SDK 289 - Yin and Yang: The Seventh Sword: Bond 1 Sasuke: I wonder if Saizou and the rest will be okay... Yukimura: Just okay? Those eight are the Sanada Juuyuushi... they know what they have to do, and they'll do it. Yukimura: We just have to get to wherever Kyo-san and Kyoushirou-san are, and fast... maybe we'll find Sakuya-san there, too. Sasuke: Mibu Kyoushirou... Chinmei: [Don't bother trusting him... Mibu Kyoushirou can call out the power in Onime no Kyo's blood... it's going to be a massacre...] Chinmei: [There' nobody who can stop him...!!] Sasuke: Hey, Yukimura... isn't there something about Mibu Kyoushirou in Onime no Kyo's body that's kind of... weird? Kind of like Chinmei...? Sasuke: ...If he's turned bad... Yukimura, what are you going to do? Yukimura: .... 2 Yukimura: It won't happen. Kyoushirou-san isn't a weak person like that. Sasuke: Huh!? What are you talking about?! Weak...? More like super strong!! Sasuke: I think that guy could even beat Onime no Kyo... Yukimura: ...Sasuke. Yukimura: I think Kyo-san is too strong to lose to Kyoushirou-san. Yukimura: I don't know how their fight will end... but I do know that this is about more than who carries the true blood. Sasuke: ...What!? Yukimura: I believe in that something he has... Yukimura: [Right, Kyo-san?] Yukimura: I know it's hard to believe in something you can't see or even explain... Yukimura: But I think there's something in this world that goes beyond blood or power... Yukimura: [And that is why we're going to watch this battle...] 3 Akari: KYO!!!!!! Text: A repeat of that nightmare four years ago!! Onime no Kyo, defeated!? 4 Kyoushirou: The cries of Kyo's soul to his body are growing faint... Kyoushirou: This is a sign that he is dying... Kyoushirou: At this rate, he will never regain consciousness... Kyoushirou: And soon he will die... Yuya: Kyo will...!! Yuya: Kyo... Kyo will get up again, I know it...!! Yuya: He'll save everyone, just like he always does!! 5 Kyoushirou's hand: *squeeze* Kyoushirou: ...Yuya-san... you do not trust me... even though Kyo is nothing more than a murderous demon... Kyoushirou: Even if he has saved you in the past, an evil nature cannot be changed... and evil must be destroyed. Yuya: ...Kyoushirou...!! Tora: N... never... We are NEVER going to let that happen...!! Tora: Kyo-han will... Kyo-han will wake up, I know it...!! We're not going to let him die!! Akira: ...Even though he is a demon... Tora: ...A... Akira...!? Akira: Calm, cold, and merciless... pure in his pursuit of power... filled with pride... aloof... a demon. Akira: He opened my eyes... 6 Akira: ...But Kyo, your strength has always been unreachable... how do you know... Akira: That you won't return to your body!? Akira: [He smiled... for that person...] Akira: Kyo...!? Akira: [What is he saying... there's no way he can be smiling... is there...!?] (these lines are VERY blurry so I'm doing what I can here) Akira: [I never thought Kyo would...] Akira: [The red eyes of a demon, stronger than anything... but what is the color of his heart...?] Unknown person: What's so funny, Kyo!? Kyo: I won't forgive you...!! Akira: He has the simple mind of a child... Yuya: Akira-san... Akira: But it's not just Kyo... Akira: I'm the same way... Akira: A person can make himself stronger!! Akira: Strength that you're born with isn't real strength... believing in others and believing in yourself makes your heart strong - that's the real thing... Akira: So... I think a person can be as strong as he wants to be...!! 7 Tora: Akira... Tora: He... he's right!! Kyoushirou-han, you're the kind of guy who would know that too, aren't ya!? Tora: Back when you were just a guy trying to sell medicine!? Back when we used to travel together!? Tora: Is it really true that you've changed sides!? Can't you trust us anymore...? Tora: Wah!! Bon: B... Benitora...!! Kyoushirou: I have no interest in the moralising of weaklings... Kyoushirou: I will destroy evil!! 8 Kyo SFX: *breathing hard* Kyo: Gah... Aka-chan: ...Are you looking for Tenrou? ...Oh, it's not here? Aka-chan: ...Let me show you the way to peace... Kyo: ...Bastard... shut the fuck up... (AWWWW CHIBI KYO!!!!!!!!!!!!) 9 Aka-chan: ...You don't need to know anything... Not where you are, not who I am... you can even forget yourself... Aka-chan: ...Forget everything, and you will be at peace... Aka-chan: You can stay here... Aka-chan: Forever... Aka-chan: In this place where there is no war, or pain, or sadness... 