Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
1998 vol. 19, episode no. 47
Translation by Yuki-chan

Back at Fararuta World.

Guy: "------Toshi."

Toshi starts: "...E!?"

A classmate: "Looks like you're looking around a lot. Are you looking for your brother again?"

Toshi, trying to hide it: "U... U~m."

Classmate: "You guys are really close." {At school you're usually with the one a year younger than you too.} "How about getting away from them for a bit?"

Toshi: "...U~m." {...More like... ...Since I convinced Takunii that I was destined for the same place on this school trip......... I'm wondering about where Tsukasa is...... ...Tsukasa... I wonder where you are right now......... ...No... Before that... I even wonder if she's even in this Fararuta World.........} He finds he can't calm down. {I hope you're not sticking your head into some yakuza problem.........! I'm trusting you Tsukasa------!}

Back at Kadokanegumi.

Tsukasa is watching a video [Well, it's probably the visual portion of the threat call]. It's from Takarabe [that is assuming that's his name].

"---This is the something that's so simple that it can't compare to the Noaroid, the engineered artificial intelligence which has been out for the last 2 to 3 years. ...But it's good enough for bit of fun."

Text: The Noaroid is something that's more human-like than an android.

Takarabe shows up in his gaudy suit. Seems like he's at a factory or something. There's a large sign behind him.

Takarabe: "...For example, if I set one of them to do repetitive work at 4 pm today, and connect the trigger to the arm that only moves to and fro by a chain, and put Asaba's son in front of the gun like this," Images of a stationary robot and a dummy in front of the gun are shown. [By the way, this gun is like a huge machine gun. Sorry, I'm not too familiar with guns.] A sample of what can happen is shown, and the dummy is pumped with bullets. "---Won't it be interesting. Asaba-sa-n. Let's join hands and crush Garyukai~~~" {This is your last chance---} "I'll wait until 4 for a good reply." An image of a helpless looking Tsubaki is shown.

Tsukasa turns the image off. She's in the room with Azuma and Sumire.

Tsukasa: "...I see... So that's why the anesan armed herself and left so quickly........." {That it was this kind of threat...} "......"

Sumire: "......"

Tsukasa: "...Is the old man still undecided......."

Sumire sighs exasperatedly: "......."

Tsukasa: "...... ---...Fine------!!" She turns to go.

The door opens suddenly.

Tsukasa and Sumire with wide eyes: "!!"

Tsukasa is pouting. Her face is completely round.

Ryuji: "...What's with the face? Stop dawdling and hurry up!" {We're going home!" He's yanking her by a leash, attached to a collar around her neck. They're outside now.

Tsukasa, as a dog tugging against the leash: "Nooooo! I'm going to go save Asaba-kun too!!"

Ryuji, visibly angry: "...! This is a problem between Kadokane and Takarabe! It doesn't involve us! Kadokane's anesan went out so leave it alone!!"

Tsukasa: "I'm saying that I promised Asaba-kun that I'd save him when he's in a pinch!! If course I can't leave him alone!! He's my friend!!"

Ryuji: "Friend..." {...Hm---...} His arms are crossed. "...Friend......"

Tsukasa: "..."

Ryuji: "Someone you've only recently started talking to,"

Tsukasa: {...A...} She notices a large vein that has popped on Ryuji's head.

Ryuji: "Is a friend...!!" He seems to growl, fangs included.

Tsukasa: "What's with you!" {Why are you so angry!?}

Ryuji: "To you are Asaba and I worth the same...!?" He looks very pissed.

Tsukasa, looking stunned: "...W...?" {...He...? ...What...?}

Ryuji: "...No... Maybe I'm worth less than him."

Tsukasa: {...Wh......}

Ryuji, with his hands in his pockets: "Though you haven't known him long, when you open your mouth it's Asaba! Asaba! Asaba! Asaba!"

Tsukasa: {...Ryuji......}

Ryuji: "Soon it's going to be 'Tsubaki'!!"

Tsukasa is standing there stunned.

Ryuji: "Since you cry and say you want to be friends,"

Tsukasa: {...Could it be......}

Ryuji: "I'm trying to tolerate this...!"

Tsukasa: {...Could it be...Could it be... Could it be... ...He's... jealous...? Since I'm so worried over Asaba-kun...? Or...?}

Ryuji stops his tirade. Another vessel pops: "...Hey, What's so funny!!" {When I'm talking seriously here...!!}

Tsukasa's face sort of melts... [Sorry, can't think of a good explanation.] She's trying very hard not to laugh or smile.

