Kagen no Tsuki by Yazawa Ai Source: Volume 1 Translated: Dianne Dimabuyo (DiDi) ACTS 1-5 available [complete] ACT 1 edited -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Kagen no Tsuki is owned by Yazawa Ai and Shueisha. This is a fan translation and no money is made off of this. Note: This translation is loose and must not be taken to mean word-for-word, because that would just be silly and nonsensical, ne? ^^ Don't hesitate to send comments and criticisms, if it so moves you. : text in bubbles <> sound {} translator's additional notes.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Page 3 ------ Like the fading moon ruining the darkness paling with these lips I sing something I pray for something And you who are my sun fades away --------------------- Pages 4-5: title page --------------------- Last Quarter [1] --------------- Page 6: no text --------------- ------ Page 7 ------ ----------That's a nice tune. Did you write it?---------- ------ Page 8 ------ I was charmed near crazy by those blue eyes and haunting melody. ------ Page 9 ------ I have to hurry! label: Mochizuki ------- Page 10 ------- Mom: Dear, Mom: Mizuki is... Mom: It looks like Mizuki-chan's come home... Mom: Dear! Dad: Leave me alone. ------- Page 11 ------- I don't have time to change! One set of clothes should be fine. I can buy more. I have a bit of money. I can look for a job. What is it I'm doing? What is it I'm going to do? Even if something happens, it'll be better than it's been 'til now. ------- Page 12 ------- Yui: What... are you doing? Mom: Mizuki-chan! Mom: Wait... Where have you been all this time? Where are you going? Mizuki: Thanks for everything. Mom: Mizuki! Yui: ...... /Mom/ Dear! Please stop Mizuki! ------- Page 13 ------- Yui: Oneechan! /Mom/ Dear! Yui: I'm sorr... Yui: I'm sorry... LAST QUARTER ACT 1 . MIZUKI Mizuki: Byebye, Yui. Mizuki: Take care, ok? ------- Page 14 ------- Be happy in this house somehow. Don't be like me. Mizuki: To Shibuya! Please hurry! Hurry Hurry Make it on time, somehow ------- Page 15 ------- Before this night turns to dawn Before the moon vanishes ----------What's your name? ----------Adam ----------How old are you? Twenty ----------Where did you come from? ----------England ----------How nice that you understand Japanese. Your tune's really alive. ----------What's "going somewhere"? ----------...... Adam: Nobody stops and listens anymore because everybody in this town is busy. Just go on with all your might for yourself, they say or something. Mizuki: It's nothing to worry about, Adam. Adam: It's alright cuz you listened. ------- Page 16 ------- Mizuki: But I have to get going, too. I'm late for work. Adam: Don't go. Mizuki: I'll come to listen again. Where will you be singing tomorrow? Adam: I'll sing for you wherever you want. Mizuki: Cold! /Mizuki/ Foreigners really do talk differently, don't they? Adam: Cold? That's cuz you're not wearing a coat. /Adam/ Silly girl ----------Mizuki, don't you have to go to school? ----------I don't really want to go. ----------Don't you have to work today? ----------I don't really want to work. ----------Don't you have to go home? ----------I don't really want to go home. ----------Will you come to my house? ------- Page 17 ------- Mizuki: Adam--- Why are you living in a house this elegant? You're pretty rich, aren't you? /Mizuki/ And what's with this princely sense Adam: I'm just borrowing it for a little while. Since I'm only going to be here for 2 weeks. Mizuki: Oh, I see... Mizuki: Adam, did you come to Japan to take care of some business? /Mizuki/ Ah, your shoes.. Adam: I came so I could meet you. Mizuki: ...... Mizuki: Why are you talking glibly? And in Japanese, too. Adam: I had a Japanese lover, she taught me. Mizuki: .....Hmmmmm. In past tense? ------- Page 18 ------- Adam: Died from sickness. Adam: Past tense. Mizuki: Nee Mizuki: Sing that song. That tune you were singing before. That's my favorite. What tune was it? TaxiDriver: "Last Quarter" ------- Page 19 ------- Mizuki: Driver! The radio! Mizuki: Raise the volume a bit! This......... is Adam's voice. This tune...... "Last Quarter" Adam's song! It's a different arrangement, but there's no mistake! Why is it playing on the radio? TaxiDriver: He------. It's a cool tune. Pretty sentimental. Who's singing? Mizuki: I... I really don't know very well... TaxiDriver: I see. I'm really not that interested in western music, but this is nice. I like it. I didn't know. Since I really only listen to popular music I didn't know. So Adam's a pro musician? ------- Page 20 ------- Radio: That was "Last Quarter" by "EVIL EYE". Radio: And next up... TaxiDriver: Evil Eye, huh? I'll have to remember that. The band name? I wonder if they broke up or maybe... they're on an off right now... There are so many things I don't know. We just happened to meet half a month ago. Although it doesn't feel like it at all I might have done something stupid. But I can't stop no matter what. I can't stop these runaway feelings. ------- Page 21 ------- Adam: Where did you go, Mizuki? School? Mizuki: Shopping! For clothes and what-not! /Mizuki/ Mostly housewear, though. Adam: I got worried, 'cuz you suddenly disappeared. Mizuki: My, my *heart* (ufu) Mizuki: Really, though--- I'm pretty rich right now. *heart* Mizuki: I worked to death for a year saving up money to move out. Mizuki: My dad got remarried a year ago and his new wife and her kid moved in. I'm not very comfortable in there. Mizuki: Got you something. Mizuki: Anyway, the kid really is Dad's daughter. He was cheating on my mother while she was still alive, and he had a kid. Isn't that awful? Mizuki: He tried to hide it from our family, but we found out. And the kid's an uncute brat, anyway. Actually, I was harrassing her pretty horridly. She's the kid who I thought of as the one who took my father for herself. Mizuki: But she really didn't take him. Mizuki: But really, I don't need a mother anymore. I'm 17 already, right? (Ahaha) Mizuki: Ah. Are you hungry? I bought hamburger...... ------- Page 22 ------- Mizuki: Don't tell me to go home...... Mizuki: I called home and told them I'm at a friend's house, so they won't look for me. /Mizuki/ I'm getting dizzy, doing this all the time... Mizuki: I won't create trouble for you... Adam: I looked for you. Adam: I'm glad you came back. Adam: Thank you. ------- Page 23 ------- Adam: Are you cold? Mizuki: Ah. It's alright. I'll go to another room. Adam: Don't say such lonely words. Adam: What's that sound? Mizuki: Ah Mizuki: Damn. My pager...... I was thinking of cutting it off cuz it's annoying. Adam: Pager? Mizuki: Don't you know what a pager is? You don't have one in England? Adam: An alarm clock? Mizuki: No. Why don't you know? Mizuki: Something with which you can send messages to your friends, etc. Mizuki: Here. This is where the words come out. Pager: I'm sorry. I want to see you. Tomoki. Adam&Mizuki: ...... {Note: They call pagers "pokeberu" in Japanese.. That's "pocketbell".. That could be the source of the confusion.. ^^ } ------- Page 24 ------- Adam: Who's Tomoki? Mizuki [thought]: Why... Mizuki [thought]: Why can Adam read katakana? (malts) Mizuki: Ex-boyfriend. /Ehe/ Adam: Ex-boyfriend? Mizuki: Somebody who used to be my lover. But we just recently broke up. He's such a flirt! But, well, I didn't use to care. I've always let it pass. Mizuki: And then he makes a pass at my best friend. I suddenly felt like I couldn't do it anymore. (Ahaha) Adam: Why do you laugh? Mizuki: Eh? Adam: Why do you laugh while you talk about painful things? Mizuki: Eh, cuz I can't do anything but laugh. /Aha *heart*/ Adam: I think it'd be alright to cry. Mizuki: But I'd just be miserable if I cry. Adam: I think you're more miserable pretending to laugh. ---------------- Page 25: no text ---------------- ------- Page 26 ------- That night, I cried all night long. I think the last time I cried that much was when Mom died when I was in 5th grade. My sickly mother had a neurosis because of my father's wanton ways