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Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3
Lightning Angel
CHAPTER 2
TO THE STARS OF BATTLE...

English Translation
by Ditchdigger

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Segments by date of translation:

  • November 26, 2000

  • December 23, 2000

  • January 7, 2001

            [The Element Fairy is orbiting the Earth. All the girls are looking down at it.]

    Yuna: Whoa! It's so pretty!

    Lemi: She looking at it like she in love...

    Mai: To think that anyone would want to destroy this pretty little planet... I definitely have to doubt these Mechanizans' sense of aesthetics.

    Miki: The green Earth... No matter what happens, we cannot fail to protect it.

            [Suddenly an alarm goes off. Elnar appears on a viewscreen.]

    Elnar: Yuna! Yuna! A craft of unknown origin is approaching!

    Mai: Looks like they heard me talking trash about them and came right away! This mighty Mai of Roppongi will oppose them!

    Polylina: Wait a minute... it's opening communication!

    Yuna: I'll be right there!

            [Yuna arrives on the bridge, followed by everyone else.]

    Yuna: Elnar, is it an enemy spaceship!?

    Elnar: It isn't. This is... the Galaxy Alliance's identification signal! Perhaps...

    Radio: This is a Galaxy Alliance patrol craft requesting immediate assistance in accordance with the safe haven system clause...
    Radio:...Codename "Selene."

    Yuna: I knew it; it's Misaki-chan! HEART

    Misaki: That voice... Yuna! As I thought, it's Yuna isn't it!!

            OPTIONS: [View her on the main screen] or [Turn her off]

            {Second option untranslated.}

            {First option:}

            [Misaki's ship comes up on the main screen. Multiple enemies are chasing it, firing a barrage of lasers.]

    Yuna: Aah! What's that!?

    Lemi: It's Machine Empire!

    Yûri: Misaki-chan's cruiser is under attack, it is!!

    Polylina: Ichijoin Misaki... somehow, you always have things on your tail, don't you!

    Yuna: W, Why are they going after Misaki-chan!?

            [Tactical Mode -- The girls start next to the Element Fairy, and Machine Soldiers are surrounding Misaki's ship at the other end of the map. In the background, a huge flotilla of enemy ships hangs ominously.]

    Misaki: Agh, they caught me...

    Yuna: Look out! At this rate, Misaki-chan is done for!

    Polylina: Do whatever it takes to save Misaki!

            [Battle starts. The enemies close to Misaki's ship will move toward it and attack. The first time they do...]

    Misaki: Damn... the enemy's target is me, isn't it?

            [Continue battle. If the enemies do enough damage to the parts of the ship (wings, tail, nose, etc) they'll start to break off. When two pieces have broken off...]

    Misaki: I can't fail here, before I see Yuna! If I can't give her the answers she's looking for...

            [he battle ends when all the enemy soldiers are destroyed. The enemy ships all warp out.]

    Elnar: Somehow, the enemy has withdrawn.

    Yuna: We did it!

            [Save? Yes/No]

            [Back aboard the Element Fairy, all the girls are chatting and giggling in a cluster.]

    Yuna: Mi, Misaki-chan! Are you all right?

    Misaki: Yeah, of course! Are you unharmed as well, Yuna?

    Yuna: Eheheh HEART I'm okay! Everybody is!

    Misaki: I heard about the Missile problem. It's a horrible thing, isn't it...

    Yuna: Yep... if we can't somehow find the Missile's launch base and stop it, the Earth will...

    Elnar: Until we find the place the Missile came from, we won't be able to formulate any detailed plans...

    Misaki: ...................

    Yuna: W, What is it?

    Misaki: Yuna... please! Lend me your power!
    Misaki: The way things are now, space... the fate of the galaxy is in danger! I know the Earth is in big trouble, but...!

    Yuna: Misaki-chan...

    Polylina: Give us a detailed explanation!

            [Misaki walks over to the window, takes a deep breath, and begins.]

    Misaki: I saw in the Galaxy Alliance data library that there's a legend which has been passed down, floating through outer space...

    Polylina: Legend...?

    Misaki: Long ago, a high civilization took great pride in their planet...
    Misaki: Everything was run by free-willed machines, even the weather, on this "Mechanizan Planet."

    Yuna: Mechanizans... those are people like Ayako-chan, aren't they!

    Misaki: Yes... after the original creators had vanished, the Mechanizans wanted to uphold the peaceful world that had been established...
    Misaki: But... there came a time on this planet when a person appeared seeking conquest of the universe through the power of science...

            [we see a picture of a horde of black-armored robotic troops laying waste to a city. Behind them looms a dark form.]

    Misaki: Her name was The Black Empress.
    Misaki: The Black Empress devastated one planet of the galaxy after another with her overwhelming force.
    Misaki: This could no longer be called a war; it was a one-sided massacre!