10 Aka-chan: Isn't it wonderful? Here you'll find happiness... Here there is beauty and wealth, good things to eat and toys to play with... Aka-chan: There's nothing else you could possibly wish for, is there? Aka-chan: ...Is something missing? Aka-chan: Oh, you must have noticed that there is nothing living here. Aka-chan: [Come now...] Aka-chan: [Is this a dream? Then just sleep... Kyo.] Aka-chan: Forget war, and pain, and sadness. Handwritten text around Kyo, repeated 4 times: [That's a good boy...] Aka-chan: [You can even forget life itself...] Aka-chan: ...Goodbye, Kyo... forever...... 11 Muramasa: Kyo...!! Muramasa: I... I will not let you do this to Kyo!! Aka-chan: ...Muramasa... I didn't expect to see you here... Aka-chan: Return to the depths of hell where you belong! Muramasa: Gaah!! Muramasa: Gah...!! K... Kyo!! Your soul has not yet crossed to the other side... Muramasa: Remember, Kyo... remember who you are...!! 12 Muramasa: ...Forgive me, Kyo... I forced you down a path more painful than any other... Muramasa: It was a path where you would become strong... where you would find strength... Muramasa: But... Muramasa: While you were there, you were on your own... I couldn't hold your hand...!! Muramasa: My hand, reaching out to your wounded body... that's a bond more precious than anything!! Muramasa: More important than power... stronger than anything... the trust between friends...!! Muramasa: Do you remember now...? You must return to the world where your friends are waiting...!! 13 Aka-chan: ...You were a failure... Aka-chan: Please leave us. Muramasa: Kyo... Muramasa: Go back! You must... now... Aka-chan: He was a failure who forgot his loyalty to his creator... you need not think of him. Aka-chan: There, now nothing else will interfere... Aka-chan: Sweet dreams, Kyo... 14-15 Aka-chan: Ah? Aka-chan: Kyo... you... Kyo: Just listen. Kyo: Muramasa suffered to teach me... Muramasa: [I will teach you the secret technique, even at the expense of my life!!] Kyo: Fubuki and Hishigi suffered to fight for the Mibu... Fubuki: [I will do anything for the Mibu Clan!!] Shinrei: [I won't lose...!!] Kyo: Shinrei as well... (back up to the top of page 15) Kyo: And Yukimura... Kyo: Hotaru... Kyo: Akira... Kyo: Akari and Bon... Kyo: Tora and Sasuke... Kyo: So many people... Kyo: How... (back up to top of page 15) Yukimura: [Fighting with you, Kyo-san... now this is what it means to be alive...] Hotaru: [I'll be Kyo's strength...] Akira: [There are limits to what I can allow... if I cannot fulfill my obligations, then I will leave the Shiseiten!!] Akari: [We're friends!!] Bon: [Kyo... your reasons for wanting to be stronger have changed, haven't they?] Tora: [We'll protect him, no matter what!!] Sasuke: [Kyo... why do you have red eyes...? 16 Kyo: How could I forget them? Aka-chan: Kyo... Kyo: ...Even now, I bet those idiots are waiting for me. They know... Kyo: They know I'll come back. Aka-chan: !? Aka-chan: ...The power of Kyo's soul is increasing...!? 17 Kyo: I can hear them... Kyo: They're calling me... Kyo: So... 18 Kyo: There is no way... 19 Kyo: I can lose!! (I think 18 and 19 ought to be made into a double page, because the text continues across them) 20 Aka-chan: .... Kyoushirou: Kyo... Text: [Once again, the demon swoops down from high above!! But is there any hope!? Can fate be reversed!?] Next chapter: The Battle Is Won!! (OMG, it says it's continued in Issue #1... I mean, I figured we'd have to wait through the New Year's holidays, but I can't wait until next year!! Or does Issue #1 start in December? *vain hope* I have no idea... I never pay attention to the numbering system... uwaah!!)