Naruto Hiden Vol 1 Chapter 10

Ch. 10: 心 // Heart

 

Pages 132-133

While Kakashi continued to crawl along in the ventilation duct, Ino reports to him about the intentions of the Tsuchikage. He has almost arrived at the opening of the ventilation duct at the pilothouse. In approximately two minutes, the executions are set to resume.

In addition to considering that, Kakashi must keep in mind the Aobiko that is loaded aboard the ship. Kakashi is thinking to himself, ‘Damn it, where the heck did those guys stow the Aobiko?’. And then Ino resumes communications with him:

RAW English “カカシ先生、すぐにその船から逃げてください……綱手様は本気です、なにかあったら、本気で飛鯱丸を撃ち落とすつもりです” “Kakashi-sensei, immediately please escape from that ship…Tsunade-sama is serious: if something happens, she truly intends to shoot down the Tobishachimaru” “ありがとう、いの”ダクトの中を這い進みながら、カカシは答えた。”だけど、そんなわけにはいかないよ” “Thank you, Ino” While in progress of crawling through the duct, Kakashi responded. “However, that (sort of thing) is impossible” “でも！” “But-!” “お前がオレのことを心配してくれているように、この船に取り残された人たちにも、どこかで心配してくれている人がいる” “Similar to how you are concerned about me, somewhere, there are people who are also concerned about those who were left behind on this ship” “。。。。” “。。。。” “そんな人たちを簡単に見捨てるようじゃ、オレは火影になっても里の人たちを守れないよ” If I simply abandon such people, then even as the Hokage, I won’t be able to protect the people of the village”

Kakashi then jumps down from the opening of the ventilation duct. He soundlessly knocks out the enemy who is watching over the pilothouse. Both of the pilots, who are astonished, turn around to look at what has transpired. With a finger to his mouth, Kakashi shushes them. He then introduces himself as a shinobi from Konoha. The pilots nodded. At the window in front of them, they can see a sea of grey clouds that extend around them. He tells them to calmly maintain the current altitude of the ship as much as possible. He tells them that even if the enemy orders them to lower the altitude, somehow the pilots should deceive them: No matter what, please maintain the current altitude!

The reason for Kakashi’s request is because of the Aobiko. If there truly is Aobiko stowed aboard the ship, the enemy probably wants to detonate it at Houzukijyou (Blood Prison). The enemy ought to have prepared ahead for that scenario. There are members of the Ryuuha Armament Alliance who are on alert on the ground. They will take advantage of the chaos, and then use that opportunity to extricate Garyo. Thus, they will probably attempt to drop the Aobiko from the sky, from above Houzukijyou. In other words, in order to raise their accuracy rate of success, they must lower the altitude of the ship by any means.

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Kakashi then hears a commotion from the direction of the dining room lounge. It’s a woman screaming and crying for someone to please help! She says that her child has suffered from asthma since birth. Kakashi silently approaches the lounge, and hides next to a pillar. The child and lady have both been looking forward to boarding to Tobishachimaru, despite his condition.

She begs them : If they are to continue with executions, then please choose her next. In exchange, she wants for them to please save the boy. The mother is holding him in her arms.

Kakashi notices that the boy is the same person whom Guy had saved from almost being crushed by the piano. (=If you remember this minor detail from the beginning of Chapter 7: [Frozen Lightning]~)

Since Kahyo had created a hole in the hull of the ship, the onboard atmospheric pressure had suddenly dropped. The air had thinned…Kakashi then understood: that was the cause of the asthma attack and spasms.

Kakashi scans his surroundings in every direction. It seems from the previous commotion, about one-third of the passengers were ejected from the ship. There should be twelve enemies, but now they have decreased to only seven personnel. Kakashi had just knocked out another enemy a little while ago. If that guy wakes up, then there are eight enemies (the one who was guarding the pilothouse).

The mother is frantically appealing to the enemies . From the previous disturbance, the boy’s medicine was lost. At this rate, the boy will not be able to breathe anymore. He will die! Rahyo exhibits no emotions, and has cold eyes. He only looks down upon the mother and child. The mother continues to plead with him. However, Rahyo declares that they cannot land the ship just for the sake of that brat. He asks her if they are from the Wave Country, and what her occupation is. She responds that her husband is a doctor. Rahyo’s face then sparkles with cruel delight, repeating her answer.

