Tokyo Babylon Vol. 3 by CLAMP Translated by Hecate Typed by Mene CALL A CLAMP: Babylon, ancient city of Mesopotamia. In the 18th century BC, king Hamaurabi built Babylon, which became the political capital of the Middle East. Conscious of their superiority, the Babylonians didn’t hesitate to build an immense tower dedicated to the glory of their people. Rising to the sky, the tower of Babel incarnated the eternal and extreme vanity of the Babylonian people. But the people of Babylon had forgotten that God’s power was greater than their own. As punishment, God deprived the people of their universal language. But despite this proof of the dangers of human folly, people continue to make the same mistakes, over and over, damned to do so for all time…Babylon, evil city, will always arouse the anger of God. * Voice: I’m waiting for the signal… Girl1: I am not a girl like the others…it’s like destiny chose me…I go to a private school and I sit in classes with perfectly ordinary people…But I’m waiting for the day when my powers will finally awaken! And I know it will be soon! Girl2: So the wars that are raging in the four corners of the world…before the world is totally annihilated, I can boast that I predicted it! Our destiny is to save the world! * Girl3: We were warriors in the past life…and we have already fought to save the world…That’s why we were chosen once again… All: Let’s wait…wait for the signal…when the time comes, someone will contact us… Sign: Welcome to the Sunshine Aquarium.1 * Seishiro: These mazarin penguins always look so healthy! Subaru: Oops! Sorry… Seishiro: And you, iwatobi penguin, how are you? I wonder if something happened to Subaru…we were supposed to met at two…maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to have him meet me here…what do you think, little macaroni penguin? Subaru! Subaru: A thousand excuses! My work took longer than I thought! Seishiro: It’s not that serious…it’s my fault, anyway-I’m the one who insisted that you come! Subaru: But! * Seishiro: I’m really glad to see you! Tell me, Subaru, have you had lunch? Subaru: No…I’ve been working since this morning… Seishiro: So, I’m guessing that you’re hungry, right? Subaru: Yeah…a little! Seishiro: In that case, let’s go eat! The muffins at the Afternoon Tea restaurant are really delicious! I wouldn’t miss a chance to eat them for all the gold in the world! I guess you don’t get to Ikebukuro very often, do you, Subaru? Subaru: I’m sorry I kept you waiting last time. Seishiro: But please, I’m the one who insisted that we meet before your afternoon consultation. I waited a bit then when I saw that you weren’t coming I went back to the clinic! * Subaru: Please forgive me… Seishiro: But come on, you haven’t even told me how it went? Subaru: Pff…not too bad… Seishiro: Do you have some time? Subaru: Yes, of course! Seishiro: Then let’s go on a date… Subaru: A date?!? Hey this is the psychic’s neighborhood! I didn’t know that it still exsisted! Seishiro: Tell me Subaru are you attracted by this place? Subaru: Divination…it’s forbidden for me to… Seishiro: By your family? Subaru: No, but consulting a fortune-teller could hinder my work! * Subaru: Seishiro, wait! Seishiro: Let’s go get a prediction about our love life… Subaru: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Seishiro: Look, it’s a computer that will tell us if we’re made for each other! Come on, don’t worry! You’re not committing treason against your family! Subaru: But- Seishiro: I’d like to know if we’re…true lovers! Subaru: WHAT!? Lady: Of course! Tell me your fiancée’s birth date! Seishiro: Subaru, when were you born? Subaru: February 19, 1974… Lady: Where were you born? Subaru: I was born in Tokyo. Seishiro: Really? Subaru: y-yes. Lady: And you? Seishiro: Me? I was born in Tokyo on April, 1 1965. Lady: One moment, please! * Lady: It’s so sweet to have a fiancée in high school! Seishiro: No, no, that’s not it! Lady: I think you two look great together. Your fiancée is really very pretty. Her low voice adds to her charm! Seishiro: But he’s not a girl!! Lady: I beg your pardon? He’s not a girl? Seishiro: No, he’s a boy! Subaru: Excuse me! Seishiro: My goodness, I didn’t know you had a beeper! Subaru: It lets people get in touch with me in an emergency… Seishiro: I didn’t know that technology was useful to the grand masters of Yin and Yang. Who is it? Subaru: I think it’s Hokuto! * Seishiro: I think you’d better call her! I hope the computer predicted good things for us! Subaru: No, stop it! Seishiro, you couldn’t have been serious… Seishiro: Subaru, I want you to