Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo

By Saenagi Ryou

Chapter 4 :

The Christmas Eve Visitor

Translated by your humble subject :

Kudou Omi

 

Note : Finally chapter 4 is here ! Along with APP !! Yaaaaaaaaaay ! 

This is a free translation, but I worked hard on it and had to fight with my computer to achieve it. If you want to use it on your site (though it’s far from being perfect), just ask me ! Promise, I don’t bite ! (but my computer does) So hum… the usual blabla… Sorry I’m tired but I wanted to post it today. *yawn* I think I’ll have a nap in the garden ! Ja ne !

Legend : When someone is talking, there are either " " or not, depends if it's main text or small handwritten sentences. Thoughts are between / /. Texts in blocks (often thoughts or narration) are in [ ]. Description are in * *. I renew these signs with each new bubble, even if it’s the same character talking/thinking (I hope it will make it easier for you to follow).

P124

Kaori and Yoshitsune : *admiring a large and rich house* "Grea~t!"

Man : "Excuse-me..." "Are you the people from..." "'Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo'?"

Yoshitsune : "Yes! I'm Shima Yoshitsune and..." "Here's Suruga Kaori"

Man : "This person... Isn't he the model named Kyou..."

Kaori : "For now it's another matter"

Man : "Please come in, I will guide you."Yoshitsune: "He’s quite gloomy…"Kaori: "I wonder if he’s an employee."

P125

Yoshitsune : "Where's the client, Kobayashi Hotori ?"

Man : "She is preparing for her engagement announcement today"

Kaori : "Hee... Who is her partner ?"

Man : "Ha... about this..."

Woman : "Wait." "why are you taking your time?" "Take care of the arrangements right now"

Man : "Sorry"

Woman : "What a gloomy man you are"

Yoshitsune : "She's beautiful, but so disagreeable"

Kaori : "She looks like this famous actress, A-san"

P126

Yoshitsune: "Wait… this woman was Hotori…?"

Man: "No. She’s her aunt."

*they enter a large room*

Man: "This room is being prepared to welcome guests."

Yoshitsune: "Hee…"

Man: "We’re also celebrating Christmas."

Young woman: "HA~~!"

Kaori and Yoshitsune: "Hu?"

Young woman: "It’s Kyou~~!" "You’re the real one right? Why are you in such a place?"

Kaori: "I was invited."

Man: "Hotori-chan, these 2 men are the people from the Yorozuya."

Yoshitsune and Hotori: "You’re joking!"

Hotori: That chibi?

Yoshitsune: That brat?

P127

Yoshitsune : "Bitch ! Who's the chibi?"

Man : "A... a..."

Hotori : "Hey! Telling me I'm a brat, how impolite !!"

Kaori : "They're the same."

Yoshitsune : "Since this employee said Hotori is going to be engaged, I thought she would be at least 16 !"

Hotori : "This person is my fiancé, Hyuuga Shuuhei-san!!" He's not an employee ! *nerve popping*

Yoshitsune : "Wha..."

Hotori : "My father and Shuuhei' father have been friends since they were young." "Really..." "It's so selfish to decide about a child's future..."

Yoshitsune : "Hotori... do you happen not to want to be engaged and want us to wreck it?"

Hotari : "THAT'S NOT IT!!"

P128

Hotori : "'All Purpose' " " alias 'APP', I want you to look for him"

Yoshitsune : "APP~~~~!?"

Kaori : "What? you know him?"

Yoshitsune : "Recently there's been a rumor on the net... he made his arrival in chats and BBS" "moreover he's rather famous, he even has an influence over Yorozuya" "By the way, 'APP' is also the title of a best-seller novel."

Kaori : "Yeah, Yukinobu-san read it"

Hotori : "I'm a fan of this novel~! APP looks like Kyou!"

Yoshitsune: "Reality has limits too."Hotori : "Shima-san is the one who looked like a brat."

