Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translations
Volume Twenty-Five--Truth
Part 218--Loosed into Madness
(A sunny day. Misao yawns and stretches.)
Misao: Mm--! I slept well.
Yahiko: You slept too much. It's already past noon!
Misao: Heh heh heh. Sorry. I was up till morning waiting for Lord Aoshi.
Well, let's get going.
Yahiko: It's too late to start out now. We're gonna have to take the day off.
Misao: Oh, cool! I can spend the day with Lord Aoshi!
Yahiko: You and your one-track mind.
Misao: Where is he?
Yahiko: Dunno. He never came back.
Misao: Nooo . . . (I missed him again . . . ) But that's strange.
He's always home by noon . . .
(Yahiko resumes practicing.)
Yahiko: 999 . . . one thousand. That's training for today. Now what?
(thinking) Things have been so crazy, there really hasn't been any time to spare until now
. . .
Don't worry. No one's going to die. We're all going to live and
we're all going to see you again.
Yahiko: Well, I guess there's that to do . . .
Rakuninmura
(The birds that hover around Kenshin fly off towards Oibore as he enters the village.)
Oibore: I'm back. Glad to see you all looking well. (as he approaches) Kuma.
Kuma: Hey . . . Well, as you can see, he hasn't changed. He's not like most of the guys
who come here. I know that bothers a nice guy like you.
Oibore: But you end up here when you have no where else to go. Worrying won't get us anywhere.
Men: Forget him, Oibore--what'd you bring us?
Yeah, what'd you bring?
Oibore: Don't fuss now, I've got something. This week's happy embarrassing surprising
exciting present--
(He holds up a tiny bottle filled with liquid.)
Men: . . . What is it?
Oibore: What do you mean, what is it. It took all the money I had to buy this.
(He uncorks the bottle.)
Men: Man, it stinks!
What is that, perfume?
What's the point of that?
Oibore: You fools think it stinks? They first used perfume to hide body odor.
Perfect for us, right?
Kenshin (faintly): --it away. That scent . . . please take it away . . .
Oibore: White plum scent always brings back memories. So it reminds you of something too?
(He sets the uncorked bottle beside him.) They say white plum has the power to soothe the
heart. Why don't you try to put up with it for a while.
the Akabeko (temporary location)
Tae: Tsubame, can you run an errand for me?
Tsubame (coming out of a daze): . . . Yes? What is it?
Tae: . . . Maybe you'd better take a break.
Tsubame: N-no, I'm okay. You're working so hard, I can't just . . .
Yahiko: This can't be fun. You reopened and hardly anyone's coming in.
Tae: Yahiko.
Yahiko: Sorry, Tae, can I borrow Tsubame for a little?
Tsubame: But . . I'm working . . .
Tae: That's fine. I was just about to send her on an errand. You don't have
to be back until evening.
(Yahiko and Tsubame walk together through the busy streets.)
Yahiko (thinking): I'd better tell her about Kaoru.
(He remembers Aoshi saying, "It will be easier for us if they don't realize we know about
the trick with the doll. Until Kamiya Kaoru's return, don't tell anyone.)
Yahiko (thinking): So I haven't . . . but I hate to see her looking like this.
(Tsubame has a dull, lost expression on her face.)
Tsubame: So you're feeling better? It's okay for you to be walking around?
Yahiko: Yeah. I'm not completely healed yet, but I can't just sit still.
Tsubame: You're so strong . . . After all this, you still bounce back.
(Suddenly, she bursts into tears.)
Tsubame: You promised . . . I believed everyone would be okay and I'd see you all again.
And now this . . .
(Yahiko places a hand on her forehead, stopping her.)
Yahiko: I'll keep that promise. If you listen to me you'll feel better too.
Everyone's alive. You'll see us all again. So don't cry anymore . . .
Police Station.
(Two police officers are talking and drinking tea down in the cell block.)
Officer: Chief's out?
Officer 2: Yeah, off to headquarters.
Officer: Oh, you mean Inspector Fujita.
Officer 2: Right. He found a clue in an important case. They're going to the scene
first thing tomorrow.
Officer: Nothing small fry like us would know anything about. Hey, speaking of which,
you know who Fujita really is, right?
Officer 2: Who?
Officer: One of the surviving Shinsengumi captains. They say he's a swordsman
on a level with Hitokiri Battousai.
Officer 2: You serious?
(In one of the cells behind them)
Kujiranami: Bat . . tousai . . .Battousai. Battousai!!
(He bursts through the wooden bars of his cell.)
Kujiranami: BATTOUSAI!!
(The guards scream and run. Other officers rush to the scene.)
Officers: What is it!
Officer: A jailbreak! The one-armed man from that case broke through his bars!
(to the commanding officer) There! He ran into that room!
Commanding officer: Wait! That's where-- That's where they put the weapon that was seized
at his arrest--that cannon . . .
(An explosion rocks the building.)
The automatic custom grenade launcher!
Kujiranami: BATTOUSAI . . .!
translations by maigo-chan
last updated 25 may 2001