Rekka no Honoo [Flame of Recca] :: Anzai Nobuyuki
 VOLUME 13
:: translated by tenno yukie ::
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Aoi Honoo

volume 13 chapter 01

kai : you are not the only one who has mastered the hyoumon ken. mikagami!

Volume 13 Chapter 1 : Meguri Kyou Za

(a line of icicles remain from their last attack back in volume 12... if you remember. mikagami of course is not the only one shocked)

audience : look!! those icicles!! isn't that the same technique as mikagami's!!? but... one of those blocked more than ten of mikagami's!! he is actually stronger than mikagami!?
fuuko : no way. maybe it's an imitation such as that time with kashamaru?
domon : mi-chan's long lost brother!? [I don't think so--.]
tokiya (shock) : t... that's... impossible...!

(flashback, a man sitting in shadows in a traditional japanese house)

meguri kyouza : [mikagami--- you have mastered all of hyoumon ken. and in such a short time... meguri kyouza has nothing more to teach you. I only have one student. you are the chosen one. this is a single line of succession... you are the only successor of hyoumon ken. however--- if the successor has failed me... if I feel that he is not worthy be carrying the blade... I will search for another who shall succeed it. well, it's nothing to worry about with you. ahahahahah!]

(end of flashbacks)

tokiya : impossible!! (summon the four corners.) that is not what my master, meguri kyouza said! No one else should have learned it! (wave ensui) four corners crossing... hyoumon ken--- (a new attack) water snake!!
kai (facing the new attack) : hehehe... how foolish. cross! (raise his madougu) come out, water snake!! (the two attacks collide)
tokiya (jump back) : ...!!?
kashamaru (in the audience) : no!!! that's not like my imitation!!
gashakura (actually carrying the short little kasha-san on his shoulders) : quiet, kashamaru! what is it?
kashamaru (in very nervous state) : when I controlled recca-dono's flame dragon technique, it was all previously arranged, I can't do that to a new dragon! that hyoumon ken just now, it's the first time that has been used!! it can't be an imitation!! then...
kai : hehehehe... you are suspicious. I told the truth! don't you want to ask me about your sister?
hyoumaen : gooooooo!! kill!! kill---!! kaiiii! I want his blood!! (and kai's madougu shines)
domon : what is that madougu!!?
yanagi : no......
kaoru : kai's madougu has it's own conscience too!? (all three are shocked)
kai : hmph, I should have introduced this earlier. hyoumaen!! element of ice! ensui's brother weapon. which I received from meguri kyouza. (tokiya looks surprised, I'm sure that was not what he had expected) don't look so shocked. I'll make it clearer. let's start with when I didn't master this technique yet.

(flashback, long before, when kai dressed as a swordsman were killing people.)

text : I was--- strong. at the peak of my sword skills, I challenged and killed other sword masters. I didn't think there was anyone stronger than me. and then--- (he arrived at an old japanese house) I had heard of the hyoumon ken. hidden in the shadows, though he is not famous, I heard he had impressive skill! hyoumon ken's master--- meguri kyouza!! (and then kai gets beaten up by hyoumon ken) i... lost for the first time---
kai : you coward, meguri!! what was that attack!? what kind of magic is that!?
meguri kyouza : heh... you must be mistakening. hyoumon ken is a technique developed by samurai. it was a ninja technique created by a ninja clan called the hokage! using the madougu of the ice element, the technique to manipulate nature! not anyone can take a madougu and use it. (meguri was using hyouma en as his weapon then) you don't look too bad. so? if you wish to be stronger, do you mind turning to evil? don't you wish to see the ultimate hyoumon ken?

(end of flashback)

tokiya : those... are lies!! (attack)
kai (block) : they're not lies, pretty boy!! I've been waiting for this day!!

(flashback again, but later. meguri kyouza throws the madougu hyoumaen on the floor to kai who is breathing heavily)

meguri kyouza : hmph, until now you can't even make an icicle... you are a worthless student. if it was your higher apprentice mikagami... he would've passed long ago.
kai (anger) : [mikagami...!? other than myself, another one who is learning the hyoumon ken...?]
meguri kyouza : anyway, you cannot surpass him. he is gold... and you are stone.

(end of flashback, kai attacks)

kai : ever since!! (getting a little too carried away... with his flashback)
tokiya (bleeding) : uh...
kai : he repeated your name over and over again. he is a genius!! I am only mortal!!
tokiya : ...I don't believe it. the master that I know--- the only one that I respect in this world! he won't speak such arrogant words!! (down)
kai : heheheh... so you like that guy meguri? do you know what he told me when I left after I mastered the hyoumon ken?
meguri kyouza : [now you have the power to inherit the hyoumon ken. however... it is a single line inherited technique with two students, so... KILL MIKAGAMI TOKIYA!!!]

(tokiya holds his ensui tight and stands up)

tokiya : heheh... hahahah... (then looks deadly serious) there's one more things I want to ask. kai--- though we are both from the same school, it doesn't matter. I want you to tell me everything you know.

(and we leave tokiya's story for a while)

label : meanwhile recca---
recca (trying very hard to push madoka's barrier T.T) : yaaaaaaa!!
madoka : I'm not moving, idiot!
old man (sweatdrop) : [is he really an idiot......]

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volume 13 chapter 02

Volume 13 Chapter 2 : The Rage of the Stone

text : to get back all the flames that I've lost, I have came to challenge the eight dragons at the source of my own flames. now three of them has returned!

