Page 99

Aya: Ce

Aya: Ce...res?

Ceres: ...You must not see Aki.

Aya: Why, you!! I've been getting pretty sick of you!

Page 100

//BANG!!//

//slip, slip, slip//

Aya: Mi...mirror...

Aya: How dirty!! Go away, damn you!!

Ceres: What you are doing is futile...I exist inside of you.

Ceres: Did you not notice me? I am here to destroy the Mikage.

Aya: Destroy?! Who said that!! I just want to stop my family from doing stupid things!

Page 101

Ceres: I had a bond to my own kind, but the Mikage…to humans, I have none…I never had a human body.

Ceres: Whenever I was reborn into the Mikage family, they killed me.

Ceres: Whenever that happened, mine and the girls' despair, anger, sadness all became "strength" and were lodged in the soul.

Aya: I…I understand, that's-

Aya: And your precious hagoromo was stolen!…You became a woman…yeah, I think that must've been terrible!

Aya: But how can you destroy the Mikage?! You hate your family, but…they're your descendants, too!!

Page 102

Ceres: That is why.

Ceres: The one I really hate is the man who stole my hagoromo. But my children were precious to me.

Ceres: I …protected my children…in order for them to thrive through the ages, I continued to provide them with many things…

Ceres: But, your fate will be the Mikage's.

Ceres: In order to keep yourself alive, you kill your relatives. To satisfy your own heart, you do not spare making use of innocent by-standers!

Ceres: I do not wish to protect these stupid and ugly people anymore!

Page 103

Aya: Responsible…

Aya: Aren't you responsible for the ones you bore?! And you're going to destroy the Mikage?!

//Bang!//

Ceres: Are you a parent who sees her children becoming strange, sinning, and having broken hearts?

Aya: B…but, you can make things better…

Ceres: It is too late. "That man" has already been reborn.

Ceres: And if once again, he plans to hurt me…I will kill everyone.

Page 104

Aya: This…has nothing to do with Aki's body now!!

Ceres: …Aya, I am you. If you feed me hate, this will end-until this is over, you should stay asleep.

Aya: No!!

Aya: You're making a mistake. I've decided how to deal with you! "Humans", do you think they're really that hateful?

Aya: …So…let's make a deal!

Page 105

Aya: I'll give you your hagoromo!!

Aya: Then you can cast off all your hate and return to the sky!! I'll fight the Mikage…But destroying them is no good!!

Aya: Aki-my brother, you must not kill!!

Ceres: …You want me to make a pact with you?

Ceres: ….Very well…I agree.

Ceres: But---about Aki…that is to be decided only after I see him.

Aya: What?

Page 106

Aya: Ah!

Aya: Huh...

Aya: Ceres's hagoromo--Aki also mentioned it in his letter, "I think I'm beginning to remember about the hagoromo."

Aya: Then the Mikage will...

Aya: Too...

Page 107

Aya: Q-CHAN!

Q: Huh!

Q: Huh? Do~n't!!

Aya: I should be the one saying "don't"!!

Tooya: Mn...

Watase: Of course, she couldn't resist.

Ceres: When she sees her own children sinning, which mother will not feel a pain in her heart?

Page 108

Aya: The hagoromo is the tennyo hope...

Aya: Her sad death... In order to get back the hagoromo she reincarnates in the Mikage family, and dies another tragic death when her family kills her... This was how it all began.

Aya: The same tragedy, repeats itself endlessly... A new feeling of resentment begins.

Aya: If that's so...

Aya: ...then I'll be the one to stop it!!

Yuuhi: You're going to give her the hagoromo?!

Chidori: Hagoromo, you say...Is it like a kimono?...anyway, where is it?

Aya: I don't know!...I don't think the Mikage know either.

Page 109

Chidori: Hey, hey, Aya-chan! About the hagoromo legend; it's really old, isn't it?

Yuuhi: Sure is. How it survived until now is a miracle.

Aya: But recently, they've been digging for artifacts around that age.

Suzumi: Yes, but...If we can't give the Tennyo their robes, we'll never understand.

