Naruto Hiden Vol 1 Chapter 7

Chapter 7:「凍てついた雷」Frozen Lightning

 

Pages 102-103

RAW English 「氷遁・地鎖連氷!」 “ Hyouton: Jisarenhyou!” ( Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice!) 華氷が印を結び、手のひらを床にたたきつける。 Kahyo concludes forming seals, and struck a palm onto the floor. 氷の結晶が、蛇のようにカカシのほうへのび出す。結晶は、たちまち巨大なつららとなって、牙を剥いた。 Ice crystals begin to extend towards Kakas.h.i.+ like a serpent. Suddenly, the crystals became huge icicles, (as if) baring fangs. カカシも、すかさず応じる。 Kakas.h.i.+ responded without a moment’s delay. 「紫電！」 “s.h.i.+den!” (Purple Lightning) 床に手のひらをたたきつけた。薄紫の電流が、大量の酒がこぼれている床を伝い、バチバチと爆ぜながら、氷の牙を迎え撃った。 He struck the floor with the palm of his hand. The light purple electrical current travelled along the floor, which had a copious amount of sake spilled upon it. While popping and crackling with a ‘bachibachi’ sound, (Kakas.h.i.+’s attack) a.s.saulted the fangs of ice. ドオオオオオンッ！ Dooooooooon! (Boom!) はげしく衝突した氷と雷が、船を揺るがすほどの大爆発を引き起こした。 The ice and lightning violently collided, which then shook the s.h.i.+p since it had induced a huge explosion. 悲鳴をあげる搭乗客たち。 The pa.s.sengers screamed.

The grand piano gets blown away by the blast. It heads toward a child who has failed to escape it’s trajectory. Luckily, Guy quickly soars into the air to rescue the boy, holding him in his arms by a full-throttle of his Power of Youth (=literally 青春パワー全開). The piano crashes into the wall, which greatly shakes the chandelier on the ceiling. Guy returns the sobbing boy to his mother, and then glares at Rahyo. Rahyo then laughs while rus.h.i.+ng at Guy. Fist after fist and kick after kick…every five minutes, it seems as though the intensity is increasing for their battle. They continue to clash for ten, twenty, and then thirty more fists.

Meanwhile, Kakas.h.i.+ is eyeing his enemy. He asks if Kahyo is indeed Garyo’s personal bodyguard from two months ago. Kahyo dodges the question, saying that they shouldn’t have thought of that as a victory for Konoha. Kahyo is calmly responding, saying that their message should have reached someone already. Someone ought to make the next move. So in that respect, their group’s will would continue to be inherited by others, especially since they are sacrificing their lives for their ideals.

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Kakas.h.i.+ responds first:

RAW English 「我龍はただの理想主義者だ。理想主義者の厄介なところは、その理想のためなら、世界をも焼き尽くしてしまうことだ」 “Garyo is merely an idealist. As for the burdensome position of being an idealist, and if it’s for the sake of that ideal, (he would) also completely burn the world to nothing.” 「こんな世界など。。。」 “Such world and so forth…” 「滅んでしまえばいい」 “It would fine, should it be destroyed?” 「。。。」 「。。。」 「そう言いたいんだろ？」 カカシは敵に半眼を据えた。「うちはマダラも、そしてオレの親友だった男も、たぶん、 そう考えていた。だけど、じつはやつらが一番この世界を愛していたのだと、オレは思っている」 “That’s what you wanted to say, right?” Kakas.h.i.+, with his eyes half-open, fixed his gaze upon the enemy. “Uchiha Madara as well. And then a man who was my close friend too. It seems that perhaps they thought (about it like that). However, to be honest, I think that it’s because those guys loved this world the most.”

Beneath the mask, Kakas.h.i.+ senses that Kahyo’s eyes are reacting to his statement. Kakas.h.i.+ continues that he heard from Naruto that because of the Wave Country, they lost a child. He says that if that’s the case, then it’s natural and understandable to feel like that about the world.

