Yaoyorozu Girl Volume 2

Table of Contents

#7 Looking for Stuff: 3
#8 Saru-Kani Memorial: 23
#9 Sarusuberi: crApe Myrtle: 47
#10 Darkness Closing in: 71
#11 Migratory Bird: 105
#12 In their Eyes, a Reflection of the Moon: 129
#13 Legendary Fishing: 153

[Previously]
This is the insular country of Japan. 16 years ago, a great cataclysm was visited upon it, and a great many things were lost...... However, people are striving to revive their former civilization, while preserving it. The main character, Kibitsu Momoka is a cute and powerful girl attending 1st year at Mukuro Private High School. Even though she lives in peaceful harmony (kinda) with - and works hard for - her grandmother, before long she is dragged into all kinds of tribulations along with her classmate Saruyama and Inukai, among others.

[Major Characters]
Kibitsu Momoka
The story's main protagonist. There's no imagining how powerful she is under that lovely exterior. She is completely dwarfed by her grandmother, though.

Saruyama Shin
Momoka's classmate. Exceedingly plain and down-to-earth, but he's not without his little secrets, is he...?!

Inukai Ikuo
Used to make a living as a thief, now serves as Momoka's kobun out of admiration.

003
#7 Looking for Stuff

005
Saru, Shin from now on: Momoka. That job of yours. The finding stuff thing//Someone's got to be making the requests, right?
Momo: Probably... I don't really know.
Shin: You're being kept out of the loop alright.
Momo: But if I ask too much granny gets mad.
Shin: Ah, yeah...
Momo: But today the object I'm looking for is going to granny.

006
Shin: What does she need that thing for?
Momo: I told you: if I ask too much, granny gets mad.
Ikuo: Momo-nee-saaaan./I've foooound iiiit!
Momo: Wow. That was fast! That's my Inukai.
Ikuo: Hehe.
Saru: What's with the big luggage?
Ikuo: It's mine!/See, I've found plenty of stuff along the way. If I sell the lot I can make quite a bit a money out if it!
Shiraki: HEY THERE!!/I suggest you put those things back where you've found 'em!!//Don't get carried away just because the young master said you were okay!/That's way too much!

007
Momo: Uh... What happened to those two who normally work here?
Shiraki: With the master, on a trip. Which explains why I'm on guard duty again...BUT DON'T TRY TO SIDETRACK THE CONVERSATION!//That luggage of yours. Put it down... You weirdo!
Ikuo: WHAT!! I DARE YOU TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN!
Shiraki: Tsk. Haven't had your dose of pain yet?!*grip*
Ikuo: YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?!
Momo: Ah!!//Don't you lay a hand upon Inukai!!
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san.*heart*

008
Shiraki: Heh. Bah. I'll let it slide for today.
Ikuo: Great.
Momo: Is Onigami - your master - gonna hit you again, by any chance?
Shiraki: Master doesn't hit us. Not these days./He's completely changed, recently. He doesn't get angry that often.//I know I should count my blessings, but it's kinda creepy./He was every bit as violence-happy as his dad before.
Momo: Is his dad so scary?
Shiraki: Oh yeah./You know the man won't think twice before hurting you. Everything about him gives out that feeling.
Momo: Same feeling as my granny?
Shiraki: Huh?
Ikuo: Say, Momo-nee-san. If you're done here, let's go.
Momo: Alright.

009
Momo: Seeeee youuu.
Ikuo: And don't slack on your job.
Shiraki: Look who's talking./Try avoiding the place if you care that much about my work.
[tn: Ginza is a shopping district in Tokyo.]
Ikuo: You're okay carrying that?
Momo: Yup.//You'll make a lot of money out f it. That's great.
Ikuo: Yeah!
Shopping bag: Mukuro Shopping
Shuu: Heey?/I know that girl...

010
Shuu: She's that funny girl I saw at the bridge./I take it she lives somewhere in the area.//Let's go tell Issun-sama.
Sign: Kuroishi Hospital.[tn: The author didn't see fit to make it clear how that was pronounced. The name might actually be Kuroki.]
Kuroishi: Mmmmmh. I can feel myself relaxing as we speak, Issun-kun.
Issun: That's good to hear./Cause that's about the only thing I'm good at.

011
Shuu: I have returned.
Kuroishi: Ooh. Welcome back Shuu-chan.
Shuu: I saw something interesting again./That girl with the topknot we saw earlier at the bridge. Carrying a freaking huge loot bag.//I wanted to let you see her too, Issun-sama.
Issun: ... But I can't see a thing.//There. I'm finished, Kuroishi-sensei.[tn: "Sensei" is the honorific for teachers, but also doctors, lawyers, artists, and most "intellectual" professions.]
Kuroishi: What do you know? My shoulder feels like it weighs nothing.//To think I couldn't lift it at all./You're really something. Some skill you've got there, really. Did you learn it all by yourself?
Issun: That's more praise than I deserve./But rather than some kind of teaching...

012
Issun: Upon touch I feel the points I need to hit shining like beacons of light in my world of darkness./I am merely using those as guides to strike wherever I need to.
Shuu: After the cataclysm my leg was wounded and paralyzed./But now it's alright, thanks to Issun-sama.//Issun-sama is a god to me.
Issun: Now you're going overboard...
Kuroishi: ...... Mmh?
Issun: Is there something wrong?

013
Kuroishi: A topknot... I don't remember it well, but there's indeed that uncannily powerful ruffian. She's been prowling around the property./Though I heard Onigami-san's son, the young master had no idea what to do about her.//Nothing to do with somebody you're looking for.../... is theeeere~~?
Issun: Uncannily powerful....../That's intriguing.
Shuu: Who's Onigami-san?
Issun: He's claimed the area as his stronghold.../Is that it?
Kuroishi: That about sums it up.
Shuu: Wooow. Sounds like fun! Let's go have a look! It's gotta beat staying here and poking needles.
Issun: Hey ... I'm repaying a debt, here.
Shuu: Ah. Excuse me!
Kuroishi: It's nothing, don't mind.

014
Kuroishi: But you could stay here and become an acupuncturist./There are lots of really old people here, and with your skill business would be flourishing.
Shuu: The way you put it, it doesn't sound half bad! Eh, Issun-sama.
Issun: ........ Maybe, yeah.

015
Ikuo: Oh maaaan. You've been a great help today, Momo-nee-san! Really.
Momo: Good to hear!
Ikuo: Mh?//That guy over there... That's young master Onigami, isn't it?
Momo: It is.//Onigamiiii.//HUH?/WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE?!
Setsuna: Nothing. Nothing at all.

016
Setsuna: Well that's how I'd like to put it. But truth is, I met my old man and got smacked for my trouble.
Momo: Ah. Is your dad okay?
Setsuna: Oh yeah.....//He was okay, alright.....
[Flashback]Aoki: That's a beautiful room, young master.
Akaki: I like the countryside better.
Aoki: Oh, well. It's not like I'd want to live here.
Setsuna: Stop looking around like there's no tomorrow.//He's in here I take it.//Dad.*VLAM*
Onigami: Whuu?!/Setsuna?!

017
Onigami: I was finally about to score!! You little prick!*smack*[/Flashback]
Setsuna: He was okay, or I have no idea what "okay" is.
Momo: Good!
Setsuna: No matter./Before that... I bought this in town.//To repay my debt to you. Here, take it.[tn: MomoXTsuna is canon :hahaha:]
Momo: Wow!! Can I open it?!
Setsuna: Suit yourself.*scrunch scrunch*
Momo: A hanky!! How cuuute.

