Ekkusu [X] :: Clamp
VOLUME 2
:: translated by tenno yukie ::
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volume 01 ::
The Sign of Battle (KOUSI II)
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volume 03
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volume 02
THEIR DESTINY WAS FOREORDAINED, 1999
X The Sign of Battle (KOUSI II)
sorata : I haven't introduced myself yet! my name is arisugawa sorata! I am a cute high school junior with brown eyes! (attack)
yuuto (dodge) : I appreciate such formalities. then I should introduce myself! (creates barrier)
sorata (attacks and it gets repelled) : [It's repelled! what's that?]
yuuto : kigai yuuto, I'm an ordinary civil servant. (attack)
sorata : ah! (dodge) hm... you don't really look like a civil servant! I thought you worked in a bar or cabaret!
yuuto : really? that's funny. hahah.
sorata : ahahah... (continue fighting) hey, mister, you got a really interesting weapon! it's like a big firecracker...!
yuuto : and you got amazing static electricity!
sorata : not bad! but you really look like a *male prostitute*...
yuuto : And you're a real comedian, boy.
sorata : you're really an interesting guy, mister!
yuuto (point to himself) : I'm embarrassed when I get praised. [ahahahahahaha] (look around) but it's really an excellent kekkai... an area with a radius of three kilometers has been divided into a perfect alternate space.
sorata : Because I'm such a candid and cute guy, the kekkai I made also look cute
yuuto (holding a doll) : that's right, especially this part.
sorata : if you want to get out of this kekkai, then don't kill me!
yuuto : it does seem so...
(fuuma walking on the street with kamui's medicine.)
fuuma : [use every six hours, half an hour after meal.]
(sorata and yuuto fights again)
fuuma : [who's there?! (sorata and yuuto freezes, the surrounding area is completely destroyed) what the hell is going on?]
sorata : what? someone walked into my kekkai?
yuuto : ...who are you...?
fuuma (remembers) : [the fallen houses, the cracked streets... kamui!] ... are you the ones who hurt kamui?
sorata : kamui?
yuuto : then, are you here to find kamui too?
fuuma (mad) : so it really was you guys...
yuuto : sorata, let's just stop it here today! if we don't explain this, I think he's seriously going to hurt us.
sorata : wait... I didn't hurt kamui like that!
yuuto : someone actually walked into a kekkai created by a sorcerer on your level... what powers does he have? I don't know.
sorata (retrieving his kekkai) : oh well...
(dimension distorts and everything returns to normal in front of fuuma's eyes.)
fuuma : [no damages at all?! how is that possible, just now...]
sorata : what about it, ain't my kekkai perfect? not a scratch... then why did that guy...
yuuto : I'll leave now! I hand over the right to talk to kamui first, sorata.
sorata : hey, mister, we'll fight again someday!
yuuto (smile) : sure! (walks away on the roof)
sorata : mister, where are you going?
yuuto : the yamanote train station.
sorata (falls) : hey! don't you have a cooler exit!? like fly into the sky or disappear or something?
yuuto : doing those things in normal space is crazy.
sorata : kigai yuuto... I can't underestimate him... (jump down in front of fuuma) mister, I'm really not the one who injured kamui! it's this weirdo in a student uniform! (daisuke)
fuuma : student uniform? (sorata nods)
sorata : oh, I didn't introduce myself yet! I am arisugawa sorata! you can call me sora-chan.
fuuma : ...
sorata : you have no sense of humor-- mister, you won't be able to survive in oosaka.
fuuma : who is the guy in the student uniform that injured kamui?
sorata : I don't know. but I can tell you, he's also really to the "end of days".
fuuma (kamui holding a ball of light) : the end of the world?
(in monou's house, kotori taking care of kamui)
kotori : [he's sweating a lot... his wounds must reallyhurt! or maybe... is he having a nightmare?]
kamui (in his dream) : [what is this place? (sees a ball) is this... earth? there's something inside! (he jumps back) it's a person... a woman?]
hinoto : kamui, you found me.
kamui : [her lips are not moving, the voice is coming directly into my head...]
hinoto : help me, kamui...
kamui : [who is she?] help?
hinoto : [please save this earth!]
kamui : earth...?
kids (the young fuuma, kamui and kotori) : ahahahahaha
kamui : [the younger me? (two women) my mother... and fuuma and kotori's mother. only fuuma and kotori played with a fatherless child like me. we always played hind and seek around the togakushi shrine. we get yelled at by our mothers when we lose track of time. aunt saya... she was friends with my mom since high school. I was so happy. back then...]
kotori : ahhhhhhh
kamui : [kotori?]
fuuma (running) : what's wrong? kotori!
