Takuto: WAAAAAAAAAA

iheartikuto: calm down Takuto... stop being such a cry baby

Takuto: her soul... its gone... wAAAAA

iheartikuto: (sigh*)Come on now. Stop fussing or i'll replace you with Meroko

Takuto: (silence/shock): you wouldn't dare

iheartikuto: (giggle*) : that seemed to shut you up.

Takuto: (glare*) ... still Mitsuki's soul is still gone... what are we going to do?

iheartikuto: wait...

Takuto: (frown*) oh well... iheartikuto does not own Full Moon Wo Sagashite

Chapter 2

He stared at the empty spot. 'What's going on? It should be here.' Takuto's shocked face turned into frustration. He gritted his teeth. 'I'm going to find you Mitsuki, if it's the last thing I do.'

Takuto whirled around and out the door. It slammed shut behind him. He rushed into the portal again and appeared on the second floor. The blue shinigami skidded to a stop in front of a shiny gold door. He took a deep breath and opened the door.

Behind the desk was a long bronze haired man with green eyes. He looked up with mock surprise on his face. "Takuto. It must be very important if you had wasted your time coming to my office." He smiled a brittle grin. The man stood up and came to the front of the desk.

Takuto gripped to door knob harder. "Where's Mitsuki's soul?" he growled through is teeth. He glared at his boss and waited.

The boss just grinned at him. Takuto clenched his jaws even harder. "Tell me!" he roared. He started shaking really hard.

Finally, the boss sighed and returned to his desk. "To tell you the truth, I don't really know. Jonathan hasn't showed up with the soul yet. He should've been here by now." Takuto stopped shaking.

"You mean, she hasn't died yet?"

"She's dead all right. However, she hasn't crossed over to the other side yet. I don't know why." The boss looked out the window.

Takuto starred at him with surprise. After a few seconds, he recovered and swallowed. 'What could this mean?' he thought. The boss's eyes followed him as he closed the door.

The shinigami released his hard grip on the knob and slowly drifted down the hall to the portal again. Before he could enter it, Meroko and Izumi rushed out and slammed into him.

"Ow…." Meroko grumbled, rubbing her head. When she saw who it was she froze. Then… "Takuto!" she cried and flung her arms around him. "Where have you been? Don't just rush off like that again! We've been looking everywhere for you!"

Takuto didn't answer. He didn't seem to hear her. Meroko finally noticed a different atmosphere around him. She stopped hugging him. "What's wrong Takuto? Are you ok?" she asked.

The blue shinigami still didn't respond. "Hey, Takuto, this isn't funny. Snap out of it!" said Izumi. He shook Takuto's shoulder. "Come on! Snap out of it!"

He suddenly came to. "Huh?" he asked disorientated. Meroko sighed with relief. "Sorry, it's just that I had a lot to think about." He turned to look back at the boss's office again.

Izumi's eyes widened. He said, "You went to the boss's office. Why?" Meroko's eyes flashed onto Izumi's face. How did he know?

Takuto shook his head and said, "I don't know understand. I can't think anymore." He groaned and slumped against the wall.

"Come on. Let's get you back to our room," Izumi supported Takuto and the two-some slowly made their way back to their room. Meroko drifted behind them with a concerned expression.

When they arrived, Takuto sat on his bed with a vacant expression. Meroko and Izumi still tried to get the information out of him. He didn't answer a single one. After a while, Meroko threw her hands up in frustration, "Tell us! Maybe we can help you, or something like that! Please! Tell us before we go mad!"

Takuto sighed and turned to look at the photo on the nightstand. He sucked in a deep breathe and said, "Before I went to the boss's office, I had visited the vaults to look for Mitsuki's soul. However, it wasn't there. Usually a dead person's soul should appear in the vault right after it is taken. It not being there has never happened before. So I went to ask the boss about it. However, he didn't know either.'

Meroko turned to look at Izumi. The yellow shinigami was deep in thought. He paced up and down the room with a weird look on his face. Then he stopped. His expression froze and his eyes widened. "I can't believe we missed something so obvious!" He growled.

Takuto looked up at Izumi's shocked face. "What did we miss that's so obvious?" He racked his brains.

Izumi spit out, "If a dead soul is not there, that person is a shinigami." The room was still. Takuto breath caught in his throat. Meroko gapped. It couldn't be. It couldn't possibly be that reason.

"You don't think… she is a shinigami, do you?" Takuto chocked out. The thought of Mitsuki a shinigami was almost terrifying. "I don't want to believe it! She….can't…be." He put his face in his hands.

Meroko stuttered out, "Why though? She didn't suicide! Why would she?"

Izumi shook his head. "I don't know. I don't know." His face was so sad that it became unbearable to watch.

Meroko turned away. She felt as miserable as she looked. All of them had dreaded the day a suicidal human would become a shinigami like them, but this was just too much.

"What do we do?" Takuto whispered so softly that it was hard to hear him.

Izumi shook his head. "There's nothing we can do, but wait for her to show up. You can lecture her all you want." His tone was trying to sound humorous but it sounded really painful instead.

Meroko bit her lip and choked back tears. She felt horrible at the thought that Mitsuki would have the same terrifying fate as they did.

Then a thought occurred to her. "Izumi…you said it was really obvious correct?" The yellow shinigami nodded slowly, confused. "So…if it was so obvious to us…then the boss would have known sooner…"

Takuto looked up, his eyes wide. Izumi froze. "Why would he keep it from us?" he stuttered.

The blue shinigami wasn't listening. He flew up so suddenly that it left the other two breathless. He shot out of the room, down the hall, and into the portal for the fifth time today.

