Mr. Kinomoto,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been promoted to vice chairman of the company. Everyone agreed that you are perfect for this job.
I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am very much delighted to have you as my employee. Unlike many other bums, you put all your effort and might into everything you do. I know that you will continue to bring pride to the company.
Lastly, I'm not really sure if you're okay with this or not, but if you take the position as vice chairman of Hiragaza industries, you're going to have to move to Tokyo. As you know, the main office of the company is in Japan, and that is where you and I have to work together.
If this situation doesn't work with your family's schedule, I truly understand. But I would very much be thrilled if you served as vice chairman, right here in Tokyo.
Sincerely,
Wang Hiragaza
Chairman, Hiragaza Industries
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"Daddy, daddy, what's that?" a little girl of about 4 tender years old said.
"It's nothing, Sakura," Fujitaka Kinomoto answered his daughter, whose identity we now apparently know as Sakura.
"Then why do you look so worried, daddy?" she asked with the same gleaming eyes and upbeat voice.
"Really, Sakura, it's nothing. Now why don't you play with your friend Syaoran outside? I bet he's been waiting for you a long time now," he answered with a forced smile.
"Okay then daddy," Sakura replied. She then exited the study and ran outside to greet her best friend, Syaoran Li.
Syaoran was probably the closest thing she had to a brother. Well, actually, she DID have a brother, Touya, but he was off in boarding school or something. Syaoran, on the other hand, had been with his mother in the delivery room while Nadashiko was giving birth to her. They had been inseparable ever since.
"Syaoran!" Sakura greeted with a warm smile.
"Hiya, Sakie!" Syaoran replied, "What took you so long?" Sakie? What the hell? Well, it's just the same as how Touya calls Yukito, "Yuki". :D.
"I gave dad his letters and he had this funny face while reading one of them, and I asked him what the matter was but he said it was nothing. Oh well, let's play!"
So the two children ran around mindlessly in circles, blowing bubbles, playing pretend, and everything imaginable that a little kid had the capacity to do. Then, Sakura plopped down on the grass and started a conversation with Syaoran. It was so easy to talk to him about practically anything, 'cause he was only a year and a half older.
"Hey Syaoran, do you think there will ever be a day when I have to move away and daddy tells me I'm really a princess and then there's this evil witch that casts a spell on me and then you come and save me from a fire-breathing dragon and then we get married and then we live happily ever after in a really big pink-and-purple castle?" she asked all in one breath.
"Uh, say that again, will you?" he said teasingly. Sakura, being SURPRISINGLY gullible at her age, said,
"Do you think there will ever be a day when I have to move away and daddy tells me I'm really a princess and then there's this evil witch that casts a spell on me and then you come and save me from a fire-breathing dragon and then we get married and then we live happily ever after a in a really big pink-and-purple castle?" she repeated, again, in one breath.
"Ew. D'you really want to get married with me?" Syaoran asked, completely breaking the moment. Well, sort of.
"Good point. Hey look at that cloud! It's looks like a pillow," Sakura said randomly.
"Seriously, Sakura, ALL clouds look like pillows."
"FINE THEN! Well, there goes my pride," Sakura replied with a laugh.
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Ayumi Li walked inside the Kinomoto residence and greeted her friends with a warm smile.
"Hey, I heard about your new promotion!" Ayumi greeted happily, nodding at Fujitaka.
"Well, yeah, thanks," he replied.
"Here, why don't you have some tea?" Nadashiko said, popping out of the kitchen.
"Sure," both answered in unison.
"So, you think the plan is still going to work?" Nadashiko asked.
"Well, of course, a simple migration won't affect the marriage," Ayumi answered.
"You know, I truly believe Sakura and Syaoran will make a great couple one day. Look at them, I can see the love blossoming already," Fujitaka said, staring at the children from his window.
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li residence
"Syaoran, come here darling!" Ayumi called from her bedroom.
"I'm heeere!" He exclaimed, skipping into his mother's room.
"Syaoran," Ayumi started, "Promise me you'll be strong."
"Why? What's wrong, mother?"
"Sakura…well…"
"Yes, mother?"
"She uh, has to move away for a while."
"WHAT? Where? For how long?" Syaoran asked. For a 5-year-old, he was pretty inquisitive.
"Don't worry, Syaoran, you'll see her again, and life goes on."
"But mother, she's my best friend!"
"I know that, Syaoran, and that's why I asked you to be strong," Ayumi replied, depressed at the sight of her son tearing up.
"Well, when is she leaving?"
"In a few weeks."
"Oh. Okay then," he answered glumly, then walked away.
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airport
"Sakura," Syaoran said gently, hugging his friend.
"Syaoran, I'm gonna miss you!"
"I will too. But I promise I'll write to you always."
"Pinky promise?" she asked, holding out her pinky.
"Promise," he answered, locking his pinky with hers. Then, he brought out a locket and a teddy bear. This is sort of freaky, a little boy showing so much care for a little girl, but it's my story, so, yeah.
"Here," he said, putting the locket around her neck. There's a picture there of me and you, so you'll never forget me. And here," he said, bringing out the teddy bear, "This bear will protect you wherever you go."
And with that, they hugged each other, and Sakura bid goodbye.
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Whoa, that has got to be the longest chapter I've ever made of any story. Well, it's long in MSWord…anyways, please read and review. I know that the story isn't much, but you have to cut some slack for a twelve-year-old. Inspiration doesn't come around that often, and if you're a certain Filipino named Paula, getting mired in all the corruption of her country, then inspiration only comes knocking once in a blue moon.
Please read and review. It'll do a little girl some good.
Hugs, piratas93, formerly known as wonka-tonk or paula22