Torii Saya

DROPPING ESSAY MEME

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:50:30 GMT

In which I am depressing about how easily I will let my characters go.

Torii Saya - baptismbycuddle
Date Created: 2006-04-26
Journal entries: 29
Comments: Posted: 8,830 - Received: 204

Saya is the first character I ever played! She got in on my birthday. It was magical.

That said, she's very easy for me to play, and very . . . not? At the same time. She tires me out really quickly and no longer forms lasting relationships! Most of the friends she made at first have dropped since, and she doesn't have that many ties to camp left. I could drop her and very few people would care.

But you know what? I'm not going to, unless Yuma drops. So there.

Byakko - west_is_best
Date Created: 2006-07-12
Journal entries: 11
Comments: Posted: 3,930 - Received: 0

ROFL Byakko. Okay. Byakko is fun for me to play! He's a giant tiger, so you're always going to have a conversation topic at hand. However, the next time I need to drop, it'll be him. Byakko always teeters on the edge of dropping with me- I don't know if it's because I never settled into a voice, or because there's so much about him I just can't answer- I play him very shallowly and don't really go beyond the stupid giant tiger angle, because I'm not given anything beyond the stupid giant tiger angle. It's the sad truth.

Squall Leonhart - getbackinthecar
Date Created: 2007-09-15
Journal entries: 9
Comments: Posted: 772 - Received: 10

I could drop Squall right now and nobody in camp would care, probably. He's horrible to sustain because he basically doesn't like anyone here. He's formed no substantial relationships (and by 'substantial relationships' I mean there is no one here he'll talk to beyond what's necessary.) And yet despite all that, HE'S MINE AND YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM. I don't think I'll ever drop Squall. >D He is my beloved little retarded baby and I love him. He will probably always be a backburner character! But I'm okay with that.

Basil - ocimum
Date Created: 2007-11-02
Journal entries: 12
Comments: Posted: 727 - Received: 64

Basil is my one true love. MOVING ON

Okay no there's more to it than that. I fell in love with Basil at first sight! I wasn't intending on apping from Reborn at first because to be honest the cast terrified me and I didn't expect them to want me. >D But my love for Basil spurred me past my fear AND I'M GLAD IT DID. I love Basil. He's this gullible little kickass shouta and if anyone tries to take him from me I'll bite their eyes out. I can't even fathom dropping him until the day I drop out of CFUD entirely. XD

Tifa Lockheart - bustinmelons
Date Created: 2007-12-15
Journal entries: 2
Comments: Posted: 337 - Received: 0

Uh. Tifa is still shaky with me! In order of people I could potentially drop, she comes second, after Byakko right now. Her everyday voice is . . . nothing special. And I usually need something
special to coast on, because I'm not very good at normal conversation. I've always loved Tifa, though, and if I dropped her I'd probably go mysteriously missing the next day. So I'm not going to.

She'll probably move way down on the dropping order once I find my foothold with her, though. I'm not worried.

AM I DOIN IT RITE

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:36:18 GMT

View Poll: #1071983

on a RELATED NOTE I am going to jump EVERYBODY, ALL THE TIME, and you cannot stop me.

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:02:14 GMT

NOTE TO SELF

PLAY SAYA EVER

I MEAN COME ON

ALERT ALERT

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:15:38 GMT

Sasarai's dropping post will go up in his journal once I get home from school today. I'll link it here when it goes up, just in case Sasarai's journal is already taken off the network!

What the hell, this meme

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:04:41 GMT

What I've been journaling about!

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I loev my Belldandy icons

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 02:25:56 GMT

RELATIONSHIP MEME . . . + FIVE THINGS MEME . . . + HOT OR NOT MEME

FOR!!!

SAYA

BYAKKO

SASARAI

AND INTRODUCIIIIING . . . LAZLO

ONE TIME ONLY TICKETS ARE LIMITED SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:03:41 GMT

5 Things Meme- BUT WITH A TWIST.

. . . I will respond with MSpaint doodles.

For Saya/Sasarai/Byakko. Yeaaaah

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:13:07 GMT

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:59:43 GMT

HOT OR NOT MEME for Saya.

. . . and Byakko.

I guess.

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:56:35 GMT

ENFP - The Champion

You scored 100% I to E, 31% N to S, 4% F to T, and 89% J to P!

Your type is known as the Champion type, which is part of the larger group called idealists. Nothing occurs that does not have some deep and ethical significance in your eyes. You see life as an exciting drama. You are very charismatic, yet tend to be too harsh on yourself for not being as genuine as you think you should be. 3% of the population shares your type.

As a romantic partner, you need to talk about what is going on in your life. You are a strong supporter for your partner's efforts to grow and change and be happy. You need to feel that same support from your partner. Expressive, optimistic, and curious, you are eager to enjoy new experiences with your partner, whom you wish to be your confidant and soul mate, as well as play mate. You are uncomfortable sharing negative emotion, though, and tend to withdraw from confrontation and process your feelings privately. You feel most loved when your partner appreciates your creativity, accepts your uniqueness, and sees you as the compassionate person you are. You need to hear your partner tell you how much you mean to them and would love if they did thoughtful spontaneous things to demonstrate it.

Your group summary: idealists (NF)

Your type summary: ENFP

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on I to E
You scored higher than 99% on N to S
You scored higher than 99% on F to T
You scored higher than 99% on J to P

Link: The LONG Scientific Personality Test written by unpretentious2 on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:33:40 GMT

Dating Strengths	Dating Weaknesses
1. Varied Interests - 85.7% 2. Friendliness - 75% 3. Adventurousness - 75% 4. Optimism - 71.4% 5. Open-Mindedness - 63.6%	1. Vanity - 66.7% 2. Financial Issues - 63.6% 3. Selfishness - 54.5% 4. Lack of Essentials - 50%

Dating Strengths Explained
Varied Interests - You don't limit yourself, and that's a dating asset. Your varied interests make you available and interesting to a wider range of men. Friendliness - Your friendliness makes you approachable and fun to be around. A wide circle of friends also works to your advantage on the dating scene. Adventurousness - You are willing to try new things and be spontaneous. You want to get out there and really live, and you will attract people with a similar love of life. Optimism - People are drawn to your positive outlook. Your optimism attracts others to you. Open-Mindedness - You are open to trying new things and entertaining new ideas, and this widens your pool of available men.
Dating Weaknesses Explained
Vanity - Learn to put a lower priority on looks. Appearance is, of course, important, but vanity is undesireable. The only people you will attract are the superficial. Financial Issues - Your financial situation is not in good shape, and this does not bode well for you on the dating scene. Try to get on top of your financial difficulties. Selfishness - You think too much of yourself and your needs. You must learn to put your partner first and tend to his needs. Lack of Essentials - Dating is difficult for you because you lack certain key things, which may include private space, a car, money, or a nice wardrobe. Work toward obtaining these essentials!
Dating Strengths and Weaknesses Quiz

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:36:58 GMT

Oldschool relationship meme. For Saya and Byakko.

HOOOOO

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:41:05 GMT

You scored as XIX: The Sun. This is the happiest card in the deck. It is full of joy and optimism, everything is right with the world. We are as innocent children playing in the fields without care. The Sun brings success, well-being and happiness in all spheres - material, emotional, spiritual -wherever our desires lay.When this card appears in a Tarot spread it indicates success, joy and happiness. Obstacles will be overcome, goals achieved.When badly aspected, it can indicate a stagnation through over-indulgence, too much of a good thing.

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XIX: The Sun

94%

VI: The Lovers

94%

0 - The Fool

88%

III - The Empress

88%

XI: Justice

75%

XIII: Death

69%

I - Magician

63%

VIII - Strength

63%

XVI: The Tower

44%

II - The High Priestess

44%

IV - The Emperor

38%

X - Wheel of Fortune

31%

XV: The Devil

25%

Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You?
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Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:42:10 GMT

E-Essay meme.

Because I think I probably have some things to explain! >_>'

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:50:01 GMT

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	✓ I don't watch much TV these days.	× I own lots of books.
× I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	× I've tried marijuana.
× I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	× I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
× I curse sometimes.	× I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	× I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

* * * * *

✓ I have broken someone's bones. (. . . Just the one time, really~!)	× I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.	× I hate the rain.
× I'm paranoid at times.	× I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.	× I need/want money right now.
✓ I love sushi.	× I talk really, really fast.	× I have fresh breath in the morning.
✓ I have long hair.	× I have lost money in Las Vegas.	× I have at least one sibling.
✓ I was born in a country outside of the U.S. (Japan~!)	× I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.	× I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
× I like the way that I look.	× I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.	× I am usually pessimistic.
× I have a lot of mood swings.	× I think prostitution should be legalized.	× I slept with a roommate.
✓ I have a hidden talent.	✓ I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.	✓ I have a lot of friends.
✓ I have pecked someone of the same sex.	× I enjoy talking on the phone.	× I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
× I love to shop and/or window shop.	× I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal.	× I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
× I have a mobile phone.	× I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.	× I've rejected someone before.
✓ I currently like/love someone.	× I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.	× I want to have children in the future.
× I have changed a diaper before.	× I've called the cops on a friend before.	✓ I'm not allergic to anything.
× I have a lot to learn.	× I am shy around the opposite sex.	× I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
× I have at least 5 away messages saved.	× I have tried alcohol or drugs before.	× I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
× I own the "South Park" movie.	× I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.	× I enjoy some country music.
✓ I would die for my best friends.	× I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.	× I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
✓ I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.	× I have dated a close friend's ex.	✓ I am happy at this moment.
× I'm obsessed with guys.	× Democrat.	× Republican.
× I don't even know what I am.	× I am punk rockish.	× I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
× I study for tests most of the time.	× I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.	× I can work on a car.
× I love my job(s).	× I am comfortable with who I am right now.	× I have more than just my ears pierced.
× I walk barefoot wherever I can.	✓ I have jumped off a bridge. (. . . Well, it wasn't a bridge, but close enough~!)	× I love sea turtles.
× I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.	× I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.	× I am proficient on a musical instrument.
× I hate office jobs.	× I went to college out of state.	× I am adopted.
× I am a pyro.	× I have thrown up from crying too much.	× I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
× I fall for the worst people.	✓ I adore bright colours.	× I usually like covers better than originals.
× I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.	× I can pick up things with my toes.	× I can't whistle.
× I have ridden/owned a horse.	× I still have every journal I've ever written in.	× I talk in my sleep.
× I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.	× I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.	× I wear a toe ring.
× I have a tattoo.	× I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.	× I am a caffeine junkie.
✓ I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.	× If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.	× I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
× I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.	× I'm an artist.	× I am ambidextrous.
× I sleep with so many stuffed animals, I can hardly fit on my bed.	× If it weren't for having to see other people naked, I'd live in a nudist colony.	× I have terrible teeth.
× I hate my toes.	× I did this meme even though I wasn't tagged by the person who took it before me.	× I have more friends on the internet than in real life.
× I have lived in either three different states or countries.	× I am extremely flexible.	× I love hugs more than kisses.
× I want to own my own business.	× I smoke.	× I spend way too much time on the computer than on anything else.
× Nobody has ever said I'm normal.	× Sad movies, games, and the like can cause a trickle of tears every now and then.	× I am proficient in the use of many types of firearms and combat weapons.
× I like the way women look in stylized men's suits.	✓ I don't like it when people are unpleased or seem unpleased with me.	× I have been described as a dreamer or likely to have my head up in the clouds.
× I have played strip poker with someone else before.	× I have had emotional problems for which I have sought professional help.	✓ I believe in ghosts and the paranormal.
✓ I can't stand being alone.	× I have at least one obsession at any given time.	× I weigh myself, pee/poo, and then weigh myself again.
× I consistently spend way too much money on obsessions-of-the-moment.	× I'm a judgmental asshole.	× I'm a HUGE drama-queen.
× I have travelled on more than one continent.	× I sometimes wish my father would just disappear.	× I need people to tell me I'm good at something in order to feel that I am.
× I am a Libertarian.	× I can speak more than one language.	× I can fall asleep even if the whole room is as noisy as it can be.
× I would rather read than watch TV.	× I like reading fact more than fiction.	× I have pulled an all-nighter on an assignment I was given a month to do.
× I have no piercings.	× I have spent the night in a train station or other public place.	× I have been so upset over my physical gender that I cried.
× I once spent Christmas completely alone because there was a miscommunication on which parent was supposed to have me that night.	× There have been times when I have wondered "Why was I born?" and may/may not have cried over it.	× I like most animals better than most people.
× I own a collection of retro games consoles.	× The thought of physical exercise makes me shiver.	× I have hit someone with a dead fish.
× I am compulsively honest.	× I was born with a congenital birth defect that has never been repaired.	× I have danced topless in front of dozens of complete strangers.
× I have gone from wishing I was a girl to revelling in being a boy to feeling like a girl again in the span of five minutes, and not cared a whit for my actual sex.	✓ I am unashamedly bisexual, and have different motivations for my desires for different genders.	× I sometimes won't sleep a whole night or eat a whole day because I forget to.
× I find it impossible to get to sleep without some kind of music on.	× I dislike milk.	× I obsessively wash my hands.
× I always carry something significant around with me.	× Sometimes I'd rather wear a wig in day-to-day life than use my own hair.	× I've pushed myself to become more self-aware and thereby more aware of others.
× Even though I live on my own I still cry sometimes because I miss my mother.	× I hand wrote all the HTML tags in this document.	× I've liked something which a majority of people claimed was either bad or weird.
✓ I have been clinically dead for a brief period of time.	× Instead of feeling sympathy/empathy with people and their problems, I simply become annoyed.	× I participate/have participated in auto drag races and won.
× I do not 'get' most comedy acts.	× I don't think strippers are money-greedy or slutty for dancing.	× I don't like to chew gum.
× I am obsessed with history/historical things and can't wait for someone to build a time machine so I can be the first to use it.	× I can never remember for the life of me where I parked the car.	× I had the TEEN ANGST thing going for at least 2-3 years.
✓ I wish people would be more empathic and honest with each other.	× I play Dungeons and Dragons weekly.	✓ I love to sing.
× I want to live in my mother's basement when I grow up.	× I have a custom-built computer.	× I want to create a certain someone's babies, even though there's a 0% possiblity of ever achieving it.
× I would be in a relationship with one of my pets if they were human.	✓ I've gone skinny-dipping.	× I've performed in three plays.
× I enjoy burritos.	× I'm Irish and loving it.	× I have a thing for redheads.
× I am a twin!	× Most of the times, I'd rather do something intellectual instead of doing something generically 'fun'.	× Once I set out to finish something, I always stay at it until it is completed before I move on to something else.
× I wish there were a way to erase past mistakes.	× I sleep more than 12 hours a day.	× I wish I could be prouder of what I've accomplished, but it's never enough.
× I need more time to myself.	× I wish I was more open-minded.	× I hope that I go really prematurely grey.
× I download songs from the internet.	× I've just reenacted chapter 58 of Death Note with my best friend.	× I say random things to freak people out.
× I'm still a little mad about the ending of Death Note.	× I love playing Truth or Dare.	× I love listening to slow music, but I hate singing to it.
× Music helps me remember that I am not alone.	× Playing my favorite sport makes me temporarily forget my problems.	✓ I think this survey is particularly long.
× I prefer my LJ friends to my real-life ones.	× I can only hate someone that I love.	× I've ordered an extra two shots of espresso to an Americano at Starbucks.

