Vampire Yui Book I - "Senseki no Yuki hen" (Chapters of Bright red Yuki) by Kakinouchi Narumi translation (from Japanese to Chinese) done by Artkin Enterprises Ltd. translation (from chinese publication to english) by Linda Chui Fall, 1992 The following material can be distributed freely for non-profit purposes only, and all credits and notes (include this one) must remain intact. Chapter 1: "Arata naru meza me" (Brand new awakening) Chapter 2: "Toji rareta ike" (The closed/sealed pool) Chapter 3: "Sakura mau toki" (When sakura flies) Characters: Yui - Because her father is one of the "shinma"s on the loose, Miyu came and gave her the "vampire blood baptism". Her mom, Sayuri, is a descendent of the ancient "Ghost" clan's controller/keeper. Nagi - A descendant of the "Ghost" clan, he was picked up and raised as a human when he was still a kid. His brother, a human, was taken away by Yuki. His motives of befriending Yui is... Miyu - Living in the dimension of darkness, she is a descendent of the superior clan of vampires. She is a visitor from that dimension, the keeper/watcher of the run-away shinmas, just like a vampire hunter. Yuki - The vampire blood in her has "awaken". With great powers, she managed to rule and control the "Ghost" clan and all related monsters/demons. However, for her love of Nagi's brother, she chose to sleep eternally at the bottom of her "Pool of Illusions". : Ghosts are gods, ghosts are ghosts. >From ancient times, there is no such thing as gods to the ghosts, and no such thing as ghosts to the ghosts. Ghosts - human calls those who fear darkness ghosts, and those who give life gods. In a bright red pool, a beautiful lady is controlling the ghosts. Those bright red lips, those saddened eyes... Yuki - When her ice cold fingers touches the young man that she loves... : Her dream begins... Deep down in the bright red pool which is thirsting for blood, the two lovers sleep. There's no one who can wake them up now. Saki, who shares the same blood as twin sister Yuki, her blood slowly passes down to the present. Quietly, without anyone knowing....and then...that bright red blood...in Yui's body... Chapter 1: "Arata naru meza me" (Brand new awakening) : Miyu: Come here! Yui: I can hear it... Miyu: Come here, the new me... : Miyu: Finally awakened...I've been waiting for this... I'm Miyu, heh heh, are you a little surprised? I'm your sister, and your mother, and also... : Yui: You...me? you are myself? Who exactly are you? and who am i? Is this a dream? ...I'm Yui, I'm Yui... : Sae: Good morning, Miss Yui! Wake up! The sun has risen already! Yui: It's still early... Sae: Hey! Get up! Breakfast is getting cold... besides, your grandma is waiting for you. : Yui: Grandma!!? Sae: Yup. She said she's in a good mood today, so she wants to have breakfast with you...So please! hurry up and get ready. Yui: Oh gosh! What's going on here...this is rare, eating breakfast together??? Gee..and today's one of those odd mornings which I don't have to wake up early for school... Yui: Er...Good morning! Grandma: You're so noisy all morning... Yui: ..please excuse me.. Grandma: One can tell how lazy you are from your everyday life. This is going to affect your school's reputation. You don't want people to say that you're like this because you don't have parents, do you? Grandma: Alright, sit down and let's eat Sae's cooking. Yui: Hai...(yes). Classmate1: Good morning, Yui! What's up? You look very tired. Yui: I don't feel like doing anything today... Classmate2: That's because you were out late, Yui. Classmate1: Out late? Classmate2: Yeah, I was jogging when I saw you, you were on the way somewhere. Yui: huh? Classmate1: This girl... Yui: Really? Where did you see me? Are you sure it was me? Classmate2: Right near my home. Yui: I can't even remember it myself. Classmate2: I'm not kidding. Background: Standup! Background: Salute! Yui: That person.. hm? How come it seems that I've talked to her somewhere before.. Who is she? Yui: Oh gosh! How come my heart is racing? That person's got gold-coloured eyes.. My throat has dried up...I'm so thirsty.. I don't feel well anymore...my heart's failing.. Background: Yui???? Teacher! Teacher: What's wrong? Is she low on blood? Where are the health services people? Background: Yui! Yui!.. Grandma: How's Yui? Sae: She has been sleeping since she fainted. Grandma: Is she going to become a vampire too? Sae: The doctor said there's nothing wrong with her