Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
2001 vol. 17, episode no. 104
Translation by Yuki-chan
The episode title page is in black and white and features Tsukasa... I'm not sure where. It looks like there are white sheets draped over a couch or something... Anyways, there are roses scattered everywhere and Tsukasa is wearing... Ryuji's jacket and nothing else. It looks cute the way it drapes on her smaller body ©.
Text: The sweet times when she's wrapped in his jacket and his scent... Almost © [Okay, I don't get it either... I'll leave it up to your imaginations.]
Tsukasa's mouth hangs open in shock as shots continues to ring around her. "...H... H...!"
Ryuji takes a nick on this shoulder and another to his left cheek.
Bun-san: "Sandaime!!" He too is firing his gun at the biker members.
Tsukasa: "Hey---!! Ryuji---!!"
Shots land nearby on the ground as Ryuji swings Tsukasa behind him.
Tsukasa: "What the hell are you doing protecting me!! That's wrong! That's strange! It should be the opposite------!!" {What are you thinking you baka-Ryuji!!?} "...St...STOPIT STOPIT STOPIT STOPIT-------!!"
Ryuji [I'm assuming] fires again, shooting out one of the tires on the car. The biker leader who had been leaning out the passenger side window loses his balance as the car goes out of control.
Leader: "!! Wa! WAWAWAWAWaWa!" The car begins to skid and the leader falls out of the window. "A!!"
Around him is a mountain of fallen bikes, their riders strewn about.
"Aaauuugggh~~~ Get this off of me~~~!"
"Kuso~~~"
"H... Help me~"
Text below the fallen bikes: These also have their tires shot out.
Leader: "...Ow~~~~~~" He holds his head, and looks up in panic as a tall figure steps over him. "!!"
Bun-san points his gun at the leader's head.
Leader: "...A..."
Tsukasa, is still wide-eyed behind Ryuji. "...... ......"
Ryuji turns behind him. "Tsukasa, are you hurt?"
Tsukasa finally snaps out of her daze. "!!" She karate chops him on his head. "You big bakatare!!" {I don't want you saying that when you're covered in scratches and nicks all over---!!} [bakatare is a variation on baka... a word that guys would tend to use more then girls...]
A huge lump forms on Ryuji's head and he looks at her seriously. "......"
Tsukasa: "You getting hurt from protecting me from those kind of good-for-nothings is something that should never happen!!" {Even if the heavens were to come down or the earth was to split into two! And yet!!} "I'm your bodyguard remember!!?"
In the background, the biker leader is sitting on the ground with his hands in the air showing defeat. Behind him, his gang members are righting the bikes.
Ryuji eyes her squarely for a moment. He then focuses his gaze elsewhere. "---...I don't want to see you get hurt in front of my eyes."
Tsukasa starts.
Ryuji: "I don't want to experience being right by your side but not being able to help you any more---..." He recalls the events at Megafloat when Tsukasa was pinned to the ground by Freya's pincers while he was trapped behind the barrier.
Tsukasa: {---...} "...Ryuji---..." {...Maybe...... he's still... about Megafloat---...} "---...Ryuji... I'm really happy... but......" {Enough that it makes my other side twitch} "But... that... earlier...... I probably could have avoided them myself......" She blushes furiously. {Though my mind when blank for a moment when I realized that I didn't have my bugworm.}
Ryuji starts. "...I...... I see... ...That's right..." {Now that I think about it.} "For someone like you that would have..."
Tsukasa: "...Y... Yeah..." {Well putting that aside, show me your wounds.}
Ryuji: "...That's...... ...strange... ...Before I even thought," {...I had already} I moved in front of you------..." He looks her straight in the eye. [Not a direct translation.]
Tsukasa is kneeling in front of Ryuji, dabbing at a wound on his face with a handkerchief.
Tsukasa: {------......U...... Wa.........} She blushes furiously.
Voice: "...Sandaime"
Bun-san interrupts the trance. "Excuse me but I've questioned this guy about the one who told him of the kagi."
The biker gang leader transforms into dog form complete with paws, ears and a tail [much like Tsukasa]. Bun-san is holding him by the scruff of the neck and he's thrashing wildly.
Leader: {Let go! Let me down!}
Tsukasa almost overjoyed: "It is Gonzaemon!?" {I thought so!!} She has a fist clenched for emphasis.
Ryuji sees this and sprouts a popped vein. "...What are you so overjoyed about?" {Are you looking for a fight with your mouth like an inverted triangle?} [The part about the inverted triangle... that means smiling...]
Tsukasa: "I'm not overjoyed!!"