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:30:13 GMT

you are violet
#EE82EE

Your dominant hues are red and blue. You're confident and like showing people new ideas. You play well with others and can be very influential if you want to be.

Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan.

Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

Canon compilation PART THREE: The Bodyswitching Incident

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:32:20 GMT

Yami no Matsuei

The Path to the King of Inventors, Professor Watari[Gaiden]

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

"Quotes" mean that someone is talking.

Unformatted text without quotes are narration that often appear in
boxes.

Italics are someone's thoughts.

Smaller font are comments outside of speaking
bubbles or thought boxes that are usually handwritten into the manga.

{Bracketed items} are comments by translator.

[Square bracketed items] are descriptions of something from the manga.

Watari: "Tatsumi is Royal Belgium Godiva chocolate."

Watari: "The boy is Swiss Lindt's Excellence."

Watari: "And then Tsuzuki is the eye-pleasing GuyLian seashell-shaped
chocolate..."

Watari: "Fufufufu...."

The path to the King of Inventors Watari-n Part Two!!!

{theria: Part 1 would be that failure that turned him and Tsuzuki into
kids, included at the end of Volume 6.}

Watari: "This time it's the Valentine Special plan!!"

Watari: "I'll have all three people as my test subjects!!!"

[The kanji written in front of Watari is given the pronunciation "gedou"
which can mean either heresy, pagan (from the Buddhist standpoint), or
a wicked person. It means the last in this case.]

[At the same time, elsewhere...]

Saya: "Yuma. Have you prepared everything?"

Yuma: [wink] "Of course, Saya. I said I'd buy the portions for
all of the male employees of the ShoKan bureau. (heart)."

Saya: "Tsuzuki-san has GuyLian's shell-shapeds naturally...Tatsumi-san
Godiva..."

Yuma: "Watari-san is Merry Nuts Chocolate (heart). Even
though it's domestic, it's cute and delicious."

Yuma: "And then for our Hisoka-kun! If you say Swiss, then it's
Lindt's!! Bitter Chocolate Excellence!!!!"

Saya: "It's the taste of bitter love!!!" Valentine
is the women's battlefield!

Saya: "And on White Day we'll get lots of purses, shoes, and
expeeeeeensive clothes in return."

[Unknowingly, the Hokkaidou Duo and Watari are both quickly approaching
a corner, from different directions.]

Yuma: "So let's give these out as quickly as possible (heart)."

Saya: "Yes, let's!!!"

"KYAA!!!"

[Glasses and chocolates are scattered as the three collide.]

Yuma: "Ow....www...."

Watari: [sitting on 003] "Ahhhhh------ you scared me there. Hey...you're
the Hokkaidou sisters aren't you."

{theria: Not literally sisters.}

Saya: "Why...Watari-san?"

Watari: [grabbing for his bag] "You two aren't hurt?"

Watari: "Here. You dropped this."

Yuma: "Soooorry. We were so busy talking..."

Yuma: [notices something] "Hm? Watari-san, did you receive that
from someone?"

[She's looking at the bag of chocolates in Watari's hands.]

Watari: "EH!? Ah...no... This is...that
is..."

Watari: [sparkling background and the "I am cool" look] "We...Well....you
could say that. Or something...?"

[Text: Time Limit, Man's (petty) Vanity.]

Text in between panels: Who are you...

Yuma: "We're also giving them out, so don't eat too much now~~~~"
Anyway, after we go to the Chief.

Watari: [rubbing his hands] "Thank you (heart). I'll
be waiting."

[Watari holds the face until they are finally gone.]

Watari: [big relief] AAAAAAAAAH------------!! That was too
close---!!!

Watari: Almost blew it before the experiment even began!!!
Dangerous times two.

Watari: This forbidden secret potion, the theme of my life's
work(research), the potion to change genders, even with interruptions has
now been completed...

Watari: I can't let this project die without even seeing
the results (on someone else)!!!

{Matsushita-sensei: That's kindof strange.}

[Lounge or something]

Tsuzuki: "Eh!? What was that!!? You'll give me this chocolate!?
Watari (heart)."

Watari: "Yep. Got a ton of them, so I'm giving some away."

Tsuzuki: [blissfully unaware] "Wai... (heart). Thank you (heart
heart). Bon appetit"

[Text box: The Experiment Commences.]

Watari: [eager with anticipation] "We...Well, Tsuzuki? Feel weird
or anything...?"

Tsuzuki: [mouth full] "Hm? Waat?"

Tsuzuki:"Iz good, tis (heart)."

[Tsuzuki may look like a kid but this isn't that kind of potion.]

Watari: That's strange---I thought it was instantaneous...

Watari: Did I make a mistake in the measurements?

Watari: "Here, what about this!?"

Tsuzuki: "Wai! Godiva!!"

Watari: "And this!!"

Tsuzuki: "Ah, Lindt!!"

Watari: "And this and that and that and this and-----!!!"

[The page can hold no more.]

[Watari is depressed.]

Watari: The experiment was a failure...

Watari: Just what did I do wrong...?

Watari: And I bought all of that expensive imported chocolate
just for it...

"GYAAAAAAAAAA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't touch that, bastard!! I'LL KILL
YOU!!!"

[Watari arrives at the office.]

"Uwaaa--What is this! My line of sight is so low~~~!!!"

"Why did I have to become a bird!!!"

"Oh my------! This is perfect-------!!!"

"I'm just speechless----"

Watari: "What's all the fuss...?"

GuShoShin: [holding Tatsumi's folder...? Really peeved] "Watari-san...This
is your doing isn't it.......!!!"

Tatsumi in GuShoShin: "Just what did you put in the chocolates
this time!!!"

Hisoka in Tatsumi: "I...just gave the chocolate I got from Yuma-san
to Tsuzuki."

Tsuzuki in Saya: "You were using us as experimental specimens
again weren't you...!!!"

Saya in Hisoka: "Oh my (heart). I've become Hisoka-kun. Now I
can take that memorial picture with the Pink Hause..."

Hisoka in Tatsumi: "DON'T!!"

Watari: [remembering the bags] At that time, the bags...!!

Watari: "Wahaha--------!! So it's a success!!!"

Watari: "Miracuru-curu-curu Personality Exchanger Medicine!!!"

[The dark, scary aura of a chicken (:P) rises behind Watari.]

Watari: "Ha...."

{Matsushita-sensei: Scary...}

Tatsumi in GuShoShin: "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE ONE MORE TIME!!!"

[Is this alright? ShoKan Bureau...Aaah, the path to the King of Professors
Watari-n is long and steep. END.]

Canon compilation PART TWO: OKINAWA

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:31:33 GMT

Yami no Matsuei

Part 14

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

To Meifu, that which is called the Land of the Dead, come the dead to
be judged on the deeds of their past life by the organization known as

JuOhCho------

In there is EnMaCho, Meifu's greatest Cho under the command of the chief
god of Hell EnMaDaiOh.

EnMaCho Shokan Division also called the Shinigami Bureau

Specializes in dealing with trouble arising from the court process.

[Someone is walking briskly.]

A special organization under EnMaDaiOh-------

That is this Shokan Division.

[The walker is female, heading toward the Shokan Division.]

Tsuzuki: "Sakae Shop's cream cake~~~~white noblewoman's cheesecake."

Tsuzuki: "And this is apple pie from across the street."

Tsuzuki: "Cold sweets would have been good but~~~~"

Tsuzuki: "Yup, my mornings can't be without cake (heart)."

[Hisoak is sitting next to Tsuzuki, fanning himself like mad.]

Hisoka: "Stop it, will you, it's too hot...!!"

Tsuzuki: "....What? Hisoka. It's already the end of summer??"

{theria: Natsu-bate?}

Tsuzuki: "You haven't been skipping breakfast again have you?
What did you eat this morning? Yesterday?"

Hisoka: "Shut up...Leave me alone."

Tsuzuki: "Uh uh... You have to eat in the summer!!"

Tsuzuki: "Want some? Cheesecake."

Hisoka: "NO!!!"

Hisoka: [slams down the fan] "That's enough, leave me alone!!"

Hisoka: "This doesn't concern you right!? Go away, it's hot!!!"

Tsuzuki: [on verge of tears with puppy ears] "Doesn't concern
me...of course it does!!"

Tsuzuki: "Isn't it natural to be worried about your partner's
health!! I LIKE you!!!"

Hisoka: "WHA...."

[He's speechless but not in an 'I'm touched way'. More like a 'what
the hell' kind of way.]

Hisoka: "Whawhawhawhawhat the hell are you talking
about!!!"

Tsuzuki: "But it's true."

Hisoka: "You BAKA!!!"

Tsuzuki: "Waaaa, you even called me a 'baka'~~~~"

"THAT IS RIGHT, TSUZUKI-SAN!!!"

[Yuma and Saya do a semi-sentai pose.]

Yuma: "Because you like him, you're concerned! Worried!! Meddle
in!!!"

Yuma & Saya: "This is only natural!!!!"

Saya: "Everyone loves you, Hisoka-san!!!"

Yuma: "Love... ahhhh, what a delicious echo....(heart)"

Saya: "L-O-V-E...Love..."

[Tsuzuki looks at them nodding. Hisoka looks like he's just seen someone
he doesn't want to see (which is true).]

Tsuzuki: "Yuma-chan...Saya-chan...When did you return?"

Yuma: "Hohohohoho."

Saya: "Right now."

Yuma: "Because we said we wanted to see Hisoka-kun soon...so
we hopped a flight down."

Saya: "We haven't seen each other since the Onsen trip."

[Hokkaido Station. Not returning in the winter, they come and go during
the summer. When they're with Tsuzuki, things get rowdy.]

Yuma: Of course, we also wanted to see Tsuzuki-san.

Saya: We're back.

Tsuzuki: [accepting their hugs] "Waaaaaaaaaai. (heart) Welcome
back, you two (heart)."

Hisoka: [doing a credible impression of a wary Shaoran] "------...and?"

Hisoka: "Why did you come."

Yuma: "That's right, we have something to give to you, Hisoka-kun."

Hisoka: "WHAT."

Yuma: "This."

[It's a dress of lace and ribbons, sparkling with shojo-ness.]

Yuma: "Panha's newest summer (dress) version. (heart heart)."

[Hisoka falls over and dies.]

Tsuzuki: "Wow, it's so cute. (heart)."

[Yuma's and Saya's imagination of how Hisoka would look in the dress.
It's scary.]

Saya: "Aah...I can just see it before my eyes. Hisoka's adorable
form that could be mistaken for a girl's."

Yuma: "A tired face that doesn't say anything, good! Good!!"

Hisoka: "Don't freely play around with people!!!"

Saya: "Come, Hisoka-san, try it on!!"

Yuma: "Throw away common sense!!"

Hisoka: "Stop!! Stop it, I said!!"

[Tsuzuki simply sits on the sidelines and watches.]

Hisoka: "Why..."

Hisoka: "Why you..."

Hisoka: "CUT IT OUT!!!"

[Somewhere in JuOhCho, something explodes.]

Tatsumi: "--------..."

