X Volume 13 Asuka Comics A-64-17 ISBN4-04-924788-7 C9979, retailed at 400 yen Copyright (original Japanese version) CLAMP 1999 First printed on August 17, 1999 Translated by Neko (it_makes_god_cry@hotmail.com) % Thoughts $ Flashbacks <.Sounds..> ‘..Handwritten text..’ / Boxes / {..Footnotes by translator..} {The original honorific, such as –sempai and onii-chan as well as –chan, -kun are still left in the translation since they are a form of affection} PAGE 02 Kekkai \Kekkai\ (1) To prohibit exit and entry. Prohibition. (2) The space separating the sanctuary from the nave in a temple or shrine. An area where the exit and entry of those other than specific individuals are prohibited. PAGE 08 KAMUI % It's a "Kekkai". % The "Seven Seals". % The kekkai of a "Dragon of Heaven". PAGE 09 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! PAGE 010 YUZURIHA % Where!? % Where is the one who triggered this earthquake? % Where are you!? PAGE 011 SATSUKI ...So, this is one of the "Seven Seals". Let's have a little talk with her. Beast. PAGE 016 KAMUI I'll leave him to your care! PAGE 017 DAISUKE Kamui! PAGE 018 YUZURIHA Come out! Stop hiding! Only a "Dragon of Heaven" or a "Dragon of Earth" can stay inside this Kekkai. What are you waiting for? PAGE 019 YUZURIHA What!? PAGE 020 YUZURIHA You are the one!? {Note: "You are the one who did all this!?"} PAGE 021 SATSUKI Yes. One of the "Seven Angels", or, the "Dragons of Earth", is what I am called. PAGE 022 YUZURIHA Why are you doing this!? What can you accomplish by wrecking buildings and causing earthquakes!? SATSUKI What's wrong with causing earthquakes? YUZURIHA Innocent bystanders might get hurt or even die! Like just now! Someone could have gotten hurt! Someone could have died! PAGE 023 YUZURIHA Did you do this knowing what would happen!? SATSUKI Before answering that question, let me ask you something. Why is it "wrong to kill human beings?" YUZURIHA What do you mean "why?" PAGE 024 SATSUKI Humans kill a lot of animals. And trees, and grasses, and flowers, too. Even if they didn't do it consciously, they still keep killing other living things. Why? Because the other living things can't communicate with humans? Because the other living things are not as clever as humans? Well then, is it justifiable to kill a living thing that cannot communicate with you and is less clever than you? YUZURIHA ...No! SATSUKI No? Can you say that you have never taken a life before? PAGE 025 SATSUKI Have you never eaten meat before? Aren't vegetables living things too? When you walk on the streets, have you never stepped on an insect too small for your eyes to see? Animals other than humans kill other animals for food and survival, but humans are different. If it doesn't suit his purpose, he kills, be it those of his own kind or other living things. PAGE 026 YUZURIHA That's not true for everyone...! SATSUKI Sure. But even those who don't act that way, have definitely killed something in order to survive. Then why are humans not counted as living things that can be "killed?" Is it because humans are stronger than other living things? Then, is it justifiable for stronger living things to kill human beings?" PAGE 027 SATSUKI Let me ask you once more. Why is it "wrong to kill human beings?" PAGE 028 YUZURIHA Inuki! PAGE 029 YUZURIHA Inuki! Inuki! PAGE 031 YUZURIHA ...Inuki... ...No...Inuki... PAGE 032 YUZURIHA Don't leave me...! PAGE 034 KUSANAGI Are you alright? YUZURIHA ... Inuki ... PAGE 036 KAMUI The "Kekkai" ...! FUUMA $ If the "Kekkai" dissolves, it means the "Dragon of Heaven" is close to death. PAGE 037 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! PAGE 038 KAMUI Yuzuriha!! Yuzuriha!! PAGE 039 DOCTOR Sir, are you alright!? {Note: The original says "President" instead of sir, but it sounds strange in English.