Rahyo says that his nephew died because he was abandoned by the doctors of the Wave Country. He tells her to look at the woman standing nearby. It’s Rahyo’s younger sister, Kahyo. He tells her thatit’s Kahyo’s child who had passed away. The mother’s eyes are welling up with tears, and looks at Kahyo. Kahyo lowers her face downwards.

Rahyo laughs, and says that this will also be a form of retribution. Except this time, it will be their child who will be abandoned. Rahyo boisterously laughs, such that it hurts Kakashi’s ears. Kakashi then fixes his half-opened eyes back at Kahyo.

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Kahyo didn’t budge. Since she wasn’t wearing her mask, her long and curly hair had cast a deep shadow over her face. Before stepping out from the shadows of the pillar, Kakashi looked outside the window. He recognized the shadow of the bird that had passed by.

RAW English 「その子を助けてやれ」 “Spare that child” 「はたけカカシ!?」羅氷が、 殺気をみなぎらせた。「貴様、また性懲りもなく……」 “Hatake Kakashi!?” Rahyo’s bloodlust had swelled up. “You *****, still so incorrigible….” 「華氷」カカシはそれを無視して、呼びかけた。「お前はさっきオレに言ったな、『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』と……だけど、お前には分かるはずだ」 “Kahyo” Kakashi disregarded (Rahyo’s statement), and appealed (to her). “Some time ago, you said to me, ‘As for something like that, you cannot understand the sentiments of a parent whose child has been killed!’…….However, you ought to understand (this woman’s plight). “ 華氷の体が、ビクッと強張った。 Kahyo’s body suddenly stiffened. 「頼む、その子を助けてやってくれ」 “I’m asking you to please spare this child” 「バカか、お前は！」羅氷が怒鳴った。 「今度こそ、あの世へ送ってやる！」 “You’re an idiot!” Rahyo shouted. “This time, I’ll send you to the other world!” (/I’ll kill you) 「黙れ」 “Shut up” 「！」 「！」 カカシの眼力に圧されて、羅氷が固まった。 Rahyo stiffened because of the overwhelming vigor in Kakashi’s eyes. 「船を着陸させる必要はない」カカシは華氷に眼を戻し、「オレの仲間が、 この船について飛んでいる。そいつに、この子をあずけるだけでいい。。。その代わり オレが処刑されてやる」 “It is not necessary to make the ship land.” Kakashi’s eyes returned to Kahyo. “My comrade is flying around this ship. It’s fine to just entrust this child to that person...Instead, execute me” 長い髪の下から、華氷がにらみつけてくる。 From beneath her long hair, Kahyo was scowling. 「だったら、まずお前が死んでみせろ」横から口を出してきたのは、またしても羅氷だっ た。「ガキを釈放したとたん、お前の気が変わらないともかぎらん」 “If that’s the case, first of all, show (your sincerity) by dying” Intervening from the side, it was Rahyo again. “As soon as the brat is released, you might change your mind” 「。。。」 「。。。」 襲撃犯たちが、下卑た声で笑った。 The perpetrators of the raid laughed with a vulgar voice. カカシは躊躇しなかった。一瞬にしてチャクラを右手に集め、紫に放電する手刀を、自分の首筋にたたきつけた。 Kakashi did not hesitate. Instantly, he gathered chakra at his right hand. With his hand poised like a striking sword with purple lightning, he struck at the nape of his own neck. 羅氷が、ハッ、と息を呑む。 Rahyo held his breath with a ‘haa’. が、一番驚いたのは、カカシ本人だった。 However, the person who was the most surprised was Kakashi himself. 「。。。！？」 「。。。！？」 たしかに、紫電を発動した。なのに、手刀はぴしゃりと首を打っただけで、 血も出なければ、首がゴロンともげることもなかった。 Certainly, he had unleashed Shiden (Purple Lightning). And yet, he (thought that he) had only struck with a ‘pishari’ (/sudden whacking sound) at his neck with the edge of his chopping hand. If blood even wasn’t coming forth, then his head had not been lopped off with a ‘goron’ (/rolling off sound). 白熱していた右手が、たちまち冷えてゆく。 His right hand was incandescent. It suddenly grew cold. それどころか、足元から白い冷気が立ちのぼり、血管の中を氷の棘がこすっているかのような痛みが、全身に走った。 From where he was standing, a white chill was travelling upwards from his feet. The insides of his blood vessels felt as though they were being scrubbed by thorns of ice. Pain traveled though his whole body. 氷がビキビキビキと足を這い上がってくる。 The ice continued to creep upwards from his feet with a ‘bikibikibiki’ sound.

