Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, The Page #5

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Fujii Souhei.

Introduce yourself.

I'm Fujii. Pleased to meet you all.

Pleased to meet you!

Hey, do you have a pet dog at home?

What? Why?

Well, you kinda reek of fur.

No, we don't have one.

Huh? That's weird.

I was dead certain you had one.

What's up?

Nothing. It's just that there's this smell.

Smell? Of what?

Never mind. Maybe I'm just smelling things.

Which one could it be?

I know! This one!

No way! For real?

Oh, Yuki.

Come play with us. Souhei's really funny.

Sorry, I have to return this book to the library.

What's with her?

She's not always like that, though.

Hey, Yuki. Listen up.

Listen up, Yuki.

Hey, Yuki!

Yuki!

Hey, Yuki!

Just tell me what it is!

What is what?

Have I done something to piss you off?

No, you haven't.

So you can't stand me because I transferred here?

That's gotta be it.

No, it's not.

Why're you avoiding me, then?

But I'm not!

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

And then

Hey!

Wait up!

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

And then there were three presents, and three octopuses.

Don't come any closer!

You...

Stay away from me!

What's wrong with you?

Don't touch me!

Yuki! Yuki!

Call for you, Hana.

Okay!

Hello.

Sorry we had to call you at work.

idea how much he bled from his head?

From my ear, you mean.

Yuki.

She hasn't answered any questions at all.

Did you really hurt him?

Did you apologize?

Apologize.

Apologize, now!

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

That's how it is, Mrs. Fujii.

The school's insurance policy will compensate you for the medical bills.

Don't tell me you think you can get away with this just by lowering your head.

What if he'd gone deaf in the ear?

Parents have to take responsibility for their children's actions!

Will you make up for this, even if you have to go into debt and sell your house?

Well, this isn't the place for

I have to find out where they stand on this, or else

A wolf.

Huh?

A wolf did it.

It was a wolf that did it.

Souhei? What are you on about?

Souhei.

Souhei?

Don't just jump to conclusions.

But she has been acting weird lately.

Yuki would never do something like that!

It was obviously her.

Sir.

...

Where's Souhei?

He went home.

Why?

Because he got hurt.

Why'd he get hurt?

You see...

Who hurt him?

Uh...

Yuki!

I knew it.

I wonder what happened.

So it was her.

Hell yeah, we're Scotland Yard.

Shut up.

Quiet! Settle down, everyone!

It didn't work.

The spell didn't work no matter how many times I tried.

Will I...

Will I be chased out of school?

Will we be unable to live in that house any longer?

I'm sorry.

Mom, I'm so sorry!

It's okay. It's all fine.

Souhei?

Handout. Souhei.

Souhei.

Souhei.

She's gone over to Shino's place today.

That so.

Wait, hold on.

This place is really far, isn't it?

Thanks for coming everyday.

Well, I don't want Yuki to stop coming to school.

Hey, at the time, you said "a wolf did it", didn't you?

What did you mean by that?

That was... uh...

You might not believe me,

but I saw a wolf for a second back then.

And when I came to, I was injured.

So I'm sure it was a wolf that did it.

Not Yuki. That's what I meant.

I see.

Can I ask you one more question?

Do you hate wolves?

Not really, no.

Me neither.

Hey...

Do you wanna see this?

Wha

Oww!

Cool, huh?

Wanna touch it?

Doesn't it hurt?

It's a bit itchy.

Let's go.

I'm off.

Where are you going?

Master's place.

Master who?

Master... Master.

Fine. Will you be okay going alone?

Yeah.

Take care.

Okay.

Don't stay out too late.

Okay.

Where's Yuki?

Isn't that a relief. What about Ame?

He goes sometimes.

And that's fine.

Guys who stop going to elementary school are very promising.

Like Edison and myself, for example.

Where do you get off spouting irresponsible stuff like that?

By the way, does sometime live up on the mountain?

The mountain?

Ame said he was going to his master's place.

I thought he was talking about Mr. Nirasaki.

Who knows?

I don't think there's anyone who'd enter the mountain in this busy farming season.

Master knows everything.

Everything about the mountain.

Never thought you'd get friendly with someone older than you.

Bring them home sometime.

I want to thank them. Also...

Master won't meet humans.

He doesn't come down to the village like those bears and boars.

But maybe he'll see you.

Master's in charge of this entire area.

Thank you for taking care of Ame.

My birthplace's nature

The bath's ready.

You should have Master teach you too, Yuki.

You'll get much better at hunting.

There's a trick behind running through the forest at full speed, you see.

There's also a way to read terrain.

It really helps.

You can learn how to find streams, or notice subtle changes in the climate.

And also about territories and how to properly interact with one another

I'm not going. No way.

Why?

Right back at you. Why aren't you coming to school?

The mountain's more interesting.

It's full of things I don't know.

You don't need to know.

Why?

Just come to school!

Don't wanna.

Why?

Because I'm a wolf.

Human, you mean.

No, we're wolves.

I decided never to turn into a wolf again.

Why?

Tell me why.

Because I'm human!

!

And I'm asking you to tell me why.

Enough of your whys already!

You're a wolf. How can you call yourself human?

Shut up! You don't know a thing about me!

And what's there to know?!

You'd better come to school tomorrow!

Don't wanna!

You'd better!

Don't wanna!

You wanna go?

What? What's all this noise?

Yuki, Ame!

Stop it, you two!

Stop it, Yuki! Ame!

Yuki!

Ame!

Ame?

Yuki and Ame have both started to walk their own paths in life.

This is supposed to be what I wanted all along,

so why am I so worried?

Could you tell me why?

My last summer as an elementary schooler was marked by multiple record-breaking downpours.

Ame started going up the mountain much more frequently.

It looked like he was really worried about the effect those downpours would have on his master

and the mountain's other flora and fauna.

Ame!

Where've you been?

You're freezing cold!

Hold on, I'll heat up some bathwater right now.

Master's... leg is injured. He can't move.

He'll probably die very soon.

Somebody has to take over his role and do what he's been doing all this while.

Ame!

Stop going up the mountain!

Listen to me.

You're only ten years old! You're just a child!

...

Please.

Please don't go up the mountain anymore.

I'm begging you.

Stay on him!

He's gonna shoot!

Shoot, Nobumichi!

Give me the ball.

Oh yeah, did you know?

Know what?

I overheard my parents talking about it.

Yeah.

Apparently Souhei's mom is getting married.

What? No way!

But why?

Because she's hot, obviously.

So Souhei's gonna get a new dad, huh?

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