P129

Yoshitsune : " You... "

Kaori : " Doesn't it look like as if you had met before ? "

Hotori : " By accident. I asked him to help me in a dangerous matter. "

Shuuhei : " I don’t want to speak loudly. Who is aiming at her ? "

Yoshitsune : " You've got a low voice from the start... "

Hotori : " That time, the railing of the second's floor veranda was disconnected and fell. I wanted to say thanks for that time " " He had great self-confidence, but he wasn't a detestable person . Shuuhei, you should try to be like him and get more confidence. "

Shuuhei : " So... sorry "

Yoshitsune : " Don't force Hyuuga to be like APP "

Shuuhei : " I'm fine. " " Since I have nothing special " " I admire this APP... "

P130

Hotori : " You're wrong " " What Shuuhei-san wrote is interesting ! Don't let people bother you " " I like this kind of people "

Yoshitsune : "/Hee... She's got a good side./ /She can perfectly see through Hyuuga/

Guy : " Hotori-chan!"Hotori: "Te… Tetsurou... "Tetsurou: "I have been looking for you."

P131

Tetsurou: *pushing Shuuhei away* "Isn’t it hard to be engaged by your father?"

Hotori: "wai…"

Tetsurou: "And to have chosen such a cold fiancé, you father must be blind."

Hotori : " Tetsurou ! ! "

Tetsurou : " Don't you think I perfectly match Hotori-chan ? "

*Shuuhei walks away*

Yoshitsune : " Ha... Hey ! " " Hyuuga... "

Hotori : " Shuuhei-san... "

Tetsurou : " He's finally gone " " Well then... "

P132

Kaori : " Would you have the amiability not to touch the princess? " " Besides, the way you treat people... " " Is it the manners of a gentleman ? "

Tetsurou : " ...Hu... "

Kaori : " Don't you think so ? "

Tetsurou : " pff... "

Kaori : " By the way, who was that guy ? "

Hotori : " My cousin " " He doesn't see the real 'me'. And it's not only Tetsurou, it's the same with everybody. " " Because I'm my 'father's daughter', I'm being spoiled "

Kaori : " Ha... I know what it is too. "

P133

Kaori : " Everybody sees the model 'Kyou' in me. For some time 'kaori' had disappeared. " " No one needed 'Kaori'... "

Hotori : " That's exactly the same ! "

Kaori : Call me Kaori-chan then !

Hotori : " But Shuuhei-san sees the real 'me' ! ! " " The first time we met I asked him if his aim was father's fortune. He told me that if it was so, we should cancel the engagement." "He said that a writer isn’t interested in inheriting an hospital."

Shuuhei (flashback): "You can decide for your own future. Your life isn’t your father’s property."

Hotori: "It was an unusual speech ! Shuuhei-san directly saw what's in my heart"

P134

Hotori : " I can do something to improve the way he sees himself " " I'd like to meet APP. " " To help Shuuhei-san. "

*somewhere else in the house*

Yoshitsune : " Hey ! " " You should have replied to that guy... "

Shuuhei : " No, it's not that... "

Yoshitsune : " IT IS ! ! " " Stop that ! " " Hotori said your good points ! "

Shuuhei : " It's the first time she praises me this way "

Yoshitsune : " She speaks in such a bad language " *nervous smile*

Shuuhei : " But on the contrary, it's oppressive. "

P135

Shuuhei : " She's very cheerful, she'll become a beautiful woman. " " The most appropriate man for her is APP. "

Yoshitsune : " But it's just a fictional character ! "

Shuuhei : " I... " " There is nothing I can be proud of. " " There's no need to think about it. " "If I can stand by her side, I'm fine."

*later*

Yoshitsune: *as Hotori approaches* "Hu......"

Hotori: "I was sure it would suit you, Kaori-kun! But for Shima-san, I wonder if a dress would have been better." Hahaha

Yoshitsune: "You're not cute, really."

Woman: "It's time, Miss."

