"Chapter 3:" "Alone on the Mountain Village" "Sorry to keep you waiting..." "Beautiful weather today..." "The firewood will be dry." "Rurouni Kenshin OVA Series Tsuioku Hen (The Flashbacks)" "Translation by:" "Hiko/Hiro{\chffbbbb} (who is the MAN ^_^){\ch00ffffff} Editing/Timing:" "Hiko" "of course." "I'm sorry..." "I'm sorry..." "{\chffbbbb}Hm?" "I feel I've been neglecting you lately... it's nothing." "I don't mind." "But..." "I feel terrible..." "I want to grow some white radishes." "{\chffbbbb}Eh?" "but it's something I've wanted to do." "When I was young I helped grow them often." "I want to do it again." "Is that so...?" "Working hard I see!" "Hmm..." "Hmm..." "{\chffbbbb}What is it?" "it's just that you two really look like a couple." "I'll go plant now... did I say something bad?" "but anyway... but anyway..." "{\chffbbbb}Yeah." "Got some bad news." "because of what happened in the Bakan War." "Reorganize?" "are being forced to commit seppuku." "not a day goes by without someone committing suicide." "the Choshu managed to escape punishment from the government." "everything is pretty much level again." "But if this goes on... we're working on freeing Takasugi-san from jail." "he'll lead the Kiheitai into battle soon." "What of Katsura-san?" "I have no clue where he is." "They've nicknamed him 'Nige no Kogoro' {\chffbbbb}(Runaway Kogoro) no kidding." "all we can do now is wait." "from Katagai-san." "I'll leave these supplies for you." "Go sell some medicine to support yourselves." "Medicine?" "A merchant is much less conspicuous." "you know." "there are some nearby villages." "The medicine will help you to camoflage your journey." "you can reach Kyoto in a day." "But I don't recommend it..." "The Shinsen Gumi and Mimawari Gumi are hunting us down like mad." "The number of reformists they kill is way more than the amount you killed as the Hitokiri Battousai." "be careful." "Tomoe-san." "you're the wife of the medicine man." "I've forgotten about the Jugoya thing these past few years." "I saw some dragonflies..." "What are we going to do now?" "How long will we live here?" "It'll be a while." "That's all I know..." "I'd like to get back before sunset." "Are you ready to go now?" "I'm coming now." "I guess it's true a couple draws less attention." "I'm glad." "You left your dagger at home." "I did." "I'm the medicine man's wife." "It's getting cold." "Let's get going." "Great..." "Great..." "{\chffbbbb}Really?" "It's been a while since I've tasted something this good." "Yes..." "What's wrong?" "it's nothing." "Here." "Is that so... we should be patient a little longer." "you're tired of being a medicine man already?" "That's not it at all." "I don't like to kill people." "it has enlightened me greatly." "be careful that your skills don't weaken." "See ya." "Yeah...be careful..." "I'm sorry..." "I just don't like him." "I didn't even see him off..." "Oh no..." "After all that..." "It's because of the rain." "Don't worry." "At least half of them should survive." "It happens all the time." "But..." "do you?" "About my past or anything." "I feel bad your father doesn't know of this." "we are still living here as man and wife." "I couldn't say anything about it." "You are..." "{\chffbbbb}Hm?" "nothing... take this...a keepsake for you." "I'm sorry to have troubled you." "so that's why he went to join the Kyoto patrol groups... and that's why all this happened..." "Don't say things like that." "Think about how Tomoe feels." "Sis?" "What's wrong?" "Answer me!" "Sis!" "What's the matter?" "!" "Sis..." "Sis..." "When you aren't killing...how can you be so nice...?" "but we still have Battousai." "and we can finish him off." "it was him after all... and the color of his eyes have changed." "I'm impressed on how the plan has been executed so far." "it was Katagai..." "I think it's about time to put on the final touch before we proceed." "Enishi." "You've been waiting for this." "After the rain ends...it's your turn." "Yukishiro Enishi... sis!" "Enishi...?" "sis!" "Enishi." "Your brother?" "{\chffbbbb}Yes." "but I'm glad he finally