health, though. Grandma: Will she become just like Sayuri? Miyu: Yui, Yui... Yui: I hear a clock ticking.. Miyu: Yui, it's me. Are you very thirsty? Let me quench your thirst.. Come.. Yui: Where are we going? Miyu: To the other side of time.. Sayuri: What a beautiful night.. Sayuri: I've got something to tell you, please return quickly. You need to go to Kyushuu for a week? For business? Grandma: Sayuri! Sayuri: Mom? What's the matter? Grandma: Although it's been quite warm, the nights are still chilly, you know. Let's get back into the house. You know your health affects the baby too. Sayuri: Hm...maybe he isn't returning as soon as I wish. Grandma: Maybe we should call him at work. Sayuri: Oh no! This is something that I want to tell him personally. Grandma: Yes, yes. I really wish this is a son. Our family's a female dominated one, we had to adopt little boys all the time. Sayuri: I know.... : But mom, I want to have a lovely little girl. I can make her cute little dresses, teach her sado (tea ceremony) and ikebana (flower arrangement). She'll also have beautiful ribbons. She'll be the most wonderful little girl in the world. Grandma: You ok, Sayuri? You've been silent all the while. Sayuri: Nothing. I just feel happy, that's all. Miyu: What a sweet and gentle girl. Her family is warm and happy, and she's beautiful. Yui's mother. However, all shinmas have to return to darkness... Sae: Madam! Your husband had an accident!!! He's...dead! Sayuri: : I have your baby... Sae: Poor girl, still so young, but isn't it weird?..... Sayuri: : I want a daughter, what about you? Sae: At the scene of the accident, your husband's body cannot be retrieved. It seems that the body had been badly burnt. Sayuri: : I met a girl named Miyu. She said this will be a girl, is that true? Miyu's an incredible girl, just like an angel. Miyu: Sayuri, I give you the eternal dream.. Sayuri: Because of her...I really like Miyu a lot. Sayuri: Please return as soon as you can. The child and I..will be waiting for you. Narrator: Shinma and human's child - Yui. Miyu's blood is also flowing in Yui. Sayuri is not in this world anymore... Miyu: Poor Yui. Haven't even seen her parents' faces. Miss Sayuri, is gone. Her dream ended... The last time I saw her....but what brought her back to reality? Miyu: Although she lived in a dream.. Sayuri: Who's this? Miyu? Miyu: Good evening, Sayuri. Sayuri: So it's you, Miyu! I'm so glad you came. I have picked a name for my daughter, see if you like it. She's called - Yui. Sayuri: I think of you a lot. I want to have you around forever (Miyu). Yui brought us together. Miyu: : A beautiful female. Yui, this woman is your mother. Sayuri: It's Yui that brought Miyu and I together. Miyu: Yui, wake up! What you saw just now was a memory of the past, that is deep down in my heart... Yui: Huh? Miyu, I'm very thirsty! Miyu: Heh heh...here, drink. Miyu: My blood. So cute, my Yui. Miyu: Yui? Larva: Hm..it seems that she hasn't completely turned into a vampire yet. Maybe she needs more time, we'll send her home for the day. Nagi: : I won't accept it! This is just a dream. A lie! What vampire? I will not accept it! Yui...It will only be good for you if your blood never wakes up. Then you'll be just like a normal person, with illness and death. Perhaps... Nagi: ....that's Yui's happiness... Miyu: Hm? Larva: Yes, I know. Who could that be? Not a shima, not a human, either. Miyu: Keep an eye on Yui. Teacher: Ok! That's it. I hope everyone will have a meaningful summer holiday. Background: Standup! Salute! Classmate1: Yui still hasn't come back to school yet. Classmate2: Let's go visit her today. Classmate1: That's a good idea. Why don't we give her a call first. Yui: What will become of me? Day and night, reality & dreams, everything's all mixed up for me. Sae: Yui, your schoolmates are here. Classmate1+2: Ya-ho! Still alive? Yui: You're all here. I'm so glad. How was the graduation ceremony? Classmate1: Of course it was boring! Classmate2: You look healthy. Classmate1: A little pale, though. It's summer, you know. Yui: Thanks a lot, I'm really happy that you came. Classmate2: This is no big deal... Classmate1: Yui... Classmate2: Is it because of her paleness? She looks ill. Classmate1: Hm, she must still be recovering. I wanted to go swimming with her. Classmate1: Looks like she'll be ok. Classmate2: Hm..She's the only child, maybe that's why she's a bit depressed. Yui: : My throat is dry... Classmate2: Hey! Did you give the class notes to Yui? Yui: : I want to drink water... Classmate1: Oh dear, we got so caught up with eating that we forgot the important stuff. Classmate2: But Sae's cooking was really good. Yui: : ..blood Classmate1: That was so delicious. Classmate2: I agree. Yui: I WANT BLOOD! Classmate1: : Yui? Classmate2: wh-what..? Classmate1: : It's Yui? Classmate2: WHAT'S HAPPENING??????? Classmate2: Somebody! Somebody help! Narrator: The time has come - The new vampire princess has awaken...the blood... Narrator: ..cannot go back now. Yui: Is this a dream? Nagi: That idiot... Yui: Morning is almost here, hurry.. Miyu: Alright. Finally. I'm relieved. I have to hunt down all the shinmas. Maybe it's time I get Yui to help me... Miyu: Yui, you are a vampire now. Narrator: A new time, has begun. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2: "Toji rareta ike" (The closed/sealed pool) Narrator: ...water...the water is moving. Something is disturbing the silence.. Narrator: Who wants Yuki to wake up? Yuki: Who? Who are you? Yui: Me? Yui: : I am Yui. This place is...is this still a dream? Once again I'm lost. Is this reality? Am I dead? I don't know why, but I'm always tired. Who exactly am I? Nagi: You are ... a vampire. Nagi: Just like the lady sleeping in the pool... Yui: Who's this????? Nagi: Return to the pool...and wake up the sleeping Yuki. Yui: Pool? You mean the swimming pool at school? Nagi: Idiot! What danger could possibly be in those small pools? You should know better than I do... Think carefully, you should know... Yui: Who's Yuki? What has this got to do with me? Nagi: You... Or you can say you're Yuki. Because that lady is asleep, the pool's space in time is closed. Even I cannot find the entrance to it. Nagi: You must know... Yui: You...you're not human? Nagi: huh? What am I, I don't even know the answer to that myself. But I'm probably not human. To me, there's no such thing as time, just like you. Yui: Time does not mean anything to me? Nagi: A vampire has to live on human's blood. Yui: Really? All the while... Nagi: Even you, have to feast on your friend's blood. Yui: Stop it! Nagi: How was it? Delicious? She seemed to be alive and well again.. Yui: Please stop.. Nagi: And also...a very beautiful girl. Yui: Please stop... Nagi: You are not facing reality. I want to enter the pool...and wake up Yuki. I want to take back the one thing that once was mine. Yui: Take back...? Yuki's mom: My beautiful twin daughters... Yuki: Mom... I can't stand it, I'm thirsty again.... Yuki's mom: Yuki.... Why? At this point in time???? Our family's..been cursed. That blood...should've been cut off. Yuki's mom: Yuki, you can't exist in this world! Look! There's a pool behind you! A pool...submerge into its depths... confine into its darkness... Saki: Mom! What are you doing???? Saki: Is this your wish? You want to kill Yuki? Yuki: Big sister...help... Saki: Mom! Please stop! Yuki's mom: Look... the pool receives her with delight...HAHAHAHA.. Saki: Oh god, what's happening here... Saki: The pool took Yuki away... Yuki! YUKI!!!! Nagi: Big brother... I saw a very pretty lady swimming in a pool of water.... Nagi's brother: huh? Nagi's brother: Is it a hidden one? But...wait, where could that pool be? Is there a pool nearby? Nagi: Yup. I think it's over there... behind the dense fog...a pool as beautiful and clear as a lake. Just like a dream... Nagi's brother: A pool in the fog.... Nagi, that's a vampire. Nagi: vampire? Nagi's brother: That's what grandma always say... In that beautiful pool in the fog.. there's a beautiful lady.. that survive on human's blood. Guys that have reached your age should be more careful. Nagi: My age? What's that...? Nagi's brother: Yuki of the "Pool of Illusions" is a vampire. Nagi's brother: She takes the blood of men... Nagi: Big brother??? Watch out!! A vampire???? Watch out for those gold-coloured eyes!!! Nagi's brother: ..and stains the pool in red... Nagi: Get Yuki out! Yui: You're hurting me! Nagi: Your blood must be boiling to go back there! Summon the pool... Yui: wh-what..is that? Nagi: They found out? Nagi: Yui! Yui: Hai...