Natsume Yuujin Chou 33

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Natsume Yuujinchou 33 – A Chapter of Little Things, Part 2

Code
N- Natsume
M- Nyanko-sensei
U- Unknown
H- Hinoe
CA- Chuukyuu A
CB- Chuukyuu B
T- Touko-san
Ke- Kemari
A- Amasa

01
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Strange Tales of Ayakashi Contracts
The Tale of the Little Things, Part 2
Natsume Yuujinchou
A Nyanko, a porch, a cool evening; summer time bliss
Midorikawa Yuki

02
N- Ah…
N- There’s so many…

03
N- Wa
N- Ah
N- Stop it…
N- Ow…
M- Natsume
N- ! Nyanko-sensei…
M- Gyah
N- Sensei…

04
U- Eeek
U- Eeek
H- Natsume!
CA- Natsume-sama
CA- Are you alright!?
N- Hinoe, Chuukyuu…
H- …Honestly Madara, how unsightly
M- Ugh…
M- Because of this talisman I couldn’t even banish those puny things…
h/w- ngh
N- Ah, you’ll pull off your fur Nyanko-sensei

05
H- This is no time to be worrying about fur Natsume
N- Ah…
CA- She is correct, a pig cat that can’t shine is just an ugly, massive faced, short legged pig cat
M- What!?
CA- That was dangerous
CA- When you look at them individually they seem weak and cowardly, but…
CA- To think they are so fearsome as to move about eating all the ayakashi they find
CA- And to even try eating Natsume-sama
CA- They’re gourmets aren’t they
N- Geez
N- If I can’t just approach them carelessly then it’s going to be even harder to find that furball
N- I’m sorry, but I can’t do anything on my own
N- Please help me

06
H- Aw!!
H- You’re so creepy when you’re being all honest like that <3
CA- You can count on us Natsume-sama!
Banner- The Society of Doing Natsume a Favour
CB- We shall protect you in the stead of that calico pig that can’t shine
M- Don’t be fooled Natsume! They clearly have an angle!!
N- And so Hinoe and the Chuukyuu agreed to help me
h/w- Furball - ?
h/w- Oi, furball –
N- We searched high and low
N- But without any success
N- It was well into the evening before we knew it
N- The human’s child was deemed a nuisance and sent home
h/w- You didn’t sleep properly last night either did you?
h/w- We’ll keep looking so go home
N- I’m home
T- Welcome home Takashi-kun
T- What were you doing until so late…?
T- Oh, what happened?
T- Your clothes are so dirty
N- S, sorry
N- I was looking for Nyanko-sensei at Yatsuhara…

07
T- Oh!? He’s hurt!?
T- Oh dear, where’s the medicine...
N- It, its fine Touko-san, just a light scratch
T- Well at any rate, go and wash all that dirt off in the bath!
N- There’s no way I’ll let
N- This house be burned down
N- …I say that, but

08
N- Inside the vast forest
M- How am I supposed the find that tiny thing…?
M- Just go to sleep, you’re exhausted
M- …Are your bites okay?
M- Don’t group me together with you weakling
N- …I wish I was a little fatter like you sensei
M- Fool! I’m not fat, this form is just round!
M- Shut up and go to sleep
N- Okay
Sfx- Squelch
N- …hm?
N- Uwaaah!? Blood!?
N- What on earth!?

09
N- …It’s not blood
N- This is
N- Berries?
N- Why are they in my bed?
N- Maybe a bird got in somehow…
M- Mu, these are red bamboo berries
N- What?
M- They are famous amongst ayakashi as an antidote to poison
N- Antidote?
N- Why is something like that…?
h/w- Ha
N- Could it be…?
N- That…?
N- F, furball!? Are you there!?
N- Where’d you go!?
N- Furball!?
h/w- Furball –

10
N- …It’s gone…
N- Just, just missed it huh…
h/w- It was right in front of us the whole time
h/w- A one in a million chance…
M- Well, well we don’t know for sure it was the right one
N- Yeah…
N- But if that furball brought these here for me
N- I wonder if it searched for them for me
N- Without returning to its herd
N- With that tiny body…
N- …I should have at least named it or something
h/w- Yelling out ‘furball’ over and over is kind of embarrassing
M- Alright! Then let’s call it ‘Mosa’ as in ‘mosamosa’ (fuzzy)!
h/w- Like tough guy?
T/N- ‘Mosa’ written with the kanji Natsume uses means a tough, valiant person. Think Rambo or something
N- No
N- …It’s a soft, squishy ball so it should be ‘Kemari’
T/N: Kemari a ball game from the Heian period introduced from China. It uses a soft ball made of deerskin
M- That’s lazy! Your naming sense is lazy!!
N- I’m going to sleep sensei
h/w- chomp chomp… mm, sweet
N- We have to find Kemari tomorrow

11
N- We’ll find him tomorrow
N- No matter what…
N- There it is!!
N- Thank goodness…
N- It really was you who brought the antidote
N- …Thankyou
N- Thanks to you it doesn’t hurt anymore

12
N- …Kemari
N- Can you come over here?
N- There’s probably a red ring stuck to you
N- I have to return it to its owner
N- You might dislike being touched
N- But it’s really important
N- Come on, Kemari
N- Please come here
N- Kema…
CA- Natsume-sama!
CA- It’s awful, Yatsuhara is…

13
N- Wah
M- Gyah
N- Calm down Kemari…
N- Ow…
Ke- Squeak
Ke- Squeak
CA- Gyah
N- Ah
N- Uwaaah, Kemari!!
CA- Na, Natsume-sama!?
N- Crap, I have to chase it
CA- What!?
N- That, what was it
N- That Karu has the ring…

14
CA- Wa, wait Natsume-sama!
N- its no good, it’s too dark and I can’t see
M- Shit, curse this talisman! I could catch it in one bound!
CA- That Kemari or whatever grew attached to you and came back didn’t it?
CA- It got scared and ran away, but if you wait in your room, won’t it come…
M- …No
M- If it does as Natsume told it and goes home
M- It probably won’t come back again
M- Because it probably came to apologise
M- And
M- All it did was hurt Natsume again
M- Most likely

15
M- It won’t come anywhere near Natsume again
CA- Unlike the rumours, it’s actually a rather delicate ayakashi isn’t it
N- …Yeah
N- The group attacked me, but if you really think about it…
N- …Yeah
N- Maybe they thought I was trying to catch one of them
N- And the herd tried to protect it…
CA- However Natsume-sama, if at all possible, we must make haste
N- What?
CA- Some low level ayakashi heard the rumours of the Karu and plan on attacking
CA- They have gathered near Yatsuhara

16
N- What?
CA- They believed the rumours about them eating ayakashi, and plan on chasing them off
CA- Because they travel without stopping
CA- Few actually know their true nature
N- …Well yeah
N- Because rumours are something that people make for their own convenience…
M- How do they intend on chasing them out?
CA- The Karu herd seem to be headed towards a patch of woods near Nanatsumori
T/N: Nanatsumori means Seven Forests; it’s the name of a place, like Yatsuhara (Eight Fields)
CA- They plan on assaulting them there
h/w- Seems like a ‘Strike them before they can strike us’ plot
M- Honestly, those foolish weaklings

17
N- A patch of woods near Nanatsumori… Kemari might be heading there too
M- Mu
M- The place where the Karu are gathering is near
M- If we follow these guys they might lead us to where Kemari is
N- ! Okay

18
N- Kemari
N- Are you there!?
N- Kemari!
N- Tell your friends not to go to Yatsuhara
N- The ayakashi are gathering there
N- This place is too dangerous for you guys
CA- Oh
CA- There’s quite a lot of them aren’t there…
M- This could be dangerous
M- Let’s pull back for now Natsume
N- …Okay
N- …Yeah, there’s no way I can tell Kemari apart from…

19
N- The ring…
U- Squee
h/w- Ha
N- The ring!
N- Kemari?
N- Kemari!?
U- Squee

20
CA- They are headed in the opposite direction to Yatsuhara
CA- Your words reached them
M- …That one
M- Intends to leave without showing itself to you huh?
N- …I guess so…
N- Thanks, Kemari
N- Goodbye

21
CB- It was a peculiar ayakashi, but its exit has style
N- …Haha, yeah, it does
N- Thanks Chuukyuu, I found the ring because of your help
N- If I return this to Amasa I can protect my home

22
N- Amasa
N- …Why are you here? Did you follow me?
A- …Oh?
N- Good timing, I have the ring…
A- I knew it
A- I knew it
A- I knew it
A- I knew it
A- I knew it
A- You did have it
N- No
N- I found it, just like I promised
A- I knew it
A- I knew it

23
A- So you did steal it after all, human’s child
A- Oh, my jewel
A- I won’t forgive you
A- I won’t forgive you
N- No…
M- Stop it!
M- Let Natsume go…
CA- Natsume-sama!
CA- Stop it, you blockhead!
N- Ugh…
M- …Have you no sense of due?
M- You can complain after you’ve tried accompanying his whimsical schemes

24
N- Sen…
U- Squee
CA- …That is

25
N- A giant…
N- …Dragon…?
N- Snake…?
N- …No
N- No, that’s

26
M- Natsume
CA- Natsume
CA- Sama…
A- Why you, return him
A- I was going to crush him

27
M- Did you forget about me after losing your treasure?
M- We returned your ring, the promise is fulfilled
M- Go home and cool your head
N- Wah

28
M- Natsume
CA- Natsume-sama, are you unhurt!?
N- Sensei, Chuukyuu
CA- What on earth was that huge dragon…?
N- It wasn’t a dragon
N- It was the Karu herd
CA- …Wow… magnificent…
N- Sensei
M- Hm?

29
N- Can you see? That
N- That’s Kemari
M- …Hm…?
N- Only one of them
N- Had red berry juice on it
N- I don’t know if Kemari was leading them, or if it was just a passing fancy of the Karu
N- But for a while, there were rumours of a magnificent dragon seen by many ayakashi about
N- The Karu, who were rumoured to be so fierce
N- Quietly vanished to some faraway place
H- Good grief, well I’m glad you’re okay
H- Are the wounds you received from the Karu healed as well?
N- Hinoe

30
H- You’re as reckless as ever
N- ...Sorry…
N- …I have to find some way to repay the Chuukyuu guys too
M- Fool, repay me first
N- What are you talking about, you’re my guardian aren’t you?
N- If they group together, even those tiny ayakashi
N- Can chase off a big ayakashi like Amasa
H- ...Yeah
H- There are some things we just can’t fix alone
N- Yeah
N- My power is small

31
N- And I’m always worrying about becoming stronger
N- But perhaps
N- If I am not afraid to express my true feelings
N- Oh? What brings you here Chuukyuu?
N- If I believe that I am not alone…
CA- Ah, Natsume-sama we have a gift for you
N- They seem to be effective against ayakashi poison
N- They are called Red Bamboo Berries