(kotori is standing in horror watching a very bloody scene. fuuma is shocked as he arrives. their mother's body looks like it exploded, into many many many small pieces...)
kotori : mom... mom... (crying) brother... what is... that? is that mother...? why is mom in pieces?
fuuma : no! that's not mother!! (comforting kotori) kotori, forget this! that's not our mother...
kotori (blank stare) : ...mom... mom...
kamui : [kotori... fuma...]
tooru : kamui...
kamui : mother?!
tooru (to the young kamui) : we can't stay in tokyo anymore!
kamui : why?
tooru : ... saya... she died.
kamui : aunt saya died?
tooru : for us!
kamui : for us?
tooru : I can't get anyone at the togakushi shrine get hurt anymore.
kamui : the people in the togakushi shrine... would they all die? fuuma and kotori... and their father...
(the older kamui watches all these scenes from his past, and at this moment, he steps in and breaks up this conversation)
kamui : no one is going to kill them!!
(the images from his childhood shatters and breaks, in the reflection of all the pieces are the images of a fallen tokyo.)
kamui : [this... is the fallen tokyo? then why is the tokyo tower and the government office still standing?]
(kamui's mother tooru burning in flames...)
kamui : mother, mother!
tooru : kamui, you must be strong... no matter what happens, you must live on... until the promised day of 1999.
kamui (tooru combusts) : mother! ... mother...
(then he sees kotori tied to a cross by many many wires...)
kamui : kotori! kotori!
kotori : kamui... (the wires tear into her flesh and she doesn't look any better than her mother)
kamui : KOTORI! (her blood and flesh falls on him, kamui holds his head, I think he has a headache) ...uh... uh... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (crying over kotori's head, the heads turns into feathers...)
hinoto : kamui...
kamui (in pain) : did you make me have that dream?
hinoto : yes, I gave you this dream, but this is not just an illusion, it's reality. it's part of you sealed memory, a memory that you can never forget.
kamui : kotori is still alive.
hinoto : that's is a possible future.
kamui : future?
hinoto : kamui, please save the earth... do it to change that girl's future, please help me...
kamui (energy surge) : shut up!
hinoto : AHHHHH
(hinoto gets hurt, and falls back, kamui looks kinda pissed)
kamui : ... shut up... (flames burning around him) if anyone dare to lay a finger on kotori and fuma... I'll kill him!
(back at hinoto's underground place)
hinoto : ah!
hien & souhi (running) : princess! are you alright? PRINCESS!
hinoto (wounded on one shoulder) : ...kamui...
(another underground place, where kanoe is.)
kanoe (half dreamy) : hahaha... to be able to kick the strongest dreammaker in all of japan, hinoto, out of her own dream... you are really kamui. (the symbol on her forehead fades) but... because of that, I've easily found kamui's weakness!
(she stands up. the phone rings)
phone : beep beep beep
yuuto : sorry to bother you, miss kanoe.
kanoe : yuuto!? it is unusual that you would call!
yuuto (at a public phone) : I figured I would be late, so I'm calling first!
kanoe : where are you?
yuuto : I'm still at ikebukuro.
kanoe : you? late? isn't that rare?
yuuto : I was trapped in a kekkai for a while!
kanoe : kekkai...?
yuuto : yeah! just as I was about to go meet kamui, a really cheerful oosaka boy popped up. his kekkai was magnificent! in a radius of three kilometers, it was completely an alternate space. even when the kekkai was retrieved, there was no distortion to the normal dimension!
kanoe : then that means he's also related to the end of the world...
yuuto : of course! not only is he related to the end of the world, he also happen to be one of the seven seals!
kanoe : you fought with a seal inside a kekkai?
yuuto : I apologize. since he was so cheerful... but it was a draw because we had an unexpected guest.
kanoe : guest?
yuuto : someone... walked through that oosaka kid's kekkai.
kanoe (shock) : really?
yuuto : yes, that oosaka kid was also very surprised.
kanoe : the very first step to become a seal is the making of a kekkai. the one who stepped into the kekkai... who was he?
yuuto : he looks like a high school student, and he also seems to know kamui...
kanoe : that means he is...
yuuto : one of the seven seals, and that mysterious boy who came into the kekkai... I got teased by them and had to come back crying. (tearful ^_^)
kanoe : what are you talking about, you are one of the seven angels.
yuuto : only because I'm an ordinary civil servant.
kanoe : you are so cute, yuuto. we'll talk about the details when you come over.
yuuto : fine. (hang up)
kanoe : one of the seven seals has contacted kamui. what's more, the boy who stepped into a kekkai made by a seal... [is it possible... (walking down to a lower floor) hinoto...] you have never failed once in your predictions... the best dream maker in all of japan. you dream of the future and then tell you visions to the politicians. they work their policies according to your dream... the end of the world that hinoto saw... show it to me! hinoto, I'll coming into your dream.
