Drama CD - Dramatic Precious 3rd Stage

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Dramatic Precious 3rd Stage - Hopeless Zone
Dramatic Precious 3rd Stage ~Hopeless Zone~
Version 1.0
by Jey Kama
4.12.00

auxiliary cast:

Crashers
Utsusemi: The typical valedictorian type, he is a strong candidate for leader of Crashers. Motivated by a strong sense
of justice, he takes things too seriously sometimes. Only 17, his codename means 'Cicada'.
Kagerou: Somewhat of a rebellious deliquent, he is still the 'nice guy.' He enjoys martial arts from the world around.
He is 16, and his codename means 'Dragonfly.'
Yuugiri: A beautiful and graceful young girl of 16, at first glance she may look fragile, but she’s tough at the core. She’
s an electronics expert with a taste for firearms.

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[a room in a hotel]
Woman A: Hehe... you’re so terrible... leaving me alone like this... Well, hurry up, please? .. And don’t say those
kinds of these to a girl...
[snap of the knife]
Woman A: What’s that? Ah, no, don’t.. that hurts! Close it, please? Is this a joke? It’s gotta be a joke!
[slice]
Woman A: Aaaa~~!!!
[more stabs]
Woman A: Aaaaaa~~~~aa~~~!!!!

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[A door opens, sound of footsteps upon entering, a heavy bag is set down]
Azami: What happened, Ayame? What’re you cowering there for?
Ayame: ... Why? She's not enough... I've gotten more excited before...
Azami: Well, hurry and take a shower. Put your bloody clothes in this bag.
Ayame: Yeah...

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[sound of the shower]
[tools being taken from the bag]

Woman A: Uuuh...
Azami: ... Hmm? Still alive?
Woman A: Please... please help... call an ambulance...
Azami: Sorry, but with those wounds, they'll come too late. Anyhow, the one guiltyis the most important... companion...
to me in the world. It’s my job to clean up after him, so I’ll have to fit you in the this trunk to get you out of the hotel.

[a whirring hum]

Azami: This is the latest sonic cutter. It’s nearly soundless and causes little bloodshed. Sorry, but please hold still.
Woman A: No... please... [whimpers, then screams] Aaa~~!

[sound of cutting flesh]

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[Opening Song : Sweet Nothing : Miki]

[Kanazawa. Kenroku park]
[the bustle of tourists and falling water]

Sakura: Aya-chan, look, look! That’s the Kenroku park's famous lighthouse! Isn’t it incredible? Aya-chan, stand over
there, and I’ll take a picture!
Aya-chan: [a little depressed] Okay...
Sakura: What’s wrong? Are you feeling all right?
Aya-chan: No, no, I’m sorry. Just, for some reason, I was feeling sad... I thought we would meet oniichan here..
Sakura: I know...
Aya-chan: Oniichan must be.. avoiding me..
Sakura: No way! He wouldn’t ever do that! I know Aya was always thinking about you. If he was avoiding anyone, that
would be me...
Aya-chan: Sakura!
Sakura: I can’t do anything but get in Aya’s way. That’s why, lately, I’ve also been trying not to think about him,
because before, I couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without thinking 'Ah, if only Aya were with here with me...' and
now, I’ve been forgetting about him...
Aya-chan: Well, of course. It’s been almost a year since you’ve seen him.
Sakura: Yeah...
Aya-chan: Ah! Well, let’s take a picture! I’ll take it; you stand over there. Com’on, smile. Smile!

[snick of the shutter]

Sakura (M): Aya, I’m worried I’ll forget about you... Why do people’s hearts change like this? I thought my feelings
towards you would never change, but please... Aya... don’t make me worry anymore... If it keeps going on like this, I’
ll... I’ll...

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[in front of the Okayama Station: the flowershop trailer]

Aya(M): People’s hearts change, and the past disappears like an illusion... Shion, your existance, your way of life,
became my pillar. But what you’ve become now...
Old Woman: Young one, can you tell me how to get to Goraku park?
Aya: Eh? Goraku park.. you take the bridge over the waterway, I believe.
Old Woman: Huh?
Omi: Oh... Goraku park! You can get there taking that bus.
Old Woman: Oh! thank you~.

[the old woman walks away]

Omi: Aya-kun! Why were you telling her the directions to Tokyo's Goraku, when we’re in front of Okayama Station?
Aya: Sorry, I was thinking.
Omi: ... About Shion?
Aya: [almost a groan] Yeah..
Ken: Aya, lemme ask you just one thing. If he fought honestly with you... would you win?
Aya: No matter whether I win or lose, even if I won, I would already have lost to myself.
Ken: Huh?
Aya: A long time ago, Shion... taught me that.
Omi: [trying to brighten things up] But there just aren’t enough customers here... why don’t we relocate to Goraku
park or somewhere else?
Ken: But what about Youji?
Omi: He’ll find us somehow!

[Kyoto: Gion. In the evening]
[through the throng, Youji comes walking to Gion Bar]
Youji: Huh?
[the door to the bar opens]
Ayame: Eh? Oh, it’s you, Youji.
Youji: What’s going on, Master? The signboard’s gone.
Ayame: I, the owner of the Gion Bar, am closing it down. We can’t win
against this slump in business. So, today, I’m cleaning up by myself.
Youji: I see.. And where’s Azami?
Ayame: He’s in Hiroshima looking for a cheaper location. Say, Youji, since you went through the trouble of coming
back to Kyoto, won’t you keep me company? I’ll treat you.
Youji: Uh... is that all right, though?
Ayame: Since Azami’s not around to yell in my ear... I know this great place with pretty girls..
Youji: Er, no, but I... women...