understand that I’m not joking in the slightest! Subaru: I get it…but… Seishiro: Subaru, I’m honestly in love with you! Subaru: I have…to call…hello…? Hokuto? Sorry, I can’t hear you very well! What? What did you say? Hokuto: GET TO WORK!!! Subaru: Excuse me, Sorry! * CLAMP: At Subaru’s Hokuto: What!? You went on a date in Ikebukuro? What were you doing there? Seishiro: Well, we wanted to have some lunch at Afternoon Tea, taste the delicious rice omelet at the café next to the Bungei-za theatre, and then- Hokuto: Hang on, Seishiro, I don’t get it, was this a date or a gastronomical exploration of the stars of the Michelin guide!? Poor Subaru, Seishiro isn’t even capable of planning you a simple date! Subaru: Seishiro, I hope you’re not mad… Seishiro: No, don’t worry about it. We’ll go back and have lunch at the Korean barbecue. Hokuto: Don’t you think it’s a bit vulgar to eat pork one on one? Do you have to work now? Subaru: yup! Hokuto: What king of thing is it? Subaru: Have you maybe heard of the QZ service? Hokuto: Well, yes! First you have to dial 0090 and their program number… * Subaru: They say there’s a lot of trouble with the party line program, especially recently… Seishiro: I’ve never heard of it. What is it? Hokuto: How can you not know about it? Seishiro: Sorry, but I can’t know everything! Hokuto: It’s a Q service!(qu in Japanese) The first four numbers are automatically 0090. Then you have to make up a number using nine twice. That’s why it’s called a Q2! The party line program lets more than two people talk at the same time. There can be up to ten…It’s really practical for women who like to chat with their friends. They only need one number to participate in the conversation! * Seishiro: That’s very funny! Hokuto: No, you’re wrong. A party line is a real trap! Plus the companies have raised the rates! That service costs about forty yen a minute. The problem is that it is hard to remember that if you don’t stop talking, you’ll get a killer phone bill. So the prices rise to a number that our parents can hardly read! Subaru: You seem to know a lot about this, Hokuto… Hokuto: I’m an incurable collector of communications! That’s pretty normal for an Aquarius! Seishiro: Speaking of horoscopes…we had ours done at Sunshine! Hokuto: Really…and? Seishiro: I haven’t had time to read it…here… Hokuto: Let’s see…you were born on April first? So you’re an Aries? Seishiro: I don’t know my sign, but I’m positive I was born on April first! Is something wrong? * Hokuto: You don’t seem like an Aries! Seishiro: Really? Hokuto: I would have thought that you were born under a water sign…like… Seishiro: A water sign?? Hokuto: Scorpio…or maybe…Pieces! Seishiro: You really know your astrology, Hokuto! Hokuto: It’s not that hard; all the papers have horoscope sections these days. All the occult sciences are “in” right now, because we’re on the brink of a new millennium. Seishiro: Ha ha ha! Right on! * Seishiro: Now that I think of it, you haven’t told us-what are you working on right now? Subaru: That’s right…it seems that throughout Japan there has been a rash of crank calls… Seishiro: Crank calls? I get them all the time! Sometimes they ask what you’re doing, and sometimes what color your clothes are. Often they ask strange questions in a stranger voice…breathing heavily…But since I’m not a woman and their conversation leaves much to be desired…I let them listen to my borders…dogs, cats, monkeys… Subaru: Why do they want to know what color our clothes are? Seishiro: They’re not sure what to wear!? But really, what’re you working on? Subaru: It seems that in the last three months, many of the crank calls cine from a number that ends in 19x9. We think it’s something more than a simple joke…it could be a kind of curse… * Subaru: Those who didn’t take the calls seriously and hung up right away were trouble by a spiritual problem…since then, the NTT has investigated and found that the victims of these strange crank calls were all subscribers to the party line program… Seishiro: But how can they know where the calls are coming from? Anyone can use it! Subaru: Well, the phone company is in a tough situation. That’s why they called the Sumeraragi Family to deal with it… Seishiro: What kind of curse is it? Subaru: It seems that instigators of these calls are mixing up all sorts of religions and beliefs…we’ve found references to Islam, the kabbala, and esoteric Buddhism…It’s an odd mix… Seishiro: It’s enough for a world! Subaru: I think we’re in the presence of great mediums, since very few people can use so many different spiritual energies