The Long And Winding Road (Yuki Sakaraba CD)
Aug 4, 2018 17:30:28 GMT -5
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Post by Kira Izumi on Aug 4, 2018 17:30:28 GMT -5
Today is a beautiful day. The sky is blue with many clouds out. The breeze blows nicely too. We see a house where We see Yuki exiting. She's dressed in casual clothes that also look quiet cute on her. She welcomes the crew with a warm smile as she closes the door behind her and soon after the gate.
"Konichiwa mina!"
She offers them a warm welcome. Because despite what happened a few days ago and her getting cheated out of a win and a title, she still has something to be happy about. She's meeting her father today. A man who's been as elusive as golden straps to Yuki. A man who's equally evaded her and her late mother, yet still reached out. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't nervous about today, but she's also very happy to finally see a man she hasn't seen in almost 20 years. She leads the crew to her car by now.
"(So Yuki, how did you find him?)"
"(Private Investigator. And the help of a friend. Sorry if i seem kinda distant. i'm just trying to think of what i should say to him. I mean... The last time we saw each other i was only six or seven. But despite that long time i can still remember him you know?)"
"(Yeah. So where are we off to?)"
"(We're actually driving to Sendai today. The Investigator i hired said he lives there and actually was ecstatic to hear i was looking for him. He invited me to his home even.)"
After a long drive, a little over 4 hours to be exact. That's also why Yuki and co. are up at 6 in the morning getting ready to head out too. The morning air soaks in as they set out on their journey. They pass many towns and go through many areas as they make their way to Sendai. From long highway roads to mountainous terrain. Four hours pass by in the span of four minutes thanks to that beautiful thing called editing. And soon enough Yuki reaches Sendai. After a little bit of driving and the help of modern technology, google maps, Yuki finally finds the place she's looking for. It's not too fancy of a place really. A nice humble looking home. Yuki parks just in front before opening the door of her car she closes her eyes and breathes in deeply.
"(So close, yet so far. This is really happening, huh?)"
"(Yeah, we're here now. No turning back now!)"
"(Yeah... No turning back now... Look i'm shaking! I'm actually shaking!)"
Yuki says as her hands are trembling. The nerves of today have finally set in. She opens up the car door and slowly edges herself closer to the door. She muscles up the courage to hoist her legs up each escalating stair, leading up to a wooden porch decorated with a swing and potted plants. She sheepishly knocks on the white wooden door of the house. Yuki stands back and waits nervously as she awaits an answer. She doesn’t have to wait long before a middle aged woman around her mid to late 40’s answers the door.
”(Hello how may i help you miss?)”
”(H-hello… I-is… Is Haruto Sakaraba here?)”
”(May i ask who’s asking for him?)”
”(Y-Yuki… Sa-Sakaraba.)”
”(Yuki Sakaraba? Sakaraba… That name sounds familiar…)”
”(Yes. I’m… I’m his daughter. From his fi-first… w-wife. It’s o-ok if he doesn’t want to talk. Just please tell him i drove from Hirosaki… And i don’t hold anything against him.)”
”(Hirosaki...He did tell me he lived there before. And he did tell me he had a daughter named Yuki. Although he wasn’t sure what happened to her since…)”
Yuki rummages through a bag before getting out an old picture of her and her father from long ago.
”(Here. That’s me and him.)”
”(Come on in dear. We’re probably nothing like your used to if the stories of your father are true though.)”
”(Thank you for letting me in your home, but what do you mean?)”
”(Well me and your father met in the early ‘00’s. He was a very presentable young man. But he by the time we had met he hadn’t had as much money as he did when he was with you and your mother. Now can i offer you and your friends anything to drink?)”
Yuki enters this distant, yet warm house. She sees a few family pictures of the woman who had answered the door and her father from what looks like a decade ago. There’s actually a few pictures of Yuki hanging in frames on the hallway walls as well, which caught her by surprise. The woman leads her to the living room which has a couch and a chair with a tv on a mantle across the chair and couch as well as a table in the middle. Yuki sits on the edge of the couch, furthest from the chair which is adjacent to the couch.