in those days. She drank the sleeping pills she got from the hospital all at one time. I hate my father. I was bitter about my mother who had left me. But when I was in 3rd year junior high, the guy I fell in love with was a womanizer just like my father. And yet, he only made love to me once. It was a painful love that hid the inconsistencies. I didn't want to die like my mother. I thought of becoming a strong woman. Although I don't know the meaning of strength very well. Even now, I still don't know. ------- Page 27 ------- Adam played his guitar over and over again next to me. That tune I said I liked. ------- Page 28 ------- Mizuki: Good morning, Adam! It's noon already! *heart* Mizuki: .... /Mizuki/ Prince? Mizuki: WAH! Mizuki: ...... Mizuki: Are you breathing? ------- Page 29 ------- Mizuki [thought]: Su... Surprise attack... Adam: Good morning. *heart* Mizuki [thought]: Ah.. Th.. that's just a greeting to foreigners. Mizuki: WAH! Don't sleep in the nude! Mizuki: Foreigners! Arrow: Prejudice Mizuki: Neh---- The weather's nice. Wanna go somewhere? You've been in Japan for a while, but you haven't really gone out anywhere. I'll guide you. Adam: I hate crowds. And I'm not really that upbeat during the day. Mizuki: Ah---- You're definitely for the night life, ne. Adam: I'm fine just being with you here like this. Mizuki: Why are your hands so cold? ------- Page 30 ------- Mizuki: It's still March and you're already wearing short sleeves... Adam: But I'm not cold. Adam: I'm going to put something on. Mizuki: Adam Adam: I already quit using drugs. I promised my dead lover. Mizuki: You're lying! They look like they were just hit. Mizuki: This is... Adam: I can't go on because you're dead! ------- Page 31 ------- Why didn't I notice it 'til then? That I was very much like his dead lover. That he only sees me as an illusion. ------- Page 32 ------- Adam: Mizuki! Don't go home! Mizuki: (Ahaha) That's not it. I've got work. I've been absent without permission for two days already. They might fire me... Adam: Don't go... Adam: Don't go anywhere anymore... Adam: How could you leave me? How awful... Adam: Don't leave me... please... ------- Page 33 ------- /memory/ Okaasan! How could you leave me? That's awful! Don't leave me! Okaasan! Adam: please... Adam: please... Adam: I love you... ------- Page 34 ------- Mizuki: ! ------- Page 35 ------- Adam: ....you.... can't go. Adam: ......For Adam: Forgive me... ------- Page 36 ------- Adam: I love you... Mizuki: Adam... Mizuki: nee.... Mizuki: Stop taking drugs... Mizuki: You need to break the habit... Mizuki: Because I.... Mizuki: Because I'm not going anywhere... Mizuki: Because I'll always be by your side...... It was a rainy morning several days later when he disappeared with his guitar. ------- Page 37 ------- It continued to rain for 3 days and 3 nights. I've gone around looking for him aimlessly. I waited for him to come home, not sleeping because of worry and anxiety. I didn't care about school or work. Not to mention that I didn't feel like going home. But it wouldn't be strange if he, who said that he can't be here for more than 2 weeks, didn't return again. I might not be able to see him anymore. It's unbearably sad thinking like that, and even if somebody comes to kick me out from this house, and even if I have to live here forever, I'll keep on waiting for him. But it's lonely being by myself, Adam. ------- Page 38 ------- Mizuki: Is that the cell... Mizuki: I intended to turn it off... I don't remember giving Adam the number. There's only one person who would call me this late at night. I remembered Tomoki, who I had just broken up with. I'll probably forgive Tomoki again In doing that, I'll be returning to that usual life again. But even so, it might be better than being alone. I didn't even have a little strength Mizuki: ....Yes? Phone: Mizuki... Mizuki: Adam!? Phone: I'm sorry for leaving you all by yourself. Mizuki: Adam! Where are you now? ------- Page 39 ------- Phone: Mizuki... I have to go now. Phone: Thanks for being so kind to me. The one who was being kind was you. Phone: Don't cry, Mizuki. Phone: Makes me want to take you with me. Mizuki: Then take me with you!! Phone: I'll be waiting for you at the place we first met 'til dawn. Phone: If you come...... ------- Page 40 ------- Phone: we'll go together. It's unreasonable... for him to say something like that so suddenly. I wonder... if I have my passport...... I'll wait for you 'til dawn. I don't have time to lose! ------- Page 41 ------- I don't know where I'm heading. This might be love. Adam and I are both weak people. When I get to the place where we got to know each other, will it be heaven, or will it be hell? But I can't stop. ------- Page 42 ------- I absolutely can't stop. Shigeru: Tomoki----------! Shigeru: If you're going to sleep, then sleep at home. The first train's gone, so everyone's already gone home. Tomoki: Shigeru: Hey, get up! I'm not carrying you. Tomoki: Hm-------- Carry me. Shigeru: Good night /Tomoki/ Wah------ Wait, Shige-chan, you're so mean! Shigeru: Tomoki~~~~~~~~~~~ Shigeru: Walk quickly. It's going to be morning soon. Tomoki: Shigeru. Tomoki: I wonder if I should go to Mizuki's place after all. ------- Page 43 ------- Shigeru: Right now? Tomoki: ...Yeah Shigeru: She'll hate you even more for barging in at this hour. (Maybe even her family as well) Tomoki: But... I want to apologize one more time... /Tomoki/ Even so, she hasn't even contacted me. Shigeru: Don't you think it's useless? It's just natural that Mizuki-san would break it off this time. Tomoki: What should I do? (Ughhhhhhh) Shigeru: If you were really that in love, why didn't you treasure her more? It's a little late now that you've betrayed her harshly-------- Shigeru: And Aya-san is Aya-san. What, guys over friendship? Tomoki: Women are pretty scary.. /Tomoki/ Apparitions? Shigeru: You would say that. /Shigeru/ Beast. /Shigeru/ Uwah! Geez, I'm gonna be skipping school today. ------- Page 44 ------- Tomoki: Ah Tomoki: Mizuki-sa... Shigeru: ......Tomoki Shigeru: Don't hide. You're being pathetic... Tomoki: Wha.. Tomoki: What's she doing at this hour? (Maybe I should get her flowers...) Shigeru: That's your problem. Shigeru: She's looking around pretty restlessly. I wonder if she's waiting for somebody. Tomoki: Who? Shigeru: How would I know? Tomoki: What's she carrying? Shigeru: How would I know? Tomoki: And why is she wearing her uniform? Shigeru: I said, how would I know? ------- Page 45 ------- Shigeru: Well, then. Shigeru: She could be going on a trip with someone who's hiding from the public... (If so, could be somebody with a wife and kids) Tomoki: No! Don't go! Shigeru: Don't tell me that, tell her. Tomoki: ...... Tomoki: But, Shige-chan. It's not my place to tell her that. Shigeru: Be prepared to be stabbed to death and go. Shigeru: I'll pick up your bones. Let's go together...... You're talking about the impossible, Adam. You're really a pro musician with, I'm sure, various circumstances. I feel as if I've woken up from a dream. Is reality like this after all? ------- Page 46 ------- I've lived in this town for 17 years. It's been full of unpleasnt things, but it's not as if there hasn't even been a single good thing for me. ------- Page 47 ------- But I'll cast everything aside and follow you. As long as you're there, I don't need anything else, Adam. ------- Page 48 ------- I give to you what life I have left. You can do what you want with it. ------- Page 49 ------- ------- Page 50 ------- Tomoki: MIZUKI------! ---------------- Page 51: no text ---------------- ------- Page 52 ------- When I get there ------- Page 53 ------- will it be heaven? or will it be hell? -------------- Page 54: blank -------------- ------- Page 55 ------- Where am I? Why am I here? I'm being washed away by a whispering silence. What is this melody? ------- Page 56 ------- I feel like I've been walking for a really long while. But where am I going? Where should I go from here? I'm extremely tired. I