Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
1997 vol. 4; episode no. 14
Translation by Yuki-chan

Tsukasa: "Okay no~~~w. Just stay asleep while I let these people go." The 2 men who had come down in the elevator were knocked out cold on the floor. "Ummmmm... Which one? What do I have to do to let them go?"

She's standing in front of one of the machines but is hesitant to push any buttons. {I don't want to accidentally kill any of these guys...} "I wish Takunii were here. He was like Dad and likes to play with machines. He'd probably know right away."

She glances at the female figure in the glass case. "Hey... Haven't I seen something like this in art class...?" {I know! It's 'The Birth of Venus'!!!} She looks at the other cases too. All of the humans are foreigners. {I've seen this somewhere too... This one too.} "Wait a minute, could it be that they're using humans to portray sculptures and paintings...."

"That's right."

Tsukasa whirls to see several men, some of them armed with guns.

"Don't tell me you're the only one left!!"

The gaijin: "What!? You let the stuff get away!? Don't joke around!! Is this what you were planning all this time!?"

Man 1: "No! Calm down and listen to..." They're yelling in English.

The gaijin: "Shut up!! The deal's off!! I'll have my stock returned!!"

Man 1: "The deal's off!?" (This was in Japanese)

"What!? But people are going to be coming in now!!"

Tsukasa smirks, with her arms crossed.

Man 1: "Hey."

Man 2: "Hai?"

Man 1: "Open this case. We'll at least sell this one."

Tsukasa: "You've got to be..." She jumps up to kick one of the guys in the head, when she is suddenly jerked back. One of the men had grabbed her by the hair [a wig mind you, but it doesn't seem to come off]. Another steps on her wrist, and points a gun to her.

"What about the setting?"

"Leave it as it is."

"Okay." A guy starts unzipping her dress.

Tsukasa: "What are...!!"

She's stripped of her clothing and thrown into the display case. The gaijin starts. The power is turned on and her body is pulled into the desired position [I think it has to do with freezing and preserving figures, and the body is held in place by gravity or something]

"Shall we call it the Oriental 'Birth of Venus'?"

An elevator door opens somewhere and two men step out.

"AAHHH!!!"

Toshi and Sho both do flying kicks, knocking the men out.

Yabu: "Wow~~~ With one blow..." Apparently, this move was passed down to them by their parents.

Sho: "That's the first time it worked though."

Toshi: "Sho, I'm leaving you to call the police."

Sho: "Toshi!?"

Toshi: "I'm worried about Tsukasa. I'm going back."

Sho: "! No fair! I'm worried abut her too!! I'm going back too!!!"

Toshi and Sho glare at each other: "....." Then they both turn to Yabu and Izushi, and pat them on the shoulder, leaving the job of calling the police to them.

Yabu and Izushi: "Hey!!" But Toshi and Sho are already running off.

In a huge auditorium where auctions are held.

Kamo-san: "...Sandaime. What will you do if Tsukasa-san is brought out frozen?"

Ryuji: "Won't it be cool? She'll be frozen like that forever." {I could display it at home.}

Kamo-san: "Sandaime... Then you wouldn't be any different than the people here."

Ryuji: "Do you think that the Japanese who like imported goods over their own would go through the trouble of paying a lot of money to buy a Japanese person?"

Kamo-san: ".....True. Which would mean that the works sold here are imports and that the chance that Tsukasa-san and the others are safe for now is high."

Ryuji: "...Well if they are here."

Kamo-san: "Do you really think that the owner will meet with you...?"

Ryuji, pointing to himself: "...Who am I?"

Kamo-san: "...Kanto's head gokudo's head chief, Kuryugumi's third kumicho Shirogami Ryuji-san..." [Kanto is a large area of Japan but I don't know where exactly (T-T)]

Ryuji: "Isn't that enough?" He turns to leave.

Announcer: "Welcome, and sorry to keep you from waiting long. We'll be opening soon. Pandora's Box is pleased to present to you beauty... in the form of living art."

