Editing Dokuro-chan:Volume1 Chapter2 (section)

=== 4 ===

“Shizuki-chan, your medium coke.”
 
“Thanks.” 

Shizuki places the jacket she just took off on her legs and sits on the seat to my left; on my right is Dokuro. (Who is sleeping soundly.)
 
This is the dark yet cooling interior of the cinema. Up front is the main screen with curtains hanging, our current location is at the centre of the seats.
 
After making that decision, I tried my best to wake up Dokuro, but she never regained consciousness. Without a choice, we had to hail a cab to get here.
 
After receiving the coke from me, Shizuki sucked on the straw immediately.
 
“Huh……?” 

Shizuki lets go of the straw and asks,
 
“What is the matter? Sakura-kun? Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?” 

“N-no…… Nothing……” 

I quickly turn my head that was looking at Shizuki, mesmerized by her, to look forward------ 

“Oh….. Hmm……” 

Shizuki turns to look forward as well, with a doubtful look on her face.
 
While I locked myself in the toilet, and as I was coming back to my seat, I had been thinking.
 
How to confess to Shizuki?
 
Yes, that is the way.
 
I began to take action.
 
I used my fingertips to confirm the protrusion of a tiny box in my pocket.
 
I kept thinking.
 
If I do not clearly express my overflowing love for her, then this kind of heart-throbbing relationship will eventually disappear without a trace one day.
 
Furthermore, I have that pest Dokuro who always follows me around. I can predict that this situation will only make my relationship with Shizuki change at an accelerated rate.
 
So, I must take action before things go that way, and now is the time! 

”Err……”
 
”By the way……” 

Shizuki and I opened our mouths almost at the same time……! Nervousness spread through my body, we both turn simultaneously to face each other, and right before my eyes lies……

“Hmmm…… Pizzapizzapizza……” I heard Dokuro talking in her sleep. “Say it two hundred million times……?” 

I try my best to remove that noise that attempts to invade my brain from my right ear! After I finally manage to chase it out through my left ear, I said to Shizuki,
 
“Shi-Shizuki-chan, go ahead……!”
 
“Why doesn’t Sakura-kun say first, what is the matter?”
 
At the next second, the lights in the room suddenly turned dark with a “chi”[唰] At the same time, the curtains before the big screen were all pulled away, the screen giving off a white glow. 

Under the reflection of the big screen, Shizuki’s calm face began to surface from within the darkness. I opened my mouth to say,

“Errrm, Shizuki-chan------“ 

I use my right leg to step on my left leg, which was about to start trembling, tightly.
 
“Huh, what is the matter?” 

At this moment, if there is one line that can express the look in Shizuki’s eyes, it would be------ very happy.

Under the stare of those eyes, my throat began to swallow. 

“Shizuki-chan, actually I have always……”
 
On the big screen, the subtitles at the beginning of the movie begin to appear, the opening theme is also being played. 

But the sound of the movie seems to drift further and further away…… Instead, from my heart, the sound within my heart seems to become louder and louder. 

I begin to suspect that I am in a dream. In this dark place…… No, in the cinema with Shizuki by my side, and what I am about to do…… It seems just like in a movie. At this rate, I have no idea where I would go.
 
As if grabbing onto my courage, I hold the tiny box in my pocket tightly, something I prepared for this girl before me. 

“Shizuki-chan……” 

”What is it?”
 
As I gazed into the eyes of Shizuki who replied with a slight shyness in her voice, my consciousness flew to somewhere for a short while. 

…… That was slightly before Dokuro appeared in this world.
 
On a certain holiday, Shizuki and I met by chance in a shopping plaza in the business district. 

I can remember it very clearly to this day.
 
The location was in front of the special section for accessories.
 
I was just passing by, when I suddenly noticed that the girl in front of me was someone I knew. The girl was looking at one spot in the area on display. 

My heart skipped a beat.
 
It was Shizuki.
 