} TOUJOU I'm fine... DAISUKE This place is in danger. Let's hurry and evacuate! PAGE 040 DAISUKE Could this be the work of the "Dragons of Earth"? FUUMA Not Dragons. It was the work of one single Dragon. DAISUKE Who are you!? FUUMA I thought we've met before. PAGE 041 DAISUKE The "Kamui" of the "Dragons of Earth"!? FUUMA The one you hold dearest ... Is that the Dreamgazer Princess under the Diet Building? PAGE 042 FUUMA To protect the Dreamgazer known as Hinoto. That is your "Wish". DAISUKE How... did you know about Princess Hinoto...? FUUMA I know, and not just your "Wish". PAGE 043 FUUMA Since I am "Kamui", "the one who hunts the glory of God". PAGE 044 KAMUI Saiki! I can't find Yuzuriha anywhere! Saiki! PAGE 045 KAMUI Sa... PAGE 048 FUUMA You're late. PAGE 049 FUUMA I was just finishing uPage 0 PAGE 050 KAMUI Sa ... ... i ... ki ... PAGE 051 KAMUI Aaaaaaaaaaaah! PAGE 054 SORATA Could it be Kamui!? ARASHI The "Kekkai" that appeared in Shinjuku was made by Yuzuriha ...! Its collapse means ...! SORATA Both Yuzuriha and Kamui are okay! PAGE 055 SORATA Shouldn't we have more faith in them? ARASHI Ye ... yes! SORATA Let's go!! PAGE 058 KAMUI ... oh ...! PAGE 059 FUUMA Shouldn't you have aimed here? PAGE 060 FUUMA Well? If you smash it, I'll die. PAGE 061 KAMUI Fuuma ... why ...? Why ... ! PAGE 062 FUUMA You had your chance, "Kamui". PAGE 064 FUUMA If you want to kill me, try harder. ... This is where the heart is. PAGE 065 FUUMA Shall I rip it out ... and eat it for you? PAGE 066 SORATA That will be awkward for us. FUUMA The "Dragons of Heaven"? SORATA Kamui's still a kid. He wouldn't understand all these profound conversations of grownups. PAGE 067 FUUMA ... However, it would have been in "Kamui's" best interest. PAGE 068 FUUMA Don't waste your time. It's too late. PAGE 070 ARASHI The Shinjuku high-rises! SORATA The high-rises there are the kekkai keystones of Shinjuku! If they all collapse ...!! PAGE 074 FUUMA Take him and leave now. SORATA Wait! ARASHI We have to get Kamui out of here! PAGE 075 SORATA Wake up! Kamui! ARASHI I'm afraid his ribs are broken. Be careful! PAGE 081 SATSUKI ... It's accomplished. PAGE 082 YUUTO ... That was a difficult question. "Why is it 'wrong to kill humans'?" The poor girl. That girl from the "Dragons of Heaven" looked like she was going to cry since she didn't have an answer. PAGE 083 SATSUKI I just wanted to give the question a try. An answer from a ethical point of view, from an ideological point of view, or from a biological point of view. There can be many answers. However ... none of them are perfect. What do you think, Yuuto-san? Why is it "wrong to kill humans"? PAGE 084 YUUTO That is because "someone will feel sad". PAGE 086 HINOTO Saiki-dono ... {dono: an old-fashioned honorific} ... this ... is ... too cruel. PAGE 087 KAKYOU However you knew this all along, didn't you? Hadn't you known it would happen this way? PAGE 089 FUUMA This is the work of the Dreamgazer princess. It seems that she intends to bring you back to her. HINOTO Kyaaaaaa! PAGE 090 HINOTO [Chanting] FUUMA If I tear this up, your precious princess will also be ripped apart. DAISUKE Don't ... ! PAGE 091 FUUMA Your wish is to protect Hinoto with your life, to die protecting Hinoto. PAGE 092 FUUMA This "Wish" of yours, I will realize it for you. HINOTO Saiki-dono!!! PAGE 093 HINOTO Don't!! PAGE 094 KAKYOU ... And then he died. The way he did in your "dreamgazing". HINOTO ... Even so, I still wanted to save Saiki-dono ... ! KAKYOU The future has been decided. No matter how hard you try ... it will not change. HINOTO Even so ... ! PAGE 095 HINOTO Even so, I still cannot stop wishing!! For a different future ... !! PAGE 096 KAKYOU ... However, the "Kamui of the Dragons of Heaven" will not be able to triumph over the "Kamui of the Dragons of Earth". PAGE 097 KAKYOU As long as he does not give up the "Wish" that he himself is unaware of. PAGE 098 SOUHI Princess! HIEN What happened!? HINOTO Saiki-dono ... PAGE 099 HINOTO This "Wish" of mine ... Is this merely part of the predestined "Future"? PAGE 100 YUZURIHA Inuki ... ! PAGE 101 YUZURIHA ... Kusanagi-san. KUSANAGI You're awake. YUZURIHA Where ... KUSANAGI This is the medical office of the Self-Defense Force Ichigaya Base. This is the only hospital I am familiar with. All the