Rainy Day Symbolized Our Love

by Yhi

In 1919 at China, Sakura's family moved to Shanghai. After 31 years, Sakura's father kicked her mother and her out.She vowed to get revenge on all of them, and thus she met Syaoran. And the story of hatred, anger, jealosy and love had began..PLZRR

5. The Birth of Cherry

Chapter 4

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Flashback To Previous Chapter

When the song end, Sakura walked towards the man, and he comment "Your voice is very clear." Sakura smiled and replied "clear or not, you don't want a secretarial, I'm leaving then." But the Manager Wu stopped her and said "wait a minute, Miss Kinomoto, we could offer you to sing here for a month, the salary $20 for now, what do you think?" "I'm sorry, I can't work in here, if my mom knows about it, she won't be happy. I admit that I'm in need of money right now, but working in here is not right for me." Finally the man started his introduction " Miss Kinomoto, I'm Hoji Qing, I welcome you to come back if you have changed your mind. The salary, we could always discuss about it, if your interested." Sakura smiled again and replied "thank you Mr.Qing, but my mom wouldn't let me work in here, I'm sorry, I'll leave now." Sakura take her handbag, and thank the person holding it for her and left. Manager Wu was about to chase after her, but Mr.Qing stopped him, and said "she'll be back!"

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The Birth of Cherry Blossom

I DON'T OWN THE PLOT, NOR CCS, SO DON'T SUED ME!!!!

On With The Story....

After the event that happened in Moonlight Shanghai, Sakura quickly got home. "Mom, I'm home." Said Sakura. Hearing that, Nadeshiko quickly put away the laundry, trying to act like she's resting instead of doing work, but failed, since she's coughing really hard. When Sakura saw her, shock was evidently present on her lovely face. Seeing Nadeshiko coughing so hard and doing neighbor's laundry, pained Sakura to know that she don't have enough money to let Nadeshiko had a great life and a better health care. It also made Sakura added more hatred towards Fujitaka, for it is his responsibility to take care of them, instead he never ask how they were doing, and always be with some other woman instead of her mother. Just the thought had added more tears to the already teary face, Sakura bend down on both knees, and ask very quietly and gently "Mom, are you okay? Did you see the doctor? What did you ate today?"

All these 3 questions get is a silence, seeing this Sakura was horrified, did Nadeshiko not ate anything at all? Sakura quickly ran into the kitchen, Nadeshiko knowing what Sakura was doing, followed her quickly and trying to give her a explanation. But all explanations are useless, when Sakura saw the empty rice tank (A/N: where people back then to place their rice into.), she turned slowly to Nadeshiko with her tear streaked face. Seeing this, Nadeshiko's heart broke, Sakura is everything she got, Sakura is her life, and now, seeing her only daughter in pain, it pained herself too. So, without another word, Nadeshiko walk over to Sakura's side, and gently place her hand on Sakura's shoulder, letting her cry.

After awhile, Sakura calm down, and wiped away her tears, she slowly stand up with Nadeshiko, and had a determined expression on her face. Seeing the determined expression in Sakura's face, Nadeshiko stayed quiet, knowing Sakura was going to say something. Sakura took a deep breath and said "Mom, I know where I could get a job." Whatever Nadeshiko expect Sakura to say, it was definitely not this, but she stay quiet, letting Sakura continue, "a few days ago, someone offered me a job, at first I declined it, but now, I decided I'm going to accept it." Now, Nadeshiko couldn't hold any more, she questioned "what kind of job?" Sakura knowing how much shock it would be if Nadeshiko know it, but she couldn't bear lied to her own mother, so she replied truthfully "I dunno, maybe a dancer or a singer, whichever it is." With that said, she quickly run out the door, before she could reach the door, Nadeshiko suddenly cried out "SAKURA!! IF YOU GET INTO THAT KIND OF PLACES, YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK TO YOUR OLD SELF AGAIN. THOSE PLACES WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND, SOUL AND BODY, GIRL LIKE YOU SHOULD NEVER GET INTO THAT KIND OF PLACE!!!!!"

Then she continue, calm down a little bit, when Sakura turn to her "listen to me, when we're still in Ha Er Bin (A/N: A place in the Northern part of China, very close to Russia). I saw it with my own eyes, the girls in there, used to had the best education, but also because they need to support their family, the goes into those places. From the beginning, they being the lower level dancers and singers, turned into higher level dancers and singers, they are falling deeper and deeper, and they could never pulled back and live a normal life again. I don't want you to become one of them, don't destroy yourself, if you're going one level lower than you are now, you can never climbed back again. Stand before your father, you still talk about your pride, your such a stubborn child why can't you understand that you should never go any closer to that kind of place!"

