Sailor V - Vol. 7 VOL. 7 SAILOR V'S VACATION THE HAWAIIAN PLOT! Originally appeared in Run Run, September 1993. Translated by Alex Glover . Version B-1.0, 9.96. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 8 Box: It's been a while, hasn't it! I'm Aino Minako. I'm 13 years old and in 7th grade. Minako: Mom! Hurry, hurry! I have to get a lottery ticket! The shopping center's summer sale and jumbo lottery end today! First prize is Hawaii! I'll get it! Box: 1st prize - 6 days in Hawaii with your family 2nd prize - 29-inch TV 3rd prize - 8mm video camera 4th prize - Laundry detergent 5th prize - Beer 6th prize - Tissues Mina's mom: You can't win first prize that easily. I'd just like beer or detergent. Minako: See you later! Minako runs out of the house. Artemis: If nothing else, you could get the tissues for 6th prize. Box: This is my weird talking cat, Artemis. Minako: Hawaii. Hawaii! Page 9 Two men are accosting a woman at a shop. Thug 1: Hey hey! We're going to put up an octopus dumpling stand here. So you can't put one up! Woman: But this is in front of my store! Artemis: Mina! Minako: Ohh... I have to go to the lottery... Box: We're the kind who can't stop looking for trouble. Minako: Don't be so irresponsible, you two! Box: In fact, I'm the soldier of justice, Sailor V. Minako: Code name: Sailor V! I'm Sailor Venus! You can quite easily put up two octopus dumpling stands! Fighting gets in people's way. Thug 1: Sailor V! Thug 2: We're going to put up an octopus dumpling stand! (Back off!) Minako: Sailor V Kick!! Page 10 The clock strikes six. Minako stops. Minako: Oh no!! The lottery's over at 6 o'clock! [She runs to the stand.] I'm playing the lottery too! She cranks the wheel, and a gold ball falls out. Lottery guy: Ooh... Congratulations!! Sailor V-san, you've won six days in Hawaii!! Minako: I did it! The trip I've been longing for! Hawaii! Page 11 (The guy who was behind V-chan) Guy: Umm... I'd like to play too... Lottery guy: Oh, I'm sorry. Since first prize has been won, the lottery is now over. Minako: (I'm so lucky!) Guy: B- But...! Can't you even give me the tissues for sixth place? For this lottery, I've shopped in this mall for the whole summer, and bought lottery tickets, but... Ohh... The trip I've been longing for, Hawaii. One second earlier, and I would've had it. Sailor V's got such luck. Minako: (You bet! Only my luck is good!) Wakagi: What? (I hate Sailor V!!) The first prize of Hawaii was snatched away by Sailor V!? Is that so, brother. Box: Wakagi Toshio 27 years old Metropolitan Police Board Special Police Headquarters Special Officer Guy: I wanted to travel abroad, like you. Wakagi: I'm just going on an inspection tour to Greece as the chief's attendant. Page 12 Wakagi: (You're an adult salaryman. Have some decency!) Brother, look, if you pay for the shopping center's tour, you can go along. Is that all right? Guy: Then that's what I'll do. I have money saved up. (There goes my bonus pay...) At the Dark Agency Office. Danburite: Hmm. Bubbles are bursting in this business recession. Travel abroad is record-breakingly popular. Seems the travel craze of the Japanese isn't falling off at all. Woman: Danburite-sama. We can't ignore the power of the Japanese abroad. Let me, Hibiskos, do it. The power of the humans' energy in the midst of summer vacation is at it's highest. It will certainly be of use to our Dark Agency. Page 13 At New Tokyo International Airport. Tour Guide: Sailor V-san, of Shiba Shopping Center's tour! Is she here yet? Minako: Here I am! (Hawaii! Hawaii!) Actually, Sailor V-chan is busy with her job, and can't come, so I'm coming in her place! Tour Guide: Well! The lottery winner herself should come... I guess there's no helping it. Here's your ticket! Minako: (But it is herself...) Tour Guide: It's the 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu. (Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii. Hawaii is the 50th of state of the U.S.) Minako: What...! The airport's not free!? You have to pay an airport