Translated by Kudou Omi

Note: Gomen! It took me too much time to translate this chapter (once again), and the translation isn’t perfect (once again). ^^;

Indications: When someone is talking, there are either " " or not, depends if it's main text or small handwritten sentences. Thoughts are between / /. Texts in blocks (often thoughts or narration) are in [ ]. Description are in * *. I renew these signs with each new bubble, even if it’s the same character talking/thinking (I hope it will make it easier for you to follow).

P84

*On the board: "The 20^th Milky Way Festival", at Kaori’s school*

Yoshitsune: "Haa~! It’s not like the usual admission day"

[I am ‘Shima Yoshitsune’, the chief of the ‘Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo’. But it’s not like any ‘Yorozuya’]

Kaori: "Shima-san!"

Yoshitsune: "Ha, Kaori-chan"

[Here is Yorozuya’s part time job, Suruga Kaori]

Kaori: "I was wondering where you were gone"

Girl: "HA! It’s Kyou!" "Recently you didn’t come for the play rehearsals!?"

Kaori: "Don’t shout, I have a day off today."

Girl: "Our class is doing a karaoke, so come!"

Kaori: "See you later then"

[Actually, Kaori is a famous model, ‘Kyou’]

[At first when I met him he was a client, but then he became my partner]

Yoshitsune: "You do that kind of work. Recently you really have been acting like Kyou"

P85

Kaori(Kyou): "It looks so. But up to now, I don’t know if I completely erased Kaori"

Yoshitsune: "hu"

Kaori: "Somewhat it’s Kyou’s money!"

Yoshitsune: "It wasn’t funny, Kaori-chan. You should try to fix your double personality"

Kaori: "If Shima-san keeps on being close, it will disappear" "If I didn’t like the job, I would have stopped coming."

Yoshitsune: "Im not that nice!" *nerve popping*

Kaori: "By the way, Shima-san… has it healed?"

Yoshitsune: "Hu?"

Girl: "Hot…"

P86

girl: "What are you doing?" "I said that cold was fine"

Kaori: "Shima-san" "Are you ok?"

Yoshitsune: "Y… yeah" It’s just that I saw the fire

Kaori: "I thought you were about to collapse again"

Yoshitsune: "One day that I visited my parents’ grave, I couldn’t put the incense sticks. I’ve never been able to build a fire, so I just cleaned and that’s all."

Kaori: "Shima-san’s parents, I wish I could have met them once"

p87

Yoshitsune: "Mother was very cheerful, so that she was never tired" "Until the damage to the house came, father has always been chasing the criminal" "I really… admired him" /Everybody liked him…/

Yoshitsune’s father (flashback): "The criminal who caused a case…" "the thought ‘he’s evil’ has its limits, it’s not simple" "You also have to think about the reason this person had"

Yoshitsune: "It was his favorite phrase" /Even now I perfectly remember these words./

Kaori: "heee…"

Yoshitsune: "By the way, kaori-chan, I wanted to talk about this"

Kaori: "It must be the mail to the Yorozuya that was sent back."

p88

The mail: ‘Apocalypse 1’ ‘Catastrophe will fall on Shima Yoshitsune’

Yoshitsune: "We received it a week ago"

Kaori: "The following day, the window broke…" "Is there a bad rumor spreading about Yorozuya since then?"

Yoshitsune: "I didn’t worry until we received the second one yesterday"

Mail: ‘Apocalypse 2’ ‘If Suruga Kaori doesn’t come to the Milky Way Festival, La Tour and Jehovah’s catastrophe will fall on him’

Yoshitsune: "I thought it was a joke, but ‘the Milky Way Festival’ is the name of your school’s cultural festival"

Kaori: "The Milky Way Festival… It must be someone that we both know"

Yoshitsune: "Maybe this person took us for other students."

Kaori: "It’s definitely not a joke"

Yoshitsune: "You take it easy…"

Kaori: "What are you saying, Shima-san?! Did you ever get hurt because of me!? I talked about Shima-san to my friends…"

p89

Yoshitsune: "But right now you’re the one targeted…"

Kaori: *looking serious* "It’s me!! I don’t want anything to happen to Shima-san."

Yoshitsune: /I…/

Kaori: "Now, did you think ‘what an embarrassing guy’?"

Yoshitsune: "No… well… a little…" /I should relax when Kaori is there./

*a masked guy with a stick stops Kaori*

p90

Kaori: *surprised* "Wha…"

Yoshitsune: "Kaori!?" *jumps between Kaori and the guy* "Who the Hell are you?!"

