Fruits Basket Volume 1: Chapter 6 Translated by Zeynep (zgoral@gmail.com) Found at Chiisana Inori http://fruits.prettysenshi.com/ It's the sixth chapter of Fruits Basket! This is the start to my little Fruits Basket manga translation project, found at my Fruits Basket site, Chiisana Inori. You can also find scans for the manga there. This translation is not to be reproduced anywhere else, under any circumstances. It was made for people who have the Japanese Fruits Basket manga (or want to buy it) but don't know Japanese. I hope you enjoy this great manga series. =D % Lines that aren't spoken $ Lines that are flashbacks [] Actions/descriptions are in brackets () My own notes on the translation are in parentheses. Enjoy! Questions and comments are welcome! E-mail me at zgoral@gmail.com. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ P176 TOHRU Please make sure and eat the salted fish in the rifridgerator quickly. There's only a little bit of soy sauce left. Ah, and the day for taking out the non- flammable garbage has changed, just so you know. Also, here's the address for my grandfather's house. SHIGURE You're definitely leaving tomorrow? P177 SHIGURE You looked after a lot of things, didn't you? TOHRU No, not at all. Thank you very much. I will carry the secret of the Souma to the grave, I won't tell anyone about it. SHIGURE Good luck in your new home. TOHRU Yes. I won't be discouraged. %TOHRU %I misunderstood... SHIGURE I thought that you would've stopped her. P178 YUKI Why? Ever since the beginning we had agreed that she'd stay only until the renovations were finished. KYOU She... isn't it weird that a stranger is living in this house anyways? SHIGURE .... Then why is the atmosphere so heavy? %TOHRU %I misunderstood. P179 %TOHRU %It's not like we were going to become a family. TOHRU Ever since I was a kid, I wasn't able to fit in wherever I went. $TEACHER $It's time for recess. Everyone have fun playing. [Chalkboard says: FRUITS BASKET Put chairs in a circle, pick someone to be a monster, assign each person a name of a fruit, and move when your fruit name is called.] $STUDENT $Attention! You are an apple. You are a banana. A cherry. A pear. A peach. %Honda is a riceball!! %TOHRU %Those days, for some reason I was always picked on by the boys. That was one of %the times that I was picked on. P180 %TOHRU %But I... $TOHRU $A rice ball... that sounds so tasty... $STUDENTS $Let's go! Apple! Peach!! $[They all laugh] %TOHRU %As I watched the fun game in front of my eyes, I waited for a rice ball to be %called out. I waited earnestly. Somehow, I wasn't very smart. P181 TOHRU Long time no see. Please take care of me from today on. %TOHRU %From the very beginning, a rice ball doesn't belong in a fruits basket. P182 SHIGURE Looks like she's really gone. It was a very lighthearted goodbye, wasn't it? .... Though it was lighthearted, it's turned to a melancholy feeling, Tohru-kun. P183 $TOHRU $Strawberries! I love strawberries! You give off a warm glow. $Please become my friend again, okay? P184 $TOHRU $I like the cat of the Juunishi! I wanted to be born in the year of the cat! $Right straight (punch)! P186 %TOHRU %Everyone... I wonder if they ate their breakfast. I still had more things to $say before I left, after all. But I'll see them again at school, right? GIRL Ahhh, are you finished tidying up already? TOHRU Ah... please excuse me. I'm almost finished. GIRL Geez, finally we move into a bigger house, why do I have to share a room?! P187 GRANDFATHER Kyoko-san. GIRL It's "Tohru," grandpa. GRANDFATHER They need you downstairs. TOHRU Um... How may I be of help? AUNT I wanted to talk about this ahead of time and get it out of the way. Tohru-chan, you lived in a house with men up until now, right? I found out from the detective agency. TOHRU ?! GIRL No way! Living together?! How daring!! TOHRU The detective agency... but why? AUNT My eldest son's dream is to become a detective so if there's any worrisome history relating to relatives, it's helpful. P188 AUNT Though I thought going to the detective agency was exaggerated, back in the day, Kyoko-san was rebellious. Like mother like daughter, they say. I was worried. While living in this house, be careful you don't do anything careless. TOHRU .... BOY COUSIN Tohru-chan, did you do anything indecent with those people while living there? [fx: SLAP] P189 AUNT G--grandpa?! GRANDFATHER Don't you guys know anything else other than ridiculing people? I'm sorry, Kyoko-san. TOHRU What? GRANDFATHER Don't think too badly of them. They're