Natsume Yuujin Chou 29

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Natsume Yuujinchou 29
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N- Natsume
K- Tanuma
M- Nyanko-sensei
U- Unknown
Ta- Taki

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Chapter 29

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Natsume Yuujinchou

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N- My friend Tanuma, who can sense ayakashi, was possessed by one
N- And it seems this ayakashi has no intention of letting him go until she collects all the shards of her broken mirror
N- I’m scared to take my eyes off him, so I decided to stay at his house
N- …Where is the chief priest?
K- My father is on a business trip today
N- …Sorry for intruding…
M- Oi Tanuma, peel this mandarin for me
K- Natsume, can you show me the mirror shard you picked up before? What’s it look like?

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N- Yeah… it looks like a copper mirror
N- Here… can you see it?
K- Hm…
K- You’re amazing Natsume
K- I can just… kind of tell something is there
N- Really…
K- Hey, boy
K- Don’t handle that so carelessly
N- You’re the one who shouldn’t be handling Tanuma so carelessly!
h/w- Ah, my mandarin!
N- I wish she would possess me instead…
h/w- Sigh
N- Wah, the mirror went inside my eye!?
K- I warned you didn’t I, the mirror desires to return to its original state
K- So it is resounding a plead to be picked up, which will end if you hurry up and collect the shards

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N- My eye started hurting around the area where you were digging
N- So let’s check it out again tomorrow
K- Okay
K- …Does this kind of thing happen to you sometimes?
N- What?
M- Not sometimes, constantly
K- What!? Constantly!?
N- Nyanko-sensei!
K- …I see

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N- …Tanuma?
N- …No
U- …Farewell
U- Farewell
U- Please don’t come anymore
U- Farewell
N- …Ah, this is

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N- The dream of the ayakashi possessing Tanuma
U- Farewell…
K- You peered into my dream didn’t you, boy?
N- …Was that
N- The friend you are searching for?
N- That ayakashi… seemed troubled by something
N- …If you have the copper mirror, can you heal your friend?

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K- That’s the idea
K- That’s what the rumours say
N- …The rumours…?
Sfx- shatter
K- …huh? Natsume…
N- ! Tanuma… are you okay?
K- Yeah… more importantly, that sound
K- It came from the back corridor
N- Ah
K- Hm? A thief…? No way
K- No human would fit through here
K- Maybe something ran into it, like a cat, or a dog…
K- Natsume?

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N- Footsteps…
K- Eh? Natsume…
K- What do you mean, ‘footsteps’…?
K- Natsume?
K- …I guess if you don’t know the situation, Natsume’s actions are kind of scary…
U- …Would you like to see?
K- …huh?
K- It’s the ayakashi who’s possessing me…
U- In return for borrowing your body, I will lend you my eyes
U- Would you like to see?
K- …Yeah

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K- Wah
K- What the…
K- This is…
K- Ah, there you are Natsume…
N- It’s the hammer ayakashi that’s been running around school
K- What…
K- Ah, this is…
K- There are things like this running around in the world that Natsume sees…

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N- Why did he come here…?
K/N- Wah!
N- …huh?
N- You see it too, Tanuma?
K- The ayakashi lent me its eyes
N- What…
N- Wah

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U- …you
U- Found you
U- The mirror
U- Hiding it
U- In your eye
U- I’ll take it
U- Break
U- Take it
K- You intend to give my mirror to this weakling?

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K- Get back!
U- Gi
U- Gi
U- Gi
N- Ah…
N- …Ta…
N- Tanuma…? Are you okay…?
N- Wah
N- Tanuma!?
N- …Cu…
N- Cut it out!
N- Showing Tanuma ayakashi…

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N- Even though we’re helping you
N- Making Tanuma do things like this…
N- The mirror is important to you right? You have a precious friend right?
N- Tanuma is my friend, he’s really important to me
N- If you keep doing careless things like this, I’ll never forgive you!
N- …I’m begging you… possess me instead
N- I’ll help you look for the mirror, so please let Tanuma go

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K- He decided by himself that he wanted to see
K- You don’t usually talk about ayakashi
K- That’s probably because you don’t need to
K- It might be out of kindness
K- Even if he understands
K- Unless you talk about it, he really can’t
K- Not understanding
K- Something important
K- Even though he’s right beside you
K- Not knowing

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K- My friend wouldn’t talk about it either
K- And then he vanished without a word
K- He never told me he had a serious illness
K- Without a word, he left
K- You’re right, I only have rumours
K- …maybe even if he told me
K- Nothing would have changed
K- I followed the rumours
K- And I managed to get my hands on a mirror, said to cure the illness
K- Then I set out to find him…

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K- …Ah, the mirror…
K- If I don’t hurry
K- And collect the pieces…
K- If I don’t…
K- Hurry and find him…
K- I am sorry, human child
K- I am at my limit just inhabiting this boy
K- …I am sorry, human child…
K- Just a little longer
K- A little longer…
M- That’s Yatsubara for you
M- This is what happens when a weakling like that enters the site of a temple, even if it’s not the main building
N- Nyanko-sensei!
N- Where were you!? We could have used your help!
M- I was keeping an eye on the hammer whatever ayakashi
M- Well, it seems like you chased it off before I could help

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M- Hurry up and go to sleep, I’ll keep watch
M- How long do you plan on becoming involved in these fruitless endeavours?
M- We’ll settles this tomorrow
N- Yeah
h/w- But before that, please get Tanuma into bed, I’ll fix these up
h/w- What!?
h/w- Yeah, and I should pay for it as well
Ta- Good morning
Ta- Natsume-kun, Tanuma-kun
Ta- Did it work out?

