Chloe: Aya?
Chloe: Don't you want to say something?
Chloe: I mean...
Chloe: I wouldn't mind if you gave me an explanation.
Chloe: I caught you red-handed and...
Aya: An explanation?
Chloe: Yes.
Chloe: As a matter of fact, I...
Aya: I thought it was yours.
Chloe: A rose.
Aya: Yes.
Chloe: On my table.
Aya: Yes.
Chloe: In my room.
Aya: Yes.
Aya: I think that a rose on your table in your room must be yours.
Aya: It is logical.
Chloe: ?..
Chloe: But...
Chloe (thinking): Aya...

There was once a boy in Sendai
Who was sorry his family died.
He would yell like a madman
And act as a batman,
And we think that his hair is dyed.

There was once a young girl in Kyoto
Who would never do what she ought to,
Said again and again:
"I want to be a man!"
And today she's a killer in Kyoto.

There was once a boy in Romania
For whom beauty was but a mania.
So the government thought:
"This boy might cause a fraud!"
And deported him out of Romania.

There was once a boy with an owl
Who made ladies blush, gasp and howl.
And as the scene got hotter
He said: "I am not Potter,
But I don't mind if you call me Howl."

There was once a girl who loved Aya,
But her airplane got higher and higher,
And then she said: "Oh!
I see Paris below!"
And forgot all her thinking of Aya.

There was once a man named Shion
Whos training just went on and on.
He at last knew so much
He could kill by a touch,
But he wished that he'd never be born.

There was once a man in Sendai
Who wished that his soul would fly,
So just to take a start
He killed and called it "art",
And he never did think it's a lie.

There was once a young man named Yuushi
Who went out with Ran to eat sushi.
Ran said: "I want some wine!"
And Yuushi said: "Don't whine"
So Ran got up and ruined his sushi.

There was once a redhead named Ed
Who thought: "I'd be better off dead!"
So he dyed his haid blond,
Acted just like James Bond
And no-one knew that his name was just that.

There was once a lovely young brat
Who let nobody call him just "Brad".
"The best you can afford
Is to call me Craw-ford",
That is just what he normally said.

There was once a guy in New York.
All he could do out there was work.
He dropped out of high school
So his job was uncool -
All he did was just kill in New Yok.

There was once a girl a Paris,
Who went out there to get a degree.
While her lass in Nippon
Hunted out for Shion
Crazy just like a banana tree.

There was once a boy in Sendai
Who thought "I wanna be samurai!"
So he didn't give in
And became a ronin,
After killing his mates from Sendai.

Chole: And now...
Chloe: Will you only be saying "Yes", "No" and "Fine" again?
Aya: No.

Jack: Well, attack me.
Michel: Sorry, man.
Free: No more fighting.
Ken: God says we're done.
Jack: Hell.
Jack: I only just started winning.
Jack: 's hard to be evil.

Ken: Aya.
Ken: Need to talk.
Aya: ?
Ken: Have you ever thought...
Ken: I mean, did it ever occur to you...
Ken: Do you think I'm, like, insane?
Aya (thinking): Kikyo.
Aya (thinking): That... Ayame.
Aya (thinking): And, for a while, I guess...
Aya (thinking): Yohji.
Aya (thinking): I've seen insane.
Aya: Do you want to kill women?
Ken: No.
Ken: Not specifically.
Aya: Then you are sane.
Aya: I think.

Chloe: Aya, don't you think that you are getting quite... monotonous? You could slightly vary your vocabulary if only too keep us intrigued, you know.
Chloe: Add some new words, for example.
Chloe: ...
Chloe: Aya?
Chloe: Say something...
Chloe: Please.

Aya (thinking): Shion...
Aya (thinking): ~Hn.
Aya (thinking): He must have had a last name.
Aya: (thinking): ...
Aya (thinking): A last name.
Aya (thinking): Shion?!

Aya: Good morning.
Aya (thinking): That is polite.
Chloe: Lo and behold! Here comes our leader clad in shining robes!
Aya (thinking): That is impolite.

