MY FIRST ANIMATION...
this took like approx. 2 weeks.
Song:
Sakura Sakura (instrumental) by Rin'
CHARACTERS:
Sato Yuki ( the young man in the beginning and the little boy C: )
Sato Sakura ( the mother of the Yuki )
Sato Daisuke ( the young man somewhere in 00:59 ; younger brother of Sakura, uncle of Yuki )
Sato Ichirou ( aka as " Elder Five Tails " , grandfather of Yuki; father of Sakura and Daisuke )
STORY:
Yuki was born with a fox mother, Sato Sakura (capable of turning human ), and a human father, Himura Kiyoshi ( who ditched them after discovering Sakura's true identity ) , was in fact a fox-human.
He stay with his mother in the Sato Household, and was nurtured there. However, the eldest fox, " Elder Five- Tails", was not satisfied that the fact his grandson was half-human. In his own opinion of humans were foolish beings, and that Yuki might destroy the Sato Clan for sure.
From fear of the Sato future, Elder Five Tails called in a secret meeting with his siblings, Elder Four and Three Tails during the night. They had agreed that Sakura had to be punished for "getting to close to a human", and that Yuki must be banished from the household alone ( decision that Elder Five Tails made ). Simultaneously , Daisuke , had overheard their discussion, and with his discovery he quietly told his sister to leave immediately. As they left, Daisuke stayed for his father's wishes of becoming the next head of the Sato Clan, knowing that his sister and nephew are safe.

( So then the Elders were probably mistaken Sakura who heard them and left with Yuki that night. )

Sakura and Yuki had traveled far from the Sato Household. To Sakura's and Daisuke's old summer house in Hokkaido, which was now abandoned. They both made the place their now called home.

Sakura soon found a job in the rice fields nearby their home, just for good of of them both . Yet for Yuki, he had felt lonely with his mother. He had played his biwa, (was taught from his uncle ), play the shakuhachi (taught by his mother) , drew , read books , but didn't felt the same fun as he had when his mother was around. Whenever sakura came home, she was already tired from doing errands from her boss. Sakura at her day-offs, she would rest in her futon and sleep from fatigue. Sometimes would request Yuki to play for her to relax. Yuki understands his mother's perspective and feeling of things stays silent despite the melancholy hurting him inside.

One day at work , his mother fainted from stress and was rushed to a hospital nearby.
From that day forward Yuki was determined to take care of his mother.

(mother was depressed from Kiyoshi leaving her, leaving the Sato Clan, stressed from worked)

Yuki takes her place of working in the rice fields, ( Sakura's boss was generous enough to let him. )
while his mother rests.

Days passed, Yuki comes home. His mother calls him, he goes to her. As he sits down beside her, she places her hand on his cheek and looks up at him smiling warmly. He holds her hand as well, he realizes that she is dying. grasps his mothers hand tighter. She said ...
"Take care of yourself.....when I'm gone.........stay gold ...Yuki........I.......Love.......You... ..."
before she died to him.

Yuki carries her ( in her true form ) to her grave that dug up himself, places her there and puts a sakura seed as he buries her. After burying the body he prays to her telling her that he knows that she's safe and that he loves her back.

After years alone, the sakura seed grew into what is now the tree outside Yuki's house.
And whenever the sakura that bloom on the tree, it reminds Yuki of his mother , Sakura.