Reanimation taken from Maboroshi Yori Utsutsuna..., Pocke Series 93. ISBN4-05-601937-1 C9979, retailed at 524 yen. The original copyright: Kaim Tachibana and Gakken, 1996. First printing: July 26, 1998 % indicates lines not spoken $ indicates flashback lines [ ] indicates lines in handwriting or captions < > indicates sounds Translated by Nataku edited by Rabi, Ocarina, and Eikichi version 1.0, released 18th May 2000 P.1 [Christopher Anderson, age 32.] [Ralph Anderson, age 14.] [Fred Turner, age 15.] P.2 FRED %Owowowowowww--sharp pain but just for an instant.... %My body was surprised and paralyzed.... %But there was something.... %My mouth is filled with the taste of blood.... %Painful smells.... %And a loud ringing in my ears... but I can hear a voice calling me.... CHRIS Fred! Fred! FRED %Oh... it's Chris. CHRIS I don't want you to die! Didn't you say you'd be by my side forever?! P.3 CHRIS Didn't you say you'd protect me?! FRED %I'm sorry, Chris.... %I wanted to always be by your side.... %Chris.... %Am I going to die...? CHRIS No! Fred, you can't die! FRED %I don't want to die yet.... p.4 CHRIS If you die, I'll never forgive you!! FRED %I'm sorry.... %I'm sorry, Chris.... CHRIS I haven't even told you that I love you! FRED %...I'm sorry, Chris. CHRIS FRED!! FRED %I love you, Chris. %I can't feel my body. %It's like being in a dream. p.5 FRED %Even if I wake up from this dream, I'll never wake up. %My body is so light.... %I wonder if rising to heaven feels like this. %I'm dead. CHRIS Fred. Fred.... FRED %Chris is calling.... %I'm sorry, Chris. %I'm not by your side.... P.6 RALPH Papa! He just moved! Fred moved! CHRIS Really? RALPH He opened his eyes! FRED! FRED %Chris.... P.7 FRED Chris! %I was saved?! Thank God you're safe, Chris. CHRIS That boy is not Chris. He's my son, Ralph. The one who is Chris is me. Fred. FRED %EH?! P.8 FRED %EH?! [Who did you say....] %...if what he says is reality.... %He's an excellent scientist who returned me, who died eighteen years ago, %to life... apparently. CHRIS Right, that's it. FRED %I was dead? Can't be! %Really...? %Eighteen years... he's that Chris? %He has the same emerald green eyes as Chris.... %I don't believe it!! P.9 FRED %Eighteen years? %Eighteen years ago, I died in an accident at fifteen.... %I was returned to life.... %An adult Chris. %But I'm still fifteen. %I wonder why Chris brought me back to life. CHRIS $I haven't even told you that I love you! FRED %Th-that can't be.... RALPH What is it? Fred, you're blushing. FRED UWA-! P.10 FRED Don't surprise me like that, Chris! RALPH I'm Ralph. How many times are you going to keep making that mistake until you get it. FRED Ah, sorry. But, Ralph, don't you go to school? Or don't they have school in this era? RALPH There's school. But I don't attend.... FRED Eh? RALPH There's kind of a reason.... FRED Ralph...? KIDNAPPERS We found 'im! Doctor Anderson's son! P.11 RALPH Fred! FRED %Chris?! P.12 CHRIS $You promised me you'll protect me my whole life, Fred.... FRED I will protect Chris! P.13 FRED CHRIS!! P.14 [RALPH: Wa-!] KIDNAPPERS UWA-! FRED WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! %W-what's happened to me...?! CHRIS You understand the nature of the criminals. But there's no proof. They can't be arrested. Just like eighteen years ago. P.15 FRED Eighteen years ago? %That time's.... CHRIS It's all from research I inherited from my father. FRED That research... is this? CHRIS [Bingo!] FRED Don't give me that "bingo"!! [How could you just go and redesign a person!?] CHRIS I told you, I'd never forgive you if you died. And you said you'd protect me.... FRED So, is that why you brought me back to life? CHRIS I want you to protect Ralph. RALPH Papa. P.16 CHRIS $I haven't even told you that I love you! FRED Right, I'll protect him! %I wanted to always be by your side.... Chris, I'll make good on my promise! CHRIS Fred.... [You're just the same as you were back then....] RALPH Papa.... It's because he's not meek.... CHRIS Yeah.... FRED [I am the invulnerable Fred-sama!] p.17 CHRIS Fred. Fred.... I don't want you to die. Fred, there's something I haven't told you yet. %I love you, Fred.... FRED [So how about you make a beam that shoots from my eyes or missles that come out of my chest? And something from my elbow....] CHRIS [I'm happy that you're so defiant, Fred....]