Rekka no Honoo [Flame of Recca] :: Anzai Nobuyuki
 VOLUME 19
:: translated by tenno yukie ::
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Aoi Honoo

volume 19 chapter 01

Volume 19 Chapter 1 : Spinning Arm

(kaoru faces off with kamui)

kamui : I love you... kaoru...... it's nothing unnatural. there's no reason for liking someone------- there's no explanation. even if they are a kid...... even if they are the same gender... (smile, attack, while kaoru's dodging...) ...but hey... another me inside me is saying, if you love him then kill him......... because you love him then kill him! the way to fulfill the strongest desire to possess... is to bring the one you love to a place where no one else can reach...... and kill them with your own hands... you know *heart*
kaoru (>.<;; face) : ......!!!
kamui : I saw the hokage photos for a assassination order... you attracted my heart. (6 pix of the hokage... with kaoru's standing out from the rest...) monkey and gorilla, and the 3 ugly bitch...... (he thought tokiya was a girl AHAHAHAHAH *ahem*) among them you shone like a jewel... I decided koganei kaoru would be my target-------- I couldn't let you be killed by the other ura uruha...... you know. I won't let anyone else have you!! you're my kaoru!! so die!! (*...coo coo...* anyway, kaoru strikes back with kougon anki and jumps outta the way) kya!!
kaoru (stick tongue out at kamui) : sorry, but I don't have that kinda interest. I don't belong to anyone. (and in tiny bubble on the side) by the way, mikagami is a guy. if you're going to be in my way------- (transforms kougon anki to the ryu form)
kamui (doesn't look too scared *.*) : oh!?
kaoru : then I'll have to inflict some pain. (looks so deadly ^^;;)

(he throws out the chain)

kamui : huh!? (his sword gets taken by the chain and thrown to the ground)
kaoru : so? I won't go easy this time. (a cute smile ^.^)
kamui (practically jumped on him) : I LOVE YOU *heart* (pats kaoru) AMAZING!! good work!! just now!! I really admired that. (just imagine kaoru's face filled with sweatdrops... T.T) saying things like "I won't go easy this time"! your pride is soooo cute~~~~!! (T.T)
kaoru (panting... after finally getting away from kamui) : u... um, errr... are you... seriously fighting?
kamui : of course!! I've got to kill you!! just that...... I want to take some time... to enjoy the battle with you. I want to see your various expressions--- such as a troubled look. (kicks sand in kaoru's face)
kaoru : wah!! (clearing his eyes of sand)
kamui (voice) : I want to hear your various voices...... such as the screaming sound full of fear.

(kaoru looks around and kamui has disappeared, of course using that sand to block kaoru's view...)

kaoru : he... he disappeared... (look around, no one there... kamui's sword is still left on the ground) [his sword...... it's still here! he didn't take it...... it's not...... a madougu. just a sword------ does he use a madougu too? if so, he'll use it next...... that's why he discarded the sword! there are rocks all over this place! he's hiding somewhere. ......he's watching me... ......he's going to attack me... I can only depend on... sound! sound........................ (on guard... while from his hiding place, the targeting system from kamui's mechanical eye is locked on kaoru... but kaoru hears the tiny machine sound) over there!!!] (turn toward the sound and hits) ! (he hit only a piece of rock) [a rock!!?]

(kamui was on exactly the other side and a machine gun in his hand is aimed right at kaoru)

kamui (emptying the bullets on kaoru) : little fool *heart*

(kaoru jumps and dodges all the bullets...)

kamui : heheh... very good. you dodged it all... good boy, good boy *heart* (while kaoru's panting on the ground from those near misses) I won't go easy again~~~~. (the smoke clears from the gun and it's now clear that the machine gun is attached to his right arm)

(kamui vanishes from his position)

kaoru : [he disappeared again!!] damn! (running to the next spot) you're not getting away this time! kamui!! (and there's no one there around the corner) [not here... he sure moves fast......] (suddenly...)

(kaoru finds a piece of an arm on the ground)

kaoru (freaked out) : w... w... what the hell is this~~~~... (but then he sees the screws and pieces inside) !! machine!!?

(meanwhile the targeting system is unknowingly aimed right at his back)

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volume 19 chapter 02

Volume 19 Chapter 2 : Humanoid Weapon

(kaoru examining the arm he found)

kaoru : [this is...... machine!! a mechanical arm!!? (actually it was half an arm, from the elbow down) what's going on!? I really saw kamui's right arm attached with a gattling gun------ and the right arm here..........] (suddenly)
kamui (behind) : k a o r u *heart* (kaoru turns and sees him around the corner of the rock, now with a different device on his arm) question---- (point to his right arm) what~ is this?

(kaoru obviously knows what it is cuz he was running for his life when a laser beam shot out from that thing. that laser basically cut the big huge rock behind him into two)

kaoru (running, being chased by the collapsing rocks) : wah!! WAHHHHHHHH!!!

(big bangs, like a whole mountain fell over..., kaoru sitting in the ruins with a big sweatdrop of disbelief)

kaoru : t... that guy... don't tell me...... (and immediately sees missiles shooting at him) WAHHHHHHH (run, run, everything explodes, he dodges behind another big rock) owww!! [w... what a reckless guy, geez! I can't even get close. (turns around)] ! (another hand next to him) [heh...... (his fangs are showing ^.^) the left hand this time......]
kamui (still voice) : hey... kaoru... pay attention------- to the walls. aren't there crystal balls stuck on them? (the cave walls are actually full of them... just you can't really see them before cuz they're small) that...... is a madougu. (the madougu of lamp) it creates...... heat and light------ the light of this underground world must be thankful to the power of these. it's amazing...... even after more than 400 years, these balls haven't lost their radiance, it's bright even now...... don't you envy it? humans last for 100 years at most... mori koran's obsession is "eternal life"... I can understand him. this hand... fingers... face... to be marked with ugly wrinkles......... I'm afraid of that----- therefore I thought... it'll be fine if I replaced all the aging parts. it'll be fine if I replaced all the bad parts--- ...that's why...... (kaoru's been listening carefully, but on guard all this time, then kamui just suddenly pops up in front of him) my body------- (face to face) is all machines.
kaoru (I think he's overly traumatized by kamui's ugly face, turns and runs the other way) : h... he's here!!