(yes)..! Nagi: Jump! Yui: Yikes, we really have to jump? Nagi: Let's get to that tree! Nagi: Wanna get rid of these guys and go home? Yui: What is this noise? Water.. Nagi: Acient sea monsters... Is Yuki's awakening this scary?? Nagi: Now! Finish "him" off! Nagi: Struggle, struggle. Yui! Go back to the human world! Nagi: Yui? You ok? Nagi: Could it be....the pool? Yui: It feels very heavy at the chest..I can't breathe... Yuki: The water is moving...what is it that's trying to wake me up? Who? Please! Don't wake me up, let me stay in this silence... Nagi: Yuki's sleeping at the bottom of the pool, right? What about the man beside her? Yui: The man? Hmm...the woman's asleep, but it seems impossible to wake her up. Nagi: Yui! Nagi: Yui.. Yui: The breeze is warm... Nagi: We're back in the real world. Yui: : this is the temple nearby. Is this reality? Yui: Huh? What's your name? Nagi: I'm Nagi, what do you want? Yui: Ah..I'm sorry.. I was thinking...how come there's no pattern on your forehead? Nagi: Only when blood rushes to my head, then they'll show. I've said that before, I'm not human, probably a descendant of the "Ghost" clan. I was picked up and raised by humans long long time ago. I was just like human. However, my time had disappeared since then. Just like you. Yui: My time...has stopped? Nagi: Yup, you're pretty clever. Yui: What do I have to do to die? Nagi: Ha! You can't die. Vampires are immortal! Nagi: Rather than struggling to live in the human world, why don't you return to the pool and get acquainted with Yuki? Call on young men to the pool when you're thirsty... Drink their blood, make them stay at your side forever! You only need their blood.... Nagi: Use those lips! Use those teeth! Take away their lives! You and I are both monsters... We're monsters...and bring tragedy to the ones we love... we can't even protect our loved ones... Yui: How come you're crying? Nagi: Me? I found the pool. Or should I say I called on the pool. Yuki: You're not human? Oh, you inherited the blood of the "Ghosts", right? You're called Nagi. Nagi: Big Brother! Nagi: What are "Ghosts"? Nagi's brother: What are you talking about? You're my brother! Don't ever go near the pool again. Nagi: The pool is like an illusion, sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. I'm confused... Yui: Nagi... Is your brother in the pool? Nagi: What now? You want blood? Yui: No, if I don't drink blood, I'll...be able to die. : I can hear your heartbeat... Nagi: Really, if you want blood, I can give you some. Don't be stubborn. Yui: No! Your goal is the pool, right? Yui: The thing you want to take back is...your brother? Yuki....I understand why she went into a deep sleep. She must be in love ...with your brother... Nagi: Nonsense! Nagi: You're a vampire. You share the same blood as Yuki's. You're her twin sister's descendent... And then...you're the alarm clock to wake up Yuki... However, once Yuki wakes up, she will lose her freedom of living... You have become the target of the darkness, you can't continue to live in the human world as before. Yui: : This much pain...for me..I still can't die? It's so cold.... Nagi: Yui? You're cold! Yui? Yui!? Yui: : If I don't drink blood...it'll be this painful forever? Who is this? I feel very warm. Warm blood...flowing in my body. Nagi? Is this your blood? Sae: Yui, your friend is here. Yui: Please come in. Friend: Yui, are you low on blood again? You've got to get your strength back. That incident about the girl...try to put it out of your mind.. Yui: Thanks... I'm ok now. Narrator: Amidst the fog, a spirit appears in a pool.. A vampire which lives on human blood... Friend: ? Narrator: ...blood from the man she loves... Yui: what now? Narrator: When those gold-coloured eyes glow brightly, the pool will be tainted bright red ------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3: "Sakura mau toki" (When sakura flies/dances) Kyoko: The sakura in Yui's courtyard blooms so magnificently every year. This is so beautiful... Yui: Hm? Kyoko: But it looks like this year's blooming is a lot more impressive than last year's. Yui: When father died, it was during the time sakura withered. When mom died, it was also the time when sakura bloomed and petals were blown all over the courtyard. Grandma: Yui, look... These sakura blossoms are part of our family legend. They are just outstanding and pretty...... We should have a beautiful spring this year. Yui: Grandma... I ...I have something that I want.. Grandma: What is it? No need to hesitate, just tell me. Yui: : Mom...is she human? : Mom...is she....human? Grandma: Huh? Sayuri? Yui: Aa...I mean, what kind of a person is she? Grandma: Hm...her? She's a very proud daughter... and also a beautiful woman. Yui, you look just like Sayuri. Your