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Koucha Ouji by Yamada Nanpei
Volume 2, Tsp. 9: Rumors of Tea Princes
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=Page 96=

Taiko: "This is inte--nse!"

[Since there is going to be a swim-meet next week, we're cleaning the pool

Taiko: "The swim-team should have to clean the pool" They use it most!

Haruka: "Well, you know, there aren't many poeple in our school's swim-team" And you're 
strong

Taiko: "Haruka, quit lazing around and get to work!"


=Page 97=

Haruka: "I was worked hard earlier, so I'm taking a breather. My representative is handling 
things"

Taiko: "Representative?"

Assam: "You're still making me do this?!!"

Assam: "Do you think I'm having fun, cleaning a pool under the blazing sun?!"

Guy: Ah, somebody's worn-out

Guy 2: I understand the feeling...


=Page 98=

Haruka: "It looks like there are some people having fun"

Assam: "....!!!"

Someko: Take that

Kyaaa kyaa

Earl Grey: Please stop, Someko-saan

Taiko: "...."

"Waah?! Yoshioka-san's collapsed?!"

Someko: Kyaa! no way! Taiko-chan!

"Bring some water!"

*splash splash*

Haruka: "Ah, she's awake"

Someko: "Taiko-chan, you have to wear a hat!!"

Taiko: "Stop dumping water on me!!"

Guy: "Aah, she's energetic"

Someko: "Ah, Taiko-chan, i can see your bra!"

Taiko: HAH!?

Guys: Ooh


=Page 99=

Taiko: "Aaah!" Get away

WE GOT EXTRAS

Guys: Wah   Wah

*ka-shick*

....

Earl Grey: "Taiko-san"

Taiko: "Ah? Thanks, Earl Grey..."

Earl Grey: "Taiko-shan, let's go to the infirmary"

Taiko: "Eh?!"

Earl Grey: "You're done with cleaning already..."

Taiko: "But I'm fine, it wasn't really that big a deal..." I was just a little dizzy

Assam: "Earl"

Earl Grey: "Assam..."

Assam: "Did they leave?"

Earl Grey: "Yes, probably..."

Taiko: //Leave?//


=Page 100=

Taiko: //What?//

Taiko: "Eeh?!"

Taiko: "We were being shadowed?!"

Earl Grey: "Or so I think you were being watched like that..." maybe I was just worried

Taiko: "From when?!"

Haruka: "Every day here for a week" you really didn't notice?

Taiko: "Who have they been shooting at? Me?!"

Earl Grey: "We don't know that. It happened a lot when you or Someya-san were alone 
while Assam and I had disappeared"

Haruka: "It sounds weird but" If it were me I'd take shots if you were alone

Someko: "Taiko-chaan! I brought your uniform!!"

At Ease


=Page 101=

Someko: "Are you alright?"

Taiko: "Ah, yeah"

Haruka: "Did they turn up?"

Assam: "Yeah"

Assam: And what about here?

Taiko: //Assam was with Someko//

Someko: "Taiko-chan, will you go home early today?"

Taiko: "Eh...mmm...well, what's going on this afternoon?"

Someko: "Homeroom. And a swim-team meeting"

Teacher: The day of the meet, you'll be in the order that's listed on this print-out

Teacher: Outer participants will...

Taiko: [It is customary that every year our school's pool opens with a tournatment]

Taiko: //nn, but there's this stalker...//


=Page 102=

Taiko: //Why during this season, after all//

SUMMER --> LIGHT CLOTHES --> PERVERTS

Taiko: //...Is usually the scheme of things...// It's gross

Girl: "Yoshioka" *nudge nudge*

Taiko: "Nn?"

Girl: "This is from Someya"

Note: Yahho, Taikochan! I want to go swimming! When will we go? I want to go in the 
afternoon when they do *kibasen! Then we'll do better because we'll have support! --
Someko

<--ahiru (duck)-kun

(**translator's note** Kibasen is a sort of game in which you have two teams of five (or 
maybe more?). Four people make the base on the bottom, and the fifth person sits on 
top of the other four. The object is for one of the people on top to steal the sash (or 
knock down, i'm not certain) of the other person on top. Sounds easy? Bahahah, try it 
with the four base-people all having to move together at once!! XD)

Taiko: "..."

Taiko: //Eh, club in the afternoon?!//

Taiko: //Doing kibasen like that?!"

<--like that (the afternooon club just turns into a contest of brightest colors) 
(**translator's note** I have no idea what that means)

*the rider is the girl while the mounts are boys

Taiko: Sorry but coul dyou hand this to Someko?

Girl: Sure

note: To Someko. What are you saying?! We can't do kibasen! The afternoon club turns it 
into an upright contest! From Taiko.