(but now kamui's right hand is a long mechanical arm/clamp whatever and he easily drags kaoru back and lifts him up in mid air)

kamui : what! I'm not a monster.
kaoru (must be painful to be hanged on one arm) : OWWWW!!
kamui (since kaoru's so short... ^^;; I don't think he likes being lifted like this) : gotcha~~~ ...this place is full of rocks. I already hid various parts among the rocks before battle. the bazooka arm was over there... the missile arm's here... ...... well! are you prepared!?

(kaoru looks freaked out ^.^ meanwhile... fuuko's making her way down stream, walking along the riverbank)

fuuko : ! (looks around) [just now... I thought I heard------ koganei's cries...... (an image in her head of kaoru crying big teardrops in the cat face, fuuko stops and listens)] ......... (exhale) ...probably just me. well, gotta hurry!

(she starts running, behind her, the mysterious man with black cloak and big caldron is following her, going unnoticed... meanwhile, what kinda abuse is kaoru going through? cuz he's screaming like crazy)

kaoru : WAH!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!! (dun ask, but kamui is trying to kiss him T.T his lips goes left, kaoru struggles to the right, his lips moves right, kaoru moves as left as possible)
kamui (vein) : WHY ARE YOU AVOIDING ME!!?
kaoru (just as loud) : GO ASK YOURSELF!!
kamui (vein, vein, drops kaoru) : hmph!!! fine, cheapo!! I just wanted a kiss. ...well. (back to kaoru) it is time............! (turn around with a super ugly/evil smile) KILLING TIME *heart* (said this in english T.T anyway, he disappears again) [it's been fun, kaoru............... don't worry, I'll make your corpse into a pretty display...]
kaoru (can't see what he's thinking) : ......that's right............ I really don't have anymore time------ I need to meet up with fuuko nee-chan and mikagami soon...... it's about time--- that I take it from here on.

(if kamui saw this look on his face right now, he might have second thoughts about his prey... but kamui can't see cuz he's hiding behind some rock, and using his scope and check the whole area)

kamui (sees a different light on screen) : heat sensor...... detected... (raise weapon) goodbye *heart* kaoru... (but...) ! (suddenly the heat sensor's popping up everywhere, kamui's sweating) what's...... this? one... two... and still... still increasing...what's going on.........?

(kaoru's watching all this behind another rock... he's on the offense now)

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volume 19 chapter 03

(kamui's heat sensor's messing up on him)

kamui : two... three...... the heat sensor's still increasing! that's... impossible...!? uh...... grr...

(firing away at all the targets like crazy... he's not calm anymore)

kamui : how sneaky!! what are you doing, kaoru!!? (after he blasts everything *revealing his own position while he's at it* he finds that the error was caused by those lighting madougus being piled up together) the madougu tomoshibi... this is... the real heat sourse...... (sweating) ................. that was quite a job......... kaoru...

Volume 19 Chapter 3 : Torn Limbs

kamui (scanning) : camera mode version 2------- infra red scope............ [...but it's probably no use...... that kid's amazingly quick and won't get caught. ...if I shoot around randomly--- I'm giving away my position, and I can't take it either if the rocks collapse. prey and predator...... seems like the positions have reversed------ (he jumped a little at the sound of a piece of rock) what is this!? I'm getting scared now!!? you've gotta be kidding!!! I am always in control!! I'm not gonna take this! no!!]

(he's killed more kids like this in the past... some random kid trembling, crying, screaming)

text : the prey. pretty young faces being twisted by fear. I stab into their face, hands, feet and body again and again. (kamui's face all bloody) the instant of joy.
kamui : [until now... it's always been like that------ I love that frightened face. I love to completely destroy that face. I love it, I love it, I love it. but I've... been reversed... to being in fear...?] (kneeling down) unforgivable... unforgivable... unforgivable... you're a bad boy, kaoru......... unforgivable!! (he suddenly sees something...) [that's......]

(no one visible...)

kamui : ......... hey... kaoru...... please come out. you see me right? I apologize... I give up----- just come out... (put his hands on the ground in front of him) look. I gave up my weapons... these are just fake hands. please, kaoru...... forgive me...

(kaoru appears from behind a rock)

kaoru : ......raise--------- your hands.
kamui (*.*) : ah... ahhh... (looked so happy) kaoru... kaoru.
kaoru : I still don't trust you. so I'm staying in a distance. (he is face to face with kamui, but a bit further, yes) raise your hands!

(suddenly two long mechanical arm thingies pop out of the ground and grabs kaoru, if you've played final fantasy 7... you should know what I'm talking about, the thing that ruby weapon does, its arm goes under the sand the comes up behind u... anyway... that's why kamui had his hands on the ground...)

kamui : hah. banzai *heart* (it's a japanese way of cheering)

(now kaoru is hanging in the air again, and two more sharp scissors look alike comes out of kamui's arms too and looks like that's how he plans to kill kaoru)

kamui : AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! ashura arm............................. I hid them under the sand beforehand...... too bad, eheheheh. (kaoru actually looks really calm) .............. (kamui's smile is disappearing) scared... hm... what!! what's with that calm look!!? be afraid!! cry!! you know, you're going to die!? you will be killed!?
kaoru : don't think that everyone is bounded by fear. recca nii-chan he............ said that when kurei was going to burn ganko. "who lost?"----------- even though recca nii-chan is a super big moron... (reverses his kougon anki blade while he's talking and easily freed himself from those two arms) but------- I like him.

