翻译完成！（撒小花）

Phew～～～～～
终于赶在圣诞节之前大功告成！！！
Faith请验收－－－－我得坦白后面我马虎了许多这样OTL

没大问题的话我就去发在某英文网站了。。。。。。

这之后终于可以写点别的东西了（谜：又没人阻止你！）
像2005年的动画、声优总结什么的。。。（笑）
那么，提前和大家说

圣诞快乐！



Translator’s notes

1. Hi sama/Tsuki sama
In the original text, Himeko and Chikane in their last lives are called by “the sun” and “the moon” followed by a respectful suffix for their positions (usually equal to high government officers). I chose to translate them to Japanese, as “hi” is the sun, “tsuki” is the moon, and “sama” is the corresponding way in Japanese. There are a few other occasions when I used Japanese roman words rather than English, but I think they are all easy to understand. As I was translating the story, I could almost hear Kawasumi Ayako and Shitaya Noriko’s voices…”Hi sama” “Tsuki sama”…^_^

2. Ame no Murakumo/Orochis, etc
Just a reminder for people, those are all original terms in the anime. Chikane’s horse’s name is changed to “Chasing Sun” in this fanfiction, as is loyally translated.

3. Otobashi shrine: Otobashi is the name of Chikane and Himeko’s campus in the anime.

4. Tenses
To show the time difference, I used passive tense for the stories in the last life and present tense in this life.

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Final Chapter



Silence falling upon, the barren and infertile land saddened the current scene even more.

Her hand trembled fiercely with the katana, whose silver blade kept reflecting its owner’s pale and despaired looks.

On the moon, witnessed by the deserted shrine, only she and Hi sama were still standing.

The decisive battle had been over, but people’s haunting screams and shrieks still lingered around her ears.

Worn out, she kneeled down on the ground. Supported solely by the cursed blade, she managed not to fall completely.

Then a pair of familiar arms gently circled her into a warm embrace.

“……Are you fine?” Hi sama spoke softly with her tender voice, smoothing the dark long hair of the hugged girl comfortingly.

She nodded silently. She was still gripping that two-handed sword with her right hand, as if it had become one with her body and were never to be let go again.

And her free left hand held tightly on Hi sama, since this girl had long been one with her soul, too, and were not to be let go easily.

“All over now……Orochis……and everyone……” She sobbed, “If I could have tried harder, if I had been stronger……I could, I could have saved them……”

Hi sama sighed by her ear. Her tea-colored hair, soft and smelling so nice just like its owner, lightly stroke her cheeks, consoling her sorrow.

“The kind Juuiki……” Hi sama’s nose caressed her face, her delicate voices containing a clear lingering. “ The Juuiki who wants to protect everyone……”

She closed her eyes, feeling the warmth and understanding from Hi sama.

“Do you think you did not try hard enough?” Said Hi sama in an unusually calm tone.

“Em.” She nodded, self-blaming.

“Do you think that everyone was innocent and their lives shouldn’t have been sacrificed like that?” Still hugging her, Hi sama asked kindly.

“Em.” She nodded harder.

“Do you want to……” The hand smoothing her hair stopped, and she detected a sudden change in Hi sama’s tone. “……let everything return to its original state, and let everyone survive and live in happiness?”

A little suspicious about why Hi sama croaked, she still answered firmly, “Yes, I do.”

“……Is that so……” Hi sama murmured, a light smile appearing on her face.

Those shining purple eyes were filled with her images alone, she couldn’t help looking at them infatuatedly.

Without notice, a mask carved strangely appeared in Hi sama’s hands. “Juuiki, remember what I told you last night?” Said Hi sama in her sweetest voice, her affectionate expressions bloomed like splendid peony flowers.

She stared at that casual smiling face in astonishment.

“I said, ‘after today, I will devote myself to you’……” Passing the mask with both hands to the other girl, Hi sama continued softly, “ ‘This is not only a promise, but also my wish.’”

“----What do you mean by that?” No, this was not right. Something, something horrible was going to happen. She clearly smelt the atmosphere spreading in the air turning heavy and freezing. “I don’t understand what you are saying.”

/I didn’t WANT to understand, either. / Hi sama’s smiling face made her almost break to tears.

With a feeble sigh, Hi sama explained slowly and patiently, like a teacher explaining to a five-year-old. “There have been no record after Orochis’ defeat, because the priests didn’t want it known by people how much cruel sacrifices their respected mikos had to make to protect the world peace for the mankind----”

Just by touching this limpid-eyed girl, Hi sama could feel a violently oscillating heat source from her fingertips. This heat flew throughout her body and entered her soul, which had been calling for warmth and freedom forever.

“----We are mikos of the sword; we hurt with the sword, also will be hurt by the sword, because everything has its price to pay for…… I am ready to take this condition, and you---- ” Hi sama clasped the young miko’s hand, assisting her to lift the attached blade. “You, the noble Miko of the moon, should also choose to pay something to protect this world, shouldn’t you?”

To pay everything.

She knew what Hi sama meant, she knew that Hi sama was aware of her determination to give up everything to protect this world.

“----So you must do it, as it is the fate of Mikos of the godless month----” Hi sama reinforced her hand and her nails fallen deep in her back of hand. “Use my life to restore the world.”

“NO!” She jerked the petite girl away. “That kind of things----how can I, how COULD I----” Her violently shaking hands, however, were still holding tightly the shaft, unable to throw it away, which made her so sick that she felt like vomiting.

“You have to, that’s why you were born.”

“I was born to HELP you!”

“To help me purify this world.”

“NO!” She shouted with all her might, “NO! IT IS NOT LIKE THAT! I WAS NOT BORN FOR THIS----THIS……” Tears flooded over her face, but she didn’t even notice it. “I WAS NOT BORN TO KILL YOU……”

Hi sama stood up. Staring at the mask for a few seconds, she raised her head and looked at those anguishing blue eyes quite imposingly and frankly. “We have tried this hard, for this long, with this much lost, would you rather make it all for nothing?”

A sign of disapproval and disappointment showed up on Hi sama’s cool and determined face.

