Julia: Hi, everyone! I'm Julia. This is my first fanfiction story,
so I hope all of you can give me some nice compliments about
it. As most people from Taiwan, China.... would
know, this is based on the Taiwan TV series "The-------Hey,
what's this thing that came flying out my computer?
Kero: I'm the devil of FANFICTION.net...Woooooooooooooo.......
Julia: I know you, you're Kero, the stupid-flying mouse that has a big appetite!
Kero: Hey, I'm hurt![starting to cry] I wanted to come and help
you....help you with your story and you say I'm a.....I'm a mouse![really
crying now]
Julia: Oh, I'm sorry, Kero. Look, let me finish this chapter and I'll
take you to the kitchen and we'll eat that cheesecake my mum just
bought, okay?
Kero: [who didn't seem to be crying anymore] Yeah, cake for me!!!!
Julia: Now where was I? Oh,yes. Most of this story is based on the
Taiwan TV series "The Rose"[Sorry for using the same name...] And
neither this story's characters nor the plot is mine, so don't sue me!
They belong to Clamp and the Comic Company that directed this movie.
Thank you. Now lets start the story, so Kero can go eat the cake.
Kero: Yeah, hurry up, will you, I'm starving...
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"The Rose"
written by Julia Tan and corrected (no, translated and written) by limes- eye
I had that dream again, even though I could only just remember a few glimpses of it, the sun was shining brightly above my head, stepping on the green grass...And, the mysterious face that was looking down upon me in a lovingly expression.
I can vaguely remember that the face belonged to a beautiful woman, a
breath-taking beauty. As her soft voice gently called upon my name, I
would awake at that very moment.
I am positively sure that I heard it, just as a gust of wind started to
rise, in a tone full of half desire half longing, she called out my
name, "Sakura..."
3
Chapter 1 : The girl named Sakura åå¤ç¾åç女å©
Sakuraç¾å
This was the last shirt, the one that grandma loved the best. I wish I could stuff it into my suitcase, but I just couldn't... I was suddenly overcome with emotions, the tears that I had been trying to keep from falling ran helplessly down my cheeks.
I tiredly sat down on the bed, looking up, I saw my own reflection in the dusty mirror. Even if I'm so sad, why I'm still so ugly? A short, chubby figures, a plumy face, and to make it even worse, my long hair messy from the lack of brushing, was now helplessly crumpled up. The face held nothing but dullness, even I, myself could hardly bare to see it anymore, I feel so low. Even though grandma has always said, all girl needs is being wise, they don't need to be pretty, but it just isn't like that!
Right, I almost forgot how all these things seem to start. Thinking clearly, all the sad things that happened this half-month seemed to have started from that day.
That day, after I had failed to get into university again, I went to find Kitaro. We had started going out since my fourth form for a year, and then Kitaro said he had to prepare for the exams that allows you to get in university, so we didn't meet each other for the whole year in fifth form. At the end, I still didn't manage to get in. I thought meeting him would give me some comfort, but to my surprise, he had a girl sitting next to him.
"This is my girlfriend , Mimi." Kitaro was still smiling, one hand scratching the back of his head, saying, "I thought for awhile, and I think that I deserve better than a ugly girl. So, gomen nasai {sorry}, Sakura!"
What –what does he mean?! After liking him for three whole years, he just dumped me for this reason, a pretty girl! As if for replacing the sadness that I, unable to cry out tears could dissipate, the sky started to rain. I walked through the rain back home, my heart seemed to wander, I just couldn't remember anything- I just remembered seeing the famous international star Yelan Li – her make-up poster was so huge, hanging high up on the building. If I was as pretty and as slim as she was, I guess I wouldn't get dumped, right? This thought made me even more depressed than I was back then.
When I was finally home, I was shocked to see an ambulance parked in front of the door. In my disoriented and stunned state, someone threw a bomb right at me, "Sakura, come quick, your grandma had just got cerebral hemorrhage...."
The grandma who had been with me for ten more years just left me like that and went away. I lost not only a close relative, but also this workers apartment that grandma owned, I can't live there anymore. All my money has been used up for grandma's funeral, leaving nothing left, where am I supposed to go now?
Seeing the piece of grandma's clothing that was still clutched in my hands, I held it close and cried. Grandma had once said, "When God closed a door for you, He'll be sure to open another window. " But all my exits are closed, and I am still unaware of where that window is?
Suddenly, something fell out from the clothing. I hastily wiped away my tears, and saw a letter on the floor. There was a name on the envelope-"Sakura" How come...? I picked up the letter and opened it, to my surprise, it was grandma handwriting:
Sakura, when you're reading this letter, grandma has possibly gone to the other world. All these years, I have thanked god for everyday, thanking him for leaving you with me. Now, I want to tell you something important: Saying that your parents are dead was just a big lie. Your father died when you were three, but your mum is still alive. I really shouldn't tell you all about her bad attitude, but I have never seen such a bad daughter-in-law! Leaving her husband and child just to run away with another men, maybe because my son was poor, I guess. I hate to hand you to her, but there is no other way. She isn't very unfamiliar to you – she's that famous actress Yelan Li! Go find her, Sakura, and if she doesn't claim you as her daughter, show her your childbirth ID.
Grandma
Strangely, while reading this letter, my memory seemed to be opened up. The woman that kept appearing in my dreams since I was little, her face started to get more and more clearly. Could it be possible that she was my mum? Holding the address grandma left, I carried my suitcase and decided to go find my mother, I think, maybe mum is the window god left for me.
