Translated ( from Bahasa Indonesia ) by: Shadowmask, edited by Kitty. Any comments/suggestions with regards to the translations are welcomed.
NOTE: This is a fan translation meant to be a companion guide to be read with the tankubon. Do not disseminate or archive this translation any where else without the consent by the translator and editor.
Keys to consider: The text bubbles are translated/read in counter clock wise fashion. I did not separate the speaking parts by text bubbles, rather, by the complete thought or spoken sentence.
The sentences where the speaker and the sentences italicized, it's a flash back.
If the sentence contains italicize words including standard words, the italicized is a thought.
Occasionally there are [editor/translator notes] or <pictorial cues>.
pg 6
ELDER: Among all the clans in Heaven, clan Yasha is considered relatively young. This clan settled in the frozen lands of the north. One day, during the wars among the gods, members of the clan gathered together... They vowed to protect Tenkai from destruction.
pg 7
ELDER: Soon you will assume the lineage. This sword Yamato is proof of the reign.
CLANSMEN: Our young lord! Tenkai's strongest Bushinshou's Lord... The son of the clan leader!
BOY: Someday I want to become as strong as my King. So that I may be enough to defend the Yasha clan.
BOY: [Editor: at the scene of the boy's death from vol. 1] It's already too late... Yasha clan's already ceased to exist!
pg 8
BOY: My Lord, please continue to live on... Please do not seek revenge for us!
RYUU: The death of Yasha clan drowned out in a sea of flames. They forfeited their own lives, and fought into the dark of the night defending their king.
pg 9
RYUU: Please don't show that 'look'. You're Tenkai's strongest Bushinshou. Because I'm here, is that why you wanted to cry but you can't?
pg 10
SOHMA: Ryuu-oh!
RYUU: What happened? Ashura?! Sohma, what's wrong with him?
[Trans: word used is "dia". I will henceforth translate "dia" as "him", although the word "dia" is gender neutral.]
SOHMA: I'm not sure... Shurato suddenly appeared from Ashura's hand...
pg 11
SOHMA: A vision of a person appeared in the blade of the sword. Then Ashura said some strange things...
RYUU: What did he say?
SOHMA: He said that "A Star will fall from the Southern sky and it was to be one of the Six Star".
RYUU: "Six Stars"? Is that the Six Stars that Yasha-ou often spoke of?
pg 12
RYUU: Do you know who was the person who appeared in Shurato's blade?
SOHMA: It appeared to be...Karura clan's queen Karura-ou.
RYUU: Karura-ou, the Southern Bushinshou...and so...
pg 13
RYUU: Karura-ou's one the "Six Stars"?
KUYO: Six Stars descending, the stars that opposes the heavens...
SOHMA: "Six Stars" was what Yasha was speaking of, the very element needed to defeat Taishakuten...
pg 14
KUYO: Thou must stand thyself at forefront of destiny.
RYUU: Yes, however...
KUYO: Obey the order of destruction of blood-clan. Thou shalt set forth with infant.
RYUU: It appeared that this Hoshimi Kuyo's prophesied "Six Stars", was not even certain what this "Six Stars" was herself.
pg 15
KUYO: The infant, though yet undecided in good or evil, can twist the fate of the Heaven. Times turn, Six Stars assemble.
RYUU: According to Yasha-ou's interpretation, it's the key to defeat Taishakuten. However, the person who had been advising him was Kujaku.
pg 16
RYUU: Kujaku had said, if Ashura holds Shurato, the vibrations given off by the sword will find the Six Stars.
KUYO: Then in the midst of darkness, one shall descend on wings. This person is able to maneuver the stars' orbit within his palms.
RYUU: But why would Kujaku know these things?
pg 17
RYUU: Besides the Yasha clan, there's no one that knew where the "Ice Palace" was, but he did. Asides that, he was able to escape from the palace untouched. And...his violet eyes...
pg 18
KUYO: Yet even within the constellations, I can not identify this one.
RYUU: Violet eyes are the mark of the mazoku. But how can a mazoku able to comprehend the Heavenly Sword Shurato's powers?
pg 19
RYUU:Who IS he?
