Achan: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! I'm SOOOO SOOOORRRY!! I'm so sorry, guys, I really mean it! School has really gotten the better of me, and out there it feels like a war zone for me because its really competitive, and I refuse to be on the very bottom. But that's just me ^ ^. So Just saying that I'm really really sorry. But you know, by the time it reached like mid-January (?) I thought that everyone had forgotten about me already, so then I started lagging even more. But then I got more reviews and then I got emails! Thank you so much!! You don't know how much that meant to me. I promise to keep updating and writing, but updating won't be on a regular basis like before ^^;;. Once again, thanks to those who encouraged me to keep on writing.
Oh yea! Please check out my new online manga!! You can get the address on my profile ^^. There are only about 3 pages but you know More will come! That's one of the reasons for my inactiveness, because I was really busy with that as well. So please check it out?
Kero: Did I ever mention how much Achan talks so much?
Kiyone: Shhh
Kero: "Shh" what?! I'm only stating!
Kiyone: Hey, why are you yelling!?
Kero: Because you started it!
Kiyone: *sweatdrop* What?
Kero: YOU started it!
Kiyone: Seriously, what?
Kero: ARGHHHHHHHH.
Achan: LoL, anyway, I'll leave those two. Thanx for answering the question from the last chapter, What does 'Yue' mean? And of course, it means, Moon in Chinese [the full term is Yue-Liang]. Thanks for answering!!
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Xiao Mei - Mei-chan!!
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Chapter Seven - Friendship's Way
By, azngurL "achan"
Knock knock.
Sakura had heard it several times in her room the following morning. She didn't get up from bed, and didn't even get any sleep. She kept crying her eyes out until she couldn't spill anymore tears.
"Just leave me alone," Sakura mumbled as she turned her head aside, facing her wall.
"?" An innocent voice said from behind the door.
Sakura's eyes slowly opened, with a hint of tears streaming down. "ko? Oh," She quickly got up and looked at her door. "Gomen ne, I'm not feeling well"
"Oh Well Um," Reiko turned her back and leaned against the door. "Daijoubu ka [Are you okay]? Okasan is getting kinda frantic. She's wondering what went on between you and Shiro-san last night to get you to be like this,"
"Nan demo nai no [Nothing]. Nan demo nai," She gripped the sheets of her bed with Kero sitting on her shoulders looking at her so melancholy. "It's not like I'm really sick My heart just feels heavy today, that's all. Tell Okasan that I'll be down in a minute,"
"Do you want to do that?" Reiko asked suddenly. "Okasan will-"
"I don't care," Sakura got up and Kero flew from her shoulder as he watched her go to her closet and take out something to wear. "It doesn't matter. I don't wanna keep myself in here Oh, Reiko?"
"H-Hai (Yes)?" Reiko asked, her back still to the door.
"If I don't recall, I did promise you a day out, ne? Let's go out today; I think it'll do you and me good,"
Reiko couldn't resist but smile. "Hai!! I'll get ready then! I'll give an excuse to Okasan too!"
"OK!" Sakura said while putting on her skirt. After she got dressed she walked to her door.
"Sakura-" Kero started; his paw stretched out to her.
Sakura stood before the door smiling somewhat sadly, her back to him. "Gomen nasai I'm not being much of a good friend to you that much, huh, Kero-chan?"
Kero remained silent. "No, what makes you say that?" He asked.
Sakura chuckled and faced him. "Iko [Let's go]," she said while pointing to the pocket in her bag.
Kero smiled and flew in to
the pocket, anticipating the day that they were going to have.
Sakura stepped backwards but didn't fall; she tried not to fall in front of her stepmother. She held her face, trying to force her tears back. But she remained strong and looked at her mother with bold confidence.
Reiko, who was in the same room as she, looked at her mother and her sister, scared. Her heart racing; she wanted to shout, "STOP!" but she was afraid of the repercussions.
"You stupid child," Yumi mumbled as she looked at Sakura straight in the eye.
"I don't understand what I did to make you so angry," Sakura said bluntly, like a monotonous type of voice.
"Don't talk to me like you have no respect you half-wit!" Yumi screamed.
Sakura winced at the words, and Kero kept still, listening to the conversation. She looked up to her mother once more. "You know--"
"NO! Shut up, I don't want to hear ANYTHING from you!" Yumi screamed. "I am your mother-your stepmother, rather. I don't tolerate such behavior in the morning. I don't ever want you to be bumming on that God-forsaken bed doing nothing while there is work to be done!" She slapped her again. "Understand me!?"
" Wakarimashita [I understand]." Sakura mumbled reluctantly.
"Tch." Yumi walked away from the room.
Reiko ran to her sister and hugged her from behind. "Nesan, Nesan! Ne," Reiko whispered as she let her head rest on her sister's back.
Sakura moved slowly and touched her sister's hands that were holding her from behind. She broke down to the floor slowly, started to cry. "Reiko,"
Reiko started to cry too and held on to her sister tightly.
Meanwhile Kero sat inside the pocket of her bag, looking upset. " There's no choice left"
They walked along the streets of Tomoeda silently, but then Reiko brought it upon herself to suddenly jump in front of her sister, walking backwards with a huge grin. "Nesan,"
Sakura smiled, "Nani?"
"Eheee, I got a surprise for you!" Reiko exclaimed.
"Eh?"
"Chotto matte [Hold on!]!" Reiko yelled as she ran off to the street.
"Eh!? Reiko!" Sakura yelled after. "Uh"
"Psst, Sakura!" Kero yelled from the bag.
"Oh! Kero-chan! What? You're still hungry? I just gave you half of my life savings on ice cream!" Sakura exclaimed.
Kero sweatdropped. "NO!!" But then he smiled because he saw the Sakura he always knew just at that moment. "There's something I gotta tell you, and I know you won't like it but I'm your friend,"
Sakura blinked, "Nani..?"
"Sakura, look, you gotta-"
"NESAN!!" Reiko screamed from the across the street.
"Eh?" Sakura said as she turned her head to where Reiko was. Then she saw her, but with someone else-Tomoyo. "T-Tomoyo-chan!?"
Kero looked at her than at her sister and Tomoyo. "Tomoyo huh?"
A: Yoshe! Cliffy ^ ^. Hope you guys liked it?
I think it's a bit short...
Promise to get 2 chapters out for you later okay??
Check out my online manga while you're at it ^0^
- achan
Next question is, what did Fujitaka refer to Nadeshiko when they met for the first time? (Or rather, when she fell from the tree and landed on top of him ^^;;)
Stay tooned!