facilities fee!? (And it's 2,000 yen!) Punk 1: It's okay, it's okay! You can get in for free! You don't want to pay, right? This way! Page 14 Minako: Hold it right there, you two! Punks: Sailor V!? Minako: Even if Narita Airport will let you use the place for free, I won't! Guard: (Hey...) Where are you! You punks! Punk: Ohh! With our allowance, we had no choice! We couldn't pay! (We're sorry...) Guard: If you don't pay the airport facilities fee, you can't come in the airport. You've got a problem. Minako: I've got it! [She slaps Wakagi's brother on the back.] I'll borrow money from a nice guy like you! Wakagi's bro: Huh!? (Me!? *sob* How'd you know my allowance...) Page 15 Boy: Sailor V! Please take a picture with me! Girl: Me too! Crowd: (Wow! It's Sailor V!) (I wonder where she's traveling...) Mina's mom: Honey! Let's take our picture with Sailor V too, to remember this! (Come on, hurry!) Hey, speaking of which, where's Mina? Where'd she go!? Now that Sailor V's here... Hey! Excuse me, you! Take our picture, okay? (Hurry, hurry!) Wakagi's bro: Huh!? (M- Me!?) Minako: (Peace! Peace!) Box: Metropolitan Police Board Superintendent-General Chief: It's so noisy! I wonder if there's some star here. Wakagi! Go take a look! Wakagi: It might be an incident! Sign: Greece Tour Police group Page 16 Crowd: Sailor V! Sailor V's here! Chief: Did they say Sailor V!? Wakagi: That girl! Causing such a commotion again at the airport! Chief: I wonder if V-chan's traveling somewhere too. I can't see through the crowd! (Where is she, where is she!?) Man: It seems Sailor V is going to Hawaii. Chief: Hawaii!? A vacation in Hawaii with Sailor V... If V-chan's going, I'm going to Hawaii too... (I'm a super fan of Sailor V!) Wakagi: Chief! Aren't we going on an inspection tour to Greece!? Chief: Wakagi!! I've decided! Go to the counter and negotiate! There might be some cancels on the Hawaii flight! Wakagi: Chief...!? We're supposed to go to Greece on the 6 o'clock plane! What are you saying!? We'll miss our flight! Page 17 Minako: Ohh... I've been hung up! I have to hurry and undo my transformation, and get to the gate! I'll miss the plane! Wakagi's bro: Sailor V, waiiit! I've gotta get at least one commemorative photo! (To commemorate my first trip abroad.) Sailor V runs into the women's restroom, and Minako runs out. Wakagi's brother takes a picture. Minako: Eww! In front of the women's restroom! That's sick! Girl 1: Did you hear that? Girl 2: He's a pervert. A pervert. Wakagi's bro: S- Sick? But...! (I was just going to take a picture with her...) Minako: (Ohh...) Where did mom and dad go!? It's five minutes to six. I'm going to miss the plane... Page 18 Minako: I don't know where the gate could be... Wakagi's bro: Oh! That girl's on the same shopping center tour! I'll follow her! P.A. system: Ding dong... Would passenger Aino-sama of the departing 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu, Hawaii, immediately report to the gate... Minako: Oh no... That can't be about me!? Mom! Dad! There you are! You're not buying at the duty-free shop! Hurry, hurry! Parents: (But it's so cheap...) Stewardess: Oh! You're here, you're here! Finally! People, this way! Minako and her parents get on the plane with Wakagi's brother. Stewardess: Great, you made it! The four members of the police group. Minako: Huh!? Parents: The police!? Amano: Hey! Mina-san! (By the way, I'm in first class.) Minako: Amano!? No way! You're going to Hawaii too!? (That's an amazing coincidence!) Page 19 Amano: Hawaii? This plane is going to Greece. (I have a summer house there.) Minako: Greece? On the other plane. Stewardess: Oh no! We have no-show passengers for the 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu, Hawaii! I can't find them anywhere. Chief: To Hawaii!? If the passengers don't come by 6 o'clock, they're cancels! I'll go in their place! Wakagi: Chief!? Chief: Get out the money! Wakagi: Ch- Chief... Page 20 Stewardess: Well... No matter what, you'll be going. Seems we're departing. Chief: Hawaii! With