[T/N]

手刀 is literally hand-sword= ‘hand used like a sword in striking’= positioned like a chop. I shortened it the second time it was mentioned.

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RAW English 「！？」 「！？」 カカシはとっさにチャクラを全身に巡らせた。すると、すでに膝まで這い上がってきていた氷が、たちまち雲散霧消した。 Kakashi surrounded his whole body with chakra immediately. By then, the ice had already crept up until his knees. Suddenly, (the ice around his hand) vanished into mist. 「お前が死ぬ必要はない」華氷が静かに言った。「この子は助ける」 “It’s not necessary for you to die” Kahyo quietly said. “I will spare the boy”.

Rahyo becomes miffed at Kahyo because she took Kakashi’s words personally. She interrupts him and tells him to shut up anyway, as it’s not their objective to indiscriminately massacre people. She then peers into Kakashi’s eyes. She tells him that there is nothing he can do anymore.

Kakashi carefully kneads chakra. He asks Kahyo since when did she apply her jutsu on him? She responds that she did it when they first met. In order to board the Tobishachimaru, she was racing towards the platform, hiking up the hem of her long blue dress. ..Kakashi surmises that since he caught her when she had stumbled, Kahyo meant for him to fall into her trick.

Kahyo then approaches the mother and child. The mother was about to nod, and held up her son with her arms. At that moment, Kakashi saw Kahyo reflected in his eyes, who was embracing the child as if he was her own. Seeing her face in profile, he looks at Kahyo’s sorrowful face. The young boy is gasping for breath. Kahyo swung her arm, and created a crack in the ice that had stopped up the hole in the hull of the ship. It’s enough for one person to pass through. Since the onboard air pressure is the same as the atmospheric pressure outside, no one is getting sucked out of the ship.

As a cold wind blows inwards, Sai approaches the ship while riding on the back of a giant bird made from Choujyu Giga (Super Beast Imitation Drawing). Sai had assumed an offensive posture, preparing himself in order to attack at any moment if needed. While holding out the boy, Kahyo addresses him: if she sees Sai again, she will kill a hostage. Sai expressionlessly stares back at Kahyo. He leans forward to silently collect the boy.

Kahyo then turns back towards the mother, and addresses her. She tells the woman that she can go with her son. The mother is crying with tears streaming down her face, repeating ‘Thank you’ over and over. She takes Sai’s outstretched hand, and heads out of the ship. However, there is discontent and grumbling among the passengers who are left behind onboard the ship in the lounge. One is yelling that this exception is unfair to them.

 

Pages 140-141

The man is angry that the mother and child are getting preferential treatment. He scoffs that he ought to have brought onboard an ill child as well, then. Kahyo then blocks off the crack again with ice. Kahyo declares that it’s time for another execution anyway. She freezes the man who had complained. Afterwards, no one dared to open his or her mouth anymore.

