It was two days before the New Years Tournament, everyone was cleaning and preparing for the new year. Samon was charged to clean the Warden's office with Hajime so Sakura was stuck at home. To celebrate the new year, Sakura was redesigning her babies enclosures. For Yogi she gave him a new heating pad, new water dish, new rocks and a brand new tree for him to climb on. As for FroYo, the Boa Constrictor and Marshmallow a garden snake, they both got large enclosures and brand new toys. They were happy ropes, after they were taken care of, Sakura got to work on the whole apartment, cleaning her room and area first. Her bathroom was a bit of a challenge because some scales were sticking to the side of the tub. She had to scrub for ten minutes to finally get them off. Once she was finished with her stuff, it was off to Samon's room. It was basically clean already but a few spots, upon her cleaning she found a box filled with things she hadn't seen in a long time. Photos of her and Samon when they first starting hanging out, he kept every little things that she ever came in contact with. A tiny bunny keychain she won and gave to him as a gift, photos of them going to the mall in China and other items that kept a smile on Sakura's face. One photo caught her attention, one where Samon was looking at her and not the camera. His eyes were soft and totally captured by her face. Sakura knew that Samon had some kind of feelings for her, she wasn't going to lie and say that she didn't feel for him too but she could never tell him. She wouldn't live long enough to have anything more with him, he doesn't know and it's for the best.

If Samon found out what happened to her, he would never forgive himself, he would lose is faith in himself. She didn't want to get in the way of that, she loves watching him for hours, she could do that for days. It didn't matter what he was doing, training, cleaning, cooking, even sleeping, she could watch him grow into a powerful man. That's all she needed in her life, him and nothing else, besides her babies. Samon is helping her recover and he's taking care of her and that made her feel guilty because soon, she'll be gone. They wouldn't stop looking for her, nothing would stop them and she would have to tell Samon so he could understand the reason if she were to, disappear. She had to tell him sooner rather than later, he had to know.

She was finsihed with cleaning when Samon came home, he smiled when he saw her as she did the same. She wished this could last forever, just the two of them, together forever. But it will never be.

~Time Skip by the Warden's One-Sided Love for Hajime😭~

In honor of the New Year(in the anime) Sakura is wear a dark red dress with lightly colored snake necklace.

It was the day of the Tourament and the guards were growling and threatening each other, it put a smile on Sakura's face. The inmates were gushing over Sakura, calling her their soulmate and such, only to get yelled at by Samon. Sakura laughed at how funny today was going to be. The first match was on, Samon passed easily and it was off to the next round. Upa, Liang and Qi were keeping Sakura company when they weren't in any matches. Liang and Inori got beat up so that sucked, Upa, Qi and Samon were up to fight against Building 13 again. Samon was more intrested in fighting Hajiame then actually the game. But 13 beat them again and Building 5 was out of the Touranment so only 13 and 4 remained to fight it out in the last round. Sakura went to visit Samon before the laste match, he was acting all gloomy becuase he lost to Haijame, again. She cheered him up though, by sneaking a kiss on the cheek, Samon nearly passed out from blood rushing to his head. Inori started laughing, only to receive a kick to the shin.

Sakura left to rejoin the others but only to be stopped in the hall by a man in a guard uniform. He gave off a odd scent to Sakura and that scent quickly turned to one of danger. Especially after she saw his pointy teeth, she wasted no time in running away. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her, she had to get to Samon and tell him before she was taken away. Finding her way back to the infirmary, she was so close to being safe, only have a hand cover her mouth and pull her away. She tried to scream for Samon, scream for help only to have no one come for her. No one would come for her, just like in the past when no one ever looked at her as she was being dragged away. No one was coming, no one cared about her life, she was going to die.

"Sakura!" Someone screamed her name causing her eyes to open wide, soon the hand covering her mouth was gone and she fell to the ground. She felt arms holding her but she didn't know who so she started fighting against them. Screaming, crying, hitting them, even biting them just for them to hold her tighter. "Sakura, it's okay. It's me, it's okay." She heard Samon's voice next to her head, his arms held her tightly as she just sat there and cried. Finally she had calm down, Samon refused to let her go, he put her face into his neck. His scent was calming her down, he picked her up and was carried her away, she didn't look around. She would soon have too say everything that had happen to her. Everything that would make Samon blame himself for all the things she went through.