Ekkusu [X] :: Clamp
VOLUME 6
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volume 05 ::
Seven Angels (SHICHIYOU IV)
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Character File - Nekoi Yuzuriha
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volume 07
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volume 06
THEIR DESTINY WAS FOREORDAINED, 1999
X Seven Angels (SHICHIYOU IV)
tooru (in kamui's dream) : [be strong! kamui! to protect the ones you love!]
kamui (thinking about kotori) : [it's better that I don't see her... she'll definitely get involved if I do! just like what happened to mother... I will not allow the people I love to die before me like that... that's why I avoid her! but...]
(flashback... when he was a little boy, his mother grieving after saya)
tooru : [I couldn't even save saya... save the people I love... (looks faraway) saya... was destined to die... but I knew this long before... I still couldn't change her "destiny"... (crying)]
kamui (end of flashback, looking at kotori): [what about me... can I change kotori's destiny? can I change destiny and protect kotori...? can I use my power... to protect the people I care about?] (he gently touched kotori's face)
kotori (blush) : kamui... chan...
kamui : [even if I run away... I still can't protect the people I care about...] kotori... (looks at her sadly)
(a sakura pedal drops next to them... as a wave of illusions attack them.)
sorata (who's been on the tree all this time) : kamui!!
kotori (behind kamui as they are drawn into another dimension) : what's going on?
kamui (look around) : [just like that time in the diet building...!!]
kotori : where... are we...?
kamui (looks alarmed) : stay close... to me...
kotori : wha...?
(another wave of illusion attacks, kamui stands in front of kotori and blocks it off)
kotori (worried) : kamui-chan, you're bleeding...!!
(another wave of attack... kamui's really pissed off now...)
kamui (blast it away) : I had enough!
(the attack turns into sakura pedals and melts away)
seishirou (appear) : ...i didn't expect to invite another young lady!
kamui : it's you! you were the guy who pulled off the trick from the diet building!
seishirou (still with glasses) : that's right. I think you got really pissed off then.
kamui (smirk) : ...that hinoto person told me... you are "sakurazukamori"!
seishirou (smile) : the dream princess under the diet building is impressive! she knows a lot about me!
kamui : what do you want with me?
seishirou (chanting his onmyou spell) : shouki (energy gathering in his hand) shukuindou (a black crow/hawk appears)
kamui : [a "shiki"!?]
kotori (just scared) : ??
(seishirou orders the crow on, while kamui creates an energy barrier and defend against the crow's attacks)
seishirou : rin. bei. dou. sha. kai. jin. retsu. zai. zen.
(a big explosion, I think they are equally matched. seishirou smiles.)
kamui : [...this guy... is strong...]
(ok, they're not equally matched, kamui got a small cut on the face...)
seishirou : this is inside the illusion I made. no one will complain no matter how you fool around. can't the sky dragons make "kekkai"?
hinoto (back then) : [probably one of the "seven angels"...]
kamui : just like hinoto said... (to kotori) hang on to me.
(kotori blushes and leans a little closer. kamui blasts a large energy attack at the surrounding. but nothing much happens.)
kamui (surprise) : [I can't break it!?]
seishirou : it broke too easily last time. so I strengthened it this time. won't you play with me for a little while longer?
(takes out a bunch of spell notes and changes another spell.)
seishirou : shiki shukudoushou. hikuu!
(him and kamui exchange more blows. in the last attack, kamui's blast seems to have created a bright flash... seishirou's sunglasses fell off. his right eye was a piece glass.)
kamui : [this guy only has one eyes...]
(and after another attack, kotori slips and falls off the cliff in the illusion)
kamui : kotori!!
kotori : kyahhhh
(kamui jumps down after her and grabs her hand, while he is also barely hanging on to the cliff. of course now he's defenseless against seishirou.)
seishirou : how sweet. (smile as kamui glares) but if you have to take care of the young lady, you won't be able to dodge this next one. (ready to attack... suddenly...)
fuuma (running over) : KAMUI!!
(he covers kamui and seishirou's attack dissolves as it touches fuuma.)
seishirou (surprised) : [the technique... the technique... was deflected...?]
kamui (look up) : fu... fuuma!? (surprise) how...
fuuma : are you alright, kamui!!
seishirou (fumma and kamui look up at him) : you entered my illusion, and deflected my technique... (smile)
(seishirou disappears before them, dissolving into sakura peddles and his illusion world is disappearing too.)
kamui : [the illusion is disappearing.]
