THE STORY OF PRINCESS
HIKARI
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PRINCESS HIKARI : A Japanese Princess who
bewitched to be a statue 100 years ago.
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SAKERU: A Polish guy who came to Japan for
holiday because he loved that country.
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YASEI: A Polish guy, Sakeru’s friend
and also came to Japan
with Sakeru.
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WITCH SUIRYU / GRANDMA: A witch who killed the royal
family and bewitching Princess Hikari into a statue. She also disguised as a kindly
grandmother.
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SAKURA: A girl who lives with her
grandma (Witch Suiryu). She also loved Sakeru, but her love is not
reciprocated.
Sakeru
and Yasei finally chose to spend this Christmas holiday in Japan. They
went to Japan by a plane and
arrived in Tokyo, Japan. From Tokyo they immediately proceeded to Hirosaki.
Hirosaki is located almost at the northern
tip of Honshu Island. The city is famous with the
beautiful palaces and also the largest city of apple production in Japan. In addition,
the city is famous with cherry blossom festival which celebrated in April every
year.
In this city they lived in a kindly grandma’s house who lives with her granddaughter named Sakura. Sakura’s grandma was old and sickly, while Sakura was an orphaned girl. Her father and mother had died when she was a baby. Actually Sakura had died a year ago due to illness, but grandma's magic made her alive with put the spirits that exist in the cherry blossoms at her body. But everything was just temporary. Sakura fell in love with Sakeru at first time she saw him because he’s good looking and very nice. Yasei also good looking, and cool guy but Sakura prefer to like Sakeru. She told a lot about Japan to Sakeru and Sakeru enjoyed it. Sakeru is a Polish guy but he loved Japan. He fell in love with Japanese musics, songs, customs, foods and other Japanese stuffs, he loved them all.
One night Sakeru walk out, he left Yasei at home. Sakeru walked alone and enjoyed the night atmosphere; he suddenly stopped in the lake. From a distance he saw a very pretty girl with red long hair, looks elegant wearing kimono. That girl dancing on the edge of a lake with no musical accompaniment but she greatly enjoyed, occasionally visible smile on her face.
In this city they lived in a kindly grandma’s house who lives with her granddaughter named Sakura. Sakura’s grandma was old and sickly, while Sakura was an orphaned girl. Her father and mother had died when she was a baby. Actually Sakura had died a year ago due to illness, but grandma's magic made her alive with put the spirits that exist in the cherry blossoms at her body. But everything was just temporary. Sakura fell in love with Sakeru at first time she saw him because he’s good looking and very nice. Yasei also good looking, and cool guy but Sakura prefer to like Sakeru. She told a lot about Japan to Sakeru and Sakeru enjoyed it. Sakeru is a Polish guy but he loved Japan. He fell in love with Japanese musics, songs, customs, foods and other Japanese stuffs, he loved them all.
One night Sakeru walk out, he left Yasei at home. Sakeru walked alone and enjoyed the night atmosphere; he suddenly stopped in the lake. From a distance he saw a very pretty girl with red long hair, looks elegant wearing kimono. That girl dancing on the edge of a lake with no musical accompaniment but she greatly enjoyed, occasionally visible smile on her face.
Sakeru fascinated to see her, "She’s so pretty! Who's that girl? "Sakeru wondered silently. When he looked again, she was gone. Sakeru looked around the lake but he did not find her. Then Sakeru back to home and told to Grandma, Sakura and Yasei what he saw.
"I saw a girl wearing kimono, dancing around the edge of the lake. She's very pretty, with red long hair. Grandma, did you know her?” Sakeru asked to grandma.
"As far I knew every girl in this village didn’t allowed to walking around in the middle of the night, maybe she was a girl from the other village" said grandma.
Then Grandma told them that the village formerly was a kingdom and the palace exactly right on the lake where Sakeru seen the girl with kimono.
"100 years ago, a fierce battle going on in the village. The Samurai warriors fighting against an evil witch. The Witch named Suiryu. The witch wanted to rule the kingdom but all the villagers opposed her because every month the witch kidnaps and make innocent babies as victimizing to obtain greater strength. The battle against the witch lasted ± 10 years. In the end, the kingdom fell into the hands of a witch after she bewitched Princess Hikari into a statue and killed all the royal family as well as transforms the palace into a lake. Princess Hikari was the only daughter possessed by the King and the royal consort "said grandma.