Ryuji: "You are too! What's this closed fist!!? A!?"
Tsukasa: "This is showing that my happiness over my assumption being correct!!"
Ryuji: "Happiness!? You just said happiness!?"
Bun-san cuts in quietly over the din. "...It doesn't seem to be Soryou Misumi."
Tsukasa: "What I'm trying to say is that you're always like that when something involves Gonzaemon..."
She pauses for a moment as Bun-san's words sink in. "......"
Tsukasa and Ryuji turn to Bun-san as one.
Tsukasa: "...E...?"
Ryuji: "It's someone else?"
Bun-san: "That's right."
Tsukasa: "...Then, who......!?" She starts hooting like an owl, using the little English she knows. {WHO--? WHO--? WHO---!?}
Bun-san: "...Well, it's..."
The scene suddenly changes to the Control Police Headquarters.
Akira: "---...E...? ...'kagi'...!? ...That 'kagi' which supposedly leads you to where you can get the root from which the counterdrug can be made!?"
Police chief: "...Aa, that 'kagi'. We knew of the existence of the 'kagi' thanks to Rui's statement but......" [Okay, I don't know if he's actually the police chief but he's Akira's superior nonetheless.]
Akira: "...Yes, but with no idea of where to even begin looking for the 'kagi' we had given up and had turned to the manmade counterdrug......"
Akira is not in uniform and is wearing a dark shirt over a white T-shirt and... his [presumed] black leather pants. Behind them, a crowd of cops in both uniform and plainclothes mill around.
Police chief: "...That's right... And the truth about that manmade counterdrug is that we're not certain that it can eliminate that drug from the system......"
A fellow GRAVE member catches sight of Akira and shouts with glee. "! A! It's KuroPichi---!!"
Text pointing to that comment: Akira's nickname at the Control Police.
Cop 2: "E!?"
Two other cops start at the mention of that name. "!!"
Cop 1: "KuroPichi--"
Cop 2: "A--! It really is KuroPichi---!!"
Cop 3: "KuroPichi---"
Cop 4: "He---y KuroPichi's back------!"
Cop 5: "E!? Already!?"
Police chief: "In order to get the 'kagi' now, we would almost anything---..."
A crowd of overjoyed GRAVE members come stampeding towards Akira with their arms outstretched.
Cops: "Welcome back KuroPichi---!"
Akira: "---...Chief... ...Is... the existence of the 'kagi' confirmed...?"
The chief sighs. "...Well... We have some doubts since Ouguro had remained silent about everything else......... And still... that's the only lead we have regarding the 'kagi'......" He watches as Akira is surrounded by his colleagues like a celebrity.
Cop 1: "The old KuroPichi."
Cop 2: "A genki KuroPichi."
Cop 3: "A moving KuroPichi."
Chief: "If Ouguro isn't lying, then the 'kagi' is with Kuryugumi------..."
Akira's eyes open wide in shock. It looks like today was his day off and he had just stopped by on his motorcycle (he's holding his helmet).
Akira is playing back the chief's words in his mind as he dons his uniform.
"---If it's true that Kuryugumi has the 'kagi' they took from Garyukai, why do they keep it hidden? The only reasons I can think of are not pretty...... Perhaps Kuryugumi is trying to follow through with Garyukai's plot------... just like how a person with a gun will become dependent on it, wanting to use it---..."
Akira is stalking away angrily. {Wasn't it their motto not to deal with drugs......!? Or does it just go to show that they are the yakuza after all------!?}
Back at Kuryugumi.
Tsukasa is sitting with her shoes off, on a couch, her knees drawn to her chest. "...U~~~m... ...The police huh......? ...Well yeah... They have Ouguro and so they might have found out about the 'kagi'...... but,"
She recalls what the leader of the biker gang had to say.
"...I was nabbed by the cops but they said that if we could get this 'kagi' thing from you (Kuryugumi) then they'd give me a clean slate." {They even said they'd lend us handguns so we thought it would be a piece of cake.} [!!? I can't really see the cops doing that......]
Bun-san walks by, interrupting her thoughts. "It sounds like something GRAVE would do. Use violence against violence." He hangs Ryuji's jacket on a hanger while Meiko is tending to Ryuji's wounds.
Tsukasa: "EE!? No way---!!"
Bun-san glances at her exasperatedly. "Don't you think the cop with the scar here," He draws a line down his cheek with his finger. "Is the type to move on his own and do something of the sort?"
Behind Bun-san, there's an image of a scary looking Munakata in his GRAVE uniform.
Text above Munakata's image: What a drag. If you don't hurry up and talk I'll kill you uh?
