Tokyo Crazy Paradise
Hana to Yume
1999 vol. 7, episode no. 55
Translation by Yuki-chan
Images from Venkarel

Text on colour pages: The kage no seisai... the woman who fights for her husband and is injured/hurt for him...

But her love is endlessly deep and warm......

Image of woman with long dark hair, wielding a katana.

Text:

The eyes that reflect the image of the enemy glitters like the blade in her hand. The sharp sword glitters like the heart of a warrior. -----That is the beautiful warrior who has given her life up only for fighting. Ever since, those who have seen that warrior all say the same thing.

Kamo-san and Bun-san look up in shock.

Text: ------She is a miracle.

Asago trembles uncontrollably: "...I..."

Text: ------She is a goddess.

Asago's eyes are wide in horror. "...!"

Text: ---------She is---------

From the floor above, Tsukasa's eyes go wide as she watches Ryuji fall back, his chest dripping with blood.

Asago: "IYAAAAAAAA!"

Ryuji hits the floor and lies unmoving.

The man who had just shot Ryuji aims his gun at Asago.

Man: "!!" He is downed by Bun-san who comes running to Ryuji's side.

Kamo-san [probably]: "Sandaime------!!"

Back upstairs, the observers are in shock.

Scorpion looks surprised: "...Hey, hey this is serious......" {Oh my god.} "Kuryugumi's Sandaime was just shot." {And 4 times too.} [I don't know about you, but I remember 5 shots being fired...] "Maybe he died? I can't believe it~~~"

Misumi: "......" He watches the scene below him with cold and uncaring eyes.

Tsukasa is clearly in shock: {---...No...... That Ryuji was shot... That Ryuji collapsed...... ...That Ryuji ... is unable to get up------...}

Below her, Ryuji lies unmoving, with Bun-san and Kamo-san at his side.

Tsukasa: "...G... Get up------------!! If you keep lying there like that you'll be killed Ryuji------!!" She now has her foot on the railing, as if she's about to vault it.

Akira is shown in SD form as he freaks in surprise. "WA!!" {That scared me!!}

Scorpion: "!"

Misumi: "...There's no need to worry about that..."

Akira turns to face Misumi: "!"

Misumi: "...He's already dead......"

Tsukasa listens to his words with her back to him. She then slowly turns to face him with cold eyes.

Scorpion is startled to see the sudden change in Tsukasa.

Misumi smiles slyly: "...... ...So you know him... ...What is your name......?"

Tsukasa continues to glare at him with cold eyes. An aura surrounds her.

Misumi notices this and smiles. "...It doesn't seem that you'll be telling me......"

Tsukasa turns from him. Misumi suddenly grabs her arm.

Misumi: "...Do you really think that you can escape from here......?"

Tsukasa gives him that look again.

Scorpion shivers. {...A...}

Tsukasa shakes off Misumi's hand and dives off the railing to the floor below.

Blood is smeared everywhere.

"...me...!"

Bun-san: "Sandaime! Sandaime are you all right!? Sandaime!"

Kamo-san, removing his jacket: "We have to stop the bleeding! Shibuya, pass me your jacket too!"

Asago is shaking uncontrollably behind them. "...A..." {...I... It's ...my... fault---... It's because of me...!} She thinks back to moments before when pain lanced through her right arm and was soon after shot in the left shoulder. {It's my fault------!!} Tears start flowing from her eyes. "...ji... ...Ryu... ...ji...?" She half crawls, half drags herself closer to Ryuji's side.

Ryuji still does not move and is covered with large red splotches.

Kamo-san and Bun-san start when they hear footsteps. "!!!"

They look up to see several of the men in uniforms, all with guns.

Kamo-san: "......!" {...Damn......So this is it......!} A gun lies to the left of his knee.

The men all have their eyes towards the fallen Ryuji. They fail to notice a female figure with long dark hair coming at them from behind, her hair whipping around her wildly.

Tsukasa is a mere blur as she nears the floor.

Misumi: "!!"

Scorpion: "!!!"

Some of the men turn as they hear thuds behind them.

Behind them, 5 men are lying unconscious, but nobody else is there.

"!!"

"!!"

"!!!"

Kamo-san's mouth is open wide in surprise.

