From: ST102272@BROWNVM.brown.edu (Young Su)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Script: Karula (Karura) Mau! Movie
Date: 26 Sep 92 03:04:59 GMT
To: anime-l@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

This one Pat-Munson Siter gave to me recently.
someone please be kind enough and find it an FTP home.

Also, if anyone has changes or corrections/uses this script,
please drop Pat (Patricia) a postcard.

Her address is:
Pat Munson-Siter
15 5th Street
Del Haven, NJ 08251

Have a grooby day!
- Y.E.S.
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Translated Script for the Karula Mau! Movie

Translated by Pat Munson-Siter & Kiyoshi Harada

With help from Bill Bruhn

NOTE: Lines that begin with  ** are STAGE DIRECTIONS to let you
get some idea of where in the movie the scene(s) in question take
place.

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**Opening scene: traditional Japanese soccer game

TITLE: "Night Train of Changing Monsters"

**Next scene: Mr. Ikeda's house

Mrs. Ikeda:  Dear, what's wrong?
Mr. Ikeda:  I'm having trouble sleeping.
Mrs. Ikeda:  Shall I open the door?

**opens door

Mr. Ikeda: Ah, there's a nice breeze.  Could I have a glass of
water?
Mrs. Ikeda: Certainly.

**After drinking, Mr. Ikeda makes strange noises

Mrs. Ikeda:  Dear, what's wrong?
Darling!  Darling!
Oni Ikeda:  Mom!
Mom, are you OK?
Mrs. Ikeda:  He...
Oni Ikeda:  This can't be happening!

**Scene: Nara, the ancient Japanese capital

1st Man:  Get ready!
Old Monk:  Lord Kenmochi, Iruka's skull has been stolen!
Kenmochi:  Iruka's head has been causing the incidents happening
here recently.
Old Monk:  What makes you think that?
Kenmochi:  I'm not sure, but not only is Iruka's skull gone, but
his tomb has been destroyed.
Kenmochi: I don't know - but I feel something...

**Kenmochi throws dart and hits spy

Old Monk:  Things are so complicated - this is a complicated
situation you are getting involved in.
Old Monk:  Are you sure you can handle it by yourself?
Kenmochi:  Yes, I have some powerful supporters.

TITLE: KARULA MAU! (Karula Dance!)
The Movie

Mai:  Oh, I made it!
Sho:  Mai, don't make me worry!  I thought you'd missed the
train!
Mai:  Sorry, Sho, I just took my time in selecting a drink you'd
like.
Sho:  It doesn't matter.
Mai:  Even though you say it doesn't matter, you still took the
one you like.

**She hands a drink to a man seated in front of them.

Mai:  This is my treat!

**Sits back down.

Mai:  Humm!  He didn't even say thank you!
Sho:  Oh well, when we get to Nara he won't be around.  Don't let
it bother you.
Mai:  Why do we have to go to Nara?
Sho:  That's our duty.  Grandma told us this job depends on us.
When I heard that, it touched me deep inside.
Mai:  Me too!  We're the pride of the Ogi family!  So let's go to
work, Sho!

**Splashes soda on man.

Sho:  Mai...!

**Scene: Student goes splat.

**Scene: Girls sight-seeing from train.

Mai:  Now you can see the ruins of the Suzaku-mon.
Sho:  I sense something...
Mai:  Sho, look there!

(SIGN)  SUZAKU-MON RESTORATION PROJECT BY HOSAKA GROUP

**Scene: Temple/shrine - priest sitting on mat.

Evil Priest:  Are you Tsuchigumo?
Tsuchigumo:  Someone has begun to interfere.
Evil Priest:  Was it the Ogi family?
Tsuchigumo:  I don't know.  The guy had a needle shuriken up his
sleeve.
Oni Ikeda's half-brother:  Is it time for me to act?
Evil Priest:  You are the master of a different type of magic
than mine.
Oni Ikeda's brother:  My mother's family, as you know, has long
had power.  My mother and my half-brother have the magic, too.
Evil Priest:  No one must interfere with our plans.  If they do,
kill them.  (to Oni's brother) Despite your affection for your
mother, you must kill her, too.
Step-son:  The pain in my heart - I'll make her feel it, too!

**SCENE: High School

Nishikiori:  After school, go to the Ikedas' house.  The wake for
Mr. Ikeda is at 7 this evening.
Mai:  When will you pick us up?
Nishikiori: It's ten minutes by bus or 15 minutes by taxi - so
don't worry about it.
Mai:  Hey!
Nishikiori:  I'm doing this job for the government's Secret
Division, and for no other reason.  Take it easy!