Tsukasa cowers on the couch.
Text above Tsukasa: Uu...! Yeah he would...!!
Tsukasa: {And he would really... the culprit......!! Oo... How horrendous...!}
Bun-san, confidently: "I'm sure there are others~~~ just like that guy. What GRAVE does isn't much different from what we do." {But just because they're on the other side of the law they're considered legit(imate).}
Tsukasa is unable to say anything back. {U...! I remember thinking that before......}
Text: Referring to the Tokonome Island incident.
The biker leader's words play back in Tsukasa's mind. "Seems the cops rea--lly want that 'kagi' thing." {Something about it being able to save Tokyo from that drug that made everyone wacky.} He looks serious.
Tsukasa: {---And that's why they resorted to that kind of violence......? Using them......?}
She recalls how the gang members had walked away, bowing apologetically.
Tsukasa: {Because they assume that Kuryugumi and the cops are unable to speak on civilized terms......?} She slips back into her shoes as her feet touch the floor.
Meiko: "---If what he says is true, then it may cause some trouble..."
Ryuji agrees. "...Aa..." Looks like Meiko is finished patching him up.
Tsukasa: "!!" She sits up straight. "...Wh--y......?"
Meiko leans to the right so that she can see Tsukasa behind Ryuji. "The police have learned that Kuryugumi has the 'kagi'. And yet Kuryugumi isn't making it public. Of course the police are going to fear Kuryugumi." [Not a direct translation.]
Tsukasa starts.
Ryuji turns to look at her. {And on top of that,} "Using others to attack us, without even attempting to talk, of course we (Kuryugumi) would be angry with the cops." {Not that I really cared about those goons anyways.}
Meiko, matter of factly: "With this fear and anger, of course this is all messed up." {I wouldn't be surprised if we see some bloodshed soon.}
Tsukasa does a silent scream, her jaw dropping. "------!!! Ryu... Ryuji---!! We should turn over the 'kagi' before anything happens------!!"
Ryuji pouts: "... ... Hand it over right after we were attacked...? I'm not for it, since it looks like we're freaked out over it."
Tsukasa: "This isn't a time to be concerned for pride--!!" She gets up off the couch to yell.
Ryuji pouts even more. "The gokudo is finished when he throws his pride away."
Ryuji has his back turned to Meiko, who can just see that his cheeks are a little puffed up.
Meiko: {No way! Sandaime's pouting!! Like a fugu!! I... I want to see!! From the front!!} [fugu = puffer fish. In Japan you say you're ''pouting like a puffer fish''...]
Ryuji stands up as well. "---...That's what I really wanted to say but---... I had already decided that I'd let you decide what you want to do with the 'kagi'------..."
Tsukasa: {------...E...?} She looks up a Ryuji in surprise. "---...It's all right......?" {...Why......? When it's so important......} "For me to decide...?"
Ryuji: "That (the kagi) was something that 'Wakasa' entrusted to you... I don't think that anyone besides you has the right to make the decision......"
Tsukasa: {...A------...} "..." {...I... I------...}
Ryuji: "...Don't worry. If you wish to turn the 'kagi' over to the police, I'll take all of the responsibility---..." He puts his hand on her cheek.
Tsukasa: "......!" {...Ryuji------...}
The intercom in the room suddenly goes off.
Meiko: "Oh." She presses the talk button. "Hai."
It's Bun-san. "A! Is Tsu-bo still in the medical room?"
Meiko: "Tsukasa-kun? Yes, she's here. Just a moment."
Tsukasa: "What is it Bun-san?"
Bun-san: "Tsu-bo, call for you."
Tsukasa: "Call?"
Bun-san: "That's right. Your brother. The oldest."
Tsukasa starts. {...Taku-nii...? ---...I wonder what it is------...?}
At the Kozuki residence.
Tsukasa puts her hands together for a moment to pray for her parents. "I'm back home Dad, Mom."
Taku: "Tsukasa, we're leaving for work."
Tsukasa: "A! Okay."
Toshi: "See ya."
Sho: "Tsukasa~~ Will you still be around when we come back~~~?"
Dressed in suits and ties, the Kozuki brothers are prepared for their job at the casino.
Tsukasa sees them off at the door. "Be careful."
Taku sits down to put his shoes on. "Aa. ...... ...Tsukasa..."
Tsukasa: "UN?"
Taku stands up to face his sister. "...Do you want me to stay with you...?"
Tsukasa looks a bit nervous before showing him a smile. "...I'm fine." {...I think.}
A disturbed looking Akira is sitting in the living room.