(buildings fallen, buried in sand, corpses everywhere, everywhere... seven people in cloaks standing on top of what I can tell as the tokyo government building. and the people as much as I can recognize, are the angels... except for one standing alone from the rest)
hinoto : kamui!!
kanoe (leaving) : your dream seems correct. it's great to be under the national congress. hinoto sister...
(she reaches the next room, a girl is sitting inside a large machine/computer in this case, and the wires are directly connected to her body.)
kanoe : am I disturbing your fun?
(the computer is named "beast")
satsuki : no, kanoe, it's over now.
(the wires leave her body and she gets up)
kanoe : one of the seven angels, yatouji satsuki. (touching satsuki's face) is he... really kamui?
satsuki : the computer answered... yes.
kanoe : hahah... things will get more and more interesting.
(satsuki calls for the wires again.)
kanoe : they seem to really obey you faithfully. satsuki.
satsuki : ... the governor is returning soon. as his private secretary, shouldn't you return to office? kanoe.
kanoe : yuuto is coming back soon, he has a bunch of amusing stories to tell me. the governor would go to his office, and then immediately go home. as long as I show up then, it'll be fine. plus, it's very easy to get to the governor's office from here. because... this place is directly below city hall.
(meanwhile, at the shrine, kotori is taking care of kamui)
kotori : [kamui looks like he's in pain, what should I do? (while kamui is caught up in that dream, everything around them is shaking) w... what? earthquake!? what should I do? where can I move kamui to... under the table... oh... (look around) kamui won't fit, plus, I'm not strong enough to move him... (more shaking)]
kamui (in his sleep) : stop it!
(the whole room is a mess, kotori jump on top of kamui to cover him)
kotori : ahhhhhh (kamui open his eyes) ?
(kamui and kotori just stares at each other)
kotori : uh... ahhhhhh! (jump away... very far away) sorry! i... I... uh... brother brought kamui... I mean shirou home to take care of your injuries! i... uh... kamui... no... I mean... shirou... i.. uh... (blush, blush, mind not functioning, door open) hey!
(fuuma walk in with sorata)
sorata : what's going on? (sees the mess) !? kamui! what did you try to do to this beautiful lady? (over dramatically) even if you are kamui, you're still human. I can understand. to be alone with such a pretty girl, who knows what... (fuuma just stares at him) hey, mister... you have no sense of humor. gee... (sign) AHHHHHHH (everyone stares at him) I'm hungry. (sweatdrops everywhere, kotori practically falls down)
(later, as sorata gets his food)
sorata : hey, this is good stuff! it's really delicious, miss. that's enough to not worry about getting married.
kotori (blush) : not really. oh by the way, there was an earthquake before. (cleaning up)
sorata : huh? huh? huh? how come I didn't feel it?
kotori : but it was very strong...
fuuma : there was not earthquake!
kotori : then... what...
fuuma (turn around to kamui) : does it still hurt?
kamui : ......
fuuma : you won't have any strength if you don't eat.
kotori : then I'll go get some soup. (leaves)
sorata : ...... hey! even if you're hurt, you should still talk. that girl tries really hard to take care of you. (give up) kamui is really not talkative... (to fuuma) mister, can you leave us alone for a while? (fuuma is alarmed, sorata laughs) I won't do anything to him, I just have some things to say to kamui.
(fuuma looks at kamui, and stands up.)
sorata : sorry, it'll be quick!
fuuma (leaving) : I'll be downstairs, call me if you need me, kamui.
sorata : ...... (vein) what am I gonna do? eat kamui? (cute smile) look at me, I'm so cute, right? kamui.
kamui (taking off his bandages) : I don't remember ever letting a stranger call me by my name.
sorata (serious too) : you're completely different when that guy and the girl's not around.
kamui : what do you want?