want to sleep deeply, without thinking about anything. Ahead of me, it's warm and it seems like I can dream happy dreams. Where is the entrance? ------- Page 57 ------- Are? Someone's coming. A little girl. /Mizuki/ What's wrong? /Mizuki/ Why do you look so sad? ------- Page 58 ------- /Mizuki/ A cat? /Mizuki/ You're looking for a cat, huh.. /Mizuki/ He's a very important friend, right? /Mizuki/ Don't cry. /Mizuki/ I'll help you look for her. /Mizuki/ Neh, don't you think that guitar sound is great? /Mizuki/ I wonder who's playing it /Mizuki/ Hey, can't you hear it? /Mizuki/ That's strange. I can hear it. /Mizuki/ I can hear it coming from the other side of the fence. ------- Page 59 ------- Girl: Thank you very much! ------- Page 60 ------- Are...? She disappeared. What a cute girl. I wonder who she was. I couldn't see the wings on her back, but I wonder if she was an angel. It'd be great to find a way to get to the other side of the fence and listen. But this guitar sound seems to be calling me. ------- Page 61 ------- Eh...? The cat from before? Why did it come back? Where's that girl? I wonder if I'm dreaming? If this is a dream, when I wake up, who in the world am I and where do I belong? ------- Page 62 ------- Is this a dream? ------- Page 63 ------- But where does the dream end and reality begin? Mizuki: Someone... I want to go to the other side. What should I do to get there? There isn't an entrance. Not anywhere. Why isn't anybody here? Mizuki: Someone! Mizuki: Open this! I don't want to be all alone in this place! He's calling me. It's struck the door to my memories. What's his name? ------- Page 64 ------- Always holding a guitar and singing My blue-eyed lover Mizuki: Adam... ------- Page 65 ------- I can't leave that lonely person all by himself. LAST QUARTER ACT 2 . BORDER ------------------- Page 66-67: no text ------------------- ------- Page 68 ------- ------- Page 69 ------- Nurse: Shiraishi-sa------n Nurse: Are you ready? Mom: Ah. Dr. Sugisaki. Thank you very much for everything. We are indebted to you. Nurse: Congratulations on leaving the hospital, Hotaru-chan. It was really bad being in the hospital for 3 weeks, wasn't it? Nurse: Here. To celebrate your hospital leave. *heart* (Tada-----h) Hotaru: Thank you. Dr Sugisaki: You don't hurt anywhere, right, Hotaru-chan? Hotaru: Yup. Dr Sugisaki: You pay attention to cars from now on, ok? Nurse: I hope you find your cat soon. ------- Page 70 ------- It doesn't hurt to think about life when I first checked in the hospital. The doctors, the nurses, and everybody were all kind. And Mom even kept me company every day all day in the hospital. I'm glad I could be with her more than I usually am. Secretly, I thought it would be nice to be in the hospital for a little bit longer. Girl: It's really great, isn't it, Hotaru-chan? Girl: Your injuries weren't that big and your hospital leave is just in time for the start of school the day after tomorrow. ------- Page 71 ------- Girl: You're already in 5th grade, ne---- When I first started working in your Mom's store, you were only in kindergarten, ne. I guess I've gotten older, too. (Ahaha) Mom: By the way, Hotaru. Dr Sugisaki's son is the same grade as you, do you know him? Sugisaki Tetsu-kun. Hotaru: Yeah. We've never been in the same class, but Hotaru: Sugisaki-kun's really good with soccer, and he's cheery and popular. Girl: Oh? Well, now. You must be in love with him, ne, Hotaru-chan. *heart* How nice. The son of a doctor. (Get! Get!) Mom: That's right, Hotaru. It's not too late to go for it at this age. Do your best and hang on to him. Girl: Ah. What a mean mom. Hotaru: ... Girl: That's just because you're all alone, Mama. Mom: I'm still in love with my dead husband. Girl: (Uwah!) But for a single digit Shouwa person.. Mom: That's double digit! {Note: They're talking about when Mama was born.. People still go by dynastical years in Japan. I can't remember exactly which dynasty years match up with the western years anymore, but you do get that being born in a double-digit Shouwa year means you're younger than if you'd been born in a single-digit Shouwa year, right?} If I could have said something I like Sugisaki-kun's friend, Miura-kun. Cool and mature Miura Masaki-kun. It would be really nice if I could switch my 5th grade classes into Miura-kun's class. And then I might even get to talk to him a little. Mom: Well, then, Hotaru. I'm going back to the store, so you lock the doors tight, ok? Girl: Hotaru-chan, I made some stew so eat well, ok? *heart* Mom: Eat some salad, too. ------- Page 72 ------- Girl: You can take a break from work 'til tomorrow, Mama. Hotaru-chan only has Spring Break 'til tomorrow. Mom: I can't do that. If I leave it up to you girls, our precious customers might get away. If not, then for the spirit of this age. Girl: I guess she can take care of herself better than we can, ne? Mom: That's my daughter. Girl: (Ahaha) The cat jumped at the taste. Hotaru: Gochisousama. I still have lessons next week so I have to do some new stuff ahead of time. ------- Page 73 ------- Hotaru: ...... What a boring tune Hotaru [thought]: Why are practice tunes for the piano like this? The song I saw on MTV in the hospital today. That's really cool. It's different from the other popular songs. I want to try playing something like that. That was probably a band name from some other country. It would have been nice if I'd taken notes when I saw the program. That vocalist has the same color eyes as Lulu. I'll wake up early tomorrow and go look for Lulu again. ------- Page 74 ------- Lulu has always been by my side since I was born. My best friend. She just suddenly rushed out of our house a month ago. She hasn't returned. Everyday, I go around looking for her here and there, but I haven't found her. But those eyes before daybreak I have a feeling that Lulu's purring just outside my window I wonder if I can hear that voice again. Next time, I'll pay attention to the cars, just like the doctor said, and next time, I'll be able to find Lulu. ------- Page 75 ------- /memory/ Lulu, where are you? /memory/ Please come back! /memory/ Lulu! /memory/ Lulu...? ------- Page 76 ------- /memory/ Lulu! Ah This person is that time ------- Page 77 ------- I had that weird dream again. Dream...? I wonder if that dream I had when I got into an accident was just a dream? But when I told Mom, she just laughed... I wonder why that girl from that time is still in my dreams. I wonder why she's crying. Mom... ------- Page 78 ------- It's alright if you laugh, but listen to my story again. /Card/ Mom, I'm going out to look for Lulu. I'm going to look for her 'til dark, so don't worry, ok? Hotaru Flower Lady: Barineese? Don't have one of those in the flower shop, ojouchan. Hotaru: Ah, it's not that. I'm looking for a cat. A Siamese cat with pretty long hair, but it's been a month since she disappeared, so... Flower Lady: Long-haired Siamese cat? Flower Lady: I haven't seen a cat like that. Hotaru: Is that so? Excuse me. Flower Lady: Ara. Welcome, oniisan. Thanks for coming. Flower Lady: The usual flowers? Flower Lady: Please wait while I tie a ribbon around them. {Note: If you're looking at the book, that's Tomoki buying the flowers, I think.. ^^ } ------- Page 79 ------- Cafe Lady: Looks like a Siamese cat? Cafe Lady: No Cafe Lady: Haven't seen one. Sorry. Hotaru: Lulu Construction Guy: Maybe somebody else has picked her up? Construction Guy: Good luck. Hotaru: Lulu--- I have to go home soon But I'll be by myself at home anyway Maybe I'll try looking a little more ------- Page 80 ------- Hotaru: LULU? Hotaru: Wait! Come here! Hotaru: Lulu? /Sign/ Do not enter Hotaru: Ah... Hotaru: Lulu! No! Don't go in there... Hotaru: Lulu! What should I do? /Sign/ Do not enter What should I do? It might not be Lulu, but that looks so much like her. ------- Page 81 ------- Where is she? There isn't anywhere to get in through. It's a little narrow but I might be able to pass through it Hotaru: Yes! Shirai-san, smallest in