Tatsumi: "I thought it sounded rather noisy next door..."

[Hisoka is hiding behind Tatsumi, out of breath. Saya, Yuma, and Tsuzuki
all bear slap marks on their faces.]

Tatsumi: "Just what are all of you doing..."

Tsuzuki, Saya, Yuma: "Cat Punch."

Saya: And Cat kick as well it seems.

{Matsushita-sensei: Somehow, Tsuzuki got dragged in and hit.}

[Tatsumi rubs Saya and Yuma on the head.]

Tatsumi: "Tsuzuki-san. Kurosaki-kun. The chief called for you."

Tsuzuki: "The chief?"

Tsuzuki: "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH!!? Business trip to Okinawa~~~~~~~~~!!?"

Hisoka: Okinawa...

Hisoka: Equals hot.

Hisoka: The ultimate evil~~~~~~~~~

Konoe: "You do know that during the summer, Okinawa gets quite
busy as far as deaths go."

Tsuzuki: "Yes."

Tsuzuki: "In the summer, Okinawa is filled with tourists. On
that part, a lot of accidents happen..."

Konoe: "Therefore there was a request for the two of you to go
there. You're free now aren'y yoou? Go there for a bit."

Tsuzuki: "Well, I dont mind--------"

Tsuzuki: "But...Hisoka..."

Tsuzuki: Will you be alright?

Hisoka: "I'll be alright (crying)."

Hisoka: It's work after all.

Yuma: "Hai hai hai!! Tatsumi-san! We want to go too!!!"

Tatsumi: "You may not. They are enough."

Tsuzuki: "Why not, Tatsumi. Isn't it better to have more people?"

Tatsumi: "They can't go."

Tatsumi: "We aren't going to waste the business trip expenditure."

Yuma: "I WAANA GO I WANNA GO I WANNA GO-----------!!"

Tsuzuki: "I would prefer to have the girls come as well..."

Tatsumi: "No is NO!!!"

Tsuzuki: [begin the pleading face] "--------... Tatsumi..."

Tatsumi: [caught the lure] "....."

Tatsumi: Those eyes...

Tatsumi: "Wha...What is it..."

Tatsumi: Those conspiring eyes...

Tatsumi: Just what...

[Tsuzuki has reached the full peak of the kicked puppy look.]

Tsuzuki: " 'My happiness is Tatsumi's happiness'..."

Tsuzuki: "Is a lie then....?"

[Tatsumi cracks.]

Yuma: "Eh? What what? What's with that line?"

Saya: "What is Tsuzuki-san's happiness?"

Konoe: "Oi, Tatsumi, what is this?"

Hisoka: "It's that kind of thing, Chief."

Tatsumi: "--------.. Well....well, it can't be helped. They may
go."

Tsuzuki: "YES-------~~~"

Tsuzuki: "The sea----- (heart). Okinawa---- (heartx3)"

Saya: "And we'll get to see Chizuru-chan too."

Tsuzuki: "Right."

Hisoka: Chizuru...?

Hisoka: That's right, I haven't met the Okinawa stationed
Shinigamis yet...

Hisoka: I wonder what kind of people they are.

Yuma: "Well then, we're off, Chief!!"

Yuma: "Thank you, Tatsumi-san! We owe you (heart)"

Saya: "We'll bring back lots of souvenirs."

Tatsumi: "Damn...lately it's been hard to match wits against
them..."

Tatsumi: "Next time, I must be stricter..."

Konoe: "Any stricter than you are now, and they just might run
away (from home)..."

Tatsumi: [evil eyes and knife] "Chief... What was that just now...?"

Konoe: "Nothing! Nothing!!"

[------and with that kind of situation, the party goes to the country
of summer Okinawa...]

[First Area Okinawa]

Tsuzuki: "......"

Tsuzuki: "HOT..."

Saya: "It really is hot ne."

Yuma: "This is harsh for Hokkaido people like us..."

Saya: "Ah! Hisoka-san!!"

Yuma: "This is bad! He collasped after all!!!"

[Hisoka collapses but Tsuzuki catches him.]

Tsuzuki: "Anyway, we need a place to rest..."

"What's wrong? Tsuzuki-san."

[A tan girl, probably high school aged, salutes him, dressed in a policewoman's
uniform.]

"You look like you're having some trouble."

Tsuzuki: "Chizuru-chan!!"

Chizuru: "I received a message from the office-----I came to
meet you but..."

Tsuzuki: "Sorry, Chizuru-chan! We'll talk later!!"

Tsuzuki: "We have to let Hisoka rest in some cool place...!!"

Chizuru: "Of course."

Chizuru: "Then let's us be off to ShinKouCho at once."

{theria: ShinKouCho is the name of the Cho in this area.}

"Will a cooler work?"

"OF COURSE!!!"

[At ShinKouCho which looks like a giant pagoda Hisoka wakes up to find
himself in a bed with a wet cloth on his brow.]

Yuma: "Ah, you're finally awake."

Saya: "Everyone was worried about you---"

Chizuru: "Are you alright, Hisoka-san. Does it hurt anywhere?"

Hisoka: "------..."

Hisoka: ".....Tsuzuki...?"

Chizuru: "He went to see Sengoku-san. He'll be back soon so don't
worry."

Hisoka: "!! No...not really----"

Hisoka: "Worried or anything..."

Chizuru: "You're like how Tsuzuki-san said."

Chizuru: "I haven't introduced myself yet."

Chizuru: "I'm Akamine Chizuru who is stationed at this First
Area."

Chizuru: "I only entered a year before you did but feel free
to ask me for any help."

Hisoka: "I'm...Kurosaki Hisoka..."

Saya: "Chiruzu-san used to be a policewoman."

Yuma: "Ne, Chizuru-chan, why don't you stop wearing that uniform?
Shokan Division doesn't have a dress code so you stand out too much."

Chizuru: "Well, but..."

Chizuru: "It was my dream...to become a police officer..."

Chizuru: "No matter what, I can drop these clothes."

Hisoka: Ah...

Hisoka: I can feel it...

Hisoka: A pure emotion...

Hisoka: This person, wears those clothes because they hold
her confidence and pride in her work...

Hisoka: Straightfoward

Hisoka: Like Tsuzuki...

Yuma: "Well, that's fine."

Saya: "But someday you just have to wear a Panha set."

Chizuru: [sweatdropping] "Haha..."

Hisoka: "..."

[Tsuzuki comes in.]

Tsuzuki: "Aaaah....he didn't have to be so angry about us coming
to Okinawa..."

Tsuzuki: "Just like Tatsumi, that Sengoku."

Chizuru: "Ah, Tsuzuki-san. Welcome back."

Tsuzuki: "Hai. I'm back."

Tsuzuki: [checks Hisoka's forehead for his temperature] "Hisoka...you
alright?"

Hisoka: "...ah."

Hisoka: "Well...more or less."

Chizuru: "I'm sorry. Please don't mind Sengoku's words. That
person likes to scold..."

Tsuzuki: "I know. You don't have to apologize Chizuru-chan."

Chizuru: "...hai."

Tsuzuki: "By the way, Hisoka. Because you collapsed earlier,
you were able to cut work."

Hisoka: "It...wasn't in order to cut work..."

Saya: "But it's true. Sengoku-san works everyone like a horse.""

Chizuru: "You all really did a good job today!! Please enjoy
a day off tomorrow."

Chizuru: "At least for today, you can stay at my apartment...
Tomorrow, I take you to the inn near the ocean where you'll be staying
after that."

Tsuzuki, Saya, Yuma: "The ocean-------! Play (heart) Swim-------(heart)."

Chizuru: "Please enjoy Okinawa."

[Hisoka suddenly senses something and looks down the hallway. But there
isn't anything.]

Hisoka: My imagination...? I felt that------...

Saya: "Hisoka-saaan, hurry let's go."

Hisoka: Something was there...

[Next day at a very crowded beach. Chizuru, Saya, and Yuma are running
around in their bathing suits, drawing more than a few guys' attention.
Tsuzuki and Hisoka are wearing parkas.]

Tsuzuki: "The sea is nice..."

Tsuzuki: "Eye feast (heart). Eye feast (heart)."

Hisoka: [looking at his book] "...old man."

Tsuzuki: "By the way, Hisoka, want to swim together?"

Hisoka: "I don't want to get burned...You...?"

Tsuzuki: [laughing sheepishly] "Well, the truth is in the past
I got stung by a jellyfish and it's left me with a bad memory..."

Hisoka: "You can't swim."

Tsuzuki: "That isn't it!!!"

Chizuru: "Tsuzuki-san. Kurosaki-kun. Couldn't we take all of
the luggage in one trip to the inn?"

Chizuru: "After that, we can go sightseeing."

"That's good. It's better to travel light."

Chizuru: "Well. I'll take you to today's inn."

[There's a grand resort hotel.]

Tsuzuki: "Uwaaaaaa-------!! It's gorgeous!!!"

Yuma: "A pool...(heart)."

Chizuru: "Ah, everyone, you're mistaken."

[She's pointing somewhere else.]

Chizuru: "It's over this way."

"EH?"

Tsuzuki: "This way you said..."

[A dilapidated, old style Japanese inn. The background breaks behind
Tsuzuki, Yuma, and Saya. Hisoka only looks resigned.]

Tsuzuki: "Should have expected~~~ Tatsumi wouldn't give out enough
money for the other one..."

Chizuru: [a bit desperately] "But, the owners here are all very
good people...!!"

[She goes inside.]

Chizuru: "Miyagi-saaaaaaaaaaan. Miyagi-saaaaaaaaaaan."

[Hisoka looks around and suddenly sense something.]

Chizuru: "That's strange...it doesn't seem anyone is around..."

Hisoka: "...is here.."

Saya: "Eh?"

Hisoka: "Something"

Hisoka: "Is here."

Chizuru: "..."

Hisoka: "Akamine-san, you---------you brought us here for some
reason."

[Tsuzuki and Yuma look at the quiet Chizuru.]

Tsuzuki: "Chizuru-chan, just what..."

Chizuru: [bows to all of them] "I'm sorry, Tsuzuki-san!!"

Chizuru: "The truth is..."

Chizuru: "I asked Tatsumi-san to send you here...!!"

Tsuzuki: "...eh?"

Chizuru: [looking to Hisoka] "...you noticed it. As was expected,
Kurosaki-kun."

Hisoka: "..."

Chizuru: "The truth is...this place has a history..."

Hisoka: "A history you say..."

Chizuru: "A spirit beast...appears here."

Yami no Matsuei

Part 15

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

Chizuru: "This private inn...Miyage-------"

Chizuru: "Is haunted by a ghost..."

Tsuzuki: "..."

"A...a ghost you say..."

Chizuru: "That story has been floating around the guests for
about half a year."

Chizuru: "Before, this place had a reputation for being cheap
but with good service..."

Chizuru: "Then the rumor about the ghost haunting began to spread."

Chizuru: "Now it's become this lonely, guests keeping away from
here..."

Tsuzuki: "Hey...hold on a minute...this is..."

[Puppy Tsuzuki glomps Hisoka from the back.]

Tsuzuki: "UWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! I'm....I'm scared, Hisoka~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Tsuzuki: "I can't deal with a ghost haunted house-------!!"

[Saya and Yuma do the same from the other side.]

Yuma & Saya: "Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Yuma and Saya are
also scared of ghosts!!!"

[All three of them glomp an annoyed Hisoka. Chizuru sweatdrops. Sound
effects of punching.]

Hisoka: "Whose afraid of who?"

{theria: Actually, 'Ghosts are afraid of ghosts?' since they all are
officially dead.}

[Saya and Yuma sport bandages on their heads. Tsuzuki is only a leg.]

Saya & Yuma: Iyaaaaaaaaaaa. Hisoka is the scariest.

Tsuzuki: "It was a jooooooooooke."

Chizuru: "That isn't all."

Chizuru: "Look over there."

Saya: "Eh?"

Saya: "Uwaaaaa...!! Such a huge hotel!!!"

Saya: "Isn't it right in front of here...!"

Chizuru: "The president of that place has been putting a lot
of pressure to buy out Miyagi."

Chizuru: "Spreading nasty rumors-------..."

Chizuru: "Before breaking Miyagi down from the shadows."

Saya: "Wait a minute, Chizuru-chan."

Saya: "So, haven't you thought of this then?"

Saya: "That this entire ghost-haunting rumor is just part of
the effort to bring down Miyagi's reputation?"

Chizuru: "Yes...that was what I was afraid of when I first sent
the letter."

Chizuru: "But this isn't just some false rumor."

Chizuru: "After all"

Chizuru: "You just gave proof of that."

Chizuru: "Kurosaki-kun."

"Oh my...how unusual..."

"It's been several months since any guests have come..."

[The Shinigami turn around, startled. It's a girl with long hair, carrying
a bouquet of sunflowers.]

"Welcome, travelers from faraway..."

"As you can see, there isn't much to this small private inn..."

Chizuru: "Rika!!"

Rika: "-----eh...?"

Rika: "..."

Rika: "-----... it can't be...Chizuru...chan?"

[Rika drops her flowers.]

Rika: "This...can't be..."

Rika: "You..."

Rika: "Should've died four years because of an accident..."

Tsuzuki: Ee!? Hold...hold on here!!

