Ao no Exorcist 5

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[TN: After returning from Japan, completing a hellish assignment (including losing about two hundred words in a crash and having to retype them from scratch), taking a breather and getting somewhat addicted to Tales of VS, I'm finally back and getting down to work on my backlog! Installment 9: two chapters of Ao no Exorcist!]

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[Side text: Shiemi's resolve!]
Shiemi: Today... // I will... // I will make friends!!

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Shiemi: I've got to say hello to people properly today. / I have to try! // You just watch, Granny...! // ! // (Ahh! // It's Kamiki-san and Paku-san...! // I will... / I will...) // ......H... // Hell - // Ohhh!
Paku: ?

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Shiemi: Owie......
Izumo: So lame!
Paku: Are you okay?! / I - I'm sorry...
Shiemi: ......!!
Paku: Hey - Izumo-chan...!
Rin: Shiemi... / What're you doing down there...?
Shiemi: !! // ...Rin!
Flashback!Suguro: Well, what, then? // She your little friend?
Rin: ?
Flashback!Rin: Sh... She's not...... my...... friend!
Shiemi: (I mustn't cry! ...I mustn't rely on Rin...!) // I... It's nothing...!
Rin: ......I see... // [aside]?[/aside]
Shiemi: (I have to become strong too!)

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Ao no Exorcist
Chapter 5: Flocking Plover
[Insert text: Allow me to present / a midsummer visit]

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Yukio: Now, there's under a month and a half left until the summer holidays... // But before that comes around, we'll be holding this year's Exwire Certification Examinations. // Once you become Exwires, you will undergo more technical combat training... / ...so the exams are not easy.
Rin: Esquire?
Shiemi: It's "Exwire".
Rin: Exquire?!
Yukio: ...As such, for all of next week, in preparation for your exams... // ...we'll be holding a special training camp.

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Rin: (Training camp...?!)
Yukio: I'd like you all to write whether or not you will be participating... / ...along with the Meister you're aiming to achieve on this sheet, to be handed in by Monday...
Rin: "Meister"...? / What's this "Meister" thing...?
Shiemi: Hm?
Flashback!Suguro: Try studyin' instead of tryin' ta act all cool for the girls.
Rin: ...... // It's nothing.
Shiemi: ......
Rin: What's this "Meister" thing? // I'd like an explanation... / ...please...
Suguro: Hu~~~h?!

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Suguro: You're tryin' to become an exorcist, an' ya don't even know that?! / You've gotta be kiddin' me!!
Shima: Hahaha... you really don't know anything, huh, Okumura-kun?
Rin: O... Oh, come on... / Just give me a break already...
Konekomaru: The word "Meister" refers to -
Suguro: Konekomaru!! Ya don't gotta tell him!
Rin: "Konekomaru"?!
[TN: His name basically means "kitten" =p]
Konekomaru: It refers to the different qualifications required to become an exorcist... // There are five different types: "Knight", "Dragoon", "Tamer" , "Aria" and "Doctor". // Achieve any one of the five Meisters, and you can become an exorcist. // Each of the different Meisters requires a totally different fighting style.
Rin: Okay, I get it! / Thanks for that, Konekomaru.
Konekomaru: [aside]not at all![/aside]
Rin: [aside]you're a cool guy![/aside] // Which one're you going for?
Suguro: What're you two gettin' along like old pals for, huh?!

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Konekomaru: Shima-san and I are both aiming for the Aria qualification.
Shima: [aside]Shima would be me~[/aside]
Konekomaru: The Aria Meister revolves around combat involving chanting from holy texts and scriptures.
Shima: Bon's still adamant that he's gonna get both the Aria and Dragoon Meisters, though!
Rin: Wow! That's Bon for you!
Suguro: The name's Suguro! / Who the hell gave you permission ta call me that?!!
Konekomaru: Actually... / Okumura-sensei has two Meisters as well - Doctor and Dragoon.
Rin: Huh... // He's really something, huh... // I wonder what I should go for... / What's this "Dragoon" thing?
Suguro: Ah, for the love of...! You're a pain to deal with, you know that?!! / Dragoon is the Meister for heavy-weapon combat! / An' Knight is the Meister for sword-based combat -
Rin: ! // Swords?! // ...I guess that's the one for me, then!

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Shima: Bon's actually pretty helpful, don't'cha think~?
Suguro: Shut it!!
Konekomaru: Come to think of it, you do always carry a sword.
Rin: Yeah.
Shiemi: (Rin really does fit in better with the other boys... // What... should I do...? // I was saved by Rin and Yuki-chan... and ended up here... // But it's not like they're going to just look after me the whole time...! // I can't keep tagging along with Rin forever!)
Teacher: I will now proceed to summon a familiar.