KUYO: The lotus-red flames thou harbors, shall burn out all evil. The Six Stars shall overpower all, no one can stop them.
pg 20
SOHMA : No matter who he is, Ashura seemed to adore him. As long as Ashura's not being hurt anymore, that's good enough. He already felt that he was the cause of the destruction of Yasha clan. So he continues to blame himself, and couldn't sleep at night.
pg 21
SOHMA: I only wish for his young, innocent heart and spirit not to feel this kind of hurt anymore.
KUYO: And the Six Stars shall become the "break" that destroys the Heaven.
pg 22
YASHA: At that time, if I never left the village...maybe then, it would never come to this. So, if I never had gone to Maya Forest to wake Ashura, would it have been better that way?
pg 23
YASHA: Should have I killed Kuyo and surrendered Ashura to Tentai? However many times I thought of how I would made my decisions if I could do it again, I've always decided on the same choice...
pg 24
YASHA: I'm sorry. It's my fault...
pg 25
YASHA: It's all my fault...!
pg 26
YASHA: So please do not blame that child....
RASETSU: Burning your own clan's bodies, does it make you feel better Yasha-ou?!
pg 27
RASETSU: That Sword Yamato was to protect the Yasha clan. And you alone destroyed the clan, how dare you even use it now?!
pg 28
YASHA: Y..You!!!
pg 29
YASHA: Rasetsu...
pg 30
RASETSU: The tyrant that murdered his own clan...
pg 31
RASETSU: Even remembered his own little brother!
pg32
YASHA: Rasetsu you're still alive...
RASETSU: That's right. I'm not dead! Thanks to you, Yasha clan's reduced to just us two brothers! The year I left Yasha clan...
pg 33
RASETSU: I've never thought it would come to this!! I heard a rumor about Yasha clan disobeying Tentai, and they were subsequently eradicated. I refused to believe it! Until I saw it with my own eyes...
pg 34
RASETSU: YOU TELL ME!! Why did it become like this?! I knew why it turned out this way--it's all because you were protecting that Ashura clan's child! WHY??!! Ni-san!!
pg 35
RASETSU: You still won't explain? Or because you won't say a thing because there is no excuse for what you have done!
pg 36
RASETSU: You have betrayed your clan! You're Yasha clan's enemy! I'm going to kill you!
pg 38
ASHURA: What's wrong with Yasha? Who's he Yasha fighting with? Stop....
RASETSU: Come, fight me!! Traitor!!
ASHURA: Please don't hurt Yasha...
pg 39
ASHURA: Yasha!!!
pg 40
RYUU: Ashura?!
SOHMA: Ashura!!
RYUU: Hey! You okay?!
ASHURA: Yasha he....Yasha?!
SOHMA: Ashura! You can't! You shouldn't move...
pg 41
ASHURA: Let me go!
SOHMA and RYUU: Ashura!!!
RYUU: Ashura!!
pg 42
RYUU: This idiot! You've caused even more trouble...
ASHURA: YASHA IS IN DANGER!
pg 43
ASHURA: YASHA!!!!
RASETSU: What?!
pg 44
RASETSU: What kind of fire is this?
YASHA: Golden flames...Ashura?
RASETSU: Ahh--!!
pg45
RASETSU: The earth split into two...the golden flames...
pg 46
SOHMA: It's so hot! Ashura! Ryuu-ou!
RYUU: Hot! Hot! ASHURA!
pg 47
RYUU: Hey! Recall the flames back! Ashura!
ASHURA: Yasha...
pg 48
RYUU:Ashura!! Wait! Don't go! Really! Idiots, like father, like son.
pg 49
RASETSU: What kind of fire is this? Is it trying to stop me?
YASHA: It must be Ashura. Those beautiful golden fires were from his powers of illusion...
pg 50
RASETSU: Don't try to intervene! What the--?! Ahhh--
pg 51
YASHA: Rasetsu! Danger!
RASETSU: What's with this flame? It seemed to have a life of its own...
pg 52
RASETSU: You murdered your own clan and you still have the audacity to worry about me? You're my enemy! In heat of the battle you still have concerns about your foes, you've underestimated me!
