Fruits Basket Volume 3: Chapter 16 Translated by Zeynep (zgoral@gmail.com) Found at Chiisana Inori http://fruits.prettysenshi.com/ It's the sixteenth 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. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ P98 SHIGURE Before Fruits Basket begins again, I have an important notice here in advance. Yuki-kun is actually a womaaaaann!! [Labels: Yuki (Mouse), Shigure (Dog), Tohru (Protagonist), Kyou (Cat)] SHIGURE Well, as you can see, it's not really true. I just said it to get a reaction. TOHRU We're beginning! [Label: Bonus Preliminary Manga, Part 2] P99 %SHIGURE %I saw the dream of the person I loved the most. After which, everything was %lost. P100 MIT-CHAN Sensei!! I'm coming over there to confront you, so please have the remaining twenty pages ready!! [Phone fx: SLAM, BIII--] SHIGURE She even said "please"... P101 [Door fx: Slide] YUKI Shigure, we're leaving now. SHIGURE Oh, go ahead, go ahead. How nice, a double date. Are you meeting with Kagura at the station? YUKI Yes. SHIGURE Don't act stingy, got it? YUKI I know. SHIGURE Kyou-kun will surely be an escort. KYOU Hah! Moron!! TOHRU U--Um... P102 TOHRU The Valentine's Chocolates for Hatori-san and the others... Is it really okay for you to take it to them, Shigure-san? SHIGURE It's fine. I won't eat them. TOHRU No, I didn't mean it that way... You seem to be really busy, so... YUKI Leave it to him. We're not really going near the Main House. TOHRU Oh... %SHIGURE %The truth is I've already said it once... SHIGURE Well, what Yuki-kun says is true. Tohru-kun, you think too much. Have fun. P103 TOHRU Okay. KYOU Hey, if we're going, let's hurry. TOHRU Y--Yes! SHIGURE ..... P104 [Phone fx: RING RING RING] [Answering machine: BIIII] MIT-CHAN Sensei!! I forgot to say one thing! It doesn't matter that you're trying to manipulate me by pretending that you're out. Don't run away!! [Answering machine: BIII] SHIGURE You really said something interesting. P105 SHIGURE If you say so, I can't help but respond to your expectations, can I? KAGURA Kyou-kun... I was so excited for today that I couldn't sleep well. KYOU Ah, is that so. Then hurry back home and get some sleep. YUKI Are you still worried about Shigure? TOHRU What? Ah... um... P106 TOHRU Because Shigure-san is always smiling, I can't tell if I'm troubling him or not. YUKI The only one who knows what Shigure is thinking is Hatori. There are very few. A long time ago... someone said that. "He's like ripples on water," they said, "Ripples that gather and pull away. Though they brush gently at your feet, you just perceive their touch and they go far away. He's a person I can't catch." P107 YUKI That quotation is too pretty, isn't it? If you ask me, he's just the jellyfish in that wave. TOHRU Ha... KAGURA Yun-chan, Tohru-kun! If we don't get going, the movie's going to start! TOHRU Ah--yes! We're going to see a movie? $TOHRU $Because he's always smiling. %TOHRU %Even if his face smiles... %YUKI %I wonder what he's scheming in the middle of spring... P108 SHIGURE Here, Ha-san! Valentine's Chocolates from me! HATORI ...... [Door fx: SLAM] SHIGURE I'm sorry. I lied. They're from Tohru-kun. Let me in... HATORI Idiot. P109 HATORI She's hardworking, isn't she? SHIGURE She's hardworking and more. There's one for Momicchi and Ha-kun too. She was even thinking to deliver them here herself. But instead, it's me. Because she's on a long-awaited date... That's right! Tohru-kun and Yuki-kun, Kyou-kun and Kagura are on a double date today. HATORI That's... unexpected. SHIGURE Isn't it?! That Yuki and Kyou? There's more. Tohru-kun is influencing them perfectly. P110 SHIGURE Aren't they seeing a fun movie right about this time? [Movie title: Mogeta, The Last Sacred War] GIRL Mogeta! Don't go!! If you entrust your body to the evil existence, you will...!! MOGETA MO--GE--TAAAAAAA!! YUKI/KYOU ........ P111 HATORI Is that... because of her influence? She made a circle out of a place full of strangers. SHIGURE Before, you see, I had picked on Kyou-kun. Kyou-kun was really disturbed. I disturbed him. But when he returned back with Tohru-kun, he seemed fine. It's as if she's the medicine to stabilize their soul. P112 HATORI You must be satisfied. It's advancing in accordance to your expectations. SHIGURE What are those biting words for? Listen to your heart. As if you "Aren't using her." That's a big lie. You and Akito are both using Honda-kun splendidly, like a movie frame. For your objective and gain. P113 SHIGURE Do you remember the morning we saw that dream? Me, you, and Aya all cried that morning. Though for you two it turned into something painful, it still remains in my heart. %SHIGURE %My dear... P114 %SHIGURE %As if it's become numb, a sweet sadness. That warmth... $SHIGURE $I want to turn it into something that lasts forever. I definitely want to $obtain its form. I will, surely. SHIGURE That vow is also still in this heart. P115 SHIGURE For the sake of obtaining it, I won't question cheating or using others. Even if the someone gets hurt as a result. HATORI .... SHIGURE I'm the way I am because of these disagreeable times. But when I do this to Tohru in plain sight, it's not like what you said earlier. She truly is... a good kid. P116 SHIGURE Even if she is like stabilizing medicine to Yuki and the others, to me, she is too clean... She will also realize that I'm the most dirty one. But no, I'm really not that dirty. That's why Hatori, I think I'm envious of you. P117 SHIGURE I'm the most cursed one after all, aren't I... SERVANT Sensei, it's time for Akito-san's physical examination. HATORI Okay, I'll be there. P118 SHIGURE Yes, Sensei! I'll serve this important mission splendidly!! HATORI I thought you'd say that. SHIGURE Afterwards, when you return home, give Honda-kun my salutations. SHIGURE Sure, sure! HATORI Shigure, whatever result you're waiting for, be prepared for a toothache. Yuki or Kyou... or Honda-kun. Whoever finds out will surely strike you. SHIGURE Ah ha ha, that's right, isn't it... Though I don't want it to be painful, it can't be helped, can it. I also hate those injections you give me. HATORI I'm not your supporter. P119 HATORI But I'm not your enemy either. ...... See you later, Shigure. Don't catch a cold. It's the same. I'm also the dirty one. P120 %HATORI %Even if it's a fang, even if it's a bone, it's alright to possess it. %It's not the most important thing. SERVANT Akito-san, Shigure... has arrived. He came to meet with you, Akito-san. SHIGURE Well, naturally. $SHIGURE $I will obtain it. In order to, whatever kind of lies or utilization... AKITO Is that so... P121 SHIGURE Because Akito-san is most important to me. $SHIGURE $I will make the dream we saw that day eternal. KAGURA That was fun, wasn't it? TOHRU It really was. The movie was also deeply moving. KAGURA Yes... Especially that part with Mogeta and the Emperor of Death's feet... TOHRU I'm moved to tears! P122 YUKI Is that so... I'm glad. I was... very moved. %KYOU %Whatever... As long as I'm liberated from Kagura... KAGURA I want to eat the dinner that Tohru-kun prepared... KYOU What?! Stop planning, you! Hurry up and go home!! KAGURA Kyou-kun...? Oh... Kyou-kun, you. I'm blushing. I'm really a shy person. [Kagura fx: JAB] KYOU Daaaa!! P123 YUKI It's getting pretty late... I wonder if Shigure has returned. TOHRU What? Ah... hm...? Um...? Is something the matter...? MIT-CHAN No. No, it's fine. I... TOHRU Yes? MIT-CHAN I will now take my life right here...!! TOHRU What?! P124 SHIGURE It's no good dying in front of other people's houses, you know. TOHRU Shigure-san! Um-- SHIGURE Hey, welcome back. MIT-CHAN SE--SENSEIIIIIIIIII-- [Kyou in background: UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA] SHIGURE This is my editor. P125 MIT-CHAN Sensei, you idiot. Sensei, you cruel person. Didn't I ask you not to run away? SHIGURE I didn't run away, I just stepped out for a while. MIT-CHAN It's the same thing!! WAH!! SHIGURE Micchan, que sera, que sera. Whatever happens, happens. It's no use crying. MIT-CHAN I can't do that!! TOHRU Ah, um... tea... MIT-CHAN Aughhhh-- TOHRU Is she okay...? SHIGURE Everything's fine. Don't worry. We're fine, we're fine. P126 SHIGURE Ha-san sent his salutations. TOHRU !! That's great! He accepted it... SHIGURE And? What about my piece? TOHRU I'm making it right now. If you eat it, I'd be very happy... P127 [Shigure fx: scratch scratch] MIT-CHAN Your hand!! Your hand!! You moved your hand!! MOVING FINGER!! SHIGURE Right, right. MIT-CHAN Please be more serious about your work. Your work... isn't it very important? SHIGURE What? I'm always the most important one for me, didn't you know? P128 MIT-CHAN That's why, please do your job as if you were doing it for yourself!! UWAAAA!! SHIGURE Right, right. MIT-CHAN This time you'll never, never, never run away, you hear? Wherever you go, I'll be pursue you, you understand...? SHIGURE My, my. That's scary. %SHIGURE %If it's something to catch, I will try to catch it. ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ End of volume 3 chapter 16