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[a room in some hotel in Kyoto]

Youji: [somewhat drunk] uuuh... shit, I can’t focus m’eyes... where th’hell am I? I was drinking with Master... and then
Master... Master? Where’s he?
Woman B: What’s wrong?
Youji: What.. are you doing here..?
Woman B: I’m in the same bed as you. Why’re you asking what I’m doing
when we’re obviously doing nothing!?
Youji: Er.. oh. Must be just going nuts, since your face is all the wrong colors..
Woman B: Does it matter? Let’s finish what you started!
Youji: Y..yeah..
Woman B: [through a passionate kiss] Mmm...
Youji: Huh? Dunno what’s going on, but.. oh well..
Woman B: Aaa~~... Ah!
Youji: [breathing heavily]
Woman B: [breathing heavily, too]
Youji: [gasping] A... Asuka..
Woman B: Huh..?
Youji: Asuka.. Asuka~~!!
[he grabs her neck and squeezes]
Woman B: Uuh~~ yeah, that’s it, squeeze me, more! More!
Youji: Uuuh... Noo!! [panting]
Woman B: What’s happened?
Youji: I.. I can’t do it..
Woman B: That’s all right. Hard-core stuff is OK by me.
Youji: It’s not that! I.. what’m I doing? I..

[he collapses on the floor]

Woman B: Hey! Are you all right?

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Youji: [waking up] Uugh.. I’ve gotten drunk before.. but never... ever... -this- wasted. Where am I?
[standing up]
Youji: This..
[shaking the woman]
Youji: Hey.. you? Hey! ... no, she’s dead. No! It couldn’t be! But...
could it be... I ... I strangled another woman... that... this ... is not a dream. I did it... I... I... [scream] AAAaa~~~~~~!!!

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[Kurashiki: an old storage centre]
[small sound]

Ayame: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Rindou: Ah, it’s just Ayame. What were you doing by yourself? Time is of the essence.
Shion: More presently, our target is revealed.
Ayame: We’ll have enough time if we don’t overprepare as usual.
Azami: Ayame, come with me a moment.
Ayame: For what?
Ayame: Just come!

[Ayame and Azami leave the room]

Rindou: Those two have changed quite a bit, don’t you think?
Shion: Are you concerned?
Rindou: It’s not that I’m concerned about them, but if they mess up the mission, there’ll be trouble.
Shion: True, professionals aren’t allowed any mistakes.. This is mental instability, especially from Ayame, finding so
much enjoyment from killing.
Rindou: It’s no big deal if he enjoys it. Recently, I’ve lost the ability to feel these things... something like that 'peace of
mind' you always talk about?
Shion: Hmph. You’ve just grown thick nerves.

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Azami: [speaking hushedly] Ayame, you couldn’t have... by yourself... gone and...
Ayame: ... killed someone. Can’t I?
Azami: Why?! What if you’re traced? How did you dispose the body?
Ayame: There’s no need to worry. I’m not a child. I can take care of myself without you to attend me. Actually, Azami, I
think you’re jealous of me.
Azami: Wh..What?
Ayame: You think I did something good off by myself. You always said you were trying to protect me, I guess, but..
maybe... you really -like- cutting women's bodies apart.
Azami: No... I... !
Ayame: Heheheheh... Hahahah!!

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[in front of Okayama Station: the flowershop trailer]
[Omi, coming out of the trailer]

Omi: Uuu~~~~~gh.
Aya: How’s Youji’s condition?
Omi: Not eating breakfast as usual, -and- as usual, drinking too much.
Ken: He’s been doing this for the whole week?
Omi: And, he’s shut himself up in the trailer..
Ken: Well, I don’t know what happened, but if he’s not going to be useful, we ought to take’im to a hospital.
Omi: Ken-kun!
Aya: No, Ken’s right. If this keeps on, he’ll just break down.

[slowly clicking sound of high heels]

Omi: Huh? Manx!
Manx: You’re all here.. right?

[Together: in the command room]
[the soundproof door shuts]

Youji: [groan] Uwaaaa~~~~h..
Manx: What happened to Youji?
Aya: He’s just been sick for the past two days. Please don’t worry.
Manx: I see..
Omi: Manx, but I heard you were overseas..?
Ken: What happened to Birman?
Manx: We haven’t got any time. I’m going to explain everything, so please keep quiet and listen. Please also, withold
your questions.
Aya: .. Understood. Please begin.
Manx: After the fight with SS was finally over, there was less need for Weiß’s duties. So, Persia believed that from now
on, we would utilize Crashers more.
Ken: What?!
Omi: What do you mean?!
Manx: Didn’t I say ... no questions?
Omi: Yeah.. but..
Manx: From there.. we added several members to Crashers and decided to
train more experts in certain fields. I was appointed to teach them. For half a year, I.. went to the many places Kritiker
teams were stationed and chose fifty-eight new members, and we trained inside of a mountain base in the Philippines.
However, three days ago, out of the blue, I received new orders from Persia, to take the best students in training, and
return to Japan immediately..

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[flashback: Command Headquarters]
[beep of electronics]

electronic voice: Retinal pattern, voice print, palm print, all match.
Codename... Manx. Affirmed.