018
Momo: Thank you!
Setsuna: Well... You ruined yours in that weird-ass attempt to staunch the bleeding on my leg...
Senka: What are you doing? Here's not the place for this.
Setsuna: !
Momo: Granny!//Here, look. Look what I've got!
Senka: Mh? What is it for?
Setsuna: She helped me out and I'm just returning the favor. Nothing more.
Senka: Huuummmm.//I would've sworn you also came here to warn us about something./Master Onigami.
Setsuna: Warn you about something?

019
Setsuna: Yeah, that was part of the plan. I've decided to let it slide regarding you job, from here on out.
Granny: Oh yeah? To what do we owe that unusual turn of events?
Setsuna: ......../I merely don't like being in other people's debts.//I'm done talking. Now excuse me!
Momo: Bye bye. See you at school.
Senka: That must have been one big debt.
Momo: I don't really know.
Shiraki: Master.../Is that handkerchief yours?

020
Setsuna: What makes you think so?
Shiraki: Nothing... I just think if was yours it'd be quite scary.//Today, Kibitsu Momoka and her gang did it again...
Setsuna: Ah, yeah. Just leave them be.
Shiraki: Are you sure?
Setsuna: Yep.
Shiraki: ....... And your face... Is it alright?
Setsuna: It's nothing.//Shiraki.
Shiraki: Yes sir.
Setsuna: You've done well today. Go get some rest.
Shiraki: Yes sir!! Have a good night! (Now that's creepy...)

021
Senka: You're really so happy about that?
Momo: Yes!/I've never been thanked like that before. And it's so cuuute.
Senka: ....... Humph...//Good.
Momo: Yeah.[/End

023
#8 Saru-Kani Memorial [tn: Saru=Monkey. Kani=Crab.]
Sign: Mukuro SARULAND
Monkey's badge: Rare Specimen

024
Sara: Momoka, you're here?!
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san, time to go to school!
Sara&Ikuo: Mh?
Sara: Who... Who are you?!*tilt*
Ikuo: Back at you. Who are YOU?!

025
Label: Morning-glory.
Ikuo: Aaah. So you're Saruyama's big sis...
Sara: Righto. Name's Sara. Pleased to meet you.~//You must be Inukai. Shin told me about the guy who dressed up like a dog.
Ikuo: Saru-nee-chan, what's with the outfit?
Sara: Aah. Last night was kimono day.
Ikuo: Care to explain?
Sara: What!! This isn't the time nor the lace for idle chatter!!//Shin... Shin has been kidnapped!

026
Ikuo: ... Yeah?!
Sara: Well... I know who's responsible for the deed, though.
Ikuo: What do you mean?!
Sara: If he starts hurting Shin, things will get ugly./Only Momoka can do something about it.
Ikuo: If you need Momo-nee-san's strength.../The man must be one nasty critter, isn't he?!
Sara: ... Well. Yeah.
Granny Toukae: Ahem.

027
Granny Toukae: If you're here for Kibitsu-san, she's not at home./She's out for shopping.
Sign: Toukae./Salespeople keep out.
Ikuo: Ah. Come to think of it, she told me yesterday!
Sara: What?!
Flag: Mukuro (Morning) Market.
Momo: You bought a lot of stuff, granny.
Tag: Kibi[tsu]
Senka: Yup. I can't go missing the morning market./I wouldn't get the same deals elsewhere.
Momo: Say. Let's buy some snacks too.
Senka: Alright... But only one.
Momo: Yaaay.
Cell phone: Moomotarosan. Momotarosan.

028
Momo: Ah! It's from Sara-nee-san!
Cell phone: Moomotarosan momotarosan...
Screen: Incoming/Sara-nee-san.
Momo: Hello. Yes?!
Flag: Grasshoppers. 1 Lump for Eight Hundred Yens.
Momo: EH?!
Senka: Something wrong?
Momo: Saruyama's in trouble! I've gotta go save him!
Senka: Heh?
Momo: See you later!
Senka: Ah.

029
Ikuo: Sara-nee-chan. That acquaintance of yours. What's he like?
Sara: See, when I was in high school I had a classmate who was a gang leader.
Ikuo: Gang leader?! And you knew someone like that!
Sara: We were a bunch of complete idiots back then. Me included.
Ikuo: You included?
Sara: Actually I used to be Mukuro High's biggest female gang leader.
Ikuo: You... A gang leader?!
Sara: Not a day went by without me getting into some kind of brawl./Well, that's what vitality and youth will do to you.

030
Sara: I caused trouble to everyone including my parents, and eventually they thought they'd never do anything good out of me./So they didn't want Shin to end up like me.
Ikuo: (Wow.)//Mo... Momo-nee-san is on her way, so no problem! Let's go to Saru, quick!
Sara: Uh. Yeah. Let's go!
Underlings: I'm really wondering if Saruyama Sara will come.
Kanie: She will!*snip snip*
Kanie: I've investigated her. She's exceptionally protective of her younger brother!
Narrator: Kanie Koutarou. (Hairdresser)

031
Kuribayashi (Kuri from now on): Investigated... Koutarou-kun, you mean you're still spying on her?
Narrator: Kuribayashi (Company Employee)
Kuri&Hachimura: Be a sport and just give it up.
Narrator: Hachimura (Apiculturist)
Hachimura: If the police gets involved it won't be pretty.
Kanie: Don't talk about me like I'm a stalker!/Saruyama Sara doesn't know about my feelings and I must do something about it!
Kuri: That's the perfect stalker's mentality, right there...
Kanie: Mh? That reminds me: what happened to Usui?/Runs a sushi shop.
Kuri: Er, he said he wouldn't come because his wife is ill.//We used to be a bunch of incurable idiots, but I suggest you get yourself a family and a home, Koutarou-kun.../Leave your silly days behind.
Kanie: I'm not being silly!!//I'll go talk to Sara's brother! I'm off.
Kuri: The poor chap...

032
*creaaak*
Kanie: Sorry for my rude manners. If you must blame someone, blame your sister.
Shin: Sigh...
Kanie: What is it? Are your ties painful?//Well about that... Nevermind, you didn't have anything for breakfast. You must be hungry.//That just won't do!! People despair on an empty stomach!*rummage*
Shin: .........

033
Kanie: Here. Eat this.
Bag: Persimmon seeds./With peanuts./Freshness package.
Shin: ........ Bar snacks?
Kanie: I love these. So do you, right?
Shin: ... What the?
Kanie: Am I wrong?! ... Here, eat up.*slip*
Kanie: Now...//What does your sister say about me?*swip*
Shin: Uuuh. About you, Kanie-san?/... Nothing special... Ah./From time to time she calls you a pain in the bum.

034
Kanie: A pain in the bum, is it.../She must be shy.
Shin: (....... Someone help me........)
Kanie: Anyway. Don't worry, I'm not going to harm you.//You're gonna be my brother in law someday.//I'll give you this, so we can get closer together.
Card: Full service. 50% OFF! Barber Kanie
Shin: That's a lot of stuff you're carrying...
Kanie: You need a haircut or an aipaa, leave it to me. I'll make a ladies' man out of you!
Shin: ...... Well, forget the aipaa. [tn: Some kind of perm. A "manly" haircut that involves using heat, your forearm, and chemicals. Don't ask.]
Kuri: Koutarou-kun. Saruyama Sara is here.
Kanie: What?!

