Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translations
Volume Twenty-Five--Truth
Part 219--Yahiko's True Fight 1
(Kujiranami opens fire on the line of police. They return fire, but their handguns are
no match for the grenade launcher.)
Kujiranami: Battousai!!
You . . . You weren't satisfied with stealing a warrior's honor, or his era . . .
You even stole a warrior's death!
Kujiranami: Battousai!!
(Leaving the police station engulfed in flames, he walks off.)
(The police begin to pick themselves up.)
Officer: Shin'ichi, you okay?
Shin'ichi: Guess so . . .
Officer 2: Ugh . . .
(Shin'ichi notices Kujiranami, walking away.)
Shin'ichi: He's . . . He's heading . . . That monster is headed for town! If he gets
there there's gonna be trouble!
(In town. Yahiko gives Tsubame a final pat on the head.)
Yahiko: Okay. All better.
(Tsubame thinks of Kenshin patting her on the head, and giggles.)
Yahiko: What?
Tsubame: Yahiko, it feels like you've gotten a little bigger.
(Yahiko storms off.)
Yahiko: Go cry all you want!
Tsubame: I--I'm sorry . . . But it really seemed like that.
Yahiko: Really . . .
Tsubame: You said you had something to tell me to cheer me up . . . ?
Yahiko: You're so cheerful now I don't need to tell you.
Tsubame: You're so mean . . .
Yahiko: Well, you were so low before I'll tell you anyway. Now listen up! The truth is--
(The ringing alarm bell stops him. Police officers are running through the streets.)
Police: Everyone run! Get out of the city! Hurry!
Man: What is it? What's happened?
Police: No time to explain!
(Yahiko runs forward.)
Tsubame: Yahiko!
Yahiko (to Shin'ichi): Hey, what's happening?
Shin'ichi: Hurry!
Yahiko: Hey, what is it?
Shin'ichi: Hurry! Hurry!
Yahiko (with a flying kick to the crotch): I'm asking you what happened!
(Kamiya Kasshin school Forbidden Technique Wrath of the End of the Era!)
Shin'ichi (bent over in pain): Sorry . . . You're so small I couldn't see you.
Yahiko: What was that!
Tsubame (thinking): No matter if you call him big or small, he still gets mad . . .
Shin'ichi: An escaped criminal is headed this way! He's got a huge weapon where his
right arm should be. A one-armed man of enormous strength. The police tried to fight him,
but they couldn't do a thing . . . He took out the whole unit.
Yahiko (recalling Kujiranami): So he's still . . . What about Saitou! He should've been
able to--
Shin'ichi: Saitou?
Yahiko (making a Saitou face): He's got antenna hair in front and demon eyes, like this
(You fool!)
Shin'ichi (understanding instantly): Oh, Inspector Fujita! He left early this morning. The chief went with him.
The lieutenant is badly hurt--the whole chain of command has broken down. Those of us that
are left broke up into two groups. One went to other departments, to the military and
to find the chief. We came ahead to warn the townspeople. But no matter how fast they go
it's going to take at least an hour for help to arrive. By that time the whole city will
be in flames, so unless we hurry--
(The people in the streets are screaming and running away.)
Yahiko: So you came to start a riot?
Shin'ichi: Oops.
Yahiko: What's your name?
Shin'ichi: What?
Yahiko: Your name!
Shin'ichi: Sh-Shin'ichi Kosaburou. Officer fifth class.
Yahiko: That means a rookie, right? Okay. We're going to stop him! Assemble a
third of the officers organizing the evacuation at the town gate!
Shin'ichi (after a pause): What?
Yahiko: Don't just stand there! Move, Shin'ichi!
Shin'ichi: R-right!
(Yahiko starts to rush off, but Tsubame catches at his sleeve.)
Yahiko: Wh-what?
Tsubame: But . . . no one's here. Mr. Saitou or Mr. Shinomori or Sanosuke or Kenshin . . .
If something goes wrong there's nobody here to--
Yahiko: I know. But it's because no one's here that I have to fight.
Tsubame: Yahiko!
Yahiko: It's okay! Don't worry. I already told you--you're going to see us all alive again.
So don't cry, just wait for me.
Tsubame: Ya . . . !
(He runs off.)
Tsubame (tears in her eyes): Yahiko . . . Yahiko!
(Shin'ichi has rounded up some of the police.)
Police: Stop that monster? Are you insane? That's impossible! Police issue is no good
against him. We already fought once at the station--
Shin'ichi: Well, I know--
Yahiko (standing on a nearby rooftop): It's not impossible! In the narrow hallways of
the station you could only fight two or three at a time. Here you have space!
And you can easily move through the buildings to surround him. You have the advantage of
ground!
Police: Who's the brat?
Shin'ichi: Don't know . . . But . . . he's right. Right! I may be a rookie,
I may be fifth class, but I'm still a cop! We have to fight and die for the people of
this world!
Yahiko: That's the spirit!
Shin'ichi: Well, that's all very well for you to say.
(Kujiranami appears at the end of the street.)
Police: He's here!
Yahiko: Just one thing. Nobody I see here is gonna die!
Kujiranami (brandishing the grenade launcher): Battousai!!
translations by maigo-chan
last updated 25 may 2001