amatsuki 83

amatsuki 83

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Text: [Chapter 83: Forest of Confession]

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SFX: [*rip*]
Hashita: What the...
Hashita: Tsuyukusa!?

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Tsuyukusa: Without the seal...
Toki: Huh!?
Tsuyukusa: I should be able to remember, right?  I need to know the truth.
SFX: [*shred*]
Bonten: Tsuyukusa!!
Tsuyukusa: I am so fucking sick of you!!
Tsuyukusa: I know you're hiding things from me!!
Tsuyukusa: You make all these big decisions on your own!!  You never tell me a damned thing!!
Tsuyukusa: How the hell am I supposed to feel!?
Tsuyukusa: Am I just a goddamned toy to you!?

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Tsuyukusa: I can take care of myself, okay!?
Tsuyukusa: I don't need you judging me all the time!!
Tsuyukusa: You think you're protecting me or something,
Tsuyukusa: But all you ever do is treat me like I'm stupid...!!
Toki: Tsuyukusa...
Tsuyukusa: I just...
Tsuyukusa: I just want to know what it is you're not telling me...
Tsuyukusa: I...

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Tsuyukusa: I just want to help you, okay...?
Bonten: T...
SFX: [*gasp*]

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Tsuyukusa: GAH!!
SFX: [*shudder shudder*]
Toki: What!?
Tsuyukusa: AHH!!
Tsuyukusa: AHHHHHHHH!!
Bonten: Tsuyukusa...!!


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SFX [*shock*]
Toki: ...!!
SFX: [*whoosh*]

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SFX: [*creak creak*]
SFX: [*collapse*]
SFX: [*crash*]
Tsuyukusa: *SCREEEEEECH*
Tsuyukusa: *SCREEEEEECH*
Hashita: What the...
Bonten: Without the seal, he can't maintain human form!!

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Toki: Th...
Toki: Then...
Toki: That's Tsuyukusa?
Tsuyukusa: IT'S OKAY.
SFX: [*creak*]
SFX: [*wheeze wheeze*]
Toki: Tsuyukusa!?
Bonten: You...
Tsuyukusa: IT'S ME, TOKI.  THE REAL ME.
Tsuyukusa: I GUESS YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I'M A TREE SPIRIT.
SFX: [*rustle rustle*]
Tsuyukusa: SO...
Tsuyukusa: I GUESs THIS IS NORMAL?
Byakuroku: He's a cutting from my master's tree.
Byakuroku: But he's just a small branch now.
Byakuroku: Until he takes root, he's still a child.
Toki: Oh!

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Toki: If we save a cutting from your tree, you'll be okay!
Tsuyukusa: *screech*
Tsuyukusa: I THINK SO.
Tsuyukusa: BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE GUYS FIRST.
Demon: Ohoho~
Demon: What will you do if your tree is already dead?
SFX: [*laugh*]

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SFX: [*hiss*]
Beni: Argh!
SFX: [*slash*]
SFX: [*hiss*]
SFX: [*hiss*]
SFX: [*pop*]
SFX: [*hiss*]
Beni: Damn it...
Beni: They keep reappearing!
SFX: [*huff huff*]
Utsubushi: You mean we can't stop them!?
Tsuyukusa: THAT'S NOT IT.
Tsuyukusa: THEY DRAW STRENGTH FROM THE FOREST.
SFX: [*shock*]
Beni: Kyaa!!
SFX: [*stomp*]
Tsuyukusa: YOU SAW THEM DO IT.
Tsuyukusa: THEY TOUCHED A LEAF AND SUCKED THE LIFE FROM IT.

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SFX: [*suck*]
Beni: .....!!
Beni: But then they might as well be invincible!
Tsuyukusa: I CAN STOP THEM FROM DRAINING THE FOREST.
Tsuyukusa: THEN THEY'LL BE WEAKENED.
Beni: ...!!  I see... is that why you've taken on that form?
Tsuyukusa: ...IT'S JUST LIKE THEY SAID.  IN MY OTHER FORM, I WAS CUT OFF FROM THE FOREST.
Tsuyukusa: I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
Beni: .....
SFX: [*hm*]
Beni: I'm glad.
Beni: I thought you'd never stop sulking like a petulant child.
Tsuyukusa: !
Beni: With your help, we still have a shot at victory.
Beni: So I hope you aren't still ashamed to associate with me.
SFX: [*laugh*]

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SFX: [*huff*]
Tsuyukusa: YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!
SFX: [*dash*]
Beni: Sorry~!
Demons: !!
Beni: Take this!
SFX: [*throw*]
SFX: [*stab stab stab stab*]
SFX: [*crack crack crack*]

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Demon: Hmph!
SFX: [*shudder*]
SFX: [*hiss*]
SFX: [*clear*]
Demon: !!
Tsuyukusa: I WON'T LET YOU
Tsuyukusa: TAKE EVEN ONE LEAF!
SFX: [*grrr*]
Tsuyukusa: LISTEN UP.
Tsuyukusa: I'M THE MASTER OF THIS FOREST NOW.
Tsuyukusa: I *AM* THIS FOREST.
Tsuyukusa: AND I WON'T LET YOU HURT A SINGLE LEAF!!