(with his next move he cuts kamui apart... chopped off all this arms and legs... which are all mechanical)

kamui (on the ground... with just his upper body part) : I loath this... what do I loath... not that I lost, but that you already have a guy that you like...... I'm jealous------- I want to kill him.
kaoru (wink) : I lost even to me-------- no way you can kill recca nii-chan! see ya.

(runs off... kamui is left there on the ground alone)

kamui : [oh...... kaoru.........]
kaoru (freezes half way) : [?]

(he actually goes back to get kamui...)

kamui (so happy, though he's being dragged by kaoru by the hair *.*) : ahhhhhhh---!! I'm so happy!! you came back for me!? kaoru~~~ *heart* oh I love you!! I'll follow you anywhere~~~~~~~~

(and kaoru drops him into the river ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;)

kamui : AH. t... that's so mean!! helpppp------!! nooo-------!! (kaoru waving goodbye at him with a super funny cat face)
text : koganei vs. kamui
kamui (flowing down the river, thinking) : eheheh, but I just like bad kids like that. what the... doesn't seem like there's room...... my body...... I wonder if it rusts...
text : kaoru's complete victory!!!

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volume 19 chapter 04

text : there was a man----- carrying the blade of water, his slim form and long hair often caused him to be mistaken for a girl. his personality is cold and calm. calculating and quiet------ and... ruthless.

Volume 19 Chapter 4 : Girl

(if you can't guess who the above description is meant for... then I have nothing to say to u. anywayz... tokiya gets out of the water, remember that he jumped in to follow kaoru, and he reached a cave where the water became shallow, low enough to walk in... he walks on to land and looks around, looking for kaoru, but of course, he's imagining what kaoru's doing right now...)

kaoru (>.< big fat cat face) : YAY, GIMME. ME WANT HAMBURGUR.
tokiya (>.<;;) : ......... [where the hell did he float to...... ...he's a pretty stubborn little guy. I don't think he'll die...... what a pain.........] (then he hears...)
miyuki : *sob* *sob*... *sob* *sob*... *sob* *sob*...*sob* *sob*... (ok... so it said shiku and gusu on my book, but how am I gonna do the sound affects in english???) *more sobbing*... *sob*...

(tokiya realize it came from behind the ancient stone monk statues by the wall, so he goes over)

tokiya (very coldly) : who's there?

(a girl is hiding behind the statues, she has a long braid and glasses, crying and trembling)

miyuki : a...... and who............ are...... you......? let me go... already...... don't... hurt me... (sobbing) I want to go... home... I want to go......... (tokiya has a strange look in his eyes)
tokiya : ............
miyuki : my...... name is miyuki... one day on the way to school... I was kidnapped by a strange man. I was here when I woke up... my cell phone's also out of range, so I can't call for help...... (she was sitting by a fire that she started...) i... was brought here... by a long hair one eye man...... (starts to cry again) he raped me many... many times already... I was so shameful...... I wanted to die.........but...... I don't want to die in this place... no......
tokiya (recalls mokuren's face) : [probably...... mokuren......]

(miyuki suddenly grabs tokiya's arm)

miyuki : p... please......bring me with you. help... me get out of this place. please......
tokiya (looks at her funny) : ......... either ways I don't plan to stay in here forever. come if you want, I don't make any guarantees.

(so basically he takes her along, and he's got a new companion now... miyuki always follows him along...)

miyuki : ...... um... can't I call you mikagami-san? is there someone that you like... that you're together with?
tokiya : no. (it's really kinda true, cuz I still don't think that he *likes* yanagi in that way, come on, she's like the replacement for his sister, don't let it get sick)
miyuki : ...but you must be very popular in a boy's school with that face. (^.^)
tokiya (sweatdrops, vein >.<) : ......
miyuki (blush) : I am...... going out with someone right now. he's a very strange guy----- but I love him.

(tokiya looks back, he's glaring at her right hand which is wrapped up in bandages... miyuki notices and smiles)

miyuki : oh, this? I broke it......... when I was at volleyball pratice. aren't I just clumsy...... but it's fine now. (tokiya doesn't answer... they see light up ahead) oh...... we finally reached an open area...... (don't think that they're outside already) maybe it can lead to outside!? I can meet that person again... I'm so glad... I'm so glad! (running up crying) I'm really... so glad that... i... i... (suddenly drew a knife and stabbed tokiya in the heart) I want to kill you. (the smile turns into a evil laugh) heheh... hahahah...

(she undoes her disguise... take off the outside jacket to reveal a ninja suit and... you should recognize her now)

mikoto : long time no see, sexy...... I am the goddess of life------- mikoto... you were careless! but weren't I cute? it's a little disappointing that it's not fuuko... but I'll finish you off... one by one like this! (remembers the humiliating time she had in the tournament) you... were more stupid than I thought... heheh...

(tokiya suddenly smiled... it was a rather cruel smile... and his whole body bursts into water...)

mikoto : !? (shock)
tokiya (the real one standing behind her) : the female fox still hasn't changed... your monkey show only makes me laugh---- no matter how you cover up, your evil stench won't disappear. I noticed in 3 seconds. (smile evilly) you should at least know your place. pretending to be a student with that look... you're eight years too late.
mikoto (really pissed off... kinda scared too) : W...... WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!

(mikoto punches tokiya in the face, he didn't try to dodge, but hit her right back)

mikoto (face bleeding, surprised that tokiya would hit her???) : ouch... it hurts... you hit me... nose bleed...... how could you hit a woman!!? you and fuuko are both part of the violence club!!
tokiya (I think mikoto should start trembling for real, that look on his face) : we are not related. I am not a feminist.

