蛍火艶夜 chapter 9

ch9
--Lieutenant Commander Koji Sakanoue: Part 3--

#p1
**STOMP**
BAN!
**JUMP**

#p2
**STOMP**
BAN!
WHAT
WAS THAT
ABOUT THIS
MORNING?!
It's
Lieutenant
Commander. Whoa.
NO! I
MEAN...
WHEN...
DID YOU
VOLUNTEER
TO BE A
KAMIKAZE
PILOT?!
UM.
NO.
YOU WERE
ORIGINAL-
LY...
NO. IT'S
NOT THE
RIGHT TIME
FOR THAT.
WHY?!
WHY DID
YOU TAKE
SENGOKU'S
PLACE?!
I..

#p3
WANTED
YOU
TO...!
LIEU-
TENANT
COM-
MANDER,
PLEASE
CALM
DOWN.
HAVE
A CUP
OF
SAKE.
WHAT?!
REALLY?
**CLATTER**
WHOA!
**SPLASH**
W-WAIT!
BAN!!
WAIT!!
MAN,
YOU'RE SO
FAST!!
**TMP**
**TMP**

#p4
WAIT!
**SMoocH**
**FLINCH**
WHOA!
YOU IDIOT!
TAKE THAT
OUTSIDE OR
SOMETHING!!
SORRY...
BAN!
**GRAB**
STOP
RUN-
NING!!
**CLATTER**

#P5
BAN.
WHAT
IS IT THAT
YOU'RE
UPSET
ABOUT?!
WHAT
ARE
YOU...
ALWAYS
ANGRY
ABOUT?
WHAT DO
YOU WANT
TO DO?
WHY
DID YOU
JOIN THE
NAVY?
WAS IT A
DREAM?
MONEY?
DO YOU
LIKE THE
FIGHTER
PLANES...
OR
FIGHT-
ING?
THEN
WHY...
THE
SPECIAL
ATTACK
UNIT?

#P6
BAN....!
WHOA!!!
**DASH**
**STOMP**
**STOMP**
BAN!!
**B-DMP**
WAIT!
DAMN
IT!
**STOMP**

#P7
**VRRR**
AICHI
D3A.
**ROLL**
NEVER
EXPECTED
TO SEE IT
ON LAND.
I'LL...
RETURN
THIS TO
THE MILI-
TARY, THIS
TOO.
**FWMP**
THIS.
THIS. ALL
OF IT.
THE
ONLY
THING THAT
BELONGS
TO ME IS
JUST MY
UNDER-
WEAR,
HUH?
SIGH,
SORTING
MY BELONG-
INGS...
IS
KIND
OF CUT
AND
DRY.

#P8
WANT TO
TAKE THIS
SWORD I
GOT FROM
MY GRAND-
FATHER.
HAIR OIL,
RAZOR,
AND...
FOUNTAIN
PEN I
GUESS.
I COULD
GIVE THE
PEN TO
SOME-
ONE.
BUT
WHO?
I'M
NOT THAT
FRIENDLY
WITH
HIRAIWA.
BAN...
I WANTED
TO GIVE IT
TO HIM.
**CLINK**
BUT
I GUESS
WE'LL DIE ON
THE SAME
DAY.
DON'T
WANT
IT.
HAHA.
I BET
HE'D HAVE
SAID NO.

#P9
B-BAN
A-ABOUT
YESTER-
DAY...
I WON'T
SAY ANY-
THING.
I'M DEAD
NEXT WEEK
ANYWAY.
I'M
SORRY.
**SNIFFLE**
IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING FOR
YOUR FAMILY,
I CAN MAIL IT
TO THEM.
I
DON'T.
GET
OUT OF
HERE!

#P10
**TiCK**
**TOCK**
MORE
THAN...
THE FACES
OF MY TWO
UNFAMILIAR
CHILDREN FAR
AWAY...
IT'S
NOT ABOUT
SEX...
I JUST
WANT TO
SEE HIS
FACE.
**VRRR**

#P11
I WILL
BE HON-
ORED...
TO
DRIVE
YOU TO
YOUR AIR-
CRAFTS.
**VRRR**
**YAY**
**CHEERS**

#P12
**VRRR**
BAN.
I
WANTED
TO TALK
TO YOU
MORE.
I
HAVE ONE
QUESTION.
WHAT'S
THAT DARK
RED FAB-
RIC...
YOU'VE
SEWN ONTO
YOUR HEAD-
BAND?

#P13
DID
YOUR
LOVED
ONE GIVE
IT TO
YOU?
NO.
I PICKED
IT UP ON A
STREET AND
SEWED IT
ON.
BECAUSE
I LIKED THE
COLOR.
I DIDN'T
LIKE...
MY UNI-
FORM...
**SQUEAL**
AND
FLIGHT
SUIT WITH-
OUT ANY
COLOR.
I JUST
WANTED
COLOR.
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
SAKANOUE!
**KER-CHAR**
THIS
IS YOUR
STOP!!

#P14
**TOSS**
THIS
IS FOR
YOU!
**CLENCH**
**VRRR**
I'M
SORRY FOR
EVERYTHING,
BAN.

#P15
JEEZ. I
GET THE
MODEL
32...
HAHA.
**VRRR**
**CLUNK**
**VRO00M**
**VRRRR**

#P16
**CHEER**
I CANT
ASK HIM
ANYMORE.

#P17
HAAH
HUFF!
HFT .
**ROAR**
...ELEVEN.

#P18
ELEVEN.
UGH.
UUUGH...
**BZZZ**

#P19
ELEVEN
...!

#P20
YOU
BASTARDS!!!
**SMASH**

#P21
OH!
SH-SHIT!
I WAS
SUPPOSED
TO CRASH
INTO AN
ENEMY
SHIP...
BUT I
GOT SO
ANGRY...
I'M
SORRY,
BAN.
WE'RE
HEADING
STRAIGHT
FOR THE
OCEAN TO-
GETHER.

#P22
HEHE!
YOU
REALLY ARE
INSANE.
I CAN
FINALLY
DIE.
I WAS
A PISS
POOR
MAN.
IF
REINCARNA-
TION...
IS
REAL....
I DON'T
WANT TO
COME
BACK.
WANT TO
SLEEP...
IN
THE SEA
FOREV-
ER.

#P23
IS IT
OKAY IF
IT'S JUST
THE TWO
OF US?
I WON'T
BE REIN-
CARNATED
EITHER.
HAHA!
I GUESS
IT'S BETTER
THAN...
BEING ALL
ALONE.
WE'LL
BE...
THE
RULERS OF
OUR OWN
DOMAIN...

#P24
WHAT?
**CLENCH**
THE SEA.
IT'LL BE ALL
OURS.
IT WILL
BE OUR
DOMAIN...
WE CAN
BE GODS
OF THE
SEA.
GODS...
THAT
DOESN'T
MAKE ANY
SENSE.
BAN.
I WANT
TO TALK TO
YOU.
THERE'S
STILL SO
MUCH...
I WANT
TO ASK
YOU...

#P25
DON'T
WORRY...
WE'VE GOT
PLENTY OF
TIME.