Sazan Eyes ( 3 x 3 Eyes ) Book 1, Volume 1, Chapter 1 ____________________________________________________________________________ 1983 Tibet Unknown man, dying words: Some....Someday.... You shall turn into a human. I promise ..... (A girl, dressed in traditional (?) Tibetian clothing. One notable feature, however, is a third eye on her forhead.) Title: The Chapter of Reincarnation 1987 Shinjuku, Tokyo Kid, on a speeding on scooter: Wuheeeiaa! Yabeee! Kid: Late, I'm LATE!! (He sees the girl) Girl with sign - Please take me to Shinjuku, Junincho. Kid: What's with that girl..... She's really filthy. Kid: Junincho...... That's where my house is. Kid: .................... Kid: I think I'll show her the way. (Somebody sneaks behind her.) Girl : Ah!! Girl : THIEF!!1!111!1! Kid: !! Kid: Hey.. STOP!! Theif: Beat it, kid!! (He takes a whack at the kid.) Kid: Heiia! Theif: chi... Girl : Are you awll riight? Kid: hehehe (He recovers the baggage. It has, on the side pocket, a marking that resembles the number 3.) Girl: Shie Shie, thank youu. Kid: hehehe In the gay bar in Shinjuku (famous red light district in Tokyo). (Sign for the bar - Gay Bar Culture Shock) Kid: You....are a Chinese? Name? Girl: "Paii" (Not trying to make her sound like an airhead. She is, after all, not familiar with Japanese. And she's cute...... {Ed. Note}) Kid: Well, I ah... (The kid is in a woman's dress.) Kid: Let me explain ahead of time. I'm not an "Okama" . Kid: When I was young my mom left the family, and 4 years ago my dad the anthropologist disappeared in Tibet, probably dead by now. Kid: To pay the bills I'm moonlighting here, and making good money. Kid: Get it? Pai: You speak with such technical terms. Kid: Hehe (sweat.) Kid - Can she really understand Japanese......? Bar Wait(ress): Yakumo-chan, why is there a girl here? Wait(ress) #2: Aren't you usually shy in front of girls? Yakumo. Wait(ress) #1: Yakumo is already 16. About time he gets H <=horny>. (Pai in shock, hearing the name.) Yakumo: That's not so! Pai: Ya-Ku-Mo? Yakumo: Heh? Pai: Fujii Yakumo? Pai: Professor Fujii's son, Yakumo? (Pai shows him a letter) Pai: This Yakumo? Yakumo: It looks.....like it. But...... Pai: Uug Uug Uug. Pai: YEEEAAAAAAA-KOOOUUUUUUU-MOOOOOOOOOOO!!1!1111!1!!!! Pai: I FINALLY FOUND YOU. Pai: FOUR YEARS, FROM TIBET. TOOK ME FOUR YEARS!!! YAKUMO, YAKUMO, YAKUMO! Yakumo: Wha... What's going on here? Host(ess): Fool! How dare you make a girl cry in our bar! (Here comes the best looking she-man in the bar. :-) Yakumo: MAMA, help. Host(ess): I don't care! You have her describe her lost luggages accurately, then I'm going to ask our men(Yakuza) to find them. Yakumo: The bag I took back, but the stick.... (Somewhere in the city back street.) Thief: Damn, is that all I've got for today? (He twists off the bird-head shaped handle off the cane. Not very smart.) Thief: ? Thief: ?! Thief: Woooaa Thief: Aaaggghh! (An explosion of light emerges from the cane. Guess we won't see this guy anymore.) Back in the bar (Pai places a human skull on the table.) Pai: Professor Fujii. Yakumo: Ah? That's my old man?! Waitress #1: So that's the Professor. Waitress #2: Yakumo's father was a great person. Yakumo: Hehehe. The man whose wife dumps her the child while he went after the monsters, claiming to be an anthropologist, but in fact a worthless monster-hunter. That's my ol' man. Letter - name skipped -- How are you, Yakumo? I haven't got in touch with you for six months. Please forgive your worthless dad. Yakumo: Hehe, it's already four years. Letter - Your father is now on his way from Tibet back to Kung Ming Unfortunately, your father is going to leave this world soon. So, please grant your selfish father's last request, and listen to what he says. While I was deep in Tibet I collapsed due to hunger and exhaustion The nearest village was miles away, and I was alone And just when I thought I was finished This girl whose name is "Pai" came to my rescue And this girl was precisely what your father has been long searching and researching, the clan capable of the immortal magic, San Ji Yan (Three Eyes) Un Ka Ra's sole survivor. Biologically, she's different than us "people." She belongs to a race that defies evolution, commonly known as the "monsters." Yakumo: What a fool. Now I'm flabbergasted by my monster-crazed dad. Heheh. Letter - Pai still doesn't know how to use the immortal spell, Pai: Professor - Letter - But she's been alive for nearly three hundred years. And how come she's the only survivor, while other San Ji Yans had all died off? Pai: I wanna be human too! Letter - Yeah, that's it..... Back then they dreamed of becoming humans discovered the power to turn themselves into such. Professor: Yes. I will find a way to turn you into a human. Pai: Yeeaaah!! Letter - And they became humans of only few years to live, and they all died of old age. Professor: Should I die, my son Yakumo will make you "human." Letter - The detail for which to turn a Three Eyes into a human, only Aguli of the "Monster Buster Inc." in Hong Kong is the expert who knows how. (Beads of sweat begin to emerge from the Professor's skeleton, while Yakumo is noticeably pissed.) Yakumo: Do you know how much trouble this can mean... Letter - I beg you, Yakumo. Take Pai to Hong Kong to look for that man. Yakumo: Are you kidding me!! Why should I take this filthy girl to Hong Kong............?! (Awsome chick emerges in front of Yakumo.) Waitress #2: Wuhuhu.. It's a rare chance I get to put some commercial make-up on this girl. Pai: Yakumo... Do I look weird, Yakumo? Yakumo: Wha.... Hubba.... Yakumo: Ah... wel..... that's is.... Professor -- I promised Pai. Yakumo, you'll have to fulfill it for me. Yakumo: That's not important now!! Monsters don't exits.......... Pai: TAKUHI! News reporter (on TV) - Viewers, please observe. What is that thing hovering above Shinjuku, not even the Police Trooper's cannons can harm it? Is that the thing we call a Man-face-bird? Does such animal really exist? It's really unbelievable. Yakumo: Hei, hei Pai!! (Pai runs out the door, Yakumo follows.) Pai: TAKUHI!! Yakumo: Wait up. What the heck is a "TAKUHI?!" Pai: Friend. (On the scooter now.) Pai: My friend who lives in my stick!! Yakumo: Noo Way. Don't try to introduce that thing to me!! Pai: That kid. When he's exited he'll lose control of himself. And if we don't calm him down it'll be very dangerous. Yakumo: Hei you, it's none of my business!! (Shadow the size of the bus fast approaching from air.) Yakumo: Heh? Yakumo: Holy ........!! Pai: Staaap! Can't you recognize me!? (Splash, crash, major chaos in MacDonalds.) Bird: KUUUUUEEEEEEE!! (note: Japanese monster-birds usually WUEEEEEEEe) News Reporter: The monster is on a rampage!! Can't the Ministry of Defense do something?! Isn't the Civil Defense Team activated yet?! (Fallen off the bike.) Yakumo: Ouu... (Pai stands directly in front of the beast's path.) Yakumo: Pai..! (Yakumo pushes Pai away, putting himself in jeopardy.) Yakumo: Oh shit.... (The bird claw pierces Yakumo's body.) Yakumo- (coughing all kinds of internal organs) Am I going to die now? Pai: N...... Pai: DON'T (The 3rd eye on Pai's forehead pops open.) Pai: DON'T DIE Pai: YAKUMO!! (Bright ray of light engulfs the beast and the dying Yakumo.) Yakumo - Pa.. Pai.... (The ray now shines directly onto Yakumo's chest.) Yakumo - Like...this is....totally....no wa..ay (A glowing sphere emerges from Yakumo's chest, guided by the light.) Yakumo - She really ..... Yakumo - is...n't......hu....man... (The sphere now absorbed into the 3rd eye. The beast now seems to recognize it's master, releases Yakumo's corpse, and tamely return to the stick. Pai, with tears coming out from her normal eyes, bends down to check on blood bathed Yakumo.) Pai: yia ku mo Next Day News reporter #3: Last night seemed like a dream. The strange bird came from nowhere, and disappeared to nowhere. It's a mystery. What was that strange light that surrounded the giant bird.. is a total mystery. (Something strange is happening to Yakumo. Pai is still asleep on top of Yakumo from last night's exhaustion. Blood previously spilled all over the ground now begins to converge back into Yakumo's mouth. A strange character now appears on Yakumo's forehead. Yakumo, feeling rather surprised at being alive..) Yakumo: No blood stain on my cloth?! And the stick came back?! This is......not a dream. Pai: (sleep talking, crying) ya yakumo Pai: (now awake) YIAKUMO!! ..... are you okai? Yakumo: Hehehe.... I'm not sure. (Pai, all smiles.) Yakumo: Let's GO, to Hong Kong! Yakumo: I will make you human! End the Chapter of Reincarnation The translation has been very liberal. Done in 2 hrs and believe me, that's a very short time. Translator: d.n.a.b Japanese consultant: Wakana-san Editor: anybody??