”(If you give me a minute i’ll go get your father for you dear.)”
”(Thank you…)”
”(Kimito dear.)”
”(Thank you Ms.Kimito…)”
”(Not at all.”
Kimito goes to the back of the house and some minutes later comes back to the living room with a man in his mid to late 40’s. The man almost drops what he had in his hands as he just about drops to his knees as he sees Yuki sitting on the couch. He catches himself though and manages to get into the living room. He past the tv and up to the table, where he would go to bow deeply as tears start rolling down his face.
”(Y-Yuki…)”
”(Papa… is that…)”
”(Yuki… Is that…)”
“(You?)”
Both get up to their feet as a stream of emotions begin to rush through their cerebral cortex. Their minds begin to swirl as waterfalls flow from their eyes and a million thoughts bomb their senses. They just stand in the sun lit room hugging each other. Tears rolling down like the thunder of a storm. The two just stand there. After a few minutes of emotional awkwardness we cut to a time later in the day with the two much more composed. Yuki and her father are sitting next to each other on the couch along with Hirosaki’s new wife, Kimito.
”(Sorry Yuki-chan, i just…)”
”(I know… i’m sorry too…)”
”(No not about just now. I’m sorry for being a coward and a sorry excuse of a father. I understand if you won’t ever forgive me and-)”
”(I don’t understand why you left me and mama… But i can’t stay mad at you forever.)”
”(Speaking of your mother… how’s she doing these days?)”
”(She’s… she’s…)”
”(Oh… I know i have no right to know or ask…)”
”(Cancer. She died of heart cancer last year.)”
”(I’m… i’m sorry to hear that. Did she suffer any?)”
”(You know… at first i didn’t really understand. But after about a week i realized. And me and mama just spent another week going from being angry to crying our eyes out. I never really told mama this but… I felt like trying to run away a few times. Like it was my fault somehow.)”
“(But after a while… i don’t know how mama ever really felt. But i sort of just got used to the hurt and heartache. You missed so much. SO much in my life. And i missed so much in yours. But you know despite the arguments. Despite how you and mama left each other, she never really dated or married another man. I think she still, somewhere deep down had hope that you would walk through that door again. I only recently discovered letters you sent us. After mama died, i found them hidden in our old home.)”
”(I loved her. I really did love her when we first met. When we first had you. But then we started growing further and further apart. I wish i wasn’t such a selfish and heartless bastard. I regreted leaving you behind. But i couldn’t go back to that house. To your mother. My damned pride and my damned ego wouldn’t allow it. Back then admitting she was even close to right hurt me so much.)”
“(I’m sorry Yuki. I’m sorry to you and your mother. For making your lives hell and for causing you so much heartache and sorrow. I am…)”
After some more time talking about the past and regrets and such they move on. Mainly because i have nothing else to write about on this topic.
After we cut back we see a few photo albums on the table.
”(So… how’ve you been doing all this time?)”
”(Well… as you can see i got remarried. A year or two after i left… i met Kimito. We got hitched soon after that. I never forgot about you two or anything… Just i felt…)”
”(Happy?)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(Well don’t feel down for being happy again. Like i told you before i don’t really hold any hate towards you anymore. I’ve met a few who’ve held hate in them for too long and have seen what it can do to you.)”
”(Thanks…)”
”(Don’t mention it papa. Say, i saw some pictures hanging in the hallway leading to the front… and i saw a little girl with you and Ms.Kimito… You guys…)”
”(Yeah… We had a daughter. She’s got to be at least three or four years younger than yourself Yuki-chan.)”
”(A sister… huh?)”
”(Yeah… Say, Yuki…)”
”(Yeah?)”
”(You still doing modeling? Or you some kind of actress now?)”
”(No… i quit that stuff around the time i turned eighteen. I’m actually a pro wrestler now.)”
He’s caught off guard a bit, but then laughs it off.
”(A pro wrestler,huh? I can’t believe you became a pro wrestler. We used to watch the joshi stuff when you were little too! Seems like you really took a liking to it,huh?)”
”(Yeah… i’m actually wrestling all over the world now. Mainly in America and occasionally in Japan. Even won a championship.)”
