Fruits Basket Volume 3: Chapter 13 Translated by Zeynep (zgoral@gmail.com) Found at Chiisana Inori http://fruits.prettysenshi.com/ It's the thirteenth 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. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ P7 GIRL1 Hey, hey look at that boy! He's so cool!! GIRL2 Really! But I wonder what he's doing? Is he lost? GIRL2 He has an air about him, like he's a clubber. GIRL1 Let's talk to him, maybe he'll hang out with us. P8 [Haru fx: click, stretch, BAM] [Haru fx: SHINE] [Bike fx: chingle, chingle] P9 %TOHRU %So winter vacation and diplomas have passed, the third term has begun. %I'm enjoying living at the Souma household, as usual. KYOU That's how it always is! You think you can see right through me... One day I will get an "I'm sorry" out of that mouth of yours. YUKI I'M SORRY. P10 KYOU WRONG! You bastard! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?! YUKI You're the one causing a scene in front of the store. You should be ashamed. KYOU Acting superior!! This girly boy is showing his true self!! YUKI I've already shown my true self, you stupid cat. TOHRU Sorry to keep you waiting... um... YUKI Oh, Honda-san! Welcome back! P11 TOHRU Sorry about that, there was a lot of stuff to buy. It's heavy, too... YUKI Don't worry about it, I'll take care of that. Look, if you're going to come along, help too, you stupid cat. KYOU Stop saying stupid things!! %TOHRU %And these two are also the same as always. They're on bad relations... KYOU The point is, why am I warming up to you by going out together?! YUKI Just hurry up... %TOHRU %The truth is, my New Year's wish was for "Those two to become better friends," %but... I even went to the first temple visit of the New Year. God hasn't made %much of an impression... P12 YUKI Cut it out. That's enough, you. KYOU Heh! Then shut me up by force, girly boy!! TOHRU What?! Stop it, you two... [Arrow, small print: Leek] [Kyou fx: CHOKE] KYOU Ahhhhhh!! TOHRU Kyou-kun!! YUKI Maybe this way you'll act a little more like an adult. P13 YUKI ........ SHIGURE The bath's ready. Yuki-kun, are you going to use it? YUKI No, I'll pass today. SHIGURE Whaat?! No way! You're not going to bathe?! How filthy!! %YUKI %I'm going to hang him from the roof one day. P14 YUKI That's not it, I've got a bit of a cold. TOHRU What?! Tha--That's terrible! Do you have a fever?! YUKI ! TOHRU A little... you have a slight fever... SHIGURE It's essential to stop a cold at the beginning. Drink some medicine and get some rest quickly. TOHRU It'd do him well to take a day off of school tomorrow, right? P15 YUKI I'm fine, we don't have to go so far. TOHRU But tomorrow we have the endurance test. SHIGURE Oh? Is that so? That's troublesome in this cold weather. KYOU EN...DURANCE TEST?? TOHRU Wha... SHIGURE Uwaa, Kyou-kun, what's with that outfit? It's cold!! KYOU Is there really an endurance test tomorrow?! TOHRU What? Um, yes. Kyou-kun, you didn't know...? KYOU Endurance Test... Marathon. Running in a crowd... That means... P16 KYOU IT'S A FIGHT...!! [Kyou fx: sizzle] KYOU That's it! Tomorrow will decide which one of us is faster!! TOHRU Um, but Souma-kun has a cold... KYOU A cold, is it?! If he neglects his training for days, something like this is bound to happen! [Small print: Was training all day until now.] If he takes medicine, a bath, and sleeps, he'll be fine. You'd better not run away. It's a fight...!! TOHRU Kyou-kun... the color of your eyes has changed... P17 SHIGURE But seriously, if our bodies weaken, we transform. So if it's really not okay for you to go, you're forbidden. [Yuki