Bleach 268

Gah, I may have messed up. I posted on a different translation forum before I found this latest translation one... still getting used to this site, sorry.

I apologize for having to post this twice, but here ya go (if the mods may kindly delete the other one, much appreciated):




pg1

Arroniero: Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

Text in black box: Kuchiki

Sidetext: The pierced Rukia, within the voice of the enemy laughing in the background, and...


pg2

Kaien: Kuchiki!

Rukia: Owww!!


pg3

Rukia: W-What was that for all of a sudden Kaien-dono!!
Kaien: That's because you wouldn't respond to me even if I called you or if I shook you!

Rukia: I could've gotten a cramp while sleeping!!
Kaien: So you were sleepwalking?

Kaien: Geez... don't just stand there! We're almost there!

Rukia (thinking): This place is...

Kaien: I'm going to leave you behind if you don't hurry up!
Rukia: Y-Yes! I'm coming!

Text in black box: I remember


pg4

Rukia (thinking): This scenery.

Rukia (thinking): These individual trees.

Rukia (thinking): These thoughts within in me.
Rukia (thinking): Filled with doubt and worry.

Rukia (thinking): This place is Mount Koifushi in the Western Third Rukongai District, Hokuan.

Text in white box: The place where Kaien-dono first trained me...


pg5

Rukia (thinking): It seems my thoughts are far away now...

BLEACH 268 - Death is Not Goodbye


pg6

Kaien: What's the matter!

Kaien: It ain't over, Kuchiki!
Kaien: Come!

Rukia: Y-
Rukia: Yes!!

Rukia (thinking): A bird.

Rukia (thinking): For an instant, I become distracted.


pg7

Rukia (thinking): My second strike is knocked away by Kaien-dono from the bottom left.

Rukia (thinking): I remember everything.
Rukia (thinking): I was so desperate back then, it feels odd how I remember everything so clearly.

Rukia (sfx): Grumbleeeeee.

Kaien: ...Oh, so you're hungry. I get it, I get it. You don't have to be so obvious about it, though.
Rukia: N-No! You're wrong Kaien-dono! That was just...
Rukia (thinking): Back then, there was one thing that always worried me.


pg8

Rukia (thinking): From the beginning.
Rukia (thinking): I wasn't good with swords.

Rukia (thinking): I scored well in the Kidou tests back in the Academy.
Rukia (thinking): But considering the average within the Gotei Thirteen, it was still below average.

Rukia (thinking): Am I really...
Rukia (thinking): Worthy to be here among the Gotei Thirteen?

Rukia (thinking): Where does my heart lie?

Rukia (thinking): Why am I here among the Gotei Thirteen?

Kaien: What the hell?
Kaien: That's so obvious!
Kaien: To "fight" and to "protect"!


pg9

Rukia: To protect...
Rukia: To protect what?

Kaien: To protect, you know, this and that and everything!
Rukia: But that's such a vague answer... isn't there like, a better answer to my question?

Kaien: .........
Kaien: A better answer, huh...

Kaien: Kuchiki. Do you know our captain's policy when it comes to fighting?
Rukia: No...

Kaien: People fight for two different reasons.
Kaien: To protect one's life, and to protect one's pride.
Kaien: That's Ukitake-taichou's policy.

Kaien: But you know what, Kuchiki?
Kaien: I think, in the end, those two types of people fighting for the same thing in the end.

Rukia: Same thing...
Rukia: What is it?


pg10

Kaien: It's heart.

Rukia: Eeeeeh? So corny...
Kaien: Hey! I'm being serious here!!!

Kaien: Then I will ask you this...
Kaien: Kuchiki.


pg11

Kaien: Where do you think the "heart" lies?

Rukia: Um, well...
Rukia: It's probably... here, isn't it?

Kaien: ...You see, I think the "heart" lies

Kaien: Right here.


pg12

Kaien: Every time you and I communicate.

Kaien: The "heart" is born.

Kaien: The "heart" doesn't exist within one's body.
Kaien: Every time you think, every time you act.
Kaien: The "heart" is born right there.

Kaien: I mean, think about it. If you were the only person left in the world.
Kaien: That person wouldn't have a heart, now would they?


pg13

Text in white box: Those were Kaien-dono's exact words.

Kaien (box): No need to worry.
Kaien (box): If you truly believe from the heart that you belong here, then your heart belongs here.

Kaien (box): And if your heart belongs here.
Kaien (box): Then that, is your reason for being here.
Kaien (box): And...

Kaien: One last thing, Kuchiki.

Kaien: From here on end.
Kaien: There is one thing you must always remember not to do.


pg14

Kaien: Do not
Kaien: Die alone.

Kaien: Our bodies are spirits. When we die, we disintegrate, and we become among the many spiritons that inhabit Soul Society.
Kaien: But where do our hearts go?

Kaien: You pass your
Kaien: Heart onto others.


pg15

Kaien: As long as you pass it onto your comrades, you heart...
Kaien: Will always live on within them.

Kaien: Got it, Kuchiki?
Kaien: So no matter what. Don't die alone.

Text in black box: Thanks, Kuchiki...

Kaien: Understand?
Kaien: Kuchiki

Text in black box: Thanks to you... I can leave my heart here.


pg16

Arroniero: !

Arroniero: ...So you're still conscious. Admirable, but...
Arroniero: Useless.

Arroniero: Even if you survived.
Arroniero: The fact remains that you can't kill me, much less strike me down.


pg17

Rukia: I...
Rukia: Remember...

Arroniero: ..........
Arroniero: ...What?

Arroniero: ...You're still trying to fight with that broken sword?
Arroniero: How annoying. I'm telling you to stand down.

Rukia: ...The Third...

Rukia: Dance.


pg18

Rukia: Shirafune (White Blade).

Arroniero: What...

Arroniero: The hell...?


pg19

Rukia: I remember...
Rukia: Where the heart truly lies...

Rukia: Within you definitely exists Kaien-dono's body. However, Kaien-dono no longer exists within there.

Rukia: Because Kaien-dono had already...
Rukia: Passed his heart onto me...!

Rukia: ...Farewell.

Rukia: Espada.

Sidetext: Her thoughts... pierce through!