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I'm Kazuki Shikimori and I'm seventeen years old.

I'm a normal high school student attending Aoi Campus,

and I possess the genes that will give birth to the greatest magician in history.

But I used up all of my magic, so my body turned to ash and disappeared.

All that's left of me is a ghost.

Despite that, Yuna, Kuriko and Rin are by my side as always.

Even though I can't do anything.

And so, today,

the second day of the school trip,

you're to split up into individual groups and go observe shrines and temples.

However, I trust that none of you are thinking of repeating

those little stunts you pulled yesterday.

No, we're not!

Seriously, I can't believe you guys.

You tried to sell deer rice crackers by saying that because they contained deer meat,

they were good for one's appearance, health, diet and even universal peace!

Then you quibbled about the fact that the statue of the Thousand-Armed Kannon

doesn't actually have a thousand arms,

and came up with all kinds of bogus arguments demanding you be financially compensated.

You pumped out the water from the inn's hot spring and tried to sell it.

The only thing that ever crosses your brains

is different ways to make money through cheap tricks! Jeez!

Quit jerkin' me around, you morons!

Okay everyone, listen up! I don't know how many times I've said this.

We didn't come all the way to Kyoto and Nara

so you could do something that will disgrace your class!

I'm certain to have my salary cut,

and I won't even be able to buy those video games I like so much!

You got that?!

Were you listening?! Hey!

Yes, we were!

It'd be nice if they really were listening...

I swear...

Traveling in groups together with Kazuki.

Incredible, isn't it?

Yeah.

These two statues have been here together for hundreds of years, huh?

Yeah.

Kazuki and I, too...

Together like this, always.

Yuna! Are you all right?

I'm sorry. Silly me, I completely forgot about your body.

Yuna...

That's right.

Morisaki?

So everyone in your group has gone their separate ways?

Well, yeah.

If at least someone in the group doesn't actually go on the scheduled course,

then we can't come up with excuses, right?

Besides, it's not as if I dislike places like this.

You are Miss Sayumi Morisaki, are you not?

Kazuki.

Yeah...

We'll settle this with one stroke.

After all, it's being kept secret even from the head family.

Desires...

begone!

Desires begone! Desires begone!

What was that?

It's this temple's particular kind of training.

Training?

In any case, it looks like those other guys have gone too.

I guess coming here was a good thing, huh?

Hey, who the heck were those guys dressed in white?

Don't worry about them. They pose no danger to you or Miyama.

Morisaki...

Do you think Morisaki is all right?

I hope she hasn't been attacked again.

Yeah. Even if we wanted to tell the police or the teacher,

we don't even know where she went.

Well, if it isn't Yuna!

Heya!

Matsuda! What are you doing here?

Just what it looks like. I'm a fake fortune teller!

It's really profitable!

Get your fortune told, Shikimori!

No, thanks.

Oh, that's right. Matsuda, you're in the same group as Morisaki, right?

Huh? Yeah, that's right.

Want to get your fortune told, Shikimori?

No, thanks.

That was quite the intrusion earlier.

Still, it's hard to move around on a cramped temple walkway.

Here, however, we should all be able to display our skills fairly and properly.

Those are hardly the words of a group that relies on strength in numbers.

Say what you like.

We will be taking your life!

Impressive.

However...

This time, I won't be holding back.

Then I'll go all out too!

Just what you'd expect from one from the Morisaki family. But...

it looks like this is a tie, doesn't it?

That's enough!

Lady Rin...

Milady, why are you in Kyoto?

I received word from my sources in Gifu.

You were going to handle this without talking to the head family.

It's only natural that I would come here.

Those jerks need to mind their own business.

Leave. And do not lay a hand on her.

But Lady Rin,

the Morisaki are the archrivals of our family, the Kamishiro!

There's no way we can just let her go.

Do you think you can handle her?

Leave!

Yes, ma'am!

My family has shown you disrespect.

I know that you weren't the one who instigated this.

A single mistake and our positions would have been reversed.

I'm not upset.

Oh! There's Morisaki!

Morisaki! We've been looking for you for a while!

Kazuki, this way!

Huh? Rin?

Wasn't Morisaki here just now?

Huh? Where did she go?

Sayumi and Rin Kamishiro, huh?

Oh, Nakamaru? I've just stumbled on an interesting little scheme. You want in?

Desires...

begone!

Desires begone! Desires begone!

Today's the perfect day for the monks to do their training, huh?

So Rin, you came to stop those people in the white robes?

Yes. It appears they have caused you both some problems as well.

