I just didn't want to be the first to mention yuri fic, heh. But, yeah, I agree.
I think Yuriko is a pretty alternative, too. So is
Sayuri, if you don't mind the Memoirs of a Geisha connection.
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" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
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