”(Wow! Well keep at it then. I’m sure you’ll keep on doing good with it.)”
”(Thank you.)”
”(Yep. So… you got a boyfriend? Any kids?)”
”(I don’t have any kids or want any right now. I do have a boyfriend though.)”
”(Really? What’s the lucky young man’s name?)”
”(Sang-Hyun Lee. He’s a pro wrestler as well.)”
”(I see… Does he make you happy?)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(Good, he better. Otherwise i’d have to beat some sense into him!)”
He laughs at his joke trying to lighten the mood a bit.
”(So yeah… you’re a big sister too.)”
”(Yeah, it’s a little hard to believe. So… what’s her name?)”
”(Rina, Sakaraba Rina.)”
”(That’s a pretty name.)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(So… Would i be able to meet Rina? Does she live nearby or anything?)”
”(Actually she’ll be coming over in a little bit. How long are you staying in town?)”
”(A day or two before i have to head back to Hirosaki and then back to America.)”
”(Alright. I’ll call her and ask her when she’ll get here. Just give me a minute.)”
A few minutes pass after he gets up from his seat and goes into another room.
”(She said she’ll be coming here in a few minutes. Will that be ok?)”
”(Yeah… yeah, that’s fine.)”
After a nice transition and time skip we cut to a knock on the front door. Kimito answers it and a young woman comes into the home. She walks into the living room.
”(Hey, mama, papa, who’s she?)”
”(That’s your sister.)”
”(Sister? Since when did i have a sister? I thought i was the only kid you two had.)”
”(Yes the only child me and your mother had. But Yuki here is your older sister. From a woman who i had married when i was younger. Around your age actually.)”
”(N-nice to meet you. I’m Yuki. Yuki Sakaraba.)”
”(N… Nice to meet you too. I’m Rina, Rina Sakaraba.)”
”(So… we’re sisters, huh? Kinda weird just finding this out, right?)”
”Yeah… i’m not sure how i should react right now. I mean… i kinda always wanted a sister, i guess.)”
”(Yeah… so… how old are you Rina?)”
”(Twenty two. Well will be later this year. How old are you Yuki?”
”(Twenty six.)”
”(So you’re older then?)”
”(Yeah, seems so… Say, what do you do?)”
”(What do you mean?)”
”(For a living, like a job.)”
”(Right now i work at McDonalds. But the job really sucks. What do you do?)”
”(I’m a pro wrestler.)”
”(No kidding?)”
”(No kidding.)”
”(That’s awesome! I always wanted to be a pro wrestler as a kid. But it never panned out. So where do you wrestle at? Any of the big four?)”
”(Some places in America mainly. I wrestled in FCPW here as well as JET and a new place called SSS a few times though.)”
”(That’s so cool! Papa how come you didn’t tell me i had such a cool sister?)”
”(Actually…)”
”(Actually… i’m not sure how much you know about papa and how much of him before he met your mother. But…)”
”(I was a young stupid punk before i met your mother Rina. I left Yuki and my previous wife like a spoiled brat. I left them like a coward and a sack of shit. And honestly i didn’t even know if she was alive or dead till today. She came to me this morning.)”
”(I see… i don’t know what happened back then or your reasoning for it. But i’m kinda glad. Because now i’m here… now we’re here back together. Right Yuki? It’s ok now!)”
”(Yeah. We can’t dwell on the past. What happened then is what happened then. All we can do now is try to catch up on that lost time and try to spend more time with each other now.)”
“(Besides you said you wanted to be a pro wrestler when you were a kid right Rina?)”
”(Yeah. I did, why?)”
”(I’m not home very much being a pro wrestler… Say how’d you like i train you? Maybe we can spend some time together and grow closer?)”
”(Really?)”
”(I mean… i want to get closer to you guys. I want to really see you guys again. Be a family with papa again. So… would you like to come with me?)”
”(S-Sure… it could be fun,right? Besides we can get to know each other some more.)”
”(Alright then! I’ll let you know that it’s hard work, but worth it in the end.)”
”(It’s ok. I get to see my older sister so it’ll be ok. Lets do this!)”
