Fruits Basket Volume 2: Chapter 12 Translated by Zeynep (zgoral@gmail.com) Found at Chiisana Inori http://fruits.prettysenshi.com/ It's the twelvth chapter of Fruits Basket! This is my 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. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ P162 $AKITO $Hatori is like the snow. %HATORI %Ever since the beginning, I've suppressed people's memories at Akito's or my %father's command. I knew Yuki would be hurt but I still erased the memories of his friends. At that time, Akito's words... $AKITO $You're cold like the snow. P163 %HATORI %Were they correct? TOHRU Hatori-san!! Thank goodness, as I thought, it's Hatori-san. I don't know what I would've done if I were mistaken. %HATORI %Honda... Tohru? TOHRU Happy new year! [Tohru fx: huff huff] HATORI You too. TOHRU I couldn't tell who you were for a second... Your hair has gotten longer. P164 TOHRU But you look cool, like Shigure-san. HATORI What...? I've been too busy lately, I should cut it. %TOHRU %.... What? HATORI By the way, are you alone? TOHRU Yes! I'm just returning from the first temple visit of New Year's with my friends. Souma-kun and Kyou-kun went to visit the main house. %HATORI %Lies. Kyou is fine, but Yuki too. This is the first time that "The mouse didn't %come." There's was such a clamour. P165 %HATORI %But... $SHIGURE $They probably wanted to spend New Year's with Tohru-kun. %HATORI %I feel I should praise her. TOHRU Are you out shopping, Hatori-san? HATORI No, I just wanted to get some fresh air. TOHRU You really are busy, aren't you? %HATORI %To prefer this girl over Akito... TOHRU Ah -- it's snowing! It's gotten cold today. Somehow, it's strange to experience the first snow of the year with Hatori-san. %HATORI %I... P166 %HATORI %I'm no good, after all. TOHRU Wha?! HATORI ! TOHRU Ah...... P167 [fx: SLAM] TOHRU Ha... tori... san... !! P168 TOHRU WATER!!! No! Or is it... sea water?! Water?! Which one is it, Hatori-san?! %HATORI %Ah, it's something we'd laugh at among ourselves... $SHIGURE $Because it's the Year of the Dragon, he's a sea horse. Somehow it only suits $Ha-san, doesn't it? If he actually turned into a dragon, I don't think it $would've quite suited him, right? %HATORI %It's so familiar. Honda Tohru's reaction is just like hers. P169 %HATORI %She... Kana... $KANA $Hello, I'm Souma Kana! From today on, I'll work hard at being your assistant! $But it's strange that we've been in the same family yet have never spoken $before. But you're cool Hatori-san, and you're popular even with the "outside." $HATORI $Let's get to work immediately... $KANA $It's snowing!! I thought it would!! Oh, is it alright if I ask you a question? $When the snow melts, what does it become? P170 $%HATORI $%Does she think I'm some kind of idiot? $HATORI $It turns into water, of course. $KANA $Wrong! It turns into spring. I like spring the best! %HATORI %A person can change a total stranger for the better with emotions. They can... P171 %HATORI %She was my spring, for the darkness that was confined in me, for all the snow %that had gathered within me. She was the fresh and clear spring. P172 %HATORI %And then... $KANA $...... %HATORI %I was discovered. $KANA $WATER!!! No, sea water?! Which one?! Which one is it, Hatori?! $HATORI $Just one thing, if you throw a real sea horse into the bathtub, it'll die. $KANA $Is--Is that so...? $KANA $That was surprising... P173 $KANA $But now I understand your reasons. I was thinking why you wouldn't embrace me. $That's right, you were scared, right? You keep yourself distant from strangers, $right? Even more, the one you love the most. But don't be afraid, I won't $reject you. I'm happy that I met you, Hatori. P174 $KANA $I'm happy that I fell in love with you, Hatori. I want to be with you. %HATORI %The tears came forth. Ever since I was born, it was the first time I was %recognized by someone. It felt as if I had been saved. Like the breath of %spring melts away the snow, the tears didn't stop. P175 %HATORI %From then on, for the next two months, we were literally living a dream. She $said as she laughed, it's as if we were living years of concentrated happiness. $HATORI $Even now, that smiling face pierces my heart. %HATORI %The end of the dream came the day we told Akito we wished to get married. $SHIGURE $Akito!! Wait a minute, you'll get hurt, stop!! P176 $SHIGURE $Kana-chan, hurry, Hatori... Akito! $AKITO $How can I give Hatori to you?! What do you think you're playing at?! You can't $even do anything about