amatsuki 101

amatsuki 101

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Text: [Chapter 101]
Text: [The Nightingale That Calls To The Moon, Part 4]

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Demon: WE GOBBLED HER UP!!
Toki: Kuchiha...
SFX: [*tremble*]
Kon: Toki!
Kon: Hey!
Kon: Pull yourself together!
SFX: [*shock*]
Toki: What do we do now, Kon?
Toki: Kuchiha is...

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Toki: It's all my fault...!!
Kon: .....
Hashita: But you can't believe a thing those guys say...
Hizame: That's right!
Hizame: They may have been lying...
Toki: ......
Toki: ......
Toki: Y...
Toki: Yeah...
SFX: [*lift*]

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SFX: [*smack*]
Toki: Oww!!
Kon: Don't say it in such a miserable voice, idiot.
Toki: Kon...
Kon: You've got some kind of weird power that makes impossible things happen if you believe in them hard enough.
Kon: So Kuchiha's going to be fine.
Kon: All you have to do...
Kon: Is believe.
Toki: Kon...

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Kon: You just need to believe in yourself.
Kon: And you'll find a way.
Toki: A way...
Toki: ......
Toki: ......
Toki: That's right!
Toki: That's right!!
SFX: [*uwah!*]
Kon: Toki?

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SFX: [*press*]
Toki: If that skeleton really did eat her...
Toki: Then she must still be inside it, right?
Toki: If I can just...
  [SFX: [*cough*]]
  [SFX: [*gag*]]
Toki: Get her out...
Toki: I mean, it's a skeleton!  It couldn't possibly have digested her or anything!
Toki: At least...
Toki: I think so!
Wakasa: Man, this is never going to work...

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Toki: I'm the only one who can do this...
TOki: Even though...
Toki: I've never been able to believe in myself.
Toki: But...
Toki: Hizame-san taught me how to use my power.
Toki: Bonten told me a lot about it, too.
Toki: I was able to save Tsuyukusa somehow.
Toki: I was even able to stand up to Kanzou.
Toki: And Kon...
Toki: Kon believes in me.
Toki: He always has.

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Toki: All I need now...
Toki: Is to believe in myself.
Toki: [Beni-san believes in me.  Tsuruume-san believes in me.  Sasaki-san, Heihachi-san, and Ginshu-san... they all believe in me.]

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Toki: [Everyone has put their faith in me...]
SFX: [*creak*]
Toki: [And that's made me stronger.]

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SFX: [*creak creak*]
Toki: [But we need you.]
SFX: [*whoosh*]
Toki: [We all need you.]
Toki: Kuchiha...
Toki: Kuchiha!
SFX: [*gulp*]
Toki: Kuchiha!!
Toki: Come back!!
Toki: [I need you.]
Toki: You've always protected me...
Toki: This time, I want to protect you.
Toki: Even if...
Toki: Even if this is all I'm capable of doing.
Toki: [It's only because I have your support...]

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Toki: [That I'm able to stand here now.]
SFX: [*reach*]
SFX: [*rooooooar*]
Toki: Gah!!
SFX: [*crackle crackle*]
Toki: Kuchiha!
Toki: Kuchiha!
Toki: Ah...
Toki: Ah!
Toki: Take my hand!
Toki: This time...
Toki: I won't let go!!

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SFX: [*grab*]

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Kon: ...Hey.
Kon: Do you remember when you said...
Kon: That if you see a doppelganger,
Kon: You're fated to die?
Bonten: ?
Kon: You weren't just joking, were you?
Kon: ...Because I met the real me.
Kon: Is this the end?
Kon: ["Trust" means...]
Kon: [Learning how to rely on other people.]
  [Toki: I want to protect you!]
Kon: [But maybe...]
Kon: [He relies on "me" more than he should.]

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Kuchiha: ...What took you so long?
Kuchiha: I'm starving.

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Kon: [He's an idiot with no self-awareness, and yet...]
  [Toki: [I know what it's like to feel helpless and alone.]]
  [SFX: [*pat*]]
Kon: [He's made all of these deep bonds...]
Kuchiha: ...It was so dark...
Kuchiha: But I could hear you calling me...
Kuchiha: Just when I'd given up hope, I heard you...
Toki: I know...
Toki: I know your life has been hard and painful...
Kuchiha: Yeah...
Toki: But I promise, from now on, everything will be okay.
Kuchiha: Okay...
Toki: It's because...
Toki: I met you...
Toki: That I...

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Toki: That I've been able...
Toki: To keep my eyes open.
Toki: Even when...
Toki: Things got overwhelming.
Kuchiha: Yeah...
Toki: I'm sorry...
Toki: And... I thank you, Kuchiha.

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Kon: I think he'll be okay even if I disappear.
Kon: I'm nothing special.  But, I mean, it's not like I want to die or anything.
Kon: It's just that...
Kon: I'm happy that I've been able to help him.
Kon: And that's...
Kon: All I want.

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Kon: That's all I need.

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Hashita: .....
Hashita: Wah, this place is kind of creepy. (haha...)
Aonibi: That goes without saying.
Aonibi: But we need to rest.
Hashita: This is where the soldiers made their last stand during the Battle of Ueno...
Aonibi: But remember that we are no defeated army.
SFX: [*haha*]
Hashita: Sorry!
Toki: Kuchiha...
Toki: Is she going to be okay?

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Hizame: She's just exhausted.
Hizame: She just needs rest.
Hizame: Kanzou, would you mind watching her for a moment?
SFX: [*nod*]
Toki: Kon?
SFX: [*slide*]
Kon: Huh?
Kon: Are you sure it's okay for you to leave?

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Toki: ...Yeah.  Um, I...
Toki: I just wanted...
Toki: To see you.
Kon: Okay.
Tsuyukusa: Toki!
Tsuyukusa: Bonten's looking for you!
Toki: Bonten?
Bonten: Look up there.
Toki: Eh!?

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Toki: What is that...?
SFX: [*flutter*]
Toki: It's...
Ginshu: .....
Toki: Ginshu-san...!?
Toki: Is that you...?
Doll: Yes.
Doll: We are here.