Author: tears oF U
Title: Sakurairo Mau Koro (As the Color of Cherry Blossoms Fill the Air)
Summary: As cherry blossoms fill the air a young spring love fills the air. Two children grow up together, Fuu and Ferio. They play with their Cherry Blossom Tree every weekend, and as the color of the leaves change, the love they have for each other will never change.
Disclaimer: I don't own MKR, and the song Sakurairo Mau Koro. MKR is owned by Clamp and the song is copyright Sony Music by Mika Nakashima.
Chapter 5
Fiery Situation
It was now winter, the snow was starting to fall and all of sanbanchijin's leaves had fallen out. It wasn't beautiful anymore; it was cold and lonely, which was how Fuu was feeling all through out the autumn season. Fuu had been on 5 dates with Sano Nakashima, she has grown to like him and she knows even more about him. But she is still afraid that she will fall in love with him, and she has been avoiding any sign of romantic affection. For example, when Sano & Fuu were on their second date Sano had tried the classic, "Pretend to stretch and put your arm on the girl's shoulder." And when he attempted she accidentally spilt popcorn all over his lap. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She would say as she wiped popcorn off his lap. But little did she know she was wiping on the… area, and Sano got the wrong idea…
Fuu was sitting next to sanbanchijin reading her novel. She looked up at the cloudy sky and sighed. Fuu thought about Ferio, bunches of questions were botched up in her head. She would sneeze while she read her book, and when she was about to sneeze she saw smoke coming from her house. Fuu looked at it for a few seconds and realized something was wrong. She got up and ran to her house. When she got in the smoke was everywhere. "Oh no, what's going on!" Fuu yelled as she ran inside covering her mouth. "Mom, dad?" Fuu called as she opened the kitchen door. The table and counters were blazing and she vaguely saw her mother on the ground. "Mom!" Fuu cried as she shook her. Fuu was so worried and started to cry, she wouldn't wake up. Fuu panicked and looked around. She decided to drag her mom out. When she got out she laid her mom at sanbanchijin and ran to the neighbor's.
Fuu banged on the door in panic, and when the person opened the door she told the woman the whole story. "Oh no, hurry, use my phone!" The woman gave Fuu the phone and she dialed 911. "Oh thank you miss, hello?" Fuu pleaded, "My house is on fire, I'm at the neighbor's home using their phone, please hurry!" When she hung up she bowed and thanked the woman very quickly and ran back to sanbanchijin. Her mother wasn't there, "Wha, mom!" She looked at the house and her mother was running inside. "Mommy, no!" Fuu cried as she ran as fast as she could. She slammed the door open and caught her mother's wrist. "Mommy, we have to get out, the house is going to collapse!" Fuu's mother looked at her with tears.
"No, I need to save Yujiro, let go of me, he's in the room!" Her mother yelled as she set herself free and ran up the stairs. "Mother, no!" Fuu cried as she started to cry.
Suddenly, the house started to crumble and wood fell right in front of Fuu blocking the way up the stairs. "Aaaaaah, no, mom!" Fuu yelled as she backed away, more of the ceiling collapsed and Fuu had no choice but to get out. She ran out, and looked at her house for the last time, "Mom, dad!" She yelled as more wood fell. Then a hand suddenly grabbed Fuu's arm and pulled her out. She glanced to see a fireman, "What, no, let go of me, my parents are in there!" Fuu screamed and cried as the man dragged her to safety. "You stay here ma'am, it's too dangerous to go back in there." The man ordered as she watched part of her home crumble to ash. "No, mom!" Fuu cried as the man held her back. The other firemen were spraying the house with the water as neighbors crowded to watch. "Dad, no!"
She cried for hours until the fire stopped, and she ran to see the damage. Her eyes widened and she was petrified for 10 seconds. She burst into even more tears as she looked at the part of the house where the house crumbled; it was where her parents' room was. She ran to see the damage but the firemen held her back. Fuu struggled to get out and she punched and kicked, "Let go of me, my parents are in there!" Fuu cried and cried, and they finally let go of her after the chief said it was okay to check the damage. She sprinted inside, the door had been burnt and there were ashes everywhere. The living room was destroyed; the only thing still there was the couch and the TV, Which had broken. She ran into the kitchen, everything was destroyed. But then, she remembered sanbanchijin, the figurine Ferio told her to keep. She ran to her room and opened the door. Her room was the only one that was least damage because it was the farthest from the kitchen. Fuu looked inside her desk and found it, it had ashes and dust all over it and she blew on it. She smiled as she was still crying and embraced it, it was the only piece she had of Ferio.
