Custodio Angel Book II [7] Seph: kuraudo Cloud! [8] Seph: na... nanda koitsu wa Wha... What in the world is this?! konna yatsu ga ima made ittai doko ni?! Where has this guy been hiding all this while?! kuraudo Cloud! [9] Seph: kaifuku o... A cure spell... uo- Woah! kono mama dewa kuraudo ga If this goes on, Cloud'll... daibu hanareta hazu daga... suman kuraudo, kaifuku o kaketeiru hima wa nasasou da I should go as far away as possible, but... I'm sorry, Cloud. It looks like I won't have time to cast cures. [10] Seph: mou sukoshi mottekure Hang in there a little more! Cloud: sefi... ore mo... Sephi... Let me... anna bakemono wa mita koto ga nai... I've never seen a monster like that before... are wa... That's... Seph: sono karada dewa muri da, soko o ugokuna yo You can't do anything in this state of yours! Stay there and don't move! Cloud: are wa... That's... sefirosu!! Sephiroth!! [11] Seph: muyou da na kuraudo This isn't like you at all, Cloud... ano teido no yatsu ni yararete ugokenai towa nasakenai na Rendered immobile by a monster like *that*? How pathetic! omae wa hontou ni ore o taosu ki ga aru no ka? Are you sure you've got what it takes to defeat me? omae ni ataerareta jikan wa mugen dewa nai, koko de hateru no de areba omae no nakama ga daikuudou ni kuru made mo nai I haven't granted you an unlimited timespan to carry out the original purpose. If that's all you've got in you, then your friends won't even be able to make it to the Northern Crater. ore kara demuite shimatsu shite yarou I shall go finish them off this very moment. [12] Cloud: sasenai... I won't let that happen... o... ore wa... I... will... kanarazu omae o definitely defeat you! Seph: ...... naraba hayaku ore no moto e koi ...... Then hurry to where 'I' am! Cloud: ki ni natteiru koto ga atta There's something that bothers me... naze sefirosu wa 'ore' ga taoshi ni iku koto ni shuuchaku suru no ka -- ... Why Sephiroth is so adamant that 'I' should be the one to defeat him... ??: hayaku... Hurry... [13] Seph: bakana, kyuu ni haigo ni!? Impossible! How did he appear behind so quickly!? kuukan o idou shita to iu no ka!? Teleportation, is it... [14] Seph: dame ka, naraba... ! That didn't work? Then... faiga!! Firaga!! [15] [16] Seph: - tafu da na - - What a tough one - nani!? purotekuta- ga What!? The armour... mazui na... This isn't good... amari nagahiku to kuraudo ga... If this goes on for too long, Cloud'll... kuraudo!? Cloud!? mahou o tsukau ki ka?! Still in the mood to use magic?! - mucha o suru! - - Reckless boy! - sandaga!! THUNDAGA!! Cloud: sandaga! Thundaga! [17] [18] Seph: kuraudo!? Cloud!? oi- shikkari shiro Oi, hang in there! kuraudo! Cloud! Cloud: hikari? Light? Aerith: kuraudo... Cloud... Cloud: aa... earisu, konna tokoro ni ita no ka Aah... Aerith... so that's where you are... [19] Cloud: earisu, ore wa hoshi o tsukuu koto ga deknai kamo shirenai Aerith... I don't think... I can save the Planet... earisu ga mamorou to shita hoshi o... omoi o... The Planet Aerith strove so hard to protect... your prayer... ore wa... I... Aerith: kuraudo... watashi anata o sagashiteta... Cloud... I was searching for you... mizu no saidan no mae de mitsuketa wa And I found you... before the altar of water. anata jishin wa jibun o mitsukerareta no? What about you? Could you find yourself? Cloud: mi... mitsuketa yo, earisu... I... I did, Aerith... mitsuketan da! I found myself! dakedo hontou no ore wa yowakute... soruja- nanka ja nakutte... The real me, the weak me, the me who never got into SOLDIER... nasakenai... yo na ... the pathetic... me... [20] Aerith: hen na kuraudo How strange! mukashi no anata mo kago o wasureta anata mo ima genzai no anata mo Whether it was the Cloud of the past, the Cloud who forgot the past, the Cloud living now... miinna onaji kuraudo dearu koto ni kawari wa nai no ni You can't change the fact that every single Cloud is the very same Cloud! mukashi no nai ningen (hito) nante inai ja nai, mukashi yowakatta kara nani?! genzai no anata mo onaji ni yowai no?! If someone from the past is gone... he's gone, isn't he? So what if he was weak in the past? Are you still as weak as you were, right now? chigau yo ne, mukashi no yowai jibun o shitteru kara, anata wa tsuyoku natta nari kiru