her grade. /Hotaru/ Feels a little complicated... ------- Page 82 ------- This... is a vacant house, isn't it? It's been crumbling like an excavation for the longest time. Hotaru: ......Lulu? ------- Page 83 ------- An elegant house that looks like it came right out of a foreign film Why isn't anybody living here? Hotaru: ...... Could be a haunted house... Hotaru [thought]: It's gonna be dark soon. Hotaru [thought]: I'll look for Lulu quickly and go home. Hotaru: Lulu? Eh...? A piano sound? ------- Page 84 ------- No way! There's a person here? Ah.. This tune... Could it be that tune! The tune playing on MTV! ......Who's there...? Who's playing? ------------------- Page 85-86: no text ------------------- ------- Page 87 ------- Soft, sorrowful, quiet, but violent I've never heard a piano sound that was this painful ------- Page 88 ------- If I go towards the place where that person's playing that music, her fingers would stop She's been playing the opening from the start She's repeated that so many times Ah... I still want to listen for more ------- Page 89 ------- I've only heard this tune that one time. It was a really great song, but I wonder if she can play it all the way to the end. ------- Page 90 ------- Are...? This cat... This isn't Lulu! It looks just like her, but it's not her! Mizuki: WHO ARE YOU? Hotaru: Ah... Hotaru: I'm sorry. Hotaru: I... came in without permission... ------- Page 91 ------- Eh...? This person... that time... /memory/ Don't cry. /memory/ I'll help you look for her. ------- Page 92 ------- It wasn't...... a dream? Hotaru: Um... Hotaru: Do you.... remember me? Hotaru: We met at that strange place with the fence... Hotaru: You're that oneesan from that time, right? ------- Page 93 ------- Hotaru: I'm... I'm sorry for saying weird things... Mizuki: I remember... Mizuki: The girl who was looking for a cat... Mizuki: I'm so happy... Mizuki: I wanted to meet you one more time. Mizuki: I'm crying because I'm overwhelmed. It wasn't...... a dream. ------- Page 94 ------- /memory (Mom)/ That's silly, Hotaru. /memory/ Don't be so sure about that dream. It wasn't a dream, Mom LAST QUARTER ACT 3 . CROSS Mizuki: I... Mizuki: I've always been by myself. I was really lonely. ------- Page 95 ------- Mizuki: I'm glad you came. Hotaru: Eh? You're in this house all by yourself? Why? Mizuki: Ah, but I'm not alone. You're here, ne, Adam? Hotaru: That's... Hotaru: Is your cat named Adam? I thought it was Lulu so I came into the house... ------- Page 96 ------- Mizuki: Ah! It really does look just like that cat that one time. This really isn't my cat. It's just that it was living here, so... Mizuki: That means you're Lulu, not Adam? Cat: ... Hotaru: Ah, no. He just really looks like her. (Lulu's hair is a little longer) Hotaru: When I came to back then, I was in the hospital bed, but Lulu wasn't with me after all... Hotaru: ... Mizuki: You want to hold him? It's easy getting attached to him. Hotaru: Ok. Hotaru: Adam *heart* Hotaru: That's a really cool name you gave him. Hotaru: That's right, names! I haven't asked you yet! ------- Page 97 ------- Hotaru: I'm Hotaru. Shiraishi Hotaru. Hotaru: What about you, oneesan? Mizuki: I'm sorry. I don't remember. Mizuki: When I came to back then, I was in this house. I can't even take a step out of this house. ------- Page 98 ------- Hotaru: Eh...? Hotaru: Why can't you go out? Ah! The gate was locked, wasn't it? Hotaru: Somebody locked you up in here? Mizuki: Locked... Mizuki: gate? Mizuki: Oh, no! Mizuki: Adam might not be able to get in when he comes home. Hotaru: Eh...? Hotaru: Adam's right here... Hotaru: Oneesan!? ------- Page 99 ------- Hotaru: Wait! Hotaru: Where are you going? Eh? She disappeared? Mizuki: Hotaru-chan... -------- Page 100 -------- Mizuki: Why is it... Mizuki: Whenever I go out... I'm returned right back to this room? -------- Page 101 -------- Mizuki: I... Mizuki: I haven't been able to leave this place the whole time I've been here. -------- Page 102 -------- She doesn't know who she is How did it come to this? She cried, saying she didn't know. Not even her name, age, or address Not even her family's faces or her friend's faces She cried, saying she doesn't remember anything. She only remembers me and that she used to live in this house with her lover, Adam. I couldn't do anything but hold this person who was bigger than myself. -------- Page 103 -------- There was only one other thing I could do Hotaru: I'll come again tomorrow. Hotaru: I promise Mizuki: I'll give this to you. Mizuki: A symbol of our friendship. That ring fit my middle finger perfectly -------- Page 104 -------- This isn't a dream... I wonder what I can do Sae: Hotaru-cha-------n -------- Page 105 -------- Hotaru: Ah, Ohayou, Sae-chan! Sae: Congrats on the hospital leave. You look well! Hotaru: Yeah, but there's something bothering me a little. I want to ask your advice about it, but... Sae: But before that, the class split! We're in thet same class again, section 3! Hotaru: Really? Hotaru: Yay! *heart* Sae: But it's really too bad. Miura-kun's in section 1. Hotaru: ...... /Hotaru/ As long as I have Sae-chan *heart* /Sae/ hahaha.. Much better than a cute guy, huh. God is unkind. -------- Page 106 -------- But I wouldn't have been able to go to school if I hadn't gotten this much better. Teacher: Sit down to take attendance. I could be happy. I wonder how oneesan is doing right now. Tetsu: Hey Hotaru [thought]: It must be lonely being in that big old house all the time alone 'til you die. Tetsu: I said, hey! Hotaru [thought]: I have to go there right after school... Tetsu: It's your turn to introduce yourself! Hotaru: Eh? Hotaru: Ah! I'm sorry! Hotaru: I'm Shiraishi Hotaru. Hotaru: Ummmm, 5th grade! -------- Page 107 -------- Teacher: Shiraishi Teacher: Everyone in this class is in 5th grade. /Hotaru/ kaaaaaaa Tetsu: Shiraishi Hotaru!? /Arrow/ Comedian Tetsu: You were admitted to our hospital, right! Ah...... Sugisaki-kun...... Hotaru [thought]: Same class.. and I guess, sitting next to him. Tetsu: I'm Sugisaki Tetsu. Nice to meet you. *heart* -------- Page 108 -------- Teacher: Sugisaki~~~~~~~~ Don't be so familiar. /Teacher/ Oh, no~~~~~ You're gonna be the problem child in the class~~~~~~ /Tetsu/ That's your class, Tori-sensei *heart* Hotaru [thought, pointing to herself]: Problem child... Sae [laughing]: How nice that you're already standing out from the first day of class, ne, Hotaru-chan. Hotaru: There's nothing nice about it~~~~ It was really embarassing. Sae: No, no, it's alright. You're pretty quiet so this way, you've managed to impress everyone. Hotaru: I don't like an impression that stupid. Tetsu: Ah. Kayama-san, Hotaru-chan, byebye! *heart* -------- Page 109 -------- Miura-kun! Masaki: So which one was Hotaru? Tetsu: The short-haired one. Masaki: Hmm... Tetsu: Pretty cute. Hotaru [thought]: I'm so glad to be alive. /Hotaru/ This is the first time a boy has said I was cute... And it was Miura-kun... Sae: You can use that Sugisaki Tetsu. Let's go devise our big tactics on making friends with Miura Masaki through him. /Hotaru/ Sae-sama... Sae: You say that now, but you're the action committee. Hotaru: Well, then, never mind. Sae: Why not? It's your long-awaited chance. Wanna drop in at my house? Let's open up a tactics council. -------- Page 110 -------- /Sae/ Let's go---- *heart* Hotaru: Ah, wait, Sae-chan. Hotaru: I'm not going there right now. Sae: Oh, yeah? By the way, you told me you needed my advice on something this morning? Sae: What was it? Hotaru: ...... /memory/ Don't be so sure about that dream. Hotaru: No, it's alright... Sae: Eh? Sae: Why? Don't worry. Hotaru: Yeah... but... You might not believe me if I told you... Sae: What are you saying? Sae: Don't I always believe what you say? Sae: ... /Sae/ Geez--- You're such a crybaby, Hotaru-chan. There, there. Sae-chan was -------- Page 111 -------- in the same class I was for the first time in 3rd grade. She helped me out when I was crying because the boys were making fun of me. Guy1: Shiraishi-san's mother works in night entertainment---- That's what my mother told me. Guy2: She wears really red lipstick, too. How totally awful. Sae: Hey you! Sae: You're just jealous because Shiraishi-san's mother is a beautiful lady! Sae: Shiraishi-san's mother is a great woman! She works 'til really late at night every day while raising Hotaru-chan Sae: She's a splendid woman, my father said! /Off/ What a mouth, Kayama~~~~~~ /Off/ What's with you, ugly? Since that time, I never thought that it was embarrassing to have a mother come in, wearing a flashy kimono, during parent's Career Day. Now, my cool, beautiful mother is my pride. -------- Page 112 -------- Sae: So there's Sae: a girl in here? Sae: It'll be alright. We'll work hard together and we'll definitely be able to save her. I'm really glad that Sae-chan's my friend. Sae: The way I think, maybe this girl got into a some kind of a scandal at one time and now she can't go back Hotaru: A scandal?.... Sae: This is pretty narrow. You passed through here? Hotaru: You're just bigger, Sae-chan... Sae: This feels like some kind of a parallel world or alternate dimension. /Sae/ Owow.. My butt's caught. /Hotaru/ Hang on, Sae-chan. Sae: I'm not totally sure, but -------- Page 113 -------- /Hotaru/ Wa----i You got through, you got through. Sae: That strange place that you went to when you had the accident and this place might have some kind of a connection. But I don't really know that. Sae: At any rate, since you definitely returned to where you came from, Sae: then she can return to her home world. And then her memories will definitely come back. Hotaru: Ah Hotaru: Adam. Sae: He-----h. He really does look like Lulu! Hotaru: Konnichiwa--- Hotaru: Oneesan, it's Hotaru. Sae: Kya--------- Hotaru: ... Hotaru: What's wrong? -------- Page 114 -------- Sae: He scratched me... (That's not cute...) Hotaru: Oh no.... Are you alright? I'm sorry! Sae: No, you don't have to apologize. Hotaru: You shouldn't do that, Adam. Sae-chan's an important guest! Hotaru: now, tell her you're sorry! (Ne *heart*) Cat: ... Sae: ..........Really? (I don't really think he is...) Sae: You really like cats, don't you? Hotaru: Ah! Hotaru: It's the sound of the piano! Hotaru: This way, Sae-chan! Sae: Eh? Sae: There's a piano sound? -------- Page 115 -------- Sae: Somehow... Sae: I'm getting a bad feeling from this place...... Sae: It seems like a haunted house... /Sae/ There's a piano sound? Hotaru: ...... Why...? This loud sound is resounding everywhere... Sae-chan can't hear it? -------- Page 116 -------- Mizuki: Hotaru-chan Mizuki: You really came. I'm glad... I wondered what I would have done if I hadn't seen her figure. -------- Page 117 -------- Hotaru: I'll introduce you, ne. Hotaru: This is my friend, Kayama Sae. Mizuki: Sae-chan? Mizuki: Nice to meet you... Sae: Where is she?! Hotaru: What do you mean, where... She's right in front of you... /Sae/ Kyaaaaaaaa Sae: Stop it! Sae: Let's go home, Hotaru-chan! Sae: I can't see her! -------- Page 118 -------- Sae: I'm scared! This is a haunted house! Sae: You've been possessed! Sae: Let's run away, quick! -------- Page 119 -------- /memory/ Let's go home, Hotaru-chan! I can't see her! Hotaru: Sae-cha... -------- Page 120 -------- /memory/ This is a haunted house! You've been possessed! -------- Page 121 -------- /memory/ I'm so happy. /memory/ I wanted to meet you one more time. /memory/ I /memory/ haven't been able to leave this place the whole time I've been here. /memory/ I'll give this to you. A symbol of our friendship. Hotaru: Sae-chan, let me go! -------- Page 122 -------- Hotaru: I'm going back. I'm sorry. Hotaru: You can go home ahead of me. Sae: ...Eh? Hotaru: I can't just leave her hanging right now. Hotaru: If I'm not there, she'll be all alone. Sae: What are you saying? Wake up! Sae: She's definitely a ghost! Don't you know what kind of scary things she can do to you? Hotaru: I'm not scared! Oneesan's a kind person! -------- Page 123 -------- Sae: HOTARU-CHAN! LAST QUARTER ACT 4 . RING -------- Page 124 -------- What should I do? Somehow, I'm worried that Hotaru-chan won't return from that haunted house again. I have to help her quickly but I'm scared by myself Someone... Who? The police... That won't work. They wouldn't believe a story like this. Not the teachers, either... Same with Mom. Mom generally doesn't think too highly of Hotaru-chan. /memory (Sae's Mom)/ That Shiraishi-san Doesn't she have some family problems? Sae, choose your friends wisely. -------- Page 125 -------- It's trivial It's silly I am absolutely not going to be like Mom when I grow up. I love Dad, but essentially, he's always at work. I've always only had myself to rely on. I have to hang on. /memory/ I'm not scared /memory/ Oneesan's a nice person! I might have been narrow-minded suddenly deciding that ghosts are scary. -------- Page 126 -------- It's not good being narrow-minded. If I'm like that, then I'll be the same as Mom! Sae [thought]: I.. I might have been wrong, but... It's alright. I'm not scared. I'm not scared. Sae [thought]: It's daylight. I'm not scared. Sae [thought]: I learned Kendou. I'm not the least bit scared Sae: KYAAA! -------- Page 127 -------- Tetsu: KAYAMA! IT'S ME! IT'S JUST ME! Tetsu: SUGISAKI TETSU FROM YOUR CLASS! Tetsu: Wh... Tetsu: What are you doing? /Tetsu/ Not feeling good? Miura Masaki! Wow, what great timing! -------- Page 128 -------- It's fate! I'm sure it's fate! Just wait, Hotaru-chan! Your prince will come to save you right away! Masaki: There aren't any ghosts. Sae: ...... Tetsu: But... You don't know that, Masaki. This house is famous, the people in the neighborhood say that it's a haunted house. Masaki: That's just silly talk. They say that about all vacant houses that are this old. Sae: ...... Tetsu: Well.... Well, could be, but... Masaki: What are you chattering on about? -------- Page 129 -------- Sae: But Hotaru-chan's not the type to talk nonsense! Masaki: Well, then, maybe she's hallucinating. Masaki: Might be after-effects from her accident. Tetsu: Eh. That's not good. My dad would tell me if it was like that. I'm not sure I like you~~~~~~~~~~ Miura Masaki. You're pretty cool, but don't put on airs! -------- Page 130 -------- Sooner or later, something's gonna happen to make you a coward. Thanks to you, I'm blowing off racking my brains. Look now! Sae: HOTARU-CHA-------------N! Tetsu: This is the end. /Tetsu/ Thank you for reading. Sae: Stop that! /Sae/ I don't agree to this kind of an ending. Masaki: Ah -------- Page 131 -------- Sae: HOTARU-CHAN! Sae: I'm so glad you're safe! Sae: I was really worried! Sae: Are you alright? Sae: Hotaru-chan? Hotaru: ... -------- Page 132 -------- Hotaru: Wh... Hotaru: Why is Miura-kun here, too? Sae: Ahh... (phew) Sae: That's all you're absentminded for. I was frightened there. Hotaru: I'm the one who's surprised. Tetsu: Hotaru-cha----n. Glad to see you're alive. Tetsu: We just happened to pass by in front of the house, as if by fate. Masaki: But don't we always pass by here, anyway? Tetsu: We heard the story! But it's alright now! We've come to save you! Sae: The one who's chattering about the most... Hotaru: Ah.. No.. I'm not the one who needs help... Masaki: So where's that ghost? I wanna see it. Masaki: Even if Kayama couldn't see it, maybe we can. /Sae/ Uh.... I don't really feel like it right now. Hotaru: But oneesan's really shocked and confused right now Hotaru: so I want to give her some quiet for a little while. -------- Page 133 -------- Masaki: You came from over this way, so she's over this way, right? Hotaru: Yeah.. but... Tetsu: Masaki, she might put a curse on you if you're rude. Sae: You'll be cursed. Masaki: Where? There's nobody here. Can you see her, Tetsu? Sae: ... (Insect) Tetsu: No---- I can see the cat, but... Hotaru: Um.. Can I pass through? Hotaru: Oneesan, sorry for being so loud. Hotaru: We're going to go downstairs really soon, so.... Hotaru: Yeah, you can go ahead and sleep. Hotaru: Yeah, they go to my school. Hotaru: No, I'm not going home yet. Did you remember something? -------- Page 134 -------- Tetsu: Ah, you're right... Tetsu: Maybe I should tell my dad and tell him to check on her. Masaki: Would that be ok? /memory/ Might be after-effects from her accident. At that time, I became really calm watching that scene I felt a dismay different from what I had earlier. Hotaru-chan's form was facing the pillow on the broken bed and having a conversation with somebody I honestly don't see. -------- Page 135 -------- What should I do? Now I'm really starting to think that there really is something wrong with Hotaru-chan's head. Hotaru: Well, I'll just be in the room downstairs, so if you need anything, just call. There wasn't any proof as to whether whatever Hotaru-chan is seeing is a ghost or a hallucination. Truth to tell, I didn't know very well, either. Hotaru: I'm sorry. I'm going to talk with them downstairs. What should I do? Hotaru: Eh? What is it? -------- Page 136 -------- Hotaru: Ah. You're right. Hotaru: I probably dropped it sometime. Hotaru: Aren't our uniforms cute? Hotaru: Do you like it? Hotaru: By the way, you were wearing a uniform the first time I met you, too, oneesan. Hotaru: Yeah. You were. You kinda looked like a kogal. Do you know what a kogal is? Hotaru: Hotaru: Thank you. -------- Page 137 -------- Hotaru: Well, shall we go? Hotaru: ? Hotaru: What's wrong? -------- Page 138 -------- Tetsu: WOW! Tetsu: I'M REALLY EXCITED! Sae: Me, too! I'm not even scared at all! Tetsu: Yeah! Yeah! Anyway, it's really exciting! Sae: So, what now, Miura Masaki! Can you say there are no such things as ghosts now? /banner/ Winner Masaki: No... Masaki: I'm sorry. /Sae/ Are? -------- Page 139 -------- Sae: What's that? You were horridly making fun of us~~~~~~~~~~~ Masaki: But I really did think it was just stupid. I can't help that. Masaki: But... Masaki: I'm really surprised there are things like this. Masaki: My view of life's been changed. Tetsu: Don't talk about view of life. /Tetsu/ Are you an old man? Hey he's not that bad, after all. -------- Page 140 -------- Somehow I'm glad. Tetsu: Ne--- ne---- Hotaru-chan, what does this "oneesan" look like? Which performer would you say? Sae: How nice that you can see her, Hotaru-chan. Masaki: We want to try talking to her, too. But we really don't have a good way to do it. {Note: I couldn't tell exactly who's saying what in the next few lines.} // Oh, yeah. She also plays the piano. // She's really good at it. // But I haven't heard it. // Eh----- That's really cool. I might want to hear it, too~~~~~~~ Hotaru: Sae-chan... Sae: What is it? Hotaru: I'm sorry... I think I should go up to oneesan, now. Hotaru: I'm just... a little worried... Sae: Ah, well, we'll be going, too... Hotaru: You guys -------- Page 141 -------- Hotaru: I'm really... happy that you believe my story, but Hotaru: I'm sorry. I can't really try having fun chatting about it with you guys, right now. Hotaru: I'm sorry... Tetsu: Eh... Ah... Hotaru-chan? Sae: ... Tetsu: Why is she crying? Did we do something wrong? Sae: You're pretty dense... Masaki: Isn't it painful being fussed over by concerned loud people? -------- Page 142 -------- Masaki: Us talking about ghosts makes the idea that they're dead people come to mind. Masaki: In that case, it must be a sad existence. Tetsu: You... know full well that you're being just as stupid, ne. /Tetsu/ The truth is you were really interested in it, weren't you? Masaki: ...... Sae: Well, Hotaru-chan Sae: She's really desperate about "want[ing] to help oneesan" so Sae: it's a shock to have that desire disappear. Sae: You can't do anything to help a dead person. Masaki: I wonder Masaki: Shouldn't we help her go to heaven? -------- Page 143 -------- Still Miura Masaki is pretty cool I have to watch out so that I don't fall in love with him because he's Hotaru-chan's prince. -------- Page 144 -------- Masaki: Shiraishi Masaki: We want to to talk to her, too, but can we go over there? Hotaru: ...... Hotaru: Yeah... She said, "okay"... Hotaru: Well, then, I'll pass the messages, ne. Masaki: No... it's alright. Kayama, do you have pen and paper? Sae: Eh? Yeah. Sae: I have a new notebook that I haven't used yet... -------- Page 145 -------- Sae: Is this alright? /Sae/ I really like it, so don't mess it up. Tetsu: What are you gonna do, Masaki? Masaki: So we can talk. Give it to oneesan over here. Sae: ...... Can I.... really do something like that? Sae [thought]: It's alright for Hotaru-chan, so Sae: He... Sae: Here you go... (kinda) Eh? Ah... -------- Page 146 -------- Just now... For a moment, I felt her hands touch mine. There was warm air at the tips of my fingers. Masaki: We'll help you. -------- Page 147 -------- Masaki: We really don't know what we should do yet, but tell us as much as you can. If we communicate, Masaki: then I think that eventually, we'll find a new plan. Masaki: We'll try to grant your wish as best as we can, so Masaki: believe in us. Talk to us frankly in that notebook. -------- Page 148 -------- Hotaru-chan Your prince is seriously great. Tetsu: Ok, you guys! This is going to be a secret between just the four of us! Tetsu: If other people find out, we don't know what kind of an uproar's going to break out! Masaki: Tetsu.. You say that, but you're the least dependable... Tetsu: (Nuoh!) How rude! /Girls/ Ahaha Hotaru: Thanks for today, everybody. Hotaru: Oneesan looked really happy. -------- Page 149 -------- Masaki: Nah---- It's still too early to say thanks. I don't reallly know if we can help her go to heaven. Sae: Go to heaven...? (But that's true, huh) Tetsu: But I wonder if there really is a heaven... Hotaru: Of course there is! I think it's a wonderful place full of flowers in bloom. Tetsu: If that's so, it must be a nice place... I wonder if the strange place with the fence that Hotaru-chan went to when she had the accident was really the entrance to heaven.. But I can't say that. But if it is, then Hotaru-chan won't be able to see her beloved Lulu again. /Notebook/ I want to see Adam... ----------------- Page 150: no text ----------------- -------- Page 151 -------- /Notebook/ I want to see Adam... /Notebook/ I want to see Adam... -------- Page 152 -------- Masaki: First of all, let's organize what we know at this point in time. Masaki: And then, let's think hard about what we should do. Hotaru: What we know at this point in time, huh... Tetsu: You sound kind of like a chairman, ne, Masaki. Masaki: Sugisaki-kun. Raise your hand if you have something to say. Sae: (Ahaha) Hai! Well then I'll be the secretary, chairman! Sae: It's much easier and more organized to write various things down Masaki: That's true. Then, please, Kayama. Tetsu: Well, what if you write starting from the last page of the notebook? Hotaru: But is it alright? You said you really like that new notebook, Sae-chan. Sae: Yeah Sae: I've decided to use it just for Eve. -------- Page 153 -------- "Eve" is the nickname of the ghost girl living in this vacant house. We all thought it up since we didn't have a name to call her by. Because Adam's lover was Eve. I think it's simple but not bad. It seems like she herself likes this given name. Since I can't see her facial expression, I can't really tell, but since Hotaru-chan, our interpreter, said so, I'm sure. Hotaru: Besides meeting me there, do you remember something about that place with the fence? Hotaru: Yeah... Hotaru: I see... Hotaru: She said she really doesn't remember very well. Just that after we separated, she remembers Adam and she was thinking strongly that she had to be by Adam's side. Sae: So when she came to, she was already here, right? -------- Page 154 -------- Tetsu: In short, Eve became a ghost because she has a dee~~~~~~~~p grudge against Adam, ne. (Mmhm, mmhm) Masaki: Lingering affection instead of grudge probably? (How else would she have gotten cursed?) Sae: In order for Eve to go to heaven, we definitely need Adam's cooperation, ne. Tetsu: But we can't get his cooperation if we don't