ASHURA: Stop it!!
pg 53
YASHA: ASHURA!!
pg 54
ASHURA: Don't harm Yasha!!
RASETSU: What??!!
ASHURA: Don't hurt Yasha!
RASETSU: Who are you??!!
pg 55
ASHURA: Please!
RASETSU: Shut up! That man was a king, and he was the cause of his own clans' extinction!
BOY: If you've never existed, no one would have died!
pg 56
BOY: If you were never born, this world would've been a better place!
ASHURA: It's not Yasha's fault...Ashura was the one at fault, Ashura was the one who caused it all...
BOY: It's because of your presence...it's all because of you...
ASHURA: That's why everyone died!
BOY: If you died, everything would've been fine!
RASETSU: What you're saying...you're that 'Ashura'!
pg 57
RASETSU: Golden eyes...Pointed ears...These are all traits of the Ashura clan. So this is the child?! Yasha-ou protected you, and this is the result..
pg 58
RASETSU: It came this!!
ASHURA: Ah...
Voices in Ashura's Head: This is your doing...It's all because of you...
ASHURA: Ah...<Screams>
pg 59
RASETSU: This is all your fault!!
YASHA: Ashura!
pg 60
SOHMA and RYUU: Yasha-ou!!
ASHURA: Yasha!! Yasha!!
pg 61
RYUU: Who are you?!
YASHA: Stop it...
RYUU: Why?!
YASHA: Rasetsu is my..younger brother...
pg 62
ASHURA, RYUU, SOHMA: Younger brother?!
ASHURA: Is that man really your little brother?
YASHA: Yes.
ASHURA: Then,
pg 63
ASHURA: You're not the sole survivor of the Yasha clan anymore!
RASETSU: Don't even joke about it! You used the lives of your entire clan for a child of Ashura clan. I don't have this kind of brother!
ASHURA: Used the lives of your entire clan for Ashura's life...
pg 64
RASETSU: Die!! You traitor!!
ASHURA:Yasha!!
pg 65
ASHURA: Ryuu-chan!!
RASETSU: Who are you people?!
RYUU: I'm Eastern Bushinshou's Ryuu clan's king, Ryuu-ou.
RASETSU: You lie! I heard Ryuu-ou's ill!
pg 66
RYUU: But I'm his heir!! Ryuuga-tou here is the proof...
RASETSU: If you truly are Ryuu-oh, then why are you with these fugitives? Yasha clan's women, children and infants, all murdered!
pg 67
RASETSU: All died because of you!
RYUU: Watch out! Yasha-ou!
pg 68
ASHURA: Yasha!!!
pg 70
RYUU: This is why Yasha clan was recognized as the strongest of the Bushinshous in Tenkai. And he is also Yasha-ou's younger brother...
pg 71
SOHMA: If he won't draw Yamato, then he won't win this fight. And his arm's also...
ASHURA: Yasha is in danger! I have to help him! Shurato!!
pg 72
SOHMA:Oh!! Ashura!
pg 73
ASHURA: Yasha!
pg 75
ASHURA: YASHA!
pg 76
YASHA: Rasetsu!
pg 77
YASHA: Rasetsu...Rasetsu!
ASHURA: I'm sorry! <sob> I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it! Yasha... I thought Yasha would be killed, so...
SOHMA: Don't panic, he's just injured. <Yasha sighs with relief> He's not in any mortal danger.
pg 78
YASHA: We can't treat him here, let's return to the palace grounds.
ASHURA: I'm sorry!
YASHA: It's okay.
pg 79
RYUU: Hee--you're quite handy!
SOHMA: Ryuu-oh,I'm a Sohma clansman. Sohma clan used to be the previous Tentai's physician. So, I know a bit about it, more or less....
RYUU: <sheepishly> I've reminded you of your unhappy past again...
SOHMA: No! It's not that!
RYUU: Then, where did these medicines come from?
SOHMA: It's from this place. This used to be Yasha clan's battle staff, and also where they used to treat the wounded soldiers. So of course there's already some prepared medication here.
pg 80
RYUU: But...this man is Yasha-ou's little brother...Yasha clan still yield another survivor, so it's a good thing but...he really wanted to kill Yasha-ou.
