english translation chapter 21
"No matter what, I can't let him have this book or the amulet. I know what I have to do, but do I have the right? Can I make that type of sacrifice?" thought Hoax as he watch Liber coming closer to him and Lightning.
'Kaye I know that I don't deserve to ask, but I, we need your help. Please help us.' said Lightning telepathically.
'I'm coming Lightning.' Kaye replied as she began to go in the direction that Liber was walking towards.
"Whoa Kaye, where do you think that you are going?" asked Kento as he grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Kento, let go. Lightning needs my help and I'm going to help him, and besides we can't let Liber get his hands on the book or the amulet. Now let go." replied Kaye as she gave Kento a stern look right into his eyes.
"Guys, she's right. We can't let Liber get those items, so let's go already." said Kento as he finally let go of Kaye's arm. Kaye gave Kento a quick smile and started to take off towards the area where Hoax and Lightning were standing their ground. No one gave a sign of an arguement, and followed Kaye. It didn't take long for them to intercept Liber before he got close to Hoax and Lightning.
"Hey Liber, don't even think about taking another step or you'll regret it." warned Kaye as she and the others got into defensive positions.
"Oh really, and what can you do to stop me?" asked Liber sarcastically.
"Plenty." replied Ryo as he kept his eyes on Liber.
"I don't believe it, they're actually helping us, but why I don't understand. Unless." thouht Hoax as he gave a quick glance towards Lightning. The tiger noticed this and gave a nod to show that he understood Hoax's question. Hoax gave a quick smile at Lightning, and he knew exactly what he had to do.
Hoax looked at the book that he was holding in his hands, and then he began to quietly speak an incantation. "Hoax, stop that at once! Do you know what you are doing?" asked Liber in alarm.
"I think that he knows exactly what he's doing, so why don't you just shut up and fight us. That is of course if you're not afraid." taunted Rowen as he stared down Liber.
"We shall see who is the one to be afraid outsider!" yelled Liber angrilly as he charged at them. As the fight between Liber, the Ronins, and Kaye, Hoax was almost done with his incantation. Just as Liber was about to break through, the book vanished into thin air.
"No, the book it's gone! Hoax how could you? You had no right. Don't you realize what you just did?" yelled Liber angrilly.
"You're wrong Liber, I had every right to do what I just did. Yes I do fully realize what I did, I felt that it was the right thing to do. Besides, it was better than the alternative." replied Hoax with a smirk.
"Now there is no chance for you or them to save this city." said Liber.
"Don't you think that I know that? This way with only two out of the three magical items, the city won't be totally destroyed, it will simply disappear and never return ever again." said Hoax with a smirk.
"You, how dare you ruin my plans! You will pay for that little one, you will pay!" yelled Liber as he charged at Hoax wildly. The others could only stand in confusion of what was going on in front of them.
"Go, get out of here while you can! I won't be able to hold Liber off for long, now go!" yelled Hoax as he was blocking Liber's attack.
"What are you serious? We can't just leave you like this." yelled Sage.
"There isn't enough time, the city is beginning to disappear as we speak. If you don't get out now, you'll never get another chance!" Hoax yelled back.
"Guys we better do it, I don't exactly want to be stuck here for eternity, if you know what I mean." said Rowen as he directed everyone to the city's exit. They knew that Rowen was right, and started to make it towards the exit.
"No, everything that I have worked for, is gone! NOOOO!" yelled Liber angrilly as he plunged his sword into Hoax's side.
"HOax!" yelled Kaye as she tried to go back for him.
"Kaye don't!" Cye yelled back as he grabbed Kaye and pulled her back away from the city's exit. Just as they hit the ground the city completely vanished before their eyes.
"Kaye what were you thinking? You knew that if you went back for Hoax that you would of been trapped in there forever?" asked Kento angrilly.
"I'm sorry, I guess that I..." started Kaye as she was trying to fight back tears.
"Hey, hey it's alright Kaye. Hoax knew the risks when he made that book disappear, and when he bought us some time to get out before it totally disappeared." replied Kento as he tried to comfort Kaye.
"Yea I guess you're right. Who would of thought that Hoax would actually do something like that? Wait a sec, where' Lightning? Lightning?!" said Kaye in alarm. Everyone split up and started to look around for the tiger, there was no sign of him anywhere.
"Hey guys come over here, I've found something!" yelled Rowen as he stood over by the river bed.
"What is it Rowen?" asked Cye.
