Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo

By Saenagi Ryou

Chapter 9 part 1

Natsukashisa no kakera

Translated by Kudou Omi

Note: Just as usual, don’t expect a perfect translation since I’m faaaaaaaaar from being fluent in Japanese, and English isn’t even my first language. ^^; And also, sowwy, it took so much time to finally achieve this chapter, because of an evil computer that erased the translation I had done two months ago (among many other files of different importance), also because I spent all my spare time working on an end year paper which is finally 57 pages long (I’d better get an excellent mark for this one…). I’m lazy, too, never forget that. =P

P7

Yoshitsune : "I have to see Kaori… Kyou !"

Policeman: "You’re obstinate! You should go back home, kid!"

Yoshitsune: "What?!"

Yukinobu: "Yoshitsune-san."

Yoshitsune: "Nice entrance, Yukinobu!!"

Yukinobu: "We’re working, so please be quiet."

Yoshitsune: "I know…"

P8

Yoshtsune: /Oh…Here he is, Kaori-chan./

Yukinobu: "You had seen Kyou working when you were investigating for the case of the stalker, hadn’t you?"

Yoshitsune: "You’re right."

P9

Yukinobu: "I really thought you were a woman then…"

Yoshitsune: "It was to get the stalker’s attention from Kaori." We couldn’t do anything else. "It succeeded!" /Kaori is known as a famous model named Kyou. I met him because he was a client in the Yorozuya I’m managing. He is now my partner."

P10

Yoshitsune: /UH… Famous people’s smile is really different…/

Boy: "Excuse-me, can I go back to my dressing room? I want to work on my part."

Woman: "Sure, it’s okay."

Boy: "Thank you very much!!"

Yoshitsune: "What’s with that shiny boy?"

Yukinobu: "Himura Shinku is a school boy who was noticed as a child actor." What are you doing since before? "People put more and more energy in getting a job."

Yoshitsune: "To get a job?"

P11

Yoshitsune: "By the way, there are a lot of people I’ve already seen on TV here."

Kaori: "It’s an audition for a commercial."

Yoshitsune: "Kaori-chan."

Yukinobu: "Good work."

Kaori: "Shima-san, do you know the brand ‘C.T’?"

Yoshitsune: "I don’t."

Kaori: "It’s famous in New York. They’re preparing the release of their lipstick in Japan. To promote this commercial and the candidates for the main character, they’re looking for sponsors. I wanted to be one of them."

Yoshitsune: "It’s a commercial for a lipstick for men?"

Kaori: "Won’t it have an impact? There are lots of commercial with women using lipsticks."

Yoshitsune: "Uh?" /It’s a commercial where a man uses lipstick?!/

P12

Yoshitsune: /It’ll suit him…/

Yukinobu: "What do you want to do until the results?"

Kaori: "I think I’ll go back to my room. By the way, Shima-san. Any new request came for Yorozuya?"

Yoshitsune: "Actually, there’s nothing at the moment, but I’ll contact you if anything comes."

Yukinobu: "Yoshitsune-san, please don’t get Kyou into dangerous matters!!"

Yoshitsune: "O… okay… Yukinobu… why is he angry?"

Kaori: "He’s been anxious since I’ve joined you in Yorozuya. He’s scared of me getting hurt."

Yoshitsune: "Hn?"

P13

Kaori: "Himura-kun."

Shinku: "Ha! Kyou-san! Have you finished yet? My heart is beating fast, I can’t keep quiet waiting for the results!"

Kaori: "They’ll come quickly. We can’t do anything in the meanwhile."

Shinku: "Your experience is really awesome! You’ve got so much dignity!!"

Kaori: /Does he mean I’m an old man?/

Shinku: "But I’ve got one thing to say…"

P14

Shinku: "I won’t lose! Definitely!"

Yoshitsune: /Wha… What’s that?! That brat…/ "He… hey…"

Kaori: "Shima-san."

