Chapter 1: Remembering

Authors Note: This is the re-done version of the chapter. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I have no rights to Full Moon Wo Sagashite the manga, the anime, or the dub. The previous are owned by various companies.

There was a light spring breeze blowing through the spiral-curled brown hair of a young girl. Like any other kid would be, she was excited at how nice the weather was and had wanted more than anything to go outside.

It had taken a lot of persuasion of course. I mean, common sense wouldn't lead someone to let a girl with lung cancer outside with the sun shining high overhead. It could easily damage her fragile throat. But Mitsuki Koyama had begged and begged, and due to either kindness, or well, annoyance, her housekeeper Miss Tanaka had agreed to let her go out, as long as she returned home before her grandmother.

Her grandmother, who barely let Mitsuki go outside period, would not have liked it. She wouldn't have liked it one bit.

But even with the privilege of finally being out, Mitsuki was not a carefree girl. No, in fact she was just the opposite. Her mind was full of thoughts all the time, it never seemed to stop thinking.

(Note: Recap of Mitsuki's childhood, Eichi, and the first few episodes for people who don't know...feel free to skip if you know already).

Well it's not like her childhood had been an easy one. Her mother died giving birth to her, and her father go in an accident on the way to the hospital. So she came into a world without parents and was sent to an orphanage, where unfortunately she found more reason to be sad. The manager of the orphanage seemed to think it was her fault Mitsuki's parents were dead.

But thankfully, Mitsuki got moved to another orphanage, and that's where she meant-him. Eichi Sakura. From the moment she had entered the orphanage, he had been nothing but kind to her, and slowly she found herself falling in love with him, although she did not realize it.

They did everything together, practically inseparable, when one day Eichi sad something that shocked her. He said that he loved her! Then he kissed, and Mitsuki was more than confused. She didn't understand, she was only ten at the time after all, and hid herself from him.

But then he was leaving for America. Eichi told her to forget him, and when she refused he asked her to give him an answer. But still confused and shy she said nothing...and he left. Not until he was gone did Mitsuki realize that she had been love with him.

So eventually Mitsuki was picked up by her grandmother and began to live with her. She missed many days of school due to her throat cancer, but other than that lived a pretty regular life. She never gave up on her dream to become a singer, she loved singing more than anything. And if she sang, maybe she could journey to America and finally reunite with Eichi...

And that's when fate changed forever. Just when she had given up on another audition (Dr. Wakoji wouldn't let her go) two shinigami ("death spirits") had entered her life. They told her she had only one more year to live...

But this bit of news hadn't distressed her. In fact, it had only fueled her dream to become a singer in her time left in life. One of the shinigami, who had brown hair tied back in a ponytail and a hat with cat ears, had promised to turn her sixteen so she could sing in the sixteen, and she passed!

The other shinigami, who had long pink hair and bunny ears, hadn't seemed happy about this at all, but either way Mitsuki had become "Full Moon" and her roller coaster life as a singer had began.

(Recap ends here)

And now, as she climbed the latter to fame, Mitsuki had barely escaped being seriously hurt. It had happened like this: Mitsuki, due to the intense heat had collapsed in the middle of the road.

And guessed who saved her? Shinigami Takuto, finding her lying unconscious had given her the air that she needed to keep on living. The thought of it made Mitsuki blush.

Stopping, she shook her head. It's not a real kiss, remember? she told herself Takuto even said so. It was Takuto's job as a shinigami to make sure that she lived a year, nothing more.

Besides, her hear belonged to Eichi. She touched the precious pendent her had given her as she breathed in the air, somehow she felt closer to him when she wore it. Eichi...I hope I can see you soon, she thought.

Suddenly she realized she was standing completely still in the middle of a bust sidewalk, she jumped slightly, barely avoiding a teenager chatting on her cell phone who muttered "Sorry," before walking away.

"Yeah, totally. I mean, I've been looking for Full Moon's album everywhere! It's impossible to find!"

Mitsuki smiled. She was glad people liked her music. Looking up at the sky and grabbing hold of her sunhat so it wouldn't blow away, she looked at the sun nervously. She didn't know why, but she had this bad feeling she should get home soon.

So, turning around and walking quickly, she headed home.

Her worry increased as she headed home, and it didn't make her feel any better when a car that looked Mitsuki's grandmother was sitting in the driveway.

Reaching the door, she quietly slid open the door and- "MITSUKI KOYAMA!" Mitsuki looked anywhere but her grandmother as she walked in.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" grandmother yelled. Mitsuki dared to look up at her face. "I went...for..a walk...I...I ...mean it's so nice out..." she stuttered. Mitsuki's grandmother's face was bright red in anger and she looked about to explode. "OUT FOR A WALK, ARE YOU SERIOUS? AFTER THAT STUNT YOU PULLED YESTERDAY IN THE HOSPITAL?

She was referring to, of course when Mitsuki had left the hospital before being officially dismissed to look for Takuto. Not like it had done much good, since the magical whistle she used to call him was missing.

When Mitsuki said nothing, her grandmother lowered her voice, but her tone was still icy. "Go to your room..." Mitsuki looked down at her feet again.. "But..."

"Go," her grandmother said firmly. Mitsuki ran away and opened the door to her room, where Takuto and Meroko were sitting looking bored. "What in the world is going on out there?" Meroko asked.

Mitsuki sighed and sat down, leaning against the door. "Grandmother...yelled at me...for taking a walk, I mean," Mitsuki murmured sadly. Meroko sighed. "Your grandmother sure is mean, Mitsuki. I don't know how you deal with it without getting mad." Mitsuki shrugged. She was still kind of upset. "I'm going to take a bath..." she said quietly, before walking away.

"You think she'll be ok?" Takuto asked. Meroko nodded. "She should be fine...Wait a minute!" she looked at Takuto suspiciously. "Why do you care?" Takuto shrugged. "Just wondering..."

Meroko raised her eyebrows. "Listen, Takuto. We're here to do our job and nothing else. I think you need to remember that."

"I know that, I'm not stupid you know!" Takuto retorted. With a "humph!" she grabbed her lasted manga and the shinigami handbook (which she consulted daily). "I'm heading to the roof", she announced.

Meanwhile Mitsuki sat in the foamy water of the tub. She was a bit shaken, by the incident, but in the end it really wasn't that big of the deal. Her grandmother got angry all the time, she was just trying to keep her safe.

And anyway, she had a job as Full Moon tomorrow. Just the thought of it made her smile. And with that she sat back, rested her eyes a bit, and relaxed.

Authors Note: Well there it is, the first chapter! I really hope you like it! Please, feel free to let me know anything I need to improve on through a review. But please, don't be mean. Anyway, next chapter should hopefully be a little more interesting, so be sure to read!