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[Magic Arrays and Seals Class]
Teacher: Don't tread on the array. // If the magical array is broken, it loses all effect. // Now, the summoning requires a drop of the summoner's blood, and the appropriate call. // O Son of Typhoeus and Echidna... // Answer my summons. // Come forth.
People: !!

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Demon: MGGGHOHHHH...
Teacher: Summoning demons and using them as familiars is an extremely rare skill.
Shima: G... Gahhh...! // [aside]it stinks of sulphur!!![/aside]
Suguro: So that's a Naberius... I... I've never seen one before...
Teacher: This is partially because a powerful will is necessary to tame the demons... / ...but primarily because it cannot be done without the innate talent. // I will now proceed to test whether each of you possesses that talent.
Rin: ?
Teacher: Take the cards I handed out earlier... / ...with magical arrays ready-prepared upon them... / ...spill a drop of your own blood onto them... / ...and chant whatever words come to mind.
Izumo: O Inari-no-kami, I humbly beseech thee...

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Izumo: Thus shall mine will be granted by virtue of mine prayer!!
Rin: Whoooa!! / What are those?! / Awesome!
Teacher: Byakko, and two of them... / Very impressive, Kamiki Izumo.
Paku: That's amazing... Izumo-chan...... / I can't do it at all...
Izumo: But of course! // I'm a pure-bred miko, after all!
Suguro/Shima: No good... can't do it at all.
Konekomaru: Me neither...

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Shiemi: Woooooow! // (Kamiki-san really is amazing... even though she's a girl like me...) // M... Maybe I could do it...! // Come out, come out~~! // Ehehe...... // ??
Larva: Nii~!

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Teacher: That would be a Green Man larva. / Excellent work, Murayama Shiemi.
Shiemi: ............?!
Izumo: !!
Larva: Nii~!
Shiemi: H... Hello th - // Ah! // Wo~~w... / Ehehe...! // (Oh... of course!!)

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Shiemi: (This is my chance to talk to her!) // Hey, Kamiki-san...
Izumo: ?!
Shiemi: I - I - I guess I managed to summon a familiar too!
Izumo: ............!! // ...Yes, how impressive... / It's so incredibly small... / Such a cute little speck!
Shiemi: !!! // [aside]'impressive'! // 'cute'!![/aside] // Th... / Thank you!
Teacher: Looks like we have a bumper crop of Tamer candidates this year. // Tamers, who fight using demon familiars, are a rare and precious breed even amongst exorcists.

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Teacher: First of all, demons will never obey a master who is weaker than them. / If the master loses confidence, the demon will turn on them. // As I said before, if the array is broken, the contract with the familiar will be broken, and it will disappear... / ...so if you feel yourself in any danger, with arrays such as these, drawn on paper, tearing the paper will suffice.
Shiemi: I don't want to get rid of you...
Larva: Nii~!
Shiemi: Shall I call you "Nii-chan"? // Kamiki-san!
Izumo: ?!
Paku: Izumo-chan...... she's calling you...
Izumo: Just ignore her! / Let's go, Paku! // That girl gets on my nerves!
Shiemi: Wait~~~!

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Shiemi: He~~y! He~~~y!
Izumo: Nghhhh~~~~~~~~~~~!! / Why do you keep following me around?! // Might I ask you not to get all self-important just because you managed to summon one familiar?!
Shiemi: ? / Um... / I... // (I'm going to say it... today...! // I'm going to...!!) // I... // I wanted to ask... // ...if you would be friends with me!

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Izumo: Huh?!
Shiemi: (I said it...!! Aahhhh~~!) // I - / I've... // I've never had any friends, so...
Izumo: ......Hmmm... // ......All right, then.
Shiemi: Eh?
Izumo: From now on, the two of us are friends, then!
Shiemi: Really?!

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Shiemi: (Wo~~~~w...)
Izumo: Now, could you take care of this for me?
Shiemi: ??
Izumo: I'm pretty weak-bodied, so I get tired easily! / Friends are supposed to help each other out, right? // So would you hold it for me...?
Shiemi: (Friends... helping each other...!) // Uh-huh!
Paku: I... Izumo-chan!
Izumo: She's doing it because she wants to, so what's the problem? // [aside]oh, I'm good~!♪[/aside]
Rin: The heck...? / Shiemi's acting like she's Eyebrow-Dots' servant or something...
Konekomaru: "Eyebrow-Dots"? ...Oh, you mean Kamiki-san.
Suguro: They're just playin' around, surely...?

