Natsume Yuujin Chou 28

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Natsume Yuujinchou 28

Code
N- Natsume
M- Nyanko-sensei
U- Unknown
K- Tanuma
Ta- Taki
Ki- Kitamoto
TD- Tanuma’s dad

01
Natsume Yuujinchou
Chapter 28

02
N- Ever since I was small I have sometimes
N- Seen strange things
N- As others cannot see them, they are most likely what you would call ayakashi
N- This isn’t where we usually walk
N- Where are we going, Nyanko-sensei?
M- We’re going to see a tree that was struck by lightning
N- You mean the lightning from yesterday? How whimsical
M- Simpleton
M- When an old tree is struck by lightning, out of this world sake flows from its boughs
M- This is a big deal amongst ayakashi
M- It’s a chance for free booze
h/w- Hm…

03
M- Mu
M- That way, run, Natsume!
N- Ah, wait Nyan…
N- Geez
N- Where are you sensei?
N- Sensei?
U- Psst
Psst
Psst
Psst
Hey there, in the tree
It’s shiny
N- A voice…? What?
U- It’s really sparkling, could
U- Could it be…?
N- In the tree?
N- Something really is sparkling up there
N- Ah, it’s falling…

04
N- Ow…
N- Crap, something fell in my eye…
N- Dust…?
K- Natsume
K- Is that you Natsume?
K- What are you doing here?
N- Tanuma
N- What are you doing here?
K- There’s a shortcut through this forest
N- Oh
K- And… lately I’ve been hearing voices around here
N- A voice?
N- Tanuma is sensitive to ayakashi, he can’t see them clearly but he sometimes sees shadows

05
N- Some small ayakashi were making a fuss about something…
K- Really… you sure are amazing Natsume
K- But that’s not what it felt like
K- If I had to say
K- It sounded like it was looking for something
N- Hm?
N- …Something’s coming
N- Nyanko-sensei?
N- No…
K- Natsume!

06
N- Tanuma…
N- Tanuma, are you okay!?
K- It was just a gust of wind…
N- Thankyou, Tanuma
N- But please don’t cover for me, if something really comes you could get hurt

07
K- Yeah
K- But you could get hurt too
N- Yeah
N- It was a first for both of us, to have a friend we didn’t have to keep secrets from
N- And that actually made our sense of distance more difficult to discern
N/T- Huh? This is kind of embarrassing
M- Ugh…
M- Delicious, that was delicious
K- Gyah, a tanuki demon!!
K- Oh… it’s just Natsume’s cat
N- Geez, where in the world did you run off too!?
h/w- Seeya Natsume
N- As always, my days of screaming at ayakashi continue
N- But just having friends who know about it makes me kind of happy

08
N- I hope Tanuma feels that way too…
K- …A headache?
K- What is it?
K- I sense something unpleasant…
Ta- Ah, Natsume-kun
N- Good morning, Taki
Ta- Oh good
Ta- I got the pictures from the culture festival back, so I thought I’d give you yours
N- Huh? The culture festival?
Ta- Yeah

09
Nametag- Tooru
Ta- Ah, woops, they took that one by force…
h/w- Here it is
Ta- You looked so cute, I had to capture the moment
N- I look kind of exhausted
Ta- It’s a good photo right?
N- …thanks
Ta- I got Tanuma too
Ta- Looks like they caught him sleeping behind the stage
h/w- With his mouth open
N- Pfft
Ta- Could you give it to him?
N- Yeah, sure
N- Tanuma

10
N- Kitamoto, is Tanuma around?
Ki- Oh, Natsume, Tanuma’s absent today
N- What?
Ki- Seems he has a cold with a high fever
N- …a cold…
TD- Oh, Natsume-kun
N- Um, is Kaname-kun okay?
TD- Yeah, thanks for coming to see him
TD- ‘But it would be pretty bad if you caught it too. I think he’ll be able to come from tomorrow’
N- Tanuma is easily affected by ayakashi
N- I wonder if it’s because he was around ayakashi yesterday…

11
M- Maybe
M- He’s weak, so maybe it’s because of you
N- But he covered me, because my guardian was off drinking
M- It’s your fault for getting left behind
N- What!?
N- Ah
N- Tanuma
h/w- Morning
N- Are you fine already? Was it really a cold?
K- Yeah
K- But it’s not completely gone yet so you should stay away for a while
N- Eh

12
Sfx- shatter
U- Wah
N- Sensei? What happened?
U- Oh, Natsume, this mirror just shattered
U- It’s pretty old, so I guess it got kind of decrepit
N- It’s really smashed to pieces
N- I’ll go get a broom…
N- I swear there was a shadow there for a second

13
N- Did I imagine it?
N- This isn’t good, lately I’m blaming everything on ayakashi
N- I hope Tanuma gets better soon
Box- The next day
h/w- Tanuma, how’s the cold?
h/w- *cough* sorry, not yet, Seeya
Box- The next next day
h/w- Ah, Tanuma
h/w- Sorry Natsume, gotta go to the staff room
Box- The next next next day
h/w- Kitamoto~ is Tanuma here?
h/w- Um… Huh? He was here a second ago
N- Huh?

