Castle in the Sky Page #2

I knew it was the start

of something wonderful.

Imps...They're imps...

Grandpa Pomu! It's okay.

He's a very nice man.

We're lost!

This imp looks just like Pazu...

and a little girl imp, too, I see.

PWe're being chased by pirates...

P:

P...and by the army, too.

Intrepid, aren't you...

Well, help yourself.

Thank you.

Grandpa, do you always stay underground?

That's impossible!

Since last night, the stars have

been making a mysterious commotion...

I hope they quiet down soon.

The rocks make noise?

The stones have small voices...

Wow.

Pazu - look up.

But it was just rock...

It's pretty.

Now, look at this.

It went out.

There are Levistone veins

inside the rocks here.

Levistone?

This happens when Levistone touches the air.

It fades and becomes just rock.

It's glowing.

I'm amazed!

That's a pure Levistoncrystal...

I'm beginning to see n...

It's no wonder the stars are so restless!

There's a mysterious power in this stone.

Only the people of Laputa had

the power to make such a thing.

The people of Laputa...

That was when it floated in

the sky over Dekkai Island.

There really was a Laputa!

Sheeta, it exists, after all.

Grandpa, where do you think the island is now?

Grandpa Pomu?

Sorry, but could you put away the stone?

It's too much for me.

What's the matter, Grandpa?

My grandpa told me...

When the stones are noisy,

Laputa is over the mines.

So, if we went up into the sky now,

we could see Laputa!

Sheeta, my father wasn't lying!

Uhh...Little girl...Umm...

Yes?

I tell others about stones because

that's how I make a living.

Listen, the good luck the stones bring

people also seems to invite bad luck.

What's more. That stone was made

by human hands. Remember that...

It's not like that!

That stone has saved Sheeta

twice already, hasn't it?

This is amazing! Laputa is real.

They've gone.

Let's go back to the ship, Mama.

Keep quiet. We'll stay here for now.

I'm hungry.

It's okay, let's go.

Thanks, Grandpa.

Be careful.

Wow...what magnificent clouds...

The island is floating,

hidden behind the peaks of those clouds.

I'll do it! I swear I'll find Laputa!

Pazu...

There's something I still haven't told you...

There's an old, secret name in my family.

When I inherited this stone,

I inherited that name as well...

My inherited name is Lucita...

Lucita Toelle Ul Laputa.

Laputa - then...!

It's the army! Run, Sheeta!

Run to the cave!

Don't move!

What are you doing?!

Pazu!

Let me go!

We've caught them, sir.

Did they give you a lot of trouble?

Open up! Open up!

This is too slow!

She'll talk as soon as we lock her up!

That's a bad habit of the government.

Rush things and both the girl and

the investment will suffer, your Excellency.

If we'd mobilized the troops in the first place,

Dora wouldn't have surprised us.

Your Excellency,

the coded messages were deciphered.

What?!

This is a job for my agents.

Your Excellency need only move

the troops at the right time.

Muska! I am the commander of the

Laputa investigation. Don't forget that!

Of course; and I take my orders directly

from the government. Don't forget that.

Meddling fool!

Did you sleep well?

Where's Pazu? I want to see Pazu!

Don't you like the latest fashions?

Don't worry about him.

His head is harder than mine.

Come, there's something I want you to see.

Go in.

What is it...?

It has terrible destructive power.

It's a robot soldier.

If this fellow hadn't fallen out of the sky,

nobody would have believed in Laputa.

This wasn't made anywhere

on the Earth's surface.

It has power almost beyond imagining.

And its body...metallic? Ceramic?

Our scientists still don't know.

Look at this. Don't be afraid.

It's been inactive since we found it.

There.

The same symbol that was on

the old fireplace in your home...

...and on this necklace.

This stone won't work except in your hands.

It will protect you until the day

you decide to return to Laputa,

then it will show you the way.

But, I don't know anything!

If you want the stone, take it!

Leave us alone.

You think Laputa is kind of

a 'treasure island', don't you?

Laputa flies because of an

impressive scientific power.

It once controlled the whole surface of

the Earth with an empire of fear!

If a thing like that is still wandering in the skies,

is it not a danger to peace?

I think you understand.

I'd like you to help me.

Laputa's location is in the stone.

Surely you must know an incantation or something?

I really don't know. Let me see Pazu.

I don't like to be overdramatic,

but that young man's fate is in your hands.

If you help us, I'll set him free,

Lucita Toelle Ul Laputa.

How did you know that?

'Ul' means king in Laputan.

'Toelle' means true.

You are the rightful successor of

the Laputan royal family, Queen Lucita.

Come out.

Pazu, are you hurt?

I'm okay. But you?

They haven't done anything to you, have they?

Pazu, I was wrong about you.

Please forgive me.

I didn't know that you were fighting

to protect her from the pirates.

Sheeta...what?

Pazu, I beg you. Forget about Laputa.

What?

The army will investigate

Laputa with Sheeta's help.

I understand how you feel,

but I'd like you to keep 'hands off' for a while.

Sheeta...is this true? But...

Forgive me for troubling you. Thank you.

I'll never forget you, Pazu.

It can't be...Sheeta...didn't you promise?

Goodbye.

Wait, Sheeta!

If you want to be a man

then listen to reason!

This is a small, but heartfelt thanks.

Take it and go.

Remember the words

that activate the stone...

If you keep your promise,

you'll be set free, too.

Mama, it's Pazu. Pazu came back!

I was worried.

Nobody had seen you since yesterday.

What happened to that little girl?

She's all right.

Let me go...what are you doing?!

Don't make a fuss.

Only staying for a bit, my boy.

Get out!

This is my house!

Big talk for a brat who can't

even protect a little girl.

Look at all the money he's got!

Oh dear, you sold the girl for money?

You're wrong!

I wouldn't do a thing like that!

Then where did you get the money?

Sheeta told me to take it! So, I...

So you took it and ran...

And you call yourself a man?

Don't give me that! Weren't you

trying to get hold of Sheeta, too?

Of course. Pirates are

always after treasure!

They're strange fellows.

Why do they keep kidnapping the girl?

Do you think they'll let the girl live?

Idiot! She was forced to

deal with them to save you!

You understand everything, don't you, Mama?

I haven't been a woman for 50 years

without learning something.

Don't you see? She saved your life.

Just breaks my heart,

it's true love and you don't even shed a tear.

If any of you ever marry,

find a nice girl like her.

Don't you mean like you, Mama?

Like that girl?

Good...still using the old code!

They've summoned a warship.

They're leaving with the girl.

If we don't hurry, we'll lose them!

Move your butts! Let's go!

Are you going to go kidnap Sheeta?

The girl is nothing, it's the Levistone!

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