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Cassette Book Collection Volume 3
And, The Five People; Part 5
(sound of train)
Shuu: "Ryo, cheer up. Your father must be O.K. Maybe he just hid in a safe place (so that he didn't come back)."
Ryo: "Sorry that I caused you so much trouble, Shuu, at the special time you came visiting me."
Shuu: "Don't talk silly. Mind not such thing. AAAHHH, I'M HUNGRY. RYO, WE CAME IN A HURRY AND DIDN'T EAT THE BREAKFAST, DID WE? OOH, THERE IS THE ONEE-SAN (literally means elder sister. Could be used to address informally of any elder female in the same generation) OF THE TRAIN SERVICE (In Japan, there are service cart selling meals, drinks, in almost every long-distance train) Wait for me, Ryo. I'll buy the lunch back. EXCUSE MEEE" (Shuu running)
"(talking in a distance) well, this....this.....and this...., and I want two cans of tea. Onee-san, you have big breasts (*laugh*)"
(Shuu runs back)"The frozen orange has sold out. Anyway, let's eat, Ryo. There is a saying 'You can't fight when you feel hungry.'(eating.) This is pretty delicious. Eat! Ryo! Aah, a grain of rice jumps to there (*laugh*) Sorry, sorry. (Keep eating)"
Ryo: "Thank you, Shuu."
Shuu: "I don't know other ways to cheer you up. Maybe it's mere a consolation, but I think that there won't be anything bad happened to your father. Why? Because he's father of Rekka no Ryo.'"
Ryo: "hmm"
Shuu: "Anyway. Take a nap after eating. You didn't sleep much last night, did you? I'll wake you up when we get there."
Ryo: "Thank you. I'll do as you said."
* * *
(sound of a book falling on ground)
Shin: "shush, Touma! You shouldn't make big noises here. It's a library."
Touma: "Sorry. I can't get rid of the habit I developed in Nasti's place."
Shin: "Do you find something?"
Touma: "Yes. This one looks pretty interesting."
Shin: "Let me see. Yes. This is the one I read."
Touma: "But this is not about a fox. An Onmyoushi ('Onmyoushi'-a shaman with special power) who was born in the Capital City (the current Kyoto) escaped to the Northeast (where Miyagi Province is ) because the bad things he had done in the Capital. He then did bad things to the village residents in Northeast."
Shin: "did bad things...and?"
Touma: "There stories are similar. Then he's sealed by a famous monk. (Sigh) Too bad that we can only find about so much. Let's look for another while. If we can't find anything new we'll move to another place."
Shin: "O.K."
* * *
(sound of crows)
Shuu: "(panting)This...mountain....is...pretty...difficult..."
Ryo: "And there are places crumbles and falls off."
Shuu: "But the local police said that no one was found died or hurt."
Ryo: "Where did Dad go?"
Shuu: "Hey, Ryo! Look at that!"
Ryo: "A (small) shrine? In such a place?"
Shuu: "All the other things were burned, but the shrine stays unharmed. Why?"
Ryo: "Let's go and take a look."
(running)
Ryo: "Something is inside there....it looks like a stone. And....Hey, someone lays on the ground. Are you O.K.?....???Dad?"
Shuu: "WHAT!! Your Dad?"
Ryo: "Dad! Dad! Wake up!"
Ryo's father: "Who are you?"
Ryo: "It's me, Ryo! I hurried coming here when I heard that you're involved in the mountain fire."
Ryo's father: "Ryo? Never heard."
Ryo: "Dad?"
Shuu: "Anyway, Ryo. Let's take your dad out from the mountain for the mean time."
Ryo: "Yes."
Ryo's father: "I'm not getting out of this mountain."
Ryo: "Dad??"
Shuu: "?Why did he say that? Dad-san?("Oyaji-san", Oyaji means father, a informal way to address someone else's father)"
Ryo: "I have no idea either. But Dad appears somewhat different than usual."
Ryo's father: "I'm....I'm (groaning) ESCAPE...."
Ryo: "Dad!"
Shuu: "What's really happening?"
Ryo's father: "Es....escape! Ryo!"
Ryo: "It's Dad! Dad! What's wrong?!"
Last Updated 10/28/01, Copyright 2001 Nina. Posted with Permission from Nina Nov. 2008
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Cassette Book Collection Volume 3
And, The Five People; Part 6
(Sound of running and panting)
Seiji: "Ryo!"
Shuu: "Seiji! You come for us!"
Seiji: "What happened?"
Ryo: "Dad is....My Dad is..."
Ryo's father: "(groaning) Escape, Ryo!"
Seiji: "...?! These eyes are....!"
Shuu: "What's wrong, Seiji?"
Seiji: "I don't really understand, but I'm sure that Ryo's father's body is being controlled by something."
Ryo: "What did you say!"
Ryo's father: "He is right. I am not myself right now. Something strange is inside my body...(groaning)"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Ryo's father: "Escape! Hurry up!"
Seiji: "Ryo! It's better to do as your father said now."