Tsukasa: {...Dammit...!! ...A... U~m.} "I don't really know who is worth more or less...... ... But... I can't leave Asaba-kun alone..."

Ryuji: "...!" The vessels is still popped.

Tsukasa: "...Because Asaba-kun's circumstances are so much like your's right------...?" Her hands are behind her back. Ryuji looks stunned.

Tsukasa: "The fact that your parents are the gokudo making others fear you and stay away from you... ...and... about your family too...... ...It seems that... you and Asaba-kun are the same...... ---and so... I can't leave him alone------..."

Ryuji looks very surprised.

Tsukasa suddenly throws herself back. {Dammit!! This is almost like a confession of love!!}

Ryuji: "......"

Tsukasa as a French guy [!!? I'm guessing]: {He'll figure it out since I keep getting so hot-headed over Asaba-kun---!! ...Because when he's in danger, it feels like you're in danger too. It's as if I'm saying that!! How stupid of me!!!} She's panicking. "...Ryuji-kun, pretend you didn't hear that." {If Asago finds out I'm in trouble!}

Ryuji: "---..."

From nearby.

Sumire: "Azuma-san! Wait!! I'm going too!!" {Take me with you.}

Azuma, dragging out a motorbike: "No. Just like the anesan always says, she doesn't want to drag her kids into the world of the yakuza."

Sumire: "But...!!"

Tsukasa and Ryuji are watching and listening from around the corner: "......"

Tsukasa, tying a handkerchief over her head like a thief: {...... ...A bike......... I hope it's autochange form with a navigator on it.} [Don't ask about the handkerchief. It seems to be a Japanese thing when it comes to thieves.]

Ryuji: "..." He thinks about what Tsukasa has said. Words echo in his mind. "...Because Asaba-kun's circumstances are so much like your's right------...?"

He thinks about Kadokanegumi's rules and the stubborn father. Ryuji sighs, recalling the past he doesn't want to remember. "---..."

Meanwhile, Tsukasa is making her way through a bush to get closer to the bike. Ryuji notices this.

Sumire: "Well yeah, I don't want to be dragged into the yakuza's problems! But I'm mother's daughter! And Tsubaki's my one and only brother!! Please Azuma-san!!"

Azuma: "...... ...But... ...Still that..." He turns suddenly. Sumire follows his gaze. "...E...?"

Sumire: "...Huh...? ...Where' the bike...?"

The sound of a door slamming.

Kamo-san: "Asago ojyousan?"

Asago: "...They're taking too long...!!" She starts storming back towards the house from the car. Apparently she and Kamo-san, and Bun-san went ahead to the car while Ryuji went to go fetch Tsukasa. "I'm going to go check!!. It's probably the Baka-zuki saying that she's going to save 'Asaba'!" {I want to leave---! What an inconsiderate person---! Ryuji, just leave the Baka-zuki and let's leave---}

She hears the sound of an engine. {...A bike...}

Ryuji and Tsukasa take off on the bike. [Ryuji is driving.]

Asago: {...Wh......! ...What was that just now...!? Was that just......! RYUJI!!? ...and Baka-zuki!?} "...Ka...! Kamojima---!!"

In the streets.

Tsukasa: "Ryuji! Why did you decide to come after all!?"

Ryuji: "... ...Shut up! If you're gonna complain I'll shake you off."

Tsukasa: "...I'm not complaining..." {...But Ryuji... It seemed that you didn't like Asaba-kun. that much.........} Realization strikes her. {A ...I see......... Maybe... ---He sees Asaba-kun's circumstances to be the same as his so he sees him as a friend.........!? ...Ryuji...! How wonderful!} She has those large eyes again. {The time limit's 4 wasn't it?}

Ryuji, with his hair blowing wildly in the wind. He's glaring, and doesn't look very happy. {Takarabegumi's kumicho. He's pretty manuke. Anyone who takes a look at that threat call knows immediately where he is.} [The name of the factory is behind Takarabe in the video.] {Maybe he's even dumb enough to forget to load the gun with bullets.} He recalls Tsukasa's earlier words.

"---...Asaba-kun's kind of like you......"

Ryuji: {---That face says it all--- That she's overlapping me with Asaba means---}

Tsukasa: "Faster Ryuji."

Ryuji: {She has feelings for Asaba more than just friendship------ You've gotta be kidding---!! Asaba, you made her make that expression talking about another guy!! ---...If we don't meet again then that's fine. But if he will be saved, then} He glares, and revs the motor. Several veins are popped on his face. {---For that penalty, I'll kill you in the commotion that will happen when we go to save you!!} [Oooh, he's jealous!!]

Tsukasa: "Go---! Ryuji---!!"

