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((OOC: Lol ok ^-^)) Hara sat by Tora and looked at her giving a soft smile....and then said Shagatsu-san and I.....she trailed off a moment the continued I've asked him if he would like to my Dana and he has said that he would be honored......Hara took Tora's hand and then said....with joy and hope filling her voice......I've come to ask you for your blessing.

OoC: I know, I know... I am lame for not posting. ;-; But I forgot. Big time. D:

[EDIT] Oh gods, another Sakura? xDDD

Sakura twirled her fan with her finger. She released it in mid air and caught it with her right hand. With a graceful side step she snapped open the fan and made a sweeping motion as if she were playing golf. Sakura then opened her crimson eyes and stopped, finally finished with a dance.

She smiled and sighed, the dance had been inspirational and the only music available was the ones recorded in her head. Her smile faded and she straightened her pose. Sakura and had a bitter and resentful expression on her face, it was time to do something now. In the okiya there hadn't bene much to do... but now she was getting an idea of doing somehting. Whatever 'it' was.

Sakura slided the door from the room and went outside. She loved the fresh air it felt good. Too bad her past wasn't good, nor was anybody good enough for her, for that matter. But might aswell enjoy this, right? Wrong. With an expresionless face she walked the corridors of the okiya.

((OOC: Sorry I haven't been around. I just moved out of state! =^w^=))

Tora's heart sank and tears flowed from her eyes. She embraced Hara tightly and cried harder. All of the emotion and hate she had balled up over these past months came out in those tears. Fierce, stining tears flowed from her clear eyes.

Tora heard Ana's voice at her door. She quickly wiped away her tears, but couln't hide the fact. "Come in," she forced out, still clawing at her eyes.

Her gaze shifted toward the window. before she began to tell the story of how she came to this hanamachi to becaome a geisha.
" I'm afraid my story isn't quite as bright but it is still wonderful in a way." she gave an uncertain smile.

" Well I grew up in a town near the water, when I was younger & was raised by a priest that adopted me afer my father's death. I never really knew my mother because she died after I was born but from the stories the priest and my father told me she was a very kind person." She gazed down into her lap.

" After my adoption I had very much fun with the priest. We move from place to place but always ended up back in Osaka where I met a boy named Hatsuharu... but he liked to be called Haru-chan." She laughed at the memory. " We played alot up until the night I was sent to the Tsuchinobara Okiya. The priest thought becoming a geisha would bring me happiness and I believe he is right."
she looked up at Sakura-chan.

" But I do truely enjoy being here and being given the chance to become something great, other than a fisher's wife."

"Tora-sama, here's your tea . . ." She looked up to the geisha to see her eyes puffy and red. The girl batted her long lashes and then looked to Hara. She tilted her head to the side like a kitten pondering to pounce a moving leaf. Her jade eyes moved back to Tora and she smiled. The maid pulled out a hanky from her little cotton belt and offered it to the teary one.

"Here Tora-sama. You need this more than I do." She smiled, "My daddy gave that to me before I was booted out. So, please smile." Ana glanced over to Hara and said, "Hara-sama is smiling! She's even glowing! You were glowing too earlier. Be happy again, Tora-sama." *28*

Yuri Smiled. " I am very sorry to have mislead you Sakura-chan but how i felt for Haru was that he was like my big brother always there when I needed someone."

she looked to the floor.
"So I guess I have never felt love either."

- I'm the one who misinterpreted your story, Yuri-donno, please forgive me- Sakura bowed- I wonder what it feels to be in love. Oh, Yuri-donno, how did you feel when you first arrived to the okiya?