RAW English 「忍なんかやってれば、だれでも愛する者の死に、いずれ直面する」 “Sooner or later, as long as one is doing things as a s.h.i.+n.o.bi, (every s.h.i.+n.o.bi) will be confronted with the death of someone whom they love” 「薄氷は……息子は、戦で命を落としたのではない！」 “Hakuhyo…(my) son didn’t lose his life because of the war!” 「。。。」 「。。。」 「薄氷は……薄氷は……波の国のやつらに殺されたんだ！」 “Hakuhyo…Hakuhyo…He was killed by those guys from the Wave Country!” 「がから、お前は波の国に復讐を誓ったのか。。。？」 “So because of that, you swore revenge upon the Wave Country…? 「忍としての死は、忍自身が選んだものだ！」華氷が吼えた。 “Regarding death as a s.h.i.+n.o.bi, (the manner of death) is something chosen personally by the s.h.i.+n.o.bi for himself!” Kahyo yelled. 「忍になる時点で、死ぬ覚悟はできている……私は……私と兄上は、薄氷にそんなふうに生きてほしくなかった。だから抜け忍となって、波の国に身をひそめた。だれも傷つけることのない、静かで、争いのない生活を望んだだけなのに。。。」 “When one becomes a s.h.i.+n.o.bi, one can be prepared to die. ..For me…As for me and my older brother, we did not wish for Hakuhyo to live in such a manner. And so, in becoming nukenin, we concealed ourselves in the Wave Country. Only desiring to live without injuring anyone, in peace, and without conflict…” 「お前は間違っている」 “You are wrong” 「。。。！？」 「。。。！？」 「生きているかぎり、オレたちは戦い続けなければならないんだ」カカシは言った。「忍だろうが、ふつうの人だろうが、そんなことは関係ない。クナイをふり回すのも、札束をふり回すのも、同じことなんだよ。生きていくことそれ自体が、いつでも命がけの戦いなんだ」 “Because as long as we live, it’s as if we cannot help but continue to battle.” Kakas.h.i.+ said. “I suppose it has nothing to do with whether or not one is a s.h.i.+n.o.bi, or if one is an ordinary person. Even if one brandishes a kunai around, or even brandishes a roll of money around, it’s the same thing. Because in (the act of) continuing to live itself, always and at anytime, it’s a battle where one risks his own life.” 「うわあああああ！」華氷が奇声をあげて、突っ込んでくる。「お前に、なにが分かる！？」 ”Uwaaaaah!” Kahyo raised a strange voice and then retorted. “As for you, what do you understand!?” 「。。。！」 「。。。！」 繰り出される攻撃を、カカシは冷静にさばいてゆく。敵の拳が空を切り、ブロックされ、 蹴りはカカシの残像を割った。 Kakas.h.i.+ calmly continued to handle the attack unleashed (by Kahyo). The enemy’s fist cut through the air. It was blocked. A kick cleaved the afterimage of Kakas.h.i.+. 「仲間の死と、血を分けた子供の死はまったく違う！」 “As for the death of a comrade, the death of a child (of one’s own) flesh and blood is completely different!”

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Kakas.h.i.+ stoops lower, as he parries a rotating kick from Kahyo. Kakas.h.i.+ continues:

RAW English 「仲間を失った悲しみなど、いずれ時が解決してくれる!」肘打ちを、掌底で押し上げる。 “As for the sorrow of losing a comrade and such, eventually time will resolve it!” He pushes up the bottom of his palm (to counter) an elbow strike. 「お前なんかに、子を殺された親の気持ちが分かってたまるか！」 “ As for something like that, you cannot understand the sentiments of a parent whose child has been killed!” 突き出された拳を、カカシはガシッと摑んだ。 Kakas.h.i.+ firmly catches an oncoming fist (from Kahyo’s attack). 「だったら、なぜ他人の子供の命を奪おうとする？」 “If that’s the case, why are you trying to take away the life of someone else’s child?” 「！？」 「！？」 先ほどガイが助けた子供が、おびえた目でこちらを見つめていた。 The child whom Guy had rescued a while ago was staring at their direction with frightened eyes. 「お前たちが処刑した人たちだって、 だれかの子供だろ」カカシは言った。「お前のその悲しみは、たとえ世界を滅ばしても、消えてなくなりはしないよ」 Even for those people whom you guys have executed, they were someone else’s child, right?” Kakas.h.i.+ said. “As for your sadness, even if the world is destroyed, it won’t vanish.”

Kahyo screams again and cuts off Kakas.h.i.+’s words. Kahyo strikes both palms at the floor again.

“ Hyouton: Jisarenhyou!” ( Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice!)

Kahyo generated an even more enormous icicle, one that could not even compare to the ones from before, which then surrounds Kahyo. It’s as if Kahyo wanted to freeze all the pent up emotions: the attack was like a blooming flower of ice. To escape the fangs of ice, Kakas.h.i.+ retreats with a backflip. Not only him, but Rahyo, Guy, and the pa.s.sengers must all escape from the attack. The ice petals gradually continue to spread. The swords of ice pierce the ceiling, lift up the floorboards, and penetrate the walls of the s.h.i.+p’s hull.

Rahyo shouts at Kahyo to stop. They’re still flying above the sea. The voice doesn’t reach Kahyo though (=who’s pretty much mentally lost it as this point), as Kahyo further emitted even more chakra and vigorously augmented the force that was put forth into the flower of ice.

Boom!