RAW English 「お前にかけた地鎖連氷を発動した」華氷はカカシに向き合った。「凍りつきたくなければ、ずっとチャクラを練って、その熱を全身に巡らせるしかない」 “About when I activated the Jisarenhyou to envelop you” Kahyo (turned to) face Kakashi. “If you do not want to be frozen, you must always be kneading chakra. You have no choice but to (use that chakra to) surround the whole body with that temperature” 「なるほど……だから、チャクラを練ることのできない一般人は、ああもたやすく凍りつ いてしまうってわけか」 “I see…Therefore, if you are a normal civilian who is unable to knead chakra, then you will be easily frozen just like that.” 「チャクラを使って地鎖連氷を抑えているかぎり、お前はほかの術にチャクラを回せなくなる。つまり、はたけカカシ。。。」言葉を切る。「いまのお前は、ただの人だ」 “In order to (stop the progression) of Jisarenhyou, your chakra is preoccupied. Thus, you cannot use chakra to activate other jutsu. In other words, Hatake Kakashi…” Her words were cut off. “As you are now, you are a normal civilian” 「お前だったんだな……みんなを凍らせていたのは、羅氷じゃなくて、お前だったんだな」 “So it was you…the one who has been freezing everyone. It was not Rahyo. It was you.” 「地鎖連氷を使えるのは、私だけだ」 “Only I can use Jisarenhyou” 「なぜいままでオレに発動しなかった？」 “Why did you not activate it on me until now?” 少しためらったあとで、華氷の口から、ぽつリ、まつり、と言葉が滴った。 After hesitating a little, Kahyo trickled out (a few isolated words) from her mouth. その声は、 苦悩と、痛みと、悲しみにまみれていた。 That voice (was filled with) anguish, pain, and sorrow . (---Page Break Indicator---) ---(Kahyo begins her monologue)--- さっき、お前は言ったな、はたけカカシ。『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』と。 You said it a while ago, Hatake Kakashi: ‘Because in (the act of) continuing to live itself, always and at anytime, it’s a battle where one risks his own life.’ しかし、その戦いに参加すらさせてもらえない者もいる。 However, there are also people who do not even get to participate in that battle. 私たちが逃げ出した霧隠れの里がそうだった。 The Kirigakure (Mist) Village that we escaped from was like that. あまり知られてはいないが、霧隠れには、むかしから身分制のようなものがあった。一 番偉いのは、先祖代々霧隠れで生まれ育った者の家系。その次は、長い戦いの歴史の中で、 霧隠れに味方した者の家系。そして一番下が、私の家のように、霧隠れに倒されてやむなく併呑された家系だ。 I did not understand it very well, but in Kirigakure, there was something similar to a social caste system (that was implemented) from the olden days. The first distinguished caste was for those whose ancestral and family lineage was born and raised within Kirigakure. The following caste was comprised of the family lineages of those who were allied with Kirigakure during a lengthy history of battles. And thus for the lowest tier, like for those in my family, that caste was for the families of those who were defeated (in those battles) and unwillingly annexed into Kirigakure. 木ノ葉では、請け負った任務を、忍の実力に応じてふり分けているはずだ。 In Konoha, the distribution of contracted missions are supposed to be given in respect to the abilities of the shinobi. 霧隠れでは、違う。もっとも危険な汚れ仕事は……いつも、私のような最下層の者に回ってくる。実力など、まったく関係ない。 In Kirigakure, it’s different. As for the extremely perilous dirty-work…it was always given to people like me, who are in the lowest caste. It truly had nothing to do with one’s abilities and such. 里にしてみれば、私たちはいつ霧隠れを裏切るか分からない、いわば危険分子だ。だから、危険な任務を割り当てる。 From the perspective of the village, they do not know if or when we will betray Kirigakure. We were dangerous members (of the society), so to speak. Therefore, we were assigned perilous missions. 首尾よく任務をこなせば、それに越したことはない。 If we easily and successfully handled a mission, there was (nothing else) beyond that (to do anyway).

