Ekkusu [X] :: Clamp
VOLUME 8
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volume 07 ::
The Sword Of God (SHINKEN II)
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Character File - Nataku
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volume 09
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volume 08
THEIR DESTINY WAS FOREORDAINED, 1999
X The Sword of God (SHINKEN II)
kanoe : she will die for the future of the earth. nee-san, you can see the future in your dream. but you cannot touch the decision of that future.
hinoto : kanoe...!
kanoe (fading) : ... you gather the sky dragons, so I gather the land dragons. the future of the earth that kamui will determine... has "two tomorrows". but there is only "one" future.
(she fades into feathers and only the broken pieces of kotori remains...)
hinoto (gently touch kotori's glass head) : the dreamgazer cannot "change" the future. ...i... (her tears falls on kotori) ...i can't even save just this girl...
(she's left crying in the dark, meanwhile, sorata and arashi are jumping over buildings and streets rushing for nakaya)
sorata : the buildings are collapsing.
arashi : probably due to the earthquake at the nakaya sun-plaza. ! (suddenly someone even faster jumps past them...)
both : [EH!?]
(it's subaru... and he only briefly looks back at them curiously and moves ahead... sorata and arashi keeps their pace... scaring local people by appearing and disappearing...)
sorata : who was that just now!?
arashi : it couldn't have been... that he was just talking a walk.
sorata : ...nice joke, nee-chan. (subaru is already way ahead) he's fast------!
arashi : a sky dragon...
sorata (looks serious) : or a land dragon... (then with a big smile) looks like he's heading for nakaya, alright! no matter what, let's follow him!!
(a car stops in front of the temple, three men gets out and enters... meanwhile, kotori is still holding on to tokiko's head, giggling...)
nokoru : ...is it too late?
(kamui and fuuma turn around in surprise, there are three men in trench coats, with blond hair, brown hair and black hair... you are suppose to recognize them from somewhere... kamui jumps up)
nokoru : ...i'm sorry to bother you all of a sudden. ...but it's an unusual time.
kamui (hostile) : ...who are you?
nokoru : I am clamp academy's administrator. tokiko-san has contacted us. she want us to "protect the holy sword". have you heard that from tokiko-san? (kamui looks surprised, or... he remembers) until "the day that will come", to keep the holy sword in that place.
text (flashbacks of before tokiko died) : keep this holy sword in that place. until, the day that will come...... at the center of "clamp academy" 's five pointed star.
(meanwhile, nokoru walks over to where fuuma is, still holding kotori. he takes off his trench coat and wrap it around kotori. kotori smiles crazily at him, and he smiles back...)
nokoru : we don't have time. before the land dragons know about the birth of the other holy sword...
(kakyou is standing in the middle of his own dimension... in the ocean in front of him, the water ripples, and the holy sword blasts out of the water...)
kakyou : ...two... ... holy swords...
(the sword has a reflection in the water, kamui holding the sword, a reflection of kamui in the water...)
kakyou : ..."kamui" 's twin star...
(the reflection of kamui in the water is fuuma. and then the reflection jump out of the water... and comes face to face with the original...)
kakyou : this is... "kamui" and that "twin star" 's... ...destiny...
(remember when I said you couldn't see kakyou's eyes? I take it back... you couldn't see his whole face, I mean, he had a face but no facial feathers... but that's hard to show in mangas... cuz they all look the same... but this is the first time... here, that you see kakyou's face... he has really freaky eyes... they glow... and reminds me of cat's eyes... anyway... in the vision he sees, kamui and fuuma are fighting, each wielding a holy sword)
daisuke : um...m (reading a map) this should be it... yasukuni temple is this way. (point, a temple up ahead)
yuzuriha (seems to be sight seeing with him) : oh, you're right! (go on to the temple) saiki-san, you've always been in tokyo?
daisuke : uh... yeah.