0. Nurse 1: It's a boy!
Nurse 2: Good.
Nurse 2: Put him on the milk trolly.
Nurse 2: The country needs more boys.

1. Boy (thinking): Do cats eat bats?
Boy (thinking): Do wolves sing songs?
Boy (thinking): Do I drink blood?

2. Dog: What a nice boy.
Cat: I only wish he kept off my tail.
Dog: My tail, too.
Dog: Wonder what he will become when he grows up.
Cat: A murderer.

3. Boy (thinking): Do cats eat bats?
Boy (thinking): Do I eat cats?

4. Boy (thinking): Do I eat anything, actually?

5. Boy (thinking): I wouldn't say so.

6. Boy (thinking): But I wish I could.

7. Teacher: Spell your name.
Boy: I'm sorry sir.
Boy: I can't.
Boy: I don't actually remember it.

8. Dog: He's grown.
Cat: He's grown up.
Cat: It's us who's grown old.
Boy: Yahoo!
Cat: My tail!!

9. Children: Vampire! Vampire!
Boy (thinking): It's actually "vampyr".

10. Dentist: Well well well, what's our problem here?
Boy: My teeth.
Boy: They're too sharp.
Dentist: I could well correct that but I cannot do that for free.
Boy: I got a tuppence for my birthday. Here.

11. Children: Vampire! Vampire!
Boy (thinking): I wish I were!

12. Gardener: These are red roses.
Boy: Red.
Gardener: Yes. Like 'em?
Boy: You don't think I'm a vampire do you?

13. Gardener: Hey! Come out!
Boy: Um. I can't.
Gardener: You can't be down there in the well... can you?
Boy: I can't swim!
Boy: Can't climb either...

14. Children: Vampire! Vampire!
Children: Coward!
Boy (thinking): None of them is a vampire.
Boy (thinking): So it's only fair they can throw stones.

15. Cat 1: What is that redhead who helps the gardener?
Cat 2: A vampire, I hear.
Cat 1: What is "a vampire"?
Cat 2: ...A bat?

16. Girl: Happy birthday!
Girl: I have something for you.
Girl: Hey! Don't run away!
Girl: Wait!~

17. Girl: This year you come of age.
Boy: Sort of.
Boy: Not in this country.

18. Boy (thinking): My future career.
Flashback: Children crying "Vampire! Vampire!"
Boy (thinking): V is for Vendetta.

19. Saleswoman: What would you like, young man?
Saleswoman: A rose perhaps?
Boy: (blushing)
Boy: Um...
Boy: Yes, my lovely lady.
Boy: Something that would match your beauty.
Saleswoman: Try this one.
Saleswoman: Looks good with your freckles.

20. Boy (thinking): The True Beauty of Britain.
Boy (thinking): Blonde.
Boy (thinking): And lifeless.

21. Prostitute: You are so sweet.
Prostitute: You smell like a rose.
Prostitute: Ow!
Prostitute: Don't bite!

22. Cat 1: Where has our lovely gardener gone?
Cat 2: Look!
Cat 2: It's him!
Cat 2: I smell him!
Cat 1: It's the rosebush, you blind old bat.

23. Cedric: Vampire! Vampire!

24. Boy (thinking): What good to me are roses...
Boy (thinking): By any other name.

25. Boy: In the name of our beloved...
Boy: ...me.

26. Cat 1: Where has our lovely gardener gone?
Cat 2: Look!
Cat 2: It's him!
Cat 2: I smell him!
Cat 1: And I see someone totally different.

27. Michel: Tea-time!!!
Michel: Chloe, come out!
Michel: Only bats sleep at day!
Michel: Come out, you are not a bat!

28. Boy (thinking): Why do I have to go through all this rubbish, why?
Boy (thinking): Couldn't they take it away if only for my birthday?!

29. Aya: Chloe.
Boy: Oh my dearest leader, what is it that troubles you so much that you decided to address me?
Aya: ...
Aya: Nevermind.
Boy (thinking): Thought so.

Michel: Yuki, did... have you ever...
Michel: Nah, that's not the way to start it.
Michel: You are here fore revenge.
Michel: But one day we will find the ones to blame for your tragedy.
Michel: What will you do then?
Yuki: Videogames.
Michel: ??
Yuki: The higher you get...
Yuki: The more monsters there are to kill.
Yuki (thinking): Akagawa.
Yuki (thinking): You taught me a good lesson.