at once! What can I do to find them…? Hokuto: Seishiro! What’s with this horoscope? I don’t see any of your character traits. None of this is remotely near your relationship! Oh, good, this is the best part! The computer concludes that you have nothing in common and that your relationship is doomed to failure! * Seishiro: The harder it is to win his heart, the more I want to do it! Hokuto: Way to go! I always knew you’d be my brother-in-law! Subaru: Ho…Hokuto! Seishiro: Say, Subaru…do you know how to access the party line program? Subaru: Yes…of course! Look, it’s easy! You just have to make up this number… Girl1: The Earth will be destroyed in 1999… Girl3: The time has come to execute our orders!! Girl2: I had a dream… Girl1: What kind of dream? Girl2: I dreamt of the end of the world. The demon finally awoke from his long sleep! * Girl3: Already? But it’s too soon! Girl1: Calm down. Tell me more about your dream… Girl2: The demon woke up and came to kill us…and our accomplices… Girl3: There’s no time to lose! Girl1: We must find the other warriors, those who fought by our sides…in our past lives! Girl2: Are we capable of beating the demons? Girl1: Don’t worry. We’re warriors! Soon our powers will reveal themselves! The day will come when we will finally have the proof…that we are different from the others…and that we were chosen! * Girl2: The day will come…but before the battle… Girl1: We have to destroy the enemy bases! Book: Phone Book Girl1: How did you do it? Girl3: I used an ancient Hindu spell. To use it; I followed all the instructions that I found in a special book hidden in the back of the library… Girl1: You were destined to find that book…it was written in your past life! Girl3: I’m worried that our enemies might already be on to us… Girl1: You have nothing to worry about. Did you put the amulets on your door like I said? Girl2: Yes, of course! Girl1: No one can find us since we use a Q2 line. We are anonymous…we were really lucky to have met! Girl3: It’s because of the partyline program that we found each other again…I always knew that I had strange powers, but I never imagined that I’d have allies one day! * Girl1: I always imagined I was different too. I have a feisty and adventurous nature, and I always felt that I came into the world to save it. I knew that by using the partyline program I’d finally find my allies! Girl3: It all happened as if it was written…our destiny was to meet via the telephone! Girl2: I so want to meet you! Girl1: Patience…for now we must only communicate on the phone. But once our mission is accomplished… Girl3: Someone found our number! Girl2: Is it a friend or an enemy? Girl1: I don’t know. Be quiet. Be careful! * Girl1: Hello? Subaru: S-sorry to interrupt… Hokuto: Subaru’s really shy! Girl1: What is your name? Sign: Don’t give your real name! Find a nickname! Girl1: What is your name? Subaru: Uh…my name is… Sign: Why not Medor? Subaru: My name is…Medor! * Hokuto: Seishiro, you’re a nut! Why did you give him such a stupid name? Seishiro: But…I think Medor’s cute! Hokuto: He should have called himself Atsushi Sakurai, or maybe Kenji Otsuki! Girl1: Are you our friend? Subaru: What? Girl1: Do you have a supernatural power? Subaru: A supernatural power? Girl1: What do you feel when you hear me say the number 1999? * Subaru: Are you the perpetrators of the crank calls!? Girl2: Careful he’s our enemy! Girl3: Our enemy! Subaru: But that’s…the Gyaju-Shingon!?2 * Hokuto: Su…Subaru! 3 * Hokuto: What happened? Subaru: Oh, you’re all wet! * Seishiro: That was the Gyaku-Shingon! Hokuto: The Gyaku-Shinagon? Subaru: Usually you use this esoteric Buddhist spell to protect yourself. But if you say it backwards, it becomes a curse…. Hokuto: Why was the spell so powerful if it was just being said over the phone? Seishiro: Subaru, don’t you have a secret protective barrier in your room? Subaru: It doesn’t matter. My protection doesn’t work on the phone… Hokuto: Really? Why? Subaru: To be on the phone or to face your interrogator doesn’t chance anything in terms of spirituality. From the moment when the connection is established, the two spaces are as one, no matter what the distance! Hokuto: I can’t believe that a grand master of Yin and Yang is powerless before a simple phone! Seishiro: Was it a girl’s voice? Hokuto: She must be about my age… Subaru: Could these girls really be behind the crank calls? Seishiro: Maybe… Seishiro: That’s very funny! Hokuto: No, you’re wrong. A party line is a real trap! Plus the companies have raised the rates! That service costs about forty yen a minute. The