no dewa naku That's not true. Because you knew you were weak in the past, you came to know you couldn't change the future mirai (kore kara) mo kawatteku if you didn't become stronger... [21] Aerith: sono dore mo ga Come whatever may... kawaranai kuraudo toiu ningen nano yo ... Cloud will still be Cloud! This will never change. watashi mo... As it is for me... donna ni nageitemo, koi kogaretemo, kaeru koto no dekinai, kono yo ni nokosareta yuuitsu hito no kodaishu datta However much I lament, however much I yearn, I cannot change the fact... I am the last Ancient left on this Planet... hoshi o sukuu, minna o sukuu... subarashii koto yo ne? sono kimochi mo uso ja nakatta Save the Planet... save the people... sounds grand, doesn't it? And it isn't a lie either, this feeling... ho-ri- Holy... watashi shika dekinai koto dakara yarutte kimeteta no I decided to summon it, because nobody else could. sefirosu ga kuru no mo shittete ano basho ni hitori de itta yo Even knowing Sephiroth would come, I still went there alone. Cloud: earisu!! AERITH!! [22] Aerith: shini ni ittan ja nai kedo shini basho o erandeta, watashi no 'yakusoku no chi' o mitsuketa no I didn't go there to die but, I had chosen my place of death... I found my 'Promised Land'... ashita (mirai) no koto mo kangaete ta, yoku o ittara kiri ga nai kurai One who thought about the future... who talked about one's dreams to no end... umareru mae ni aru mugen no michi wa ayumu goto ni hette itte hito ni yotte wa, erabu dake no michi o ushinau Who was born with limitless roads in life to travel, who then chooses to walk on a diminishing path; this one thus loses the way to choose... sore demo watashi wa ikutsuka no michi no hitotsu o erande ikitai you ni ikita... Even so, I chose to walk in the path I wanted to walk in... sono koto ni koukai nante nai no I never regretted what happened then. Cloud: yamete kure! nande... Stop it! Why... naze mata kore o ore ni miserun da Why are you showing this to me again?! [23] Aerith: jibun de michi o erabe naku natte shimattara, erabu michi ga naku natte shimattara, sono hito wa mirai wa... owari wa doko ni aru no ka na If you no longer can choose the path to walk in... if the path to walk in no longer can be chosen... how can there be a destination? onore no nikushimi ni me o tozashitara shuui (mawari) ga nani mo mienai By covering one's eyes with hate, what else can one see around him? toki ni wa, tanin ga michi o tsukura nakereba naranai... ? Sometimes we have to... let the others choose for us, shouldn't we? [24] Aerith: sefirosu... anata wa... Sephiroth... You are... Seph: damare, kodaishu! Silence, Ancient! Cloud: earisu... ! Aerith... ! [25] Cloud: sefirosu! Sephiroth! nande... sonna hitomi de ore o mirun da... ?! Why... look at me with eyes like that... ?! kurushii... ... in pain... e... kami?! Eh? Hair?! [26] Seph: ... shinde... ... I thought... Cloud: e-... Eh? Seph: shinde shimau no ka to...... omotta ... I thought... you were gone for sure... shochi ga osokatta kara, kaifuku mo... Too late in handling the monster... and the cure spell... Cloud: ... hitomi (me) ga... ... his eyes... [27] Cloud: ima ni mo naki dashisou de kokoro ga kurushiku naru That expression... wanting to cry but unable to... you... make me feel terrible... Seph: daga yokatta... ki ga tsuite... kuraudo But thank goodness you've come to... Cloud... kuraudo!? Cloud!? naiteru no ka? Are you crying? Cloud: ... anta ga nakanai kara ore ga naite yatterun da I'm crying for you... since you won't cry for yourself... kikoeteta ano oto... kami no nagareru oto The sound I kept hearing... The sound of rustling hair... zutto soba ni itan da na, sonna sefirosu, nanka hen na kanji dakedo He was always by my side... though it's kindda weird, a Sephiroth like that... [28] Cloud: keshite iya ja nai It's not that it bothers me. hiyayaka na gin no kami mo hito no nukumori ga atte, shinjite ita goro o omoi dasu The seemingly cold silver hair holds the warmth of a person, too... reminding me of the time when I believed in him... akogareteita I admired him... hanashitakatta, ... wanted to talk to him... chikaku ni itakatta ... wanted to be close to him... sonna yume wa donna katachi de are genjitsu shiteru And that dream