just rotten people...!! AUNT & BOY COUSIN Wait a minute, grandpa!! Don't take her side!! GRANDFATHER What? What did I say? P190 GRANDFATHER However, this is where my most important family is. Even if they say things like that, I can bear with them. But you don't have to bear it and stay here. TOHRU That's... GRANDFATHER Oh, don't misunderstand. I'm not kicking you out or anything. Just, I think that for Kyoko-san, just bearing with the situation didn't work. Kyoko-san had to live somewhere where she could spread out her arms wide. That's what Katsuya said. %TOHRU %Father... GRANDFATHER That's why this house would've been unworthy for Kyoko-san. If there happens to be somewhere else you'd rather be, then feel free to go there. P191 TOHRU That's... unworthy... I'd get punished by the heavens. I was brought up with such a loving mother, I have such amazing friends... %TOHRU %I received all that kindness from Souma-kun and them... I've got a roof over my %head, I should be grateful for all of these things... TOHRU I'm truly blessed. %TOHRU %But... but still... P192 %TOHRU %I want to go back. Somehow... I never thought that leaving the Souma house would %make me this sad... I wanted to learn so much more about Souma-kun and Kyou-kun. %Eating breakfast together with them, talking about all kinds of things... %So much more... the truth is... P193 %TOHRU %I didn't want to leave. TOHRU I wanted... I wanted to stay together at their house with Souma-kun, Kyou-kun, and Shigure-san. %TOHRU %Am I being selfish? Is this proof of my self-indulgence? YUKI Is that so? P194 YUKI Then come back. TOHRU What?! AUNT Who is it?! [Small print: He's cute...] P195 [fx: GRAB] KYOU We're going! TOHRU Ah! Kyou... kun... too... um, Kyo... ah... [fx: being dragged away] YUKI Since the door was open, we just came in. Are Honda-san's things upstairs? AUNT Wait a minute! What is this all about?! YUKI We came to take Honda-san back. BOY COUSIN What?! Could it be you're the person that Tohru-chan's been living with?! [Small print: So you're a guy?!] YUKI ....... P196 [fx: fwing!] BOY COUSIN Wha!! YUKI Don't call her Tohru-CHAN in such a familiar way, you low-life. TOHRU Um... Kyou-kun, how did you find you way... KYOU You gave us the address on your own, didn't you?! It was so hard to find! Just for you, I had to go searching with that damn Yuki! $KYOU $You're wrong! Give me that map! $YUKI $No. $KYOU $Compared to you, I'd do much better!! TOHRU ... P197 KYOU I'm not sure why I did something like this. Not having you around irritated me for some reason. I don't understand why, and that bothers me even more! %TOHRU %Even though you fought, you came to get me... KYOU Anyhow, the point is... if you didn't want to leave, you should've said so from the start!!! TOHRU How did you know that...?! KYOU We heard it. All of it. TOHRU .... KYOU ..... P198 KYOU Isn't it better to say selfish things sometimes? If people say them everyday it's too much, but in your case... it's okay to whine sometimes. It's okay to say selfish things. It's okay to be discouraged. P199 $KYOU $It's okay to be discouraged. TOHRU ........ KYOU Wha?! What happened?! Why are you crying?! Hey!! TOHRU I... want to... go back... P200 $KYOU $It's okay. TOHRU I want to return to the house where we all live... KYOU ...... Then let's get going!! TOHRU ! P201 $VOICE $Rice ball!! %TOHRU %This kind... P202 %TOHRU %You won't be able to find anyone more lucky than I. KYOU Hey. TOHRU Yes? YUKI You have snot coming from your nose. TOHRU Oh. [fx: sniff sniff] %TOHRU %Mother... [fx: clap clap clap] SHIGURE Congratulations, you've successfully kidnapped the princess! YUKI Refer to it as a "rescue." KYOU People will misunderstand. TOHRU Um... I'm back. P203 SHIGURE Yes yes, this is good. Leave the rest to me! Not that I have much to do. TOHRU Ah! No! Don't think of it! From now on I won't cause any more trouble! SHIGURE It's okay, it's okay. We'll return to our normal lives with Tohru-kun. These two nearly killed me to get the address. I'm glad their efforts were successful. Yaa, it was the first time I saw Yuki-kun so panicked! YUKI I wasn't all that panicked...... KYOU All lies. You looked so regretful that I couldn't bear it anymore. P204 YUKI That was what YOU were like. [fx: PUNCH] KYOU Damn Yuki!!! SHIGURE Though it's this kind of household, welcome Tohru-kun. TOHRU Thank you! %TOHRU %I'm home, my new family members. KYOU I'll defeat you today!! YUKI Go ahead and try. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ End of volume 1 chapter 6