problem is that it is hard to remember that if you don’t stop talking, you’ll get a killer phone bill. So the prices rise to a number that our parents can hardly read! Subaru: You seem to know a lot about this, Hokuto… Hokuto: I’m an incurable collector of communications! That’s pretty normal for an Aquarius! Seishiro: Speaking of horoscopes…we had ours done at Sunshine! Hokuto: Really…and? Seishiro: I haven’t had time to read it…here… Hokuto: Let’s see…you were born on April first? So you’re an Aries? Seishiro: I don’t know my sign, but I’m positive I was born on April first! Is something wrong? * Hokuto: You don’t seem like an Aries! Seishiro: Really? Hokuto: I would have thought that you were born under a water sign…like… Seishiro: A water sign?? Hokuto: Scorpio…or maybe…Pieces! Seishiro: You really know your astrology, Hokuto! Hokuto: It’s not that hard; all the papers have horoscope sections these days. All the occult sciences are “in” right now, because we’re on the brink of a new millennium. Seishiro: Ha ha ha! Right on! * Seishiro: Now that I think of it, you haven’t told us-what are you working on right now? Subaru: That’s right…it seems that throughout Japan there has been a rash of crank calls… Seishiro: Crank calls? I get them all the time! Sometimes they ask what you’re doing, and sometimes what color your clothes are. Often they ask strange questions in a stranger voice…breathing heavily…But since I’m not a woman and their conversation leaves much to be desired…I let them listen to my borders…dogs, cats, monkeys… Subaru: Why do they want to know what color our clothes are? Seishiro: They’re not sure what to wear!? But really, what’re you working on? Subaru: It seems that in the last three months, many of the crank calls cine from a number that ends in 19x9. We think it’s something more than a simple joke…it could be a kind of curse… * Subaru: Those who didn’t take the calls seriously and hung up right away were trouble by a spiritual problem…since then, the NTT has investigated and found that the victims of these strange crank calls were all subscribers to the party line program… Seishiro: But how can they know where the calls are coming from? Anyone can use it! Subaru: Well, the phone company is in a tough situation. That’s why they called the Sumeraragi Family to deal with it… Seishiro: What kind of curse is it? Subaru: It seems that instigators of these calls are mixing up all sorts of religions and beliefs…we’ve found references to Islam, the kabbala, and esoteric Buddhism…It’s an odd mix… Seishiro: It’s enough for a world! Subaru: I think we’re in the presence of great mediums, since very few people can use so many different spiritual energies at once! What can I do to find them…? Hokuto: Seishiro! What’s with this horoscope? I don’t see any of your character traits. None of this is remotely near your relationship! Oh, good, this is the best part! The computer concludes that you have nothing in common and that your relationship is doomed to failure! * Seishiro: The harder it is to win his heart, the more I want to do it! Hokuto: Way to go! I always knew you’d be my brother-in-law! Subaru: Ho…Hokuto! Seishiro: Say, Subaru…do you know how to access the party line program? Subaru: Yes…of course! Look, it’s easy! You just have to make up this number… Girl1: The Earth will be destroyed in 1999… Girl3: The time has come to execute our orders!! Girl2: I had a dream… Girl1: What kind of dream? Girl2: I dreamt of the end of the world. The demon finally awoke from his long sleep! * Girl3: Already? But it’s too soon! Girl1: Calm down. Tell me more about your dream… Girl2: The demon woke up and came to kill us…and our accomplices… Girl3: There’s no time to lose! Girl1: We must find the other warriors, those who fought by our sides…in our past lives! Girl2: Are we capable of beating the demons? Girl1: Don’t worry. We’re warriors! Soon our powers will reveal themselves! The day will come when we will finally have the proof…that we are different from the others…and that we were chosen! * Girl2: The day will come…but before the battle… Girl1: We have to destroy the enemy bases! Book: Phone Book Girl1: How did you do it? Girl3: I used an ancient Hindu spell. To use it; I followed all the instructions that I found in a special book hidden in the back of the library… Girl1: You were destined to find that book…it was written in your past life! Girl3: I’m worried that our enemies might already be on to us… Girl1: You have nothing to worry about. Did you put the amulets on your door like I said? Girl2: Yes, of course! Girl1: No one can find us since we use a Q2 line. We are anonymous…we were really lucky to have met! Girl3: It’s because of the partyline program that we found each other again…I always knew that I had strange powers, but I never imagined that I’d have allies one day! * Girl1: I always imagined I was different too. I have a feisty and adventurous nature, and I always felt that I came into the world to save it. I knew that by using the partyline program I’d finally find my allies! Girl3: It all happened as if it was written…our destiny was to meet via the telephone! Girl2: I so want to meet you! Girl1: Patience…for now we must only communicate on the phone. But once our mission is accomplished… Girl3: Someone found our number! Girl2: Is it a friend or an enemy? Girl1: I don’t know. Be quiet. Be careful! * Girl1: Hello? Subaru: S-sorry to interrupt… Hokuto: Subaru’s really shy! Girl1: What is your name? Sign: Don’t give your real name! Find a nickname! Girl1: What is your name? Subaru: Uh…my name is… Sign: Why not Medor? Subaru: My name is…Medor! * Hokuto: Seishiro, you’re a nut! Why did you give him such a stupid name? Seishiro: But…I think Medor’s cute! Hokuto: He should have called himself Atsushi Sakurai, or maybe Kenji Otsuki! Girl1: Are you our friend? Subaru: What? Girl1: Do you have a supernatural power? Subaru: A supernatural power? Girl1: What do you feel when you hear me say the number 1999? * Subaru: Are you the perpetrators of the crank calls!? Girl2: Careful he’s our enemy! Girl3: Our enemy! Subaru: But that’s…the Gyaju-Shingon!?4 * Hokuto: Su…Subaru! 5 * Hokuto: What happened? Subaru: Oh, you’re all wet! * Seishiro: That was the Gyaku-Shingon! Hokuto: The Gyaku-Shinagon? Subaru: Usually you use this esoteric Buddhist spell to protect yourself. But if you say it backwards, it becomes a curse…. Hokuto: Why was the spell so powerful if it was just being said over the phone? Seishiro: Subaru, don’t you have a secret protective barrier in your room? Subaru: It doesn’t matter. My protection doesn’t work on the phone… Hokuto: Really? Why? Subaru: To be on the phone or to face your interrogator doesn’t chance anything in terms of spirituality. From the moment when the connection is established, the two spaces are as one, no matter what the distance! Hokuto: I can’t believe that a grand master of Yin and Yang is powerless before a simple phone! Seishiro: Was it a girl’s voice? Hokuto: She must be about my age… Subaru: Could these girls really be behind the crank calls? Seishiro: Maybe… CALL B VOICE I am here…you are going to die… * VOICE You are going to die….to die! GIRL1 The enemy is near… GIRL2 We will defend ourselves, with the help of our powers! GIRL3 We have already fought in our past lives… GIRLS We are not like the others…. * SEISHIRO He looks really serious! HOKUTO Despite his appearance, Subaru’s a real professional! SEISHIRO What are you doing, Subaru? SUBARU I’m going to try and find where they live… SEISHIRO The Q2 girls? SUBARU Yes. I have to stop them before they use more powerful spells…and more dangerous! SEISHIRO Subaru, you really are nice… SUBARU Why do you say that? HOKUTO Bravo Seishiro, you’re right! SUBARU Hokuto! SEISHIRO But you still haven’t eaten, Subaru, since we didn’t have time to go to Afternoon Tea. So you haven’t had anything to eat except a muffin this morning?!? HOKUTO Nope! Subaru never eats breakfast. What’s more, he works without a computer, which is awfully rare these days! * HOKUTO Grandma made him vow never to eat steak. And every morning he takes a cold bath…even in winter! SEISHIRO Is that what they call “abulations”? HOKUTO I call it taking a cold bath! SUBARU There’s nothing extraordinary about it-all the mediums do it! SEISHIRO I admire that you respect those customs! HOKUTO I admire you too. SUBARU It’s… it’s just normal! It’s my job! HOKUTO Subaru had a lot of trouble starting out…Good boy! SEISHIRO Tell me, Hokuto, I understand your brother had to change clothes for his work, but you…why did you put that on? HOKUTO I thought he’d like it! SEISHIRO Oh, good! Subaru’s really lucky to have such a nice sister! HOKUTO Hee hee hee hee! You’re just now figuring it out? * SUBARU Shuku dou sho! Periperiperi. Yin-yan go-gyo! Hiku… SEISHIRO That’s impressive! HOKUTO Subaru’s shikigami is absolutely magnificent! * SEISHIRO A domestic animal often takes on the appearance of its master… HOKUTO The shikigami is a sort of materialization of our spirit. It’s a unique and totally devoted messenger! Seishiro, what does yours look like? SEISHIRO I wonder where’s Subaru’s Shikigami got to? HOKUTO