Shinjuku hospitals are full with all those injured coming in. YUZURIHA Shinjuku ... PAGE 102 YUZURIHA What happened to Shinjuku ... !? KUSANAGI ... Most of the high-rises have fallen. YUZURIHA ... It's my fault ... ! KUSANAGI Missy ... YUZURIHA I ... couldn't answer that question ... that why Shinjuku ... PAGE 103 ... and Inuki as well! KUSANAGI It's not your fault. YUZURIHA [hiccup] It's ... my fault ... ! [hiccup] I couldn't answer that question. "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" PAGE 104 YUZURIHA [hiccup] I knew it was wrong, but I didn't know... how to explain it ... I knew I should say ... say something, but ... but then I became... more confused. I just don't know ... how to ... say it ... ! Since I couldn't say anything, couldn't do anything, Inuki ... who was protecting me ... [hiccup] PAGE 105 YUZURIHA It's not just Inuki! With the Shinjuku buildings collapsing, a lot of people must have died! Just because I couldn't answer that question ...! KUSANAGI But missy knew it all along. YUZURIHA What ... ? KUSANAGI The answer to "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" YUZURIHA I don't know! KUSANAGI You know. PAGE 106 KUSANAGI See, this is the "Answer". Missy, why are you crying? PAGE 107 KUSANAGI Aren't you sad because Inuki is gone? YUZURIHA ... Yes. KUSANAGI Aren't you sad when you think that people have died in Shinjuku? YUZURIHA Yes ... PAGE 108 KUSANAGI The answer to "Why is it wrong to kill human beings?" is "because someone will cry for them" like this. PAGE 109 KUSANAGI And not just human beings. It is wrong to kill living things because someone is bound to feel sorrow for them. Missy, do you feel sad when someone died? Even if that is a stranger to you, or not a human at all? YUZURIHA Yes, I will. PAGE 110 KUSANAGI Even if you don't know the person who died or where or when he died, if someone was killed by another person somewhere unexpectedly, won't you feel like crying? YUZURIHA ... Yes. KUSANAGI Nobody dies without being mourned. Whether it was an acquaintance or a stranger, someone will feel sorrow. PAGE 111 KUSANAGI That's why it is wrong for a person to kill another. Don't you think? YUZURIHA Yes. KUSANAGI Cry and mourn all you want. For Inuki and for those who died. When you're done crying, think of how to make good use of your life that Inuki has saved. PAGE 112 YUZURIHA Yes ... KUSANAGI Rest for a while. I'll keep watch, don't worry. YUZURIHA Kusanagi-san ... KUSANAGI ... Yes? YUZURIHA ... Thank you ... PAGE 113 KUSANAGI The missy ... I didn't know she was one of those called the "Dragons of Heaven". PAGE 116 KAREN So the "Kekkai" has collapsed ... ? KAREN Sorry to call you here. SEIICHIROU Not at all. I'm sorry for being late. PAGE 117 KAREN Please have a seat. Is tea okay for you? SEIICHIROU Yes. PAGE 118 SEIICHIROU ... I hope you don't mind my touching the teddy bear. KAREN Not at all. SEIICHIROU ... This is Shinjuku. KAREN We might say it's totally devastated. SEIICHIROU You used to work in Shinjuku, didn't you? PAGE 119 KAREN I started working in Shibuya a week ago. It's a 5-minutes' walk from this weekly mansion. What about you? SEIICHIROU The books fell down from the bookshelves in our office, but I got away with just a bump on the head. Both my wife and my child are alright. KAREN You have a wife and a child? SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN So it's true. SEIICHIROU What's true? KAREN The good men are usually either taken or gay. PAGE 120 KAREN But I'm glad your family is safe from harm. SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN Have you contacted Sorata-kun? SEIICHIROU Yes. KAREN It seems Kamui-kun is hurt again. PAGE 121 SEIICHIROU He's still being treated in the Clamp Campus ... But he remains unconscious. Subaru-kun was also in a Shinjuku hospital, but has been evacuated along with other patients and was not injured. He is now in the Clamp Campus with Kamui-kun and the others. KAREN Where is Yuzuriha? PAGE 122 SEIICHIROU We still ... ... don't know. Daisuke-kun ... ... seems to