[heavy double doors open]
[the sound of high heels enter and halt, and behind, the doors close]

Manx: Commander, what do you need?
Karasuma: Manx, forgive me for calling so suddenly. How is the training?
Manx: It’s doing well. Given another two months, we can throw them in action.
Karasuma: Two months.. it must be done in just one more day.
Manx: What?
Karasuma: All the Kritiker in Hiroshima are dead.
Manx: How...!
Karasuma: There were sixteen Kritiker members in Hiroshima... and not one left alive. And I... sent Birman to the
Kritiker team in Kurashiki to help the investigation, but... it was too late. The headquarters in Kamashiki had already
been taken over, and now Birman is in enemy hands.
Manx: Birman... the enemy is?
Karasuma: Nagatsugawa faction.
Manx: [gasp] Then Shion’s group is..?
Karasuma: They were quiet while we fought the SS, but they've become active asof late. Look over here. I received
this e-mail from my desk at the Ministry of Justice.
Manx: 'First, hand over the register of names for all of Kritiker, Crashers, and Weiß. Second, Yoshirou Karasuma
shall retire and grant all authority to Kyousuke Nakatsugawa. Third, hand over the registry for the organization, as
well as the undercover—'
Karasuma: If we grant them their thirteen demands, they’ll return Birman.
Manx: But, Commander!
Karasuma: It’s utter hogwash. Of course, even Nakatsugawa would know I’d never accept this.
Manx: Then... this is a challenge?
Kurasuma: Certainly. Birman knows this organization much better than me. She’s trained to resist torture and truth
drugs, but how long she can last... I want Crashers to rescue her, those were lost in middle that last mission. So that’s
why I called for you. Can you choose members?
Manx: I brought three of them with me. They’re young, only 16 to 17, but they’re the best at what they do.
Kurasuma: [grateful] I see.
Manx: But our enemies are Shion and his group. In the case the odds are against us, please grant us permission to
kill.
Kurasuma: You have permission for any illegal act. The overriding priority is to rescue Birman... no, more accurately,
to prevent Birman from leaking any information.
Manx: [dropping her voice] Commander, I know about you... and Birman.
Kurasuma: [leaking a bit of emotion] That... in these circumstances... makes no difference.
Manx: I apologize.
Kurasuma: Manx, you're my only hope.
Manx: Please leave it to me.

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[Kurashiki: Tsurukei mountains: Achi Shrine]

Manx (N): Leaving Kurasumaru, I headed straight for Kurashiki. I took my three members with me to Achi Shrine in the
Tsurukei mountains, overlooking the common town of Shirakabe.
Manx: This is the heart of the Kurashiki scenic zone. That old warehouse there is a Kritiker base. Right now it’s in
enemy hands.
Utsusemi: Instructor, why do you think they shut themselves in there? It seems like they’re waiting for an attack.
Manx: Oh, they’re waiting, all right. The enemy’s goal is our annihilation. If we approach from here, they’re greet us
enthusiastically.
Yuugiri: A trap?
Manx: Just look around, in the day, there’re always tourists wandering around. We can’t do any sort of rescue in
these circumstances, anyhow. At night, the crowds will thin out, and I’m sure they’ll have some traps prepared.
Kagerou: Heh, nuking traps are our specialty. The enemy’s a bunch of tired ol’geezers, right? This’ll be a cinch.
Manx: I pray that is so. Then the plan is as we trained. Utsusemi—
Utsusemi: Yes, ma’am!
Manx: You’re in front. Kagerou—
Kagerou: Yeah?
Manx: You attack from the front. Distract the enemy and separate them. In the meanwhile, I’ll be getting Birman out.
Yuugiri—
Yuugiri: Yes..
Manx: You watch everything in infrared, and if we’re in danger, snipe at them. We have permission, so shoot them in
the head.
Yuugiri: Understood! I’ll use 5.56 millimeter depleting uranium slugs. Those should pieces the warehouse walls easily
enough.
Manx: Good. This is the fight you’ve been waiting for.. a little earlier than planned, but.. grow quickly.
Utsusemi/Yuugiri/Kagerou: Yes, ma’am!

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[Approaching nightfall : Before the warehouse]

Manx(N): We used all kinds of sensors to discern their location, and worked the details into the plan. Then, night
approached, and the time to move had come.
Manx: Let’s go. We’re counting on you, Yuugiri.
Yuugiri: Yes, ma’am! .. Um.. Instructor Manx..
Manx: Yes?
Yuugiri: I’m.. I’m so happy to be part of a mission with you!
Manx: Heh.. don’t call me 'Instructor' anymore. We’re teammates.
Yuugiri: [happy] Yes, ma’am!
Manx(N): As planned, Utsusemi and Kagerou rushed in, and then I infiltrated the warehouse.

[Inside the warehouse]
[Short violin strain]

Utsusemi: This is..?
Azami: Let us hear this requiem, the Prayer of the Dead!
Utsusemi: Haaa!!!! [attack]

[whirl of a boomerang]

Utsusemi: Wah!
Rindou: And your destiny is...

[Shuffling the deck, he pulls out a card]

Rindou: 'Death'. The Grim Reaper again?
Kagerou: You’re the ones who’re gonna die!
[Kagerou runs, but the card flies at him!]
Kagerou: Aaaah!

