|| Hikone || An "Afuresou na Pool" side story. Volume 6. by ISHIHARA Satoru .P 67 Afuresou na Pool Side story Hikone Kizu: Hurry up! I'm hungry. Hikone: I've been training hard. You try Tatano. Kizu: Oi, that's pretty serious, Hikone. How'd you get that scar? Hikone: Oh, this? It's an old scar. : I was wild in middle school. This is the remains of discipline. Kizu: That's right, weren't you with Iriya in middle school? Was it a school for delinquents? Hikone: Mm, that wasn't it. : I'll tell you about three years ago. .P 68 Afuresou na Pool Side story Hikone Hikone: I would destroy anything. I had no reason to. : I thought I wouldn't care if the world was smashed to bits. .P 69 Inner City <-- Mamisaka Pass --> Kyudo Biker #1: Hey, we shouldn't go through here now. It comes out. Biker #2: "It comes out"? The ghost bike? Biker #1: The story goes that it's killed uncountable amounts of people. *ooooooo* *bike roar* Biker #1: You see somethin'? : IT- : IT'S COMING! *oooooo* .P 70 Biker: Sakurano-san! Another two last night. Sakurano: The Mamisaka Ghost? Biker: Yes Sakurano: And who were they? Biker: Kitajima and Sako. : Kitajima had his right arm broken. Sako his collar bone and a rib. : The two bikes were also ruined. Sakurano: Is our team the target? Biker: No. Both Bakusou and Hayabusa were hit as well. Sakurano: It was a ZRX? Biker: Possibly. It was black. [Notes] 'our team': Takasu's bike gang. ZRX: type of motorcycle. .P 71 Takasu: You're going to act, Sakurano? Sakurano: I will. He's damaged your name, Takasu-san. Takasu: Idiot. I'm fine. The team is more important. : You've all been disgraced. Sakurano: Ill come down from above. Kurei will come from below to clean things up. : I need two decoys to drive down Kyudo. : We'll hunt down the ghost! .P 72 Kenta: You've done enough, Akira! Hikone: What? You were the one who egged me on. Kenta: I'm telling you, you're going too far! And besides, I was the one who stole it originally from the bike gang... *BA* *Snap of the sheet* .P 73 Hikone: Whatever your excuse, it doesn't matter. : I'm not doing this for you. : Anyone would be as good a partner. *FUONON* *Sound of motorcycle reving* Kenta: AKIRA! : You're going to get killed! .P 74 Biker on radio: He's come, Sakurano-san. He's chasing the decoys. : He's past the second Mamisaka hairpin! Sakurano: All right. We'll pinch him at the entrance to Kyudo. : GO! *FUONON* .P 75 *GA* *WHACK* *FUOUOUO* Biker: WAAH! Help me, Sakurano-san! Hikone: ! .P 76 *dosa* *sound of object hitting the ground* Sakurano: We had difficulty dealing with him. Biker: Takasu-san, he's a middle school kid! Sakurano: The bike must be stolen. : Where is his school? We can parade some people by to identify him. Takasu: Take him to the warehouse... : ...for a lesson. .P 77 Sakurano: Hit him with the water. .P 78 Takasu: Have you learned your lesson? : What is your name? : Your school? Who sent you after us? : Do you have a grudge? Hikone: You ask a lot of questions. : Is the fact that your gang patrols the pass a good enough reason? If something is fun, you do it. It was fun, so I did it. .P 79 : And I hate bullying the weak. : You seemed strong. : So naturally I targeted you. Takasu: You weren't wrong. *GO* *sound of impact* Hikone: ! Biker #1: Hey! Don't black out so conveniently! Biker #2: WAKE UP, YOU! Takasu: Don't kill him. If you beat on him, avoid his face. : Sakurano-- : I'm the bad cop, you're the good cop. You bring him his food and see that he eats. Sakurano: Keep him confined? Takasu: Yes. .P 80 : He interests me. For a while I'll test him, and then I'll tame him. Biker #1: This is the mark. Sign: Suginami 1st Public County Junior High School Biker #1: Are you two from