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RAW English たとえ不首尾に終わって、私たちが命を落としたとしても、それはそれで結構なことだというわけさ。 Even if (the mission) ended in failure, and even if we lost our lives, (the village thought that) it was a good thing in that case. いまの水影になって、状況はずいぶんよくなったようだが、少なくとも、私の時代はそうだった。先代の水影は、うちはマダラに操られていたという噂もある。とにかく、そんな霧隠れに愛想を尽かして、里を捨てた者も多い。 With the current Mizukage, the state of affairs seems to be very good. At least, it was said (to be improving) during my era. The previous Mizukage was rumored to have been manipulated by Uchiha Madara. Anyway, people were disgusted with the civility of (that period) of Kirigakure. There were even many people who abandoned the village. 桃地再不斬という名を、お前も聞いたことがあるだろう。 His name was Momochi Zabuza. You have probably also heard of that name before. 霧隠れの鬼人と呼ばれた男だ。 The man was called the Demon of Kirigakure. いち早く里を抜けた者のひとりだ。子供のころの彼は、とてもやさしい子だったと聞く。 知ってるか？霧隠れは、その昔、血霧の里と呼ばれていた。私たちは忍者になるために、ある試験を受けなければならないんだ。 He was one of the people who promptly escaped from the village. When he was a child, I heard he was very kind. Do you know about it? In the former days of Kirigakure, it was called ‘The Bloody Mist Village’. In order for us to become ninja, we must take a certain examination. 忍者学校の生徒同士の殺し合いさ。 The students of the ninja academy must murder their fellow peers. たぶん、お前もここまでは知っているはずだ。でも、その試験を受けさせられるのは、 私たち最下層の忍だけだということは知るまい。 Perhaps you ought to be informed (up to this extent) about (the exam), too. You didn’t know that only those of us shinobi from the lowest caste were forced to take that examination. その卒業試験で、まだ子供だった桃地再不斬は、百人を超す忍者予備軍の少年たちを皆殺しにした。 During that graduation examination, while Momochi Zabuza was still a child, he massacred over one hundred potential male ninja. そこからさ、彼が鬼人と呼ばれるようになったのは。そして、抜け忍となってからは……生きていくために、金で人を斬るようになった。最後は、どこの馬の骨とも分からないやつに、不意打ちを食らって死んだと聞いている。 And thus, that’s why he came to be called a Demon. And since becoming a nukenin……in order to live, he killed people for the sake of money. In the end, I heard that he was killed by somebody of an unknown origin, who had dealt a surprise attack (on Zabuza). 私の夫は、桃地再不斬の失敗を教訓にしようとした。里を抜けるのはいい。あんなところにいても、私たちのような者に未来はない。しかし、抜け忍たちが生活に困らないように、彼らが生きていける場所を波の国に作ろうとした。 My husband was trying to take a lesson from Momochi Zabuza’s failure. Escaping from the village was fine. Even in such a place, people like us have no future. However, we were trying to make the Wave Country into a place where we could live, in order to live as nukenin without trouble. 知ってのとおり、波の国には隠れ里がない。 As you know, there are no hidden villages in the Wave Country. 私の夫はそこに眼をつけた。隠れ里がないのは、忍が必要じゃないということではない。 波の国が忍五大国に依頼していた任務を、私たちが請け負うことができれば、抜け忍たちはそこで人間らしい生活ができるはずだと考えた。 My husband had set his eyes upon there. But it wasn’t the case that shinobi were inessential. The Wave Country commissions missions from the Five Great Shinobi Countries. If we were able to undertake (those missions), then the nukenin thought that they ought to , and then would be able to, live (in the Wave Country) under humane conditions. 夫の読みは、半分だけ当たった。 From my husband’s reading (of the situation), he was only half-right. 波の国の連中は、私たちに仕事を依頼するようになった。そのおかげで、私たちは生活ができるようになった。 Personnel from the Wave Country approached us in order to commission us for work. Because of that, it seemed as though we were able to live. だけど、汚れ仕事を請け負う抜け忍の集団に、敬意を払う者はいなかった。 However, as for the groups who undertook the dirty-work, no one paid any respect (to those kinds of people). 私の夫は、だんだん心が蝕まれていった。そう、あの桃地再不斬のように。 Gradually, (those sentiments) ate away at my husband’s heart. Already, he was similar to that Momochi Zabuza. 彼が桃地再不斬と違うのは、怒りを外に向けるのではなく、自分自身に向けたこと。 He was different from Momochi Zabuza though. Instead of turning towards rage, he turned towards himself. 夫は、酒に溺れるようになった。 My husband started to indulge in alcohol. ここから先は……ありきたりの話だ。酒を飲んで、飲んで、飲んで……ついに、ある夜、 海に落ちて溺れ死んでしまった。 From there afterwards….it’s a common story. By drinking alcohol, and drinking, and drinking….finally, on a certain night, he fell into the sea. He drowned to death.