Back at Kadokanegumi.

Itsuro is looking at the framed rules. "---..." His arms are crossed as he stands in front of them.

Kumiin: "...He's been there since."

"Aho! Don't say anything! You'll be killed!"

Itsuro sees his son, with the pleading look on his face. "---..."

At the factory where Tsubaki is about to be killed.

Tsubaki has his arms spread and pinned to a wall. He relaxes his stance.

Takarabe: "...What's wrong boy? Are you giving up all of the sudden?"

Kumiin: "Probably. It's already 3:55."

Takarabe: "Asaba you moron! He's really gonna let his son die like this. How stubborn!"

Tsubaki: {---...I thought I knew---... That father won't move for me...... ...Still... I...... ---At a time like this what was I expecting------...} He sighs. He suddenly sees an image of Tsukasa with her arm outstretched towards him. He pauses in surprise. {...How baka...! What am I thinking about at a time like this...! ...That I'd remember him...}

Kumiin: "kumicho, 10 seconds left."

Takarabe: "Ho."

Tsubaki: {...That I'd remember what...}

Takarabe: "...Later boy. If you're gonna hold a grudge, then hate your father."

Tsubaki: {...that guy said...}

"...6."

"Engine start."

"...5."

A kumiin notices a large shadow pass over him. "A?"

"4."

"3."

"2."

The kumiin cranes his neck up and sees the shadow of two figures and a bike. A single figure jumps off the bike and comes down on the chain. Tsukasa, with her blade outstretched snaps the chain in two.

Takarabegumi: "!!?"

"...Wh...!?"

Ryuji lands the bike, skidding and knocking over some kumiin in the process. "Damn! We're in time!!"

Takarabe: "Who the hell are you---!! Where the hell did you come from---!!"

Tsubaki who had been looking away with his eyes closed opens his eyes slowly. "... ?"

Tsukasa: "...Yo, sorry to keep you waiting."

Tsubaki look up in shock, and recalls Tsukasa's earlier words.

"---If you're ever in a pinch, I'll use this body and protect you---"

Tsukasa: "---Friend."

Tsubaki: {---...No way---...} "---...I didn't think you'd actually come......"

Tsukasa releases the lock, freeing Tsubaki's arms. "Didn't I say that I wouldn't betray you?"

Tsubaki, blushing: "...!" {...Wh... What a strange guy...!}

Tsubaki: "How did you know where this was......?"

Tsukasa: "AA, to be honest..."

Takarabe: "These gakis! Kill them! Kill them all!!" He and his kumiin draw their guns. Ryuji notices this.

Ryuji: "You're killing the wrong one!" {I came to help you guys! Don't betray me now!}

He starts chasing after people with the bike, and runs over Takarabe.

Takarabe yells as the bike comes after him.

Kumiin: "Kumicho---!"

Tsukasa, explaining: "When Takarabe's kumicho made that threat call, that large sign was behind him." {Saying I'm here---!} She points to the sign in the distance.

Tsubaki: "..."

A little while later.

This time Ryuji is pouting, having a circular face.

Tsukasa, alarmed: "...What's with the face... Are you mad that I left all of Takarabegumi's attack to you?"

Ryuji, who's on the bike: "...." Tsubaki and Tsukasa are walking.

Tsukasa: {I couldn't help that.} "When I realized what was happening you had already downed them all."

Ryuji: "......"

Tsukasa: "Didn't I just apologize and thank you from the bottom of my heart? You're revengeful lately!!"

Ryuji, with a popped vein. "..." {Bastard... Since Takarabegumi's gang didn't last a bit longer I didn't have a chance to get rid of this rival!!} He glares at the back of Tsubaki's head.

Tsubaki: "...Do you think... that father...... ...If I wasn't just any old yakuza kid and was actually a successor to a kumi...... ...Do you think he would have done something for me......?"

Tsukasa: "...U~~~m......" {Let's see--- Well---...}

Ryuji, matter of factly: "...Of course not."

Tsukasa: "Ryuji!!" {How direct!}

Ryuji: "...You're talking about a stubborn father that sees the kumi as a child."

Tsubaki: "..."

Ryuji: "So what if you're just a son or a successor. Just because of a change in the title you carry do you think he'd change the way he treats you......" He stops. Tsukasa's back is to Ryuji. "...Hey......"

Tsukasa: "...E...?"

Ryuji: "...Wasn't that about Asaba......"

Tsukasa: "...What......?" She looks off into the distance. "... ..."

Ryuji: "... ..."

Tsubaki: "...?"

Ryuji recalls Tsukasa's earlier words.