**Drives away.  Maiko sticks out her tongue at him as he leaves.

Mai:  What a bad impression he makes!
Sho:  For Grandmother's sake we'll be nice to him.
Mai:  Sho, what is it?
Sho:  Mai -- don't relax.
Nishikiori on phone:  I just left the Ogi sisters at the Nijo
high school.
Phone Voice:  What about their classes?
Nishikiori:  They're supposed to share classes with Ikeda's son.
(Pause)
I don't think they trust me at all.  And I'm not sure I trust
in their magic!
Voice:  You'll just have to accept it.
Nishikiori:  I know, but I prefer straight investigative work,
not working with psychic girls!
Voice:  I'm sending Kenmochi to help you.  He'll meet you at the
wake.
Nishikiori:  I've heard of Kenmochi, but not anything good.
(Pause)
Is this an order?
Voice:  Yes, it's an order.
Nishikiori:  All right...

**Hangs up

Nishikiori:  Stupid!

**Scene: SCHOOL

Kobayashi:  What did I ever do to you?
Girl1:  Ah, you're talking back to us, Kobayashi!?
Girl2:  And you talk behind our backs!
Girl3:  You disgust me!
Sho (picking up glasses):  What a nasty place!  I feel a lot of
evil around here.
Girl:  Who are you?!
Mai:  We're new students here.
Girl1:  New students?  We'll teach you manners in this school!
Mai:  Wait, wait, wait.  We just want to know why you're so upset
with this girl!
Girl1:  It's none of your business, outsiders!
Mai:  Hey!  Wait, we just want to tell you --
Sho:  Forget it, Mai.  It won't work.  They won't listen to us.
(Pause)
I have some advice for you.  The spirit that compels you 	to
hate this girl is going to get you all.

**Points at one girl

Sho:  But especially you!
(Pause)
If you have zits on your right shoulder, be careful!  If you
really trust them... well, believe me!  Let's go... let's go,
Mai!
Mai:  Sho...
Kobayashi:  Thank you...
Mai:  Hey, Sho, it doesn't seem right, just to let them go.
Sho:  That isn't the way to stop this.  We must destroy the chief
evil spirit.
Young Ikeda:  Hey, you!  Don't go into that old building!

**Scene: IN CLASS

Sho:  I'm Shoko Ogi, from Saitama.  I'm pleased to meet you.

**Scene: OTHER CLASS

Mai:  I'm Maiko Ogi, nice to meet you.  I'm a C-student, except
for P.E.  My cheerfulness is the only good thing about me!
Young Ikeda: (coming in late)  Oni Ikeda, I'm late, excuse me.
Teacher:  Oh, your father's funeral is today.  Go home if you
like.
Oni:  It doesn't matter.
Teacher:  OK.  Homeroom business is done for today.
Mai:  Teacher, what about my seat?
Teacher:  Sorry, let's see...
Sho:  It's not as bad as I thought it would be.

**Sees spirit on kid's shoulder

Sho:  Oh, no!  It's a lust spirit!
Mai:  Ikeda... he's the one whose father died.
Mai: (to girl next to her)  Oh, what's wrong?
Girl:  Mosquito bites?
Mai:  Don't scratch them.

**Class break

Sho:  Mai...
Mai:  Sho!
Boy:  She's wearing the same uniform as you.
Mai:  We're twins.  We're beautiful, right?
Boy:  She's prettier!
Mai:  WHAT DID YOU SAY?!  If you say that again I'll hit you.
(Pause)
Oh, they're so discouraging!
Sho:  How's class?
Mai:  Oh, I recognized the boy whose father died so strangely.
He's in my class.
(Pause)
Yeah, he's the one we met outside that old building!
(Pause)
I need to keep an eye on him... your class?
Sho:  I've seen some minor evil spirits, but none powerful enough
to worry about - much.
Mai:  What are those guys laughing about?
Sho:  Oh, they've got lust spirits haunting them.  Don't worry.

**Girl 3 walks by.

Sho:  But I'm worried about her.

**Scene: dressing room

Girl1:  What's wrong, Yoko?  You're not worried about what they
said, are you?
Girl3 (Yoko):  Uhmmm...
Girl1:  Oh, you DO have zits on your shoulder, hmmm?
Girl3:  Hey, cut it out!
Girl1:  Don't be so serious.
Girl2:  They just want to get attention.
Girl1:  Come out when you feel better.

**Yoko is attacked by a spirit.  Maiko & Shoko are spying what's
going on.
Sho:  Oh, the evil is growing stronger!
Mai:  Sho...

**Maiko and Shoko enter room to face spirit

Mai:  Wow; even I can feel it now!

Sho:  It's at least a thousand years old, and has a lot of power.
(Pause)
It may take some time to get rid of it.
(Pause)
OK, let's go contain the evil spirit!
Mai:  Right!

**Action: Confrontation of spirit

Both:  Karula two-combination roll scroll!!