SOHMA: Ryuu-oh...
ASHURA: It's all because of Ashura! Everyone Yasha loved all died! I'm sorry...
pg 81
YASHA: Ashura! Ashura...
ASHURA: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
pg 82
ASHURA: Forgive me...
pg 83
ASHURA: Please, don't hate Ashura...
YASHA: There's no need to apologize. The fault's entirely mine. Rasetsu...
Page 85:
Yasha: Rasetsu...
pg 85
[The following are Yasha's recollection]
RASETSU: Oniichan!!...Oniichan....Oniichan...
pg 86
RASETSU: <trying to catch his breath> You're here....practicing! Why won't you come to get me so we can practice together?
YAMA: ...
RASETSU: Oni...Oniichan!
pg 87
RASETSU: Clan elder! Clan elder!
pg 88
RASETSU: I have something to ask you.
ELDER: Oh, it's Rasetsu! Go ahead and ask. I'll see if I can answer your question.
RASETSU: My brother he...
ELDER: So that's it! It sounds like something Yama would do. Yama must be very conscious about being the "other" son.
pg 89
ELDER: Because you are the present king and the deceased proper Queen's child, you are the true heir. [Editor note: The actual title of Yama's mother's more or less, the "other woman" or "other seat" (a seat being a position, such as the empress. In this case, the other woman translates to being a concubine.] And because he was the concubine's child, and he was born first, you theoretically shouldn't even call him your brother. Someone who's of pure royal Yasha blood, calling someone who is only half royal blooded a big brother... Yama believes you must dispise him!
pg 90
ELDER: You're the proper heir, you have every right to hate him. He'd rather have you hate him than your father and his mother...Therefore, he doesn't want to compete with you.
RASETSU: Onnichan!
ELDER: What a vivacious child!
pg 91
CLANSMAN: Rasetsu!
RASETSU: Have you seen my brother?
CLANSMAN: He went to the concubine's palace quarter.
RASETSU: Thanks!!
CLANSMAN: What a lively spirit!
YAMA: Queen mother! May I intrude for a little while?
pg 92
MOTHER: Come on in!
YAMA: Queen mother's health...
MOTHER: Oh no, it's just a slight fever....it'll pass with a little rest. Yama, come closer. Is something troubling you?
YAMA: Everyone's been very good to me. You needn't worry about me.
pg 93
MOTHER: Forgive me, I've been bedridden and could not do anything with you...
YAMA: Queen mother, as long as you're by my side, it's all I need. I still have my mother, but Rasetsu's mother has already....
RASETSU: Oniichan!!
pg 94
RASETSU: AH! Forgive my intrusion!
MOTHER: It's okay, Ratsetsu!
RASETSU: Oh, I'm relieved to hear that! <crawls to Yama's side> Oniichan, I just want to know...I've never hated you or your mother... In fact, I like her a lot!
pg 95
RASETSU: Yasha clan is among the few warrior clans, and destined to be the best one of them all. From the time when Warrior God Ashura-ou's own general [Editor's note: "General" as in General officer.] staff had passed on, Yasha clan had moved up in rank as the Tentai's Bushinshou contender. Yasha clan exists for war, and so the strongest one in the clan, is you!
pg 96
RASETSU: Anyway, my point is that I love you, Oniichan! I've never hated you! I can never!
YAMA: Rasetsu....
RASETSU: <in small kanji> Finally I've said it all! *whew* Please forgive me! I'll be going now!
pg 97
RASETSU: Tomorrow, you must teach me some swordsman skills! Oniichan!
MOTHER: He's really a good boy.
YAMA: Yes. He has a great swordsmanship and he's very good with people. The entire clan adores him.
RASETSU: <in small kanji> I feel great!
YAMA: I'm determined to let Ratsetsu be the next Yasha-ou.
pg 98
MOTHER: Of course. When Rasetsu was very young, her mother passed away. I had been pregnant with the King's child first, but she's still very attentive to me. She's a very kind person. Rasetsu must've inherited the queen's kind heart. You two still shared half of the same bloodline, so you must take care to love each other!
pg 99
YAMA: For my only brother, so he may be the next Yasha-ou, I'll do my best! ...Rasetsu...
