Shulato #38
translation by Arcadia

[OP]

{Narrator} "Shulato and his friends fought against the powerful 
Charm-water. After seeing black Sohma in the Charm-water, Shulato used 
his own Sohma to transform in back into ordiary water. However, he is 
still worried about the black cloud he saw rising from it."

{Title} "Be Forever, ShuraOh"

{Ryouma} "So you're all going away to train some more. I guess we won't 
be able to see each other for a while."

{Renge} "I'll miss you."

{Matsuri} "Well, go ahead and drink."

{Hyuga} "Th- thanks."

{Dan} "Okay..."

{Ryouma} "What's the problem? Something wrong with the drink?"

{Hyuga} "N- no, nothing..."

{Renge} "I think seeing the two of just married has them a little 
embarrassed."

{Hyuga} "Hey! Renge!"

{Ryouma} "Well, now that peace has returned to Tenkuukai, your turn will 
probably come soon, too. Speaking of which, Hyuga, when are you going to 
marry Renge?"

{Renge} "What are you talking about?"

{Ryouma} "I'm just kidding."

{Hyuga} "Kidding? That... That's not funny! Right?"

{Renge} "Yeah!"

{Dan} "Um... I'm not in the way here, am I..."

{Reiga} "Boo! Boo! I'm here to eat you!"

{Kuuya} "Shulato..."

{Shulato} "That was black Sohma, I'm sure of it. Why was there black 
Sohma in the Charm-water?"

{Shiva} "Black Sohma is the evil in everyone's hearts. I simply awakened 
it."

{Shulato} "The evil in everyone's hearts..."

{Shulato} "Do you two have any black Sohma? Nah, I don't think so. But 
then whose Sohma released the Charm-water? Was it leftovers from the 
Asura army, like Hyuga said?"

{Shulato} "You startled me!"

{Reiga} "What are you thinking about, out here all alone?"

{Shulato} "Nothing! Leave me alone!"

{Reiga} "I don't know what you're worried about, but no matter how hard 
you think, the answer won't make it into your think skull."

{Shulato} "Hey!"

{Reiga} "I know! You're wondering if you should follow Ryouma's lead and 
marry Lakshu!"

{Shulato} "Are you always this cheerful?"

{Reiga} "Thank you!"

{Kuuya} "The wind's blowing."

{Shulato} "That's-"

{Shulato} "What the hell?"

{Shulato} "Ryouma! Hyuga!"

{Reiga} "Shulato! What's the rush?"

{Shulato} "But, Reiga! Ryouma and-"

{Shulato} "What?"

{Lakshu} "But this is... It can't be..."

{Shulato} "Something's strange. The mountains, the trees, they're all 
trying to day something."

{Shulato} "There's no mistake! That's black Sohma!"

{Shulato} "But how..."

{Shulato} "What the hell is going on?"

{Hyuga} "Let's go back to Tekuuden."

{Reiga} "Time to go back already?"

{Hyuga} "We did promise Lakshu we'd visit. We shouldn't keep her 
waiting."

{Reiga} "We'll take these kids home."

{Renge} "Where's Shulato?"

{Reiga} "He went back already. He ate too much and got sick."

{Dan} "That's something that doesn't happen often."

{Kuuya} "He has been acting strange recently."

{Shulato} "They're crying. The plants, the earth, the water. Why are they 
crying? Why would they be sad?"

{Shulato} "Lakshu! What's wrong? What are you doing here?"

{Lakshu} "I should ask you that. Why aren't you with everyone else?"

{Shulato} "Lakshu, I... I saw some black Sohma."

{Lakshu} "I thought so!"

{Shulato} "You thought so? Thought what?"

{Lakshu} "I was looking at Earth in the crystal ball. There's no peace 
there, yet."

{Shulato} "What?"

{Lakshu} "The hatred, the death, the suffering- nothing's changed at 
all!"

{Shulato} "That can't be true! Tenkuukai and Earth are connected! If 
Tenkuukai is peaceful, then Earth should... Could the black Sohma I saw 
have..."

{Lakshu} "Earth can't have peace while there is still black Sohma in 
Tenkuukai."

{Shulato} "Could some of the Asura gods' Sohma still be left here?"

{Lakshu} "That's not it. This is big, really big. It's all over 
Tenkuukai."

{Shulato} "But Shiva and the Asura gods are dead! Whose Sohma could it 
be?"

{Shulato} "That voice again!"

{Lakshu} "What is it, Shulato?"

{Shulato} "Oh, I see. You can't hear or see it."

{Lakshu} "Hey, where're you going?"

{Lakshu} "Shulato..."

{Shulato} "This is a vision only I can see. It's like Tenkuukai itself is 
trying to tell me something."

{Shulato} "I'm going to find out what!"

[eyecatch]

{Shulato} "Okay, tell me, all of you! Tell me what you're thinking."

{Shulato} "This... this sadness..."

{Shulato} "Black Sohma! The black Sohma came from you? From Tenkuukai 
itself?"

{Shulato} "Stop! Stop!"

{Ryouma} "What about Shulato?"

{Lakshu} "He suddenly burst out of here, and he hasn't come back yet."

{Renge} "He has been acting weird."

{Kuuya} "Yes."

{Hyuga} "Okay, everyone, let's go find him!"

{Lakshu} "Take me with you!"

{Lakshu} "Reiga, you'll find him, right? I have a really bad feeling 
about this."

{Reiga} "It'll be okay, Lakshu."

{Reiga} "Shulato!"

{Lakshu} "Shulato!"

{Lakshu} "What's that light?"

{Reiga} "Let's see."

{Reiga} "Black Sohma! Impossible!"

{Lakshu} "Look! Shulato!"

{Shulato} "Lakshu... Reiga..."

{Reiga} "What happened to him?"

{Reiga} "What power! It's more than Indrah or Akaranarta! Maybe more than 
Shiva!"

{Reiga} "Stop, Shulato! Stop!"

{Lakshu} "No, Reiga! Don't fight him!"

{Reiga} "But that black Sohma could destroy Tenkuukai-"

{Reiga} "Shulato!"

{Reiga} "Karula Hanefu-"

{Reiga} "No, I can't do it."

{Lakshu} "Shulato! Stop! Shulato!"

{Lakshu} "Shulato!"

{Lakshu} "Shulato! NO!"

{Gai} "You've had a tough time, Shulato."

{Shulato} "There's black Sohma hidden in everything in this world. The 
plants, the water, the mountains, the clouds... It's just like Shiva 
said."

{Gai} "And everyone fights to resist the temptation of the black Sohma 
within them. It's a neverending battle."

{Gai} "That's why they needed you. They hoped that you, as Brahma's 
successor, could liberate them from their battle with their own black 
Sohma."

{Shulato} "So the visions I saw were their cries for help. But I couldn't 
help them. When I tried to get rid of the black Sohma, I got caught up in 
it myself."

{Shulato} "Hey, Gai. If a person let their black Sohma take over 
completely, they'd become another Shiva. I wonder what I was trying to 
do."

{Gai} "But, Shulato, we were able to hear their cries. When we truly 
become the next Brahma, we'll be able to stop their suffering."

{Shulato} "Maybe. I hope so."

{Reiga} "You're back with us."

{Lakshu} "Shulato, I'm so happy!"

{Shulato} "Reiga! Lakshu!"

{Lakshu} "How pretty!"

{Reiga} "It's like a dream."

{Lakshu} "It's better than a dream."

{Shiva} "Black Sohma is the evil in everyone's hearts. I simply awakened 
it."

{Lakshu} "Look! The sun's rising!"

{Shulato} "It's not done yet, is it."

{Shulato} "And neither are we."

[ED]