Why do you never answer my questions? * GIRL1 You had the same dream as me? GIRL3 Yes. GIRL1 It was a premonitory dream! GIRL2 No it wasn’t! GIRL3 The enemy is near…was that what our dream was about? GIRL1 Yes, because he’s afraid of our powers! He came to haunt our dreams in order to intimidate us! That’s the proof that we scare him! GIRL3 He’s scared… * GIRL2 My talisman has started to shine?! GIRL3 Mine too! GIRL1 It’s shining? * HOKUTO Subaru? What’s up? SUBARU Rinpyotousha…kaijin retsu…zai! Zen! GIRL2 Nooooo! SUBARU Hat! * HOKUTO Subaru! SUBARU Don’t worry, Hokuto! SEISHIRO Why did you change magics? What happened? HOKUTO Do you know where they live? SUBARU I’m exhausted! I finally found them! They’ve young girls…three of them…the first is in Aagoya…the second in Hachioji…and the last in Misato. HOKUTO Was it very hard to find them? SUBARU No, it didn’t take long, but…I think they had some sort of protection… * SUBARU But it wasn’t a very effective protection…I was perfectly fine once my shikigami came back… SEISHIRO I think they’ve begun to learn the reverse of the medallion… HOKUTO What are you saying? SEISHIRO They call it the sakanagi! No one can use such magics imprudently! Their strength is always in proportion to the amount that they have abused! The magics used by those girls was inscribed in their karma at the start of time, and will finish by turning against them, like a veritable time-bomb! All the Grand Masters know the sakangi, and have various ways of protecting themselves! These girls are using very powerful magics without moderation. They must surely be ignorant of the terrors that hey will be subjected to! SUBARU When I asked my shikigami to have a look around, I felt the presence of the rogue spirits, hidden in their rooms…I think they’ve abused evil powers! SEISHIRO Were those spirits the reason why you had trouble coming back? SUBARU Yeah… SEISHIRO Such folly! You put your life in danger…our shikigami was there on a reconnaissance mission, not to battle rogue spirits! SUBARU Well, I wanted to go and help those girls…and if I hadn’t, they probably would have had to deal with the aftermath for the rest of their lives… * HOKUTO Seishiro, What’s going on? Tell me what you’re thinking? SEISHIRO No, I wouldn’t dare… HOKUTO Come on, tell me, you know you can tell me anything! SEISHIRO Well…I was thinking how 3ay it would be to take advantage of Subaru, since he’s so exhausted and defenseless… HOKUTO Seishiro, I love your ambitiousness! MOM How many hours do you spend on the phone each day!? Do you want to know what our phone bill is this month? I’ll remind you that your father doesn’t work just to pay your phone bill! It’s the last straw… GIRL2 What happened last night…I’m scared…I’m scared… FRIEND Where’s your lunch box? You’re not eating? GIRL3 No, let me alone. I’m not hungry! * FRIEND I’ve noticed that you haven’t been eating anymore….are you on a diet? GIRL3 I’m hungry, but if I buy myself a sandwich, I won’t have enough money to buy my phone cards. And I can’t call from home anymore…Last month, the bill was over 100,000 yen…we are warriors, and we must save the world! We are not like the others… TEACHER So you can see that- GIRL1 Where is our enemy hiding? I’m waiting for him to call me…the one who will give the signal must know that we’re in danger…so why doesn’t he give us the sign? The end of the world is near, but we will persist, like in the story I’m writing! Our true powers will finally manifest, and we will have the strength to fight those who would ruin this world…we are not like other humans! TEACHER Are you listening to me?! * GIRL1 Yes… TEACHER What drivel were you writing in my class! GIRL1 I’m not like them! HOKUTO Yes! Listen, Subaru, if you don’t get up, I’ll go and do horrible things in your name! Yes! Is that you, Seishiro? SEISHIRO Has Subaru’s fever gone down? HOKUTO No, he’s still running 102 F! Hang on, I’ll open the door! Here we are! SEISHIRO I was worried about Subaru. I’m not disturbing you? HOKUTO No, not at all, he’s just woken up! * SEISHIRO Surprise! HOKUTO WOW! Chocolate cake from Tops! Subaru’s in his room, go on in. I’ll go make some tea! SEISHIRO Ok! SUBARU Come in! SEISHIRO So, how’s it going? SUBARU Very well. I just needed to rest. SEISHIRO This is all my fault. If I hadn’t asked you to meet me at Ikebukuro… SUBARU No, don’t blame yourself! I had a great time… SEISHIRO I’m glad to hear you say that! HOKUTO Have you told Seishiro? SEISHIRO Told me what? HOKUTO Subaru insists that I call the three party-line girls! SEISHIRO Again? SUBARU I have to stop