#1 When she was young, Sakura was orphaned by her mother. Raised by her grandfather, she repaid his kindness and earned her keep as a maid, happy and wanting for no lack... ... but she wondered about the reason for her abandonment. In time, a traveling merchant told Sakura about the Meerpeople, a race of feline humans whom she resembled. Inspired to find her mother, Sakura climbed aboard the merchant's cart, and together they set off. ā