I restrained myself from going forward to greet Shizuki, and after hesitating for a while, I came to where her eyes landed as if nothing was going on. 

The silver shine and shape of the object placed there, I can remember it even more clearly now compared to back then. 

I quietly take out the tiny box I held in my hand inside my pocket, and slowly------ 

“Actually I have always……”
 
As the sentence is about to gush out from my throat------ 

Pipipololin♫ Pipololin♪ Pipipilolo♫ Pipolilo♪ [unsure of actual ring tone]
 
A sixteen chord ring tone that sounds like a two year old child singing a “self created song” in a train rings across the cinema loudly. 

“!?”
 
I froze instantly.
 
I had heard this tune before.
 
It was Dokuro’s self created “Dokuro’s song”……!!
 
The sound undoubtedly came from Dokuro who was to my right.
 
At the next instant, I used a super fast speed that can almost leave a visual mirage behind to do a full body search on Dokuro. 

“Here it is------! (Vibrate-------)”
 
“That” which vibrated together with the ring tone, was found quickly in the pocket of her shirt. 

Dokuro seems bothered by it and twists her body slightly, with no sign of waking up. I forcefully held back my temptation to pinch Dokuro’s cheeks and see how far I could stretch them, and took out that object that was making big vibrations.
 
That object was not what I had expected. It was not a mobile phone, but a fifteen centimeter long, heavy, black cone shaped object. [Just for laughs, the author indicated later on that he had wanted the object to be a capsule shape, but he thought that the cone shape was the best expression for it. However, when the anime came out, he realized he was wrong, and it was too late to change it anymore ^^” ]
 
“Wah------!” 

Due to it having been removed from the pocket, the ring tone was noisier than ever. I frantically began to check the object as gazes and hushes began to come in my direction.
 
Dodalalala♫ Daladaladadalala♪ Dadadada,dala♫--- [unsure of actual ring tone]
 
Dokuro’s song that suddenly broke the silence made me panic.
 
“No matter what I do, I just can’t stop it……!” 

At this moment, I accidentally used some force and made that object “Kachink” and split open from the center. Exposing a silver interior, the black cone finally stopped ringing.
 
“…… Phew……” 

I realized that the murderous atmosphere around us was beginning to disappear, and I slowly relaxed my tight neck.
 
“Sa…… Sakura-kun, what is that……?” Shizuki asks me softly in an uneasy tone.
 
“I do not know either, but it seems like a troublesome……”
 
My premonition came true. 

Something really came out from it. 

“That was so slow, Dokuro-chan!” 

It was from a tiny piece of glass that showed half the body of a man with pink Mohawk hair. He wore a thin, long pair of sunglasses, his ears and lips pierced with countless earrings, his naked upper body was covered with a black jacket.
 
Just like a set from the dress-up series of “bad friends the first batch”. He stops his excited hand signs and looks at my eyes dumbly.
 
This person is Zansu.
 
I push the cover back to its original position without a word. 

♫Pipipololin♪ [unsure of actual ring tone] 

<Kachink>
 
“Hey! Aren’t YOU Sakura-kun! Huh? Where’s Dokuro-chan?”
 
“Please be quiet!”
 
<Kachuk> 

♪Pipipololin♫ [unsure of actual ring tone] 

<Kachink>
 
“What is the matter with you?! I want to sue you!”
 
“That was too much, how can you hang up?! Let ME finish what I want to say! Now Saba……” 

<Kalak>
 
I use all my strength and split that thing into two. The man with the Mohawk hairstyle was finally exterminated after some noisy interference sounds.
 
“Just what and what was that? Something about mackerel (Sabato sounds like mackerel in Japanese)……?” 

“Sa-Sakura-kun……” 

Shizuki seems uneasy and pokes my shoulder.
 
“It is alright, Shizuki-chan……” 

I console Shizuki as I calm myself down, and then turn to face Shizuki.
 
