Who else just loves Jessie and Jonny from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest? Are they like not one of the cutest pairs you've ever seen? I love this picture ;)

Progress of my fanfics

(Updated 9/28/09)

I cannot stress enough to those who read my works that they will ALL be finished at some point. I hate quitting things I've started so I never start something I will not finish, that's lamer than lame -_- Sometimes I get writers block, work gets cumbersome, or life gets hectic and I can't update as often as I'd like but I really try not to make my readers wait too long. Of course I'd rather wait to update something until I have a good idea rather than updating rubbish just so there is an update. Reviews are adored of course and a good review really does help push me to update sooner so if you want more of a story I suggest you review :)

Cardcaptor Sakura:

Defying Destiny: This is a CCS Blue Seed crossover that I just recently started posting although I've been working on it for a year now. I originally wrote this 9 years ago under the title All For the Fate of the World and it was deleted from this site while I was in the midst of writing the final chapter. Yeah, that sucked. Anyway I found the old floppy disk while moving out of my college apartment last year and got MOST of the chapters off of it (some wouldn't open unfortunately). So I decided to do a major overhaul and have rewritten and changed the story a lot. The first arc is completed at 10 chapters (the original story was only about 6 so I've added a lot). I'm currently working on chapter 11, the first chapter of the second arc. I strongly encourage those that liked this story the first time around to give it another go b/c I can assure you you won't be displeased!

Holiday Hoax: Definitely my most popular CCS fanfic right now! It has the most reviews, the most alerts, the most favorites, and the most hits overall and per chapter! Wow! This fic is 9 chapters long and is complete! I hope you all enjoy the ending! :) Thanks so much for all the amazing support!

Learning to Love: This is an old one that I re-posted since it got deleted years ago. It is now fully edited and complete!

Where Do We Go From Here?: This is also an old one I'm re-posting and it has one chapter to go and an epilogue. I promise I'll get on this soon, really!

Us After This: This is a newer one I started in the fall of '07. I haven't updated it in a while because I've been working on other fics since it's the least popular as of right now. Chapter 3 is almost done for those who are interested. It's looking like a pretty long chapter as of right now :) I was going to try and finish it recently but unfortunately I couldn't find the notebook it's in!! I did end up finding it when I was home for Christmas (you don't know the places I had to dig through in my basement). Unfortunately the muse for that one had run off again by that time. Grrrr. However I got some new ideas for it and I just started typing it up recently so hopefully that will be up soon.

Captain Planet:

Following Destiny: I have tons of ideas for this one but I'm having trouble flowing from one idea to another. I don't like rushing stories and I don't like jumping from idea to idea either so that's why it's taking me longer with this one. It's been difficult to come up with the "middle stuff" so to speak. I know where I want this story to go I'm just having trouble linking the events smoothly right now. :( Chapter 7 has FINALLY been released! Again sorry for the wait and thanks for the patience!

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest:

A Jaded Secret: I started working on this story last summer and decided to start posting it recently. Chapter 3 is now up. For the most part I know where I want this story to go and I already have a sequel thought out :) However comments and suggestions are always welcome as with all my fics.

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C2 Community

I recently created a C2 community that has every CCS Holiday related fanfic I could find. Since there are so many I thought having a C2 community dedicated to those works would be a good idea. That way if anyone is in the mood for a holiday fic or likes to read holiday stories during the month of a specific holiday like me, they are easily accessible. I spent several hours searching through all the CCS holiday fics I could find but I'm sure I'm missing a couple. If you have any you have written or any that you have read that I don't have in my C2 please feel free to PM me about them so I can add them! The holiday being celebrated does not matter, it can be a Japanese holiday or a foreign one they don't celebrate in Japan (Birthday stories count as holiday fanfics in my opinion), the genre is irrelevant, all pairings are welcomed, and the rating can be K+ thru M. The only requirement is that the main theme or at least a big chunk of the main theme revolves around a holiday. As of right now I have stories for April Fools, just about everyone's birthday, Christmas, Easter, Father's Day, Fourth of July (surprisingly enough lol), Halloween, Mother's Day, New Year's, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving (again, surprisingly lol), Valentine's Day, and White Day. Enjoy!

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Other fanfic-related work

Aside from working on my own fics I've also become the beta reader for Wish-Chan's CCS fanfic The New Trials of Cardcaptor Sakura and Friends, so I've been diligently editing and refining (to an extent) that story :) It's a really LONG and in depth story (that is still in progress) so it's a cumbersome and daunting project but very worth it! It's an amazing story to say the least so anybody who loves CCS and S&S should check it out, although I recommend waiting until I've edited the chapters so you can enjoy a better read :) I'll put a note down here once all available chapters have been edited. It's going to take a while but I'm working on them as much as I can and it will be worth the wait!

I am also beta reading Tsu Rai Ku for carpetfibers. It is also an amazing story (I hardly have to fix anything when I proof the chapters!), the plot is exciting and the writing is fabulous! I highly recommend it! :)

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Here's some information on me!

Pen name: SakuraJade Origin: Sakura is one of my favorite Japanese names (and the CCS character is one of my all time fav anime characters) plus I love the flower, it's so pretty and it's pink, which is my favorite color). And I've always liked the name Jade so I figured I'd put them together and that was that.

Birthday: March 20, 1984

Zodiac sign: Pisces (I don't even really like fish . . . )

Age: I was 17 when I posted my first story (which was a CCS story) and I am currently 25 (I'm getting so old, 2 more yrs and it will be 10 yrs since I got on this site . . .)