Yoshitsune: "Where did his calm and cute behavior go!?"

Kaori: "You’ve been deceived by his kindness. Isn’t it better to know where the real enemy is? It’s honest."

P15

Kaori: "Moreover he knows how to use his character."

Yoshitsune: "Don’t admire him!"

Kaori: "I have to, to struggle through this close selection. I have to be able to distinguish things if I don’t want to fail. We grew up in an irrational world. That’s what I think about all that."

Yoshitsune: "That’s right, you’ve been a model since you were a kid."

Kaori: "Right."

Yoshitsune: "Kaori?"

P16

Yoshistune: "Wha…"

Kaori: "It’s the magazine I had bought for the casting."

Yoshitsune: "You’re saying it too quietly, aren’t you angry?"

Kaori: "It irritates me but…"

Yoshitsune: "You don’t have to worry, I’ll find the one who did that."

P17

Yoshitsune: "By the way… That Himura… He said he was going back to his room…He must have had enough time to break in here."

Kaori: "I don’t think Himura would do that."

Yoshistune: "But you also see that guy completely change his personality!"

Kaori: "You don’t need to look for the criminal."

Yoshitsune: "What? But you just said it had irritated you!"

Kaori: "It’s okay if you don’t do anything. I don’t think it’ll happen twice."

P18

Kaori: "I’m happy that you take this seriously, but I don’t want you to enter into Kyou’s work. This is my territory. I have my own ways. Just like you have yours."

Yoshitsune: "What’s with you!?! At first your request concerned your work! See ya!"

Kaori: "Shima-san…*sigh*"

P19

Yoshitsune: /It’s not like I don’t understand Kaori’s opinion. But… I can’t just let someone do that. If Kaori works more, then the criminal’s anger may increase more and more. Whatever Kaori says, I’ll never let this precious person down./

P20

Yoshitsune: /I have to hurry up if something happens. I have to start with Himura and have a talk with him./

Man: "Eh…"

Yoshitsune: "Whoa…!!"

Man: "Are… are you alright?!"

Yoshitsune: "Sorry, I was in a hurry…"

Man: "Ah! You’re the guy who was with Kyou during the audition! Sorry, I don’t know your name…"

Yoshitsune: "I’m only a friend of Kaori. You’re one of the candidates…"

P21

Yoshitsune: "You’re Sayama Yuuta, the idol!!"

Yuuta: "You know me, what an honor!"

Yoshitsune: "It’s because you were in the same magazine as Kaori… Kyou!"

Yuuta: "I see. Kyou is really cool! People say he’ll probably be chosen for the commercial! His facial expressions, his gestures… they always look perfect! I have the feeling that I can’t do anything but lose to him."

P22

Yoshitsune: /Then I’m not the only one to have this feeling./

Yuuta: "By the way, why were you in such a hurry?"

Yoshitsune: "Ah! That’s right! I was looking for Himura!"

Yuuta: "Shinku-kun’s room is next to mine…"

Yoshitsune: "Okay…"

Yuuta: "Do you happen to be a fan?"

Yoshitsune: "WHO IS!?!"

Yuuta: "Has something happened?"

Yoshitsune: "N…No…"

Yuuta: "Really? But just now wasn’t there a strange uproar? It sounded like it came from Kyou’s room. See you!"

P23

Shinku: "That guy’s got a completely different second side."

Yoshitsune: "Himura!?"

Shinku: "To accept to lose if it’s to Kyou… I can’t stand that attitude. If he really thinks it, he’s only a moron."

Yoshitsune: "And you’re the one to criticize his so-called double personality!!"

Shinku: "Ha?"

Yoshitsune: "You were the one to come and make a fuss in the corridor. Moreover…"

Shinku: "How impolite! It was a mere declaration of war."

Yoshitsune: "What!?"

Shinku: "I thought that if I made him my rival, I would be able to reach his level."