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Izumo: Could you hand these out for me? // [aside]Sensei asked me to take care of it...[/aside]
Shiemi: Uh-huh!
Izumo: Prepare my portion of Valerian for the next Pharmacology class. // [aside]I'm a bit busy~[/aside]
Shiemi: Uh-huh!
Izumo: Melonpan and fruit milk.
Shiemi: Uh-huh!
Rin: Ho~~ld it... // She's totally just using her as an errand-girl...
Yukio: Hm?
Rin: ...No... well, it's nothing...
[Sigh: True Cross Academy Boys' Halls]
Rin: ...What's the point in having a training camp in academy accommodation anyway?
Yukio: This hall isn't in use, so it seemed suitable.
Rin: Now you mention it, this place is always real quiet... it's like there isn't a single person here...
Yukio: ......Yes, because there isn't...

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Rin: There isn't?!
Yukio: We're the only ones living here. / ...You hadn't noticed?! / This is the old High-School Division Boys' Halls... // The general student body lives in the new, better-kept building. / Ah, here they come.
Students: Whoa...! / What is this place?! / It's like a haunted hotel!
Yukio: Good morning.
Izumo: Ew... what is this place? It's so creepy...! / Isn't there anywhere better we could go? / Here, take this.
Shiemi: Uh-huh!
Paku: .........!! / M... / Moriyama-san! If you don't want to, you have to tell her so...!
Shiemi: Paku-san!

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Shiemi: Oh no, I don't mind!
Paku: Huh?
Shiemi: I get to help out my friend!
Paku: ...... // I... see...
Rin: .........
Yukio: ...And... / ...That will be all. // Turn your papers over and pass them round. // That's all for today! // Everybody up at 6 AM tomorrow! / We'll have a one-hour question-and-answer session before you head to lessons.
Rin: I... I'm just gonna go get some air...
Suguro: Yeah... you go do that...

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Izumo: Paku, let's go take a bath.
Paku: Right......
Shiemi: A bath?! Me too!
Shima: Ahahah... / The girls takin' a bath, huh... Good stuff... / I think there's like a rule we gotta peek on that, right...? // That's what camps like this are all about, after all!
Suguro: Shima!! You're meantta be a priest, remember?!
Shima: Ah, you say that, but you know you wanna look too~~!
Konekomaru: Here we go with Shima-san's bad habits again...
Yukio: I would like to remind you that you are in the presence of a teacher...
Shima/Suguro/Konekomaru: .........
Shima: Teacher or no, you're still a high-school first-year, right? // You can't overdo it now~!
Yukio: I do not make a habit of pursuing thoughtless exploits...
Shiemi: Wow... I... / I've never taken a bath with friends before...
Izumo: Oh, I'm sorry...

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Izumo: Could you just wait there?
Shiemi: Huh? / But why...?
Izumo: Well, I don't really want you seeing me naked... // You should understand that, since we're friends, right?
Shiemi: ............Uh...
Izumo: Oh, but it wouldn't do to just leave you waiting there... / So go buy some fruit milk, would you? / I'd like to have some after my bath.
Shiemi: Uh-huh... // ......
Rin: Shiemi.

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Rin: What're you doing?
Shiemi: ......... // Nothing... // I have to go buy some fruit milk...!
Rin: ...... // Oi!
Shiemi: Wh... / What...?
Rin: Just... stop that, would you?!
Shiemi: Stop what?
Rin: You know, the whole... / The whole errand-running thing! / It's just weird!!

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Shiemi: It's not errand-running! // I'm helping out my friend!
Rin: You are not!! // Do you really believe that? / I don't think you do!
Shiemi: ...I... / ...don't like just hiding behind other people and letting them help me all the time! // I want to be...... // (...Like you and Yuki-chan...)

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Shiemi: ...to be strong enough to help out other people too! // She's the first friend I've ever made! // ...You're already strong, you already have friends... you wouldn't understand...!
Rin: ?! // ? / Wh... What... / ...the hell was that for...?! / HOLD IT, DAMMIT!
Shiemi: ?! / Aahhh!!

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Izumo: It's good to see that the bathroom is at least clean... / This whole place is like one big haunted house!
Paku: ...... // Izumo-chan... aren't you being too hard on that girl...?
Izumo: Hm? // Oh, well. I don't think of her as a friend anyway. // She's the weird one for just doing whatever I say without arguing. // Don't worry... / I don't think of you like that! / You're my best friend in the world! // I'm really happy that you've even come to this exorcism school with me!
Paku: ...I can't really follow the lessons, though...
Izumo: Don't worry! // I'll protect you!
Flashback!People: Hahah... / Kamiki-san's been screaming about seeing ghosts again... // Wha~~t? That's creepy...

