SDK 242 - Treason 1 Text: [Past the Aka no Ou's throne...] Text: [Past the antechamber...] Text: [Past the Dragon Room...] Text: [There is a hallway so long that no light reaches its end.] Text: [And there...] 2 Yuan: Ah!! Ow... Yuan: I guess I was right after all... that's got to be the place... Yuan: What did Mom see on the other side of that door... I have to... Yuan: I have to know... Fubuki: So you want to know what lies beyond that door? Yuan: ...Fubuki? How long have you been here? Fubuki: I saw you trying to use your mind's eye to see beyond the door... not that it would work, but I won't give you the chance. Fubuki: Keep annoying me and one of these days you'll end up dead. Yuan: ...Jeez, Fubuki, cool down. I wasn't trying to peep in your bedroom or anything. I don't care about your weird hobbies. Fubuki: Only those who bear the name of the Aka no Ou may pass through that door - for generations, all others have been forbidden. Beyond this door lies a secret place... your mind's eye will not be able to penetrate it. 3 Yuan: Just one more thing that you and Hishigi don't want the Mibu to know about, huh? Yuan: The Former Aka no Ou is an even sneakier bastard than you are... neither of you would ever make a mistake. You're too smart for that. Fubuki: ...So you've seen? Yuan: Yeah, I see everything with my mind's eyes. Yuan: The battle between Onime no Kyo and Nobunaga... everything went according to your plan. Fubuki: ...And what of it? Yuan: Don't play innocent, Fubuki... why are you leading them towards Hishigi? Some kind of experiment? This is all a part of your little plot, isn't it? Yuan: I mean, from the beginning it's been the Former Aka no Ou telling us Taishirou to steal Onime no Kyo's body. It's all kinda suspicious. Yuan: And then on the pretense of some challenge, he gave the body of Shiina Nozomu, someone who knew the Mibu's greatest secret, to Nobunaga... Aka: I want you to keep Kyo's body safe. Nobunaga: Shiina Nozomu knew... and the secrets of the Mibu lie in within his body!! Sasuke: [Onime no Kyo's...] Sasuke: [True body...] Yuan: The Former Aka no Ou was afraid that his secret would be exposed, so that's why he let Nobunaga use that body. Yuan: That was, both Nobunaga and Shiina Nozomu die, and the secret stays safe. Well, I bet Hishigi's got a thousand backup plans too, right? 4 Fubuki: ...I don't know what you're talking about... Yuan: You made one little miscalculation... Yuan: You didn't think about what he wants... Yuan: Mibu Kyoushirou, that is... Yuan: You weren't planning on him showing up and announcing that he's going to take Onime no Kyo's body to the Red Tower... along with that girl who might know the secret. Yuan: So what are you going to do? He'll be here soon. Yuan: You'll have to rewrite your entire scenario... so what has it all been for, huh? Yuan: ...So, Fubuki, what is it that *you* want? You wanna be the Aka no Ou? Or... 5 Fubuki: Yuan... a wise man knows when to keep his mouth shut... Yuan: [He'd kill without a warning...] Fubuki: Or he finds himself in the position of a traitor... yes... Fubuki: Just like your mother, Ian. 6 Yuan: Fubuki, you bastard!! Fubuki: Well? If it's a fight you want, then let's fight. Fubuki: That is, if you don't mind losing everyone precious to you... Fubuki: Good decision, Yuan... Fubuki: ...Oh, by the way, several of Kyo's followers have entered your territory. We don't need intruders... please deal with them. Fubuki: And since your student is among them... you, who know his techniques, should be able to get rid of them very easily. 7 Anthony: Yuan is a prisoner of his own family... please, save him!! 8 Tora: A prisoner!? And we're supposed to save him...!? He's a Taishirou, what can we possibly... Anthony: Yuan never wanted to join the Taishirou - he only did it to protect our family. Yulian: But Yuan is really strong!! Didn't Fubuki, the leader of the Taishirou himself, pick Yuan!? Kilian: Yeah, but what does Yuan care about politics? Anthony: He doesn't have a choice - in order to protect us, he works for them. Tora: What!? Why would anyone... Shinrei: ...I've heard about Yuan before... Shinrei: Before Yuan joined them, his mother, Ian, served as one of the Taishirou... Tora: What!? Your mom was a Taishirou too!? Shinrei: But... Ian of the Taishirou was.... Shinrei: While she was a member of the Taishirou, she plotted rebellion against the Mibu... she was excecuted as a traitor. 