Manx(N): There lay not a single trap. The enemy itself was too strong!

[the shriek of the boomerang]

Utsusemi: Aaahh! [dies]

[A card slices through the air!]

Kagerou: Gwaaah! [dies]

[Manx stands up from the ground]

Manx: Birman!
Birman: [gagged] ummmuu!

[The sound of a katana being unsheathed]

Shion: Go no farther.
Manx: Shion..
Shion: Erika. No, 'Manx.' It’s been a while.
Azami: Much livelier than before.
Rindou: It’s a pity that now we meet again, now we must say goodbye.
Manx: Hehheh.. I suppose.
Azami: Why are you laughing? Oooh.. I see. That’s because you have one
more person.
Ayame: I brought it with me, see?

[the thud of a head thrown on the ground]

Manx: Yuugiri!
Ayame: He~h. Yuugiri is a pretty name. Even if she’s just a head now, it’s still a cute face.
Manx: You..
Shion: You underestimated us. I suppose you couldn’t judge well while we were still working for Shuuichi Takatori, but
we cut our way through enough carnage to get here. Children with no real battle experience are no enemy.
Manx: So, I see you’ve grown far from then. You had such good intentions when you said 'we won’t fight the feuds for
the Takatori family,' but now, you’ve become nothing but beasts.
Ayame: Hehheh.. like those 'dark beasts'?
Rindou: Well, Manx, let’s foretell your destiny.
Manx: No, that’s just fine. My destiny is mine alone to decide!

[a small explosion]

Ayame: Uurgh.. what was that?!
Azami: A flare!

[a rush of noise, slash of the katana, shriek of cards, sound of the bow, fling of the boomerang]

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[in front of Okayama Station: the flowershop trailer: command room]

Manx: I finally escaped, but I was alone.
Youji: Heh.. hehhehhehheh..
Aya: Youji?
Youji: Hehheh..

[crash as he tries to stand, but falls]

Omi: Youji-kun!
Youji: So.. Azami and Ayame... are our enemies? So Master... must have known I was an enemy all along... and we
had such good times together... Hehheh... this screws. This is really fucked...
Omi: Did you know them?
Ken: I’ve also met them.
Aya: Shion, Rindou, Azami, Ayame... They’ve apparently had us marked for a while.
Omi: And they kidnapped Birman... Manx! We’ll go and save Birman!
Manx: [mocking] Heh.. don’t be stupid. The three they killed were trained far better than you at rescuing. You’re Weiß.
Weiß’s job is only to kill.
Omi: No!
Manx: I’m giving you a mission. Go to Kurashiki.. and shut Birman’s mouth for good.
Ken: Eh?
Aya: What?!
Omi: Shut her mouth... you... can’t mean... that’s ridiculous!
Youji: Aren’t our targets Ayame’s bunch?
Manx: We don’t have time to argue. You don’t have a chance of beating even just Shion. You couldn’t possible fight
them with Birman bound hand and foot to tow. There’s only one thing you can do: infiltrate the
warehouse, kill Birman as quickly as possible, and run. That’s it.
Omi: But.. to kill Birman..!
Manx: [sobbing in agony] It doesn’t matter, just do as I say! If you die, I’d..

[she falls to the floor]

Youji: What happened?
Ken: This... this is...!
Omi: There’s blood all under her dress!
Aya: Manx, hold on!
Manx: Uhhh...
Aya: Did Shion and they.. do this to you?
Omi: We... call an ambulance!
Manx: Doesn’t matter.. these wounds are lethal... and I know that.
Aya: You... endured these so long..
Manx: Aya... Youji.. Ken.. Omi.. You’re our last hope.. Please, don’t hasten your deaths...
Youji: Manx...
Manx: Omi... I’ve kept this secret until now... I need to tell you...
Omi: Eh?
Manx: There was just one person... That Shuuichi-san loved until his end...
Omi: Was that... you?
Manx: Heh... hehheh... no... Kikuno... your mother...
Omi: Wha?!
Manx: Before she married Reiji Takatori, they were in love... even after she married. I found that out... when I
compared... yours... and Shuuichi’s DNA sequences... and it was just as I'd guessed...
Omi: What do you mean, guessed? Manx... Manx! ... [gasp] Manx! Hold on! Manx!
Manx: ... Shuuichi-san... Shuui--...

[utter silence]

Youji: Manx... you lost your life, embracing a hopeless love...
Ken: We... can’t let those bastards live!
Youji: Yeah...
Omi: Wait... you’re planning on fighting? But Manx’s orders...
Ken: You’re gonna follow those kinda orders?! You can’t seriously be thinking of killing Birman?! If we’re gonna go in
to kill, it’ll be those four!!
Aya: Ken, calm down. What Manx said was right.
Ken: [contemptious laugh] Huh. Aya, I thought you were too chicken to fight that Shion. But I don’t give a damn. If
there’s a chance of winning, I’m gonna give it a try. I can’t let him live any longer!
Aya: I won’t go on a mission with suicides.
Ken: What?!
Omi: I don’t want to kill Birman. But, there’s no meaning in turning out the same way as Birman’s team.
Ken: So you’re sayin’ we oughta kill Birman and run from those four?!
Aya: There’s no time to debate. First we start for Kurashiki.
Youji: [weakly] Fine. Let’s start the trailer up.
Omi: Youji-kun, what about your condition?
Youji: Heh, I’m in no hurry to die. But I’ve also no intention of turning tail, even -if- I’m about to keel.