”(Yeah…)”
There’s some more talking and bonding between the Sakaraba’s before Yuki calls it a day and leaves. This may be the end of this particular chapter, but the beginning of a new is soon to start.
"Konichiwa mina!"
She offers them a warm welcome. Because despite what happened a few days ago and her getting cheated out of a win and a title, she still has something to be happy about. She's meeting her father today. A man who's been as elusive as golden straps to Yuki. A man who's equally evaded her and her late mother, yet still reached out. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't nervous about today, but she's also very happy to finally see a man she hasn't seen in almost 20 years. She leads the crew to her car by now.
"(So Yuki, how did you find him?)"
"(Private Investigator. And the help of a friend. Sorry if i seem kinda distant. i'm just trying to think of what i should say to him. I mean... The last time we saw each other i was only six or seven. But despite that long time i can still remember him you know?)"
"(Yeah. So where are we off to?)"
"(We're actually driving to Sendai today. The Investigator i hired said he lives there and actually was ecstatic to hear i was looking for him. He invited me to his home even.)"
After a long drive, a little over 4 hours to be exact. That's also why Yuki and co. are up at 6 in the morning getting ready to head out too. The morning air soaks in as they set out on their journey. They pass many towns and go through many areas as they make their way to Sendai. From long highway roads to mountainous terrain. Four hours pass by in the span of four minutes thanks to that beautiful thing called editing. And soon enough Yuki reaches Sendai. After a little bit of driving and the help of modern technology, google maps, Yuki finally finds the place she's looking for. It's not too fancy of a place really. A nice humble looking home. Yuki parks just in front before opening the door of her car she closes her eyes and breathes in deeply.
"(So close, yet so far. This is really happening, huh?)"
"(Yeah, we're here now. No turning back now!)"
"(Yeah... No turning back now... Look i'm shaking! I'm actually shaking!)"
Yuki says as her hands are trembling. The nerves of today have finally set in. She opens up the car door and slowly edges herself closer to the door. She muscles up the courage to hoist her legs up each escalating stair, leading up to a wooden porch decorated with a swing and potted plants. She sheepishly knocks on the white wooden door of the house. Yuki stands back and waits nervously as she awaits an answer. She doesn’t have to wait long before a middle aged woman around her mid to late 40’s answers the door.
”(Hello how may i help you miss?)”
”(H-hello… I-is… Is Haruto Sakaraba here?)”
”(May i ask who’s asking for him?)”
”(Y-Yuki… Sa-Sakaraba.)”
”(Yuki Sakaraba? Sakaraba… That name sounds familiar…)”
”(Yes. I’m… I’m his daughter. From his fi-first… w-wife. It’s o-ok if he doesn’t want to talk. Just please tell him i drove from Hirosaki… And i don’t hold anything against him.)”
”(Hirosaki...He did tell me he lived there before. And he did tell me he had a daughter named Yuki. Although he wasn’t sure what happened to her since…)”
Yuki rummages through a bag before getting out an old picture of her and her father from long ago.
”(Here. That’s me and him.)”
”(Come on in dear. We’re probably nothing like your used to if the stories of your father are true though.)”
”(Thank you for letting me in your home, but what do you mean?)”
”(Well me and your father met in the early ‘00’s. He was a very presentable young man. But he by the time we had met he hadn’t had as much money as he did when he was with you and your mother. Now can i offer you and your friends anything to drink?)”
Yuki enters this distant, yet warm house. She sees a few family pictures of the woman who had answered the door and her father from what looks like a decade ago. There’s actually a few pictures of Yuki hanging in frames on the hallway walls as well, which caught her by surprise. The woman leads her to the living room which has a couch and a chair with a tv on a mantle across the chair and couch as well as a table in the middle. Yuki sits on the edge of the couch, furthest from the chair which is adjacent to the couch.
”(If you give me a minute i’ll go get your father for you dear.)”
”(Thank you…)”
”(Kimito dear.)”
”(Thank you Ms.Kimito…)”
”(Not at all.”
