Yorozuya Toukaidou Honpo

Saenagi Ryou

Chapter 6: Lost Memories

Translated by Kudou Omi

Note: Etou… Gomen, once again it took me a damn lot of time to translate this chapter. Why? Because I don’t know how to work fast, because I’m not very good in Japanese, because I’m busy with my work, and because my father’s computer had to be fixed to get internet back. ^^; I quite hurried to post it as soon as possible once the internet connection worked, so there must be lots of mistakes. I also think I should work English more. Lol Well, I hope you’ll enjoy the translation as much as I enjoy doing them!

P6/7

Yoshitsune : *waking up on the floor* "Hu…? Whe… where am I?" *realizes he’s chained by a collar* "Wha… what’s that???? It’s locked!" /What the hell is that!? I remember… I entered this apartment today in order to meet a client… I can only remember until when I drank some tea…/

P8

Girl: *entering the flat with shopping bags* "Ha! You finally woke up, Yoshitsune-kun!" *smile*

Yoshitsune: "!! You~~~!!"

Girl: "See! See! I was gone to do some shopping!! Yoshitsune-kun! Do you like bread with cheese?"

P9

Yoshitsune: "What the hell are you thinking?!?"

Girl: "Ok! You prefer omelet!!" I’ll cook it right now!

Yoshitsune: "Hey! That’s not the problem! Tell me what’s that!!"

Girl: "What is it? It’s a collar!"

Yoshitsune: /Wh… wha… How can she answer this way…?/ "Don’t joke! I came to hear your request! I don’t have time to waste playing with a brat!!"

P10

Yoshitsune: "Hurry up and set me free! Shiina Taeko!"

Taeko: *starts to cry*

Yoshitsune: "!! Sorry! I shouldn’t have spoken that loud…"

Taeko: "I… since the first time I saw Yoshitsune-kun, you’ve been on my mind…"

P11

Yoshitsune: "Since the first time?"

Taeko: "You don’t remember??????? I was coming back from lessons and someone stole my wallet. You caught him… then came to give my wallet back to me. I was crying…"

Yoshitsune: *flashback* "Look! Stop crying!"

Taeko: "You gently stroke my head"

P12

Yoshitsune: "Now that you mention it…"

Taeko: "To help people with your cheerful attitude, I like it."

Yoshitsune: *slightly embarrassed* "Really? But how did you know about Yorozuya?"

Taeko: "But you talked about it yourself!" You even told me your name! "My request is: I want you to stay with me. Since you work in a jack-of-all-trades, it’s okay, isn’t it?"

P13

Yoshitsune: "It’s the first time I have such a request. First take off this collar."

Taeko: *very angry* "No way! I won’t!!"

Yoshitsune: "Taeko?"

Taeko: *back to normal* "It’s ok! This room was vacant so I moved in a few days ago. The gas still works so I’ll cook delicious meals. You can reach the toilets too. Since starting from tomorrow there’s a three days holidays, I’ll be able to come. But I won’t stay at night…"

Yoshitsune: "The manager will get angry."

P14

Taeko: "No problem, the manager is here."

Yoshitsune: "Yeah…" *sweatdrop* /She doesn’t seem to be dangerous but… I don’t know if it’s not what I hate most./

Taeko: "I’ll cook the omelet!"

Yoshitsune: "O…ok…" /I don’t have the mobile I had when I came here…/ She hid it? /Kaori went to New York to model for a magazine, he doesn’t know that I’m here. But I think he’s coming back tomorrow./ "Hu?" /I wonder if something bad will happen in the meanwhile…/ *there’s a pin on the floor* /what a luck!/

P15

Kaori: *at Yoshitsune’s flat* "It’s strange! I came to give him the present he had asked me."

Yukinobu: "Kyou! Yoshitsune isn’t home?"

Kaori: "He wasn’t there."

Yukinobu: "And he doesn’t reply phone calls? Can’t he be in the middle of a case?"

Kaori: "But Shima-san is the kind of person to always keep his promises… It’s really strange!"

P16

Taeko: "School starts today…"

Yoshistune: "Then hurry up."

Taeko: "It’s ok, school isn’t 15 minutes from here. By the way, since I have always been out during the holidays, my mom was angry. But we’ll spend next Sunday together. But don’t worry if I can’t come."

Yoshitsune: "Don’t come."

Taeko: "Hu? Why!?"

Yoshitsune: "Isn’t it a shame?" For your mother.

Taeko: "It’s alright."

