Chapter 114 of I"s Volume 13 Translated by Mat Swadling I"s Chapter 114: The Trip Home by Masakazu Katsura Brought to you by Jim Zubkavich and the Masakazu Katsura Shrine p6==== Seto: For the a long time now... I've... I've been going out with Iori-chan. Seto: I'm a fool... p7==== Izumi: ...You're lying... Seto: I'm not. Seto: It's like the horoscope you told me. I have to be "honest in dealings with others." Seto: If I don't, I'll lose something important... Izumi: To be honest... Izumi: That was mine... Seto: Huh? Izumi: "Virgo: Today you may lose something important. You should be passive today." p8==== Izumi: In fact... this morning I looked everywhere... but I couldn't find the ring you gave me... Izumi: It was a bad omen... Izumi: Looks like the TV horoscope was right. Izumi: I guess I should just be passive for the rest of the day. Seto: Oh good... she's taking this well... Seto: Well... she said she'd give up if I were seeing someone. Seto: But, I guess I should have told her sooner... Izumi: But... Izumi: Tommorrow's horoscope may be different... Maybe something like, "Everything will go well today. Take an agressive stance!" p9==== Izumi: Because I'm free to love who I want. If you have a girlfriend, I'll steal you away from her. Seto: What did you say!? Seto: That's not what you said before!! You said you'd give up!!! p10==== Izumi: But I... couldn't stand that... p11==== Izumi: If that's so, why didn't you tell me earlier? Seto: I promised her company... I wouldn't tell anyone... Seto: Damn... This must look like a pathetic excuse... Izumi: And you didn't think you could trust me to keep the secret... Seto: But... it's for the best... that she hates me... Seto: Hey! Where are you... p12==== Izumi: It's alright... I understand... what it is you really think of me... Izumi: It's okay to think of me as awful... Since you don't trust me at all... Izumi: That's what shocks me... Izumi: More than you having a girlfriend. p13==== Seto: Izumi-chan... I'm sorry... Seto: I guess I really hurt her... But I wonder where she's going... Seto: This is a bad time to be taking the train... will she be okay? p14==== Seto: What!? Yoshizuki went home?? Why!? Kida: I don't know... Seto: You don't know?!... I bet you did something to her!! Kida: I didn't! Seto: Why? Why did you go home, Iori-chan!? Seto: Is it my fault? Because I was acting so dishonestly?? Seto: Damn! I can't get her cell phone! Seto: I told her! I told Izumi-chan the truth!! Seto: So why!? Why did she leave!? p15==== Nami: It really is your fault!! Nami: You were trying to take upskirt photos of her with this, you pervert!! Kida: Narikane-san made me do it! Really! Kida: Besides, Yoshizuki never found out, so it can't be my fault! Nami: We're leaving without you!! Tanaka: Seto: It was really my fault. She didn't want to be around me... Kida: Kida: Seto: Damn... Why am I always like this... Seto: I'm always so vague in my purpose... I never figure things out until it's too late... p16==== Seto: In primary school my teacher said something like, "taking a trip home"... Seto: What he meant was you have to take care on your way to your purpose, your "home". If you let your guard down, you may have an accident on the way. Teratani: We all live around Marunouchi, so see ya! Seto: Everyone seems to be stepping lively towards their new purposes. Seto: And I, who can't find any purpose, rather than having thing go well... Seto: Everything seems to go wrong... p17==== Seto: I wonder how far I'll be riding this train... Seto: I've already had an accident. Seto: Maybe my trip will never end... p18==== Seto: I'm home... p19==== Seto: Sigh... fx: Ring! fx: Ring! Seto: Hello? Iori: Hello? p20==== Seto: It's Iori-chan!! Seto: Ah! Seto: Oh, hi. Iori: Are you at home? I thought you might be, so I wanted to call... Seto: Yeah, I'm home. ...Why didn't you tell anyone you were leaving? Iori: I'm really sorry... I got a sudden phone call from work... They wanted to see me... And I didn't know anyone's room number... Iori: So I'm going to call everyone now... Seto: So... that's what happened... Seto: You must have taken a taxi at that hour. I'll pay for your fare. Iori: That's okay, my work covered it... Seto: I see... Seto: Why so quiet? Iori: What? ...Oh... Seto: Huh? What? What?? p21==== Seto: Why isn't she saying anything?! I've got a bad feeling about this... Seto: Like she's going to say something terrible! Like, "let's break up"... Seto: And... what happened earlier... Seto: That's making me even more nervous! Seto: What... what is it? Just say it. Seto: Gulp... I feel a bomb is about to explode!! p22==== Iori: No... it's nothing... Somehow, it all seems okay just to hear your voice... Seto: What?... Did you maybe think something happened between me and Izumi-chan? Iori: But... I said it's nothing. Iori: I must have made you worried! ...I'm sorry. I trust in you, Seto-kun. Seto: Ah... Iori-chan... I'm sort of happy. Seto: But I'm also disgusted at myself... Seto: Still... p23==== Seto: It seems as though my train may not have lost sight of it's destination... Seto: I told her... Iori: Huh? Seto: I've made it home. Iori: I told Izumi-chan... Iori: All about the two of us. Iori: This time, my trip has ended... safely. *End of Chapter 114*