Welcome to Gaia! ::

Tora was ready to open her garden. After months of planning, it was done! Tora was glad for a place to get away. She walked through the massive doors for the first time and gasped at it's beauty. "Finnaly, a place I can come to and rest." She walked a circle around a cherry tree before placeing her hands on its trunk. "Oh, cherry tree, if only you could give me advice. I'm so alone and afraid," she confessed. She turned her back to it and leaned. She looked through the branches at the sun. It danced off her face and made it look alive and happy. "I just need to get away from it all," she added. "But I can't hide here forever- I know Omny and Shagatsu will come." Tora began to cry. She sat in the grass and cried, really for the first time. The pain and hate came rushing in with every tear that was let out. "How can I forgive them?" she trailed off. Tora opened her black book and began to write, every tear falling onto the paper and messing up the ink.

Getting away from all of his problems with his family, Nate kept walking and didn't care where we went. He was tired of walking, so he stopped and rested against a tree. then, he suddenly realized his surroundings: a beautiful cherry blossom garden. He likes cherries, but now he likes them even more!! He lays against the tree and pulls out his favorite book, but falls asleep a moment later.

Tora sees someone else walk in and sit beside a tree. He pulls out a book and falls asleep. "Oh, great, another man," she thinks synically. "But, I mustn't be rude." Tora walks over to him and sits on her knees infront of him. She taps him on the shoulder. "Hello?"

Tora's eyes met the new patron's and she felt old feelings flood back into her heart. "No," she told herself, "no more love." Tora looked away and went into a formal bow. "Please forgive me of my rudeness, kind sir, My name is Tora and I'm a geisha and owner of this cherry blossom garden you're in," she smiled. "May I inquire your name?" she asked.

She smiles at him. "Nathanial-san, it's a pleasure to meet you! Shall I get you some tea?" she asked.

Tora heard a tiny bell. "If you'll excuse me, I must greet the new commer." Tora bowed and excused herself. She walked along the path, but saw no one. "I could have sworn...," she said. Just then, she heard something on the otherside of the oldest cherry tree. She walked off the path and went to the otherside. "Tohru-chan!" she gasped. "What a pleasure!" She said, hugging her little sister. "Welcome to my garden!"

Before going, she turned to the patron and smiled. "Jasmine it is," she smiled. "If you would, please make yourself at home in that gazebo and I'll be right back with the tea and snacks," she said pointing to a gazebo on the left.