Height: 5'3" (I'm short . . .)

Weight: 119 (no comment . . . -_-)

Hair: Shoulder length and layered, the color is a golden blonde

Eyes: Greenish-blue depending on what I'm wearing it seems

Country: The United States of America!

State: Indiana (but not in hicksville! I live in northwest IN also know as the region. It's about 30 minutes from the city of Chicago. And I live in one of the only area's of the USA that has practically NO accent!)

Nationalities: English, Irish, French, German, Scottish, Norwegian, Welsh, and Italian.

Schooling: I attended Purdue University Calumet (otherwise know as PUC lol) my freshman year in 2002 and then Ball State University for 5 years (from 2003 to 2008). 6 years of college, two degrees, an undergraduate and a masters. Not bad for the amount of schooling I did :)

Degree: I have a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese (but I'm no where near fluent unfortunately =/ I am better than I give myself credit though it seems) with minors in Asian Studies, Women's Studies, and Sociology (obtained in July 2006) and a Master of Arts in Sociology with a certificate in Institutional Research (obtained in May 2008). Phew, that's a mouthful, but it sounds more impressive than it really is I think . . .

Clubs and Activities: I was in the "go home after school club" all throughout high school until my senior year when I joined the American Sign Language club to at least have something to put on my transcripts lol I was in the martial arts club for a year at my university and I am an alumni of Ball State's collegiate chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International, an independent service sorority (so not pan-hellenic!). ESA does two hours of community service-type stuff a month. Our main philanthropies are St. Jude's, Easter Seals, and Campy Riley :) Gotta help the kids.

Relationship Status: I am currently engaged to a really great guy. We have been together for over 4 yrs. We did long distance for three school years (we live in towns next door to each other but we went to colleges three hours apart) but after he graduated from Valparaiso University in May '07 he joined me at Ball State to get his masters as well. Needless to say, I was pretty thrilled :) This just goes to show that you CAN make long distance work (at least up to a certain distance) you just have to have a lot of trust and be extremely dedicated not to mention in love!

Interests and hobbies: Well, aside from anything Japanese I love rollerblading and playing video games! And of course, reading and writing fanfics. I read a lot of books too from textbooks to story books. I also knit, make friendship bracelets when I'm bored, and do origami. I know random lol I'm kind of a jack of all trades to an extent haha

Favorite Anime and Manga: I like a lot of anime, but my main favorites are Ranma 1/2, Cardcaptor Sakura, UltraManiac, Saint Tail, Zero no Tsukaima (Zero's Familiar), Full Metal Panic!, and the dubbed version of Shin Chan on CN's Adult Swim, it's so wrong but so funny. My favorite mangas are Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, xxx~Holic, UltraManiac, Marmalade Boy, and Kodocha (Kodomo No Omocha).

Favorite American Cartoon: I've always loved Captain Planet and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. They were my staple cartoons while growing up in the '90s. Disney channel cartoons are on the list too like Kim Possible and American Dragon Jake Long. Also Aqua Teen Hunger Force on CN's Adult Swim. It's so terrible it's great lol

Favorite Video Game: Definitely Final Fantasy VII (I like all the FFs really), although Squaresoft's Kingdom Hearts is a very close second.

Music: I listen to a LOT of J-pop. I love Ayumi Hamasaki, Hikaru Utada (these two are pretty much tied for favorite), Do As Infinity, V6, Dream, Yoko Ishida, and Maaya Sakamoto to name a few. I also listen to a lot of American pop/dance music too. Despise country, blah . . .

Job: During summer breaks and holidays in college I would come home and work at the Target in my hometown. I'm still working there while I look for a job that pertains to my degrees. It's an alright job, the team members are by far the best part. I love most of the people I work with :) I'm up to 8.10 an hour now, which is bull because I've been with them for 4 years (although since I come and go for school they only count a total of 3) and I only make 10 cents more than someone who starts today -_- Jerks . . . I'm still currently looking for a "real job" meaning a white collar job I can get b/c of my college degrees. However, thanks to the poor state of the U.S. economy right now, I have no idea when I'll actually get that kind of job (sigh).

Extra: I've actually been to Japan, twice now actually. I went for a week during my junior year of high school (Jan 2001) with my mom (we got free plane tickets, long story lol). It was quite the experience. We stayed in Tokyo for the week. Then in April of 2009 I went again, this time for 2 weeks with three of my friends (everyone on the trip, including the Japanese girl we visited while in Tokyo were friends of mine, they didn't know each other until the trip so that made things kind of interesting lol). One of my friends was generous enough to pay my way since I don't make enough money at Target to go anywhere -_- The trip was amazing! We had a blast :) We went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Himeji, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Osaka. We even went to a traditional onsen (hot spring) in the mountains of Osaka. I definitely saw more naked Japanese people than I ever needed to but it was still pretty cool lol I can't wait to have money so I can go back again!!

Regarding my father's health: For those who read Holiday Hoax and know that my father was battling lung and bone cancer I'm sorry to report that he did end up passing away in April. He fought the good fight though, no one can say he didn't and no he's at peace. I am happy to report that I and my family are doing alright despite all the family deaths that have occurred over the last 3 yrs and I thank everyone who sent their best wishes and/or condolences regarding my father. Thanks for caring :)

Phew, that was a lot! lol I hope you enjoyed what you decided to read! Want to know anything else? Feel free to PM me and ask! If anyone has a facebook and wants to be friends PM me about it :)