have passed away. KAREN ... seems ... ? PAGE 123 SEIICHIROU Princess Hinoto said she felt it in her dream ... Since Shinjuku is in such a state, there is no way to identify the bodies. But I ... I thought so too. KAREN You feel it ... when someone close to you died? SEIICHIROU I don't have that kind of power, but ... This is very strange. PAGE 124 SEIICHIROU Daisuke-kun made me promise not to cry for him if he died. He had decided to protect Princess Hinoto when he was small. That's why if he was to die, he would have died protecting Princess Hinoto. He would have died fulfilling his own wish. So he said not to cry for him. KAREN When was this promise made? SEIICHIROU When he was 13. PAGE 125 KAREN But it's tough not being allowed to mourn the death of someone you love. You should never ask someone to make that kind of promise to you. SEIICHIROU ... Yes. PAGE 126 SEIICHIROU You told me on the phone that you have something to tell me. KAREN Yes. ... Next time if somewhere in Tokyo is facing destruction, I'll go. SEIICHIROU Why? KAREN Because I should be the one to go. SEIICHIROU Karen-san ... !? PAGE 127 TV BROADCAST All of a sudden, the Yamanote Line was derailed! The cause for the derailment is totally unknown! I repeat! The Yamanote Line was derailed! SEIICHIROU "The Dragons of Earth"! KAREN It's "The Seven Angels". PAGE 128 KAREN What about the tea? SEIICHIROU Oh. Thank you. KAREN No, you can't go. You have a wife and a lovely child. Kamui and the other "Seven Seals" are still young. PAGE 129 KAREN That's why I'm going. I have no one to cry for me. SEIICHIROU That's not true ... KAREN I don't have anyone. Really. PAGE 130 KAREN That's why no matter what happens, don't involve yourself. Until I die. PAGE 131 KAREN I just wanted to tell you this. SEIICHIROU Did you think I would say "okay I understand"? KAREN I didn't think so. That's why I put something in your tea. SEIICHIROU Karen-sa ... PAGE 132 KAREN Keep an eye on Aoki-san. I will take care of things before Aoki-san wakes up and Sorata-kun and the others arrive. PAGE 136 KAREN Stop it right there, will you? NATAKU ... You are one of the "Seven Seals". KAREN Why are you doing this? PAGE 137 NATAKU Because this is the wish of "Kamui". KAREN !? PAGE 138 KAREN I don't like impetuous people. PAGE 141 KAREN Now we can take it slowly. Just the two of us. PAGE 143 KAREN You wouldn't want to die, would you? The people crushed by the trains you derailed thought so too. PAGE 144 KAREN Don't do this again ... NATAKU Why would people not want to die? I do not possess such an emotion. PAGE 146 KAREN ... This is so strange. You look like a small child to me. PAGE 147 KAREN Aren't you alive? No living thing is without emotions. You only think that it was so. PAGE 148 YUUTO Please forgive my interruption. PAGE 149 KAREN ... You are another member of the "Seven Angels". YUUTO This is such an embarrassing title. But yes, it seems so. KAREN I'm all wet. My makeup is ruined. YUUTO You look much more beautiful without it. KAREN Why, thank you. PAGE 150 YUUTO I haven't used my water tricks for quite a while. It makes me feel tired. Maybe I'm getting old. KAREN But you're still so young. YUUTO I just dress young. That's why I'd like to avoid exhausting myself if possible. Can I prevail on you to take down the "Kekkai"? PAGE 151 KAREN Will you promise me not to go about destroying things again? YUUTO I wouldn't mind, but I doubt he will make such a promise. KAREN In which case I can't let you go. YUUTO Then I have no choice but to tax my aged body. PAGE 156 KAREN You're still much younger than me. YUUTO Not at all. Your flame has slowed me down. Attacks when evaded are useless. PAGE 157 KAREN It was pure luck that I eluded your attacks. YUUTO Don't be so modest. PAGE 158 KAREN Aoki-san!? Why are you here!? PAGE 159 YUUTO Since he can enter the "Kekkai", I assume he is another member of the "Seven Seals". But it seems he is not in his best condition. It would be difficult for both of us to cover for our companions. At this stage the derailment is probably