Cherry Blossom/Story Dialogue

*With cherry blossom season in full bloom, rumors are swirling around the Ark that a kiss under a special sakura tree from the surface will grant everlasting love.
Meanwhile, Sakura faces constant pressure from the other members of the Seimeikai about finding a husband and producing a successor. She proceeds to hatch a scheme to feign an engagement under the sakura tree.*

## Sakura Scuttlebutt

Sakura

> [Scene: Seimeikai HQ]**Sakura**...[Sakura holds a tablet and stares intently at the screen][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Woman with a hairpin**Pledge your love to me here.**Man with glasses**Right here?**Woman with a hairpin**This is an old cherry blossom tree that began its life far up on the surface.**Woman with a hairpin**If we pledge our love to one another underneath this tree and seal it with a kiss,**Woman with a hairpin**then our love will be everlasting.**Woman with a hairpin**Now kiss me, you fool.[Scene: black][Mmmwwah!][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Man with glasses**Like that, my darling?**Woman with a hairpin**Please, that was a mere peck on the lips. Give me a proper kiss!**Man with glasses**As you wish, my dear.[Scene: black]**Woman with a hairpin**!!![Scene: Seimeikai HQ]**Sakura**Wow...**Sakura**This must be the show with this year's Cherry Blossom Festival as the backdrop.**Seimeikei Member**That's right.**Seimeikei Member**It's the first time a sakura tree from the surface is being unveiled to the public,**Seimeikei Member**so it's expected to be more crowded than usual.**Sakura**A sakura tree from the surface...**Sakura**A pledge of love, sealed with a kiss, will give you everlasting love...[Sakura puts down the tablet.]**Sakura**Hm.**Sakura**Interesting.**???**Leader! Leader!**Sakura**What is all that ruckus outside?**Seimeikei Member**Someone has come to inquire about the issues pertaining to your succession.**Sakura**...**Seimeikei Member**They've been hounding us lately.**Seimeikei Member**Should I tell them to go?**Sakura**No.**???**Leader!**???**You must find yourself a consort at once![Sakura stands up.][\*Ssssnick\*]**Sakura**Quit making a scene**Sakura**Go inform the Peony Association and Hedonia**Sakura**that this year's Cherry Blossom Festival will be held by Seimeikai.**Sakura**And...**Sakura**as per your request...**Sakura**I shall find myself a husband.

## A Floral Invitation: A

Sakura Commander

> [Scene: Command Center]**Sakura**I'm just going to get this out of the way and ask you straight out:**Sakura**Will you be my husband?*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**... Come again?**Sakura**As in my spouse.
> 2. > **Commander**Did you... just say husband?**Sakura**If you prefer a different term, will you become my spouse?
> **Commander**!!!**Commander**Where'd this come from?**Sakura**You'll only be required to act out this role for the day.**Commander**As in today?**Sakura**That's right.**Sakura**Just today, and no more.**Commander**You're gonna have to give me more details.**Sakura**Fine.[Scene: black][Sakura puts down her teacup.][Scene: Seimeikai HQ (black and white)]**Sakura**As you, know**Sakura**I am the leader of the Seimeikai.**Sakura**What very few people do know however, is that I am a Nikke.[Scene: black]**Sakura**Meanwhile, the leadership of the Seimeikai has always been passed down from generation to generation, all through the same bloodline.[Scene: Command Center]**Sakura**This means that from the outside looking in,**Sakura**it seems as if I'm not pulling my weight in terms of finding a successor.**Commander**Are they applying a lot of pressure?**Sakura**Very much so.**Sakura**They wish for me to find a husband and give them a successor.**Sakura**They're oblivious to the fact that my body does not age,**Sakura**so they're concerned about preparing for the future.**Sakura**Their hope is for Seimeikai to continue on throughout the ages.**Commander**...**Sakura**As the organization's leader, I can sympathize with their sense of unease, and I want to find a solution.**Sakura**However, Nikkes are not capable of having children.**Sakura**So I can never produce an heir for them.**Sakura**I've given it some thought,**Sakura**and since I cannot immediately go out and procure a husband, I'll...**Commander**Buy yourself some time?**Sakura**Precisely.**Sakura**This upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival is famous for many different reasons.**Commander**Wait, what kind of festival?**Sakura**I guess you haven't heard.**Sakura**Take a look at this then.[Scene: black][Sakura pulls out a tablet.][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park][She shows me a TV show in which a sakura tree figures in heavily.]**Commander**Why are you showing me this?**Sakura**Because of this show, there's a big scuttlebutt about how**Sakura**if a man and a woman kiss under that specific sakura tree, which is originally from the surface,**Sakura**their love will supposedly be everlasting.[Scene: Command Center]**Sakura**The exact same tree in that show will be unveiled at this year's festival.**Commander**So you're planning on...**Sakura**... Using this to my advantage, yes.**Commander**So you want me to come with you to the festival, where we'll pretend that our love will be everlasting. Right?**Sakura**Precisely.**Sakura**You catch on quick.**Sakura**Once we both stand under that tree and promise each other that our love will be everlasting,**Sakura**it'll make everyone who's hounding me think I've found someone that I have a future with.**Sakura**At the very least, it'll appease them and assuage their concerns for the time being.**Commander**...**Sakura**So that's why I'm doing this.**Sakura**I have to be honest, you don't stand to gain anything from this.**Sakura**Nevertheless, will you help me?**Commander**... Fine. I'll do it.**Sakura**Starting now, cast all other girls out of your mind.**Sakura**For today, you only have eyes for me.**Sakura**Sound good?**Commander**Fine by me.**Sakura**I can't tell you how glad I am you accepted.**Commander**What were you going to do if I'd refused?**Sakura**I'm not sure.**Sakura**I didn't really think about it.**Sakura**I may have had to resort to less amicable methods to convince you.**Commander**...**Sakura**Well, now that you're up to speed...[Sakura stands up.]**Sakura**Should we go?