"It's the amulet, that means Lightning made it out, then where is he? Why would he go off like that? It doesn't make any sense." asked Kaye as she picked up the amulet.
"Don't worry Kaye, we'll find him I know we will." replied Mia as she tried to reassure Kaye.
"Thanks Mia." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Maybe we should go home, we should get some rest before we go and look for him. What do you say to that Kaye?" asked Sage as he looked towards her.
"Huh, yea sure Sage, let's go home." replied Kaye quietly as she started back towards the two vehicles. Everyone glanced at each other with a concerned expression and decided to follow in silence. Just as they caught up with her, they noticed that Kaye was looking at something not too far off in the distance.
"Kaye, what's up? What are you looking at?" asked Ryo as he walked up to her. Kaye motioned over to the hills where Lightning was standing.
"Why is he just standing there?" wondered Rowen.
'Lightning, are you alright? What's going on with you? You're leaving aren't you? When are you coming back home?' asked Kaye telepathically.
'Kaye, you're always so inquisitive. Yes I'm fine, I'm sorry I can't explain everything right now. Someday I'm hoping that I'll be able to explain all of this to you. I'm not sure when I'll be coming back home. I'll miss you. Goodbye my friend, goodbye.' replied Lightning as he disappeared.
"Goodbye Lightning, goodbye." whispered Kaye as tears began to slowly fall from her eyes.
"Kaye, is everything alright? What happened just now?" asked Kento in concern.
"Kaye, is he coming back?" asked Mia.
"Uh yea, everything is fine, Lightning was saying goodbye, he said he wasn't sure when he'll be back. He told me that when he does come home that he'll explain everything. So how about we go home now." replied Kaye as she wiped away her tears and headed to her car.
A few days later back at the Koji mansion, Mia was coming in from getting the mail. "Hey guys mail call." said Mia as she handed out the letters to the guys. Mia noticed that Kaye was still staring out at the back yard. She decided to walk over to Kaye and join her while the guys were reading their letters.
"Mind if I join you?" asked Mia as she approached Kaye with a letter in her hand.
"Huh, oh Mia hi, no I don't mind. Hey what you got there?" asked Kaye as she turned her attention to Mia.
"It's a letter from the university addressed to you." replied Mia as she gave the letter to her.
"To me? Why would the university send a letter to me?" wondered Kaye as she looked over the letter.
"Well why don't you open it and find out?" asked Mia.
"Ok, why not." replied Kaye as she began to open the letter. As Kaye was reading the letter, her eyes became wide with shock.
"Well what does it say?" asked Mia as she got the Ronins' attention.
"I don't believe it, are they serious?" asked Kaye with surprise.
"Kaye what in that letter has gotten you so excited? Are you going to tell us or am I going to have to grab that letter and read it out loud?" asked Kento as he made his way over to where Kaye and Mia were standing.
"Alright, alright I'll tell ya. The university wants me to take over for the professor's class until they can find a suitible replacement. They want me to call them with my answer as soon as I get this letter." replied Kaye still in shock.
"Well what are you waiting for? Call them already and give them your answer. You're going to take the offer, right?" asked Cye.
"I don't know. Should I take it?" asked Kaye.
"What, are you kidding? There is no way that I'm going to have you miss this opportunity Kaye. So you are going to call them and tell them that you're going to take that job." said Kento as he ushered her to the phone.
"Ok, ok Kento. I'll call them right now, and tell them that I'll start on Monday." replied Kaye as she started to laugh while dialing the university's number.
As Kaye was talking with the university, Mia was looking over the letter and noticed that there was a disk that came along with it. Kaye got off of the phone and looked over to where Mia was standing with the disk. "Hey Mia where did that come from?" asked Kaye.
"This was in with the letter. I guess it was from the professor. He must have had the university send it to you when the time came." replied Mia as she handed over the disk to Kaye.
"Well why don't we see what's on it." said Rowen with curiosity.
"I don't see why not." replied Kaye as she placed the disk into her computer. It didn't take long for her to open the file. On it were the last words that were written by the professor. On the screen was the following: Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu.
"Um, Kaye would you mind running that by us, in english?" asked Cye.
"Sure, I'll run my translation program and see what it says." replied Kaye as the computer began to translation.
"Kaye?" asked Mia with a hint of concern.
"I don't believe it, professor." said Kaye quietly as the computer was done translating the phrases.
This is what it said in the english translation: I write this not to the many, but to you only, for you and I are surely enough of an audience for each other. The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live.