**Unroll scrolls

Sho:  Karula Evil Spirit Containment!
Mai:  Termination!

**Spirit turning into "marble"

Mai: (Looking at the "marble")  We should send it to Grandma for
cleansing.  She'll take care of it.
Sho:  We can't do it yet, the job isn't finished.
(Pause)
We still haven't found the major evil spirit, the one that's
causing all this.
Mai:  We'll see if she'll tell us anything... maybe she can lead
us to the leader!

**Looks at Yoko.  Bell rings.

Mai:  Oh, I've got to go!  See you later, Sho!
Teacher:  Sit down.
Mai:  Just barely made it!
Girl:  What's wrong, Ogi?
Mai:  Oh, nothing.  Still itchy?
Girl:  Yeah.
Guy: (to Sho)  Hey, we're going to show you around school during
lunch break.
Sho:  I've another appointment.
Guy:  You go around with Kobayashi, you'll get worse than her,
dark and dumb!

**Sho slaps him.

Guy:  Hey!  What do you think you're doing?!
Yoko:  Stop it.
Guy:  Why?
Yoko:  I owe her something.
Guy:  Hmmmph!

**Sho looks out window.

Sho:  I see the demon fire in the old building.

**Mai sees Ikeda at old building and follows.

Mai: (to Ikeda)  Ikeda, Ikeda, would you mind showing me around
the school?
Oni:  I told you before, don't get too close to that building!
Mai:  Oh, you should be nicer to a new student!
Oni:  My advice is kindness!
Mai:  Oh, so you're trying the same magic as you used on the
teacher?  That magic can be really useful.
(Pause)
Ikeda, can you see the ghosts in this school.
Oni:  You can see them too?
Mai:  Of course not!  You seem to like this old building.  Is
there something here?
Oni:  Yes, there's something in this room ahead.  But I won't
tell you where.
Mai:  Where, where?

**Sho is talking to Yoko and Kobayashi

Yoko: (to Sho)  We used to hang around here smoking until
Kobayashi 	arrived a month ago.  Then strange things began
happening.

Sho:  A month ago?  I'll check it out, while you go back to
class.
(climbs stairs)
Let's go to the third floor, where I saw the demon fire.
Yoko:  Stop, Hidemi!
Hidemi:  Shut up!

**Sho sees the damaged door, begins to open it.  Ghost begins to
form on other side.

Yoko:  Hey!  STOP, Hidemi, or the ghost will get you!
Hidemi:  And if they come, those two new students will get rid of
them, right?
Yoko:  If you don't stop, I'll do anything to stop you!
Hidemi:  How funny!  It doesn't matter how many I beat up - two
or three.  It doesn't matter.
Yoko:  What did you say?!  OUCH!
Guy:  Oh, you're going to beat them up?  Let us join you!
Sho: (above, seeing ghosts)  Oh, that's an ancient spirit, from
the Nara era!  What's wrong with me?  I didn't sense how strong
it was until it came close!

**Ghost comes out of room after her.

Sho:  This situation is getting bad!  Gotta get out of here now!
Guy:  Ah, here she is!
Yoko:  Shoko!
Sho:  Hey, what are you doing here?  Get away, the ghost is
coming!
Guy:  Why should we run?  I don't see any ghost!
Sho:  Don't be stupid!  Get away!
Guy:  Ah, you are real pretty, hmm?
Hidemi:  Hey, I want to go next!
Sho:  Let me go!
Guy:  You're not pretty when you're angry.
Sho:  Go away!
Hidemi:  Let's do it!

**Ghosts attack.

Hidemi:  Ahh!
Guy:  What's wrong--?
Yoko:  Hidemi!
Sho:  <Calls on Karula for help>
Sho:  Yoko, call Mai!
Yoko:  Right away!
Guy:  Stop!  Stop!
Sho:  <chanting>  Mai, hurry!

**Mai is on lower floor with Oni Ikeda.

Oni:  <Buddhist chants to put spirits & ghosts to rest>
Mai:  Are you finished?
Oni:  Many ghosts have been attracted to this room.  I try to
calm them down when I come here every day.  I can handle most
dangerous ghosts.
Mai:  Do you know why these things are happening here?
Oni:  No, it takes all I have just to keep the ghosts calmed
down.
Mai:  And you still have to get rid of the ghosts in your own
house.
Oni:  Oh, you know about that, too?
Sho (telepathic voice):  Mai!  Mai!
Mai:  Sho!

**running upstairs

Mai:  Sho!
Yoko:  Hurry!
Voice From Shell:  Get back, get back!  I am the Ochi no wa!

**Ghosts draw back from her light.

Mai:  Sho!
Sho:  Release!