## A Floral Invitation: B

Commander Sakura Mihara Yuni

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park][Sakura and I head to the Cherry Blossom Festival.][Amongst the densely-packed crowd who have come to enjoy the flowers,][I can see the Sakura's Seimeikai bodyguards glaring in our direction.]**Seimeikai Member**...**Commander**...**Sakura**There are way more people here than I expected.**Commander**Yeah, quite a turnout.**Sakura**I know this has all been very sudden. Are you feeling alright?**Commander**I'm fine, it's just that...[One of the bodyguards raises their eyebrows.][It feels that they'll come at me the instant I say anything that could upset Sakura in the slightest.]**Commander**... Nothing.**Sakura**...**Sakura**If you say so.**Commander**You okay, Sakura?**Sakura**... It's nothing.**Sakura**Let's continue.**Commander**Okay.**???**Hey, it's the Commander!**Commander**!![Off in the distance, I can see Yuni and Mihara.]**Mihara**It really is the Commander![They start to head in our direction.]*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**Wave at them.**Seimeikai Member**...!![The Seimeikai bodyguards' eyes flare up.]**Commander**...[I slowly lower my hand.]**Yuni**Mihara, the Commander looked at me!**Mihara**How could he not? You're cuter than ever.**Yuni**Hehe!**Yuni**I'm so happy.[Yuni and Mihara approach us.]
> 2. > **Commander**Pretend not to know them.**Yuni**Huh? the Commander pretended not to see us.**Mihara**Oh my, really?**Mihara**You've become even cuter, that might be why he didn't recognize you.**Mihara**Maybe he'll recognize you if you walk up and say hello.**Yuni**Oh, so that's it...[Yuni approaches and tugs on my sleeves.]**Yuni**Hehe... Hi, Commander.**Seimeikai Member**...!![The Seimeikai bodyguards' eyes flare up.]**Commander**action**I can feel drops of sweat trickling down my back.**yuni**Commander, don't you recognize me?**yuni**Would hitting you help jog your memory?**
> **Commander**... Hello Yuni. Hello Mihara.**Mihara**Hi, Commander.**Mihara**What are you doing here?**Commander**I cam to see the cherry blossoms with Sakura.**Mihara**What about all these guys in black suits following you?**Mihara**Did they come to enjoy the flowers as well?**Mihara**Hehe, looks like you've gotten yourself wrapped in another fun predicament, Commander.**Mihara**It's super noisy the further you go in.**Mihara**They must be holding several events today.**Commander**Events? What other events are there?**Mihara**Whatever's going on here, it seems way more fun than the Cherry Blossom festival.[Mihara glances at Sakura.]**Mihara**Can we join you?[Mihara presses her body against mine.]**Mihara**I think whatever you're doing will be a bit more enticing with Yuni and I participating...[The Seimeikai bodyguards look like they want to kill me.][I can hear them whispering amongst each other.]**Commander**I can't. I promised to spend the day with Sakura.**Mihara**Haha, okay.**Mihara**I'll stop teasing you.**Mihara**I just couldn't pass up a risqué joke. However...**Sakura**...**Mihara**... I feel I may end up regretting it if I continue.**Sakura**Glad to see you know your limits.**Yuni**I don't get it, Mihara. Why would you regret it?**Mihara**Don't worry, Yuni. It has nothing to do with you.**Yuni**...**Mihara**At any rate, we should get going.**Mihara**I thought looking at the cherry blossoms would be a nice change of pace, and figured I could buy Yuni some spring outfits while I was at it.**Mihara**However, staying here might spoil my good mood.**Yuni**Yeah, everyone in there is so loud and keeps fighting with each other.**Yuni**They kept asking us for money, too.**Commander**Who did?**Mihara**We're not sure who it was. I don't associate with such unsavory characters.**Mihara**Perhaps your friend might be more familiar with them.**Sakura**... Hard to say.**Sakura**You never can truly tell who's bad and who's good.**Mihara**True, true. Anyway, we'll see you later.**Mihara**You two have a good time.**Yuni**See you, Commander.[Yuni and Mihara leave.]**Commander**\*Sigh\***Sakura**...**Sakura**Are you starting to regret your decision?**Commander**What?**Sakura**If you want to go with them...**Moran**Hey, you two!**Moran**Stop!!!**Commander**??**Sakura**... Moran?**Moran**I object to this wedding!

## Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace: A

Sakura Commander Noise

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Moran**I heard everything!**Sakura**Just a minute, Moran.**Moran**Huh?**Sakura**What are you doing here?**Moran**Why am I here? The Peony Association is responsible for this entire festival!**Sakura**What? I said that I would be taking charge. I'm positive of it.**Moran**You doofus.**Moran**You said you'd oversee the Cherry Blossom Festival. This is the Spring Festival!**Commander**...**Sakura**... Moran.**Sakura**Have you notived the name of this festival?**Moran**It's got a name? Isn't it just a run-of-the-mill spring festival?**Sakura**\*Sigh\* ...**Commander**Look around you.**Moran**...**Commander**What do you see?**Moran**What are you on about?[Moran glances around her.]**Moran**... Cherry blossoms?**Sakura**...**Commander**...**Moran**And lots of 'em, too! Ha!**Moran**So this really is the Cherry Blossom Festival I guess.**Moran**I thought for sure it was the Spring Festival...**Sakura**Are you finished?**Moran**... Sorry.**Commander**What did you two mean by taking charge of the festival?**Sakura**Every time a festival like this opens up, the Underworld Queen decide who will be the one to oversee everything.**Sakura**One organization is chosen to keep an eye on the proceedings from start to finish.**Sakura**Just in case there's any trouble.**Commander**What kind of trouble?**Sakura**At big gatherings like these festivals,**Sakura**there's a good chance of people showing up who want to make a name for themselves.**Sakura**For this year's Cherry Blossom Festival, Seimeikai volunteered to look over it.**Sakura**Because as you know, there's something very important to do at this festival.**Commander**... Right.**Sakura**However,**Sakura**Moran, in her bewildering stupidity, didn't realize this was the Cherry Blossom Festival, and come out to watch over the place herself.**Sakura**The entire reason we decided only one organization per festival was to avoid conflicts such as this.**Moran**Whatever!**Moran**So two of us both watch over the place. What's the big deal?**Moran**And besides!**Moran**I heard everything!**Sakura**Heard what?**Moran**You guys!**Sakura**What about us?**Moran**You're getting married!**Commander**We are?**Moran**How can you decide to get married out of the blue like that?**Moran**And without telling me!**Moran**Marriage!! Matrimony! The old ball and chain!**Commander**Who said we're getting married?**Sakura**Oh boy.**Sakura**I guess the rumor mill is already spinning.**Moran**Wait, you mean it's true?!**Moran**You're actually getting married?**Sakura**Moran, must you always ask such stupid questions?**Sakura**Surely by now even you can see**Sakura**what we're planning on doing?**Moran**How can this be?!**Moran**Whatever happened to loyalty, Cadet?**Moran**Or have you already forgotten the sworn oath we took at the peach Splendamin factory?**Sakura**I fail to see the connection between our marriage and the concept of loyalty.**Moran**If you have a big even in your life, like getting married, you tell your friends!**Moran**That's what loyalty is!**Moran**See the connection now?**Moran**We even drank from the same glass to seal our bond together. Did that mean nothing to you?**Sakura**Let me get this straight.**Sakura**Are you saying that in order for us to get married,**Sakura**we need your approval?**Moran**Yes!!**Sakura**Why?**Moran**Why... ?**Moran**Uh... well...**Moran**Out of... Out of loyalty! Yeah! That's it!**Sakura**You're a big fan of using that word.**Sakura**You bandy it about whenever it's convenient for you.**Moran**\*Gasp\*! Don't besmirch loyalty!**Sakura**I'm doing no such thing.**Sakura**Any disrespect I'm showing is directed entirely at you. So don't get your panties in a twist.**Moran**Oh, good, in that case...**Moran**... Wait! You're still insulting me!**Moran**Anyway...**Moran**I can't allow Cadet to be married off to another without my approval. This will not stand!**Sakura**\*Sigh\*... I can't talk to you...**Noise**Wait, what?**Noise**Producer?**Noise**Getting married?**Commander**... Noise?**Sakura**...

## Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace: B

Noise Commander Sakura

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Noise**Did I hear that right?**Noise**You're getting married?**Noise**I've been under a lot of stress lately,**Noise**I must be hearing things.**Commander**No, you heard correctly.**Commander**... For now.**Noise**I did?**Noise**You're actually getting married?**Noise**What is it with today?**Noise**I was invited here to put on a show, but**Noise**some weirdoes said I couldn't perform and made a big scene...**Sakura**Made a big scene...**Noise**Then I turn around, and Producer is getting married.**Noise**This can't be happening...**Noise**Today is the worst!!**Moran**Yeah, it's the pits!**Moran**Cadet, let me try and talk some sense into you. You should rethink this whole marriage thing.**Moran**Holy matrimony isn't something that should be taken lightly!**Sakura**\*Sigh\*...**Sakura**They say bees start swarming at the scent of honey.**Sakura**I'm starting to see just how true that is.**Sakura**However, this does show how highly sought after you are.**Sakura**I can see that if you're to be my husband, there are some obstacles I'll have to overcome.**Sakura**Everyone, listen.**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Leader!**Sakura**These individuals are pestering my husband-to-be.**Sakura**Clear us a path and see to it that we are not bothered by them any further.**Sakura**That's an order.**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Ma'am![Scene: black][Seimeikai members surround Moran and Noise.][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Moran**Hey, what is this?!**Noise**Producer?!**Commander**Sakura...?**Sakura**Shall we go?**Commander**Isn't this a bit extreme?**Sakura**You promised, remember?**Sakura**Just for today, you would cast aside every other relationship you had.**Sakura**You're all mine.**Commander**... Okay.[Sakura and I head elsewhere.][\*Crack\*]**Moran**You want some?!**Moran**You two won't get away from me!

## Floral Fracas: A

Commander Sakura

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park][After shaking off Moran and Noise, Sakura and I head towards the cherry blossom tree from the surface.]**Commander**Why'd you make it seem to Moran that we were getting married for real?**Sakura**So that the majority of our organization members believe it.**Commander**You think that will work?**Sakura**I think so.[Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (black and white)]**Sakura**Moran is an open book, one that's easy to read.**Sakura**The moment she's told the truth, anybody who takes one look at her face will know it as well.**Sakura**With her less-than-stellar brainpower, she'll end up trying to cover up with a lie that doesn't make a lick of sense.**Sakura**Before you know it, everyone will know that our "marriage" is a sham.[Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Commander**Is Moran really that daft?**Sakura**Does it make you upset,**Sakura**me doing this?**Commander**No, it's not that.**Sakura**Don't worry.**Sakura**After today, everything will go back to normal.**Sakura**No harm will come to you.**Sakura**All you've got to do is be uncomfortable for a little while longer.**Commander**I'm not uncomfortable.**Sakura**You don't have to lie to make me feel better.**Sakura**You've been walking on eggshells ever since we arrived at the festival.**Commander**Yes, but that's because...**Sakura**It's okay.**Sakura**I know it isn't easy being around me. I realize that better than anyone.**Sakura**I basically forced you into being here.**Commander**It's not that...**???**Oh yeah?!**???**Well, you should pay if you're using someone else's land!**Commander**???**Sakura**What is that racket?**Tourist**This is the first I've heard of this being private property.**Play Boy**Well then allow me to inform you: This is our land.**Tourist**What kind of nonsense is this?**Tourist**None of the advertisements for the festival mentioned anything about that.**Commander**Sounds like there's a bit of a brouhaha over there.**Sakura**Seems so.**Tourist**You better stop harassing me, or I'm going to call the A.C.P.U.![Opposite a tourist, there is a scrawny man brandishing a steel pipe.]**Play Boy**I'd love to see you try.**Play Boy**I'll break your wrist before you dial the first digit.**Tourist**!!!**Sakura**Stop.**Play Boy**What the...**Play Boy**Oh, are you here to pay the admission fee?**Sakura**Admission fee?**Play Boy**Yeah, for a place to sit. You see all this space underneath the cherry blossom tree? We own it.**Sakura**What is this...?**Play Boy**You're here for all that sappy eternal love crap, aren't you? You wanna get a peek at the tree that came from the surface?**Play Boy**Then you gotta pay up.**Commander**And if we don't?**Play Boy**Do I really have to say it out loud?[Several of the scrawny man's cronies begin to form a circle around him.]**Play Boy**No money, no tree.**Sakura**We need to pay you just so we can see the tree?**Sakura**Why?**Play Boy**Cause this is Liberty territory.**Sakura**Territory?**Sakura**So you're the property owner?**Play Boy**What the... listen you dumb broad, this is our turf!**Sakura**And who decided that?**Play Boy**Haha!**Play Boy**You know perfectly well no one would give us a place to stay.**Play Boy**Since no one's willing to cough up any land, we'll just have to go ahead and take it!**Play Boy**You guys were coming here to visit anyway, weren't you?**Play Boy**What's the big deal with us asking for a few extra bucks while you're at it?**Sakura**This is the Ark's entertainment district.**Sakura**As I'm sure you're already aware,**Sakura**claiming turf outside of the Outer Rim is forbidden.**Play Boy**!!**Play Boy**What do you know?!**Play Boy**We don't listen to the Underworld Queen, or anyone else for that matter!**Sakura**So you did know the rules, yet chose to ignore them.**Sakura**How intriguing.**Sakura**I'd like to hear you elaborate on that point.**Sakura**Everyone in position?**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Leader![The Seimeikai members gather in front of Sakura.]**Commander**!!**Play Boy**Wh-Who are these people?!**Sakura**Make them talk.**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Ma'am!