(in the desert, recca facing madoka)

text : the fourth one, king of the flame barriers madoka!! (a funny looking man sitting inside a barrier) this guy has a very simple condition to get him back!
madoka : [as long as you make me move from this place when I am in this barrier!]
text (flashback of recca's attack using saiha) : it would be easy as long as I break the barrier! (saiha meets the barriers) but it's not as easy as it looks... (recca landed upside down) this guy really deserved the name as the king of barriers!
recca (thinking, looks funny) : he even withstood mikagami's tsurara mai... then--- what should I do?
old man : [that time with homura, he did think something unexpectedly but... could he really be an idiot? hm... I don't get this guy... (sweatdrop) I can't help it... not much time left.] hey, recca.
recca : what is it, old man!!
old man : I'll give you a hint. (diagram accompanied) madoka's flame is a plane! formed by the points which are fireballs. balls on four side forms a square! on three sides form a triangular plane! of course two can't form a plane. (it's a line) that's the hint! this is an elementary problem. (I'm not sure madoka is too happy to hear that...)
recca (seems like he got it, smiles and summons nadare) : I GOT IT---!! dragon flame, form two! nadare! (all the fireballs attack madoka)
madoka (laugh) : hahah, moron!! don't you understand it's useless? I'm the invincible king of barriers!! (but recca waves his hands and...) ! (all the fireballs are aimed at the connection points of the barrier. and they're taken out one by one) WHAT!? (shock) [he realized!?] AHHHH! (getting attacked from all sides)
recca : if the points disappear, the area is reduced, (diagram example of the a square which has 4 points, turn into a triangle half the size with 3 points) now where is your fat body going to fit!?
old man : the surface may be invincible, but the points are still flames! they are vulnerable to nadare, and they cancel each other. [hohoho]
madoka (trapped in a little space... the barrier gets even smaller) : ee---! i... it's disappearing, the barrier!! [I'm beaten...!]
recca (kick him in the face, now that the barrier's gone) : mister nice guy, huh. I won!
old man (sweat) : [good work!! he did show his ability to solve problems, to realize the weakness in a second, and then immediately chose the best counter flame dragon! it's a strategic power that cannot be underestimated!! this guy... he's such a moron--- but he's becoming strong! is he for real!?]
recca : [there are only two more dragons left... my power will return! fuuko... koganei... mikagami! just a little longer... please!!]

(back to the tokiya match)

kai (attack) : HAAAAA!! (they fight each other with a few exchanges, kai jumps up and attack) KAAA!
tokiya : ku... (he's bleeding after that one)

(some of his blood is one the ground, and kai feeds it to his madougu)

hyoumaen : ohhhhh--!! Hyaaaaaaaaa, go KAIIIII!! (kai's madougu absorbing the blood) I want his blood!!!
man 1: w... what is that weapon! is it alive!?
man 2 (point) : look! it's drinking!! it's drinking mikagami's blood!!!
mikoto : hoho... his hyoumaen likes fresh human blood.
kurei : ......
domon : a vampire sword!? (freaked out)
kagero (alarmed though) : [another--- madougu I don't know... kurei--- how many more unknown madougu does he have...... what a frightening man...!]
kai (raise hyoumasen, the tip is frozen with bloody ice) : well, hyoumaen...
hyoumaen : more, more... drink more
kai : show your power if you want more... makes ice!! the air condenses to water! and becomes ice!! (raise hyoumaen, attack) Hyoumon ken---- (the tip of hyoumaen's ice breaks and all the pieces attack tokiya) hisame!! (mikagami got a direct hit)
domon : MIKAGAMIIII---!!
kaoru : he's fine...

(it turns out to be an water illusion)

fuuko : m... mi-chan melted---!?
kaoru : no, fuuko nee-chan. that was a water puppet. I fell for it too, when I lost to him. still impressive for mikagami!
kai (tokiya appears behind him) : hyoumon ken's mizu kugutsu *water puppet*...? that was pretty good...
tokiya (really wounded) : A...H! (spitting out blood, and dropping his ensui)
domon : it doesn't look too good!!
fuuko : not good... he's reached his limit... he can't defend himself!
hyoumaen : he dropped ensui, now kai!! kill him!! blood! blooddd!!
kai : ...... (not moving)
hyoumaen : what are you doing!! hurry, hurry, kill him!!
kai : SHUT THE FUCK UP, ASSHOLE!!!

(silence...)

kai : pick up your sword, mikagami--- my pride won't allow me to kill you bare handed. my pride......!!
text : mikagami is magnificent. a golden valued genius swordsman. kai... compared to him, you are only a stone!
kai (looks really scary) : do you understand!? I was so pressured even though I was once soaring above all!! since then with the will of death, I have mastered hyoumon ken! now I have surpassed you!! and now! you've had the golden valued sword for seven years... one year!! I mastered mine in one year!! finally we meet--- finally...... everything I worked for! what is a genius!! I'll show you the stone breaking the gold!!
mikoto : kurei-sama...
kurei : even I didn't know that about kai. fighting for himself instead of the uruha...... and he's actually a jyushinshuu. however, I like his hatred and persistence.

(audience are still in shock/silence)

tokiya : ...kai... don't mistake me... I am not gold. (his eyes focus) I just want to avenge my sister... that's the only reason I took up hyoumon ken. that is the only reasoon...... the desire for blood, I'm the same--- to live alone in humiliation or to take the sword for revenge, what's the difference. rather... your pure search for strength--- it dazzles me.
kai (surprised at his words) : .........
yanagi (shocked by that look tokiya has and what he said) : [mikagami senpai... showing his feelings...? he's always shut off, that guy--- but... (teary) it's sad, it's so sad...!] (fuuko pat her pretty toughly)
fuuko : don't cry, yanagi! that's his fight. (yanagi clinging on to fuuko) for you! for us! for recca! and--- for himself! he's not alone. he's also a Hokage!

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volume 13 chapter 03

Volume 13 Chapter 3 : The Red Water

(icicle spikes separate mikagami and kai. the audience is quiet with tension)

audience (someone finally can't stand it) : why are they not moving!! what are you afraid of!? (no answer, not even from his fellows) yo... (sweat) ......
kukai : it'll be over soon.
nemi (sweatdrop) : huh?
kukai (sweat) : both of their battle instincts has reached their final stages. this fight will be over soon!
nemi : then which...
kukai : well.
aki (sweat) : but it's obvious, kai has completely control over the advantages.
tsukishiro (don't forget that they were all guest speakers then) : whether it's technique or damage... he has the persistency to win.