**Ochi-no-wa drives other ghosts away, forms into beautiful
woman.

Ochi-no-wa:  I am the Ochi-no-wa!
Sho:  Oh, you!  Protect us, thank you!
Ochi-no-wa:  I'm the Ochi-no-wa, I'm the ghost that helps people.
What is your command?
Sho:  That was your duty long ago, not now.  You're free.  You
can now be cleansed.
Ochi-no-wa:  No, I'm not.  I was called from ancient times, and
cannot be cleansed as a result.  I have to do my duty.
Sho:  So, who called you back?
Ochi-no-wa:  Oki-no-Jingo!
Sho:  Oki-no-Jingo?  Who is that?
Mai:  Sho!
Sho:  Oh, you can't tell us that yet, right?
Sho:  Very well, go back.
Mai:  Sho!
Sho:  We need to get them to the hospital.

**Sho collapses in Mai's arms.

Mai:  Oh, Sho!

*In front of the statue of Karula.

Mai: (to Oni)  This is our protector.
Oni:  Ah, a statue of the <god/buddha> Karula!
Mai:  Yes.

**Outside the temple.

Mai:  I'm sorry, Ikeda.  We sorta forced you into showing us
around.
Oni:  It's OK.  It's not so bad here.  Strange things happened
when you left.  By the way, you mentioned the demon fire.  It's
appeared several times now, starting about a month ago.
Sho:  A month ago -
Oni:  Yes, about the time we were learning about the Nara period
the ghost first showed up.
Mai:  If ghosts start coming when we learn about their history,
we won't be able to study it any more!
Sho:  Mai!  Ikeda, are you concerned about something?  I doubt
the lectures brought about the ghosts!
Oni:  Ghosts of the Nara Era... Taika no Kaishin...
Sho:  Nakatomi no Kamatari, Soga no Iruku... <Their clan became
the Fujiwara>
Mai:  Iruka's skull was stolen and his tomb destroyed about a
month ago.
Mai:  that was the Kasuga Taisha, dedicated by the Fujiwara, and
designed to calm down and cleanse his spirit, right?
Oni:  And the Karula statue is in the other shrine dedicated by
Fujiwara.
Mai:  Sho!
Mai: (seeing Kenmochi)  There's no room to watch him here if he's
going to perform.
Sho:  No, no, that's called "Uho".  It's a way to cleanse the
spirits locked in the ground.  It's a type of magic.  In ancient
times, Anamoesai did this sort of thing, calming the spirits of
the earth.
Mai:  If it's "Uho" just tell me it's "Uho"!  As I can't see the
ghosts or spirits, to me it's just a performance.
(Pause)
Ah, so he's a colleague of ours, then?
Sho:  I think so.
Mai:  Oh, sorry Ikeda!
Oni:  Oh, I envy you!  So I'm not the only one doing something
about the strange things going on here in Nara...
Mai:  So your father...
Oni:  I know it was a murder cause by an evil spirit.  I think my
brother is involved.
Sho & Mai:  What?

**AT WAKE:

Various:  I'm sorry for Mr. Ikeda, he died so strangely!
No wonder she's so depressed!
Yes, she's so sad... like she lost her heart.  I heard a
rumor that she was Ikeda's mistress before they got married.
Yeah, she finally became his real wife, and now 	this...
It's all over for her, all over...
Mr. Ikeda's political part is having problems, isn't 	it?
A strange death in strange days.  Now that Ikeda is 	gone, his
rival Mr. Hosaka is unopposed.
Mr. Hosaka is doing whatever he wants.
He should be doing big business rather than hanging 	around
here looking.
Hmm, his current project is the restoration of the
Suzaku-mon, that's what he's doing now.
Ah, Mr. Hosaka's coming!
Relative's Voice:  That's a weird way to die.  Maybe he was
poisoned?
Maybe the former mistress poisoned him?
We're in charge with the funeral!  You agree with 	us, right?

**Nishikiori watches Mr. Hosaka, then meets Kenmochi.

Kenmochi:  They weren't a happy family.
Nishikiori:  Even though they were married, she was his first
mistress.  That's hard on a family.
Kenmochi:  Prejudice is an ugly thing.
Nishikiori:  Sounds like you know it all!
Kenmochi:  I learned these things from Grandma Ogi.
Nishikiori:  Yes, it sounds like something she'd say.
Kenmochi:  Oh, let me give this to you before I forget.
Nishikiori:  What is it?
Kenmochi:  It's a protective charm.  It would be too late if I
didn't give it to you until after something had happened to you.
Nishikiori:  To me, it's just a doll.  A doll won't help me or
save my life.

**shows gun

Kenmochi:  Well, treat it like a good luck charm.  Take it!