<cuts to Yama-Rasetsu duel scene>
YAMA: You're too easy, Rasetsu!
RASETSU: Wahh-- Oh!!
pg 100
RASETSU: Ouch! I'll never beat you, big brother...
YAMA: Come, get up!
pg 101
CLANSMAN: Yama!Your queen mother she--!
pg 102
YAMA: Queen mother...
CLANSMEN: <weeping>
pg 103
CLANSMEN: <weeping>
pg 104
YASHA-OU: Good, you two have come. I trust everyone knows that I have two sons. Because I am Bushinshou, I don't know when I will die. [Editor note: Bushinshou and warriors ranked above are considered demi-gods and attain longevity by this appointment. The clansmen and other non-appointed, regardless of blood relations, are mortals.]
pg 105
YASHA-OU: I want to make the decision who will be the next king after my death.
RASETSU: Ah...father..
YAMA: Let Ratsetsu be the next king!
pg 106
RASETSU: Oniichan!!
YAMA: I feel that with Rasetsu's swordsmanship, advanced as is, is already fit to be Yasha clan's king. So, letting Rasetsu take the reign would be the best.
pg 107
YAMA: Let Rasetsu take the reign...
RASETSU: Oniichan...
pg 108
YAMA: Mother...
RASETSU: Oniichan!
pg 109
YAMA: Rasetsu!
RASETSU: Tonight, I'm setting out to travel abroad.
YAMA: Rasetsu?!
RASETSU: I feel oniichan's better fit to be Yasha-ou!
YAMA: Don't go! Rasetsu!
pg 110
YAMA: Besides you, who else can be Yasha-ou?! Who else but you-- Besides you, I will not let anyone else be king!
RASETSU: After Taishakuten raised an army and rebelled against Tentai and became Tentai himself, because of the valor displayed in the holy war, Yasha-ou was selected a Bushinshou.
pg 111
RASETSU: Yasha clan's next liege, just as long as he is 'strong', it doesn't matter what is in his blood. Yasha clan had originally came from midst of the god clans, and a warrior of the holy war, took complete shape. "Strength" is the only criteria of becoming king.
pg 112
RASETSU: It's because I am here, you refuse to be king. And so, I'm going on a journey. I will never return to this place.
YAMA: Rasetsu?!
RASETSU: I want oniichan to be Yasha-ou, and so does the Yasha clan.
YAMA: Rasetsu!!
RASETSU: Please take care of our clan!
pg 113
YAMA: Rasetsu....
pg 115
RASETSU: Please take care of our clan!
[End flashback]
pg 116
KUJAKU: Just like father and son, how touching!
ASHURA: Kujaku...!
pg 117
KUJAKU: What's wrong? Did Yasha-ou pick on you? Yasha-ou, you can't do that!
pg 118
KUJAKU: Eh?
YASHA: It's snowing heavier. Ashura, come, let's return to the palace.
KUJAKU: Ashura wants to play with me for a while!
pg 119
ASHURA: Kujaku's here, there's no problem.
KUJAKU: There's no problem! <insert little heart>
ASHURA: Thank you, Kujaku.
pg 120
KUJAKU: You didn't want to return with your adored Yasha-ou, it's because his little brother's there?
ASHURA: It's my fault! If I never came to this world, Yasha's most important people--they would've all been so happy!
pg 121
ASHURA: Actually, everyone was living so happily...but...
BOY: Even though everyone said you bring misfortunes, but you saved me. You're great! <cut to the boy's death scene> It's all your fault! If you've never existed, no one would've died!
pg 122
ASHURA: Because of me, those people died.
SHASHI'S ATTENDANTS: One is Taishakuten's son. The other is Ashura-ou's...
SHASHI: Twins? I gave birth to beautiful Tenou!
KARA: Your mother was a warm, gentle person, often looks after persons around her. Because for that reason, she was not able to raise you personally.
ASHURA: Liar!
KARA: Your mother was pregnant with your for a long time,
ASHURA: Liar!
KARA: ...before she gave birth to you!