know anything but his name. (What nationality is he, this "Adam"?) Masaki: I wonder about when and about how long they lived in this house together. Hotaru: That's... something she doesn't know at all, she said. As far as Eve knows, since that's all she can recollect, she has a hunch that they lived here by themselves for a really long time, but... Sae: But----- this house is worn out, and it doesn't look like there's gas or electricity, but I really do think she lived with other people. Masaki: Tetsu. You live in this neighborhood. Do you know anything about the people who used to live here? Tetsu: This house has been vacant for as long as I can remember. Hotaru: Eh? No way! Hotaru: Really, Eve!? Tetsu: Eh? What? What? Masaki: Ah------- How annoying. If we could even just hear her voice------ Sae: I know~~~~~~~ -------- Page 155 -------- Hotaru: In Eve's eyes, she can see this house as very beautiful and with lots of people living in it. Masaki: ...He---h... Sae: ...... This is pretty complicated. Tetsu: Ah! So I wonder if I look way more handsome than I actually am, too. (So?) Hotaru: No, she said not really. Masaki: Quick reply. Sae: But, that's how Eve sees it; in reality, people can't live here. Can't we think of it as just that Eve lived here quite a long while ago and her memories of living here at that time is still what she can see now. -------- Page 156 -------- Hotaru: But I don't think Eve is a person from that long ago. When we first met, she was wearing a school uniform and I really think that she's a high school student from just recently. And she knows what a kogal is. Masaki: Ah. Masaki: That's right, a school uniform... Masaki: If you know which school that uniform's from, then we can find out about her past from then. Tetsu: That's right! /Tetsu/ That was brilliant~~~~ *heart* Sae: Hotaru-chan, can you remember it clearly? Hotaru: Well, uh.... Hotaru: She was wearing a white shirt under a sweater, a short pleated skirt.... I think. Tetsu: All the high school girls are like that now... /Tetsu/ So were they high socks or loose? Masaki: ...... (Mmhm) Sae: What was the color and pattern of her skirt? Hotaru: That's... There aren't any colors in my memory of that time... Hotaru: I didn't get any impressions except for white... I'm sorry... Tetsu: You don't have to apologize so seriously. Masaki: It helps just specifying that she was a high school student. About 16-18 years old. Sae: And there are a lot of school uniforms that look alike in all of Japan. We can't limit her to being a Toukyou person. Hotaru: Ah, but Eve's way of talking is just like a Toukyou person. (She doesn't have an accent) Masaki: Ah, that's some valuable evidence. /Masaki/ Those little things are fairly important. Tetsu: By the way, what is she wearing now? /Tetsu/ Is she naked? Sae: I wonder when she changed. Hotaru: The second time I saw her, she was already wearing what she's wearing now. /Hotaru/ She is _not_ naked. -------- Page 157 -------- Hotaru: It looks kind of like this. A white one piece and white shoes. Hotaru: And she's wearing a necklace with small beads and a bracelet... Hotaru: Ah! That's right! She gave me this ring! Masaki/Sae/Tetsu: EH!? Masaki: ...... Tetsu: He-----h Sae: What ring? Hotaru: No way! You guys can't see this, either! I'm shocked! Sae: We're the ones who are shocked. Masaki: Well, I guess that's just natural. So what is it? Beads, too? Tetsu: Examine it closely then tell us, Hotaru-chan! /Tetsu/ Would you say there's something remarkable about it? Hotaru: Yeah...... It's gold... And it's just a simple hoop... Hotaru: Are? Masaki/Sae/Tetsu: WHAT? -------- Page 158 -------- Hotaru: There's something engraved Hotaru: inside... LAST QUARTER ACT 5 . EVE -------- Page 159 -------- S . K Are those my initials? It doesn't really ring a bell. {Note: We know that she's Mizuki, but let's change it to the name the kids have given her for now, ne? ^^ } Eve: I'm sorry. Eve: I don't know. Eve: I really can't remember anything. -------- Page 160 -------- Hotaru: She says she doesn't know... Even if I remember, the throbbing pain in my head is just getting worse. Sae: But the probability of them being her own initials are high! S.K, huh. It's the same as mine, so it's easy to remember! /Tetsu/ Eh! That's true! (S)ae (K)ayama. Masaki: I wonder if we can look for Eve from that ring somehow. Eve: Sae-chan. Eve: Before me, Adam... Eve: Would you please find Adam quickly? Eve: I don't know where he is or how he's doing... Eve: Is he really alright? Eve: I can't bear the worry. I'm really uneasy, for some reason. -------- Page 161 -------- Hotaru: Ok... I understand, Eve. Don't cry. Hotaru: We'll find Adam, without fail, and bring him here. Hotaru: In order to do that, we have to find out who you are and where you're from first. Tetsu: What's wrong, Hotaru-chan? Is Eve crying? Masaki: If we knew Adam's whereabouts, I think we'd know about Eve, too. Should we try to attack from both sides of the line? Sae: That's true. Masaki: So, Eve. Masaki: If it's alright with you, tell us everything you can remember concerning Adam. This will all rely on just your memories. My memories Lost memories But I can only remember that I'm here only for him. -------- Page 162 -------- With the sound of the guitar the smell of cigarettes the feel of entwining his slightly long blonde in my fingers his blue eyes that I can stare at and inhale Eve: ......... Hotaru: Could you draw a picture of Adam? Eve: No! It's bad! Sae: Ah! Sae: Wa---i, show me! *heart* /Eve/ Gya-------- Don't look-------- /arrow/ Speechless Sae: ...... /picture/ Adam Tetsu [guffawing]: You're so bad at it-------------! -------- Page 163 -------- Eve: He's much cooler in real life! He's a hundred million times cooler than that picture! Hotaru: Adam is a hundred million times cooler than that picture. /Tetsu/ Hotaru-chan is swaying...... Sae: So we can't use this, huh. Masaki: Maybe he looks more like this. Masaki: Don't mess around. It's gonna be hard if you don't draw seriously. (tsk, tsk) Tetsu: Who's the one who's messing around! You drew the mustache! /picture/ Adam Hotaru: Well, I know what he looks like for now, so /Tetsu/ Eh? You know? From this? Eve [thought]: I don't really want to know Sae: Have some other characteristics and skills? (Like hobbies?) Masaki: Where are you looking, Sae? Eve's over that way. /arrow/ Wrong. Eve: He has skills. He's a guitarist. (Recovery of prestige) Hotaru: She said Adam's a guitarist! Cool-------- *heart* Masaki: You should have something that important sooner. Anything else you want to tell us? Tetsu: Aha! Is that thing he's holding in his hand in the picture a guitar? (I couldn't tell, cuz it was so bad) Eve: ... Sae: Did you say a guitarist? Adam's a pro musician? Eve: I don't know. /arrow/ sulking Hotaru: Something you don't remember? Eve: Yeah... but... Eve: I think that he's always playing the guitar and singing. I only remember one of his tunes, though. (And only the intro) -------- Page 164 -------- Hotaru: Eh? Which tune are you talking about? A tune Adam wrote? Tetsu: Music? Eve: Yeah. That's what I think. The one I always play on the piano? That tune. Sae: What? Hotaru-chan, interpret. Sae: Hotaru-chan? Hotaru: That music... Hotaru: I know what it is. Hotaru: I saw it on TV just recently! Tetsu: Hotaru-chan! What are you talking about? Hotaru: The vocal in the band with 4 foreigners! He's blonde with blue eyes! Hotaru: And I think he's a hundred million times than that picture! Hotaru: I wonder... Hotaru: if that's Adam... -------- Page 165 -------- God... Masaki: Well, then. When you learn how to play it on the piano from Eve, then let us hear it, Shiraishi. Hotaru: Yeah! If simple is ok enough, so I think you can master it in 2 or 3 days! Good luck! Sae: If you tape that and let various people listen to it, then we can gather a lot of information about that band! (I mean it's been on TV!) God. You've given me a bad time. Hotaru: Good job, Eve! We'll definitely find Adam with this! Just once