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volume 19 chapter 05

Volume 19 Chapter 5 : Mad Lovers

(ok, first thing, the actual title in japanese said "the evilest lovers", but since the picture on the back cover was titled "mad lovers", I thought this title was appropriate)

text (flashback scenes of everyone coming in to the cave) : recca, fuuko, domon, koganei, mikagami, yanagi...... the six members of the hokage ninjas----- to destroy the evilest hokage madougu "tendou jigoku"----- they have now entered into the sealed land, this underground world. they were separated one by one by the fork paths. recca, yanagi, domon----- vs. gaou. (scenes of domon kicking his ass) domon (yanagi?) defeated gaou with his wits! koganei----- (scene of him falling into the river) was going with fuuko and mikagami but was carried away by the river alone. and... vs. kamui. (scenes of kaoru kicking his ass) he refused his love and won in the end. fuuko------- vs. hisui. (scenes of fuuko kicking her ass) her showdown with the female warrior who wished for death had a victory of "no deaths". however, as she's moving on, behind her...... (the black cloak guy with the caldron) she still doesn't know that a new assassin is going to attack her. and......

(basically a map of everyone's location... 

       kaoru_
           |
           |___tokiya
           |
recca  fuuko
|________|
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entrance
that is just to show you how bored I am right now... T.T it's 12:20 and I'm drawing diagrams... must be me reading too many game walkthroughs ^^;; anyway, continue...)

text : mikagami tokiya----
mikoto (her face still bruised) : heheh... hehhehe...... (evil glare) seems like you're still such a showoff, sissy boy!! ever since I first saw you in the ura butou----- I thought you really annoyed me! you idiot lost to someone of kai's level......... how do you plan to win against me?
tokiya (icy) : correction. kai is much higher than you. you still don't get it. you are the most worthless thing in the uruha. (suddenly... two tree roots binds his hands by surprise) ! [t... this is? tree roots!]
mokuren (appears from the shadow) : eheheh... ehehehehe... how are you? mmiikkaaggaammii~. (he looks really deformed, those roots came from one of his hands)
tokiya : ...... mokuren... (he sure is calm)
mokuren : nice tagplay, mikoto!!
mikoto (by his side, arms around him) : you came out so late~~ mokuren! it really hurt when I got hit by that stupid ass. (they kiss)

(you should see tokiya's expression... HAHAHAHAH... it's a mixture of shock, disbelief, sweatdrops, veins, horror, disgust, headache, turning purple etc.)

mokuren : I'll cure it with a kiss.
mikoto (blush) : silly... (the expression on tokiya's face is getting worse, it can't be too fun to watch those two make out ^^;;) we... have been together.
mokuren : want us to show you some more? you like it? (evil laugh) eheheheheheheh! (mokure's errr... doing something more than making out now... but anywayz) last night was great, mikoto... let's do it again?
mikoto : baka! this is not the time.

(tokiya definitely looks sick, getting dizzy... I think he can throw up anytime... but anyway, the funny face put aside, he smiles slightly...)

tokiya : heh...... you have my best wishes. you two crazy maniacs are truly appropriate for each other. you can go deep into some mountain where there's no one there and flirt till you die.

(mokuren hits tokiya really hard with another root)

mokuren : say it again, asshole. ... did you forget? this hand... you cut off my left hand. (which is why it's all roots now) maybe I should thank you!! I got su-----ch a cool hand now. let's see how long you can last, asshole. you...... will be chopped into pieces like a combo robot!! (hits him again and again) heheh!! hahahah!!
mikoto (hug mokuren) : mokuren... great... you're the greatest. I love you...
mokuren : heheheh...
tokiya (still no expressions) : ......... ......mes...
mokuren : huh~? did he say something!
mikoto (evil smile, *ahem* this is kinda sick T.T) : isn't this exciting? your thing's erected! well, I wonder if that girly boy's got something like that. just kill him already, mokuren...... I feel uncomfortable with this guy looking at me......... (wave her hand and calls out...) come out, shirahige!!

(another madougu that's a mikoto look-a-like, but 10x more ugly... or more...)

mikoto : there's more than one puppet madougus... this one has power that even exceeds mikoto------ madougu, shirahige!! (opens up the madougu and climbs in) I'm gonna ride this... and kill you!!
tokiya (still can't make out what he's saying) : ......times...
mikoto (attack in shirahige) : stop mumbling!! you'll die in your piss!!! (I prefer terms more elegant but this is mikoto after all... T.T)

(but of course, mokuren suddenly sees tokiya had the ensui handle in one hand)

mokuren : !!?

(in seconds, he formed a sword and chopped up all the roots)

mokuren : DON'T GO NEAR!! MIKOTO!!!

(too late... shirahige is already on the way to jump on tokiya)

tokiya (his eyes looks like rasen's ^^;;) : thirty...... eight times------

(he stabs shirahige and the madougu falls back)

mokuren : mikotooooooooooo!!! (mikoto climbs out, but she seems really hurt and falls to the ground) mikoto!! are you alright!!?
mikoto (she's kinda out of it, sweating, crying, drooling everything) : h... he......... did... it on purpose.............. stabbed... me... in the space in between... attacked... not my body... but damaged my mind...... (and oh, look who's pissing in her pants now)
mokuren (scared) : um......
tokiya : I was gonna tell you to look at yourself. a woman who loses control (in that particular way) in front of other people...... we'll see who'll still be interested in you. (turns to mokuren) ...now then--- mokuren, thirty eight times----- you hit me that many times. I will return it all back to you. (I think mokuren should start running... but...)
mokuren (evil laugh) : I'm gonna completely kick your ass! don't think I'm still the same... mikagami!!

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volume 19 chapter 06

Volume 19 Chapter 6 : Peculiarity

(so now it's the showdown between mokuren and tokiya...)

mikoto (still on the ground) : [mikagami...... tokiya......!! (looks freaked out) he is----- he is... different!! he an unusual existence in the strong happy environment of the hokage ninjas! (that's true, everybody else acts like a baka) somewhat indecisive... with a vague position----- the water swordsman!! when he's with them, he's naturally become a member of the hokage. (ahem, a scene of fuuko punching mi-chan to demonstrate) he could be seen as one of the idiots. however...... standing out alone from hokage's space, mikagami tokiya is................. cruel! ruthless! the viciousness makes him strong!! yes... you can say that he's more like us uruha people! completely heartless in battle, he will eliminate you if you are considered an enemy! ...and that reminds me....... (goes into a flashback)]
kurei (looking at tokiya's photo) : mikagami----- tokiya...... I wish---- I could have met him under a different situation. ability... personality... I really don't dislike him. (which is liking him in kurei terms, he tears up the photo) why is such a man working together with recca, it's hard to understand............ it's all fate. that's just too bad-------- (end of flashback)
mikoto : [yes... even kurei wouldn't underestimate him...... ......why!? why is he in the hokage...... this guy.....!!?]
tokiya (obviously don't that mikoto is going through all this... realized something) : ! (he turns to look at the other wall) [this feeling... what is it......?]