She bit her lips so hard that a taste of blood diffused into her mouth and spread at her tongue tip. “Then take MY life----” Waving her bright purple katana, she placed it right against her own neck.

Hi sama quivered，as if she were going to dash forward to stop her。

“Please kill me, and use my life to purify this world----”

“There will be no use even if I kill you.” The cold voice effectively cut through her words.

As she peered in surprise, Hi sama maintained her indifferent, profound looking. “You are no longer a virgin. At the moment when you lost your virginity, you have also lost your eligibility of being a sacrifice.”

As the truth was revealed coldly by Hi sama, there had never been any moment when she felt so shameful of, or disgusted by her own body.

“That’s why you……it is because of this, you, you and me……” She couldn’t even put words together. What Hi sama and she did last night, those caressing and embraces, those intimacy and kisses, what were they, after all?

Those hands tenderly touching every inch of her skin, those eyes affectionately appreciating each of her virgin territories, those words of love and adoration, those droplets of tears……

Why on earth did all those things happen?

“Juuiki,” Hi sama agonized. “Please don’t doubt my feelings for you. This is more unacceptable to me than our arranged destiny.”

The petite young miko walked to her. “We have both made our choices. Maybe you can’t forgive or understand me, however, the only thing you shouldn’t doubt is----” Hi sama stood on her toes and left a light kiss on her familiar, warm lips. “My heart for you.”

The kiss brought a bloody taste mixed with tears and the iron blade. Hi sama sympathetically licked those wounded lips of her companion with her tongue.

However, there was nothing she could do to help that wounded heart. She could only repose her hope to the unclear future, and pray with her life that the to-be-forgotten memory would no longer hurt this innocent, good girl.

“The sun exists so that the moon would shine……And I, was born in this world so that you can live on.”

The icy, hard mask was lightly put on her face, as a small hand gently lifted her hand with the blade.

“We both should finish what we are supposed to do……This is the mission of us mikos……”

A feeble but fully understanding voice irrigated her mind.

“Wish you……can live happily in a peaceful world……”

Howling like a beast, she darted forward, almost losing her mind. Her hands clasping the shaft were burning like flames.

“My Juuiki……” As the blade was thrust deep into the soft body falling into her arms, her strange mask also fell down. “……my moon……”

Hi sama, smiling weakly and not showing the slightest sign of pain, extended her forceless, blood-drenched hand to caress her teary face. There wasn’t any pain on Hi sama’s face. “Thank you for making me grateful of this destiny……”

For the last time, Hi sama embraced her tenderly. “……Thank you……for letting me live once for real……”

More hot tears sprang out of her eye sockets, dripping on the ground and soon disappearing. Even they seemed to understand a life passing way, and to be grieving in their own way.

She drooped and kissed lightly on those slightly bloody lips, she whispered softly, “……Love you, my warmest sun.”

“----With a miko’s life presented by another miko’s hands, the world shall be purified again----“ A voice came from an unknown source appeared, “You shall reincarnate into another being……to live in the new world, Miko of the moon……”

“……I will not forget……” She looked up, teary eyes emitting cold, darting blue light. “……I will not forget who has made me murder the one I love the most.” Betrayed by her own belief, her resentful eyes were as freezing and piercing as the never-melting ice.

Silence and solemnness surrounded her again completely, taking her away from the only warm and bright existence, dragging her cruelly apart from the other half of her soul.

And she would not forget. Never.

In the next life, she swore, this scene would never occur once again. The purple katana would not have a chance to be stuck inside of Hi sama.

She would never forget who ruthlessly isolated the sun and the moon with day and night.






Silver rays of light shine brilliantly from the seal on her back, which is burning so much that Chikane’s vision blurs.

She quietly stares at the kissing boy and girl at the sea, her heart swollen with all the pain and sorrow accumulated over a thousand years. That eternal love makes her unable to breathe, nor to move her eyes away from them.

“I see…… So this is……how it is……” Chikane lowers her head and shows a bitter smile. Caressing the mane of “Chasing Sun”, she murmurs, “I see……”

The horse tamely follows the control of its master, cantering back the same way as it came by. The night breeze from the sea passes over all the living things in nature gently and swiftly，like the cool wind in the Godless month always does.

It loyally stays and equally embraces everything in the human world, even in the days without gods.

Everything that’s good and bad, everyone who’s happy and sad. Each good and evil, each love and hatred.

…… In the days when Gods are missing, Mikos of the sun and the moon. with their pure minds and firm beliefs in possession, always selflessly guard and protect the common world, till the eternity…….
In the legends, they take their turns to dye their thread of thousand-year destiny with each other’s blood, tying them tightly together, for the eternity……



======= The End of The Solitary Moon Arching over the Sky=======






Thanks!!!

It has been my very first translation work and so far, probably my longest writing, too. It had take me more than two months to do it, a now-and-then amateur work of course, and I hope that my style didn’t change too much over times = =;; It has been a lot of fun on the way, mixed with occasional dilemmas, and now it is finally done.

I would like to thank the staff of Kannaduki no Miko for the excellent plot and sharp characters that this story is based on.

I have to thank the author, Faith (FaithKasume), her work stimulated me into doing something as crazy as translating a 24-page Chinese fanfiction. She generously permitted my urge to work on one of her masterpieces and provided many valuable suggestions along the process. Thank Nitro for the very beautiful illustrations, which are but a few out of many inspired by Faith’s famous work.

At last, thank you who finished reading all of it, I wish that you had enjoyed it just like I did!

--Lethe

Chapter Two

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[Fanfiction-Kannaduki no Miko] The Fantasy of Last Life II—The Solitary Moon Arching over the Sky

Chapter Two

She straightened her back and stretched her arms, aiming at the black center of target with her sharp, cold eyes.

An arrow shot out, flying straightforward towards the goal.

It missed the center and hit on the edge of the target.

She furrowed her dark brows knowingly, releasing a weak sigh from her perfect ruddy lips.


“The purpose of archery practices is not just for you to shoot precisely at the center of target, but to train you in gaining concentration, and eventually reach the ultimate stage of ‘Null’.” Her master urged her as usual, also with a sigh.

“……Yes, master.”