14
N- Tanuma…?
N- Something’s wrong
N- Tanuma

15
N- He’s digging a hole or something, what the…
N- Ow…
N- What? My right eye is hurting all of a sudden
U- …you
U- Found you

16
K- …Huh? Where am I?
K- The old furnace
K- I’m in the back garden?
N- Wah
K- Natsume!?

17
N- Tanuma…
N- Ah…
K- What happened?
N- Tanuma…
N- …It’s nothing, my eye just started hurting
K- Your eye…?
N- More importantly
N- What are you hiding Tanuma?
N- If something is wrong, please tell me
K- Yeah… okay

18
K- Sorry, I didn’t mean to avoid you
K- Ever since then my body has felt heavy
K- I didn’t have any proof I was possessed and I didn’t want to worry you, I really thought it could have just been a cold
K- …but back there
K- When I came to I was in the back garden with dirt all over my hands
K- It’s never happened before
N- I see…
N- Make me worry…
N- Huh
K- And Natsume?
N- Yeah?
K- It really does feel good to talk about it
K- Worrying by yourself isn’t healthy, is it?

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N- I guess so…
N- I felt like something got stuck in my eye that day
N- Back there it suddenly started hurting
K- Eh
N- But it’s fine now
N- Other than that… it seems there is an ayakashi holding a hammer running around the school
N- I don’t know if it’s related or not, but…
K- Yeah…
K- Ah
K- Oi Natsume, it’s your sensei

20
K- Your Nyanko-sensei is here
K- He’s in the backyard, let’s go
Sfx- shatter
K- Natsume, why’d you…
K- Something’s there isn’t it?
N- It might be the hammer ayakashi
N- In here?
N- Stand back Tanuma

21
N- Ah
N- Did you see it Tanuma?
K- …Yeah… it was kind of foggy though…
N- It broke another mirror
N- What on earth is…
N- Ow…
K- Natsume
N- Ugh
N- What’s that?
N- I can see something shining…

22
N- Here?
N- It stopped hurting
N- …this is… a fragment of a copper mirror?
N- Hey Tanuma
K- …back
K- Give it back
K- Hand that over
K- You found my mirror
K- Give it back
K- Give it back
N- Tanuma
N- No, an ayakashi is possessing Tanuma…

23
K- Give it back
N- Ah…
N- Wah…
N- Stop it
N- Tanuma
N- Sorry…
N- Wah!

24
U- Tsk…
U- For a lowly human to possess such an insolent power…
N- Are you the ayakashi who’s been possessing Tanuma?
U- That’s right
U- I was struck by lightning while I was searching for my friend
U- My mirror, which is very important to me, was shattered and scattered around this area
U- I want to search for the pieces, but I was struck by lightning and have yet to recover
U- I’m using this boy as a vessel

25
N- The reason you made Tanuma dig that hole
N- Was to find that mirror…?
U- Yes
U- A piece should have fallen around there so I was searching
U- The shards melt into things that shine and hide themselves
U- And one seems
U- To have fallen into your eye
U- When you are close to the other pieces it resounds ‘pick me up’ as pain
U- Now
U- Give me back my mirror

26
M- Wait
N- Nyanko-sensei
N- Taki
U- Tsk
N- Ah
K- …Well, for the time being
K- I will reside in this body
N- What!?
Ta- Tanuma-kun!
K- Relax, I won’t override his consciousness for too long
K- But if you wish for me to return him unharmed

27
K- Assist me, boy
K- If I have that eye into which my mirror fell
K- It will be easy to collect the shards
K- If I regain the mirror, I shall leave
M- Selfish
N- Sensei…
M- As if I’ll continue to allow you to involve him in troublesome things
M- Now
M- Get out!
U- G… ya…

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U- …not yet
U- Not yet…
U- I won’t leave until I get it back…
U- Ugh…
U- Ugh…
M- Mu!?
M- Refusing to separate even by my light, how vindictive
N- Tanuma!
Ta- Tanuma-kun
N- Are you okay!?
K- …Yeah… I heard the situation
N- You’ll leave if we collect the shards, won’t you?
U- Yes, that’s right

29
M- That’s the safest way, I suppose
M- Chasing it out by force is dangerous for his spirit
Ta- May I help too?
N- Taki
K- Natsume
N- Tanuma
K- I’m sorry, but please help me collect the shards
N- Of course
K- Thanks
K- Its possessing me, so I kind of understand
N- Hm?

30
K- It seems this mirror is really important
N- What?
K- That ayakashi’s friend is sick
K- That mirror possesses the power to cleanse the illness
K- For her friend…
K- And… she warned me
N- Warned you?

31
K- That mirror holds a great power
K- There are ayakashi who are after the shards
K- ‘So be careful’, she says
N- Ayakashi after it, huh…