Noir (ノワール)

( voices chanting )

Woman: NOIR...

IT IS THE NAME OF AN ANCIENT FATE--

TWO MAIDENS WHO GOVERN DEATH.

THE PEACE OF THE NEWLY BORN

THEIR BLACK HANDS PROTECT.

- ( accordion folk music playing )

HMM.

HUH?

"MAKE A PILGRIMAGE FOR THE PAST WITH ME."

A PILGRIMAGE TO THE PAST?

OH WHATEVER. THIS IS STUPID.

- ( music-box melody playing ) - ( gasps )

( students chattering )

( woman singing in Japanese )

SHALL WE TALK?

SUPPOSE WE START WITH WHO YOU ARE?

- ( music-box melody playing ) - ( hisses )

- ( music-box melody playing ) - ( wind blowing )

END OF THE LINE?

NOT MUCH OF A PILGRIMAGE, HUH?

( melody stops )

- I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ONE LAST TIME.

WHO ARE YOU? START TALKING.

NOIR.

- NOIR? - I KNEW YOU WOULD COME.

I'VE BEEN WAITING. - ( shudders )

( singing in Japanese )

( gunshots )

- ( gasps ) - ( gunshots )

( yells )

YOU LITTLE...

- ( men groan ) - ( casings clatter )

( panting )

( distant gunfire )

- ( thinking ) AREN'T THEY AFTER ME?

OR ARE THEY?

DON'T TELL ME SHE DID ALL OF THIS.

( man grunts )

HMPH.

- ( gunshot ) - ( groans )

( gunshots )

( gasps )

( man grunts )

( grunting )

- IT WOULD SEEM THAT KILLING IS SOMETHING

THAT I CAN DO SO EASILY.

BUT WHY CAN'T I...

FEEL SORROW FOR WHAT I'VE DONE?

Noir: THAT SHOULD DO IT.

- YES, IT SHOULD. IT'S AN EXCELLENT FIELD DRESSING.

DID YOU TRAIN AS A MEDIC?

I DON'T KNOW.

SO THIS IS WHERE YOU LIVE.

MM-HMM.

- BUT IT'S NOT REALLY YOUR HOME, IS IT?

YUMURA, KIRIKA.

THAT'S MY NAME.

- AND THAT ISN'T YOUR REAL NAME EITHER.

MM.

- I'VE DONE SOME CHECKING UP ON YOU.

HUH?

- IT SEEMS THE YUMURA FAMILY OF THREE

BOUGHT THIS HOUSE HALF A YEAR AGO.

THREE PEOPLE MOVED IN.

BUT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS,

BOTH OF THE PARENTS HAD LEFT FOR AMERICA.

NEW JOBS SUPPOSEDLY,

WHILE THE DAUGHTER STAYED BEHIND TO ATTEND SCHOOL.

MM.

- BUT IT WAS ALL JUST AN ELABORATE WORK OF FICTION.

AND THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL AND PUBLIC OFFICES

WERE FORGED, RIGHT?

THE FAMILY REGISTER, THE PARENTS' EMPLOYERS,

NONE OF IT EVER ACTUALLY EXISTED.

AND THE YUMURA HUSBAND AND WIFE

DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. - ( gun clattering )

- SO NOW WHY WOULD SOMEONE HAVE BEEN PRETENDING

TO BE YOUR PARENTS?

WHO ARE YOU,

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM AND WHY ARE YOU HERE?

IS SOMETHING WRONG?

I DON'T KNOW WHY

I KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

HOW CAN I KNOW THIS?

HOW CAN I KNOW...

WHEN I KNOW NOTHING ELSE?

WHEN I CAME TO,

I WAS HERE.

WHO AM I?