So she agreed. However, she had been puzzled; what was “Null”? Did it mean not having any thoughts in one’s mind? Yet she was a human, full of thoughts like everyone else who lived in this world, wasn’t she?

Maybe she was not suitable to learn archery。

“Let’s stop here for today, maybe you should settle down your mind tonight.”

“Yes, master, thank you for your guidance.”

She couldn’t help feeling guilty and self-blaming, as she watched the back of her master staggering out of the dojo. She was fully aware that, no matter how many nights she were given, she could never achieve the state of “Null” as the master wished.

Because her heart had been swelling with a special one. Silently collecting her bow and arrows, she stepped back to her dorm, frustrated.

She didn’t know since when that pretty and gentle face had been co-existing synchronously with her own heartbeat. What she herself felt incredible was, how could she experience a non-stopping, turbulent yearning crying out loud from deep inside her soul, even if she were staring right into the other pair of eyes?

What on earth was it that she wanted, needed, and longed for?

“Ah! Have you finished your practices?” As soon as she ***ed the dorm door, this exact gently smiling face welcomed her. With a slightly bitter smile, she closed her eyes hopelessly.

This, was all that she wanted and needed--this person here—Hi sama, her welcoming tender eyesight and smile.

“Sorry to keep you waiting,”

Since a few days ago, they started to gather together after their individual long evening lessons. At first it was because she held a pile of books to consult Hi sama about legends, and then, soon they seemed to have a silent agreement that they would always talk to each other about what happened during the day before bed.

Sometimes, they just sat face to face without any redundant words。Hi sama would quietly read the books she brought, and she would quietly look at Hi sama.

Simple as this, it would enrapture her with exploding ecstasy. What “Null”--that was like Arabian nights to her.

“……The hand you wounded yesterday, is it fine now?” Hi sama gently pulled the young lady to sit down, her fondling fingers stroke lightly on the layers of gauze.

A shockwave of sensations pierced through the hindrance of gauze and still thrilled her body and soul. “Ye…Yes, it no longer aches.”

Hi sama loosened up with a satisfying smile, “That is great……”

Unexpectly, Hi sama took her wounded palm to her lips. “ My……Tsuki’s hand, I don’t want it ever hurt again.”

She blushed momentarily. “I, I will be careful.” Hi sama was a little strange tonight. She hadn’t been someone fond of caresses.


“Juuiki……I’ve been wishing to ask you----” Not letting go of her hand, Hi sama pull her closer with force instead. Now both of them could see clearly their reflections in each other’s eyes. “Do you wish to protect this world?”

What question was this? She doubtfully faced the other young lady. “It is our mission……is it not?” Hi sama’s smooth and warm breath was blowing on her face, this feeling was so wonderful that she wanted to become even closer, just a little bit more.

“Without this mission, do you still want to protect this world?......No matter what you have to sacrifice, no matter how much pain you have to withstand?” Hi sama questioned in a low voice, her mysterious, profound eyes seemed to be leading her, leading her to explore her true self。

Would she? She pondered. If she were not the chosen one by God, would she still wish to protect this world?

If not, how would Hi sama be? She would be alone, always, always alone. Her heart suffered a terrible piercing pain; she did not want to see an all-by-herself Hi sama.

She wanted to protect this world, so that Hi sama could happily live thereafter.

“Aye, I do.” She answered firmly, as she seriously and candidly looked into those purple eyes.

Hi sama smiled slightly, and something shining filled her eyes. That was a sorrowful expression, with an ultimate comprehension。

A very, very heart-wrenching expression.

She extended the other hand and caressed Hi sama’s cheek. “Did I say something wrong?”

“You only stated the answer I had known.” Softly replying, Hi sama rubbed her cheek against the warm palm, lingeringly. “……I adore you hand, always so warm, so considerate……just like you.”

Before she could think of any silly sentences, Hi sama had leaned forward and kissed her. Those soft and sweet lips enwrapped Hi sama’s smell, conveying entirely tranquil and comfortable feelings, just like a shower of afternoon sunshine.

It felt like as if after a century of wandering, she finally found the place where she belonged. Her hands, after being released, spontaneously rounded that young miko’s waist. She also allowed her lips to take over the control of her body, letting them be eagerly sought and kissed.

At the same time, she also permitted them to respond the kiss with her equivalent feelings.

“……Juuiki……” Hi sama’s delicate voice turned more bewitching with her short breaths. “……I love you……”

She sensed that Hi sama’s petite and soft breasts closely clinging to her own, her scented female body slowly moving in her arms, inflaming her by rubbing up and down against hers.

Kisses came to her neck, when Hi sama, laughing delightfully, licked her sensitive skin with the hot tip of her tongue, she could only melt down onto the floor.

Hi sama immediately pressed her body on top against hers. “I love you, Juuiki……You know it, right?” The bright golden hair streamed down and scattered in front of her chest, mingling with her own deep-colored hair.

She nodded hesitatingly, still unable to find her regular rhythms of heartbeats and breath.

Those shimmering purple eyes were as deep as valleys……Hi sama bent down and kissed her again. She considerately supported her own weight by one hand, while agilely sliding her other hand up along her waist.

She had never seen Hi sama like this. Insuppressible desires were burning like blazes, but she couldn’t tell where and when the flames were ignited.

Her miko suit was taken off readily. And then what covered her own was Hi sama’s half exposed body, as a pleasant moan managed to escape from her throat.

“……Always so gentle, so kind, Juuiki……love you----” Hi sama just exerted a little force with her waist, and she knowingly ***ed her legs, allowing Hi sama’s claim.

Even biting her lower lip, she still could not prevent her delightful panting.

“My Juuiki, my moon……” Hi sama raised her head and looked steadily into that pair of innocent, assuring blue eyes. Then she smiled gently, lowered down her head and kissed on her forehead. “……My warmest light……”

“----Hi sama, um----”

She wanted to say something, to tell this person how much she adored her. However, her abilities of thinking and speaking were lost in Hi sama’s non-stopping kisses, one after another. Her body also began to respond by instinct. Legs winding with legs, lips fondling with lips, their moist skins made their heated bodies sticking even tighter, even more inseparable.