ASHURA: Liar!
pg 123
SHASHI: It's better that you've never been born at all!
pg 124
ASHURA: "Mother" must love their own child, no matter what the child's like. Even if the whole world said I'm an unwanted child, "mother" must still love me! Mother must still love me! I want to believe it, but...
pg 125
ASHURA: Mother said my brother Tenou was the only child she wanted! Someone like me...even mother hated, wanted to kill me... Ashura is an unwanted child! Ashura...
pg 126
ASHURA: If I died then, it'd been great... Yasha would have been happy...but...
KUJAKU: Do you know why Yasha returned here?
ASHURA: I don't know...
pg 127
KUJAKU: It's because he wanted to be "stronger". That's why he came back here! Yasha-ou never for one moment believed it was you that caused the demise of his clan. He understood full well, the fault was entirely his.
pg 128
ASHURA: But it wasn't Yasha's fault! It's not his fault
KUJAKU: I know! <sweatdrop> Yasha-ou wants to become stronger, so he came back here. He must confront his own greatest weakness of losing his most important things. He has to admit to himself his weakness, and accept results. So he lets himself experience guilt, hate, and pain...so he may become stronger.
pg 129
KUJAKU: From today on, for the sole reason of protecting his one and only important person...
ASHURA: Most important person....
KUJAKU: To become stronger... Because you saw what has become of Yasha clan, you feel the pains in your heart. However, that was the price Yasha-ou had waged himself.
pg 130
KUJAKU: He had already accepted that the only important person to him, is Ashura. Because he was very clear on this point, he returned home.
ASHURA: Yasha's most important person is Ashura...
KUJAKU: Ashura, do you believe in 'fate'?
pg 131
ASHURA: What's that? "Fate"?
KUJAKU: That is to say, after a person's born, his life had already been predetermined for him. Just like the stars are unable to leave its orbits, a man's fate is also already set in its path.
pg 132
ASHURA: Fate....
KUJAKU: The descent of the Six Stars becomes Dark Stars that forsakes Heaven. Thou must stand thyself at forefront of destiny-
pg 133
KUJAKU: obey the order of destruction of blood-clan. Thou shalt set forth with the infant. The infant though yet undecided in good or evil, can twist the fate of the Heaven.
pg 134
ASHURA: Does that mean Ashura? Because I'm a child that even mother didn't want. But Yasha wanted me...
KUJAKU: Ashura loves Yasha-ou right? <pinches Ashura's cheeks>
ASHURA: Itaiii~
KUJAKU: It's okay, because a child mother didn't want, is not only Ashura alone.
pg 135
SOHMA: The wound's not too deep, there's no cause for concern.
YASHA: Thank you, Sohma.
RYUU: Oh yeah, where's Ashura? Didn't he go out to find you?
YASHA: Ashura's with Kujaku.
RYUU: WHAT?! With that strange fellow!
SOHMA:Yasha-oh...
pg 136
SOHMA: It would be best to let Ashura and Ryuu-ou rest in a different location...if they stay here...
YASHA: Yes...
pg 138
SOHMA: Your wounds' not set, it's best if you don't move...
RASETSU: This is Yasha clan's palace...
YASHA: Ryuu, Sohma, could you both please leave for a little while?
RYUU: Isn't that kinda of dangerous?
pg 139
SOHMA: Ryuu-oh, come on...
RYUU: Sohma?!
RASETSU: So you do want to have a final duel with me.
pg 140
RYUU: Sohma! Sohma! Why'd you leave them both by themselves? If the brothers fight again, it's not only the physical wounds that'll incur.
SOHMA: This is a problem between brothers. No matter what, this lost clan's down to Yasha-ou and his brother. It's unavoidable that they confront their painful loss. Let them resolve it.
pg 141
RASETSU: You threw aside your sword, is it because you look down at me?
YASHA: I couldn't keep my promise to you. When you left the village, you entrusted the clan to me...
pg 142
YASHA: But I...couldn't even save one person! So, you have every right to kill me.
pg 143
YASHA: But I can't die here. I have someone I must protect.
RASETSU: You mean that 'Ashura'?