Tsukasa lands lightly at Ryuji's feet and in front of the men.

Kamo-san: "...E..." {...C... Could it be...}

The men finally turn back and barely sees Tsukasa as she goes all out in battle. [Ve~~~ry cool battle scene.]

Tsukasa catches one man in the face with a kick and sends him crashing towards the floor. She lands quickly and belts another man in the stomach with her knee. A nearby man has no time to react as she then turns to him.

Man: "!! U..."

Scorpion is watches with his mouth open.

Images start going through his mind.

He sees a woman with long dark hair and a katana defeating one man after another. A younger version of him cowers in the background with tears in his eyes.

Scorpion then watches as Tsukasa flips elegantly in the air after taking out another man, the gun falling from his motionless fingers.

Tsukasa again lands lightly on her feet. [Note: in case you didn't get this, she doesn't seem to have her weapon on her.]

Her long hair whips around her and reminds him again of the woman with the longs dark hair and the katana as she finishes the battle and lands elegantly.

Misumi: "------...How stunning... Against armed men like that in the blink of an eye..."

Scorpion: "..."

Misumi: "Though you think it's extremely violent, it's actually elegant.... That is the art of 'fighting'....... It is a 'miracle'."

Scorpion turns in surprise at those words: "!!"

Misumi: "...It's as if she, the woman now known as the 'legendary seisai' has just come back to life---..."

Scorpion: "... ...What are you trying to say...?"

"Shiva-sama"

A man in uniform bows to Misumi. It appears that Misumi is known to his men as Shiva.

Man: "...Excuse me..." He approaches Misumi and whispers something.

Misumi: "...The police...?"

Man: "...Hai... Seems that they close enough to get here in about 2 minutes... ...We thought maybe the 2 intruders had relations with the police..." [Where'd Akira go...?]

Scorpion listens in, but then turn to look down at the scene below again: "......"

Bun-san and Kamo-san managed to get Ryuji in a standing position, supporting him from both sides. Tsukasa approaches them, reaching for Ryuji.

Kamo-san sighs with relief: "...Tsukasa-san...! ......Thank goodness... I didn't have the confidence that Shibuya and I would be able to protect Sandaime and Asago-san..."

Tsukasa replies sternly: "BAKA! Is this a time to be happy!? The bleeding's bad. This... needs urgent attention!"

Kamo-san, sounding shameful: "...Sorry..." {I was called stupid...}

Scorpion watches silently from above: "......"

Asago is shaking and muttering to herself. Tears fall from her eyes. "...It's my fault... ...Ryuji... ...Ryuji... ...Ryuji..."

Tsukasa then turns to Asago and yanks her up into a standing position. "Come on Asago!! Walk properly! You have to take hold of yourself!! You're Ryuji's seisai for god's sake!!"

At those words, Asago starts, then slumps to her knees.

Tsukasa, in SD and visibly pissed: "A! HEY---!!"

Another set of footsteps approach. It's Akira.

Akira in SD is shocked at the scene in front of him, panting out of breath. "...... ...Huh...?" His hair is sticking out in different directions.

Tsukasa turns to look at him with circular eyes.

Akira: "...You mean... ...It's finished already......?"

Text, pointing to Akira: The one who rationalized that he wasn't going to help Shirogami Ryuji but Tsukasa instead and thus came down to help.

Text pointing to the unconscious men: A heap of corpses. [I don't think they're really dead though...]

Misumi: "...What are you staring at so dazed like that......?"

Scorpion turns: "......E...?"

Misumi, jerking his head in Tsukasa's direction: "...Follow them... ...Go catch that."

Back down below, Tsukasa is acting as leader.

Tsukasa: "We're going now! Everyone follow me!"

Kamo-san and Bun-san are supporting Ryuji from both sides. "Hai, hai."

Akira is carrying a catatonic Asago in his arms. He's visibly ticked off. {...Why do I have to do such...!}

Tsukasa hitches up her skirt and starts running.

Misumi: "I have to make preparations to welcome the police politely with Tokoname-san......... ---...Shiki, (Scorpion's real name) ...just like you were, a cornered beast has sharp fangs. ---Don't be caught off guard---..."

Misumi turns and begins walking away.

Scorpion watches him go: "------..."

At the docks.

A ship docks, the hull reading GRAVE.