“My moon……” Whispered Hi sama as she licked her earlobe with the tip of her tongue, those familiar small hands dictatorially exploring the private place that she had never let anyone in. “Love you----”

That voice was choking and weak. Was it because of the fierce affection or ……She turned her head around and saw, to her surprise, Hi sama’s face streaming with tears.

“Loved you always……” A deep, long kiss distracted her from a trifle pain as her body was entered.

Hi sama’s tears wet her face and slid into their lips. For a moment, she couldn’t distinguish if it was the keen kiss, or those hot tears that was making her own lips burning.

At this very moment when they united, she, however, felt as if Hi sama were at a very far distance----a distant place that even tight embraces and intimate fondling could never reach.

"Sorry......" She murmured, "I am sorry......so sorry......" Tears slid down her eye sockets, and she knew this pain did not belong to herself.

Hi sama softly smoothed her own hair moisturized by sweat and hugged her gently and indulgently. "Why are you apologizing?" After attentiveness, her voice did not sound naïve anymore，instead hoarse and mature.

"......Your name......" In between her choking sobs, she managed to utter a few words. "Still haven't...chosen you a name......"

Great pain and sorrow flooded in those purple eyes, fluid accumulating rapidly in them again.

"I never have a name." Hi sama kissed away the tears of the girl beneath her, only to let her own dripping. "I have never been really living, until the day I met you......I am so lucky to become your other half. It has been my most precious present."

This sincere confession moved her deep inside. She could only embrace tightly the petite body, the other half of her soul. “my sun……my warm light……don’t leave me----“ She couldn’t continue anymore, biting her trembling lips.

“Silly……I am not going anywhere.”

Sensing Hi sama’s cute nose gently rubbing her own face, she finally showed a smile.

“I won’t go anywhere, Juuiki……Don’t worry.” Hi sama softly whispered in her ears, accompanied by random warm kisses and naughty licks.

She hand swung to Hi sama’s half-open chest. “I want to touch you, too……” She curiously fondled the flaming, sun-shaped solar seal with her clever fingers.

So hot. She could feel waves of burning pain transmitted from her fingertips, as if she really touched the sun and felt its temperature.

Hi sama’s husky moans streamed to her ears, in spite of her biting on the lips. As she was going to explore further, however, Hi sama seized her hands.

“Juuiki, I want to feel your touch, too……” Gentle kisses warmed her palms. “But not now. You are tired, please rest.”

“But-----”

“Shh……” Hi sama diminished her argument by a kiss. "After tomorrow, I will devote myself to you......" Deep mysterious purple eyes fixed on her, Hi sama smiled. "You can count on it--- It is not only a promise, but also my wish."

She stared at Hi sama for quite a while, and finally yielded. With her happiness, her love in arms, this feeling was so peaceful and assuring. Slowly, she fell into a sound sleep.

"......Don't worry, my moon......After tomorrow, you will never cry for me anymore."

Even the moon outside, covered by dark clouds, failed to catch the final whisper from Hi sama.

===============

The turmoil outside the room woke her up suddenly from her sweet dreams.

Still confused, she got up and gazed at the other quilt by her side. What happened the night before gradually flowed back into her mind. Dressing up in her fastest speed, she only wanted to see Hi sama as soon as possible.

To confirm with her that what happened last night was not a dream, and that they were true to each other.

Once she opened the door, she immediately heard everyone’s screaming in panic piercing through the sky.

The sky was black. The sun was slowly veiled with dark, heavy clouds.

“Is this……” She stared into the sky in consternation, afraid of naming her speculations.

“The Sun eclipse.” Delicate yet cold voice rose from behind her. As she turned around, she caught the sight of the one she wanted to see the most, Hi sama. “Please hurry up and prepare for it, Tsuki sama----The time has come for the final battle with Orochis.”

That was a determined, indifferent expression and a commanding tone. Speechless, she looked at the maiden in the red miko suit, holding the crimson katana.

The air was smeared with a thick feel of filth and gloom.

“……Aye, Hi sama.”

好大的雪

波士顿正在经历着今年冬天的第4场雪，或者更确切的说，暴风雪。从为冰雪覆盖大半的实验室的窗外看去，漫天犹如没带眼镜时突然揭开蒸笼一样的模糊，雪片被卷到比十几层楼还要高，密密的布满了看得见的每一寸天空。不时传来的雷声和闪电如此震慑，竟让人觉得丝毫不真实。



这样的日子很适合拿不到旅行许可、不得不取消机票旅馆，万分沮丧的我吧。虽然说只是被迫推迟行程而已，心底里近乡情怯的感觉却还没有消去，反而更加强烈。
想念父母，想念我的兄长。到明年2月为止，就有4年没有回到家了吧。如天空一样放我去翱翔的父亲，如大地一样源源不断的给予我力量的母亲，和如月亮一样带
给我安心和幸福的的兄长，不孝的我不能经常待在你们身边，是我一直的遗憾。