035
Sara: Show yourself, Kanieeeee!/Cut the crap and return Shin to meeeeee!
Kanie: You sure took your time, Saruyama Sara./Wha?! A kimono?! Did you put that on for m...
Sara: I don't wanna know what's going through that god-forsaken brain of yours!
Ikuo: That was a former gang leader?/Here's a let-down!!
Sara: Agreed.
Ikuo: I thought he'd look a bit more like this.
Sara: If he did, he'd be a bit more to my liking.
Ikuo: Your liking?

036
Sara: He's been courting me repeatedly for years. A real pain./I've been turning him down every time of course, but he won't listen. I thought he'd give it up eventually, but I see it was hopeless.
Ikuo: That story must have been painful to get out.
Sara: Now he's dragged Shin into this. Shin of all people.
Kanie: You've come all the way here/That must mean you're accepting//Are you accepting my proposal?!

037
Sara: Are you stupid?! You've kidnapped my little brother. I'm not accepting jack shit!!
Kanie: You're refusing me again!!
Kuri: Koutarou-kun just drop it.
Kanie: In that case...*yank*
Shin: Wah.
Kanie: Marry me, or else!
Sara: Stop it! Get your hands off Shin!*bah*
Kanie: Your answer to my proposal is positive, then?
Sara: Uh.../Negative! I won't marry you but I still want Shin back!

038
Kanie: Shin, Shin... Is he that important to you?/I see... He is...//Your brother really counts that much to you......//That kinda pisses me off.
Shin: Eeh?!
Kanie: And here I am, having not spent one second not thinking about her...*twitch*
Kanie: And she's all over her younger brother!*whud*
Kuri: Ah. Violence!
Sara: GASP!!
*SLAM*
Ikuo: Saruuuu!!*clasp*
Sara: Ru...

039
Sara: Run away Inukai!*dash*
Ikuo: Eh?!//Wait a minute!! Should we be doing that?!
*twitch*
*TILT*
Kanie: Ah!! Wait for me, Saruyama Sara.
*grab*
Kanie: Wah*jerk*
Kanie: !

040
Ikuo: Is that okay, Saru-nee-chan?!
Sara: Not it's not. But you don't wanna die, do you?!
Ikuo: What do you mean?

041
Sara: Shin... Shin suffers.../from the Get-Hit-Go-Apeshit syndrome! [tn: The pun regarding apes is not there in Japanese. It should be obvious why I added it, though.]
Ikuo: ... Come again?
Sara: The Get-Hit-Go-Apeshit syndrome. I don't know the proper name so I made this one up.//There... See for yourself. He's running amok./I've told you a bit about it earlier//But I was so bad when I was younger I put my parents through a lot of trouble, so they wanted Shin to remain on the straight-and-narrow./They put him through an education as hard as I was tough.

042
Sara: But in so doing...../it seems things went a little bit overboard.
[Flashback]Narrator!Sara: Some day...
Shin: Enough already, big sis!!!//I wanna do my homework!!/I enjoy studying!
Book: Exercises APLENTY Vol.82
Narrator: Shin (8 years old).
Sara: Bloody idiot! Do you know what I think of homework........?/Useless junk, that's what it is!
Narrator: Sara (17 years old).
Sara: A strong mind in a strong body, that's what counts. Prepare yourself. Now!
Shin: You're crazy!! You just hit me when I don't listen!//I can decide my own future by myself.
*pop*

043
Sara: Your future is exactly what I have in mind!*whack*
Sara: Hah...Sorry!! Let's...//?!
Shin: EEEP*smack*[tn: Monkey's cry.]
*SLAM*

044
Narrator!Sara: Then... He proceeded to hit whoever he set his eyes upon.[/Flashback]//After that he went on the streets and went on a rampage. It wasn't pretty.
Ikuo: I never imagined Saru like that...//(...Better be careful)
*CRASH*
Ikuo: The hell. You gotta be joking...*ruined* *crackle*
Sara: Shin's grown even more powerful...//I wonder... if they're still alive...//He's looking for his next prey./Let's make sure we're well-hidden.*glare*

045
Ikuo: This is a job for Momo-nee-san...
Sara: That's right. What is she doing?//Hell...
Ikuo: Oh, shit!/He's spotted us!
Sara: WWAAAAH.
Ikuo: MOMO-NEE-SAN, HURRYYYYY.

046
Shin: GAAAAAH.
Momo: Oh no.//I took the wrong way![/End

047
#9 Sarusuberi: crApe Myrtle.
Sara's arm: First-class Brawler.

048
Ikuo: Wai... Why...//Why is he only going after meee~~~?
Shin: EEEEP*jerk*
*SBOM*
Ikuo: Yikes*slab*

049
Sara: You're alive, Inukai?
Ikuo: I'M AS GOOD AS DEAD!//How come he's focusing all his attention on me?!
Sara: Probably because of that freaky get-up of yours./See, animals are particularly attracted to the conspicuous.
Ikuo: Freaky?! And you're talking about your brother like he's an animal!
Sara: No matter. What of Momokaaaa? I wish she came along, and quick...
*rustle*

050
Ikuo&Sara: AAAAAAAAAAUGH
Momo: Sorry I kept you waiting.*rustle*

051
Sara: Ah.//You sure took you time, Momoka!!
Ikuo: Woohoooo. Momo-nee-san!*sob*
Momo: I took the wrong way at some point, that's why I'm so late.
Shin: GAAAAAH*RUSH*

052
Momo: Hop.*bah* *THUD*
Ikuo: Saru's clearly aiming for Momo-nee-san, now.
Sara: Momoka, we're counting on you!
Momo: Leave it to me*whack*
Momo: Enough.//It's me, Saruyama. Ah.
Shin: Screech.
Momo: Wait.
*GRR*

053
*woosh*
Momo: Wah.//Eyyah!*CRASH*
Shin: Screech.

054
*SLAM*
*grit*
*CLASP*

055
Shin: Ack.
*drop*
Momo: Sorry for the delay.
Sara: As awesome as ever... You got his carotid artery.
Ikuo: That's my Momo-nee-san*heart*
Sara: ... Thank you, Momoka.
Momo: Yup.

056
Narrator: 8 years earlier.
[Flashback]*bump*
Sara: Ah. My bad...
Kanie: Watch where you're going, will ya!!*scary face*
Sara: Uuuh?//Mh? You're a gang leader, aren't you?! Do guys like you react like that every single time?
Kanie: What the hell?! Shall I teach you a thing or two about manners?!!*grab*
*Mh*

057
Sara: Ahem.//So what is it you were saying about manners?
Kanie: I just let my guard down.
Sara: You sure do a lot of talking. I'm having a hard time fancying you a gang leader.
Kanie: Shaddap! It's just that sometimes I skip lunch...*groooaaar*
Sara: !//Hahahaha. That's pathetic!
Kanie: Stop laughing! And get off me!
Sara: And people fear a guy like you? Now that's funny.

058
Sara: Here. you can have these.
Kanie: What's that? ....
Sara: Persimmon seeds. I love 'em.
Kanie: ... Aaaha... You love 'em... Do you feel comfortable giving them away, then?
Sara: I can't turn my back on a hungry guy.
Kanie: What's your name?
Sara: Me?

059
Sara: Wake the hell up!*thud*
Kanie: Cough/cough.
Sara: I've taken enough crap from you, bitch!
Kanie: Ah. My Saruyama Sara...
Sara: Snap out of it! How dare you drag Shin into your business...
Kanie: I'm sorry about that.
Sara: Not good enough.
Kanie: I'M REALLY, TOTALLY CRAZY ABOUT YOU!!