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[Kurashiki : warehouse]

Ayame: [psychotically] Hehheh... heheheh... How’re you doing, Birman? Why don’t you stop being in such a rush to
die? Well, then, let’s see what we can pick from your pretty mouth.

[pulls the gag off]

Birman: [gasping for air]
Ayame: Speak, but if you try to bite your tongue again, I’ll pull out every single one of those pearly whites. And, if you
faint from pain, I’ll use this to wrench out your molars.

[metallic click of the tooth implements]

Ayame: And, you know that the acid capsule’s waiting for you...
Birman: And you also know that I’m not responsive to torture.
Ayame: Hehheh.. Why are you enduring so? Out of loyalty? Or maybe..
Birman: Because I hate you as much as dying, that’s why!
Ayame: Hahhahhah!! Poor Birman, with such fidelity to Kurasuma. That
man’s a proper government official, complete with a wife and child. As close as you can get to him, you never get him
to marry you.
Birman: [playing the bitchka] And of course you would know how a woman
feels? I know everything about you, and your father. Growing up in an
asylum. And, those plastic surgeries when you were twenty...
Ayame: Shut up!

[he slaps her]

Birman: [stunned] Ah!
Ayame: If you tell us everything about your organization, we’ll destroy it and return it to as it was. But, it’s all right if
you say nothing. Some.. 'experts' were dispatched to save you.. or shall I say, to close your mouth. If we kill them,
then the organization will fall from its own weight. As for me, your endurance is a source of eternal delight..

[as he strokes her X.x]

Birman:Aah!
Ayame: Hehheh.. The other three are quite gentlemanly, but unfortunately, I’m much different.

[ripping her clothes]

Ayame: Hehhehheh.. You know.. I really adore perfect women like you. But.. more than that, I love tearing perfect
women apart...

[the sound of the sonic cutter]

Birman: [gasp]

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[in front of Kurashiki Station : inside the flowershop trailer]
[melody of a music box]

[the door opens, and Ken and Omi enter]

Aya: Well?
Ken: There’s no doubt about it. They’re right in the middle of the tourist areas.
Omi: We probed the warehouse from the perimeter with infrared scopes, but...

[clacking on the keyboard]

Omi: Look here. The only person inside isn’t moving.
Aya: Birman?
Omi: It has to be.
Ken: Youji, what the hell’s that?
Youji: You’ve never seen a music box before?
Ken: Huh, it’s cute, but...
Youji: A long time ago, Asuka and I came to Kurashiki... I found the same store... and they still had the same music
box for sale... The little sweetheart dolls danced to the music until they finally stopped... Then, somehow, they finally
found each other, touching their lips together. She noticed what I'd stopped and looked at, then... suddenly blew up
at me. Then she laughed. It was such a carefree smile... I... really liked how she smiled...
Omi: Youji-kun..
Youji: Heh, sorry. It’s what happens after two days of being drunk. You start talking about stupid things.

[with a click, stops the box]

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[warehouse]

Birman: [trying not to make a sound]

Ayame: Haa... Haa~... uaaa!!!!!!

[suddenly, the door opens]

Shion: Ayame, stop!

[He tries to grab him]

Ayame: Don’t touch me! Go away!

[he lunges at Shion with the cutter]

Shion: Ha!

[he punches Ayame away]

Ayame: Aah!

[the cutter falls to the floor : Azami and Rindou enter]

Azami: Ayame!
Rindou: This... this is horrid...

[he squats in front of Birman]

Shion: How is she?
Rindou: Still breathing, but we have to stop the blood.

[cutting strips, he starts to bind her wounds]

Azami: Ayame, I think you did a bit too much..
Rindou: Birman’s Kurasuma’s weak pont. If you kill her, all our effort’s wasted.
Ayame: Heh.. hehhe., why’s everyone against me? I was just questioning her.
Shion: Stupid fool!

[he slaps him]

Ayame: Ah?!
Shion: I won’t interfere with wherever you go or whatever you want to do, but during a mission, everything is different.
I won’t work with someone who fails in their work, lost to their own greed!
Ayame: Oooh, I see! You don’t get it, Shion, always content in your vaunted enlightenment, but I, I’m so sick of waiting
in this junkheap! You won’t work with me? That’s just fine!
Azami: Wait!
Ayame: Outta the way!

[he runs out]

Azami: Ayame... Shion, I’m sorry, but... I have to do something about him.

[he runs after]

Rindou: What do we do? If we hospitalize him now, he might live longer... or perhaps we ought to put him out of his
misery?
Shion: Let them live until our opposition arrives.
Rindou: The brats? What do we do if they come right now? It’d be two against four.
Shion: Even one against four, we’d win easily enough. But we should
worry about Ayame first...
Rindou: He wasn’t like that at all when we first became a team...
Shion: Change is swift, and time speeds away like an arrow. With no hope of a future, with murder after murder,
perhaps it’s only natural to expect his heart to be crazed. But, to be aroused that much by blood...
Rindou: Our activities right now don’t spell much for the future, either.
Shion: Right. I won’t have us destroying ourselves before destroying
Kurasuma’s organization. [softly] As quickly as possible, we much dispose of the youngsters, and whatever with
Ayame to restore him. He’s so strange... until now, he fought with us as comrades...
Rindou: Friends... I suppose so.

