SDK 238 - Hotaru's Home 1 Club: I... Club: I won't... Club: I won't let them get away with this... Club: Not that trash, not Yuan's soldier... Club: How can I... Club: How can I show my face to Tokito-sama like this...? All: We will... kill them!! 2 Anthony: I, as a soldier loyal to Yuan of the Taishirou, will not pardon any who trespasses in his territory!! Akira: [I can't move... I can't think... my senses have left me...] Akira: [This is... this is where it ends...] Akira: [No, it can't end like this!!] Angelica: Ooh, are you awake? Akira: !? 3 Akira: Wh... what!? Where am I!? Kilian: Wait! Get someone to help you! Yulian: Has anyone seen my clothes? 4 Akira: What... what is this...? Akira: [But what about that man from before!? He attacked us with needles, didn't he...!?] Yulian: Hey, quit it!! Yulian: Kilian!! You jerk, you took my clothes!! Yulian: Unless it was Elian!? Kilian: It wasn't me!? Who would want your filthy clothes, anyway!? Elian: Don't go blaming things on me!! Angelica: Come on, don't fight. Yulian: AH!! Those are my clothes!! Angelica, you pig!! You're using my stuff as a hand towel!? Elian: Yulian!! Calm down!! It's not like it's our fault!! Angelica: That's right!! Yulian: Shut up!! You're always doing stuff like this!! Angelica: You should think before you blame people! Yulian: What...!? Angelica, you're the worst of all!! Hotaru,Akira,Shinrei,Tora: .... Marian: Whee, I lost 1kg! Lilian: Ooh, really? Marian, you're so thin!! Now I have to watch my figure!! Marian: Oh no, Lilian, you're much thinner! Anna: HEY!! Everybody, dinner is ready!! 5 Tora: Wh...wha... what...!? Shinrei: They all have the same face... Anna: I said it's dinnertime!! Come on!! Anna: HEY!! Anna: THE FOOD IS READY!! Shinrei: What...!? Anna: All you people ever do is complain!! Anna: Now eat before I shoe it down your throats!! Tora and Akira: Wha... what...!? Hotaru: Oh, that's right. Hotaru: This is Yuan's house. Akira, Tora, SHinrei: !! 6 Tora: Hotaru-han... you said this is Yuan's house...!? Hotaru: Yeah, and these people are his brothers and sisters. Hotaru: They've always lived here, and even Tokito doesn't know. Shinrei: Keikoku... how do you know all of this!? Hotaru: Because I used to live here too. Shinrei: WHAT!? You lived here!? Tora: But more importantly... Tora: Why are they making us dinner...? Akira, Shinrei: .... Anna: Elian! Eat, don't sleep!! Yurian: That's mine!! Kilian: You're stupid!! Elian: Zzz Lilian: Aren't fried foods bad for you? Marian: Are you still worrying about your weight? 7 Hotaru: Hey, Shinrei, give me the soy sauce. Shinrei: Aren't you making yourself a little too much at home? Anna: Well, Keikoku, I never thought you would bring friends home for dinner! Anna: I'm the oldest daughter, Anna - nice to meet you! Anna: And that's the second sister, Angelica. Anna: And the five on the right are Yurian, Kilian, Elian, Lilian and Marian. Anna: But our father, our oldest brother and the third brother aren't home right now. But the second-oldest son, Yuan, is around somewhere. Shinrei: .... Tora: T... ten people in one house... Akira: Impossible... Yurian: Hey, Keikoku!! You brought Shinrei too!! So you're Mibu rebels now, huh? Elian: You're againt Yuan, huh? Marian: Uh-oh, that makes us enemies, doesn't it? Shinrei: What...!? Shinrei: They're ready to fight? Angelica: You shouldn't stand up during a meal!! Save that silly talk for later!! Quintuplets: We're sorry... Shinrei: S... silly!? Tora: I wouldn't argue with her... Anna: ...Well, Keikoku, are you really against Yuan...? 8 Anna: I mean, you know you can't possibly win a fight against Yuan, don't you? Why don't you forget about such a dangerous thing and go home? Anna: Right? Hotaru: Anna... Anna: Your friends should really do the same... oh, you have so many friends now! Angelica: Yeah, who ever thought you would have so many friends? Yurian: But it's been so boring without you here! Lilian: Yeah, let's eat candy and play cards like we used to! Marian: I even bought the kind of nattou you like! (Note: nattou is fermented bean gunk that smells like dirty socks and tastes only marginally better.) Anna: Oh, you guys... Tora: They... they're such a warm and loving family... who would have expected this from the Mibu clan!? AKira: .... Shinrei: Keikoku... lived in a place like this? Akira: [What are they saying... why was Hotaru in the Shiseiten if he had this place... these people... to return to...?] Akira: [But...] 9 Akira: [Hotaru is like a cat... he'll take food from anyone...] Akira: [I guess that's how he can eat this meal now...] Hotaru: .... Kilian: Anthony will be so happy that Hotaru's come home!! Lilian: That's right, no doubt about it! Marian: Well, duh! Tora: Anthony? There's more? Anna: Oh, he's the third brother. Anna: He wanted to be in the Goyousei like Keikoku, and he studied very hard... Hotaru: This is the