Natsume Yuujin Chou 22

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Natsume Yuujinchou 22

Code
S- Natori
H- Hiiragi
N- Natsume
M- Nyanko-sensei
K- Kai
O- Demons
T- Taki
Sh- Natori’s other shiki

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Natsume Yuujinchou Chapter 22

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S- Killing intent?
H- Yeah

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Doll- Six
Fail
S- Six… seems like the trap in the abandoned house was dodged somehow
H- Dodged… it was a powerful trap though…
S- This is bad
S- It could become dangerous around here soon
H- Despite that you still will not pull back?
S- No
S- Sorry
H- …not at all
H- We are here only to protect you, master

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S- Hiiragi…
K- I found you
K- So you’re the exorcist

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K- You should have just retreated when I let you go
K- Know your place human
K- So you command ayakashi do you?
K- You disgust me
K- You should just disappear

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N- Dammit
N- How do I even begin to look
N- …Kai… Natori-san
H- This way master
S- Hiiragi
H- Let’s leave the rest to those two and pull back
H- This is not an opponent we can defeat after being caught off guard
S- I know, I’m fine
S- Go back and cover them
H- Is it okay? …but leaving you alone is…

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M- Yo Natori brat, so this is where you were hiding…
H- A monster!!
M- Gyah!?
N- Ah, Natori-san, good, are you okay?
S- Natsume?
N- Sorry
h/w- it’s turning out to be pretty dangerous
N- I couldn’t stop Kai…
N- He’s after you, hurry up and get far away from here
S- Don’t worry about that…
S- It’s dangerous so hurry on home
N- It seems Kai is searching for the well after all
N- I’ll find him and talk him out of it
N- …I can’t choose
N- Both Kai and Natori-san are important to me!

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M- I’m important too aren’t I…
N- Ah, Nyanko-sensei
H- …Sorry, you’re creepy so it was a reflex
S- Natsume
S- Earlier I said too much
S- You are not my enemy, so I will listen to you with a fair ear
S- Speaking like that is becoming a habit, forgive me
N- Enemy…
N- I wonder if it’s ayakashi that are the enemy to Natori-san, or perhaps…
N- Wah
Sh- Master
Sh- For the moment we are defeated

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N- You, you’re all beat up, are you alright?
Sh- This ‘Kai’
Sh- He is most likely the water god who protects the spring on the summit of Mt. Yashiro
Sh- He would purify the spring or close it with rocks if the offerings were late
Sh- It seems he is an ayakashi who waits for humans to do something
Sh- However lately he too has been forgotten by humans, and, becoming lonely, he started to listen out
S- He probably heard the voices of the demons from the old well because it’s on the same water vein as the spring and came down
N- So he was lonely
Sh- …ooh
S- Good job, take a rest
Sh- Yes…
Sh- Sorry
Paper- Rest

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N- …Aren’t you tired too Hiiragi?
H-Natsume
H- I am still fine, all I did was hit one cat
N- Sigh…
N- So he came down because he was lonely…?
M- He probably wanted to open the well and make some friends
M- However he mixed with the humans to gather information
M- And then that itself became fun
M- He stopped paying so much attention to the demons’ voices
M- Well, even if he opens the lid now
M- What comes out will probably be evil spirits who’ve lost their identities

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N- Kai…
S- Well, if you two can come to a happy compromise there’s no need for me to stir things up unnecessarily
N- Eh
S- It doesn’t seem like I can win so I’ll pull back
S- However, I think it’s best to find the well and redo the seal
S- Will you help?
N- Yes!
N- Ah, but this is work isn’t it? I wonder if the client will be satisfied…
S- Yes well, don’t worry about that
K- Where
K- Where did he go?
K- That cursed exorcist

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K- Even though I forgave those who knew not their obligation
K- And I was just trying to live together with everyone
K- Interfering with even that
K- And putting Natsume in danger…
K- I won’t forgive you
K- You who injured my friend…
K- Ha
K- It’s Natsume…
K- Natsu…
K- …huh?
K- Why is he with the exorcist?
K- …Why…

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M- Mu?
K- Natsume
K- Why are you with the likes of him?
N- Kai! Thank goodness, I have something important to talk to you about
N- Natori-san is…
K- …Yes I see
K- Natsume, you’re his friend aren’t you?
N- Ha