Hotori: "I'm coming."

P136

Hotori's father: "I thank you for coming to this party today when you're busy." "We decided to engage my daughter Hotori, and my friend's son, Shuuhei-kun." "Then..." "On the same occasion..."

Yoshitsune: "Boring..."

Kaori: Ha, I understand ^^;

Hotori's father: "I decided to transmit her inheritance to Hotori."

People: "Wha..." "What..."

Hotori's father: "Keep quiet please. Hotori is still too young." "I thought I could leave everything to Shuuhei-kun's care."

Someone: "That's up to how much..."

P137

Hotori's aunt: "You said you wouldn't decide without everybody's agreement."

Kaori: "More troubles..."

Yoshitsune: "Yeah..."

Someone: "Kya..."

Yoshitsune: "Wha... a dove?" *a dove is flying in the room*

Yoshitsune: "The window is open." "It must have entered there."

*the dove lands on a candelabra, which breaks free from the ceiling and falls*

Yoshitsune: " !! " "HOTORI!"

P138

*Yoshitsune kicks the candelabra away, Shuuhei protects Hotori*

Yoshitsune: "Are you ok!?"

Shuuhei : " Y...yes."

Kaori : " Shima-san, this is..."

Yoshitsune : " It probably aimed at Hotori..." "When the dove got on the candelabra, it fell." "The latch was loose."

Kaori: "And the dove disappeared since then..."

Yoshitsune: "Yeah..." *he sees Shuuhei taking something on the floor and putting it in his pocket* /Hyuuga...?/

P139

Yoshitsune: /ha.../ "Kaori-chan, wait here a moment."

Kaori: "Hu? Ok."

Hotori's father: "Please be quiet. We'll interrupt the party temporarily." "To settle the candelabra..." "We'll make sure everything is safe."

Kaori: *to Tetsurou* "What's happening, Tetsurou-kun? You're very pale."

Tetsurou: "I saw him..." "That Hyuuga was like looking for something in the house..."

Someone: "Is it true...?"

Kaori: "Hotori-chan." "Wait a minute, wasn't it dangerous for Hyuuga-san too?"

Tetsurou: "Is it so?"

P140

Tetsurou: "In the testament, he's the one who inherits everything. He could have aimed the old man..."

Kaori: "Shut up moron." *Hotori takes his hand* "Hoto...?"

Hotori: "I want to make sure."

Kaori: "You want to make sure...?"

Hotori: "I want to hear it from Shuuhei-san!!"

*in a corridor*

Yoshitsune: "Ha, I lost him..." /That Hyuuga/ /He put something in his pocket/ /Was he trying to destroy an evidence?/ /But... What would be his reason to aim Hotori?/ /Not for the fortune.../ *notices an open door* "Hu...?"

P141/142

Yoshitsune: *sees long black hair as he opens the door* /who is it?/ /That guy wasn't at the party!!/ "Bastard! Who are you!"

Man: *standing in the dark room* "Hi~! I'm APP~!"

Yoshitsune: "Hu? APP...?" /probably like Kaori-chan/ "........If so, tell everything!" "Let's be partners!"

APP: "A pervert?"

Yoshitsune: "You got it wrong. I wanted to meet you to solve a case together."

APP: *hugging Yoshitsune* "You're that Yorozuya's Shima-kun!! Great~! It's the first time I see you~!"

Yoshitsune: Thanks. *sweatdrop*

APP: "By the way Shima-kun, have you realized something?"

Yoshitsune: "Hu?"

APP: "That candelabra wasn't an accident."

Yoshitsune: "Yeah. There are three possible criminals."

P143

Yoshitsune: "The ones involved in the testament are suspicious…"APP: "I already know who the criminal is."Yoshitsune: "Hu? Impossible..." You're serious?APP: "I'll give you a clue." "It's the person who knows what's in the old man's testament." "It was just before the announcement..." *notices something* "Ha..." "It's you partner and Hotori."Hotori: *in the garden* "Hm… Strange, I thought I had seen someone..."