"No matter what, I can't let him have this book or the amulet. I know what I have to do, but do I have the right? Can I make that type of sacrifice?" thought Hoax as he watch Liber coming closer to him and Lightning.
'Kaye I know that I don't deserve to ask, but I, we need your help. Please help us.' said Lightning telepathically.
'I'm coming Lightning.' Kaye replied as she began to go in the direction that Liber was walking towards.
"Whoa Kaye, where do you think that you are going?" asked Kento as he grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Kento, let go. Lightning needs my help and I'm going to help him, and besides we can't let Liber get his hands on the book or the amulet. Now let go." replied Kaye as she gave Kento a stern look right into his eyes.
"Guys, she's right. We can't let Liber get those items, so let's go already." said Kento as he finally let go of Kaye's arm. Kaye gave Kento a quick smile and started to take off towards the area where Hoax and Lightning were standing their ground. No one gave a sign of an arguement, and followed Kaye. It didn't take long for them to intercept Liber before he got close to Hoax and Lightning.
"Hey Liber, don't even think about taking another step or you'll regret it." warned Kaye as she and the others got into defensive positions.
"Oh really, and what can you do to stop me?" asked Liber sarcastically.
"Plenty." replied Ryo as he kept his eyes on Liber.
"I don't believe it, they're actually helping us, but why I don't understand. Unless." thouht Hoax as he gave a quick glance towards Lightning. The tiger noticed this and gave a nod to show that he understood Hoax's question. Hoax gave a quick smile at Lightning, and he knew exactly what he had to do.
Hoax looked at the book that he was holding in his hands, and then he began to quietly speak an incantation. "Hoax, stop that at once! Do you know what you are doing?" asked Liber in alarm.
"I think that he knows exactly what he's doing, so why don't you just shut up and fight us. That is of course if you're not afraid." taunted Rowen as he stared down Liber.
"We shall see who is the one to be afraid outsider!" yelled Liber angrilly as he charged at them. As the fight between Liber, the Ronins, and Kaye, Hoax was almost done with his incantation. Just as Liber was about to break through, the book vanished into thin air.
"No, the book it's gone! Hoax how could you? You had no right. Don't you realize what you just did?" yelled Liber angrilly.
"You're wrong Liber, I had every right to do what I just did. Yes I do fully realize what I did, I felt that it was the right thing to do. Besides, it was better than the alternative." replied Hoax with a smirk.
"Now there is no chance for you or them to save this city." said Liber.
"Don't you think that I know that? This way with only two out of the three magical items, the city won't be totally destroyed, it will simply disappear and never return ever again." said Hoax with a smirk.
"You, how dare you ruin my plans! You will pay for that little one, you will pay!" yelled Liber as he charged at Hoax wildly. The others could only stand in confusion of what was going on in front of them.
"Go, get out of here while you can! I won't be able to hold Liber off for long, now go!" yelled Hoax as he was blocking Liber's attack.
"What are you serious? We can't just leave you like this." yelled Sage.
"There isn't enough time, the city is beginning to disappear as we speak. If you don't get out now, you'll never get another chance!" Hoax yelled back.
"Guys we better do it, I don't exactly want to be stuck here for eternity, if you know what I mean." said Rowen as he directed everyone to the city's exit. They knew that Rowen was right, and started to make it towards the exit.
"No, everything that I have worked for, is gone! NOOOO!" yelled Liber angrilly as he plunged his sword into Hoax's side.
"HOax!" yelled Kaye as she tried to go back for him.
"Kaye don't!" Cye yelled back as he grabbed Kaye and pulled her back away from the city's exit. Just as they hit the ground the city completely vanished before their eyes.
"Kaye what were you thinking? You knew that if you went back for Hoax that you would of been trapped in there forever?" asked Kento angrilly.
"I'm sorry, I guess that I..." started Kaye as she was trying to fight back tears.
"Hey, hey it's alright Kaye. Hoax knew the risks when he made that book disappear, and when he bought us some time to get out before it totally disappeared." replied Kento as he tried to comfort Kaye.
"Yea I guess you're right. Who would of thought that Hoax would actually do something like that? Wait a sec, where' Lightning? Lightning?!" said Kaye in alarm. Everyone split up and started to look around for the tiger, there was no sign of him anywhere.
"Hey guys come over here, I've found something!" yelled Rowen as he stood over by the river bed.
"What is it Rowen?" asked Cye.