**Maiko and Shoko are talking to Oni Ikeda.

Mai:  Well, how do you feel?
Sho:  I feel  something faintly...
Oni: It's a volatile situation.  All the ghosts have not yet
released.  Maybe the next target will be me or my mother.
Mai:  Ikeda!

**They meet with Nishikiori.

Nishikiori:  Oh, how have you been?  Have you discovered anything
about the magic?
Kenmochi:  Oh, you're not nice!
Mai:  Oh, he's the performer from the shrine!
Sho:  Mai!
Oni:  Excuse me...
Nishikiori:  Are you the son of Ikeda?  I'm Nishikiori from the
Secret Agency of the government.  I'm investigating your
father's death.  Because it was - unusual - we're working with
the Ogi sisters.
Kenmochi:  Oh, are you the grandchildren of Grandma Ogi?  Is
Grandma here too?
Sho:  No, she's retired.  We're taking over for her.
Kenmochi:  Oh, I see.  I'm sorry.  I'm Kenmochi, from the Ogo
Temple.  Pleased to meet you!
Mai:  I've heard a lot you.  You're the one who gets rid of
people who use evil spirits <to do their dirty work>!
Kenmochi:  Oh, don't mention it!
Mai:  But you don't look like a hero!
Kenmochi:  <laughs>
Nishikiori:  Let's stop this stupid talk!  It's a waste of time.
Ah, Mrs. Ikeda, excuse me.  Could I have a small...

**End of side 1 LD

**all gathered around table talking.

Nishikiori:  Mr. Ikeda was leading the opposition to the
restoration for the Suzaku-mon.  Therefore, the things happening
to him and his supporters are being caused by the group
supporting the restoration.  Probably Mr. Ikeda was poisoned or
something.
Kenmochi:  No, he wasn't.
Nishikiori:  What??
Kenmochi:  The real cause is an evil spirit, one who wants
vengeance very badly.
Nishikiori:  Oh, Kenmochi, you have to be realist!
Kenmochi:  I AM being realistic.  Possibly the spirit is also
using the mortals you mention.

**Kenmochi turns to Mrs.  Ikeda.

Kenmochi:  Ma'am, have you seen a small ball like this, with a
Chinese character in it?
Mrs. Ikeda:  No.

**Mrs. Ikeda remembers the "marble" she saw beside her husband
when he died.

Nishikiori:  If we perform an autopsy, we'll get to the truth.
If you find any marbles, just let me know!  This will be a
scientific investigation.

**Nishikiori leaves.

Mai:  Nishi!
Kenmochi:  There's an old legend that when strange things happen
in Nara, the Koma-inu statues crack and shake.  Some people used
to claim the monks were actually shaking them to produce the
omen.  But something is happening right now...
Sho:  The Ochi-no-wa might know something.
Kenmochi:  Hmm, that's the family that served Iruka in ancient
times.
Mai:  Sho, let's ask her!
Sho:  Release!

**Ochi-no-wa appears

Sho:  I want to ask a question.  Who is the Oki-no-Jingo who
called you back?
Ochi-no-wa:  Oh, I can't tell you that!
Sho:  Oh, please tell me.  Who is Oki-no-Jingo?
Ochi-no-wa:  Emperor Jingo...
Kenmochi:  There is no Emperor by that name!
Sho:  So he must be known by another name, right?
Ochi-no-wa:  That name is Harashino Oye Yatsumai.
Kenmochi:  That's Iruka's other name, too.
Sho:  So that is the person who called you back?
Ochi-no-wa:  I loved him.
Sho:  So you serve him again to be cleansed, right?
You returned to your lover?
Ochi-no-wa:  No, Oki-no-Jingo was my master.
Sho:  So he was not your lover?
Ochi-no-wa:  Because of his sword, my mother served him.  The
sword Hahakiri.  Because of that sword, my mother and I served
the Emperor, and it forced me to leave my lover.
Sho:  But that was more than a thousand years ago!
Ochi-no-wa:  I was sealed to my lover by the sword's power, but
have now been called back.
Sho:  By who?
Ochi-no-wa:  I was called by the Suzaki-mon, by the gate...
Sho: Suzaku-mon?
Ochi-no-wa:  I was called back, just as I was called into service
by the sword before.  I was called by Hahakiri.
Mai:  Which means the sword is in the old building at the school.
Sho:  That's why the Nara Era ghosts came to the school.  The
magic of Hahakiri is calling all the evil spirits together.
Ochi-no-wa:  The evil magic took away our will, it made us
murder.  I don't want to hurt people any more!  I want to sleep
with my lover once more...
Mai:  OK.  Sho, let's cleanse her now!
Ochi-no-wa:  No, you can't do that.  I'm the Bloody Ochi now.
You can't cleanse me of that evil.
Sho:  You must trust us!
Kenmochi:  Thinking negatively creates obstacles.
(Claps)
You can see the light?
Ochi-no-wa:  Yes!
Kenmochi:  Draw yourself toward the light.
Ochi-no-wa:  Oh, it's getting brighter and brighter!
Kenmochi:  OK, you are cleansed!
Ochi-no-wa:  Oh, I am so happy!  After more than a thousand
years, I am finally clean!
Mai:  She's gone now.
Kenmochi:  OK.  Now I must learn more about that sword, Hahakiri.
Sho:  You need to check out the Suzaku-mon too.
Mai:  OK, Sho, you and Kenmochi go to the gate.  I can't see the
ghosts here anyway.
Sho:  But Mai, are you sure--?
Mai:  I'm alright myself - and I'm worried about Ikeda.
Sho:  Very well.  Kenmochi?
Kenmochi:  Alright, let's go!