them…before it’s too late! * SUBARU They called up the dark forces. The situation is serious. There’s not a moment to lose! HOKUTO Subaru! SUBARU Hokuto, you must understand that this is my job! They pay me to do this! I’m going to do my work right! HOKUTO Subaru…That’s right, you’re a professional, it’s your job! So go do what they pay you for-work! SEISHIRO Will you let me be your assistant? SUBARU I don’t know what’ll happen this time…could it be dangerous? SEISHIRO Don’t fret! I have confidence in you and your work, Subaru! CLAMP It’s very important to change! * SUBARU Who are you? GIRL2 It’s you again, isn’t it? SUBARU Are you behind the crank calls? GIRL2 HELP ME! I know that you’re the cause of all my nightmares! Monsters and ghosts live in my room…you sent them! I tried to use magic to get rid of them, but they won’t go! SUBARU I didn’t do that! GIRL2 Liar!! SUBARU Calm down, and don’t worry! The ghosts will go away soon! GIRL2 Really? SUBARU Yes. GIRL2 But who are you? Are you a warrior? SUBARU No. * GIRL2 Are you our ally? SUBARU Not that either. GIRL2 Are you a superior being? SUBARU No. GIRL2 Then why? SUBARU Do you have something like an amulet on a wall in your room? GIRL2 Yes… SUBARU Please, take it down! GIRL2 But if I do- SUBARU That amulet is dangerous… GIRL2 What?! SUBARU It’s false…you not only have it oriented wrong, but also poorly reproduced. And unfortunately you found it in a bad magic book! The amulet is the first cause of your torments! GIRL2 Can I really take it down? SUBARU Yes. * GIRL2 ARE YOU SURE!? SUBARU Absolutely! Nouboha alatamou tarayahan etc….. HOKUTO He’s even nicer than I thought! And from here we can really see! SEISHIRO I hope everything’s ok…. GIRL1 What’s going on? GIRL3 Who’s doing this? * GIRL2 This man told me that he would make all the ghosts that have been haunting me disappear… GIRL1 What? You’re insane, he’s our enemy! GIRL2 He also told me that our amulets were false! And that they were the cause of all our nightmares! GIRL1 You have betrayed us! GIRL3 Traitor! GIRL2 No! FOOTNOTE Mantra in Chinese. In Japan the younger generation can’t read them. * HOKUTO SUBARU! Why didn’t you send them back their magic? SEISHIRO Subaru had already begun to exorcise one of the three girls. By sending it back, they have put his life in danger! HOKUTO So the other two attacked! SEISHIRO I wonder how long his barrier will hold… HOKUTO SUBARU! * HOKUTO A hurricane? SUBARU It’s kaitachi, the ghost wind… GIRL2 No! Get away! HELP! * (* HOKUTO Subaru!! Seishiro, why?! SEISHIRO Now it is time to put an end to these pleasantries! GIRL1 Who are you? GIRL3 It’s our enemy! GIRL1 Be careful, we have powers! * GIRLS We were chosen…we are superior to other common mortals! SEISHIRO “Superior”… GIRLS We have a mission to save the world! Our supernatural powers will aid us in our combat against the demons! And if the earth is destroyed, we will survive, and we will help other survivors to create a new world! We are superior to common mortals! No other human being possesses powers as strong as ours! SEISHIRO You have injured many people that I don’t know. I am sorry for them, but they do not effect me…But this time you were wrong…to hurt Subaru! * GIRL1 HE IS OUR ENEMY!! HE MUST DIE! WE ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHER MORTALS! * SEISHIRO I don’t care about your “superiority”! GIRL1 We were warriors in our past lives! SEISHIRO What does it matter what you were in the past! * SEISHIRO I am not so indulgent as Subaru…I will never surrender to your evil! * GIRL1 No…I refuse to be…like the other girls! The teacher who yelled at me in class…an the girls who made fun of me…will all die in 1999! GIRL3 I don’t want to be a banal person like all the others….like my father, like my mother, and the rest of my family! GIRL1 I will not be pushed around by people who are my inferiors! SEISHIRO You really have understood nothing… * SEISHIRO The greatest people in this world are often those who are the simplest and most anonymous. They work hard and get up early in the morning…they have joys, they have sorrows, and they live their lives as best they can, like every other human on this earth…that is why you were wrong to flee them…because they are in reality what you dream of being! * SEISHIRO But since you really don’t want to be like them…I’ll help you! GIRLS Noooo! * MOM3 What is it? MOM1 What happened? GIRL1 Hee hee hee…ha ha ha… GIRL3 (breathes hard) MOM2 Are you alright? GIRL2 Mommy! Help me! Help me! Help me, mommy!! SEISHIRO You could have sent their magic back at them, but you chose not to…I