Ryo: "How can I leave him here when he seems to be in so much pain?"
Seiji: "Ryo!"
Ryo: "He is my only Dad!"
Seiji: "I understand your worry about your father, but the atmosphere here is just too abnormal!"
Ryo: "But, Dad..."
Ryo's father: "Please! You! Take Ryo with you! Hurry up! Leave this mountain as soon as possible! This mountain is dangerous!"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Seiji: "Understood. We will certainly return and (bring the) help. Ryo! Let's go!"
(Running)
Ryo: "Dad!"
Shuu: "Ryo! Hurry!"
Ryo: "Dad!"
(Running)
Shuu: (panting)"Is...that...youja...again?"
Seiji: "That's impossible. Youja is sealed by us completely."
Ryo: (panting)"What happened?...What happened to Dad?"
Seiji: "I don't really know, but there were ominous stories about this mountain in the old times. Maybe it's related."
Shuu: "Ominous stories?"
Seiji: "People were forbidden to enter this mountain until Meiji Period. There were also stories about a fox monster that is sealed in a stone."
Ryo: "A stone?"
Shuu: "Thinking about it, there was a shrine, and there was a stone inside it. But stories are just folk tales, aren't they?"
Seiji: "Don't take folk tales too lightly. A lot folk tales are based on true stories of the past."
Ryo: "But, why is that [related]?"
Seiji: "I have no idea. Let's go back to the village. We'll meet Shin and Touma there."
Ryo: "Shin and Touma?"
Shuu: "Really? They're coming, too?"
Ryo: "I caused trouble to everyone... again."
Seiji: "Don't mind it. We are companions, aren't we?"
Shuu: "That's right. Don't feel so reserved!"
Ryo: "Shuu, Seiji."
Shin: (yelling from a distance) "Ryo! Seiji! Shuu!"
(Running close)
Shuu: "Shin! Touma!"
(Running)
Touma: "Sorry that we're late. We just got here."
Seiji: "Haven't seen you for a long time. Do you find here without trouble?"
Shin: "Yes."
Touma: "Ryo, what happened? You looked depressed. You can't find your Dad?"
Shuu: "We found him, but..."
Touma: "Why? What's wrong?"
Ryo: "My dad is....strange."
Shin: "Strange?....in what way?"
Ryo: "The only thing he said is telling us to escape."
Touma: "What! Really?"
Seiji: "It seems to my eyes that Ryo's father is being possessed by something."
Shin: "Possessed? What does that mean?"
Shuu: "I don't know. He told us to escape because this mountain is dangerous."
Ryo: "I....abandoned my dad there."
Seiji: "You can't do much under that situation."
Ryo: "But!"
Shuu: "Cheer up, Ryo! It will be all right. We're all here, aren't we? We will surely turn your dad back to normal."
Touma: "As expected, it's that stone."
Ryo: "A stone? Seiji said something similar a while ago, too."
Touma: "In fact, Shin and I did some research. There is a stone in which a bad spirit/ghost is sealed in the mountain."
Seiji: "A bad spirit/ghost? I was told it's a fox while I grew up."
Shin: "The folk tale I read also wrote about a fox. However, in a more detailed document/infomation in the university library, it's said that it's actually an Onmyoushi, not a fox"
Ryo: "Onmyoushi?"
Touma: "Right. The document said that an Onmyoushi from the Capital used his power for bad things and was sealed into a stone by a famous monk."
Shin: "We think that it probably mixed with the tale of 'the Oxhide Fox' after all these years although these two stories happened in different periods."
Shuu: "And?"
Touma: "Don't you think the mountain fire last night was strange?"
Shuu: "Thinking about it, the shrine of the stone is the only thing unburned in such a huge fire."
Seiji: "Something happened and the being being sealed was released....and that being possessed Ryo's father's body?"
Shin: "That's possible."
Touma: "Although it's just a guess."
Shuu: "Anyway, we can't just leave it alone!"
Seiji: "Yes, we have to hurry up and help him."
Ryo's father's voice: "......Ryo....."
Ryo: "Dad?"
Shin: "What's wrong, Ryo?"
Ryo: "I heard Dad's voice suddenly. You can't hear it?"
Seiji: "You heard your father's voice?"
Touma: "We didn't hear a thing."
Ryo's father's voice: "Ryo, be careful."
Ryo: "Be careful? about what?"
Ryo's father's voice: "This bad spirit/ghost is very powerful. If you don't be careful, you'll be..."
Ryo: "What bad spirit/ghost? How can we help you?"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm....(groaning)"
Ryo: "Dad!"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm losing control of my consciousness...(groaning)...It hurts!"
Ryo: "Dad! Where are you?"
Ryo's father's voice: "I'm...The place I'm in is...."
Ryo: "Where? Where did you say, Dad! AAAAHHH(Crying)."
Shuu: "....Ryo has...disappeared?"
Shin: "What happened?"
Seiji: "Ryo!"
Last Updated 10/28/01, Copyright 2001 Nina. Posted with Permission from Nina Nov. 2008.