Fruits Basket Volume 3: Chapter 15 Translated by Zeynep (zgoral@gmail.com) Found at Chiisana Inori http://fruits.prettysenshi.com/ It's the fifteenth 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. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ P68 %KYOU %I don't want to see it. Whatever it is, I don't want to think about it. HANAJIMA Ohhh? P69 HANAJIMA Only one... UOTANI That's strange... I thought the Prince's shoe box would be overflowing. YUKI What are you looking at? [Small print: Isn't that enough?] UOTANI It always happens in manga. The chocolates come tumbling out noisily. %YUKI %I don't think something like that actually happens... P70 HANAJIMA I've got it. This is probably... the result of them acting as chickens. Like the chicken drops the shrike's egg from its nest, in order for her chocolate to stand out, the girls throw out the chocolate that was placed there previously. The evidence is that trash can. TOHRU Ahh! They threw them out! UOTANI What a terrible thing to do. HANAJIMA And now the one aiming at this final remaining chocolate is me. UOTANI Eat it, eat it. %TOHRU %Today is February 13th. P71 %TOHRU %Valentine's Day is Sunday, but school is stirred up the most today. TOHRU Ah-- UOTANI Yo. KYOU Hey. [Kyou fx: SLAM] TOHRU Kyou-kun... UOTANI He's looking for conflict this early in the morning. P72 HANAJIMA Is that so... he has an unusual and naive electric wave... TOHRU What? UOTANI Naive? Why would he be feeling down? HANAJIMA I feel chaos within him... But it has nothing do with me. I shouldn't trouble Tohru-kun, should I... UOTANI That's right. Somehow... P73 UOTANI Everyone's eyes are a different color... [Classmates' small print: I'll give it to him. I'm going to give it to him. I'm going to present it to Yuki-kun, to Yuki-kun...] UOTANI Girls are scary this time of year. It's as if they're going to charge from the corners all of a sudden. %TOHRU %This is probably the scariest event for members of the Juunishi... GIRL Kyooon-chan! Here, I'm giving my chocolate to you! TOHRU Ahh! Kyou-kun is also popular... UOTANI He's prosperous--- [Small print: Kyon-chan, huh!] P74 UOTANI Did you also give them chocolate, Tohru? TOHRU Yes! I'm also thinking of presenting one to Shigure-san. Though I don't know if he'll accept it... %TOHRU %I also want to give some to Hatori-san and the others... TOHRU I'll present Hana-chan and Uo-chan's on the fifteenth! UOTANI I'll be looking forward to it... HANAJIMA What would you like in return? BOY1 You did it Kyon-Kyon, you got one! BOY2 How nice, how nice... BOY1 You wanna bet on how much you're gonna recieve? KYOU Today is... Va--Valentine's, isn't it? P75 BOY2 Huh? No, it's tomorrow but... [Kyou fx: GULP] KYOU I'm going home... BOYS Huh? TOHRU ?! KYOU No, that's useless... home is also dangerous. A trip... that's right. I'm leaving on a trip. BOYS Whaat?! KYOU I'm going to disappear for a while!! TOHRU What? Kyou-kun?! BOY1 What is it? BOY2 Hey, hey, what do you mean by a trip? [Door fx: SLIDE] P76 [Book fx: BAM] TEACHER Are you planning on playing hooky during my Homeroom? CLASSMATES Sensei... KYOU This hoodlum teacher... TEACHER Oooh? I think it's good for you to watch what's coming out of your mouth, you half-wit. At any time I'm going to dye that hair of yours black, so be prepared. With this hair dye...!! KYOU ....... P77 TEACHER If you understand, act like an adult and sit down!! %TOHRU %In any case, thank goodness. If he had left, what would've happened then? %Is it possible that Valentine's Day also evokes unpleasant thoughts? TEACHER Whaat? You didn't give any chocolates to your teacher? KYOU Annoying old hag!! TEACHER Annoying brat! YUKI ..... [Wind fx: WHOOOSH] P78 KAGURA Oh? Ah... Kyou... kuuun... P79 KAGURA RAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!! KYOU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!! [Kyou & Kagura fx: STOMP STOMP STOMP] YUKI I thought so. TOHRU He didn't want to see Kagura-san, did he... %TOHRU %And so, the unusual consent that was made, was it bad for Kagura-san?... KAGURA Because... it's Valentine's... P80 KAGURA It's the most important event for lovers. KYOU Who are lovers, who?! SHIGURE Kyou-kun, don't be unnecessarily mean. KYOU