Kimito goes to the back of the house and some minutes later comes back to the living room with a man in his mid to late 40’s. The man almost drops what he had in his hands as he just about drops to his knees as he sees Yuki sitting on the couch. He catches himself though and manages to get into the living room. He past the tv and up to the table, where he would go to bow deeply as tears start rolling down his face.
”(Y-Yuki…)”
”(Papa… is that…)”
”(Yuki… Is that…)”
“(You?)”
Both get up to their feet as a stream of emotions begin to rush through their cerebral cortex. Their minds begin to swirl as waterfalls flow from their eyes and a million thoughts bomb their senses. They just stand in the sun lit room hugging each other. Tears rolling down like the thunder of a storm. The two just stand there. After a few minutes of emotional awkwardness we cut to a time later in the day with the two much more composed. Yuki and her father are sitting next to each other on the couch along with Hirosaki’s new wife, Kimito.
”(Sorry Yuki-chan, i just…)”
”(I know… i’m sorry too…)”
”(No not about just now. I’m sorry for being a coward and a sorry excuse of a father. I understand if you won’t ever forgive me and-)”
”(I don’t understand why you left me and mama… But i can’t stay mad at you forever.)”
”(Speaking of your mother… how’s she doing these days?)”
”(She’s… she’s…)”
”(Oh… I know i have no right to know or ask…)”
”(Cancer. She died of heart cancer last year.)”
”(I’m… i’m sorry to hear that. Did she suffer any?)”
”(You know… at first i didn’t really understand. But after about a week i realized. And me and mama just spent another week going from being angry to crying our eyes out. I never really told mama this but… I felt like trying to run away a few times. Like it was my fault somehow.)”
“(But after a while… i don’t know how mama ever really felt. But i sort of just got used to the hurt and heartache. You missed so much. SO much in my life. And i missed so much in yours. But you know despite the arguments. Despite how you and mama left each other, she never really dated or married another man. I think she still, somewhere deep down had hope that you would walk through that door again. I only recently discovered letters you sent us. After mama died, i found them hidden in our old home.)”
”(I loved her. I really did love her when we first met. When we first had you. But then we started growing further and further apart. I wish i wasn’t such a selfish and heartless bastard. I regreted leaving you behind. But i couldn’t go back to that house. To your mother. My damned pride and my damned ego wouldn’t allow it. Back then admitting she was even close to right hurt me so much.)”
“(I’m sorry Yuki. I’m sorry to you and your mother. For making your lives hell and for causing you so much heartache and sorrow. I am…)”
After some more time talking about the past and regrets and such they move on. Mainly because i have nothing else to write about on this topic.
After we cut back we see a few photo albums on the table.
”(So… how’ve you been doing all this time?)”
”(Well… as you can see i got remarried. A year or two after i left… i met Kimito. We got hitched soon after that. I never forgot about you two or anything… Just i felt…)”
”(Happy?)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(Well don’t feel down for being happy again. Like i told you before i don’t really hold any hate towards you anymore. I’ve met a few who’ve held hate in them for too long and have seen what it can do to you.)”
”(Thanks…)”
”(Don’t mention it papa. Say, i saw some pictures hanging in the hallway leading to the front… and i saw a little girl with you and Ms.Kimito… You guys…)”
”(Yeah… We had a daughter. She’s got to be at least three or four years younger than yourself Yuki-chan.)”
”(A sister… huh?)”
”(Yeah… Say, Yuki…)”
”(Yeah?)”
”(You still doing modeling? Or you some kind of actress now?)”
”(No… i quit that stuff around the time i turned eighteen. I’m actually a pro wrestler now.)”
He’s caught off guard a bit, but then laughs it off.
”(A pro wrestler,huh? I can’t believe you became a pro wrestler. We used to watch the joshi stuff when you were little too! Seems like you really took a liking to it,huh?)”
”(Yeah… i’m actually wrestling all over the world now. Mainly in America and occasionally in Japan. Even won a championship.)”
”(Wow! Well keep at it then. I’m sure you’ll keep on doing good with it.)”
”(Thank you.)”
”(Yep. So… you got a boyfriend? Any kids?)”