    Yuna: That's horrible...

    Misaki: But... one person stood up to oppose The Black Empress... that person was The White Empress.

    Miki: White Empress?

            [Scene of robotic troops in white capes dashing into battle against the aforementioned black armored robots. A shining figure stands above them, lit so brightly that we can't make out any details.]

    Misaki: Yes... The peace-loving White Empress personally led the fight against The Black Empress.
    Misaki: For both of them, the war continued on without end...

    Mai: After that, who won?

    Misaki: The White Empress, of course! But... She didn't triumph completely...

    Misaki: Her power had become so great that it could only eventually be sealed away...
    Misaki: That day, The White Empress became the focus and created a new Mechanizan country...
    Misaki: This is the legend of The Black Empress and The White Empress that is handed down throughout the galaxy... and now...

            [Back to the ship. Misaki is still looking out the window.]

    Misaki: This describes the past of "The Machine Empress."

    Polylina: Then, the sealed "Black Empress" you were talking about is...

    Misaki: Yes... back then, that was what today is "The Machine Empress."
    Misaki: For some reason that sealed inhuman power has been revived...
    Misaki: The Machine Empire is not aiming only for the Earth...
    Misaki: In reality, even now every planet is under attack! The damage done to us, to the Galactic Alliance, is astounding...

    Mai: Isn't that hideous!

    Miki: Unforgivable...

    Lemi: Is Machine Empress demon!?

            [Misaki turns around.]

    Misaki: Please, Yuna! Lend us the power of the Savior of Light... your power! SOUND CLIP

    Yuna: Yeah! I understand!

    Misaki: Yuna...

    Polylina: I'll give you a hand as well! All the stars shining in the galaxy -- in no case shall I let them fall!

            {NOTE: The last part of Polylina's statement is straight from her "delicate flower" intro speech. ^_^}

    Yûri: Yûri will help all the planets too, she will!

    Lemi: With me Kung Fu, I use Kotenban on evil gang!

    Miki: I, too, shall assist in whatever manner I am able!

    Mai: Ah, the kids I teach are relying on me again, eh? This SUPER beautiful, SUPER kind teacher will lend her strength too!

    Shiori: Weeeellll...... I.... allllso..... with what power I haaaave.....

    Mai: Yeah, yeah, Shiori says she'll help too!

    Misaki: Everyone... thank you!

    Yuna: All-right! We've gotta hurry! While we do this, I just know they're heading for more planets...

    Elnar: What do you intend to do?

    Yuna: That's obvious, isn't it? We head directly for the Machine Empress and put a stop to this!

    Elnar: Easier said than done...

    Polylina: but if we don't know where she is, there's nothing we can do...

    Misaki: We're just fine in that department! I managed to find out from the holographic database at Galaxy Alliance headquarters.

            [We see a picture of part of the galaxy. The Earth has a blinking cursor over it, as does a foreboding planet at the opposite corner of the map.]

    Misaki: This is our current location... and this is the Machine Empress' base...
    Misaki: This is probably where the machine Empress is... but, this area is unknown even to the Galactic Alliance...
    Misaki: Surely the main portion of the enemy will be guarding planets in this vicinity; I don't know what will happen!

    Lemi: This look like it will become awful trip. sweatdrop

    Yuna: No problem! If everybody is together on these planets, we'll take care of the bad guys in a jif!

    Elnar: That's true... and in the process we can look for the Missile's launch point!

    Misaki: There is a choice of routes: by way of the Southern planet Oolalaka or the Repast planet Tastiya.
    Misaki: I'll leave the selection of route to Yuna!! NAMES

            [Travel screen. At this point in the game, you can choose one of two paths; the storyline branches. I don't know whether they merge again later; I've only played the Tastiya route a little ways. I do know that different characters join if you go one way than if you go the other way. For the moment, this translation will cover the Oolalaka route. If I recall, going the other way you pick up Yoshika of Tea who has an awesome missile attack.]

            {If you select the Oolalaka route:}

            [Tactical Mode. The girls are strolling through a natural-looking landscape. Trees grow here and there and the ground is covered in grass except for a few patches of mud. They stop next to a flower the size of a refrigerator.]

    Yuna: This is the Southern planet, Oolalaka...
    Yuna: For some reason I'm comfy-wumfy; this is a reeeally nice feeling planet! Yaaaawn...

            [Yuna starts nodding off. Misaki walks forward a bit and looks around.]

    Misaki: That's strange! I was sure this planet had a temperate climate, but this season should be the beginning of winter...

    Yuna: Huuumm... but, this nice weather feels like spring in full bloom... anyway I'm sleepy... Yaaawn...

    Elnar: Come on, Yuna! Be serious! sweatdrop

    Lemi: Huaaa... I sleepy too... Yaaawn...