## Floral Fracas: B

Commander Sakura

> [Scene: black][\*Crack\* \*Crraack\*][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Play Boy**Gasp!**Play Boy**Ugh!**Play Boy**Help...!**Sakura**That's enough.**Sakura**Ready to talk?**Play Boy**Y-Yes! We'll tell you anything you wanna know!**Sakura**That's more like it.**Sakura**Who ordered you to come here and swindle people?**Sakura**Where's your hideout?**Sakura**Fess up.**Sakura**Now.[Scene: black][Soon after.][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Moran**Sakura!!!**Moran**I caught you!!**Sakura**Moran.**Sakura**I'm working right now.**Moran**What do you mean?**Moran**I'm not as dumb as you and Rosanna think.**Moran**I'm a strong, independent woman dang it!**Moran**It'll take more than that to get rid of me!**Sakura**Fine. Our friends here have taken it upon themselves to flout the rules.**Moran**Huh?**Sakura**... These guys are breaking the rules.**Moran**Oh, really?**Sakura**Was that a question? Do you think I'm lying?**Moran**Relax! That's not what I meant.**Moran**... So are you sure they're guilty?**Sakura**Yes.**Sakura**They're trying to fleece festival-goers who want to see the tree.**Sakura**They claim this area is their turf.**Moran**...**Moran**Yikes. Trying to claim turf inside the Ark?**Moran**They really are flouting the rules.**Sakura**That's what I'm saying.**Moran**Name?**Sakura**Liberty.**Sakura**Doesn't ring a bell, so they must be new.**Moran**Must be.**Moran**I've never heard of 'em either.**Sakura**If you don't know them, then they're new to the scene for sure.**Moran**That didn't stop them from making big moves right from the jump.**Sakura**Hard to say if we can contribute that to naïve arrogance,**Sakura**or if someone else put them up to it. I need to find out more.**Moran**Hmm... I can't make head or tails of it, but**Moran**we should hurry at any rate.**Sakura**Right.**Commander**What are these "rules" you keep mentioning that they broke?[Scene: Rubbish filled alley (black and white)]**Sakura**Just as the Ark has its own laws,**Sakura**so does the underworld have rules which it abides by.**Sakura**The Underworld Queen have all taken an oath to ensure that these rules are obeyed.**Sakura**No Exceptions. All must follow these rules.**Sakura**Any nail which sticks out is to be hammered down.[Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Commander**...**Sakura**Moran, with things being as they are...**Moran**Yes?**Sakura**You should stay here and look over the festival.**Moran**Fine.**Moran**Since it's your special day and all.**Sakura**Commander-kun, you should stay here too.**Sakura**You'll be safer sticking close to Moran.**Commander**What about you?**Sakura**I've got to do some digging on these guys.**Sakura**I need to wrap this all up before it gets out of hand and the A.C.P.U gets involved.**Commander**I'll go with you.**Sakura**You want to go with me?**Moran**What? No!**Moran**You have no idea what these people are like!**Sakura**Moran is right. It's dangerous.**Commander**Didn't I promise to be you husband for the day?**Moran**Huh? For the day...?**Commander**Wouldn't me coming with you make the story more believable to your subordinates?**Sakura**...**Moran**... What are you talking about?**Sakura**Fine. Come with me.**Sakura**Moran, I'll leave the festival to you.**Moran**... Huh? Oh, yeah... okay...[Sakura and I leave.]**Moran**....**Moran**Wait a minute!**Moran**So are you guys getting married, or not?

