* Rurouni Kenshin Manga Translation *
* Volume three: The reason to act *
* Chapter nineteen: The reason to act *
(a plate of biscuits are placed on the table)
Megumi: (removing her headdress) I hath not touched the biscuit recipe for
many years.
Yahiko: Woah!
Kaoru: Ummmmm!
Kenshin: Oro!
Yahiko and Kaoru: Woah Um Yum yai!
Kenshin: 'Tis flavorful!
Megumi: Thank you! A simple meal of biscuits is well prepared by anyone!
Kenshin: But 'tis not so! A previous attempt by Kaoru-dono sprouted buds of
mud-pies instead - ...
(he gets punched)
Kaoru: Speak only when necessary!
Megumi: How much one's head hurts! A rough girl of such. (she picks Kenshin
up) How would it be? Blow her out and breathe me in -
Kenshin: (words on his tongue) KO
Kaoru: (patting Megumi's head) MEGUMI-SAN! I gave you an inch but you took a
mile! I hath forewarned you! Dare you move a braincell towards Kenshin, the
word wouldst be 'OUT'!
Megumi: Please! To like or not him belongs to my will!
Kaoru: Woah!
Megumi: Your hindering mine efforts all over presents the least confidence
in oneself!
Kaoru: Woah woah!
Megumi: Thou art not satisfied, then put in all thy efforts in better
bakings of biscuits! (pats her head)
Kaoru: Woah ho - I am speechless.
Yahiko: (stuffing himself with biscuits)
Kenshin: ...
Yahiko: Thoughts of her mellowing down hath left I myself bitterly
disappointed!
Kenshin: However so be't, her honorable self hath truly opened her windows
to let in light, and filled her rooms with dancing vigor. 'Twould be a well
done thing!
Kaoru: Whoever said so!
Sano: (playing with a packet of opium) What be this be that! An early
morning opera rehearsal between bickers indeed.
Kaoru: Sanosuke!
Sano: The old man's verdict hast issued. This would really be it who creates
the human chaos' new modelled drug.
Kenshin: Wouldst be so...
Kaoru: By near! You have but broken the fast?
Sano: Away with it! How far can the opium woman prepare her meals as Kaoru!
Megumi: ...
Sano: Did not I myself rest the entire last dusk. Awaken me when the
afternoon cannon goes while I shall lay down.
* Footnote reads: Afternoon cannon: A cannon sounded to inform all of the
afternoon time.
Kaoru: STOP THERE FOR ME! Do you really wish to walk away with those words!
Kenshin: Simmer! Simmer! (to Megumi) Megumi-dono... please do not matter him
too much!
Kaoru: SANOSUKE ~~~
(Sano walks along)
Sano: Having understood Megumi's predicament and history down the road...
she can but carry all the blame, while Kanryuu's side hath shed no light for
half a fortnight or so. A clenched fist with nowhere to fly... and 'twould
truly be why I myself float with the frustrated tides!
(Megumi washing dishes)
Sano: (voice over) While I myself can only retreat to the bylines...
Megumi: ...
Megumi: * "Opium woman..." *
Man: A fair afternoon!
Megumi: !
Man: To have offended most of your time and patronization! I come to promote
sales of books. Lately fresh supplies hath poured in! Doth thou wish to pick
out a book?
Megumi: Ah...
Man: Lady, your face hath grown familiar within the late, did you recently
established yourself here?
Megumi: Oh dear no! I only put up...
Man: Would that be so!
(lifts his cap up)
Hanya: Then 'tis the best thing yet!
Megumi: !
(he cups his hand over her)
Megumi: HmphMnph!
Hanya: Silence, or this shall look good in the well.
Megumi: *Mercury... !*
Hanya: Takeda Kanryuu seeks to talk, and only is here to talk with you, not
for you. However frustration, do walk in pace with me!
Megumi: *... !!*
(in a forest clearing)
Megumi: ... Finish your words quick!
Kanryuu: There wouldst be no entire need for me to speak! Do not act the
goat further, cometh back quick.
Megumi: Go back? Moi? Doth thou really believe my promise possible! Would I
have not better be done with myself!
Kanryuu: Would that be so? Well hear this word of advice - if your return is
not possible, then let us enjoy the Kamiya Dojo fireworks!
Megumi: PARDON!
Kanryuu: A movement of mine private armies and the Oniwabanshuu, added to
the gangsters swimming around the area... five hundred it would be? To
surround the dojo and entrap every single mouse hidden in! A cock that doth
not crow, what use would there be for't! Only feared your loneliness in the
route of Shoel, so do bring along a few friends shall you?