the curse! We don't need you! We don't need you! If $Hatori's eye goes blind, it's because of you! It's all your fault! It's all $your fault! It's all your fault!! P177 %HATORI %She was broken. Whatever I said, whatever I did, she kept crying. I wasn't able %to blame Akito. The curse... So she was shattering. Her heart was shattering. $AKITO $Isn't it time you use your concealment skill? Erase her memory. If it were $anyone else, they wouldn't be able to do it. P178 $AKITO $Right now, what's causing her pain is her feelings for you, her love for you. $Isn't it your last duty as her lover to end her pain? I think that she actually $wants to be released. She wishes for you to let her forget. $KANA $It would've been better if we hadn't met... P179 $KANA $It would've been better if we hadn't met, wouldn't it... $AKITO $She wishes for you to let her forget. %HATORI %Is this my punishment? Even if it hurt, even if it made people cry, if it was %an order, there was nothing I could do, and I'd erase their memories. Is this %my punishment? Does this mean I must erase my most important person's most %important memories, our most beautiful moments, with these hands? P180 $KANA $I... I couldn't... protect you. I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Hatori... $%KANA $%I'm happy that I met Hatori. %HATORI %I'm the one who should apologize. I'm the one that wasn't able to protect you. %Even until the end, you were thinking of me. If the reason for her pain is her %love for me, if it's because of this that she's shattered, then I don't want %her to continue so sad. $HATORI $Thank you, Kana... it's alright now. P181 $HATORI $Because you won't suffer anymore. %HATORI %God, this time, I pray for her to meet someone that will make her happy. Even %if I'm surrounded by unmelting snow, even if I die, it doesn't matter. P182 %HATORI %Somehow... somehow... TOHRU Hatori-san... Hatori-san. P183 TOHRU Hatori-san!! HATORI ... It's cold. TOHRU That's because, um... you're not wearing clothes... Um! I mean, I didn't see anything!! Remember, we met, and then I tripped... and then you transformed. %HATORI %Oh, that's right. TOHRU I was wondering what I should do, I took you to a place with less people to wait for you to retun to your normal self, but... HATORI Did you see? TOHRU No! Absolutely not!! HATORI My... Juunishi form? TOHRU Yes... P184 [Small print at Hatori: Has a complex.] TOHRU But I didn't think it was weird or anything!! Though I was surprised, it was really cute, and very unexpected... HATORI I'm going to put my clothes on. TOHRU Ah, then I'll get you something warm to drink. %HATORI %I haven't had dreams of Kana for a long while. I wonder why I dream of her now? %Is if because of this snow? GIRL1 So you decided, congratulations, Kana! GIRL2 I was thinking of how it's been such a long while since you came here. GIRL1 Are you going to talk about the wedding to your parents now? GIRL2 Why didn't you bring your future husband? I wanted to see him! P185 KANA He's really busy with work. The wedding will also be held at his house. GIRL1 Hey, hey, what kind of person is he? KANA He's the kind of person who never lies. Whenever we're together, I feel safe. But in terms of looks, Hatori-san is much cooler. GIRL Ah! She said it! KANA But he's only the person I can long for. Now I end my secret love. It's been so long since I've visited the Souma house... I wonder if I can see Hatori-san? P186 GIRL1 Are you thinking of being unfaithful?! KANA I'm not! I've got a passionate love now! %HATORI %The girl who I haven't seen for two years, still has the same laugh. I see, %she has become very happy. I'm glad. I'm glad... HATORI Congratulations. P187 TOHRU Who are you congratulating? HATORI Nevermind, it's nothing. %HATORI %Time flows by so quickly. If I were to say I'm not sad at all, I'd be lying. %It's for the best. Letting her go was for the best. I'm happy to think this. %Somehow, somehow, be happy, even if I'm surrounded by never-melting snow, even %if I die. $KANA $Hatori-san. P188 $KANA $When snow melts, what does it become? HATORI You... when snow melts, what does it become? TOHRU What? Ah, um, well... It turns into spring!! Right now, no matter how cold it is, spring will always arrive, no matter what. It's strange, isn't it... P189 %HATORI %Someday, no matter how cold it is now, the snow will melt. No matter what. TOHRU Is coffee okay? HATORI Your bag. %HATORI %No matter what. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ End of volume 2 chapter 12