060
Sara: Don't think you're gonna get the fuck away that easily!!
Kanie: I know I won't! But I had no other choice to draw your attention!!
Sara: But... After what you did to my brother...
Kanie: I won't involve your family ever again.//I'll manage something else instead.
Sara: Wha?! Just give it a rest!
Kanie: Oh, no I won't!

061
Sara: (........)/!//You're eager to get my attention, are you?*rummage*
Kanei: For the time being, yes.
Sara: Here. Take this.
Kanie: Mh?
Sara: It's my cabaret./You'll be most welcome there as a client.
Kanie: We... welcome?!
Card: Snack/SARUSUBERI: crApe Myrtle/Mama: SARA. [tn: There's a pun involving "monkeys" (saru) and "crape myrtle" (sarusuberi).]
Kanie: Looks like you forgot to put your phone number on the other side, though.
Sara: Come ask again in a decade.
Narrator: Saruyama Residence.
Shin: ... Ugh

062
Momo: Ah! You're back to your senses!
Shin: Agh. My joints hurt like hell...
Momo: Wah./You shouldn't be moving about just yet.
Shin: I guess I did it again...
Momo: You don't remember yet?
Shin: Nope.
Shin: But I've had a dream of the first time we met.
Momo: How far back was that? Eeeerrmm. We're 16, so 15... 14...
Shin: 'Twas 8 years ago.

063
Shin: My sister told me a little girl had put an end to my rampage in town.//I was kinda surprised.
Momo: When I stopped you, it was the first time I'd restrained to merely knocking out an opponent. I remember how nervous I was!
Shin: That was 8 years ago... And it's still coming down to this... And here I was, thinking I'd gotten over my frustrations.
Momo: Don't mind. I'll always be there to stop you, until you heal./Always./Always aaaalways.

064
Momo: Because you're the first friend I've ever made./I'll stop you as many times as needed.
Shin: Wha...?! Don't go saying that kind of things so casually!
Momo: But I mean it.
Shin: Dang it...
Momo: You were there too, Inukai?
Shin: Erasing your presence, are you? I take it you ain't gotten rid of your thieving habits just yet.
Ikuo: I... I was only looking around!

065
Narrator: Later, barring Momoka's usual scolding at her grandmother's hands upon her return.
Senka: Disappearing like that without warning, what's gotten into you?!!/I'll make you gulp down your teeth!!
Momo: Aah. Snacks! You bought 'em for me?
Senka: Wash your hands before you eat!
Narrator: Nothing happened that was particularly noteworthy.
Bag: Rice crackers.
Narrator: On the other hand, the fate that tied Sara and Koutarou together since their time as students unfolds.
Hottie: Weeelcoooome.

066
Kanie: Whe... Where's Sara?
Hottie: Mamaaaa. Here he is.
Sara: Oh. So you really came?/Welcome.
Kanie: Tha... That really you?! What's with that outfit?!!
Sara: Today's Nurse Day. Nevermind that. Make yourself comfortable.

067
Kanie: I'll have a beer, for starters.
Sara: Comiiing.*heart*//These are on the house.*toc*
Sara: Now your drink.*heart*
Kanie: UUUH?!//(... She's acting so differently now I'm her client. Not that I'm complaining...)
Sara: Here's to a long and cordial relationship.*heart*
Narrator: Now the two of them maintain a business-like relationship, as cabaret's Mama and regular customer.

068
Narrator: Momoka landed upon that small patch of land with her grandmother.//There, little by little, she met with many people.//All kinds of things happened, for reasons only God knows of.//Every day without fail, she'd do something to earn her grandmother's ire.//But that wouldn't prevent her from thinking she'd be praised someday.

069
Narrator: Though she still had no idea when that would be.//Such were Momoka's thoughts.

070
Issun: Let's go have a look.
Shuu: Eh?
Issun: Let's see that Onigami property, or whatever it's called.//I feel like meeting up with the enemy.[/End

071
#10 Darkness Closing in.

072
Momo: There's no finding him anywhere.
Ikuo: We just keep on stumbling upon guys that more or less looks the part.
Shim: Momoka. Inukai.//What are you doing here?
Momo: Ah. Saruyama. Inukai's picked this up.
Ad: Look for the WARRIOR!
Momo: We need to find someone that matches this picture.
Momo: Ah!

073
Momo: There it is! Look.
Ikuo: You did it, Momo-nee-san! Or not./Wrong again. It does look the part, though.
Momo: Maaaan. He's not anywhere, I'm fed up!
Shin: !//... Ain't this your guy, here?
Momo: So that's where he was! I never noticed!!
Ikuo: What the heck, Saru! We've been looking for 1 hour straight, all for naught!/
Shin: I envy you for having so much time for leisure.//... Which reminds me. Aren't we there for a job you talked about earlier?
Momo: THAT'S RIGHT!

074
Shuu: Issun-sama. It's about time you told me./Who is it you want revenge from?
Issun: ......... This isn't something/I want you to get involved in. Wwaaah.*bump*

075
*clasp*
Shuu: Watch out!/How many times do I need to tell you?//You can't even tell what's at your feet, so don't go playing high and mighty.//You don't even know what your target looks like, do you?
Issun: Shuu...
Shuu: .......
Issun: Have you ever experienced... total unease and discomfort towards someone?/Have you?

076
Shuu: Yes I have.
Issun: Whu?!
Shuu: Around you, Issun-sama.
Shuu: And ever since I first glanced at you my love has been blooming. Something like that.
Issun: ... That's not what I meant.//Where should I begin?
Shuu: I wanna hear everything.
Issun: It happened...// 9 years ago...

077
Narrator!Issun: I'd survived the cataclysm with my parents. We'd moved westward, and quietly settled there.//Since I was born blind, I never knew their faces./But they would stand by me always, reassuring me.
Issun: Those days were truly happy ones.../........ Before long...
Narrator!Issun: A government was being rebuilt in the western lands.//At the same time, the Commitee Members from the temporary organ the government had instigated/were walking about the streets as if they owned the place. It was like that every single day.
Shuu: Yeah, they were. Just talk back to them, and they'd arrest you. Those guys were really intolerable.

078
Issun: They took my parents away./And they never came back.
Shuu: Had they done anything wrong?
Issun: Nope. My parents? No way.//... To tell the truth........
Narrator!Issun: There was someone among the Committee Members. A young boy about my age, I think./He's the one who called them away.
Shuu: A... A boy about your age?!//A child, member of the new Committee?! That's insane.
Issun: How about you let me finish?

079
Narrator!Issun: Separated from my parents, and because of my eye problem, I'd spend every day able to nothing but cry.//My hatred for the prick who'd taken my parents away from me grew in proportion.//I don't know how long I stayed like that. Anyway, I wouldn't eat and I wouldn't drink. And I'd keep on crying...//When I regained consciousness, I was lying in a hospital bed.
*sniff*
Young Issun: Is this... a hospital?
Ura: It is.
Young Issun: Who... Who are you?
Ura: I'm "Ura". It is I who took away your parents the other day.
Young Issun: !

080
Young Issun: You. It's you! Where are my mom and dad...?
Ura: They're both gone, somewhere very far from here.
Young Issun: What are you...
Ura: It's...*creak*
Ura: It's all my fault.
Narrator!Issun: That's what he said. Then he went away.

081
Narrator!Issun: I immediately wondered if I should go after him.//But while he was close, I felt he had a particularly strange aura about him./The child I was back then could feel nothing but fear.
Issun: ........ And here I am, not having a single clue, even to this day... That's about it.
Shuu: ......
Issun: Although...//I feel you're doubting everything I've said, because of my blindness.
Shuu: Eh?! I don...

