Inuyasha -Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi- Part 206 Version: 0.830 Title: The Lady in the Mountain Written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi Translated from: Shounen Sunday 2001 #13, 27th February 2001 Copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Shogakukan 1996-2000 Translation & editing by Chris Rijk Additional translating and editing by No one yet This translation is copyright 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/. Although scene descriptions are provided, it is not nearly the same as seeing it for yourself. If you enjoy the series, I would strongly recommend buying the 'tankoubon' (collected version, each about 180 pages or 10 chapters long, costing 410 yen) when they become available - the first was released on 18th April 1997, and the first 15 are now available. Warning: These translations will occationally include strong language, as well as violence, though this is only when it is present in the original Japanese version. Page 1 1 [View of Miroku and Sango, in her casual gear, sitting near to each other by a tree. Miroku is looking off into the distance, but Sango is sort of shyly looking at Miroku.] Title: The Lady in the Mountain ( 'hime' normally means 'princess'. However, in the Sengoku Jidai, it was rather like there were many small kingdoms, even though there was still an emperor, which also means there are a lot more women with the title of 'hime-sama'. So, for this era translating 'hime' as 'princess' seems incorrect, but it still basically referrs to a high-ranking noblewoman.) Page 2 1 [View of a forest on a hill.] Miroku: {off} The men who entered the mountain didn't return? 2 [View of three crying village women.] village woman#1: It's possible they were tricked by a Youkai. village woman#2: Please, save them... 3 [Closeup of Inuyasha with an annoyed look.] Inuyasha: Just helping people _again_, huh. 4 [Wider view of the group, standing near the outskirts out a village.] Kagome: It's okay isn't it, Inuyasha. Miroku: You feel helpless with your husbands not returning don't you. Page 3 1 [Miroku speaks to the village women.] Miroku: Very well. Miroku: We shall go punish [this Youkai]. village woman: Th, thank you very much. 2 [Miroku and Sango turn to Inuyasha.] Miroku: Okay with you, Inuyasha? Sango: If we all go, it'll be finished soon. 3 [Inuyasha still looks a bit annoyed.] Inuyasha: Well, I bet I'll be the one who has to finish it off, of course. Kagome: Of course. 4 [View of two of the village women.] village woman#1: U, umm, please be on your guard everyone... village woman#2: That Youkai, according to rumour... 5 [View from behind of the group leaving, turning back to listen.] village woman: is a woman of peerless beauty apparently. Miroku: ...... Page 4 1 [View of Miroku with everyone else in the group giving him a "look", particularly Sango.] Miroku: I will go myself. Fx Miroku: {comically} humph 2 [Closeup of one of the village women.] village woman#2: By yourself houshi-sama? 3 [Closeup side view of Miroku.] Miroku: I can handle it. 4 [Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippou look on.] Inuyasha: Are you sure? Shippou: He wants to be all alone with the beautiful woman Youkai, doesn't he? Page 5 1 [A bit later, Sango is in her battle clothes, and is tying up her hair, looking a bit annoyed.] Fx hair: *grip* 2 [Sitting on the porch around a building, Kagome and Inuyasha look on.] Kagome: You're going with him Sango-chan? Sango: Are you kidding!? 3 [Closeup of Sango looking round.] Sango: Alone that lustful houshi-sama, Sango: will get possessed by that Youkai instead, is the point. 4 [After Sango's left, Kagome sidles up to Inuyasha.] Kagome: Say, Inuyasha. Kagome: This is what I think though. Inuyasha: Hm? Page 6 1 [Closeup of Kagome smiling, with her hands pressed together.] Kagome: Sango-chan is... Kagome: in love with Miroku-sama, isn't she? 2 [Closeup of Inuyasha looking a bit surprised.] Inuyasha: Huh? Inuyasha: Whadda ya mean? 3 [Kagome is looking at Inuyasha in surprise, who looks a bit nervous. Shippou is also looking at Inuyasha in surprise.] Kagome: Meaning, you didn't notice? Inuyasha: _Eh_. Shippou: I had this vague feeling. 