(the hokage all looks at tokiya worried. he is standing there, bleeding, yet thinking about meguri kyouza)

text : hyoumon ken is a single line of heritage... I've only had one student. you are the chosen one, mikagami! (on the bright/white side, a gentle and kind meguri) kill... mikagami tokiya!! (on the dark/black side, meguri with a evil smile)
tokiya : [kai doesn't seem to be lying. you seem to have two personalities... meguri kyouza--- i... I must meet you again. I have to find the truth...! therefore I must defeat your other apprentice, kai. because I must live!! (he attacks at this point)]
nemi : he made ice balls around him!! was that the...
kai : mizunaru hebi *water formed snake*!? fool! did you forget that I completely defeated it!?
tokiya : the formation crossed from the four realms--- twisted icicles... [tsuranaru hebi *icicle formed snake*!] kai... this is my last gamble. ensui's water is all being used. I'm using all of my strength. (an icicle snake attack)
domon : ohhh!? what the... it's different from the water snake!!
kai : I see! a snaked fromed with the combination of tsurara mai and mizunaru hebi! I'm impressed... that deserves to be called a genius technique! however!! HYOUMON KEN!! (his madougu hyoumaen rapidly freezes into ice) [TOU KEKKAI!!] *frozen shield* (his whole body is covered in ice as a barrier)
satomi (suddenly feel freezing) : Ah!? his body froze!?
kai : [this is my origial hyoumon ken! defense technique by covering my body with ice!! I won't lose to you, mikagami!!]

(his ice body meets the snake, big clash, and both begins to break down)

kai : AHHHHH [I won't lose!!]
text (meguri's image appears in his mind) : mikagami's quality is gold! a genius. genius! you are stone! STONE!!
kai : [i...] uh... AHHHHHHH [I'M NOT STONE!!]

(the ice barrier on his body withstood the attack and the snake shattered)

audience : !!
kai : ha... hahahah... hahahahahah!! (attack) I win, MIKAGAMI!

(tokiya just stands there, his ensui is back its original form)

kai : I DEFEATED YOU!!

(stab tokiya with hyouma en, fuuko and kaoru both looked shocked with wide eyes, and then tokiya's image melts into water, red water. kai's eyes widen with a horror look just as tokiya stabs him from behind.)

kai : im... poss... ible. ensui should be... out of water... a red sword... I see... blood! your own blood became the blade...! the icicle snake was only camouflage. your last gamble was meant to mistake that you've used all your water and misjudge you...
kukai : [a blood blade!? how much blood did he needed to use!? could it be that he purposely allowed himself to be hurt, to gather the blood...]
meguri kyouza : [kai... you've become strong. now your skill has surpassed mikagami. I suppose there is a time when the stone surpasses the gold. however... if he can still beat you in anything, it would be--- that guy... mikagami tokiya. even in the moment of death, he is a man that can still keep his cold calculating self!!]
kai : frightening...... man...! (spit out blood, falls, tokiya falls down at the same time)
satomi : both... DOWN!!

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volume 13 chapter 04

Volume 13 Chapter 4 : Kai, Leaves

satomi : mikagami... kai!! BOTH DOWN!!
tokiya (on the ground) : uh...
satomi : I'll begin to count to 10!!
domon & kaoru : mikagami!!
fuuko : mi-chan!!
kagero : using the remaining water to make tsuranaru hebi was only to cloud kai's judgment! even without water, he could still use the ensui--- with the blood... flowing in his veins!
satomi : 1!!
kagero : [even in such deadly condition, he can still use the situation to his advantage... that's not called calculation! is that boy not afraid of death!?]
satomi : 2!!
audience : ......!!
hokage audience : get up, mikagami!! haven't you already come this far!?
satomi : 3!!
uruha audience : kai!! get up---!!

(tokiya stands up)

audience : mikagami!! mikagami, mikagami---!!

(kai gets up)

audience : kai!! kai!! kai!! KAI!!
satomi : 4

(kai breaths heavily)

text : mikagami is a genius--- you are only stone......
kai (sweating) : i... am...
text : stone... STONE!! you are--- (meguri kyouza's evil smile) STONE!!
kai : [NO!!!] AHHHHHHHHHH
satomi : 7!! (tokiya spits out blood) 8 (he falls down) 9 (fuuko and domon stare wide eyed)
satomi : WINNER KAI!!! (the arena bursts, but kai stands in the middle of the ring in disbelief)
kai : ...... I... won... I won.......? mikagami tokiya---
tokiya (stand up) : I did my best.
kai : !
tokiya : I didn't think you could still get up. I admit my loss. you are not stone---
kai (sweat) : mikagami... ! [mikagami has completely lost that deadly aura from before------] I see... (smile) so you figured it out... I wasn't the one who killed your sister--- (everyone is surprised)
tokiya : you were only trying to provoke me... I could sense your persistency--- but I can't feel any evil from you.
kai : ...... persistency? yes, all I wanted was to win... that's all. that's all------ that's all I live for. now, it has been fulfilled--- I'm free from the pressure... it's time... to end. I have no regrets... (spit out blood)
audience : !
tokiya : KAI!!
kai : DON'T COME!!! (falling) don't come... don't come, mikagami! you can't become someone like me!!
tokiya : someone... like you?
kai : your purpose in life is to find your sister's killer. I came to defeat you, to perfect my sword! deep inside, we both have the negative power of persistency and hatred!! we are so similar! perhaps people can survive like that... but such men only have one way out.
hyoumaen (glows) : what the hell are you talking about, kai!! blood!! I want to drink his blood!!
kai : ... that's right. I've borrowed your strength, hyoumaen... fine, I'll give you all you want. (raise hyoumaen... and stabs himself)
fuuko : !?
tokiya : kai!!
kai : didn't i... tell you not... to come? I'm finished anyway. but I have no regrets! because I defeated you!! I'll take this hyoumaen with me... using this bloody madougu that defeated you--- this is my only way!! mikagami... don't depend on the negative energy of revenge... someone who holds the sword with persistency--- will fall in blood one day! you are still young... you have so many friends. death is frightening! you don't have to be in a hurry to die! this is... my last words to you for fighting me with all you've got-- when someone completed their final goal, all they have left is death... don't be like me!! you can't become someone like me...... KAA! (cough up more blood)