(suddenly the ground around him is bursting out with roots, they grow and then tie together into human form)

mokuren : you better pay attention, mikagami-chan... over here~~~ or else you'll regret it~~~!! this is mokuren-sama's new technique!! hehehehe!! dekumai *wooden puppet dance*!!!
tokiya : ...you will... hide yourself using this? perfect technique for you, mokuren. (the puppets attack)
mokure (obviously he's inside one of these...) : shut up!! I'll kill you!! puppets!!!

(tokiya draws his ensui, slash up some of the puppets, but they are living plants and grows back together very quickly)

tokiya : !
mokuren (attacking again) : hah, good work. the plant cells in my body has a very strong life force! so does the puppets who came out of my body!! heheheheh... they are wood zombies!! they can't die... wood puppets with no fear!! I am~ really gonna show you. and mash you into meat, bastard-chan!!

(tokiya dodges another attack while mokuren's gloating, while he realizes something else)

mikoto (cheering) : you're winning!! you're winning, mokuren!!! you can rival the jyushinshuu now!! (yeah right)kill that fucking bastard!!!
mokuren (the puppets surround mikagami) : yeah...... I got it, mikoto......... die!! die!! die!!! hahahahahaha!!!
mokuren : this is revenge......... go to hell, mikagami!!
tokiya (sigh, cute face ^^;;) : .................can I just ask a question? a "lost controlled hysteria" and----- "stupid human plant", do you have the right to call other people fucking bastards?

(man, mikoto and mokuren looks pissed off)

mokuren (attack) : DIE!!!

(all the puppets attack tokiya at once, but he threw away his weapon!!! actually, he threw it at one of the puppets, but what if he misses??!! he won't miss... it stabbed right through that puppet)

mikoto : !? (all the puppets stopped moving all of a sudden)
mokuren (the roots around his body are slowly breaking, as he's just as badly hurt as mikoto) : uh... uhhh... h... how... how did you... I was in here!?
tokiya : hiding a tree in a forest----- your tactics is correct. the problem was......... you're such a foolish coward to always hide behind all those fearless puppets.
mokuren (spats out more blood) : GAA!!
mikoto (supports him) : mokuren!! hang in there, mokuren!!!
mokuren : eh... (mikoto looks up and tokiya is standing right there with no intention to back off)
mikoto (really scared) : p... p... [h... how can he look so cold...... this guy...] please forgive him... if you go on... and beat him 37 more times he'll die......... [I knew he was different from the others!!!]
tokiya (glares at them but finally softens... and sighs with a cute face again) : saying stuff like "don't think I'm the same"......i don't think you've changed at all. I'll just clear all the remains with that one hit. [...wasn't that sweet... mikagami tokiya------- when did you turn into this? (remember the deformed faces of his friends... sweatdrops) c... could they have......... poisoned me?] (once again, he feels something) come out. (turn to the wall) ... I've noticed you since earlier. an unusual presence--- it's about time to show yourself.
mokuren (as if he suddenly remembered) : t... that's right!! please!! we only have you!! kill this guy for us!!!

(a girl in strange cloth appeared, she's wearing a hat, strange shirt, a skirt, and on her left arm, there are three bands each with a crystal ball on them. the most significant thing is that she has a cross on her face, I think it's a girl, but then again, I think they are suppose to be genderless. she also calls herself "boku" which is not too often used by a normal girl)

aoi : first time we've met, mikagami-san. (smile) I am aoi.
text : afterwards...... mokagami tokiya saw something that he has never seen before. (he did look really shocked) and-----

(the last image of the chapter has him fallen on the ground unconscious, in his own blood. while aoi takes a bow)

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volume 19 chapter 07

Volume 19 Chapter 7 : Choice

(let's check in on recca now)

recca : alright, next! (as they r walking along) contest of who's the cutest girl~!!! (raise his hand *I puke*) PRINCESS!!
yanagi : I'm not cute~~ (a little embarrassed) hm---- menou-chan!
domon (*.*) : oho, fuuko-sama *heart*
recca (vein pop) : alright, domon you lose!!
domon (super vein, eyes bulging) : WHAT THE HELL!!?

(so they start to beat each other in the background)

yanagi (sweatdrop) : oh boy, fighting again. are you really good friends?
recca : alright!! that's it, next...... contest of who's the coolest guy!! (*raiha-kun of course*) ME!!!
domon : hah, you lose, hanabishi!!
recca : what was that, damn you!! (at each other's necks again)
yanagi (noticed something) : huh? (the other two stops)

(there's a note pinned on one of the stone columns up ahead)

yanagi : a poster?
domon : a... a... a treasure map?
recca (pick in up curiously) : what the?
note : of the man and woman facing death, which one would you save?
recca : ............ what the hell is this? well, does it mean princess and domon? I pick princess.
domon (looks super pissed) : me too, asshole.

(suddenly the ground that they were standing on collapses to the side and they're falling down a cliff)

everyone : !?
recca : w... what the hellllllll!!? AHHHHHHHHH!!