4 [Scene change to a view of a forest.] Fx leaves: rustle... 5 [Miroku and Sango are walking through a forest with high undergrowth. Miroku is ahead sighing, and Sango is looking at him in annoyance.] Fx Miroku: *si-i-i-i-igh* Sango: Hey. Sango: What are you sighing for huh? Page 7 1 [Sango catches up to Miroku.] Sango: You understand right? We're exterminating the Youkai... Miroku: Yes. 2 [View of the forest.] Sango: {off} According to the villagers' story, a long time ago on this mountain... 3 [View of a group of armoured men (guards and warriors) walking through the forest.] Sango: {voice over} Some warriors who escaped after losing a war, settled down here apparently. Sango: Naturally, they were all wounded, and it seems they didn't live long... 4 [Drawing of a woman with long black hair in rich looking clothes in a cave. Her head is back to us and we can't see her face.] Sango: {voice over} However, there was a lady who escaped with them, Sango: but she became the last one alive, Sango: so there wasn't a single person left to protect her... ( This lady would logically be the daughter (or wife) of whichever lord lost the war...) 5 [Back to Sango and Miroku.] Sango: In the end, she died like that apparently. Miroku: Hmm, Miroku: so... Page 8 1 [Closeup of Miroku.] Miroku: that lady's malice [at being left alone to die] transformed her into a Youkai...? 2 [View of Miroku and Sango walking through some bushes, and Miroku notices something ahead.] Sango: Perhaps something like... Fx bush: rustle Miroku: ! 3 [Closeup of Miroku and Sango.] Miroku: Can you see it Sango? Sango: Yeah... 4 [View of the forest ahead, which seems to be distorted as though through a lens. There is a glow ahead as well.] Fx light: *glow...* Miroku: {off} _That_ is the entrance. Miroku: However, that barrier... 5 [Closeup of Miroku.] Miroku: seems to be easy to enter, but hard to leave. 6 [Miroku seems serious but Sango looks at him slightly surprised.] Miroku: Sango, I think you should go back. Sango: No way. 7 [Miroku turns to Sango.] Miroku: Hey, Miroku: I'm worried about you... Sango: That's my line. Page 9 1 [Closeup of Sango with a slightly annoyed look.] Sango: The Youkai is targeting men isn't it? Sango: It's safer if I come along. 2 [With a put on expression Miroku reaches into his robes.] Fx Miroku: *si-i-i-gh* Miroku: Really? Fx Miroku: *searching through robes...* Sango: .oO(Just what is this guy's intention...). 3 [Miroku hands Sango a small rosary.] Miroku: Use this. Fx rosary: clatter... Sango: Hm? 4 [Miroku puts it around Sango's wrist.] Miroku: Put this on. Miroku: It'll help against some things. Fx rosary: clatter 5 [Miroku and Sango charge into the barrier, and air/fog billows around them.] Miroku: Now, let's go. Sango: Right. Fx air: whoosh Page 10 1 [View ahead of wind rushing along.] Fx air: whoosh 2 [Side view of Sango battling through the air, and flicks of energy seem to be knocking into her.] Fx energy: crackle crackle Sango: Ugh. 3 [Closeup of Sango.] Sango: Ho, houshi-sama... that entering would be easy... Sango: Was a lie wasn't it!? The resistance is terrible... 4 [Sango notices that Miroku is some distance ahead, fading from view.] Fx Miroku: *fade...* Sango: ! 5 [View of Sango struggling more.] Fx wind: whoosh... Sango: Houshi-sama... 6 [Misty frame.] 7 [Miroku seems to have passed through the barrier - the air is calm. He's looking around.] Miroku: Sango! Miroku: Where are you!? Page 11 1 [Closeup of Miroku with a serious look.] Miroku: She was separated huh... 2 [Something large appears out of the mist ahead of Miroku.] Fx image: *fade in...* 3 [It's a large rich and peaceful looking Japanese mansion/castle.] Fx mist: shh... Miroku: .oO(A Mansion...!?). 4 [Miroku looks to the side.] Fx sound: {off} *walking over ground...* voice: {off} Who is there...? ( This speaker uses more formal language.) Page 12 1 [It's a noble-woman - long black hair, rich looking kimono etc. However, her eyes are all black except for a white angled bar in each eye. Doesn't appear to be entirely human...] Fx youkai: *walking over ground...