------

[narrow road in an old neighborhood at night]
[footsteps of college girls A and B]

College girl A: Ugh, it’s already pitch black.
College girl B: It’s so different from Tokyo. It’s summer, but it’s so cold here!
College girl A: Absolutely. I’ve got goosebumps! Uh.. what’s that sound?
College girl B: Eh?

[the whirl of a boomerang flying]

College girl A: Aah!

[she falls, and the boomerang flies away]

College girl B: Yumiko? What happened?

[again the boomerang flies again!]

College girl B: What?

[slice]

College girl B: Aaah!!

[She falls, and the boomerang returns to Ayame’s hand]

Ayame: Hehehheh... Hahahaha!
Azami: Ayame...

------

[near Weiß2’s hideout]
[electric sounds]

Omi: Just as I saw on the infrared scope, there are only three people in there.
Youji: Then our enemy only numbers two.
Ken: This’s our chance!
Omi: They might have planned this to lure us in.
Aya: Even so, we have no choice but to enter.

[inside the warehouse]
[quietly, they run, and slowly open a door]

Omi: [gasp] Birman!
Youji: Huh!?
Ken: What..
Omi: This is terrible.. they tortured her this far..
Aya: She’s... still alive....
Omi: What should we do?
Youji: I’ll carry her on my back.
Omi: But...
Youji: Our targets are the dark beasts. -Not- captured, wounded women.
Aya: Youji!
Youji: Do you disagree, Aya?
Aya: Your body is still weak. I’ll carry her. Ken, help me.
Ken: Aah.

[everyone helps lift Birman onto Aya’s back]

Ken: How’s that?
Aya: Fine. Let’s go.

[sound of cards being shuffled]

Omi: Aah!
Rindou: Before you leave, how about a fortune?
Ken: Heh.. so they finally came out.

[his bugnuks unsheath]

Youji: We need to get Aya out of here!
Ken: I know that!
[a katana unsheathed]
Shion: Ran... It’s still not too late. Why not join us?
Aya: Shion... How could you.. go this far hurting Birman?!
Shion: [regretful] That... was an accident.
Omi: An accident?
Youji: Where are Azami and Ayame?
Rindou: Eh? Huh, us two are more than enough for you brats, anyway.
Youji: That’s just too bad. I wanted to say hello to Ayame!

[wires fling]

Rindou: Not so fast!

[he throws his cards]

Omi: Ya!

[darts fly through the air]

Shion: Ha~!!

[he blocks the darts with the katana]

Ken: Aya, scram! Haaa!!!
Shion: Ran, wait!

[katana meets with bugnuks, and Aya runs]

Ken: [wounded] Uuh!
Youji: Ken!

[the wires wrap around the katana blade]

Shion: Ooh?
Rindou: That won’t work!

[his flying cards snap the wires]

Youji: Wah!
Omi: Youji-kun!
[he throws his darts]
Shion: You’re in the way!

[he strikes!]

Omi: Waa! [wounded]

[cards, darts, and wires fly, katana and bugnuk flail]
[amidst the sounds of battle, words are spoken]

Birman: [softly] Aya... Aya...
Aya: Birman?
Birman: Please... give me your gun...
Aya: What?
Birman: You always... carry that standard 22-caliber pistol...? Even though I only have one finger left... it’s enough to
pull a trigger...

[Aya cocks the slide]

Aya: Don’t hit Ken and the others!
Birman: Hehheh... My aim is better than yours. Aya... I’m so sorry.
Aya: Eh?
Birman: I lied to you... Of course I knew about Shion’s group. Nakatsugawa schemes, Saijou Takatori’s goals... until
everything became clear, the Commendersaid to withold the truth...
Aya: Talk can come later!
Birman: Yes... live... live longer. Protect him... protect Shirei Kurasuma, I beg you!

[one bullet shot]

Aya: Birman!!
Youji/Ken/Omi: Aah!?
Shion: She shot herself in the head?!
Rindou: How strong you are, Birman!

[Aya lowers Birman to the ground]

Aya: [choking] Forgive me... our strength isn’t nearly enough for anything...

[He fires his gun]

Aya: Shion!!

[More and more shots]

Shion/Rindou: Ha?!

[they fling themselves out of the way of fire]

Aya: Youji, Ken, Omi, escape!

------

[Same place: Outside]
[Breaking out through a window]

Aya: Split into two groups!
Ken: Aya, wait! The enemy’s also in twos. We’ll be screwed if they find us!
Aya: This mission is over. We haven’t received orders to kill them.
Ken: Shit..

[Cards dart through the air]

Omi: Waah!
Aya: Let’s go!

[Aya and Omi, and Ken and separate into two ways]

Youji/Ken: [running on the pavement]
Ken: Huh!? [he suddenly stops]
Youji: Shit, we can’t go this way!
Rindou: Maybe fate is hinting something.
Ken: Rindou!
Rindou: Ha!

[He throws his cards]

Youji: Take this!
[He throws his wires, tossing the cards to the ground[
Youji: Run!
Ken: Ha~~~~~~a!!

[The two of them run in Rindou’s direction]

Rindou: Oo! [he jumps out of the way]

------

[in a tunnel beneath the Tsurukei mountains]

Omi: If we can get out of the tunnels, we’ll be in the residential district!

[Aya and Omi run through, footsteps echoing]

Aya: Wait...