P144/145

Hotori: "Shuuhei-san!! You're here!"

*a man with sunglasses holds a dove*

Hotori: *clungs to Kaori* "Kya..."

Man: *about to attack them* "Damn!"

Someone: "Stop!"

*APP jumps down from the building*

Man: "Wha..."

APP: *kicks the man in the face* "Man...already KO?"

Yoshitsune: "Bastard!" "To... To jump from the second floor..." *out of breath*

APP: "You're slow." "Hotori." "Sorry, I have been delayed. APP came to see you." *kisses her hand*

Kaori and Yoshitsune: "Hey! It's the world of drama!"

Hotori: "Why... Why are you here?" *blushing*

P146

APP: "Hyuuga Shuuhei hired me to protect you."

Yoshisune: "Hyuuga did…!?"

APP: "Hasn’t Hyuuga been walking across the house?" "He was checking everything." "The accident with the candelabra and the dove was a trick." *his fingers near his brow, he realizes something.*

Yoshitsune: /Hu…?/

APP: "That man with the sunglasses is an accomplice. With the clue I gave you, has Shima-kun guessed who the criminal is?"

Hotori: "Why…" "Why hasn’t Shuuhei-san done it himself?" "It would have been enough if he had protected me himself."

P147

Hotori: "He protected me just before. To depend on others is sly."

Kaori: *seeing that APP is weird* "...? Hey..."

*APP is crying*

Hotori: "Wh...What’s wrong?"

*APP runs away*

p148

Yoshitsune: "Hey!" *runs after him*

Kaori: "Ha… Shima-san!" "He’s gone."

Hotori: "I wonder if I said something wrong…"

Kaori: "Well, it can become a good cure."

Hotori: "Hu?"

Kaori: "There was something like ‘Kyou’ in him. But it can be good for him."

Hotori: "What?"

Kaori: "Nothing…"

Hotori: "Tell me!"

Kaori: "Well..." *sweatdrop*

*the man with the sunglasses stands up, Kaori notices him*

p149

*somewhere else in the garden* *APP stopped running, panting. He takes a small box...*

Yoshitsune: *pushing him* "Yo!"

APP: *surprised* "Whaaa!" *he lets drop a small phial*

Yoshitsune: "Have you run away because of Hotori’s words?" *picks up the phial*

APP: "..."

Yoshitsune: "Or is it because you lost your contact lenses?" "Hyuuga Shuuhei-kun?"

P150

APP/Shuuhei: *after taking off his wig* "Ho… how?"

Yoshitsune: "I realized it because you always put your finger on your brow." "Hyuuga pushes his glasses back up on his nose." "But except this, I had no clue. Maybe because I’m used to Kaori’s disguise and performance." "But to change your personality that much..."

APP: "When I take this form, I’m someone different and daring. When I’m this admired novel character, I have confidence."

Yoshitsune: "STOP!"

P151

Yoshitsune: "Don’t you thing you’re fleeing?" "I don’t mind your boasting." "But you feel self-confidence." "Did you know? To have self-confidence is to believe in your abilities, in your values." "That’s why everything began like in a dream for Yorozuya." "Is it really ok this way?"

P152

Yoshitsune: "Your partner’s smile or a ‘thank you’, that’s what makes you feel it was worth." "Hotori is looking for the APP in you." "If you run away with this form, Hotori won’t be happy." "People who flee have limits." "You said that Hyuuga Shuuhei had no self-confidence." "If the woman you love chooses you disregarding APP’s self-confidence, it’s the greatest honor."

P153

*the man with the sunglasses wounds Kaori’s arm, then takes Hotori as an hostage.*

Hotori: "Wai… Let me go!! Kaori-kun!! Are you ok!?" *to the man threatening her with his knife* "...!! You..."