(ahem, meanwhile... fuuko's moving along, and the black cloak guy's taking pix of her which she seems completely unaware.)

soukakusai : heheheh... (looking at the pix) what a body... I can't take it......... those breasts......... that ass...... I wonder... if someone touched them already............ (why are the ura uruha full of perverts??? but we all know what's gonna happen to this guy...) doesn't matter... ...just a little longer... and you will be all mine. ehehehehehehehe...................
fuuko (suddenly appears next to him and takes the pic) : oh----- oh------- my eyes were closed! you suck at photography.
soukakusai : !!? f... fuuko!?
fuuko : hey. we meet again.
soukaku (jump back) : grr...
fuuko : I've always known that you were following me. I didn't want to bother with you cuz I was quite busy. but, I reached my limit! you're getting really annoying. (takes out shintou that she got from hisui) I order you--- "disappear in three seconds". or else you're gonna get it.
soukakusai (unchains the giant caldron on his back) : stubborn woman...... but I like to make these kinds of woman... slowly... slowly----- cry... "I refurse".
fuuko : fine!!! (attacks)

(switch back to the other side... the three are hanging off the cliff in a straight line, recca's the only one who didn't fall, he's hanging on to domon, who's holding yanagi)

domon : grrr...... grr...
recca (having some trouble) : a... are you alright? domon... princess!
domon (sweating) : i... I'm fine, yanagi... is a normal girl. she's not heavy...
yanagi (sweating too, but still trying to smile) : I'm fine too! heheh. I'm not afraid of heights.
voice (coming from behind recca) : what a perfect situation. well~... what will you do, what will you do? hanabishi recca! (throws a few flying daggers that stabs recca's arm)
recca : OWWWWW!!
domon : hanabishi, are you alright!?
voice (coming from the darkness) : heheheh... of the man and woman facing death-------- which one would you save? if you want to save the "woman", the just let go! I don't care about the man----- but I swear to god I'll save the girl for you. if you want to save the "man"--- then tell him to let go of the girl he's holding!! I won't like it if you answer "I won't choose either". if none of you let go--------- then I'll stab you and all three of you can fall!
domon : ...... come on, hanabishi. you'd choose yanagi right? let go of me.
recca : ...............when do I start to follow order!! (glares back) I WON'T CHOOSE EITHER!! (another dagger stabs into his arm) OWWWWWWW-----!!
voice : what a idiot. fine------- all of you will die.
yanagi : domon-kun!! let go of me!! I'm pretty light............ so I don't think it'll hurt if I fall!! (but domon suddenly looks really calm)
domon : take care of the rest. hanabishi. yanagi! KILL THAT ASSHOLE FOR ME-------- GO AHEAD FIRST!!!

(he lets go of recca's hand and falls, but throws yanagi back up at recca, recca catches yanagi but screams as domon is falling down the cliff... but domon has a funny expression and points to his forehead, where the word "tetsu" appeared)

recca : ! (relief) [i... I see!]

(and domon waves back up at them... and he's falling... and falling... ... ...)

voice : I expected something like this was gonna happen-------but that just makes it more interesting.
recca (to yanagi who's still horrified) : princess---- he activated tetsugan! he won't die even if he falls! domon's alright!! [what a guy.] (yanagi turns happy, and recca turns to the shadows) now... (he looks super pissed off) come out asshole! you dare underestimate me, I'm gonna return you the honor!
voice : hehehe... heheheh...

(another dagger flies over and pinning another note under)

voice : read it...
recca (reads) : !?

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volume 19 chapter 08

Volume 19 Chapter 8 : The Second Choice

(a dagger pins a note in front of recca)

voice : ...read it... hanabishi recca-------
recca (picking it up, vein) : what the hell is this! just say what you want------ (shock) !?
yanagi : w... what's wrong? recca-kun.

(recca suddenly looks really scary and pissed off and tares the paper into pieces)

recca : it's all pointless stuff!! come out, asshole! I want to kick your ass.
voice (pauses) : ...i refuse. I didn't underestimate you. i'm not such a fool to outright challenge the man who beat kurei. I will attack you indirectly. and... in the way you hate the most.
recca (going to attack him anyway) : you cowardly bastard!! then I'll just have to find you!! (but in the next step he takes, he sets off an explosion) what the hell!!? (jump)
voice : mines. it's better that you don't move. I've buried them all over the place.

(sends another dagger pinning a note, this time to yanagi)

yanagi : ahh.
voice : recca-kun will rip it even if I show it to him. so I'll let her read it.
recca (vein) : don't read it, princess!!

(but yanagi's reading it already...)

note : of the father and princess facing death, which one would you save?
yanagi : father and princess... which one would you save...?
recca (laughing hysterically) : what foolish talk is this, idiot------!! my dad!? he's not even here!!

(a crystal ball rolls out from the shadows and falls close to recca, the word on it is "voice")

hanabishi (voice coming from the crystal ball madougu) : WHAT THE FUCK, ASSHOLE!!! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON, YOU BASTARD!!? (and... recca... you only see his foot in the air)
recca (sweating) : t... that voice was.........

(on the other side of this madougu, hanabishi is being kidnapped and tied up, another ura uruha member is holding another identical madougu and talking to it. think of it as cell phones T.T my thought is that they could've just used cell phone, we are in the 20th... I mean 21st century after all... modern technology, not everything needs to be madougus...)

man : fumimaru-sama... we're above ground, some place close to the hanabishi house. target "hanabishi shigeo" has been captured successfully!! (puts a knife next to hanabishi's face) I can kill him anytime-----
hanabishi : EHH!? (voice heard through the madougu) WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, YO!! THAT'S DANGEROUS!! DIRTY BASTARD!! UNTIE THE ROPES ON ME!!
recca (looks like he just died) : p... pops...
fumimaru : so? your father is in our hands. he's up there in a far away place so there's no way you can save him. I will choose to kill one------ and I said earlier if you say "I won't choose either" then I'll kill them both. father and princess----- which one would you choose?
recca (sweating, heart beating faster) : [damn...... don't kid me!! there's no way I can choose either one!! plus... the case was different before! before, domon had testugan, and the three of us were together so we could work something out! this time...... dad is above ground!! 1. choose hime, of course dad would be killed. 2. choose dad, even if I can save princess afterwards, dad will still be killed. 3. choose neither, they will both be killed (dad for sure).]
hanabishi (waking recca up from his thoughts) : ...... are you there? recca! I don't know what the hell is going on... but you said you were going to protect yanagi-chan!! a man has to keep his words!!! don't worry about me, GAHAHAHAH!!
recca (total deformation, thinking) : how is that possible!!