"It's the amulet, that means Lightning made it out, then where is he? Why would he go off like that? It doesn't make any sense." asked Kaye as she picked up the amulet.
"Don't worry Kaye, we'll find him I know we will." replied Mia as she tried to reassure Kaye.
"Thanks Mia." replied Kaye with a small smile.
"Maybe we should go home, we should get some rest before we go and look for him. What do you say to that Kaye?" asked Sage as he looked towards her.
"Huh, yea sure Sage, let's go home." replied Kaye quietly as she started back towards the two vehicles. Everyone glanced at each other with a concerned expression and decided to follow in silence. Just as they caught up with her, they noticed that Kaye was looking at something not too far off in the distance.
"Kaye, what's up? What are you looking at?" asked Ryo as he walked up to her. Kaye motioned over to the hills where Lightning was standing.
"Why is he just standing there?" wondered Rowen.
'Lightning, are you alright? What's going on with you? You're leaving aren't you? When are you coming back home?' asked Kaye telepathically.
'Kaye, you're always so inquisitive. Yes I'm fine, I'm sorry I can't explain everything right now. Someday I'm hoping that I'll be able to explain all of this to you. I'm not sure when I'll be coming back home. I'll miss you. Goodbye my friend, goodbye.' replied Lightning as he disappeared.
"Goodbye Lightning, goodbye." whispered Kaye as tears began to slowly fall from her eyes.
"Kaye, is everything alright? What happened just now?" asked Kento in concern.
"Kaye, is he coming back?" asked Mia.
"Uh yea, everything is fine, Lightning was saying goodbye, he said he wasn't sure when he'll be back. He told me that when he does come home that he'll explain everything. So how about we go home now." replied Kaye as she wiped away her tears and headed to her car.
A few days later back at the Koji mansion, Mia was coming in from getting the mail. "Hey guys mail call." said Mia as she handed out the letters to the guys. Mia noticed that Kaye was still staring out at the back yard. She decided to walk over to Kaye and join her while the guys were reading their letters.
"Mind if I join you?" asked Mia as she approached Kaye with a letter in her hand.
"Huh, oh Mia hi, no I don't mind. Hey what you got there?" asked Kaye as she turned her attention to Mia.
"It's a letter from the university addressed to you." replied Mia as she gave the letter to her.
"To me? Why would the university send a letter to me?" wondered Kaye as she looked over the letter.
"Well why don't you open it and find out?" asked Mia.
"Ok, why not." replied Kaye as she began to open the letter. As Kaye was reading the letter, her eyes became wide with shock.
"Well what does it say?" asked Mia as she got the Ronins' attention.
"I don't believe it, are they serious?" asked Kaye with surprise.
"Kaye what in that letter has gotten you so excited? Are you going to tell us or am I going to have to grab that letter and read it out loud?" asked Kento as he made his way over to where Kaye and Mia were standing.
"Alright, alright I'll tell ya. The university wants me to take over for the professor's class until they can find a suitible replacement. They want me to call them with my answer as soon as I get this letter." replied Kaye still in shock.
"Well what are you waiting for? Call them already and give them your answer. You're going to take the offer, right?" asked Cye.
"I don't know. Should I take it?" asked Kaye.
"What, are you kidding? There is no way that I'm going to have you miss this opportunity Kaye. So you are going to call them and tell them that you're going to take that job." said Kento as he ushered her to the phone.
"Ok, ok Kento. I'll call them right now, and tell them that I'll start on Monday." replied Kaye as she started to laugh while dialing the university's number.
As Kaye was talking with the university, Mia was looking over the letter and noticed that there was a disk that came along with it. Kaye got off of the phone and looked over to where Mia was standing with the disk. "Hey Mia where did that come from?" asked Kaye.
"This was in with the letter. I guess it was from the professor. He must have had the university send it to you when the time came." replied Mia as she handed over the disk to Kaye.
"Well why don't we see what's on it." said Rowen with curiosity.
"I don't see why not." replied Kaye as she placed the disk into her computer. It didn't take long for her to open the file. On it were the last words that were written by the professor. On the screen was the following: Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu.
"Um, Kaye would you mind running that by us, in english?" asked Cye.
"Sure, I'll run my translation program and see what it says." replied Kaye as the computer began to translation.
"Kaye?" asked Mia with a hint of concern.
"I don't believe it, professor." said Kaye quietly as the computer was done translating the phrases.
This is what it said in the english translation: I write this not to the many, but to you only, for you and I are surely enough of an audience for each other. The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live.