eyes, mouth, everything is the same... Yui: Me! Do I really look like mom??? Then, I'm her child, right? Grandma: Huh? Yui, what are you talking about? That.. Yui: Oh no, I mean.... Grandma: You're my grand-daughter. Sayuri gave birth to you under this very roof... Is this a joke? Yui: I'm sorry... Does mom want blood then? Is she just like me? I'm such a bad kid, I haven't been behaving.. Grandma: Oh! Yui...don't say that... Yui: : Are the sakura weeping? Is mom weeping? Are these flying petals sakura's tears? This year's sakura came and went. Grandma: You are a bright and very gentle child. Grandma: When you grown up... and meet the man you love.. You will become mature and lady-like, just like your mother. Yui's a child that everyone loves. Every girl should be like that. Grandma: An excellent man will appear in your life, definitely. Yui: Grandma, I... : cannot grow up... GRANDMA?????????? Yui: Grandma!!!!! Shouji: Yui! Yui: Ah. Shouji: How is your grandma? Kyoko: Oh, sempai (a salutation for one's senior) Yui: Hi. Shouji: I heard that she fainted... Yui: Yeah, but her condition is stable now. The fact is, she hasn't been very well for the past few years... Shouji! Why don't you join us for sakura-gazing. Shouji: Is it ok? You've got friends with you... Yui: Hey. I'm sure Kyoko would be a lot happier with you around. Kyoko: Yui! Yui: Well? Oh, congratulations for passing your high school entrance exam. Shouji: Thank you! I just feel relieved, that's all. Kyoko: But that's a really famous school! You're superb! Shouji: Thank you. It's you and Yui's turn to write the exam next year. Yui: : ...next..year.. : Kyoko is a straight "A" student, therefore, I hope she can enter the same school as Shouji. : ..to me...next year ...will never come. Kyoko: I wonder if we can still enjoy watching the sakura blossoms next year.... Shouji: Since Yui was a child, she would sit here all day and become mesmerized watching the sakura blossoms. Just for watching sakura! However, there's no glutonous rice balls for snacks. Yui: Ha. But Kyoko brought cookies. Shouji: Oh? Yui: Kyoko made them herself. Shouji: In that case, I'll have to come sakura-gazing every year. Because I can have these delicious cookies... Yui: : Kyoko's affections are understood...I'm sure.. These sakura blooms every year, just for two people's enjoyment. Shouji: Watching sakura blooming? Yui: Yup. Mommy is sakura... Shouji: huh? Yui: Daddy and mommy both became sakura after they died. Aren't they (the two of them) pretty? Shouji: Sakura-gazing again this year. Yui: Yup! They are the prettiest this time of the year. If I don't watch them now... Shouji is now a junior high school student, congratulations! Shouji: Next year will be Yui's turn. Yui: Right. I'm always one step behind. But I'll be following you! Shouji: Yui, your grandma will recover soon. Yui: Shouji is so gentle... No matter what happens...he's always so gentle... : Actually, I hate sakura blossoms. When they bloom beautifully, they will take me away. Yui: : Who could it be this year? Could it be grandma? Or Yui? Yui: : After dad died... Mom became a dreamer. And then, she died of a heart attack. The guy with the mask and the girl named Miyu... Miyu: What beautiful sakura! Yui: : They know I have inherited Yuki's blood too? Miyu: The sakura blossoms in here are like the guardian of Yui's courtyard, they are so beautiful. Since a long time ago, these blooming sakura blossoms have been protecting this home, and they will continue every year. Yui: : Why are they trying to befriend me? Perhaps, mom was also one of Miyu's victims? Shouji: Good night, Yui. Narrator: The sakura blossoms have been watching everything in here. Yui: Ah. Good night. Shouji: It's getting a bit chilly out here, you'll catch a cold if you don't go back in soon. Yui: Ok! : Sakura, Sakura, Please tell me, why are you so excited? Yui: : I can't sleep tonight... is it because I need blood? Or is something going to happen? Do the sakura blossoms know? No wait, this feeling is... Yui: Sakura? Yui: Wow! Just like "Jack and the bean stalk"! : What now? I... Are they coming at me? I have to be calm... they came from the pool.. Yui: They even have the guts to intrude this house... If I return to the pool like this, then there'll be trouble. And if Yuki awakens, there'll be more trouble. It's not that I don't want to return to the pool.. it's just that I don't want you to come into this house. Yui: My grandma