Rahyo jumps over the icicles, and is then forced to strike Kahyo in the abdomen. Kahyo then collapses into Rahyo’s arms.

Boom!

...But it’s too late.

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The jutsu ends simultaneously as Kahyo loses consciousness. Before the ice flower had vanished into a mist, it had created a gigantic hole in the hull of the s.h.i.+p. There’s a sudden difference between the air pressure aboard the s.h.i.+p. Air flows from a situation of high pressure to a lower one. It’s a thin atmosphere at 5,000 metres above the ground. There’s a thunderous roar. Instantly, the air within the dining room lounge is getting aspirated out!

One by one, pa.s.sengers are getting sucked out of the hole in the s.h.i.+p’s hull!

Plates, forks, knives, spoons are scattered about. There’s woodchips of shrapnel and bottles of sake among many articles of furniture brought onboard for the sight-seeing flight. The chandelier is barely dangling by a few wires on the ceiling.

The wind is erasing the screams of the pa.s.sengers.

Rahyo continues to grasp onto Kahyo, as he's holding onto a nearby pillar. Guy is yelling, as he’s floating in the air. Kakas.h.i.+ calls out to him, and stretches out his arm. He manages to catch Guy’s hand, but with his broken index finger, he’s unable to exert much power against the air current (=he says “s.h.i.+t!”). Somehow, he’s able to catch a powerline that’s protruding through the hole in the wall. They’re both now dangling on the exterior of the s.h.i.+p.

RAW English まるで破れた旗のように、カカシとガイの体が風にいたぶられる。上下左右が恐ろしい速さで入れかわり、何度も船体にたたきつけられた。 Similar to a completely torn flag, Kakas.h.i.+ and Guy’s bodies are tormented by the wind. They were being jostled left and right with dreadful speed. Over and over again, they were struck against the hull of the s.h.i.+p. 「カカシ、手を放せ！」ガイが吼えた。「このままじゃ、お前も落ちてしまうぞ！」 “Kakas.h.i.+, let go of my hand!” Guy barked. “As it is, you’ll fall too!” 「あ、暴れるな、ガイ。。。」 “Ah…don’t be hasty, Guy…” 「ええい、放せ！オレなら大丈夫だ！これしきの高さ、青春パワーをもってすれば、 どうってことない！」 “No, let go! I’ll be alright! At such a height, if it’s through the Power of Youth, it won’t matter at all!” 「ね、寝言は。。。寝てから言うものでしょうよ」 “Tha- that’s nonsense….That’s probably something you’d say out of being nonsensical ”

Kakas.h.i.+’s grip on Guy is loosening, same as with his hand and fingers on the powerline. No matter how much power he’s putting forth into his effort, there’s a ズルズル (zuruzuru) sound of dragging from his failing grip. There wasn’t anything Kakas.h.i.+ could do about it.

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RAW English ”カカシ先生？聞こえてますか、カカシ先生？” “Kakas.h.i.+-sensei? Can you hear me, Kakas.h.i.+-sensei?”

Ino is able to connect to Kakas.h.i.+! However, the sight of falling pa.s.sengers are grazing at the edge of Kakas.h.i.+’s eyes. Ino tells him that the people who were attacked at the commemoration ceremony are under their care.

Something akin to a leaf blows by. It’s like a white petal.

Ino repeated again, asking if Kakas.h.i.+ can hear her. Tsunade-sama informed the Wave Country about the attack on their citizens a few moments ago. Kakas.h.i.+ focuses on what just blew by. It looks like a mask with a hook pattern on it. He realizes that it’s the mask of Kahyo. Kakas.h.i.+ somehow is then able to detect Kahyo in the middle of the crisis. Inside the s.h.i.+p, still in the dining room lounge and in Rahyo’s arms, Kahyo is completely limp.

He can see long, curly hair being tussled by the wind.

Ino continues asking questions. Among the people in the Ryuuha Armament Alliance, what’s the breakdown of the twelve people? It’s eleven men, and one woman… Ino seems to pick up on Kakas.h.i.+’s tone in his response. She asks him again, is he listening? Can he confirm their numbers?

RAW English 「！？」 「！？」 その瞬間、全てが消え失せた。 In an instant, everything vanished. 音も、風も、時間までもが。 Sounds, the wind, and even time. ついに送電線が手から滑り抜け、ガイとともに落下していくカカシが最後に眼にしたもの。。。 Finally, his hand had slipped out of the power line, and Kakas.h.i.+ continued to fall together with Guy. As for the last thing in his eyes… “。。。女性がひとりです” (Communication with Ino) “…There’s one woman” それは、あの青いロングドレスの女だた。 It was –that- woman in the long blue dress.

//End Translation

//End chapter 7