"Short Story Collection"

"the tale of the Cherry Blossom tree"

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1,000 years ago after the demons have invaded the earth,The demon king haku fell in love with a human girl. She is known as Hotaru Sakura or Sakura for short but her real name is Takumi Hotaru.

She is a very kind and elegant girl and almost all of the boys in her town want to court her. She has a pair of ocean blue eyes that is very calming and has a reddish lips paired with her Rosy cheeks and her skin that is as white as snow and as fragile as a porcelain.

She is very kind to nature and has a complete and happy family. however,that changed since the demons have invaded the earth. Her father is one of the mighty soldiers that fought with the demons to protect the earth. But,unfortunately..her father died in the battle field. Leaving his wife and only daughter alone. After hearing the news,Her mother Liza,became sick because of the sudden death of her husband and after a month or two,She passed away. Leaving her only daughter,Sakura behind.

Now that she is all alone...Her lively eyes that is once full of hope and life... Turned into a sorrowful and a lifeless one.

The demon king knew about the death of her parents and felt really guilty. Because of that,he ordered his men(Aka the demons)to find the girl which is Sakura and decided to make her just live with him.

After his men found Sakura, He immediately got up from his chair/throne and decided to go to her to only She keeps crying and yelling at them to let her go and so,the demons did what she said but only untied her hands and feet.the demon king ordered the demons to bring her to him..and so the demons did as they are ordered.
"Why are you doing this?!what are you gonna do to me?!"the girl said with tears flowing down on her cheeks..the demon king felt as if a sword has stabbed him in his heart as he saw the girl crying..he wipes the girls tears but the girl push his hands away..and start crying...the girl knew very well that the demon king is the one at fault for the death of her parents..so she is very mad at him and want him dead but...part of her felt warm around his embrace..the demon king knew that she is very mad at him but..he is just following what his uncle want him to do.his uncle is an old friend of her father but when he found out that that his old friend Shizou(the father of Sakura)had taking a liking on Liza(the mother of Sakura)and make her his wife after a year or two..he bacame jealous and mad at him to the point of planning to kill him and making sakura's mother her wife...but,unfortunately.. He failed...but after many years later...his nephew has become the demon king and he ordered haku(the demon king) to invade the land of earth and kill the father of sakura.But, his nephew didn't listen to him cuz he want to coexist with the humans on the land of earth peacefully.but,knowing the nature of his uncle,he threatens him that he will kill the girl he loves if he didn't do what he want...and so,the demon king,leaving no other choice.. invaded the earth and ordered the demons to assassinate sakura's father while he is busy fighting with the demons and in the end...he died.The demon king knew very well that because of that...the girl will never love him back or even forgive him..but,surprisingly.. The girl hugs him..and said"t-tell m-me...w-why did you kill my f-father?..."She said while tears continuously fall from her beautiful eyes to her Rosy cheeks.the demon king wiped her tears and look her in the eyes with a sorrowful look.."It's because I have no choice that I killed them...cause if I didn't...he will kill you.."he said
"So...if you want to kill me or mad at me...please do it...I know it's my fault." He said while giving her a knife..the girl stared at the knife and tried to stab him but she can't...she hugged him and kissed him and said "I love you..." she loved him since the first time she met him..and so do the demon king...when they first met each other...they both are near a Cherry Blossom tree in the park...they both knew that what they're feeling is love at first sight...its like the time stopped for only both of them..and since then,they often meet at the same old spot..the demon king gave hotaru a nickname...and that is Sakura..cause when they first met...she is calmly staring at the Sakura tree and the Sakura tree is beautifully illuminating her beauty..and since then he always called her "Sakura" and hotaru liked it.and often used that name.but,things changed when the demon king started avoiding her..but,now..i know why he did that...its because he didn't want me to be in danger.The demon king kiss her back and said "I love you too...my precious Sakura.." And then a big crash occurs and the door is broken

*Bam!*(a loud crash)
*Boom!*(the sound of a fired Canon which break the other side of the wall.)

A fight occurred between ten thousand armored soldiers who raided the demon Kings castle and hundred thousand demons.Many lives had been taken and both side suffer great losses.Blood is flowing like a river everywhere.
Sakura watched helplessly as she hides and watched haku fight while tears continuously flowed in her Rosy cheeks.
But a soldier get behind Sakura and hold her as a hostage.Haku has no choice but obey..but a large crash occurred again causing the soldiers to loosen their hold to Sakura which gave the demon king a chance to quickly grab Sakura and carry her and ran across the door even if he is now heavily wounded by the fight.as he almost reach the door
*bam*a long sword stabbed them from the back to the heart of both haku and Sakura..the demon king looked at who stabbed him to only see that the one who stabbed him is his very own uncle..he is now full of rage because he obeyed all of his orders and now this is what he will pay him back?!..he stab him in the heart using his very last strength and succeeded on killing his uncle..and once again blood is flowing like a river.Sakura uses her last very strength and give haku a kiss said "I love you..haku..." tears flowing down her cheeks and so do haku.They kissed again but this time,it's more passionate. and haku hugged her one last time and said.."I love you too...my precious little Sakura...wait for me there.."he said causing Sakura to smile.."Did you know that a Sakura tree grows when there is a big pile of flesh and many blood?-cough-"Sakura said while the demon king just gave a light chuckle...a day had passed and the battle has now ended with the soldiers winning..
The wind blows past the couple who died together in battle..
A thousand years later..the body of the couple and the blood of many people who died in battle has now turned into a beautiful cherry blossom tree that gives a very loving atmosphere...the couple reincarnated and lived as an ordinary human couple and have a loving child.they sadly died at the age of 50 and there bodies are buried near the Sakura tree.
Now...after so many years later...I still remember it...the words my mother and father said to me...I said as I look out of the window..."did you miss them granny?"my daughter asked as she sat in my lap.I chuckled and looked at the sky."yes,Of course sweety~"I said and looked at her.she just smiled and said"When I grow up,I will tell my children the story you telled me granny!"I laughed and Pat her head lightly."yeah..that would be awesome sweety"I said while looking at the sky.
She hugged me and said "grandma...why is my name " Cherry"?"she said while looking at me."its because your mother decided that I will be the one to name you before passing away after she gave birth to you and also..you reminded me of my mother."I said to her while tapping her nose."and it's also the English version of sakura which is called "cherry blossom" just without the blossom in it.."I chuckled and she laughed..she hugged me and said "thank you for explaining it,grandma!!I really loved it!" Cheerfully.
I smiled and looked at her "your welcome sweety" I said and looked out the window."It's a wonderful day"I said while looking at the window...wind passes by blowing many petals of the cheery tree near our house causing it to look like falling snow....I looked at the Sakura tree and smiled then I felt a very warm hug from the from behind my back..
It's warm and calm..I looked at the cherry tree again and said "yeah,it really is a wonderful and lovely day...right cherry?" With a smile on my face.My daughter hugged me tight and said "yeah!" I chuckled and enjoy the view and my grand daughter's embrace...it really is a wonderful day...

-the End-