“N-no, lo-look over there……” 

She pulls my sleeve with a look that is troubled plus hesitant divided by two.
 
And so I looked in the direction that Shizuki pointed at.
 
That thing was undoubtedly an angel’s halo.
 
“Huh……?”
 
That thing is at the stairs of the dark room, coming from the passageway from the right hand side, slowly crawling up to here.
 
“That is……” 

I can faintly see the circular horns and butter colored hair below the halo ring…… That is------
 
“Sabato-chan……!” 

“Ah……!” 

My eyes met with Sabato’s.
 
“Oh no! Huh……!?” 

“Ah…… Excuse me. Sorry, coming through~” 

The girl with a golden halo above her head finally reached our row (row J). She then bent down and used such a bewitching posture, that even we felt embarrassed just watching her, to apologize to the other people in the cinema and slowly came closer to us.
 
“Why did Sabato-chan appear here……!?”
 
Sabato stepped across Dokuro who did not move her legs as she was asleep, and once she got beside me, she began to catch her breath with a “siiiiiii”[feel free to use a better sound…] as if she was weeping.
 
“I finally found you, Sakura-san!!” 

“Shhhhhhh------ Sabato-chan------!” 

I raised my finger against Sabato who spoke loudly in response.
 
“Ah------ Sorry……!!” 

Sabato squats down just like that, and lowers her volume. So I open my mouth to ask,

“What is the matter……? Could it be that Sabato-chan came here to watch the movie too?”
 
“What, what are you talking about!? Sabato is here today specially to……!”
 
”Sh------!” 

”Ah……Sh……!”
 
As if under the guide of my finger, Sabato raised her finger too. 

“……So? What are you here for?”
 
”Err, actually, Sabato is------“
 
“Sh------!”
 
"Ah……Sh……!”
 
Faking a cough softly, Sabato begins to explain.
 
”Err, actually------“
 
“Sh------!”
 
“Please be serious and listen to me!”
 
Tears begin to gather in Sabato’s eyes.
 
“Sabato came here today specially to kill someone!!”
 
”……The target?”
 
”……Target? Need you ask?!”
 
Sabato rubs the pitiful black eyebags below her eyes as usual.
 
“Sabato came here specially to kill Sakura-san!”
 
“Why are you bringing this up again……?” 

“What’s wrong? Such a cold reply! It makes Sabato seem like a fool alone!”
 
“Sabato-chan, how many times must I tell you before you understand? I will definitely not become the kind of person that you want to kill!”
 
”You are sure to be one! Sakura-san’s lolicon reading has increased from now, and erm……!”
 
”Your voice is too loud, Sabato-chan! There have been a lot of people paying attention to us since just now!”
 
I used my right hand to cover Sabato’s mouth, and then lowered my head gingerly.
 
“Hmph…… Not just that! Sabato, Sabato ever since that time, all because of Sakura-san……” 

The hand used to cover Sabato’s mouth was removed by Sabato’s hands, and then the eyes that drooped with sleepiness began to shed tears.
 
“What……what happened to you!?”
 
“…… Sabato…… Sabato ever since that time, had to starve, living under that bridge, it was so cold and dark……”
 
I only realized it after hearing what she said. She was still wearing our school (St. Guernica's Academy) uniform which is red like wine. Could it be that------ 

“The suspicious character that was living under the bridge near the school recently…… that was Sabato-chan……”
 
“So please give your life to me! Once Sakura-san dies, Sabato can return to the future world, sleeping in a warm bed, eating delicious food! Don’t be afraid, it will only hurt like hell, after that you won’t feel a thing anymore!”
 
Sabato uses her hands to tightly hold onto her “Shock-baton------Durandal” that can even toast a blue whale in an instant, then raises her chin to wipe her tears away and sucks in through her nose with a “siiiiii!”
 
“I don’t want to!”
 
“Sakura-kun……!” 

Shizuki who has been listening to the conversation without a sound grabs my arm tightly.
 