listen to my prayer. Just one more time let me see him -------- Page 166 -------- Please, God. Masaki: Well, then. Shall we go out and ask around from the neighbors, and find out what we can for the time being? Tetsu: Eh? About the ring? /Tetsu/ Why the neighbors? Sae: No! About this house! About the people who used to live here, if they've happened to see any people coming and going from this house. /Sae/ Are you stupid? Tetsu: I see! I'm excited, getting to play detective. /Tetsu/ Don't we have a police notebook? Masaki: We'll leave it up to you. Don't stretch it. This is a secret investigation. Tetsu: Leave it to me! Masaki: I'm getting a little anxious. Sae: Well, we'll be back, Hotaru-chan, Eve! Good luck on the piano! Eve: Sae-chan just called out to me, ne. Hotaru: Eh? Yeah... Eve: She can't see me. But it makes me happy. Eve: Hotaru-chan. Eve: Thanks a lot for everything. -------- Page 167 -------- Eve: It'd be nice if I could personally say thanks to everybody else, too. Eve: Hotaru-chan, tell them for me, ne. Eve: Tell them, thank you. Hotaru: It'd be great if Adam Hotaru: could see you, ne. -------- Page 168 -------- I'll see him again I'll probably say, what in the world should I do Even if you hold me once more I might not be able to hold you And yet I want to see you If that wish comes true I wouldn't care if I went to hell Even if heaven is some wonderful place if Adam's not there, it'll just be an empty world. Tetsu: Excuse me, miss. I'm one of these. {Note: He's showing the lady his "police notebook"... Kinda like a badge?} -------- Page 169 -------- Tetsu: Are you well acquainted with that vacant house over there? Lady: (Ahaha) Dr. Sugisaki's son, isn't it? What is it? Detective work? Tetsu: It's an investigation, miss. /Tetsu/ Just asking around the neighborhood. Lady: I'm sorry, Mr. Detective. I don't have time to play around with kids. /Tetsu/ I'm serious, miss! Lady: ...... Lady: I'm worried about the future of the Sugisaki Hospital. Man: The former owner of the vacant house? Man: Why do you want to know, ojouchan. Sae: Ummmm... Well, that's.... my homework for class. Man: Don't you have some strange homework, now. Sae: No. Um, the truth is... Sae: I believe to a spiritual research society Sae: I've come to investigate a rumor I've heard about ghosts coming from that vacant house. ------- Page 170 -------- /Man/ Go home and study! Sae [thought]: Don't make fun of me just because you think I'm a kid! Masaki: Kayama! Masaki: Have you gathered any information? Sae: Not really. What about you? Masaki: I got a lot. Sae: ......My, is that so? /arrow/ Mortified Masaki: About 20 years ago, a 3-member family lived in that vacant house, but... there was something that caught me. Masaki: Their one and only daughter got sick and died when she was about Eve's age. Masaki: And then, they left to sell the house, but Masaki: Their daughter's name was "Kamijou Sayaka" Masaki: It's "S.K" -------- Page 171 -------- Sae: The same initials from the ring. Masaki: Yeah Sae: Then, that girl that died is... Sae: EVE? Masaki: But the point is, it was 20 years ago. It doesn't match Shiraishi's story. Sae: I see.... That's true. Sae: But it can't just be pure chance... /Tetsu/ Masaki-------- Sae-cha--------n Sae: Ah, Tetsu! /arrow/ suddenly calling out Sae: Did you find something? Tetsu: No, not much. Masaki: Tetsu, do you know where Doujima-san's house is in this area? Tetsu: Doujima? Ah.. That house with the really nice lady. Masaki: Take us there. Sae: What's in that house? Masaki: She was really close with the Kamijou family. Doujima: Kamijou-san's daughter, ne. Yes, I remember her. Doujima: She was a cute girl. -------- Page 172 -------- Doujima: She had long, slender fingers. She was a prodigy. Doujima: But her body got worn down when she studied as an exchange student. If she had been healthy, she would have been a wonderful pianist about now. Tetsu: Pianist... Sae: ...... Masaki: That place where she exchanged... Masaki: do you know which country it was? Doujima: Saa, I'm sorry I don't know. I've already forgotten. Woman: Sayaka-chan? Woman: Wasn't it in England, Mom? Doujima: Ah, that's right. Woman: Why do you want to know about that, Tetsu-kun? Tetsu: Uhh, it's just... Sae: It's a rather difficult situation. (Ohohoho) Masaki: Do you have a picture of Sayaka-san? If you have one, would you please let me borrow it... Doujima: We have one, right? Woman: I might have one from when we were kids. Shall I look in the album? Sae [whisper]: I wonder we'll know from when she was a kid Tetsu [whisper]: Wouldn't she look like it? -------- Page 173 -------- Woman: Are? Ah.. There it is.... Woman: Ah------- How nostalgic--------- Woman: I have a picture she gave me when she went on her exchange studies. Woman: Is this alright? Sae: HOTARU-CHAN!! -------- Page 174 -------- Hotaru: What is it? Hotaru: Did you find something? Sae: Look at Sae: this picture for a bit... ----------------- Page 175: no text ----------------- -------- Page 176 -------- Hotaru: No... Hotaru: This isn't Eve. Tetsu: EH---------- Geez-------- What's with that~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't raise our hopes, lady! Masaki: It's just chance, after all. Wrong period, I guess. Sae: Are you sure? Hotaru-chan! Hotaru: Yeah! Here, you look, too, Eve! It's not Eve! Hotaru: It doesn't look like Eve at all. -------- Page 177 -------- Eve: .........Really? Tetsu: Ah~~~~~~~~ I feel like pressing reset. Sae: It's alright! We still have the music! Masaki: We need to organize our thoughts again and fix it. I wonder Eve: I'm sorry, Hotaru-chan... I'm gonna rest now... how I look like. Because there's no mirror in this house. -------- Page 178 -------- The one that's here is like a kaleidoscope. /Tetsu/ I'm ho-------------me Tetsu's Mom: Tetsu, where have you been going on the way home? They say you haven't gone to soccer practice in the last two days? Tetsu's Mom: I got a phone call from your coach. Tetsu: Nowhere------- Geez--------- It's nothing big, Mom. I'm busy with other stuff, too. Hana: Weren't you playing detective? Tetsu: Neechan! Tetsu: How do you know about th... Tetsu's Mom: What's this about playing detective? Hana: The ladies of the neighborhood were just gossiping about it. Hana: You've been playing detective and investigating that vacant house. What a laugh. -------- Page 179 -------- Tetsu's Mom: That vacant house... That big creepy house? Why are you getting into stupid games like that? Tetsu: I said it's nothing! I'm doing other things than that! Hana: You've become obsessed with that kogal ghost, huh. Tetsu: ! Tetsu [thought]: How'd she find out? (Killed by the truth) Hana: I saw her. On a rainy day about a month ago... Hana: The ghost of that high school girl was spaced out in the garden at that house. Tetsu's Mom: Stop that, Hana. /Tetsu's Mom/ I'm about to go outside now Tetsu: ...Garden? Hana: Tha-------t's ri-------ght. Tetsu: That's not her. Eve can't go out into the garden. (Stu------pid) Hana: Huh? Eve? Tetsu [thought]: Damn! Hana: By Eve, you mean Mitochondria Eve? I'm not talking about the game, I'm telling you a true story! /TV/ Parasite Eve -------- Page 180 -------- Hana: I really did see her. She has long hair. Hana: She was wearing a Sasahara girl's uniform. Tetsu's Mom: He-------h. A living person actually went in that place? (Without being forced to-------) Tetsu: Sasahara Girl's High School!? Hana: Yeah, so? Tetsu: You're absolutely sure! You're not lying? Hana: I'm not lying! That light blue checkered skirt is Sasahara! Hana: I clearly saw her! My name My face If I still don't remember any of them 'til now it would seem I'm not myself. -------- Page 181 -------- /memory/ Adam... /memory/ Neh, Adam /memory/ As reflected in your eyes, /memory/ who /memory/ am I? -------- Page 182 -------- Answer me, Adam. You're my one and only truth. Kagen no Tsuki [1] / THE END -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://trans.hazydaze.net/ Email: lilasia@hey.to Date: February 12, 2001