Guy : *taking off his mask* " What’s with this guy ? "

Kaori : " Ejison… "

Yoshitsune : " Ejison ? "

Kaori : *to Yoshitsune* " Sorry. This person is a classmate, Toomasu Eiji. Because of how his name sounds, we call him Ejison. "

Eiji : " Hey ? Who’s this guy ? "

Kaori : " I told you about him, he’s Shima-san. "

Someone : " Eiji, have you found the key ? "

Eiji : " Ha, Buchou "

[Note : a Buchou is the head of a school club]

p91

Buchou: "Ha, Kaori-kun came too? You hadn’t came back since about half a month"

Yoshitsune: "Who is he?"

Kaori: "Kakido-sempai. He helps for everything that has to do with the theater"

Eiji: "By the way, Kaori, you have some self-confidence now"

Kaori: "Yeah. But if I had failed doing the play, it wouldn’t have been nice"

Kakido(buchou): "The first time I met him, he didn’t give me a good impression." "He looked like a trapped cat"

Kaori: "A cat… Was I really this bad ?"

Kakido: "Yeah. I was a little worried… Has Shima-kun seen something?"

Yoshitsune: /hu? Why…/ "No… but I’m watching" / … did he turn to me?/

p92

Kakido: "I see"

Yoshitsune: [……?]

Kaori: "How are the theater club’s preparations doing?"

Eiji: "Alright. We’re playing ‘The Three Musqueteers’, I’m the guy with the iron mask."

Kaori: "Heee~" "This play, is it the one I refused a part in?"

Kakido: "Yes. We had to mix two works, but it should be ok" "But it’s sad that you had to leave"

Kaori: "Sorry, my schedule is full already…"

Kakido: "It’s ok. I was the one asking the impossible." "But every student wanted to see your performance"

Eiji: "But the play isn’t the same"

Yoshitsune: [Ha…]

p93

Kaori: "What’s going on, Shima-san?"

Yoshitsune: "Nothing" [I have no reason to worry] /Kaori is having fun here/

Kakido: "I forgot. Eiji, to you have the key for this suitcase? The report I have to give today is inside"

Eiji: "Ha… I haven’t been looking for it" "I can break it open with this stick"

Yoshitsune: "Excuse-me, can I see it a moment?"

Kaori: "Shima-san… with this hairpin…" *the suitcase opens* "it worked!"

Yoshitsune: "My father taught me how once"

Eiji: Great! "it really opened…"

p94

Kakido: "Thank you for your help. You’ll have to come and see the play!" "Since today’s performance ended, we have to practice for tomorrow" "I’ll give this to the teacher, so I’ll join you in the gymnasium later. Eiji, go return this stick."

Eiji: "yep!" see you later!

*later*

(noise: gatchan)

Kaori: "hu?"

Yoshitsune: "What’s up, Kaori-chan?"

Kaori: "I just heard the sound of something breaking in the science room" "Is there someone working in this area?"

Yoshitsune: "Isn’t it the chemical club?"

Kaori: "it’s open"

P95

Kaori: "Excuse-me~! Is there someone?"

Yoshitsune: "Ha! Wait a minute!"

*Kaori is lying on the floor*

Yoshitsune: "!?" "Kaori—!!"

*Someone puts a cloth on Yoshitsune’s mouth from behind*

Yoshitsune: /Sh…shit…/

p96

Yoshitsune: [I’ve been too negligent!!] "Kao… Kaori…" [What a relief, he’s not hurt…] [This place… the storehouse?] "You…" "Toomasu?" "Hey!"

p97

Yoshitsune: /He’s taking Kaori?/ "Hey! Wait!!" "ge.." "It’s dan…" "…gerous!" *fights back with a stick*

p98

Yoshitsune: *his opponent on the floor* "Bastard! Why…" *the guy hits him* "shit! Wai…"

*Yoshitsune’s left leg is wounded*

p99

yoshitsune: [Damn, Kaori is… ] *stands up* "augh… it hurts…" "it’s not a joke, I’m wounded." "the clothes don’t help…" "my hand hurts…" "Kaori was taken away!!" *opens the trap door*

p100

Yoshitsune: /that guy…/

*in the theater*

someone: "alright. Next, Eiji with scene 23"

guy: "I will tell what I know about this prisoner. What I know is that he…"

Yoshitsune: /he’s here!!/ "TOOMASU!" "Where did you put Kaori?"

p101

Eiji: "Kaori?" "No… I haven’t seen him"

Yoshitsune: "Liar! You are the one who sent that intimidating letter!"

Eiji: "Hu? What are you talking about?"

Yoshitsune: "The ‘apocalypse’… and ‘La Tour" "don’t say you don’t know!"