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Flashback!People: Oh, she's just telling lies! / She doesn't have any friends. / She's just trying to stand out! // She's always on her own! / Hahah...
Flashback!Paku: Wait, Kamiki-san! / I'm a class rep too, I'll help out!
Flashback!Izumo: ! // ...If you hang around with me... / ...they'll start saying things about you, too...
Flashback!Paku: That's okay! / I don't mind!
Flashback!Izumo: ...You won't like me, you know.
Flashback!Paku: Hahaha...
Izumo: You just have to stay with me forever, and we'll be fine!
Paku: ...... // Look, Izumo-chan...
Izumo: Hm?
Paku: I'm thinking of quitting the exorcism school.

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Izumo: What...?
Paku: I can't follow the lessons... / And I can't see myself putting my life on the line and fighting...
Izumo: ...L... / ...Like I said, I'll...!
Paku: No... that's not right. // And making a fool out of people who are doing their best... // ...I just don't like it. // ...S... Sorry to spring this on you so suddenly... / I've been wanting to say it for a while, but I couldn't bring myself to... // ...I guess I'm not a real friend after all... I'm sorry... // ?

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Izumo/Paku: Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!
Shiemi: ?! / That's Kamiki-san and Paku-san's...! // !

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Shiemi: Ri...
Rin: You go and tell Yukio about this!
Shiemi: (Incredible... // He doesn't even hesitate...... // He just runs off to help them...! // Why is he so strong...?) // Wait...

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Shiemi: Don't leave me behind...!
Izumo: Paku!! // (That's a Ghoul-type demon...! / That Mashou needs to be treated right away...) // O Inari-no-kami, I humbly beseech thee...!!

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Izumo: (I have to save her!) // Thus shall mine will be granted... / ...by virtue of mine prayer! // (Paku is my only friend in the world!!) // I will...!
Flashback!Paku: No... that's not right. // I don't like it...!
Izumo: .........Ahh...
Fox: ......Thou fool...... // ...Observe the state of thy heart...

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Fox: Thou art no worthy master...
Izumo: Aahh...!
Rin: Tear the paper!
Izumo: ?!
Rin: The paper!

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Izumo: ...Ahh!
Rin: (Ugh...... / What now...? // I can't draw my sword...)
Shiemi: Rin!
Rin: (Hurry it up, Yukio...!) // You?!
Shiemi: !! / Paku-san! // Rin! / I'll treat Paku-san right away... // Try to draw the demon away!
Rin: Wha~~t?

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Rin: Tch... // You make it sound so easy...! // C'mon, creepy thing!! This way!!
Ghoul: ...YOU... / ...NG... / ...LO... / ...RD...
Rin: ?! // Aghh!

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Rin: ............!!!
Shiemi: ...! Paku-san... / It's like a terrible burn...!
Izumo: That's the Ghoul's Mashou...!
Shiemi: ?!
Izumo: It will kill off the cells in a matter of minutes...!
Shiemi: ......!! / Then we have to give her first-aid at least, right away...!

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Shiemi: To heal burns, I need... / Sancho-san!
Izumo: (Who?!) // Huh?!
Shiemi: If I have Sancho-san... / I have to find... // Nii-chan?
Nii: Niii~~!
Shiemi: !!

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Izumo: (The familiar produced aloe from its body...?!)
Shiemi: You're amazing, Nii-chan!! / This is Sancho-san~~!!
Izumo: No, that's aloe...!
Rin: Unnghhh...
Ghoul: I... / ...ASK YO... / ...UR FOR.../ ...GIVENESS... // I AM... / ...UNDER OR... / ...DERS FROM... / ...... // ...A... / ...CER... // ...TAIN... / ...MAN...
Rin: Nghhh...!

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Rin: (Satan...?! // It's no good... I can't match this thing with my strength alone...) // Ngh... // (I'm at... my limit...)
Yukio: Nii-san!!!!
Rin: !!!

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Rin: Yu...kio...! / You're late!!
Yukio: ......... // Shiemi-san... / Is Paku-san...
Shiemi: Yuki-chan...... // I... I... // My familiar...!
Yukio: A Ghoul-type's Mashou can prove fatal if not treated immediately... // You did well to deal with it this way.

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Yukio: If you had not been here, who knows what might have happened...
Paku: Moriyama... / ...san... // Thank... / ...you...
Shiemi: Uh-huh!
Rin: ......

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Rin: Hm? // ?
Izumo: It's horrible... // I can't let... // ...anyone see me like this... // (I couldn't do a thing...... // I couldn't even save... my only friend! // She hates me...!) // !!

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Rin: Put that on and get moving!
Teacher: So you failed... // No need to cry. // ...Or perhaps you are laughing at me, an exorcist who has become a mere dog of the demons...
Yukio: ?! / Nii-san, why are you half-naked...?
Rin: ...It just kinda happened...
[Side text: The first day of the camp comes to an end...]