V-chan! Wakagi: Chief... Hibiskos: Everyone! Thank you for taking advantage of this opportunity. I hope you enjoy your trip to Hawaii. Boy: Lady, you're cute! Hibiskos: Why, thank you. [thinking] These Japanese starting trips abroad are just fools overflowing with power. The Dark Agency's Hawaiian branch will get much more energy than in Japan. This will be easy, and fun. Many of these travelers are young kids, too. After I soak up their energy, everyone will eventually be my slaves. Page 21 Wakagi: I feel so weak... Chief: Oh, really!? I wonder if V-chan has already arrived in Hawaii. I'll be able to watch her activities in Hawaii! [thinking] Oh, the path to Hawaii is fun! Box: Hawaii. Honolulu International Airport. Chief: What!? Sailor V isn't coming!? Sign: Shiba Shopping Center Tour Group Woman: Sailor V was busy with her work and couldn't come, so a girl is coming in her place. But V-chan was at the airport! I wouldn't be surprised if that girl is Sailor V. Arrow: (She's sharp!) Stewardess: The one who was late for the plane must have been V-chan! There's been a misunderstanding. I wonder if she was left behind in Narita. Page 22 Stewardess: Oh! Wait. There was another flight departing from Narita at 6 o'clock. To Greece. I didn't think it could be, but I did a little checking... Meanwhile, on the other plane. Stewardess: I mistook that party of four from the Hawaii flight for the ones on the Greece flight, and brought them on board... (I'm a thoughtless stewardess. *sob* I'm sorry!) Back in Hawaii. Chief: Whaaat!? Sailor V-chan is going to Greece in our place!? Wakagi: Chief... I said we should go to Greece... Hibiskos: [thinking] Sailor V!? She said Sailor V, the mortal enemy of the Dark Agency!! [speaking] Everyone! I'm the chief stewardess of the Dark Air System. Page 23 Hibiskos: I'm accompanying that group. The passengers that mistakenly went to Greece will surely want to come to Hawaii again. Chief: Then, let's all hurry and go to Greece! Box: Athens, Greece. Hellenikon International Airport. Wakagi: Damnit... We're coming, we're going. How did I get this luck... This is like everything else! It's Sailor V's fault! All: Now, where's Sailor V!? Box: The Acropolis Page 24 Minako: Oh... Glorious ruins. As I walk through the inside of the shrine, I feel like I remember something... Artemis: (What!? A memory of your former life!?) (Artemis, who was left in Japan this time.) Artemis: (It's not fair, I was the only one left behind!) Minako: A memory... That's it. Why am I in this place!? Hawaii! I'm supposed to be in the Hawaii I've longed for, but...! Mina's mom: Hey, Mina! The price for the tour of Greece is much higher, so we can't come often. Take advantage of it! Minako: (Hawaii.) Mina's mom: Look, you should be taking lots of commemorative photos too! Page 25 Wakagi's bro: Oh, why am I in Greece. (Strange.) About now, wasn't I supposed to be relaxing in Hawaii!? [thinking] Since I lent my money at the airport, I lost my allowance. I was treated like a pervert. The money I had finally saved up, the trip I've been waiting for. Here in this foreign country, with just this stone building, I can't even make myself understood. I got it! Since I messed up in that lottery, all my fortune has gone! This bad luck. When I think over all of this, all of this (even when I don't think over it)... It's Sailor V's fault!! I'll get her!! Page 26 Amano: Watch out! Mina-san! He pushes her out of the way as a stone block falls on Wakagi's brother. Amano: Yes, yes, yes. This is turning into an Agatha Christie plot. Smells like a mystery! (Like in "Death on the Nile". Of course, that was at Egypt's Temples of Abu Simbel, but...) (I'm a mystery otaku.) Worker 1: Oh! My hands slipped and I dropped a stone! Worker 2: Be careful! (These men are excavating the ruins.) Wakagi's bro: [thinking] Wh- Why do I have this luck!? It's all, all Sailor V's fault! Page 27 Hibiskos: [thinking] Fierce bloodthirstiness toward Sailor V! I feel it! [speaking] Well! The police party has safely made it to