Aya: Um-hm.

Suzumi: I see...a clue to this mystery could be in Aki-kun's memories... since Ceres put it that way, it must be in some place.

Yuuhi: O--kay! We'll stick with you to the end! Even if we have to drop out of school for a year.

Chidori: Me too---

Suzumi: Don't hesitate to do what's right!

Page 110

Aya:...Okay!

Letter: To Tooya, I'm going out for just a bit. Because you were sleeping so well, I decided to go without waking you.

Letter: I'm going to visit my mom in the hospital today. I'll be back soon, so be patient. *heart* Aya.

Tooya: ...I'm not a child.

Page 111

Suzumi: Oh...you're awake. Aya left about 30 minutes ago.

Suzumi: She's sure full of energy. Now she says she's going to find the hagoromo.

Tooya: Hagoromo?

Suzumi: ....Do the Mikage have Ceres's hagoromo?

Tooya: ...I ...don't know that much yet.

Tooya: Just that...Kagami knows there's something about the hagoromo in Aki's memories...I think...the C Project will surely involve many people.

Page 112

Suzumi: ...Tooya-san, from now on, what are your intentions?

Tooya: ...

Suzumi: You are my brother-in-law's rival, I shouldn't keep you.

Suzumi: But for Aya, it's best you stay here, it's okay.

Tooya: ....I--

Aya: ..."But even if we're apart, we're still a family"...

Page 113

Aya: "It's a bond that can't easily be broken."

Aya: Hear that? Aki has a way with words!

Chidori: Hey, Yuuhi-kun! Will Aya's mom be like this forever?

Yuuhi: ...yeah, It's a spiratual condition. No matter how many times Aya comes here with something to talk to her about...her mom doesn't respond...

Page 114

Aya: He says "Because you're hanging on, I won't lose either"! Mom, Aki's also hanging in there.

Aya: I will, too! Because I've finally found a way!

Aya: With my special friends...and my special man...

Aya: Who knows. When this is over, I'll introduce them to you.

Aya: Ah, I've gotta leave.

Aya: I'll definately find the hagoromo!...I'll see you again, mom!

Mom: Ah...

Page 115

Aya: She can't call me...Let's see....

Aya: Huh...? Inside the envelope...there's something written on the bottom. It's really small.

Aya: U~m? ..."If"

Page 116

Aya: ..."If I am taken over, please kill me."

Kagami: I'm very glad you've decided to see your grandfather, Aki-kun. His health is not so well...he'll be glad to see you.

Page 117

Grandpa: --Aki!!

Grandpa: ...Aki...At last, you've come.

Grandpa: Come closer...

Grandpa: Aki...It is you.

Aki: ...Grandpa...

Page 118

Grandpa: ...Aki, I don't have much time left...You're important to the Mikage family...You are my only sucessor.

Grandpa: So, before I go...there's something I want to show you.

Grandpa: My wheelchair...

Nurse: Yes, sir.

Kagami/Aki: ?

Kagami:...Grandfather, are you okay?...Don't you want to have a rest--?

Grandpa: Soon enough...Aki.

Page 119

Kagami: !! This place is-- this warehouse continues beyond this door?

Grandpa: Just Aki...take me to the back.

Aki: Grandpa, what in the world...

Grandpa: ...On your 16th birthday...Do you remember the hand I showed you? ...When it was revealed, Aya revealed her Tennyo form, but you unexpectedly got scars on your body.

Page 120

Grandpa: According to the legend, our ancestor... the "man" that the Tennyo married was torn limb from limb.

Grandpa: Kind of like your scars...I knew this from the beginning.

Aki: ...Wh...why? This...

Grandpa: Perhaps...

Grandpa: ...The Tennyo killed him.

Grandpa: Is was probably...for revenge. It seems as though the Tennyo died right after...but...somehow inbetween their deaths, they bore a child...

Page 121

Grandpa: How do you think the children stayed alive? By their mother, "Tennyo"...Look, Aki.

Grandpa: A Mikage body.

Aki: AH!!!!