yuzuriha : is it alright if I ask you since when you've been with hinoto-san?
daisuke (sweatdrop) : ...since when I was 10 years old.
yuzuriha : WAH-- saiki-san must be cute when you were ten! (she looks a lot more serious... or heavy) hey, saiki-san, do you think that "you, right now" is a result of "a life you have chosen"? or is it "a result of being controlled by some invisible force?"
daisuke : ......eh?
yuzuriha (back to the cheerful self) : ah! aoki-san! (seiichirou waving at them in the distance, yuzuriha runs over) I called you with the number on the card you gave me, I was worried when they told me you got switched-----!
seiichirou : I got moved from "yaseijidai" to "ASUKA". *the people who publish X... ^^;;*
yuzuriha : isn't "ASUKA" a girl manga magazine?
seiichirou : yep, I'm still not used to it. is your grandmother feeling fine?
yuzuriha : of course! though I'm bad with directions, I haven't got lost in tokyo, (thoughtfully) she must be worrying at mitsumine.
seiichirou : but you got to yasukuni temple.
yuzuriha : all thanks to saiki-san for being my guide.
seiichirou (sees daisuke) : daisuke-kun! (measuring daisuke's height with one hand) haven't seen you in a while and you grew bigger----
daisuke (sweatdrop) : ...our last meeting was 3 month ago.
seiichirou (pat him encouragingly) : three month makes a big difference for growing boys.
daisuke (sweatdrop, embarrassed) : [d... don't...]
seiichirou : plus I've known daisuke-kun since pre-school---- I am very touched to see you grow up......
yuzuriha (surprised) : aoki-san and saiki-san has known each other for so long!?
seiichirou : yeah. (daisuke can feel this coming...) I've known him ever since he was wearing a blue apron and carrying a pre-school book bag.
daisuke : s... seiichirou-san! (very embarrassed)
text (yuzuriha with cat ears) : he's been so serious ever since pre-school?
seiichirou (put his arm around daisuke) : because daisuke-kun is my one and only nephew.
yuzuriha (very surprised) : [EHHHHH] so that's why----!! next time, can you tell me some stories of saiki-san's childhood! [I want to see what saiki-san's like in pre-school.]
seiichirou (very good support) : [sure--- I'll bring pictures too.]
daisuke (hair standing up... ^^;;) : we're not here to talk about this!
(seiichirou and yuzuriha separate from their conversation with sweatdrops... and daisuke glaring at both of them)
yuzuriha (as if she just remembered) : [oh, right...]
seiichirou (sweatdrop) : [oh!] (on a more serious note...)
yuzuriha : the earthquake just now... did aoki-san feel it too?
seiichirou (closing his eyes) : another "kekkai"... (they look at each other) broke.
(at the center of the earthquake, where the buildings are collapsing and burning and people running away, subaru arrives and sees seishirou standing there calmly. he jumps down, to come face to face, just as seishirou takes out a pack of cigarettes. arashi and sorata also arrives...)
sorata : this place is horrible. (they pass a few more buildings)
arashi (spots subaru and seishirou) : over there...! (point)
(subaru and seishirou are standing face to face, seishirou casually takes out a lighter and tries to light his cigarette, subaru walks up and lights it for him.)
seishirou (exhale) : thank you very much. (he suddenly grabs subaru's hand) I thought... you didn't smoke.
subaru : ......
seishirou (smile) : it's bad for your health.
subaru (takes his hand back) : I've been looking for you all this time.
seishirou (seems very casual) : why?
(subaru gathers his power and forms a kekkai over the whole area... a five pointed star isolates nakaya from the rest of tokyo)
subaru : to realize my "wish".
sorata (shock) : kekkai!? then, that nii-chan is a sky dragon!?