“Sakura-kun, are you going to be killed?”
 
“I hope that I can prevent myself from dying. But, this time I seem to bear Sabato-chan’s personal grudge too.” 

At this instant------ 

<Zipak!>
 
A blue spark pierced through the darkness within the cinema.
 
<Zipak!> 

Sabato’s shock-baton begins to give off electric sparks. Under the shine of the bluish white light, the pitiful black eye bags under Sabato’s eyes made her expression become even more dangerous. I began to feel afraid.
 
“Wah------ This angel is serious! Oh, that’s right!”
 
Why didn’t I think of it sooner……!
 
“Dokuro-chan! Aren’t you pestering me all the time just for critical moments like this!? Wake up! Just wake up will you------!!” 

I grab Dokuro’s shoulders and shake her violently, but------ 

“Why aren’t you waking up?! Dokuro-chan! I am about to be killed!!”
 
“Errr…… Hmm……” 

Dokuro frowns in irritation, and knocks my hand away roughly.
 
“Ouch!! Huh!? Do-Ku-Ro-Chan!?”
 
“Hohoho. It seems Sakura-san’s fate is finally catching up! To want to wake Dokuro-chan up is just like switching on an author’s computer, always making one feel uneasy!” 

<Zipak!>
 
With a faint smile on her face, Sabato waves those electric sparks that even a generator made for science experiments, under the modifications of a highly interested science teacher is unable to create.
 
“Good bye…… Sakura-san……”
 
The shock baton swipes at me. I was stuck in my seat, unable to even stand up……! 

“Adieu------(Note: French way of saying good bye)!!” 

Sabato raises that ultimate shock baton up and lowers it to strike. There is no hope……! 

“Wah------!!” 

Humans……!
 
Humans, at the instant they are about to die, are said to be able to unleash the hidden abilities within each part of their body in order to avoid disaster……!
 
A foreigner wearing a black coat and sunglasses was able to do it! I saw that in a movie!
 
I believed in my instincts without a reason.
 
I can do it.
 
Up to this point…… Up to this point, anything that seems impossible becomes possible!
 
<Huuuupak------!> 

Suddenly, everything around me seems to follow my rhythm, and becomes slow motion.
 
<Pakpak……!>
 
Coming at me from above, is Sabato’s Durandal that has sparks coming out from it like tiny bluish white snakes.
 
<Pakpak……!>
 
To my left is Shizuki. Scared by the sparks, she has closed her eyes to protect herself at the moment.
 
<Pakpak……!>
 
At this moment, I opened up my right hand slowly…… to block!
 
“N-no matter what you do, it is useless……!” the shocked Sabato says.
 
However, it was too late!
 
<Pakpak……!> 

I aim my god-speed hands at Dokuro’s “Bust” without hesitation……! 

Pulu.[sound of him doing you know what to her you know what] 

The sensation that comes back from the nerves that touched her body.
 
Due to Dokuro’s small size, her most attractive feature is that pair of “Busts”, and at this moment they are being gently wrapped in my hands and attempting to bound off my hands in a lively manner.
 
Upon suffering from the direct hit of this happy texture, I used all my strength to withhold the “Yeah------ Yeah------“ shouts deep in my heart.
 
At the next instant, my palms begin to tremble like a scared tiny animal------
 
“Wah------!” 

Dokuro’s body and throat begin to cramp, and give off a sound.
 
…… That is right, this is the…… weakness…… of Dokuro who doesn’t wake up no matter what……!!
 
If Zansu did not stop me this morning, I would have already used this dangerous method to wake Dokuro up……!
 
But, now……!
 
“Ah. Ah. Ahh……!” [first two dots are bigger ones]
 
Her eyes opened completely in an instant!...... I succeeded! Now I am saved!
 
But then Dokuro quietly, as if protecting herself, hugs her own body tightly and, as she shivers, she raises her eyeballs to stare at me.
 