Yuki: Aya.
Aya: ?
Yuki: !
Aya: ...
Yuki: ...
Aya: ?
Yuki: ...
Aya: .
Yuki: !
Aya: :-)
Yuki: !!!
Aya: ...
Yuki: ...
Yuki: Thank you.

Aya (thinking): ...No mind.
Aya (thinking): That's probably what it is.
Aya (thinking): Or maybe I am just tired.
Aya (thinking): ...of thinking.

The phone rings.)
Aya: "Kitten in the House" flowershop.
Ken: Hi Aya.
Aya (thinking): Is that funny?
(Aya hangs up.)
(The phone rings.)
Aya: "Kitten in the House" flowershop.
Michel: (giggles)
(Aya hangs up.)
(The phone rings.)
Aya (thinking): No that is not.
Chloe: Before you say anything, O my dark angel, I want to inform you that I do not find you hanging up on us funny, and therefore I do hope you will finally be so kind as to tell us whether we need to buy any more roses or not. ...Well?
Aya (thinking): Is that... funny?

Ken (thinking): I was cool.
Ken (thinking): Two years ago, I was really cool.
Ken (thinking): I guess.
Ken (thinking): I hope Aya didn't notice that.

Chloe (thinking): Wonder what it is that Aya likes best in men.
Chloe (thinking): Looks maybe? I'm so handsome. But he does not seem to care.
Chloe (thinking): The pure of heart? Uh-oh. No. He himself is no saint.
Chloe (thinking): Courage? Virtue? Skills?
An arrow pointing at Chloe: OH NO!
Chloe (thinking): Maybe... Maybe he just... only likes women?!

Chloe: Aya, what are you doing?
Aya: Working.
Chloe: With a newspaper?
Aya: News are important.
Chloe: But of course news are important, my dear hard-working friend, and yet when I see someone sitting in the living-room all alone with a newspaper in his hands while everyone else is having fun at the flowershop, I feel... what should I call it? Pity? Regret? Envy, even?
Aya: I am coming.
Chloe: No you are not. You are not coming, samurai... And I'm not letting you go.
Aya (thinking): This must mean something in English. Why does not Chloe speak Japanese?
Aya: Hn.
Chloe: Bingo! Now you are coming.

Chloe: You know, Aya, there is something I just do not get about you. Don't you ever get lonely? Don't you ever feel weak? Don't you ever think that you might like to have someone by your side to support you, to comfort you, to get you up when you are down?
Yuki (thinking): Does he have a "Mute" button?
Ken (thinking): Doesn't he value his life?
Kurumi (thinking): Is Aya's heart made of stone?
Michel (thinking): Chloe is so lovely! Yay!
Aya (thinking): Shion... Kikyo... Why did not you kill me?

Michel: Psst...Psst... Ken.
Ken: Eh?
Michel: Don't you think that we should kind of... go, and leave them, er... together?
Ken: Aya doesn't have his katana.
Michel: Why should he need it?
Ken: Well, er... If he wantys to kill Chloe, I think he would need a katana.
Michell: Kill Chloe?! Chloe is so nice! And he's trying to, you know...
Ken: Yeah. I do.

[...]

Ken: Chloe.
Chloe: Go. Away.
Ken: But Chloe...
Chloe: I do not want to talk to you. Go away.
Ket: Chloe, but!..
Chloe: Just go.
Ken: Chloe...
Chloe: Go away, Ken.
Ken: But Chloe, I just...
Chloe: No need to apologize. Go away.
Ken: I was not going to apologize!
Chloe: Why not? You are guilty of yelling at me and accusing me of being nosy, and you are also guilty of wearing an extremely tasteless t-shirt. You should apologize.
Ken: No.
Chloe: Why not? If you apologize, who knows, God in Heaven may see you are sincere in your attrition and forgive your sin of insulting your collegue - and friend.
Ken: No.
Chloe: That is getting really weird Ken. Just look at you...
Aya (thinking): Ken is clever. Ken is really clever.

Chloe: Well... I've had enough of this pretence, this trust no-one game you've been playing, and believe me, Aya, we've lived side by side long enough for me to learn to understand you, your thoughts, your wishes, your facial exprеssions - although those are few... Now do confess that you missed me, my mysterious warrior.
Aya: No.
Chloe: Say whatever you wish, I know that you did.
Aya: Yes.
Chloe: I don't believe my ears, o Lord, did this man just say "Yes, I missed you"? I can manage three thousand "Hail Mary"'s and a dozen "Our Father"'s for this.
Aya: No.
Chloe: No "Our Father"'s?
Aya: I said that you do think you know me.
Chloe: My my. That was a long sentence. You must feel really exhausted by now.