(kai looks up at kurei, that blank mask face stares down at him)

kai : kurei-sama... time to say good bye. good luck to you.......!!
kurei : ...... farewell.
kai (without anymore worries) : I will tell you one last thing. the real man who killed your sister is--- our master, MEGURI KYOUZA!! (tokiya looks up in shock, while kai simply leans back and falls off the edge of the ring) [I'm really glad that I was able to fight you... you can't die--- mikagami!]
tokiya : KAIIIII---!!!
mikoto : hoho... he can sacrifice his life just to win... he sure is self satisfied.
kurei : mikoto... (very scary look in his eyes) I won't allow anyone to insult kai. do you want to die?
mikoto (sweat) : i... I'm terribly sorry...
kai (tokiya kneeling at the edge where he fell off) : [when someone completed their final goal, all they have left is death... don't be like me.]
tokiya : [kai......]
kai : [the real man who killed your sister is--- meguri kyouza!!]
tokiya : [tell me, kai! i... what should I do......?]

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volume 13 chapter 05

Volume 13 Chapter 5 : The Girl of Healing

text : through the eyes of the great artist yanagi, the results of the final round of the ura butou satsujin!!

(picture one, a very deformed looking domon knocking out noroi)

label : gorilla... [O domon vs. noroi X] beat the crap out of noroi.

(next in a very deformed picture of tokiya and kai... kai is draw with angel wings and a ring on his head... duh... he's dead)

label : Mr. good guy lost... [X mikagami vs. kai O] but that's ok.

(finally is a really ugly picture of recca)

label : what would happen--- to reccaman who lost his dragons?
text : by ROSE YANAGI

(if you haven't figured out, X is loss, and O is win, and after you look at her pictures, you can really appreciate the way everyone looks normally T.T I just hope she never draws raiha)

satomi : uruha kurenai kai, deceased!! hokage mikagami, livinv!! however, before kai's death, he has been determined the winner! therefore, the first fight, hokage has one point! second round fight, uruha kurenai has one point, the two teams are tied!!

(tokiya quietly walks back to the hokage corner, they throw down a ladder for him. fuuko nudge domon and all of them do a little cheer)

kaoru (beating a drum) : well---! even though we lost, it was still a great fight!!
fuuko : kai was a great warrior also! you were equally matched, great work, mi-chan!!

(everyone sweatdrops, from their imagination, an untouched image of tokiya, with a big letter "cold" on his head)

text (the imaginary tokiya) : you bunch of monkeys are so noisy. that is obvious. (instead...)
tokiya : ...... thank you.

(three very deformed expressions from fuuko, domon and kaoru.)

domon (whisper) : did you hear that!? did he just say thank you!?
fuuko : he's gotta be kidding!?
kagero : [his most trusted master became his sister's killer... anger... sorrow... question... confusion... disbelief... and hopeless... all these different emotions from deep in his heart--- now... he's losing himself in confusion...... (a picture of numerous chains) and... if he can't pull himself out of it, he'll be trapped. his fragile soul can collapse anytime. but we can't do anything to heal the wounds in his heart...

(yanagi grabs tokiya's arm)

yanagi : I'm glad... mikagami senpai's alright...... that amazing battle, I was so scared watching it...... (her healing powers working on tokiya's wounds, he looks at her surprised, and yanagi's crying with happy tears) but, it's alright now. I'm glad you are still alive. (tokiya's eyes widen)
kai : [you are still young... don't you have so many friends. don't be in a hurry to die. when someone's final goal is completed, all they have left is death... don't be like me!] (yanagi still healing all of tokiya's wounds)
audience : the wounds... (shock) healed......!!
yanagi (wipe away tears) : come on, I shouldn't cry... sorry, I have to concentrate! (tokiya suddenly pats her on the head) ?

(mikagami smiles at her)

yanagi (smiles, blushing a little) : ?
domon (also blushing) : you smiled again. don't you feel better now that you are healed?
tokiya (vein) : any problems with me smiling, stupid gorilla!! (so they both get buried in a cloud of smoke of beating each other up)
text : what healed... was not only his physical wounds... yanagi-chan--- you're amazing...
kurei (step forward) : the healing... girl...... for now... enjoy the time you have left with your friends. when you lose, the healing girl sakoshita yanagi will become ours, then......!! (everyone looks up surprised) don't forget. she is our bet--- and victory belongs to us, the uruha!!

(in mori's castle, on the party, everyone watching the big screen)

mori kora : heh... [the healing girl... you are the resource of my eternal life......!!]

(yanagi takes a deep breath, and lets it out)

yanagi : HOKAGE IS NOT GONNA LOSE!!!

(everyone covers their ears from that ear-popping scream. and yanagi looks back at kurei determinedly)

kurei : ......... you have a pair of clear and pretty eyes. undoubtedly...... that's the look of trust in your friends. mikoto... that clear white... pure and simple heart... smear it with the color of despair and darkness.
audience : ...... mikoto...
neon : she's here, that damn bitch!! what do you think, raiha? how's her power!?
raiha (finally *heart*) : ... strong. in uruha kurenai, that woman's position is leader assistant and strategist! not to mention her fighting ability. however, mikoto's real frightening power lies somewhere else......
fuuko (jump into the ring) : mask boy!! what did you mean by despair? next round, are you talking to fuuko-chan?
raiha (immediate turn toward the ring, heart, heart, heart) : AHHH *heart* fuuko-san!!
neon : yo, raiha! you're still a uruha! what were you saying about mikoto's "real frightening power"?

(mikoto's eyes narrow, fuuko looks focused)

fuuko : [we'll take care of this! you have to work hard too--- recca!!]

(meanwhile, recca is totally exhausted in the desert.)

old man : what's wrong? is that all you've got.
recca : I'm not finished yet, stupid old man!!! I'm just taking a breath! bring on the next flame dragon!
old man : ... you've already gotten the flame dragons--- nadare, saiha, homura, and madoka those four..... only two more of your six... come out, RUI, SETSUNA!