 

 

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RAW English 夫の死をきっかけに、私は抜け忍の村を去った。小さな息子をかかえて、どうにか波の国の人間として生きていこうとした。 Triggered by the death of my husband, I left the village of nukenin. Carrying my small son in my arms, somehow or another, I tried to live as a normal human being in the Wave Country. いろんな仕事をした。つまらない仕事ばかりだったが、だれのことも傷つけることのない仕事に、私は満足していた。貧しいけれど、息子とふたりで人生を立て直せたと思った。 I did various work. It was dull work, but it was work that also did not harm anyone. I was satisfied with it. Although we were poor, I thought that I could rebuild my life with my son, with just the two of us. そう思っていたのに……。 Or so I had thought…. 息子の薄氷は、私の血継限界を受け継いでいた。 My son, Hakuhyo, had inherited my kekkei-genkai (/bloodline limit). ある日、友達と遊んでいるときに、その友達が、おそらくふざけてスズメバチの巣に石を投げた。 One day, while he was playing with a friend, that friend was probably messing around and threw a rock at a hornet nest. 怒ったスズメバチが襲ってきた。 The angry hornets then attacked them. 薄氷は、友達を救いたい一心で、だれにも教わらなかったはずの術を繰り出した。必死に友達を守ろうとした。 Hakuhyo wholeheartedly wanted to rescue his friend. So he unleashed a jutsu that wasn’t taught to him by anyone . He was frantically trying to save his friend. 薄氷は、彼の血に書き込まれている方法に従って氷の剣を作り出し、スズメバチから友達を守った。 According to the means that were written into his bloodline, he produced swords of ice. He protected his friend from the hornets. 自分がいくら刺されても、友達に襲いかかるハチを退治しようとした。そのおかげで、 その友達は、ほんの数か所刺されただけで済んだ。 No matter how many times he was stung himself, (Hakuhyo) was trying to exterminate the bees that were attacking his friend. Because of that, his friend was lucky enough to be only stung in a few places. だけど、薄氷は全身を刺されていた。 However, Hakuhyo was stung throughout his entire body. それから、どうなったと思う？ And so, what do you think happened? その友達は、薄氷を見捨てて、ひとりで逃げ帰ってしまったんだ。 That friend abandoned Hakuhyo. He scurried home alone. 日が暮れても家に帰ってこない薄氷を探しに、私はその子の家に行った。すると、まるで化け物でも見るような眼で見られたよ。薄氷が抜け忍の子だと分かっていたら、うちの子を遊ばせたりしなかった……母親にそんなことまで言われた。 When the sun had already set, Hakuhyo had not returned home. So I went in search of him; I went to the house of that friend. When I arrived, I was even completely judged and viewed as if I was a complete monster. Since Hakuhyo was then known to be the son of a nukenin, they would not allow him to play with their child. The mother had even said such a thing to me. それでも、私は子供たちがどこで遊んでいたか、どうにか聞き出した。 Nevertheless, somehow I received information regarding where the children were playing. 薄氷を見つけたのは、すっかり陽が落ちてからだった。薄氷は……息子は、ひとりぼっちで森の中に倒れていた。 When I discovered Hakuhyo, the sun had already set completely. Hakuhyo…my son…he had collapsed all alone in the middle of the forest. 体中が膨れてて……顔なんか、見る影もないほどだった。それでも、うわ言のように、 腫れな唇でつぶやいていた。 He was swollen throughout his body……even his face, to the extent that he was a shadow of his former self. But still, as if he was speaking like in a delirium, he was murmuring through his swollen lips. スズメバチの巣に石なんか投げちゃダメだよ……早く逃げて……早く逃げて……ぼくがハチをやっつけてあげるから。。。 ‘You shouldn’t throw such things like rocks at hornet nests….Hurry and run away…….Hurry and run away…. Because I’ll finish off the hornets….’ (---Page Break Indicator---) ---(Kahyo ends her monologue)--- 華氷が言葉を詰まらせると、食堂ラウンジが、水を打ったように静まりかえった。 カカシには、かけるべき言葉が見当たらなかった。 Kahyo choked up on her words. The dining room lounge suddenly fell silent and still. Kakashi could not find the words to say. 子供を持ったことがないうえに、オレは火影に……木ノ葉隠れの里の父親になることにも、二の足を踏んでいる。そんなやつの言葉なんて、 偽善以外のなにものでもない。 Besides, (I’ve never even) had a child before, but yet I’ll be the Hokage… Above all, I’ll even become the Father of Konohagakure Village. I’m experiencing hesitation. (If I become) such a guy who says words and things like that, I won’t be saying anything except hypocrisy.