Eiji: "I went there directly after I met you!"

Guy: "Hey! You!"

Yoshitsune: "Shut up! He’s the one who did it!"

Guy: "It’s true! Just after he went to look for the key, he’s been here all the time to practice!"

Yoshitsune: "How… but Kaori is… by the man with the iron mask…" /No… I had no evidence that it was Ejison/ /yes… I got confused…/ /It’s the same as that time…/

p102

Yoshitsune: / I can’t see you again. I can’t hear your voice again/ /each time I fall into a gap/ /from the empty space came insecurity/ /When Kaori is here, he gives me his hand/ /Before I had noticed it, he had filled this empty place/

Eiji: "Shima-san!!"

p103

Eiji : " Just now, you talked of ‘La Tour’ ? "

Yoshitsune : " Yeah… you know something ? "

Eiji : " It’s the name of the man with the iron mask when he was put into jail "

Yoshitsune : " This man with the iron mask took Kaori away ! The man who had the mask was you ! " " That’s why I thought you were the criminal ! "

Eiji : " What ! ? " " If it’s the mask, it’s just behind the stage… " " Hu ? there’s nothing ! ! Hey ? Anyone knows something ? "

Guy : " Not really… Even you, you didn’t pay attention to the mask during the rehearsal "

Eiji : " Who has it then ? " " Tell me… you’re the only one to have seen the iron mask ? Have you noticed something ? "

Yoshitsune: "Let me think…" /It’s not an hazard if it has to do with the subject of the play/ /and it would be easy for a member of the staff to take the iron mask/ "Where is Buchou?"

eiji: "Hu? Now that you say it… I thought he was there…"

Yoshitsune: /Is it Buchou? The one who sent the intimidating letter is…!!/ /if it’s him, he probably knew that I met Kaori…/ / That’s right! The first time I saw him, he knew my name!!/

Kakido: *flashback* "Has Shima-kun seen something?"

Yoshitsune: /Kaori had told about me to Toomasu…!!/

p105

Yoshitsune: /He knew who I was!!/ "Toomasu!! You said that the play about the iron mask had been written by Kakido!?"

Eiji: "Hu… yeah. For Kaori’s performance"

Yoshitsune: "Then, what are Jehovah’s words in the play?"

Eiji: "Jehovah’s?" "It’s not the ‘iron mask’, it’s Noa’s ark"

Yoshitsune: "Noa?"

Eiji: "It’s taken from the Bible, the Testament’s Genesis. It’s the name of the Lord when he causes the Flood"

Yoshitsune: /the Flood…!?/

Eiji:: "Buchou said the wanted to mix another work with the other two, Noa’s Ark’"

Kakido: *flashback* "It would have been a shame if you hadn’t come"

Yoshitsune: "The place where a flood could occur… the pool!?"

p106

Eiji: "If it’s the pool, it has been cleaned the other day, it wasn’t filled with water yet. Quick!"

Yoshitsune: "Yeah…" "!!"

Eiji: "Shima-san!?" "What’s happening? This wound!!" "I’ll go alone and you’ll have this wound taken care of…"

Yoshitsune: "It’s ok!" "I won’t do that! I want to see him safe…" /to crush…/ /…this anxiety/ "I won’t do that!"

p107

Eiji: "Back then when you had come to me screaming, it was because Kaori wasn’t there."

Yoshitsune: /it’s true…/

Eiji: "Kaori talked about ‘Shima-san’ in such a positive way, I wondered what kind of guy you were" "It will be ok"

Yoshistsune: /always to hit me in the back is…/

Eiji: "if you do it your way"

Yoshtsune: /…Kaori/

Eiji: "Good! It’s fine like this!"

Yoshitsune: "I’m sorry…"

Eiji: "But…" "I don’t understand why Buchou goes that far"

p108

Eiji: "Each time we started a play, Kaori feared that his performance would be bad. That’s why I introduced him to Buchou. I’ve been watching closely, and Buchou didn’t seem to disagree…" "He rather looked pleased"

Yoshitsune : /That’s right, that guy smiled in front of Kaori… ! !/ /He wasn’t pleased at all ! !/ /The same with Kaori’s work… ! !/

P109-110

Kaori: *slowly waking up* "Hn…" "W…" *realizes he’s got water up to the breast* "Waa! What’s that?"

Kaori: "It’s…the pool?" "What the hell is happening?" *falls in the water* "Waaa!" "There’s… something I’m tied up to" *his left foot his chained*

p111

Kaori: "Wha…!?" "It’s serious… the key…" *hears noise behind him, turns and sees Kakido sitting on a diving board* "………." "Kakido…sempai?"