has... become some form of reality... dakedo kono mama ja genzai (ima) no ore no sagashiteiru mono wa mitsukaranai But if this goes on, I'll never be able to find what I'm searching for. sefirosu... ore sa... Sephiroth, you know... [29] Cloud: daiji na mono o takusan nakushite kitan da ... I've lost many dear things in my life... ima no ore no nozomi -- What I'm hoping for now - soshite sefirosu no -- What Sephiroth is hoping for now - hitori no otoko ni yotte, ooku no mono o ubawareta By one man, who snatched away from me many, many things... soits wa tsuyokute, ore no akogare datta I admired him. He was strong. soshite nikukute gamushara ni oikakete... So I chased him down, possessed by hatred... [30] Cloud: nanoni yatsu no temae de nani ka tarinai ki ga shite moyotte shimatta Yet before him I lost myself, feeling like there was something I couldn't figure out... nakama ga matteru no ni... Even though my friends are waiting for me... ore wa... I... Seph: kuraudo Cloud ore wa chousa ga sunda ijou, shinra ni modoraneba naranai Now that I'm done with the investigation, I have to return to the Shinra. omae sae yokereba If it's fine with you... isshoni shinra e konai ka? won't you come to the Shinra together with me? [31] Cloud: oshietekure, sefirosu! Tell me, Sephiroth! ima made ina no uchi dokoro mo nai you na tsuyoi otoko ga, a.ru. goto o kikkake ni ima made ni jibun o wasurete subete no hakai o nozumu monsuta- ni natte shimatte An irrefutably strong man has fallen prey to circumstance and thrown his sanity away, transforming into a monster, wanting to destroy everything! [32] Cloud: soitsu wa ore ni nani o nozomun da? naze ore o matsun da, moshimo Just what is he hoping for me to do? Why is he waiting for me?! WHAT IF! mo.shi.mo., anta ga so natte shimattara, ore ni nani o nozomunda? What if... you became like that one day... what would you hope for me to do? Seph: mo.shi.mo.... ka, muzukashii mondai da na 'What if'... that's a really tough question there. daga ore ga ore de naku natta toki... sono toki wa omae ga But if I should lose myself one day... if that ever happens... [33] Seph: omae ga ore o koroshite kure ... then you should come, and kill me. omae ni nara dekiru darou You should have the ability to do that. ore ga mizukara no te de jishin o korosu koto ga dekinakereba... omae ga sukutte kure, kakosu nowa omae dake da If I can't seem to be able to kill myself... then come and help me. I'd only allow you to do it. omae ni nara sore mo yurusou You'd want the same thing too, wouldn't you? [34] Seph: sonna toki ga kuru ka wa... wakaranai ga na Whether a time like that will eventually come... we wouldn't know. jaa na, kuraudo, owakare da Until then, Cloud. Time to say goodbye. aa, sore to mou hitotsu Aah. And there's something else. [35] Seph: tato dewa nakute, ore no nozomu goto ga attan da If the situation had been different, there's something else I'd hope for. kiite kure Lend me your ears. ore wa... I'd have... omae to tatakatte mitakatta ... wanted to have a duel with you. Cloud: sefi... Sephi... Seph: mata aou We'll meet again. sono toki koso If that ever happens... [36] Seph: omae dake ni kakosu -- I'd only allow you to do it - - kuraudo - - Cloud - Aerith: kuraudo... sukutte, watshi mo omoi (ho-ri-)... Cloud... please save Holy... Cloud: kore ga sagashiteita kotae nano ka!? Is this the answer I've been searching for!? Aerith: ... kyouki no naka ni kiekaketeiru ano hito o... ... help the person drowning in the depths of his insanity... [37] Cloud: earisu Aerith... Aerith: soshite anata jishin o ... and save... yourself... Cloud: sukuitte nan nan da!? ... just what does it mean to 'save'?! ??: kuraudo! Cloud! [38] Cloud: tifa, yufi!? Tifa... Yuffie!? Yuffie: chu- su Cheese! Tifa: go-... gomen ne kuraudo I... I'm sorry, Cloud! Yuffie: mukae...... chotto hayakatta ka na It's... a little early to be welcoming you back, but... Cloud: nanda, shinpai shite kita no ka? Hey, you came because you were worried didn't you? Yuffie: so-... sonnan ja...... ttsu - temo atashira dake ja nai mon ne - Th... That's not it! And... we're not the only ones, you know! - GIKU- - - OH NO! - [39] Yuffie: a- nigeta Ah! They're running away! Cid: - nan de barare yagaru- - - Why'd you