Tsuzuki: I didn't hear anything about you two knowing each
other!!

Tsuzuki: How are you going to explain about the Shinigami,
Chizuru-chan!!

Rika: "Wh..."

Rika: [slaps Chizuru on the shoulder like old times] "What's
this---! You're alive, Chizuru-chan!!!"

Rika: "And here I was sure that you died in that accident--!!"

Chizuru: [acting the same] "Hey, no way I'd die just like that---!!
I'm still hale and hearty!!!"

Tsuzuki: "Wha..."

Tsuzuki: What's up with these two!!?

Chizuru: "I've been recuperating in Hokkaido. I came back with
some friends I made up there."

Rika: "Is that so...I'm relieved."

Rika: "Welcome."

Rika: "I am Miyagi Rika...the owner of this inn."

Rika: "It's a pleasure to meet everyone..."

Chizuru: "Rika and I are old childhood friends."

Everyone: "Ahhh...likewise."

Rika: "Now please, come inside. It'll be a special welcome for
Chizuru-chan's friends."

[She hurries off to make preparations.]

Tsuzuki: [patting Rika's dog] "Just what....was that...?"

[At that huge hotel]

President: "Hey."

President: "It's been a long time, Muraki."

President: "Are you well?"

{theria: Rufus clone!!!!!!!}

President: "You're not coming down here this year are you. That's
too bad."

President: "Where are you right now..."

President: "Eh----? Kyoto!?"

President: "You're a doctor aren't you? What are you doing there-----.."

President: "What? 'Leave me alone' you said?"

President: "Well, if you change your mind, come over."

President: "I'll have the best sweets prepared for you. Later."

[A sun-glass man with mustache was standing on the side.]

Nakijin: "President. Were you in the middle of a conversation
with a friend?"

President: "Yes."

President: "Muraki is a doctor. Someone I've known from a long
time back."

President: "Well? Does the Miyagi buyout plan proceed well?"

Nakijin: "Yes...the rumors we've spread appear to be effective--------
Miyagi is on its last legs."

Nakijin: "It's only a matter of time..."

President: "There's no reason for it to be a real haunted place."

President: "Anyway...! Miyagi is the only one who hasn't accepted
our buyout."

President: "That location and view is without a doubt good!!"

President: I will definitely get it------

President: To build the extra extension of my Pacifica Resort!!!

President: "Nakijin."

President: "Show me the power that won the confidence of my
father and your place in our Taira Group!!"

Nakijin: "Hai..."

Nakijin: "Even at the cost of this Nakijin's life..."

President: "There is nothing that I desire that I cannot get.
I will without a doubt get everything."

President: "-----That's right...even Rika..."

[The President does a 'I'm so cool' pose and Nakijin is crying, biting
his handkercheif. There's the word 'Baka' pointing to the President.]

Rika: "----and that is the situation, Tsuzuki-san."

Tsuzuki: "I see...this is very serious."

Rika: "For my deceased parents as well...I've worked hard to
keep from losing this inn but-------"

Rika: "I can't do anything without customers."

Rika: "If I were to sell cheaply now, Taira..."

Chizuru: "You can't do that, Rika!! If you do that, what are
you going to do!?"

Rika: "Chizuru-chan..."

Chizuru: "That Taira!! Using human weaknesses so he can get even
you!!?"

Chizuru: "He wasn't like this in the past, that STUPID PRESIDENT!!"

Tsuzuki: "What? You two and the president were classmates or
something?"

Rika: "Yes..."

Chizuru: "Even though Rika's turned him down again and again,
he keeps following her."

Rika: "Yes..."

Rika: "I..."

Rika: "It's because I...have no interest in guys."

[Everyone, Chizuru included, freeze in shock.]

Tsuzuki: "What...what did she just say?"

Yuma: "She definitely said 'guys'."

Saya: "So then Rika-san is...could she be...!!"

[Hisoka ignores them.]

[Chizuru bows down before Tsuzuki and everyone else.]

Chizuru: "Tsuzuki-san...Fukiya-san, Torii-san, Kurosaki-kun..."

Chizuru: "I beg of you! For Rika's sake, please help (me)!!"

Chizuru: "I understand how wrong it is to bring you here and
ask this senseless business!"

Chizuru: "But Rika is my very important friend!!"

Rika: Chizuru-chan...

Chizuru: [still bowing] "I...I want to do something....!!"

[Tsuzuki pats her on the head.]

Tsuzuki: "You shouldn't do that."

Tsuzuki: "Girls shouldn't beg like so."

Tsuzuki: "Of course I'll help."

Tsuzuki: "I'd be glad to."

Chizuru: "Tsuzuki-san..."

Saya: "We'll also help."

Yuma: "It'll be cool to restore this inn."

Rika: "Thank you very much!!"

Tsuzuki: "...so that's the reason, Hisoka. We'll be working together
on this."

Hisoka: "Why are such a rash promising baka..."

Tsuzuki: "But it's so sad...."

Hisoka: "Don't get near me, it's too hot!!"

Hisoka: [calmed down] "------it's fine..."

Hisoka: "I'm already resigned to it. Since the time I became
your partner."

Tsuzuki: [with flowers and tears] "Hisoka...you're so adorable
today."

[Hisoka is ignoring him.]

Rika: "Such happy people..."

Chizuru: "Yes..."

Chizuru: "...Rika...we'll get through this!!"

Rika: "...."

Rika: "...yes."

[The next day, Saya and Yuma are dressed up like....I have no idea.
But they're dressed up to attract customers.]

"First let's try legitimate customer solicitation."

"Though it looks old, the interior is lovely. You can go directly to
the ocean from the garden, the view is wonderful and the food is delicious."

[Tsuzuki is tending Rika's sunflowers and Chizuru is talking to him.]

Rika: "I think that the problem lies in the Miyagi Inn's appeal."

Tsuzuki: "I can see that."

Rika: "We don't have the money for commericals...I guess this
is okay (what Yuma and Saya are doing)..."

Tsuzuki: "Well, no need to get all worked up in the beginning.
The summer is long."

Tsuzuki: "Just go step-by-step."

Chizuru: "...hai."

Chizuru: It's funny...

Chizuru: When Tsuzuki-san says that...

Chizuru: I feel much better...

"So the change in status on the first day is zero huh..."

Hisoka: "The ghost stories have come this far..."

Saya: "Just saying 'Miyagi' causes people to turn away."

Hisoka: "Anyway, so we have to do something about those ghost
rumors..."

Hisoka: [senses something] "Or..."

[The silhouette of something that looks like a lion appears on the paper
screen door behind Hisoka.]

Rika: "Kyaaa..."

Yuma: "A...A...A GHOST~~~~~~~~!!!"

Hisoka: This is...a ghost...!?

Hisoka: Impossible...! There's no spiritual sense about it.

Hisoka: When did it...!!

[Tsuzuki rushes past Hisoka.]

Tsuzuki: "Out of the way! Hisoka!!"

Hisoka: "!?"

Chizuru: "Tsuzuki-san!?"

[Tsuzuki shoves the door aside.]

Tsuzuki: -----------------!!

Yami no Matsuei

Part 16

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

[Tsuzuki shoves the door aside to find...nothing in the garden outside.]

Yuma: "........there's.......nothing........"

[Tsuzuki still has that stern look and suddenly turns and runs down
the hallway.]

Chizuru: "Kurosaki-kun, can you sense anything!?"

Hisoka: "........."

[Hisoka tries...]

Hisoka: "...it's no use...I can't sense anything...."

Saya: "Not even Hisoka-san can verify it's true form...."

Saya: "What can it be?"

[Tsuzuki has apparently run outside but has found nothing.]

[Naha------------ (city's name?)]

Yuma: "Still, last night was unsettling."

Yuma: "I didn't think it would come out at such a crowded place."

[Yuma and Saya are out shopping for food. They're currently walking
down a meat counter aisle, carrying bags of food.]

Saya: "We may be unable to do anything but a full-fledged extermination.
That will disrupt Miyagi's restoration."

[Somewhere else...]

Hisoka: Exterminate...

Hisoka: "Well, there's not like reason that it's hurt someone
or something...."

[Chizuru is with him, both are also carrying grocery bags.]

Chizuru: "Kurosaki-kun, that's heavy isn't it? Let me carry it."

Hisoka: "Eh?"

Hisoka: "!?"

[Chizuru is carrying his bag too, which comes out to about two hanging
off of each arm and about two or three in her hands.]

Chizuru: [smiling widely] "Actually, I have superhuman strength."

Chizuru: "This isn't much so don't worry."

Rika: "Chizuru-chan has always been really strong.
You could break ten slabs (wood? stone?) with your bare hands couldn't
you?"

Chizuru: "Actually, Rika, it was 20 (heart)."

Rika: "Wa...Was it...?"

Hisoka: [edging away] "That...kind of talk is scary..."

[He's picking some stuff out for curry, tonight's meal apparently, when
he notices Tsuzuki across the way. Chibi-Tsuzuki is drooling, a lot.]

Tsuzuki: Black Sugar Hi-Soft and Kahl plum...

Tsuzuki: Curry rice crackers, Hachagumi Rice Candy, Red Sweet
Potatoe tasting 'chinsukou'...

Tsuzuki: All of it! I want to eat it all!!

Tsuzuki: Aah (heart), the giant Kyoro-chan (food) is tempting
me (heart heart).

Hisoka: [anger in form of man] "WHAT are you slobbering and grinning
stupidly about, you King of Sweets."

[His foot had connected w/ Tsuzuki's head.]

Tsuzuki: "Hisoka! Hey hey! I'll cook the food, I'll cook!!"

Hisoka: "Really........."

Hisoka: "And what kind of food would that be?"

Tsuzuki: "Slowly! With rich taste!! Well-boiled Souki Soba!!!"

Tsuzuki: "Called Tsuzuki Special!!!!"

{Quote on Tsuzuki: Because it's Okinawa of coooooooooourse.}

Hisoka: "Proposal rejected."

Tsuzuki: "AH!!"

Tsuzuki: "Why that immediate reaction!!!"

"But we do need to make some kind of speciality."

"True..."

"What would be good..."

[At the resort...]

President: "? What did you say?? Miyagi has customers....?"

Nakijin: "Hai."

Nakijin: [holding up a picture] "There has been a sparse number
this morning."

President: "Impossible...!"

President: "You mean to say that Miyagi has something to sell
now?"

President: "Even if you think of the room and board as cheap,
that can't counter the rumors of hauntings."

Nakijin: "...it appears there is a child fortune teller staying
there."

President: "!?"

President: "A fortune teller...?"

[Ye fortune teller is Hisoka. He's currently with a customer.]

Hisoka: "Right now"

Hisoka: "You are worried about your long distance relationship
with a Higa Akio-san (age 27)."

Girl: "Why...yes..."

Hisoka: "Of course. Because it's Tokyo and Okinawa, you two don't
meet often. You have been going out together since high school?"

Hisoka: "He really likes worms and bugs, raises a sea iguana
whose name is Momo?"

[The girl can only nod in agreement and shock.]

Girl: "How...how do you know all of that!?"

Girl: "No, I mean...more importantly, what should I do...!!"

Hisoka: "Break up with that man immediately. He has another woman."

[Saya and Yuma are watching.]

Saya: "Hisoka-san's fortune teller's tent is a great success."

Yuma: "That's because he's a real empath."

{Empath: Hisoka's psionic ability to read other people's thoughts.}

Yuma: "He's different from all of the fakes."

In the resort industry, it's a point scored for pleasing female customers.
Score the females and we'll get the patrons!!

Girl: "Thank you very much. I will break up with him."

Girl: "Thanks to you, I have the determination."

[And she gets kind-of attacked by Saya and Yuma's post-divination PR
craze, trying to sell her an overnight stay to allay her troubles and such,
buy a divination souvenir, etc.]

Saya: "Speaking of which...I haven't seen Tsuzuki-san."

Yuma: "I think it's because Hisoka-kun admonished him to do something
(to help)."

[Tsuzuki in the o-furo.]

Tsuzuki: "Honestly!! What's up with everyone!!"

Tsuzuki: "Excluding me!!!"

Tsuzuki: I want to do something for Chizuru-chan and Rika-san...

Tsuzuki: "I want to help too somehow..."

Tsuzuki: I could so another show using my Shikigami but...

Tsuzuki: If I do that, SohRyu may lose his humour...

Tsuzuki: Byakko likes to make people smile so he's fine but
SohRyu is a straight-laced person...Suzaku-neesan would be scary afterwards
and Old Man Genbu is too old...

Tsuzuki: Ahh...but such a nice smell... (the bath water)

Tsuzuki: Lavender? Or is it Camomille...?

Tsuzuki: [gets an idea]

Tsuzuki: "...that's it...! I just thought of a good idea."

[JuOhCho -- EnMaCho]

Tatsumi: "Haaa..."

Tatsumi: "It's so nice how quiet the workplace is without Tsuzuki..."

Konoe: [cute, semi-pouting head on desk] "Okinawa huh..."

Tatsumi: "They're probably being used by Sengoku right now..."

Tatsumi: "They by all means are doing the amount of work down
there in Okinawa that they don't do usually."

[Something patters on the window. It's a bird with a note.]

Tatsumi: "Hm?"

Tatsumi: "This one is..."