前阵子听一休哥的片尾曲，小时候看的动画片－－一休是皇族后裔，因为宫廷权力斗争，一生下来就被送到寺庙，离开妈妈的身边。而片尾的歌曲，就是一休写给母亲的两封信：



ははうえさま　お元気ですか

   ゆうべ杉のこずえに

   あかるくひかる星ひとつみつけました

   星はみつめます　ははうえのようにとても優しく

   わたしは星にはなします

   くじけませんよ 男の子です

   さびしくなったら はなしにきますね　いつかたぶん

   それではまた　おたよりします

   ははうえさま　 いっきゅう



ははうえさま　お元気ですか

   きのうお寺にこねこが

   となりの村にもらわれていきました

   こねこはなきました　かあさんねこにしがみついて

   わたしはいいました

   なくのはおよし　さびしくないさ

   男の子だろ　かあさんにあえるよ　いつかきっと

   それではまた　おたよりします

   ははうえさま 　いっきゅう



中文翻译(转）：



母亲大人：
您好吗？


昨晚我在杉树的枝头边
看到了一颗明亮的星星。


星星凝视着我，
就像妈妈一样，
非常的温柔。


我对星星说：
不能沮丧哦，（因为我）是男孩子。


如果寂寞的话，我再来找你说话……
什么时候呢？大概…吧。


就写到这里吧，期待您的回信，母亲大人。
一休。



母亲大人：
您好吗？


昨天，寺里的小猫
被邻村的人
带走了。


小猫哭了，
紧紧抱着猫妈妈不放。


我（对小猫）说：
乖，别哭了，你不会寂寞的。


你是个男孩子对吧？
会再见到妈妈的。
什么时候呢？一定（会）…吧。


就写到这里吧，期待您的回信，母亲大人。
一休。



听到“
ははうえさま　お元気ですか”和“なくのはおよし　さびしくないさ


   男の子だろ” 这两句时不由得哽咽鼻酸。一个10岁左右的小男孩，想念母亲，而又告诉自己要坚强的心情，十几年后再次清晰地传达到了我的心中。告诉朋友说这件事的时候，朋友用了1秒种就下了结论：“你想妈妈了啊！”



我恍然大悟。是啊。我想母亲了，想家了。与爱情相比，亲情也许是恰巧相反的东西；哪怕隔得再远，也仿佛就在身边。在异乡打拼的日子里，因为时时感觉到这一
点，我并不觉得孤单。然而终于，想家的感觉终于席卷过来，如潮水般将我淹没；在这冰冷的世界中，想要到那最永恒不变的，温暖的地方去－－－－



那么，再等我几个月吧。。。。。。Orz

几部完结动画的告别式

首先是四月开播的《蜂蜜与四叶草》。

开始的时候觉得这部动画真是清新的与众不同。最喜欢的是第8话众人在夕阳下一起寻找四叶草的画面－－其实苦苦寻找的幸福，就在自己的身边。
我其实是希望只拍13集的，因为中段变成了拖沓的偶像剧，食之无味，弃之可惜，每看个两集我就犯困，结果一直拖到几天前才看完OTL

可喜的是男主角在最后的大翻身～非常、非常地有存在感（笑）骑自行车出去寻找自我，真是满溢的青春啊。我大学的时候怎么就从来没做过同样的事呢，果然是因为太理智了吗XDD
不过，2个半3角关系一个都没解决是怎么回事？？黑田你也太不厚道了吧：（

大家，都要幸福哦～

－－－－－－－

在某种意义上，比起全金属狂潮（FMP TSR）的两主角，
竹本君算是幸运了的吧？起码在24话末可以来一次感人的告白什么的。宗介和千鸟，39集过去竟然连"好き"也说不了__________OTL


不得不提一下夏玉兰和夏玉芳这一对是我看过的，最凄惨的一对百合。虽然说这两个没性格的杀人机器本来就不会有什么好下场的，看到两姐妹分别升天的时候，心里想的都是另一人。。。伸出手去想要握住的是另一人的手。。。我的红蔷薇大人啊（泪）很久没有这么恨过动画里的反派男了，死得这么干脆真是便宜了他，哼。

另外，这部也是，到最后也没有明白处理宗介、千鸟、泰莎之间的关系。。。虽然说主角的心意还是很明显的啦。
ゆかな最后两集的表现很是要赞的，尤其是那段坚持己见，据理力争的那一段（心）之后就是听她的混蛋真白了（笑），不过雪野10月好像没有什么角色？


－－－－－－－

莓乱扔－－这部在看之前就是声优吸引我，看的时候也是声优的魅力特别突出，看完之后4个小loli的声音仍然是让人挥之不去。真可惜这么就完了，－－好在还有drama
CD2、3还没有听，可以期待一下。

顺便一提，川澄在结束的访谈中说她们（包括自己）就是最好的cast（然后被千叶吐槽），真是大言不惭的家伙（笑）不过我真是越来越喜欢她了。。。。。。

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

顺便提一下一个非买不可的ps2游戏。。。这个cast是一定要拜的
http://popgo.net/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=332794
幸运的是美版可选日文原音（Soul Calibur2就是如此）
不幸的是。。。。。。

我又火星了OTL 这款在美国已经上市3周多了（晕）
不过今年都没空玩，等1月回来之后吧～

拱天之孤月第一章--终于来了

[Fanfiction-Kannaduki no Miko] The Fantasy of Last Life II—The Solitary Moon Arching over the Sky

Chapter One

......In the days when Gods are missing, Mikos of the sun and the moon, with their pure minds and firm beliefs in possession, always selflessly guard and protect the common world, till the eternity…….

She mumbled through the words in the book and sighed. It was not so funny to see her own predestined future written down in books.

Maybe it was because she was still too childish? Ever since she was brought to this shrine upon the emperor's order, she had become a sacred symbol for people's admiration and reliance. However, every time when she looked into the mirror, the person inside it had not changed since the day she came here. Still the same face, the same girl.

What had changed were the surroundings and people's minds.

"Are you……Miko of the moon?"

On that day, a girl in one red miko suit with a delicate and innocent voice stood gracefully in front of her, her beautiful face showing a tender smile.

"Welcome you to Otobashi shrine……." Said the petite young lady. Under the sunlight, a cool and smooth wind caressed those tea-colored long hair, which was sparkling unbelievably like the golden rice ears.

Just then, she stood rooted to the spot and could not utter a single word. She started to wonder, was the radiant source the sun, or rather, the girl in front of her?

The noise outside the hall interrupted her wandering thoughts about a peculiar girl. As she curiously opened the door, she found out its origin.

Three or four youngsters were accumulated in the shrine garden. There were both boys and girls, all obviously less than seven years old, except for the tallest boy maybe almost ten.

"----Kazujin niichan, what are we going to do? The ball is stuck on the tree!" Circling the older boy, they pleaded one after another, "Kazujin niichan, go get it, go get it please--- "

The boy hesitated to look at the crowd, and then lifted his head high to stare at the hundred-year-old holy tree.

"Um……I…….er, fine then, I will try. Just stop pulling my pants---"

As the boy swallowed his saliva a few times, fastened his sleeves and got ready to start climbing, one hand reached his shoulder and forfeited his suicide behavior.

The boy looked up at the pretty young lady in a purple miko suit. The sunshine poured like waterfalls behind her, decorating her dark long hair in a gentle radiance.