    Mai: Ah, I only feel a little sleepy... nobody disturb me, 'kay? Yaaawn...

    Yûri: Nyom, nyom... It's no use, it is...
    Yûri: Ten please, Katsu please, Uni please, Ikura please, Denka please... they're all Yûri's, they are...

    Elnar: You guys! Isn't your mission to protect this planet from The Machine Empress' advances? sweatdrop

    Yuna: Ah, just let me nap a little while longer, Elnar...

    ???: Ahahahahaha! So this's the rumored buncha idiots?

    Misaki: W, who is it?

            [The screen pans up to show that the flower they're sleeping next to is actually part of a much larger plant. On the plant's massive center flower (about the size of a dumpster) is perched a girl in pink flowery robes.]

    ???: Ah'm one of the Six Flower Warriors, Impha! D'ya like it? Manipulatin' the seasons't will is one a'the techniques a'the Machine Empire! SPEECH SOUND CLIP

    Misaki: Ah-ha! I knew this was their doing!

            [Robots appear all around.]

    Impha: Y'realized that alittle late, eh? As ya requested, I'll let you sleep for all eternity!

            [Battle begins. If one of the girls goes near any of the flowers sticking out from the main central one, pink gas spurts out and puts her to sleep.]

    Elnar: No way! When you go near one of those flowers, you'll be put to sleep! Pay attention while fighting!

            [Battle begins. When you move next to the huge flower that Impha is on:]

    Impha: Ahahaha, y'can't lay a finger on me from there!

    Yuna: Aaah, what are we going to dooo? sweatdrop

    ???: Taaaa!

            [A girl with green flower-shaped battle armor leaps in and destroys the big flower with a flying kick.]

    ???: Mari of Flowers has arrived! I won't forgive those who use a beautiful flower for evil! PROFILE SOUND CLIP

    Impha: Ack, my Min-Min-So!

    Yuna: Alright! Now that Mari-chan is here, let's rock!

            [Impha is now at ground level and actively takes part in the battle. When she uses her long-range sleep attack she says "Sleep forever!" When she uses her close-range attack she says "Sakura Sword!" where Sakura means Cherry Blossoms. Her close-range attack is powerful enough to take out Mari in one hit, since Mari's armor and hit points suck (to offset her cool poison needle attack). If Mari gets iced, she says "The life of a flower is a fleeting thing, isn't it...?" Meanwhile, when you finally kill Impha:]

    Impha: Now way... Ah can't lose...!

            [She explodes.]

    Misaki: Now that we've defeated the enemy here, let's return to the Element Fairy!

    Yuna: Yeah!

            [Exit Tactical Mode, go to Move screen. When you try to go to the next planet, the game goes back into story mode showing the Element Fairy in Oolalaka orbit. After a second it switches to a scene of Polylina and Yuna standing by the window.]

    Polylina: The enemy's progress is unexpectedly fast...

    Yuna: Oolalaka was... such a nice place, but...

    Polylina: Yeah... we can't let our guard down. If Mari hadn't come, who knows what would have happened...

    Elnar: Yuna must become more attentive, too!

            OPTIONS: [{XXX} about the trap] or [{XXX} Misaki]

            {First option untranslated.}

            {Second option:}

            [Yuna walks over to Misaki, who's at a data terminal.]

    Yuna: Anyway, we have to hurry on to the next! Misaki-chan, where's the next planet?

    Misaki: From here, two planets are the same distance. The {XXX} planet Everythingy and the {XXX} planet Thatwaya...

    Yuna: Everythingy and Thatwaya? So, what sorts of planets are those? NAMES

    Misaki: To put it simply, Everythingy is a planet eternally frozen in ice...
    Misaki: Thatwaya is a planet {XXXXXXX}!

            [Yuna imagines a glacier with a penguin and a desert with cow bones.]

    Yuna: So you're saying one is a really cold planet and one is a really hot planet!?
    Yuna: Ehh, Misaki... a more amusing place would be better. sweatdrop

    Elnar: Yuna, what are you saying!? This is not the time to be picky!

    Yûri: Yuna-san! I can't decide whether to eat Kakidori or Mabiyake Udon!

    Yuna: Agh, that's a secondary choice too!

            [Suddenly sirens go off. Everyone looks around.]

    Polylina: What's wrong?

    Elnar: Enemy attack! Incoming missile barrage!

    Yuna: Eh!? What'll we do! At this rate we'll be toast!
    11/24/2000
    Misaki: Even if we {XXXX} now, it won't be in time!

    Polylina: Advance while dodging the missiles!
    Polylina: Yuna, do your best!

            [You're presented with one of the ship's forward display panels. The stars are zooming by.]