(suddenly yanagi steps up)

yanagi : please let got of recca-kun's father. I'll replace him!
recca (shout) : what are you saying, princess!!! I won't allow that!!! (but...) ! (he suddenly realized that he couldn't move an inch, like he's pinned to the ground) w... what......? my body... can't move...
fumimaru : madougu kagenui... (you see that recca's shadow has been nailed with some little nails while he was being careless) you can't control your movements anymore. it was only because you were so careless. you didn't know that I nailed your shadow? (a really ugly man appears... he's skinny, half bald, wearing an eye patch and some whiskers) then it's alright now for me to show myself... I am fumimaru-sama.
recca : hey!! I can't move anymore right!!? then...... let princess and my dad go, just come attack me!!
fumimaru (he's really gonna regret this later... really) : that won't do. I love to torture people's spirits. I'll make you so painful... so painful that you want to be killed. well ~~~ now, shall I kill the woman. huh?

(yanagi is slowly walking up to him...)

fumimaru (laughing) : yo, yo, girl!! didn't I tell you there are mines? walking around like this... aren't you afraid?
yanagi (looking deadly serious... for the first time ever) : absolutely not----- everyone is fighting with their lives! I have to fight too!! I'm not afraid of you. a coward... and low-life like you... isn't worth to be feared!!
fumimaru (sweating in answer) : big words, girl......!!! you stupid bitch should just die!! (attack) DIE!! (suddenly...) !?
man : w... what are you... AHHHHH (the voice is coming from the cell phone madougu) AHHH!!
fumimaru (yelling into the madougu) : w... what's wrong? what...!?

(at the hanabishi house... kagero stands over the beaten ura uruha man)

man : grr... fumimaru-sama...
kagero : stupid boy----- you didn't know about me?
yanagi (happy, tears) : [that voice...... kagero-san.]
hanabishi (freed from the ropes) : you saved me, kagero-san!! (stretch arms) ah~~~ feels so good to be free!!
fumimaru (really sweating now, screaming) : you dumbass!! kill him!! or else I'll kill you!!!
man (attack hanabishi) : WAHHHHHHHH.
hanabishi (looks so deadly ^^;; with a lot of bomb marbles in his hand) : YO, YOUNG MAN! WHO DO YOU THINK I AM.

(the guy gets totally blasted)

hanabishi : MUN. (the name of his attack I guess... afterwards) AHAHAHA!!! this is what you get for underestimating me!! that kid... got this from me! (meaning the bomb attack) guess I haven't lost my touch yet!!! (step on the guy) if you want to kill hanabishi shigeo, come back with a tank!! (kagero clapping for him with ^^;; in the background)

(anyway... all fumimaru is...)

hanabishi : AHAHAHAHAHAH.
yanagi (crying happily) : i... I'm so glad... oji-san...

(suddenly... the little nails kagenui starts to pop out from the ground... as recca is shaking with rage... yeah, he's furious... you can feel his angry aura...)

recca : I broke the limitation. asshole...... prepare yourself...
fumimaru (shock) : [he broke the kagenui by force!!? (stuttering...) h... he, he... he, he, he... he's a monster!?]

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volume 19 chapter 09

(recca doesn't care if he's getting hurt but he's popping all of those nails off... and um... little coward fumimaru looks really scared now...)

Volume 19 Chapter 9 : The Final Choice

(recca is approaching fumimaru with this super angry aura...)

fumimaru (scared) : EEK... d... don't come near! don't come near to me...... yo!! (recca ignores him) DON'T COME NEAR!!! (grabs yanagi and points a dagger to her throat)
yanagi : AH!!
fumimaru : YOUR CHOICE!! I'LL KILL THE GIRL IF YOU COME CLOSER!!! if you let me get away... I'll let her go!! how about it!?
recca (big smile) : princess! close your eyes.
yanagi : ......? ......... (finally got it) ! (and closes her eyes)
fumimaru : did you hear me, stupid kid!!! if you decide to let me go, then make sure I can't see you anymore! go really far away!!!
recca (he looks really scary ^^;;) : I have no intention to let you get away. (calls out setsuna)
fumimaru : !?
recca : you were showing off too much. (setsuna flies around the cave) I won't forgive you. (setsuna's eye opens and aims for fumimaru) shun en. (recca looks soooo scary kowaii T.T anyway, while fumimaru is toast, yanagi is saved from the flame by madoka)
fumimaru (cough) : ga... keh... keh. ......not over yet... (raise his dagger)

(being the toast that he is... *I think I am reading too much about the house of atreus for english class... where they cooked their children and serves them for dinner... ahem* how dare he attack recca)

fumimaru (attack) : fumimaru-sama is immortal!! (ahem... and recca KO punch him in the face) ahhhh, (flies off) wahh... WAHH!! (looks up, realize that he's at the edge of the cliff that domon fell off of, and recca is approaching from behind) [shit......]

(and recca doesn't look like he has any intention of backing off... he calls out rui, who turns into the beautiful woman again ^.^)

rui : well... I'll give you a riddle-------- called "choice". I am the formless flame------ would you come to my side...... or else... would you fall down the bottomless pit------ which is a smarter choice?
recca : ...it's your turn to answer now. fumimaru!!
fumimaru (looking back and forth) : um... uh, uh, um... (imagining himself falling) [no! no!! NO!!! (trembling, then looks back at rui)]

(rui has this cute chibi smile and waving at him, saying "this way, this way, over here" and fumimaru is also looking at rui's half naked breasts and made up his mind)

fumimaru : ......... heh... ehehe... [...that's right......] this side...... (starts to walk away from the cliff) [I won't survive for sure if I fall............] (attack rui) THIS SIDEEEEEEEE!!! [it may be a flame... but it's still a woman!!]