Page 122

Page 123

Grandpa: It's a Tennyo...mummy.

Aki: ...res...

Aki: Ce...res...!!

Grandpa: It was for her child, at one time, for many years after her death, her breasts still produced milk...it was fate...

Grandpa: She didn't rot away like a normal person...In order to preserve herself well...She lost a lot of parts...that "hand", too.

Grandpa: The Tennyo spirit was revived and wants to destroy us, but--...this mummy...will continue to protect us.

Grandpa: This is a family secret that we have managed to keep...

Aki: A....

Page 124

Aki: AHHH!!!!

Grandpa: ...Aki?!

Kagami: !!

Kagami: Aki-kun?!

Wei: !!

Page 125

Aki: ...ya...Aya

Aki: ...I told you...that I wouldn't lose.

Aki: But I should have known...it looks like...there's no way out...I--

Aki: Sorry.

Aki: Aya.

Page 126

Aki: GOOD-BYE.

Aya: Aki?

Kagami: ...Aki...kun ...?

Page 127

Wei: His blood disappeared!...am I imagining things?!

Kagami: Aki-kun?!

Aki:...where...is my woman...

Kagami: Huh?

Aki: ..."Ceres".

Aki: Is...my woman.

##Part 5##

**Since Aki was taken over by his ancestor, from now on, I'm going to refer to him as "Shiso"**

Page 128

Shiso: Ceres…

Shiso: My woman; where is she?

Envelope: To Aya.

Letter: "If I am taken over, please kill me."

Aya: …Aki…

Page 129

Aya: Why did he write such strange things again?

Aya: What'd he mean by "taken over"?

Yuuhi: We'd better get going, Aya!

Aya: Wah!

Yuuhi: You saw a ghost right? Your screaming could scare people to their deaths.

Aya: Hey…Mom…

Yuuhi: A----ya! I'm sorry to make you leave, but visiting hours are over!

Aya: All right, already!!

Page 130

Chidori: Q-san, hey, wake up! It's time to drive!

Q: Gg…

Yuuhi: Well, did your visit with your mom go well?

Aya: Yeah.

Aya: I promised her I'd find the hagoromo.

Yuuhi: The hagoromo, huh…looking for it is fine, but it seems fake.

Background: "Tennyo no hagoromo".

Chidori: It exists, all right. We know the Tennyo are real!

Yuuhi: In your case, it's not "Tennyo", but "Youjo" [="little girl"]

Chidori: HOW MEAN!! I'm in High School!

Yuuhi: But you don't act it! Do you even have your period yet?!

Chidori: Ah! Yuuhi, you pervert!!

Q: (absent-mindedly) Turn right at the next corner, then the third shop down, the bakery, 5 fermented soybeans…

Aya: I don't think these team members will work…

Page 131

Kagami: Aki-kun!

Kagami: Aki-kun, come to your senses!

Grandpa: Aki! Aki, what's the matter?

Page 132

Kagami: What's that…!?

Grandpa: …I don't know…I don't know, but…

Grandpa: I think…Aki might have awakened something!!

Wei: …

Grandpa: Aki…Aki! You must be my successor!

Page 133

Grandpa: Come, let Grandpa take a good look at you.

Grandpa: With this, I can die in peace.

Grandpa: Hey, Aki…listen well. You must take over as leader and watch over this Tennyo body.

Grandpa: Haha,….with this, and you, the Mikage will become stronger…and we won't let the Tennyo have their revenge on us!! Aki, I am so glad you were born. You were well…

Page 134

Shiso: Silence!

Page 135

Wei/Kagami: !!

Grandpa: ….A

Grandpa: Kii…!

Page 136

Shiso: …no…

Shiso: …This is…

Shiso: …My woman's…shell. Just her shell.

Page 137

Shiso: Where's my woman?

Shiso: Where's Ceres?

Aya: I'm ho~me!

Aya: Tooya, are you awake?

Page 138

Tooya: …Welcome back.

Aya: Wha, what, are you changing your bandages?

Tooya: My body is dry now…It's just hard to do this by myself.