The police scramble as a leader bellows out orders.

Leader: "Oka--y, everyone disembark! Meet captain Kise at the scene and look to him for orders!!" [Kise is Akira's last name for those who have forgotten. It looks like Akira now has some considerable rank since his promotion...]

Cops: "Roger!"

Cop 1: "A! Captain Kise!!"

Leader: "!!"

Cop 1: "Captain Kise!!"

The cops go nuts as the ship suddenly pulls away from the dock.

"Captain Kise------!!"

"Where the hell are you going after calling us like that---!?"

"Wait---!"

"Where's the kuromaku behind the drug trafficking!? What's he look like!? Tell us------!!"

The leader has bug eyes.

An image above the ship shows Akira bowing and apologizing repeatedly.

Inside the ship, Akira is piloting, with twin rivers of tears streaming down his face.

Akira: "...Forgive me... everyone...... Forgive me for doing this...!! I... I don't want my tag plate, the tag plate that's like a cop's life to be taken away by the gokudo~~!" {I'll write the report explaining this, I'll take the punishment...}

Text explanation: The tag plate is an identification card worn all the time by member of GRAVE. ...And that tag plate is also the key to the engine of the ship and thus can only be used by members of GRAVE.

Tsukasa's voice momentarily makes Akira forget his plight.

Tsukasa: "---Bun-san! That side! Rebind that side too!!"

Bun-san: "There's a limit to this you know. And isn't it bad if we bind it too tight!?"

Tsukasa: "I don't know! Where's Kamo-san!? Where did he go!?"

Akira turns to see Bun-san and Tsukasa bent over Ryuji, who is lying down on what looks like a row of cushioned benches.

Bun-san: "He's calling ahead to the port for an ambulance." {Since it doesn't look like we'll be able to get him back to Kuryugumi."

Tsukasa sighs: "...I see..." She turns back to Ryuji. "...This isn't working... The blood won't stop flowing." {Ryuji, it's because lately you've been living unhealthy!}

She and Bun-san are desperately trying to stall the bleeding but the blood keeps staining the bindings they made with Bun-san's and Kamo-san's jackets.

Tsukasa: "That's right!! Doesn't this boat have something, something we can use as first aid!?"

Bun-san: "! It might! I'll go check!!"

Bun-san takes off in search.

Asago is seen in the background, slumped on the floor shaking with her head down.

Tsukasa rebinds one of the makeshift dressings. "...Damn... damn... damn...!" {...If this was going to happen then I should never have left Ryuji's side------!!}

Tears of frustration and regret escape from her eyes. "...U~~~~~~...!" She bows her head over Ryuji. {If only I didn't escape...!} She recalls sitting down by the streets watching people go by. {Just because I lost the confidence that I could repress my feelings... If only I didn't escape from Ryuji...!!} She recalls being kissed by Ryuji. "...Then..." {Ryuji wouldn't have.........!!} She leans closer to him.

She lifts a hand to the side of his neck. Ryuji doesn't respond.

Tsukasa: "...Ryu......" Her eyes go wide in horror. "......" She presses her hand against the side of his neck.

Asago semi rouses from her state of shock. "...?" She notices Tsukasa bent over Ryuji.

Tsukasa had removed her gloves. She has one hand on Ryuji's wrist, the other at his neck.

Asago notices Tsukasa's wide eyes. Her eyes go wide in horror as well.

Nearby, a skidoo (jet ski?) driven by Scorpion closes the distance between it and the GRAVE ship. Scorpion is wearing a wet suit.

Scorpion starts thinking, and remembers Misumi's words.

"Though you think it's extremely violent, it's actually elegant.... That is the art of 'fighting'....... It's a 'miracle'."

Scorpion: {---...Miracle... ---...That's right. I vaguely remember the woman who was called just that...}

He sees the image of a woman with long dark hair tied in a high ponytail. She is dressed plainly in a long sleeved shirt and what look like jeans, and low heeled shoes. She also has a sword in its sheath in her right hand. "......" {...Could it be... that...}

Misumi's earlier words: "...It's as if she, the woman now known as the 'legendary seisai' has just come back to life------..."

Scorpion: {He's trying to say that the girl has the same scent as the woman known as Hogou's kage no seisai ------...!?}