[Sakuraãç¾åã] finished. Next : [The Rose Familyãè·è家æã] To be continued...
so I hope all of you can give me some nice compliments about
it. As most people from Taiwan, China.... would
know, this is based on the Taiwan TV series "The-------Hey,
what's this thing that came flying out my computer?
Kero: I'm the devil of FANFICTION.net...Woooooooooooooo.......
Julia: I know you, you're Kero, the stupid-flying mouse that has a big appetite!
Kero: Hey, I'm hurt![starting to cry] I wanted to come and help
you....help you with your story and you say I'm a.....I'm a mouse![really
crying now]
Julia: Oh, I'm sorry, Kero. Look, let me finish this chapter and I'll
take you to the kitchen and we'll eat that cheesecake my mum just
bought, okay?
Kero: [who didn't seem to be crying anymore] Yeah, cake for me!!!!
Julia: Now where was I? Oh,yes. Most of this story is based on the
Taiwan TV series "The Rose"[Sorry for using the same name...] And
neither this story's characters nor the plot is mine, so don't sue me!
They belong to Clamp and the Comic Company that directed this movie.
Thank you. Now lets start the story, so Kero can go eat the cake.
Kero: Yeah, hurry up, will you, I'm starving...
ãè·èä¹æã
"The Rose"
written by Julia Tan and corrected (no, translated and written) by limes- eye
I had that dream again, even though I could only just remember a few glimpses of it, the sun was shining brightly above my head, stepping on the green grass...And, the mysterious face that was looking down upon me in a lovingly expression.
I can vaguely remember that the face belonged to a beautiful woman, a
breath-taking beauty. As her soft voice gently called upon my name, I
would awake at that very moment.
I am positively sure that I heard it, just as a gust of wind started to
rise, in a tone full of half desire half longing, she called out my
name, "Sakura..."
3
Chapter 1 : The girl named Sakura åå¤ç¾åç女å©
Sakuraç¾å
This was the last shirt, the one that grandma loved the best. I wish I could stuff it into my suitcase, but I just couldn't... I was suddenly overcome with emotions, the tears that I had been trying to keep from falling ran helplessly down my cheeks.
I tiredly sat down on the bed, looking up, I saw my own reflection in the dusty mirror. Even if I'm so sad, why I'm still so ugly? A short, chubby figures, a plumy face, and to make it even worse, my long hair messy from the lack of brushing, was now helplessly crumpled up. The face held nothing but dullness, even I, myself could hardly bare to see it anymore, I feel so low. Even though grandma has always said, all girl needs is being wise, they don't need to be pretty, but it just isn't like that!
Right, I almost forgot how all these things seem to start. Thinking clearly, all the sad things that happened this half-month seemed to have started from that day.
That day, after I had failed to get into university again, I went to find Kitaro. We had started going out since my fourth form for a year, and then Kitaro said he had to prepare for the exams that allows you to get in university, so we didn't meet each other for the whole year in fifth form. At the end, I still didn't manage to get in. I thought meeting him would give me some comfort, but to my surprise, he had a girl sitting next to him.
"This is my girlfriend , Mimi." Kitaro was still smiling, one hand scratching the back of his head, saying, "I thought for awhile, and I think that I deserve better than a ugly girl. So, gomen nasai {sorry}, Sakura!"
What –what does he mean?! After liking him for three whole years, he just dumped me for this reason, a pretty girl! As if for replacing the sadness that I, unable to cry out tears could dissipate, the sky started to rain. I walked through the rain back home, my heart seemed to wander, I just couldn't remember anything- I just remembered seeing the famous international star Yelan Li – her make-up poster was so huge, hanging high up on the building. If I was as pretty and as slim as she was, I guess I wouldn't get dumped, right? This thought made me even more depressed than I was back then.
When I was finally home, I was shocked to see an ambulance parked in front of the door. In my disoriented and stunned state, someone threw a bomb right at me, "Sakura, come quick, your grandma had just got cerebral hemorrhage...."
The grandma who had been with me for ten more years just left me like that and went away. I lost not only a close relative, but also this workers apartment that grandma owned, I can't live there anymore. All my money has been used up for grandma's funeral, leaving nothing left, where am I supposed to go now?
Seeing the piece of grandma's clothing that was still clutched in my hands, I held it close and cried. Grandma had once said, "When God closed a door for you, He'll be sure to open another window. " But all my exits are closed, and I am still unaware of where that window is?
Suddenly, something fell out from the clothing. I hastily wiped away my tears, and saw a letter on the floor. There was a name on the envelope-"Sakura" How come...? I picked up the letter and opened it, to my surprise, it was grandma handwriting:
Sakura, when you're reading this letter, grandma has possibly gone to the other world. All these years, I have thanked god for everyday, thanking him for leaving you with me. Now, I want to tell you something important: Saying that your parents are dead was just a big lie. Your father died when you were three, but your mum is still alive. I really shouldn't tell you all about her bad attitude, but I have never seen such a bad daughter-in-law! Leaving her husband and child just to run away with another men, maybe because my son was poor, I guess. I hate to hand you to her, but there is no other way. She isn't very unfamiliar to you – she's that famous actress Yelan Li! Go find her, Sakura, and if she doesn't claim you as her daughter, show her your childbirth ID.
Grandma
Strangely, while reading this letter, my memory seemed to be opened up. The woman that kept appearing in my dreams since I was little, her face started to get more and more clearly. Could it be possible that she was my mum? Holding the address grandma left, I carried my suitcase and decided to go find my mother, I think, maybe mum is the window god left for me.
[Sakuraãç¾åã] finished. Next : [The Rose Familyãè·è家æã] To be continued...