"But Grandma, where’s the statue of Princess Hikari now?" asked Yasei curious.
"There a statue on the lake where palace formed" said grandma.
"But I didn’t see it when I get there" said Sakeru confused.
"You should check it again tomorrow, and you will find the statue there." said Grandma to Sakeru.
"Now you all went to sleep, it's late." then Grandma said to them and she stood up and walked towards her room.
Many questions in Sakeru’s head about the Kimono girl, royal, Princess Hikari and The Witch "Tomorrow I will go into the lake to see the statue. To see the truth of the stories" Sakeru said to himself.
In the
morning, Sakeru went to the lake and he saw there was a statue, right in the edge
of the lake. The statue was similar with the kimono girl, he saw last night.
But there was a difference on her face. The face of the statue looked sad while
the kimono girl looked happy. Sakeru still curious about the girl, then he returned
to the lake in the middle of the night. There he saw that girl sits alongside of
the lake. She looked sad. Then Sakeru approached the girl and sat down next to
her.
"Hi ... What are you doing here in middle of the night?" asked Sakeru to the girl.
"I lived here, my palace was in here in this lake" replied the girl.
"This lake?"
"Yes, my palace was right in the middle of the lake" she said and pointing toward the lake.
"Who are you?" asked Sakeru confused.
"My name is Hikari. Actually I was a princess and this lake was a palace where I lived" then Hikari told him about what happened to her life, how her parents were killed by a witch Suiryu, she turned into a statue, and Suiryu bewitched palace into a lake, etc.
"Your stories like a movie" said Sakeru.
"Yeah, but everything that happened to me wasn’t a movie. It was a fact. My parents are dead, now I just want to be a human, I want a normal life like past" Hikari said with a sad face.
"Don’t be sad Hikari, I promise I will help you. I'll figure out how you get to be human again." Sakeru said with a smile.
"Thank you, you’re really nice" said Hikari.
"You’re welcome; from now on we were friends. Just call me Sakeru "
"Yes Sakeru" Hikari said with a smile.
Hikari suddenly felt that it was time to turn into a statue, and then he said to Sakeru "Sakeru .... Come here tomorrow midnight"
Sakeru didn’t answer her and Hikari was turned back into a form of sculpture.
Then Sakeru went to home and told everything to grandma. And he said, “Grandma, please tell me how to liberate Hikari from this magic and she could turn into a human? Please ...grandma, we should help her."
Then grandma replied, "It all depends on her fate"
"What did you mean?" asked Sakeru confused.
"She must find her true love and a man must sacrifice for her. But there’s one more thing and I didn’t know what it is" Grandma said.
"I was confused and didn’t know what to do to help her" said Sakeru.
"You can not help her. It was 100 years ago, she bewitched in to a statue and until now no one can save her" Grandma said.
"I'm going to try anyway!" Sakeru said with confidence. Then Sakeru went to his room, he saw Yasei asleep and he lay down on bed, and thinking about what should he do to help Hikari.
"Hi ... What are you doing here in middle of the night?" asked Sakeru to the girl.
"I lived here, my palace was in here in this lake" replied the girl.
"This lake?"
"Yes, my palace was right in the middle of the lake" she said and pointing toward the lake.
"Who are you?" asked Sakeru confused.
"My name is Hikari. Actually I was a princess and this lake was a palace where I lived" then Hikari told him about what happened to her life, how her parents were killed by a witch Suiryu, she turned into a statue, and Suiryu bewitched palace into a lake, etc.
"Your stories like a movie" said Sakeru.
"Yeah, but everything that happened to me wasn’t a movie. It was a fact. My parents are dead, now I just want to be a human, I want a normal life like past" Hikari said with a sad face.
"Don’t be sad Hikari, I promise I will help you. I'll figure out how you get to be human again." Sakeru said with a smile.
"Thank you, you’re really nice" said Hikari.
"You’re welcome; from now on we were friends. Just call me Sakeru "
"Yes Sakeru" Hikari said with a smile.