Someko: "...:


=Page 103=

Note: If Someko can't go swimming, it'll be impossible for her to do club! There'll be people 
who don't swim in the afternoon, as well. Taiko-chan you should do kibasen, too! -Someko

Taiko: "Someko, geeze! In your own currest state of affairs..."

Taiko: //You don't know what they're aiming for!!"

Someko: EH

Taiko: "What are you doing!" That hurts

Haruka: "Idiot! We were hiding it from Someya this time!" If she panick's it'll just get in the 
way!


=Page 104=

Teacher: Uchiyama, Yoshioka, sit down

Earl Grey: "Ah, Taiko-san"

Taiko: "Earl Grey, was she waiting by the lockers?"

Earl Grey: "Yes. Assam said there were no strange people...are you going home from 
here?"

Taiko: "I was, but now I can't go"

Taiko: "I'm sorry but can you take Someko home beforehand?!"

Someko: "Why does just Someko have to go home by herself?!"


=Page 105=

Someko: "It seems like they're shutting me out from them!"

Earl Grey: "Taiko-san and the others had to have a late practice for the game" They're 
not shutting you out <---there is no practice for the game

Someko: "They kept Someko from going swimming!" hmph

Someko: "But why are you two showing me home" It's wonderful but...

Earl Grey: "That's because..."

*over there*


=Page 106=

Assam: "Earl"

Assam: "When I signal, grab Someya and run"

Someko: "?"

Someko: "What are you whispering a..."

Assam: "GO!!"

Earl Grey: "Please excuse me!!"

Someko: "kyaaa?!"

Assam: "Don't be running away, HEY!!"


=Page 107=

Assam: ".....sorry" I told him not to run away

Assam: "He got away"

Someko: "...Just now, I've called Taiko-chan and everyone"

Someko: "What is this?! What in the world is going on?! Why did Someko have to run away?!"

Assam: "We'll explain"

Taiko: "Someko!!"

Someko: "Taiko-chan!"


=Page 108=

Someko: Wwaaaah, Taiko-chaaan, I was so scaared!

Taiko: You were you were

Assam: "So they were aiming for Someya after all"

Taiko: What's with this "after all"

Someko: "Eeh!"

Haruka: "At any rate, until we find out what kind of a guy this is, Someya is banned from 
any independant action"

Someko: "..."

Someko: "Stingy..."

Haruka: "And what about you?!"

Taiko: Hey, hey

[After that, we (Someko?) could have been stalked by somebody a number of times]


=Page 109=

Assam: zz

Taiko: Ah, he's asleep.

Taiko: We don't really needs guards

Taiko: [We don't know the true nature of this "somebody". We've been holding out on 
swimming for two days]

Taiko: He can't get around it

Taiko: He must be tired

Assam: "What? Shopping?"

Taiko: "Yeah"

Taiko: "I'll take care of getting Someko home" <--Saturday

Assam: "Girls only going out?! But Haruka said we were supposed to take action!" You 
aren't listening to what Haruka said

Taiko: "Well, then, will you come with us?"

Assam: "OF COURSE!!"

<--so is his disposition


=Page 110=

Girl: "Hmm?"

Girl: "We mind but..."

Earl Grey: "Then we'll just float around?" That always means something different 
(**translator's note** Earl Grey uses the verb "uku", which means to float, but can also 
mean to become merry)

Assam: "If it makes us worry, then we don't like it"

Taiko: "Even though I heard you say this was was really okay..."

Assam: "Shaddup!"

Someko: "Taiko-chaan"


=Page 111=

Someko: "This is cuuute!" It comes with a pareo

Taiko: "Someko---"

Someko: "Eh, is it strange?! It doesn't look good?!" It's no good?!

Someko: "It looks fine but-- but didn't we came to look for swimsuits for the swim-
meet?!" Not a bikini, like that

Someko: "Ah! That's right! I found one that would look good on you, Taiko-chan!"

Taiko: "Eh..waita..."


=Page 112=

Taiko: Eeh! No way, with this kind of thing...

Someko: Why not? It's cuute!

Haruka: Two girls in one dressing room...a little strange, isn't it?

STARE...

Someko: "Tada--!"

Haruka: "Hey, it looks good!" both of them

Taiko: "No way. Never this kind of thing"

Taiko: I'd like it if it were concealing

Person: ....


=Page 113=

*flash*

Taiko: "Th..."

Haruka: "Just now, what was with that flash?!"

Earl Grey: "Over there, in the mirror's shadow...!!"


=Page 114=

Haruka: "Taiko!"

Girl: Kya

Girl: Wah

Taiko: "WAAAIT!"


=Page 115=

Haruka: "What, you guys are already done with lunch?"