Yoshitsune: "It’s not."

P17

Taeko: "Do you happen to not get on well with your mother?"

Yoshitsune: "It’s not that!! …….. I’ll tell you. Two years ago, they died in a fire, father and mother. I couldn’t believe they were dead. That’s why each time I see fire, I’m getting scared. It’s difficult to think that they’re no longer here."

P18

Yoshitsune: *surprise by Taeko’s hug* "Wh… what’s wrong?"

Taeko: "It was painful wasn’t it? But it’s okay now. I’ll stay forever by your side."

P19

Yoshitsune: "Taeko?"

Taeko: *suddenly breaking free* "Damn! I’ll be late for school!! I’ll come back as soon as school ends!" And I leave at 4pm today! "See you later!"

Yoshitsune: /What was that, just before?/ "Well then…let’s remove this collar."

P20

Kaori: *taking his mobile as he’s waking up* "Yes?"

Yoshitsune: "What? You’re still sleeping?"

Kaori: "Shima-san!? Where are you? I couldn’t contact you!"

Yoshitsune: "Ha… I’m sorry…" *sweatdrop* "I finally had the opportunity to remove my collar."

Kaori: "Shima-san…"

Yoshitsune: "Hu?"

P21

Kaori: "Have you started a dangerous job?"

Yoshitsune: "You’re wrong!! F… first I have something to ask you. Can you come?"

Kaori: "Hu?"

*at Taeko’s flat*

Kaori: "This girl isn’t dangerous? Then wasn’t escaping the best solution?"

Yoshitsune: "That’s what I thought at first but… I have reasons to want to stop her." /Or she’ll probably die./ "I could see her real form an instant."

Kaori: "What!?"

P22

Yoshitsune: "And could you go to her school? I wonder if she’s not being bullied… I don’t know if she has friends."

Kaori: "Damn, there’s nothing I can do…"

Yoshitsune: "What’s up? You’re angry?"

Kaori: "I’m not."

Yoshitsune: "Yes you are!!"

Kaori: "I’m not."

Yoshitsune: "You are!!"

Kaori: "Not at all."

P23

Yoshitsune: "If you have something to say, just say it…Whoa~~!" *they fall on the floor* "Ha… haha…"

Kaori: "……….."

P24

Kaori: "You feel better doing your job alone somehow."

Yoshitsune: "Wha…"

Kaori: "It’s better if you decide things alone."

Yoshisune: "Hey…Hey! Kaori!! It’s the way I work!! I won’t leave the client alone!"

Kaori: "It’s true, it’s your good side. You take into account the feelings of the people you’re with."

P25

Kaori: "But you don’t know my feelings. See you." *leaves*

Yoshitsune: / What was that? There’s something I didn’t understand…!? Ha? It’s my first quarrel with Kaori./

P26

Yoshitsune: /The first time I met Kaori, I though he had the same way to smile as my father. Apart from that they’re completely different. Now I don’t mix them anymore. But Kaori is Kaori./

P27/28

*At Taeko’s schoolgates*

Kaori: /Shiina Taeko. She’ll probably wear pink clothes today, and her hair is wavy… Like any girl?/

Boy: "Heee? You won’t come and have fun today again? Taeko-chan is boring!"

Taeko: "I’m sorry! See you tomorrow!"

Taeko’s friends: "Byebyyyyyyyye!"

Kaori: /What? She doesn’t look that naive. I’ll follow her./

Taeko’s firend 1: "But she looks fine."

Taeko’s friend 2: "Yeah. When Tomohiro-kun left, she looked depressed for a while. She cheered up."

Kaori: /Tomohiro?/ "Hey! Tell me…"

Taeko’s friends: " ? Ha! It’s Kyou, the model!!!"

Kids: "Great! A famous performer!"

Kid1: Who’s Kyou?

Kid2: A model!

Kaori: *literally attacked by the kids* "I only wanted to ask you something…"

P29

Kaori: "Who’s this Tomohiro-kun you talked about?"

Boy: "Taeko-chan’s best friend!"

Girl: "There’s a picture of him."

Boy: "There’s Taeko-chan and Tomohiro-kun. Here…"

Kaori: *looking at the picture* "!! It’s…"

*at Taeko’s flat*

Taeko: "Kyaaaaaaaaaaa! You’re cuuuuuuuuute!!" *heart*

P30

Yoshitsune: *with a cat’s hears* "……….. Don’t joke!!" *takes the hears off*

Taeko: "Ha~~! I bought them because I thought they would suit you… Ha! Now I’ll cook your favorite stew!"

