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| 1 Welcome fellow Sakura/Tomoyo fans, or non fans if you're reading this for | |
| 2 the hell of it. Thanks for coming to read my story, but first, yep, I've | |
| 3 got notes. Here we go. All characters copyright CLAMP, Kodansha, | |
| 4 TOKYOPOP, Mad House, Nelvana and Pioneer. Did I miss any? Other than | |
| 5 that, the only thing that I think really needs to be mentioned, is that | |
| 6 there are two terms at the beginning that you probably never heard of. | |
| 7 Both refer to carnival games that you may have seen in certain anime. The | |
| 8 first is kingyo-sukui, which is basically the goldfish catching game. The | |
| 9 second is shateki. In this game, people use a pop gun filled with little | |
| 10 corks and fire it at a couple of shelves with different prizes on them. If | |
| 11 the person firing knocks down a prize, it's theirs. Alright, enough of the | |
| 12 notes, it's time for the story. I hope you enjoy it. | |
| 13 > | |
| 14 > | |
| 15 >Discovering Beauty | |
| 16 > | |
| 17 >By: James Brown | |
| 18 mebrown@dubuque.net | |
| 19 | |
| 20 > The sun had just begun to set over Tomoeda's horizon as music filled the | |
| 21 air and the ears of the festival crowd. One of the city's shrine festivals | |
| 22 was fully underway as the people began enjoying the activities of the late | |
| 23 afternoon: talking in a friendly conversation, playig a game at one of the | |
| 24 festival booths, or, as Sakura Kinomoto was doing, taking a casual stroll. | |
| 25 Sakura was walking by herself as she observed the sights around her. She | |
| 26 decided to stop at a kingyo-sukui booth to see if anyone had caught any | |
| 27 gold fish. The brown haired girl was at the booth earlier, but she had | |
| 28 come up empty handed in her attempts to catch anything. Right now, she was | |
| 29 more content with seeing if anyone else had better luck. Once she finished | |
| 30 watching, Sakura decided to walk a little more, but it wasn't long until | |
| 31 she noticed her best friend Tomoyo coming towards her. | |
| 32 > "Hey Tomoyo!" Sakura called out. | |
| 33 > "Oh, hello Sakura," Tomoyo said once Sakura ran up to her. "I didn't | |
| 34 know you were here as well. Are you here by yourself?" | |
| 35 > "No. Actually, I was with my brother and my dad earlier, but we decided | |
| 36 to separate for now." It wasn't until this moment that Sakura noticed | |
| 37 Tomoyo holding an orange stuffed elephant in front of her. As soon as she | |
| 38 saw it, the topic of conversation quickly changed. "Hey Tomoyo, where did | |
| 39 you get that cute little elephant?" | |
| 40 > "Do-o you like it?" Tomoyo asked as she began to blush. | |
| 41 > "I think it's adorable." | |
| 42 > "I won it a couple of minutes ago at the shateki booth." | |
| 43 > "Wow, really? Isn't that kind of hard?" | |
| 44 > "Not really. All a person really needs is some patience and a little | |
| 45 concentration. To tell you the truth, I'm going to give this to someone as | |
| 46 a gift." | |
| 47 > "Are you giving it to someone I know?" | |
| 48 > "Well, yes. I think you've meet this person." | |
| 49 > "Say, I hope whoever you give it to likes it," Sakura commented with a | |
| 50 bright smile. | |
| 51 > "I'm sure of it. Hey, you want to go get something to eat?" | |
| 52 > "Sure." As the two girls went in search for food, Sakura couldn't help | |
| 53 but think about Tomoyo and who she would give the gift to. "Tomoyo sure is | |
| 54 happy about all this, but, I wonder who is making her smile so much?" | |
| 55 > | |
| 56 > That evening, after Tomoyo returned home from the festival, the girl | |
| 57 entered her room while she held the stuffed elephant close to her. The | |
| 58 dark haired girl laid down on her bed, holding the elephant up in front of | |
| 59 her as a small laugh emitted from her closed mouth. "Hmm. Once Sakura | |
| 60 realizes that this elephant is really for her, she's going to be so | |
| 61 thrilled. I just know it, I just know it." The elephant was more that | |
| 62 just a simple gift between best friends, to Tomoyo, it represented a | |
| 63 confession, a confession of love. Tomoyo held the stuffed animal close to | |
| 64 her chest as she began to think about presenting it to Sakura. Her smile | |
| 65 began to enlarge as the thoughts flooded her mind. But suddenly, a thought | |
| 66 of a different kind came into her mind. "Wait a minute, what if she | |
| 67 doesn't understand? What if she doesn't get it right away?" Tomoyo began | |
| 68 to think about what she could include with the elephant in order to get her | |
| 69 message across. Once the idea came to her, Tomoyo went through the house | |
| 70 to get paper, a pencil and an envelope. When the needed supplies were | |
| 71 gathered, the young girl returned to her room. She sat down on her bed and | |
| 72 began to write a letter. In it, she began to inscribe her true feelings. | |
| 73 All of the emotions in her heart were being put on to paper. Tomoyo's | |
| 74 hopes and dreams counted on what she wrote in the letter. Her true hope | |
| 75 was that Sakura understood how much she meant to her, and her greatest | |
| 76 dream was that somehow, Sakura felt the exact same way about her. As soon | |
| 77 as the letter was finished, Tomoyo placed it inside the envelope and took | |
| 78 it along with the elephant to her book bag. After she packed the items | |