Greece. I'll look for the other passengers to take back to Hawaii. See you! Chief: The passengers returning to Hawaii. That's the party in Sailor V's place! Wakagi! Follow me! Hibiskos: The bloodthirstiness came from here. Boy: Hey! There's a pretty girl here! She must be a guide. Will you take a picture with us? Hibiskos: Sure, it would be my pleasure. [thinking] Throughout the world, wherever you go, the power of Japanese tourists is amazing. Page 28 Hibiskos: [thinking] But I will receive that power. [speaking] I'll take it with this specially-made instant camera. Here we go. She zaps them with the camera. Hibiskos: But compared with Hawaii, the power of energy here is small. Since the age group of travelers to Greece is high, there aren't any young kids. Wakagi's bro: God damnit! Sailor V! Wait till I get my hands on you! Hibiskos: [thinking] That man. Maybe I can use him. Page 29 Hibiskos: [thinking] Yes, even in this dry land, I'm an aloha girl. [speaking] You poor thing, you wanted so much to go to Hawaii. You hate Sailor V. I will lend you my power. Minako: Huh!? The people of the shopping center tour are all gone suddenly. Everyone!? What's wrong!? Voice: Heh heh heh. Page 30 Voice: Sailor V! I know why you've come to Greece! Minako: An enemy!? The source of the voice is Wakagi's brother, in Hawaiian garb with a mask and cape. Wakagi's bro: I am Aloha Kamen! I have a big grudge against Hawaii! If you want the lives of the Japanese tourists saved, show yourself! Sailor V! Minako: Boss! What is that!? Is he an enemy!? Boss: No. I don't know why, but I feel a fierce hatred of Hawaii. Minako: Hatred of Hawaii!? If he has a grudge against Hawaii, I'll take care of it. Page 31 Minako: Crescent Moon Power! Transform!! Turn me into a Hawaiian bathing beauty! I accept your challenge, Aloha Kamen. Wakagi's bro: Oh no! Going to Hawaii and taking my picture with a bathing beauty. It was my dream! Minako: What, already? Aren't you an enemy? Hibiskos: I can't use him! After all, I can't get the youth out of him. Minako: Who are you!? Page 32 Hibiskos: I am Hibiskos, of the Hawaiian branch of the Dark Agency. Do you think you're a match for me!? Bringing me out to this remote place, where I can't get one tenth the energy of Hawaii, that makes me mad. You're going to pay with your life! Minako: Hawaiian branch!? Hibiskos!? Coming to this remote place makes you mad!? Moon Power Transform!! Page 33 Minako: Code name: Sailor V!! The soldier of justice! I am the sailor-suited beautiful soldier, Sailor Venus! This summer, I bet in the shopping center's lottery! A summer in Hawaii! The Hawaii I've wanted to go to since I was little, I finally made it! But I missed the chance of going there for free! The one to pay with their life will be you! Page 34 Minako: Rolling Screw Sailor V Punch!! The coup de grace! Crescent Beam!! With Venus Power, Love Crescent Shower! Pour down! Vanish into Greek dust! Page 35 Crowd: Huh...? (People gathered from another tour.) Oh! Splendid! We saw Sailor V's exploits here! A Japanese maiden! Nice! Man: Sailor V! You must take one picture with the Parthenon under the setting sun as the background! I just know with you standing still in front of the sanctuary, the image will be perfect! Minako: What? Really? It will? Now that I think about it, a free trip to Greece isn't so bad. Yep, looking at it, Greece is a beautiful place. Page 36 Wakagi's bro: Huh!? What!? These clothes! What on earth have I been doing!? There's nobody here. How did I get here!? All of it, all of it. It's Sailor V's fault!! Wakagi: There's nobody here! Chief: What!? Sailor V-chaaan! I thought I'd finally, finally meet her, but! Back in Japan. Minako: Well, I won the shopping center lottery, and went to Hawaii. (Use it, Hikaru-chan.) Hikaru: Why does this gift say 'made in Greece'? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original manga copyright (C) 1993 Takeuchi Naoko. English translation copyright (C) 1996 Alex Glover. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------