Chapter 217 - Fortunate Brothers 1 Yuya: Ouch... Yuya: Wah!! My cute butt is all bruised!! Oh my god, it's swelling up! This is going to ruin my figure!! What should I do!? Yuya handwritten: [Damn those Mibu! Their floors are always collapsing!!] Yuya: [Wait... maybe it's not so bad if my butt gets a little bigger...] Okuni: Oh no, Yuya-san, it's the real thing~ *heart* Yuya: [Then maybe I'd have a hot body like Okuni-san...] Yuya: [Uh...] Yuya: This is not the time to be thinking about this!! Yuya handwritten: [You are sooo stupid!!] Yuya: I've got to find everybody quick... I'm not hurt, so hopefully they'll be okay too... Hishigi: ...Tell me, #13... 2 Hishigi: Tell me everything you've learned while investigating Onime no Kyo and his friends... Yuya: ...Huh!? Yuya: [Akari-san and... Hishigi of the Taishirou...!?] Hishigi: I have been anxiously awaiting your uncommon talent fot information gathering, #13... Yuya: ...Investigating... information gathering...? No... it can't be... 3 Yuya: [Akari-san is a Mibu spy!?] Yuya: ...N... no... Akari-san used to be with the Mibu, but not anymore... Akari: I was a shaman who sold my soul... Akari: To become a friend of the Mibu... Yuya: [N...] Yuya: [No...] Yuya: [How can Akari-san still be an ally of the Mibu...!?] 4 Hishigi: Well then, #13? Tell me... Akari: That's right... Akari: It's been so long since I've seen your face... I brought you a little souvenir. Akari: This is for you!! Hishigi: I see you have your misgivings about me... but I don't have time to fool around with you right now, #13. Akari: #13... it's always #13... Akari: Do you always call people by number!? Or is this just how you discriminate against shamans!? Akari: Sorry, I'm a bad spy. I've already erased our last conversation from my mind! Yuya: A... Akari-san... Hishigi: You've forgotten? I highly doubt that. Hishigi: You have always been my best soldier... and my most trusted friend. Akari: "Friend!?" 5 Hishigi: #13... I know you will always return to me... Hishigi: Because you are my friend... Akari: Just as you wanted, I've come back... Akari: I'm going to kill you, Hishigi...!! Hishigi: .... Hishigi: ...Your heart says otherwise... 6 Both: .... Yuya: ...Akari-san... Akari: Before I kill you, Hishigi, I want to know one thing. Akari: Why did you bring Nozomu back to life? Akari: Didn't you have him killed because he knew the Mibu's greatest secret? Akari: So why...? Yuya: N... Nozomu-niisama!? Yuya: Just as I thought - Akari-san knew Nozomu-niisama!! Akari: Tell me, Hishigi... what are you going to do to him this time!? Akari: All the horrible things you've done to us... is this how you treat shamans like me!? Hishigi: .... Hishigi: As for Nozomu... or #7, I should say... there is nothing I can tell you. Hishigi: It seems as though you are still not ready... I advise you to think calmly about it... 7 Hishigi: And then perhaps you will understand... Hishigi: Who my true friends are... Akari: What the fuck... Akari: No... Akari: Wait!! Hishigi!! Akari: Shit! Where are you!? Akari: HISHIGI!! Hishigi: I am waiting, #13... Hishigi: I am waiting for you to come to me... 8 Akari: Grr... Akari: Quit calling me #13!! Akari: Fuck... Akari: Damn him... Akari: I should have punched his smug little face... Yuya: ...Akari-san... Yuya: [She looks like her heart is broken...] Yuya: [What could have happened between her and Hishigi of the Taishirou...!?] Yuya: [And why did Nozomu-niisama know the Mibu's secret...!?] Yuya: [Oh Akari-san... Akari: ..... 9 Hotaru: That hurt!! Hotaru: My face is all red and swollen... oh my god, my good looks will be ruined... Hotaru: And my butt hurts too.. what if gets bruised!? Hotatu: [If I end up with a blue butt...] Hotaru: [I'll look just like Akira...] Sign pointing to Akira: Akira still has a blue spot on his butt like a baby, and everyone teases him about it. Akira: I... I do not have a blue spot!! Hotaru: Uh... Hotaru: Hell no. Akira is a prick. Hotaru: Anyway... 