Taiko: "Yeah. Because Someko's kibasen is right after noon-break" I ate with her

Taiko: Do you want to eat the leftovers?

Haruka: I'll eat them

Taiko: "Is relay already over with?"

(During noon-break is the girls and boys mixed relay)

Haruka: "Yeah. Because they started in order from junior high first-year" I was fourth

*On the swim-team, divided teams from the first year junior high to the third year high 
school compete. (In the relay, first-year's start and third-years end)


=Page 116=

Haruka: "By the way, we're having those pictures developed this afternoon" Things were 
closed on Sunday so we're doing it today

Boy: Wah!

Taiko: "That film we picked up"

Haruka: "Don't worry about whatever the pictures are like. Y'know, if they've taken bad 
pictures, the shop won't hand them out" The culprits would probably just tear up the 
other pictures

Taiko: Ah I guess so

BAD BAD BAD

Taiko: "Ah that's right. Haruka, you're not out of your match in the afternoon, are you"

Haruka: "Yep"

Taiko: Okay, should I have Someko watch the bench? I'm going to go change" I'm wearing 
my swimsuit under this. It's uncomfortable.

Haruka: "Don't go alone"


=Page 117=

Girls: Wa--h

Taiko: "Alright I get it"

Taiko: "So I'll take him with me"

Girls: Wa--h

Assam: //Geeze, why is it I have to do this sort of...//

*gasa*

<--forced to go pick up the pictures

Assam: "What is this...?!"


=Page 118=

Announcer: [Well everybody, it's the afternoon club you've all been waiting for!! Grab on 
for the boys and girls mixed red and what kibasen!! The simple rule is that if your 
headband is taken, you leave! You're also disqualified if you fall!]

Girls/Boys: Oooh! Waaah! Kyaaa!

Announcer: [This is the best! Isn't it fun! Isn't it happy!]

<--thinks this is good-for-nothing

Kikuka: "..."

It's school after all

Taiko: "Alright, just wait outside"

Earl Grey: "If anything happens, please call out"

Taiko: "Okay"

*gara*

Voices: Waah! Kyaa!

Taiko: //The kibasen's started//

Announcer: Ah...Aaah?! Right now it looks like polo!! Has the camera-man returned?!

Voices: Wah! Ooh!

*doyo doyo*


=Page 119=

Students: Waah! Waah!

Haruka: //Ooh! That was really something to watch//

Assam: "HARUKA!!"

Assam: "Where are Earl and Zouashi?!"

Haruka: "Hm...they're at the changing room..." Zou...you mean Taiko? You're gonna be 
killed...

Assam: "Let me show you the pictures!"

Assam: "It wasn't Someya they were aiming at!!"


=Page 120=

Haruka: "Then"

Haruka: "Taiko!?"

Assam: "Eh? AH!!"

Assam: "Haruka!!"

Voice: "You"

Earl Grey: "Eh? You mean me?"

Guy: "Is it alright..."

*gatan*


=Page 121=

Taiko: "Earl Grey?"

Earl Grey: "Taiko-san! Please don't come out from the room!"

Taiko: //Wait, what?!//

Taiko: "Earl Grey?!"

*ban*

Haruka: "What are you guys doing?!"

Guy 1: "Ah?!"

Guy 2: "It's fine, hurry..."


=Page 122=

Guys: "We didn't mean to be hoovering around you!!"

Guy: "The truth is that we have a request...just tolerate us this one time!"

Haruka: "!?"

Voices: Wah wah! 

*paa--n*

Announement: The match is over! The winners are white! The white team is superior--!! 
They won over the second team by forty points--!!

Guy: "For our club..."

Guy: "PLEASE BECOME OUR PRINCE!"


=Page 123=

Taiko: "Haah?! Stage-play negotiations?!"

Taiko: It's fine but...taking pictures of this kind...

Earl Grey: "Haa..It seems they were people from the theatre club..."

Someko: "Earl Grey-chan, are you going to be in a theatre-club play?!"

Earl Grey: "No, I haven't ent..."

Voice: "GOOD AFTERNOON--"


=Page 124=

Girl: "Well, you must be Earl Grey-kun!!"

Girl: "I'm the theatre-club leader, and I'm called Onoda!!" I'm 2nd year, by the way!!

Onoda: "Nn it's good, you have such a beautiful face! Ah, here's a script!"

Onoda: "Practice starts in the beginning of summer break!"

Onoda: "I'll see you later" HAHHAHHA

Taiko: "Yo...you're entering?"

Earl Grey: "Well, I haven't replied yet..."

Taiko: But didn't she just hand you a script?

Onoda: HAHAHAHAHA

sign: to be continued

--Tsp. 9 Rumor's of Tea Princes: Owari--