person you like?" K: "I...." Pg K: "Just want to live with that person...." "I want to be hear him, to sense his presence." "I want to...." "Feel him...." "Now.... I just want to treat him like my most important treasure!" Pg "Ah! About the tournament tomorrow!" "Good luck on your victory!" "I will win!" Ah! Takuto....... Do you like soccer? Yes! I want to be just like Daddy! You have the talent for it! Pg Someday you will be a great soccer player! Have confidence! Don't give up easily--- Concentrate all your hatred and regrets..... "His father was also a great soccer player!" On to the soccer ball! "But after his father eloped with his mother, [his father] never played soccer again...." Pg Kat: "But five years later, tragedy struck." "Even now no one knows what were the motives behind it." "Why are you bringing up the past?" "I'm not doing all this research simply because I am a man of many interests!" Kat: "Ever thought that it might not be just murder....." "Death to complete unity!" Liked him so much to want to kill? Hmm.... "To him, this can be a detrimental trauma resulting in a serious complex...." Pg Love to him is full of doubt and disillusion! "He is a bit..." Other than himself, he trusts no one. "Dangerous." Izumi's childhood memories----- Clearly projects inside my mind....... 2 Pg Spread Will he be mad? "Practiced too hard...." Hmm.... "Practiced for six hours straight!" Such soft hair.... I want to caress... He will be mad Oh well! Ah.... Hm.... Oh well--- "A long time ago...." "Your hand..." "It's like a certain person's..." "I've thought of it before, too...." Father...... 2 Pg Spread Then...... I- "Why are you shaking....." Was so nervous--- "Because I am moved!" Izumi's hair... "What a weirdo!" Is so soft. Pg I: "Shh!" "Stay home and guard the house!" "If the landlord sees you, I'll be in trouble." "So stop barking!" "Wah! Shit!" "Koji!" K: "Ah! Asking for me?" I: Why are you so happy! "What are you doing here?" Spying on me? K: "I want to go to the tournament with you." My chauffeur is waiting! "Koji! Get in there quick!" "Izumi Takuto!" "Why is that dog still here? I can't stand it anymore!" "You move out tomorrow!" "Wah! Mrs. Landlord....." "I told you so many times!" Dogs are loud, they stink! And they bother other neighbors! "In three months, this complex will be torn down for reconstruction, so move it!" "But I have nowhere else to go!" "How come I haven't heard about it1" "Please help me out!" "Won't work! My income depends solely on rents!" Pg Kat: "Wah! How can she be like this? So mean!" I: "She mentioned it so many times." "I have no choice!" "I don't want to give her any trouble! So...." Kat: "I also feel like I'm being oppressed!" "Let's all move over there!" I: "Neh!" Kat: "It can fit three people, it's got plenty of space." "It'll be cool if the three of us share it together!" Pg Kat: "I'll be there, too, so he won't do anything bad." K: "What the hell will I do?" Kat: "The company is paying for the rent, and we can have pets." "What do you think?" K: "If you think it's okay, the lets do it." Why is Katsumi doing this? Sounds good! "You can save rent and moving costs!" "Ah?" "Why?" "Because you have to support yourself, you get the advantage." I: "I can't pay that expensive rent, even if it's only one third." "It's too extravagant! And I don't want to owe you any favors!" Pg K: "But can't you get your deposit back when you move?" "What do you mean can't pay!" Kat: That fellow! Mm, you're right. I: "It's not that I can't pay.... The money that I earn...." Neh..... Takuto Onisan! "Oh! You are all here?" Ah! Takuto Onisan... Ah! "We are all going to go cheer you on!" "Koji! Katsumi!" "You are both here!" Wah! "Great! You can sign here, too!" "Autograph please!" "Wah it's really you!" "Great!" Pg "He doesn't like kids." "Damn!" "Hey!" I: "Leave Serika alone! I'll talk to her!" K: "Whatever you say!" "Go Onisan!" "You have to win!" I: "I..." Takuto Onisan! Of course he'll win! "He will win!" Ah...!! Pg He smiles.... I: "I'll definitely be victorious!" What a cute smile! "Onisan!" "Good luck!" "To those kids..." Pg "I'm a form of pride!" Hurry up! K: "Neh!" "May I ask you about something..." You are..... Pg You are their pride- Must win! Must win! National tournament! Their dream goal..... The competition begins! K: "Neh!" Pg What the.... Valuable player Izumi Takuto. Four players are guarding him! Kat: "Ah! They run a tight watch on him!" A ball goes to Izumi! He'll turn the tide. "Watch him!" But all five tries to get it at the same time! Pg They collide. Call! What the hell is going on? I: "Damn bastards!" What kind of a fowl....! T.H. High has a dead lock on Izumi Takuto! It's their strategy! "As long as you are immobile, then we already won the game!" "Easy victory!" Pg "Ah! On no! Izumi is being so tightly guarded that he can't even reach the ball." "The other plays suck...." Izumi..... Every team has its strong points! Izumi is completely isolated! None of his other teammates could get the ball.... I: "Damn!" Takuto Onisan! K: "Shit...." Pg K: "Easier for me, as an outsider!" So close, but I can't do anything about it! What can I do? Kat: "Ah! Koji!" "Where are you going?" Plyr: Wah! We have five points already. Neh! Ah! Can't lose.... Just give me one ball..... Pg You can't enter the field! K: "Pass the ball to Izumi!" "Pass the ball to Izumi! Idiot! That's the only way to score!" Pg Ser: "Awesome!" "He went right through them! Go on!" "Izumi Takuto moved through them by himself!" Nine people! His skills are so refined...... "Izumi!!" Pg Goal! Till now, "Wah!" I.... "Wah! Defeat Izumi!" am already sixteen years old.... Pg And have never regretted anything before..... "Game over!" But now! Pg Izumi.... Stands alone in the center of the field.... It seems like I could see his shaking hands.... He bites down hard on his lip..... It's bleeding- No one..... dares to call to him! Pg I: "Ah!" "What? Did you get chased out again?" "Okay..." "I know it's not your fault....." Pg K: "Ah!" "I..... want to tell you something..." "If I don't say it, I'll regret it for the rest of my life....." "I...." 2 Pg Spread K: "I do like you!" "And I also respect you!" "I am willing to do anything for you!" "I am doing this.... not because I have any motives or anything, it's just a simple thought that's all!" "It's true! I am sincerely willing to...." Before, I have never done anything for you--- "This morning! I finally found out!" "Every month you donate your salary to the Orphanage..." To that I feel terrible. "The money you save, is not that you can't use them...." Pg I: ".....!" I hope that someday, I will give you happiness! "Your money--- is for someday reuniting with your siblings!" "I know because of work, you have less time to practice." From now on.... I can't just simply Like him! "Let's go practice soccer....." "Okay?" Pg Kat: "Neh! They are still practicing! It's totally dark outside!" "Too dangerous, Koji!" Like this.... can you find happiness?" I won't stop praying...... End of Part 3