Aya: Ah, I'll help! I'll help!

Aya: How surprising…this is the first time I've seen him naked…

Watase: He's kinda wearing a kimono, but he's really sexy. Of course she's gonna be nervous.

Aya: You shouldn't try to do anything by yourself; you're injured.

Tooya: …Yeah…Good thing I had her help me.

Page 139

Aya: "Her"?

Tooya: Suzumi-san.

Suzumi: Now, let's do your lower body...

Aya: AH! Bad, bad, bad, bad!! That's absolutely wrong!!

Tooya: I was joking.

Aya: Huh?

Aya: I hate you, Tooya.

Tooya: My shoulders.

Tooya: Could you hold them from the back?

Aya: Sure!

Page 140

Aya: Like this?

Aya: Gently now, gently…

Tooya: Yeah.

Aya: …He's got broad shoulders. His arms are strong, too…

Aya:He's much more brawny than Yuuhi or Aki.

Aya: Wide back.

Aya: Smell.

Aya: Tooya's smell.

Aya: somehow, it's familiar…

Page 141

Tooya: What?

Aya: Nothing…since your back is so wide, I have to rest on it…

Tooya: …Why?

Aya: …I want to stay like this forever, no matter what happens…

Page 142

Kagami: …That's right. Dad.

Kagami: Yeah…They're disposing of the body, so I think I'll leave…

Kagami: Yeah, Aki, too.

Kagami: You should see him---yes.

Page 143

Kagami: …What a pity…

Kagami: To grandfather... to die in the hands of his favourite grandchild, it must have been a satisfaction.

Kagami: But I never thought, this is the reason for it all... the "Tennyo's Body"

Kagami: Treated like that after death... Tennyo's spirit had no way to fly to the skies.

Page 144

Kagami: I finally understand why the tennyo are being reincarnated into Mikage girls.

Kagami: But, this thing can protect the Mikage... I don't know how it all happend last time, but this thing in front of me... is just an "empty shell".

Kagami: What's more important is the Tennyo who reincarnates and lives~~~ Mikage Aya!

Shiso: My woman.

Shiso: Where is Ceres?

Wei: I...I don't know, but you'd better wear some clothes first.

Page 145

Shiso: And then give me my woman.

Aya: Itadakima~~~su! Wah! It's sukiyaki!

Chidori: Where are Q-chan and Tooya-san?

Aya: He said he wasn't hungry! He said to let him sleep.

Aya: Suzumi, if you eat all this meat, you'll get fat.

Suzumi: Annoying kid.

Page 146

Q: Ah?

Q: Ah?!

Yuuhi: …Meeting Aki-kun would…

Chidori: Q-san's making a ruckus by herself.

//Stomp, stomp, stomp//

//Crash!!//

Q: AYA-SAN, AYA-SAN, AYA-SA~N!!

Aya: What's wrong this time?

Page 147

Q: TOOYA-SAN IS NO WHERE IN SIGHT!

Q: …huh?

Chidori/Yuuhi: …We thought you were an animal…

Aya: "No where", you said…that was…a lie, right?

Q: It's true!! His futon is cold!! I've lied down in it, I swear!

Watase: You're not suppose to do that, Q-chan!

Suzumi: Aya!…Well, this isn't so…

Suzumi: Aya!!

Page 148

Aya: Tooya.

Aya: Why?!

Kagami: …Are you feeling a bit down, Aki-kun? We'll take you home…

Page 149

//Sound of heavy breathing//

Aya: Ow!

Aya: I'm so stupid.

Aya: Chasing after a man frantically like this.

Page 150

Aya: Tooya!!

Shiso:…There.

Kagami: Eh?

Shiso: Over there…turn.

Page 151

Kagami: But, Aki-kun, over there is--

Shiso: Do as I say. Go!

Shiso: There are signs of that woman.

Shiso: I can smell her.

Page 152

Aya: …Really.

//breaths//

Aya: Why do you think you can survive on your own?!

Tooya: …I can't leave Aki alone in that state. Plus, the Mikage are after their "traitor", me.