082
Issun: Whether you trust me or not, that's fine by me./To me, it's the unforgettable truth.
Shuu: I... I do believe you!!/It's just that...//I thought... your target was an assassin. Or someone equally bloodthirsty... Something like that.//But a child. You want revenge against a child...
Issun: Yeah I do.

083
Shuu: When you find him/what are you gonna do?
Issun: The answer should be obvious...//*blank*//I know this aura!!
Shuu: Eeh?

084
Shin: Aren't you gonna dirty your uniform?
Momo: Onigami said he wouldn't bother me any longer. I should be fine.
Ikuo: Let's get this job over with, so we can play again.
Momo: Agreed.
Shin: Where's the fun in that game? ...
Shuu: Heeey. You!//You were at the bridge.../It's been a while.
Issun: I've been dying to meet you, "Ura".

085
Shuu: Eh?*woosh*
*thwack*
Shuu: Huuh?!
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san?
Momo: Uh?

086
*THUD*
Ikuo: WAAAH. PLEASE HOLD ON!
Issun: I merely robbed her of mobility./She isn't dead just yet.//Do you remember the question I asked you back then.
Momo: Eh?
Issun: I want a truthful answer.//I may strike or not./Depending on what that is.

087
Ikuo: Get away from Momo-nee-san, you asshole!*bah*
Issun: Stay out of my way!*zip*
Ikuo: !
*SBAM*
Shin: Eeeh?!
Shuu: Wait a minute Issun-sama!!//You said your target was a boy...
Issun: Don't you try to stop me!*BUMP*
Shuu: Argh.
*clank*

088
Issun: 9 years have passed...//But not a day went by when I wouldn't remember that aura!/Now answer me!!//What was the meaning of your words?!/"They're both gone, somewhere very far from here./It's all my fault."//WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS?!

089
Issun: You took my peaceful life from me.../Before my very eyes...//Return them to me!
[Flashback]Momo: ......../Granny.

090
*frush frush frush*
Momo: Look.
Senka: What is it?
Momo: I've caught something great!//It's very pretty!//Here.//Huuuh? It wasn't like that before.

091
Senka: What do you think you're doing? Do you have the power... to remake it just like it was before?/I don't think you do.//It's not like it tried to bite you. It didn't attack you at all./Don't go around killing things for no good reason.//Momoka. You..../You were born a human being, weren't you.......?

092
Issun: Answer me!//Do you plan on keeping quiet again?/Say something.
Momo: What... are you talking about?/Quit playing dumb!

093
Issun: You said it was all your fault...*clap*
Issun: ?!//Why is she able to move?!
Momo: Let go of me... I don't know you.*twitch*
Momo: I am Kibitsu Momoka.../Granny is the only person who can treat me like this and get angry at me.
Issun: W... Wwaaah. Stop moving.
*bonk*

094
Shuu: Cut the crap!
*flap* *bonk*
Shuu: It's always the same thing...
Shin: She did that on her own!
Shuu: You should listen to what people have to say for a change!//Booohooo.

095
Ikuo: The wrong person?!//Do you think that's enough to let you get away scot free, ya beoootch?!/Now's not the time to be adjusting your makeup!!
Shuu: I'm just about as clueless as you guys!//Still.../I never thought he'd make such a huge mistake... I'm sorry.
Shin: Yo. He's gonna be okay?
Momo! Unh-huh. Not being able to move was a bit startling./But I'm unharmed.//I'll be going home now...

096
Shuu: EEEK! I HATE BUTTERFLIES!
Ikuo: Shaddap. Quit overreacting!!
Shin: ... Momoka?
Momo: I'm off!*dash*
Shuu: Eh?
Ikuo: Waaah. Momo-nee-san wait for me.

097
Shin&Shuu: .......
Shin: Tell me...//I'm betting you've been through a lot yourselves.//Even I... can tell. I don't know if Momoka can./But probably.//Yeah. It must've been a mistake./Your guy here will have some apologizing to do.
Shuu: Yup... That was the plan.
Shin: It's okay, then...//... Isn't he getting a bit cold to the touch, by the way?
Shuu: NOOOO. ISSUN-SAMAAA!

098
Issun: No matter how you put it/That was way too harsh, don't you think?//Shuu...
Shuu: Yeah, but that's the only way I had to stop you./Because you never listen to what people have to say.
Issun: ........ I see./You're right.

099
Issun: I thought this was the end of it, however./Now I need to start all over again.
Shuu: Oooooh we aren't done just yet!/You still need to go apologize to that girl!!
Issun: ... I am quite aware. I intended to. But how to put it: I don't feel so comfortable.
Shuu: You're a kid or what?
Issun: (That said...//I just can't imagine how this could be a simple mistake.//There was way too much of a resemblance.)

100
Ikuo: Aaaaaah. Different by a tiny little detail. Again!!//I'm suspecting there are some pages out there without the real deal.//This must be one of 'em, right?
Momo: Yeah...
Ikuo: Tha... It's that guy from earlier! He must have been mistaken! That's right! I'll go smack him in the face, then we'll be even...
Momo: That's not it.
Ikuo: Eh?
Momo: I... I was so eager to get granny's affection.../I probably forgot just about everything else.

101
Ikuo: ?
Momo: And the truth is I have so many questions I'd like to ask her, but I'm afraid to.//Inukai, you told me all your relatives were dead, didn't you?/So...
Shin: Aaaah. There you are.

102
Ikuo: Oooh. Saru!
Momo: Saruyama...
Shin: You've been able to calm down a little bit?
Momo: Y... Yeah.
Shin: Here. If that's not what you're looking for, I don't know what is.
Momo: Wow! That had completely slipped my mind!!
Ikuo: You did it, Saru!
Shin: You're playing that game again, Inukai?
Ikuo: That's because I still haven't been able to find it on my own.
Shin: (! I've found it again, I have........)
Ikuo: It's really nowhere to be found in this page.
Shin: (Yeah, right...)

103
*clic clac*
Senka: Looks like...//The girl's been crying again.
Phone: PRRRRR.
*beep*

104
Message: From: Ino Gousuke.//Kibitsu Senka-sama. We haven't been in contact for a while. I've found the object which we discussed. I'll come in your district shortly. I'll give it to you personally when I'm there.
*clap*
Senka: .... Humph.//I've been eagerly waiting for you./Ino...!![/End

105
#11 Migratory Bird

106
Momo: Iii-nuuu-kaa-iii./I've come to play.

107
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san! This is unusual.//I'll prepare the ladder right aw...*sbom*
Ikuo: As awesome as ever...
Momo: Coming iiin./Here. This is for you.
Ikuo: Thanks.
Momo: Ah! Kiji's doing great, I see.
Ikuo: He's so healthy it's a crime.

108
Ikuo: So: ... So. What brings you to my house today?
Momo: Well... I have no work to do and granny isn't home. I've been thinking a lot. About what we discussed earlier...
Ikuo: ... My dead relatives? What about them?
Momo: Do you remember anything at all about your mom or your dad?/I don't remember mine... No memories, no clues, nothing./Granny says she picked me up from the river.
Ikuo: It's more or less the same for me.
Momo: Uh-huh.
Ikuo: I used to have a granddad./Just like you with your granny...