Kakido: "Kaori-kun…" "… will die here."

p112

Yoshitsune: *just coming* /Kaori!!/

Kakido: "Ha, it’s you." "Jehovah’s judgement came"

Yoshitsune: /what?/

p113

Yoshitsune: "Kaori!!"

Kaori: "Shima-san!!"

Yoshitsune: "You’re not hurt? Are you ok? Hurry up and get up here!!"

Kaori: "It…it’s…"

Kakido: "It’s impossible. Kaori-kun’s foot is tied up by a chain."

Eiji: "Then we have to stop the water…"

Kakido: "It’s a shame but I broke the control panel"

p114

Yoshitsune: /That’s it! With this hairpin!"

Eiji: "Shima-san!?"

Yoshitsune: "I’ll try to open it!"

Eiji: "But your wound…"

Kaori: "Ha! Shima-san! Just.." *Yoshitsune already dived* "wai…"

Yoshitsune: /Ok/ /This is…/

P115

Yoshitsune: "Fuck! It has a number code!"

Kaori: "I also tried to open it, but it was useless"

Yoshitsune: "Toomasu! Go and get something that would break it!"

Eiji: "yeah!"

Yoshitsune: "hey! You!! What’s the number?"

Kakido: "You really say weird things… I don’t have any reason to answer"

Kaori: "Sempai, why do you want me to…"

Kakido: "Do you remember? The first time I met you you needed my help. I was very happy…" "But recenly, you rarely came to school because of your work…" "Kaori-kun: I won’t forgive you for turning down the club’s play." "But I couldn’t give up. I thought that your last had to be the play I had created…"

p116

Yoshitsune: "Such selfishness… You’re really a brat!"

Kakido: "Shima-kun" "All this happens because of you"

Yoshitsune: "what?"

Kakido: "Kaori-kun likes to talk about you" "That’s why… I wanted to meet you to punish you." "I couldn’t forget it, talking about someone else than me." "I wondered what kind of person you were" "to be with my beloved Kaori-kun…" "That’s why I made a decision: if I had to give you my place, I would kill Kaori-kun…"

Kaori: "It’s really selfish"

p117

Kaori: "You only think about yourself… this kind of people probably enhance Shima-san’s virtues. But you don’t understand Kaori." "Kaori had put his trust in you. I understand that the play is ready thanks to you."

Yoshitsune: "You’re… Kyou!?"

Kaori: "Yes" "Kaori’s shock was too violent" "By the way, Shima-san, it’s perfectly intense but… breath…"

Yoshitsune: "Ye… yeah" "climb up all the length of the chain"

Kaori: "ok"

Yoshitsune: "I’ll quickly end this matter and we’ll go have lunch"

Kaori: "ok…"

Kakido: "………."

p118

Yoshistune: /Firt I have to find a key…/ *sees the tool in Kakido’s hand* /That should do!/ *throws water in Kakido’s face so that he lets it drop*

Kakido: "You plan on cutting the chain? It’s impossible"

Yoshitsune: /Shit! The wound is bleeding!!/

p119

Kakido: "Blood! Is it from that time…?"

Yoshitsune: "The edge broke, it’s really useless" "Hey, you…" "To kill Kaori here… what do you want to end?" "Everyday jealousy? The anxiety to protect Kaori? Or…" "Kaori’s life?" "That’s not it. Now you really are anxious" "You say that you’re fine if you kill Kaori…" "Then give me the key number" "Isn’t it a way to help?"

Kakido: "I…"

Yoshitsune: "I… I am…"

p120

Yoshitsune: "At school, I saw Kaori smiling to Toomasu and you. It healed my anxiety" "Except during work, Kaori had no existence!!" /above all, I don’t want to lose loved ones/ "Kaori!!"

Kakido: "Noa’s… 600 years, 7 months and 17 days…!!" "It’s the day when the flood ended"

p121

Yoshitsune: "Ok…"

*Kaori is finally saved*

Kakido: "Sorry, Kaori-kun…"

Kaori: *hits Kakido* If you had something to say, you should have said it first!" "You involved Shima-san… he even got hurt…" "I didn’t satisfied you but… thanks for the help until now"

p122

Kaori: "Hey, Shima-san, until when do you plan on crying?"

Yoshitsune: "I’m not crying!" "I’m angry because you fled and became Kyou!"

Kaori: "Whaa!"

Yoshitsune: "Hadn’t you said that you would never let him appear before me?" "Kaori-chan decides for tonight’s dinner!"

Kaori: "Hu?"

Eiji: *bringing tools to break the chain (a little too late…)* "Ha! I’m in! I’m in!"

ch3 owari!