Kagen no Tsuki by Yazawa Ai Source: Volume 2 Translated: Dianne Dimabuyo (DiDi) ACTS 6-10 available [complete] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 ------ Happy Birthday. Sorry it's late. ------ Page 6 ------ Off: Adam... How did you know it's my birthday? I didn't think I told you. Adam: I know even if you don't tell me. Off: Eh------- That's pretty scary. Off: Thank you. Off: May I open it? Adam: Happy 17th. ------------------ Page 7: title page ------------------ Last Quarter [2] ------ Page 8 ------ LAST QUARTER ACT 6 . KEY ------ Page 9 ------ Guy1: Ah! Ohayo- Tetsu! /Guy2/ Why are you in such a hurry-----? Girl1: Sugisaki-kun, ohayo---- /Girl2/ Uwaaah, You're pretty fast. /Girl3/ Ahaha Teacher: EH--- Sugisaki! Don't run in the hallway! /sign/ Class 5-1 Tetsu: MASAKI!! ------- Page 10 ------- Tetsu: You Tetsu: Why didn't you pick up your phone! I've been calling you since last night! Were you pretending to be out again... Masaki: Because Masaki: I don't like phones. I've always been with Masaki since kindergarten, but he's always been like this. Is he just moving on his own pace or is he self-centered or is he a feudal lord? Masaki: I have gym first period. I'm feeling a little lazy, so I'm skipping. Tetsu: My section has science so I can't meet up. I want to be a doctor someday. Masaki: That's fine. I'm not calling you out anyway. I want to see his parents' faces someday! Well, I've seen them, but.. (on TV) Tetsu: By the way, your mother's starring in 2 dramas isn't she? Sounds busy. Masaki: ...... Masaki: He--------h ------- Page 11 ------- Tetsu: He---------h? You don't watch? Masaki: Not interested. Tetsu: Ah, I see--------- Not very filial, are you? Masaki: They're not parents any more, barely even related. Masaki's mother is a former idol, a beautiful actress, and his father is a hunk movie actor, but they divorced 2 years ago, and his mother remarried some other guy a year later. Now, Masaki lives in a big mansion alone with his dad. And yet, his father's on a movie location and the house always seems empty. It must be lonely. But if you look at this guy who always looks unconcerned and mature, Somehow, it seems like he's gonna break down hard some time or another someday. I'm not even going to think about how. Masaki: So. You said it was important? Say it quick. Tetsu: Ah.. Yeah, yeah. Let's see.. Masaki: Sasahara Girls High School? ------- Page 12 ------- Masaki: The one next to the station? That's pretty close to here. Tetsu: Yeah... But I'm not sure I can believe it because oneechan said it. /Tetsu/ Since her reason for living is to make fun of me... Tetsu: How come oneechan can see her when we can't? It's already strange enough that Eve could even go out to the garden. Masaki: Did she say she saw her over a month ago? When did Shiraishi have that accident? Tetsu: Eh? About half a month ago, I think. Early in the morning... Masaki: It hasn't even been a month yet. Masaki: Tetsu. What your oneechan saw wasn't a ghost. Masaki: Wasn't it Eve when she was still alive? Masaki: I've had a lot of thoughts since that time Masaki: According to Shiraishi, Eve isn't somebody from a long time ago. Because something happened to Eve at the same time that Shiraishi was in an accident, the two of them happened to meet each other in "a strange place with a fence". Masaki: To sum it up, that place could be the place dying people pass through on their way.. ------- Page 13 ------- Tetsu: I know about that! That's the "River Styx"! Masaki: .......Uh, no. It doesn't seem to have been a river... Tetsu: Then, it's the "Styx Gates"! Masaki: At any rate, until just before Shiraishi had that accident, Eve was... There's a chance that she was alive until just recently. Masaki: If it's true that that house has been empty for 20 years, maybe Eve and Adam got into that house without permission and lived there by themselves? Masaki: Even if they say that there's no gas or electricity, there's a convenience store nearby so it's not uninhabitable. Tetsu: That's what oneechan saw! Masaki: Yeah. But that's just one speculation, ne. Tetsu: I see------ Of course------ That's how it is! (Damnit!) Masaki: No, for now, it's just a speculation... Tetsu: Masaki! You really are a genius, aren't you? Masaki: You mean you're stupid? /Masaki/ I'm gonna get the Sugisaki Clinic. ------- Page 14 ------- Sae: Well, I haven't really thought about it that way, but Sae: it seems like we are stuck after all. Tetsu: Eh? How so? Sae: Hm------? Hey, by the way. I wonder how Adam got into that house without permission if the gate was locked... Tetsu: Ah----- But they could have done one way or another, anyway, right? I mean, we did the same thing. Sae: Yeah, but still.. Tetsu: At any rate, let's go to Sasahara Girls High School after school and try to ask around and find out what we can. Sae: Yeah... but still. Tetsu: What is it, Sae-chin? Sae: Sae-CHAN Tetsu: Today not good for you? Sae: I don't want to tell Hotaru-chan about that "Styx Gates" theory. Tetsu: Eh? Why? Sae: Because Lulu was in that place, too. Hotaru-chan's cat. Sae: They said that she went across the gates. Sae: I don't want her to find out what being on the other side of the gates would mean... /Teacher/ Hey----------- Sit down-------- ------- Page 15 ------- Teacher: Ah------- That's right. They just told me Shiraishi's home sick with a cold. ------- Page 16 ------- /sign/ Newspapers (March 1-31) /notes/ (Eve) * Sasahara Girls High School? * Initials S.K? * Shiraishi's accident, mid-March, early morning /newspaper/ ....student jumps off, suicide /newspaper/ Pizza delivery person attacked and died /newspaper/ Junior high boy stabs classmate to death ------- Page 17 ------- Masaki: ...... Masaki [thought]: What a tough world. /newspaper/ March 16 ...day (Evening edition) /newspaper/ It's a tough world... After-dark party <> Miura Masato Greatly admired Anchor film! O X Theater Masaki: ...... /arrow/ old guy /newspaper/ High school girl in metropolitan hit-and-run accident and in serious condition ------- Page 18 ------- Phone: Hai, this is Shiraishi. Sae: Ah, hello. This is Kayama. Sae: Ah... Tetsu: .... Sae: It's the answering machine Tetsu: Is she that sick that she can't answer the phone? She seemed fine yesterday. She was even so eager about the piano. Sae: I don't know. Her mother's supposed to be home during the day, but... I'm pretty worried. Sae: Let's all call on her after school. Masaki: Tetsu! Tetsu: Hey------- Miura! What were you doing, skipping class------- /Sae/ Eh? Skipped? Masaki: Where's Shiraishi? Tetsu: I'm sorry. Tetsu: Hotaru-chan's absent with a cold. ------- Page 19 ------- Masaki: Kayama! Do you remember the date and time of Shiraishi's accident? Tetsu: ...... Tetsu: I already told you that. Mid-March, early in the morning... Masaki: I need it to be more specific! Sae: Um.... March 15th... No, 16th... about 5:00 am, I think. Masaki: You sure? Sae: Yeah. Tetsu: What's wrong, Masaki? It's not like you to confuse people like that. Masaki: I made a copy of a newspaper article in the library. Masaki: Read it. /newspaper/ High school girl in metropolitan hit-and-run accident and in serious condition Tetsu: March 16th, 5:00 am... Sae: Ah! That's the same time as Hotaru's accident... Tetsu: Shibuya District... Hit-and-run accident at an intersection... The victim is... Tetsu: Sasahara Girls High School......2nd year... {Note: That's equivalent to junior year in the US} ------- Page 20 ------- /newspaper/ HIGH SCHOOL GIRL IN METROPOLITAN HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT AND IN SERIOUS CONDITION On March 16th, 5:00 am, on First Street intersection in Shibuya, a hit-and-run accident took place. The victim is Mochizuki Mizuki (17), Mochizuki Kou-san's eldest daughter and a 2nd year student in Sasahara Girls High School. At present, she is unconscious and in serious condition. According to the testimonies of eye-witnesses, the run-away vehicle was a black automobile, and it couldn't react quickly enough when Mochizuki-san crossed a red light. Tetsu: Mochizuki... Tetsu: ...Mizuki? Sae: The initials aren't SK? Masaki: We're not sure that the initials in the ring are Eve's. But this says that she's unconscious and in critical condition... Masaki: Well, this article was written at the time it happened, right? She went to that place with the fence while she was unconscious and Shiraishi was saved, but I wonder if maybe Eve wasn't saved then. Tetsu: I see... Masaki: At any rate, let's go to Sasahara after school and try to find out what we can about Mochizuki Mizuki. Sae: But we're going to pay a visit to Hotaru... ------- Page 21 ------- Masaki: Oh, that. We can do that later. Tetsu: ...... Oi Oi, oi, Masaki The way you said that just now was a little... Sae: What do you mean, "Oh, that"? Sae: Aren't you even worried about her? Sae: You really make me sick! ------- Page 22 ------- Tetsu: ... Can't be helped... Tetsu [thought]: He didn't mean anything bad by it.. He's just sharp with words. I'm just used to him since I know him Tetsu: Sae-cha-----------n Masaki: Kayama! Masaki: I'm sorry! Sae: It's fine already-------- Masaki: It's not alright. I'm sorry! Sae: I know that! Sae: Let me go... ------- Page 23 ------- Masaki: ...... Then there's nothing to worry about, right. Sae: You just make me sick, that's why! Sae: Pu-------nch! Masaki: You really care about Shiraishi, don't you? No, that's not it, Masaki. Doesn't Sae-chin really care about you? That scene just now somehow unusually resembles a shoujo manga. Tetsu [thought]: And there's me who's read through nee-chan's "Ribon" and "Betsuma" every month... I don't know about how girls feel very well, but don't you think Masaki's not as unaffected as he would have us believe? It seems like he's meekly opened up his heart to Sae-chan somehow. ------- Page 24 ------- Even though Masaki looks like that, he's really pretty nice /Masaki/ This is really heavy. /Tetsu/ Eh------ Can't be helped, I guess. He might well match a level-headed older-sister-type like Sae-chan. But I like Hotaru-chan, who I want to protect *heart* Tetsu [thought]: Hotaru-chin... /Teacher/ Sugisaki~~~~~~ Read next~~~~~~~ O~~~~~~~~~~i Masaki: If it's a sick call, then it'll have to be melons. Sae: Eh----- Those are expensive! I can't buy them with my allowance! I've decided on apples. Tetsu: No! Cherries instead of apples for Hotaru-chan! /sign/ Cherries (imported) Y5000 Tetsu: ... {Note: The approximate yen exchange is Y100 = $1... ^^; } It's a tough world. Tetsu: Hotaru-chan's mother is a really beautiful lady. That's what my dad said. /Tetsu/ I'm really nervous. Masaki: Can't be helped. He's an old man. /Masaki/ And what's more, he's _your_ old man... Sae: Konnichiwa, obachan! {"Hello, auntie!"} Sae: We've come to pay Hotaru-chan a visit! ------- Page 25 ------- Hotaru's Mom: Sae-chan. Hotaru's Mom: Hotaru's in the park across the street Hotaru's Mom: so you might want to go there. ------- Page 26 ------- I had an ominous feeling. Because the color of her kimono was black. God I don't want to see Hotaru-chan's sad face. ------- Page 27 ------- Hotaru: Sae-cha... /picture/ Lulu ------- Page 28 ------- That small grave was something her mom made herself about a month ago. She didn't tell Hotaru-chan about it. I know very much how her mother feels. But she couldn't keep silent anymore after seeing Hotaru-chan continuing her search for Lulu even after she's had an accident. And yet, isn't it human nature to want to condemn others for hiding things like this 'til now? But Hotaru-chan took that reality and just cried quietly. Hotaru-chan might be much stronger and sturdier than I thought... Hotaru: Sae-chan... Hotaru: Lulu saved my life Hotaru: in that place with the fence, ne? ------- Page 29 ------- Hotaru: "You mustn't come here", she said... Hotaru: "Go back to where your mother is", she said... She probably came from across the fence, just for that, right? Hotaru: Nee, Sae-chan... Tetsu: Lulu-sama! Tetsu: Thank you very much for saving Hotaru-chan! Masaki: Lulu-sama? /Masaki/ Hey you... Sae: Tetsu: Hey, Hotaru-chan, you say your thanks, too... because she's the one who saved your life. It's just polite, ne. I really like her. ------- Page 30 ------- Hotaru: Thank you, Lulu... Cynically.. To turn Hotaru-chan's tears away, we told her that the place with the gates might have been the entrance to heaven and that she saw the light of hope by "the Styx Gates". We didn't have absolute proof but we can't do anything but go forward believing in something. They really were just a small group of keys, but there's supposed to be a keyhole where they'll fit neatly somewhere. ------- Page 31 ------- Tetsu: ......There isn't anybody here. Masaki: We came pretty late after all. Hotaru: I'm sorry... Sae: It's not your fault, Hotaru-chan! Weren't you brave enough to try and come here? I'm sure there's still people left behind for club activities! TetsU: Someone's coming! Let's try asking those people! Sae: Ah? But what are you gonna ask? Hotaru: If we could only see that girl's picture, but... Masaki: No---- It's too suspicious to suddenly ask them to show us her picture... /Tetsu/ Excu--------se me Masaki: Ah! Oi, Tetsu! Hotaru: I wonder if he came up with something.. Sae: ......It doesn't seem like it. Tetsu: Do you know a girl named Mochizuki Mizuki!? ------- Page 32 ------- Tetsu: ...... This is pretty scary...... Girl1: What's with this kid? Girl2: I don't know. Girl1: Mizuki's little brother? Girl2: She doesn't have one. Yes! She called her Mizuki! Bingo!! Tetsu: No, um, I... Tetsu: Mi... Mizuki-san... We kinda know each other... Masaki: Tetsu! Tetsu: But about the accident... Tetsu: We just found out about it... ------- Page 33 ------- Tetsu: We want to go and burn incense for her! {Note: "Pay our respects"} Tetsu: Please give us her address! Girl2: Don't mess around with me! Girl2: Mizuki's alive!! ------- Page 34 ------- Girl1: Ah! Wait a minute, Aya! /Girl1/ Wait! Sae: Ah---- Did we get the wrong girl again? I don't want to do this anymore! Masaki: (Hmmmmmmmm) I wonder if her initials really are SK.... Sae: That's what I said! Masaki [thought]: Hmph Hotaru: Are you alright, Sugisaki-kun? Tetsu: ...Damnit~~~ TetsU: Why is it always like this? We're right back to the drawing board. Did we make a mistake? We're supposed to be going somewhere on the basics. Sae: Maybe Eve got worried... Sae: and was going home after living in the empty house for a while... ------- Page 35 ------- Masaki: Hey, Tetsu. Stand up. You'll have to go through that if you act without thinking, you know. Tetsu: But... Sae: That was really stupid. Tetsu: But if there wasn't at least one character like me, then you wouldn't have relief, right? Masaki: We really don't need relief. Sae: We're not playing around. /Tetsu/ I'm serious--------! Tetsu: What's wrong, Hotaru-chan? Let's go------ ------- Page 36 ------- Hotaru: ......It's Eve. ------- Page 37 ------- Hotaru: It's Eve! Hotaru: The girl in this purikura! Hotaru: It's Eve's same face! {Note: "purikura" --> those sticker pictures you can get within 3 minutes from the mall nowadays.. ^^; } ------- Page 38 ------- Sae: No way! Show us, Hotaru-chan! Tetsu: Ah... but Hotaru-chan's the only one who can see her... Masaki: Purikura...? Where is it, Shiraishi? Hotaru: It was lying on the ground! I wonder if that girl just now dropped it... This Aya is that girl just now right? Masaki: So show us! /purikura/ Mizuki *heart* *heart* Aya Tetsu: I can see her... ------- Page 39 ------- /Tetsu/ Yes-------! I can see her------! Eve's a babe-------! *heart* Sae: "Mizuki".... Mochizuki Mizuki? But she's alive.... Masaki: What was with that girl!? Hotaru: She run home, ne. I wonder if we can catch up with her... Sae: Let's go, Tetsu! This isn't the time for rejoicing! Tetsu: ... Masaki: Damnit. Which way did that girl go? Hotaru: I don't have the slightest idea. Sae: Wasn't it towards the station? Tetsu: Leave it to me! Not to brag, but I'm really fast! Masaki: Wait, Tetsu! I have an idea! ------- Page 40 ------- {Note: The newspaper article here is the same as in Page 20, detailing Mizuki's accident} Masaki: Setagaya Ward... Mochizuki Hisashi... or is it Hiroshi? Sae: Well, it's spelled "Kou" Masaki: Ah.. Should we try to call every one of them here? Tetsu: You're really smart, ne, Masaki Masaki: ..... /Masaki/ That's why I said you're stupid. Sae: Got it! "Mochizuki Kou"! There's only one listing. Masaki: We shouldn't just suddenly call for Mochizuki Mizuki, na. Sae: Well... What about Eve being trapped in the house? Hotaru: ...... Tetsu: Let's try to call them anyway! We can think later! Hotaru: Wait, Sugisaki-kun! I'll make the call! Hotaru: If that Mizuki-san really does answer the phone.... Hotaru: I'm the only one who knows Eve's voice. ------- Page 41 ------- Hotaru-chan is much stronger than I thought, after all. But then anybody who has to go through a strange personal experience like this is going to be strong, I guess. Tetsu: You're right! Well, then, go ahead, Hotaru-chan. Sae: Is it alright, Hotaru-chan? If you have to say something complicated to them, just hand me the phone, ok? Masaki: Kayama. If that's the way you've always thought, then don't you think you've spoiled her enough? Sae: That's just fine! I'd go through fire and water to protect Hotaru-chan! Masaki: He------h Masaki: How brave... even if you're such a crybaby. Sae: Wh... Who are you calling a crybaby!? /Masaki/ Tetsu: ... Ah, I see. It's not because this is a strange personal experience. Hotaru-chan's stronger because she feels strongly about wanting to help Eve. ------- Page 42 ------- The feeling of wanting to support somebody definitely makes a person stronger. /sign/ Mochizuki Yui: Yes? Yui: This is Mochizuki. LAST QUARTER ACT 7 . STAY ------- Page 43 ------- The voice on the phone sounded a little like Eve. But it's more childish than Eve's. I thought it was a girl about our age. Hotaru: Hello... Hotaru: I'm looking for somebody.. Phone [Hotaru]: Is Mizuki-san in? ------- Page 44 ------- Phone [Hotaru]: Um... Phone [Hotaru]: Hello? Stepmom: What's wrong, Yui? Who is it? Yui: She said, Is Mizuki-san