From: 71021.3160@CompuServe.COM (Bruce Carlson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Yoma script 1
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:19:45 GMT
To: <anime-l@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>

The following, from the Anime Archive BBS, does not appear
to be at any FTP site.  If someone would be so kind as to
put it there....
                    Thank you,
                           - B:C

 All formatting and typing errors are the responsibility of yours truly.

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      Yoma, the Evil Entity, Part 1
        Script by Howard Kawai
          edited by Team Usagi

A Battlefield...

Nar: The wars...
    The blood of the wars soaked the ground and was about to cause a demon's
rebirth...

Hikage: What's wrong, Maro?
    Maro! Let's hurry!

The Camp...
Lord:  So... it was just a vision.
Guard:  My lord!
Guard:  What's wrong, my Lord?!

Clan HQ:

Ninja:   As you know, our lord could not be rescued before the castle fell.
    He left a will.  For the next three years, we must keep his death a secret.
    Maro knows the true story.  If he betrays us, we'll lose face.
    We cannot allow him to speak.
    Show no mercy!  Find the renegade Maro!
    Yes, sir!

Hikage searches for Maro...

Hikage: Maroooo!
    If you leave the village, where'll you go?!
    Maroooo!

Hikage walks in the woods, following Maro, and is attacked by other ninja...

Hikage: I'm surrounded...
    This Shuriken isn't one ours.  It must be from the Iga clan.

Hikage walks to a waterfall...

    One...?  Two...? ... That's not it...
    An old man...
Old Man:  I have been waiting to (eat/hold memorial services) for you.

At a hilltop shrine:

Old Man:  I see... You are searching for someone...
    As I told you before...  This is where people who have lost their will to
live voluntarily
    come to die.   Basically, I comfort these dead souls.
    The person you seek is not here.
    The only ones here are the ones who have prepared their souls for the
afterlife.
    If you wish to find a place to stay, you had better find it before the sun
sets.

Hikage walks down the hill, notices ninja following him.

Hikage: They've split up...

Song (Aya):
    One... if two people are in love,
    Two... both of them to hell they go,
    Three... even if they kill everyone,
    Four... a signpost to hell they find,
    Four... a signpost to hell they find,
    Five... a rain of blood follows where they go.
    Six... purified and changed,
    Tears have all dried up.
Hikage: Hello.

Hikage and Aya join the village:

Aya: Come! Let's go!
Hikage: I'm really...
AYA: What's wrong?  It'll be dark soon.
Villager:  Welcome, traveller!  Welcome!
Hikage: Well, I'm...
Villager: Let's drink together. I have some good 'sake'.
    Hey! Everyone! We have a new companion!
    Drink! Drink!
Hikage: Maro?  Maro!
Villages: You're not drinking!
Hikage: I'm sure it was Maro.

Aya tends Hikage's wounds:

Aya: Someone named Maro-san...?
Hikage: Yes.
Aya: Now, hold still...
    I don't think I've seen a young warrior in this village.
Hikage: No, I know what I saw.
Aya: You two must have been very close.
  (flashback, Hikage & Maro running in a field)
Aya:  Well, all done.
Hikage: Why does everybody here trust me, even though I'm a stranger?
Aya: Everybody IS nice, aren't they?

Ita enters Aya's hut:
Aya: Ita-san!   It's Ita-san!
Ita:   Hikage-san.  Please use these.
AYA: Thank you, Ita-san.

Hikage sleeps, recalls Aya words:
Aya: Everybody that's living in this village is just a wanderer who stopped by.
    And eventually, they settled down.   You must be one of them.
    Nobody remembers what they did before they came here...
    Or where they came from.

Hikage: I remember...

Hiakge goes for a walk:
Hikage: The old man...?
VILLAGER:Well!  Well! You came!  Come! Come! Come! Drink some more.
    Come! Come! Come! Have your fill.