(carrying kotori, him and fuuma falls back into reality. kotori appears to be unconscious.)
kamui : kotori!! kotori!!
fuuma (check her over) : she's only unconscious.
kamui (looks down) : ...i'm sorry...
fuuma (surprise) : huh...?
kamui (looks a little sad) : getting you people involved in this... i... made a promise... (remember when they were kids)
fuuma : kamui... (tries to comfort kamui, but as his hand touches kamui...)
text : you are...... (fuuma seems to be in a shocked trance, his hand freezes) "you are kamui's..."
kamui (curiously) : ...fuuma...?
(fuuma holds kamui closer to him)
kamui : fuu...!?
fuuma : "kamui", I am... your...
(as if they are in a different dimension. fuuma's eyes are also lifeless.)
fuuma : I am... your...
kotori (waking up) : hn... (snaps the guys out of their trance)
fuuma (normal) : feeling better, kotori?
kotori : o... nii... chan... (in a rush) kamui-chan! kamui-chan is...!! (gets really embarrased to realize kamui was also right there.) kamui-chan! are you alright!? [oh, your face and shirt!!] (the guys have sweatdrops, as kotori examines kamui) are you hurt!?
kamui (sweatdrop) : n... no... I'm fine.
kotori (smile) : I'm glad. I'm really glad.
kamui (more seriously) : kotori... I'm sorry... to get you involved...
kotori (protest) : no way...! don't say that! (but kamui just gets up and walk away)
fuuma : don't go, kamui! (kamui stops) kamui, tell me. did something happen during the six years that you were not in tokyo? what is starting to happen? (kamui pauses, then looks back with these sad, deep eyes.)
(menawhile... overlooking the three on the nearby power pole...)
sorata : I'm glad... the three seems to be alright.
arashi : but... that...
sorata : yeah, it was the same as the time under the parliament house, sakurazukamori's special illusion. and even though we really wanted to help kamui, we couldn't intervene at all. he's really amazing like rumor says, that sakurazukamori. then we have to find the master of the sumeragi clan quickly.
arashi : the assassination organization, sakurazukamori which is said to kill people with onmyoujyutsu [traditional japanese magic]. ...truly, sumeragi and sakurazuka are the polar opposites. the sumeragi clan and sakurazukamori are said to be the highest onmyoujyutsu masters of japan. balanced in powre...
sorata : that's not all.
arashi : eh...?
sorata : I heard the master of sumeragi had some conflicts with sakurazukamori. (*hint, hint* see tokyo babylon)
(in a laboratory somewhere)
scientist : blood pressure 60, 65, 70, 72... normal. check the heartbeat count.
worker : checked!
old man (an old man in a kimono walks in) : damages?
scientist : there are none. blood pressure and heartbeat are all normal. and usual excess of white blood cells are also not found. no abnormalities in sight and hearing. I was shocked when he came back covered in blood. his cells can make self reparations to a certain degree. and his blood is no different than any human. however this time he recovered mostly on his own... looking at it this way, it's not too realistic... just like...
(they were all examining the figure in this glass tube. the figure of nataku.)
scientist : like a pretty mannequin.
man (another scientist) : this is not a mannequin. nataku is a human. from the point of view of genetic structure, he is completely human. however he's an engineered human. instead of from a woman, he was raised in this liquid controlled by the computer. a human created by a human. a life form born from manipulating a man-made uterus and genetic material. what the scientists of the past could not achieve, a life form not born from a woman.
scientist : did you give him that name "nataku", mr. president? (*president of the company...*)
old man : in chinese legend, that was the name of the soulless god. I turned a piece of flesh into a human with a body. but he still has no soul in the end. just like that nataku. the body is human, but there's no heart. with no emotions, there's nothing such as sadness. nor love, nor hatred. it's only a living "life form".
scientist : nataku doesn't even have a gender. sexless...... no emotions or gender, seems just like an angel.
old man (leaving) : this is the limit to a life form not nurtured by a woman.
scientist : but you've completed it, mr. president.
old man (at the door) : I spent 30 years completing this project. this secret project cost one third of the resources of DouJou Medicine Corp.
man : nataku is a human created by science. for "the end of the world"...... (they enter the next room... where the holy sword is placed in a similar tube)
old man : how's the analysis on the holy sword nataku brought back?
man : yes. it's complete. it's composition is mostly from material similar to the human body. that sword is "alive".
old man : be on guard. there will definitely be people coming after this holy sword. no... I meant... to retrieve.
man : don't worry. no one will discover the location of this laboratory.
scientist : yes. who would've guessed that such a laboratory exists underneath sunshine 60.
old man (serious) : no, there are. sky dragons or land dragons... or even... "kamui" himself.
