Ayashi no Ceres
volume 9, part 2
Joy's note: The following translations are NOT edited yet. I did try to make it as close to the Japanese version as I can by using my volume 9 Japanese copy as reference though. Anyway, when this rough draft is edited and revised by someone who knows more Japanese than I do, it will be posted on Ayashi.net.
additional note: yes, the text is in pink. for some reason, AnC just screams pink to me...
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[lalala] is narration.
"lalala" is dialogue.
(lalala) is thought.
{{lalala}} is flashback.
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--beginning vol 9 part 2--
=Page 33=
Aya: "Too-"
[Miori suddenly show up before Aya.]
Miori: "Mikage Aya, you finally show up. Too bad for you, I won't give Tooya back to you!!"
Miori: "That's because I, who shares the same 'bloodline' as you, is going to kill you!!"
Aya: "Sahara-san...!?"
=Page 34=
Aya: "...what the...Sahara-san!?"
Miori: "Yes, it's me. Mikage-san."
Aya: "Transformation... like me... Why...why can you transform into 'Ceres'? Could it be that you share the same bloodline as me...!?"
Miori: "When a Tennyo's descendant awakens, she would share the original Tennyo's looks and power, right?"
=Page 35=
Miori: "Of course I would become 'Ceres.' I'm your cousin."
Aya: "What...!?"
Aya [suddenly realizes she is standing on a window ledge of a really tall building]: "!! Ah!"
Aya [attaches her back to the window pane behind]: "C...cousin!?"
Miori: "That's right. We just never meet each other. My mom hated Mikage family's customs of marrying people within the same bloodline, so she moved to Shizuoka with dad..."
=Page 36=
Miori: "The Sahara family is also against them having a relationship, so they eloped."
Miori: "Although dad died when I was still in elementary... my mom and I still managed to lead a happy life."
Miori: "Until September 23rd of last year...."
Aya [thinking]: (Last year...? September 23rd...)
[Aya widens her eyes in realization.]
Miori: "That's right. The day of your birthday!!"
=Page 37=
[Flashback of Miori and her mother in Shizuoka last year]
Miori: {{Mom, you're going to Tokyo today?}}
Miori's mother: {{Yeah... A pair of twins reach the age of 16 today. Both twins are your cousins.}}
Miori's mother: {It's one of those pointless traditions passed down through the Mikage family... I have to go because your grandfather will be vexed if I didn't attend the ceremony. Don't worry, it will end smoothly!}}
Miori: {{Traditional ceremony? When I reach 16 next year, I can go visit grandpa, too. We'll go to Tokyo together then!}}
Miori's mother: {{Well then, I'm going.}}
Miori: {{Remember to get some presents for me!}}
Miori: {{Be careful!}}
[End flashback]
Miori: "She smiled as she told me she would be back soon... but that night, the Mikage family called and..."
=Page 38=
Miori: "... told me to go to Tokyo's immediately... go to the hospital..."
Miori: "...because MY MOM'S INTERNAL ORGANS ARE DAMAGED!! The doctors can't help her anymore!!"
Miori: "Mom was covered in blood... and she never moved after that!!"
Miroi: "...I heard the other relatives are also badly wounded! At that time, I thought it was only an accident!!"
[Flashback of Kagami comforting Miori.]
Kagami: {{After today, this pointless ceremony will be abolished.... The Mikage family will take all the responsibilities. You can live your life as it was before.}}
=Page 39=
Miori: "I couldn't accept my mother's death, so everday was hell to me... However, a couple of months ago, when many people in the nation died..."
Miori: "I felt my body changing.'
Miori: "I was very afraid... so afraid that I contact the cousin who was very kind to me."
Aya [thinks]: (Kagami!)
Miori: "He asked me to go to his lab... There, he told me the truth."
Miori: "Mom's death was not an accident... You killed her!!"
=Page 40=
Ceres [talking within Aya's head]: "Aya, that girl really wants to kill me. Transform now!"
Miori: "You killed someone else's parents... and you still have the mood to fall in love with some guy? Give it back!"
Ceres [to Aya]: "Aya!! Hurry!!"
Miori: "Give me back my mother!!"
=Page 41=
Ceres [to Aya]: "Aya!!"
Aya: "I can't!!"
[Miori lunges towards Aya. Aya falls through the window pane, shattering the glass.]
=Page 42=
Tooya [shouts through the window]: "Aya..."
[Tooya manages to see and dodge Shiso's sudden attack. The collar around his neck breaks and falls to the ground.]
=Page 43=
Shiso: "You... twist my arm..."
Shiso: "I'll kill you!!"
[Tooya runs away.]
Shiso: "Wait!!"
[Wei comes into the room.]
Wei: Shiso!!
=Page 44=
Aya: "U..."
[Aya opens her eyes and dodges Miori's attack at the last second.]
Ceres [to Aya]: "Aya!!"
Ceres [to Aya]: "You can't win if you remain yourself! Why won't you transform!?"
=Page 45=
Aya [runnning away as Miori chases her]: "How can I transform!? I can't!!"
Aya [thinking]: (That day... the16th birthday which changed Aki and my fate... the day "Ceres" awakened in my body...)
Aya [slips and falls]: "Kiyaaa!!"
Aya [thinking]: (I killed unconsciously.)
=Page 46=
Aya [thinking]: (However, at that time...)
[Flashback of the Mikage family members trying to kill Aya.]
Mikage 1: {{Die!!}}
Mikage 2: {{We have to take care of ourselves and our families...}}
Mikage 3: {{Blame it on being born in the wrong family.}}
[End flashback.]