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N/K- …Good morning…
Ta- …Are you guys okay?
K- …I don’t really remember, but I feel like
K- I threw up something amazing
Ta- What!? What did you eat!?
Ta- …Natsume-kun
Ta- Here
N- Huh?
Ta- It’s a talisman, I made it using the books at my house

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Ta- I don’t know if it’ll come in handy, but…
Ta- I was frustrated, being so useless
Ta- It’s just me being selfish and I’m sorry, but please hold onto it
N- Thankyou, Taki
N- I see, so you pulled an all nighter making this
Ta- Eh
N- You always get panda eyes
Ta- …I want to become good with my hands
Ta- This is for you, Tanuma-kun
Ta- It’s for people who’ve been possessed
K- Thanky…
K- Wah, it’s kinda… scary
Ta- Can’t be helped, that’s how it was drawn
h/w- I was scared making it too
Ta- Oh yeah, where’s Nyanko-sensei?
N- He’s patrolling the school ground during classes
N- And thus our search for the mirror shards began

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N- If I remember correctly, my eye started hurting around here…
N- Ah
N- Ow…
K- Natsume
Ta- Natsume-kun
N- Ow… Owowowow
N- There, Tanuma! There…
K- Here!? I should dig here!?
N- Owowow
N- Ow…
h/w- What are they doing?
h/w- Who knows… practicing for a play?
N- Ow
K- Hold on Natsume
N- …ugh…
K- …ah
K- I found it!
K- I found it Natsume
K- This is it right?
K- The ayakashi says it’s hiding in this bottle shard

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N- Yeah… the pain is stopping
N- That’s it
K- Good, I’m glad
N- Yeah
N- Thanks
U- You did it brats!
U- Now hurry and collect them all
N- Don’t be so arrogant!
N- Just stay quiet!!
h/w- Owowow… yeah, a, around here
h/w- Here!?
h/w- Here!?

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h/w- Ow… ugh… sorry
h/w- Around here?
h/w- Ah, I found something, is it this?
h/w- Wait here, I’ll go get some towels
h/w- Ah, Taki, I’ll…
N- …Ah
N- Thanks Tanuma…
h/w- haha
K- I’m the one who’s possessed remember?
K- This is all for me right?
K- …Natsume, you often have these kinds of thoughts
K- And see these kinds of things, don’t you?
N- Yeah
N- Sorry I couldn’t talk to you about it
N- Fear
N- And uncertainty
N- Those kinds of things

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N- Are hard to talk about…
K- …yeah
K- I guess you’re right
N- If the person is important to you
N- Then that’s all that matters
K- It is pretty hard
M- Oi you hooligans
K- Wah a tanuki
K- …Oh, it’s just Ponta
N- …ugh… my eye… hurts…?
K- Natsume?
N- What’ve you got there sensei?
M- Ah
M- Look

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N/K- Wah!!?
M- If you have my abilities, collecting the shards of this mirror is as easy as taking candy from a baby
N- Ah…
M- Now, take this and leave

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U- …Yeah
U- Thankyou

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h/w- hah
U- Mirror
U- Mirror
U- Gi
U- Gi
U- I want
U- Power
N- Crap, not this guy again…
N- Ah
K- Natsume!?
U- Give it
U- Give it
U- Give it
U- Mirror…

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U- Gi
U- Gi
U- Bright
U- Bright
U- Sorry, but
U- I won’t give up this mirror, leave
U- Bright
U- Mirror
U- Scary
U- Scary

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M- It left
h/w- hah
K- Natsume
K- Natsume, are you okay!?
N- Are you leaving?
U- Yes
U- I must search for him

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U- I can’t rest until I give him a piece of my mind
U- And I’ll cleanse his illness
U- …I’ll give him all I’ve got
N- …Yeah
N- I wonder if she will find him
N- Relying only upon rumours
N- A grave illness
N- Perhaps he is already…
U- You shouldn’t make such a sad face
U- I want to search for him, no matter what result awaits me

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U- I just want to see him
U- Farewell, human child
U- The opportunity to understand another person is not something to fear
U- It’s just difficult
N- That’s exactly why
N- It makes you worry
N- And you will gain things which are difficult to gain

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K- I see, so she left
K- We have to tell Taki
N- Yeah
N- And so
N- We settled the Tanuma possession incident
K- I feel kind of guilty about worrying you guys
K- But it was kind of fun
N- What
K- I got to see what you see
K- And I got to talk a fair bit with that ayakashi
N- What
N- What did she tell you?
N- She didn’t give you any weird ideas did she?
K- Ahaha, you really have it tough don’t you, Natsume?
N- …but
N- It’s not… all bad…

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N- Right?
K- …Yeah
K- Right