(on the streets, sorata speaking into a payphone.)
sorata : yes... yes, can we speak to your master... he's not at kyoto... uh, yeah, yes. no, we're not requesting for help... huh?
phone : yes, I understand. can you please hold for a moment? (sorata pokes his head out of the booth still holding on to the phone with a big smile)
arashi : what?
sorata : no, I was just think that nee-chan looked really pretty.
arashi : aren't you contacting the sumeragi clan in kyoto?
sorata (point to the phone) : I'm doing it right now.
arashi : then don't make them wait for too long...
sorata : no, they're making me wait.
arashi : eh...?
sorata : I told the sumeragi clan that I needed to contact their master. but it seems he's not in kyoto right now.
arashi : not in kyoto? but isn't that where their base is at? (she looks at him funny)
sorata : ?
arashi : ...is it possible that they're not connecting you because you sound suspiciously like some weirdo?
sorata : [weirdo!?] (yelling after arashi as she turns around and ignores him) when did I ever sound suspicious? you won't find another man on earth who is more sincere and truth worthy than me!
arashi (ignore him) : ......
sorata : plus, before I made this call, kouya's ji-chan already contacted the sumeragi clan. (getting seriuos) then the rumor must be true.
arashi : rumor?
sorata : I heard the 13th master of the sumeragi clan is in tokyo, fighting against some guy called sakurazukamori.
arashi : sakurazukamori...
sorata : if sakurazukamori is a land dragon, one of the "seven angels"... then it looks bad. (sound coming from the phone) oh, yeah. no, it's alright. eh? someone else... picking up... WHAT? (he looks really surprised) sumeragi's previous master?
woman (subaru's grandmother) : sorry to keep you waiting.
sorata : no, I'm sorry to bother you.
woman : you must be sorata-san.
sorata : yes.
woman : I have been contacted by kouya.
text (on top of sorata's head) : ji-chan told her all my embarrassing stories...
woman : our master right now is in tokyo. (image of a boy dressed in white robes)
sorata : just like I thought, over here...
woman : ...as expected, it is beginning... the sky dragons, the land dragons... in tokyo, the fight for this world...... (wiping her eyes a little) : that boy will be going though a lot again...
sorata : old master...
woman : that child is destined to fight sakurazukamori once more...
(kamui sitting alone in the monou's house. he seems to be reminded of his childhood years.)
kamui (really depressed) : [I don't want to get them involved, but... (think about the temple master who died) in the end...]
kyouga (before he died) : ka... mu... i, get... the... holy sword... back... kekkai... before... the seals are... the angels... (dies)
kamui : [I couldn't keep any of the promises I made to my mother... the holy sword was taken... oji-san was killed... and even kotori is in daner...]
kyouga : fuuma... you are... ka... mui... 's...
fuuma : "kamui", I am... your...
(fuuma comes into the room, breaking kamui's thought)
kamui : kotori... is...
fuuma : she's fine. she drank her medicine and went to sleep in her room. she's not hurt so don't worry. (kamui looks down) tell me. six years ago, why did you disappear from tokyo without saying anything? ...kamui... (kamui wouldn't look at him) you don't want to tell me? kamui, do you remember? back then, when we played together in this togakushi temple. you suddenly said once that you wanted to marry kotori. you made a promise to me. "I will never make kotori cry"... that time, I also made you a promise, if you remember. (short flashback)
young kamui : I promise, fuuma. I will never make kotori cry. I promise. (they hook fingers)
young fuuma : then, I promise you too. I will protect kamui and kotori.
fuuma : I will protect kamui.
young fuuma : if anyone makes kamui cry, I will protect kamui from him.
young kotori (running over) : kotori too! kotori will get mad at whoever makes kamui cry! kotori is not good at anything else, but I can get mad!
young kamui (blush) : kotori-chan...
young kotori (blush) : for real! kotori will also protect kamui-chan no matter what!! (fuuma looks at the happy couple with a sweatdrop)
young kamui (smile to them both) : thank you.
(kamui gets up, but fuuma grabs his hand.)
fuuma : ...i want to keep my promise. (hug kamui)
(somewhere on the streets of tokyo, spell notes transform into white pigeons (?) in this young man's hand. he looks up at the sky and then disappears into the crowd. *hint, hint... sumeragi subaru* meanwhile, kotori seems to be having a dream.)
text (kotori's eyes open) : ...where am i...?