in? Phone [Stepmom]: Hello, this is Mizuki's mother... Hotaru: Ah! {Note: Literally, what Mizuki's stepmom was saying is, "I've taken the phone, this is Mizuki's daugher"... } Hotaru: Hello, um... Um, that is... I'm sorry for being abrupt. Tetsu: Hang in there, Hotaru-chan Hotaru: My name is Shiraishi. U---m.... Phone [Stepmom]: Are you a friend of Mizuki's? Hotaru: Yes! ------- Page 45 ------- /memory/ I'll give this to you, Hotaru, as a symbol of our friendship. Phone [Stepmom]: Didn't you know that Mizuki was in an accident? Hotaru: Uh... Um... Hotaru: About the accident... Hotaru: I just found out today, and I was shocked... I was worried so I called. Tetsu: Good one, Hotaru-chan! /Sae/ Shhhhhhh.. Phone [Stepmom]: Is that so.... Thank you. Hotaru: ...... ------- Page 46 ------- Phone [Stepmom]: The truth is, Mizuki.... Phone [Stepmom]: Even now, she's still in the hospital unconscious and just sleeping. /memory/ When I came to back then, I was in this house. I can't even take a step out of this house. Stepmom: If you could... Stepmom: would you please go see her once? /memory/ I... I haven't been able to leave this place the whole time I've been here. ------- Page 47 ------- Stepmom: Would... Stepmom: you call out to her? /memory/ Let's go home, Hotaru-chan! I can't see her! Phone [Stepmom]: Would you call out to her Phone [Stepmom]: so that she opens her eyes soon? ------- Page 48 ------- That time If Eve's tears took her from the hospital while she was unconscious, just like me then she's still asleep even now! Nurse: I'm sorry----- Visiting hours are over. Will you come again tomorrow? Tetsu: We have to be there one way or another! Sae: Please, just for a little while! Masaki: Please! Eve might just be the soul that slipped out from her live body. Hotaru: Please! We were the ones who were convinced that Eve was a ghost! ------- Page 49 ------- Nurse: She can't regain consciousness. Even the doctor says he doesn't know why. Nurse: It was a car accident, but in Mochizuki-san's case, there were no external wounds. Nurse: They've performed various examinations on her, but they haven't found anything particularly bad. Even if Eve's body is here her soul is trapped in that empty house. How in the world could that be? Nurse: We have plenty of hope that she'll open her eyes and get well. Nurse: This is Mochizuki-san's room. Just 5 minutes, like we agreed, ok? That's right. We still think about the hard things later on. /sign/ Room number 503 Mochizuki Mizuki But in any case, Eve is still alive. ------- Page 50 ------- That is a hope more precious than anything. ------- Page 51 ------- Eve... Hotaru: Ah... It's Eve. ------- Page 52 ------- Tetsu: Hotaru-chan! It really is! Sae: It's Eve, isn't it, Hotaru-chan! No mistaking it! Masaki: Wait! Calm down! It's still to early to decide! Masaki: I need more definite prrof that Eve and Mochizuki Mizuki are the same person! Tetsu: What's with you, Masaki? You came all the way here. You're an extremely suspicious one, aren't you. Masaki: This isn't talk on that level. It's not going to be over if it turns out later on that we made a wrong assumption! Masaki: We were moving forward in our purpose that we vaguely thought would be sending her to heaven. Masaki: But if it's a different story if Eve is alive. Masaki: We'll have to return Eve's soul......... to the one and only body she has in the world. Masaki: We can't allow any mistakes and failures. ------- Page 53 ------- Masaki: It's a grave responsibility... Masaki: For the time being, we won't tell any of this to Eve until we're sure of the evidence. Tetsu: I guess so. It'd be bad if we just blurt out that "you're alive" and it turns out to be a premature assumption. Sae: Let's pay another visit tomorrow and try to ask around for whatever information we can get from her relatives. ------- Page 54 ------- Masaki: First, there's the ring. If the "S.K" ring is Mochizuki Mizuki's, then that's all the proof we need. Tetsu: I wonder if Adam will pay a visit tomorrow. Sae: That's right! If Adam is her boyfriend, that would be the best evidence! Hotaru: Ne, shall we drop in at the empty house now? Masaki: That's fine with me, but... is it ok at this time? Tetsu: It's almost 8, you know? Sae: No way! Oh, no! I have to go home! Hotaru: Oh, no, that's bad... Sae-chan's mother is alone in there... Masaki: So, should I walk you home? I'm really good at smooth-talking to parents. Tetsu: Ah *heart* You should. This guy's a married woman killer--- {Note: As in, "lady killer" ^^; } Sae: Eh! That's okay... /Sae/ What does he mean, married woman killer.. Hotaru: You should, Sae-chan. The streets are dangerous at night. /Sae/ BUT Hotaru: ... /Hotaru/ It's okay, Sae-chan. Don't worry. Masaki: ? /Tetsu&Hotaru/ Byebye! See you tomorrow! Sae: ...... /Sae/ Why does this have to happen? Tetsu: Well, now. You've given me the responsibility of walking you, then. Hotaru: Thank you, Sugisaki-kun... But I... Tetsu: You're dropping by the empty house, right? You're worried about Eve. ------- Page 55 ------- Hotaru: Ah... Eve's still playing the piano. Adam's song. Tetsu: Nope, I still can't hear it. Hotaru: Mizuki-san's also really good with the piano, so that's gonna be evidence, too, I guess. Tetsu: That's true. Let's try asking the people in her family tomorrow. Hotaru: Are? Tetsu: Eh? Hotaru: Ah... Hotaru: The music! Hotaru: She always stumbles at this part. I wonder if she remembers all of it. ------- Page 56 ------- Mizuki: Hotaru-chan. I didn't think you were going to come today anymore. Hotaru: You can play it all the way to the end, Eve! It really is a great tune! ------- Page 57 ------- Mizuki: Is it just the two of you today? Hotaru: Yeah. Sorry. We were busy with a whole bunch of things today... Tetsu: Chi--------ssu. {Note: That's just another way of saying "hey", I guess.} Hotaru: But it's great! Hotaru: You remembered the whole song. You really are getting your memories back little by little. Mizuki: Yeah, it seems like it. Mizuki: And I remembered some other things, too! Hotaru: Really? Like? Mizuki: ......Well... Tetsu: Eh? What? What? Mizuki: It's pretty bad because it's still about Adam, but... It might just be speaking highly of him, but... Hotaru: That's alright! Tell! ------- Page 58 ------- Sae: She got the "S.K" ring from Adam? Hotaru: Yeah... She had a dream that he gave it to her on her 17th birthday... Phone [Sae]: Ah... It was just a dream? Hotaru: But it seems that Eve's convinced that she's dreaming about her memories. I wonder if it's alright that she gave me her precious ring. Phone [Hotaru]: Eve said it was alright, but... But... Sae: Nah.... By the way, Hotaru-chan. An even stronger fact is that Eve's initials really could be "S.K."? A present from a boyfriend usually wouldn't have somebody else's initials in it, right? Phone [Hotaru]: I guess you're right... Sugisaki-kun said the same thing. Sae: I'm sure that was just a dream. I'm sure that if we find out more about Mochizuki Mizuki tomorrow, a lot of things will become clearer. Phone [Sae]: Miura-kun said a lot of things in the hospital room today, and I thought it was definitely sound argument, but... I believe you, Hotaru-chan. Phone [Sae]: Eve is definitely Mochizuki Mizuki. Hotaru: Ah, by the way, Sae-chan. Hotaru: What happened with Miura-kun afterwards? Sae: EH? Sae: Wh.. what do you mean? Hotaru: Your mom didn't get mad? ------- Page 59 ------- Sae: Ah... Yeah... Sae: He apologized like an expert. Mom just pleasantly said, "What a splendid young man---" afterwards. /Hotaru/ Ahaha Hotaru: I see. Hotaru: That's great. Phone [Hotaru]: Ah.. I shouldn't be on the phone too long, Mom needs to use the phone. Sae: Ah... Yeah, sorry. Phone [Hotaru]: It's alright. See you tomorrow. Sae: Yeah, good night. That night, I practiced the piano until really late. ------- Page 60 ------- If Eve is Mochizuki Mizuki, I'm sure we'll find Adam really soon. I wanted to be able to play Adam's music really well, like Eve. When I stop my fingers, I think about Lulu, and I still feel like crying. Hotaru: We bought flowers for visiting the sick, so we don't look at all suspicious, do we? Sae: Even so, what would we have anything to do with Mochizuki Mizuki? Tetsu: Friends, right? Masaki: So what kind of friends? A girls high school student and elementary school students Tetsu: Hmmmmmmm. Maybe she tutored us. ------- Page 61 ------- Masaki: What subject? Health/PE? Tetsu: Oh, my, Miura-kun! How perverted! Sae: You guys... It would be bad if we're suspected because you guys are lying too much. Hotaru: Wouldn't it be alright to just say that she helped me look for my cat? Hotaru: Eve helped me look for her when I happened to pass by her while I was looking for my missing Lulu. So we'd be friends by chance. Hotaru: It's not a lie, 'cuz it would be true. Masaki: I see... Seems it is. Tetsu: Well, then, let's go! Feels pretty strange! {Note: The word was actually "transcendental"...