[They stop, to the sound of a katana slowly unsheathing]

Aya: Shion...
Omi: In ambush? How?
Shion: Hehheh... A wide discrepency in experience. Those who deal in darkness naturally run in darkness. Especially
when it leads towards a major street.
Aya: Even so, do you mean to fight us?
Shion: Hm... I would like to be your opponent, but I don’t see that happening.
Aya: I have no intention of fighting you right now. Two women have lost their lives for us. I can’t betray their dying
wish.
Omi: Here!

[Many darts fly through the air]

Shion: Huh!

[Every single one he parries]

Shion: Nn?!

[Aya and Omi run back]

Shion: Huh.. It’s all useless. You can’t escape from this city.

------

[Tsurukei mountain : Achi Shrine]

Ken: Huh? What’s up there?
Youji: There should be a shrine there. Behind it’s all forest.

[Entering the perimeter, he walk on the gravel]
[the sound of the sonic cutter cutting flesh]

Ken: Youji...
Youji: Yeah, I hear...

[clatter of falling bones]

Youji: Azami...
Azami: Nn? Oh, it’s you two...
Youji: What... are you doing?
Azami: Huh, well... that is...
Ken: [eyeing the bones] These were all... human?

[again and again, the whir of the cutter]

Youji: And the Master?
Azami: Yeah, he’s over there. Ayame, Youji and Ken are here.
Ayame: [absently] Ooh? Oh, good evening.
Ken: [muttering] What’s a good evening?
Azami: Hmm? You two’re wounded. Did you meet Shion and Rindou?
Youji: What are you doing here? Did you two.. kill these?
Ayame: Hehheh, I did. All of them. Killed all these girls. All thre~
Azami: All five.
Ayame: Oh, five? I’m sorry, I’m not thinking very clearly.
Ken: What’s going on? Aren’t we your targets?
Azami: This has no part in that mission.
Ayame: Yep. This isn’t work. This is a pasttime.
Ken: Pasttime?
Azami: Sometimes, without warning, Ayame will want to kill women. Before, it was maybe once a season and he’d be
satisfied. Lately, it’s been one run a week.
Ken: Then... isn’t he just a killer?
Ayame: Well, not ‘just’. Exactly that, I would say.
Youji: Then... did you kill that woman next to me back then?
Ayame: Hehhehheh.. so? Didn’t you strangle her in your drunkeness?
Youji: I... I... did try, but I stopped myself.
Ayame: Yes, but you gave me a perfect chance, too. I know you wanted to
kill women, just like me, but you hadn't taken that last step. So, I invited you that night to help you take that final step
over... To free you from that mundane commonsense and so-called morality, I also put a wee bit of drug in your drink.
That stuff was pretty expensive. But, you still stopped in the middle, and you know how women get peeved when
stopped in the middle.
Youji: So you’re saying, you finished the job for me?
Ayame: Yep. The chance was ripe to reap your freedom.
Youji: What freedom!? You want me to be just a killer like you?
Ayame: Well, you’ll die next. Surely you realize that you’ll be killed by us. At the very least I wanted to let you do what
you wanted to do before that happened. At least, I what I think you wanted to do.
Youji: Master... you're wrong...
Ayame: And there’s something right about killing for work instead?
Youji: Eh?
Ayame: Well, don’t you think that killing women for fun is a most -human- thing to do?
Ken: Really. He’s actually got a reason.
Youji: No! How can you be so stupid?! You’re just killing innocent women!
Ayame: There’s no such thing as an 'innocent' anybody. The targets of Weiß are just... people who're a bit more
sinful than most. These five women scattered about were just that - human. Everyone, who didn’t help me that time
fifty-some years ago, shall die. It’s nothing to worry about. We killers never live long lives, so there’s no need for
hesitation.
Youji: No...
Azami: You’re wanting to say that he’s wrong? But you're not sure of that... If you were, wouldn't you say it straight?
Youji: I...
Azami: Let me explain this you. We've already crossed the line into a different world.
Youji: A different world?
Azami: It’s a world of no return, a world of assassins with futile lives. If you can finall believe that, nothing can possibly
stop you. In this world,all you can believe are your own desires.
Ayame: Hehhehheh...Well, for me, when I first joined Weiß, I believed that I wiped out my targets for the cause of
justice. Isn’t that funny? Of course, that belief was obliterated. Then... I started wanting to kill outside of missions. I
had those feelings before I’d joined Weiß, but of course, I didn’t do anything about them. But, when I joined Weiß,
when I started murdering, there was no more need for restraint. I finally realized that... I was free. Free! Before, I
agonized and repressed, but then, I was released from all such common constraints. To fall deeper and deeper
through Hell, to try piercing right through the bottom, that’s where paradise is!
Ken: Heh...hehehehh...
Youji: Ken?
Ken: Ayame, I kind get what you’re tryin' to say.
Azami: If you understand, then you can be happy. Hehheh... Actually, until recently, I believed I was in the right, too. I
would dispose of the bodies to save Ayame in his madness. Anyhow, Ayame said to me, 'You like cutting women
apart,' and, finally, I understood. Just like that... coming out here with Ayame, I found myself liking it. Yes, even this...

[swipe, as he cuts off a limb]

Azami: I enjoy this...
Youji: I’m a member of Weiß. A murderer. I kind of understand how you became how you are, but... I have a certain
policy. Women you embrace for their vulnerability. Those who injure women are my enemies!
Azami: I see. Well, since we’re so plainly enemies as you say, that makes things easier... Youji, this is our parting. Let
us hear this requiem, the Prayer of the Dead!