* youkai: What are you doing in a mountain like this...? 2 [Closeup of Miroku.] Miroku: .oO(This woman is...). Miroku: .oO(a Youkai...!?). Page 13 1 [Scene change to a misty frame.] Sango: {off} Houshi-sama. 2 [Sango is walking along with Kirara, transformed.] Fx Sango: shh Sango: Where are you!? 3 [Closeup side view of Sango noticing something ahead.] 4 [Some small objects fade in view ahead.] Fx objects: *fade in...* 5 [Sango rushes forwards.] Fx Sango: swish Sango: Youkai!? 6 [Sango comes across an unusual scene. There's a group of about 6 old men, all sitting around looking half asleep. There's some large fruit (melons?) growing around, but the ground seems pretty barren.] Fx Sango: shh... Sango: ! 7 [Closeup of Sango looking surprised.] Sango: Hu... men...? Page 14 1 [View of the group of old men - they haven't even noticed her.] Sango: .oO({off} Also... they're all old men.). 2 [Sango talks to one of the men, who puts a hand to his ear.] Sango: Umm... jii-san. old man: Huh? 3 [Closeup of the old man.] old man: I'm... old man: not a jijii. ( 'jii-san' is 'grandad' or a general term of address to an old man. 'jijii' is similar, but the sort of thing Inuyasha would say - ie 'old fart'.) 4 [Closeup of Sango looking surprised.] Sango: Eh...? 5 [Misty frame.] Sango: .oO(You're...). Sango: .oO(the missing men from the village!?). 6 [Sango is looking at the old men in surprise. They're still all just staring into space.] Sango: What's going on!? Fx old man: *space out...* old man: It was like having a dream... Page 15 1 [Drawing showing the woman Youkai from earlier.] old man: {voice over} After getting lost and into difficulty... old man: we met a lady with beauty such that seemed beyond this world... 2 [View of the mansion from earlier.] old man: {voice over} We were invited into a magnificent palace, old man: and had a lot of fun. 3 [Sango is giving the old man a suspicious look.] Sango: "Fun"... huh...? old man#1: It was fun... old man#2: Yes... it was fun wasn't it... 4 [The old man continues as Sango gets up.] old man: And before we noticed, old man: we were like this... Sango: ...... 5 [Closeup of Sango looking off into the distance in fear.] Sango: .oO(The Youkai sucks out their life-energy... their youth huh.). Page 16 1 [Scene change to a view of the mansion.] Fx air: rustle... 2 [Inside, the lady is pouring something for Miroku. (it appears Miroku is holding a 'sakazuki' in his hands - a type of liquor cup)] Miroku: You escaped here away from the war... youkai: Yes... then... youkai: all my companions died. 3 [View of the Youkai lady with her eyes closed and a tear in her right eye.] youkai: I was by myself... youkai: and lonely... 4 [View of the two.] Miroku: My condolences. youkai: Houshi-sama... 5 [Closeup of the lady with a pleading look. She still has those weird eyes.] youkai: Since I cannot leave here... youkai: at least, even if just for tonight, please stay with me. Page 17 1 [The Youkai is now very close to Miroku and has a hand on his chest. Miroku has a soft look.] Miroku: If that is your wish... youkai: Houshi-sama... 2 [Closeup of the Youkai's face.] youkai: Look into my eyes... 3 [Scene change to a misty frame.] old man: {flashback} Anyway, once you've looked into that lady's eyes, 4 [Sango is rushing along with Kirara at her side.] old man: your mind goes blank, and you don't care about anything anymore... Fx Sango: swish Sango: Sheesh... 5 [Closeup side view of Sango looking worried.] Sango: .oO(That lecherous houshi-sama...). Sango: .oO(will effortlessly fall into that Youkai lady's trap.). Page 18 1 [Back to the Youkai and Miroku who are now hugging each other.] Miroku: My lady... youkai: Houshi-sama... 2 [Closeup of the Youkai's eyes, which have now gone rather misty.] Fx youkai: hshht... 3 [Back to Sango rushing along looking quite worried.] Sango: Houshi-sama! 4 [Scene change back to Inuyasha and Kagome, who seem to be arguing. Shippou is looking bored.] Inuyasha: But, Sango gets angry when Miroku caresses her bottom. Kagome: Hey, a girl is someone who values the "mood". Shippou: .oO(I've gotten tired of this discussion already...). ( By the way, Kagome literally says "mood", the imported english word...) Last modified April 2nd 2001