”(I don’t have any kids or want any right now. I do have a boyfriend though.)”
”(Really? What’s the lucky young man’s name?)”
”(Sang-Hyun Lee. He’s a pro wrestler as well.)”
”(I see… Does he make you happy?)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(Good, he better. Otherwise i’d have to beat some sense into him!)”
He laughs at his joke trying to lighten the mood a bit.
”(So yeah… you’re a big sister too.)”
”(Yeah, it’s a little hard to believe. So… what’s her name?)”
”(Rina, Sakaraba Rina.)”
”(That’s a pretty name.)”
”(Yeah…)”
”(So… Would i be able to meet Rina? Does she live nearby or anything?)”
”(Actually she’ll be coming over in a little bit. How long are you staying in town?)”
”(A day or two before i have to head back to Hirosaki and then back to America.)”
”(Alright. I’ll call her and ask her when she’ll get here. Just give me a minute.)”
A few minutes pass after he gets up from his seat and goes into another room.
”(She said she’ll be coming here in a few minutes. Will that be ok?)”
”(Yeah… yeah, that’s fine.)”
After a nice transition and time skip we cut to a knock on the front door. Kimito answers it and a young woman comes into the home. She walks into the living room.
”(Hey, mama, papa, who’s she?)”
”(That’s your sister.)”
”(Sister? Since when did i have a sister? I thought i was the only kid you two had.)”
”(Yes the only child me and your mother had. But Yuki here is your older sister. From a woman who i had married when i was younger. Around your age actually.)”
”(N-nice to meet you. I’m Yuki. Yuki Sakaraba.)”
”(N… Nice to meet you too. I’m Rina, Rina Sakaraba.)”
”(So… we’re sisters, huh? Kinda weird just finding this out, right?)”
”Yeah… i’m not sure how i should react right now. I mean… i kinda always wanted a sister, i guess.)”
”(Yeah… so… how old are you Rina?)”
”(Twenty two. Well will be later this year. How old are you Yuki?”
”(Twenty six.)”
”(So you’re older then?)”
”(Yeah, seems so… Say, what do you do?)”
”(What do you mean?)”
”(For a living, like a job.)”
”(Right now i work at McDonalds. But the job really sucks. What do you do?)”
”(I’m a pro wrestler.)”
”(No kidding?)”
”(No kidding.)”
”(That’s awesome! I always wanted to be a pro wrestler as a kid. But it never panned out. So where do you wrestle at? Any of the big four?)”
”(Some places in America mainly. I wrestled in FCPW here as well as JET and a new place called SSS a few times though.)”
”(That’s so cool! Papa how come you didn’t tell me i had such a cool sister?)”
”(Actually…)”
”(Actually… i’m not sure how much you know about papa and how much of him before he met your mother. But…)”
”(I was a young stupid punk before i met your mother Rina. I left Yuki and my previous wife like a spoiled brat. I left them like a coward and a sack of shit. And honestly i didn’t even know if she was alive or dead till today. She came to me this morning.)”
”(I see… i don’t know what happened back then or your reasoning for it. But i’m kinda glad. Because now i’m here… now we’re here back together. Right Yuki? It’s ok now!)”
”(Yeah. We can’t dwell on the past. What happened then is what happened then. All we can do now is try to catch up on that lost time and try to spend more time with each other now.)”
“(Besides you said you wanted to be a pro wrestler when you were a kid right Rina?)”
”(Yeah. I did, why?)”
”(I’m not home very much being a pro wrestler… Say how’d you like i train you? Maybe we can spend some time together and grow closer?)”
”(Really?)”
”(I mean… i want to get closer to you guys. I want to really see you guys again. Be a family with papa again. So… would you like to come with me?)”
”(S-Sure… it could be fun,right? Besides we can get to know each other some more.)”
”(Alright then! I’ll let you know that it’s hard work, but worth it in the end.)”
”(It’s ok. I get to see my older sister so it’ll be ok. Lets do this!)”
”(Yeah…)”
There’s some more talking and bonding between the Sakaraba’s before Yuki calls it a day and leaves. This may be the end of this particular chapter, but the beginning of a new is soon to start.