Suginami Jr? Biker #2: Oh, bring them... : ...to Takasu-san Biker #3: We've got some guys to identify him! .P 81 Biker: Really? Suginami Kid #1: Yeah. I've never seen this guy before. Suginami Kid #2: You sure he goes to our school? Hikone: HAHA HAHAHA : WAHAHA Biker: SHUT UP! *baki* *kick* Hikone: OW! HAHA Takasu: It was a wild goose chase, then. Sakurano: He was well prepared. : It's been two full days and we still know nothing about him. Takasu: Two days... How have you been dealing with the bathroom? Sakurano: I've gone with him. Takasu. Well. Good job. .P 82 Door: Toilet. "If you go, wash your hands with the hose!" Sakurano: You all will have to return to school. What shall we do? Biker: HEY! HURRY UP AND GET OUT! *gon* *sound of impact* Takasu: We'll shift, and I'll take one as well. Hikone: The blood and piss is... Biker: Oh, yeah, yeah. Hurry up and wash it off! *gu* *tug* *dosa* Biker: HEY!? Biker: Is he hurt bad? Biker: HEY! STAND UP! .P 83 Biker: Waa! Biker: HE'S GOT SOMETHING! : TAKASU-SAN! *basa basa basa* *rustle of birds in flight* .P 84 *don* *sound of impact* .P 85 *don* *go* Takasu: Oi! Everyone all right? Biker #1: I'm fine! Oww... Biker #2: Shit. It's a nail. .P 86 Takasu: It can't be helped; we're moving him. Get the wheels and bring him to my place. : Sakurano, what did you do with his ZRX? Sakurano: It's in the back. We're looking in the pas to find where he was hiding it. : It would have been too dangerous for him to drive on more public roads. Takasu: When you find the place, put the bike back. Sakurano: You think someone will come to check it out? Takasu: They'll come. .P 87 : Someone in this world must know who he is. : Humans can't live without being known. : Also, find someone with cop connections. See if anyone has asked for a search. Sakurano: Takasu-san, what if---- What if no one comes? What if no one is looking? Takasu: In that case... .P 88 : His life will be forfeit. .P 89 *GABA* *violent awakening* *gacha* *clang* Takasu: Those handcuffs won't come off. : The keyholes have been welded. .P 90 : Now, what am I going to call you? : Until I get a word out of you... : ...you're going to provide hours of entertainment. .P 91 Joutou Private High School Sign: Teachers' Lounge Score Sheet: 1: Kakumei Takasu -- Joutou Private Teacher: I'm proud of you, Takasu-kun! You've defeated our hated rival school in both literary and military arts. : Your hard work has paid off once more. Takasu: Thank you very much. Student: Takasu-san~! .P 92 Student: Minokawa of Hayabusa and Minokawa of Bakusou are here together! For the matter of the Mamisaka Ghost. Takasu: They've come as expected. : This isn't something that could remain a secret. [Notes] Hayabusa and Bakusou: Other bike gangs that Hikone attacked. .P 94 Oyama: Yo, Takasu. : Rumor is that you've taken the Mamisaka Ghost captive. Minokawa: What could you be thinking, not informing us? Takasu: Sorry, I didn't know you cell number. : And the ghost's identity still is not clear. Oyama: That's because you're too kind. Takasu: The idiotic team that failed to exterminate the ghost wasn't us. Oyama: WHAT'S THAT!? Minokawa: You don't intend to hand him over? Takasu: I can claim that right. Minokawa: If you intend to monopolize him, let me have my way too. .P 95 Takasu: We'll play a flag game with him. See if he can stay on his feet for three days. You can't complain about that. Oyama: Oh! :That's long! Minokawa: A flag game? You wiggled out of that skillfully, Takasu. : Why is that? Are you concerned for the ghost? Takasu: I just dislike your face. : Yukaihan Minokawa. [Note] yukaihan: a criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes. .P 96 Hikone: ...I've got to... : I've