(as he approaches, rui turns into a flame and devours him)

rui : your choice was courageous...... but it wasn't the smart one......
fumimaru (being toast for real this time, permanently) : GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

(later... yanagi talking to kagero through the madougu)

yanagi : hey, hey, can you hear me? kagero-san.
kagero (voice coming from the other side) : it sounds like you are both alright.
recca (clapping) : ohhhhhh!! it got through!!
kagero (suddenly turns serious, even worried) : that's good! recca, something's up!! I don't know if it's good news...... or bad news, but it's complicated. (while hanabishi is still cheering over his valiant efforts in the background)
recca : ?
kagero : kurei is alive!! and he's heading your way!!

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volume 19 chapter 10

kagero : listen to me, recca......! I don't know if this is good news or bad news, and it's complicated----- but it's the truth! kurei is alive!! and he's heading your way!! (recca and yanagi looks surprised)

Volume 19 Chapter 10 : Kurei Is Coming

kagero : eikai gyoku released an amazing aura. hatred, wrath, tragic, death............ the far-sighted madougu saw "something" that it feared.

(flashback, kurei's image appears in the crystal ball, three strange looking guys, presumably ura uruha, surrounded him, one of them cuts his ax through kurei, and just as he is all happy, kurei's image turns into a flame... and unknowingly, kurenai and jisho has already sneaked up behind them... the three totally gets toasted to dust... and the image statics out.)

kagero : ...and then his image was cut off------ from the direction that he was going in, he's definitely heading your way! he's still alive!!
yanagi (a little unsure of what to say) : [recca-kun...... (guess she was worried about recca's reaction)]
recca : AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! I KNEW IT! (huge smile)

(yanagi and kagero looks errr... traumatized)

recca (very energetically) : that asshole couldn't just die like that! isn't he the monster who was still very much alive after taking on all of my eight dragons? yeah, it won't be interesting if he doesn't show up!! (super deformed laugh) ALRIGHT! COME, COME!!
yanagi : recca-kun, you look like--- you're really happy.
recca (freeze... huge sweatdrop, tries to control himself to the best of his ability *which isn't much*): I'm not happy at all.
yanagi (glare, sweatdrop, thinking) : you were happy, you were definitely really happy!!
kagero (on the other end, cough, sweatdrop, ahem) : a... anyway just be careful! because another difficult person is getting involved...... I'll tell you if anything else comes up!
recca : alright! kaa-chan!! (puts madougu away) ALRIGHT!! come on, let's go, princess!!
yanagi (smiles to herself) : [that's right......... that scary man is still his brother...... he should be happy------]

(so those two moves on... meanwhile... kirin and rasen are still in their cave... and they know everything that's going on out there...)

kirin : ...kamui defeated--- mokure, mikoto defeated------ fumimaru defeated----- what a loss. (rasen looks at her) aoi won. as expected from someone of a different rank. the four ninjas "shishiten" whose strength in this organization is second only to rasen and I! she's one of them.

(basically at this point, there's a chart of the ura uruha, mori koran and renge at the top, directly below is rasen and kirin, and then 4 boxes for the shishiten, only aoi is known, 3 more ?'s, and then under is... everyone else... a few of them in shadows, meaning that they haven't appeared yet, but others are gaou, kamui, soukakusai, hisui, the makiya, three people who attacked kurei, masakari, fumimaru, mokuren and mikoto.)

kirin : let's see~~~ we're actually a pretty enormous organization. I wonder which side is stronger if we fought with the uruha's jyushinshuu? oh right! you're a jyushinshuu too. (rasen just looks at her, with this really cold, scary look, kirin looks scared) sorry. I was joking...... (sweating, thinking) m... miscalculation (sweatdrop) a... anyway, it should get fun! they're almost close to where we are. who will reamin and who will make it here first......

(we now go to fuuko *wahh.... my favorite part is about to start *.* and you know why*)

soukakusai : hehehe... kirisawa fuuko...... d... do you remember what I said to you when we first met?
fuuko (looks annoyed) : forgot. as if I can really remember those pointless things.
soukakusai : then... once more... I'll say it once more... "your body and your heart will both be mine alone." (reach into his pocket and take out a mini fuuko doll)
fuuko (first looks confused, then... in lots of sweatdrops) : wh... what's that...? could it be...... me..............!?
soukakusai : yes...... it's a figure I made. kirisawa fuuko on 1/10 scale......... t.. the cloth are removable, so there's a school uniform version and a casual cloth version... even has got... your little underwear............ (lick the doll) should I make...... a 1/1...... normal sized scale......

(fuuko looks totally disguised and freaked out, even though soukakusai's not licking her, but it's her model...)

fuuko (PUNCH) : WHAT THE HELL, ASSHOLE!!?
soukakusai (jumps back) : eh.
fuuko (shivering in goosebumps, thinking) : w... w... wwwwwwwhere do they find these assholes!! pervert! (think about fujimaru) I hate him worse than fujimaru!! ewww~!!
fujimaru's picture (yeah... the image that's in fuuko's head) : [what did you say, bastard---. (vein)]
soukakusai : my name is... soukakusai--- i... I am the man who will become your master.........!!
text (fading out from fuuko's scene) : what is koganei up to after he defeated kamui? what will become of domon who fell down the cliff? what about mikagami's life and death? can the hokage ninjas who's been completely separated at this point regroup safely before tendou jigoku? and---- (mori koran's evil smile as he reads off a scroll)

(mori koran, his assistant, and renge is standing before three split paths)

mori koran : ......the middle one is real--- let's go!
text : only one man without any delay, readily moves closer to the evilest madougu... mori koran.
mori koran : close...... we're close! tendou jigoku!!
text : all the people in the underground world......... what will be their fate? only tendou jigoku knows-----

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