Inuyasha -Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi Part 184 Version: 0.820 Title: Cocoon of Poison Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2000 #42,13th September 2000 © Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2000 Translation & editing by Chris Rijk Additional translating and editing by No one yet This translation is © Chris Rijk 1996-2000. Done expressly for non-profit use only. No unorthorised selling, renting etc. Get the latest version from http://www.wot-club.org.uk/Inuyasha/. Translations of this chapter, but with different styling/content are also available - a plain text version and also a text version with all the original Japanese for the speech and sound effects. Translation notes and style Although scene descriptions are provided, it is not nearly the same as seeing it for yourself. 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Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language, and violence, though this is only when it is present in the original Japanese version. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 1 1 [Inuyasha and Miroku stand together looking determined and ready for battle, with fires around them.] Title Cocoon of Poison ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 1 [The Youkai bandit leader sits on his horse, his huge axe hefted over a shoulder, smirking down at Inuyasha, who is resting Tetsusaiga on the ground.] fx horse shh... youkai Kukuku, if you won't... hand over that sword, I'll take it by force. 2 [Inuyasha doesn't look worried...] Inuyasha Bah, fascinating. If you want it, just try to take it. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 3 1 [Inuyasha rushes forwards, Tetsusaiga raised.] fx Inuyasha *dash* Inuyasha I'll expose you for what you are, Youkai! 2 [Closeup of Miroku thinking.] Miroku Inuyasha probably still can't master the heavier Tetsusaiga. Will it be okay!? ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 4 1 [The two swing their weapons together and they clash.] fx Tetsusaiga *swing* fx weapons clang 2 [A rush of air comes from Tetsusaiga, buffeting the bandit leader and the horse. (This is Tetsusaiga's 'kenatsu' which)] fx wind snick snick snick youkai ! ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 5 1 [Both horse and master are blown back and knocked over, and a large piece from the axe blade has been cut off.] fx blade snap fx horse (sliding) sksh-sksh... fx horse whinny 2 [The other bandits look on surprised.] bandit#1 Ahh! Boss... bandit#2 The Boss's giant battle-axe was... 3 [The Youkai gets back up, facing Inuyasha.] Inuyasha Bah, serves you fucking right. fx youkai sh... 4 [Closeup side view of the Youkai.] youkai That sword can cut well... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 6 1 [Inuyasha charges forwards again.] Inuyasha Say your fucking prayers then! fx Inuyasha swish 2 [The man looks to the huddle of village women behind him.] youkai I need a shield... fx youkai *glare...* 3 [He reaches over and grabs up a village girl.] fx youkai *tug* village girl Ah. 4 [Closeup of Inuyasha rushing along.] Inuyasha Wha, what's he...!? 5 [The Youkai casually throws the girl.] fx youkai (girl) *heave around* village girl Kya! ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 7 1 [The girl hits Inuyasha in the chest.] fx Inuyasha wham Inuyasha Ugh. 2 [The Youkai breathes out some kind of mist or spray, though there seems to be some more solid bits among it as well.] fx mist *gush* 3 [The stuff hits Inuyasha on the chest, and starts foaming.] fx liquid sizzle fx liquid gloop gloop Inuyasha ! 4 [Closeup of the Youkai grinning.] youkai Kukuku, you got showered in my poison-dust. 5 [The guy strikes Inuyasha a glancing blow across the chest with his, where Inuyasha'd already been hit by the poison.] fx youkai *slash* Inuyasha ! ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 8 1 [Inuyasha angrily swings Tetsusaiga around powerfully, cutting up the ground. However, blood comes from his wound.] Inuyasha You bastard! fx ground whump 2 [The Youkai edges back quickly as waves of force rush near him.] fx ground wham-am-am... youkai ! 3 [The Youkai breathes out a torrent of something liquid looking.] youkai Damn! fx liquid *gush* ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 9 1 [Tetsusaiga gets knocked out of Inuyasha's hand, and the liquid seems to surround him.] fx liquid *sizzle* Inuyasha Ugh. 2 [Miroku who was tending to the unconscious village girl looks on in worry.] fx Miroku shh Miroku Oh no! 3 [Miroku jumps to Inuyasha's side as the Youkai sprays more of that liquid around them.] fx Miroku fwip fx liquid swish ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 10 1 [The liquid curls around Miroku (and Inuyasha), and Miroku uses his staff to try to keep it at bay - zaps it a bit.] fx liquid *coil around* fx liquid hshht... Miroku Ugh. 2 [The stuff has now completely wrapped around Miroku and Inuyasha, and they can't be seen anymore. Ends of the mostly solidified liquid have tied around two trees, and the main body of the 'cocoon' is suspended above the ground in-between. Tetsusaiga is stuck into the ground near the cocoon.] fx cocoon sizzle... fx liquid (on tree) gloop gloop fx Tetsusaiga hshht... fx youkai shh bandit Kukuku... You gave me a good workout... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 11 1 [The other bandits look on, looking rather surprised.] bandit#1 Th... this is... bandit#2 B... boss... 2 [Closeup of their boss looking off at them darkly. He still has solidified strands coming from his mouth.] youkai Kukuku... what's with you bastards. 3 [The boss looks at one bandit.] youkai Aren't you scared knowing that I'm a Youkai huh? bandit N, not at all. 4 [View of some more of the bandits. They look a bit nervous.] bandit#1 If our Boss is a strong Youkai, we'll be invincible. bandit#2 We'll follow you like always. 5 [One bandit kicks the cocoon.] bandit Heh, suckers. fx cocoon whack 6 [The bandit jerks back in pain - his sandle's been melted off.] fx bandit (foot) sizzle bandit Yeek. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 12 1 [The boss looks on smugly as the bandit rolls about in pain.] youkai Kukuku, it's a cocoon of poison. Touch it carelessly and you'll melt. fx bandit *roll roll* bandit Yeo~o~w. 2 [Closeup of the boss.] youkai Already nothing remains of them inside. 3 [Closeup of him looking at something in shock.] youkai ! 4 [A misty view appears through the wall of the cocoon. Miroku is grimly holding his staff out while holding Inuyasha (who looks a bit in a bad way) between him.] fx image *waver...* youkai They haven't dissolved...!? 5 [Closeup of the Youkai.] youkai Hmm... So you've put up a barrier inside, huh. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 13 1 [View of Miroku and Inuyasha inside.] Miroku Inuyasha... can you move? Inuyasha Bah! Of course! 2 [Inuyasha reaches out to grab the inside of the cocoon.] Inuyasha I'll soon smash apart this cocoon... fx Inuyasha *grab* 3 [Closeup of Inuyasha look in pain or something.] fx Inuyasha *reel...* Inuyasha !? 4 [The image of the Youkai appears to Inuyasha and Miroku inside.] fx image *waver...* youkai Kukuku... Seems you can't move about. 5 [Closeup of the guy smiling.] youkai That poison-dust I poured on earlier, has entered your body by your wound. You're dying bit by bit. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 14 1 [The boss speaks to one of the bandits, indicating Tetsusaiga.] youkai Hey, fetch that... bandit Y, yessir. fx Tetsusaiga hsht... 2 [Miroku and Inuyasha look on.] Miroku Tetsusaiga... 3 [The bandit presents the sword to the Youkai.] bandit H, here Boss. 4 [Closeup of the Youkai putting a hand to Tetsusaiga. Energy crackles.] fx Tetsusaiga crackle crackle youkai ! 5 [Miroku looks on, somewhat surprised.] Miroku He was rejected by Tetsusaiga's warding. 6 [The bandit looks up at his boss curiously, who is staring at his hand.] bandit Boss...? fx Tetsusaiga hssht... youkai ...... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 15 1 [Closeup side view of the Youkai.] fx youkai *glare...* youkai Hey brat... What's the meaning of this? 2 [The Youkai faces Inuyasha and Miroku in the cocoon.] youkai Why did the sword reject me...? 3 [Closeup of Inuyasha.] Inuyasha Bah, my Tetsusaiga, you see... chooses it's master. 4 [Inuyasha and Miroku, and the Youkai look at each other.] Inuyasha Meaning that for a low-life Youkai like you, it is no good for you... youkai Hmm... 5 [The boss turns to the bandit who brought him the sword.] youkai Then this low-life human bandit, has been chosen by the sword huh? bandit 'Low-life' is mean, Boss. 6 [Closeup of Inuyasha.] Inuyasha ...... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 16 1 [Closeup side view of the Youkai.] youkai That's it brat, you're... Half-Youkai aren't you? 2 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking annoyed.] Inuyasha ...... 3 [The boss looks kinda smirky.] bandit Kukuku, isn't this amusing. You, a mere Youkai, thought to beat me, the great Youkai Gatenmaru in a fight? -------- [COMMENTS] 'Ga-ten-maru'. 'Ga' is moth, 'ten' is sky/heaven, and 'maru' is they same as in Sesshoumaru - a sort of suffix commonly used for a name for a young man. 4 [View of Inuyasha and Miroku inside.] Miroku ...... Inuyasha's wound... 5 [Closeup of the slash across Inuyasha's chest, which is bleeding. There's some bubbles or something from the poison.] Miroku far from healing, it's getting steadily wider. fx wounds hshht... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 17 1 [Closeup side view of Inuyasha, looking in pain.] Inuyasha Shit, it won't stop bleeding... Because of the poison-dust, huh. fx Inuyasha *pulse of energy...* 2 [Closeup of Miroku thinking.] Miroku This is bad... Keeping up this barrier is taking all I've got... I can't do more... 3 [Black frame.] Miroku But I wonder how long... I can keep the barrier too... 4 [The bandit is holding Tetsusaiga, looking at his boss.] bandit U, umm Boss, this sword... 5 [The Youkai looks away.] Gatenmaru Do whatever you like. I've no interest in an unusable sword. bandit T, thank you very much. 6 [The bandit holds up the sword happily. On the ground behind him is an old man.] bandit Heheh. old man ...... ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 18 1 [It's the old man Inuyasha helped earlier.] old man Somehow... I've got to return... that sword... 2 [Scene change to the point of view of someone rushing through a forest.] fx air swish 3 [Sango is riding Kirara, and Kagome is on her bike, with Shippou in the basket, and the village boy sitting behind her.] fx Kirara whoosh Sango They're too late. Something happened in the village. Kagome {to the boy} Are you okay!? village boy I'm worried about jicchan... 4 [Closeup of Kagome looking worried.] Kagome Inuyasha... Last modified September 23rd 2000