is sick in bed! And I don't want her to know...that I'm a monster. Please leave this place...quietly. Yui: My hands....? What now? Yui: They disappeared? They got wrapped up by sakura blossoms... Is this my power? Nagi: Hey...not bad! Yui: Nagi! Nagi: Very good. Yui: That wasn't my will power... Nagi: You look like your blood pressure is really low. Over-slept again? Yui: I don't know why, but there was some energy coming out of my body. And then, it seemed that the pool and this courtyard's dimensions got linked together. Nagi: You can't escape from it.... The pool won't let you go this easily... If we could just get rid of these monsters.... Yui: The sound...of water? The pool? THE POOL! Yui: The pool? The one in which Yuki sleeps...the bright red one... The one that I should return to? Yui: What...what is this? Nagi: I don't even know which is reality... Although I won't accept it... I...know that pool.. Yet I can't deny that the pool brings back memories... Narrator: A pool tainted with red from the human world. Yui: : The vampire blood flowing in my body is rushing to return to the pool. Yui's not human! Narrator: Sakura's tears fell into the pool.. White petals fell into a red pool... Yui: : Is this my imagination? Yui: That girl called Miyu...has she left? Where is she now? : Is she looking for blood? I'm thristy too.. : My throat has dried up... Nagi: Go drink some human blood! Just like humans consuming fish and meat, blood is essential to vampires. Nothing wrong about that. If you know the technique, you don't even need to kill the person to drink from him/her. Hey! Why are you ignoring me?? I still have some unfinished business! Hey! Nagi: Turn around! Yui: Nagi... Nagi: What now!? Yui: The ghost...it's at Kyoko's! Nagi: It's after you! Yui: I must go! He took Kyoko away already, where could they have gone? Nagi: Yui! Wait! He wants to lure you away from here! You better not fall for that! Yui: But didn't you say that I can't escape from this fate?? I have to go! I have to save Kyoko... Ghost: Yui, the girl that is very important to you is gonna die in my hands....hahahaha...you better come here quick....Yui...before I crush her... Yui: It's a castle..the Kikujou on a hill to the east. Yui: The ghost...is waiting, waiting for me... Kyoko is there too. Nagi: If you're not in your own courtyard, the odds are against you... Yui: I know. Nagi? How come he's not around anymore? He's not helping me? Yui: : Kyoko, wait for me! I will fight. I will fight. Ghost: I've waited for so long, Yui... How come it took you so long? Yui: What did you do to Kyoko? Ghost: Nothing. I just want to lure you here, so I used her as bait....If we're in your courtyard... Ghost: The odds are against me. She's a good girl, sleeping right now... Yui: Why don't you be good and sleep in the pool then! This is the human world, you ghosts should return to Yuki's. Return to the pool now! Ghost: I just managed to gain back my freedom, would I return there? As long as you're alive, you'll disturb Yuki's sleep, and that means trouble. Yui: Ha haha...am I alive?? There's nothing called "being alive"...these cold lips, this body that would never grow.. My body...is it still alive? What about myself? Ghost: Yui! Ghost: Blood is Yuki's breath of life.. Yui! You must thirty now! Yui: Mr. Ghost, this way! Come over here! Kyoko! Yui: She was fed sleeping pills! Hm! I'm glad she's ok... Sleep on.. Hm! Ghost: You didn't even duck for that one... A very brave young lady. Yui: It's the real thing from now. Ghost: What? Sakura? HAHAHAHA... Yui: Hahaha.. Mr. Ghost! This way! Yui: Come over here! : Would I succeed? Could I defeat that armour? Yui: Come now! If a fight is inevitable, it's better to pick a spot with a great view. Ghost: Little girl, can you guess why I lured you away from your courtyard all the way to here? Yui: That hurts! Ghost: HAHAHA..you're still a baby, an infant. In a world outside of yours, what can you do? Yui: : Yui, you must keep your head cool. Yuki will protect you. She will definitely protect you. : Yeoow! Ghost: What is it now, Yui? Water? Ghost: Where did it come from? The ceiling? Yui: The pool... Ghost: You sure can control the pool at will. However, your technique is not perfect yet... Hm...you do look like Sayuri up close. Yui: : Sayuri? Mom? Mommy? Ghost: What happened to the courage you had just now? HAHAHA...now let me finish you off! Yui: : What? you know my mother? Nagi: Yui! Ghost: Who