109
[Flashback]Narrator!Ikuo: Granddad said it so plainly
Granddad: Your parents are probably no more. So I'll raise you instead.
Narrator!Ikuo: I thought he must have been right.//He gave me a first name. And my last name too.
Poster: Name./INUKAI IKUO.
Ikuo: He taught me how to steal. Showed me the tricks to survive. I had no idea what the point was at the time.//But whenever he got drunk he'd go:
Grandad: People are lonely!//You can still live if you're lonely! However.*gulp*
Granddad: If you do find someone you can be with, all the better!
Ikuo: Not that again.
Granddad: That's what happiness is about./Ikuo!!//Don't you ever forget that!*pat pat pat*
Ikuo: I... I got it... >And that hurts.<
Narrator!Ikuo: I'd snap back saying something along those lines........

110
Narrator!Ikuo: Eventually, he caught a cold that worsened, and he died.//I was living alone now, but I gave it my all./I migrated towards these parts.[/Flashback]
Ikuo: When I met you, I suddenly remembered my granddad's words./Words I'd forgotten long ago.//I've been enjoying every day since the one we met.//You must feel the same about your granny, Momo-nee-san, don't you?/You have someone you can be with. There's no reason to pull a sad face, is there?

111
Ikuo: And a worried Momo-nee-san/is something I really don't want to s...sSSEEEEEEEE?!
Momo: Boohoo.
Ikuo: Did I depress you?! I didn't mean to. I was just trying to raise your spirits!!
Momo: I'm sorry, Inukai. I'm not sure I understand everything, but I'm sorry!
Ikuo: Well, don't mind me...
Momo: I WON'T CRY ANYMOOOORE~~~ WAAAAH~~~~~~
Ikuo: You say that but you're still crying like there's no tomorrowwww. WWAAAH.~~~~

112
Narrator: Mukuro Town outskirts.
Senka: (Ino's late.../What the heck is he doing...//It's been 16 years but he can't have changed so much I wouldn't recognize him, can he...?)
*roll roll*

113
Senka: (Who's that...//Yikes. She's coming this way...)
Ino: Ahem.//Is that you, Kibitsu-san?

114
Senka: YOU'RE INO?!!
Ino: Yes I am./It's been a while, ma'am.

115
Ino: Thank goodness. Kibitsu-san, you've aged so much I didn't recognize you at first. What happened?
Picture: Ino/Back in the day.
Senka: That was my question to you. What happened?
Ino: This is my true self./I couldn't go to work like that, though.//Now that I've lost my family and my job in the cataclysm./I no longer feel the need to hide myself.
Senka: I see... Well, it does suit you alright, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Ino: You have my thanks.

116
Ino: Here./That should be enough to prevent you from going on a rampage.
Senka: I'm wondering if it's gonna work out with only one of the two.
Ino: Probably...*snap*
Ino: Ura-san was the kind who almost never let out that much information anyhow.//So that's about it, right there...
Senka: Anything else?
Ino: I chanced upon this CD-ROM. It's about the only clue I have.

117
Ino: And most of the contents are...
Senka: ?
Ino: See for yourself.
Senka: ? Yeah, I will.
Ino: Nevertheless//This really takes me back. Reminds me of the past.
Senka: Well yeah...
Ino: And of Ura-san as well.//And everyone... Saruwatari-san... and Harimoto-san, and the others. How them guys are doing, I wonder.

118
Senka: I hope they survived.
Ino: Hahaha. Oh, well. We have something to take care of first.//......./I'm wondering... if Nagi's still alive somewhere.
Senka: Probably.
Ino: Nami... Or Momoka, now, was it? ... She's turned 16 already, right?
Senka: She did. You wanna see her?

119
Ino: No./That'd be more than I can handle.
Senka: I see.
Ino: Now I'll be going.*clank*
Senka: Yup.//Here.
Ino: Keep it. That's so stand-offish.
Package: MUKURO BANK in your neighborhood.
Ino: But...//Instead//Please take care of the bill.

120
Momo: Aaaaah.//We sure cried a lot, Inukai.
Ikuo: Indeed, Momo-nee-san.
Momo: Phew...//Now that I've cried I feel all refreshed! There's no point in moping around!
Ikuo: Agreed!//Ah. It's time to go feed Kiji./Give me a minute...//AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Momo: Something wrong?!

121
Ikuo: Kiji's escaped!
Momo: EEEEEH~~~?
Ikuo: Damnit. The lid wasn't solid enough.
*DUN-DUNDUN*
Momo: .......//Le...//Let's go look for it...*grit*
Ikuo: YIKES.//Ooooooooh. Are you angryyyyyy.......?
Momo: I'm not...//I said I'd stop crying... but that's hard to keep up...
Ikuo: Ah, okay.

122
Senka: .........
Computer: Kibitsu-san's Documents (26)/Kibitsu-san's Documents (27)/Memo.//Kibitsu-san's Documents (27)/Day: ○ Month: ○/10 : 26 AM>> I spoke to her but she ignored me. (*Or maybe she didn't notice)
11 : 10 AM>>Took work as a pretext to talk to her [but] I was scared she'd give me the a "Wuut" [or some such answer]. We've been able to chat a little, though.
11 : 50 AM>> I tried invinting her for lunch, but she refused.
Senka: What kind of file is that......?
*knock knock*
Issun: Excuse meeee.
Senka: Yeah, coming.
Issun: Does Kibitsu Momoka-san live here?
Senka: Yes, but...
Issun: My name is Harimoto Issun! And...

123
Issun: My deepest, heartfelt apologies!!!
Senka: What the... To what do I owe a full-blown apology right out of the blue...?/Anyway, stand back up.//........ I see... I hear you loud and clear.//You've been mistaken...

124
Issun: Mistaken or not my conduct towards your granddaughter was unspeakable......
Senka: Bah. Everyone makes mistakes... Errmm... What was your name again?
Issun: Harimoto, ma'am.
Flashback!Ino: and Harimoto-san, and the others.
Senka: You can't possibly be... Harimoto Sunshi's son, can you?
Issun: Eh? How do you know my father's name?!
Senka: So he's been taken away...

125
Issun: It was 9 years ago. But I remember it well! They were taken by a boy who called himself "Ura"!//Do you know anything?!
Senka: Ahem. Excuse me. I'll go make some tea.//16 years...//All that time without a single clue./And now they're all being dumped on me.

126
Momo: Kijiii. Where are youuu.//And I've lost Inukai while I was at it....*teeter*
Flashback!Ikuo: I was just trying to raise your spirits!!
Momo: (I must get a grip on myself......!)//Inukaaai/Kijiiiii.

127
Ikuo: Give it back!!
Momo: Inukai!
Ikuo: Give it back now!
Yuki: Don't make me repeat myself./This is my bird.
Momo: Did you find him?
Ikuo: Ah. Momo-nee-san. I'm having trouble with some kind of weirdo.

128
Yuki: ... Momo?[/End

129
#12 In their Eyes, a Reflection of the Moon

130
Yuki: .........
Badge: Ootori.
Momo: Kiji...
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san!/She keeps insisting that Kiji belongs to her!
Yuki: But he is mine. You've been railing at me for a while now, about "giving it back". With that weird get-up of yours.
Ikuo: WHU... BEOOTCH...
Momo: So it was your bird?
Yuki: Indeed. And you...

131
Kiji: Squeaak.[tn: Or whatever a pheasant's cry is supposed to sound like.]
Yuki: Uh? What is it?
Kiji: Squeaak.
Yuki: Ah yeah...
Kiji: Squeaaak. Squeaak.
Yuki: I see...
Ikuo: ... What the heck... is she doing?
Momo: She understands what he says?
Yuki: By the looks of things/He was wounded and you guys helped him out.//You have my thanks.
Momo: ... Erm.../Ah... Um...
Yuki: He says he's very grateful himself.