Morning...  A walk
Hikage: A village where not even the birds make a sound.
Aya: Hikage-san, have some lunch before you go.
Hikage: This side's also forested...  What's it mean? There's not a single
garden...
    They're still watching me!

Night.  Hikage meets with the ninja following him.

Ninja1(Kazami): Why haven't you moved on?
Hikage: I saw Maro in that village...
Ninja1(Kazami): It's true that Maro's tracks end at this area...
Ninga2(Taichi?): I searched the village as well...  I didn't find a trace of
him.
Hikage:  Ah, I searched around this village, too...  And I couldn't find him.
    But, there's one time that I'm sure of...  Let me investigate further.
Ninja1(Kazami): You are, of course, Maro's brother.
    You, above all, must show no mercy.  Understood?
Hikage: Yes, sir!

Back in the village, Aya has a Bad Dream...

Hikage: Aya.  Aya!


Hikage hears a scream, and goes to investigate...

Hikage: These aren't sword wounds...
Hikage: Taichi-san.
Hikage: Maro.

Ninja2: The monstrosity... is born again... Maro...
    He's a child born from the earth.
Hikage: Impossible!
Ninja2:Everybody in the village knew.  They just never talked about it.
Hikage: A child born from the earth...?

Morning, Hikage asks AyAya:

Aya: Taichi-san...?  Now that you mention it, I haven't seen him.
    He's probably just on a trip.
Hikage: He was killed!
Aya: That's ridiculous!
    Whenever someone new arrives in this village, someone disappears.
Hikage: Aya, I saw his body.

Aya hears voices...
Voice:  Aya-chan.  Could you do me a favor tonight?

Hikage searches the ground...
Hikage: I was sure I threw a shuriken around here.
    Funny... not even any blood.

Night...
Song:
    One... if two people are in love.
    Two... both of them to hell they go.
    Three... even if they kill everyone...
    Four... a signpost to hell they will find!
    Four... a signpost to hell they will find!
    This late at night?!

Hikage: Aya!  Aya.

Hikage finds a spider web, fights demon, goes to Old Man:

Hikage: Strange things have been happening.  What's going on in this village?
Old Man: We, who used to be human, worship him.
    This is essential so that the Lord of the Land can transcend humanity.
    Those villagers are special, sacrificial food.
    Hikage, the Lord of the Land want's your body as well.

(Old man Transforms to demon)

Demon/Spider:  If you kill me, all of the villagers will die.
    They have thrown their lives away in despair and all came to the village to
die.
    We erased their memories so that they may find comfort in their final
years.
Hikage: Don't be ridiculous!
Demon: You should be grateful. There is no reason for anger.
Hikage: Humans are not food!
Demon (voice-over): Some people feel guilt, and have weak wills,
    and cannot bear to live.
    These people cannot return to human society and so are of no use.
    There is nothing wrong with eating them.

Back to the village:

Hikage: Ito-san!
Ita:   Oshio's dead, isn't he...?
    (transforming) Hikage, you've done well to make it this far.
    I won't forgive you for trying to disturb the Lord of the Land's awakening!
Hikage: Who is this 'Lord of the Land'?
Ita: He's the one who gave us life.
    He's already gorging himself on the villagers.
    It's almost time for his awakening.
Hikage: So you're the ones who ate Maro!

Deon spider2: Wait, Hikage!  You'll be sorry if you go in there.

Hikage:
    One... if two people are in love...
    Two... both of them to hell they will go...
    Three... even if they kill everyone...
    Four... a signpost to hell they will find...

Demon spider: Lord of the Land...

Hikage enters the shrine:

Hikage: Lord of the Land, show yourself.
    Lord of the Land!
    Maro.   Maro!

Back at the lake...

Hikage: Aya.  Aya!

Back in the village, everyone is dead:

Kazami (ninja):  It's a horrible sight, isn't it?
Hikage:  Kazami?
Kazami: We no longer need to find Maro.
     Uesugi found out about our lord's death.
     Hikage!  Hikage, you don't need to keep looking for Maro!

Hikage walsk off.

END