Hikari suddenly felt that it was time to turn into a statue, and then he said to Sakeru "Sakeru .... Come here tomorrow midnight"
Sakeru didn’t answer her and Hikari was turned back into a form of sculpture.
Then Sakeru went to home and told everything to grandma. And he said, “Grandma, please tell me how to liberate Hikari from this magic and she could turn into a human? Please ...grandma, we should help her."
Then grandma replied, "It all depends on her fate"
"What did you mean?" asked Sakeru confused.
"She must find her true love and a man must sacrifice for her. But there’s one more thing and I didn’t know what it is" Grandma said.
"I was confused and didn’t know what to do to help her" said Sakeru.
"You can not help her. It was 100 years ago, she bewitched in to a statue and until now no one can save her" Grandma said.
"I'm going to try anyway!" Sakeru said with confidence. Then Sakeru went to his room, he saw Yasei asleep and he lay down on bed, and thinking about what should he do to help Hikari.
The next day, Sakeru woke up in the morning. Then he walked out of his room, grandma told him, "Stop thinking to help her, because you can not!"
"Why grandma said like that?" asked Sakeru silently. Sakeru pretended not to hear her words and he went to the bathroom. After a shower and breakfast, Sakeru rushed off to the lake to see the statue of Princess Hikari. He also brought his guitar. After arriving at the lake, he was sad to see Hikari in the form of a statue, and then he started to play his guitar and singing:
”te no naka ni wa aisuru beki hito sae mo hanabanashiku chitte
te no naka ni wa ikita imi kisande mo munashiki hana to chiru
So I can't live So I can't live
Sou naku shita mono wa
So I can't live So I can't live
mou umarenai
So I can't live So I can't live
ikiteru akashi sae
So I can't live So I can't live
motomerarenai uta
Let's put an end... The Final
raisui
no tsubomi sakaseyou”
(In English):
“Even
loved ones scatter like petals from flowers in my hand
So even if I engraved the meaning that I lived in my hand, the petals will just scatter as flowers of vanity
So I can't live So I can't live
What's lost can't be born again
So I can't live So I can't live
A song that's not even seeking the proof of living
Let's put an end . . . the final
Let's bloom flowers of attempted suicide”
So even if I engraved the meaning that I lived in my hand, the petals will just scatter as flowers of vanity
So I can't live So I can't live
What's lost can't be born again
So I can't live So I can't live
A song that's not even seeking the proof of living
Let's put an end . . . the final
Let's bloom flowers of attempted suicide”
Out of nowhere, all of a sudden a bunch of butterflies come enveloped the statue and a white light visible up and out of the statue. Looks statue was gradually transformed and eventually being a human.
"Hikari!" said Sakeru and hugged Hikari.
"Sakeru, this magic has disappeared. I turn into a human again "Hikari said, smiling happily.
"Why did you help her?"
Sakeru looked at the people who speak it. Turns out it was grandma’s voice, Sakura also there with her. They came while walking towards Sakeru and Hikari.
"Because I love her!" Sakeru replied firmly and confidently.
"Love made you blind, young man. Your love to that girl will not be able to beat me" said grandma, swinging her stick toward Hikari but Sakeru encourages Hikari and eventually he was hurt.
Clutching his chest filled with blood, Sakeru said, "I love her with all my heart and I guess that was enough to defeat the forces of evil did you have"
Then Sakeru took a knife from his pocket and threw it to grandma. The knife is an heirloom given by his father before he died. The knife pierced the right on the heart of grandma and grandma eventually turned into dust. Sakura crying over her grandma who had died, and she suddenly turned into cherry blossoms. Then the lake turned into a beautiful palace filled with cherry blossoms.
"I never thought it turned out grandma was the evil witch Suiryu" said Sakeru.
"Yeah you’re right. She’s the evil witch Suiryu. By the way thank you so much Sakeru, because you’ve saved my life" Hikari said with smile on her face. Then Yasei came, he was very surprised to see the palace "As I know here is a lake, how could this happened?" said Yasei confused. Then Sakeru recounted the incident had just happened.
After the incident, Princess Hikari gave the palace to the Japanese government that they care for and maintain the palace. Then Hikari decided to go with Sakeru and Yasei to Poznan, Poland. Hikari stayed and settled there. She lived happily together with Sakeru, Yasei and her friends.
~The End~
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