O. Takara

Takara was born into money. His parents are heirs to a billion dollar automotive company that spawns
across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Takara's parents had their perfect little plan for their family,
and Takara completed the picture. He was their parents greatest achievement. A perfect little genleman,
minimal fuss, very quiet and very obedient. He had quite an imagination when he was young, always
mentioning of his imaginary friend that spoke of adult topics beyond little Takara's grasp. Takara
always comment how unbelievably his imaginary friend could move. His parents went along with it, thinking
it was a phase.

They made him concentrate on playing the piano, which he did without complaints. Everything was perfect.

.. that is until when he was 10. Being sheltered for all of his life, he wasn't used to what human life
was really like beyond the gates of his parent's mansion. It was at this time that he met spunky little
girl named Jennifer, who went to a public school near his private school. She came to his rescue when
a couple of local bullies picked on him for outrageous amounts of lunch money.

Like any storybook tale of young love, Takara fell head over heels for her. The times that they spent
together, Jennifer helped Takara loosened up and become more active in his personality. Takara would
bring expensive gifts to Jennifer nearly every day, but the girl would shrug them off. She would teach
him that there was more to life than just materialistic things.

His mind opened more, clearly hearing that one voice he had heard when he was younger. That voice helped
Takara with advice into turning into a person that Jennifer would like. He tried pretend to be different
things that he assumed would make Jennifer like him more, but each time he got shotdown. Jennifer taught
him to relax and be himself and not to try so hard to be someone who he is not.

He turned more and more of a handful to his parents. Shenanigans and pranks were the norm with him. His
parents became used to it, lightening up eventually. After a year of being together with Jen, young Takara
wanted to do something special for Jennifer. So he went and asked his parents to help him acquire a die-cast
model of a Jen's favorite car, with their names engraved on the hood. On the trunk, the phrase "Itsumo
aishiteru" (I'll always love you) was etched onto the metal.

He waited for her at her house, standing at her front door with his wrapped gift in his hands. He was eagerly
anticipating to see Jennifer walking home from school. Her pretty smile when she sees him. That would not
happen today. He spent the entire day waiting for her, all the way into the night..

.. turns out that Jennifer became a victim of a drunk hit-and-run when she was walking home from school.
She died later on in the hospital, clutching a home-made necklace gift that was intended for Takara. When
he found out about it the next day, he could do nothing but cry. It took him months to cope with Jen's
death. He remembered all the stuff that Jen used to say to him, it helped him moved on. He wore everday
the necklace that Jen was suppose to give to him that fateful day.

Takara became less reserved and more carefree and outgoing in high school. He became quite popular with
the girls. He impressed all the guys with his track abilities, which his abilities were tweaked by his
imaginary friend's wind element. Takara's most common practice was the art of the mysterious ninja skirt
flip.