(seiichirou and yuzuriha also felt the presence of the kekkai... and both looks in the direction of nakaya suddenly...)
daisuke : what's wrong?
yuzuriha : ..."kekkai"...?
seiichirou (trying to feel it) : this is... nakaya?
arashi : that is... the one who attacked us in the parliament...
sorata : yeah, sakurazukamori.
arashi : that guy is... (meaning subaru)
sorata : I don't know... but, that's a kekkai made by a very strong opponent.
seishirou : the seven seals, no, taught to be a sky dragon in the sumeragi clan, to save the earth from destruction, one of the sky dragons.
subaru (takes out a few paper marked with a five pointed star) : ......i do not have any interest in the future of the earth.
seishirou : ?
subaru (attacks him already) : shukuyoudou! hikuu!! (his spell turns into white doves... seishirou smiles slightly and draws a five pointed star in front of him with his cigarette, and blocks all the doves)
sorata (shock) : onmyoujutsu...!
arashi (also surprised) : then that guy is... the master of the sumeragi clan!?
subaru (continue to attack... with a lot of doves this time) : shukuyoudou! (seishirou fought him back with his black hawks.) hikuu! (subaru threw a lot of doves this time, but they all missed seishirou and went around...)
seishirou : !?
sorata : where's he aiming at!?
(all the doves hit a nearby building and forms a five pointed star...)
arashi : over there!!
subaru : HA!!
(the star forms a projection right around seishirou... he's caught this time... meanwhile, kamui, fuuma and kotori arrives at the clamp academy... they were about to walk in when kamui suddenly gets a headache...)
fuuma : kamui!? (he supports kamui) kamui!!
kamui (same headache, ring in his ears) : [...a kekkai...!? (he can see the kekkai at nakaya and he can see the two people in the kekkai...) this is...]
(standing in the center of the projected star...)
seishirou : your wish is... ...to kill me? (smile at subaru slightly) I who killed your beloved sister...
subaru : ......
seishirou (smile ^.^) : you're really adorable, subaru-kun. (kawaii!! kawaii!! ^^;; but subaru only looks at him without answering) I want to play with you for a little longer, (smudging some blood from a small cut on his face) but I still have some business later. (he writes a symbol with his own blood on the back of his other hand and starts to push the five pointed star barrier...) onasanmaginiunhatta (chanting...)
subaru (enforcing his barrier) : onbazaraginiharajihattayasowaka (^^;; I will not try to make sense out of this... but seishirou seems stronger) onmakayakishabazarasataba jakuunbankoharabeishaun
seishirou (his hand reaching through the barrier) : onbazaratoshikoku
(his hand passes through... also equals a wound on subaru's shoulder... his hand slashes an opening in the barrier... also slashing subaru across the chest in turn... he gets out, and subaru's breathing heavily... he glares at seishirou angrily, and takes out a few more spell notes for another attack but seishirou grabs his hand... his bloody finger leaves a bloody streak on subaru's face and smiles...)
seishirou : see you ...next time.
(he begins to disintegrate, and in moments his has disappeared into sakura peddles...)
arashi : ...he disappeared.
sorata : no, it's an illusion. even if sakurazukamori is a sky dragon... he cannot leave the kekkai created by the seven seals. the kekkai can only be released by the person who made it. the person who's thinking about leaving by force will only get hurt, or even killed. so sakurazukamori is still somewhere inside this kekkai. whatever, that nii-chan doesn't seem like he feels like continuing. (looks serious up until now...) let's just forget about sakurazukamori for now. let's go up to that nii-chan. (a little more serious again) ...however, both nee-chan and I couldn't move an inch during the heat of the battle. both sakurazukamori and that nii-chan... are truly amazing sorcerers.
(subaru feels the falling sakura peddles and suddenly clench his fists tightly...)
subaru : ...seishirou-san...
