Ekkusu [X] :: Clamp
VOLUME 9
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Kamui (KAMUI)
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Character File - Shiyuu Kusanagi
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volume 10
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volume 09
THEIR DESTINY WAS FOREORDAINED, 1999
X Kamui (KAMUI)
kamui (scream) : FUUMA!!
fuuma (smirk) : ......... the other "kamui", you are next.
(all their childhood images shatter before kamui's eyes, fuuma is taking the sword out of kotori's heart, planning to stab kamui, but kotori's hand moved, grabbing the blade)
fuuma : ......... someone's inside the woman. (kotori's eyes open, there's a freaky glow to them) ...who are you?
kotori : ...this girl does not want kamui to die.
fuuma : ...a dreamgazer? one who passes through the dream of death to move this body.
kotori : ......... (holding on to the sword)
fuuma : a dreamgazer who controls the dead. (smile) a land dragon.
(he looks around, by this time, the rest of the sky dragons made it)
everyone : !!
(they surveyed the place, sees kamui and kotori)
fuuma : kamui, I will... kill you. (kamui stares at him blankly)
(fuuma leaves, the strings tying kotori breaks her body into pieces)
kamui : KOTORI!!!
sorata : KAMUI!!!
(but kamui disregards his own wounds and breaks free from the glass pieces that were pinning him to the wall, he kneels next to kotori's head and picks it up.)
text : do you have someone you want to protect? that even if you are in misfortune, you'd still want them to be happy?
young kamui (answering his mother) : ...kotori-chan and fuuma...
text : I don't care what happens to earth...... I just want to protect the place that holds fuuma and kotroi's happiness.
kamui (hugging kotori's head) : ...fuuma... ...kotori... AHHHHHHHHH
(meanwhile, those who are observing)
hinoto : he has awakened... kamui's twin star... (sad, crying) ...kamui... fate has started to progress toward the cruelest path for you...... the kamui of the land dragon...... has already killed the two people the sky dragon kamui loved. the girl he most loved...... and the past of the friend he most trusted......
kanoe : the land dragon's kamui has awakened! however that power...... that cold as ice and pressured power...! (uncomfortable)
(and let's put an end to kotori, she's with kakyou right now)
kakyou : ......are you alright...... with this?
kotori : ...yes.
kakyou : you have the signs of a dreamgazer... so I can pass through your dreams.
kotori : when I died... it also seemed like a dream.
kakyou : your brother...
kotori : if onii-chan... killed kamui-chan... then...... nothing could be done... so... only that... only kamui-chan...
kakyou : you mean... the future you saw in the dream of death......
kotori (looks a little sad) : mom said to me... I would die for the person I loved... that was... meaning... I'd be killed by the person I loved... and now... onii-chan knows about kakyou... he'll... definitely come.
kakyou : yeah...... that's right.
kotori (bow) : I'm sorry... it's because of my wish...
kakyou : no... I knew this would happen. I will be sleeping at the side of the land dragon's kamui... until the promised day. although I know the future... I cannot do anything. I couldn't... help you.
kotori (smile) : I am died, but because of your help... kamui-chan is still alive... rather than the earth... kamui-chan be destroyed, let me be destroyed instead...... (smile) ...thank you...
(kakyou looked a little surprised by that smile, wings appear on kotori's back)
kotori : i... have to go... ...i won't... be able to... see kakyou anymore...
kakyou (also looks sad) : the dead cannot return. ...you... nor the person I want to see......... ...in order to see that person, I can't even kill myself...... I must continue to wait for the end of the earth.
(kotori leans over and kissed kakyou on the cheek)
kotori : your face... I can see it for the first time... (smile) that's because... you've... put me... into your heart... you have pretty gold eyes.
(kotori starts to fly away, and kakyou sends her on her way)
kotori : ...... tell...... onii-chan... and kamui-chan that...... "I love them" and "the future has not been decided yet"...
(she leaves, with kakyou now alone in the dark)
kakyou : the sky dragons... the future of the seven seals, and the land dragons... the future of the seven angels, if the sky dragons remain, humans will live on... and the earth will continue to rot. if the land dragons destroy all the kekkai, humans' buildings will collapse and the earth will be reborn. there is only... one future. it's... kamui's choice.
(inside clamp academy, kamui's wounds were all treated, but he's still holding on to kotori's head, not responding to anything else)
sorata (wave his hand in front of kamui) : kamui... kamui!! KAMUI!
