Chapter 1: The Famous Cherry

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"Please Welcome... Our very own.. Cherry Blossom!"

The audience roared in anticipation as the lights went out, indicating her forthcoming entrance. Seconds later, they heard a soft and soothing voice flow through the stadium,

"Aitai na... Aenai na, setsunai na... kono kimochi..."

A miniscule spotlight suddenly focused on a beautiful girl slowly descending from the ceiling. Sitting on a golden swing, she wore a satin pink dress with wings placed on the backside. Cherry blossoms petals were lightly resting in her auburn hair. She leisurely smiled at the crowd and continued singing, slowly moving the microphone closer to her lips,

"Datte...Datte... tsubasa hiroge futari de..." she paused for a while, and resumes singing, "sora wa marazon yume wo.. yunizon shitai..."

"WE LOVE YOU CHERRY!!!" the audience cheered. The singer's smile grew at the audiences' cheer. As her tiptoes brushed the ground, her eyes twinkled and she continued her acapella in the measured tempo

"Hora... Catch you... Catch you... Catch me.. Catch me.. Matte!!!" she sang in a loud voice.

"Cherry!!!!!"

"Kotchi wo muite suki da to itte..."

"I Love you!!!!"


"Sou, Nice to meet you.. Good to see you.. KITTOO!!!!"

"CHERRY!!!!"

"Atashi no omoi anata no Haato ni tonde tonde yuuke..."

The crowd held their breath, silence enveloped Tokyo dome for they knew the following word will be sang in the highest pitch that they love.

"MAYOWANAAIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

As her voice climaxed, fireworks flew up into the sky and the audiences rose to their feet, backup dancers slowly appeared on stage around her and thunderous music played on cue. Sparks shot up from the opposite ends of the stage, in a combination of pink, yellow and white. The band switched to play a repetitive catchy beat and the dancers proceeded to dance with it. The singer beamed and sauntered towards the audience,

"Come on everyone sing with me!"

"Cherry!!!"

"Hit it!" the singer shouted in the microphone. The band members jammed on their instruments with gusto. The singer jumped off the swing and began to dance with the dancers, Sakura petals continued to rain down the stage onto the iridescent singer and the dancers.

And so the concert has begun.


After the successful concert, the singer sighed as she entered her dressing room. She tiredly pulled out some of her hair decorations as she plopped down on the chair. She was so tired and really wanted to go home. Home... where she can just drop everything and sleep her life away.

"Omedetou~" a familiar voice piped from behind her.

The singer wearily smiled as she turned around to face her best friend. Like always, this particular individual was standing there, filming the singer with her ever-present camcorder.

"Arigatou," the singer said into the camera lenses, while sighing softly.

"You did a wonderful job tonight! The concert was a huge success!"

The singer halfheartedly lifted one corner of her mouth in an attempt to smile in response. Looking down at her lap, she grew thoughtful and exhaled a puff of breath. Everything had changed - she is now the illustrious 'Cherry Blossom'. She was no longer the cheery Kinomoto Sakura of Tomoeda High School. At the age of sixteen, she was first discovered when she participated in her high school's talent show, against her will. It was her best friend, who pushed her to go on that show.

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