**Kenmochi sees Mrs. Ikeda with marble but girls drag him off.

Kenmochi:  But - but that's--!!
Sho & Mai:  Kenmochi, we'll explain to you later.
Kenmochi:  But--!!

SIGN:  SUZAKU-MON RESTORATION

Hosaka:  As we'd planned, the restoration will be done by the end
of June.

**Nishikaori is watching, and talking to his bosses on the phone.

Nishikiori:  I'm a little worried, so go looking.  Mr. Hosaka is
checking Suzaku-mon at midnight.  Further, the project will be
completed at midnight.  That seems weird, so I will watch him
more closely.  Perhaps he will reveal something.

**Kenmochi & Sho walking

Kenmochi:  Oh, that's Ikeda's brother!

Sho:  Yes, he told us in secret.  I think he's had a hard time.

Kenmochi:  Some people try to control the evil spirits to get rid
of them, and others just try to take advantage of their powers.
If people think too much about it, they might be tempted.
Shoko, do you see that--?
Sho:  Yes, I can.

**Back to Oni Ikeda and Mai.

Mai:  This is a lonely wake.
Oni:  Maybe everyone is scared of the evil spirits.
(Pause)
I didn't talk with father a lot, but I have sensed a great
sadness since my mother married him.  My brother's father is
dead, so she has worried about him.  People here thought she
was my father's mistress, and had driven my brother's father 	to
his death so she could marry father.  Married or not, it has
been very painful to her.

**Loud, strange noise.

Oni:  Ah!  The feeling of the spirits has changed!  Be careful!
Look out!
Mai:  Ikeda!  What's --?

**Baby noises, blood coming from table.

Oni:  This can't be--!

**Baby noises get louder, things fall off table, etc.

Oni:  Shu da ya ke <name of spirit>
Mai:  What's going on?!
Oni:  The evil ghosts have surrounded us!  More and more spirits
are coming!
Mai: (to herself)  When Sho isn't here I don't understand what's
happening!
Oni:  <shield magic chant>  Ogi, look out behind you!
Mai:  <magic chant>
Oni:  Ogi!
Mai:  Ha-jump!  Aaahhh!!!
Oni:  Ogi!  Are you all right?!
Mai:  Yeah, I think so...
Oni:  More spirits are coming!
Mai:  Ikeda!

**They look up to see someone dressed in ceremonial religious
dance garb.

**Sho and Kenmochi are awed by the ghost-lights surrounding the
Suzaku-mon.

Kenmochi:  I had no idea this many spirits were locked inside
Suzaku-mon.
Sho:  They're being released a little at a time.
Kenmochi:  If someone was trying to use the magic of the spirits
of Suzaku-mon, this would happen.
Sho:  That very strange death, the other incidents affecting the
group trying to stop the restoration of the gate... they could
have been caused by that magic, I think.
Kenmochi:  Whoever they are must have stolen Iruka's head, too.

**They see a ball of light speeding away from the others.

Sho:  It's heading for the school!
Kenmochi:  It's being drawn by Hahakiri!

**They head towards the school, but are intercepted by the ninja
Kenmochi blinded in one eye earlier.

Kenmochi: (to ninja)  The evil spirit surrounding you - I've felt
it before.

**Fight begins.  Kenmochi injured.

Sho:  Kenmo!

**Back to wake & fight with Ikeda and Mai

Oni:  I know who you are even with that mask, brother!
Masked:  I'm not your brother!  That person is now dead!

**Throws balls that turn into "infant" spirits.

Oni:  Ogi!
Mai:  <magic chant>

**SCENE - back to Kenmochi & Sho

Evil Priest:  You're the mystic (ghost) fighter!
Kenmochi:  Finally you show yourself!
Evil Priest:  I am Nemman Sogi!
Kenmochi:  An evil priest, form the Scoona clan.
Evil Priest:  Ah, you know too much!
Sho:  Kenmochi, you know of him--?
Evil Priest:  Ah, but if you've so little magic you haven't
healed your wound, you don't have enough magic to defeat me!

