Yay! My creator is giving me a break from talking. I'll be back in 3-6 chapters so see you till then!

Yang Woof: Yay chapter 5 is here. I really have nothing to do but i go back to school on the 8th September so i have to think of things to do until then.

I am also changing the summary, i don't think it fits with the story, but now i have to make the new summary sound good hmm...(Thinks)

Thanks to my reviewers! Your reviews have kept me going (Claps for the reviewers!)

Special thanks to MewToffee - I wasn't aiming for her to be similar to Sakura from Naruto, but if that still happens when you read it, just imagine yourself with long pink hair...(Lol i don't know if it will work, but if it does, tell me please!)

And special thanks to Usagiki1234.

Well here's Chapter Five, enjoy please x

Chapter Five: The Butterfly Breaks

I couldn't believe what they were saying. I didn't want to believe it. I wouldn't let myself believe it. Mother was dead?!

I was immobilized with shock. The tears swelled up in my eyes. The two police officers stood still, looking at me like they were waiting for me to do something, say something.

"S-she's d-d-dead?" I stuttered with a groggy voice. They nodded solemnly. "N-no, she can't be dead! She just can't be dead!" The tears spilled out of my eyes like waterfalls.

The female officer handed me a clean tissue. "Sakura-chan," She began. I looked at her with my tear-filled eyes. "Would you like to see your mother? She's at the hospital morgue."

I nodded slowly as I wiped my eyes which were stained with my tears.

I walked slowly down the path, alongside the female police officer. I looked at her name badge, she was called Xi. I stepped onto the sidewalk to see neighbours staring. They must of thought that I was being arrested, until the male officer told them not to stare in case it aggravated me, causing them to walk away confused. I've never heard a police officer say anything like that before.

Xi opened the car door at the side of the passenger door. She motioned for me to get in. As I stepped closer to the car, I heard someone shout my name.

"Sakura-chan!"

I turned my head to see Ichigo and the other Mew Mews run towards me with shocked expressions on their faces.

"Sakura 'nee-chan got arrested?" Purin asked.

I shook my head quickly.

"Are you friend's of Sakura?" The male officer asked the Mew Mews.

"Hai, sir." Retasu answered.

Xi looked at me as if to say 'Should we tell them?'. I nodded before climbing into the back of the car, letting more tears escape my violet eyes. "I'm afraid that Sakura's mother passed away before. Sakura was just on her way to see her." Xi explained.

I heard the Mew Mews gasp with astonishment.

"Oh my gosh!" Minto cried. Xi sat in the back of the car, next to me, and shut the car door.

I bit my lower lip, hoping that doing this would prevent me from crying anymore.

The male officer got into the driver's seat of the car and pulled away from my house.

"Does Lini know?" I asked Xi.

"Who's Lini?"

"My onee-chan." I answered with a croak.

"Where is she now?" Xi asked.

"She's at her uncles. But I don't want Lini to know. She's only six. I don't know how she'll take it if we tell her." I cried.

"Sakura-chan," I looked at Xi. "Lini-chan has a right to know about her mother. It's not fair to keep her in the dark about this." She explained.

I looked down, I knew she was right. "Do you have a phone I can use for a minute?"

Xi put her hand in her pocket. She quickly pulled out an old mobile phone and held it out in front of her.

"Arigatou." I smiled as I took it gently from her. I pressed the numbers which made up my uncle's home number. I pressed call and waited impatiently for him to pick up.

"Mushi mushi?"

"Gao, it's me, Sakura."

"Sakura, what do you want?"

"Could you bring Lini-chan to the hospital when you've picked her up from school?"

"Why do you want her to go to a hospital?"

I growled. "Please just bring her, I'll explain when you get there." I hung up the phone before he could argue with me and handed the phone back to Xi.

"That was a bit impolite, hanging up without saying bye." Xi scolded.

"Me and my uncle don't have the best relationship in the world." I stated. I detested my uncle an awful lot. To me, he was a monster, to Lini, he was the best uncle ever. I hated Lini's and uncle's friendship. It sickened me.

"Would you like to go in alone or would you like us to come in with you?" The male officer, who I found out was called Satoshi, asked me calmly.

"I'll be okay, on my own." I faked a smile.

"If your uncle and Lini come, we'll send them in." Xi smiled before I entered the morgue.

It was quiet and eerie in the morgue, like you're in a haunted house playing hide and seek and you can't find anyone. There were a lot of dead people in the morgue, more than I'd expected there to be. There were a few old people near the entrance of the morgue, and the youngest were at the back of the room. I looked around for the people that looked like they were in their 30's. Mother was bound to be there.