Her slightly disordered front hair could not cover those piercing blue clear eyes.

As all the children opened their mouths wide and stared at her, she couldn't help showing a bitter awkward smile. "Is your ball……stuck on the tree?"

"Tsu----Tsuki sama!" The oldest boy was the first to wake up from the stun, and the immediate response he had was to drag the crowd to kneel down together with him. "We are very, very sorry! We only wanted to play during the afternoon-nap time-----we didn't want to interrupt Tsuki sama's rest. P—Please forgive our impudence!"

Ah. She responded in a low voice, astringent sadness flashing through her eyes. About one month ago, there was her birthday, as well as that of Miko of the sun's. On that day, under the supervision of the emperor and priests, they completed the planned rite, successfully summoned the substitutes of Ame no Murakumo—two two-handed katanas, one purple, one red.

The blood-like red katana felt powerful and fierce, as if it had been used in fighting for countless times before it was summoned. Yet surprisingly enough, it would behave so quietly and peacefully together with a magnificent deep-purple katana, both stuck deeply in the sacrificial altar.

Parallel to the other blade that it belonged to, the red and purple swords were just like themselves at that time—Mikos of the Sun and the Moon.

Ever since that day, people had even more respect in their attitudes towards them, a respect mixed with deep fear. Many times she couldn't help wondering, had her image in other people's eyes become a monster-like existence?

Although her reflection in the mirror had been the same, the mirror in other people's heart was always changing unpredictably.

"Rise up. There's on one else here, you don't have to so formal." Different from her usual cold tone, she softened her voice and spoke amiably, "I will help you pick up the ball, is that all right?"

At their amazing stares, she only smiled slightly.

"No! We can't, Tsuki sama is an honorable miko, you can't do such---" The big boy didn't know what to do, just shaking his head rapidly.

"I may not know other things, but climbing trees—I won't lose even to boys." She said with a no-big-deal look, then dexterously loosened the purple satin ribbon tying her long hair, and let each black shining strand unrestrainedly and wildly spread on her shoulders.

The long ribbon was then applied to tie up the sleeves of the miko suit to facilitate her actions. She breathed deeply from above, and her face was full of pleasure and excitement that she could not conceal.

As she was climbing the tree agilely and swiftly, she found out as if her body had become lighter after training for martial arts with her master. Both the movement of her limbs and the strength from inside herself had been enhanced much more than before,

Some sort of enormous and solid power emerged like spring water, growing continuously from her own soul.

"Hey-----catch it!"

Sitting on a big brunch of the tree, she threw the ball at the children beneath. They expressed their appreciation one by one and left, turning back frequently with hesitation to look at her above.

Wondering why a miko like her would be this wild, maybe? She laughed relaxingly, lifting her head. A light breeze stroke through her long hair and smoothed her feelings.

Such pleasant wind, she thought contentedly. This was the cool breeze in October, the month without Gods. Even if the world did not have the
protection from Gods now, such breeze still stayed loyally with human beings.

After all, there was something that would not change. She closed her eyes, enjoying the valuable peaceful moment.

"------Sleeping on a tree? You may fall down like this, Tsuki sama." A gentle, slightly playful voice recalled her attention, .

Looking down at the figure underneath the tree, she smiled.

"I was not sleeping, Hi Sama."

The young lady called "Hi sama" owned tea-colored long hair, most splendid and bright-golden as if it had been cleansed by sunlight; her eyes were very pretty, deep and calm, her face gentle yet enigmatic.

What might not have matched Hi sama's wise and mysterious eyes was her tender and delicate, almost sticky young voice. However, she liked
listening to Hi sama's voice very much. Every time it would remind her of her favorite candied fruits in her childhood.

"Kazujin rushed to my place, saying that Tsuki sama was hurting herself……So I hurried here to have a look, well I didn't expect that----" Hi sama chuckled. "Do you usually hurt yourself in this way?"

"That little Kazujin was exaggerating too much." A shy smile appeared on her face as she was feeling quite embarrassed. "It is only tree-climbing…… I did this often when I was small."

"It is hard for me to imagine a tomboyish Tsuki sama." Hi sama still maintained her teasing smile.

As if to counter her words, she said, "Me too……I can't imagine how Hi sama was like as a child."

As soon as she ended the sentence, she regretted how straightforward and inconsiderate she had been. She noticed that the curve at Hi sama's lips gradually disappeared, replaced by her usual profound looking.

"……Tsuki sama, do you like climbing trees?"

Both of them were very conscious of the way that Hi sama switched the topic of conversation. After a silent sigh, she turned around to lookat the far, high distance.

"What I like is not the tree-climbing, but rather the scenery I can see on trees."

"What is the scenery that you see?" Hi sama asked softly, her deep eyes filled with a peculiar expectation.

"I see the vast land that the sun is shedding its light on."

She lowered her head and sincerely looked at Hi sama, who was a little surprised by her words. " The sunshine in October is the warmest and
brightest light I have ever seen." After a brief pause, she sent an invitation hesitantly, "Hi sama……do you want to come up here to see for yourself?"

Her wishful tone was so obvious that she felt quite uneasy.

A slight smile showed up on Hi sama's face. Her shallow-colored hair, lifted by a light wind, covered some of her pretty appearance. "Even if I climbed on the tree, even if I were at the same height as you are, I don't think I can see the scenery in your eyes."

"Why?"

"Because I am not you."

Simple answers often had profound inside stories, and this was especially true about Hi sama. She thought it over and decided not to continue persuading her on it.

"I don't mean to interrupt your fun, but I do hope that you can come down here soon."

At Hi sama's word, she just stared at her eyes under the sunlight, which was shining more brilliantly than any jewels in this world.

"Since I am unable to reach the same height as you can, I hope that you can come down to be at the same place as me……"

Hi sama extended her arms, as if she was waiting for her to hold her hands.

"Having such thoughts…… am I too selfish, Juuiki?"

/No, because you called my name./ She smiled with satisfaction and climbed down the tree promptly. She could hardly wait for her feet to land on the ground before she reached for Hi sama's helping hands.