(he walks out of the room looking so sad, all the others outside)
arashi : ...kamui's...
sorata : ...... he doesn't respond to my calls. he's always been like that. (yuzuriha sobbing with seiichirou comforting her) ...but really, he watched the girl he loved get killed by the guy he loved just the same right in front of his eyes. he might not return to consciousness like this... ...perhaps.
(subaru listened to all this, and he thought about the time when hokuto was killed)
yuzuriha : what's going to happen to kamui-san if he can't return to consciousness!?
sorata (with arashi comforting yuzuriha) : ............... continue like that. doesn't see anything, doesn't hear anything, lock himself inside a cage in his heart... (flashing scenes of hokuto...) forever...... (subaru suddenly barge into kamui's room) what are you doing!? (the others follow in)
subaru (next to kamui) : ...i'm going inside "kamui".
arashi : ...into his heart?
daisuke : going into his confused consciousness...... it's very dangerous!!
sorata : is it sumeragi clan's secret...?
daisuke (guess they don't know yet) : SUMERAGI CLAN!?
subaru (start chanting) : noubou akyasha kyarabya onarikya noubou akyasha kyarabya (enters kamui's mind) on... ...arikya mariborisouka noubou... (kamui's heart is blocked by a dragon, and it starts attacking subaru) [he's refusing contact! ...if I attack, kamui's heart will get hurt. (so he goes another way, into the water) kamui! (there they are, kamui, kotori and fuuma, inside kamui's heart) ?! ...it's!!]
fuuma (these are kamui's memories) : ...looks like you've chosen.
kamui : ...fuu...ma...?
fuuma : you have chosen the future of the sky dragon, to be the seven seals. (kamui looks at him wide-eyed) kamui, if you have chosen the future of the sky dragons, then my fate is to become a land dragon. (kotori pops up tied on a giant cross)
kamui : KOTORI!!! (running over) KOTORI!!! ?! (somebody holds him back from behind, he turns around and sees himself) kotori!! (someone's standing on top of the cross, holding the holy sword, it's another mirror image of kamui) STOP... (but that kamui stabs the sword into kotori's heart) AHH AHH AHHHHHHH... ahh.... (kotori's head falls off, kamui runs over and grabs it, he sinks into the water like kotori did in her dream)
subaru (runs after him) : kamui! (he chase after kamui into the water) [if I go any deeper, kamui's heart will break!]
(up ahead, he sees three kids playing together, it's the young kamui, fuuma and kotori. they're playing happily, but suddenly, the young fuuma gets cut into two, kamui stops and goes up to him, blood drips on him)
subaru (running over) : don't look! kamui!!
(the old fuuma holding the holy sword cut the young fuuma into two and then stabbed it into kotori's heart)
fuuma : I...
young kamui (coving his ears) : n...
fuuma : will...
young kamui : ...NOO...
fuuma : kill you. (smirk)
young kamui : NOOOOOOOO...
(everything fades away into feathers except the holy sword...)
young kamui (crying alone) : ...koto...ri... fuu...ma...
subaru (walk up) : ..."kamui"...
(same time, fuuma has cross the city and reached the four season hotel, he looked up at the many windows, and one of them had its curtains open with a lamp by the window)
fuuma : ...... over there.
(inside the room, kakyou slept. the maids outside rang the bell)
older maid : that one's fine!
younger maid : eh, but...
older maid : it's fine. that room's belongs to a long term customer. you don't have to clean it!! hey! you do know that this hotel have some politicians living here.
younger maid : y... yes, I've seen them a few times...
older maid : well, this one is the same! it's alright if the customer ask for it not to be cleaned.
younger maid : y... yes.
(as soon as they go away, the window of kakyou's room gets blasted away from the outside. fuuma comes in)
fuuma : ...I've found you. you are the yumemi who was in my way.
(he lifts the curtain over kakyou's bed and was immediately taken to a dream world, the only place that kakyou can greet someone properly... he sits in front of fuuma on a glass ball earth)
fuuma : ...your name?
kakyou : ...kakyou.
fuuma (look around at the feathers) : this is... your dream?
(kakyou doesn't answer but pointed to the water under their feet, fuuma's reflection is kamui, the little kid that's crying in his own dream right now)
young kamui : ...koto...ri... fuu...ma... (crying)
(fuuma has no reactions, and kakyou produces a feather in his hand)
kakyou : a message from the girl...