    Elnar: Please use the direction buttons up, down, left, and right to dodge missiles and proceed!
    Elnar: Four hits and it's all over!

    Yuna: I understand, Elnar!!

            [Now you start dodging missiles. A little scanning triangle will go around the screen and the word "ALERT" will pop up when a missile is detected; as soon as you see the missile, estimate which side of the ship it's headed for and steer away from it. It's harder than it sounds; they're all just about in the direct center of the screen! There's a little damage display in the lower right corner; parts of the ship will light up in red when they're hit. Whenever you dodge a missile, Elnar says...]

    Elnar: Yuna! Here comes the next one! Be careful!

            [After dodging a whole lot of missiles (like ten)]

    Polylina: The enemy's attack has stopped...

    Elnar: Yeah, somehow she pulled it off...

    Misaki: That attack vector originated at Everythingy...
    Misaki: Yuna, head for Everythingy!

            [Travel screen - go on to Everythingy.]

            [Tactical Mode. The girls are standing in the middle of a frozen wasteland, a short ways from the nose of the parked Elemental Fairy. Snow blows down continuously and the ground is mostly covered in ice. Mai, Yuna and Lemi are shivering.]

    Yuna: Ooooh... I, It's coooold... It's sooooo cold... Sweatdrops

    Mai: I, It's times like this when I really want my classiest fur coat... Sweatdrops

    Lemi: {XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX} (something about China - probably because China, where she's from, is near the equator and never gets this cold.)

    Lemi: So... so... Sweatdrops

    Miki: I am not entirely clear on what you mean, but... Sweatdrops

            [Shiori walks forward and looks around at everyone.]

    Shiori: Saaayyy... Everyyyooone... whaaat aaarrre yooou doooinnng......?

    Yuna: Shiori: ... Shiori-chan... A-aren't you c-c-cold?

    Shiori: Coooold? Nooow thaaat yooou meeentionnn iiit... It is kinndaaa cooold...

    Mai: A-a-at a time like this, I'm j-jealous of this k-kid's s-s-super-naiive nerves. Sweatdrops

            [Yuuri jumps up and down.]

    Yûri: Yaaaaay! I want to eat chilled fruit, I do!
    Yûri: Strawberries, melons, and lemons would make me happy, they would!

    Misaki: That's enough, everyone... you're strong, aren't you?

    Elnar: Eh, well... Sweatdrops That alone has some merit, so... Sweatdrops

            [The wind gusts, howling across the ground.]

    Shiori: Huuuuh....? I caaaan't.... moooove.... mmmmmmyyyyy.... boooooooodyyyyyyyyy.........................

            [Shiori freezes into a block of ice.]

    Lemi: Ayaaaaa! Shiori is froze! Sweatdrops

    Mai: J, just how naiive are you? Sweatdrops
    Mai: Pull yourself together! Sweatdrops

            [Mai whips out her golf club and shatters the ice.]

    Shiori: Aah... Thaaaank yoooou......

            [A huge wedge of ice suddenly falls from the sky and embeds itself in the ice a ways away. "Standing" on top is a black-haired Mechanizan woman with a green battlesuit and a dress-like hovering device instead of legs.]

    ???: Ooooohohohohohohohohoo...

    ???: Hohohohoho! I am pleased to make your acquaintance! I am one of the Six Flower Warriors, "Lang-Pha!" SOUND CLIP

    Polylina: Grr! This planet already...

    Lang-Pha: It was so nice when you froze like that...
    Lang-Pha: {XXXXX} Oohohohohoho...

    Yuna: What do you mean by "Kokke?" {See, Yuna couldn't translate it either! ;) }

    Lang-Pha: You sad little girl...

            [She starts radiating power.]

    Lang-Pha: Taaaaaa!!

            [A huge crack forms in the ice, separating the girls into two groups.]

    Misaki: W, What's this!?

            [Nine robot soldiers pop up on the field.]

    Lang-Pha: So then, let's all relieve them of their discomfort right away!

            [Battle time. This one is complicated by the fact that your troops are divided into two groups, one on each side of the big crack in the ice. Of course, Misaki and Polylina can teleport across and if you've gotten Miki leveled up enough she can use her awesome "Crown Queen" technique to imitate one of them and teleport herself. Aside from that, keeping the two groups as close as possible will allow some of the longer-range characters like Shiori and Misaki to attack enemies on the wrong side of the divide. At any rate, when you advance close enough to Lang-Pha's perch, the view will center on an ice crystal sitting next to it that looks just like the one Shiori was encased in.]

    Elnar: Somebody is imprisoned in that crystal! We should save her, fast!

            [Continue until you break the crystal (one or two attacks should do it). A blue-haired masked girl dressed all in black leather brursts out with a whip, a crown, and lots of cleavage.]

    ???: Somehow I've been freed! All of you, prepare yourselves!