came to visit." "right?" "I'll go tend the crops." "It's so great to see you." "Is father doing well?" "I guess." "When did you leave Edo?" "about a half year ago." "Enishi...who is taking care of you now?" "And how did you know we were here?" "I know...because I'm the informant." "right?" "we can finally bring Tenchuu down on the Battousai!" "right?" "right?" "In this god forsaken place..." "living with him..." "Go back to Edo alone." "Sis?" "!" "right?" "I won't let you do such dirty things." "I don't care about the family!" "I'm doing this for you!" "That's why..." "Enishi." "Please understand." "Why are you doing this?" "Why are you defending him?" "!" "He's your enemy!" "He's the one that took your happiness away!" "Please give father my best." "Please?" "Sis..." "Sis..." "{\chffbbbb}Please?" "I've told you where to meet them." "Damn him..." "If only he hadn't been..." "We got it done before winter." "Yes." "I didn't know if it would work." "But it looks like they'll be fine." "you just look like you're enjoying your food..." "I see." "you would really be living like this?" "Growing your own food and all..." "I've been thinking since I got here." "to protect everyone's happiness." "It also says to forge a new era with my sword." "I thought I could protect everyone with my hands." "I know now the best I can do is protect the life I have now." "And now I finally realize it." "I realize the truth." "and what I will be fighting for in the future." "That is the answer you have shown me." "Can I also talk for a while?" "Mm?" "..." "Sure." "and my father is a former samurai." "but he was a nice person." "My mother died of frail health shortly after Enishi's birth." "but his mother also." "He's a cute brother." "but we got by pretty well." "My engagment...was arranged for me." "and a childhood friend of mine." "but everything was set for the marriage." "But amidst the chaos in Kyoto he was killed." "so I went there as well." "And that's where I met you." "I'm sorry..." "I'm sorry..." "I..." "love you." "tomorrow you'll be able to go home with your sister." "won't she?" "that's right." "And then it'll all be over." "for you and I both." "Sorry." "There's just no way I can lose this gamble now." "Just a little more." "{\chffbbbb}Yes..." "This is the last journey here." "The next time we come will be after the snow melts." "But that's if things do not change by next year." "We should hurry." "You may catch a cold." "I..." "I...will..." "I...will......" "I...will......protect you." "I will...protect you." "my happiness disappeared." "I couldn't show my happiness in front of him." "because I didn't tell him my feelings." "If I'd had the courage to tell him..." "And the more I thought about it the more I felt I had to blame someone or something." "That's why I went along with the plan to kill you." "A woman like that...and you would still protect me?" "He was the second child of a former samurai... no matter what." "That is what I liked most about him." "I was truly happy." "I didn't do anything." "He never knew...how happy I really was." "But that was my fault." "Maybe I am destined to never be happy... you said when we first met." "Yes." "You also said there is no happiness gained through killing others." "Yes." "I must kill to pave the way for the new era." "I want to stop killing and find a way to protect people." "So I can protect the happiness of all that I can." "so I may atone for my crimes." "I can throw away my sword." "Tomoe..." "Yes?" "I will protect your happiness..." "Okay..." "This man stole my happiness from me... he also gave me a new happiness." "Goodbye...my second beloved one." "Tomoe?" "Iizuka-san!" "We found the spy..." "It was Tomoe." "What?" "Her accomplices are at the mountain shrine that way." "Tomoe is probably there too." "Take care of her." "No way..." "There is evidence...in her diary." "Diary?" "Remember the man who gave you the scar on your cheek?" "Tomoe was the woman he was going to marry." "he was killed..." "Next time on Rurouni Kenshin:" "Chapter 4:" "Cross Scar" "Available on VHS/LD 9/22/99"