(kotori's image was reproduced...)
kotori : ..."I love them ...and... ...the future... has not been... decided yet"...
fuuma : no. the future has already been decided. since the time I became a land dragon. you should know as a dreamgazer. there is... only one future.
(he approaches kakyou who tries to block the way with some crystal or ice looking things, but fuuma breaks all of them easily, he reaches for kakyou of the dream world, but touches the curtain of the bed instead. he rips the curtain and therefore breaks kakyou's dream)
fuuma : it's useless to fool me with your dream. (he sees kakyou and pauses) is this what you really look like?
(kakyou basically looked the same as in the dream but with longer hair and even prettier eyes *I think*, basically... he looks like yue... well, they're all clamp people, and voiced by the same person too... ahem, anyway, kakyou's covered by wires that are attached to a nearby machine, fuuma grabs him)
fuuma : come with me, kakyou. weave dreams for me.
(I don't think kakyou can speak, but anyway, back to subaru and kamui)
subaru : kamui... (the little boy just cries, subaru shakes him up) KAMUI!!
young kamui (looks up confused) : ...... who are you...?
subaru : sumeragi subaru.
young kamui (still crying) : ...i don't know you... (he looks at subaru for a moment, then suddenly hug the fading fuuma and kotori) don't kill kotori and fuuma... please... don't kill those two...
subaru : ...kamui!
young kamui : please...
subaru : LISTEN! KAMUI!! if you continue to stay in your dream, nothing can begin and nothing will end. things will only get worse. (he looks down for a moment, and then says) ...i was the same. you can hear my voice, because right now I'm inside your heart.
young kamui : ...in my heart?
subaru : something sad happened... and you have refused to think about the world of reality, to choose your next path. (kamui looks confused) ...you are... running away from reality. (he points kamui to the other direction)
young kamui : who's that...? (image of someone's wearing a japanese robe, standing under a sakura tree)
subaru : my sister. you know... about onmyouji?
young kamui : my mom told me.
subaru : I am the master of the sumeragi clan who controls all the onmyouji of japan.
young kamui : is that person... also an onmyouji?
subaru : no... (he looked a little sad, as another person appeared under the tree)
young kamui : I know that guy...
subaru : so you've met seishirou-san...
young kamui : seishirou-san...?
(note : subaru always liked sazurazuka seishirou, and back in tokyo babylon, when he's still his polite, kind, gentle self, he called seishirou "-san", guess it became a habit and never changed... and seishirou still calls him "subaru-kun", though it sounds a little strange now that subaru and seishirou are enemies...)
subaru : sakurazuka seishirou. the sakurazukamori who kills people with onmyoujutsu. I liked him. I didn't know at first... but he was very kind to me in that one year... even lost his right eye to protect me... then I cried, and realized for the first time, "this is the only person that I don't want to dislike me." because this guy alone was "special". but... that was only what I thought. he told me he "can't differentiate between humans and objects."
young kamui (asking innocently) : you mean, he thinks that things are also alive like people?
subaru (looked a little surprised, then said) : no. it means that destroying the living or the non-living does not make a difference. (he looks at the memory sadly, it's playing the scene where seishirou killed hokuto)
young kamui (jump up) : !! (he was going to run over, but subaru held him back)
subaru : this is my memory. you won't make it even if you go over.
young kamui (crying) : your sister...
subaru : when nee-san was killed... I couldn't do anything. I closed myself in my heart, and ran away from reality. just like you right now. (all images disappear) it's fine if you want to stay here, if that makes you happy. but, as long as you don't leave, nothing can begin and nothing will end. just like I could only watch and not do anything when something really important happened to me. "kamui", I also had my loved one killed by another loved one. however my pain is not the same as your pain. I lost my sister... but I returned to reality even though my heart ached. and... i... I will live to realize the future I wish for. that... will surely make the people who loves me sad... (think about his grandmother) but I won't give up my own wish.
young kamui : ...because that person... is "special"? (he's beginning to change in front of subaru)
subaru : ...that's right. therefore, you can choose too. whether you want to stay here like this in the memory and continue to blame yourself, or awaken only for your "wish".