(Megumi looks in fear)
Kanryuu: Stop silly stages! How long can your dream last? Maker of the drug
which claimed much lives, have as much excuse as you do, but the truth be
the truth. Meet with your relatives only if thou art lucky, how wouldst the
reaction react when the name of "Takani" hath downgraded by the daughter to
sweep the opium facade?
(Megumi stares)
Kanryuu: A prolonged escape spells no meaning! Me, you and opium, truly we
live as one.
(he stares)
Kanryuu: And die - as one. By near! The fireworks display wouldst be the
midnight of tonight, do not consider so long. Farewell.
(they walk)
Aoshi: Takani Megumi wouldst return?
Kanryuu: With all hopes, or frustrations reign. You know too this man with
the cross scar be the Hitokiri of the legends, "Himura Battousai", to settle
the matter quickly is so much more peaceful than provoke him.
(he continues walking)
Kanryuu: "Takani Megumi returns in her own free will", and Battousai wouldst
deem no reason fit for interception.
Aoshi: Reason...
Megumi: (as she falls to the ground) *I can but escape... Be it Kanryuu, or
opium... they would chain painfullly to my nightmares...*
(Darkness)
OPIUM WOMAN
Megumi: *Opium woman - ...*
(blue skies of dusk)
Kenshin: ...
(Kenshin, Kaoru and Yahiko stare at a letter bearing Megumi's name)
Takani Megumi
I cut the unnecesaries! Prithee forgive mine farewell actions without a
single remnisce, I foresee no further restrictions by Kanryuu and his
subordinates, therefore my map for Aizu hath been marked. Ten days of
kindness I surge mine gratitude, thank you, thank you all the much!
Takani Megumi...
Kaoru: How it makes one regret...
Kenshin: (crushing the letter) Bad it is...
Kaoru: Kenshin?
Kenshin: Her worthy self professes no more roots within Aizu... ! Kanryuu
hath met her without knowing souls and coerced her return! Sanosuke! Thou
wouldst recognize the way of Kanryuu's living quarters? Then we move!
Sano: Go hence you!
Kenshin, Kaoru and Yahiko: (staring with looks of 'what?!')
Sano: That opium-woman's business do not mark in my accounts!
Kenshin: Sanosuke!
Yahiko: Eight layered egg! When did the stubborness come in to play - !
Kenshin: (holds a hand to stop Yahiko) Halt thy plays! Sanosuke. Thou art
not then if thy actions be such!
(he narrows his eyes so much he begins to look dangerous)
Kaoru and Yahiko: ...
Sano: ... Do not utter rubbish! That opium she manufactured murdered my
friend, I myself do not bag the earnings of your big heart! And certainly
not the rurouni thou art to spare love diffused all over! Why then must her
business be in mine accounts tell me so!
(Kenshin... glares and Sano too)
Kenshin: Sanosuke, presumably thou hath not tapped hard at the windows of
her soul!
(Megumi stands outside a tall gate)
Kenshin: (voice over) Do true her noble looks composes of all high and
stubborness, however when the split second arrives...
Guard: !
Guard: You are...
Kenshin: (voice over) ... her worthy expression spells of something so
painful that she couldst find mere glancing at us hurts her worthy flesh.
And eyes of such, resembles the woefully helpless lost puppy -
Megumi: Inform Kanryuu, that I, Takani Megumi hath returned.
Kenshin: (voice over) - always scuttling, scruffing and searching for the
dwelling grounds which gives her a home of never.
(he turns)
Kenshin: If 'twould be true to the reason every man needs to have before
action comes - then this useless one's reason is mentioned, and highly
fulfilling it must be!
Sano: - ...
(Kenshin walks away)
Yahiko: Kenshin! I must follow suit!
Kaoru: Yahiko! Wait! Your going would spell nothing but that of a boulder
tied to his feet!
Yahiko: Do not talk so! That woman hath saved me from death! So should my
life be once again hung on the hook I MUST STILL GO! How couldst the Kamiya
Kassin Ryuu save anyone without this point in valid!
Kaoru: ... *This little boy... in his abscence of conscious, materialized
slowly into that swordsman quality...*
(a hand is placed on the ribbon of Kaoru's kimono)
Sano: By the way things slate towards daylight would be the earliest so!
Kaoru: Sanosuke!
Sano: Do not forget a bath and meal for five. I do not wish to ponder any
further. Let I myself and me finish my ponderation with mine nature!
Kenshin: ... Excellent! LET US MOVE!
END TRANSLATION
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