I'd eventually found my mother. I gasped at her appearance. Her legs were in a bad way, her skin was colourless and her eyelids were an unnatural shade of purple. The tears flowed down my cheeks as I looked at the tag on her trolley.

Surname: Yamaki.

Forename: Yoko

Age: 34

D. O. B: 4/7/1972 (M/D/YYYY)

D. O. D: 9/3/2006

Cause Of Death: RTC

I leaned on the trolley and gazed wearily at my late mother. Her look scared me slightly, but it didn't stop me from looking at her. Looking past her bleak appearance, I began to see her warm smile, her rosy cheeks and her crimson lips. I stroked her light pink hair as I remembered how vibrant it used to be. It now felt straw-like and dead, dead like her. I cried softly as I traced my fingers along her cold skin.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" I quickly turned my head to see my uncle, breathless, with my little sister in his arms.

"Gao, may I speak to Lini for a minute." I asked as I walked up to him. He nodded as he put Lini down and walked over to where I was stood. Lini-chan," I heard my uncle gasp. "Onee-sama has bad news."

"Onee-sama has bad news?" Lini repeated.

I nodded. "You know like mother always said, that when people stop breathing, the angels take them away?" Lini nodded. "Well, mother has been taken away by the angels. They've decided that…" I paused. I tried to think of a gentle way to put this to Lini. "…mother needed a break from life, and decided to let her join them as an angel, so she can look down on us."

"So, mummy's an angel?" Lini asked.

"Yep." I smiled through my sadness. I picked Lini up and carried her over to our late mother. "Gao," We turned to face each other. "If the police ask me where I'm staying, I'm going to say that I'm staying at yours. But I'm not, I'm going to find somewhere else to live. But take care of Lini, will you? Mother would want her to stay with you." I handed Lini to Gao.

"Thanks, Sakura." He smiled. That had to be the first smile he gave me in my whole life. He took Lini and I walked out of the morgue after saying a goodbye to my mother.

I found Xi and Satoshi waiting in reception. I walked up to them slowly as they turned their heads to face me.

"Sakura-chan," Xi began. "May we ask where you will be staying?"

"I'll be living with Gao and Lini." I answered. "Could you please drop me off at home." I looked down at myself. "I can't exactly walk down the streets in my pyjamas."

"Okay, Sakura."

The police officers lead me to their police car and I got in the back. I stared blankly out of the window as i wondered where i would stay.

It was a silent ride, apart from Satoshi messing with the radio every two minutes. I was tired. I was in a discontent mood. But I had to be cheery, for mother's sake. She always hated it when I was moody. She used to say to me 'Sakura-chan, you need to be happy, otherwise when you're in a bad mood, it put's other's around you in a bad mood too.'. I smiled to myself as I remembered every comment my mother said to me when I was upset:

'Don't let sadness keep you down, 'cause if it does, it take's everyone down with you.'

'One of the many things a boy notices on a girl is her smile. If he likes her smile, he'll make her happy. If he hates her smile, he'll mistreat her so she can't smile. So make sure you have the most perfect smile, so the lad of your dreams can make you happy.'

The police car pulled up outside my house. I opened the car door and stepped out onto the sidewalk.

"Sakura, will you be okay?" Satoshi asked.

"Only we've got to be somewhere now." Xi added.

"I'll be fine. Arigatou." I closed the door and they took off, leaving me outside my house.

I ran into my house, the tears leaking out of my eyes like water dripping out of a broken faucet. I dashed up the stairs and into my room. Crying heavily, I crawled under my bed and pulled out my duffel bag. I vigorously threw the bag on top of my bed and opened it.

I stomped over to my wardrobe and yanked the doors open, throwing every item of clothing onto my bed. I scrunched up the clothes and slammed them into the bag. After I was finished packing my clothes, leaving out one outfit, I moved on to my necessities, like hair brush, toothbrush, bobbles, mobile phone and charger and the money I had saved from my last birthday.

I closed the bag and threw it on the floor before changing into the outfit I had left out on the bed which consisted of black combats and pink shirt with a black skull and crossbones printed in the middle. I scruffily tied my hair into a bun, leaving my bangs loose. I picked up my bag and stormed down the stairs. I put my converse shoes on before leaving the house, slamming the door behind me.

I felt physically sick. What did I do to deserve this bad day? I approached the Café Mew Mew, taking in a deep breath. I didn't know if I could face the Mew Mew's questions on my mother's death, I was sure that they would be curious. I exhaled the breath as I slowly opened the door to the café.