But why are your relatives going after Morisaki?

The Kamishiro and Morisaki families have been enemies for centuries.

What? Centuries?

That is correct.

Though our current generation cares little about it,

there are those who even now do not wish the feud to end.

Perhaps they think that if it did,

their very existences would cease to have meaning or something.

But I'm surprised that you could make it to Kyoto so quickly.

Exactly!

Rin just showed up at my place all of a sudden,

saying that she wanted me to lend her money to buy a ticket for the bullet train.

So that's how it was.

Still, why are you suddenly in Kazuki's lap, Kuriko?!

Well, you've got Rin and I didn't want to be left all on my own.

That's still no reason to be in his lap.

So Elizabeth is here too?

What? Elizabeth?

Well, even ghosts have to pay fare on the bullet train, so...

This is merely a small gift.

Really now? So ya want to use my connections...

Yes. We'd likely encounter various obstacles if we did this on our home turf,

so we'd like to use your connections.

They say you're the number one broker in Kansai.

Of course, we can guarantee that you will receive appropriate payment.

I see...

So, what's the scheme?

A one-on-one duel between the heirs of the Morisaki and Kamishiro families.

Really.

A one-on-one between Kyushu's distinguished families...

between Morisaki and Kamishiro, ya say?

That Morisaki girl sure was strong, wasn't she?

Rin's relatives were taken out completely.

Kuriko, please don't drink my tea.

I heard she was expert in hand-to-hand combat, but...

Um, Kuriko? That was mine too, you know.

The Kamishiro are sometimes called masters of the sword,

while the Morisaki are called masters of the fist.

The skills of our families are comparable.

If two of us were to fight, neither would walk away unharmed.

History has proven as such.

You wouldn't walk away unharmed?

Correct.

Still, the truth is that when I looked into her eyes,

I wanted to try and fight her,

a pure duel that had nothing to do our families.

With these skills that my older brother...

that my big brother cultivated in me.

Rin, you can't!

I am joking, Shikimori.

Rin Kamishiro!

We heard that loud and clear!

We brothers will make your wish come true!

She's in Kyoto too, so this is a good opportunity.

Your family told you to settle things if the opportunity arose, right?

You might be able to settle a grudge that's lasted centuries.

My family is my family, but I'm me.

I intend to keep that distinction very clear.

But...

Stop bugging me.

I said I wouldn't do it and I wont, end of story.

"Beautiful and sparkly, wondrous star,

in the night sky in which you fall, I want you!"

Hey, Sayumi, do you remember this?

It's a poem you wrote when we were in junior high.

You were always talking about stardust, sighs and stuff.

You can tear apart as many of these copies as you want.

The original is being properly safeguarded.

Kazumi. You are so...

You'll have the duel with Rin Kamishiro, right, Sayumi?

Everyone in class B is rooting for you.

Everyone in class B?

That's right. Everyone in class B.

I never imagined that you would provide a venue like this.

I'm th' number one broker in Kansai.

You were th' one who said that weren't you, Mr. Nakamaru?

If a scheme is big, then I must treat is as such.

Gettin' it all set up in one night took quite an effort, ya see.

My goodness.

It looks like we'll both be able to profit richly from this.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!

Here in Kyoto, the morning of the showdown has arrived,

and a refreshing quiet has filled the city.

This is a special program that class 2-B of Aoi Campus

will be broadcasting to the entire world!

"The Showdown: Sayumi Morisaki versus Rin Kamishiro in Kyoto"!

I'm Raika Nario, aka the Missionary of Truth of class 2-B and I'll be your announcer!

And at my side: He's not fortune's hero, he's an unlucky zero!

That's right, joining me is Takuto Abe of class B!

Mr. Abe, thank you for coming today.

Thanks for having me.

The real profits start when the betting begins!

Hey now, you guys!

There's no way a teacher could overlook her students gambling, you know.

Please set your mind at ease, Miss Iba.

Though we speak of gambling, we're betting with chocolate, Miss Iba.

Chocolate?

Madame, I would like to bet, s'il vous plait.

Right, please check your markers.

Right, please check your markers.

Merci!

Expensive!

I guess it can't be helped if it's chocolate.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's finally the main event:

Sayumi Morisaki versus Rin Kamishiro!

The contestants have entered the racetrack!

I never thought you would agree to this.

You even avoid running into me at school, and yet...

This fight has nothing to do with my family.

If we harbor no grudges against one another, then there is nothing to worry about.

And now, the judge, Aoi Campus third year student Miss Kuriko Kazetsubaki.

Take it away, please!