Smaller than hers, those hands were warm and tender. Hi sama read books and wrote scrolls every day—if she were to have those hands close to her own nose, would she be able to smell the vague scent of sandalwood from her fingertips?

This disrespectful idea made her blush scarlet all of a sudden.

"Your hands……they are wounded……" The whisper from the girl turned her attention to her own hands wrapped in the other's palms.

"Only scratches, a common outcome for climbing trees."

"Then don't climb trees anymore." That delicate voice contained an unquestionable authority. "I don't want to see Juuiki being hurt."

Her hands were still gently enclosed in those of Hi sama's. If she were to be treated so for such inconsiderable wounds, maybe she would no longer pay much attention to her own safety.

"Aye, I promise." She nodded without hesitation, not regretting at all to give up her only hobby for this girl in front of her.

"Let's go, allow me to treat you and dress your wounds before your martial art practices." Hi sama's calm and profound eyes sparkled with smiling curves, which affected her own face and warmed up her entire body.

During everyone's life, there must exist one special being that was far more important than their beliefs or likings. So she believed, and she was also certain that Hi sama was that "only existence" in her own.

Simple. God had arranged this even before the moment she was born. "Juuiki" was her common name—born in October, mere as that. However,
it was just this plain name that represented her most primitive self and values as a human being.

Now hearing this word from Hi sama, hearing the most truthful herself being called, was the best thing she could wish for, the most priceless gift for her sixteenth birthday.

For that, she thanked God Ame no Murakumo from the bottom of her heart.

============End of Chapter One=============

不知道为什么，这部分我翻得比以前都辛苦，而且还不是很满意。。。
那么，接下来敬请期待15X部分
我。。。得先去做点背景研究这样Orz

圣母在上第3部！

这阵子忙到晕头转向，连cobalt 12月号发行的事也忘了。

虽然大家都已经发过贴了，我是一样要庆祝的－－－－－－－

圣母在上续作OVA化决定！！！

嘻嘻嘻嘿嘿嘿哈哈哈哇哈哈哈～～～～～～

希望能做成史上最长的OVA！！

翻译的时候发现。。。。。。

自己的英文词汇量真的很汗

终于完成第一部分了，虽然才是自己计划的八分之三而已；而且也没什么人看吧。。。。。。不过还是译得很开心的。前世妄想篇的一、二，前后呼应，一气呵成，而且还全是日月巫女的戏份（笑）每看一遍都有新的感受呢。比较起来，插曲篇远雷虽然好看，我却没有翻译的打算，－－太长（主要原因），不能真正推倒（某忘的邪恶可见一斑），而且相对也比较独立。

说到这里，拱天之孤月里的15x我要怎么办啊！！！看的时候乐滋滋的，要翻译的时候完全不是那回事啊！啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊（以下乘100）－－》脸红成柿子的某忘撞墙中

以上，请多提宝贵意见！

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[Fanfiction-Kannaduki no Miko] The Fantasy of Last Life I ~The Remnant
Sun at Daybreak

Chapter II

"……`Why aren't there any records about what's happening after
defeating Orochis'……You mean Tsuki sama brought this up to you? "

The old priest raised his hoarse voice with surprise.

She lit up a candle on the table, so that after the routine evening
lesson with the priest, she could safely walk back in such darkness to
her dorm by the usual route.

"Yes, she did." She emphasized her tone and nodded. /I have told you
all about it, now can I leave?/

"Tsuki sama……did she ask you anything else?" The old priest sounded
very anxious.

"No, just that." /Please, I want to go back./

He put his hands behind his back and stared at her solemnly.

"Did you……tell her anything?"

"I only talked about what I know." She relied neglectfully, lifted the
candle and started to step out of this spacious Japanese style living
room.

"You didn't say anything about what mikos have to do after defeating
Orochis, did you?"

Clenching the bottom of the candle holder, her hands became slightly
white. She questioned indifferently, with her back still towards the
priest, "You mean the truth of this mission……that we have to kill each
other after eliminating the enemies? "

Even without looking back, she could detect from the congealed air the
priest's disturbed breathes and ashamed feelings.

The people who knew the truth had hid it, because they believed that
destiny could not be altered. They believed that a sacrifice of one or
two maidens' lives for the future restoration of the world was a good
deal, a very honorable task.

If Ame no Murakumo were willing to protect these selfish people, he
himself would not be some God of justice. While showing a taunting
smile, her expressions were also filled with bitterness and sorrow.



"Tsuki sama is a noble miko. She is the one with pure body and soul,
the only one who can accomplish our goal. " She comforted him softly,
"I understand this…… I do. "

"Nobody have told you about this, if only I didn't let you read
through those ancient books…… Maybe now you wouldn't have known―" The
priest shut up abruptly, as he also realized the irresponsible and
irrational blame in his own words.

So she couldn't help answering sarcastically,  " I wish I'd be slower
and more stupid in my next life, maybe that will be better for
everybody."

Then she ignored the next would-be reply from the priest and stepped
away from the house to her dorm. As she was passing by a corner of the
corridor, she witnessed under a big tree in the garden the presence of
Tsuki sama.

Tski sama was dressed in a thin and light unpadded white garment, long
enough to reach the ground. A blue gown was thrown over her right
shoulder. Unlike usual, her long hair was released and totally
unrestrained, each of them freely dangling in the night breeze,
eventually merging into the gloom.

The silver-golden moonlight seemed to care for her and her alone, as
if Tsuki sama was the only bright existence in this pitch blackness.
Compared to this young miko, the candle in her own hands appeared so
dim and laughable.

Suddenly, the hot wax from the burning candle dropped on her hands.
The pain withdrew her attention back from the present dreamlike scene.

Her faint gasp finally made Tsuki sama found out behind her back the
figure standing still in the corridor.

At first Tsuki sama's limpid eyes opened wide with surprise, then her
kind and sincere smiling face said her welcome. "Good evening, Hi
sama."

"Good evening……" She mumbled.

"Did you finished the evening lessons for today with the priest?"



"Yes, I did." Satisfied that her fluttering calmed down to some extent
at last, She asked in a soft and gentle tone, "Did your martial art
practices also last till just now?"

