Nishikaze to Taiyou: Zephyr and Sol Oneshot : Nishikaze to Taiyou

Note: This is a one-shot manga by Mashima Hiro of "Rave Master" and "Fairy Tail" fame, published in Shounen Rival magazine in it's May issue 2010. It seems this could be a new serialisation of his if the reception is good enough! ^^
Also, I worked off raw scans (if you want the link, feel free to comment/PM, otherwise you can look at this, but there are a few pages missing) which had watermarks obscuring some text so I had to guess at parts but on the whole, I believe it's more or less accurate!
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Page 01
Top: Celebrating Shounen Rival's 2nd Anniversary!
Left: Finally, a new work!! "Nishikaze to Taiyou" by Mashima Hiro
Sol: Is there really a statue of a goddess...
Sol: In a place like this...
Zephyr: Self-important dudes love high places, right?
Zephyr: Just like that old bag living on the second floor.
Sol: Um... That lady who always gives me bones, huh... Hmm, you're right...
Zephyr: You shouldn't be taking stuff from an old bag like her!

Page 02-03
Top: Searching out treasure, wherever it may be!!
Middle: The combo of Zephyr and Sol are going to kick up a storm!!

Zephyr: If you want something, then get it with your own two hands!!
Zephyr: That's what we treasure hunters do!!!!

Page 04
Zephyr: Bwaaaah-- We've finally reached the summit!!!
Sol: The ether concentration's really high
Sol: But I can't believe it
Sol: Even from an anthropological point of view, there have never been records of any goddess worship in this area
Insert: Sol
Zephyr: There you go again with all that difficult stuff
Zephyr: What we're looking for is treasure!!!! Money!!!! Romance!!!! Right!!?
Insert: Zephyr

Page 05
Zephyr: Ooh! The ether meter has crossed 100
Zephyr: It's gotta be around here!!
Insert: What is ether?
Figure: It is the energy of everything in this world
Figure: It's an extremely familiar and important material used in daily life and in weapons.
Figure: And often, valuable treasures have a high concentration of ether associated with them
Figure: Thus, treasure hunters use such specialised meters to locate treasure
Zephyr: Sol! Have a look at that
Sol: !
Zephyr: The goddess!!!!

Page 06
Zephyr: We've finally made it!! My precious goddess!!!
Sol: With this, we can pay back some of our debt
Zephyr: You idiot!!! This is where you go, "We can make it rich", isn't it?
Sol: Aren't you going to return the money you borrowed, at least?
Zephyr: You ain't being romantic enough, Sol!!!
Zephyr: Just how much expenses do you think we've incurred to come this far... The boat fare? The lodging? The meals?
Sol: That's what I meant by debt
Zephyr: I wanna get rich!!!
Sol: *sniff sniff*
Sol: 300 years old, huh...
Zephyr: Th... That's old... How much will it go for, huh?
Sol: The ether meter's gone to 120
Zephyr: That... That means it'd go for 5,000,000 Gott, right?
Footnote: Gott = Unit of currency

Page 07
Zephyr/Sol: !!!
Zephyr/Sol: Whaaaaaat----!!!!
Zephyr: What happened to the goddess!!!
Sol: The meter's gone up to 200... 300... What's going on!!?

Page 08
Zephyr/Sol: ...........!!!!
Raina: Za... Ri...U....

Page 09
Raina: Asfbegbeio!? Ifjh... Sgfgj... (TN: She's speaking gibberish)
Raina: Fihegeg!! Af... Zarius sfkl!? Akgjl!!! (TN: Still gibberish except "Zarius")
Zephyr: Uh... Um...
Raina: Cojsdljsosdjgdojglkgjlkg... (TN: You guessed it)
Zephyr: What's she saying?
Sol: More importantly... A human!!! The goddess statue!!! It became a human!!!
Zephyr: A talking wolf shouldn't be so concerned about such details
Sol: This and that are two different issues!!!!
Raina: Jfljeglejglksnsnvlvmloighosigh.....
Raina: Aodjeoghjeslgdslkgdslkgh... Zarius
Sol: Zarius

Page 10
Raina: Fhioeohgioerhglrkhg
Zephyr: Touch
Raina: Sjueoghjleghles...
Zephyr: My boobs
Sol: That can't be right
Zephyr: Sis, you don't have to be afraid
Zephyr: In search of treasure, to the east, to the west, to the sky, to the earth
Zephyr: As long as there is romance, our adventures will not cease
Zephyr: That's us, treasure hunters Zephyr and Sol!!!

Page 11
Raina: Fgrighrelg
Zephyr: .... What I said couldn't get through, right?
Raina: What are you, thieves?
Zephyr: It got through!!!!!
Raina: Kuaa-
Raina: As expected, being turned to stone for 300 years makes your shoulders stiff
Raina: Eh!? 300 years have already come and gone!!?