Tatsumi: "Tsuzuki-san's familiar."

Tatsumi: "Has something happened...?"

Konoe: "It has a letter...Try reading it."

Tatsumi: "Hai."

Konoe: "Well...? They haven't caused some problem again down
there have they?"

Tatsumi: "Ah...no...he apparently has some personal concern over
which he is soliciting my advice."

Konoe: [trying to wrap his mind around the idea] "Personal concern...?"

Tatsumi: Purposely sending this kind of thing to me...

Tatsumi: Even though a telephone call would have been quicker

Tatsumi: Honestly-----------...

Tatsumi: Such a troublesome person...

Tatsumi: "My counseling fee is high----------- Tsuzuki-san."

[Okinawa -- Miyagi Inn]

Tsuzuki: [in yukata] "Ah, you're back (heart)."

Tsuzuki: "You're carrying Tatsumi's reply. Thank you."

Tsuzuki: Though Tatsumi looks that way, he likes to cook.

Tsuzuki: "I wonder if he gave me a delicious menu...?"

Letter: "Tatsumi Cooking Lecture Room. Training Recipe. Juuman
Ennari (10,000 yen)."

[Tsuzuki is crying in his room. Yuma, Saya, and Hisoka are sitting just
outside of the door.]

Yuma: "It looks like he wrote a letter to Tatsumi-san to teach
him a cooking recipe..."

Saya: "...and he was turned down..."

[There are people staying at the Miyagi Inn now.]

Rika: "It's been awhile since the inn has been this lively at
night."

[Rika, Chizuru, and Rika's dog are walking along the beach.]

Rika: "It's like a dream."

Rika: "Patrons coming here again..."

Rika: "It's like I'm back when my parents were still alive."

Chizuru: "I owe a lot to your parents."

Chizuru: "Treating me who lost my parents young like I was their
own daughter."

Chizuru: "I'll help out with anything for this Miyagi Inn."

Rika: "...thank you, Chizuru-chan."

Rika: "You're always there by my side during the hard times..."

Rika: "I don't know how many times I've done the same for you..."

Rika: "So------"

Rika: "It's alright for you to come back here whenever you want...?"

Rika: "There is a home for you here as well..."

Chizuru: Rika...

Chizuru: I'm sorry, Rika. I appreciate your feelings but

Chizuru: But I'm...

Chizuru: No longer...

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Chizuru: "!?"

[It came from the inn.]

Chizuru: [to a female guest] "What happened?"

Guest: "O...O...."

Guest: "Over there...someone was peeking through that window...!!"

[Tsuzuki and Hisoka come running in.]

Tsuzuki: "Chizuru-san! Rika-san!!"

Tsuzuki: "What happened, was it IT!?"

Chizuru: "Tsuzuki-san!!"

[Hisoka is gripped by the force of something he senses.]

Hisoka: "........"

Hisoka: This feeling......

Hisoka: it can't be......

Yuma: "It's here! Over there!!"

[In the garden is a large beast, kind of looks like the silhoutte of
a lion with a very long and overflowing mane.]

Tsuzuki: "Damn it...!"

Tsuzuki: "This time I'm going to catch you and send you to hell!"

Hisoka: "No, Tsuzuki! You've got it wrong."

Hisoka: "That isn't a ghost!!"

Hisoka: "It's really...!!"

[The beast leaps away and Tsuzuki gives chase.]

Tsuzuki: "Trying to escape!!!"

Tsuzuki: "Come forth!"

Tsuzuki: "Byakko---------!!"

[He did this in view of all the guests.....]

Guests: "That's amazing!!"

Guests: "What!? Are they magicians?"

Rika: "Why! That tiger has lovely fur (heart)."

Chizuru: "That isn't the obvious point, Rika!!"

Hisoka: ...I really don't understand Rika-san...

"Excuse me for coming in during a time of confusion."

Rika: "Y..."

Rika: "You..."

Nakijin: "Even if you all, no one will come out."

Rika: Nakijin---------!!

Nakijin: "I came of my own will. Miyagi-san."

[Um, in the surrounding tropical forest...]

Tsuzuki: "...that creep...running to hide in this place..."

Byakko: "Without question, it's around this area."

Byakko: "I can faintly catch his scent."

Tsuzuki: "Byakko, you can see in the dark right? Can't you see
anything?"

Byakko: "In this kind of forest..."

[Byakko senses something.]

Byakko: "Tsuzuki!!"

[His tail had wrapped around Tsuzuki and pulled him away from an attack.]

Tsuzuki: "Wha..."

Tsuzuki: "What was that!!?"

Tsuzuki: The cycad leaf...!?

{theria: It was cut...I think.}

Byakko: "It looks like this is it's territory. We've fallen successfully
into it's trap."

Tsuzuki: "Damn..."

Tsuzuki: "Can't see well in this pitch darkness..."

Tsuzuki: "Just where the hell is it hiding."

Yami no Matsuei

Part 17

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

Tsuzuki: "Damn..."

Tsuzuki: "Just where the hell is it hiding."

[Something runs by.]

Tsuzuki: "!?"

[He and Byakko go flying as the shadowy huge lion thing suddenly attacks/appears
right behind them.]

Tsuzuki: "DOWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

[They run from an enemy they can't quite see.]

Tsuzuki: "What is that! That in no way is a ghost!!"

Byakko: "Either way...! Let's draw it into a wider area!!"

[A vine, on its own?, wraps itself around Tsuzuki's leg and trips him.]

Tsuzuki: "WAAA!!?"

Tsuzuki: What!?

Tsuzuki: A piece of vine...

Byakko: [looking back] "Tsuzuki!?"

[Big, shadowy lion thing looms in front of Tsuzuki.]

Tsuzuki: No use.

Tsuzuki: It's going to kill me...!!!

[A large clawed palm comes down.]

[Only to be stopped by Chizuru-chan(!!), fending off the blow with crossed
forearms.]

Tsuzuki: "CHIZURU-CHAN!!?"

Chizuru: "Wielding violent force against an ordinary good citizen...!!!"

Chizuru: "Even if the corrupt police commanders let you go..."

Chizuru: [Chizuru-chan punch!!!] "I WILL NOT-------------!!!"

[The beast goes flying and lands several meters away.]

Chizuru: [looking a bit crazed] "Hohohohohoho. Don't look down
on a policewoman."

[Tsuzuki and Byakko are clutching in the background.]

Tsuzuki: Sc....Scary....!!!

[Back at Miyagi Inn, Yuma, Saya, and Rika are sitting in a room with
sweatdrops floating over their heads. They can see Nakijin and Hisoka sitting
across from each other in another room but they can't hear what is being
said.]

Saya: "Ne, Rika-san...what did that person really come here for?"

Rika: "Well, he's been speaking with Hisoka-san since the beginning..."

Yuma: "....anyway, it doesn't appear that he came here to discuss
a buy-out."

[Hisoka's and Nakijin's conversation]

Hisoka: "....I'm surprised..."

Hisoka: "That a Taira person would come to me..."

Nakijin: "The truth is I came for a fortune telling."

Nakijin: "I entered service in the Taira Group under the previous
president. He was an excellent man. His son (the current president) simply
selfishly does as he wishes..."

[When the current president was eight.]

President: [licking a lollipop] "Nakijin! I want a bat that will
without fail score a home run!! Go buy it."

Nakijin: "EH? Such a thing."

[When the current president was twenty]

President: "Nakijin!! Go buy me stock shares that will never
go down (in value)."

Nakijin: "WHAT!?"

President: "NAKIJIN. Buy out Fuji Telebi (a TV station) and show
our commercials 24 hours a day."

Nakijin: "That's impossible."

Which is to say, that he is an idiot president.

Nakijin: [with streaming tears] "The company now is on the verge
of collapse!!"

Nakijin: "I came because I've had enough of this, how many times
I've come to wringing his neck...!!"

Saya: [crying in sympathy] "How...how miserable."

Yuma: [angry and annoyed] "The sooner done the better..."

Hisoka: [plain annoyed by the audience] "---and...? What is it
you said you wanted divined."

Nakijin: [dried up his tears] "What I wish to know is-----..."

Nakijin: "Who will be the person to whom I turn (my loyalty)
to next."

Hisoka: !?

[Back in the forest]

Byakko: "Found it!! Over here!!!"

[Chizuru and Tsuzuki look over Byakko's shoulder.]

Byakko: "---------... This guy is..."

Byakko: "Aren't you Shiisa...!!"

[There is a swirly eyed four legged creature, perhaps no larger than
Byakko's foreleg though it still bears a lion's mane.]

Byakko: "The form we've seen up until now was for intimidation."

Byakko: "But why is he here instead of in GenSouKai where he's
supposed to be..."

Byakko: [lightly whacks Shiisa] "Hey, boy! You alright!?"

[Shiisa wakes up, sees Byakko, freaks out, and faints again.]

Byakko: "Ah!"

Tsuzuki: "Hey! What are you going to do now that he's fainted
again!!"

Byakko: "Shall I try talking to him?"

Tsuzuki: "Oh, forget it. I'll do it."

[Later...]

Shiisa: "I'm sorry for attacking...But I was frightened by being
chased by a large tiger and a person I didn't know...."

Tsuzuki: "But if you had spoken to us from the start, we wouldn't
have chased you?"

Tsuzuki: "Why wouldn't you come talk to us about yourself?"

Shiisa: "But...But I..."

Shiisa: "I'M SO SHY AND NAIVE AND NEVER SAW HUMANS BEFORE!!"

[Everyone else facefaults.]

Shiisa: [lost in his embarrassment] "Kyaaaaaaa. I'm so embarassed!!
I can't talk to people I don't know!!"

Tsuzuki: [ignoring him] "Well! Shall we return!!"

Chizuru: [ticked off] "Yes, let's do so."

Byakko: [already walking] "No objection."

[Later after returning to Meifu...]

Tatsumi: [rubbing his eye as if he had been laughing] "Is that
so."

Tatsumi: "Something like that happening over there (in Okinawa)..."

Tsuzuki: [wiped out] "I feel like I've worked twice as hard than
normal~~~~"

Tatsumi: "Well...a job well done then."

Tsuzuki: "That Shiisa got lost and ended up coming to this world
from GenSouKai. He had been skulking around Miyagi's garden for about half
a year. He really is an idiot."

Tatsumi: "'Got lost'... you say... I thought that the four gates
between the GenSouKai and NingenKai were barred?"

Tatsumi: "Therefore it would take a summoner such as yourself
casting the particular spell in order for it to come, does it not?"

Tsuzuki: "Yeah...there's that...it's the first time I've heard
about it as well but------"

Tatsumi & Hisoka: "A wormhole!?"

{Matsushita-sensei: About 1 occurs in a span of 2-300 years.}

Tsuzuki: "Very rarely, the two worlds are connected by a wormhole."

Tsuzuki: "It seems that Shiisa fell through one of those..."

Tsuzuki: "Because it closes on its own, it's ignored but no
one noticed that something had fallen through. Byakko was
surprised (that someone had fallen in it)."

Tatsumi: "Such a troublesome thing...! Byakko is one thing but
for even SohRyu to not have noticed it."

Hisoka: "Just like his master huh?"

Tsuzuki: "What's with that! You're mean!!"

Tsuzuki: "Oh yeah. What about that mustached man? Naki-something
or other."

Hisoka: "Nakijin...has taken over the Taira Group apparently."

Tsuzuki: "EH!!?"

Hisoka: "It seems that he's been working with other employees
dissatisfied with the current president...He came to me to make his decision."

Tsuzuki: "Oh..." Is that so...

Tatsumi: [cleaning his glasses] Aren't you glad
to be a governmental worker. No firing or downsizing. (<= Sarcasm)

Hisoka: Fortune telling is for pointing out the path to the
people who are lost

Hisoka: But Nakijin wasn't lost...

Hisoka: "I'm not a fortune teller or anything...I only read
his true heart."

Hisoka: "Before he came to me..."

Hisoka: "Nakijin's heart had already decided, long before------..."

Hisoka: "In the end, it was that man who saved Miyagi."

Hisoka: What am I doing...

Tsuzuki: "Yeah, but I think it's important that you could confirm
that for him."

Tsuzuki: "You're amazing, Hisoka."

Tsuzuki: "Because you can give that kind of power to Nakijin..."

[Hisoka looks at Tsuzuki.]

Hisoka: "You weren't able to do ANYTHING to help."

[Tsuzuki breaks.]

Tsuzuki: "Hey, I especially..."

Hisoka: "Shut up, BAKA."

Tsuzuki: "Ah~~~~~~!! You called me 'Baka'~~~~~"

Tatsumi: [sipping tea] "Anyway, it's good that the plan to buy-out
Miyagi never went through."

Tsuzuki: "Oh yeah, Tatsumi..."

Tsuzuki: [fires of rage around him] "Just how much did you get
from Chizuru-chan!!?"

[Tatsumi has been caught!!]

[Tatsumi and Tsuzuki face off. Panel 1: Tatsumi is thinking how to throw
off Tsuzuki. Panel 2: Tatsumi is still thinking. Panel 3: Still thinking.
And finally...]

Tatsumi: [holding out food] "Tsuzuki-san."

Tatsumi: "This was given to me but would you like to have some
original Kikuya Oshirono Kuchimochi?"