## Floral Oath

Commander Sakura

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Commander**...**Sakura**You look like you have a lot of questions you want to ask.**Commander**Just a few.**Sakura**While my men are out searching for Liberty's base, I have some time to spare.**Sakura**I should be able to satiate your curiousity somewhat.**Commander**So I can ask you a few questions?**Sakura**Go ahead.**Commander**What was the "oath" you mentioned that the Underworld Queen took?**Sakura**It's...**Sakura**...**Commander**If you're not comfortable talking about it, you don't have to.**Sakura**No, that's not it.**Sakura**There's no one else with whol I share such an intimate connection.**Sakura**I just don't know where to start.**Sakura**Well, our squad is called Underworld Queen.**Sakura**The three of use are the heads of the three largest organizations in the world of organized crime.*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**I get the general idea. Give me the condensed version.**Sakura**Very well.**Sakura**If you want it put succinctly.**Sakura**although we are Nikkes, our sphere of influence extends well beyond the Outer Rim.**Sakura**It in fact reaches all the way to everyday life in the Ark.**Sakura**Seimeikai. The Peony Association. Hedonia.Each of us runs one of the three major criminal organizations.
> 2. > **Commander**I'm totally clueless about any of this. Give me all the details.**Sakura**So you want to take this chance to hear it all.**Sakura**Very well.[Scene: Rubbish filled alley]**Sakura**Underworld Queen is a squad formed to act as an anti-crime unit in the Outer Rim and the Ark.**Sakura**Much like Missilis's[*sic*] Exotic squad.**Sakura**Our sphere of influence extends well beyong the Outer Rim, and into the facets of everyday life in the Ark.**Sakura**Although we operate within the criminal world,**Sakura**our ultimate goal is to safeguard the Ark.**Sakura**In that sense, we serve a function similar to Exotic.**Sakura**I am the head of Seimeikai, the oldest of the three organizations. It has existed since the Ark was first created.**Sakura**Moran runs the Peony Association. They also refer to themselves as the Templars. They are few in number.**Sakura**Hedonia is led by Rosanna. This gang has been on an upward trajectory for a while now.[Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]
> **Sakura**Some of us were criminal leaders before becoming Nikkes,**Sakura**whereas some of us became involved in this world only after the fact.**Sakura**The uniting factor between the three of us is that we all voluntarily chose to become Nikkes after our deaths.**Sakura**The "oath" I've mentioned before was taken the moment we decided to become Nikkes.**Sakura**We reached our decisions when he chose to start using his influence to rid the Ark of its unseemly elements.**Commander**Who is "he"?**Sakura**The one CEO who has remained constant since the Big Three were founded.**Sakura**Whereas Missilis and Elysion are a revolving door of leadership, at Tetra,**Sakura**he has been the one and only CEO.**Sakura**Mustang.**Sakura**He sought us out.**Commander**Mustang?**Sakura**You seem somewhat incredulous.**Commander**You've told me when the oath was made, but what is it actually about.**Sakura**To maintain control over the darkness.**Sakura**Acknowledging that such darkness exists, while also striving to conquer it.**Sakura**To draw a line in the sand, and punish those who step over it.[Scene: black]**Mustang**C'est Queen![Scene: Office]**Mustang**That is what you must do.**Sakura**So you're saying I should rule over the Outer Rim using force?**Rosanna**What?!**Rosanna**That'd make us no different from Exotic.**Rosanna**You've got some nerve telling us to act like those government lapdogs.**Mustang**Non, non! C'est très différent!**Mustang**I don't want disorder.**Sakura**Why us?**Sakura**There are other ways.**Sakura**You could ask any one of your cronies to take pver the world of organized crime.**Sakura**Why ask the three of us to do it?**Sakura**Why make it so complicated?**Mustang**Only those who have known darkness will not fall victim to its temptations.**Mustang**Besides, don't you all see the outlaws as de humains?**Moran**What are you blabbering about?**Moran**What else should we see them as? They're humans, duh.**Mustang**Oui! C'est correct. They are in fact humains. That is obvious, to be sure.**Mustang**However, as you are well aware, there are many who do not regard them as such.**Mustang**Many don't treat them humanely due to the fact**Mustang**they have no money or a place to live.**Moran**Well... That's true, but...**Mustang**Humans who have never lived in darkness could never comprendre where the darkness comes from.**Mustang**Who knows what things they would end up doing for their own gain.**Mustang**This is not what I'm after.**Mustang**That is why I chose you.**Mustang**You understand both the Outer Rim and the Ark,**Mustang**and you have experienced your fair share of darkness.**Sakura**What is your game here?**Sakura**What's a CEO of the Big Three doing bending over backwards to help the Outer Rim?**Mustang**Oh la la, whatever do you mean by "help"?**Mustang**The reason I want you isn't for the good of the Outer Rim.**Mustang**Nor is it out of any love for humanity.**Mustang**It is to restore peace in the Ark, where society has become tres polarized.**Mustang**There is mutual enmity between those who are excluded, and those who are not.**Mustang**War continuer to rage on long after people have begun to forget why it commencer in the first place. [*sic*]**Mustang**Should this situation continue, the Ark will crumble.**Mustang**I cannot allow l'humanité to fall by the wayside so frivolously.**Mustang**To merely exist is not enough, non!**Mustang**Entterrtaaainnment!!!**Mustang**This is the manner in which they should live their lives.**Mustang**Otherwise, life has no meaning, no?**Mustang**La race humaine must band together and prouver that**Mustang**my Goddesses did not risk their lives in battle in vain.**Mustang**If that means we must fight violence with violence, then c'est la vie.**Rosanna**You're giving us carte blanche to use force in order to combat violence?**Rosanna**You don't even know for sure how far we'll take it.**Rosanna**Don't you need to put us on a leach like Exotic?**Mustang**Non. C'est a hard no,**Mustang**No respectable Queen would ever be seen with a leash around her neck.**Rosanna**What if we decide to turn on you? What then?**Mustang**Sacré bleu!**Mustang**I welcome ze challenge!**Mustang**By all means, take a potshot at the back of my head at your leisure!**Mustang**If you can, that is.**Rosanna**...**Mustang**However.**Mustang**Above all else, I will not tolerate the breaking of your oath.**Mustang**Absolument not under any circumstance.**Mustang**If you do not follow the pledge in any way, shape or form,**Mustang**and for any reason...**Mustang**There will be a price to pay.**Sakura**...**Moran**...**Rosanna**...**Mustang**This is the consequence for me placing a crown atop your head, instead of a leash around your neck.**Mustang**If you take umbrage to this, then you are bienvenus to leave. There's the door.**Moran**I like it!**Moran**This is the perfect chance to show everyone they can be Templars as long as they put their mind to it!**Moran**Quotidians and Sovereigns alike!**Sakura**I'm down as well.**Sakura**Mustang.**Sakura**My goal has always been quite similar to yours.**Mustang**And Rosanna? How about you?**Rosanna**Haha! Do you even have to ask?**Rosanna**I'm the only one of the three of us who isn't a gang leader.**Rosanna**How could I turn down a chance**Rosanna**to become a Queen?**Mustang**Tres magnifique!**Mustang**Now that we are all in agreement,**Mustang**let this promise we have made today be known as the Floral Oath![Scene: Cherry Blossom Park]**Sakura**Did that satisfy your curiosity?**Commander**Yes. I feel a bit more up to speed now.**Sakura**Good.**Sakura**Now you know what we are, and**Sakura**what our oath is.**Sakura**That already makes you more well-informed than most.**Seimeikai Member**Pardon my intrusion, Miss.**Sakura**Did you find out their location.**Seimeikai Member**Yes.**Sakura**Perfect timing.**Sakura**Now that we're finished talking, we can go straight away.

## Crackdown: A

Commander Sakura

> [Scene: Back Alley][I follow Sakura into a back alley.]**Bulky Man**Seimeikai?! How'd you find us?**Sakura**I'm the one asking questions here.**Sakura**Are you the leader of Liberty?**Bulky Man**... What if I am?**Sakura**Did you send your men to the Cherry Blossom Festival**Sakura**and have them start extorting people for money?**Bulky Man**Sound to me like you already know the answer.[The corpulent man pulls out a gun and points it at Sakura.]**Commander**Sakura!![Scene: black][\*Bang!\*][Scene: Back Alley][A bullet whizzes past Sakura.]**Sakura**...**Commander**!!!**Bulky Man**Why don't you keep talking? It'll give me another shot at your head!**Sakura**I think you need some target practive.**Bulky Man**What?**Sakura**I'm going to ask you one last time.**Sakura**Are you aware of the rules that govern the underworld?**Bulky Man**Give me a break! Who would ever follow rules that favor you all and no one else?**Sakura**So you have heard of them.**Sakura**I'm glad I came to the right place.[Sakura strides forward.][\*Cluck\*]**Bulky Man**G-Get back!**Sakura**Seimeikai grants no leniency to**Sakura**whomever knowingly breaks the rules.**Sakura**I'm going to make sure you never forget that.**Bulky Man**A-Attack!**Sakura**Finish them off.