coughs] YUKI Okay. %TOHRU %I'm worried... I really want him to get a lot of rest. But Kyou-kun would be %angry if that were the case... P18 %TOHRU %Ah, I hope tomorrow will pass safely. TEACHER Got it? Don't mix up the course. Get ready. GIRL1 He really is good, isn't he? GIRL2 Yes. GIRL3 No matter how many times I see him, they're always so slender and white, Yuki-kun's legs. TOHRU Yuki-kun... you didn't eat much this morning, how are you feeling...? P19 YUKI I'm fine. I'll manage somehow. And besides, if I took a day off, that guy would cause a racket once again. [Kyou fx: HISSS] YUKI That reminds me... I didn't see Uotani-san. TOHRU She's skipping!! But Hana-chan is here! GIRLS O--Oh, Honda-san! I wonder what you're talking about with Yuki-kun?!?! The girl's race is about to start!! So! Let's go! Let's hurry and go!! [Tohru fx: DRAG] YUKI Ho--Honda-san... P20 HANAJIMA Tohru-kun? Your head... what happened? TOHRU Heeee... it's really nothing... HANAJIMA Is that so. However... [Hanajima fx: ZAP] GIRL Geh! Somehow I've been hurt!! They--they did something!! GIRL2 Hang in there! GIRL3 Who are you talking about?! TOHRU Let's work hard today for Uo-chan's part. HANAJIMA That's right. Though I'm not good at running, let's work hard until the end. TOHRU Yes! TEACHER Get into position! Ready-- Set-- P21 [Gun fx: BOOM] [Small print: Let's go! Wait!] [Hanajima fx: collapse] TOHRU ?! Hana-chan?! What's wrong?! HANAJIMA I'm sorry, Tohru-kun... I can't run any longer... I can't help but walk the rest of the way... Don't worry... I'll make sure and walk at the back. Yes, walk. TOHRU Hana-chan...!! TEACHER Whatever. Walk or run, just start, Hanajima-san. P22 %TOHRU %This is pretty long... I'm being passed rapidly... but I'll keep going yet. %The boys must've also started by now... Souma-kun... is he really okay, I %wonder... ?! That's... P23 %TOHRU %White hair... an elderly person...?! TOHRU Is something wrong?! HATSUHARU .... %TOHRU %It was a very... young... person... TOHRU I--I'm so sorry!! You have beautiful white hair and I took you to be an elderly person...... I'm sorry for the mistake... HATSUHARU ...... P24 HATSUHARU Hey, do you know of the Souma? TOHRU Huh? KYOU I'LL BEAT YOU!! I'LL BEAT YUKI!! YUKI Shut up. KYOU Don't turn sullen when I come out on top!! If you cheat I won't be happy!! P25 [Yuki & Kyou fx: RUN RUN RUN] BOY1 Amazing. They're so fast, those two... BOY2 Yeah... I can't see them anymore... BOY3 This isn't a sprint... TOHRU Souma... You're talking about the Souma household? HATSUHARU Yes. You know it? I'm glad. TOHRU Y--Yes!! Nice to meet you, I'm Honda... HATSUHARU Ah. I hear their voices... TOHRU What? HATSUHARU I have to get ready. They're running this way... TOHRU ? ?! P26 %TOHRU %I'm always meeting people of the Souma by chance... Surely, surely he is also.. TOHRU ? Um... what are you...? [Kyou fx: STOMP STOMP STOMP] [Kyou fx: SLAM] P27 TOHRU Geh!! HATSUHARU I caught him. TOHRU A--A--Are you okay, Kyou-kun?! YUKI Oh?... Honda-san? KYOU What are you doing, you octopus?! TOHRU Ahh! KYOU I was just beating Yuki for a second... HATSUHARU I had to stop you by your ankle, didn't I? KYOU Haru...? P28 HATSUHARU This action is extremely dangerous. With the exception of Kyou, a person will get hurt. I'm sorry, but please don't follow my example... KYUU You too, you bastard!! Even I die when the time comes!! Look at this blood!! YUKI So it's Haru this time... they're coming one by one to meet... But what about your school? [Hatsuharu small print: Yuki--- <3] KYOU Wait, you!! Does my blood not matter?! HATSUHARU Ah... I left Sunday. Before