10 Hotaru: Wow, what a mess. Somebody should clean this place up. Hotaru: Can you really let a Yin-Yang Gate get so filthy? Hotaru: [It's the same...] Shinrei: You just want to blame everything on Fubuki-sama. Hotaru: ...Shinrei... Hotaru: But how could Fubuki have do something like this...? 11 Hotaru: Shinrei... rest in peace. Shinrei: I'm not dead. Hotaru: ...Huh? Hotaru: Shinrei? Shinrei: I never thought I'd run into you in a place like this, Keikoku... Hotaru: .... Hotaru: Wow, how did you magically appear like that? Or are you a ghost? Shinrei: Shut up. 12 Shinrei: Right now, I'm not too badly hurt. However, when I was thrown into this underground maze, I was nearly on the verge of death. Shinrei: So perhaps you think I look rather unsightly at the moment... Hotaru: .... Hotaru: Wow, what happened to this guy? Shinrei: Are you even listening to me!? Shinrei: You never listen, Keikoku!! Shinrei: You're so selfish that you can't pay attention to anyone but yourself! You're ANNOYING!! Shinrei: LISTEN TO ME WHEN I'M TALKING!! Shinrei: That ought to cool your head... Hotaru: You're healthier than you look. 13 Hotaru: You left a dent... I don't even think I could get up... Shinrei: .... Shinrei: Keikoku... Shinrei: [I need to find out for myself what's real and what's not...] Shinrei: [Please, answer me, Fubuki-sama!!] Fubuki: [Goodbye, Shinrei...] Shinrei: K... Keikoku... I... Hotaru: It's okay. 14 Hotaru: You don't have to say anything. Hotaru: Now you can stand on your own legs, and see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears, and choose your own path. Hotaru: Whatever that path is... Hotaru: I think it's a good thing. 15 Shinrei: [We're brothers...] Shinrei: [Even if...] Shinrei: [Even if we don't follow the same path... even if we're total opposites.] Shinrei: Come on, Keikoku!! With Taihaku gone, the Mibu Clan is in the clutches of evil! Together, we could save them all!! Shinrei: If we kill the Taishirou, that will really show the Former Aka no Ou that we mean business!! Shinrei: We managed to survive, so that means we have a mission! Like it or not, you have the power, Keikoku! Hotaru: Shin... 16 Hotaru: Hell no. Shinrei: WHAT!? Hotaru: Kyo said I was his servant, so I can't. Besides, I'm not really interested in the Mibu. That would be selfish. Shinrei: ...What!? Damn you...!! That... that makes no sense!! You... Hotaru: And just because we're alive doesn't mean we have a mission... Hotaru: I think it's fate. Shinrei: What... what are you blabbering about!? Hotaru: And you said I was annoying. I am not. Shinrei: Hey, Keikoku... wait!! Shinrei: Are you running away!? Are you a coward!? Hotaru: I'm not afraid of anything. Shinrei: Your entire way of life is cowardly!! Don't you ever feel the burden of responsibility on your shoulders!? Hotaru: No. That would be annoying. Shinei: Annoying...? Shinrei: Only you would say that!! You really are a hopeless idiot!! If that's what you think, then what are you even fighting for!? Hotaru: I don't really know yet. Hotaru: So... 17 Hotaru: I've just been looking for people to fight. If a really strong guy were to suddenly show up, then... 18 Shinrei: What the... Hotaru: Hmm? Hotaru: Guess he's looking for a fight too... Shinrei: That must be the guard! Shinrei: So he's the one who killed those people... 19 Hotaru: Oh? This looks fun. Hotaru: Since you were on the verge of death or something, it's okay if you hide in a corner. I'll take care of them. Shinrei: What are you talking about!? I'll send these Mibu evildoers straigtht to hell!! Hotaru: It's okay, I'll do it. Shinrei: No, I will. Hotaru: No, me. Shinrei: No, me. Hotaru: You're always so damned annoying. Shinrei: Be quiet! You're always so rude! Hotaru: Fine... whatever. Shinrei: Alright... 20 Shinrei: Whoever kills more of them wins!!