## Crackdown: B

Commander Sakura

> [Scene: black][A hail of gunfire is exchanged, and after a flurry of bullets...][The members of Seimeikai make short work fo the opposition.][Scene: Back Alley]**Sakura**Hmm... doesn't seem that they have any connection to Heavenly Ascension.**Sakura**This situation won't get any bigger than it already has, which is a relief.**Bulky Man**Argh...!**Bulky Man**I knew I should have taken Heavenly Ascension's offer to lend us support.**Bulky Man**If we had, hypocrites like you would think twice about stepping all over us.**Sakura**...**Sakura**You're calling us hypocrites?**Bulky Man**You go around blabbering about how you're the Underworld Queen and how you've got our best interests in mind,**Bulky Man**but you're just the same as the Central Government.**Bulky Man**You use force to keep us down,**Bulky Man**all because you want to keep us out of sight, out of mind!**Sakura**That's right.**Sakura**We're fighting fire with fire.**Sakura**That way, law-abiding citizens realize that we mean them no harm,**Sakura**and they won't start any witch hunts against us.**Bulky Man**What a load of crap!**Bulky Man**Witch hunts? Rules?**Bulky Man**What does any of that matter to us?**Bulky Man**Does following the rules put food on our table?**Bulky Man**We're not so different, you and us. Why does the outside have a ball with all these damn festivals, while we toil away in the dark?**Bulky Man**Why won't you let us speak up?! We want to be seen!**Sakura**Who cares if it's a lie?**Sakura**In the grand scheme of things, you're an insignificant speck of dust.**Sakura**You're not capable of causing any real harm to anyone or anything.**Sakura**What do you hope to do by injuring the pride of the Central Government?**Sakura**What will change by ruining a festival that ordinary people get enjoyment out of?**Sakura**If you make a fuss and end up facing off against the A.C.P.U., what will be waiting for you then?**Bulky Man**Shut up!**Sakura**Death.**Sakura**Complete and total destructino, devoid of any meaning.**Sakura**Is that what you want the ultimate fate of your organization to be? Everyone throwing their lives away without purpose?**Bulky Man**...**Sakura**No matter how wretched and unjust the situation may be,**Sakura**the moment you raise your weapons against innocent people,**Sakura**you defile your own message, and only leave violence in your wake.**Sakura**Violence begets violence, and all you're left with is an endless stream of perpetrators and victims.**Sakura**I will end that cycle of violence.**Sakura**Regardless of where it's coming from,**Sakura**or which side it's directed towards.**Sakura**I will stop this war between the Outer Rim and the Ark, by force if necessary.**Bulky Man**... And what does that change?**Bulky Man**How long must we live like this...**Sakura**You want change? Fine.**Sakura**You are now officially part of the Seimeikai.**Bulky Man**... What?**Sakura**You no longer have to be miserable cowards that**Sakura**disturb other people's festivities.**Sakura**You will finally have a place to stay.**Sakura**Before that, however,**Sakura**you're going to have to clean up your act.**Sakura**Ah, right.**Sakura**Since you keep saying how hungry you are, I must insist that you mind your table manners as well.**Bulky Man**Wh-What is all this...**Sakura**Take them.**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Ma'am!**Bulky Man**Hey, wait...! Gah![The members of Seimeikai carry off the burly man along with the others who have been knocked unconscious.]**Commander**...**Commander**Did you intend to take them into the fold from the get-go?**Sakura**You mean Liberty?**Commander**Yes.**Sakura**Yes, I did.**Sakura**If I neglect those who have been victims of violence,**Sakura**they'll only build up resentment and come back bigger and stronger with their next attack.**Sakura**Like they said,**Sakura**it doesn't matter how good our intentions are.**Sakura**The reality is that they lead a miserable existence. Nothing will change they fact that they have been oppressed.**Sakura**So, i'm offering them a different life.**Sakura**A place of their own where they can stay.**Sakura**A life where they're able to put food on the table.**Commander**Your members are going to increase every time there's a festival.**Sakura**That's right.**Sakura**I have accepted many small organizations into our family in this way.**Commander**Having so many members under you looking to you for guidance must be exhausting.**Commander**Doesn't it weight heavy on you?**Sakura**Haha, even if it did, I would never admit to it.**Sakura**Otherwise, how could I consider myself the head of an organization?**Sakura**However...**Sakura**because our gang has increased in size,**Sakura**I must be more resolute than ever, and never waver.**Commander**Is that why you wanted to do that husband thing too?**Sakura**That's right.**Sakura**The slightest oversight or cause for concern**Sakura**can have a rippling effect throughout the entire group and cause issues.**Commander**...**Sakura**And what about you?**Sakura**Even though it was all an act,**Sakura**being my husband for a day must have been quite a burden.*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**I'd be lying if I said it wasn't**Sakura**Haha, at least you're honest.
> 2. > **Commander**It wasn't so bad.**Sakura**That's very kind of you to say.
> **Sakura**...**Sakura**If you ever feel that it's becoming too much to handle,**Sakura**just tell me.**Sakura**I'll take you to the Outer Rim,**Sakura**where your girls await you.**Commander**Where's this coming from?**Sakura**I feel selfish for having forced you here all for my own benefit.**Sakura**You didn't even get to enjoy the festival properly**Sakura**because of me.**Sakura**You had to run off and pretend not to recognize your friends.**Sakura**So I'm offering you a way out, if you want to take it.[Scene: black]**Commander**...[Scene: Command Center (black and white)]**Sakura**As the organization's leader, I can sympathize with their unease, and I want to find a solution.**Sakura**I can't tell you how glad I am you accepted.[Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (black and white)]**Sakura**You promise, remember?**Sakura**Just for today, you would cast aside every other relationship you had.**Sakura**You're all mine.**Sakura**After today, everything will go back to normal.**Sakura**No harm will come to you.**Sakura**All you've got to do is be uncomfortable for a little while longer.[Scene: Back Alley]**Commander**I won't go.**Commander**I wouldn't feel comfortable calling myself your husband if I did.**Sakura**!!**Sakura**You remembered what I told you this morning.**Sakura**... You really are a kind person.**Sakura**Okay.**Sakura**If you're ready, we can go back to the Cherry Blossom Festival?**Commander**Sure, but will it be okay?**Commander**Something tells me Moran will still be intent on stopping us.**Sakura**Don't worry about her.**Commander**??[Sakura pulls out her cell phone.][The BlaBla app opens.]**Sakura**Moran**Sakura**We've taken care of Liberty.**Moran**Oh yeah? What a relief!**Moran**Is that what you though I'd say?**Moran**What the hell is the matter with you?!**Sakura**Have you forgotten who you're talking to?**Moran**... Sakura?**Sakura**That's right. Dont't forget that.**Moran**Wha... wait a minute! No no no!**Moran**Marriage!!!!!!!!!!**Moran**I want an answer, and I want it right now!**Moran**And speak plainly, not in some weird secret language only you two can understand!**Sakura**You're somehow just as abrasive over the phone as you are in person.**Moran**Because you keep changing the topic!**Sakura**Fine, I'll tell you**Sakura**what Commander-kun and I promised each other today.**Sakura**Come meet us at the festival.**Moran**Festival? What festival?**Sakura**... The Cherry Blossom Festival, remember?**Sakura**We're heading there right now.**Sakura**We'll meet you there.[The BlaBla app closes.]**Sakura**Let's go meet up with Moran.**Commander**Are you okay?**Sakura**What do you mean?**Commander**You said before that we couldn't tell Moran about this.**Sakura**It's okay.**Sakura**It doesn't seem like we can avoid it, so tackling the problem head-on might be the best way forward.**Commander**??