YASHA: If I die, I'm afraid Ashura may not survive. His own mother hated him, wanted to kill him! He already believed he had no reason for living... I swore to protect him. So I can't die here.
pg 144
YASHA: If you must kill me, then I'll fight you to the death. It's my decision and also my explanation. The thread that fate had spun in the stars, it's all mine!
pg 145
YASHA: Because of Ashura!
pg 146
YASHA: I existed as Yasha-ou, and lived to protect my own clan. The day Yasha clan ceased to exist, Yasha-ou also died. Right now, standing before you, is the man you don't know. The man who lives for Ashura and fights for Ashura. I live on because of Ashura.
pg 148
YASHA: From this moment on...I live for Ashura!
RASETSU: Ni-san...
pg 149
RASETSU: Ni-san-- Ughh!!
pg 150
RYUU and SOHMA: Yasha-ou!!
ASHURA: Yasha!!
pg 152
YASHA: Rasetsu.... Rasetsu.... Why...
pg 153
RASETSU: I would like to ask you the same. You said you want to fight me to the death. But you really won't kill me. If you really wanted to, I would've been dead on the floor already. Why did you bring Ashura clan's child back to our clan?
pg 154
YASHA: Do you remember, back before the holy war, we went to Zenmi-jou where there's a swordsman's exhibition before the previous Tentai?
RASETSU: I do. That was between Ashura-ou and the previous Ryuu-ou's demonstration.
pg 155
RASETSU: Ryuu-ou was the strongest Bushinshou back then. She summoned forth so many dragons using Ryuuga-tou. It was spectacular. Ashura-ou's Shurato displayed the most extraordinary powers. There was nothing more beautiful.
pg 156
RASETSU: I've always admired them when I was little.
YASHA: After that, I would meet Ashura-ou just once...
YAMA: Kuyo...
KUYO: Ashura-ou, this is my little friend, someday he would be Bushinshou!
pg 157
ASHURA-OU: "Yasha-ou of the North"? If the sole important person to you in this world would bring you nothing but disasters, what would you do?
YAMA: Protect him!
pg 158
YAMA: Reach out with both of my hands, and do my utmost to protect him.
ASHURA-OU: Then, become strong for that important person.
pg 159
ASHURA-OU: For the sake of protecting that important person you'll meet in the future. "Yasha-ou".
YASHA: Ashura-ou and I made that pact. Since I was a child, I've always remembered those words. I believed that was my destiny, for my most important person, sacrificing my own life means nothing.
pg 160
YASHA: I had believed that Yasha clan was my most important person, but that wasn't it. Yasha clan's tragic extinction was all because of me. I thought of my friend Kuyo's prophecy and her last reading of the stars. So I brought back Ashura clan's last living survivor from the Maya forest. But...
pg 161
YASHA: Kuyo's words...
KUYO: Thou must stand thyself at forefront, obey the order of destruction of the blood clan. Thou shalt set forth with the infant.
YASHA: Turned out to be correct. Because of my choice, the clan suffered the consequences.
YOUNG RASETSU: No matter what happened, please take care of our clan!
YASHA: I couldn't keep the promise you and I made. And so, I think it must be the pact Ashura-ou and I made.
ASHURA-OU: For the sake of protecting that important person, be strong! For the sole important person you'll meet.
pg 162
YASHA: I want to be stronger, no matter what happens, just so I can protect Ashura. Even if Ashura brings me nothing but misfortunes, I will still protect him.
RASETSU: Does that include killing me?
pg 163
RASETSU: <bursts out laughing> It's really happened then, the older brother I had really died...The king who was born for Yasha clan is dead. The brother I knew was always suffering. For his clansmen and for me. I was proud of him because there was nobody else as strong as he was. But each time I saw him like that, I always feel pains inside. I only wished that one day, maybe he could live just for himself.
pg 164
RASETSU: Now, standing before my eyes, is the man who lives for himself, is a man I don't know.
YASHA: Rasetsu....
RASETSU: I never had the will to take on the responsibility of the clan's fate, so I gave everything over to you. Yasha clan's demise, it's also partially my fault.
YASHA: NO!
RASETSU: No matter what the king's decision was, they all followed it willingly.
pg 165
RASETSU: The people of Yasha clan would never dispute the path chosen by their king. Not one deceased person here could have hated you.