(the ground breaks and two people appear in all the dust. a very beautiful woman in a *cough* loose kimono, and a brutal looking man)

recca : [both at the same time...!? (shock/alarm) this is bad!!]
rui (the woman) : don't worry, recca... I'll go first. katanashi no rui will be your opponent.
old man : so I see! then it will probably be over soon!!! want to rest for a while? setsuna.

(setsuna is the man with spiky hair and blood all over his face, his eyes are covered with a blind fold with eyeball decorations on it... I wonder if they're real...)

setsuna : ......... heh ......heheh... hhehe......eheheheh...... (forgot to mention he's also very insane looking)
old man : [...this guy...!! still hasn't changed, I can't understand what he's up to. could it be... that he's thinking of...] (sweat)
recca : let's go!! RUI!!!

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volume 13 chapter 06

Volume 13 Chapter 6 : The Dragon of Riddles, Rui

recca : let's go!! RUI!! (attack, rui just stands there waiting for his attack) ! (suddenly jump aside)
old man (big eyes) : what's he doing?
rui : ...what's wrong? recca. aren't you attacking? you don't have much time left.
recca (has a disturbing stare) : I never fight defenseless people! even if you are a flame dragon, you're still a woman!! and also--- (point) look at you!!
rui (look down at herself, her shirt) : [? (look up) ?] (point to her breasts... which are half showing through that loose kimono)
recca (triangular eyes) : yes, that!! (very very very deformed) young woman shouldn't be dressed like that!! your dad won't like it!!!
old man (adds his perverted comments) : of course~~~ it's also because you're getting aroused~~~ seeing her tits, right~~
recca (^.^ smile face) : yep-- yep---...... (vein, realization) I mean, of course not, stupid old man!!
rui (smiles) : heheha. our master... is so adorable! (lean closer) but, recca--- (touch his face) you must understand. ninja are meant to fool and distract the enemy--- disturb their mind, confuse them, use them...... that's a ninja's strategy. and seduction is the basics of a woman... using seduction to confuse a man can only be done by a woman. you must understand. you cannot be confused by the enemy.

(a burst of flames, all her cloth are burnt up, recca has a rather shocked look.)

rui : when I killed most men, I changed my looks and behavior. sometimes into a prostitute, sometimes a farm girl. the hokage people forgot my real form after a while and referred to me as--- katanashi no rui!! that is me... ---don't stand there defenselessly, recca. but, I didn't want to judge you from your fighting skills. this is riddle time. if you can solve all of my riddles, I'll become part of you once again. (disappears) I am katasnashi no rui--- the flame dragon who only grants power to the one who answers my riddles.
recca (a little confused) : riddle time?
setsuna : heheh... ehehehe... ahah... ahahaha... hahah... die... ahehehe...
old man (sweat) : [setsuna...... you... what are you thinking!?]

(suddenly from behind recca, someone attacks him)

recca (defend) : OOO!? ku... (sees the face) KUREI!?
rui (kurei in this case) : my question! why do you fight!? such a strong enemy!! aren't you afraid!?
recca (grabbed by rui/kurei) : heheh...... it's a lie if I say I'm not scared!! but there are more important things I have to do!! I have a shinobi!! I'm my duty to protect my master!!! (punch back)

(kurei melts away, instead, rui turns into yanagi)

rui : the one you must protect...... you mean this girl? anwer me! what drives not to fear death, even? answer me!! is it your love for her? or just your self satisfying pride!?

(recca looks very confused ^.^ big eye stare)

recca : hn----... (big smile) I don't want to see princess cry. I don't want her to be sad or alone!
rui : ...... [is he... kidding]t... that's the reason?
recca : as for love... I never thought that far! thinking is always very painful for me, probably because I'm stupid!! that is all!! (very funny look, Y symbol)
rui : ...... hehehehe... hahah. AHAHAHAH! that's so funny---!! (turns back into rui) your stupidity... probably makes you a national treasure! you'll have a long life. I'll let you pass the riddle part. rui-onee-sama is very nice. but... just one last time, one more riddle!! (in chibi form)
recca (errr) : you really like riddles, rui...... (sweatdrop)

(rui turns into the old man and both of them turn around and around in a circle... I think recca looks very confused with a sweatdrop)

old man 1 : which one
old man 2 : is the fake!?
recca (reach in to his shirt) : this is the pervert fujimaru's collectable...... (pull out a picture of fuuko in her bra) fuuko's dressing pictures! [... and why do I have that?]

(one of the old man looks really deformed)

old man : gimme!!!
recca (punch him) : you're the fake.
old man : w... why!? my imitation should've been perfect!!
recca (blushing a little) : for the real guy, that was probably too big of a shock...... (look back) [that should be his real reaction]

(the real old man lying on the ground, *cough* having fun with himself?)

old man : [ahh... ahh... h~~n, the bra...... (breathing and trembling... I'd guess he is masterba... *cough*)]

(and what's left of rui? a foot sticking in the air after she saw that, heheh)

recca : no matter how real the illusion is, it's still an illusion--- when something unexpected happens, it can only follow a certain pattern of reaction. right?
rui (turns into the woman, smile) : great work! that is rui's illusion's weakness...... therefore be careful when you summon me. confuse, disturb and fool the enemy. (disappearing) don't forget your strength... to see the truth without being fooled...... and... your pure and untainted--- reason for battle......!! (return to recca's body, the word rui appears on his arm)
recca (almost a *.* look) : ...just, one more!!