(then he sees arashi and sorata who appears before him... of course he coldly walks away...)
sorata : w... wa---- WAIT! (runs up to subaru) where do you think you're going like this!? (subaru looks at him and continues to ignore him) that nii-chan looks good, but he's not friendly at all.
arashi : ...you made the kekkai. (subaru stops) I am kishuu arashi.
sorata (smile ^.^) : and I am the guardian of nee-chan's future, arisukgawa sorata-chan.
arashi : I am one of the sky dragons summoned by the dreamgazer, princess hinoto. can you please tell us your name?
subaru : ... sumeragi subaru.
arashi & sorata : [he really is the 13th master of the sumeragi clan!!]
(subaru takes back his kekkai and so everything's back to the way it was before...)
kamui : [the kekkai disappeared...?] (he looks up at fuuma who's supporting him) I'm fine.
fuuma (doesn't look too convinced) : ......
(they enter the clamp academy's main office)
nokoru : ... this is clamp academy. (a big map shows up on the big computer screen) this school was built for the day that will come. (the campus is a big round circle with the main path forming a five pointed star) the clamp academy was built as a five pointed star, until the day that will come. to "guard" the "holy sword" that was born for "kamui" alone.
(in the underground laboratory...)
scientist : pumping normal, heartbeat normal, blood pressure normal. start to flush water, counting, 3, 2, 1, 0. (nataku's eyes open) ...he has awakened.
(nataku looks at the old man, they are only separated by one glass wall)
old man : ...kazuki... (but nataku only looks at him with emotionless eyes, the old guy looks depressed) ...is it really so difficult to wake you... (a flashback of a little kid...)
(next they enter the room where the holy sword is being kept... they find that there's some unusual reaction in the tube)
everyone : !!
(the sword is surrounded by unusual energy reactions... kamui also looks strangely at the other holy sword he's holding...)
kamui : .....!
(kotori stares blankly and her image of kamui and everything else is beginning to face... she's in the bubble world again. when she opens her eyes, she finds herself next to kakyou.)
kotori : kakyou!
kakyou : we meet again.
kotori : this is inside your dream? (it's the ocean and seagulls again, with some strange sound in the background) what's that sound? (curiously)
kakyou : ...the holy swords... are crying.
(the people surrounds the tube in the laboratory... and on the other end, fuuma supporting kamui from another headache...)
kotori : crying?
kakyou : ...for the tragedy that is about to happen, it's crying.
kotori : tragedy...? you know what's going to happen from now on?
kakyou : ... I know. but, I cannot stop it.
(kamui looks surprisingly at his sword)
text : it's crying.
(he hugs it tightly...)
fuuma : what's wrong!?
kamui (looks sad) : the holy sword is crying...
nokoru : ...the holy sword is the only sword that "kamui" holds to fight. perhaps it's trying to tell you something...
kamui : if so, why are there two holy swords!? the holy sword that was stolen by someone in fuuma's togakushi temple, ...... and the other sword that tokiko-san gave birth to. if the holy sword is the only one, they why are there two!?
nokoru : that I do not know. all she told me is for me to protect it inside this school until "the day kamui really needs the holy sword"...
kamui : who said that?
nokoru : your aunt tokiko-san, she left after she left me this doll. ......and she said that when this doll is broken, she would have died then...
kamui : ...... how did you know where the holy sword was?
nokoru : that was also told to me by the doll.
(a little doll dressed in a japanese kimono, now broken was originally on an ancient chinese magic chart... one broken hand was placed over a specific box...)
kamui (touch the doll's face sadly) : tokiko-san......
tokiko (flashback) : don't cry. this is my destiny, the destiny that I have chosen. [if it's you, perhaps you can change "destiny".]
nokoru : did you hear all the details from tokiko-san?
kamui : ... I didn't hear anything... other than that she is my mother's sister, I didn't... (he looks so sad like he's about to cry again... fuuma looks sad too, nokoru tells his people to press something on the keyboard and tokiko appears on the big screen)
tokiko : kamui. I probably died before I could tell you anything.
fuuma & kamui : [tokiko-san!!]