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K- You tricked me Natsume
K- You tricked me and got close to me didn’t you
N- You’re wrong Kai!
N- Please listen
K- If I’m such a bother
K- You just had to tell me to go back to the mountains!
K- If you had asked Natsume, I would have been happy too!!
K- I don’t care anymore…

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K- I’m fed up with humans
K- …I’ll find the well and make friends with the demons
N- Wait Kai…
N- Kai…

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M- As if I could just abandon you
M- Troublesome brats
M- What will you do Natsume?
M- Natsume!
N- Sensei…
N- Chase Kai
N- I’m sorry Natori-san
N- I’m going
S- Okay
M- Dammit, always causing trouble
N- Sensei
N- That’s right, I’m going
N- And I’ll tell him properly
S- We have to seal the well no matter what…
S- Sorry Natsume

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N- Don’t be
M- Let’s go Natsume

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N- Inside the box, Kai
N- Frightened because he was trapped, was crying
N- He was sad, and crying
N- Because thought of as something that must be exorcised, that shouldn’t be here
N- That crybaby god has been alone on that mountaintop all this time
N- And he finally
N- Found a place where he wanted to be…
O- …me

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O- Come, come
O- Over here
O- Open this up
K- Ah, so this is where you were
K- …I should have just listened closer
K- Are you the ones who have been calling me?
K- …Sorry I’m late…
K- If I let you out of here, will you be my friends?
K- Will you come play with me
K- On a mountaintop far away?

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N- Wait Kai
N- I’ve come to get you
N- I need to…
K- Natsume…
N- Go away
M- Gyah
N- Ah

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N- From the well…
O- Ah
O- We’re out…
O- We got out
O- Cursed humans, we won’t forgive you
O- Won’t forgive…
O- Oo, ooh
O- Hungry
O- Hungry
O- …Mu
O- What’s this?
N- Ha

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O- What a tasty smell
O- Yes, hungry
O- Ah, it’s a child
O- A tasty looking child
O- Let’s eat him

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K- Get back!!
O- Gyah…
O- …That
O- …That
O- What was that child…
O- If we hid for a while and our power returns
O- We’ll defiantly have our revenge…
O- Ah, hungry
O- Let
O- Let’s go and eat some children from the village…

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K- …Natsume…
K- Why did you, and exorcist, protect me?
K- Even so I still can’t forgive you

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K- ‘Book of Friends’?
K- That’s right, you…
K- Are that Natsume who can command many ayakashi
K- You really are a nasty guy aren’t you
K- I know
K- As payback for deceiving me
K- I’ll hide this and cause you trouble

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K- …I knew it
K- I can’t stand to see you hurt
S- Natsume –
S- Are you okay - ?
N- Nearby

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N- I could hear Kai’s sobbing voice the whole time
N- I wanted to comfort him but I couldn’t move my body
N- That voice was beside me until Natori-san and Hiiragi came
N- When my consciousness returned
N- Kai had vanished
N- In the end, without correcting the misunderstanding
N- Kai vanished from the town

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N- Mysteriously the adults' memories of him
N- Pretty much all disappeared
S- He returned to the mountains didn’t he?
S- …Sorry for jumping in this time Natsume
S- When I heard the old well request I knew it was near your town and I wanted to come and clean it up
N- What?
S- It would have been good if I could have just said that honestly
S- But I just couldn’t get it to sound right
N- Natori-san…

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S- See you
M- Jeez
M- Nothing good comes of dealing with humans either
N- Sensei

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M- This is why I keep telling you not to get involved with ayakashi, it won’t always go well
M- If you can’t handle that then you shouldn’t get involved
N- Sensei, are you trying to cheer me up?
M- Fool, I thought this was a good chance to gouge at the wounds in your heart
T- Natsume-kun
N- …It’s Taki
N- I couldn’t pass on those cookies
M- You’re going to talk to her about it properly aren’t you?

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N- Yeah
N- And so I
N- Got Taki to teach me to make flower circlets
N- I’ll search for Kai and give him one
N- I might still make it in time…
N- I’ve never made up with a friend before
N- I’ve never chased after someone else’s back
N- I’ve never known this feeling