} Sae: We have to make sure we don't call her "Eve" accidentally, though. Hotaru: How about, "Mizuki-san"? Mizuki-san, Mizuki-san, Mizuki-san, Mizuki-san Tetsu: Ah~~~~~~~ I'm really nervous~~~~~~~~ Masaki: You can keep your mouth shut. Sae: What he means is, you better keep your mouth shut. Hotaru: No answer. Maybe there isn't anybody in there. ------- Page 62 ------- Yui: There are only... 2 chairs, but... Sae: Ah, that's alright. Don't worry about it. Hotaru: Are you Mizuki-san's little sister? /Hotaru/ I wonder if she's the girl who picked up the phone yesterday. Tetsu: What grade are you in? Which school? Your name? Masaki: ...... /Masaki/ I told you to keep your mouth shut... Yui: Mochizuki Yui... Yui: 4th grade. Sae: Ah! Then, you're one year younger than us. Hotaru: Um, here. Flowers for the sick... Yui: Ah... Thank you. Tetsu: Which performer do you like? ------- Page 63 ------- /Tetsu/ Ow... What are you doing! /Masaki/ We didn't come to ask about useless things like that! /Tetsu/ Ah, stop it! Yui: Would you like to drink something? Hotaru: Ah, no. Sae: Please don't worry about it. Yui: Well, then, I'll just put some water in the vase. Sae: Phew--------- That was nerve-wracking. Hotaru: She seems like a nice girl. Hotaru: We might be able to get all kinds of information from her. Tetsu: But she's cu~~~~~~~~~~~~te *heart* Masaki: Cute, but that's not something we can use. Masaki: Ch.. Masaki: Kids aren't enough. Aren't there any adults? Tetsu: I wonder if Adam's coming. Sae: Even if he comes, we don't know what he looks like. (I don't even get that picture) Hotaru: If it's the Adam I saw on MTV, then I know what he looks like. /Tetsu/ Anyway, he's a blonde with blue eyes, right? We'll know him as soon as we see him. Masaki: Shiraishi, look at that! Hotaru: Eh? /Hotaru/ Adam? ------- Page 64 ------- Masaki: Doesn't that look like Shiraishi's drawing of Eve's dress? Tetsu: You're right! Ah, the shoes, too! Sae: I wonder if that was there yesterday... And we never noticed! Hotaru: Yeah! It's this dress! Hotaru: This is the same dress that Eve wears! ------- Page 65 ------- Hotaru: Ah... I.. I'm soory! It's just that it was such a nice dress... Hotaru: The shoes are cute, too. Yui: Ah... yeah. Masaki: Are they Mizuki-san's clothes? Yui: Yeah. Those are the dress and shoes that oneechan's always wanted. Yui: Oneechan's gonna wear that when she leaves the hospital, he says. Yui: Oneechan's boyfriend bought it for her. ------- Page 66 ------- Tetsu: Did you say boyfriend!? Adam!? Sae: Heh~~~~~~ Mizuki-san had a boyfriend. You don't remember at all, do you, Tetsu? Masaki: I want to meet him... Seriously... Yui: I think he's coming soon. He comes every day. He knocks three times... Yui: Ah, he's here! Ha------i! ------- Page 67 ------- The girl sleeping in the bed looks just like Eve. Eve's clothes and shoes are also in the room. I think we're 90% sure that Eve is Mochizuki Mizuki. But to fill up that 10%... ---------------- Page 68: no text ---------------- ------- Page 69 ------- -----Eh...? He's......... ------- Page 70 ------- Mizuki's boyfriend? /Sae&Tetsu&Masaki/ He's not blonde! This is Adam? /Sae&Tetsu&Masaki/ His eyes aren't blue, either! Not at all like what Eve said! Tomoki: Yui, are these your friends? Yui: Eh? No. They're oneechan's friends. Tomoki: Mizuki's? // No matter how you look at it, he's a contemporary Japanese high school student. Tomoki: ......? Yui: I'm just going to change the water in the flower vase, ne. Masaki: Nice to meet you. I'm Miura Masaki. We... Tetsu: I'm Tetsu------ Nothing suspicious about me------ Sae: I'm Kayama. We didn't know about the accident 'til yesterday, so we're late coming to visit. Hotaru: Ah... I'm Shiraishi Hotaru. I'm in 5th grade. Who are you? Sae&Tetsu&Masaki [thought]: Uwah.... Straight ball! /Hotaru/ Eh? What? Was I not supposed to do that? Tomoki: I'm Anzai Tomoki. Nice to meet you. ------- Page 71 ------- Anzai... Tomoki Why? Eve's boyfriend is Adam. Mochizuki Mizuki isn't Eve? Tomoki: Oi, Mizuki, are you listening? Tomoki: You made friends these cute and you haven't introduced them 'til now? /Tomoki/ You're a really cold woman. Sae: Um... That's probably because we just recently met Mizuki-san Sae: so I'm sure she hasn't had time to tell you yet. Tomoki: ...... Tomoki: How did you guys meet? Hotaru: Ah, um, my cat.. Mizuki-san helped me look for my missing cat... It was really nice of her... Sae: That's how it was, ne, Tetsu. Tetsu [thought]: Don't pass it on to me. Masaki: She was in his neighborhood for about a month. /banner/ Bluff Tetsu: Ah.. That's right.. As in that empty house... ------- Page 72 ------- Tomoki: As in that empty house? Hotaru: Ah... Hotaru: He's just saying that she helped me look for him by the empty house, the park, and many other places. /Tetsu/ Ooh... Sorry, Hotaru-chin. Tomoki: Did you say just a month ago? Tomoki: What month and what day? Why is he asking even that~~~~~~~~~~~? Hotaru: Um... Sae: Hey, do you remember, Tetsu? /Tetsu/ PLEASE don't pass it on to me... Masaki: I think it was about March 15th. We were surprised to find out that she had an accident right afterwards. /banner/ Bluff Tomoki: About that time... Tomoki: Can I ask you to be more detailed about then? ------- Page 73 ------- Eh...? Tomoki: Did Mizuki say something? Say something...? Tomoki: Was she alone? Why is he asking about this? Tomoki: Tell me anything you can remember. Does he suspect us? Hotaru: ......Ah... Masaki: Mizuki-san was alone, but Masaki: is there something wrong with that? Did something happen that day? Tomoki: No... Actually, that day... Tomoki: I'm sorry. You don't even know why you're being cross-examined all of a sudden. The truth is that... Tomoki: Hm.... Where should I start? Yui: Oneechan hasn't come home for 2 weeks before she got into that accident. ------- Page 74 ------- Yui: She was absent from school and her part-time job. Yui: We didn't know who to ask about where she was at the time. Yui: Will you please tell us if you know something? At that time we all intuitively wondered if she was with Adam in that empty house during those 2 weeks. Sugisaki-san's sister said she saw somebody like Eve in the garden about a month ago. It was pretty consistent with Mizuki-san's story. ------- Page 75 ------- Eve really is Mochizuki Mizuki after all. But we don't have hard evidence. We want evidence. It would be best to ask about the ring, but how do we do that without seeming suspicious? I'm the only one who can see this ring. I don't know what I should do. Sae: A...... Anyway, where we the last ones to see Mizuki-san before she got into that accident? Tetsu: Hi~~~~~~~~~~ We might have told a terrible lie. Tomoki: No... Tomoki: The last one to see her was me. ------- Page 76 ------- Tomoki: When Mizuki got into an accident... Tomoki: I just happened to be there by chance... Tomoki: At an intersection in Shibuya at dawn Tomoki: she was carrying a huge Boston bag, and it seemed like she was waiting for someone. Tomoki: But nobody showed up after all Tomoki: As if somebody called out to her, she suddenly jumped into the street at a red light Tomoki: I tried to save her, but I was too late. ------- Page 77 ------- Tomoki: If only I had called out to her much earlier... Tomoki: So.. who do you think she was waiting for? She even had her passport in her bag. Tomoki: Did you hear about where she was planning to go? Passport... Tomoki: If you know anything, please tell me! ------- Page 78 ------- Tomoki: Please... IT WAS ADAM. She was definitely planning to go somewhere with Adam but she got into an accident What should we do? I wonder if we should tell him. But Miura-kun told us not to do anything rash until we can get hard evidence. But we don't know. ------- Page 79 ------- It was no speculation. Eve is Mochizuki Mizuki. I knew it the moment I saw her. But I don't know how to explain that to everybody else. Masaki: By the way, the ring... Tomoki: Ring? Masaki: Yes! A small, gold ring! Mizuki showed it to us like it was really important. Tetsu&Sae: ......... Masaki: There were initials engraved in it, but... ------- Page 80 ------- Masaki: I thought it was definitely her boyfriend's initials, but.. Masaki: yours is T.A, right, Tomoki-san? I didn't think it was T.A, though. Masaki: Maybe Mizuki-san was going somewhere with the person whose initials are on the ring. Tetsu&Sae [thought]: Ah, the actors' son! /Tetsu/ Nice bluff, Masa-chan! Hotaru: ......... Tomoki: ......No, um Tomoki: were the initials S.K? Yui: There's a ring right here. Yui: I wonder if this is the one you're talking about... ------- Page 81 ------- Hotaru: Um... Hotaru: I remember it really well, would you please let me see it? /memory/ I'll give this to you. A symbol of our friendship. Hotaru: This is the ring. Hotaru: There's no mistake. ------- Page 82 ------- I cried Tomoki-san and Yui-chan thought it was because I was really sad about the accident. But it wasn't very prudent of me, because at that time, I was happy. I was happy. The precious ring that Eve gave me has become proof that Eve was alive. /All/ BANZAI! ------- Page 83 ------- Tetsu: We did it, Masaki! Tetsu: So we're 100% sure that Eve is Mochizuki Mizuki! Masaki: Yeah. /Masaki/ Yare yare... Tetsu: Geez, can't you look happier? /Tetsu/ Aren't you proud? /Masaki/ Ow. That hurt. /Girls/ Ahaha Sae: "Yours is T.A, right, Tomoki-san? I didn't think it was T.A, though." /Hotaru/ Ahaha. You have him down, Sae-chan! Masaki: ...... Tetsu: But it really was just Eve's dream that Adam gave her that ring, after all. But if we tell Eve that, she might get disappointed... /Masaki/ You'll be comfortable really soon. {Note: I think he's trying to strangle Sae-chan with his tie... ^^; } /Sae/ I'm sorry, I won't do it anymore. ------- Page 84 ------- /memory/ Tomoki: I'm sorry, but it's not like that at all. Tomoki: That's the ring that Mizuki's dad bought her when she was a kid. Tetsu: Eh? Really? Huh? Tetsu: But why S.K? Tomoki: He bought it from an antique shop... I think it was probably the last owner's initials. Tomoki: At first glance, I wondered if she didn't want it, but she always treasured it. Tomoki: I wonder what she liked about such an everyday ring, anyway. I don't really know. I wonder. Because I really do like this ring, too. But that could be because this is something Eve gave me............ Sae: But anyway-- it seems like Tomoki-san and Yui-chan are also thinking really hard about it. Shouldn't we tell them about Eve? Tetsu: That's right. We might be able to think hard together about how to return Eve to her body. ------- Page 85 ------- Masaki: Yeah... But we need to look into this more closely. Tetsu: Why? You say it, but you don't believe it? Masaki: That's not what I think. Even if we can't see Eve, she can talk to us through notes and her handwriting is proof enough... Masaki: AH! Masaki: Oh, yeah... I see. Her handwriting was proof. We can even show something Eve wrote to someone related to her. /Masaki/ Why did I just realize it now... Sae: I see! /Hotaru/ You're so smart, Miura-kun. Tetsu: Nice going, Masaki. (You've gone above and beyond) You've caught on to some evidence already, after all, with your stunning performance. Sae: "Yours is T.A, right, Tomoki-san?" /Sae&Tetsu/ Ahahaha Masaki: At any rate, will be able to see her in just a little while. Mochizuki Mizuki might want to say something to Adam that she doesn't want other people to know about. It would be bad if we move along clumsily and end up hurting Eve. /Tetsu/ Ha Tetsu: I see... If we speak for Mizuki-san, then she might get separated from her secret lover, Adam, right? It's a pity for Tomoki-san, but that would be bad. ------- Page 86 ------- Tetsu: We really can't do anything but go out looking for Adam as hard as we can, huh? I wonder if Adam doesn't know about the accident. Masaki: I don't know, but the chances are pretty high. Sae: Even if he knows, maybe he's not in any position to come visit her in the hospital. Hotaru: Oh, yeah! Adam was on TV so he must be a pretty famous person, ne. /Hotaru/ Maybe they're talking scandal about him on some talk show. Sae: That's not what I meant... /Sae/ Are you listening to what we're saying? Tetsu: But since she was carrying her passport, would Adam be in another country by himself right now? /Masaki/ That's highly likely. Sae: If that's so, then we'll work hard to bring him back to Japan! Hotaru: Then, we have to study English first! Masaki: Uh, no, Shiraishi. We have to find Adam first... /Tetsu/ By the way, what country is Adam from? He speaks English, right? Sae: Hotaru-chan, you have to practice piano first, right? /Off/ How about going with your friends-----? Hotaru: I can play most of it on the piano already! Hotaru: Since it's on our way, we can pick up the tape from my house and bring it along. /Hotaru/ It's in the bag for the empty house. Sae: Great! Tetsu: Well, then, I'll pack up a radio cassette player from my house. Masaki: But wouldn't it be better if you played it for us live? ------- Page 87 ------- Hotaru: I can't. The piano in the empty house is really old and sound won't come out, so... Sae: Eh? Really? Tetsu: Ah, Maybe that's why we can't hear Eve play it. /Tetsu/ But I can bring a keyboard. Masaki: ......Well...... Masaki [thought]: You could have said that sooner. /Masaki/ But it doesn't really matter anymore. If we tell Eve about what happened today, I'm sure we'd make her really happy. And then, if we can find Adam, then Eve can definitely go back to Mizuki-san's body. It would be just like a fairy tale princess opening her eyes with the prince's kiss. LAST QUARTER ACT 8 . LIFE ------- Page 88 ------- Off: Mary----- Off: Mary-chan Off: Ah... That's bad. You've torn off the wallpaper. Off: Come here, Mary. Off: Papa will scold you for sharpening your nails here. ------- Page 89 ------- /note/ To Eve There's something we want to tell you so everyone's coming over. We'll be back as soon as we can. Hotaru How long are you going to sleep? It's already noon! Masaki. I've been randomly falling asleep recently. Being a ghost means a leisurely way of living. Eve [thought]: Maybe not way of living... Way of dying? /Off/ We're back--- ------- Page 90 ------- Hotaru: We're back, Eve! Hotaru: Listen! We've got great news! Hotaru: You're not a ghost! Hotaru: We know who you are! ------- Page 91 ------- I am Mochizuki Mizuki Sasahara Girls High School 3rd year student I live in Setagaya and I have a cute little sister named Yui I have a nice boyfriend named Anzai Tomoki But I got into a car accident a month ago and I'm unconscious and I continue to sleep in the hospital at this moment. ------- Page 92 ------- Hotaru: What do you think, Eve? Do you remember? Eve: Is there something I'm supposed to get? Eve: Is this... Eve: really me? Hotaru: That's right! There's no mistake! Believe me! Eve: Ah.. I'm sorry. Eve: I didn't mean to doubt you, but... Sae: Hotaru-chan, what did Eve say? Eve: I'm sorry. I don't really get it... ------- Page 93 ------- I don't get it at all... Eve: Besides... my boyfriend is Adam, right? Where is Adam? Hotaru: Well.... It's just our guess, but... Hotaru: Eve... For two weeks before you got into a car accident, you didn't come home at all and you were just missing. So you must have lived with Adam in this house during that time. Hotaru: Afterwards, the two of you were going to go somewhere so you went to Shibuya to meet him... but before you could meet with him, you got into a car accident, right? Hotari: Remember, Eve! Adam doesn't know about your accident and he might be waiting for you somewhere. ------- Page 94 ------- /memory/ Let's go together. That's right. I was supposed to go somewhere with Adam, just the two of us. But where were we going? Off: EVE! I can't remember. I can't remember. ------- Page 95 ------- Eve: I don't remember anything! Masaki: Shiraishi. Eve might just be confused with you talking on and on like that. Tetsu: Hotaru-chan? Hotaru: ...... Sae: What did Eve say? Hotaru: She says she doesn't remember... I'm sorry, Eve... Hotaru: I'm sorry, don't cry... Masaki: Naa, Eve. I think we were wrong all this time we just assumed that you were a ghost. It's probably just natural that nothing comes to mind right away with us telling you all of this all of a sudden. But there's no mistake that your body is still alive. Masaki: We want to return you Masaki: to your body, one way or another. ------- Page 96 ------- Masaki: If we can do that, I think you'll definitely regain consciousness in the hospital and everything will just come to you naturally. Eve: Come naturally...? Masaki: You're lonely being by yourself here in the empty house for such a long time, right? Eve: Not really... Masaki: Let's think together about some way we can return you to your body. Eve: But my life here is comfortable enough. Hotaru: Eve... What are you saying? Eve: Everyday, you guys come and Adam the cat is here, so I'm not really lonely. Eve: Ah, by the way. Eve: I wonder what happened to Mary-chan. Hotaru: ......Mary-chan? Who's that? Sae: What? Another foreigner? /Sae/ Maybe half? Eve: No, that's not it! My pet cat. I remember! I've loved her since I was a kid. Eve: She was white and hyper and really cute--- *heart* So different from Adam! Cat: ... Hotaru: Eve says she remembers her pet cat... Tetsu: That's "Mary-chan"! Masaki: So she remembers a little... (yareyare) /Eve/ Just kidding. You're cute, too, Adam--- *heart* ------- Page 97 ------- Sae: You said Eve looked strange? In what way? Hotaru: I can't really say it well... but she just is, for some reason. Tetsu: Wasn't she just confused from all the stuff we told her suddenly? Hotaru: Could be... Hotaru: No, I'm sure it's just that... Sae: By the way, Adam's song was really good, ne-- I was really moved. You were really good playing it, too. *heart* Hotaru: Thanks. Masaki: But it wasn't a song I've heard before. Tetsu: I don't really listen to a lot of western music. {Note: western.... as in, not from Japan} Sae: Since tomorrow's Sunday, let's take the tape and spend the day going around CD shops. If we ask the storepeople, I'm sure there's going to be somebody who knows it. Masaki: Well, we might not be able to return Eve to her own body if we just know where Adam is. Tetsu: Eh? But since Eve