By now, both Sakura and Nadeshiko was crying hard, but Sakura replied "I do know all of that mother, but we need money, if you want me to go back there again (A/N: meaning the Kinomoto residence.), I'd rather you kill me. I promise you, I won't dirtied myself, I will protect myself, please mom let me go." When Sakura was about to touch the door handle, Nadeshiko cried out "If you're really going to that place, then you can grab a knife and killed me first, I would never want to see my own daughter walking into that place, and gave herself off!" Shock was clearly evident on Sakura's face, she ran back to Nadeshiko hugged her and said "mom, I won't -I won't go the-there, please don't say things like that any more." Seeing the pile of clothes, with tear-streaked face she said "here, I'll -I'll help you wash all the clothes." She quickly picked up a shirt and start to wash them.

In Sakura's Room

Sakura turned on her table light, pulled out a chair and sit down, then she pulled out one of the three drawers that was connected to the desk, and took out a diary book. And ready to wrote:

Dear Diary:

Why is my life so hard? Is this some kind of a test the god give me? I don't know, but one thing I know for sure is that, people who had courage and pride would have their revenge! Right now, not only I have to find a job to make mother lived a life she deserve, but also to get my revenge on Aunt Sonomi and her family.

Sakura

After a brief telling of her day, Sakura turned off the light and climb into bed.

Next Day, Sakura and Nadeshiko's Place

Early in the morning, a knock was heard at the door, Nadeshiko quickly opened the door and found the once vice-commander Wong standing at the doorway. "Ranko? How come you're here, is something wrong with Kayi?" "Yes Nade, Kayi is in trouble. When Wen didn't hold her tight enought, she twist from the grip and run outside, then she purposely using a brick and hit someone's head, and now they want us to pay $50, or they'll sue. You know that everyday I pulled the cart and can still make a few cents for the family, but where should I get $50 from, I was really had no choice but to ask you for help." Nadeshiko gasped hearing the new, just then Sakura suddenly came outside to see who's at the door, she's so shock to see V-C Wong here, it's been a long time.

When Sakura found her voice, she replied excitedly "Uncle Wong!!!! It's been a long time since I saw you, when did you came back? How's Kayi?", then she turned to Nadeshiko "mother, how come you never told me that you still have contact with Uncle Wong? Nadeshiko seeing Sakura's confused expression and Ranko's panick one, decide to explain everything to Ranko first. She turned to him "Ranko, don't worry, Sakura here don't have any connections with the other Kinomotos now." Seeing Ranko eased up a bit, Sakura's even more confused, isn't Uncle Wong and "Mr.Kinomoto" best friend? Why does he seems to fear that the other Kinomotos will know that he's in Shanghai? Both Ranko and Nadeshiko saw Sakura's confusion and know that she'll question, when Ranko made an attempt to leave, Sakura snapped back to reality, and quickly grabbed him, again asking him "how's Kayi?" She pulled him to the living room, Ranko who don't know how to answer that question, turned to Nadeshiko with that "help-me look".

Sharing a knowing gaze, Nadeshiko turned to Sakura and told her that Kayi is fine. Sakura sensing the tension in the room, asked "can I go and visit her?" The second time Ranko seemed to be panicked, but Nadeshiko said "why don't we all go and visit her?" Then she grabbed the tiger fur, rolled it up, and gave it to V-C Wong, "take this, and sell it, how much it doesn't matter, as long as it is enough to paid for the charge." Ranko looked thankfully at Nadeshiko, he respect her very much and don't know if his best friend is in his right mind when he kicked her out. "I won't sell this, Nade, I'll just trade it at the store, when I had enough money, I'll trade it back." Nadeshiko nodded, Sakura who don't have much idea what they were talking about, stayed silent the whole time.

But when she heard the part where Ranko was having financial problem, she decided to speak up, "mom, Uncle Wong, can you please tell me what happened?" Both don't know how to explain, so they just took Sakura to the village where the Wong family were lived.