(she is in a dream world... floating somewhere... she's surrounded by what appears to be broken pieces of glass)
text : ...i... am dreaming again...? this is inside a dream? (look at the glass pieces) what... is this? (take a piece) what are these pieces...? (she sees the design/pattern on the glass) this is... a piece of earth...?
kotori (cuts her finger on the glass) : ah! (one drop of blood falls)
(seven people in cloaks appear around her. one of them especially, was looking at her)
kotori : [who...?] ...who are you...? (the guy takes off his cloak, kotori runs over happily) kamui-chan...! (but kamui kneels to the ground) ...kamui... chan...? (he doesn't answer) kamui-chan! kamui-chan! are you alright!? (he seems to be in pain) kamui-chan!! (bright light. kotori has a hand over her mouth) kamui-chan...! (kamui has full grown white feather wings on his back) wings...!!! (kamui reach out a hand, and kotori takes it and hugs him happily.) kamui-chan... (suddenly she looks down and they are standing on this watery surface. kamui's reflection in the water has black bony devil wings.) [ah...] (she looks up at kamui) ka... (kamui suddenly has an evil smile) ...kamui-chan......!! (she tries to get away, but he holds on to her) kamui-chan!! what's wrong!? kamui-chan!! (she looks in the reflection, the kamui with black wings look back at her sadly) ! (she tries to reach for him) help me! kamui-chan!! help me! ! (suddenly the kamui with white wings dissolve into feathers and kotori starts to sink into the water) [the pain... breath... I can't breath. kamui-chan... onii-chan... help me...]
(then the water the gone, some ropes fly over and ties her onto a cross. she looks to the opposite side.)
kotori : [that's... (sees her own reflection) ...me...?] (her reflection seems to be in pain from the ropes) stop...! STOPPPPP!! (her reflection gets cut into pieces by the ropes) m... my body...
(she begins to fall as the cross also dissolves. in mid air, she sees the glass earth underneath her.)
kotori : [no... I'm going to crash... the earth... the earth will be destroyed... and it's my fault... the earth... will be destroyed... no... definitely no... but if this continues, it will crash... earth... the earth that kamui-chan and onii-chan are on... if earth has to be destoyed... (thinking about kamui) then...]
text : let me be destroyed instead...
(her body breaks into tiny pieces of glass. both kotori and hinoto wake up suddenly.)
kotori : ...a dream...
hinoto : ...dream... that girl... only has one future... (images of kotori being killed on the cross) only one... (kotori breaking into pieces, hinoto looks sad)
(back to fuuma and kamui, fuuma was at that part where he's hugging kamui, kamui suddenly push him away)
fuuma : ...you don't believe in me? (kamui shakes his head) ...you don't trust me?
kamui (shake head again) : no.
fuuma : ...I can't do anything?
kamui (shout) : NO! no... (he looks so depressed) ...i don't want to get you involved... kotori too, fuuma too. from here on, I don't want you involved in things that will happen... I always wanted you to live happily... always, always, I wanted the monou family, everyone, to live happily... but ever since I came back... oji-san... [kotori...] (suddenly realize that fuuma is acting strangely again) fuuma...?
fuuma (in a trance) : "kamui"... the fate of the two of us overlaps... I was born for you... I am your...
kamui (tries to get fuuma to wake up) : fuuma! fuuma!! FUUMA!!
fuuma (back to normal) : ...kamui...?
kamui : fuuma...
fuuma : did you call me? why do I feel like you've been calling me...
kamui : do you remember what you said just now...?
fuuma (surprised) : "I can't do anything?"
kamui : no, after that...
fuuma (more surprised) : after...?
kamui : [how... he doesn't have any recollection... of the things he just said...? those eyes back then... cold as ice... that was... not fuuma...]
(suddenly a bleeding, dying woman struggles to crawl her way into their house.)
kamui : tokiko-sa...n (they run over to look at her) what happened!? where did you go!? and, your hurt...!?
tokiko (a more comforting smile) : ka...mui... this is my destiny... as the last of the magami family, this is my destiny... therefore... you don't have to worry about it...
kamui : what are talking about...!!
fuuma (running off) : kamui, the doctor...
tokiko : wait! wait... that is not... necessary. I am going to die.
kamui (shock) : w... what...
tokiko : kamui... listen carefully. the holy sword... being taken away was fate. the first holy sword... was destined to be taken...
kamui : the first...?
tokiko : the holy sword was born in this togakushi temple... "from a woman's body"......
kamui : b...o...d...y...?
tokiko : six years ago... this togakushi temple gave birth to the holy sword... that the temple master has been guarding all this time... and... he died protecting it...
kamui : six years ago...?
fuuma : [six years ago... "from a woman's body"] c... could it be...
tokiko : six years ago... the one who was suppose to die in this togakushi temple... was nee-san... tooru... as the heir of the magami family... for the purpose of "the final battle over this earth"... tooru nee-san was going to die giving birth to the holy sword... however... the one who died was...
fuuma : kaa-san......
tokiko : nee-san's best friend... saya-san...