{A type of candy that consists of rice cakes sprinkled with soybean
flour.}

Tsuzuki: [on love-love mode] "YES~~~~ (heart heart)"

[Tsuzuki has been successfully distracted.]

Hisoka: "...."

Tatsumi: It's a good thing he thinks more with his stomach
than with his head...

[Apparently, whatever Chizuru paid him was a lot since he's now smirking
at his bank statement.]

[Okinawa]

Rika: "I see...So that Chibi-chan (Shiisa) is being looked after
by you..."

Chizuru: "It's kind of weird but I'm kind of attached to it...
Perhaps it's because I think about that if it gets out of my sight..."

Chizuru: "And what about that Baka president?"

Rika: "Ah...I haven't asked but, he's surely run back to his
father crying."

Chizuru: "Most likely."

Rika: "But I think if it's Nakijin, he can quickly put the company
back in order."

Chizuru: "He probably can..."

Rika: "What are you going to now? Chizuru-chan."

Chizuru: "Well...I have return to my job..."

Chizuru: "I may not be able to return here again..."

Rika: "Chizuru-chan...I've said this before but..."

Rika: "You will always..."

Rika: "Be welcome here..."

Rika: "After all..."

Rika: "We're family...!"

Chizuru: Rika...!?

Chizuru: Impossible, have you...

Rika: "Well."

Chizuru: Always known the truth but just pretended you didn't...

Rika: "I have to return home now."

Rika: "Later, Chizuru-chan."

Rika: "You must come for a visit again. Promise."

Chizuru: "-------sure..."

Chizuru: "Good-bye... Rika..."

Rika: "Good-bye...Chizuru-chan..."

Good-bye...

[Rika and her dog walk away. Tsuzuki and Hisoka appear in Rika's wake,
before Chizuru's surprised eyes. Tsuzuki is in his trademark black coat.]

Tsuzuki: "Shall we go 'home'..."

Tsuzuki: "Chizuru-chan."

Chizuru: I...

Chizuru: "....Tsuzuki-san..."

Chizuru: Have people waiting for me...

[Saya and Yuma show up in summer clothes.]

Yuma: "Ah! What's everyone doing here~~?"

Yuma: "Ne ne! Let's go get something cold to eat."

Saya: "How about getting some Blue Seal Ice on the way back?"

[Tsuzuki has gone into love-love mode.]

Chizuru: "By the way, aren't you hot in that? A
black coat."

Tsuzuki: "Eh? Ah, this?"

Tsuzuki: "I'm completely fine. Because..."

Tsuzuki: [Flashes them] "I'm not wearing anything underneath
(heart)."

[He's wearing pants, just no shirt.]

Chizuru & Saya & Yuma: "-------------!!!"

Chizuru: Ne, Rika...

Chizuru: Perhaps next summer

"IYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! PERVERT~~~~~~~!!!"

[Tsuzuki gets hit with something large and blunt.]

Chizuru: We can meet again

Hisoka: "....baka."

Canon compilation PART ONE: HOKKAIDO

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:30:28 GMT

Yami no Matsuei

Part 1 {Hokkaido Part 1}

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

[Konoe ties a white ribbon around his head {this usually denotes a preparation
for something of intense concentration or work} and clutches a dart in
his hand. Watari, Tatsumi, and Tsuzuki are behind him, all looking very
serious.]

Konoe: "Now then, let's go! All of you!!"

Them: "...yes sir!!"

Konoe: "One Sphere Enter Spirit!!!"

{Theria: That was the literal translation. I think it's more like he's
concentrating reeeeeally hard on throwing that dart.}

[Zoom in on a map of northern Japan on the island where Hokkaido is.
The dart hits the map which is a map of Japan hanging on a wall and kind
of sags. There are collective sweatdrops.]

Tsuzuki: "It's Hokkaido."

This

Konoe: "Hokkaido isn't it..."

Watari: "Hokkaido..."

just might be...

Tatsumi: "...it is."

Tsuzuki: [Jumping up and down, holding arms with Watari] "Yeeeeeeeees!!
It's Hokkaidooooooo!!"

Watari: "Crab! Scallop!! Akanko urchin!!!"

{Theria: At least, I think 'marimo' is a urchin. It's that prickly
dark thing in Watari's voice bubble.}

Tatsumi: "This year you hit the mark chief."

Konoe: "Umm!!!"

Tsuzuki: "Last year we hit a desert island survival..."

Watari: "The year before that the ocean, a midwinter swimming
grand assembly..."

Tsuzuki: "And now this year... Hokkaido!!!"

Konoe: [very happy] "Make reservations immediately, Tatsumi!!
This is a once a year treat!! Get an expensive lodge!!! An expensive one!!!"

[In the background, Tsuzuki and Watari are screaming 'Banzai']

Tatsumi: "Of course."

The world after death--Meifu in which was founded the judicial body
JoOhCho.

EnMaCho Summons Division is a bureau that serves as back-up for the
JoOhCho administration.

Their eighteen employees called Shinigami have the highest standing
but the lowest salaries.

That Summons Division's only one grand event is the company trip.

Tsuzuki: [rushing out of the office obviously] "Got it, Hisoka!!"

Tsuzuki:"This year it's Hokkaido!!!"

[Text in box: Tsuzuki Asato/Second Block]

Hisoka: [looking rather bored, in his hand is a copy of something
titled 'Edda'] "What"

Hisoka: "You've finally been sent to Hokkaido? You're really
crossing Japan."

Hisoka: Congratulations on your demotion part
2.

{theria: EDDA is kind of the religious text of the Norse mythology.}

Tsuzuki: "You've got it wrong."

Tsuzuki: You're so mean.

Tsuzuki: "The employees are split up for the trip. Because there's
no reason to leave the division completely empty, five to six people go
at a time."

Hisoka: "Humph."

Tsuzuki: [laughing crazily] "This is a rare chance to eat and
drink excessively for free. Just watch me get stuffed on crab!!"

Hisoka: [returning to his book] "Of course, of course."

Tsuzuki: "That's right, Hisoka, you haven't met the employees
for Hokkaido have you?"

Hisoka: "Right."

Tsuzuki: "I figured. Those two are locked up in ToShiCho for
about half of the year. Can't fly when you're snowed in."

{Theria: Refer to the map in JoOhCho Basics Lecture (I). ToShiCho is
the division that takes up the northern island of Japan.}

[Matsushita: The Hokkaido pair rarely leave their station.]

Tsuzuki: "You're definitely going to be surprised when you meet
them."

Hisoka: "There's someone else who differs more than you do between
external and internal appearances?"

Tsuzuki: "No, actually, those kids have this bad habit..."

"Aaaaaaaaaah!! It's Tsuzuki-chan!!!"

Girl 1: [has two long pigtails down her front] "It's been a long
time, Tsuzuki-san."

Girl 2: [shoulder-length hair] "Yaho! Are you feeling well, Tsuzuki-chan?"

Tsuzuki: "Hey!!"

Tsuzuki: "You two have already returned!!"

Hisoka: "?"

Girl 2: "I'm in the same group as Tsuzuki-chan this year."

Hisoka: ...What's with these girls...

Girl 1: "Me too."

Tsuzuki: "Really? This is going to be fun."

Hisoka: Aren't they really close with Tsuzuki?

[Lots of hearts are floating around between the trio's greeting.]

Girl 2: "Hm?"

"That cute kid over there. Never seen him before."

Girl 1: "You're right. Tsuzuki-san has changed
partners again hasn't he."

Girl 2: [pointing at Hisoka] "Ne ne. Are
you possibly Tsuzuki-chan's new parter?"

Hisoka: [annoyed] "...that's right. Last year's
news." Your information is late.

[Hisoka is mobbed.]

Girl 1: [inspecting Hisoka's hand/fingers] "Oh my! It was just
rumor but you really are a cute like a girl. (insert lots of hearts)"

Girl 2: [she's got the hair] "Why! Look at this white skin!!
It's so delicate (heart)."

Girl 2: "And his hair is just like cat's fur (heart heart etc)."

Hisoka: [breaking away] "Wha-What's with you people!!!"

Hisoka: "Let go! Don't touch me!!"

Tsuzuki: "These girls are Ninth Area (Hokkaido)'s employees."

Girl 1: "I'm Torii Saya."

Girl 2: "Fukiya Yumaaaaaaa."

Tsuzuki: "This is their only bad point. They don't care about
their companions' circumstances, just immediately getting close and cozy
with them, male and female alike."

Yuma: "Whaat. We just want to be good friends."

Saya: "That's right. We just want to quickly become friends."

Tsuzuki: "Their hyper attack always settles on the newbie."

Hisoka: "...wha!!" Wait a minute, Tsuzuki

Tsuzuki: "Good luck Hisoka. Fight."

Yuma: [up close and personal again with Hisoka] "Ufu (heart)
Hisoka-kun (heart) We're going to be together before the trip ne (heart)."

Yuma: "While Hisoka-kun is sleeping we'll dress him up."

Saya: "Why!! That's terrific, Yuma!!! Hisoka-san would certainly
be suited by the Pink House or something like it."

Hisoka: [freaking out] "Ah..."

Hisoka: "Ano..."

Hisoka: "Eh?"

Tsuzuki: [laughing] "Well, shall we go? To Hokkaido (heart)."

Yuma: "This is going to be fun ne. Saya (heart)"

Saya: "It will be fun, Yuma (heart)."

Hisoka: [shivering] "....."

Hisoka: "That...Pink House..."

Surely Hisoka senses he is in danger.

....for that said reason

The party departed from Tokyo

Taking a trip to the wintry Hokkaido.

[Watari, Yuma, Konoe, Saya, Tsuzuki, and Hisoka all look. About half
of them have vapor breath.]

"Woooooooooooooooooow."

"It's huge......."

Yuma: [almost speechless :P] "You...you've really outdone yourself
Tatsumi-san..."

Tatsumi: "I was told to acquire an expensive hotel so I didn't
take any reserves."

Tsuzuki and Watari: [crying and holding hands (again)] "This
is like a dream....(heart)."

[Hisoka looks pointed at Konoe who is turned to the side counting the
money in his wallet. :-D Inside, there's a whole row of maids lining the
entrance walkway.]

You could only say it was high class.

The service was good, as was the interior.

The landlady was reeeeeeeeeeally good.

[Hisoka pulls Tsuzuki away from flirting(?).]

And then....

[Crab, lots of crabs. Tsuzuki and Watari look at their dishes at the
dinner table and begin to cry.]

Watari: "Ahhhh, I'm so happy I'm scared...."

Tsuzuki: "Can I eat this? I can eat this right!!!"

Hisoka: "Stop it, you're being embarassing"

"Well then!!"

[Glasses held up in the air]

"This year as well, everyone has done a good job!!!"

"Good job!!!"

[Around the dinner table, Saya and Yuma are serving sake to Konoe. Tsuzuki
and Watari share one side of the table, both holding their food in their
arms.]

"Hi (heart) so (heart) ka (heart) kuuuuuun"

[Hisoka nearly chokes.]

Yuma: "Let us serve you sake (heart)."

Hisoka: [mobbed again] "Thank you..."

Saya: "Ne ne, Hisoka-san is such a cute name (heart). Your young
face is also cute...I'm jealous (heartx2)."

Watari: "Don't play too hard, boy."

Tsuzuki: "It would be good if that eased his misanthropy. But
this looks a bit too much."

One hour later--

After they've been eating and drinking for awhile

It's definitely time for Karaoke.

Tsuzuki: "First up! Tsuzukiiiiiiii."

Tsuzuki: "I will sing Merry An!!"

[Matsushita-sensei: I apologize to all Alfie fans. I like him too.]

{Theria: I'm not too sure about the singer's name or the song's name.
Apparently it's English though.}

[Text in Box: (2) Watari's Ei-chan.]

[Even Matsushita-sensei doesn't know why there are red towels flying
around.]

[Text in Box: (3) Tatsumi's Showa Withered Pampas Gras (???????)]

[The voltage for the mike has been turned 30 volts.]

Konoe: "And finally,"

The chief has grabbed the mike!!!

Konoe: "I'm going to do it 'my way'!!"

[Everyone suddenly realizes they need to be somewhere else. Tatsumi
remembers something he needs to do. Hisoka returns to his room because
he is tired. And Watari and Tsuzuki go off to the baths. The latter are
still a bit intoxicated.]

Tsuzuki: "It's a long time since I've been to a hot spring."

Watari: "Just about once a year."

Watari: "Let's take our time."

Tsuzuki: "Hm?"

Tsuzuki: "Aaaaaaaaaaaah! It's Tatsumi (heart heart)!!"

Tatsumi: [he was on his way to apologize to the landlady about
the chief's terrible singing] "!! Have I been discovered?"

Watari and Tsuzuki: "Let's go the bath together!!!!"

Tatsumi: "No, I'm not very good with that kind
of thing..."

[And at the hot spring...]

Watari: "Whooooooooa, that's a huge hot spring!! We
can swim in it."

Tsuzuki: "I wonder if I drank too much..."

Tatsumi: [he was dragged here against his will] "Drinking the
hotel's sake as you did...any amount would make a monkey like you drunk!!"

{Theria: Tatsumi-san hidoi...}

Watari: "What? Are you not feeling well? Tsuzuki."