I knew it, I was in a place I didn't recognize and I've been wandering for more than three days... YUKI Just be frank and say you got lost. P29 KYOU You've got a bad sense of direction as always... TOHRU Someone who easily loses his way, I see... Um... maybe we should go elsewhere... YUKI That's a good idea. This person is Souma Hatsuharu, he is like us. Haru, this is Honda Tohru-san. HATSUHARU Ahh, I see. Nice to meet you. TOHRU Ah, no, the pleasure's mine. %TOHRU %Hatsuharu-san... P30 %TOHRU %He seems like a very polite third year middle school student... KYOU And? What did you come here for? HATSUHARU To fight. KYOU What? HATSUHARU You didn't come to for New Year's, so I came to begin where we left off. So! Let's go! KYOU Wait a minute!! I'm in the middle of a very important challenge right now!! HATSUHARU I came after looking for three days... KYOU That was because you got lost on your own!! HATSUHARU I don't care, let's go. %TOHRU %Somehow this talk has gone in another direction... YUKI This is getting bad. TOHRU Oh? P31 YUKI Hey Kyou, it might be better to do as Haru says... KYOU No way!! Let's get going... [Haru fx: BAM] YUKI Too late... That idiot. HATSUHARU Stop talking useless!! P32 HATSUHARU If you're a man, you'd accept any kind of fight, little kitten... And die!! HAHAHAHAHA! TOHRU No dying!! KYOU HIYAH!! [Tohru fx: SLAM] TOHRU Eep!! P33 KYOU What kind of grudge do you have against me for being such an intrustion?! YUKI He's successfully brought out "Black Haru." TOHRU B--B--B? YUKI Though Haru is usually a dazed kind of guy, when he snaps, he's out of control. Among the relatives, this is known as "Black Haru." TOHRU Ah... ha... So that means, he's the same as Kagura-san? YUKI No. HATSUHARU Isn't this a splendid sight, Yuki... Today I will make you mine... [Small print: You hear me?] YUKI He's much worse than Kagura. [Small print: What do you mean by "make me yours"?] HATSUHARU So! Get up, Kyou!! KYOU I'm already standing!! [Hatsuharu small print: A fight! Let's fight!] YUKI Honda-san, this might take a while, so you could go ahead and go. TOHRU Bu--But... P34 HATSUHARU When did you become such a spineless guy, Kyou?! KYOU You really are unbearable when you turn "Black"!! HATSUHARU Don't be cheeky!! If you keep idling, I'll even make that girl mine!! KYOU Whaaat?! What is that supposed to mean?! HATSUHARU Should I do this, that, and furthermore, even THAT to her?! %KYOU %What is this octopus talking about?! Did he even forget about the time we were %kids and I helped him find his way to the bathroom? Really, when he turns Black %there isn't a bit of charm left in him. Who brought him out? Oh yeah, it was %me. But what does he mean by "this and that"...? I don't understand but he %shouldn't bring a girl into this!! She has nothing to do with it!! P35 %KYOU %That's right. Nothing... she has nothing to do with this!! A girl has nothing %to do with a fight between men!! Nothing to do... %....... Somehow, it pisses me off!! KYOU You damn brat!! I'll pound you to the ground!! Bring it on!! TOHRU Kyou-kun?! P36 %TOHRU %Here... HATSUHARU If you say so, come and get it...!! KYOU I'm telling you, you bastard, I'm gonna knock your back teeth out...!! YUKI Honda-san, it's really going to take a while, so it's okay if you go ahead... [Yuki fx: cough cough] TOHRU Bu--Bu--But... %TOHRU %The gong has sounded for the start of a fight between two hotheaded men. %The endurance test is completely disregarded. BOY Hey, Hanajima-san, try running just a little bit... ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ End of volume 3 chapter 13