"---I don't accept that logic!! That you can treat someone differently just because of the title he carries!! That he's just a yakuza's kid or that he's the Kuryugumi kumicho who controls the Kanto area!!" This was when Asago had Tsukasa by the collar. "---Then what? Are you saying that if Ryuji wasn't the kumicho and was just a yakuza kid then you wouldn't worry about him like you do now!!?"

Ryuji: "...Wasn't that an argument against Asago's statement about Asago......?"

Tsukasa, her hair sticking out in different directions: "...E...?"

Tsukasa's earlier words: "---...Asaba-kun's kind of like you......"

"Just because the parent is a gokudo doesn't mean that the child becomes a gokudo as well!! It's not inherited oar anything!!"

Kamo-san's earlier words: "...What Tsukasa-san was saying, wasn't that about you Sandaime.........?"

Ryuji: "---...I... was thinking that you had special feeling towards Asaba since you were overlapping us........."

Tsubaki: "E!?" {Special... No... Not among guys...!}

Ryuji: "...You... That wasn't..."

Tsukasa's earlier words: "---I wouldn't change!"

Ryuji: "...about Asaba...... but all,"

Tsukasa's earlier words: "Even if he wasn't carrying the heavy title, I would worry like mad---!!"

Ryuji: "...about m------..." He glances at Tsukasa.

Tsukasa is blushing madly, and meets his eyes.

A minute or so later.

Tsukasa: "Shut up---!! All that about seeing Asaba-kun reminds me of you is a lie---!!" She and Tsubaki are escaping on the bike. Ryuji's left on the ground with several bruises on his face.

Tsukasa: {It's all a lie---! That I had some kind of maternal instinct was all a lie------!! It doesn't involve you at all---!!} Apparently, since it's a hill, they're just coasting on the bike without the engine on.

Tsubaki, who's sitting behind Tsukasa on the bike: {...Is that all right to do...}

Ryuji, who's flat on the ground with his arm outstretched: "You~~~" {That's the first time hearing that.}

Tsukasa: "I just wanted to be friends with Asaba-kun------!!"

"TSUBAKI---------!!"

Tsukasa: "...He...? ---...A."

Riding the bike, Tsukasa and Tsubaki meet up with Azuma, Sumire and the anesan. The anesan is armed up in... [I can't explain it. Like something you'd see in an RPG?]

The anesan hugs her son: "Tsubaki~~ I'm sorry, I'm sorry I got you involved in this~~~"

Sumire: "Thank goodness you're all right."

Tsukasa: "...... ...If the old man had come too it would have been better........."

There's the sound of a collision.

Man: "Uaaa---! I just hit something---! A!? It's a person! Are you all right ma--" There's the sound of someone getting punched.

Itsuro: "You aho---!"

The other occupant of the car: "My god, he's not hurt at all!"

Itsuro: "There's no way I'm fine after getting hit by a car---!!" He's decked out in a samurai'sarmour, complete with helmet and swords.

Sumire: "...What's with the arms...? Could it be... father... was going to claim Tsubaki back all by himself........."

Sumire and the anesan run towards Itsuro.

Tsubaki: "---..."

Conversation in the background.

Itsuro: "No, no! I was just going to get, get some cigarettes!"

Sumire/the anesan: "All the way over here? And dressed like that?"

Tsukasa: "........." She notices Tsubaki smile. She smiles as well.

Ryuji is beside her, watching: "......... ...Hey."

Tsukasa: "...N?"

Ryuji: "...If... my father was still alive would you have punched him out......?"

Tsukasa, still smiling: "Yeah." {I believe so.}

Ryuji: "...H~m... When you punched Asaba's father it was out of friendship since he seemed like me in the past right......"

Tsukasa starts.

Ryuji: "...Then,"

Tsukasa: {I have a bad feeling about this......} She ties a handkerchief over her head to sneak away as a thief.

Ryuji, placing a hand on her shoulder: "...Then what about for me...?" He gives her a sly smile.

Tsukasa blushes madly: "Out of friendship...!" {Friendship---!!}

Meanwhile, Asago-san at the same time.

Asago: "Why!? Why don't you remember anything vital from the threat call that indicates where they are!!" {How useless you are!} She's angry, looking like she's going to throw a tantrum.

Kamo-san, looking regretful: "That's why I'm saying let's go back to Kadokane to see it again."

Asago: "NO! How shameful!! I'll embarrass Ryuji---!!"

Bun-san, eating fried squid: {...Actually, Kamojima-san and I know... But since Kamojima-san is so sweet towards Sandaime......}

The fried squid is labelled as a bribe.