Yoshitsune: "…? I never said I liked stew."

Taeko: "Hu? You don’t like stew!? I’m sorry!" What can I do?

Yoshitsune: "Taeko…"

P31

Yoshitsune: "Taeko, until when do you plan on continuing this game? I also have a life, and I don’t know if a special request came. Moreover, Kaori must be worried…" /I made a mistake, she’ll be angry/

Taeko: "…Who? Who’s this Kaori?" *hard look*

Yoshitsune: "…A friend."

Taeko: "More important than me?"

Yoshitsune: "More important than you, you say… But I don’t know a thing about you! And you won’t tell me. Taeko, is it right when you prevent people from leaving with this thing?" *holds the chain*

P32

Taeko: "Why are you talking to me that way!? Why are you angry!? Since you came here you didn’t smile at all!!"

Yoshitsune: "You can’t be frivolous in such a situation!!"

Taeko: "Tomohiro had fun this way!!"

Yoshitsune: "I see, I am his substitute."

Taeko: " !!"

P33

Taeko: "But… You look like him… like Tomohiro…"

Yoshitsune: "Where is he now?"

Taeko: "He’s dead."

Yoshitsune: "!!"

Taeko: "One month ago, he was ran over by a car. He was so kind. He was my most important friend."

P34

Yoshitsune: "Tae…"

Taeko: "That’s why… I was scared that you could go outside. I don’t want to know this sadness again!!" *runs away*

Yoshitsune: "…Taeko!!"

P35

Yoshitsune: *trying to take off his collar* "Shit!" /I was too impatient. If I had been kinder, it would have been alright…!/ *gets rid of the chain, runs after Taeko, but he passes by the kitchen in fire* / Because Taeko’s feelings…/

P36

Yoshitsune: /I experienced them too./ *faints*

Kaori: *running in the street* /I couldn’t get to know where Taeko went./ *a girl runs into him and falls* "Whoa!? I’m sorry!! ……….!! Taeko…..!!"

Taeko: "!?"

P37

Taeko: "How… do you know my name?"

Kaori: *mobile phone rings* "Yes?"

Yoshitsune: *at the other end of the line* "……."

Kaori: "Hello?"

Yoshitsune: "Ka… o… ri…"

Kaori: "Shima-san!? What’s wrong!? Damn! There’s no reply! Taeko-chan, what did you do to Shima-san?"

Taeko: "I … I did nothing!"

P38

Teako: "Until I lit on the fire…"

Kaori: *running* "That’s it!! Shima-san!!" *enters the flat, invaded with smoke* "Shima-san!!"

P39

Kaori: *taking Yoshitsune in his arms ;)* "That’s why I told you I was against!! If anything happened, I could have been here to help right away!"

Yoshitsune: "I… I couldn’t… put out the fire…"

Taeko: *after throwing water on the fire* "Yoshitsune-kun!! Are you ok…!? … Where’s the collar?"

P40

Kaori: "It’s easy for him to take it off. Moreover, he was able to contact me. But…Because he was worried about you, he didn’t move.

Yoshitsune: "Taeko… This is Kaori. He has the same way to laugh as my father. That’s why I understand your need to look for Tomohiro’s features in others."

P41

Yoshitsune: "But what do you think of forcing others?"

Taeko: "But Yoshitsune-kun… Didn’t you become friend with Kaori because he looks like your father!?"

Yoshitsune: "Not at all! Kaori understands our mutual weaknesses. He’s my fellow!"

Taeko: "Have you given up your father and your mother?"

Yoshitsune: "I gave up."

P42

Yoshitsune: "Their substitutes. It’s useful to no one."

P43

Yoshitsune: *as Taeko cries* /After Taeko cried excessively, she apologized to everything we said./ *later in the street* Yeah! Look at this! This record is still being sold in Japan!! Thank you!"

Kaori: "You’re welcome."

Yoshitsune: "By the way…"

Kaori: "Yes?"

P44

Yoshitsune: "Tomohiro… he really looked like me that much? There was no picture… I would have liked to see him…"

Kaori: "I… I guess so…"

Yoshitsune: "Well, he must have been good looking right?"

Kaori: "……." /When they gave me that picture… I couldn’t believe Tomohiro was a dog./ *sweatdrop*

Yoshitsune: "Why are you grinning?"

Kaori: "Nothing." /He looks like him…/ And he’s of the dog type.

Owari desu!