Tsukasa sweatdrops. "------..." {------...I think------......}
Tsukasa: "A... Akira-san......?" {Sorry to keep you waiting. ...I... I wonder what's wrong~~~ His forehead is wrinkled in deep thought~~~ How unusual~~~} She smiles nervously. "...... ...A... Akira-san......" {Um......} "Oh yeah. Thanks for what you did at Megafloat. Saving me like that...... Are you all right now...? I went to go visit but it looked like you had a lot of visitors so I left......"
Akira is still silent.
Tsukasa is sweatdropping even more, trying to start conversation. "...... ......" She tries again. "...Akira-san... what's wrong? What this you had to say? Is it that serious...?"
Akira starts.
Tsukasa starts as well. {...His! His reaction! ...Serious...!! ...Then... m...... maybe.........! It's about...!!} "...!"
Akira finally opens his mouth. "... ...I'll put it bluntly... ...Tsukasa... Is it true that Kuryugumi has the 'kagi' related to the drugs...?"
Tsukasa tries to put on an expressionless face, but her wide eyes betray her. In her mind, she's spinning on her feet, her hands to her face in panic.
Large text above her: I...! I thought so------ KYAAAAAAA
Akira: "...... ......" He stares at Tsukasa's strange face. "I... I'm kidding. Sorry...!" He scratches at his face in embarrassment, looking down at the table. "Asking you about the 'kagi' all of the sudden. You wouldn't know anything..." {Just because... you're in and out of Kuryugumi so often.}
Tsukasa starts and recalls the words of the biker gang's leader.
"Seems the cops rea---lly want that 'kagi' thing."
Tsukasa: "......" {...Well it's going to the police soon so...... ...why not---...?} "...It is......"
Akira starts.
Tsukasa: "...A...! But! Soon it'll be,"
Akira stands all of the sudden and Tsukasa stops mid-sentence.
Tsukasa: "...!!"
Akira, clearly pissed off. "...How could they........." [Not a direct translation...] "..Those guys (Kuryugumi)...! So they're trying to complete Garyukai's plot themselves are they...!!?"
Tsukasa: {E...!?}
Akira, still ranting: "Even though they know that the ones who used that drug are relying on an ineffective manmade counterdrug."
Tsukasa: {A...!}
Akira: "And still they won't make the 'kagi' public."
Meiko's words echo in Tsukasa's mind.
"Of course the police are going to fear Kuryugumi."
Tsukasa: {A...!}
Akira: "I bet they're enjoying this!!"
Tsukasa: {AA} "...N... No! That's not it! Kuryugumi's not thinking like that......!!" She gets up on her feet as well to face Akira. {Kuryugumi's not wrong...!!} "They're not thinking of doing the same as Garyukai...!!" {The one who's the most wrong here is me! The one who assumed that it would be Ryuji who would decide the fate of the 'kagi'......!!}
Akira is not impressed. "How can you say that Tsukasa? They're the gokudo."
Tsukasa: {I'm the one who was entrusted with the 'kagi' from Wakasa......!}
Akira: "Since they have their hands on the 'kagi', why wouldn't they want to use it to their advantage!!?"
The earlier conversation passes though Tsukasa's mind again.
"---...Hand it over right after we were attacked...? I'm not for it, since it looks like we're freaked out over it."
She recalls how Ryuji had pouted. [Kawaii ©]
Tsukasa: {---...Ryuji had thrown his pride away for me------...}
"If you wish to turn the 'kagi' over to the police, I'll take all of the responsibility---..."
Akira: "Out of anyone, they (Kuryugumi) should know the danger of the drug."
Tsukasa: {---...Then,}
Akira: "That's why it wouldn't be strange if Kuryugumi...... for themselves......"
Tsukasa: {I,} She cuts off Akira. "---Kuryugumi is only guarding the 'kagi'......"
Akira stops his tirade. "...E...?" He looks suspicious.
Tsukasa: "There is another owner, so even if Kuryugumi wanted to make the 'kagi' public, they couldn't........." She continues, her head down. "---..That owner is a descendant of the gokudo group Hogou, who was destroyed by Garyukai 14 years ago------......"
Akira: "!!" {Fourteen years ago---... I've heard of that battle......!}
Tsukasa: "The daughter of the woman known as Hogou's kage no
seisai---..." Akira: "---... ...Is there really such a daughter in existence......?"
Tsukasa: {---...Then,} "Soon... I'm sure that Kuryugumi will contact the police saying they want to hand over the kagi. I'm sure that daughter will go then too---..."
She looks him in the eye.
Tsukasa: {That'll be the end of 'Kozuki Tsukasa'-----......}
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