At The Village

When Nadeshiko, Sakura and Ranko got to the river, along the sidewalk around the stream, all the villagers where currently gathered talking, and they can heard of baby cries, and some screaming. They squeeze passed the crowd and tried to see what happened, the scene was shocking. On the ground were Sakura's childhood bestfriend/maid Kayi hugging a baby, beside her was Aunt Wen ( Kayi's mother) trying to persuade her to let go of the baby. Kayi was mumbling something about don't take away her baby, instantly Sakura know that it was not Kayi's baby that Kayi was hugging. Suddenly, Kayi started to sing a lullaby, Sakura recognized it as the lullaby that she, Kayi, Sakuya, Tomoyo used to sing together. Sakura walked towards Kayi slowly, then crouched down beside Kayi, moments later both Sakura and Kayi sang the baby to sleep. Kayi smiled at Sakura, Sakura started to ask her "Kaqi, remember me? I'm Sakura. Is this your baby, he looked very cute. *At this Kayi gently smiled at Sakura* Do you mind if I hold him for a few minutes?"

Kayi looked at Sakura for awhile then hand the baby over to Sakura, Sakura carefully held the baby like a very precious thing, then slowly stands up, before she could back away for a step, a woman quickly came to Sakura and grabbed the baby out of Kayi's reach. Kayi instantly screaming yelling "my baby", Sakura felt really guilty for doing that to Kayi, when she suddenly felt a comforting hand rest upon her shoulder, she turned to face her mother, who nodded.

The Wong Family's Place

When Ranko, Wen, Nadeshiko, Sakura and Kayi got back to Ranko's home. Ranko and Wen quickly tied Kayi up, and bring her to the bedroom. They place her against the wall, but then suddenly she start counting "1 times 1 equal 1, 1 times 2 equal 2....." and banged her head on the wall when she count one. Sakura seeing all this, turned to her mother silently asking for the meaning of Kayi's behavior. Nadeshiko seeing there's no way of backing out of the explaination, turned to Ranko to get permission on letting Sakura know what happened to Kayi. When Ranko nodded, Nadeshiko faced Sakura again, she thought for awhile then start "About 2 years ago, Kayi's baby had a really high fever, she took the baby to find doctor all night, but when I came, and all of us took the baby to the hospital. It's already too late, the baby is dead. Because of the baby's death, Kayi is shocked and depressed, and after 2 months, she became the state she was in right now." Hearing the new about Kayi's baby, only added more confusion to Sakura, so she asked "who's the father of the baby?" The question caught everyone off guard, they all hesitated a minute, Sakura had a little nagging feeling that they're hiding something from her, but she waited for their answer.

So, Ranko spoke up "To tell you the truth, Ms.Sakura, Kayi was being fooled, the baby was a mistake, and yet its everything to Kayi." Sakura sensing that Ranko don't want to tell her, who the father of the baby is, decide to drop the subject, right now, what she cared about the most is how to nursed Kayi back to health. "Uncle Wong, did you took Kayi to a doctor?" "I did, but the cost of Kayi's medical, is not something we could afford." "Well then, why don't you ask my father for money, he would definitely help you." Hearing this, Ranko immediately blurred out "NO! N-No, I don't want to trouble you father with our problem." Thinking Ranko must not want to face Sonomi, that's why he didn't go ask "her father" for help, dropped the subject, they talked for awhile, then Nadeshiko and Sakura headed back home.

Next Day, At Moonlight Shanghai, Mr.Qing's Office

When Sakura walked into Mr.Qing's office, she spotted him sitting on a leather chair. She walked to the front of the desk, and told him the reason for her visit. "I had decide to take the job offer that you gave me. But I have a few deals:

1. I only sing, and I won't do anything else.

2. I pick my own song that I sing.

3. You had to pay me my first month salary, which will be $100.

4. You need to gave me a fake job slip of a office job, so I can go and convince my mother.

5. Don't ever come to my house, if my mom saw you, she'll had a heart attack.

6. I don't have any money, so the title, hair, clothing, etc..etc, you had to provide for me.

7. I only sing before 12, after 12, I'll go back home.

8. I don't accompany boss and manager to social events."

After Sakura announced her deal, Mr.Qing was giving her a mocking laugh, and said "what make you think that, I'll accept these unfair deals?" Sakura smirked and replied confidently "because, I'll become the biggest hit of Moonlight Shanghai." Mr.Qing saw the determination in Sakura's eyes, was very impressed, so he immediately accept, and turned to Manager Wu and said "contact the hairdresser, and clothe maker, give her the first month salary, we're going to turn her into a whole different person." Then, he turned to Sakura, "you won't be using your real name to sing, so what's going to be your nickname?" Sakura thought for awhile and said " don't you had a singer name "Rose", then I'll called myself "Cherry"." "Cherry it is."