give us away?! - Tifa: e- kuraudo?! Eh? Cloud?! Cloud: shi~~~ do~~~ Ci~~d... - to minna ~~~ - - and everybody - Cid: u - hyaaa Uhyaaah! yo- kuraudo, genkisou ja nee ka Yo, Cloud! Aren't you looking cheery today! Cloud: ore tte... I guess I'm... Cid: - haba naisu dei - - have a nice day! - Vincent: - nanka kowai - - he's scary! - [40] Cloud: nanka ore tte shinyou nai no na... ... just another untrustable felon out there... - gushi - - sniff - Cid: oi oi, kanben shite kure yo~~~ Oi oi... just gimme a break here, okay? Okay? Cloud: pu Pu Cid: kono yarou -- usonaki ka yo -- You nimwit! You were just faking it! - hahaha - - ha ha ha - Cloud: shuppatsu da Let's move out! [41] Cloud: mezasu wa kita no daikuudou Our destination is the Northern Crater. teki wa... Our enemy... sefirosu! Sephiroth! Everybody: ou! Yeah! [42] Vincent: yuube hitoban de nani ga atta no yara It looks like something big happened in that one night yesterday. Red: da ne Yeah. Yuffie: oro~~~ ki ni sunna yo oyaji, hageru yo Oro~~~~ don't put too much hair in it, ya old geezer, you'll become baaaald... - oeee - - urk! - Red: - uwa- shikkari- - - uwah! hang in there! - Tifa: nee kuraudo Ne, Cloud? [43] Tifa: sagashiteta kotae wa, mitsukatta no? Did you find... what you were looking for? Cloud: aa, mitsuketa Yeah, I found it. sore wa totemo daiji na It's a really important... [44] yakusoku dattan da ... promise, we made. [46] YAKUSOKU NO HI Tifa: doushita no What's wrong? Cloud: ...... kanjiru... ... I feel it... aitsu wa... He's... Tifa: kuraudo?! Cloud?! Cloud: mada iru, mada... ... still there, still... wa, waratteru...... ... la... laughing away... Tifa: kuraudo CLOUD! [47] Seph: kuraudo... itsuka mata futatabi deaou Cloud... we'll meet again, sometime in the near future... [48] Seph: - sono toki koso - - When that time comes - - ore to - - let us - [50] TENSHI NO TAMAGO Zack: you kuraudo, aikawarazu kawaii na Yo, Cloud! Still as cute as ever, aren't you? Cloud: zakkusu Zack... Zack: iyami ka, sore 'chiisai' tte ieba ii daro You don't like it? So it's okay I call you 'little' then? nja 'chiisai' ne Ja, 'little', then! - hyoe- - - hyoee - - fairu no kado wa - - the file's cardboard - - itai zo - - hurts! - Seph: zakkusu Zack. - nani o shite iru - - what are you doing? - Zack: ou, sefirosu Oh, Sephiroth! - kocchi kocchi - - over here! - Cloud: - uwa- sefirosu-san da - - Uwah! It's Sephiroth-san! - [51] Seph: ...... ! ....... ! kuraudo!? Cloud!? Cloud: e- Eh? ano... kuraudo. sutoraifu desu... nande namae... My... name is Cloud Strife, how did you know... Seph: chigau... no ka? Am I... mistaken? omae... nenrei (toshi) wa? How old are you? Cloud: e... ju... juu yon desu. Eh... fo... fourteen... - wa... zakkusu yori dekkai - - waaah... he's even taller than Zack! - Zack: oi oi~~ Oi oi! [52] Zack: nanpa ka? ossan Are you trying to hit on the boy? - ya- ne yueteru otoko tte - - i did mention he was male didn't i - Seph: soruja- shibou ka? Do you wish to get into SOLDIER? Cloud: ha- hai- Y.. Yes! Seph: sou ka... Is that so... daga soruja- ni naru nowa muzukashii But it's really difficult to get into SOLDIER... a.i.tsu. wa jibun wa soruja- dewa nai to itte ita -- He said, that he wasn't from SOLDIER... Cloud: wa- wakattemasu, dakedo ore I... I understand! But I, anata mitai ni naritakute shinra ni! joined Shinra to become like you! Seph: omae wa soruja- ni narenai kamo shirenai Maybe you won't be able to make it into SOLDIER... [53] Seph: daga But nenrei (toshi) mo, seikaku mo chigau The age and attitude... all wrong... Cloud: - sonna koto iwanaku tatte... - - I wish he wouldn't say that... - Seph: tsuyoku nare, ore o taoseru gurai ni na You can become strong. Strong enough to defeat me! Cloud: e- eh... Seph: sore demo kidai sezu ni irarenai But still I eagerly anticipate. Cloud: ee- !? EH!? - nani sore - - what was that? - [54] Seph: nana nen go ga tanoshimi da na I'm looking forward to 7 years later. Zack: dou shitan da sefirosu wa? What's up with Sephiroth? Cloud: ... ? ... ? - nana nen go? - - 7 years later? - Zack: - hen nano - - weird! - yagate kuru hi no unmei no rin wa And so the wheel of destiny turns on it's axle ima kuri hajimeru for the day that, before long, shall come to be... 20/5/01 romanji - 3/9/01