Full Summary: [TakutoxMitsuki] AU: Three years after Takuto's disappearance, Mitsuki finds herself in her past and experiences the feeling of being a shinigami, unseen and unheard by others. With a new task in hand, she tries to prevent Takuto's death to change the future's outcome. Soon, she realizes that every time she would scream Eichi's name, it was Takuto who came to save her. Even back then, when they were both alive…
Disclaimer: They belong to Arina-sensei.
A/N: This takes place after the manga's ending.
Remember when Takuto went to visit Mitsuki when she was still young? (Featured in the manga, chapter 12) He had at that time promised he would fly over to protect her with all his power whenever she needed help, and I decided that it would be sad if he had no chance to keep his promise. (Wouldn't want him to die too soon!) This is why this fic is here: to reveal all their times together when they were young! Please enjoy! ^^
~Back When It Was The Two Of Us~
Settled comfortably in my room, I looked out absently at the sky. It has been exactly three years since that fateful day when Takuto disappeared on me. Saying that I felt lonely would be an understatement; it took me all my willpower to keep on living after I had lost my dearest friends. My operation had been a success, and I now sing using my real name as 'Mitsuki'. I'm not sure though, if the absence of my friends came from the fact that I had lost my ability to see shinigami, but I was extremely sad I had not even once seen Meroko or Izumi since my last concert as Full Moon. Even with the yellow moon pendant hanging around my neck, I felt like even Eichi had drift away, leaving me alone. Sometimes, I would even wonder if I would have been happier if I died during my throat surgery... I shook my head. 'Mou, I promised Takuto I would live no matter what!'
With my hands strongly fist up, I stood, full of renewed confidence. "Alright, today I will do my best at the concert!" I nodded to myself and put on a strong face. I imagined Takuto smiling and congratulating me for becoming so brave and smiled. "If Takuto were here, he would be happy for me, I'm sure" I silently muttered to myself.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash coming from the garden.
"Iyaaaaa!!" And yet another crash resounded. I blinked and quickly rushed outside to see what was going on.
"…Mou Izumi! You're so mean! You just have to make fun of me even when we finally made it in the human world!" A sharp voice whined.
"Sorry Me-chan" the deeper voice chuckled, "you're just too fun to tease."
I arrived at the scene and stared at the two shinigami in front of me with my eyes wide open. It was… it couldn't be! It was them, Meroko and Izumi, standing right in front of me! I simply stood there, dumbfounded, unable to move a step closer for fear of it all to be another one of my wild, crazy dreams.
"Ah, that's her." Izumi pointed at me. "Kouyama Mitsuki, sixteen years old, famous singer and much known throughout Japan for her strong, yet sorrowful voice."
Meroko's eyes filled with tears. She ran towards me and hugged me tight. "Mitsuki, I've missed you so much! I can't believe you've grown so much in just three years…" she sniffed like a mother whose child has just outgrown her and tightened her arms around me painfully. "I'm sorry we couldn't visit you for all these past years… you must have been lonely. But don't worry, we took care of things and now we can be together again! It doesn't matter if you can no longer see us; nothing will take us apart anymore."
I was now on the verge of crying too. I returned Meroko's embrace and smiled genuinely. "I missed you too, Meroko!"
The rabbit shinigami jumped back and looked at me disbelievingly. "Y-you can see us?" she questioned.
Izumi approached us at that point and, curious himself, echoed Meroko's question. "You can see us, Mikki?"
But I was too happy for my own good and ignored their question completely. "I'm so glad I get to see you two again!" I looked past them both and asked eagerly: "Did Takuto come with you?"
The two shinigami fell silent. "To tell the truth, we haven't seen Tak-kun at all since three years. He never came back." Izumi truthfully answered.
My face dropped conceitedly. "Oh, I see…"
"Helloooo~" Hearing that familiar voice, I turned around just in time to see Jonathan fall from the sky and knock me out. I didn't even have the time to greet him and fell on the grass unconscious. Meroko and Izumi automatically rushed to me, but before they could even react, Jonathan hit them both on the head and soon all three of us lay side by side on the ground. The white ghost's smile grew wider and he flew away after wishing us a sweet dream.
I blacked out.
~~~oOo~~~oOo~~~
"Kyaaaa!" I woke up at the sound of a child screaming. Quickly standing up, I saw a little girl around the age of six being chased by boys. The frail girl ran as fast as she could, crying and sniffing uncontrollably. The bullies who were chasing her all held wooden branches and were throwing them at her mercilessly. "Come and play with us!" yelled the leader of the pack. In and incredibly bad mood after sleeping on hard asphalt, I straightened myself up and proceeded to chase after them, hoping to give those indecent boys a good lesson when I would catch them.