(kamui has been growing... now he appears as the way when he first came to tokyo)
kamui : I will get fuuma back. ...i couldn't protect kotori... so... I want to protect fuuma. (the image of fuuma holding the holy sword fades) ...that's not the real fuuma.
subaru : you want his "fuuma" personality back... but perhaps he will remember about killing that girl.
kamui : ...even so... (tears) ...i... don't want to lose fuuma.
subaru : ...you mean, if you get his conscious back... you're going to tell him you killed that girl kotori yourself? (kamui looked so sad) you don't care if people call you selfish?
kamui : ...hn. (he's changing again)
subaru : and you don't care if people blame you?
kamui : ...hn.
subaru : even if no one understands your "wish"?
kamui (changed back to the way he is right now) : ...hn.
subaru (extends a hand) : ...then, for that "wish", "come back". (he hugs kamui)
(meanwhile, fuuma's watching through kakyou's power)
fuuma : ...kamui has returned. ...this is your dream?
kakyou : ...kamui just wants the young man named "fuuma" to return. he has turned for that "wish" alone.
fuuma : kakyou... what is your "wish"?
kakyou : ...i want to die.
fuuma (smile) : then I will grant you your wish.
(he extends a hand, kakyou looked at him, and finally gave his own hand to fuuma, meanwhile, subaru is brings kamui out of the water, their paths cross, and kamui and fuuma sees each other)
kamui : ...fuuma.
(they stare at each other for a full moment, then their paths separate again, then after passing through eight nice pages of tokyo scenery, we get back to reality, with all the sky dragons anticipating, kamui finally opened his eyes, and the first thing he says...)
kamui : ...su...ba...ru... (and subaru collapses on kamui...)
sorata : nee-chan! get a doctor! (with all of them running around, kamui only hugs subaru)
kamui : ...thank... you. (he turned around, saw kotori's head that he was still holding and cried) kotori...
(on the other hand, fuuma is ready to leave the hotel carrying kakyou)
fuuma : you can hear my voice, kakyou, where shall we go?
(kakyou brings in dream images again and points at the giant building in front of them, city hall, meanwhile, it's a sunny day in the clamp academy)
kamui (guess he's better, taking a walk outside, looks at the birds flying around and stops under a tree...) : [kotori... I couldn't keep my promise to protect you... but... I will... protect fuuma...]
sorata (appears) : am I bothering you? (kamui shakes his head) kotori-chan's buried under here, the administrator-san is took care of that.
kamui : kotori liked the trees, flowers, birds and insects. (looked sad) ...because I couldn't be with her all the time...
sorata (suddenly hugs kamui) : ...i'm sorry. and I said something like "I'd be there for you if you ever need me". (he looked sad too) in the end, I couldn't do anything.
kamui : no! i...! (then he looked rather saddened)
sorata : will you forgive me?
seiichirou (comes with arashi and yuzuriha) : and us too... alright? (and subaru's behind them)
karen (suddenly appear out of a tree) : and me too? (jump down) sorry I'm late.
sorata : nee-san!
karen (bow to the tree) : nice to meet you, kamui. looks like i'm the last to appear, kasumi karen. (turn to everyone) may I have your names?
sorata : arisugawa sorata of kouya.
arashi : ise jinguu's kishuu arashi.
yuzuriha : I am mitsumine jinjya's nekoi yuzuriha.
seiichirou : I'm kadokawa shoten's aoki seiichirou.
karen : you...!
seiichirou (smile, nod) : h... hello.
sorata : you knew each other?
seiichirou (sweatdrop) : eh, no, errr...
karen : he's an old customer of our store.
sorata (shock) : EH!?
seiichirou (^^;;) : I was investigating for an article. (though sorata's still looking at him in disbelief... karen giggles and then turns to subaru)
subaru : ...sumeragi clan, sumeragi subaru.
kamui (and of course) : ...shirou kamui.
(now the seven seals are gathered... karen goes up to kamui)
karen : I have a message for you. ~tell kamui. guard the holy sword~
kamui : [tokiko-san's voice...!?]
karen (relieved) : she put a spell on me. now it's finally broken. though I've already told him to tell you, (sorata points to himself in question mark) I feel more assured to tell kamui personally. it's a message tokiko-san must send to you when she was captured.
sorata (on the side, in protest) : [hey, I did tell kamui.]
karen (smile at him, then to kamui) : what's tokiko-san's relationship with you?
kamui (looks down) : my mother's... ...sister...
karen : I see...
sorata : tokiko-san knew... that she'd be giving birth to the holy sword... and handing it to kamui.
tokiko (flashback) : [please hide this holy sword in that place. until the day that will come. inside the five pointed star of clamp academy...]
kamui : tokiko-san said to hide the holy sword at the center of this school. (the one that he's holding right now) until the day that will come.
yuzuriha : until the day that will come...
sorata (looks serious) : until the day to decide "the end of the earth". (scratch head) but where's the center of this school? this place is so big, who knows where. I have no idead.