**Nishikiori is trying to shoot but can't.

Evil Priest:  For the prosperity of the Scoona clan, you all must
die!
Sho:  Mai!
Mai:  Sho... Help me!
Sho:  Mai!

**back to Mai and Ikeda

Oni:  Ogi!  Stop this, brother!

**The masked man hurts Mai worse; back to Sho and Kenmochi.

Sho:  Kenmo!  Mai is dying!
Kenmochi:  What?
Evil monk:  <magic chant>

**Nishikiori shoots ninja

Evil Priest:  Tsuchigumo!

**Priest's image disappears.

Sho:  Nishikiori!

**Nishikiori waves, looks at marks on his arm.

Sho: Nishikiori, take me to the Ikeda estate!  Mai is dying!

**At the Ikeda estate, Mai lies unconscious.  Mrs. Ikeda appears.

Oni:  Mother!

**mother breaks spell of babies, older son leaves.  Go back to
shrine.

Evil Monk:  There is no time to finish this now.  Tomorrow the
gate will be finished, and our time will come!
(Pause)
Then no one can stop us!  Iruka's skull will bring us
greatness!

**hospital, Mai is still in coma

Sho:  I'm sorry, Mai, I never should have left you by yourself.
Oni:  How do you feel?
Sho: Kenmochi, what about you?
Kenmochi:  I'm OK.
Oni:  The doctors were surprised at how quickly we healed.
Kenmochi:  The doctor would never believe it if I told him I was
protected by magic!
Nishikiori:  I believe you, mystic warrior!
Nishikiori:  Last night, I investigated a bit further.  I found
the thing Kenmochi mentioned... and we found the little balls
somewhere near all the people who died in strange ways.
(Pause)
We'd thought the marbles were something that some kids 	left,
like a forgotten toy...
Kenmochi:  You investigated much in a short time!
Nishikiori:  I've gone many places because of that... and won't
be able to sleep well at night for a while!  I discussed matters
with headquarters.  We've decided the cause of this activity is
evil spirits.
(Pause)
So now we ask you, Lord Kenmochi, to kill the man who 	has
called up these evil spirits to do his dirty work for him.
Kenmochi:  I accept the charge.
Nishikiori:  Thank you.
Sho:  But Kenmo, you've been injured!
Kenmochi:  Yes, but Hahakiri is more important.  This injury will
not stop me from doing my duty.
Sho:  Kenmo, if you use Go-Ho magic, you can't heal that scar!
Kenmochi:  Ah, but I need the scar to remind me not to make the
same mistakes again!  Now, I'm going to look for the sword in
the old building.
(Pause)
Oni, I'll need your help, and Sho's as well.
(Pause)
Nishikiori, you need to find out more about the people 	behind
the group restoring Suzaku-mon.
Nishikiori:  Understood.
Sho:  Mai, please help protect me!

**<Mrs. Ikeda sings a children's song>
Affects older son - frees him from the control of the Evil
Priest?  Spirit monks approach the Suzaka-mon.

**At the old building Kenmochi and Oni are digging up an old
locker room.  They find Hahakiri, and ghosts and spirits fly
forth.

Spirits:  We're free!
Oni:  Kenmochi -- Brother!!
Kenmochi:  You are the servant of the evil priest.  He told you
not to make any mistakes, didn't he?
Masked:  You are indeed the mystic warrior, I guess.  What kind
of think is that, that it called so many ghosts?  It has
activated the place strangely...
Kenmochi:  And if I said its magic would hinder the work of the
evil priest?
Masked:  If you did, I'd want to see it work!
Kenmochi:  You have no real loyalties, so your true purpose was
to kill Mr. Ikeda... you killed your step-father.
Masked:  No, I wanted to kill my mother.  But that's over.

**Takes off mask.

Oni:  You bastard!
Masked:  I thought I wanted to fight you, but now I know better.
Be careful not to die - take care of your mother.
Oni:  Brother!

**He looks out the window and sees storm clouds gathering.

Oni:  Kenmo!

**SCENE:  Nishikiori tries to make way to gate through monks

Nishikiori:  Get out of the way!
Evil Priest:  Now we are going to revive the magic of Suzaku-mon.
We will seal Iruka's skull to the gate, so it will open!  All
evil spirits sealed beyond the gate, come out!

**Lightning strikes, killing Hosaka and co.  Only evil priest
left among living.  Switch scenes to the school.

Sho:  Hey, relax! Don't get scared!
Hidemi:  Stop there!
Yoko:  If you get scared, the ghosts can get you!  Ogi!
Sho:  Yoko, Hidemi!
Guy1:  Ogi, please go!
Guy2:  Hurry!
Hidemi:  We rely on you - go!

