* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume 8: Eastern sea-route of Meiji *
* Chapter sixty-three: Makimachi Misao *
Kenshin: Katana... ?
Misao: Um! If you cherish that sword so much after the ban's been
implemented for so long, then it should be of great value -
(she jumps and delivers a punch)
Misao: Isn't it!
(Kenshin dodges to the side. Misao side-tracks back and sends a upper back
fist)
Misao: YA!
Kenshin: (receiving it without a struggle) !
Misao: So?
Kenshin: So... does hurt a little but... with a small frame like yours how
big the impact could be made with that punch... let us stop this follying
around! This money I shall -
Misao: AH - ? (looks to see that her sack of money is lost) My... I... am
SOOO ANGRY! (she flashes out her darts) RETURN ME THAT! That's MY money!
Kenshin: !
Misao: Watch my flying kill daggars! YA!
(Kenshin grabs her mantle to block the daggars)
Misao: AAAAAAAAAAAAAH - My mantle!
Kenshin: Yuuu... Apologies...
Misao: Return me my mantle and money!
Kenshin: I agree on part of the mantle but as per the money would that be so
necessary?
Misao: I stole that money! So it's mine!
Kenshin: ...
Misao: Just pay me my mantle first! Hand over your katana!
(Kenshin lets out a puff of air and hands over his katana)
Misao: Heng! That's more like it! Let's have a check first... (draws the
sword) Huh? It's got a reverse blade...
Kenshin: That was my point! This is not any sought-after katana, and it's
worth to the traders do not match up to market.
Misao: Well... (resheaths the sword) No problem, better than nothing anyway.
I accept.
Kenshin: WHAT!?!? Wait a minute! That is my beloved katana -
Misao: And that is my beloved mantle!
Kenshin: All right, all right! You may have all my properties!
Misao: What? Why is it all in spare change? Man you're really a beggar!
Kenshin: (cuddles his sword lovingly) Then you would have nothing to say now
I presume! This money should be returned to the original owner now. Do not
engage in these activities next time.
Misao: Ah! Hang on a mite! That's MY money!
Back to the same point... how unreasonable...
Kenshin: ...
(picture of one of the fallen men)
Misao: (voice over) Stand there for me!
Man: ...
(a street)
Kenshin: It should be here. They do not seem to have noticed the loss, then
we are in time.
Misao: Hupmh!
(he jumps)
Misao: You do have something to brag about eh! I know! You must be a thief
too! But then again, don't you dare look down on me... YAAA!
Kenshin: !
(Misao lands beside him on top of the roof)
Misao: So?
Kenshin: *Based on what she did just now... she cannot be someone of
ordinary status... ! But then again, her appearance has already made that
manifest...*
Misao: What're you looking at?
Kenshin: *How can a young girl reveal her thighs in public?*
(door opens)
Kenshin: Um... this shall settle the matter.
Misao: (carrying a few sacks of money) This shall settle the matter!
Kenshin: What do you think you are doing? Cannot stand you sometimes! Now
that the matter has solved, leave hastily.
Misao: Without the dosh how d'you expect me to return to Kyoto!
Kenshin: Kyoto...
(stars)
Kenshin: So you live in Kyoto -
Misao: Um! When I wanted to return to Kyoto from Tokyo, found out all my
money's been used up, then I had to rob along the way. And you came along
and dashed everything!
Kenshin: You went to Tokyo alone, and you are a girl after all...
Misao: In actual fact I - am finding someone. Before the Meiji government
was set up, in the Bakumatsu era, he and his friends took me, a born
homeless soul, in. When the government was set up, I roamed around the
nation with everyone, but after that...
(waters)
Misao: He entrusted me to an old friend of his in Kyoto. But I still wish to
meet up with them again, therefore while I still have news of their
appearance, I would depart from Kyoto and seek them out.
Kenshin: Wah hah!
Venting her anger on someone else
Misao: But it's a flop everytime! This time too! (strangles Kenshin)
Kenshin: The rough outline of matters I can grasp now, but... err -
Misao: My name? It's Misao! Makimachi Misao.
Kenshin: However poverished you may be, stealing is a dishonest deed.
Misao: How do you propose I return to Kyoto otherwise?
Kenshin: Did I not just spare some money to you? You could pen a letter to
your guardian in Kyoto, requesting him to come forth and await your arrival.
Misao: You're right!
Kenshin: That besides, those men may be thugs living somewhere near, and
they would certainly come to...
Someone: THERE THEY ARE!
Kenshin and Misao: !
Someones: Over here! Quick!
Misao: !
Everyone: Surround them!
Man: Witch! That was some guts you had!
Misao: Hmph! Some real followers they turned out to be! There's around
thirty people. You must be a kenkaku! Settle half of them for me?
Kenshin: Ho ho... thought I had just mentioned my dislike of trouble now...
Misao: (as Kenshin walks away) Huh?
Man: What a cocky man you are!
Man2: Kill you first!
(Kenshin brings out his katana with the sharp side facing out. He swipes
down and cracks the bridge)
Misao and everyone else: ... !
Kenshin: Her robbery behavior do not profess to be good, but you bandits do
not fare much better. Since I am here today, you can forget about laying a
finger on her.
(fully sheaths his sword)
(bridge breaks)
Everyone (except Kenshin mayhaps): AH-!
(everyone lying down quite shocked)
Everyone: Oh, Ah, ouch...
Misao: Didn't quite expect so much judging from your outer appearance...
didn't see how you could be so strong and destructive...
Kenshin: (helping her up) I have experienced much battles of such in the
past. Wood bridges like these, as long as all are saturated towards the
middle arena, not much effort need be spared to hack it down.
Misao: Um... but, I still feel the person I'm looking for is stronger by
much.
Kenshin: (turning to leave) Mayhaps...
Misao: He was in the Bakumatsu turmoils, the secret protector of Edo and a
hero.
(Kenshin, shocked, turns around)
Misao: I wonder how Ao-sama and the Oniwabanshuu are... and what they are up
to now... ?
END TRANSLATION
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