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1 Dear Sakura
2 by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
3 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
4 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
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6 Dear Tomoyo-chan,
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8 When angels descend and dreams come to earth, our hearts are touched
9 with a heavenly fire. At your most lovely wedding, I was blessed with
10 a greater happiness than ever seemed possible. There I saw a sight
11 even the Seven Sages might envy: surely the two most beautiful brides
12 to ever grace so solemn a betrothal. Sakura-chan was delightfully
13 nervous at first, making a most exquisite blushing bride. But seeing
14 her beloved, she glowed with a luminous ecstasy that seemed somehow
15 out of place so far away from the Celestial Realms. Her happiness
16 warmed the hearts of all who witnessed it, and left us with the
17 precious hope that perhaps someday, some portion of such bliss might
18 be ours. Mother once told me this is Sakura-chan’s true magic: that
19 she gently touches the innermost feelings of all those blessed with
20 meeting her. I felt that enchantment as never before when she gazed
21 into the eyes of her adoring Tomoyo-chan.
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23 How sad that all the great poets of all time, and all the great
24 artists that ever were, could never hope to capture the resplendence
25 of the unearthly woman I saw with Sakura-chan. Your loveliness had
26 lingered in my heart since last we met, but so dazzling was the
27 beauty before me that I could only stare, transfixed in wonder. Words
28 are my sorry servants, who clumsily convey to you the sweet pain it
29 was to gaze upon so gorgeous a bride. It is said that to view a
30 goddess on earth is to be struck with a passionate longing that no
31 worldly joy can quench. I have seen two such divinities, and if the
32 price I pay is a yearning heart that will not heal, still I deem
33 myself graced with the memories. When bride kissed bride, I was
34 lifted on shimmering wings to a rapture beyond all care and pain.
35 That moment shall be a remembrance: a treasure to carry for all of my
36 life.
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38 So, thank you for inviting me to your wedding. I was honored to
39 attend as representative of the House of Li, and very much pleased to
40 come as your friend. Please thank Sonomi-sama for her gracious
41 hospitality. I was a little nervous at first, knowing there had been
42 much hurt brought about by my family to yours. But her charming
43 consideration as a hostess made me feel as if I were the long lost
44 Daidouji Fanren. And thank you for taking me out with your family.
45 That night of dancing was like a dream. I think your Mother is the
46 finest dancer of us all, for she blends the energy and enthusiasm of
47 Sakura-chan with the effortless grace of Tomoyo-chan. To be in the
48 presence of such loveliness as the three of you was sweetly
49 overwhelming, and an evening I shall always remember.
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51 Please know that Syaoran-chan seems quite content in his new life
52 with Meiling-chan. I would not mention this during my trip, lest it
53 bring bad luck for your cherished union, but they are now engaged and
54 shall be married next spring. Slow to forgive and slow to learn, he
55 has finally come to see that all has been for the best, and that his
56 ending will now be happier than ever he could have imagined. Though
57 he will not speak the words, he knows you will give to Sakura what he
58 could not, and in his heart wishes both of you well. Mother delighted
59 in the video of the wedding, and my sisters are frightfully jealous
60 that I went, which has pleased me to no end.
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62 Thank you again for all your kindness and consideration during my
63 visit. Finally, I understand the wise words in your letters, and
64 seeing your happiness brings happiness to me as well. If ever a
65 gentle heart deserved such bliss, it is yours, dear Tomoyo-chan. You
66 and Sakura-chan will always be cherished in my heart. May your new
67 life be prosperous and long, and may the blessings and joys of the
68 Nine Heavens be with you all of your days.
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70 Love,
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72 Li Fanren
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