Marble Kids Chapter Four ran in Ribon August 1999 Disclaimer: This translation is meant as a guide for those who wish to read the manga. Please don't steal this translation or do anything illegal with it. Please don't use this for commercial use or sell it, etc. >.< Another note is that I am translating with Japanese One basic knowledge- there are very well mistakes in this. I welcome all help/corrections. Arigatou, minna. Sore ja! -Meimi Translation by Meimi (KSaintTail@aol.com) November 26, 2000 %thoughts (side notes) [narration] $flashbacks ------------------------------------------------------------ pg 101 Moka: Sorry I kept you waiting!! Aoi: IDIOT!! pg 102 Aoi: Don't worry me so much... Moka: % Oh, no matter what Aoi says, he really is kind... Aoi: HEY~~~~! Sorry, but I'm not that kind of character~~~! Box: This is reality Aoi: Geez, you idiot~~~! You kept me waiting for two hours!! Moka: (Hyaaa, scaryyy...) I'm sorryyyy~~~~ pg 103 Moka: ....but... You...waited for me. Aoi: Well, of course I was worried if you were two hours late... Moka: % ...Aoi's kind. Nanase: Oh! Kisaragi-san, what happened? Did something haaaappen? Moka: U...um.... Moka: % But I... pg 104 Aoi: She said she'd forgotten that she'd promised to meet with someone from her class today. Nanase: Hmm... Moka: % ....I lied to him... Hana: WHAT?! You met the person you've been longing for? (...but...huh?) Then why are you so depressed? Moka: Because~! I met him because I broke my promise with Aoi. (And plus, I lied to him.) pg 105 Hana: So? So? How was it? Was the guy you've longed to meet just like you thought he'd be? (How did he look? Was he handsome?) Moka: It wasn't the time for that, I couldn't think of anything but Aoi... Hana: Why Aoi? (You mean Ryou-kun, don't you?) Moka: % No...I couldn't think of anything but Aoi... % Even though the Ryou-kun I've always wanted to meet was % right in front of me... Ryou: $ He won tons of contests and was planning to be a cameraman... $ The total opposite of just taking panty shots... pg 106 Ryou: $ ...was how he was back in middle school. Arrow: back in middle school Arrow: sharp gaze, as though to capture prey on film Moka: $ HUH?! pg 107 Moka: $ No way! THAT Aoi was-?! Label: Yay~! Panty Shot Heaven! Happinesss~! Label: These days... Moka: $ But I thought you were the one who wanted to be the $ cameraman? $ You won that prize!! Ryou: $ (Ah..) $ That one time was just a fluke. $ Sorry to ruin your image of me, but the reason I joined the $ photography club then was so that I could take pictures of $ girls without seeming weird. Moka: $ But...Aoi said that you two were different, and you were $ talented... Ryou: $ Well... pg 108 Ryou: $ I really want to make up with him... $ Because I really admired Aoi. $ But he suddenly quit taking pictures... $ And since then we've done nothing but fight... Moka: % The real Aoi...that I know nothing about... pg 109 Hana: THAT Aoi? Are you sure he wasn't just teasing you and making all that up? Moka: I-I see! I bet that's it! Both: AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Nanase: It's true. Moka: Nanase-san... Then...you know about the real Aoi. pg 110 Nanase: Of course. Back in middle school, he wasn't the kind of guy who went around taking panty shots... He was the president of the photography club, and the kind of person all the teachers would compliment... But now... He's not I Aoi I fell in love with... I want him to go back to being that other Aoi... Moka: % Nanase-san... pg 111 Moka: % Then...who's the Aoi in front of me now? Aoi: (Ahaha!) Girls: (Kyaa~) Nanase: He's a completely different person. Moka: % Different person...? Moka: Aoi...that liar... Nanase: I wouldn't say it about other people when you're one yourself. Arrow: liar Moka: ... pg 112 Moka: Aoi!! The reason I broke my promise with you is because I was meeting with Ryou-kun. The person I longed for... Nanase: (No way, I can't believe she told him herself~) Moka: It was Ryou-kun. Aoi: ...Ryou's...? Moka: % I can't lie to him. pg 113 Moka: So tell me the truth too. The Aoi in front of me isn't the real Aoi, is he? Ryou-kun said it. "Aoi's way more talented than me." That even now, he admires you... pg 114 Aoi: So what? Moka: Try your best, and start taking photos again. Moka: % He's like a total stranger...it's scary... Aoi: Why should I? It's none of your business, and you've met the person