“……Huh? Do-Dokuro-chan……?” 

Dokuro’s red and wet eyes seem to be saying that she just saw an unbelievable scene.
 
“!?” 

My whole body shivers.
 
Those eyes were relaying the message of “don’t look at me” in a unique manner.
 
Dokuro’s eyes…… Do not even blink!!
 
At that instant, Dokuro’s shock and embarrassment broke out completely. 

“I hate you------!!!” [any better way to phrase this? I guess you know what she said]
 
Emotions that cannot be expressed through words were released in the form of a sharp scream…… And she used her right hand to hold her chest……! 

“Wait……! But, doesn’t Dokuro-chan always use that to press on me……!” 

She holds Excaliblog in her left hand, motionless before the attack, and aims it straight for me.
 
“Huh------!?”
 
Just before I stumbled onto the ground, I saw Sabato who looks totally shocked!
 
Like a drowning man wanting to grab a piece of grass.
 
“Huh------!? (Sabato)” 

The next instant. 

Dok pak!!
 
Dokuro’s steel kanabo accurately pierced into the abdominal area of Sabato whom I used as my shield.
 
“Argh……!?” 

In just an instant------ 

Sabato’s body became the point of impact and flew off softly, her angel ring <Kachuk!> and fell into the back cushion of my seat.
 
“Argh……!”
 
At the same time that Sabato presses onto me, I moan, and it was under the situation that I was half carrying her.

“Ah! What should we do! Sabato-chan……!!”
 
I shake Sabato’s body. It was useless, Sabato has fainted in such a manner that she cannot be revived.
 
“Sakura-kun…… Are you okay…… Wah!!”
 
Shizuki lowers her hands that were covering her face in fear and looks worriedly at Sabato who has fainted in my arms. 

In order to put Shizuki at ease, I grabbed Sabato’s hand, and said as I shivered,
 
“……It seems slightly different from what I expected…… But…… At least……”
 
Even though she seems afraid of Sabato, who has her eyes rolled to show the white parts, she still replies,
 
“Is…… Is that so, that is good……”
 
“Yea, yeah…… In that instant I was still worried how things might turn out……”
 
I push Sabato who is heavier than I expected away in a rough manner, and reply to Shizuki in a bitter manner,
 
“Well, at least we are safe……”
 
At that moment------
 
…… The reason I noticed that is because the air around Dokuro is flowing.
 
“…… Now”
 
I only dare to roll my eyes in that direction, to find Dokuro who is still in the seat, a murderous intent beginning to rise, and it forms the picture of the face of a demon in the air.
 
“Huh……?”
 
“Puu.” My head began to sweat like a fountain.
 
Even within the cinema, Dokuro shows an obvious shadow in her eyes. Her shivering right hand protectively presses against her chest, her left hand holding onto Excalibolg…… 

“Sa……Sakura-kun……!! You are the one who touched it right……? It was you who touched my…… my……!!” 

Dokuro’s voice was trembling, her stuttering seems very strange too. Ripples began to form vigorously on the surface of the coke placed at the drink’s rack on the seat.
 
“This…… Wait a minute, Dokuro-chan!? That, that was because Dokuro-chan still refused to wake up at the critical moment, that is why……! Yes, that is it! It is all your fault Dokuro-chan, that is why I am forced to…… That is right! I was forced to! Argh……! …… It, it is true……! I really did not want to…… Ah…… Ahh! Hey, Dokuro-chan? This is the cinema, please be quiet! Even though it is already too late! The people are all gone! You see, this is all because we are too rude…… Sor, sorry! I am really sorry! Ah, look, Sabato-chan woke up! Sorry, for using you as my shield! Please let go!! Ah------!! I finally survived after all these! I thought I would be saved! Let’s…… Let’s ignore the other things!! So Dokuro-chan, please don’t use that! Don’t use that……Wa!” 

Pipirupirupirupipirupi~