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Demon: Th... That's...
SFX: [*stab*]
SFX: [*smash*]
SFX: [*crash*]
Demon: ...!!
Toki: Yeah, we did it!! They're falling back!!  Tsuyukusa, you are totally awesome!!
Toki: Bonten, did you see that!?
Bonten: ......

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Toki: Bonten...?
Demon: Ha!
SFX: [*hahahaha*]
Demon: The Master is a part of the forest,
Demon: But so are we!
Demon (2 bubbles): So, let us welcome you into the fold!!
Demon: As a sign of good faith,
Demon: We'll tell you everything you wanted to know!
Demon: The forest never lies.
Demon: We will tell you of your fate...
Demon: And of your terrible sin!!

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Demon: We promised, after all.
SFX: [*shock*]
Demon: Are you ready, Tsuyukusa?
SFX: [*collapse*]
Tsuyukusa: Hey.
Shinshu: [We were always told that if humans went into the forest,]
Shinshu: [Something terrible would happen.]
Tsuyukusa: Hey you!
SFX: [*rustle rustle*]
SFX: [*chirp chirp*]
Tsuyukusa: Hey!
Tsuyukusa: What are you doing here?
Tsuyukusa: Quit crying, would ya?

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Shinshu: [We promised...]
Tsuyukusa: [Ugh...]
SFX: [*rustle rustle*]
Shinshu: Who are you?
SFX: [*sob*]
Tsuyukusa: Uh...
Tsuyukusa: Who are you?
Shinshu: Did Big Brother send you?
Tsuyukusa: Huh?  You mean Hiwa?
Shinshu: Hiwa?  Who's that?
SFX: [*shock*]
Tsuyukusa: I asked who you were first!!

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Shinshu: I'm Shinshu.
Shinshu: I'm looking for someone to play with.
Shinshu: Will you play with me?
Shinshu: [Tsuyukusa...]
Shinshu: [We promised...]
Tsuyukusa: ...Yeah, okay.
Tsuyukusa: Are you a human?
Tsuyukusa: Or an ayakashi?
Shinshu: ?
Shinshu: Which are you?
Shinshu: [Never to forget each other...]
Tsuyukusa: I'm not answering your questions until you answer mine!!

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Tsuyukusa: Oh...
Tsuyukusa: I remember.
Tsuyukusa: So you have a brother too?  Is he cool?
Shinshu: He's the coolest!
Shinshu: He's the nicest and smartest person in the world!
Tsuyukusa: No way, Byakuroku is the best.
SFX: [*hmph*]
Shinshu: Eeeh?
Shinshu: No way.
Tsuyukusa: Yes he is!
Shinshu: Really?
Tsuyukusa: Yeah!  I'll let you meet him!!
SFX: [*rustle*]

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Miko 1: We just brought down a huge demon!!
SFX: [*shout*]
Miko 1: Yeah!
Miko 1: Now where is Shinshu...?
Miko 2: She's not here.
Tsuyukusa: Who the hell are they!?
Tsuyukusa: And why are they after Shinshu!?
Miko 1: Damn it... she's such a pain.
Miko 2: Miko-sama, how long is Shinshu-sama going to stay a child?
Miko 2: Do we really have to keep risking our lives to search for her?
Miko 1: I feel your pain.
Miko 1: But the senior priestesses have taken her in as a foster child.
Miko 1: And I heard a rumor about her...
Miko 1: She could be the key to striking at the master of the forest!
Miko 1: Well, it's just a rumor...
SFX: [*step*]

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Tsuyukusa: ...You bastards!!!
Tsuyukusa: What the hell do you think you're doing!?
SFX: [*lunge*]
Miko 2: A child!?
Miko 2: No, it's a demon!
SFX: [*turn*]
Miko 1: Don't let your guard down!  He's attacking us!
Tsuyukusa: [I remember.]
Tsuyukusa: ...
Tsuyukusa: So you're that bratty girl's friends?
Tsuyukusa: Who knows?
Tsuyukusa: Maybe I'll eat you!
Tsuyukusa: Or maybe...
Tsuyukusa: [I'm sorry, Byakuroku.]

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Tsuyukusa: I'll let Byakuroku eat you!!
Tsuyukusa: It was my fault...
Toki: NO!!!
SFX: [*crack*]
Tsuyukusa: *cough*]

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Demon: Yesss...
Demon: Now's our chance!
SFX: [*crack crack*]
SFX: [*pull*]
SFX: [*creak*]
SFX: [*snap*]
Toki: TSUYUKUSAAAAA!!