            [She runs up and breaks Lang-Pha's ice platform. Lang-Pha hovers down to ground level.]

    Lang-Pha: Grr! This is not good...

    Yuna: "Ruminaev!" In a place like this!! SOUND CLIP

    Ruminaev: It's been forever, hasn't it! Yuna, leave this to me! PROFILE

            [Now Lang-Pha is at ground level and starts attacking. Her attack phrase is "Fly! Evil Butterflies!" (in English) which causes a flock of psychotic butterflies to come out and harass you. ^_^ When you take her out...]

    Lang-Pha: I, I can't lose!! I... to these little girls--!

            [She blows up. Mission clear. Interesting how none of the characters seem to give a second thought when one of the bad guys dies anymore. ^_^ It's quite possible that they're not actually dying, though; they look like they're blowing up but they could supposedly be running away or whatever. At any rate, the game is still in Tactical Mode.]

    Ruminaev: Erika and Ako/Mako have gone to the little devil planet, "Chichena!" We should follow them right away! NAMES

    Yuna: Erika and company?

    Elnar: Everyone, let's make haste!

            [Exit Tactical Mode, go to travel mode, move on to Chichena.]

            [On Chichena, we're in Tactical Mode again. The surface of the planet is a flat, barren mottled pink and green expanse with large irregular holes in the ground here and there.]

    Yuna: Erika and the others got here ahead of us... where in the world are they?

    Polylina: Luckily this isn't a very big planet! Everyone, split up and look for them!

    Yûri: Yes, I say!

            [The girls spread out and walk around. They start yelling.]

    Miki: Erika-samaaa! Wheere aare youu!!

    Yuna: Erika-chaan! Ako-chaan! Mako-chaan! If you're here, answer uus!

    Polylina: Yunaa! Is there anyone over that waay!?

    Yuna: Noo! Nobody's heere!
    Yuna: Even though I'm looking all over the place... I don't see a single person.

    Elnar: Huh!? Be careful! Something's coming!

            [A huge familiar-looking holographic image appears in the air. It's a dark figure clad in armor.]

    Yuna: Ah! You are--!

    Polylina: The Machine Empress!

    M. Empress: Huhuhuhuhu... It's been a while, Yuna Kagurazaka...
    M. Empress: With your puny powers you maggots were able to make it this far... honestly I'm surprised...

    Yuna: Of course! That's because I have sooo many fabulous comrades!

    M. Empress: Comrades? Hahahaha... Your greatest weakness is that you lean too heavily on your flock of groupies...

    Mai:(sounding pissed) What did you saaay!?

            [Steam puffs out of her ears.]

    Mai: You're just a little too noisy, aren't you! Taaa!

            [Mai does a cool flipping golf club attack, but catches nothing but air.]

    M. Empress: Hmph... dork... do you want to see the other monkeys that much?
    M. Empress: If that's the case, I'll let you meet them!!

    Polylina: !?

    M. Empress: {XXXXXXXXXXX}

            [A swirling black vortex opens in the ground and begins pulling the girls toward it. They all start running in place trying to resist.]

    Yuna: [screams] AAAAAAAHH!!!! [gets pulled in]

    Yûri: Yuna-saaan!! [gets pulled in]

    Polylina: Everyone! Ruuuuun!! [gets pulled in]

    Misaki: Too late! [gets pulled in]

    Miki: [screams piercingly] EEEEEEEEEE!!!!! [gets pulled in]

    Mai: I'll definitely get you back for this, keep that in mind!! [she and Remi both get pulled in]

    Shiori: Ah... I'lll gooo tooooo... [gets pulled in]

            [With all the girls having been sucked into the void, the wormhole closes and the Machine Empress' image dissipates. The End-- err just kidding. ;) ]

            [SAVE? Yes/No]

            [Darkness. Yuna hears voices but can't see anything yet.]

    ???: (Yuna's voice) Uhn... uh... mm...

    ???: (Shiori's voice) Yuuna-saaaan.......

    ???: (Polylina's voice) Hang in there! Yuna! Please, open your eyes!

            [Yuna comes to, lying on her back.]

    Yuna: Ahh... Huh?

            [She sits up. Misaki and Polylina are crouched down attending to her, and we see Yuuri's foot as she stands in front of the "camera."]

    Yuna: Guys!? Thank goodness, you're safe!

    Misaki: Sort of... but I wouldn't really say we're safe.

            [Yuna looks around. The other girls are standing here and there, looking up. This is some sort of eerie alternate dimension; multicolored mists drift about and massive fragments of ancient derilect spaceships poke down out of the vapor clouds up above them. Barely visible through gaps in the mist, cosmic debris and parts of grounded ships create a savage broken landscape.]

    Yuna: W... Where is this?