tokiko : therefore I left this tape. kamui, there's no time. you must choose your own destiny, a sky dragon, to become the seven seals, a land dragon, to become the seven angels. your decision will greatly change the destiny of the earth. but, do not forget, kamui. before the earth, you must think about yourself. what do you want? which destiny do you want to choose? which path do you want to take? and (the most important point is...) who do you want to protect? (shows fuuma and kotori...) you have to choose the future yourself. your mother, tokiko nee-san wanted it so. choose your destiny yourself, "kamui". become a sky dragon to protect the present, or become a land dragon and wish for change.
kamui : present...? change...?
tokiko : kamui, you will choose your future. (and the screen blanks out)
kamui (not noticing fuuma who's looking very strange again) : I will choose... my own future...
(in hinoto's dream world...)
text : ...kamui...
(there are two kamui's and one of them kills the other. plus he turns around and smiles at hinoto...)
hinoto (scream) : KAMUI!!!
(in kanoe's place)
yuuto : what's wrong!? kanoe-san!
kanoe (looks very shaken) : kamui is...!! (I guess she's been spying again...)
souhi : what happened!?
hien : princess!
hinoto : somebody... kamui! STOP KAMUI!! KAMUI---!!!
(meanwhile, kamui's sitting all by himself, thinking)
tokiko (voice in his head) : you must choose your own destiny. a sky dragon, to become the seven seals, a land dragon, to become the seven angels. your decision will greatly change the destiny of the earth. you have to choose the future yourself. your mother, tokiko nee-san wanted it so.
kamui : [kaa-san...]
tooru : [kamui, do you have someone you want to protect? that even if you suffer, you still want them to be happy?]
tokiko : but, do not forget, kamui. before the earth, you must think about yourself. what do you want? which destiny do you want to choose? which path do you want to take? and who do you want to protect? [since it's you, perhaps you can change the future. because, you are "kamui".] (fuuma comes up behind kamui)
kamui : ...fuuma...
fuuma : kotori said... kamui is crying...
kamui (immediately jumps up) : kotori! she can recognize us!?
(fuuma shakes his head... kotori's on the other side of the room, and she's still giggling crazily... the room has a big pool in the center... and kotori who was leaning on one side, suddenly jumps in...)
fuuma & kamui : KOTORI!! (they both run over and drag her out...)
kotori (smiles insanely) : water, it's pretty. I like it. the sky is also pretty. the air and the wind, everything's pretty. (kamui just holds her close to him...) I like this place because kamui-chan is here.
kamui (looks sadly at kotori and then looks up at fuuma) : i... don't care what happens to the earth... but... I want to protect the place that holds fuuma and kotori's happiness.
(just as soon as he said that, the air in the surrounding begins to change)
kamui : !? (the sword is also reacting)
fuuma : ...you have chosen. (back to that strange look again)
kamui (surprised) : ...fuu...ma...?
fuuma : you have chosen the future of the seven seals, the sky dragon. "kamui". (he looks at kamui coldly) since you have chosen the future of a sky dragon, then my destiny is to become a land dragon.
kamui : FUUMA!!!
(fuuma's power awakens and causes the whole clamp academy to shake... all the other sky and land dragons all felt his power)
everyone : [KAMUI!!]
(fuuma takes kotori, and kamui's hurt by the previous blast of energy)
kamui : fuuma...!
fuuma : ...no. I am... "kamui"! (another blast, kamui's hurt allover.) I was born as the twin star. when kamui chooses to be either the sky or land dragon, I will fill in the other position as the other "kamui". you have chosen to become a sky dragon. so I will become a land dragon, to kill all of the seven seals, the sky dragons.
kamui : fu... u... ma.
fuuma : the holy sword that was born for "kamui" alone reacts to me. I am "kamui".
(a big cross breaks out from the ground and many strings tie kotori onto the cross)
kamui : KOTORI!!! koto...!