Damn it... though it's impossible now, that trip would've really been good. To think that tomorrow was Valentine's... %YUKI %Pay attention to things. SHIGURE And? Did you give him chocolate? KAGURA No, I came here today to make an invitation... Would you like to go out together tomorrow? I'll present my chocolate to you tomorrow too. P81 KYOU Whaaat?! TOHRU You mean, a date?! KAGURA What? N--No, that kind of thing, oh Kyou-kun... to say it so bluntly, aren't you embarassed? KYOU You've got to be kidding. Never!! KAGURA You'll do it... KYOU I said no!! The point is, why would I want to do something like that with you?! P82 KAGURA So cruel... be kind, even just a little... KYOU Don't... cry... SHIGURE Here, here, stop making a scene. If you're going to flirt, do it somewhere else. KYOU As if you're a stranger. KAGURA Ah, that's it... how about this? Yun-chan and Tohru-kun will be mixed in... We'll have a double date... P83 YUKI/TOHRU What? SHIGURE Ah, that's a good idea. It sounds like fun. KYOU Hey... KAGURA That's right, I think so too. YUKI Wa... wait a minute. KYOU Hey! Why do I have to, with that damn Yuki... TOHRU Uwaa!! I--I--I--I've never been on a date before! Is it okay?! P84 YUKI/KYOU .......... KYOU Do whatever you want. KAGURA Then I'll see you tomorrow... I'm looking forward to it... KYOU I'm not at all. KAGURA You know, Haru-chan told me that you and Yun-chan are getting along better. P85 KAGURA If you knew each other a little better, if you got along even better, then I would also be happy. [Small print: Bye bye.] SHIGURE Didn't Ha-kun say something nice? People should remember the time when they first make a compromise. KYOU ...... P86 KYOU What do you want to say?... Even you are treating us as if we were "friends." "Get to know each other better"? Don't be ridiculous!! Even if that were to happen, if I'm near him too long, it's annoying! I hate Yuki!! And as long as I hate him, I'm fine with it!! P87 SHIGURE Why? Your way of speaking makes it sound as if you hate him because it's your obligation to. As if you're frightened of knowing this. In your eyes... P88 KYOU ....... TOHRU Kyou-kun?! Kyou-kun... [Tohru feet fx: pata pata pata] YUKI What? What was that? P89 SHIGURE Nothing. I was just stupidly impatient. I prompted him too much. TOHRU Kyo--Kyou-kun...? Kyou-kun... where are you...? %TOHRU %The truth is, I knew your eyes were frightened. $KYOU $As long as I hate him, I'm fine with it!! %TOHRU %Though what it means to me... P90 %TOHRU %I'm not sure, but... TOHRU Kyo... ........ %TOHRU %It's somehow like you're desperately protecting your hate. %What are you protecting? Yourself? $HANAJIMA $I feel chaos within him. P91 %TOHRU %I'm sure that even if I consider it, it's unattainable to me. %It's in a very deep place. KYOU Forget it. What happened back there... forget it. It doesn't concern you. Leave me alone. %TOHRU %Will what I say have any meaning? It might not encourage him, but... P92 TOHRU Whatever you want me to forget... okay. The truth is, I really wanted you to become friends, but... but... it's okay. Even if you hate him... %TOHRU %If that's what frightens you... TOHRU It's okay. $TOHRU $I see it. It's there in Kyou-kun's back, a splendid dried plum. P93 $TOHRU $Kyou-kun is amazing. KYOU ...... Okay... Okay..... P94 KYOU I don't want to see it. Whatever it is, I don't want do think about it..... yet. %TOHRU %Kyou-kun's heart has truly, always been delicate. It's the same as Yuki-kun. %If it's touched, it's very easy to injure. P95 %TOHRU %A suffering they carry. A pain, an anxiety. TOHRU Tomorrow we're going out, aren't we? But is it not alright for you and Kagura-san, after all? Um... there are various... KYOU It's fine. I don't mind anymore, this one time. [Tohru small print: Oh, is that so?] %TOHRU %One day, I feel like it'll be okay for you to put all of this at rest. P96 %TOHRU %Because I want the two of them to be happy. [Kyou fx: KNOCK] [Tohru small print: Ow, what?!] SHIGURE Welcome back. You didn't do anything perverted to Tohru-kun, did you? KYOU Would I ever, you idiot?! %TOHRU %Amazing. They're acting as if absolutely nothing happened. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ End of volume 3 chapter 15