Tsuzuki: "Yeah..."

[Tsuzuki removes his yukata. :)]

Tsuzuki: "Don't why..."

Tsuzuki: "But my body's so hot..."

[Tatsumi and Watari stare. Then freak out.]

Watari: No! No, Yutaka!! Come to your senses!!!

Watari: Tsuzuki is your friend, no more, no less!!

Tatsumi: I've misconducted myself for a man...

Tatsumi: I'm not like that...

Tatsumi: Even Tsuzuki-san...

Tsuzuki: "What are you two mumbling? Let's hurry
up and get in."

[In the hot spring. Don't ask why they're sharing it with wild monkeys.]

Watari: "Ahhhhhhhh, I'm revived."

Tsuzuki: "Hot springs are the best. Paradise paradise."

Tatsumi: "Talking like that makes you a middle-aged man, Tsuzuki-san..."

Watari: "It would have been good if the kid came too."

Tsuzuki: "Hisoka isn't good with this kind of thing."

Tatsumi: "It can't be helped."

"The newest kid wouldn't want to see the naked bodies of his friends."

Watari: "You two haven't progessed at all have you."

Tsuzuki: "....lay off."

Tsuzuki: But...

Tsuzuki: Though before us, he acts no different

Tsuzuki: Otherwise he is even more reclusive than before...

Tsuzuki: Always absorbed in his thoughts...

Tsuzuki: Like it's become harder to look here...

Tsuzuki: He isn't one to talk about himself...Hisoka

Tsuzuki: "Honestly, sometimes child, sometimes stubborn..."

Tsuzuki: It would be good if he could lighten up a bit during
this trip...

Tsuzuki: "And furthermore Muraki...! Next time I see, I'm definitely
going to punch you out!!!"

[Muraki sneezes]

Nurse: "Ah, do you have a cold, Doctor?"

[Back at the hotsprings, the men hear noises coming from next door.]

Yuma: "Wow, it's really wide, the hot springs here."

Saya: "Yuma! If you run like that, you'll slip."

Yuma: "Don't worry, Saya!!"

Tsuzuki: "Is the female spring...next door?"

Tatsumi: "....so it seems."

Watari: "OH (heart) lucky."

Yuma: "Oh my, Saya, have you gained weight?"

Saya: "Whaaaaaaaaat! Of course I haven't!! You're the one whose
gained weight, Yuma."

Yuma: "Have not! This is just my chest growing bigger!!"

[Tsuzuki, Tatsumi, Watari simply listen speechless.]

Saya: "Huh, I can tell by touch that it's different than before."

Yuma: "You think!? This was a lot of trouble!! Let me see how
your's is?"

Saya: "Kyaa! Hey! Where are you touching, Yuma!!"

[The male trio are still listening.]

Saya: "Honestly, suddenly touching a strange place!!"

Yuma: "What's wrong, we're both girls. There's nothing embarrassing
about it right."

Saya: "That isn't the problem!!"

[The trio are blushing.]

Watari: "....dangerous."

Tsuzuki: "An old(er) man like me doesn't know what young girls
are thinking."

Tatsumi: "Honestly, girls these days..."

{Matsushita-sensei: Actually, Tatsumi isn't good with dealing with any
females.}

Tatsumi: "Shouldn't we get out now?"

Tatsumi: "It's been over an hour. I've gotten dizzy."

Tatsumi: "I'm also worried about the chief...he
might still be singing..."

Watari: "Yeah...if we stay in any longer, we'll be really tired
tomorrow."

Tsuzuki: "That's true."

[There is some rustling in the bushes. There stand a fox, a hare, and
an alligator all wearing old european type dress coats.]

Fox: "This is troublesome, Yan-sensei. What shall we do...?"

Hare->Yan: "We've come to here. Sebastian."

Alligator: "Troublesome, very troublesome."

"Troublesome, very troublesome."

Fox: "Quite quite..."

[They notice they have an audience.]

Tsuzuki: ".....eh?"

[At another hot spring that is internal, Hisoka is leaning against the
side of the bath.]

Hisoka: "It feels good..."

Hisoka: "Going to the bath alone really lets you relax..."

Hisoka: "If I went with them..."

[Hisoka's imagination shows Watari and Tsuzuki teasing him about growing
and stuff.]

Hisoka: "They'd say things like that."

My body is stopped at sixteen...

Even if I become 20, become a middle-aged man

My body will always be sixteen...

I'll always be a kid causing trouble for him(Tsuzuki)...

Though I want to quickly be able to catch up to him...

Though I want to quickly become an adult...

Hisoka: "...better stop. This kind of thinking is useless."

Hisoka: "There may not be any problems this time..."

"GYAA!!"

"HEEEEEELP!!!"

[Hisoka trips while getting out of the bath. And he hit his head.]

Hisoka: "Perhaps I should quit this job..."

Fox: "Are you people..."

Fox: "Not beings of this world?"

Tatsumi: [actually looking frightened/perturbed] ".....hai."

Hare->Yan: Katsue-san, perhaps people of EnMaCho?"

Alligator->Sebastian: "Oh! They do seem to be so, Yan-sensei."

Tsuzuki: "Why is a fox talking?"

Watari: "The rabbit is also talking."

Tatsumi: "Why is there an alligator at a hot spring?"

Yuma: [leaning over the fence] "Has a bear come out?"

[The males immediately lower themselves into the water.]

Tsuzuki: "Don't peek into the men's side!!"

Yuma: "Huh?"

Yuma: "Why, I wasn't expecting to see you Katsue-san!!"

Alligator->Sebastian: "Oh, you."

Alligator->Sebastian: "Yuma-sama!!"

[Hisoka comes running in dressed in a yukata and geta.]

Hisoka: "Has something happened again...?"

[He sees the Hokkaido duo dressed in similar yukatas.]

Yuma: "WAAAAAAAA!! IT'S HISOKA-KUUUUUUUN!!!"

Saya: "KYAAAAAA! HE'S LOVELY EVEN IN A YUKATA!!"

[Hisoka gets attacked by them. The other males are dressed by now.]

Tsuzuki: "Well, what are you all of you?"

Yan: "We are retainers of the Queen of Snow."

Watari: "Queen of Snow?"

Tatsumi: "Ah!"

Tatsumi: "So then, you are dwellers of Beatrice-sama's kingdom?"

Tatsumi: "That's why you can talk?"

Yan: "Hai. You know of our queen?"

Katsue: "Beatrice-sama is the one who controls the winter of
this kingdom."

Coming from somewhere

Civilizing a country awarded to her

The Queen of Snow enveloped by mysteries

Saya: "All of the inhabitants of the queen's domain are animals
so all of them can talk."

Tsuzuki: "Ooooh."

Tsuzuki: "In all of my 70 years at EnMaCho, this is the first
time I've heard of this."

Watari: "Me too."

[Above their heads is the words "Main continent only"]

Tatsumi: [he cracked] "...why don't you try studying about other
areas once in awhile you two...!!"

Yuma: "We're good friends with the queen."

Katsue: "Yes, you two have been very good friends with our queen..."

Watari: "Well? What are you doing here?"

????: "It looks like you're searching for something."

Katsue: "Well the truth is..."

Katsue: "The truth is...the queen is missing."

Katsue: "She has been missing since this morning...."

EH!?

Tsuzuki: "That's terrible. I'll help too. Let's search together."

Katsue: [crying] "Such a kind hearted soul..."

[There is an eyedrop bottle behind him.]

Tatsumi: "WAIT A MOMENT!!!"

[He hates working for free.]

Tatsumi: "The queen's disappearance has no relation to EnMaCho
does it not?"

Tatsumi: "We do not lend a hand out of courtesy!!!"

Tsuzuki: "No way! Tatsumi!!"

Katsue: "But...!!"

Katsue: "Without the queen, winter will disappear from this
country!!"

Tatsumi: "Fine. I don't like winter."

Katsue: "You won't have Kani-suki and Uni-Ikuradon and Ishikari-nabe
anymore."

Tatsumi: "I'm of a nature that isn't particularly attached to
food."

[Tatsumi and Katsue engage in a staring contest.]

Sebastian: [holds up several fingers(?)] "How about a reward of this
amount?"

Tatsumi: "Rest assured we will do this."

Hisoka: [bug-eyed] "...Tatsumi-san?"

Yan and Sebastian: Very good, Katsue.

Yan and Sebastian: If food didn't work, use money.

Yan and Sebastian: His prey will not escape...such an unpleasant
battle

Tatsumi: [on fire] "Well then, everyone. Let us go search for
Queen!!"

Tsuzuki:"...are we really that poor...?"

Tsuzuki:"Hey, Tatsumi..."

{Matsushita-sensei: Actually, the truth is that Tatsumi is a miser.}

This year's trip apparently won't be free of work.

Yami no Matsuei

Part 2 {Hokkaido Part 2}

By Matsushita Yoko

Translated/Summarized by Theria

Translation Key

"Wooow, it's huge..."

"This is the palace of ice huh..."

[Inside of the european castle, the animals are leading the Shinigamis
who are dressed in appropriate winter clothing.]

Yan: "This castle was built from the shaved ice from domestic
natural crystals and eternal ice walls."

Tsuzuki: "Heeeeee..."

Yan: "Completed with such quality approaching clarity, it's never
been seen by humans."

Yan: "The interior is completely heated so feel free to remove
what clothes are necessary and feel at ease please."

Tatsumi: "..."

Tatsumi: Of course, the southern climate.

Hisoka: Is that good? This castle could melt...

Katsue: "Oh, we still haven't introduced ourselves yet."

Katsue: "I"

Katsue: "Am the Queen's steward, Katsue."

Katsue: "This is the castle doctor, Yan-sensei."

Sebastian: "Music professor Sebastian."

Yan: "We are all spirits of animals who have been treated cruelly
by humans and killed by them."

Yan: It was painful...

Yan: The queen taught us wanders words....

Yan: Gave us a place to stay

Yan: Watched over us...

Tsuzuki: "An amazing person."

Yan: "It's our proud Queen."

Katsue: "All of the inhabitants of this kingdom love the queen
from the bottom of their hearts."

Katsue: No one can think of a world without her...

Katsue: "That's why we must find her as quickly as possible.
We want our peace of mind."

Katsue: Our lives...

Katsue: "Of course, we will pay a reward..."

Tatsumi: [holding Katsue's paw] "I sympathize."

Tatsumi: "Leave everything to us!!"

Tsuzuki: "Hm?"

Tsuzuki: [he notices some squirrels on the ground and picks
them up]

Tsuzuki: "Don't worry. We'll definitely find the queen."

Hisoka: "..."

Tatsumi: "Well? How long has the queen been missing?"

Katsue: "We can confirm her location up until 9 pm last night
by the maid's words but...since this morning we don't know..."

Hisoka: "A disappearance with no reason...?"

Watari: "Perhaps she got caught up in something."

Tsuzuki: "Uh...!!"

Tsuzuki: [Tsuzuki seems to not be well in the stomach.]

Watari: "What!?"

Watari: "What's wrong, Tsuzuki!?"

Yan: "Tsuzuki-sama?"

Tsuzuki: "...."

Tsuzuki: "I'm hungry..."

[Watari facefaults. Tatsumi cleans his glasses, commenting about how
much of a kid Tsuzuki is.]

Tsuzuki: "Yan-sensei, can I borrow your kitchen?"

Yan: "But the cook and everyone else has already left..."

Tsuzuki: "It's alright. I'm going to make something myself."

Tsuzuki: "I'll make something nice and sweet okay."

Hisoka: "Make it himself!!?"

Tatsumi: "What kind of horrific cooking..."

{Matsushita-sensei: Apparently, everyone knows how utterly terrible
Tsuzuki's cooking is.}

Tsuzuki: "Sorry to have kept you waiting!!"

Tsuzuki: "A true apple pie using Jonathan apples."

Watari: It looks normal on the outside...

Hisoka: It looks okay to the eye...

Hisoka: Since it's sweet, he's probably already tasted it...

Saya: "Why, Tsuzuki-san, you can make pies as well."

Tsuzuki: "Hehehe....my older sister's teaching."

Tsuzuki: "It was because they had the apples and pie ingredients
down in the kitchen."

Tsuzuki: "Well, eat up, eat up."

Hisoka: "Okay..."

Watari: "A little..."

[They take a spoonful.]

BRAIN FREEZE

Hisoka & Watari: [gagging] TERRIBLE!!!

Yuma: "Ah! This is delicious."

Saya: "Yes, it is! Crispy and not too juicy."

Hisoka: ...amazing. Treating something this bad as if it was
nothing...

Watari: "Your sister is crying in the other world(?) Tsuzuki!!!

Tatsumi: If someone doesn't just tell him the truth next time...

Tsuzuki: "Ah."

Tsuzuki: "That's right."

Tsuzuki: "The last time you came down, I gave you a muffin to
take back up."

Tsuzuki: "Have you eaten it?"

Yuma: "Eh?"

Tsuzuki: "It was the first time I made one so I was a bit worried
about the taste...it's really been bothering me."

Yuma: [nervously] "Of...of course it was delicious."

Saya: [also nervous] "Ye...yes it was."

Tsuzuki: "Thank goodness!!"

"Thank goodness!!"