you've been longing for anyhow, so why not just go back to Ryou? Moka: "None of my business"... pg 115 Moka: Don't say that! I really want to cheer you on- Aoi: It's easy to cheer a person on, huh? All you have to do is say, "Try your best." But you don't know anything... I don't really care. But you don't have to go so far to cheer me on, just because you're a cheerleader. Moka: % ...."because I'm a cheerleader"...? pg 116 Aoi: OWWW!! (You idiot!!) Arrow: She was going to hit him with her pom-pom but threw the shoe instead... Moka: An idiot like you wouldn't get it without me doing something like that!! Aoi: (Do you usually throw shoes at people?!) THIS UNCUTE GIRL!! pg 117 Nanase: Aoi...you said too much. Aoi: ....I know. Moka: MATSUYUKI AOI, YOU IDIOOOOOOOT!!! pg 118 Moka: Why don't you understand? It's not because I'm a cheerleader, it's because I love you... Geez, you're so insensitive. Board: Cheerleading Club meeting Hana: Moka, what're you so depressed for? Are you still upset over what Aoi said before? Aoi: $ It's easy to cheer a person on, huh? All you have to do is $ say, "Try your best." Hana: You shouldn't get upset over that, okay? Moka, our motto as cheerleaders is... pg 119 Moka: CHEER PEOPLE ON AND CHEER THEM UP WITH OUR DANCING!! ....but stiiiill... Hana: What's with that?! We all really have to try our best!! Yeah... 'Cause if we don't, we can't ask everyone else to... (Look, this is where I fell on a baton catch...) (Nothing but cuts on the delicate skin of a maiden~~~) So you have to try your best too, Moka!! Moka: Hana-chan... ph 120 Moka: Yeah, I will! Label: the beautiful friendship of the cheerleading club Girl: At the next competition, if anyone has any new ideas for our routines- Moka: KISARAGI MOKA WILL DO A SOMERSAULT! Hana: WHAT? Moka, you can do a somersault? Moka: Nope, I can't! But I WILL!! Moka: % This way... pg 121 Moka: % It won't be for cheering on in the club...but for myself! % To prove to myself that there's nothing I can't do! Girl: What's going on? Girl: What's the cheerleading club doing? (Huh..) pg 122 Moka: Morning... ... Hana: KYAAA! MOKA!! Aoi: What did you do? Moka: Practicing my somersault. Aoi: WHA? SOMERSAULT?! You can do one?! pg 123 Moka: You never know if you can until you try! Unlike you, who CAN do something but just WON'T. Aoi: (I don't care if you get hurt again, so don't blame it on me!) Moka: % And so... % Time passed, with me unable to master the somersault... pg 124 Crowd: (Poor girl, getting cut up like that...) ()Why is she trying so hard?) Aoi: How long are you going to go on like this? Moka: Ahaha! It's really kind of funny now, huh? Aoi: Then stop it! Getting hurt that badly isn't something to laugh at! pg 125 Moka: No way. I won't quit. I won't quit until you start taking pictures again. Just go home, will you? You're getting in the way of my practice time! Aoi: I'm not here to get in the way. Moka: Then what are you here for?!! Moka: WAAH! pg 126 Aoi: ...geez. I can't watch you like this. pg 127 Aoi: W...hy...are you going so far? My pictures don't matter... because you've got the photo Ryou took. Moka: Because...I love... Your pictures. Aoi: W...why? Up until now you've always hated my panty shots more than anything else! Moka: % Because... pg 128 Moka: Don't you get it? Moka: % Because it's pictures that the person I love is taking...that % Aoi is taking... % Aoi...you're so insensitive...so... Aoi: What're you laughing for? Moka: % You don't get it... Moka: ...nothing. Moka: % This feeling that girls have, of wanting to know everything % about the one you love... pg 129 Moka: BACK TO PRACTICE!! Aoi: Wah! Aoi: (You stood up so faaast~ And it was my first flirty scene ever~~~) Moka: (You're not that kind of character!) I'll definitely get it right, so take a picture of it, okay? (I'm going to do it in front of everyone next time!!) Aoi: % Ah... ?: Here... pg 130 Aoi: Ryou... Ryou: Here's the camera and file you left in the club room. Take it, Aoi... Moka: % H... % He took it!! Aoi: I've gotta take pictures now... pg 131 Aoi: Because I'm glad...she didn't go to you... Moka: % Huh? Aoi: So it was you who took Kisaragi's photo. She's always wanted to meet you, y'know. Moka: % No!! % But that's not how it is... Moka: Aoi!! No, you're wrong- pg 132 Moka: Because I- Ryou: NO. The person...you've longed to meet... The one you've been looking for... Isn't me.