Yoshitsune: "You really seem to want to be in this commercial!"

Shinku: "There’s a reason for me to put so much spirit into it… I’ll make money!"

Yoshitsune: "You…"

P24

Shinku: "And… I also want someone special to see this commercial."

Yoshitsune: /Eh? His face somehow changed…/

Shinku: "That’s why I HAVE to be in that commercial!"

Yoshitsune: /Was it my imagination?/

Shinku: "And to that aim…"

P25

Shinku: "I’ll do anything."

Yoshitsune: "If you ever do something to him, I’ll never forgive you!!"

P26

Yoshitsune: "And I won’t have mercy because you’re a kid."

Shinku: "You take such an air of importance! You’re not that older than me!"

Yoshitsune "Wha… I’m 18!!"

Shinku: "Eh? You still look like a kid!"

Yoshitsune: /That brat!! I don’t know if he was serious saying he’d do anything…/ "Kaori! Uh? Yukinobu?"

Yukinobu: "Yoshitsune-san."

Yoshitsune: "Where’s Kaori?"

Yukinobu: "He left to look for you."

Yoshitsune: "We must have crossed paths…"

Yukinobu: "Yoshitsune-san…"

P27

Yukinobu: "Kyou and Himura-kun are the two candidates chosen for the final examination."

Yoshitsune: "Eh?"

Yukinobu: "I don’t know if it’s a good thing with the circumstances. Could you protect Kyou?"

Yoshitsune: "You’re asking me a request!?!"

Yukinobu: "Yes. You’ve been of great help since the stalker case."

P28

Yoshitsune: "Yukinobu!!"

Yukinobu: "Ha, I forgot. Yoshtsune-san can’t stand the sight of fire."

Yoshitsune: "Yeah. Sorry." /My parents died in an arson two years ago. There had been many arsons for some time, and my father, who was a policeman, was in charge of the case. But… I had never thought my family would be aimed at. Before they died, my parents made me escape. I couldn’t save them, and everyday I dream of that night./

P29

Yoshitsune: /The one who rescued me from that nightmare was Kaori. Even now, it hasn’t changed./ "Yukinobu, even if you hadn’t asked me, I would have protected him anyway. He’s my precious partner!"

Yukinobu: "If you say so."

Yoshitsune: "I’ll look for Kaori. Stay here, just in case we cross paths again."

Yukinobu: "Alright."

P30

Kaori: "Visitors shouldn’t wander in the building, please."

Yoshitsune: "Kaori…!?"

Kaori: "I couldn’t find you, I thought you went back home because you were angry."

Yoshitsune: "Who would? We had agreed to go and eat something! Let’s go!"

Kaori: "Yeah."

P31

Kaori: "What do you want to eat?"

Yoshistune: "Well… Maybe something cheap and sweet…"

Kaori: "Then…"

P32

Yoshitsune: "Kaori!!?"

Kaori: "Wow… I thought I was going to fall on the head!"

P33

Yoshitsune: "What are you doing!!!"

Yuuta: "Kyou, are you okay?"

Kaori: "Yuuta. No, something just scratched under my foot."

Yoshitsune: "Ha! Your heel is broken!"

Kaori: "But they’re not that old!"

Yoshitsune: "It’s something else." /it’s…/ "It looks like it’s been cut so that it would break after some time. Where did you find these shoes?"

P34

Kaori: "They were in my room, near the magazine."

Yoshitsune: "It’s the same person who did it. Kaori, won’t you change your way of doing things even after that.?"

Kaori: "Yes."

Yoshitsune: "I can understand your method. My anger is my matter."

p35

Yoshitsune: "But I won’t let you the right to stop them!"

Yuuta: "Do you mean you’ll try to find who broke into your room?"

Yoshitsune: "Yeah… !!"

P36

Yoshitsune: /Himura…!! That kid…/

Kaori: "Shima-san!?"

End of chapter 9 part 1