Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 169

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Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Chapitre 169: The Witch's Gift
[insert text: When the light of the dawn shines down upon her, / the princess' feelings echo around the world // alongside a beautiful melody]

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[insert text: Who is waiting to greet the heavily-wounded party? The Nihon Country arc begins!!]

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Mokona: It's Sakura!

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Tomoyo: I took the liberty of tending to her bodily wounds.
Mokona: Thank you, Tomoyo-hime! / But why was she on top of a tree?

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Tomoyo: This is a sacred tree, the oldest in all of Nihon Country. // This tree should at least be able to infuse this soulless body with a little vitality.
Syaoran: ...It's a "sakura". // The tree has the same name as her.

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Amaterasu: So, you have returned, Kurogane.
Kurogane: Yeah.
Amaterasu: It would appear that you have grown somewhat on your journey.

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Kurogane: Eh...?
Amaterasu: I welcome the guests whom you have brought also. I invite you all to rest here a while. // Though your journey is far from complete. // Yes. // We do have one other guest.

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Mokona: Who's that? // Fuuma!
Fuuma: Long time no see! // Well, I say that, but I don't know how long it has been for you, since time flows differently in different worlds...

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Mokona: Are you looking for something here in Nihon?
Fuuma: No, I came to deliver something.
Kurogane: What is that thing?

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Fuuma: An artificial arm. // There was no time to cover it with skin, / so I apologise for its appearance. // Still, I think you might find it useful.

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Kurogane: And why've you brought that thing? // No, more to the point... / How did you know about this?
Fuuma: Because I asked Yuuko-san. // I told you back in Tokyo that I had made another promise with Yuuko... this is what I was talking about. // The prince I paid for my ability to cross dimensions was to deliver things like this for Yuuko-san. / Kind of like paying it off in instalments. // Well, / There was one other promise I made, though.

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Fuuma: I got this thing in a world more technologically advanced than this one. // A place called "Piffle".

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Kurogane: ... // ...And the price?
Fuuma: I received it. // From Yuuko-san, that is.
Kurogane: I'm not givin' anything to that witch for it, you know.

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Fai: I promised the Witch I would pay this price. / While you were sleeping.

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[TN: FAI, NOOOOOOO!]
Mokona: Fai... / Your eye... its colour...

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Mokona: It's turned gold...
Fai: The source of my magic is the blue colour of my eye. // Mokona, // Send this to the Witch.

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Mokona: But...
Fai: Don't worry. / I can still see perfectly. // This is just... // ...the last of my magic.
Mokona: You mustn't! / If you don't have your magic... // Fai...!
Fai: I won't die just from not having this.

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Fai: My vampire's blood... // ...will keep me alive. // Handing over my own life in exchange for something... / I would never do that. // Not any more.

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Mokona: ...... / Okay... / I'll send it to Yuuko-san.
Kurogane: Feels pretty damn weird, but... // This ain't half bad.

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[insert text: In the country where the sakura flutters beautifully on the wind, / that man appears once more... / And his objective must be...]