(suddenly, he's caught by setsuna from behind, recca's in shock)

recca (sweat) : [what's this... aura! this guy... he's different from all the dragons up till now!!]
old man : no!! [my bad feeling became real!! (sweat) setsuna--- is seriously going to kill recca!!]

end of volume 13 chapter 6
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volume 13 chapter 07

Volume 13 Chapter 7 : The Evil Dragon

(recca gets slashed by setsuna from behind)

recca : AHHHHH!! (falls) uh... d... damn you... SETSUNA!!!
old man : [this is mad......!! within the eight dragons, only this guy... setsuna is different!! setsuna--- he's seriously going to kill recca!!]
setsuna : heh...... heheh... (inhale, exhale, and then attacks)
recca : [he's fast...!!] (takes out his bomb balls, but setsuna wounds his arm first, so he drops all of them) ! (falls) ouchhhhh!! damn... whether it was before or now... he's always been serious? and you are wasting time to play games!!
old man : be careful, recca!!
recca : hn?
old man : until now, the five dragons wished to help you improve, they were only fighting as a test! however... this one is different!! [before he was a flame dragon, at the time when he was still human, setsuna was a cruel and aimless insane killer!! therefore although he had the power of a flame master, he couldn't get the approval of the people to become the head of the hokage army, finally he was killed by his own people!!] in the long history of the hokage, there are cases where the birth right of the flame master still failed to make them the leader! some died from sickness, others were assassinated. even in the eight dragons, there is still someone who was deemed "unfit" to be the leader. setsuna was seen as an outcast from his inhumane cruelty!! even after his soul became a flame dragon after his death, he still hasn't changed!! that is the reason why the flame dragon, setsuna is known as the "evil dragon"!!
recca (looks lost, after a long pause) : errr, so you mean... setsuna is a bad guy... and he's weird?
old man (very deformed and pissed off) : you... you stupid idiot... (vein)

(suddenly, to cut them short, setsuna attacks from behind)

recca : ! [here he comes!!]
setsuna : D... IE...!

(BOOM... meanwhile, get back to the arena ^.^)

joker : ... what the hell... it's getting boring without recca-san. don't tell me hokage's captain actually ran away!!
domon (pissed off) : shut up, you bastard! hanabishi went to pee!!
joker : really, then why isn't he back yet?
domon (sweat... speechless) : t... that's because...
yanagi : recca's back already! right, fuuko-chan!
fuuko (join in) : that's right, yanagi!!! look again, asshole!!

(they step aside... and in a "tah dah" display of a standing bag with a yanagi drawn picture of recca's face taped on it.... and it's swaying... on the pictures, it says, recca-kun *heart* - ROSE yanagi... and everyone looks unconvinced at that... bag...)

domon : fuuko-sama... that's only a sand bag... (gets beat up by fuuko)
fuuko : damn you!! you'll blow the cover!!
tokiya (speechless) : probably about a 200% chance.
kaoru (look at yanagi, wide-eyed) : yanagi-chan... you... don't draw very well. (yanagi has a hair standing up shocked look)
audience : well, there we go again, the hokage comedy. ah!! yanagi and fuuko are so funny! but... recca is taking too long... ahhh-- I don't think he ran away...

(suddenly, from the uruha kurenai side, mikoto steps up)

mikoto : "he probably didn't run away"... hohohoho... on the contrary... I wouldn't be surprised if he did. no one wants to die---
fuuko : shut the fuck up, you noumen *referring to mikoto's mask* bastard!!
tokiya : even though he's a monkey... he's a monkey who chooses glorious death over disserting.
kurei : ... no matter. I don't care when recca comes back--- however...... the record now is 1 and 1--- if mikoto and joker defeat you later, he won't even have the right to fight!!

(getting back to the desert land of recca and setsuna, setsuna slashes recca who falls down and disappears in the sand)

setsuna : ...... hn...? ...... disappeared... heh... (look around)
recca (who is hiding under the sand) : ground cloak technique!! good thing the ground is sand--- I'll show you, asshole!!
setsuna : ehehe (smell around, suddenly his blade penetrates the ground exactly at where recca is hiding)
recca : !? (jump out) shit!! (gets beat up by setsuna) [this... guy--- is strong! (spit blood) can I win.........?]
nadare (his dragons suddenly speak to him) : [don't give up, recca!!]
recca (surprised) : the voice in my head? that... voice?
nadare : [...you were finally able to get us back! are you giving up now!?]
recca (stare at his hand) : ! nadare...
saiha : [if you are a weak flame master who can't even defeat setsuna, then why did we bother to return! don't you fight because you have someone to protect!! recca!!]
homura : [plus you still have two untamed dragons... your power! heart! use them to make your judgment!]
madoka : [setsuna's eyes are bad, but he has a good nose, idiot! if you bleed too much, he can find you no matter where you go!!]
rui : [aren't we going together? aren't we fighting together? nee...... recca!!]
dragons : [together...]
recca (close his eyes) : ......... that's right-- (eyes open slightly) you are right, fuuko... domon and the others... everyone is waiting.
old man : !
setsuna : !
recca (a very determined look in his eyes) : [I refuse--- to give up like this!!]
old man : [so you've decided to face him...! however--- setsuna definitely will attack that place... recca's weakness!!!]

end of volume 13 chapter 7

yukie's note : nee... I haven't translated for a long time ^^;; and all of a sudden, I'm doing everything, oh well, this is also getting exciting... the whole vol 12-16 are on the final round, this is only 13, so we've got a long way to go... but the remaining of this vol will be all on fuuko's fight with mikoto... not exactly what happened in the anime... rather different ending in fact, but like I said, everything's different in the manga from here on... I don't think they showed you how recca reacquired his dragons, did they...
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volume 13 chapter 08

text : setsuna doesn't want to return to recca's body as his flame dragon... he's planning to kill him! if so, he's gonna make his move. at that place! recca's------ weakness!!

(setsuna's flame soaring)

recca : !

(setsuna's claw like blades on one hand is all on fire)

Volume 13 Chapter 8 : Resurrection -- And Then...

setsuna : heheh... recca... I've waited so long for this...... I will end this strange relationship between us. you die now! I am free!! finally...
recca (funny face) : errr, you sure talk a lot. yo--- do you need sedation?
setsuna : now, setsuna-sama will tell you your weakness... the reason you die! and the price is--- (attack) you life!!
recca (writing saiha's "sai") : flame dragon...
setsuna : HYA! (slash)
recca : ! uh...! (the word sai disappears)
old man : [I knew it!! the flame of recca, the flame dragons, they won't appear if their name is not written! then......]