Aya: Liar!!

Aya: You told me "I will give you everything"!!

Tooya: Ah…so.

Tooya: For you…I'm going up against the Mikage myself.

Page 153

Q: Huh!

Q: So…you employed Tooya?!

Suzumi: Only in appearance…mainly because he said he wanted to take everything on by himself. But he's our ally. The Aogiri will support him all the way.

Suzumi: Besides, even if he leaves, He's still close by.

Suzumi: That's why I didn't tell them. Especially Yuuhi.

Tooya: …I will always love you.

Tooya: I'll promise.

Page 154

Aya: …Really? …So, if anything happens…you'll come right away…?

Tooya: Yeah.

Aya: …And your proof?

Tooya: The promise…mark…

Page 155

[nothing >: ]

Page 156

Person: Hey, look.

Person: What're they doing!

Person: Huh…

Person: Snow?!

Person: …Fire works…? What is it?

Page 157

Shiso: She's there.

Aya: The joy of extreme happiness!

Aya: I love you, Tooya.

Aya: It's hard, but, I…really love you---

Page 158

Aya: So-Stop doing dangerous things!

Tooya: …Ah…getting hurt is hard for me, too.

Tooya: …Because…

Tooya: I promised.

Wei: Master Aki.

Wei: Chief.

Kagami: …I should have known.

Kagami: That is…

Kagami: Shiso (Aki's ancestor)

Page 159

[nothing]

Page 160

Shiso: I've found her!

Page 161

Aya: A…

Aya: …ki---?

Aya: …!!

Aya: Aki!!

Page 162

Aya: Aki!!

Aya: I'm so happy…Aki!!

Tooya: …Scars.

Tooya: "Get away from him, Aya!"

Shiso: At last

Page 163

Shiso: I have found you…

Aya: AKI.

Page 164

//Dokun//

Aya: What just happened?

Aya: I don't know.

Page 165

Girl: Hey, isn't that just a bit much?

Yuuhi: ?

Girl: Intense--

Yuuhi: Wha…

Page 166

Aya: A…ki

Aya: Aki

Tooya: Aki!!

Page 167

Aya: Not Aki

Aya: No!!

Page 168

Tooya:…Aki!!

Tooya: What's with--

Shiso: What a nuisance you are.

Shiso: My woman

Shiso: Give her to me.

Page 169

Shiso: Hand her over.

Shiso: …If you don't…

Page 170

Aya: Yuuhi!!

Yuuhi: Wha…t did he just do??

Page 171

Yuuhi: You, you, you, you're siblings!!

Girl: Hey, it's yet another guy…

Shiso: Stop…

Shiso: …this annoyance.

Aya: Aki.,..!!

Shiso: …A-ki?

Shiso: Ah…

Shiso: The name of this body.

Shiso: I wonder?

Page 172

Shiso: He is…

Shiso: …no more.

Shiso: He is asleep.

Shiso: In the deepest place in his mind…he has given up.

Aya: No

Aya: He ran away... yes... he's disappeared... Aya: NO!!

Page 173

Aya: You're lying!!

Aya: Aki.

Yuuhi: Aya!!

##Part 6##

Page 174

Page 175

Shiso: Ceres!!

Shiso: Oh, have you come to kill me again?! I still will not give it back to you!!

Yuuhi: "It"…?

Tooya: He means the hagoromo!

Tooya: Aki-Oh…that's the personality…of your former-self…!!

Page 176

Ceres: You coward…!!

Ceres: Did you come here unsatisfied with the way things were last time, with intentions of capturing me?!

Ceres: Return it at once!! It is mine!

Ceres: No one else can understand-I don't want to lose it again!! It must be somewhere!!

Shiso: I will not return it…No matter how much you want it, it is futile to search for it that way.

Shiso: As I told you last time, you will not return anywhere…You cannot run anywhere.

Page 177

Shiso: You will…

Shiso:…be my woman forever..!!

Ceres: SHUT UP!!

Shiso: …This is futile…I will not--

Page 178

Shiso…!