(kamui tries to get up but gets pinned to the wall by fuuma with broken glass pieces)
kamui : WAHHHHHHHHHH... ah ah.. ...ah...ah... ...uh... a...h...gaa...
fuuma : good voice, kamui. (stabs another piece of glass)
kamui : ...Ahhhhh.... (looks like he's getting crucified...) !! AHHHHH... AHH... ah.. ah... AHHHH.... ahhhh...
fuuma : the earth... (licks the blood around kamui's neck) wishes for change.
kamui (I think he's in so much shock that he can't feel anymore...) : ...fu...u ...... ma...
fuuma : change that will not be affected by humans. for that, I will kill "the people who pollutes earth". (he jumps over to where kotori is tied up)
kotori (kinda unconscious) : ...onii-chan...
(fuuma raises the holy sword... kamui looks up at him, though he seemed to be shocked expressionless before, this moved snapped him out of it...)
kamui : fuuma...! (fuuma stabs the sword right into kotori's heart) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (fuuma looks at him coldly, kotori surely is dead) FUUMA...!!
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NATAKU
kazuki (running, laughing) : ahahahah, kyahahaha, ahahaha. ahaha. (opens her arms to a smiling woman)
woman : come on, (hugs kazuki) that was bad, kazuki, don't run.
kazuki : daddy's not back yet?
woman : your daddy is working for your grandfather. but it's because he loves kazuki.
kazuki : me?
woman : so that kazuki can become healthy soon, father is doing medical research in the company.
kazuki : with daddy's medicine, I can run and sing songs!?
old man (from the lab, appears with another man) : it's cold out here, go inside.
kazuki : grandpa!! (sees the man) your back, daddy.
man : I'm home, my dear kazuki. (hugs his daughter)
old man : this child is related to "the future of the earth"...
woman : I don't care. kazuki is our only beloved daughter.
old man : ......you're right.
kazuki : I love daddy. kazuki will become daddy's bride!
man : how long will you continue to say that.
kazuki : surely I will! I will definitely be daddy's bride! I love daddy!!
(times passes... and in a room, kazuki lies on the bed, the monitor just went a flat beep, her father is standing next to the bed, and the mother is knocking on the glass window from outside, crying like crazy)
kazuki : [mom...]
woman : kazuki! kazuki!! (the old man comforting her)
kazuki : [grandpa... it hurts... I can't breath... it hurts... (sees the man standing by the bed) daddy...]
woman : kazuki...!
man (hold on to kazuki's hand sadly) : kazuki... you won't go like this. I will definitely... awake you once more... kazuki, katzuki... ......
(the image fades, the voice fades, the beeping line becomes completely flat...)
kazuki : [...daddy...]
(another time... in the underground laboratory...)
scientist : 3, 2... ! he has awakened.
nataku (eyes open) : ...... (sit up)
scientist (a little surprised) : what's wrong? he looked like he has just awakened from a dream... nataku doesn't have emotions, he doesn't have dreams!
man (still faint memories left) : katzuki...
scientist (concentrating on the computer now) : it's reacting. the holy sword is at the togakushi temple. but why now... we couldn't find it at all until now...
nataku (stand up) : ...because "kamui" has returned...
(that night in the temple, he killed the guy and took the sword...)
nataku (the sword is reacting in his hands) : [the holy sword... wants to return to its master.] (wrapping the sword up)
fuuma (running over after hearing the disturbance) : over here! (they enter the room, fuuma and kotori) father!?
(nataku who was hiding in the next room gets a glance at fuuma, who he immediately relates to his father...)
man : kazuki, kazuki...
nataku (he looks very shocked) : ... daddy...
fuuma (turns around, guess he heard that...) : ?!
(he looks around, but nataku left already... the last thing nataku sees is the man who looks like his father.)
end of volume 8
8 STRENGTH
SHINKEN
1) the sword given by god
2) the sword that is offered to god
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