(setsuna's blade stabs recca's arm)

recca : AHHHHH!
setsuna : then...... you're only a normal guy now. your right hand can't write the words anymore... your flame dragons has been sealed!!
recca : hehe, I can write with my left...
setsuna (beat him up) : I don't think so!! come on, now!! don't think you can be faster than the fastest flame dragon, setsuna-sama!! now I'll be free from you little body!! go regret your uselessness in hell!!

(beat recca up more, recca falls down on the sand and his hand claws through it, suddenly his eyes open wide)

recca : .........
setsuna : well now. I'll kill you slowly. right hand... left hand... feet... finally I'll smash your head...! oh? (recca turns and slowly dragging himself away) AHAHAHAAHAHAHA!! what!? you're running away!!? you're pathetic! really, you disappoint me, recca!! (attack)

(recca notices and dodges, he flips over to the other side and continues his slow drag)

recca : ...what's wrong. you missed!
setsuna (come after him) : asshole!! (missed again)
old man : ......? [what is it...? his strange movements... what's he thinking, hanabishi recca!? he's not paying attention to defend the attacks......]
setsuna (kick recca) : you...
old man : [he dodge or sometimes take setsuna's attacks... and then runs away.]
setsuna : little bastard...!!
old man : [dragging his feet and running away... even I think it's pathetic------] !! (eyes open very wide) [wait... that guy!!]
setsuna : don't underestimate me, asshole!! that's enough! I'll cut your head off now! DIE!! (attack) KAAAAA!
old man : [recca... his feet weren't wounded!! then what was the meaning behind his actions!?]
recca (very cool despite setsuna's attack) : come out. SAIHA.

(the old man and setsuna are both shocked to see a blade appear on his arm and he stabs setsuna unexpectedly)

setsuna (coughing out blood) : t... this... is... the prints...... of your feet...... on the sand...!? (recca apparently wrote a very big SAI on the sand while he was seemingly walking around) n... no. I am free! I want freedommmmm! NOOOOO (gets turned into a dragon and drawn back into recca's arm.
recca : ...this is... the sixth one! just like before--- only flame dragons left are resshin! kokku! YOU ARE NEXT!! OLD MAN!! (suddenly all dizzy) let's go... (@.@) kok... (falls on the sand)
old man : [this kid--- did he decide to fight like that in an instant... he did well. to retrieve six flame dragons in such a short time. however now the real thing begins! you must become stronger. if you want victory in your hands!!]
recca (I guess he's too tired... snoring on the ground) : princess........

end of volume 13 chapter 8
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volume 13 chapter 09

(back in the tournament dome.)

nemi : well, let's get the show started---!!

(fuuko vs. mikoto next)

FUKO KIRISAWA
-- age/16 -- birthday/august 2nd -- horoscope/leo -- blood type/B -- record up till now/2W 1L -- team hokage's bright spot. more like a guy than a guy (?)

Volume 13 Chapter 9 : The Present Will

domon : fuuko... (big stupid smile) don't force it! if fuuko-sama dies, I'll die too!!
fuuko (waving back) : yeah, yeah. (jumps into the ring) I'll... do my best. (determined look) I don't want recca's make fun of me!!

(an explosion of cheers from the pro-hokage audiences)

audience : FUUUUKOOOOOO!! fuuko... fuuko... fuuko!! [I love you.] (fuuko is speechless in center stage)
kagero : ...... she's so popular.
domon (deformed) : fuuko is mine!! (everyone looks at him funny)
yanagi (smile) : I know. fuuko-chan------ [heheh] even I think she's so cute *heart*
tokiya (huge sweatdrop) : [re---ally...?] (the very well known "Sou... desu ka...?" looks ^.^)

(the referees clap hands to exchange positions)

label : referee, satomi off---
enna (the monkey girl with a red butt and a tail) : i... I'm so happy *heart* I can't believe... I am... actually in charge of my love, fuuko-chan's match *heart, heart, heart*
label : enna (15)
enna (all happy *.* and teary) : I'm so happy *heart, heart*
label : characteristic, lesbian.

(and it's rather dark on the uruha side)

kurei : look. mikoto...... now everyone's swaying toward the hokage. they have all defected to the other side...... ------ don't you think it's foolish? they have forgotten the terror of uruha for a moment. cheering for people who are almost dead, foolish fuss. (his cold eyes suddenly open insanely) it's really pissing me off. turn those voices into the sound of despair!! (mikoto quietly jumps into the ring)
fuuko : !
mikoto : as you wish. kurei-sama----
fuuko (cold glare) : mikoto......
audience 1 : that mikoto... really is scary.
audience 2 : eh. (gets pushed back by a little boy)
keishuu : excuse me, mister! (puts down a plate)
audience 2 : w... why did you put that here?
audience 1 (holds the other guy back) : it's alright! boy, what's that for?
keishuu : that's my father's... name plate. (as in for the deceased, asian cultures keeps a name plate in the house to be taken care of) earlier in the ura butou, my father was...... killed by that mikoto.
audience 1 : eh... (surprise)
text (flashback) : excuse me, for stopping you before the finals...... onee-chan, you're hokage's fuuko-san?

(a little boy talking to fuuko in the hall)

text : yep, that's right. who are you?

(the boy was keishuu, and he's carrying his little brother on his back, who's asleep)

text : I am keishuu! and this is my brother michiteru! ... um, fuuko-san, I have a favor to ask, can you listen to me?

(he looks sad)

text : ...... what is it?

(back to now, fuuko face mikoko)

fuuko : yo, mikoto. I must thank you!
mikoto : ......?
fuuko : you probably don't know, but, when the tournament just began, I made a vow. (flashback to her fight with fujimaru) [all the assholes who play with human life, come out now! I'll smash all of you!!] (back to now) ...yes, a vow.
mikoto : hoho... that's nice. and so what?
fuuko : I heard something that really pissed me off.

(another flashback to an earlier round)

text : p... please stop!! i... I give up!! I lost!

(a man kneeling in front of mikoto, and a little boy in the crowds screaming and crying)

text : dad! dad! dad!!