Kagami: Damn!

Kagami: Wei!

Kagami: Aki-kun!

Page 179

Wei: Wait!

Wei: The traitor

Wei: I'll kill him.

Tooya: …um, you can't do that here.

Tooya: I have all the people surrounding us to thank for that.

Page 180

Guy: Wei!

Ceres: Wait!!

Yuuhi: Ceres!!

Ceres: Unhand me!! That man and my hagoromo…My hagoromo--

Page 191

Ceres:!!

Yuuhi: Aya…

Tooya: Aogiri!

Page 192

Tooya: Take care of Aya.

Yuuhi: Okay-what??!

Tooya: I have to watch the Mikage's moves.

Tooya: I want to know if Aki really disappeared…I'll keep communications open.

Yuuhi: No! But, you…and Aya…

Tooya: Aya…

Tooya: …will be fine…

Yuuhi: …

Chidori: Aya-chan! Are you okay?

Arrow: She was hiding all along.

Page 183

Wei: Chief! How is Master Aki…

Kagami: He didn't eat or drink continously for a few days, he also didn't sleep well, it's no wonder his body couldn't take it.

Kagami: But at least, the ancestor is revived.

Kagami: Whether this is good for the C-Project, only God knows...

Kagami: No, only Tennyo knows...

Page 184

TV: O-kay! Now, next up!

TV: It's the Mikage family's first son, Aki!

Aki: (on the TV) Jeez, don't you think that's stupid? You think this kinda movie is original? I'm eating rice, for God's sake!

Aki: Aya! That's newly bought, don't wreck it!

Aki: My sis is just so aggressive, but she's very cute girl.

Aki: Stupid!

Aya: Aki.

Page 185

Aya: Aki

Aki: Ah, cut the tape! Cut the tape!

Aya: Aki.

Page 186

Yuuhi: Ah! You shouldn't use electricity!

Chidori: We have to eat! You've been shut up in here since yesterday!

Aya: …I'm not hungry…

Chidori: Ah!

Chidori: The Music Station's starting!! Yesterday, they had GeSANG! They introduced their new music, and then--

Aya: I don't feel like watching it.

Chidori: Aya-chan…

Aya: …This kind of thing is often in Shoujo manga…lovers that die often meet each other again.

Aya: …I didn't know that something like that really existed…but I thought things were going to be okay--

Page 187

Aya: But, on the other hand, no matter how hateful, disgusting... they will still meet. But, why meet as a twin brother and sister... it's just too much!

Yuuhi: Aya! It'll be okay. Aki-kun will get back to normal soon, and--

Aya: STOP TRYING TO CHEER ME UP!!

Aya: I understand; I understand!!

Aya: Aki's heart is nowhere. That's not Aki anymore!! Aki's not here anymore!!

Page 188

Aya: He's nowhere!!

Aya: …Dad…is dead. Mom can't wake up, but…if Aki's here…even if we're apart, as long as he's okay…

Aya: …I can't go on anymore.

Aya: Even if I don't submit, I've already reached the extreme end.

Page 189

Yuuhi: So…the hagoromo…?

Aya: It's no good…I can't look for it with Aki like that. I can't fulfil my "duty" with him like that…because I know this time--

Yuuhi: So…

Yuuhi: …What's going to happen to "Aki"?!

Yuuhi: That guy said that Aki was "asleep". He's still alive! He didn't disappear! So are you just going to give up?! Are you going to desert him?!!

Page 190

Chidori: HE'S RIGHT!!

Chidori: You two are "brother and sister", isn't that right?! Didn't you tell Shouta not to "give up from the start"?!!

Chidori: Believe in yourself!! Believe in Aki-kun, and the hagoromo!

Aya: Aki

Aya: …t…

Aya: But…!!

TV: Oh, so your ancestor was a Tennyo?

Page 191

TV: What's that all about, Shuro-kun?

TV: Does something like that really exist in Okinawa?!

Shuro: But, we…

Shuro: …have the Tennyo's hagoromo.

Yuuhi/Chidori/Aya: HUH??!






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