(the three clamp academy people appear... right on cue)
nokoru : I will show you the place to keep the holy sword.
(meanwhile, princess hinoto is having another encounter with kakyou, inside a dream)
hinoto : ...you are the last of the land dragons... ...why, why do you guide "kamui"... do you know what will happen if you guide the land dragon's kamui...?
kakyou : I know. just like you know everything. (hinoto looks surprised) I have my wish too, just like you.
(he takes them to city hall where kanoe appears asleep, behind her, a hand grabs her, and hinoto screams)
hinoto : STOP! (she shatters the image)
kakyou : I have my wish, and for that wish, I have decided to weave dreams for the land dragon's kamui. just like you are fooling everyone for your own wish. (hinoto is covering her ears in pain... she wakes up crying)
everyone (daisuke and the two girls) : princess hinoto!
hinoto (tears down her cheeks) : even so... even so, i...
end of X 9
yukie's note : the anime of x is finally on its way, clamp has just decided on it early this december, more details at the official clamp website, for those who can read japanese. as for the cast, I believe should mostly be the same. the other thing is that himura-san got one of the x drama albums last week, on kusanagi and kakyou... basically they talk... that's all, but just a note that kakyou who didn't appear in the movie will be in the anime and the seiyuu is Ogata Megumi.
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volume 09 character file
SHIYUU KUSANAGI
(kusanagi's walking down the street with yuzuriha and the dog... a continuation from last time)
kusanagi : stopped crying yet?
yuzuriha (wiping her eyes, and eating some snacks kusanagi got her) : yep.
kusanagi : that's good. hey, ojou-chan, you really gave me a scare when you suddenly stared crying.
yuzuriha : I'm sorry! um, err... can you tell me your name?
kusanagi : shiyuu kusanagi.
yuzuriha (cat face) : hm, sounds like your first and last name's reversed.
kusanagi : what's your name, ojou-chan?
yuzuriha : nekoi yuzuriha, 14 years old! (smile)
kusanagi : ojou-chan's name's reversed too.
yuzuriha : um, can I ask you something?
kusanagi : hm?
yuzuriha : shiyuu-san...
kusanagi : kusanagi's fine.
yuzuriha : kusanagi-san, what do you do?
kusanagi : oh, I'm a mercenary.
yuzuriha (surprise) : merce...nary?
kusanagi : the land unit. I'm heading to ichi ga ya's camp right now.
yuzuriha (sounds excited) : it's the first time I've spoken to a mercenary!
kusanagi : it's the first time I've conversed with a high school girl too. (smile, pat inuki) but this is really a good dog.
yuzuriha (looked a little sad) : i... long time ago, people said I was lying. nobody could see inuki... so nobody understands... they said I made up the dog, called me a liar. so... when I met someone who can see inuki... I was really... happy. (smile)
kusanagi (pat her head gently) : ...people who have different "powers" also have different "pains". but that power also makes you feel happy. are you always sad when you're with inuki?
yuzuriha (shook her head) : no!
kusanagi : ...ojou-chan, you are happy that you met inuki?
yuzuriha (nod, crying) : ...hn! I am... happy... we have a lot of happy things together...!
kusanagi : and from now on, ojou-chan, you're gonna face a lot of hardship, but there will also be good things waiting for you.
yuzuriha (seems like she cheered up) : ...yes.
(some workers are cutting off a tree across the street, kusanagi suddenly looked like he was uncomfortable)
yuzuriha : !? are you in pain?
kusanagin (look across the street) : ...it's not me, it's the tree. I can hear it, their voices. the trees, insects, and flowers' wails. (close his eyes) they're in pain, in pain and crying. do you believe me? (smile)
yuzuriha (also looks sad) : ...yes.
kusanagi : building new buildings, and making new roads are not bad, but... the first to live here... are the trees. just because they cannot communicate with the people, they are being killed by these new comers... how sad... but I probably wouldn't notice either if I didn't have this power. anyway, (catches a little bird for yuzuriha) I can also be friends with them. well, (taking yuzuriha along) I'll take you to the train.
yuzuriha : u.. um! will we meet again?
kusanagi (he was a little surprised, and then smiled at her) : yeah.
end of volume 9
9 THE HERMIT
KAMUI
1) the one who represents the power of god
2) the one who hunts the power of god
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