(fuuma looks sad, while kamui is shocked... he remembers what his mother once said...)
tooru : ...saya, for my sake... was killed... killed for the holy sword......
kamui : saya oba-san... was... why...?
tokiko : you were... still... young... you couldn't live alone... but... the first holy sword had to be born six years ago, on that day... therefore... saya-san... replaced nee-san and gave birth to the holy sword...
kamui : gave birth to the holy sword...
tokiko : soon... you'll see... kamui... the first holy sword was born... six years ago... and... the last holy sword... the second holy sword... will be born... today...
kamui (he still doesn't get it T.T) : the last... holy sword...? the second...? (tokiko suddenly seems to be in pain) tokiko-san!!
tokiko : there's still so much I want to say to you... still so much I have to tell you... but... too bad...... when I ran away from "him", I pushed myself too hard... my... consciousness... (closing her eyes)
kamui : tokiko-san...! tokiko-san!!
tokiko : ...kamui... the one who holds the fate of japan... no, earth...
(she falls and starts to chant a spell...)
kamui (falling back) : tokiko-san!!
(tokiko is still chanting, her cloth burned away)
kamui : STOP!!
tokiko (reaching into herself) : kamui... why does there exist two holy swords... why must one be taken away... think carefully... (she draws out a sword from her belly) "shichiyou"... the sky dragons...... seven stars in the sky... "kamui"... the bigger dipper only has one additional star... ...the twin star... (the sword completely came out and she makes the final chant)
kamui : STO... STOPPPPPPPPPPPP
(but tokiko's body is completely broken into pieces, only the new holy sword shines before kamui, untainted by her blood)
end of X 6
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volume 06 character file
NEKOI YUZURIHA
yuzuriha (walking on the street, eating ice cream) : I just knew hagan daaz's cookie and cream's delicious---! hey, inuki! does inuki want some? (the dog shake his head) oh yeah, inuki doesn't eat anything. too bad, because it's good. (pat the dog) don't worry, inuki. even though you can't appreciate hagan daaz, I still love you, inuki. I love you, inuki. since long ago, you've always been my only companion.
man (walk up to her) : young lady. dear young lady. do you want to go have tea together?
(yuzuriha smiles, and points to inuki)
yuzuriha : can you see him?
man : ? (there's nothing there to him) him... what?
yuzuriha (walks away) : I don't go out with people who can't see him. let's go, inuki.
man : w... wait a second.
yuzuriha : I have to go to the parliament building now.
man : the parliament building... what...
yuzuriha (turns around and smile) : to discuss about "the end of earth".
man (sweatdrops) : ??
(yuzuriha continues walking on the street, remembers when she was young)
young yuzuriha : obaa-chan. everyone says I am lying. everyone can't see inuki. but inuki is really here. everyone says I'm lying.
grandmother : inuki is really at your side, but everyone else can't see him.
young yuzuriha : why? why can't they see him? why am I the only one who can see him?
grandmother : inuki is your dog, who will accompany you for the rest of your life.
young yuzuriha : other kids don't have one?
grandmother : no they don't. that's your power.
young yuzuriha : I don't want this power! I want everyone else to see inuki!!
grandmother : that can't be done. you are one of the stars who will decide the destiny of earth with this power.
yuzuriha : I knew there wasn't anyone who could see you. but maybe the people we will meet in the parliament building will be able to see you. obaa-chan said they would be my companions. I wish there would be people other than myself, inuki. maybe if I meet others who can see you, I won't feel so lonely anymore. if I meet such a person, I might start to like him.
(inuki looks up as a man walks past them)
kusanagi : good dog. (yuzuriha looks up in shock, while shiyuu kusanagi pats inuki) strange dog, but a good dog. (smile)
(suddenly, yuzuriha runs over and hugs a surprised kusanagi.)
yuzuriha (crying happily) : it's the first time I met someone... who can see my inuki...
end of volume 6
6 THE LOVERS
SHICHIYOU
1) seven stars, the big dipper
2) seven kinds of radiance
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