"No, it was over a while ago……my master called it a day after he lost
to me for the fifth time." There was embarrassment in her shy smile.
Tsuki sama had always been so modest, and she never felt that
defeating her master was something worth bragging about.

"If so, why are you still here……"

"Relishing the moon."

"Huh?" She looked puzzled.

That strange girl just looked up and glanced at the moon. "Look, we
have a half-moon tonight. The one I like the most in every month. "

At her words, she looked up curiously at the bright half moon hanging
in the sky. "Why do you like the moon at this time? Only one half is
there……" The sad half, she continued silently.

"I like it now because it is only one half." Tsuki sama smiled, "In
poems, the moon often represents poets' yearning for a special
someone. Because the moon is too far to be reached, always hanging in
the vast evening sky all by itself, it becomes the medium of their
longings."

"To show their lingering thoughts for the other unapproachable person?"

Tsuki sama had another slight smile. "Yes……these thoughts turn into
the silver-white moonlight shining upon the darkness, as well as
stating poets' painfulness".

"Such a……sorrowful existence……" She murmured sympathetically.

The young lady shook her head. "People have their own
feelings……However, I think as long as the moon can help the sun during
the day to continue the brightness at night…… then its existence is
fully meaningful. "

"Are these your feelings as the miko of the moon?"



Tsuki sama stared at her silently, and a firm determination showed up
on her face instead of her usual kindness. Then, she answered
tenderly, " The moon exists to help the sun, and I……was born in this
world to assist you."

A bitter smile filled with understanding appeared on Tsuki sama's
face. She continued, "So please don't tell yourself anymore that you
are alone, don't try to persuade yourself that you can live on your
own―because you are NOT alone, nor am I."

The current underneath her eyes quietly generated a blazing mist,
which made her no longer able to see the other girl's face clearly.

"Can't help it even if you aren't willing to." Tsuki sama smiled, as a
breeze was fondling her dark and soft long hair. "Since you are
destined to be with me, it's better to get used to it soon, Hi sama."

She also smiled. This facial action triggered her tears to overflow
out of her eyes. The ample warmth, extreme ease and complete
peacefulness fulfilled her chest. For the first time in her life, she
learned what was gratefulness.

Grateful for her fate arranged by God, this inevitable destiny.

She was fated to be with her. 。

"As you wish."

At her granted positive reply, Tsuki sama beamed with happiness. "When
we are both sixteen, can I ask for a birthday gift from you?"

Birthday gift? She looked at that strange girl with doubts, "……If it
isn't beyond my ability……"

"Call me by my name." Tsuki sama spoke softly, "please call my name on
my sixteenth birthday."

Just that? She nodded.

"Great!" The young lady exhaled relaxingly. "Then what do you want as
a gift, Hi sama?"

"Birthday gifts are for those children who still have their parents."

"Who made the rule?"

"This is the tradition."



"I want to give you one, can't I?" Tsuki sama just wouldn't give up.

She lifted her head to look at the moon, feeling somewhat defeated.
"Then……can you give me a name?" Embarrassed by her own sudden request,
she added awkwardly, "If you want me to call you by your name, then
you can't call me 'Hi sama' anymore, right? It would sound so strange,
as if you are my servant or―Er, I don't mean to have you as my
servant, I mean, I, I don't have a name, so―"

Oh God, someone please come and finish her off right there. She cried
out to herself with shame and frustration. As she lowered down her
head, her voice was also dimming.

"……Do you want to be someone besides 'Hi sama'?" The girl with limpid
eyes asked knowingly.

"……Maybe it is too late already……" She stared at the corridor floor.
"I don't have the slightest idea about how to be a girl besides 'Hi
sama'."

"You are fine like this. I like your stuttering nervous look."

Her face turned into a gorgeous red immediately at that low and
genuine voice. She managed a weak protest, "P…please stop making fun
of me, Tsuki sama."

"I swear! You are so cute when you blush!"

She had completely hidden her head in front of her chest.

Suddenly a warm hand raised her chin, and made her look into those
lake-like clear eyes. Without any notice, Tsuki sama had come to only
one step away from her.

Tsuki sama's slender white fingers gently slid her tea-colored hair
aside from her forehead. The remnant warmth from those fingertips
transmitted through her skin, bringing a strong wave of shock and
burning pain.

It seemed that her eye sockets were getting hot again.

Tsuki sama did not say even one more sentence. Instead, she just wiped
off the crystal-like tears with the back of her hands away from her


cheeks. Even if that young miko were wondering why she couldn't stop
her tears, she obviously hid it very well.

--So well that she wanted to throw herself into her arms right there,
right now, and willfully enjoy all the understanding and comfort
provided by her companion.

Yes, this person was her companion; the other one to share the
destiny, the other half to shoulder the mission together with her.

She was not alone. From the beginning to the end, her life had been
interwound with a peculiar someone, no matter how far apart their
physical existences were, no matter if there were mountains and seas
in between them. Life after life, incarnation after incarnation, her
being would always be only a half.

She would be yearning forever for this person in front of her to
fulfill her soul.

Even if in her next life she could not remember the gratefulness that
she had right now, she still believed that this person would always be
patiently waiting for her.

Waiting for the moment when they could stare into each other's eyes once again.

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"Ah―Wait, slow down!" Himeko is running out of breath. She doesn't
know how many miles she has been following that little lost puppy for,
the only thing that she does know is that she has never exercised this
much in her life before.

The puppy has sneaked into the rose garden of the school. She looks
around awkwardly, and when seeing no other people are about, she also
sneaks in just like that little cutie.

"Ouch!" Himeko screams out, for her hair is caught by the bushes. Why
is she always so clumsy, even if she just wants to get into a garden?

"……Is this your puppy?"

From above her head comes an unbelievable charming female voice, cool and calm.

With surprise, Himeko raises her head and in the next moment, she
looks into those beautiful eyes as clear as lakes.

......There is an ancient shrine on the moon, quietly protecting the
common world for thousands of years……The thousand-year legend goes on
and on, with the ever-lasting cycle of encounter and sorrow……Here, the
two young ladies have initiated their story of this life.

====The End of The Remnant Sun at Daybreak====