The first Mew I saw was Retasu. She looked at me solemnly before returning to whatever she was doing. I took a few more steps into the café before Ichigo came up to me.

"Sakura-chan, are you ok?"

"Hai." I answered.

"Are you sure? I mean, your mother's just…you know…" Ichigo lowered her voice. "Died."

"I know she has, but I don't see why that should stop me from working. I do have a job here, you know." I tried really hard to fake a convincing smile, but Ichigo didn't buy it.

"Sakura-chan, you should go home. You've got the day off anyway, you know, 'cause of your injury. You might as well go home."

"What home?" I looked down at my duffel bag. Ichigo's gaze followed mine.

"What do you mean 'what home?'? Sakura, are you saying that you're not gonna be living at that house anymore?"

"I wouldn't be able to if i wanted to. My mother didn't own it, so we don't get it." I explained.

"We?" Ichigo repeated.

"Me and Lini." I stated.

"Who's Lini?"

"My onee-chan."

Ichigo nodded her head. "Well, where are you staying?"

"I have enough money to stay in a B&B for a couple of weeks." I answered quietly.

Ichigo gasped. "You can't live in a B&B!"

"I have no other choice, Ichigo-chan."

"Where's Lini staying?"

"At Gao's." I answered.

"Who's Gao?"

"My uncle. But I'm not staying with him. He's a bloody maniac." I exclaimed.

"Well…" Ichigo was deep in thought. She and I both knew that the only place I could stay in was a B&B, she just wouldn't admit it.

"Ichigo, get back to work!" Ichigo jumped as she turned to see an impatient looking Ryou.

"But Ryou, we have a problem." Ichigo wailed.

"Oh yeah? Well I have a problem with you not working." Ryou smirked at Ichigo.

"But Sakura's homeless!" Ichigo shouted.

Ryou's and my eyes widened.

I couldn't believe that Ichigo actually shouted that out loud. The other Mews came over to us, wondering what Ichigo meant by her comment.

"Sakura-chan has nowhere to live because of her mother." Ichigo explained to the Mew Mews and Ryou.

"Why's that then? Did she get kicked out for being a bad girl?" Ryou teased.

Ichigo and the others glared at him while my tears fell silently from my eyes. Customers began to stare at us curiously.

"Ryou, that was uncalled for!" Retasu shouted as she noticed my tears. She walked up to me and comforted me with a cuddle.

"And she didn't get kicked out!" Minto added. "Her mother died."

Ryou's face was now covered with guilt. I think he was now feeling sorry for me, and that was the last thing I wanted people to feel.

"What's going on out here?" Keiichiro walked out of the kitchen and looked at us. "Why's everyone shouting?"

"Sakura 'nee-chan is homeless!" Purin cried.

The customers were now gasping and talking about our conversation amongst themselves.

Keiichiro looked at me sympathetically. I was getting sick of that look. It was driving me mad. "Sakura-chan, come into the back for a moment." He walked into the back room.

Retasu walked me into the back room since I was frozen and couldn't move. I sat down on the chair opposite Keiichiro and hugged my stomach.

"Retasu, could you leave us for a moment please." Keiichiro asked politely.

"No." I looked at Retasu, then Keiichiro. "I want her to stay."

"Okay." Keiichiro smiled.

Retasu sat beside me, wrapping a comforting arm around me.

I had stopped crying, for now, but my eyes were still glossy and full of tears.

"Now then," Keiichiro began, sitting in front of Retasu and me. "What's wrong?"

I looked at Retasu as if to say 'Will you tell him?'. She nodded, understanding my facial expression.

"Sakura-chan's mother died earlier today and now she has nowhere to stay. Ichigo-chan was telling her that she can't live in a B&B and then Ryou came over, asking Ichigo why she wasn't working, then Ichigo shouted that Sakura-chan was homeless. Then Ryou asked was she homeless because she's been bad then-"

"I get it, Retasu-chan." Keiichiro smiled. Retasu nodded and took a much-needed breath. "So, you're now homeless, Sakura-chan."

"Hai." I said with an unclear throat.

"Well, you are more than welcome to stay here with Ryou and me, that is if you want to. I'm not going to force you into staying somewhere where you aren't comfortable."

"Thanks Akasaka-san, but I'll just stay in a B&B." I cleared my throat. "And I would like to start working here as soon as I can."

"Okay well your uniform is upstairs. Retasu-chan will show you where it is." Keiichiro stood up and left the room.

"Follow me, Sakura-chan." Retasu said standing up.

Well, chapter five is finished. What did you think of it? Please, feel free to review.

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