## Flower Show: A

Sakura Commander

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park][We went back to the Cherry Blossom Festival.][As we stand under the cherry blossom trees, a flurry of sakura petals flutter down like snow.][We place a blanket down on the ground and took in the view.]**Sakura**How's the food?*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**It's delicious.
> 2. > **Commander**It's heavenly.
> **Sakura**Good, good.**Moran**No surprise there.**Moran**Seimeikai makes the best food.**Moran**If you'd forgotten to bring this, I'd have a bone to pick with you!**Sakura**...**Commander**...**Moran**So, are you two finally gonna tell me**Moran**what's going on?**Moran**So you're apparently not actually getting married?**Sakura**Moran.**Sakura**Would you please keep your voice down?**Moran**Whoops! Sorry, I forgot that it was a secret.**Sakura**\*Sigh\*...**Moran**I said I was sorry! I won't tell anyone, promise.**Moran**You have my word!**Sakura**Fine, fine. Here, have some of this.[Sakura hands a bottle of alcohol over to Moran.]**Moran**Is this alcohol?**Sakura**Yes, peach-flavored.**Sakura**I made it special for this occasion.**Moran**Hey now! You're a good egg after all, Sakura.**Moran**And here I was thinking you were a devious little trickster with no manners.**Moran**Little did I know you had a sense of loyalty befitting that of a true Templar!**Sakura**Just one thing.**Sakura**I prepare this alcohol specially for you.**Sakura**So make sure that**Sakura**you drink it all.**Moran**Oh... um...**Sakura**Got it?

## Flower Show: B

Sakura Commander

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (night)]**Moran**\*Hick\*!**Moran**Y'know...**Moran**I really thought y'all were getting hitched.**Sakura**What was that? You want more? Here, let me top you off.[\*Pour\*]**Moran**Huh? Did I say I wanted more?**Sakura**Sure, you just said it.**Moran**Maybe I did! Alright, then!**Moran**Bottoms up![Moran downs the entire glass.]**Commander**So this is what you meant by "tackling the problem head-on".**Sakura**If I can't incapacitate her physically, then I'll have to incapacitate her mentally.**Moran**Huh? You two are talking again!**Moran**I said don't...![Moran sways from side to side.]**Moran**Whoa...**Moran**Sakura, there are several of you!**Sakura**Is that right?**Sakura**Must be because you haven't drunk enough.**Moran**Ah-ha, I see! So that's it![\*Pour\*]**Sakura**Drink some more, and there'll only be one of me.**Moran**Hmm... alrighty, if you say so.[Moran downs another glass.]**Commander**She's three sheets to the wind already. Maybe she shouldn't drink anymore.**Sakura**Trust me, it'll take more than this to get her truly drunk.**Sakura**Isn't that right, Moran?**Moran**You bet your behind!**Moran**I'm not down for the count yet![Moran falls backwards.]**Moran**Whoops!**Moran**How come I fell?**Moran**Weird...**Moran**Real weird... uh-uh, everything's spinning...**Moran**Oh boy, really fast too...**Moran**So dizzy...**Sakura**Sounds to me like you want to like down.**Commander**...**Sakura**If that's what you want, we'll let you lie down.[Scene: black][Sakura stands back up.][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (night)]**Sakura**We should get a move on.**Moran**Wha... whawhere are yu guys goin'?**Moran**You're not getting marreid without me, areoy?**Sakura**Maybe, maybe not.**Moran**Huh? Whattt?**Sakura**Just lie down and relax.**Sakura**Okay?**Moran**Uhh... Okay... Relax...**Sakura**Commander-kun.[Sakura glances in my direction.]**Sakura**It's showtime.**Commander**Yeah. Let's go.

## Like a Flower in Full Bloom: A

Sakura Commander

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (night)][I walk together with Sakura, stepping atop the pink-colored petals blanketing the ground.][We can hear the joyful sounds of festival-goers enjoying themselves...][along with the clunking steps of the Seimeikai bodyguards behind us.][Scene: black][\*Thud\* \*Thud\*][\*Step\* \*Step\*][Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (night)]**Sakura**...**Commander**...[After walking for a while without speaking, we stop and stare off into the distance.][The cherry blossom tree that came from the surface can be seen up ahead.][The cherry blossoms are in full bloom,][making the colossal size of the sakura tree evident even from this distance.]**Commander**That must be it.**Sakura**I believe so.**Sakura**Everyone, stop.**Sakura**Just the two of us will go from here.**Sakura**The rest of you wait here.[Sakura's retinue remain glued to the spot and nod their heads in agreement.]**Sakura**Shall we?**Commander**Let's.[Sakura and I leave behind our escort and][head towards the massive cherry blossom tree.]**Commander**...**Sakura**You've gone awfully quiet.**Sakura**Feeling shy?**Sakura**Or are you nervous?*Make a choice*
> 1. > **Commander**I'm feeling a little self-conscious because I can feel your bodyguards giving me the evil eye.**Sakura**I'll tell them to turn around.**Commander**No, it's okay.
> 2. > **Commander**I'm a little nervouse, yes.**Sakura**Sorry, but i'm not sure how to help you there.**Sakura**Maybe you can try some breathing exercises?**Commander**I don't think that'll be necessary.
> **Commander**What about you? Aren't you nervous?**Sakura**Me?**Sakura**I'm not sure...[Sakura stares at me.]**Sakura**...**Sakura**Yes.**Sakura**Perhaps I am slightly nervous as well.**Sakura**How strange. It's not as if this is the first time I've been alone with you.**Commander**Will this help?[I hold out my hand.]**Sakura**If anything, I think that might make me more of a nervous wreck but...[Sakura holds my hand.]**Sakura**... it does feel nice.**Commander**Does it?[Sakura and I walk forward, holding hands.]