is this? How dare you attack me? Yui: NAGI!!!! Nagi: Didn't I tell you this? The odds are against you! Yui: I'm so glad you came... Ghost: Another kid? A stupid guy! HAHAHA...this sword loves blood too, you guys are in trouble. Just like Yui, this sword is thirsting for blood! Yui: NAGI!!!!! Yui: Nagi! Nagi! Ghost: A stupid guy indeed! Nagi: Stop screaming, I'm OK, this is nothing at all! Yui: I can't forgive you! Yui: Come now! I am going to kill you. Nagi: Yui... Yui: Yes...I am a vampire! I have inherited Yuki's blood, and I'm the guardian of the pool... I can't let you fool around. I'm gonna banish you back to the depths of the pool. Ghost: HAHAHAHA...cute little Yui You wanna fight with a broken sword? Nagi: YUI!!!!! DON'T!!! Yui: Haha! Come here and get me! Nagi: YUI!!! Yui: Don't worry...I can do it! Ghost: Boisterous... Nagi: Yui... Yui: If I don't do it, I won't be able to protect grandma and our home. And also those sakura... Sakura...lend me your strength. Grandma: Sakura? What are they complaining about? Please...don't try to call upon vampires from this family again. But it doesn't matter, Yui...will not be awaken. Grandma: Sayuri left this world just like others... Yui will also be like us, just like normal people.. with life and death... Sayuri: Yui is a good kid... Let us wait for dad to come back.. When will Miyu come by again? Ghost: Like Sakura, with life that lasts for just a fleeting moment, how ironic.... Sayuri: Miyu? Ghost: The woman who has inherited Yuki's blood - Sayuri. Sayuri: Oh....Who are you? Ghost/also an image of Sayuri's husband: Sayuri Sayuri: It's you. Ghost: Oh...the two small openings on your neck...are you in a dream? But then, who saw me? Sayuri: Oh, it's really you. So you came back. I've been waiting for you. Please look at our Yui. Ghost: Sayuri...let me show you the shocking truth. Ghost: Your beloved husband's death. Narrator: Although Sayuri was in a dream.. Ghost: The bright red blood that's in your family... Very soon, the time might come that you'd be awaken. Sayuri: Oh....? OH........ OH...! AHHHHHH!!!!!! Narrator: What led her back to reality? Although Miyu gave her a dream... Ghost: Heart attack is a illustration of human weakness. I should also stop Yui....Sakura.... Although I got blocked that day... I won't let you live this time... Good bye! Yui Yui: Bye-bye! Yui: Not yet! Yui: Ahh! Yaaaaaaaan! Nagi: YUI! Nagi: Uuu. Yui: : Blood? : NAGI! Nagi, your shoulder is wounded! Nagi: I know! I feel the pain too! Hold on tight! I'm gonna pull you up! Yui: Nagi! Nagi: That was so dangerous... I was so worried... Yui: Thank you! Ghost...has it disappeared? Nagi: There are sakura petals flying everywhere. Hey! Are you in pain? Yui: My chest...it's very painful : The fading image of a lady which appeared briefly.. Mother? Yui: Nagi's shoulder must hurt a lot. This time I'm gonna pay back the blood you gave me last time.. Nagi: : Incredible blood, cold and painful..but the body becomes warm. Yui: OK! There! I have to return Kyoko home before dawn. It seems... The sleeping pill is still effective! Yui: Kyoko...good bye I.... I cannot stay here. I am the target of ghosts...and you will grow up to be an adult.. I... will be left behind... Yui: : Yuki has closed off her heart...she cannot hear me.. But if she wakes up, your brother will become one of us. Yuki loves your brother! Therefore she cannot kill him Therefore she cannot give him unbearable pain... She locked herself...and your brother.. into the darkest depths of the pool.. forever sinking... Yui: The two of them, could they be having the same dream in their sleep? Nagi: If my brother was just like the others, had life and death, lived a normal life, that would had been better. Yui: But you don't know what's in his heart! Your brother loves Yuki...he knew everything about her but still he wanted to be with her! You know this, don't you? Nagi: I don't want to know! Yui: : The mermaid princess sleeping in the pool... Did she become a bubble and disappeared...to be with her prince? : Beautiful sakura petals....shedding tears... Yui: : This feeling...Grandma! : GRANDMA! Yui: Grandma... : I know you have to leave me one day...but not this...you left too early... : grandma... : Just like ice...as cold as mine...these hands... Right, I'm also dead...maybe I'm a spirit...however.. Yui: Ohhh..ahhh.. : Although I'm dead..but I'm still ..alive..like this? My voice...I can't speak? Grandma... My chest is