Man: "If you feel bad, go tell your father!" "To give everything to his daughter all of a sudden! It’s causing us troubles!" "You’re only an intruder!"

Kaori: "That’s why you want to kill her?"

P154

Kaori(Kyou): "You’re of the suicidal type." "You’ve been very talkative…" "I knew you would speak a lot when we first met." "I guessed by the way you handle women." *smile*

Man: "Hu…"

Kaori: "To do such dangerous things…" *has a rock hidden in his hand* "Ha! That’s it!"

P155

Kaori: "You must have the same eyes." *throws the rock to the man’s glasses, then grabs the hand that holds the knife and approaches it to the man’s head* "Hey! Isn’t it a great feeling?"

Yoshitsune: *running to join them* "Kaori!? Stop!!"

P156

Kaori: *back to normal, he lets the armed hand go* "Hu? Shima-san?" You told me to stop?

Yoshitsune: "Idiot! Don’t let his hand go…!!"

APP: *knocking the guy out* "It’s… dangerous~~!"

Yoshitsune: *to Kaori* "Why have you done such a dangerous thing…"

Kaori: "It was only a small threat."

Hotori: "APP!"

APP: "Hotori."

P157

Hotori: "I’m sorry!!" "Have I hurt you? I said horrible things…" "I have also hurt Shuuhei-san… He must think I’m a cruel woman…"

APP: "You’re wrong! I really…" *Yoshitsune takes off his wig* "…lo…" "Shima!!"

P158

Yoshitsune: "Hotori, your request was satisfied."

Hotori: "Wha… APP is… Shuuhei-san?"

APP/Shuuhei: *blushing* "Y… y… yes…"

Hotori: "Tell me! What’s the end of what you were saying?"

Shuuhei: "Hu? No…" "Well… It’s ‘ve you’"

Kaori and Yoshitsune: "He said it!"

Yoshtsune: "Damn…" "What do we do with this guy?"

P159

*back in the mansion*

Hotori: "Daddy!"

Hotori’s father: "Hotori! Where have you been? I was growing worried!"

Hotori: "There has been trouble, but it has ended now." "Isn’t it, Aunt?"

Hotori’s aunt: " !!" "What… what are you saying?"

*Yoshitsune pushes the prisoner so that everybody can see him*

Man: "O… Ouch!"

Yoshistune: "Your lover Tetsurou told us everything. But actually you have been suspicious since the beginning."

P160

Yoshitsune: *surrounded by Kaori and APP* "Did you know what was in the testament before the announce?"" "You thought you’d be safe because you were with the guests." "And the preparations to have the candelabra fall were already made."

Hotori’s aunt: "But my brother made a mistake! To give everything to a young girl and a stranger…"

Hotori’s father: "I have always been dependent on other’s money. I also made this decision for you."

Hotori’s aunt: "…!"

Yoshitsune: "Hey! If your brother died, would you be sad…" "…or would you worry for the inheritance?"

P161

Yoshitsune: "I don’t believe in this self-confidence. Until when are you planning to run away?"

/Have I been on the wrong way all this time?/

*later*

Yoshitsune: "Well, shall we go?"

Kaori: "It’s about time indeed."

Yoshitsune: "The Christmas party was somewhat disturbed."

Hotori: "Well…" "Since Shuuhei-san said he loved me, it’s far enough!" "Moreover…"

P162

Hotori: "I also met Shima-san and Kaori-kun!"

Yoshitsune: "You became very docile all at once…"

Hotori: "A certain event made me feel love."

Yoshitsune: "You…" *sweatdrops*

Shuuhei: "Shima-kun, I’ll give back what I owe you next time!"

Yoshitsune: "What are you talking about, Hyuuga!" "I discovered who the criminal was thanks to you…" *realizes something*

Shuuhei(APP): "Since APP is still alive, first I’ll give you everything back!"

Yoshitsune: "Just now… wasn’t it APP?"

Kaori: "…yeah…"

Chapter 4 – Owari desuuuuu!