seven the youth (ultraseven for adults) #12 planet love

This is a homage to Ultra Seven, Tsuburaya and dedicated to the Youth.

#12 planet love

MOROBOSHI attends the astronomy class in the large room, and is thinking about an incident instead of the planets.
It is a vampire, or a bloodsucker, that is making a noise in the world.

The first case happened in F Pref. 
A lot of young women had their blood just before death, and a good mount of blood was stolen in hospitals.
The similar cases also happened in T Pref, moving down through G, S Prefs, and in the end, have got to TOKIO.
(Who done it?  Alien?)

In the hospital, the day's afternoon treatment has just been almost over.
"'Tsudzuri san, come in."
Father is lifting Daughter in his arms, and Daughter is exhausted.
"What's the matter?"
"She has leukemia, blood cancer.  Give her blood soon, please."
"Oh, terrible!"
"Since half a yeah ago, blood has been given to her mamy times.  But her condition becomes worse and worse."
"What's her blood type?"
"Any type will do, as long as it has hemoglobin."
"Ariens, aren't you?"
"Yes.  COMRADE, not INVADE.  Save my Daughter, FUTABA, please."
"Anyway, l'll give her blood transfusion."
YURI told her nurses to go home and that she would close the office.
"You are to blame for a series of vampire commotion, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am.  It could not be helped, no home, no money."
"You say, you're COMRADE, so I dare to say, saving life is different from taking life.  If Futaba chan were to be killed by anyone who wants to their own Daughter, how would you feel?"
Tsudzuri is weeping with tears.
"I could not but do so." 
"So, give me your reason, please."

Lieving the office and , the nurses suggert to one another that they should report the suspicious parent and child to the police.
Then, good timing, MOROBOSHI  after school has just arrived for the purpose of taking YURI to their hideout.

Tsudzuri carries on telling his story.
Usually she communicate with aliens through
ET translator, but he somehow speaks Japanese so fluently that she does not have to use it.

"The planet SPELL I loved was smaller than the Earth.  And it had been devided into two parts, because of a historical reason.  One we llved in was called SOUT, democracy, while the other NORT, monocracy.  SOUT used to live a cultural life as you do.  NORT people worshiped Dictator GORT as if GORT were GOD, and apparently looked well, but in fact, were so short of food that they had to depend on SOUT.  We had continued the discussion for unification, but in vain.  The very best option was that all the people of both nations live a happy life, of course, we should have known.  We did never realize it.  The easier something looks, the harder we will find it to get it.  NORT had started to develop SPELLIUM, such that the material could dertroy the whole planet if they made a mistake.  But they had just done, and Death Ashes begun widespreading like tsunami.  I was an engineer, involved in the development of spaceship.  So, my family of four left the SPELL by ship, and saw my mother planet disappear from the outer space."

"Then, what after that?"
"MOROBOSHI kun, when you come?"

"After a long trip, we made it to the Earth, and decided to live on the ocean floor kilometers offshore of F Pref, Japan.  So that we didn't cause as much trouble as possible.  We managed to be accustomed to living there, and sometimes came to visit towns onshore.  We had surely lived happily, until the Day came."
He goes on.

"That was by far the greatest earthquake I've ever had.  We were in the mercy of the powerful stream in the ocean.  Unfortunately, our ship was slammed against and wrecked on the rocks.  I grasped my wife and Futaba by the hand.  My wife hold tight the arm of Namie, the other Daughter of mine.  But the moment of my carelessness made my hand let off, and I lost sight of her.  With Futaba in my arms, we barely held on the rock.  That's when I saw the light that made us contaminated.  Probably, some energy facilty might collapse, which could give us some influence.  Since then, we have had serious blood diseases.  For a while, we lived in the school gym as a shelter.  But after a while we felt short of hemoglobin, which is essential for aliens SPELL to live.  So, we started our vampire trip to survive.  I found it safer to move than to stay.  But as time went by, our condition just became more and more serious, especially Futaba.  Everytime we suck someone's blood, we feel sorry, but we have to live.  We never kill people, so forgive us."

"Why did you come to this hospital?"

"Grabbing a straw…  And you are the Youth, I know…  Only because… I… believe in you...  So…give me blood…"

His extreme condition changes his voice and the way he speaks.

"Blood…  B…lood…"

And makes his mild face more fierce like a real vampire.
DAN tries to insert his hand into the inner pocket.

"Freeze… You know…what this is…  Yes…It is…SPELLIUM…enough…to destroy…the Earth…  If you understand…save Futaba…"

"No more, dad.   Stop it."
Futaba woke up.
"Let's stop.  I am very happy with you.   I love you, so calm down…"

The alien gradually gets his original self back.
"Thanks a lot for everything.  Daddy," takes her last breath.
Tsudzuri does not make the slightest movement.
After a long moment, he stands by her body, lifts it into his arms, floats in the air.
The next moment, suddenly breaks through the window, and just flies up straight to the endless sky.
Going into the outer space and finding a brightly shining star, he accelerates more and more.
Soon a flame of friction wraps two bodies in.
Nevertheless, the light goes up to the star.

YURI and DAN look up at the large sky on the roof.

"What's become of them?" said YURI.
"Even now, it's still burning brightly."
"Miyazawa Kenji, isn't it?  They saw the Earth as their home.  I'd like to give my gratitude for that."
"Thank you very much.  LOVE, the Earth."

#12 the end