got to piss... Biker: You take him, Ota. Ota: Stand up! Hikone: .....I can't stand up like this..... Biker: No help for it. Take off only the middle chain. .P 97 Hikone: I can't get my hands in front... Biker: Ota, unzip him and hold it. Ota: GEH! Not funny! *hyu* *whoosh* Ota: GEH! Biker: You bastard! : GYA! *GO* *impact* .P 98 *jara* *rattle* *pin* *sound of lock turning* Takasu: Oops! *dosa* *cloth/body impact* .P 99 : Be more careful when he's using the toilet. Ota: Sorry. Biker: Ah.... *dosa* Takasu: Well? Didn't you need to go? Hurry up. *jara* : __... Ah. I see. You can't reach your zipper like this, hm? .P 100 : Well then, I'll help you out. Hikone: Cut... Cut it out! Takasu: Don't be shy. I'm being gentle. Aren't I...? Hikone: N... : NOOO! .P 101 Takasu: Are you mortified? Do you want to escape? : Then tell me about yourself. : ...You haven't told me anything... Not your name... Not your home... Hikone: I don't exist in this world... .P 102 *gasa* *grass rustling* *tobo tobo* *walking through tall grass* Kenta: AH! : The engine is still wanr.... : Akira, are you back!? : AKIRA!! Sakurano: So the ghost's name is "Akira"? .P 103 Machine: BEEP. This is Takasu. I'm away from home. : I'll get back to you if you leave a message. : Happy birthday, Takasu-kun! It's Ami. I've gotten you a present, and I'm waiting! Kenta: ___-- Akira is... Akira and I are 1st graders at Suginami Second. Sakurano: Suginami Second? : But the guys from Suginami said they didn't know him. Kenta: Akira really wasn't a guy who stood out. At least, until before summer break. : He went to class; it's not like he was absent. : That's just how Akira was. .P 104 : After summer break he stopped coming to school. The teacher went to his house. The inside had been trashed. Machine: BEEP. Kakumei? It's your mother. Please shoe your face at home once and a while. Kenta: He didn't know what had happened. Akira's mother had a child whose father was yakuza. The yakuza had attacked them. And Akira was the only one who hadn't been home. Machine: And also, happy birthday. Kenta: Now he doesn't know what to do with his life. He was abandoned by his parents. He;s become desperate.... .P 105 Takasu: That's not an unusual story. Sakurano: Takasu-san. Takasu: Sakurano. : Bring 'him' to the warehouse. : I'll bring this one along after you. : You're Kenta Oda, right? : Can you see anything in there? Kenta: ____... AKIRA...! .P 106 : AKIRA! Takasu: It's useless. He can't hear you out here. You want to rescue him? : If you want to help him, go in there alone. : But, it won't be like shoplifting at a convenience store. : My men aren't some stupid cashiers. Kenta: I... I... Takasu: Unless you can so that... : He'll get a public punishment. Kenta: IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME! .P 107 : He got himself into this! It has nothing to do with me! Takasu: You're on your own. : Hikone. Hikone: Naa-- Sakurano-*san*. I've only got one question.... .P 108 : What are you doing hanging out in such a nice place? *piko piko* *game boy noises* : For money? Too weak to run away? : Or maybe you let that sick fuck stick it to you? Maybe none of you have any balls? Biker: YOU-! *DON* *piko piko* .P 109 *pikon pikon* Sakurano: We are all mad dogs like you, but... *pikon pikon* : Mad dogs without a chain can only die. : He has given us a temporary shelter in this world. : A wondrous... : ...type of chain. *GON* *door thudding open* .P 110 Takasu: Time's up. : He's now the target of the flag game. .P 111 Gate: Komyo Private High School Minokawa: The length of your punishment is three days. All of the teams that you wiped out at Mamisaka Pass will be targeting you. *pi* *beep* : You