still has feelings for Adam, wouldn't it just be expected? Masaki: Ghosts who can't go to heaven are a pretty different... /Masaki/ Change your thinking. Tetsu: Really? Huh? So why can't Eve leave the empty house? ------- Page 98 ------- Sae: Oh, yeah, you're right. Hotaru: Wonder why.. Masaki: Yeah.... /Tetsu/ Hah! Tetsu: Maybe she's been trapped by a witch's curse. /Masaki&Hotaru&Sae/ ......... Masaki: What do you mean, witch... Are you a kindergartener or something.. Sae: ARE YOU STUPID? Hotaru: But I was thinking the same thing.. Like the Sleeping Beauty in the Woods... /Sae/ Ahaha. Geez------- *heart* You're so cute, Hotaru-chan. /Masaki/ Aww, Shiraishi. /Tetsu/ This is a desert! My life here is comfortable enough. I'm not hungry; I'm not hot or cold. My bed is soft and fluffy. And more than anything, I have a piano. There's nothing that can hurt me here. ------- Page 99 ------- Eve: But I really do have a lot of free time, na. I can't even use the TV or the radio. (I've missed the times) Eve: Oh, yeah. Eve: There's a study in this house. I wonder if there are any interesting books. Eve: Darn... Eve: Even this book is all white. /Eve/ Is this just to annoy me? Eve: Maybe I should borrow manga from Hotaru-chan and the others, huh? -------- Page 100 -------- /memory/ Papa will scold you for sharpening your nails here. -------- Page 101 -------- /memory/ Mary----... /memory/ Come here, Mary----- /memory/ Papa will scold you for sharpening your nails here. /memory/ Papa will scold you. -------- Page 102 -------- Papa: We really can't do anything about Mary, huh. -------- Page 103 -------- Papa: We're going to have to glue over the wallpaper again. Papa: Why don't you practice the piano? -------- Page 104 -------- Papa: It's almost time for the concert, right? ...Papa...... Eve: PAPA! -------- Page 105 -------- He disappeared...? An illusion...? But it was Papa. That was my Papa just now. My beloved Papa. Eve: PAPA! Eve: MARY! Eve: Where are you? Eve: PAPA! -------- Page 106 -------- Mama: Papa's going to be late for work. Mama: Come down and let's eat. -------- Page 107 -------- -------- Page 108 -------- Eve: MAMA!! /Eve/ KYAAAAAAH -------- Page 109 -------- ----------A dream...? -------- Page 110 -------- No... It wasn't a dream... Just a little more... Just a little more and I'll be able to see everything. -------- Page 111 -------- I have to remember quickly! Hotaru: She said that her father was a lawyer and this was his studdy. Eve and her father and her mother and her cat, Mary... -------- Page 112 -------- Hotaru: She says she spent her childhood in this house. LAST QUARTER ACT 9 . REMEMBER Sae&Masaki: ...... Tetsu: In this house? Tetsu: That's not how it's supposed to be. Tetsu: Because this house... Masaki: Eve Masaki: Those are Eve's delusions. -------- Page 113 -------- Eve: Delu...sions? Sae: That's right, Eve. This has been an empty house for the last 20 years. Sae: Mochizuki Mizuki never lived with her family in this house. Sae: Wasn't Adam who tore off the wallpaper here? Right, Adam? Masaki: There isn't even a single book in this bookshelf. What you're seeing are just delusions, illusions. Tetsu: Maybe there's a room that looks just like this in Mizuki-san's house? -------- Page 114 -------- Sae: It was like that with your ring, too. You're probably just mixing up your dreams and your memories, right? But you mustn't be so conscious of your dreams as if they were reality. Masaki: It seems like you're remembering everything rather quickly, so just believe in us, and just think about returning to your own body. Eve... Hotaru: Hey, Eve. We're not saying that everything you're remembering is wrong, right? Just that your memories of living in this house are. Hotaru: We haven't met your parents yet, so we don't know what they look like or what they do for a living yet. Would you like to try drawing what they look like in the botebook again so we can make sure next time? -------- Page 115 -------- /note/ Mama Very nice and good at cooking Big eyes, beautiful and sexy Papa Round eyeglasses and a mustache Lawyer Mary Long white hair A golden bell around her neck Tetsu: Eve's really bad at drawing, isn't she... Sae: But if this is all she can clearly remember, wouldn't you say that she does have memories of her parents? Masaki: Really? Looks suspiciously like an ideal family. I have a hunch that it really is a family from her delusions. Hotaru: I think I'm going to go to the hospital now... It's Sunday, so her parents might come. Tetsu: Eh. But aren't we going to go around the CD shops and collect information on Adam today? Sae: You're the only one who knows what Adam looks like, so it's going to be hard if you don't come. Hotaru: Yeah... Hotaru: But... Masaki: I'll go to the hospital. Masaki: I'm worried about how far Eve's memories really go. We don't have to have 4 people going around the CD shops to do it, right? -------- Page 116 -------- Tetsu: Well, then, shall we split into two groups? I'll go to the hospital, too. Masaki: No, you don't have to. Don't come along. You might just put your foot in your mouth, saying something unnecessary. Hotaru: Ah, then you go with Miura-kun, Sae-chan! Sae: EH!? Why me? /Masaki/ Do you not like me that much, Kayama? Hotaru: But there's no one else... Ne, please? Tetsu: Foot in my mouth... /Tetsu/ And Hotaru-chan said, "there's no one else"... You don't have to follow... Sae-chan, you always try to pay attention to what I need. Like when I said that I liked Miura-kun... Tetsu: Well, now, (pulling myself together), first, let's go to the store nearest here-- Tetsu: We can use rental CD stores, too, ne. Hotaru: I did something bad to Sae-chan, ne. Tetsu: Eh? Why? Hotaru: Uh... I might have been asking for trouble egging Sae-chan on like that... Hotaru: There's a lot... -------- Page 117 -------- Tetsu: It's alright, though, isn't it? Tetsu: Friends do that to each other Tetsu: As long as you don't lie to or betray each other. Sometimes I think Sugisaki-kun is so mature I really looked up to Miura-kun, but now I think Sugisaki-kun's just as cool as Miura-kun. -------- Page 118 -------- But I wonder if Sae-chan will get tired of me if I tell her that. Hotaru: Even I'm getting tired of myself... Off: Nope..... Off: It's not something... I've heard... Hotaru: They're a foreign band with 4 members Tetsu: The vocal is a blonde with blue eyes, and he plays the guitar, too. Shopkeeper: Bands like that usually have that many members. Shopkeeper: I don't know the title and the band name so I can't really look for it. Off: I'm sorry, but is there something else I could do for you? Shopkeeper2: I don't know it since it's on the piano. Shopkeeper2: If the arrangement is different, the song would change-- Shopkeeper3: I'm just a hired manager, so... Shopkeeper3: I'm not very familiar with this... Sorry... Shopkeeper4: He------h, this is a really nice song---- Shopkeeper4: When you find out what the title is, you come tell me, too. -------- Page 119 -------- Tetsu: No matter what store we go to, it's always shop assistants! What are they trying to do! Hotaru: ... Tetsu: Let's go to the bigger stores where there's more employees! After that, we took the train, and from the stores they say are the biggest around to the small rental shops, we went around so many times But we weren't able to come across even a single person who knew Adam's song. Tetsu: What in the world are we going to do now... -------- Page 120 -------- Hotaru: I'm sorry... It might be because I really sucked at playing the piano... Tetsu: That's not it at all, Hotaru-chan! Hotaru: Let's go home now. Hotaru: I don't want to see Eve's sad and disappointed face anymore.. Tetsu: It's alright, Hotaru-chan! Tokyo is big! We'll keep on going from here... Hotaru: Ah. The pager. It's probably Sae-chan. Tetsu: If that Masaki hates phones so much, why does he carry a cell phone? /Hotaru/ Ahaha Hotaru: But he said he doesn't always use it, right? Tetsu: If he's not going to use it, just give it to me. Hotaru: Masaki: Ah, Shiraishi? Masaki: Did you find anything on Adam? -------- Page 121 -------- Phone [Hotaru]: No... It's absolutely impossible. What about you guys? Were you able to meet Eve's parents? Masaki: Yeah. We got to meet them but we didn't really get to talk. They're a really tight-lipped family. But that's just the way it is. Phone [Hotaru]: And then? How was it? Masaki: They don't look at all like Eve's drawing. Masaki: Her father's just an ordinary salaryman. Phone [Masaki]: And she's never had a pet cat. Hotaru: That's... Masaki: Hey, Shiraishi. Masaki: Was it really Adam who you saw on MTV? It didn't just happen to be a familiar music and a vocal who could have been him? -------- Page 122 -------- Phone [Masaki]: If all of Eve's memories were delusions Phone [Masaki]: Adam might exist only in Eve's heart. That's... /memory/ Before me, Adam... /memory/ Would you please find Adam quickly? -------- Page 123 -------- /memory/ It would be great /memory/ if Adam could see you, Eve. Hotaru: It's not like that, Miura-kun! Please! Don't say that! Hotaru: I really did see Adam! Hotaru: I really did see him! /Hotaru/ Waaaaaaaaah Why can't I make everybody understand? The way Eve was talking about her memories. It's so sad. Hotaru: If there isn't an Adam, then Eve will die... Hotaru: She'll be lonely and sad and she'll die... -------- Page 124 -------- Tetsu: Hello, Masaki!? I'm going to go around looking for Adam until the end of the day with Hotaru-chan! Eh? Now? We're in Shinjuku! Shinjuku! Yeah! I got ya! Off: Ok, in front of Alta! I got everybody concerned over my crying. I'm just being annoying. It's so embarassing being so childish. But because everyone was there, we were able to find out so much 'til now. I would never have come this far by myself. -------- Page 125 -------- Masaki: Shiraishi. Because we we can't see Eve or hear her voice like you can, we can't line up evidence and the facts we can see logically. Masaki: But because you can see Eve's slight facial expressions and gestures and actions Masaki: and feel her heart, Masaki: I think we should probably hold your thoughts as most important. Masaki: Let's meet up in the middle. Hotaru: I'm sorry, everyone... Hotaru: And thank you very much... Sae: What are you saying! We're all friends, right! -------- Page 126 -------- From this point on, because I don't lie to them or betray them, because I would never do that, we'll always always always be friends. Tetsu: For now, we brought along a banner, so we can ask the crowd when we play the music in a place where lots of people pass by. /Sae/ Tadah! /banner/ Do you know whose music this is? Sae: Look, my hand made banner! Tetsu: Wow, really? I'm a bit embarassed that you went that far~~~~~~~ Masaki: Heh. You have a normal person's feelings, too. Sae: The time you live in is an embarassing time. Tetsu: Nuoh!? /Hotaru/ Ahahaha /Tetsu/ Ah.. How mean, Hotaru-chan, laughing so hard~~~~~~ Sae: But she's slipping off in one tempo, na. Masaki: That's just like her. Tetsu: Yosh! Well------ (pulling myself back together), shall we play the music now? There's a lot of people passing by here, so. Sae: But if we do it here, they won't be able to hear it over that big loud TV. Masaki: How about by the station? Hotaru: Eh. But what if the station people get mad... -------- Page 127 -------- Tetsu: If they get mad, we'll apologize. Sae: That's right. It's just kids doing stuff. Masaki: As long as kids are doing it, it's not a crime. Tetsu: Really! Well, then, breathe in this corrupt world without hesitation, just like people like Masaki-kun! /Tetsu/ You live in a different world. Masaki: What did you say? /Masaki/ What did I do? Eh... This song ----------------- Page 128: no text ----------------- -------- Page 129 -------- Girl1: Wow, who's that? Girl1: Look, look! Girl2: So cool---- *heart* Guy1: What? That's pretty good. What band is that? Guy2: I don't know. New group? -------- Page 130 -------- God, bring Eve to this place right away. Nobody could move. I want Eve to hear this singing voice, too. -------- Page 131 -------- But this is just a prayer Because you won't create a miracle I'll stand no matter how many times I trip I'll continue looking for the door to the miracle Just wait, Eve Just a little more because we'll bring Adam to where you are, without fail. ----------------- Page 132: no text ----------------- -------- Page 133 -------- Tetsu: Excuse me. We'd like to reserve a copy of this CD. Shopkeeper: Ah, yes. Shopkeeper: Please put your name and contact information on this paper. -------- Page 134 -------- Hotaru: Can I write in it? Tetsu: Yeah. Shopkeeper: Are? Shopkeeper: You're the kids who brought a casette at noon today, right? Did you find the song you were looking for? Hotaru: Yes. We know now that song is in this album so we came to reserve a copy. Tetsu: We just found out it was on sale. /Tetsu/ Ahaha Tetsu: Sorry for being so noisy. Shopkeeper: I see. But I'm glad you found it. Sae: Hotaru-cha---n. Adam's band's CD isn't out yet, after all. Nobody seems to carry it. Tetsu: So maybe this is their first album. -------- Page 135 -------- Shopkeeper: Do you want other CDs from the same band? Shall I try looking it up? Sae: Yes, please! Shopkeeper: Um..... EVIL EYE, huh. Wait a minute. Sae: You read it, EVIL EYE. Masaki: Well, who said it was EVIL YEY, anyway. Tetsu: ...... /Tetsu/ Probably me. Hotaru [thought]: EVIL EYE Shopkeeper: Doesn't look like we have them here. Shopkeeper: But we can get one if we import it, let me call the Shibuya bookstore really quickly. Sae: Wa----i *heart* Thank you! /Sae/ Oniisan's so kind~~~~~~ *heart* Sae: Is it because I'm cute? Masaki: It's his job. Hotaru: Um... Could you please tell me how you read the album title? Shopkeeper: Last Quarter, huh. Shopkeeper: Pretty words. I wonder what it means. Last Quarter... -------- Page 136 -------- I wonder if the title of that song was also "Last Quarter" It makes me think of neat echos in the music I want Eve to hear Adam's singing voice quickly But "Last Quarter"'s sales are still a month away But since other songs should be alright, I want to get my hands on them. Shopkeeper: Hai. Ah, is that so? Well, have the other albums been turned into CDs yet? Shopkeeper: Eh? Ah-- I see. Yes, I understand. Shopkeeper: Thank you very much. Shopkeeper: I'm sorry but this band only came out with one album in the past. Shopkeeper: We don't have very much information yet so we don't know more than that, but this CD is a reissue volume. -------- Page 137 -------- Shopkeeper: Ah--- It really is. They're recording the REISSUE DISC right now. /Shopkeeper/ It'll be on sale on May 21. It's this one, right. Sae: REISSUE? Masaki: ...... Tetsu: Eh? What? What's a reissue? Shopkeeper: It's when they sell CDs of what came out as LP Records in the past. Shopkeeper: When you say LP, it just doesn't ring a bell for kids these days. They're the big, black, donut-shaped ones. Shopkeeper: In other words, this band's activity was already a long time ago, about 10 years or so. -------- Page 138 -------- Sae: What does this mean? Tetsu: Anyway, Adam would be an old man already, wouldn't he? Sae: Maa, ne. But he was pretty young in that video. Masaki: That's because that was taken more than 10 years ago. Hotaru: Where and what has Adam been doing since that one album came out that long ago? Tetsu: EVIL EYE broke up a long time ago, right? Dammit~~~~~~~~ I thought we could get a pause after we found out the band's name, but... Sae: I wonder how we're going to find out what Adam did after that. Masaki: ...... Hotaru: What about music magazines? There could have been an awful report or something right after the CD came out on sale! Tetsu: You're right! Well, then, shall we try the bookstore! Sae: What about the library? We might be able to find some articles there. Masaki: No, it's already closing time for the library. /Masaki/ Calm down. Hotaru: ! Sae-chan, your house! Don't you have to go home? Your mom might get mad. -------- Page 139 --------- Sae: But I won't be able to sleep from worry now! Masaki: So you wanna come over to my house? Masaki: ? /Masaki/ Weird face. Huh? Off: I have something better than the library. Sae-chan coulnd't possibly... Tetsu: Excuse u~~~~~~~~~s! Hotaru: ... like Miura-kun. Masaki: Come in. Masaki: Nobody's in, so no need to be shy. -------- Page 140 -------- Sae: Wo------w *heart* The night view is beautiful~~~~~~ Just what one would expect from the top floor, ne! Ne *heart* Hotaru-chan. Hotaru [thought]: If that's how it is, then I've been tormenting Sae-chan greatly all this time. /Hotaru/ What am I gonna do? Tetsu: Where's your dad? Masaki: Right now, he's working overtime on location or something. Tetsu: Or something... Where? Masaki: I forgot. I'm not really interested about what people do. Tetsu: Ah--- I see. But when you say people... (You're talking about your parent) Sae: What about your meals? Masaki: The maid comes and cooks during the day. Tetsu: Ah! That Ichiharu Etsuko lady who was here! /Tetsu/ Ahaha Hotaru: ...... I know Miura-kun's mom and dad got a divorce from the uproar it caused on TV and in the newspapers 2 years ago. But Miura-kun still came to school as if nothing happened. I really looked up to him then, thinking he was so strong and cool. But Miura-kun eats dinner by himself on this big table. The long night 'til it's time to sleep; it probably passes while he thinks. -------- Page 141 -------- Even while he says "I'm not really interested about what people do" he might be doing as much as he can for Eve because he knows the emptiness of being alone. Tetsu: That's right, the computer! Since we know the band name, we can look up information on them. Sae: How are you going to look them up? Masaki: For now, we can look up the band name. We can use the words "EVIL" and "EYE", and a whole list of homepages should come up. We can try going through them one by one, but... Masaki: There are more than 5,000 links... Masaki: I'm feeling overwhelmed. Sae: Eh! There are more than 5,000 facts about Adam? Masaki: Stupid. That's not what it means. Sae [thought]: Stupid? Hotaru: ? Hotaru: ? Masaki: We have to find the page in here that has information about Adam. Tetsu: How about you try to add in "Last Quarter" as well? Masaki: You're right. -------- Page 142 -------- Masaki: 485, huh... That reduced the numbers quite a bit. Should we try getting into the pages from here? Tetsu: Hie~~~~~~~ Just need lots of patience. Masaki: If we focus, we might unravel some important information. Tetsu: Maa... Then do your best. Hotaru: ? Hotaru: ? Hotaru: ? Sae: Nee.. Miura-kun, do you have an English dictionary? Masaki: Yeah------ There's one in the shelf behind you. Sae: Is this your father's study? An actor's job sure needs all kinds of information, ne? There's a lot of old-looking books. Tetsu: That's not it, Kayama-kun. This is Masaki's study room. Hotaru: Eh! Wow! /arrow to Masaki/ immersed Tetsu: I'm getting hungry--- I'm gonna die! /arrow to Masaki/ ignoring Sae: There it is! An English-Japanese dictionary. Hotaru: What are you looking up, Sae-chan? Sae: What do you think EVIL EYE means? Hotaru: Ah! Well, I want to look up Last Quarter, too. Sae: OK *heart* -------- Page 143 -------- Sae: He-----h, it says that EVIL EYE is "wazawai no me" {Note: Hm... She's looking up what an English word is in Japanese.. I guess I'll just loosely cap what she's finding... "wazawai" actually means "calamity" or "catastrophe", so she's saying "it says that EVIL EYE is 'eye of calamity'"} Sae: "An ominous look that tells that a calamity is coming if being glared at by that eye" /Tetsu/ Potato salad and chicken! Sae: Well, Adam did have a pretty intense look, didn't he.. Hotaru: Yeah, but that was really cool, my heart was pounding. /Sae/ Wasn't it, though. *heart* Adam's cooler than I imagined~~~~~~ *heart* It's love at first sight. Kyaa~~~~~~~~~ *heart* I'm so jealous of Eve~~~~~~~~ *heart* /Tetsu/ And then Oolong tea and ice cream! Masaki [thought]: Shut up! Sae: LAST QUARTER isn't in this dictionary, naa. Sae: LAST means something like "saigo no" and QUARTER is "4 bun no 1"... {Note: "saigo no" means "last" and "4 bun no 1" means "1/4".... Rephrase: LAST means something like "last" and QUARTER is "1/4"...} Hotaru: "Last 1/4"? Sae: No, I think it's something else. It might be a special word or something. /Sae/ or a coined word or something Tetsu: Ah----Dammit. I should have asked for apple pie, too. /Tetsu/ I'll just add it in. Masaki: Why don't you pay for the pizza instead? Tetsu: Eh, But I don't have any money. Masaki: ... Delivery Guy: Thanks for waiting----- Tetsu: YAY! /Hotaru/ Yum! /Sae/ This really is good, isn't it. *heart* Tetsu: Aren't you gonna eat, Masaki? /Tetsu/ There won't be any left. Masaki: I'll get some later. /Masaki/ I can eat what Etsuko made. -------- Page 144 -------- /Sae&Hotaru/ ............ Hotaru: Sae-chan, your parents are probably worried if you don't go home right away. Sae: It's alright. I called to tell them that I'm going to be late. Sae: No matter what time I get home now, they'll be mad all the same. Hotaru: Miura-kun. I'm sorry, but would you see Sae-chan home again? Sae: That's alright, Hotaru-chan. I can go home by myself. Masaki: Eh? Ok, then. Wait just a little, though. This is a bad place to leave off... Masaki: There's a lot to look through in this page... Masaki: AH!! -------- Page 145 -------- Sae: What happened? Did you find something? Masaki: Hey, look at this! It's a personal page, but "Information on recommended new music" "EVIL EYE" "LAST QUARTER"! Masaki: Try clicking on it! -------- Page 146 -------- /page/ EVIL EYE "LAST QUARTER" On sale, at last! EVIL EYE's reissue CD! Because this record is extremely rare and it's quite difficult to get your hands on it, it's tears for the enthusiast. 19 years ago, the vocal, Adam, left this world in his 20 years of youth, without leaving anything but just 1 album. If he was still alive, he'd probably would have grown into a celebrated musician by now. But it's not completely bad luck. Even in the long days and months, just now, after 19 years, can the unfading wonder of his music be truly realized and be famous for eternity. 19 years ago, the vocal, Adam, left this world in his 20 years of youth, without leaving anything but just 1 album. The vocal, Adam, left this world. -------- Page 147 -------- LAST QUARTER ACT 10 . TRUE -------- Page 148 -------- Hotaru-chan and the others are really late... Since they'd have come back right away if they'd found out anything about Adam, they probably already gave up for today and went home. Eve: It would be great to at least know where Adam is right now. Eve: Then, I could grow my wings. Eve: I feel like flying to wherever Adam is. -------- Page 149 -------- Tonight it would be nice to have a dream about Adam. Sae: No way...... Sae: This has got to be a lie... -------- Page 150 -------- Sae: This doesn't make sense! If Adam died 19 years ago, then that means he was already dead by the time Mochizuki Mizuki was born! This has got to be wrong! Sae: Look for something more accurate! Hotaru: We... Hotaru: I wonder if we can really help Eve. Hotaru: Even if Eve's memories could just be delusions... Hotaru: If she knows that Adam has died already... Hotaru: Eve will.. Hotaru: run after Adam... -------- Page 151 -------- Hotaru: But can we hold her back? Are there any words of hope in this world Hotaru: that will be strong enough? Hotaru: I don't have any! -------- Page 152 -------- Sae: Nee, Miura-kun. Sae: Do you think all of Eve's memories Sae: are just a delusion? Sae: Adam existed until 19 years ago...... Masaki: ......... Sae: I Sae: don't think this is just that simple a problem. -------- Page 153 -------- Tetsu: Hotaru-chan Tetsu: There's some milk, will you drink some? (I put a sugar cube in it, too) Hotaru: Thank you, Sugisaki-kun. Tetsu: I'm just making myself at home here in Masaki's house, ne. (Hehe) Tetsu: I'll walk you back home, but is it still alright for you to be out? Hotaru: Yeah... Mom works 'til dawn, so. -------- Page 154 -------- /memory/ But can we hold her back? Are there any words of hope in this world that will be strong enough? Hotaru: This is good. *heart* /memory/ I don't have any! Hotaru: Huh? Hotaru: It's going on and off... Tetsu: Ah! We've got mail! Tetsu: They're really fast, aren't they! /Tetsu/ So lucky! Hotaru: What's mail? Tetsu: It's like a letter! Tetsu: Masaki sent it to the homepage address earlier. He asked for more information on Adam. Tetsu: I think that's the reply! Let's look at it! -------- Page 155 -------- -------- Page 156 -------- Adam... I'm so glad you came I'm glad that your face is the last thing I'm going to see There's still a lot I want to say to you But my voice won't work anymore Don't cry, Adam I'll never ever forget you I'll never leave you alone I'll be reborn again right away so that I can be by your side again I promise Adam... -------- Page 157 -------- I love you Adam: Sayaka... ----------------- Page 158: no text ----------------- -------- Page 159 -------- /article/ Adam Lang (Adam Lang) Born July 8, 1958 England Died March 16, 1979 The detailed profile isn't available to the public, but there was an anecdote that says the album's title, "LAST QUARTER" was dedicated to Adam's deathly sick Japanese girlfriend. On the LP's original title side, he noted in ~My Dear Sayaka~ (To my beloved Sayaka). Adam left this world without waiting for the sale of this album, as if he was running after her. They say that he died from drug usage but they haven't revealed a detailed cause of death. Starting tonight at midnight, we'll be discussing EVIL EYE's feature televised program in the BS, will you be there? I sent the reply to what you wanted to know in a hurry. Please try to be there. -------- Page 160 -------- Tetsu: Hey, Masaki... Tetsu: That family that lived in the empty house a long time ago had an only daughter named Sayaka, right? Tetsu: She studied abroad in England... and they said she died from sickness about 20 years ago, right? /memory/ She says she spent her childhood in this house. Tetsu: I don't think it's a coincidence Tetsu: that Adam's dead girlfriend's name was Sayaka. -------- Page 161 -------- Tetsu: Could the dreams that Eve has in that house... Tetsu: be Kamijou Sayaka's memories? Tetsu: For 20 years, they've said that the empty house was a haunted house so nobody even went near it! Tetsu: Eve was possessed by Sayaka and is being kept in there, right? And now Kamijou Sayaka might be in Mochizuki Mizuki's body, right? Tetsu: Hey, Masaki! -------- Page 162 -------- Tetsu: Don't keep it to yourself! Say something! Masaki: I DON'T KNOW! Masaki: I don't know, but... Masaki: if this is true, Masaki: then we can't handle this just all by ourselves. -------- Page 163 -------- Why did I forget such an important thing like that until now? He admired this long hair and white dress, and said he liked them best. -------- Page 164 -------- Later, I'll get my wings just as I promised. I'll be at your side, Adam. Kagen no Tsuki [2] / THE END -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://trans.i85.net/ Email: lilasia@hey.to Date: February 20, 2001