Combatants, prepare for battle!

Begin!

And it's a vicious battle right off the bat!

It's so fast I can't tell what's going on at all!

Sayumi Morisaki launches an ultra-powerful Spark Explosion!

It's so bright I can't tell what's going on at all!

What's going to happen?

Sayumi, I've got a ton of money riding on you, so please win!

Oh, my! Sayumi Morisaki has stopped moving!

Got you!

Wow! Morisaki blocked just before Kamishiro could execute her finishing move!

Both combatants have now stopped moving!

Is this the end of the duel?!

Except now it's so bright that I...

I can see so much detail that it's got me all flustered!

You both look great, girls!

Good, good! They're really getting into it!

Victory for Sayumi, victory for Sayumi!

You can do it, Rin!

It is good in the commercial sense of the word,

but unfortunately, they can't just stay still forever.

This is a notice for the entire audience.

Since there are no signs at all of this battle being settled,

by my authority as judge,

this fight will now be decided by a footrace to the goal!

What?!

Combatants, please make a complete circuit of the course and return here!

Damn you, Kazetsubaki! This is why we hate the rich!

It doesn't matter if it's this or something else, so long as things get fired up!

What on Earth are you talking about, Kuriko?

This is a sacred duel!

If that's how it's going to be...

I'll be going first!

I will not let you!

Things have really gotten out of control!

A duel to the death has become a race around a turf track!

That is cheating, Morisaki!

Cheating or not, I have the humiliation of a lifetime on the line!

If it is a fair duel where both parties give their all,

then there is no shame in losing!

That's not what I'm talking about!

Victory for Sayumi, victory for Sayumi, victory for Sayumi!

Morisaki and Kamishiro are coming up on the third bend from the far side,

which will take them into the uneven terrain!

The both of them are worthy opponents!

That's good, that's good! They're getting into it!

Desires...

begone!

Desires begone! Desires begone!

Oh, my! All of a sudden, a group of monks entered the field and joined in the race!

Is something like this all right?!

Oh, what does it matter?

It looks like the judge has given it the okay!

It can't be! Whoever's responsible for this, get out here!

I get it. Today was another perfect day for the monks to do their training.

In that case, it can't be helped, can it?

What do you mean it can't be helped?!

And now, they're turning around the final bend and into the 404-meter stretch

that is the final race to the finish!

Sayumi!

This is the original book, with your "heart aflutter" poems! You'd better not lose!

Who's in the lead? Is it Morisaki or Kamishiro? Kamishiro or Morisaki?!

Sayumi! "Heart aflutter" poems!

Morisaki or Kamishiro, Kamishiro or Morisaki?

"Heart aflutter" poems!

Morisaki or Kamishiro? Right now they're neck and neck!

Goal!

Poems!

It doesn't matter how much "they got into it."

If someone completely unrelated captures first place,

of course people are going to ask for their chocolate back.

What's more, they went berserk in a major way.

Ah've been done in!

In the confusion caused by the goal incident, Sayumi stole the "heart aflutter" poems back,

and I snapped and went on a rampage at the racetrack!

On top of that, we had to refund all the admission fees, so now I'm penniless.

Well, this is business and these sorts of things do happen.

Oh, right. And there's this as well, Mister Nakamaru.

Here ya go.

What is this?

A bill combining the fee for using my place, the cost for its repairs,

and the commission for using my contacts.

You can pay in installments, ya see.

This has become an expensive school trip for ya, hasn't it?

You really tried your best today, Rin.

Anyway, I'm just really glad that neither you or Morisaki were hurt, Rin.

Yes, but...

I am a little disappointed that I was not able to settle things with Morisaki.

I wanted to win fairly, for my big brother's sake as well, but...

But you know...

Even though you didn't settle things with her,

I'm sure that Shunji will still praise you.

After all, Rin, you really tried your best.

You may be right.

I found you, Kazuki!

Kazuki!

Yamase! What are you doing here?

I've finally found you, Kazuki!

Oh, for some reason, my heart is getting hotter and hotter.

Somehow, my heart is really...

getting hotter...

What is going on?

Hot...

My body is so hot...

Rin!

Kazuki, it's hot. I'm so hot!

Yuna! What's going on?!

I'm so hot, it's like I'm on fire...

Kuriko?!

What is going on?

What the heck is happening?

And so, they set it up... ya see.

We'd been looking forward to that school trip too.

It's all right, ya know? After all, we got to see an incredible fight for free, ya see?

Ya got a point, but...

Pulling ourselves together, the next episode of Maburaho is

"He Changed... Ya See"