    Elnar: Somehow, it looks like we've been trapped in some sort of lost spatial dimension...

    Polylina: Machine Empress must have the power to distort dimensions...

    Yuna: Hmm... I didn't understand any of that, but we'd better look for Erika-chan so we can get home right away!

    Elnar: It was said so simply...
    Elnar: This is most likely the space called the "Sargasso Dimension."

    Yuna: The Sarcashew Dimension... somehow it sounds tasty! NAMES

    Elnar: Th-- That's not it! Sweatdrops

            [Panning shot of Shiori looking up at a huge steel tower formed by the conning mast of some wrecked ship.]

    Elnar: This dimension is the final inescapable alternate space that ships are sent to when they experience accidents during warp...

    Yuna: Then... you don't suppose... we also won't be able to escape from here!?

            [Yuna goes nuts. Misaki looks exasperated.]

    Yuna: Nonono, Elnar! Hurry, do somethiiing! Sweatdrops


    12/23/2000
    Elnar: I know, I know! If we don't hurry up and get out of this singularity...

            [Suddenly Milky jumps off of Polylina's shoulder and runs off.]

    Milky: Mew!!

    Polylina: Ah!? Milky, where are you going!? Sweatdrops

    Yûri: Ah!? It's Polylina-san's kitty!

    Elnar: If we don't catch it fast, we may not have a second chance to look for it!

    Mai: Eesh, why do we gotta be catchin' some cat at a time like this? Sweatdrops

    Milky: (somewhere nearby) Mew-Mew Mew!

    Polylina: Did you hear that, everyone? Milky is out in front of us!

    Milky: Meeew... Meeew...

    Polylina: That was from the left...

    Milky: Meeew...

    Polylina: That time the voice came from the right.
    Polylina: Please, everyone! Find Milky by following her voice!

            [Do you want to listen to Milky's voice again? YES/NO]

    {If you choose yes, you get a repeat of Milky's three types of meow and Polylina saying which direction they're coming from.}

    {If you choose no, proceed.}

    Milky: Meeew...

            [STRAIGHT / LEFT / RIGHT]

            [This part is another type of puzzle. Based on which type of meow Milky gives out, you must select the correct direction. Do this five times to find her, then proceed.]

            [The group crests a hill and sees a short way off the hangar bay of an old derilect spaceship that's almost completely buried in a mountain of debris. Basically it forms a big, dark, technological cave.]

    Polylina: Milky went inside that ship...

    Yuna: S, somehow that place really gives me the creeps, but... lemme guess, it can't be helped? Sweatdrops

            [GO INSIDE / SEND POLYLINA IN]

    {Second option not translated}

    {First option:}

            [The girls go inside. The inside of the ship is mostly dark, lit only in small spots by strange alien bioluminescent plants and a couple dull glowing red domes that protrude from the floor and walls. It is completely silent except for distant dripping water.]

    Yûri: It feels kinda freaky in here, it does...

    Yuna: Oooh... it's creepy inside too. Sweatdrops I think something's coming! Sweatdrops

    Milky: MEW!

    Yuna: WAAAAAHHHHH!!! A monster!!! Sweatdrops

            [Milky walks up and sits happily in front of them.]

    Polylina: Mi-- Milky!?

            [She jumps up into Polylina's arms.]

    Polylina: (happily) Heheh, don't you try to get away from me!

    Milky: Mew...

    Shiori: It's gooood..... weee fooound heeer.....

            [Slow, deliberate heeled footsteps echo down the corridor toward them.]

    Miki: There is someone here!

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    The footsteps get closer. The girls can only see darkness beyond the red dome on the floor in front of them. Miki moves her spotlight to a ready position; Yuna tightens her grip on the Matrix Divider Plus. Thin beams of light from the moss provide fleeting glimpses of parts of the approaching figures: a green visor, a ping-pong racket, the tail of a cape and the glint of a sword. Three figures step into the light.

    Yuna and Miki show relief.

    Miki: Erika-sama!?

    Yuna: Ako-chan and Mako-chan, too! Yay, they came!

    She starts toward them.

    Polylina: Ah! Wait, Yuna! There's something odd about the way they look!

    Yuna: Eh?

    She stops in her tracks. Erika talks slowly, her eyes dull.

    Erika: Yuna... I'll kill you. Comrades... I'll kill you.

    She slowly raises her sword and flips it sideways menacingly.

    Erika: I'll kill you.

    Yuna: Eh? What's wrong, Erika-chan? Erika-chan!

    A girl's voice calls out from off to the side.

    "Everyone, please escape!"

    The girls look over to see a blue-haired girl wearing robes with an I-Ching symbol on them; two big red robots are hanging her by her arms.

    "These people are being controlled!"

            [Tactical mode.]

    Erika: Kill... Kill...