When she went to where her parents' room was she could see two bodies in the ash. "Oh no, mom, dad!" Fuu yelled running and then dropping onto the ground. She wiped the ash off their faces and shook her dad, and then her mother. "Please mom, wake up!" Fuu shook and shook, but they never woke up. She wouldn't accept the fact that everyone she loved had left her. Fuu's heart was in pain, now she only had her two best friends with her. She held her stomach in severe pain and laid her head on her father's stomach. "Father, I'm so sorry for making you worry about me…" Fuu's tears fell onto his filthy shirt. She realized that her mother really loved her father. So much that she would take her own life to save him. Fuu remembered a few hours age, when her mother would refuse to escape with her…
"No, I need to save Yujiro, let go of me, he's in the room!" Her mother yelled as she set herself free and ran up the stairs. "Mother, no!"
She then kissed her parents' cheeks and she looked at all the people who were crying and watching. In the crowd was a person she knew, it was Sano Nakashima! "Wha…" Sano came running to Fuu and tried to comfort her. "Sano, what are you doing here?" Fuu was so surprised to see him, how could he know about this when he lived in a different part of town.
"Oh Fuu, it was all over the news, I'm so sorry about your parents!" Sano yelled hugging her tightly. Fuu was getting irritated; she just wanted to tell him to leave him alone. "The news?" When Fuu looked at the crowd she noticed three broadcast news vans and reporters everywhere.
"Fuu, you have to come with me before the press gets here!" Sano informed helping her up. Fuu couldn't believe he wanted to separate her from her parents. "Are you crazy, I'm not leaving my parents here!" Fuu was furious, couldn't he see that her parents had just died? "But-" Fuu slapped Sano before he could finish, "Why don't you just leave me alone, this is none of your business Sano!" Sano had tears in his eyes, "Oh Fuu, I was just trying to help!" Sano cried as he hugged her again. "Get off me Sano, get off!" Sano wouldn't let go until suddenly a mob of new reporters came running to them. Fuu looked at her parents before she had to escape with Sano, it was her only choice. "Oh parents, I'll be back!" Fuu yelled as she hugged them. She got up and ran away with Sano into his car. "Oh miss, what happened!" A news reporter asked knocking on the car window. "Miss, how do you feel now that everything you loved has been burnt to ashes? Fuu gasped at the reporter and opened the window. "What do you think, idiot!" Fuu yelled as she slapped the woman's face, "my parents just died!" Fuu cried as they drove off with the crowd trying to catch them.
Fuu crossed her arms in irritation, "Hmph, how cold of her!" Sano smirked; he thought she was a bit funny. Fuu looked at him in disgrace, "how could you be smiling at a time like this?" Sano and Fuu drove for 30 minutes as the snow started to fall harder. Fuu was looking out the foggy window, watching happy couples kiss, and parents with their children drink hot cocoa. She was definitely jealous as tears ran down her cheeks again. "Fuu, were here." Sano informed as Fuu looked around dazed. "Oh, really?" They both stepped out of his car and Fuu looked at the house, well, looked up. "Sano, your house is giant!" Fuu yelled as they walked inside. "Thanks." Sano replied as he took his shoes off. "Come on in."
Fuu remembered that she didn't bring any clothes and mentioned it to Sano. "Don't worry, my sister is about your size in clothes." Sano said with a smile. Fuu was still sad as she sat down on the couch. She examined his home, it was so nice. "You live with your parents?" Sano brought two cups of hot cocoa and set in down on the table. He sat next to her and relaxed, "Nah, my sister lives with me, since she can't afford an apartment. She's in law school right now. "Oh…" There was a awkward silence as Fuu drank her hot cocoa. Finally, Fuu's cell phone rang. She answered hoping to have good news.
"Hello?" Fuu answered.
"Fuu, we just came to your house, where are you?" Umi asked loudly. Fuu looked at Sano, "Where's your bathroom?" Fuu asked because she wanted to have some privacy. Sano pointed it out to her and she thanked him. Fuu closed the door and sat on top of the sink counter.
"I'm here at Sano's, we fled from a mob of new reporters." Fuu finally answered as she heard Hikaru gasp.
"Well you need to come back quick!" Hikaru pleaded and Fuu gave a worried face. "Wha, why?"
"Because, Ferio is here!" Umi answered as she yelled. Fuu gasped loudly, He must have heard about the fire, but he's all the way in Tokyo… "Umi, don't make me panic again!" Fuu cried in anxiety.
"No, he's really here!" Fuu couldn't think of anything to say to Sano. She just couldn't say that she needed to get back over there because the man she loved was worried sick about her! Oh no, what do I do!
END
Okay, that was the end of chapter 5, I hoped you liked it, I think this chapter evoked a lot of emotion. And how you could lose your loved ones in a blink of an eye. Well, see you at chapter 6!