Aya [thinking]: (At that time, if I didn't unconsiously act in Ceres' will...)
Aya [thinking]: (They would have already killed me.)
=Page 47=
[Meanwhile, on the streets, Yuuhi is looking for Aya.]
Pedestrian 1: "There's an accident up ahead."
Pedestrian 2: "It seems a car is on fire."
Pedestrian 3: "I heard two girls are flying in the air."
Yuuhi: "Ceres!?"
//Ba ba// {the sound of car honking}
=Page 48=
[Yuuhi turns around to see Chidori and Shuro, both transformed to their Tennyo state.]
Chidori: "Yuuhi!!"
Yuuhi: "You..."
Shuro: "Where's Aya!?"
[Inside the building, Aya is cornered.]
Miori: "...what? You're not running away anymore?"
Ceres [to Aya]: "Aya, transform now..!! What can you do if you died now!?"
[Aya is panting and shivering.]
Miori: "Why won't you transform into Tennyo?"
=Page 49=
Miori: "Transform so you can kill me!"
Miori: "Kill me like you killed my mother!!"
Aya: "...!!"
Miori [raises her hand to attack]: "You want to 'search for the hagoromo'? If you want to go back to heaven so badly..."
Miori [attacks]: "I'll send you there!!"
Ceres [to Aya]: "Aya!"
Aya [shields herself]: "!!"
=Page 50=
[Tooya shows up and shields Aya from Miori's attack.]
Aya [thinking]: (Huh...)
=Page 51=
Miori: "Too...ya..."
Tooya: "It's all... fake.... Miori..."
Tooya: "My past... my identity as Mizuki... and all my memories with you... are all fake...!"
Miori: "Tooya... what are you talking about?"
Miori: "Didn't we always play together in Miho's Matsubara? We share our first kiss at the beach there... the stars were beautiful... right? you told me 'I love you' so many times..."
=Page 52=
Tooya: "STOP!!"
Tooya: "It's no use... Miori."
Tooya: "Even in the false world, I can't fall in love with you!!"
Miori: "...Is she really that good...?"
Miori: "Why can't you forget about her...?"
[Flashback to when Kagami first showed Tooya's profile to Miori.]
Kagami: {{Miori, he's Tooya, Aya's current boyfriend.}}
Kagami: {{We helped you with your wishes, so I hope you can go through with the promise to help us... Ceres Type-B.}}
=Page 53=
Miori [blushes and looks at Tooy's picture with a love-struck look]: {{Too..ya...}}
[End flashback.]
Miori: "I did want to torture Aya by taking you away from her! But...but that's not the only reason. Didn't you always want to have a 'past'?"
Miori: "So... we can live happily together...!"
[Tooya remains silent. Miori stops.]
Miori: "...Aya..."
Miori: "Good for you... Tooya returns to your side."
Miori: "However... I won't allow it... I will have my revenge... I'll make you..."
=Page 54=
[Miori breaks a window and flies out of it.]
Tooya: "!!"
Tooya: "Miori!?"
Tooya: "Up there!"
Aya: "Tooya..."
Tooya: "Run away!"
Aya: "!"
Tooya: "Run away before Mikage's men arrive!"
=Page 55=
Tooya [running and thinking]: (Miori...!!)
[Yuuhi, Chidori, Kyuu-san, and Shuro are standing outside the building.]
Chidori: "Huh!?"
Yuuhi: "What's wrong? Chidori?"
Chidori: "There! Up there! Isn't that Ceres!?"
Yuuhi: "You're right...!!"
Kyuu-san: "Huh? But...!"
Shuro [notices Aya walking out the building]: "Ahh, isn't that Aya!?"
Yuuhi&Chidori [eyes bugged out]: "WHAT!?"
=Page 56=
Aya [looks up]: "Sahara-san...!?}
[Tooya is running up the stairs.]
Miori [arms outstretched]: "...mother, please look carefully. I'm starting my 'revenge' now."
=Page 57=
Tooya: "Miori!! Don't do it!!"
Miori: "Tooya..."
Miori: "I'm so happy... you come to chase 'me'."
[Miori lets herself drop.]
=Page 58=
[Miori falls to the ground from... a couple of hundred feet off the ground.]
=Page 59=
[Slow motion. Tooya fails to reach Miori in time. Aya sees Miori fall, her eyes still looking at the empty spot in the air. Yuuhi, Chidori, Shuro, and Kyuu-san have their eyes closed and turned away. A couple of pedestrians are watching open-mouthed.]
=Page 60=
Pedestrian 1: "...a girl... fall from the building!!"
Pedestrian 2: "Sucidie!?"
[Aya slowly turns her head toward the bloody spot where Miori fell. Yuuhi runs over and covers her eyes.]
Yuuhi: "Don't look!!" Don't look!!"
Aya: "W..why...?"
=Page 61=
Aya: "WHY!!"
[Tooya, who stands at the building's roof with one of his arms reached out and the other holding onto the fence, slowly lowers himself to his knees.]
=Page 62=
[In Kagami's observation room.]
Man 1: "...chief..."
Kagami: "Cut.. the image..."
[Man 2 is covering his face.]
Shiso: "Stupid... woman."
Shiso: "She wanted her death as a revenge? All living creatures fight for survival, but she..."
=Page 63=
Shiso: "The only winner is the one who survived. To win, I'll do anything to survive...!!"
Aya [thinking back to Miori's statement]: {{I won't give Tooya back to you!}}
[Sirens.]
Aya [thinking as she cries in Yuuhi's arms]: (How cruel... to use this...this method to...)
Aya [thinking]: (Break us apart!!)
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--end of vol 9 part 2--