Behind the curtains.

The gaijin: "You betrayed us!! As compensation, I'm telling you to hand this over!!"

Man 1: "You've got to be kidding. I'm telling you we'll do something else. Money or whatever you want!!"

The gaijin: "Money's not enough! I want this!!" With 'this', he's referring to the glass display case where Tsukasa is portraying 'The Birth of Venus'.

Man 1: "You just want this one for your own collection!!"

The foreigner starts.

"Hey there's no time. Put her out!!"

Man 1: "...If you want it then buy it yourself!!"

The gaijin: ".....!"

Man 1: "Open the curtains!!!"

The announcer: "Please take a look. One of our better ones." The curtains part and Tsukasa is put on display. "Living art. 'The Birth of Venus'."

Ryuji just happens to glance at the stage and starts. He stops in mid-step.

Kamo-san: "...Sandaime?"

The announcer: "She is still alive. But while in this living case, she'll act 'The Birth of Venus' for life."

A female customer: "How beautiful~~~ But I think a blonde would have been better." Huge TV screens show Tsukasa from several angles.

Tsukasa: {For life...?}

Announcer: "Is anybody interested? How about a bid?"

"2 000 000!"

"2 500 000!" The bidders have these headsets with microphones attached to them.

Tsukasa: {I'm going to be a piece to be shown off until I die...? No... No...} Her heart starts beating faster. In her mind, she sees Ryuji in front of her. He turns to look at her as she reaches out a hand towards him.

"250 000 000 yen."

Tsukasa: {---...!? ...E...? That voice... just now... Could it be...?}

The gaijin: "300 000 000!!" [Remember that these numbers are in yen. Knock off 2 zeros and you get an idea of the dollar value.]

Ryuji: "400 005 000." The other bidders turn to stare at the two who seem to want this work enough to give up that much money.

Tsukasa: {---RYUJI!!!}

The gaijin is taken aback: "500 million!!"

Ryuji: "700 005 000."

Backstage.

Man 1, catching Sho by the throat and pinning him against the wall: "Hey! Looks like 2 came back."

Toshi, struggling: "Le--t me-- go---!!" Another guy got him from behind.

Man 2: "Throw them into the living cases!!"

Sho: "No---!!"

Man 1: "Stop struggling!!"

The elevator opens all of the sudden and the two men freeze in fear.

The gaijin: "10 000 000 000!!!"

Everyone stares at him as if he's crazy.

Ryuji: "-----"

The gaijin, in broken Japanese: "What's wrong young one? No more? Then I'll have that..." He stops when he notices Ryuji's stern face. The air crackles with tension.

Ryuji: "20 000 000 000!!"

Suddenly, many people barge their way in.

"Police!! Everyone freeze!!" Panic breaks out.

Ryuji suddenly grips the gaijin's shoulder.

The gaijin: {WHAT!?}

Kamo-san turns the power off and Tsukasa is released from the living case.

Ryuji: "...How manuke of you... Things like this can happen when you act without thinking."

Tsukasa: {...Ryuji...}

Ryuji, taking off his jacket: "It's not like you're a kid or anything, so calm down and act."

Tsukasa: {...Ryuji...}

Ryuji: "Thanks to you I wasted time..." He starts.

Tsukasa is crying, with tears streaming down her face.

Ryuji, seriously freaked out: "Wh...!?"

Kamo-san: "Ahhh! Sandaime made Tsukasa-san cry!"

Ryuji: "Wh What's the meaning of this!? St Stop! Stop it!! HURRY AND STOP THAT FLUID COMING FROM THOSE EYES------!!"

Kamo-san: {Ah... He's seriously confused.. It's the first time I've ever seen this. I don't believe it!!}

Tsukasa: "Shut up! They won't stop, I can't help it!!" She covers her face.

[Ryuji looks really cute with his hair all over the place as he thinks of what to do.]

Kamo-san, whispering: "Sandaime, Sandaime."

Ryuji starts.

Kamo-san: "Just do what you normally do with girls."

Ryuji: "----..."

He puts his jacket on her shoulders and pulls her close in a hug.

Tsukasa, crying, but relieved: {It's the first time ---- that I learned that Ryuji's arms are what makes me feel at ease. And I now know... that when I'm up to my neck in quicksand... that I think that Ryuji will come and save me...} She envisions herself up to her neck in mud, with Ryuji reaching out a hand to her, calling her manuke. {That I've come to rely on Ryuji... more than anyone else...}

Police 1: "Ah!? Look! It's the guy on the black list known for trading people!" {He's so beat up that I couldn't tell}

Police 2: "What happened to this guy!?"

Ryuji: "....." Dirty thoughts are going through his mind, and he doesn't want to break off the embrace.

"Tsukasa~~~"

Tsukasa: "Toshi!! Sho!?" She thrusts Ryuji away to go to her brothers.

Sho: "Thank goodness you're all right!"

Toshi: "Tsukasa! What happened to you? Why are you like that!?"

Ryuji: "....."

Kamo-san: "You can't beat her family."

Ryuji: "... Kamojima."

Kamo-san: "Hai?"

Ryuji: "We're going to see Kawara." [Recall, Kawara is the woman who gave him the list of what was happening in Ginza]

Kamo-san: "E? All of the sudden!? Why!?"

A tall, light haired police officer: "Okay stop. Please don't move from here." He looks down at Ryuji. "Haven't I met you somewhere?"

Ryuji: "...Don't become senile now." {Trying to pick up people at a place like this?} [He's pissed.]

Tsukasa, narrating: Thanks to Yabu, Izushi and the others, they were able to bring the police there and the people trade was put to a stop. The people who were in the living cases were also freed. -----And us?

Picture with Taku and a dark aura, looking down at you.

Tsukasa, narrating: We went home and were scolded by Takunii...

Toshi and Sho were each put over Taku's knee and spanked.

Tsukasa, who was being spanked: "Aaahhh~~~~!! Why me too---!!!" The younger Kozukis all have tears in their eyes.

Masa and Isahaya are also there, cowering in the corner. [They tend to hang around the Kozukis a lot]

Masa: {That's the same way I get scolded.}

Isahaya, hiding behind Masa and peering over his shoulder: "....."

Kaya: "Takuma-kun was really worried. You leave all of the sudden. When we thought you were at school they said you weren't. He didn't even go to work."

Tsukasa: {Takunii....} He had his back to her and was folding clothing.

Taku suddenly feels a weight on his back: "!!?"

Tsukasa, leaning on her older brother: "...I'm sorry Onii-chan." {Please forgive me.}

Taku, sighing: "---I'm worried about the future... That while you're with Sandaime... Am I going to have to worry like this all the time...."

Tsukasa: "!? Takunii!! What are you talking about!? This time Ryuji had nothing to do with it!! He saved me!!! The fact that I got myself into a dangerous situation wasn't his fault but mine!!" She had grabbed the sleeve of his shirt.

He looks at her in the eyes: "...Tsukasa... Lately, you haven't said that you wanted to leave Sandaime's side..." [She used to scream and beg to be allowed to go home on the weekends in the beginning, even though Ryuji never allowed it.]

Tsukasa: "E...?"

Taku, serious: "What do you think about Sandaime?"

Tsukasa, startled but also uneasy: "E!? What do you mean!? What's wrong Onii-chan? What's with the serious face all of the sudden?" She nervously grabs a shirt and begins to fold it.

Taku: "...You are a girl Tsukasa... Even though you've been raised as a boy... I don't expect that you're heart will be like a boy's... Someday... you'll probably fall in love..."

Tsukasa: {....Love...? Me...?} She looks shocked, and listens closely to her brother's words.

Taku: "Even I think... I don't want you to deny who you really are, so that if you meet a guy you like, I won't be against it... ...But..... I won't allow Sandaime. Tsukasa, Don't forget that he's our parents' enemy---"