            [She steps toward Yuna.]

    Yuna: Eek! Stop it, Erika-chan!

            [Erika lunges at Yuna with her sword; Yuna dodges out of the way and the sword clangs against the floor.]

    Erika: Everyone that assists Yuna Kagurazaka... kill them... kill them...

            [Ako advances on Polylina and slashes with her racket; Polylina backs out of range.]

    Ako: Kill Kagurazaka Yuna!!

            [Mako charges Mai with her racket; Mai dodges backward.]

    Mako: Kill them all!!

    Mai: What the heck are you guys doing!?

            [Mai whips out her iron and begins her backswing...]

    Girl: You must not fight them!! These girls are currently being manipulated!

    Polylina: Who're you?

            [Polylina looks over and sees the blue-haired girl. She is struggling about, held captive by the red robots. She has a snail shell on her back.]

    Girl: Inside this ship is a device that is controlling the girls!
    Girl: But, in my situation I am unable to stop that device! So...

    Elnar: We have no choice. Everyone, let's do as the girl says!

            [Battle. If you free the girl, she starts heading toward a glowing red dome on the wall in the opposite corner of the map. Meanwhile, Ako/Mako and Erika start beating the crap out of you. I get the impression that you lose if you kill them. :p There are also the red robots and a fair assortment of the usual Robot Soldiers. When the girl gets to the dome, she shuts it off. Mission Clear.]

            [Erika and Ako/Mako are slumped on the ground.]

    Girl: Somehow, they've returned to their original selves haven't they?

    Yuna: I wonder, are they really okay?

            [Polylina walks forward and checks them.]

    Polylina: They're all right! They're just unconscious.

            [Yuna walks up to the snail-shell girl.]

    Yuna: Thank you! You saved Erika and company...

    Girl: Don't worry about it...... I had been captured just like those girls...
    Girl: I am the one who was saved... I truly thank you...

    Yuna: No need to thank me... but more importantly, I'm Yuna Kagurazaka! And you are?

    Girl: My name is "Paishan..."

    Elnar: Yuna!! Yuna!! I've figured out how to get out of here! We can return to our own world!

    Yuna: Alright! Soon we'll be out of the Sarcashew Dimension!

            [Exit tactical mode.]

            [Back on the ship, Yuna is talking with Erika while Shiori and Ako/Mako are seated around a small table.]

    Yuna: Erika-chan... your head doesn't hurt or anything?

    Erika: Yep, I'm fine! Meanwhile, thank you for saving me from that enemy ploy...

    Yuna: Aww, of course! We're friends, aren't we? HEART

    Elnar: Uh... Yuna... Just a minute...

    Yuna: Huh? What's up?

    Elnar: It's about that girl...

            [Paishan is seated alone at a table.]

    Yuna: Did Paishan... do something?

    Elnar: The girl is like Ayako and the Mechanizans...

    Yuna: Eh!? Really!?

    Elnar: Perhaps there's a possibility she's a spy sent by the enemy!

    Polylina: That's true... it may be dangerous if we accept her so readily...

    Yuna: Such a cute, quiet kid, a spy... I don't think so!

    Polylina: Yuna, you can't judge by just her appearance!
    Polylina: You probably looked at the Machine Empire's other nasty tricks the same way didn't you?

    Mai: Would it hurt to be careful for once?

    Lemi: No can trust Mechanizans!

            [THINK ABOUT MECHANIZANS / GIVE IN TO EVERYONE]

    {second option not translated}

    {First option:}

            [Yuna pictures Ayako.]

    Yuna: (thinking) S, surely even now there are many types...
    Yuna: (thinking) So, I don't think all Mechanizans are bad people...
    Yuna: (thinking) And if Ayako-chan became my friend, I'm sure there must be other good people...

            [She stops thinking.]

    Yuna: Hey, everyone, if Paishan hadn't been there, we don't know whether Erika-chan and crew would have returned to their normal selves!
    Yuna: Not to mention, Paishan was also held captive by the enemy... so...
    Yuna: So, everyone! Believe in Paishan!

    Yûri: If Yuna believes in her, Yûri will too, she will!

    Yuna: Thanks, Yûri! Hey, everyone! Please, you too!

    Elnar: Well, if you're going to say all that, then I can't help but trust her...

    Erika: Since she saved us, I'll trust her too!

    Mai: You're a believer too, eh? Well, if you're forgiving then I along with these guys will be a believer too... right?

    Yuna: Alright! HEART

            [Yuna runs over and grabs Paishan's hand.]

    Yuna: So then Paishan, come this way! I'll introduce you to everybody!

    Paishan: U-- uh, I...

            [Just then an alarm goes off.]

    Yuna: What happened!?

            [Everybody heads for the bridge.]