YASHA: Rasetsu...
RASETSU: Ashura clan's now Tenkai greatest prohibition. If you continue your journey with him...what would happen, you should know very well.
pg 166
YASHA: I'm going to defeat Taishakuten! I will avenge Yasha clan, that is the only thing I can do.
pg 167
ASHURA: Yasha!
SOHMA: Ashura, you can't!
RYUU: Ashura!!
SOHMA: Ashura!!
ASHURA: Don't harm Yasha! You can kill me, because Ashura's really a child no one wants, my death would mean nothing! Actually, I should've been killed by mother but mother hates me so much that she won't even use her own hands to do it! A child mother hates, from the beginning I shouldn't been brought into this world....
pg 168
ASHURA: If Yasha's hurt, then Ashura's better off dead!
YASHA: Ashura...
ASHURA: Yasha clan died because of me! It's all my fault!
YASHA: Ashura!
ASHURA: So....Just kill me!! Come, kill me!!
pg 170
RASETSU: This is ni-san's "most important person"...? Nothing like Ashura-ou's son. I'm sorry. Yasha clan's death, has nothing to do with you. You shouldn't have to blame yourself.
ASHURA: But...!
RASETSU: Had Yasha-ou ever said it's because of you?
ASHURA: No, he never said such a thing! He said it's not Ashura's fault, it's his own...
RASETSU: Then, you should believe Yasha-ou's words then. You have to trust Yasha-ou's words, and trust his intentions on protecting you, is all you need.
pg 171
ASHURA: I trust...Yasha.... I believe! I believe Yasha!
RASETSU: Ni-san, you best leave this place. Even though Yasha clan no longer exist, you never know when Tentai's soldiers would come by.
pg 172
YASHA: So what're you planning to do from on, Ratsetsu?
RASETSU: I have someone to protect myself.
YASHA: ?
RASETSU: I'm no longer a Yasha clansman, nor am I a god. I'm just a mere common mortal now. I do what I can as a man, so I may protect a woman I love. Please go avenge your clan. And to protect the one most important to you, live on.
pg 173
RASETSU: Ni-san...
YASHA: Rasetsu...
ASHURA: Yasha...I trust Yasha. Because Yasha said he wants me, then I have to live in for Yasha!
pg 174
ASHURA: Ashura lives for Yasha alone!
pg 175
YASHA: Ashura....
pg 176
SOLDIER:What are you doing in a place like this??!!
RASETSU: He really appeared...
SOLDIER: Why are you in Yasha clan's land?! What's your relation to Yasha clan?!
<Koumokuten waves the soldier off>
SOLDER: Yes, Sire!
pg 177
SOLDIER: Tentai's four Shitennou's Eastern General, Koumokuten is present before you!
RASETSU: Koumokuten!!
pg 178
RASETSU: Eastern Shitennou had mounted out himself! Ni-san hadn't advanced far out enough! I must think of a way to delay Tentai's soldiers.
KOUMOKUTEN: I ask you once more, what are you doing in this place?
RASETSU: I came to visit the graves.
KOUMOKUTEN: What? Who are you?
pg 179
RASETSU: The previous Yasha-ou's son Rasetsu!
KOUMOKUTEN: WHAT?!
pg 180
ASHURA: Rasetsu...He looked a little like Yasha. It's because they are brothers. It must be because of the shared bloodline.
pg 181
ASHURA: Tenou...I don't even know what he looks like, but he and I shared the same bloodline. Does he look a little like me? What will I do, when we meet one day?
pg 182
KOUMOUTEN: No wonder you're pretty good, being Yasha-ou's brother. I'll contend with you instead.
pg 187
RASETSU: I'm no longer a Yasha clansman, nor am I a god. I'm just a mere common mortal now. I do what I can as a man, so I may protect a woman I love. So I may protect....
pg 188
RASETSU: Ni-san...Even I....
pg 189
RASETSU: Protect the most important person, live on...
pg 190
ASHURA: Yasha, what's the matter?
YASHA: Nothing. I thought I heard Rasetsu's voice, coming from far away...
END VOLUME 6