[Twang! As the bow cuts]

Youji: Ah!

[he leaps, and Ayame attacks many times]

Youji: Augh!
Ken: Youji!
Ayame: Haa.. I’ve had my fill for tonight, so I’m not in the mood to kill, but now it’s time for work. Haa!

[the boomerang flies]

Ken: Wah!

[the boomerang returns]

Ken: Kuu!

[Ken falls to the ground]

Ken: Youji, what do we do? We ought to get out of here!
Youji: If you wanna run, do it, but I’m facing these two!
Ken: Who said I -wanted- to run?!
Azami: Even if you wanted you, there’s nowhere to run!

[the bow flings!]

Youji: Haaa!

[wires flying, they wrap around the bow]

Azami: Ooh!

[the wires tighten]

Youji: Azami! Your love for women runs deeper than anyone’s, at least, I thought so!
Azami: That doesn’t mean just -any- woman. I love only one woman, and I don’t care whether the rest live or die!

[with a crack, the wire snaps]

Youji: Wah!

[He falls, and Azami attacks with his bow]

Azami: And you, didn’t you hate women?
Youji: [while avoiding] The only person I hate is myself, unable to save the woman I loved. I turned my anger on her,
when I should have been hated myself. I’m miserable because of it!

[The wires fly as well as Azami’s bow]
[the boomerang whirls around Ken]

Ken: Uh... Kuuu....

[The boomerang slices into both arms]

Ken: Aaah!

[and once again]

Ken: Waah!

[the boomerange returns to its owner]

Ayame: Well, shall I remove your head now?

[Aya and Omi approach running]

Omi: Youji-kun! Ken-kun!
Aya: Ken! Attack while they're distracted!
Ken: Eh? Right!
Ayame: Aah!?

[Ken comes flying with his claws!]

Ayame: Uuh..
Ken: How’s this? Your boomerang’s useless when I’m in your face!

[He finally wounds him]

Ayame: Kuuu...!
Azami: Ayame!

[a wire wraps around Azami’s neck]

Azami: Aah?!
Youji: So you really do have something for Ayame. It’s too late now!

[the bugnuks cut in]

Ayame: Aaaah!!
Ken: Die~~~~~~e!!!!
Azami: A..AYAME!!

[the wires stretch]

Youji: W...What the...?!

[the bugnuks cut in deeply]

Ayame: A... Azami...
Azami: Ayame...
Omi: He... took the hit...
Azami: Hehheh...

[the claws sheathe, shaking]

Ayame: You... how could you hurt Azami! Haaa!!!
Ken: Huh?!

[an arrow flies, and Ayame falls]

Ayame: Uuh....
Ken: Omi...
Omi: Are you two all right?!
Youji: Azami... Ayame...

[they gather about the fallen pair]

Ayame: Idiot... Azami, you stupid idiot... if you hadn’t done that... you would have won fine enough...
Azami: Hehheh... it doesn’t work that way... I... from sometime... have always...
Ayame: Hehheh... ‘sometime’... To you, I was always... this little girl...
Youji: Girl?
Ayame: Heh... hehheh... That’s right, a girl. I was born a girl. Er, no, that’s not quite true. My heart was always a boy’s,
but my body a girl’s..
Ken: Body?
Youji: [suddenly realizing] Then, that one woman Azami loves is...
Ayame: It’s so stupid... this body’s a man’s... but I could... never be with a woman...
Youji: Is that why you kill them?
Azami: Don’t say that!!

[He drags himself to his feet]

Aya: Youji!
Omi: Watch out!
Azami: [gently] Heh... hehehhe... I won’t forgive anyone who hurts Ayame.. or make distinctions. He's not insane...
Before he joined Weiß, he didn’t want to kill women. It was when that man... Takatori Shuuichi, made the mistake of
inviting him to join...

[and again, he falls]

Youji: Azami...
Ayame: Azami, you’re the one who’s insane, you know? Following me, becoming a murderer with me, and finally here,
dying here...
Azami: I don’t care... as long as I'm with you.
Ayame: Azami... I wish you were a woman...
Azami: I... don’t care whether you’re man or woman...
Ayame: Stupid...
Azami: Heh... I know... I’m an idiot.

[a long silence]
[Shion and Rindou come approaching]

Rindou: Azami! Ayame!! .. .Ah!
Shion: [a long breath] They’re dead... Ran!
Aya: [grits his teeth]

[he sets his blade]

Shion: Wait... did those two... that pile of bodies over there...?
Aya: Apparently.
Shion: And they lost to you...
Youji: No... they killed themselves, finally understanding each other...
Shion: I see.. What should we do, Rindou?
Rindou: [sobbing] What is there to do? Shit... I didn’t want friends for this!
Shion: Hehheh... Night is breaking... Ran, I’m selfish to say this, but let’s put aside our duel for now. I want to mourn
for my friends.
Omi: I’m surprised you care...
Rindou: What?!
Ken: Let’s go, Aya. None of us wants to fight right now.
Aya: Right. Shion, this duel...
Shion: Yes.

[Aya, Ken, and Omi leave]

Youji: Azami... I lost to you. I loved no woman...as much as you did...

[he leaves]

[Ending song : Epitaph : Yuuki]