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RAW English 華氷の眼は、乾いていた。 Kahyo’s eyes dried. 涙が流れるよりも、カカシには、 その乾いた眼のほうがずっと悲しかった。 To Kakashi, those dry eyes were even more sorrowful than eyes that were flowing with tears. 胸が締めつけられるほど虚ろな華氷の眼は、いくつもの見たくもない結末を見てきた者の眼だった。 Kahyo had a tightened chest and even vacant eyes. (It was the same as) several people who did not want to see (that sort of ending to her family history). そして、 あれは、桃地再不斬の最期を思い出した。 And then, (Kakashi) recalled the last moments of Momochi Zabuza. あれは、第七班としての、最初の任務だった。ナルト、 サクラ、それに、サスケもいたっけ。 It was the first mission as Team Seven. Naruto, Sakura—and moreover—Sasuke was there. 大工のタズナが無事に波の国へ帰るための護衛という、簡単な任務のはずだった。 They were to be escorts for Tazuna the carpenter on his safe return to the Wave Country. It should have been a simple mission. そこへ、海運会社の大富豪・ガトーという男が、再不斬と白を殺し屋として差し向けてきたのだ。 There was an extremely wealthy man named Gato. However, Zabuza and Haku were sent to as assassins (against Tazuna). 再不斬も白も、手強い敵だった。あのサスケが、死にかけたほどの強敵だった。 Zabuza and Haku were both formidable enemies. Formidable enemies to the extent where –that– Sasuke was on the verge of death. なのに、まさかあんな幕切れになるなんて…… ガトーの手下の雑魚どもに寄ってたかって刺し殺された鬼人・桃地再不斬、その最期の願いは、ただ白のそばで眠ることだけだっ た。 And despite that, by no means was such a scene the final act…Gato’s lowly subordinates had ganged up to stab the Demon: Momochi Zabuza to death. His wish in his final moments was only to die beside Haku. あのときの情景が。。。地面にならんで横たわる再不斬と白の姿が、死んだ息子を抱いて途方に暮れている華氷の姿と、重なった。 That scene from back then…It was the shape of Zabuza lined up and laying down on the ground with Haku. It was then overlapping (with the image of) Kahyo, who was at a loss for words, embracing her dead son. 「なぜお前にすぐ術を発動しなかったのか……」華氷の唇が薄く動いた。「もしかすると、 私はお前に私たちを止めてもらいたかったのかもしれない」 “So about why did I not immediately activate the jutsu on you…” Kahyo’s lips weakly moved. “Perhaps I might have wanted you to stop us” 「……」 「……」 「もう遅すぎるがな」 “But it’s already too late” オレになにができるだろう？カカシは、指の関節が白くなるほど、拳を強く握り締め た。どうすれば、この女の心を救うことができるだろう？ I wonder what I can do? Kakashi strongly and tightly grasped (his fingers into a) fist until his knuckles were becoming white. I wonder how I can save this woman’s heart? 「昔話はそこまでだ……」羅氷が命じた。「こいつをどこかへ閉じ込めておけ！」 “The legend ends here…” Rahyo commanded. “Imprison this guy somewhere!” 忍たちが、カカシを取り押さえた。 Shinobi seized Kakashi. 華氷はもう、こちらを見てさえいなかった。 Kahyo was already not even looking in his direction.

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