.... Sakura Kinomoto was late for a photo shoot again,
and Tomoyo Dadouji, her best friend, played the guilt
trip on her relentlessly. Today was supposed to be the
day that they "returned" to Tokyo from "visiting her
parents", and she was behind schedule again. Tomoyo
decided to give up on the photo shoot, as they were
going to be late for an autograph session scheduled for
four o'clock. Tomoyo drove dangerously fast in the
residential area and downtown, and luckily, no one was
hurt, though she left behind them a very long line of angry
drivers honking and ranting.

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.... Fans crowded around the table where Cherry sat
autographing the hundreds of CDs, posters, and magazines.
On the table lay thousands of Cherry's signed
autobiographies, free for anyone who wanted one. Fans
started noticing the autobiographies while waiting for
Cherry to finish signing their CDs and posters, picked
them up, and began reading the commentaries that
Cherry had made about her own life. The fans were
ultimately touched by the truth and total honesty
which Cherry used to tell them about her whole life,
and admired her even more for being able to handle a
double life so well. "We love you Cherry, as Cherry
and Sakura!" Word spread around eventually,
more copies of the autobiography were printed, and an
online version of the autobiography was soon also made
available to those who could not get a copy. The world-famous
Cherry was now also known as Sakura Kinomoto. Sakura continued
to produce music under her stage name Cherry, and decided
to model and live the rest of her life as Sakura. Fans stopped
crowding around her wherever she went as a respect for her life
and privacy, though her concerts and autograph sessions were no
less packed than before- in fact, even more people came to see her
as a result of hearing about the other side of her. As a result
of this new-found privacy, Sakura was able to spend a lot more
time with Syao, and their relationship cleared up a little, with
more open-ness in public and at gatherings.