9 Yulian: That's not true!! Our mom would never betray anybody!! Kilian: That is a total lie!! Shinrei: A lie!? Why would they need to lie? Anthony: Our mother... Anthony: Our mother hated dishonest people most of all! So there's no way... there's no way she could do something so cowardly... Anthony: Whatever they're saying about her, it's not true... I will kill whoever started these lies!! Shinrei: ...But you don't have any proof... Anthony: As relatives of a traitor, our entire family would have been excecuted... but Yuan made a deal with Fubuki. He said that to make up for our mother's transgression, Yuan would have to join the Taishirou and devote his life to the Mibu. And so our family was spared... Angelica: ...So now, our family has no freedom... Angelica: Although Yuan is a Taishirou and we have official status as his guards, whenever we leave home on surveillence missions, the rest of the clan looks on us with hatred because we carry the blood of a traitor... Angelica: This tiny, isolated house is the only place we can ever feel at home... Tora: But you saved us... why? Tora: You must have known that Tokito's people would come... Anthony: ...I'm begging you, Keikoku...!! 10 Anthony: Because of us, Yuan is kept alone and forced to fight against his will...!! Anthony: Please, free Yuan... free our brother!! Anthony: You're the only one who can, Keikoku... please!! HOtaru: Alone... Hotaru: Hey, Anthony... I... Yuan: Alright, enough with the sob story. Hotaru: Huh? 11 Anthony: What!? Tora: Who's there!? Yuan: Yo... didn't think I'd find you here... 12 Yuan: Lemme show you... Yuan: How I get rid of uninvited houseguests... Hotaru: Yun-Yun... 13 Anna: Yuan...!! Yuan: Hey, Anna, this apple is pretty good. Anna: H... how long have you been here...!? Tora: Yuan of the Taishirou... TOra: [He... he was right here all along...] Tora: [Why didn't we sense anything...!?] Yuan: So you've finally come back, Keikoku... Yuan: You got a little stronger, huh? You've gotta protect your home... Hotaru: I'll beat you. Hotaru: This is just one more reason why I have to win. Anthony: Keikoku...!! Yuan: Ooh? You sound pretty badass. But do you really think it's as simple as risking yourself for the sake of your family? You think that's really gonna work? Anna: ...Yuan!! 14 Hotaru: I won't lose. Yuan: ...You wanna go up against your own master? Do you even understand what you're saying? Tora: [...It's already started...] Tora: [It's a battle between Yuan of the Taishirou and Hotaru of the Shiseiten...!!] Hotaru: Time out. Yuan: What!? Lilian: Jeez, he came this far... Marian: And now he's backing out... Marian handwritten: (How typical...) Hotaru: ...Hey. Hotaru: Let Tora and Shinrei leave first. 15 Tora and SHinrei: What!? Hotaru: Well, are we going to do it or not? I'm kinda busy so I don't have a lot of time. What a pain... Tora and Shinrei: Hey!! Tora: You think we're going to leave you here by yourself!? Shinrei: What gives you the right to decide what I do!? Shinrei: Don't order me around... Shinrei: !? Yuan: Over here! Shinrei: [He's fast...] 16 Tora: Hotaru-han!? Yuan: ...Oh? I thought you had gotten stronger... Shinrei: What... Shinrei: [He moved in a flash and stopped Keikoku's sword with his toes!?] Yuan: Yo! Hotaru: Go, now! Tora: No way... Hotaru: I asked for this fight, and it's mine... Hotaru: There's no way I'll lose to Yun-Yun. Tora: Hotaru-han... Shinrei: .... Hotaru: Oh yeah, Tora... 17 Hotaru: Go get Akira... Tora: Huh? Hotaru: And Bon, too... Tora: Wh... whoa, are these supposed to be your last words? Hotaru: Please. Tora: Okay!! I've got it!! I'm outta here!! Tora: Catch up quick, Hotaru-han!! Tora: [You've chosen your own path...] TOra: [But I can't stop you... because we're friends...!!] Tora: [So don't lose... you can't lose, Hotaru-han!!] 18 Shinrei: Keikoku... Shinrei: You're wounded. Hotaru: So are you. Shinrei: ...I look forward to seeing how beaten up you are when you return. Hotaru: [..."When you return," huh?] Hotaru: [Oh, I will...] Yuan: So you sent them away? Well, this won't take long. Yuan: No matter how I do it, it's gonna be over real quick... you can't run from my mind's eye. Anna: Y... Yuan!! 19 Anna: Why... why do you and Keikoku have to fight!? Anna: Is this because of Mother!? Haven't you served the clan enough already!? Yuan: Jeez, are you guys still going on and on about Mom? What a load of crap. You'd be better off if you just forgot about her. Yulian: But brother!! Yuan: You guys don't know anything... you don't understand anything... Yuan: That's not why I joined the Taishirou... Yuan: I wanted to get stronger... that's the only reason. Yuan: And I'll kill anybody who gets in my way... even if they're "family"!! 20 Lilian: Ahh!! Yulian: Brother!! Anna: Y... Yuan!! Angelica: Anna, there's nothing we can do. Angelica: He's serious about this... Hotaru: Yun-Yun... Hotaru: [He's strong... I knew he would be strong...] Hotaru: [But I finally have my chance to fight this monster...] Hotaru: Yun-Yun... Hotaru: [I won't lose... I've got to protect Anthony and the others... I've got to protect my home...] Hotaru: [I'm going to win!!] Hotaru: Let's go!!