## Like a Flower in Full Bloom: B

Sakura Commander

> [Scene: Cherry Blossom Park (night)]**Sakura**So this is it. The cherry blossom tree from the surface...[Sakura stares up at the tree's canopy.][The profusion of blooming cherry blossoms above make the sky above seem like a sea of pink petals.]**Commander**It's beautiful.**Sakura**yes, it is.**Sakura**Even if we forgot completely about the promise,**Sakura**it would be worth coming here just to admire this tree's beauty.[Sakura reaches her hand out towards the tree.]**Sakura**Commander-kun,**Sakura**did you know that**Sakura**there is another name for this tree?**Commander**What is it?**Sakura**Everlasting Sakura.**Sakura**These cherry blossoms were artificially engineered to prolong their lifespan,**Sakura**allowing them to survive long after their moment would have come otherwise.**Commander**You mean people tampered with this tree to make it live longer?**Sakura**Yes.**Sakura**How else could a tree like this, which requires natural sunlight from the surface,**Sakura**exist in a place like the Ark where the only light is artificial?**Commander**... I see.**Sakura**That is the reason why I wanted to gaze upon this tree with my own eyes.**Sakura**Not only does it share its name with me, but it also has continued to live well after it should have died a natural death.**Sakura**I wanted to see... if it was still beautiful, even though it has become everlasting.**Commander**...**Commander**Do you regret being given a body that will last forever?**Sakura**No.**Sakura**By throwing away my mortality,**Sakura**I have been given the strength to protect Seimeikai.**Sakura**Eternal life was something given to me in order to uphold the oath I made. In that sense, it is the greatest reward I could ever ask for.**Sakura**So no, I do not regret anything.**Commander**What happens when your life as the head of the Seimeikai ends?**Sakura**... I'm not sure.**Sakura**Perhaps I will head to the surface, and fight on the battlefield.**Sakura**Or perhaps I will enter the Ark, with all its darkness.**Commander**Isn't there a way for you to be the leader of the Siemeikai in perpetuity?**Sakura**No.**Sakura**No matter how beautiful eternal life may seem,**Sakura**even blossoms in full bloom must fall one day.**Sakura**If no, they will rot and only bring harm to the tree which they are a part of.**Sakura**For me,**Sakura**Siemeikai is the precious tree upon which I grow.**Commander**...**Sakura**So, when the time is right, I must fall.**Sakura**For I am nothing but an impostor, a mere fabrication in the guise of a flower.**Commander**There is nothing fake about you.**Commander**You're a gorgeous blossom blooming on the tree that you've helped grow.**Sakura**!!**Sakura**...**Sakura**... Thank you.**Sakura**Ahem...**Sakura**Well, I don't think we can put this off any longer.**Sakura**Shall we?**Sakura**A kiss... to make our oath official.**Commander**Are you alright?**Commander**The "oath" we're taking isn't even real. Do we really have to kiss?**Sakura**Commander-kun, allow me to inform you of something.**Sakura**There is nothing fake about this oath we are taking.**Sakura**I have never once in my life**Sakura**emitted falsehoods from my lips while under the bounds of an oath**Commander**?!!**Sakura**That's my position on the matter, at least.**Sakura**I know it might be different for you.**Sakura**I certainly don't want to force you into anything.**Sakura**So, I will give you the option.**Sakura**Do you want our oath to remain a lie,**Sakura**or do you wish to put some truth into it?**Commander**I wouldn't have come here if there wasn't at least a bit of truth to it.**Sakura**!![Scene: black][Sakura smiles from ear to ear.][Scene: Sakura Blossom (animated)]**Sakura**That makes me happy.**Sakura**What am I to do?**Sakura**Your promise only mandates that you be mine for today, and no more.**Sakura**Standing here now, however, I feel like breaking that promise.**Sakura**I want this promise to last for an eternity.**Sakura**But I can't, not right now.**Sakura**If I were to wage war on your army of female suitors,**Sakura**I would have my work cut out for me.[Sakura draws herself in close.]**Sakura**Commander-kun,**Sakura**my dear husband,**Sakura**for today, and today alone.**Sakura**Seal our oath with a kiss before the day is over.[Scene: black][I lean towards Sakura and kiss her.][Overhead, the cherry blossoms rain down on us,][fluttering down like a pink snowfall.]

## Truth to the Rumors

Commander Noise Sakura

> [Scene: Command Center]**Moran**So your telling me all those rumors**Moran**about you two getting married didn't have any truth to them?[I nod.]**Moran**Phew... what a relief.**Moran**You got me so drunk that I thought you had eloped for real.**Commander**...**Moran**I would have been nice for you two to have just told me the truth.**Moran**Why all that ridiculous cat and mouse stuff and pulling the wool over my eyes?**Commander**We knew that if we told you, you'd spill the beans to everyone.**Moran**!!!**Moran**How can you say that?!**Moran**I'm like a vault when it comes to this stuff!**Moran**If you say it's a secret, then my lips are sealed tight!**Moran**That, my friend, is called being loyal.**Noise**Even if you had managed to keep your mouth shut,**Noise**your face would have given it away instantly.**Noise**I think it was a smar decision not telling her, Producer.**Moran**!!!**Noise**But how did you fake a kiss?**Noise**It's not so hard.**Noise**Since we were so far away, they probably just had to lean in close to each other and that's it.**Commander**...**Noise**What's that face for?**Noise**Wait... did you kiss for real?!**Commander**Erm...**???**Of course we did.[\*Zing\*]**Sakura**Isn't that right, Commander-kun?**Commander**Sakura?!**Noise**Y-You actually kissed for real?**Noise**Wait, that means you really made an oath!**Moran**That's not what you told us, Cadet!**Moran**You didn't say you kissed each other!**Commander**I didn't say we didn't either.**Sakura**Lay off them.**Sakura**You're putting my husband in an awkward position.**Commander**... Sakura.**Sakura**Yes?**Commander**I thought you said you weren't going to wage war just yet.**Sakura**You call this war?**Sakura**I'm merely presenting the facts so that I can stake my claim.**Sakura**If we really started a war, then**Sakura**there's no way we would be standing here joking around with each other.**Commander**...**Noise**Producer, be honest.**Noise**How far did you go?**Moran**Yeah, give us the dirt!**Moran**Don't let Sakura intimidate you. Tell us everything!**Sakura**What would you like to do, Commander-kun?**Sakura**Would you like me to leave you alone in this cacophony?**Sakura**Or...**Sakura**would you like to see the rest of the cherry blossoms with me?**Noise**Producer!**Moran**Cadet!**Commander**...[I grab onto Sakura's hand.]**Sakura**A wise decision.**Sakura**Take care of them, boys.**Seimeikai Member**Yes, Ma'am![Several Seimeikai members barge in to the commander's quarters.]**Moran**Hey, what's the big idea?!**Moran**He-Hey! Sakura! Cadet!**Noise**Producer, you liar![Scene: black][CHERRY BLOSSOM: END]