Before even fully appearing on the landing, he darted down the hall and busted down the door of the boss's office. His eyes were filled with rage. "YOU KNEW! YOU KNEW AND DIDN'T TELL ME!" he spit.

The boss remained calm and smirking. "I don't know what you're talking about." He picked up his wine glass and took a swig.

"Stop playing dumb with me. You knew Mitsuki was to become a shinigami, but you didn't tell us! You kept it a secret. Why?"

"Oh. That. Well I knew you wouldn't take it lightly, so I decided to wait until she was through with her transformation and showing you rather than having you fret for a few hours."

Takuto couldn't contain his anger any longer. "FRETTING! FRETTING WOULD BE BETTER THAN NOT KNOWING WHAT HER FATE WAS GOING TO BE!" his low voice shrieked an octave higher.

All through his ranting, the boss was calmly sipping his wine. "Well now you know. Now, leave my office before I turn you into a ghost."

Takuto whirled around in anger and burst through the door. He ran into Meroko and Izumi in the process. "Takuto! You've gone way too far! We could hear you on the fifth floor! What were you thinking, shouting at the boss like that? He could turn you into a ghost!" Meroko scorned.

Takuto muttered, "He already used that on me thank you very much."

Meroko helped the blue shinigami up and the three went back to their rooms. Izumi brought Takuto some jasmine tea to sooth his anger. After the tea, Takuto wanted some alone time so he went for a stroll in the botanic garden.

The shinigami took a deep breathe and focused on the crisp evening air filled with the sweet scents of the roses, cherry blossoms, and lavenders. The scents took his mind off his anger. They reminded him of Mitsuki. She loved hanging around in the garden. The thought brought a pang of sadness.

Takuto sat down on a park bench to relax and think about pleasant thoughts. He must have fallen asleep because he woke up in an unfamiliar room.

It was dark. Takuto looked around confused. "Where am I?" he asked. A dark figure emerged out of the gloom. "Kira, Takuto, I will seal your memories of your human life. Come, and start your shinigami life with us."

Takuto flashed open his eyes. He squinted into the darkness. Where am I? He looked around. His eyes picked out Izumi lounging in his bed.

"You awake sleepy head?" asked Izumi humorously. He slowly sat up and got out of bed.

Takuto shook his head to get rid of the dream and looked at Izumi. "Where's Meroko?" He asked.

The yellow shinigami shrugged. "She said something about a vault." He yawned and slipped back into bed.

At once, Takuto realized where Meroko had gone. He rushed out of bed and out the door with Izumi looked curiously after him.

The portal shimmered as the blue shinigami materialized in the vaults. He appeared just in time to see a figure slipping away from the soul chamber and into another portal. He felt the soundless shimmer as the figure vanished.

Takuto ran to the portal where the figure disappeared. He let his thoughts of Meroko surround him and found himself on the third floor. What is Meroko doing in the gallery? He thought as he flew down the hallway.

He pushed open the door slowly as to not scare the pink shinigami. He found Meroko peeking at the photos of Mitsuki and her friends. "What are you doing?" asked Takuto.

Meroko jumped. She whirled around. "I…I…nothing really," she muttered and looked at the floor.

Takuto raised an eyebrow. "You have to be doing something, peeking around like that." He drifted over to her side.

"Fine, I was trying to find any trace of Mitsuki's human soul. There, you happy?"she admitted, slightly sarcastic.

The blue shinigami sighed and shook his head. "You heard the boss. She really is a shinigami now. There won't be a trace left of her as a human if she is appearing on Earth as after she's dead."

"When did you start listening to the boss, huh?" she spit. Meroko advanced on Takuto with an angry expression.

He put up both of his hands. "Whoa there. Calm down Meroko. I'm just stating the facts. No need to get all huffy about it." He peered at her. "What happened to you? One minute you're telling me off about yelling at the boss. Now you're yelling at me about listening to him."

Meroko blushed and looked away. "Eh…I don't know myself." She blushed even harder and twiddled her thumbs.

Takuto sighed again. "Well, let's head back." He took her hand and the two floated back to their rooms.

Izumi looked up as they entered. He stared puzzling at Meroko's defeated face. Understanding washed over his features. The expression became depressed again. He sighed and turned back to the album.

Just as Takuto sat down, a light bulb went off in Izumi's head. "Oh, that's right. I forgot. The boss says he wants to see you in his office as soon as possible."

Takuto raised his eyebrows. "Pardon me?" he stuttered.

"The boss wants to see you."

"Uh, ok…" he answer, baffled.

The blue shinigami slowly stood up, still confused. Two pairs of eyes followed him as he exited the room.

His wings took him down the hall and into the portal, again, and onto the second floor. Takuto flew in front of the dreaded door and paused. He raised his hand to knock but before he could, a voice said, "I know you're there. Come in, Takuto."

The door swung open on its own accord and Takuto stared into the bright room. "You wanted to see me, boss?" he asked, suspiciously. His eyes swept around the room for anything out of place.

"Oh, stop being so suspicious of me. I'm not going to do anything funny. I just want you to meet someone." He grinned.

Takuto's eyes widened. Is it who I think it is? No, it couldn't be. It can't be!

The boss turned to the shadows. "Don't be shy. There's no need to be afraid. You can come out now."

Takuto: (gasp*) is it really her?

iheartikuto: you're just going to have to wait for the next chapter to come out...

Takuto: I can't wait

Meroko: (pant*) What...did...i...miss...

Takuto: (glare*) everything...

Meroko: oh well, catch me up to speed then

iheartikuto: let's do that later. I need to update the next chapter soon or else Takuto's going to freak out

Meroko: (sigh*) Okay then...

iheartikuto: PLEASE REVIEW!