After Sakura got her hair done, and receive her salary, the fake job slip, she headed towards V-C Wong's home. *Knock* *Knock*, Wen Wong quickly opened the door to greet the person, and she saw Sakura, she invited Sakura in, and called Ranko. When he came out, Sakura quickly walked up to him and said " Uncle Wong, here's some money, use some to get medical for Kayi, some to trade the fur back, some for yourself to buy what you needed, and if there's any left, delivered it to my mother. I received a job, to become a singer at Moonlight Shanghai."

Ranko was shocked, while Wen cluelessly asked "What's a singer?"(A/N: Wen came from a good family, so she don't know anything bad.) "No! I will not take this money, Ms.Sakura, your mother and father will be really sad if you go into those places." Hearing her father, Sakura snapped "my father? Uncle Wong, let me tell you the truth, when I go ask my father for money, he beat me up, I'm never going to go there again. But, mother and I need money to survive, and there's no food at home any more. Uncle Wong, promise me you will keep it as a secret and don't let my mother know. Please!" Just then, Kayi came out looking normal (A/N: her sickness is different, it's like one minute she's normal and the next she will go crazy.), and ask "what's going on here? Sakura your here." Sakura smile and said "Kayi, you remember me, your doing better today, you remembered me." "Sakura, I'm sorry, I didn't remember you last time. Sakura I'm really scared, I'm sick, and I made my father and mother worried about me, I think I should go and DIE!" Ranko and Wen quickly hugged Kayi, and said "Kayi, don't say such thing, you're mother's life!" Then Wen hugged Kayi and cried together, Ranko seeing Kayi in pain, took the money Sakura gave him, and said to Kayi "Kayi look, Sakura gave us money, father will take you to a doctor, we'll nurse you back to health!" Sakura heard that, turned to Ranko, silently asking for his permission in keeping quiet, Ranko nodded.

Sakura's Home

On Sakura's way home, a sudden flashback appeared in her mind.

Flashback

Sakura was on her way home, when Touya suddenly called her and said "Sakura, dad ask you to come home tonight." Sakura said "Home? Such a familiar word, do you know the meaning behind this word? Yeah, I'm heading home tonight, where my "MOM" is waiting for me." Touya obviously irritated said "I don't care if you acknowledge that as your home or not, the reason I'm here for, is to deliver the message." "Then please Mr.Messanger, deliver this to Black Panther, I Kinomoto Sakura, 5 years ago had already lost my family!" Unable to take Sakura's cold attitude, without another word, Touya left.

Flaskback End

Now, Sakura felt even more cheerful after thought about it. She pushed opened the door to her home, and called her mother out. "Mom, I'm home, I just found a job!" "Really? Let me see." "The job is at an office building, the salary is not bad, I just deliver my first month's salary to Uncle Wong's family, and now with this job I could support both you and Uncle Wong's family, and help Kayi!" Nadeshiko was really thankful for the god to bless her such great daughter, she turned to Sakura "Is your boss a nice person? What's he like? How a-", Sakura cut-off Nadeshiko's questioning and whined a bit "Ah ya, mother, it's not like your going to marrying me off to my boss, why the questioning anyway. Besides, the job is not even sure yet, I'm still in the try-out time, so I'm gonna work extra-hard, oh and also, I will be doing extra hours at night to make more money, I know we'll have a great life, with or without father's help!" Nadeshiko hugged Sakura, a part of her was sad that Sakura at such a young age with bright future, had to support her and Ranko's family.

Yhi: Konnichiwa! Minna-san! Gomen nasai for not update for sooooooooooo long. So, I made the story a bit long this time, *beg to be forgiven* hehe, anyway, arigatou gozaimasu for people who reviewed, and also a special flamer

tina: hi, to this flamer, you know your the most direct one, but I won't care what you think. People like you had no guts, and flame me with an anonymous name. What afraid that I'll find you out. Cowards like you, are not worth my attention, but what I really want to say is thanks for the flame, you just increase my review number. So, thanks to you, the number of reviews is enough to convinced me in putting up chapter. 5, :P.

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