SAKURA Drops

Author's note: Hmmn…HiromiXTakao, HiromiXKai! o

Summary: Hiromi and Takao had been friends through their whole life, but Hiromi suddenly disappears with a sudden car crash when she was running in the airport waving at Takao whom was minding his own business…

Disclaimer: Oh I own Beyblade; I have a beyblade with a spinning top on it o!


1. A promise…

Pigeon's wings flapped heavily upon the azure and peaceful sky as the waves of the kids playfully ran towards them, feathers fall out of the birds as one of the kids snatched the bird's wings. Hiromi in her 6-year olds slowly observed the nasty boy and sighed staring at Takao whom was playing with his spinning top as usual in front of her, but the kids were breaking his concentration and screamed at them. The little and innocent Hiromi with little brown short pig-tails giggled and skipped towards him gleefully, her arms behind her back and smiled.

"Takao-kun, don't be mad…" She said, looking at his innocent face with red blushes on his cheek during the midday, Takao shrugged and spun his spinning top on the structured mini-stadium. Hitoshi in his 9 years of age watched them from distance at the bridge and smirked, his hands in his pocket and looked at the sun that highlights the midday, and strode off looking at the bridge's floor, and took a last glance of them.

"I know…Oh Hi-Hiromi-chan…" He stuttered a few words and his hands raised towards Hiromi, when he opened her balled-hand, a silver bracelet revealed towards her and smiled again, which engraved 'Forever As Always'. He could see Hiromi's joyful reddened face as she hugged him. Takao blushed as well, and grinned. Hiromi let go of him and held her hand together on her chest with the bracelet worn, their eyes met.

"Let's make a promise, Takao-kun…that we will be friends for life…even when times get rough…" Hiromi skipped around in circles with joy and left him with the stadium, waving at him "I have to go…see ya!" Friends for life, eh? That wasn't what Takao had expected. He watched the black dot disappeared and sighed, picking his top which was on the floor, and watched the cherry blossom bloomed across the street on the road. Nothing looks pretty without the cherry blossom, he thought, scratching his head and ran by the road of Tokyo smiling. Once he opened the door to his house his mother rushed around the room, searching into every room in the house.

"Dear have you seen my bracelet, it's a silver bracelet with a mark engraved 'Forever As Always'…" She said in a delicate voice but didn't look at him, as she's too busy searching for the stolen bracelet. Takao whistled and sweating for a moment and left the main room, the mother noticed he was being suspicious and screams "TAKAO!"

Hilary made it back home and sighs with the bracelet worn around her wrist, and crawled outside her backyard. She sees her family cherry blossom tree stood blooming pink leaves as it sways along the backyard, and made it looked quite unique as a plain garden. Pink leaves were everywhere; Hiromi walked towards the garden near the tree and touched its delicate oak-like skin, her were closed and carved a smile sweetly.

"I…want to meet my true love…during spring, next to the cherry blossom tree…my wish…my heart…our promise…" Her squeaky but syrupy tone shuns the cherry blossom's highlighted leaves and Hiromi ran back inside the house and looked freakishly at the cherry blossom, odd enough that it shun so sudden when she recited her last sentence.

The girl with the short auburn hair and ruby eyes ran towards the river bank waving at Takao gleefully skipping, and fiddled with his cap smirking and winked at Hiromi, which cause her to giggle and blushed only on her left cheek. She runs back towards him and held his hand, Takao smiled for a while and sat near the riverbank along with Hiromi. Both were silent, during the past 9 years they've been best friend, though Takao might think more than that, and looked at his reflection.

"So, you'll be gone to Hong Kong for quite sometime huh…" He started the conversation and shaped a friendly smile, Hiromi baffled and stared at her reflection, her eyes were glazing and her mouth seemed a bit in a downward shape.

"Uh huh…" She said, letting go of his hand and stared back at the azure sky, like she usually does.

"Well I won't forget you of course…we made a promise…even when times get rough we'll still be…best friends…" He said smiling as usual, his word were a blur when he said the last two words. Hiromi noticed that and giggle, covering her mouth slightly and stands up.

"I know you're going to miss me anyway! So let's go somewhere for celebration!" Hiromi raised her index finger in the air and grinned.

"Where?" Takao smirked, and was actually proud of his ego-matic 'friend'. He stood up, pulled off his long-jumper and revealed her wrist watch and looked at his reflection, inhaling a breath. "Oh, don't show the bracelet to my mum…"

"Why?"

"It's a good cause…" Takao scratched his head with a broken unusual smile and left the enigmatic pair of his friend's eyes.

"Okay…" Hiromi shrugged with one of her eyebrow rose, leaving the riverbank as well. She walked by the street of Tokyo and shivered, her eyes laid by the cherry blossom next to her blooming along the highlighted street. She did remember that awkward moment when with the cherry blossom tree at her house, but the speech she made was a blur. It was as though she couldn't remember what she said. A sudden sigh was inhaled behind her. Hiromi startled and turned around, and was turned out to be her sister, Hikari. She was with an auburn hair and ruby eyes like Hiromi, but a lighter skin and slightly smaller body, about the age of a 12 year old.

"So…you've been hanging out with Takao-san haven't you…" She said sarcastically, and sighed "You guys done a lot of things today…Humph…makes me sick" With that she deliberately pushed Hiromi aside and ran towards the black dot, whom seemed to be Takao. Hiromi sighed for a moment and walked calmly with a minor disturbance clouded in her mind. She made it in her house and carved a friendly smile towards her mother whom was cleaning the dishes. The door to the kitchen was opened, so she could see what her mother did. She sat on the sofa and examined her bracelet, shaking her head and took it off, but then puzzled for a moment and placed it around her wrist again. She motioned herself towards the backyard. The cherry blossom tree was still there-odd. It always bloomed; it never stops even during winter. Which made her seemed quite suspicious during the time it shuns until she ran inside. Never mind, she thought to herself. She closed the door with her back leaned against the wall, and looked at her bracelet.

I wish…I could find my true love…in cherry blossom…

There was a stunned light ray across the small squared window beside Hiromi. She opened the window upwards and sees the cherry blossom blooming and blooming until the cherry blossom was actually 90cm thick. She rubbed her eyes, widened, she couldn't believe it.

"Mom!" She shouted running across the kitchen and dragged her wrist towards the backyard and opened the large door. "Mom, mom, the cherry blossom! They were…" Her mother sighed pitifully and raised an eyebrow towards her.

"It's just a normal green grass to me Hiromi, the cherry blossom are not full…" She said, leaving the confused Hiromi, she rubbed her eyes fixedly, a shook her head.

"No, no it can't be…can it?"


Author's note: Hmmn whadda think? Review please!