Just then the black haired little girl tripped over a rock and fell to the ground. Injuring her knee, she could no longer run and turned to face her attackers. The three boys were catching up to her and the closest one, also the biggest, was ready to hit her anytime. It was mostly his mischievous grin that scared the little girl to tears. "No! Save me, Eichi-kun!" she buried her face in her dirtied hands and waited for the painful blow. When none came, she dared look up to find a boy standing in front of her, his arms stretched out to protect her.
"Aren't you guys ashamed of bullying a harmless girl?" the tall youth removed his cap and all the boys gasped.
"No way, it's him!" one of them shouted in disbelief. "Takuto Kira, the famous singer!"
"You have a bigger brain than I thought, kid" Takuto grinned. "Now get lost before I get pissed" he shot them a glare.
"Y-yes sir!" and all the boys ran away.
The young singer turned around to the little girl, who was now too startled to cry. He offered her a hand and a smile to comfort her. "Are you alright kiddo?" he asked, and picked her up in his arms. "You're impossible, Mitsuki. Stop causing me so much trouble and behave like a normal girl of your age will you?" he sighed in exasperation.
And the said female burst into tears. She clung desperately to Takuto's shirt and sobbed. "O-oi! Why are you wailing? I saved you from those guys so shouldn't you at least thank me? Be strong! Hey, are you listening?" Takuto tried to pull her off of him but to no avail. She only clung harder to him and sniffled from such a shocking experience.
"T-thank you… mister" Mitsuki managed to choke out in between sobs.
"Haah? Mister? I'm only fourteen ya know? I have a name and it's Takuto. Ta-Ku-To. Try to remember that at least, chibi."
The little girl wiped away her tears and smiled softly. "Thank you for saving me, Takuto nii-san."
"I-idiot, it was nothing." He put her back down on her two feet. "We're here. Now don't you ever run away from the orphanage again alright? Everyone's dead worried about you, no joke. It's a good thing Keiichi has me to find you every time kid. He was panicking and running all over the place, you should have seen his face!" Takuto laughed.
"Is Eichi-kun worried to death too?"
"Huh? He's another kid from the orphanage? Yeah, bet so."
"Eichi-kun died too?" this time, new tears were threatening to fall from her eyes.
"What? How should I know? H-hey, don't start crying, it was a joke!"
"Oh…" Mitsuki looked down, ashamed that she caused everyone so much trouble after running away for no particular reason.
"Anyway, as I've said the last time we met, I told you I'd come for you if you called. Don't forget it 'cause it's rare The Takuto Kira does such a huge favor." Mitsuki stared at him, her big chocolate brown eyes filled with confusion. "Argh!!! Forget it, I'm going. Bye." And with a small blush, Takuto left. The little girl stared at his disappearing figure and giggled. What was with that person? she thought. He was completely contradicting himself! She turned around and entered the orphanage, which was, since her parents died, her home.
~~~oOo~~~oOo~~~
I stared at the scene, eyes wide with shock. Flashes of my past with Takuto assaulted my mind. Slowly, I fell on my knees and clutched my head firmly. What was happening? Takuto… why was he a human? And the little girl, who was she? Why was she also called Mitsuki? Tears filled my eyes and I whimpered, now that I had a growing headache. This couldn't be… I couldn't have…
Why did I return to the past?
And I abruptly remembered. I had known Takuto when I was young; he had once promised he would fly over to protect me whenever I needed help. It was the first time I met him, right after my parents died, when he and Wakaouji-sensei came to visit me… Gritting my teeth together in pain, I blamed myself for forgetting someone so significant to me. How could I have forgotten that time when he promised he would protect me? It was him who had always saved me from pain, even though every time I would scream Eichi's name. Panting and completely exhausted, I lay down on the street and closed my eyes. How could I have forgotten that right from the start, it was Takuto who was my first love…?
"Takuto…" I whispered inaudibly before falling asleep on the road.
~To be continued~
A/N: So this was my first Full Moon Wo Sagashite fanficion! (Ima obsessed TakutoxMitsuki fan here! xD) How was it? Please, review or criticize this if you like it or not! They help me keep on writing! Thank you for reading! ^^
Oh also, I am planning on opening a community called "Love Chronicle" (Since it was the song Mitsuki dedicated to Takuto) reserved for Takuto and Mitsuki ficlets! If you have any suggestions of good MitsukixTakuto fics, or if you are writing anything, please inform me and I will be glad to upload it in my community after I have finished reading and obsessing over it! (I really do that, I tell you!) Also, PM me if you would like to be part of the staff :D I hope I can make some new friends in this fandom who share the same love as me for our two love birds! Thank you very much! *Bows*