Page 12
Sol: What are you?
Sol: Don't... Don't tell me you're a goddess!?
Raina: Of course not!
Raina: I'm Raina. I'm a human
Zephyr: What's up with that!!! You mean she wasn't a piece of treasure!!! Uaaa!!! My romance!!!! My money!!!
Sol: Sorry, but is there any way you could turn back into stone for us?
Raina: What is up with you guys...
Raina: You guys have ether weapons, don't you?
Raina: Somehow, they must have resonated with the ether here and caused my petrification to be undone
Raina: It's dangerous to go near other aggregations of high ether concentration
Zephyr: I know that
Zephyr: Why were you turned into stone in a place like this?
Raina: Well... It's a long story

Page 13
Raina: As you'd expect now that 300 years have passed
Raina: My job is over
Zephyr: We don't have any more reason to be here if there's no money to be had
Sol: Mmhmm... And here I thought we could finally repay our debts
Raina: Wait a moment!!!
Raina: I'm going to have you guys take responsibility for returning me to this state
Zephyr: Shouldn't that be "thank you for returning me to this state"?
Raina: Will you let me in~? Into your brotherhood of thieves?
Zephyr: We're treasure hunters!!!

Page 14
Sol: What're you going to do, Zephyr?
Zephyr: This isn't a laughing matter. If our numbers increased, that means our spoils get reduced to a third each
Zephyr: !!
Sol: What!!? 250 on the meter!!? An armband worth 1,000,000 Gott!!?
Zephyr: I've been looking for a member like you!
Raina: What!? You want something like this?
Zephyr: If we've got that settled, then next up is getting to the foot of the mountain!!
Zephyr: Yosh!! Follow me!!!
Sol: Dear me...

Page 16
Raina: Ahahaha! It feels great to be out here after so long~
Zephyr: We're going!! We'll be at the foot in a little bit
Raina: Com~ing

Page 17
Raina: !
Zephyr: That thing...!!!
Zephyr: An ogre!! An octopus ogre!!!
Footnote: Ogre = An organism that becomes a ferocious monster by absorbing large amounts of ether
Raina: Hghhhh
Zephyr: That bastard~

Page 18
Zephyr: !!

Page 19
Zephyr: Raina!!!
Raina: !!!
Zephyr: What the... This humongous ogre..
Sol: Gupopopopo...
Zephy: Pull yourself together, Sol!
Raina: No way...
Raina: Zarius...
Zephyr: What're you spacing out for!!! Run!
Sol: Gupo Gupo

Page 20
Raina: I...
Raina: Have to turn back to stone...
Zephyr/Sol: Huh!?
Raina: That's the demon cow god Zarius
Raina: 300 years ago, this ogre was going on a rampage in this area
Raina: In order to subdue Zarius... I... Was turned into a statue as a sacrifice

Page 21
Zephyr: A sacrifice!!?
Raina: It must be because I returned to my original self... That Zarius' seal was broken...
Zephyr: Then isn't that our fault!?
Raina: Yeah... You gave me even a little bit of freedom...
Raina: It was fun
Zephyr: !
Raina: I sacrificed myself to save the village. But now, I can no longer smell the presence of the village
Raina: That should have been obvious, huh? Since 300 years have passed...
Zephyr: In that case...
Raina: But you know what?

Page 22
Raina: I know full well the dreadfulness of that thing
Raina: I can't let it run wild
Raina: Don't make such a face
Raina: There's no one who knows me anymore
Zephyr: I'll just say this here

Page 23
Zephyr: If there's a reason you can't escape, then you've gotta face it
Zephyr: That's what it means to be a treasure hunter

Page 24
Sol: The thing we value the most
Sol: Is treasure
Zephyr: But that treasure
Zephyr: Could well be something unexpectedly close

Page 27
Zephyr: Haa!!!!
Raina: Ether bullets!!?

Page 28
Raina: Sol...!!?
Sol: The west wind billows violently
Sol: The sun shines its light

Page 30
Zarius: Doyo!!!
Zephyr/Sol: !
Sol: What!!?
Zephyr: We can only shoot one more bullet!!!
Zephyr: What tenacity!!!
Zephyr: Shit---!!!
Raina: Zephyr! Sol! Use this!!!
Zephyr: A condensation of 250 ether!!!
Sol: I get it... Hitting high ether with high ether...

Page 31-32
Zephyr: Got it!!! Let's give it a go, Sol!!!
Sol: Mmhmm!!!
Zephyr: Doryaaa

Page 34
Zephyr: Gahh!!! We used our ether bullets~!!!
Zephyr: What a waste~!!
Sol: What a loose tongue
Zephyr: Just how much do you think those were worth!!!
Sol: More importantly, didn't you have to borrow money for them?
Zephyr: Ooooh...
Raina: Thank you

Page 35
Zephyr: Well then, let's go search for the next piece of treasure~!!!
Sol: Mmhmm
Raina: Umm... I...
Sol: If you want something
Zephyr: Then get it with your own two hands!
Raina: Right!

Page 36
Zephyr: That's what it means to be a treasure hunter!!!!
Inset: With the important treasure called "friendship" in their hands, a new adventure begins!!
Left: How was Mashima-sensei's new work? We're waiting for your comments and serialisation requests!