Double Arts 9

shoot, we got cheated out of serious action this chapter! I protest!

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-CAW!!

bottom: CHAPTER 9 "And so, he walks on"

bold: Strength and Despair / tear the two apart...
-This looks bad---!!

(author) komi naoshi (bold)

-...No! My body isn't listening to me!
-Kiri-san!!

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-Take this!!

-Ung...!!

-He's rock hard!?
-...kwahaha!

-Get it now?
-There ain't a thing you can do!

-What is he made of?!
bubble: Heh, you were better off running away while you still had the chance!
-ung...
-This is what you get for trying to act all tough!

-Hey! wai--

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-STOP IT!!

-WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?

-KNOCK IT OFF!!
-HAAhahahaha

-AAAHAHAHAHA

-grrr!!
-I came back...

-To protect them!! And yet...
-How pathetic!! What the hell am I doing??
-Damnit!! I have to do something--!!

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-Release Kiri NOW!!

-S-stop!!

-QUICK, YOUR HAND!!

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-FLARE!

-...what's this?
-She just got faster...? And stronger??

sfx bubble: pushhha (don't know the eng sfx. I think it's sfx conveying tearing flesh)

-...And this boy, too?!

-HI-YA!!

-Ah!
-Ngah!!

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-What was that?
-EAT THIS!!

-Like I keep telling you, it's usele--

-What the--!?!

-WHAT THE HELL
-IS THIS?!

-Damn!
-He's right, I can't lay a scratch on him!
-What next...?

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-Get back, Kiri-san!!

-Kiri-san!
-Save Sister Elraine!!

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-So cold...My thoughts are fading...

-I can't feel my hands or legs...
-So very cold...I...I have to reach Kiri...

-...huh?
-Why...did it get warm all of a sudden?

-Kiri-san?

-I made it!

-My foot is back!

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-KID...

-huh?!

-WHY
-DO YOU HAVE "THIS" POWER!?!

-haa...

-Wha...
-what happened to him, all of a sudden?!

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-...there's no mistaking it
-That power was the same as the one I know
-So this was what was keeping Troi at bay...
-But why...
-Why does this kid have the power!?
-It's supposed to belong to one person, and one person alone!

-Time for a change of plans...

-Hey kid!

-...I gotta say, you've piqued my interest

-Guess this is a good spot to call it a day

-But ain't it great?
-You get to make it home alive...

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-...Hold it right there!!
-You come out of nowhere, attack all of these people,
-And then decide to leave...!?!

-Haaah??
-Get your facts straight, dumbass!

-Did you want me to kill everyone here?
-I can still change my mind, if you'd prefer!
-Just be greatful that i'm letting you live!

-...well, no worries, kid. I'll see to it that you won't be bored
-'Cuz from here on out, the Gazelle missionaries...
-...or what you like to call assassins, will be visiting you in hordes!

-I'll decide whether to kill you or not
-The next time we meet...
-Good luck trying to survive until then!

-...I can't wait to see
-how you will be using "it"

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-Later, kid

-He's gone...

-It was as if

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-We were facing the wake of a storm

-Over here! Take her next!
-This girl has lost a lot of blood!
-Be careful as you move the sisters!
-Don't forget your gloves, everybody!
-Are there any more bandages?
box: Even though people were called from the village to treat the wounded,
box: The entire time

box: You were there, refusing to let go of Heim and Edda's hands

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-Yosh! Help me with this one!
-Gently, now
-Thank goodness!
-We didn't lose a single life

-Well, it's all thanks to your Flare
-Some people may not have made it otherwise...

-this
-...was all my fault
-huh?

-He was after me, right?
-Because of me, all of these people were injured
-...kiri-san??

-You're wrong!!
-You couldn't be more wrong, Kiri-san!

-There's no need to feel responsible!
-Nor were you targeted because you've done anything wrong!
bottom bubbles
-They were hurt only because that man Zezu decided t--
-Even IF I'm not responsible--

-The fact is--!!
-There were people here who nearly died for my sake!!

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-And even though I came back here because I couldn't bear that thought,
-There wasn't...a thing I could do!!
-Even you only survived by a hair!!

-Do you remember what I said back there
-About ignoring people's sacrifices
-just so we could survive?

-Either way it amounts to the same thing!
-Even though I didn't want to let them go,
-I don't even have the power to save them!
-I couldn't do anything!!!

-I...

boxes:
-"You don't need to worry about a thing"

-"After all, you aren't just an ordinary person"
-"It's our current responsibility is to see you safely to our main headquarters"

-"You don't have to push yourself"
-"We will do everything to protect you"

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-How thoughtless
-it was of me to say such things...

-If...
-this means

-that from here on, people will be injured
-or come close to death because of me,
-then...I...

-Kiri-san!!

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-I have...
-something I must say to you

-...sorry
-Because of me, everyone was...
-THANK YOU!!

-...it was thanks to you,
-That everyone managed to survive!
-Thank you...so very much!!

-If you and Elle hadn't come back, I'm sure...
-I'm sure all of us would have been killed
-...so!

-It was our fault for forcing you to escape
-Me...and everyone...are truly grateful that you saved us...

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-THANK YOU!!

-I...!!

-Kiri-san!
-Isn't this what you chose?

Bubble order right top/bottom, left top/bottom
-You decided to return
-And refused to listen to anything else
-That decision wasn't in vain
-Regardless of the details, the fact is that in the end...

-...you protected everyone

-Now that I look back
-Our journey only truly started after that day

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-It was after our encounter with Lucci Zezu
-And
bubbles
-...even so,
-I don't ever want this to happen again

-Being protected by others,
-Or, others getting injured on my behalf...

-If that's what the future holds,
-Then I...!

boxes:
-After your decision
-To fully accept your duty back then

-Even knowing that the road ahead would be painful,
-You still resolved to take it

-Even down to today, I truly believe
-That yours was the right decision

bold: He strongly resolves / Never to let anyone get hurt ever again!

CHAPTER 9 / END
NEXT TIME: Filled with mixed feelings, the two head back to town...