(fuuma walks down stairs as kotori is coming up with the soup, he stops her, and they both go down)
sorata : are your injuries alright? (extends a hand, but kamui rejects it) that guy in the school uniform was really annoying. and then there was a strange girl who pulled a sword from her hand.
kamui : you! are you one of them?
sorata (shake his head violently) : no way! no way! [kamui is so cute, but really mean...] how could I possible know those really serious people? I don't know that girl in the sailor outfit either, but as long as it's a beautiful girl, I'll remember her!
kamui (grab his collar) : then how did you know?
sorata : I finally saw you coming home from school, as I was about to stop you, you flew away with that serious looking guy! (kamui sweatdrop) I tried really hard to catch up, then some time later, you two fought without making a kekkai...
kamui (confused) : kekkai...?
sorata : yea! kekkai! so that guy in the student uniform also mentioned kekkai? so he is really related to the end of the world...
kamui : end of the world...?
sorata : the promised day of 1999!
kamui : !! (getting very alarmed and defensive again)
sorata : don't get me wrong! I'm not here to pick a fight, idiot! (holding a cup) here! have a cup of tea and relax! (kamui sweatdrop... he's been getting a lot of sweatdrops since he met sorata...) I'm a monk from Mt. kouya. you don't believe me? I bet you've never seen such a handsome monk! (*_* starry eyes) I can understand how incredible it all is. I'm a little different from the normal monks, I live there, but I go to high school! for some other reason... talk about that later.
kamui : ...?
sorata : mt. kouya is the base of shingon, recently due to the influence of manga and other sources, people seem to think that we're magicians or sorcerers. really, almost all the ordinary monks practice Buddhism seriously. because of the increase in tourists, the mysterious image of mt. kouya is fading. but there still lives a stargazer hoshimi at mt. kouya. as the name implies, he sees the future through stars, but it's very different from the zodiac that you see in magazines. Shukuyoudou, also known as the astrology of Tantric Buddhism. the name stargazer may sound so divine to you, but he's just an old monk. I've known him since I was a little kid... I won't get into that. about a week ago, the stargazer sent a messenger. it really wasn't a person, it's a gohou! you should know what that is! (cute smile) gohou is used by the tantric buddhist and shugendou. it's like the shikigami that onmyouji uses. the form is completely determined by the sorcerer. (make a cute little doll) [I can make one like this.] anyway, I got on my bike and rode to kongoubu temple, he'll get mad if I'm late. when I walked into the hoshimi room in the temple, grandfather looks very different, he was so serious. he said to me, (getting serious) kamui came back to tokyo!
(thunder outside, in the shrine, kyougo is kneeling in front of the sword.)
kyougo : saya... (remembering his wife) as you wished... (remove a long package from the table) I've prayed for the sword to never be born, but...
(remove the wrapping, it's holy sword.)
kyougo (the elements and weather reacts to the sword) : you've finally returned, kamui!
(kotori and fuuma in another room, kotori pours tea)
kotori : [kamui, are you alright?]
sorata (fuuma in deep though) : [it'll be really quick!]
fuuma : [kamui]
kotori (put down the tea) : ...kamui... what happened in these six years?
fuuma : ...... six years ago, mother died from sickness... then suddenly kamui and aunt moved away... these six years, where have they been?
kotori : is aunt tooru alright?
fuuma : [no, (blood splash) that's not mother!]
(flashback to six years ago, a room full of blood, on the wall, on the floor, everywhere)
fuuma (hugging kotori) : forget this! kotori! that's not mother... [that's not mother...] (later)
kotori : ahhh--!
fuuma : kotori--!
kotori : mama...!! (crying)
fuuma : kotori, that's not mom! she died from sickness! kotori! our mother... our mother... she died from sickness! [mother died from sickness...]
kotori : [mother was sick...] (years later) brother, I'll make dinner tonight...
(she sees a dead bird that was ran over by a car, all squashed...)
fuuma : kotori?
kotori (crying) : ah... ah...ahhhhhhhh! (falls)
fuuma : kotori, don't worry, it's a bird, it's not mom! it's not mom! kotori!!
kotori : NO----! mom!
fuuma : kotori!
kotori (reach out a hand) : mom...
fuuma : forget it! kotori! no matter what happens, kamui and I will protect you... (young kamui smiles in their memory)
kotori (back to now) : what's wrong? brother?
fuuma : no... nothing. [kamui...]
sorata (still upstairs with kamui) : kamui, why did you come back to tokyo? was it because someone dear to you died?
(kamui jump up, and he's surrounded by light and energy, I think he's forming an energy beam, but sorata catches his hand first)
sorata : heh...
kamui : do you wanna die? (energy surge)
sorata : !! such rash personality! didn't I tell you I'm look here to pick a fight? even if you want to fight, don't involve the people in this shrine! that tall mister will be alright, but what about the girl? anyway, grandfather told me that, "kamui has returned! death has separated him from his only blood, and guided by the star of his destiny, he has returned to tokyo." am I right?
tooru (kamui remembers his mother burning) : ka...mui... go to tokyo, your destiny awaits!
kamui : [mother... because we didn't want to hurt anyone in the togakushi shrine anymore, we didn't even go to aunt saya's funeral. mother took me away from tokyo... until a week ago, engulfed in flames...]
stargazer : kamui has returned.
kamui : [she tells me to return to tokyo. (his mother burning up)]
stargazer : death has separated him from his only blood... [guided by the star of his destiny, he has returned to tokyo.]
sorata : ...... sorry, for the pain I caused you. but you have to listen to me first. for the sake of earth... (image of hinoto)
kyougo : [all because of this sword... saya... you died because...]
text : it was for kamui...
kyougo : [kamui... I must find out if kamui is worthy of the holy sword, I must find out... and then...]