never should have left you alone, knowing that you’d been sick…Hokuto would never have forgiven herself if your health suffered because of your work…Besides…you must never forget… * SEISHIRO The promise that you made me, Subaru! * SUBARU In the end…I didn’t save anyone…when I called the families of the three girls, I learned that two of them have gone insane, and that they were placed in a mental institution…the girl that I started to exorcise is the best off of the three…but her parents have decided to send her to a psychiatrist, since she says that she saw monsters and ghosts in her room…most people think that that signifies a mental illness…I didn’t do anything…with lots of help, patience, and understanding from their families, they may be released some day…but they’ll never be able to have a normal life! SEISHIRO The return to reality is very difficult for those who have seen what they have…maybe even impossible! Unlike the United States, Japan isn’t a country that accepts mental illness and paranormal phenomenons… HOKUTO Subaru! You did your job, that’s all! Forget all this don’t let it out you in a state like this! * HOKUTO You have to concentrate on the future, if you want to be considered a real professional! SEISHIRO Subaru, now that you’re feeling better…we can go to Yamuchas! HOKUTO Super! Hey! What are you doing? Seishiro, you’re not very nice! SEISHIRO Let’s go! HOKUTO You’re making fun of me again! THE END SPECIAL BONUS! 2 BAD SONGS!!(POEMS) Who’s That Boy The cold rain falls on the town like a Desert lit by a metal moon. The night, we will be in each other’s arms In a puzzle of light. The neon flash projects in the maze of streets, And are spirits are fascinated by that light. Why is this town so pretty? Because so many Beings have suffered here. It’s a Wonder Nightmare. You come over night. It’s naught but an illusion. I can’t say WHO’S THAT BOY? It’s a question with no response, but… WHO”S THAT BOY? We lost ourselves in the same town. You can’t say WHO”S THAT BOY? Where is he from…where is he going? WHO’S THAT BOY? Such egotism in this out of sync town!… The tempest of instant prisms escapes Us by destroying our hopes. It’s a wonder nightmare. You come over night. It’s naught but a chance. I can’t say WHO’S THAT BOY? His mysterious pupils have the color of the Night sky. He watches the icey city from above. You can’t say WHO’S THAT BOY? The buildings that loom on the horizon Are the tombs of our dreams. WHO”S THAT BOY? DANCIN” IN THE BABYLON This town is an ocean of rays of light. TWILIGHT It’s in the lie of the night that we find the truth. WICKED Criminals weave an illusion of vanity and love. Let’s cross the door of time. Let’s make the buildings Disappear. GET DOWN SHAKEDOWN. BAD NEWS, let’s forget the illusions. LET”S DANCE. BRAND NEW, we are on the brink of a great change. LAST LIGHT. Eternity is lost in the love of the past. Don’t wait anymore, the hour of justice will never come. BAD TIME BAD LOVE. DANCIN” IN THE BABYLON. Crime destroys the future. DANCIN” IN THE STING LOVE We search for a dream and a night without end. DANCIN” IN THE BABYLON. We are in a labrynthe from which there is no escape. DANCIN” IN THE STILL HEART. I will kill you from a parcel of time, going out of my heart. “KILL YOU” The town is a whirl of lighthouses. GROOVIN’ What debauchery of sentiments! BADDEST. Everyday we try to escape this dream without end. This miracle hides no mystery. BREAK TOWN BREAK DOWN. BAD NEWS, here is the rout that will bring us to the garden of corruption. LET”S TRY. BRAND NEW, the bar codes are aligned. MAKE LOVE. The armed people with the smiling faces are all liers. We live in the perspective of a future without hope. BACKWARD BACK-EYES. DANCIN” IN THE BABYLON. The future is blurred in obscurity. DANCIN” IN THE STING LOVE. Tonight love will go to the edge of the precipice. DANCIN” IN THE BABYLON. There is a trap in the promise. DANCIN” IN THE STILL HEART. I will kill you from a parcel of time, out of this town. “KILL YOU”. End of Vol. 3 1 This is one of the most beautiful aquariums in Tokyo, situated in the Sunshine Ikebukuro building, 62 floors up. 2 Buddhist magic spell 3 Subaru is chanting in Sanskrit. For a mantra to activate, the sounds must be mastered and blown. The knowledge of mantras is a traditional science known only to the elite of the Asian spiritual world. 4 Buddhist magic spell 5 Subaru is chanting in Sanskrit. For a mantra to activate, the sounds must be mastered and blown. The knowledge of mantras is a traditional science known only to the elite of the Asian spiritual world.