in pain...I can't breathe... Can't breathe! Yui: : Sakura petals are flying, tears are flying Sakura blossoms in the courtyard are also weeping... Shouji: Yui, what's the matter? Yui: The relatives from father's side seem to be quite difficult, right? I don't know them very well. Shouji: Aren't you an orphan? Yui! Are you ok? Yui: Hm! Nothing. Thanks for what you've done today. Yui: I don't know why, but I always have this feeling, this prediction, that this year's sakura...but then... Shouji: ? Yui: Oh! Right! I heard from Kyoko that you asked her out to a movie. Shouji: Uh? Haha... This is for saying thanks to the cookies she made for us during sakura gazing. Yui: Oh? Shouji: Has Kyoko gone home yet? Yui: Hm...I think it's something about her health...that's why.. Shouji: She looked very pale, is she short of blood? Come to think of it, Yui you look very pale too. Yui...are you really ok? Yui: Heh heh! My make-up makes me look more feminine? Shouji: hahaha...I'm enchanted by you... Yui..you can talk to me any time..because you're my adorable sister...I'll always pray for your happiness..wherever I am. You can always cry on my shoulders. Yui: Thanks, Shouji. Narrator: Yui has no more regrets, just by hearing those gentle words of comfort, nothing matters any more. Shouji's mom: Shouji! I need your help! Shouji: Ah. It's mom. Ok, I'll see you later. Yui: Hai! (Yes!) Bye-bye! Miyu : Bye-bye. Yui's life as a human shall all be erased...only today, in memory. This house will also become history. Shouji : Bye-bye? Yui? Miyu : Sakura has withered... Shouji: ? Miyu : The flying petals are sakura's tears, Yui's tears.. : Only today, everything will disappear... Miyu : Everything was a dream... Everything will disappear, Yui will become someone from another space in time. We are vampires, we catch people with these hands, and draw blood with these lips... Our time goes by impalpably under the shadow of the human world. Larva: Yui's gone. Miyu: Sayuri, who gave birth to Yui, is also not here anymore. The truly beautiful Sayuri...her features, her heart, everything about her was beautiful... I like beautiful things...that's why.. I didn't want to see her cry...that's why.. Although I gave her a dream, but it got shattered by a ghost. Ghosts...flowing in Sayuri's blood, the mysterious tale about the pool... Yui...my adorable double, even if the extraneous blood in you awakens... Miyu: Yui is my daughter, Yui is my sister. And Yui is Yui... Shall we go, Yui? The past is wiped out... Sweet Yui....good bye. Narrator: Yui is carrying sakura blossoms in her hands Narrator: And then, sakura flowers were left behind at the scene... Kyoko: Shouji sempai, what happened here? Shouji: All I know is sakura blooms most beautifully here every year. THE END OF BOOK 1 Vampire Yui Book II - "Asagi iro no toki hen" (Time in xxx colour) by Kakinouchi Narumi translation (from Japanese to Chinese) done by Artkin Enterprises Ltd. translation (from chinese publication to english) by Linda Chui Summer, 1993 Comment on the insert of cover: "I used to have 3 weaknesses in manga drawing. One of them is drawing traditional Japanese clothing. But i found that watching Kabuki and xxx helps a lot. Now I've not only overcome this weakness, I've also become very fond of drawing xxx=fuku (kimono?). But now I feel that western-fuku is hard to draw." "Tojou jin butsu shou kai" (Character Introduction) Chapter 1 "Yoru ni naku shounen" (boy who cries at night?) Chapter 2 "sama yoeru ike" Chapter 3 "Sakura ga chi ni somaru toki" (when the pool is tainted by blood) >From ancient times, ghosts are gods, and gods are ghosts. The two are difficult to distinguish. Ghosts - people call those who haunt in the dark ghosts, and those who give life gods. Monk: It is getting cold...it may snow soon. - ? Flowers falling...sakura? No, it's snow Monk: - snow pixy leaping in the wind... wearing sakura coloured clothing Monk: a girl carried along with the snow... black hair flowing... Monk: I feel mystified....she disappeared in one blink of an eye A girl filled with the spirit of spring in the snow That's....sakura Yui: Good evening. Yui: Oshou sama (Chief Priest), it's snowing outside Monk: - the snow pixy just now... To himself: no...a sakura pixy? Nagi: Please take good care of her Monk: Take care...? Huh? who's child is this? Yui: Me? My name is Yui. ==================================================================== still working on it... linda