quietest place for sleeping. Anna: Hotaru used to hang out in his room while he was studying. He studied like a machine! Tora: A machine? Anna: Oh, that's right, you haven't been with the Mibu for long. Anthony is going to succeed our father's business so he became a master of needles. Shinrei: Needle master... Anna: But you've already met Anthony earlier today... Anthony: Hey, I'm home. 10 Family: Welcome home, Anthony!! Tora: !! Shinrei: The man from before!! Tora: A... Anthony doesn't look very studious... Angelica: I know, he's really let himself go... Akira: His looks aren't the problem!! He's a soldier!! He's the enemy!! Anna: Hmm? Oh, that's right, Anthony is a fighter. Anna: Actually, we're all soldiers here!! Family: [Ahahaha, we forgot to mention that!!] Akira: I'm starting to think Tokito's soldiers were better... Shinrei: Th... they're too carefree... 11 Akira: What...? Tora: S... such a heated exchange of glances... 12 Akira: ...WHAT!? Family: Amazing, you two! You're even faster than before!! Anthony and Hotaru: IT'S A TIE!! Hotaru: That's 99 wins, 99 losses, and 99 ties... you haven't changed, Anthony... Anthony: Neither have you, Keikoku. Shinrei, Akira, Tora: [WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THEM!?] Angelica: Hey, guys, don't forget you have chores to do! Anthony: ...Keikoku, do you really intend to fight Yuan? Hotaru: ...Yeah. Anthony: I think you should give it up. 13 Anthony: Yuan and the rest of us don't even use all of our full power. When we really put our hearts into it, our potential power is 120% more. And Yuan can speak to his sword, so he can rapidly increase his power. Anthony: You don't even have a fragment of his strength, so there's no way you could do it. Hotaru: .... Shinrei: What!? Anthony: Really... you were defeated both by Tokito's guards and Yuan's guards... Anthony: You must have thought you were dead... Keikoku, you know this because it was me who saved you. Anthony: I've inheirited special needle techniques from my father - techniques handed down through generations of Mibu - so it's very simple for me to shut down your entire body. Anthony: The power to heal and the power to kill... even if you use all of your latent power, can you find a way to speak to your sword? Hotaru: .... Anthony: And even if you fight the other Taishirou, there's no way you can equal their combined power. Anthony: So... you must never fight Yuan. Anthony: NEVER!! Hotaru: Anthony... 14 Hotaru: I'm sorry... but I will fight Yuan. Hotaru: And... I will win. Yurian: Keikoku... Anthony: WHat are you talking about...? Anthony: Stop thinking you even have a chance against Yuan. Anthony: You do know that to fight Yuan is to fight all of us, right? And we won't just play around with you... Anna: Anthony, that's really enough... Anthony: Anna, you're too soft! Anthony: He doesn't even know how weak he is! Anthony: For them to go up against us is just suicidal!! Anthony: I don't know what the hell you're all thinking about this!! 15 Akira: [...What he's saying is true... these people are the Taishirou's personally selected soldiers... they're probably trying to protect us...] Akira: [And yet...] Anna: [You should go, Keikoku.] Anna: [Right, Keikoku?] Akira: [...And yet... why did we come so far? All the way to the Red Tower...] Hotaru: ...I'm sorry. Hearing how you feel makes me happy... Yurian: Keikoku!! So you're going then...? Hotaru: But... Hotaru: I'm sorry... Anna: Keikoku... Anthony: That thoughtless idiot... 16 Anthony: I don't want to fight you!! You're part of my family!! Anthony: Now stop being an asshole!! Hotaru: Anthony... Akira: Family... Anthony: [Because we're family...] Anthony: [No matter what dangers lie ahead...] Anthony: [No matter what cold words are said...] Anthony: [I will always protect Keikoku...] Anthony: [Because my family is precious to me...] 17 Hotaru: ...Thank you, Anthony. Hotaru: ...But I have to do this. Hotaru: No matter what... Hotaru: No matter what happens... I need to get past Yuan. Hotaru: I must do this... so I can be the person I am, so I can move forward... as Hotaru of the Shiseiten. Akira: Hotaru... Hotaru: .... Hotaru: .... Hotaru: Anthony, I... 18-19 Anthony: I could kill you. Hotaru: What...!? Hotaru: What... was that!? Anthony!? But I didn't sense anything!! 20-21 Lilian: Anthony... Lilian: [He's serious...] Anthony: Yuan is even stronger, right? But right now, you're nowhere near even my level... Anthony: I can't have you going up against Yuan without knowing what you're in for, so I'll be your opponent now. Anthony: I'll show you the difference in our strength... Hotaru: ...Fine. I'll beat you, and unleash my latent power, and talk to my sword, and do everything you said he can do. Tora: Hotaru-han... Tora: [You can say that, but is there really any hope that you'll win?] Tora: [What are you thinking, Hotaru-han....?]