    Elnar: This is serious! A massive craft is Warping-Out!

            [A humongous fast-assault battleship comes out of warp ahead of the Element Fairy. It's all red and black and has two huge cannons on the front.]

    Paishan: Ah! That ship!

    Yuna: Paishan, do you know it?

    Paishan: Machine Empress' brutal warrior...
    Paishan: Basically, the enemies you have fought so far can't begin to compare...

            [A pale woman with long aqua hair appears on the video monitor.]

    Woman: Hohohohoho... How have you been, my dear frauleins...
    Woman: Blooming in the darkness of the dead of night, a beautiful flower... my name is "Tenbei Ryojin!" The first of the Four Machines of Heaven...

    Polylina: Four Machines of Heaven?

    Paishan: The Machine Empire's [XXX]... [XXX] of the four chief executives! There is one woman in that ship...

    Tenbei: Yes... of the Four Machines of Heaven, the most powerful, the most beautiful...
    Tenbei: [XXXXXXXXXXXXX] (more bragging)

    Mai: Have you ever looked in a mirror!? You're really stretching it!

    Tenbei: Well! Throwing such tripe at me...
    Tenbei: It's all right... look at this!!

            [A picture of a girl with car parts on her battlesuit appears on the monitor; she's all trashed up.]

    Erika: Serika!?

    Polylina: Using a person like that again... how vile!

    Mai: Give Serika back to us!

    Tenbei: How is it? Does it hurt? Are you jealous of my beauty? A beautiful person is forgiven no matter what they do!

    Yuna: T-- That's unforgivable!

    Tenbei: Don't get so angry... I've set aside a special stage for you...
    Tenbei: I'll be waiting for you at the Small Planet "Chichena!" Ohohohoho....

    Yuna: Everyone! Let's go!
    11/24/2000

            [Travel screen. Go to Chichena.]

            [Tactical mode. The girls are back on Chichena, but now there are red robots all over the place. Tenbei is wearing wicked-looking power armor, complete with a Cyclops type visor. She's on a little island formed by some of the little chasms that are here and there. In front of her, lying on the ground, is Serika.]

    Tenbei: So then... Yuna Kagurazaka! We'll settle this fair and square!

    Yuna: You've got a hostage; what's fair and square about that!?

    Tenbei: Silence! This is our challenge; will you accept it?

    Serika: (in a pained voice) Yuna! Erika-sama! She's too strong... forget about--

            [Tenbei walks forward and punts her a few feet.]

    Erika: Serika!?

    Tenbei: On the other hand... now that you've seen this girl, I wonder if you'll run away?

            [SAY {XXXX} / ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE ]

            {Second option not translated yet}

            {First option:}

    Yuna: That's dirty!

    Tenbei: Answer the question!! What will you do? Will you fight?

    Erika: Of course we will! It's for Serika's sake!

    Tenbei: Ahahaha! I rather thought you would feel that way!
    Tenbei: Well, come on in! I'll cherish this!!

    Yuna: What a stupid thing to say... I absolutely positively will never forgive you!

            [Battle. This one's a toughie! The red gunnery robots have about as much range as Shiori does, and they all concentrate fire on Yuna if they get the chance. Meanwhile, Tenbei stays on her little island so you can't have all the girls attack her at once; they have to file onto the platform in a clump, and her "Black Shot" attack is an area-effect that does a lot of damage and disables your special attacks. One pleasant surprise, though: you can use Paishan in battle! She has a little laser attack but her main point is her healing ability. When you have her defend, she hides in her shell. ^_^ I tried walking up to Serika but she doesn't seem to join the battle like previous girls that were rescued; maybe she's been kicked around too much. When you eventually kill Tenbei...]

    Tenbei: Augh... For you to have done this... is inexcusable... from this point on, a Hell beyond your imagination will be waiting for you!
    Tenbei: The best you can hope for is for the brief span of your lives to come to a graceful end!

            [She explodes, along with whatever other robots are left. Mission clear. Erika, Yuna, Misaki, Yuuri and Polylina walk up to Serika, who is still on the ground.]

    Erika: Serika!

            [She stands up.]

    Serika: Erika-sama! I have no excuse for worrying you so much...

    Erika: Don't worry about it... as long as you're all right...

    Yuna: I'm really glad...

    Polylina: From here on out, the fight will get tough!

    Misaki: But we can't stop here!
    Misaki: As it stands, we can't yet stop the Teimfou on Earth!

    Yûri: We can't lose!

    Yuna: Allllright, everyone! With our spirits high, let's push onward!

    Eyecatch - Yuna is smiling in a penguin costume, Yuuri looks like she's having trouble moving around in her walrus suit, and Polylina is embarrased to be wearing a killer whale suit.

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    "Pivotal Battle! The Black-Laquered Main Objective!"


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