132
Yuki: You've been unexpectedly helpful, mister dog. You've been looking after him day after day, without fail. Thanks a lot.
Ikuo: Hum... Well.../...... Yeaaaah...
Yuki: In the beginning, my daddy bought him for me./When he went missing I was incredibly worried.//Thank goodness he was rescued by such nice people...//My name is Ootori Yukiji. I'd like to know the names of those I am indebted to.[tn: Ootori uses the Kaji for "male phoenix". Yukiji is an actual name, but the spelling was altered to include the Kanji for "pheasant".]
Ikuo: Hey! Sounds like you plan on going away with him
Momo: I'm Kibitsu Momoka.

133
Ikuo: Eeeh?! You okay, Momo-nee-san?
Momo: Yeah. He's found his real owner. That's a good thing.//Right?*grit*
Ikuo: If... If you don't mind, neither do I!!
Momo: Forget about the debt thing. Just don't let him get lost again.
Yuki: For some reason I have a feeling this isn't the first time we've met.
Kiji: Squeak...
Yuki: ......../Where could I have...
Momo: Eh?

134
Yuki: No. Nothing.//Now if you'll excuse me.
Momo: Be careful...//TAKE CAAARE!/No crying. We're not gonna cry, eh, Inukai!!
Ikuo: No... We won't.//They're gone.
Momo: Yeah...
Ikuo: ..........//!

135
Ikuo: How 'bout we catch a new animal?!*grab*
Momo: Uh?
Ikuo: We'll make damn sure it's a wild one, with no owner, this time!
Momo: Ye... Yeah, okay.
Ino: Sorry for the delay, Yukiji-san.

136
Yuki: Ino-san, you're late.
Ino: Forgive me. My business took me longer than I thought.//I see you were able to find your bird.
Yuki: Yes.
Ino: Is Fun - was it? - okay?
Yuki: Probably. Well, we'll take care of that in good time.
Ino: You haven't forgotten anything?
Yuki: I haven't.*slam*

137
Ino: This area is a lot more rural than I expected.*vrrrooom*
Yuki: Yup. But there are plenty fo birds, so it's a great place, if only for that.
Ino: You do like your birds, don't you?
Senka: Still, that's one big surprise.//Harimoto-kun's son./The man was really something.//I hope he's alright...

138
Issun: Please don't hide anything from me!!
Senka: I'm not hiding anything.//Your father, Harimoto Sunshi was a colleague of mine. So I was surprised to hear about him. I'm not happy about it, but/there's nothing worthwhile that I can tell you.
Issun: But! Even the slightest bit of information will do!/I need to find that "Ura", anyway! That's...

139
Issun: That's the only reason./The only reason I've kept on living to this day!
Senka: Sorry./I don't even have the beginning of a clue.//Except... I know it's none of my business//But I'm pretty sure this isn't the way your parents would have wanted you to live./You're still a young man./You should hold your own life in higher regard...

140
Shuu: Aaaah.//Issun-sama, you've been denied your revenge once again./What a surprise.
Issun: That lady knows something, I'm sure of it...
Shuu: Eeeh? Didn't you hear the part where she said she didn't?/By the way: that... Momoka-chan girl, was it?/She wasn't home, but I still think you should have apologized to her in person...
Issun: I could feel how disturbed she was. She's hiding something. That much is clear.../I can tell...
Shuu: (Don't you ever listen?)

141
Ikuo: Momo-nee-san. That won't cut it!!*rustle*
Momo: He's pretty cute!
Boar: OINK OINK
Ikuo: You... You should manage... But for me, that only spells trouble!
Momo: Really? So you calm him like this./PLEASE BE MY PET!*twink*
Momo: Here! You see?/There, there. It's okay.
Ikuo: (She's tamed it... And she controls it too?!)//Ah... Aaaah. Feeding!! It's gonna need plenty of food!/My small purse won't be able to keep up!
Momo: I guess you're right. >Bye byyye.<*tagadap tagadap*
Ikuo: Let's go for something smaller and a bit more docile./And durable, too.

142
Narrator: Homura, capital of Japan.//The capital's central building.
Yuki: Ah. That's Father's car.
Ino: Mister Director must be there.
Yuki: Father.
Sign: General Management Office.
Employee: Pleasure working with you, Ootori-kyokuchou.[tn: Kyokuchou=director. "O-tsukare-sama" (here rendered as "pleasure working with you") is part of the Japanese etiquette between co-workers.]

143
Ootori: Ino, what happened?//I see you've dragged Ino-kun on your errands again! Ino-kun, you spoil her too much.
Ino: Hahaha. I'll be more careful from now on.//Here. This is the report of my investigations.
Ootori: Ah-hah.
Ino: As expected, the area is still in ruins.
Ootori: No wonder. It's been neglected far too much.
Yuki: Eh? Could he be there, by any chance?!
*dash*
Ootori: Ah. Hey there! A caprice again...//... My daughter's a real handful.
Ino: She's a healthy girl. That's a good sign, don't you think?
Ootori: ...You look awesome today too.
Ino: These are my best clothes.

144-145
Yuki: Momohachi-o-nii-sama!
Scar: Oh. It's you, Miss.

146
Momoka's bro Momohachi, Hachi from now on: Yukiji. Welcome home.//I heard you've been with Ino-san in the areas where reconstruction is behind schedule.
Yuki: Yes! I've been looking for my bird.[tn: Momohachi and Yukiji address each other in formal speech, a byproduct of their upper-class education.]
Hachi: Good thing you've found him.
Yuki: Yes!!

147
Hachi: ... Anything happened?/Anything in particular?
Yuki: Eh? No, nothing...
Guinea pig: Momohachi-san... Can I have a minute...?
Hachi: Yes?
Guinea pig: Won't that injection have any kind of after-effect?
Hachi: None.
Yuki: (Ah.//Come to think of it, they kinda look alike.)

148
Momo: We couldn't find anything...*trudge*
Ikuo: We didn't.
Sara: Heeey!
Momo: Sara-nee-san!/And Saruyama!!
Sara: Yo!
Momo: You're carrying a lot!
Sara: I've done a little bit too much of shopping.
Ikuo: Saruuu. You're a luggage-carrier, now?
Shin: Shut you trap...
Sara: Ah, yeah. This is for you, Momoka.*rummage*
Momo: Eh?//A cactus?
Sara: I've won it at some kind of lottery.

149
Sara: Even a cactus would dry up in my hands. So I was thinking about what I should do for the poor thing.
Momo: Woow. Thanks a lot.
Ikuo: Ah! Momo-nee-san, this should do just fine!
Momo: Yup.../That'll do!
Sara: ?
Book: Citizens, listed per area.
Ino: You're working very enthusiastically today.

150
Hachi: From what I've heard, you were in Mukuro Town. Good job.//What was it like?
Ino: Still one big pile of rubble.
Hachi: That's the town situated downstream from the Research Institute, isn't it?
Ino: I see you're well-informed.
Hachi: Its current must have dragged us ashore. Dragged me./And Nami as well.
Ino: Who knows?

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Momo: Granny. Can I keep it at home and raise it?//Hello. Can we...*grab*
Senka: Re... Repeat that again?!
Momo: Ca... Tha... This... Can I... keep this and raise it?
Senka: Aah. Suit yourself.
Momo: Yay.//I'd better put it by the window.//Ah. It's a full moon.

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Momo: Mr Moon is round like a ball.[/End

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#13 Legendary Fishing

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The outfit Yukiji's wearing is her middle-school uniform.