Ring, ring.
Aya: Wrong number.
Chloe: Glad to hear you too, samurai. We were rather hoping, oh excuse me, we were afraid you are unwell which is why you do not call us yourself, so I just thought that maybe, who knows, you might want to hear some familiar voice telling you everything is alright and we are looking forward to seeing you again?
Aya: No.
Chloe: How impolite. Were not you taught that in English you always add "please" and "thank you"? Hahaha, that was a joke of course, didn't you notice? Oh come on, you say you never do but I know that is not so. How have you been, my beloved collegue?
Aya: Fine.
Chloe: That is so extremely nice to hear. You learnt a really exquisite word, I gather, and found a sophisticated use for it. Now besides "Yes" and "No" we will all be fortunate enough to hear "Fine" somethimes, won't we?
Aya: No.
Chloe: Oh sweet darling, why are you such a bore? You could try to pretend being nice at least over the phone. After all I cannot reach out and annoy you by touching your lovely hair right at the moment so you are safe, aren't you?
Aya: Stop it.
Chloe: I am so sorry, sweetheart, I have already stopped. Calling your hair "lovely" was rather tactless on my side, I should have said "luxurious", but that is not the point. Would you like me to meet you at the airport or will just Ken do? You see, I have an appointment sceduled with Nana, and although I could cancel anything for your sake I would much appreciate it if you could somehow manage without my interference as I really, really need a break from your exceptional talents in letting me down. Forgive me for being so frank but--
Aya: I will manage.
Chloe: That, my dear, is the best thing I've heard from you in ages.
Aya: Good bye Chloe.
Chloe: See you soon, my dark angel.


Ring, ring.
Aya: Wrong number... I told you.
Chloe: Forgive me for bothering you yet again, my beloved friend, it is just that I...
Aya (thinking): Stop it.
Chloe: ...wanted to hear your voice once more.
Aya (thinking): Please do stop it.
Chloe: You know... This might sound odd, and it actually does, even to me, but I miss you, Aya the shinigami.
Aya: You talked to Ken too much.
Chloe: I did. Because this way I feel closer to you.
Aya: That is not true.
Chloe: I wish you were right! However, since you are gone it is every day, every minute, every second that I... (breaks off)
Aya (thinking): I can still hang up on him.
Chloe: I am sorry.
Aya: That is good.
Chloe: May I meet you at the airport? Please. Just do me a tiny favour. May I?
Aya: Ridiculous.
Chloe: Am I really? Yes, I believe I am. Ridiculous and... weak. I shouldn't have... been sincere... with you. After all, you do not care.
Aya: No I do not.
Chloe: Well... That is a nice thing to hear! At least I cannot break your darling heart, nor even touch it.
(silence)
Chloe: Looks like I have to dash. Lots and lots of things to do here, my dear samurai.
Aya: Good bye, Chloe.
Chloe: See you at the airport... Aya.


Ring, ring.
Aya: Wrong...
Chloe: I know.
(silence)
Chloe: Well?
Aya: Huh?
Chloe: What did you want to tell me, my prescious samurai?
Aya: Me?
Chloe: I can guess what you are thinking even when you are many miles away from me, o warrior. I can tell by the tone of your voice that last time we talked there was somethjing left unsaid on your side. What could it be? "I will be glad to see you?" Or, maybe, "It is nice to hear you miss me, Chloe, dear?" Or just "Don't forget to get me somw chocolate?"
Aya: I do not eat chocolate.
Chloe: You only eat raw meat, tearing it off a living bull with your sharp teeth, I gather? So what was it that you wanted to say? This silence is getting on my nerves, my beautifyl ninja, and I wonder what is the point in calling someone who is so lonesome in this foggy land where the sun is rare and merciless and rains are endless and severe, what is the point in calling your friend who is thinking about you and worrying about how you are, if you do not, oh, do not want to talk to him?
Aya: I did not call.
Chloe: You do not even call me.