"Well. then, next time I'll make another one."

Saya: "I...I can't wait."

Katsue: "Well everyone...about the search for the queen..."

"Oh yeah."

"Let's put everything away and return."

[Saya and Yuma stay back.]

Yuma: "Ne..nee...Saya, what did happen to that muffin?"

Saya: "We...well, after we came back we came here...perhaps forgot
it in the queen's chambers..."

BRAIN FREEZE

Saya: "Well...someone must have eaten it or thrown it away by
now!!"

Saya: It has been about half a year...

Yuma: "Let's keep this a secret from Tsuzuki-chan, about leaving
it behind here..."

[Queen's chambers]

Katsue: "Before we begin the search for the queen, shall we attempt
to divine her location first?"

Watari: "Divine?"

Katsue: "Having a lead to follow is better than searching aimlessly..."

"Excuse me."

[Tsuzuki suddenly slips, falling flat on his back. There is a geta on
the floor. 'Geta' are the wooden Japanese sandals.]

Tsuzuki: "...owwwww..."

Watari: [holding the geta] "...what is this, geta...??"

Katsue: "Cait Sith!! I thought I told you to stop using getas
for divining because it's too dangerous!!"

Tsuzuki: Cait Sith?

Cait Sith: "...aw, don't be so angry meow, Katsue."

Cait Sith: "It's ruined before men meow."

[Cait Sith is a talking cat dressed in robes.]

Cait Sith: "I was only divining the location of the queen meow."

Hisoka: "A cat is the diviner?"

Tsuzuki: "Granted that geta divination is really ancient..."

Katsue: "Uh...! You're drunk!"

Katsue: "You've been drinking the Matatabi wine again!!?"

Cait Sith: [holding a geta] "Well...the result of my divination
is that the queen..."

Cait Sith: "Is west of here meow."

Katsue: "...of course, I understand."

Katsue: "It's EAST."

Tsuzuki: "EH!!?"

Katsue: "Cait Sith's divinations always come out reversed."

Cait Sith: "Noooooo. It's just hard to tell when I'm drunk."

[Tsuzuki facefaults.]

Tatsumi: "Well, I and Watari-san and the females will investigate
the interior of the castle one more time."

Tatsumi: "Tsuzuki-san and Kurosaki-kun will go with Katsue-san
and Cait Sith-san."

Saya: "No way! Tatsumi-san!! That's mean."

Yuma: "We want to go together with Hisoka-kun!!"

Tatsumi: "Restrain your self-indulgence."

Tsuzuki: "To the east means toward MaShuuKo...?"

Yan: "The master of that lake isn't on good terms with the queen."

Hisoka: Let's hurry and go.

Saya & Yuma: Hurry and come back, Hisoka-kun.

Hisoka: Don't wanna.

Katsue: "Shall we be going?"

Katsue: "Be careful of your footing."

[Outside, Hisoka pauses. Tsuzuki notices and stops.]

Tsuzuki: "What's wrong, Hisoka?"

Tsuzuki: "Does your feet or something hurt?"

Hisoka: "..."

Hisoka: "I'm not good with darkness. Can't see anything."

Tsuzuki: "Oh...today's a new moon so it's pitch black."

Hisoka: Bad things always occur in the dark.

Hisoka: I don't know where I am.

Hisoka: I become uneasy.

Hisoka: Afraid...

[A gloved hand is held out to him.]

Tsuzuki: "Hold it."

Tsuzuki: "I can see in the dark."

Hisoka: "..."

Hisoka: "Why are you treating like some kind of child!!!"

Tsuzuki: "What, what! You said you weren't good in the dark so
I..."

Katsue: "Ah, please look."

Katsue: "The head waters of Kamisshu, MaShuuKo."

Katsue: "We can't search around here so shall we go to KusshaRoKo."

Tsuzuki: "Ah."

[Hisoka begans taking in the psychic emanations in the area.]

Katsue: "What is Hisoka-sama doing?"

Tsuzuki: "Tracing the consciousness of the queen. He's a psychic."

[Tsuzuki hears something.]

Tsuzuki: "Look out..."

[Tsuzuki jumps in the way of an arrow flying for Hisoka.]

Hisoka: "Tsuzuki!?"

Katsue: "Tsuzuki-sama!!?"

"Don't move!!

"If you move, we will shoot!!!"

Tsuzuki: [pulling out arrow] We're surrounded.

[A tall old man who looks like he has seaweed in his hair steps toward
them.]

Old Man: "What do you want..."

"Enma's dogs."

Hisoka & Tsuzuki: This is...the master of MaShuuKo....!!?

Old Man: "Begone, Shinigami. This is no place for you to come."

Old Man: "You would do well to leave peacefully..."

Old Man: "Or else a shower of arrows will pierce your bodies."

Tsuzuki: "A...ano, lord...do you know of the Queen of Snow?"

Old Man: "Queen...?"

Old Man: "Humph...no."

Old Man: "A negligent woman such as that, whatever happens is
nothing I know of."

Tsuzuki: "Wait a minute..."

Tsuzuki: "I don't think it's as you said..."

Old Man: "You...do you not understand..."

Old Man: [Old Man suddenly transforms into a serpentile dragon
out of Asian mythology]

Old Man: "The words 'begone'!!!"

{Matsushita-sensei: The real form of the Old Man is that of a dragon.}

Cait Sith: "This has become serious meow."

[The dragon has unleashed a powerful wind directed at the intruders
and specifically the Shinigami.]

Old Man: "Disappear!!"

Old Man: "You disgusting mice."

[Tsuzuki lands in a crouch in the snow.]

Tsuzuki: "Why...you..."

Tsuzuki: "BLOCKHEAD!!!"

Tsuzuki: "If you have a dragon, we'll oppose you with a dragon!!"

Tsuzuki: Humbly do I present

Tsuzuki: My wish to those twelve that grant me divine protection

Tsuzuki: "Blue water, blue light, and freezing sigh; destroy
my enemy!!"

Tsuzuki: I command you to appear before me!!

Tsuzuki: "Come forth, SohRyu!!!"

Old Man: "SohRyu!!?"

Old Man: Impossible...why can a measely human call upon dragon
ruler that is nearly god...

{Matsushita-sensei: The type of dragon that the Old Man is not a very
high level dragon.}

[Tsuzuki takes a step back and slips/trips, bending his back over a
snowman laying on the ground.]

Katsue: "What's a snowman doing here..."

[The Old Man dragon sweatdrops. Removing the snow from the 'head' of
the snowman reveals...]

Katsue: "Ah!! This is..."

Katsue: "The Queen!!?"

Tsuzuki: "Eh!!?"

Tsuzuki: "Why did I screw up again in a place like this!!"

Katsue: "Your majesty!! Are you alright!!"

Old Man: "Absurd!!"

Old Man: "I'm leaving!!"

[Back at the castle]

Queen: "...my my."

Queen: "What a terrible thing that has happened to me."

Tatsumi: "In truth, what did happen?"

Queen: "Um."

Queen: "It's a rather shameful story but..."

Queen: "Last night, I found a sweet delicacy out on the veranda."

Saya & Yuma: Sweet delicacy!!?

Queen: "It appeared quite frozen and something left there for
quite some time. I suppose it was something someone left in my chambers
and the maid simply put it outside."

Katsue: "Your majesty!! We've always cautioned you to be war
of what you eat...!!!"

Queen:"So you've always said I thought."

Queen: "So I snuck out of the castle late in the night."

Queen: "I had planned to eat it outside and then return but..."

Queen: It was dark without the moon

Queen: I wandered over into the Old Man's domain

Queen: "I've tried hard to stick with my diet but..."

Katsue: Liar. She just wanted it all for herself.

Queen: "It was so utterly terrible...I didn't think things of
this world could be so terrible."

Saya & Yuma: [freaking out] It was...!!!

{Matsushita-sensei: Saya and Yuma apparently do know how bad Tsuzuki's
cooking is.}

Queen: "It was so terrible I fainted. That's why I was unconscious
there."

Katsue: "Who brought that thing..."

Yan: "This can't be forgiven!"

Yuma: "Gomen! Tsuzuki-chan!!"

Saya: "Ano..."

Yuma: "The truth is that sweet delicacy..."

Tsuzuki: "Eh?"

So the problem reached a resolution but...

Katsue: "Since the source of all the trouble was from your side,
we shall say that the (monetary) gratitude shall be nothing."

Tatsumi: [jaw dropping] "EH!!?"

Tatsumi: "..."

Tsuzuki: "Ano...Sorry Tatsumi..."

Tatsumi: [removing his glasses and looking scary] "Tsuzuki-san...You
really are...."

[Something explodes and Tsuzuki is right in the middle of it.]

This was definitely a trip with no ties to money.

[Konoe is still singing back at the hotel.]

{theria: Brought to my attention by Janice (aka Sparkle!), Queen 'Beatrice' and her animal servants may actually be a play off of Beatrix Potter, the author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and many other famous children's stories about talking animals.}

Saya character notes

Sat, 20 May 2006 06:52:45 GMT

After seeing Yuma do it, I needed to do it too!

- I play Saya as . . . pretty genuine. What you see is what you get (except, of course, for the undead thing). She keeps her emotions fairly close to the surface, so it's very easy to see what she's thinking. The exception to this is when she has to be secretive, has to hide it, and that's when she'll get slightly more cheerful to hide it.

- Saya's not dumb, but she's excitable. She'll sometimes ramble on in a motivational speech, using a big convoluted metaphor, then forget what the metaphor means. She'll also be distracted by pretty a lot of the time.

- Saya really likes people to be happy. Unhappy people are a mystery to her, and she can't really handle it. If someone broke down crying on her, she would probably panic and try to cheer them up as quickly as possible. This isn't to say that she can't sympathise with unhappy people, because she can, she just doesn't like to see them unhappy. She'll go out of her way to cheer emo kids up (PSST, ROXAS), especially if she manages to cheer them up a little bit once.

- I think Saya died after Yuma- not long after, maybe a couple of years, but she's the junior, so she looks up to Yuma, in a way. By this point they're pretty equal in power and experience, but she'll still trust Yuma's decisions on most major things and a lot of minor things, because she's Yuma. She's her partner. Saya would definitely try to sacrifice herself for Yuma if it came to that- but Yuma would be sacrificing herself at the same time, and they'd end up smashing heads and knocking each other out.

- Saya gets stressed when she breaks people. When they fight back and go >:( at her, she gets more determined, but when someone breaks down and can't handle it, she tends to feel personally responsible. It gets worse if someone catches her having broken someone, because then she's been discovered red-handed, and she didn't really want to break the person in the first place.

- I play Saya as an only child, raised by a single mother. Her father left at an early age for some reason- maybe he died, but it was so long ago Saya can't remember. Her mother was very professional, and didn't really pay Saya much attention- which leads to her showering affection and attention at anyone she meets. She especially likes it when people return that, because it's sort of like a validation.

- This has absolutely no basis in canon, but I think Saya might have died by falling. I'm not sure how, or why, it just feels sort of right. She was probably cutting flowers or something.

- Saya, for whatever reason, is afraid of ghosts.

- Saya had pierced ears while she was alive, but they grew over with the shinigami healing when she died and became a shinigami.

- Saya fights dirty. When in battle, she'll aim for weak points like the eyes and knees. Well, she needs every advantage she can get, whut.

MORE TO COME MAYBE

Thu, 18 May 2006 22:39:01 GMT

Reverse meme WHY NOT.

[CFUW Game 23: Locked to Impulse]

Mon, 15 May 2006 01:18:09 GMT

Impulse-san! Can I talk to you?

Sun, 14 May 2006 05:43:38 GMT

Relationship meme! To see what Saya thinks of your character, comment here? ~~NEVER TOO EARLY~~

Tue, 09 May 2006 01:42:40 GMT

You Are A: Duckling!

The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.

You were almost a: Puppy or a Squirrel
You are least like a: Turtle or a Kitten What Cute Animal Are You?

DRESSY DRESSY

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:34:22 GMT

People who have been put in dresses so far!

Roxas in the Yellow Satin White Overlay Pageant Dress
Hanatarou in the Green Summer Dress with Floral Embroidery
Tamaki in the White Satin Yellow Lace Organza Dress
Rey in the One Shoulder Dark Blue Gown
Envy in the Extra Fluffy Pink Satin dress with White Lace and Bows
Ari in the One Strap Bead Bod Purple Taffeta Dress
Akiha in the Pink Mauve Satin Cross Bodice Dress
Kimimaro in the Strapless Black Silk Dress with Sequins and Sheer Drapery
Axel in the Red Silk Ball Gown With White Roses
Roxas (again) in the Pink Silk Ball Gown with Pink Roses
Gwendal Von Walde (as Commodore Norrington) in the Fire witch dress
Yzak in the Dark purple sequined ballgown
TOTAL FALIURE:Il Palazzo in the Barbie pink very ruffled hem-sleeve ball gown
Gojyo in the Black and Silver-Trimmed Ballgown with Ruffled Sleeves
Sai in the Floral Isabella Cocktail Gown.
Arnaud in the Pink ballgown
Sora (as Zack) in the Pink off-shoulder prom dress
God in the ~~Super Ugly~~ Pink polka-dotted knee-high dress
Zim in the bright red tango dress