Marble Kids Chapter Five ran in Ribon September 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 134 Moka: % Ryou-kun isn't the one I've longed for...? Ryou: ...sorry. It was...a lie... Aoi: You! pg 135 Moka: No, Aoi!! Aoi: Don't you know?! How much she's been wanted to meet this guy she's been longing for... So why'd you lie to her!! Think about her feelings a little! Moka: Stop it! pg 136 Moka: Don't fight! Not when you were almost about to make up... pg 137 Ryou: I'm such an idiot...when we had our chance to make up, too... When...he finally took back his camera, too... Sorry... pg 138 Hana: MMM~~~! NICE WEATHER!! Well, in our uniforms... With our lovely pom-poms... And with BRILLIANT, GLITTERING SMILES~~~! We're sure to win!! Right, Moka!! pg 139 Hana: Hey~~! Moka, you're not ready at all! Hurry up, get changed, grab your charm, and come on out ready to go!! (I'm going on to practice ahead of you.) Moka: (Yeah, yeah.) Moka: % But still... % The person I've lonnged for isn't anywhere at all... % And Aoi won't come now... Moka: Coming~ pg 140 Aoi: Hey! It's the star today!! Moka: Aoi... Moka: % N...No way... % He came... Moka: Y-You brought your camera, right? (And your file?) Aoi: Of course- for the future cameraman Aoi to be fully revived, he had to bring his camera, right~ Moka: I'm glad...I didn't think you'd come... Aoi: Huh? But... pg 141 Aoi: How could I miss all the cute girls in their uniforms at this competition~~~ (I haven't taken panty shots in sooo long~~) Moka: No~~~~ooo! You're going to take a picture of my somersault today!! (Take it seriously!!) Aoi: D...don't hit a person with their photo file! Moka: (S-Sorry...) Moka: WOW~! pg 142 Moka: So your father was a famous photographer~! Kyaa, that's so cool~~! Ooh, so then... The picture of my somersault might win a prize or something, and you could have it published in a magazine~~~! It's so cool- why'd you ever stop taking pictures anyway? It's such a waste! pg 143 Moka: % ....I wonder why. % What happened for Aoi to really stop taking pictures... Aoi: It's not like I always took panty shots... I really used to like taking pictures. It was crazy, how I'd keep on taking pictures day after day. I wanted to show them... Show the people who just said it was because I was the son of a famous photographer... Show them that I could win on my own, even without standing in my father's shadow... pg 144 Aoi: But no matter how hard I tried on my own, and no matter how many prizes I won... The name of the "son of a famous photographer" always got in my way... Nobody would look at my pictures. People: $ "I heard he's the son of that photographer, Matsuyuki $ Kiichi..." $ "So it's natural that he won." $ "His father was one of the judges, wasn't he?" $ "I'm jealous- I wish my parents were famous." $ "He's lucky- having his future already decided." pg 145 Aoi: ....I was always jealous... Seeing how you thought that photo was so important, without even knowing who had taken it... Even more that winning prizes or talent, I wanted just one person... To look at my pictures that way.... pg 146 Aoi: I knew I was just lying to myself by taking panty shots, but... I really...was always scared... Of taking serious pictures again... Hana: Ooh~! Many formidable enemies, as expected... But!! Our cheerleading club, Kouyou High, is number one in the prefecture!! And~!! We're going to show everyone we're the best in Japan~!! Banner: Aiming to be best in Japan pg 147 Moka: "Best in Japan"...more like I'm the most unreliable cheerleader in the world... I couldn't help at all...I couldn't say, "Do your best"... And it's not like just a somersault could make Aoi feel better... Moka: % I'm the one who's relying too heavily on something else... Hana: Well, all we really can do is cheer others on from far away. (Tell them to do their best.) People out there have to stand on their own in the ennd. But that's exactly why we should never give up on cheering them on! pg 148 Hana: Because you've gotta believe that we're "helping them somehow". Announcer: All participants in the cheerleading competition, please... Moka: Aoi!! pg 149 Announcer: ...all cheerleaders from Kouyou High.... Moka: I don't think I can help you by doing this, but... But I was happy when you held me... Announcer: Repeat, those from Kouyou High... Aoi: Hey, they're calling you- go on. You have your charm, right? Don't forget like you did that day. pg 150 Moka: Yeah... Announcer: And now...Kouyou High's cheerleading club. Aoi: Why's...her charm here? Aoi: % Back then, she must have... Aoi: ...that idiot, what's she doing? pg 151 Girl: Isn't Kisaragi-san acting strange? Crowd: (She looks kind of depressed, huh?) (Can she do that somersault that way?) Girl: She just looks down- she's not her usual entergetic self. Moka: % It's just like that time... % I can feel everyone's eyes on me, hear them laughing... % I wonder if I really can't go on without my charm... % I'm scared...I can't go on... Girl: $ What's wrong with her? $ She just looks at the floor when she dances. pg 152 Aoi: % I saw her then. % She seemed sad, and she had no self-confidence, but... % More than anyone else, she was dancing her best... % That girl, who for that moment, was more brilliant than % anything else... Aoi: Could it be... Ah... pg 153 Aoi: That charm that was so important to her... It was my picture... pg 154 Girl: (Why isn't she dancing?) Girl: (Kisaragi-san, what's wrong?) Aoi: TRY YOUR BEST! MOKA!! Because I'll take that picture of your somersault!! pg 155 Girl: Yeah! She always cheers us on at the games! Girl: So let's cheer her on today! Crowd: Good luck, Moka-chan! Moka-chan! Don't lose~! Good luck! FIGHT!! Moka: % These cheers...I didn't hear before... Moka: Everyone...came... pg 156 Moka: % I'm not alone anymore... Hana: Moka! Moka: % I have to say goodbye to the weak me...! pg 157 pg 158 Moka: % I...I did it!! Aoi: (Geez...) You left your charm behind on purpose, didn't you? Moka: (Aha...) Aoi: But...because of that, I decided... Aoi: I'm going to start taking pictures again. I'm not afraid anymore, even if nobody looks at my pictures at all. Moka: % Huh...?! pg 159 Aoi: Because my picture was always so important to you... Now I know that even though you were always helping me, I was able to be of help to you. Moka: % That picture.... Aoi: You're the reason I'm happy again. So if you're not smiling, I won't be happy either. ...I love you. Always...always... Moka: % Aoi took it... pg 160 Aoi: I love you!! Moka! pg 161 Moka: Me too! Moka: % I love you! Nanase: Ahhh~! So this is how it ends... (What about my feelings?) Oh well. He's been rejecting me ever since middle school anyhow! Aoi: But....I don't remember sending this to a magazine... Moka: Huh?! Ryou: I stole it!! pg 162 Moka: Aoi, you said it before, right? That having the name of a son of a famous photographer always got in your way, right...? I think Ryou-kun wanted to prove it to you... That you could win on your own, without having to stand in the shadow of your father.... Because he's your friend... Aoi: Ryou. pg 163 Aoi: Thank you... Moka: % I can go on without my charm now. % Because I have everyone else... % Because they've given me so much happiness... % So next time.... pg 164 Moka: % I'll pass it on to everyone else! Moka: FIGHT!!