(the man is apparently defeated and all bloody)

text : I have two children... one of them an infant... he doesn't even know my face yet. please... let me live------

(however he looks at that masked face of mikoto's)

text : mikoto is... life...... the controller of life------ that is mikoto------

(the man is on the ground, dead, and the little boy in the hall talking to fuuko)

text : michiteru doesn't even know that dad is dead... he believes he'll return. but, one day I'll have to tell him. I'm the old brother... --um, fuuko-san, can you please grant me a favor? please--- defeat that guy!

(back to now)

mikoto : ...i forgot that already. it happens all the time.
fuuko : I don't want to call myself just, but I just hate you. I'LL BEAT YOU. so I'm thanking you for giving me this chance to fight you!
domon : ...fuuko. you and that guy are... really alike...... that recca! fuuko has no other reasons to fight other than to help yanagi. but... when she meets someone like that, it has become her reason! fuuko hates such unreasonable people!!
audience 1 : it's fine, keishuu!!
audience 2 : yeah! fuuko definitely will win!! (hands him a love fuuko t-shirt)
keishuu : ...... hn!! (smile at his father's name plate)
enna : well. final round, match three, mikoto vs. fuuko!! BEGIN!!!

end of volume 13 chapter 9
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volume 13 chapter 10

Volume 13 Chapter 10 : Mikoto X 2

enna : final round, third match, mikoto vs. fuuko!! BEGIN.
fuuko : WAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!! (throws out boomerang/curved blades from her fuujin) KAMA ITACHI!!

(direct hit, everyone stares in wide-eyed silence, but mikoto came out alright, it's all been blocked by her huge fan)

mikoto : ...just now... did you do something?
audience : a... amazing!! she blocked fuuko's wind attack easily!! what is that, that fan!? mikoto...!! seems to be really strong, yo!!!
kukai : aki--- tsukishiro! who is that?
aki : I don't know. we don't recognize the top uruha people being soldiers. however... as for mikoto, neon onee-sama mentioned that she hates her. onee-sama's feelings are my feelings--- I hate her too!
tsukishiro : that's true. I heart she's got a bad attitude. even seems to have made a bunch of enemies within the uruha... [I'm not doing horoscopes.] however, on the other hand--- she is still commanding as a jyushinshuu, meaning she can't be underestimated.
nemi : ...... why kind of a team is uruha kurenai? the first urabutou satsujin... the second ura butou... and now, until the semi-finals... all combined--- (looking at the records in front of her) they have never lost!! (wide eye, trembling) the opponents had a 99% death rate!! t... they're too strong...
kukai : ......... true, their record is fightening. however, those people are the opponents this time! hokage will change the battle record of that uruha!! and kirisawa fuuko, she defeated my kuu's fujimaru!! she's the girl who shattered gashakura!!
keishuu : [mikoto is...... dad's killer! don't lose--- fuuko-san!!

(while in the desert...)

old man : get up now, idiot!!
recca (still half asleep, with swelling cheeks ^.^) : hn? ...morning. oh well---, think I fell asleep for a while.
old man : you little... (vein) don't fool around! in the arena, mikagami and fuuko people might lose! (vein, while he has the words "angry old man" behind him) what would you do if you miss your fight while you are stalling here!!
recca : ...... yeah--- I'm not fooling around. I--- trust them. plus, you're the opponent this time, I gotta recover more strength. (vein) I know what I'm doing!!
old man : ......... [oh...... at least---] then let's begin!! [he's thinking a little......]

(in the arena, fuuko took out the claw crystal and is attacking with kazetsume)

fuuko (while she's attacking mikoto all over the place) : let me introduce myself! I am fuuko-chan!! 16 year-old cutie, hokage's bright spot, bishoujo yarou *I couldn't figure how to translate this so it'd work, but it roughly means pretty girl rascal... or something like that ^^;;* personality is "do whatever I want"! things I like! pork ramen, fighting, etc!! things I hate!! evil doers like you. (one strong hit, mikoto's mask cracks)
mikoto : uh... (tumbling)
enna (super cheer) : YAAA *heart* (think) I can't, I should be fair as the referee! but that was way too cool *heart, heart, heart*
domon : punched through her mask!! (happy)
kagero : yeah. mikoto... doesn't seem to be as strong as we thought.
tokiya (sweatdrop) : but what was that about calling herself bishoujo? I don't think so at all.
kaoru : but at least she added "yarou" at the end means that she at least knows her own gender. (yarou which means something like bastard is usually used on guys... as an insult, not to mention a girl calling herself that...)
yanagi (sweatdrop) : you two are so mean.
tokiya (gossip of the hokage corner behind fuuko's back) : that's really a guy~~~
kaoru : and the breasts really are~~~
yanagi : you two are so mean.
fuuko (triangle eyed look, vein popping up, and thinking) : mikagami and koganei... you are dead...!
kurei : hehe... seems like you're overly confident--- but don't you think it's too early to loosen up?
fuuko : it seems like you're the over confident one. mask boy! mikoto's already---
kurei : heheheh......!! foolish little insect! do it, mikoto!!
mikoto : Y... ES... (face lift up, where the mask cracked... and it's...)
fuuko (shock) : [a... machine!?]

(suddenly mikoto's front breaks open and a hand reach out from inside. finally, a girl in a ninja outfit climbs out)

mikoto (the girl) : ehehehe... it was so hot.
domon (shock) : AHH!? there's someone inside mikoto!!! (fuuko looks shocked too)
mikoto : uhehehe...... well, fuuko... shall I introduce myself? we are--- MIKOTO.

end of volume 13 chapter 10

yukie's note : the following is just a little extra which I thought was funny and I suppose make up for not doing translations for such a long time. this little segment is on the back inside fold of the cover of volume 13.
inuko : yo, enna.
enna : what is it? inuko-chan.
inuko : aren't you a lesbian? you like fuuko.
enna : yep, yep *heart*
inuko : then why did you say you like mikagami before! and you even got his autograph!?
enna : hn *heart* mikagami-chan is pretty too *heart*
inuko : ... he's a guy...
enna : ... (seems shocked. as if she didn't know that.) ... that's fine! love has nothing to do with genders *heart* inuko-chan is also very cute *heart, heart*
inuko : UWAA!! i... I'll kill you if you come any closer!! (run away)
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