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Momo: The dump-river...
Ikuo: What's wrong, Momo-nee-san? If you don't go home quickly, your work...
Momo: I haven't had to work in a while.
Ikuo: Eh? Why's that?
Momo: No idea.//Granny said this is where she picked me up.
Ikuo: No way...
Momo: I'm wondering if it isn't the truth, after all.
Ikuo: Uh-huh...

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Momo: Ever since that incident...//whenever I look at the river//I have the impression I'm forgetting something...//I don't know what to do with this feeling...
Ikuo: The only thing I can see in that river in a lot of filth...
Otohime: Heeey. You guys over there!! Do you live around these parts?!

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Otohime: A little question./Is there anything to fish in that river?
Momo: Nobody ever tries to fish here so I wouldn't know.
Otohime: NO NONE?!//I don't get the locals. They've got such a splendid river and they ignore it?!
Tarou: Ca... Calm down, Otohime-chan.
Ikuo: You guys are outsiders, aren'cha?! What are you here for?!
Otohime: Mh?

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Otohime: I'm the head of the Ryuuguu village's daughter. Ryuuguu Otohime./We're looking for a fishing spot.
Tarou: I'm Urashima Tarou, her childhood friend.
Momo: Kibitsu Momoka.
Ikuo: I'm Inu...
Otohime: Pheeeew./Nevermind. Let's get back to that river.......//It's not forbidden to fish here, is it?
Momo: Probably not.
Otohime: Gooood!!*pop*
Momo: Are you going for it?[tn: Captain Obvious!!]

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Otohime: That's right. I'm gonna become a legend in town.
Momo: A legend?
Otohime: In my village, those who catch a big fish have their names engraved on the local shrine. That shrine is indestructible. Even the cataclysm didn't damage it.//But now, the names on it all date back to my grandfather's time. Not a single youngster's name.//And! Ever since the old days, the women in the village haven't been fishing, because "its a man's job". That's where I come in. As a young person and as a girl, I'll revive that record.//I'll be the village head someday. This will help make make sure I make it into legend!
Momo: That's great.
Ikuo: Has she lost her marbles...?
Tarou: Otohime-chan acts like she's some kind of family heir.

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Otohime: Of rivers I've seen plenty. But there's something special about this one./Probably the legendary stench!//Alright! Let's get started! I know. Kibitsu, or whatever. Gimme a hand.
Momo: 'Kay. Fine.
Otohime: ... Huummmm... There's no shortage of fish......//But that's not quite what I was expecting./Nothing but small fry.

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Tarou: Speaking of which, all the fishes we've been catching until now look funny.//I've never seen that kind of monster before.//No matter how much I look it up, I can't find a match... This is freaking me out.
Computer: Fish Plaza./No match.
Otohime: So what? All I need is a big fish. Who cares what it looks like!
Tarou: I guess you're right.
Momo: ! *SPLASH*
Momo: Here!
Otohime: Oh.

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Momo: I did it.
Otohime: You're good, Kibitsu! You show a lot of promise!
Momo: Ehehe.//I think I've found a spot with a lot of fish.
Otohime: What?!
Momo: Somewhere around here! See?!
*woosh*
*plic*

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Momo: You know. My granny said she picked me up on that river.
Otohime: Your grandma sure has a knack for tall tales.
Tarou: Ah! I knew it, Otohime-chan.
Otohime: Mh? What is it, Urashima?
Tarou: The fishes were so gross it had me worried. So I looked around for info about this area. There was a research center way, way upstream. They were producing stuff there.//... But the whole place has been buried away by the cataclysm.
Otohime: Uh-huh...
Momo: Ah! I've got something!
Otohime: Oh?!//Wow. It's a big one!/Give it your best shot, Kibitsu!
Momo: Yeah.*TWANG*

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Momo: Eeeyyah.*SPLASH*
Otohime: Ooooooh!!
*splat*
Otohime: Thi... This is legend, right there! Here's the big game I've been looking for!//Give it to me! I'll pay you for it! Here... That's all I have!
Momo: I don't need money any more than I need the fish.
Otohime: Really?!

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Ikuo: ... Does it work if it was caught by somebody else?
Otohime: Mh?//Kibitsu was my aide. Her achievements are my achievements!/MWAHAHAHAHA!!
Ikuo: ... Yeah. Right.
Otohime: Now I'm sure to become a legend!/Let's go, Urashima!
Tarou: Yeah, yeah.
Ikuo: Can you really carry that...?
Otohime: We're from a fishing village. Don't underestimate us!//Thank you, Kibitsuuuu.
Momo: Bye byyyye.

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Ikuo: ... Weirdos.
Momo: Fishing has been fun. Let's go home.//How about you have dinner at my place today?
Ikuo: I'd like that!
Momo&Ikuo: Bon appétit.
Ikuo: Gra... Granny. That fish doesn't come from around these parts, does it...?
Senka: Of course not. It was caught at sea, and then I bought it.
Ikuo: Of course. Haha...
Senka: ?//You do ask some weird questions./Eat quick or it's gonna get cold.
Ikuo: Okay.

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Jami: LET GO OF ME YOU IDIOT
Sign: Office for the Protective Custody of Youth.
Armband: Protective Custody.
Agent: Wai... Stop struggling! Come on./Calm yourself...*gnap*
Agent: OUCH.*bah*
Jami: Damn it.

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Jami: What did she do to me...
[Flashback]Jami: Yup.//Just one more lucky ball...*beep beep beep* *paf*
Agent: Hey, you!!//This isn't a place for children!//Come with me.
Badge: Office for the Protective Custody of Youth./Custodian.
*beep*
Machine: Too bad.[/Flashback]

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Jami: I knew gambling would bake life bore gombligated./Should have stayed away from that.//Now to gibe Jaku a call.
*bump*
Jami: Augh.
*clack*
Jami: Owww.
Hachi: Are you okay?
Yuki: Ah!!

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Yuki: Momohachi-o-nii-sama. This girl...
Hachi: Yes?
Agent: Excuse me. Can you hold that child for me?/She's been running away!
Jami: Wah.*grab*
Agent: You won't get away again...
Jami: Le... Let go of me...
Yuki: I know. She's one of the Amano siblings.
Hachi: Yeah...//I see.
*fshaaa*
Hachi: Back then...

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Agent: Eh. Do you happen to know her?
Hachi: No. But these kids have been causing problems, so their name is well-known. Thank goodness she's in custody, now.
Agent: Yes. There's still one missing,, though.../Oh, well. I'll just have to squeeze the info out of this one.//Now I'll be going.
Jami: AAARGH.
Yuki: Ah.
Phone: Jaku.
Yuki: She's dropped her cell phone.
Ikuo: Maaan. That was one good meal!
Momo: I'm walking Inukai home.
Ikuo: I'm wondering what's happened to that weird girl.
Momo: Otohime-chan?

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Momo: Must be good to be a legend.
Ikuo: Yeah.
Narrator: Ryuuguu village.
Mayor: A demon! My granddaughter's caught a demon! We are cursed!
Otohime: It... It's not a demon! It's my legend!
Tarou: It's a demon alright.
Narrator: She did become legendary, in a way...
*ssss*
*glub glub*
Momo: !

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*SPLASH* *thump*
Jaku: Aah. Here you aaare....//He.../Help beee......*drag*[/End

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Thank you for reading! I'm glad you did. I've had some trouble after the release of the first volume. Sorry I kept you waiting. I hope to God I can release the third volume in time.
Feb. 2008; Mifune Asato.

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