| 79 inside, she went back to her room with a cheerful smile on her face. | |
| 80 > | |
| 81 > The following Friday morning, school began at Tomoeda Elementary and | |
| 82 Tomoyo had all the necessary items to make her gift to Sakura complete. | |
| 83 Tomoyo decided to wait until all the day's classes were done until she | |
| 84 presented the gift. After school had ended and the afternoon finally | |
| 85 arrived, Sakura and Tomoyo walked home together. The entire time they | |
| 86 walked, Tomoyo kept thinking about when would be the perfect moment to | |
| 87 unveil her surprise. Once the two were a block away from Sakura's home, | |
| 88 Tomoyo decided to speak up. | |
| 89 > "Hey Sakura. Can we stop for a moment?" | |
| 90 > "Why? Is something the matter?" | |
| 91 > "No, I'm okay. I just have something that I want to show you." As | |
| 92 Tomoyo took her book bag off, Sakura became extremely curious as to what | |
| 93 she was going to see. As Tomoyo opened her bag, Sakura's eyes began to | |
| 94 widen once she saw a familiar orange color. As soon as she recognized the | |
| 95 elephant's shape, her entire face lit up. | |
| 96 > "Hey, isn't...isn't that the elephant from last night?" | |
| 97 > "Yes." | |
| 98 > "But you still have it with you. I thought...wait. Do you mean that the | |
| 99 friend you're giving it to is me?" | |
| 100 > "That's right Sakura. This gift belongs to you." | |
| 101 > "Oh thank you Tomoyo! Thank you so much!" | |
| 102 > "I decided to wait until today to give it to you so I could surprise you." | |
| 103 > "I understand, and thanks again." As Sakura accepted the gift and held | |
| 104 it close to her, Tomoyo smiled as she watched her friend spin in a | |
| 105 delightful mood. The moment was uplifting to her, and she knew now, as | |
| 106 Sakura began to ask her a question, it was time for her to present the | |
| 107 letter. "But, why are you giving this to me? Is it because I did | |
| 108 something recently?" | |
| 109 > "Well, I think this well help to answer your question." Sakura was | |
| 110 puzzled as Tomoyo reached into her bag a second time and pulled out the | |
| 111 letter. When the letter was handed to her, she put down the elephant and | |
| 112 examined the envelope. After finding nothing to read on the envelope | |
| 113 itself, Sakura opened it and began to read the letter out loud. | |
| 114 > "Sakura, we have been good friends for a long time now, and as friends, | |
| 115 we have been through a lot of incredible situations together. And through | |
| 116 the time we've known each other, I consider you to be my greatest friend. | |
| 117 Whenever I see your smile, it makes me feel happy even if I am already in a | |
| 118 good mood. When I am with you, I know I can tell you any of my secrets | |
| 119 without the fear of having anyone else knowing. But the secret I want to | |
| 120 tell you now is much different than any I've told and it concerns you as | |
| 121 well." At this point, Sakura's interest in what she was reading grew in a | |
| 122 vast amount. "My secret is one that I have carried with me for a while | |
| 123 now. I hope that you understand how I feel and that perhaps, you feel the | |
| 124 same way as well. What I want to tell you is that I..." Sakura continued | |
| 125 reading the letter, but found the news to be a total shock for her. So | |
| 126 much so that she was unable to find a voice to read the letter out loud. | |
| 127 When Sakura had finished reading the letter, she looked up to Tomoyo with | |
| 128 an expression on her face, to which Tomoyo acted surprised and concerned. | |
| 129 Sakura's expression was almost one of fear and confusion. She then | |
| 130 realized she didn't finish reading the letter out loud. As she continued | |
| 131 reading where she left off, her tone of voice changed. From anticipation, | |
| 132 to a tone that was more dreary. "I love you. In all honesty and with all | |
| 133 of my heart, I love you. My feelings are more than just what common | |
| 134 friends share. They are very much in the romantic sense. You mean | |
| 135 everything to me and I hope you will stay with me for a long time." Sakura | |
| 136 didn't feel any different after reading Tomoyo's confession. She didn't | |
| 137 know what to say. She didn't know what to think. She didn't know what to | |
| 138 do. Tomoyo finally decided to break the silence with her voice. | |
| 139 > "Sakura, w-what's the matter?" | |
| 140 > Sakura tried to say something right away, but found it difficult with all | |
| 141 the thoughts in her head. "I...I...I..." Everything about this situation | |
| 142 was just making her nervous. "I...have to go." Sakura ran toward her | |
| 143 house and didn't look back. The letter slowly drifted out of her hands and | |
| 144 landed in front of Tomoyo. Tomoyo was shaken by what had happened. She | |
| 145 never considered this as the result of her actions. | |
| 146 > "Sakura? Wait! Why are you running?" She reached out to the distant | |
| 147 girl but found it to be of little help. Alone and heartbrokne, the girl | |
| 148 stood there as bitter sadness flooded her senses. Everything she hoped for | |
| 149 collapsed in front of her. Tomoyo looked at the items that represented her | |
| 150 gift as her eyes began to tear up. "But...but why?" | |
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