not enough to affect the entire Yamanote Line. We will withdraw for the time being. Will you agree to call it a day? PAGE 160 KAREN ... Very well. PAGE 161 KAREN Next time you decide to destroy anywhere, remember to ask for me as your opponent. KAREN You ought to have been sound asleep for at least 4 hours after taking the drug. How did you get here ... PAGE 162 KAREN You ... ! SEIICHIROU ... I couldn't keep my eyes open ... so I borrowed the fruit knife ... at your ... home. KAREN What did you do that for? Don't you know your wife will worry about you? SEIICHIROU That's what ... I'd like ... to say to you. Did you really think that ... ... no one will weep for you if you die? PAGE 163 SEIICHIROU I will ... weep for you. I am not good at getting angry ... but if ... you left all by yourself thinking what you had on your mind just now, I will really ... get angry ... PAGE 164 KAREN Aoki-san! PAGE 165 KAREN'S MOTHER Devil! You should have died! YOUNG KAREN Mama won't be sad if I died? KAREN'S MOTHER Who will ... ! YOUNG KAREN You won't? KAREN'S MOTHER ... feel sad for the like of you! PAGE 166 KAREN ... Thank you. PAGE 168 X13 End PAGE 169 KAREN KASUMI PAGE 170 KAREN Paul! {Note: the name of Karen's teddy bear.} Isn't it beautiful? See? I can do it without using a match. I'll show this to Mama. It's so beautiful. Mama will be pleased. PAGE 171 KAREN Mama! Look! Isn't it beautiful? KAREN'S MOTHER Demon! PAGE 172 KAREN'S MOTHER It's all because of you that we have to hide in such a place. KAREN Please stop! Mama! KAREN'S MOTHER Why ... !? How did I give birth to a demon like you!? Why don't you just die! PAGE 173 KAREN Mama won't be sad if I die? ... You won't cry for me? KAREN'S MOTHER Who'd cry for someone like you! PAGE 174 MAN We need the powers of your daughter. Please let us raise her to use her powers for peace. KAREN'S MOTHER Please go away! MAN Madam! KAREN'S MOTHER This child is a demon! If I don't keep watch over her, who knows what she will do! Demon! Those fishy religious cults came here all because you are a demon! PAGE 175 KAREN ... I didn't do anything. Ever since that day, I can't make fire anymore. I didn't do anything ... ... Am I a bad girl just because I have this power? If a demon is someone who do bad things ... ... isn't Mama a demon too, since you beat me all the time? PAGE 176 KAREN ... Where ... ... am I? DOCTOR You're in a hospital. Your neighbour called the police. PAGE 177 KAREN ... Where is Mama ... DOCTOR ... She passed away... When the ambulance arrived to take you to the hospital, she tried to stop them. She ran out to the street and got hit by a car... ... Now... ... Rest some more... KAREN ... Even so, Paul... ... I still loved Mama... PAGE 178 KAREN She is the only one who will ever cry for me... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyahaha!! I'm finally done with translating my first manga. I usually just download my translations since I'm too lazy to do anything myself. However, in this case, the only translation of X13 available could have been done better by a monkey! There were at least one spelling error in each sentence and the grammar was so poor that I in some places couldn’t even figure out what it said!! Therefore, I decided to become a translator. I knew that I could do better than whoever wrote the other translation. Ok, so this one is far from perfect, but still…. So if you’d like to help me make this translation even better by giving me some critics or simply thank me for an ok translation, feel free to e-mail me at it_makes_god_cry@hotmail.com My next translation projects will be “Angel Sanctuary 4”, simply because none of my friends can find a decent translation for it and the only guy we know that has it has it on a cd somewhere in the other end of Sweden. I’ll also be doing “Boys Next Door”, since I love Kaori Yuki and “Color", which I'm actually half-way through now. After that I guess I’ll continue with my X14. Feel free to e-mail me with requests. / Neko -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------