(there's someone/thing at the door)
kyougo (hear something) : !! who's there!? (in the shadows, nataku appears) who are you!?
nataku : I want that sword!
kyougo : is it because you know this holy sword belongs to kamui? (nataku doesn't answer) if you know about the holy sword, then I must not hand it over! I don't care who you are! (mummble spells, the sword radiates) you better leave, or I'll kill you!
(a lot of fancy fighting between kyougo and nataku, who's not really doing much)
kotori (look around) : strange, where did dad go? did he go out? or maybe he's at the shrine...
fuuma : [why was father so surprised to see kamui... maybe it was only because of his injuries... also... even though mother was so close to aunt tooru, father never mentioned kamui's name after she died. why...?]
kotori (disrupt his thoughts) : ...hn... brother, should I bring some tea upstairs? oh! of course! ice cream! does kamui still like strawberry ice cream? if I knew our guest liked ice cream, I would've bought it! there' strawberry and caramel... I was going to eat it with you... [what should I do?]
fuuma : kotori... (sweatdrop) are you happy that kamui is back?
kotori (blush then smile) : yes. even though I don't know what happened while he's not in tokyo, I'm glad that he's alright now!
fuuma (smile kindly) : really?
(meanwhile in the shrine... kyougo is fighting nataku with the holy sword, and nataku is... expressionless...)
kyougo (stare at nataku) : [who is he? such power... so, he's also related to the end of the world...?] I'll ask again, please leave right now. (nataku's not moving) [that's it.]
(he says some spells, and the sword is emitting electric energy.)
kyougo : in order to protect this holy sword, I've lost the one thing I treasure the most. it's my job as the master of this shrine to guard the holy sword.
nataku : my mission is to take the sword.
kyougo : who sent you?
nataku : ......
kyougo : if you don't answer me, then I have no choice! (summons power from the holy sword and says some spells)
(everyone else sense something from the shrine)
kotori : it's coming from the shrine?
fuuma (run out) : you stay here!
sorata : what's that sound? (looking out the window, kamui is not feeling well) what? are your wounds hurting again?
kamui (still dazed) : no! something! something is calling me!
sorata : calling? who?
(meanwhile, kyougo attacks nataku, nataku easily blocks)
kyougo : because kamui is not the one who wields the sword, you were able to block the holy sword... then... one of the seals? no! you're an angel!?
(kamui runs out feeling something in his chest, sorata goes after him. nataku is still expressionless, and attacks kyougo)
kyougo : you're...
(nataku's hand basically made a hole in his body.)
kyougo : you're really a...
(nataku lets him fall. and takes the holy sword)
nataku : I'm nataku.
(fuuma, kamui and sorata running toward the main shrine, opens the door)
fuuma : father!! (finds kyougo lying in blood) father!! father...!!
kyougo : the... holy... sword... was...
fuuma (looks around the wrecked room) : [the holy sword is gone!]
kyougo : it... has... begun... the first arrow... signaling the end... of the world... has... been... shot...
fuuma (very worried) : don't talk anymore, father!
(kamui steps in, shocked)
kamui : !!
kyougo (point his finger at kamui) : ... ka... mui... get... the ...holy sword... kekkai... before the... seven... seals... are broken... the angels... (turn to fuuma) fuma... you... are... ka... mui's... (dies)
fuuma : father... FATHER! (they kneel at his side)
kamui : un... cle...
(kamui standing over earth holding a sword, with a black wing on the left and a white wing on the right)
text : the final legend of the earth has begun!
end of volume 2
2 THE HIGH PRIESTESS
KOUSI
1) in ancient china, a whistle arrow used to signal the beginning of battle
2) the beginning of an event, the start, the origin
my note : ok... there are a lot of places in x, kekkai or no kekkai, just to get it clear, hinoto is under the national congress, diet building, whatever you want to call it. as for kanoe, she's under the city hall/tokyo government building/governor's office... nataku's lab is under sunshine 60, of course there's tokyo tower... I just think clamp really loves tokyo tower... it's in every single story... almost...
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