have to snatch away the flag from every team using the map on your cell. Teams which lose their flag retire and lose the ordeal. : However, you have to email home-base every two hours using this cell. In the case that there is no email-- the signal doesn't reach us. No one is retired. The game is immediately suspended. No more rules. The flag punishment changes completely. Takasu: You're allowed to bring with you the number of an ally. .P 112 : Of course you're allowed an SOS call to your friends. : If you have any friends, call them. Hikone: I don't have any *friends*. Takasu: All right! Open the doors! *goon* *heavy doors swinging open* .P 113 *buru* *leaves blowing* .P 114 Takasu: Violence will only get you more violence. If you're out of options, remember-- : Come back to me. : I'll chain you properly. *goon* .P 115 Hikone: //Where?// : //Where should I go?// .P 116 : //I never wore that sweater that mother gave me for my birthday...// : //again.// : //Father.// : //I don't give a damn about that yakuza.// .P 117 Biker: He's at a plae the signal isn't reaching? He did it to get out of our power.... Hikone: --SHIT! : I've been cut off already. : Which means that thiss is out of bounds...? *pochan* *plunk* : //If I'm caught here I'll by lynched.// : //They might kill me accidentaly.// : //If that happens, fine.// : //I don't have anywhere to go anyway.// .P 118 *pashi* *shatter* Minokawa: That area is out of bounds. If you take one step, we'll set you aflame. *jari* *wobble* : Light him. .P 119 Hikone: WAAAH! *bon* *roar of the flame* .P 120 *zan* *cough* *cough* : //It's frightening.// *gachi gachi gachi* *teeth chattering* : //Being alone is frightening! I can't breathe!// : //Someone!// : //Someone help me!// .P 121 : //But who... who can I call?// Screen: Mail arrived Takasu: 'If you're out of options, remember...' : 'Come back to me.' Screen: Message sent .P 122 Takasu: All right! I'm heading out. : *giii* *squeek* .P 123 Hikone: I've been stupid. : If I take you out, this game is over. Takasu: I was just going out to meet you. : Didn't you call me? Hikone: ...Damn it... : DAMN IT! .P 124 : YOU... : You're the one... : ...who planted this fear in me! : You've turned me... : ...into a coward! *karan* *rattle of bar hitting the ground* .P 125 : I can't breathe... : Help me...! .P 126 Takasu: It's a terrible burn. The game is over, Akira. Hikone: But I lost the cell... Takasu: Kenta finished the email in your place. : When he was found out, he got three ribs broken. : It seems that he'll always stick by you. Hikone: ..... .P 127 : What are you doing here? Don't you have a nice family to live with? Takasu: What makes you think that? Hikone: When you were gone, all of the birthday messages came... Takasu: Those were Sakurano's doing. Hikone: ...But they were woman's voices... Takasu: He's a strange one, isn't he? That's not the only thing he thinks up. So clumsy. : I chain my friends to me. : But as for me... .P 128 : They have me tied as well. To the chain. Machine: BEEP. Kakumei? It's you mother. Please show your face at home once in a while. Takasu: This message is over three years old. Machine: Happy birthday. .P 129 Hikone: Ah! I have to go! Sempai's waiting for me! : Kizu, I'm leaving early! Kizu: What about your job? Hikone: I'm going, I'm going. I'll be there! See ya' later! Voice: You're late, Akira. Hikone: Sorry, I was eating lunch and the time flew by. .P 130 Takasu: Sakurano decided to go to college. Hikone: Eh?! Then are we going to celebrate? Takasu: ...I'm glad that you took the time to eat... Hikone: Huh? Why's that? Takasu: Nevermind. I'm thinking of how you've grown. Hikone: Well, that's 'cause I'm in high school. HIKONE/END