Itsumo Tomodachi
By SMYGO4EVA
In the existence of Outo Country, the City of Cherry Blossoms, a novice demon hunter and a princess were different almost immediately. They were opposites in every way; Yuzuriha was a demon hunter, arriving from humble beginnings while Sakura worked at the Cat's Eye Café, while she was really a princess of a great kingdom. Perhaps this was good, perhaps it was bad: all that they knew was that their little friendship worked… at least for a while.
The fact that Sakura had someone who was willing to risk his life to protect her, that at first was admirable and very adorable on her part. Nevertheless, sometimes Yuzuriha was a little jealous of Sakura – not, of course, that she would ever admit it.
Sakura was the youngest girl. She had a brother, who in fact was the king of the country. She was allowed to do whatever she wanted, including playing with Syaoran, because the family line would carry on whether or not she would choose to be with Syaoran or continue to be free. She was made of porcelain; a beautiful little doll to be given to the highest bidder when her time came, the one hopefully being Syaoran.
Yuzuriha, on the other hand, was the oldest girl. She had no siblings, only her dog her companion Inuki. Her parents had never allowed her near a weapon for fear that she'd fall off and damage herself in some way; that proved to be futile when she decided to join the hunter named Kusanagi and become a great demon hunter just like him.
The novice was strong in body, mind, and within her soul and very confident in her abilities in the demon hunting path and in her own life, while the princess was not so strong in body and spirit but she nevertheless had strength of the heart, thus equal to the strength of the body and soul. Beyond those differences, Sakura and Yuzuriha knew that their friendship was unbreakable and would never end in the ties that bind them, always friends even when happier days came to an end.