**Sho meets Kenmochi and Oni.

Sho:  Kenmochi!
Kenmochi:  Yes, we found Hahakiri, but the gate has been opened!
Sho:  Then we've got to go to Suzaku-mon!
Evil Priest:  This isn't enough, not nearly enough!  All the
spirits must be released to achieve full power!  Only that will
be enough to make the Scoona clan's thousand-year old wish come
true.

**Evil priest looks up.

Evil Priest:  What's wrong?!
Kenmochi:  You're the one who would use the power of the spirits!
Evil Priest:  Who dares--?!
Kenmochi:  I will lead you to the light, I will cleanse your
evil!
Evil Priest:  Don't disturb us!

**<Kenmochi - magic chants>

Evil Priest:  That's the seal of the Omanosai!  It destroys the
power of evil spirits!  Invented by the ancient lords!
Kenmochi:  Nemman Sogi, you are reviving more evil magic than you
will ever be able to control, that's what you're doing!
Evil Priest:  That?
Kenmochi:  You've Iruka's skull, and Suzaku-mon has been
restored, just as you planned.  But the rest of your plans will
fail.  This is Hahakiri the sword of Susanoo, the sword he used
to kill the monster serpent Yamata no Orochi!  This is the
sword!
Evil Priest:  it can't be!  The sword is within the shrine!
Kenmochi:  That isn't the true sword!  And without Hahakiri, your
plan is doomed to fail!
Oni:  We will destroy you!
Evil Priest:  You're his brother!  Ah, you are the--
Oni:  With all the vengeance of the old blood, my clan against
yours!
Sho:  You murdered with magic.  The Ogi family will not stand for
that sort of evil!
Evil Priest:  Ah, but your Grandma is retired now!  Iruka, give
me the power to defeat them!

**Kenmochi forms shield

Evil Priest:  And now I'm going to take Hahakiri from you!
Sho:  Mai...
Grandma Ogi:  Shoko, Shoko!
Sho:  Oh, Grandma!
Grandma Ogi:  There is only one way to win, Sho.  You must use
the transformation with Maiko.  Just as you did when you were
much younger.
(Pause)
You have to remember the strong spirit you two had when
united.  I will break the seals I put on the two of you so long
ago.
Sho: Grandma, Mai's been hurt!
Grandma Ogi:  Her spirit was drained of energy, but not hurt!
Your Protector will always shield you from such attacks!  Don't
worry!
Grandma Ogi:  <Buddhist magic chants>  Wake up, Maiko!

**Karula statue activated by Grandma's call.

Mai:  Grandma...
Sho:  Mai, hurry!
Sho:  Mai!
Mai:  Sho, hurry!  I'm OK!  Karula GO!
Mai:  Karula ten chi no roll (Unity!)
Sho:  Transform!

**they switch souls

Mai:  Sho, I rely on you!
Sho:  <more magic chants to dismiss evil>
Kenmochi:  Ah, the Ogi family transformation magic!
Sho:  Evil Priest, we are Shoko and Maiko Ogi, of the 38th
generation of the Ogi family, and we're going to destroy all
your evil plans!
Evil Priest:  How dare you say that!  You're just greenhorns,
while I've been planning this my entire life!  You can't defeat
me!!
(Pause)
Any family that attains power will eventually decay into
decadence - that has happened to every clan, except the
Fujiwara!
Evil Priest:  The Fujiwara clan protected its aristocratic status
for more than a thousand years!  The clan head, Kamatari, and
his son Fuhito have used evil magic to preserve our power!  So
give me the sword, and leave this place at once!
Sho:  How many people have died because of your stupid dream?
Evil Priest:  You can't punish me for murder by magic!  Everyone
dies someday!  You should appreciate the magic the Iruka
teaches, it protects you from destruction!
Sho:  You, shut up!  We won't stand for that kind of nasty dream!
<magic chants>
Evil Priest:  AAHHH!
Kenmochi:  If you continue to use the evil magic here, Iruka's
curse will get you!
Evil Priest:  If my dream comes true, I won't care what happens
to my body!
Kenmochi:  You are a very sad person!
Mai:  Sho!
Sho:  Mai!

**The two girls return to their own bodies.

Kenmochi:  Sho, Mai, we are going to seal all the evil spirits
back inside the gate!  Oni!

**hands him the sword

Oni:  Yaaaah!
All:  <Magic Seal Chant>

**Spirits are drawn back into the gate, returning to demon/spirit
world.

Evil Priest:  No, I cannot lose, my dream must come true - AHHH!

**Evil Priest dies, and Iruka's skull splits in two.  Karula
appears to the successful "ghostbusters" in triumph.

END

NEXT TIME:  We go to the Sindi, the other place - The end for
now!
Organization: Junior, Design, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA