FUSHIGI YUUGI Vol. 15 Chapter 85 - "Chinmoku no Warabe" Silent Child c. 1995 Yuu Watase Translated by: Reika ------------------------------------------------------------- [74] Miaka: Taiitsu-kun---!! Sound: DOBON Tasuki: Mi... Miaka!! I saved you!! [75] Tasuki: What's this... It's Konan's Big Pond of Wisdom! Tasuki: Miaka. Tasuki: ...!? ...Is she alive...? Tasuki: Wait a sec... Hey... hey, Miaka! Tasuki: Why don't you open your eyes! Tasuki: ......! [76] Sound: Pikun Miaka: cough cough cough Tasuki: .... [77] Sound: gyu Tasuki: ...hm? Chichiri: Hey. Tasuki: Dowaaa--- Tasuki: Chichiri!! You scared me there ---- Chichiri: It's all of us who are scared! Miaka: Mm... Chichiri? Nyan: Hey... We're in trouble! Miaka: ...Nyan-Nyan? Tasuki: That's right... What the heck happened! Where's everybody!? Chichiri: It's probably the demon's power! ...We got sent off to another place... When you regained consciousness I found your chi, but the others probably got scattered... I think with her last bit of power, Taiitsu-kun must have sent us here. [78] Chichiri: Mount Taikyou already desperately disappeared into a dark cloud without a trace! Miaka (thought): Taiitsu-kun and Mt. Taikyou have... disappeared... Miaka(th): When... will Taka... also....? Miaka(th): No... No!! I won't let that happen!! Miaka: The stones... we have to find the stones! Miaka: We aren't going to lose to the demon! Let's go to Konan's palace! Taiitsu-kun gave us some hints, after all... Tasuki: That's right! Let's go! Nothing will happen if we just sit around here! Chichiri: That's true, Tasuki. But shouldn't you be wishing that you could swim? Tasuki: Huh? Sound: gurgle gurgle gurgle [79] Chichiri: So, it's settled. Let's go! Nyan: I'll hand him over to you. Miaka(th): Taka... Taka, why did I enter this world alone... Taka: ....She's late! What happened to Miaka!! Sound: (fidgeting) ira ira Taka: ...it's strange... ...looks like I have to return to her school... [80] Sound: Shan Chichiri: We've arrived! Miaka(on p.81): ....It's the palace!! Tasuki: Wow -- long time no see, huh --- Miaka: It hasn't changed a bit! Chichiri: Even after the battle with Kutou two years ago, it's returned to its old state. Tasuki: But what did they do about the mess inside the palace? Nyan: Miaka! Look over there! Miaka: What's wrong, Nyan-Nyan? [81] Miaka: Suzaku's mausoleum...? Nyan: I felt Hotohori's presence. Miaka: Really!! Sound: Ban [82] Miaka: Hotohori!! Miaka: He... He's floating, he's floating! Miaka: He--ey. Tasuki: Well, to put it frankly, he's a spirit after all... Nyan: Hotohori! You've woken up! Hotohori: ...Huh...? I... am... ...Where am I? Palace lord: ... [83] Palace lord: Inside the palace... moreover entering the sacred Suzaku mausoleum! Sound: Za Hotohori: ... Tasuki: What, what. Miaka: Um -- You don't remember my face? Sound: Ji--- Palace lord: Su-Suzaku no Miko-sama!? And also Tasuki-sama and Chichiri-sama!! Sound: Zaza-- Hotohori: ...and me? Hotohori: Me... Nyan: Everyone can't see you! But the people who can see you can see you. Miaka: About that. This time I didn't come to be Suzaku no Miko... Palace lord: They're... called stones? No... We haven't seen anything like that, but... [84] Palace lord: I'll spread the word to look for them... But everyone here is particularly scared of the evil creatures... The empress has also fallen ill. Miaka: The empress? The empress is... Palace lord: Is Houki-sama. Palace lord: In the battle in the capital two years ago... Hotohori-sama passed away. Later, she gave birth to the Crown Prince... it's already been a year-and-a-half ... he hasn't spoken a word. Miaka: Hotohori... Nyan: You're worrying, huh! Enduring the loss of you made her snap... She deeply, deeply loved you. [85] Hotohori: Houki... Hotohori: So...Sorry... Miaka(th): Hotohori... Sound: Batan Tasuki: We should leave Hotohori-sama and Houki-sama and go look for the stones! Tasuki: Lo-oks like we have to hit every single room! Miaka: ..... Chichiri: We can't even use any of our powers for this! Sound: footsteps Palace guy1: You--You're not allowed to go in there Palace guy2: Crown Prince! Sound: Doka [86] Sound: Ji--- Arrow: Direct hit Tasuki: What the heck is with this hard-headed brat~~ Palace guy1: The-Crown-Prince. Everyone: Huh Miaka(th): ...so this is... Hotohori's child!? Miaka: No way~~! He's cute~~! Chichiri: Da. Tasuki: Really~~! He's cute~~! Don't tell your dad what I said earlier. Palace guy1: Crown Prince! Come on, back to your room. You weren't supposed to take that doll. Miaka: Oh this bear! I gave this to Hotohori... to your father a long time ago! What's your name? Kid: ..... [87] Palace guy1: ...It's no use, Suzaku no Miko... Houshi-sama won't say a single word or thing. Miaka: Really. Palace guy1: However, one may tell you that he's exactly like his mother... His mouth is always closed... Miaka: It seems that his intelligence level is very high... In the future capital, I wonder how he will rule. Hotohori: What does that mean!! Sound: Su Miaka: Ahhh! Miaka: Hotohori!! Don't pop up so suddenly like that!! Sound: (heartbeats) Sound: Suka Hotohori: ...It's my child... Hotohori: Just like in my childhood, it is hard to be loved with this haircut. Sound: Fuuuu--- Tasuki: (sound) scratch Nyan: ...Everybody!! Get away from that kid!! Hotohori: !? [88] Sound: Do... Miaka: An evil creature!! Shigyou: What a shame. [89] Shigyou: Hmph... So that's the power of Suzakusei-kun... Good timing for going into "the other world" ...Miaka Yuuki. Shigyou: Sasaki-senpai, please return to your body at the hospital Shigyou: ...because your soul has become my pretty doll. Sound: Su-- Kotsu Sound: crackle Shigyou: Umph Shigyou: ...! Even though it was taken out of the Takamatsuzuka mound, the divine power of the gods still works? ... Shigyou: Looks like using destructive power on it is impossible... [90] Sound: Bang Sound: bounce bounce Taka: ...You Taka: What the heck are you--!? Shigyou: ...Ah... This isn't the basketball club... Maybe you should put the ball back in the storage room. Taka: ...Answer me! That' person that just disappeared was the senior who fell from the roof, wasn't it! Shigyou: Hmph... So you saw that. What are you going to do about it? [91] Taka: ...It couldn't be... That... pager message... Taka: (exhale) Miaka! Where's Miaka!? Shigyou: I couldn't take the photograph, so I thought after quickly showing her the accident I could kill her, but... Unfortunately, Suzakusei-kun interfered, see. She's in that scroll. Shigyou: But I was going to follow right after her. I thought I could destroy it or go into it. Because I also came from there. Taka: You!? The demon -- Tenkou's... Shigyou: See you later. Sound: Goooou Taka: !! [92] Sound: Splat-- Taka: Umph. Sound: Hyoou Yoro Sound: drip drip drip Taka: Miaka...!! [93] Miaka: Boushin... cha-... Palace guy: Crown Prince...!! The doll... please, let go of it...!! Boushin: Nuh-uh. Sound: squeeze squeeze squeeze Nyan: I... I can't use my power~~~ Chichiri: ...It's no use! That child's attached to it... If you use your powers it will hurt him...! Tasuki: Sh-t. Looks like I can't use fire... either!! Sound: Growl [94] Hotohori: Boushin!! Miaka(th): Hotohori...!? Sound: Don Sound: Ba [95] Sound: Kaa Dou Boushin/Hotohori: Hmph. Miaka: ...Wha-? Palace guy: Eeeeek! Tasuki: It can't be. Ho.... Hotohori-sama...? Chichiri: ...He posessed him...! Hotohori: Everything's all right. With this divine sword I'll wip out this demon! [96] Sound: crack crack crack Miaka: Aghh Sound: crash Miaka: ...Tasuki! Thanks! Tasuki: It-It was nuthin'. You're heavy, though, so get off me! Sound: thump Chichiri: This chapter you've really been saving Miaka a lot; it's very admirable. But at the pond you also gave her a "kiss." Miaka: Huh? Tasuki: It's called "artificial respiration" ---!! Palace guy1: The demon-- Hotohori: That really surprised me... That I could do that in this form. Palace guy2: The Crown Prince -- Miaka: That was great! After all, Hotohori, you're his father, right! [97] Hotohori: Huh. Miaka: Hotohori!? Where are you going? Sound: footsteps Sound: Bang Hotohori: Houki!! Houki: ...Boushin? Hotohori: Houki... It's me Hotohori: Do you understand? It's me ---!! Houki: ! ...Em...peror? Hotohori: That's right, Houki! You and... this child have suffered through so many sad memories... I'm sorry... forgive me. Houki: ...Emperor... It's really you, isn't it! [98] Houki: Oh, Emperor. Sound: gyu Houki: I wanted to see you so much--!! Sound: Ji---n Tasuki: ...but it's a little more complicated... Houki: Ah, Suzaku no Miko...? Miaka: Uh, Ni-Nice to see you again, Houki-san! Hotohori: That's right! Houki... We came here on a new mission! You can help us, right! Houki: ...A... stone? Miaka: That's right! Without it, Taka... Tamahome will disappear. To mess things up, I think the demons have been resurrected. [98] Miaka: ..... Houki: Now that you say it... There is something I thought was strange... Houki: This child... I had just given birth to Boushin. When I opened my eyes, I saw a shining blue sphere. Houki: I had quickly put on clothes... I remember I was very hot. Houki: But right as the child was born, at that moment I had a fever... the child came out at the same time... I thought it was an illusion from the labor pains... Tasuki: ... Chichiri: ...that... means...? Hotohori: It It can't be... [99] Miaka(th): There's a stone inside the body of this child--!! Sound: flap flap flap Shigyou: ...Hmph... I see. So there's a stone inside that child... Shigyou: I guess I can take the child. Shigyou: Wherever you go, you can't get away from me... Miaka Yuuki.