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Chapter 2: the truth

(A week later)

I walked happily to school, looking forward to seeing Eichi, and Takuto. I smiled once I entered my classroom to see everyone talking happily. I walked over to my seat next to Eichi's and sat down. He hadn't arrived yet so I sat patiently in my seat. I looked at the door when I heard it open, and it revealed Takuto. All the girls suddenly started whispering. I blushed lightly still remembering that kiss. His eyes trailed around the classroom looking for a seat, when his eyes landed on me. He smirked and started to walk my way. All the girls watched his movement, and nearly all of them fell over when he stopped in front of my desk. I looked up at him.

"Is that seat taken?" He asked. I looked at Eichi's empty seat.

"Well Eichi usually sits there." I said kindly. He chuckled.

"If Sakurai isn't here yet, then that means he isn't going to be here, he must be working with his family business." He said. I nodded.

"Ok, then you can sit there if you want to." I said quietly. He nodded and sat down. The entire class was quiet, I knew they were staring at us too. I gulped and just stared at me desk. The teacher suddenly walked in and all the students immediately sat down.

"Well class, the choir teacher has asked us to observe his class before their big concert. Now we will write a paper about it so let's get going." Ooshige -sensei said. We all stood up and followed her to the choir room. I walked alone until some girls walked up to me.

"So why was Kira-kun talking to you?" They asked eagerly. I blushed.

"I have no idea." I said. I didn't want a bunch of girls telling everyone about me and Takuto meeting up on the roof. It would just make the school go crazy and I didn't need that. They giggled.

"You are so lucky! Do you want to be our friend Kouyama-san?" They asked. I nodded with a smile. So Yumi, Hikaru, and I walked together to the choir room.

"Ah, Ooshige! Thank you for coming, just have the students sit over there." He pointed to an empty space. We watched and listened to the choir students sing. Then they came to a particular song, New future. The song my father wrote. I gasped when it started to play. The girl singing the solo sighed in frustration.

"Sensei I can't sing this song very well. It's too hard to get the right tones!" She said. I don't know what came over me but I started to sing with the music that was still playing.

"Nee miagete konna ni hiroi yozora dakara
Sou sugu ni wakaru you ni
Seiippai kagayaku kara hayaku
Furumuun(Full Moon) wo sagashite

Let's sing a song!
Itsu demo issho kimi no tame ima no watashi ni dekiru subete
Day by day
Kyou made no unmei ashita kara no kibou kono mune ni kakae
Let's sing a song!
Itsudemo issho kimi to nara tsurai koto norikoerareru yo
More and more
Motto motto motto chikatsukitai ima koko ni itekurete
Many thanks for you!"

I opened my eyes to see everyone staring at me. I blushed.

"I'm sorry." I said. I looked down at the floor and could feel all eyes on me.

"Ooshige, what is this young lady's name?" The choir teacher asked.

"Kouyama Mitsuki. She transferred here a week ago." She answered. It was still quiet.

"Miss Kouyama, come here please." He asked. I stood up and walked to him.

"Where did you learn to sing like that?" He asked. I played with my skirt.

"My dad, he wrote that song, I just know it by heart." I answered still embarrassed.

"You mean your father was Koga Aoi from Route L?" He asked surprised. I nodded slowly.

"Yes that's correct." I said quietly. He grabbed my hands.

"Please can you be in my choir class? We need you!" He asked desperately. I looked down sadly.

"I would love to, but I can't. I'm not allowed." I said sadly. He frowned.

"Why not?" He asked. I suddenly remembered I wanted to keep this a secret, but I'm close to blurting it out!

"No reason." I said slowly. He gave me a look that said you've got to be kidding me.

"Kouyama-san! Don't lie to your teachers!" Ooshige said harshly. I winced and looked down at the ground. A tear fell down my cheek.

"I can't be here because-" I paused, hoping I could get out of this. Then an idea popped in my head. I ran out of the classroom and to the roof, tears running down my face. This is the thing I didn't want to happen. Sooner or later everyone is going to know my secret. I sank to the ground wiping my eyes. Why did I have to sing along with the stupid song? I heard footsteps on the stairs and just hid my face in my knees, trying to be as invisible as possible. I didn't hear anything.

"Why did you run?" My eyes widened when I heard Takuto's voice. I shook my head.

"I can't tell you!" I said. He knelt beside me and tilted my chin up with his finger.

"Why are you crying?" He asked. I pushed away from him.

"Please just leave me alone." I whispered. He didn't move though. I sighed.

"Why did you even follow me?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I don't know, instinct?" He said with a smile. I blushed and wiped away my tears.

"So are you going to tell me why you're crying? And why you ran away?" He asked. I sighed.

"I'm going to die." I whispered. He looked at me with wide eyes. And then he chuckled.

"You're kidding right?" He asked. I just nodded.

"Sorry to freak you out. I was just a little depressed because I'm not allowed to sing." I said.

"And why is that?" He asked. I growled in frustration.

"Is that all you do is ask a million questions?" I asked him. He smirked and shrugged. I sighed.

"Ok, fine. My grandmother, she doesn't like music. It took everything away from her. My mom, she left her because she wanted to be with my dad. She said that I can't sing because of that." I said quietly telling him only part of the truth.

"Why do you listen to her? You should do what you want to do! Don't let her control your life." He said.

"I can't do that though! If I betray her, she will kick me out. I wouldn't have anywhere to live." I said. Takuto grabbed my shoulders.

"Mitsuki, you need to fight for yourself. Show her what music is to you!" He said. I backed away a bit.

"But how do I do that?" I asked. He sighed and let go of me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to grab you like that." He said. I shook my head and grabbed his hand.

"It's ok, I'm fine. But I do actually want to show my grandmother what music and singing is to me, but I can't." I said sadly.

"You aren't telling me everything." He said slowly looking into my eyes deeply. I mentally rolled my eyes 'no shit Sherlock.' I thought.

"Ok, fine, I will tell you, but please, promise never to tell anyone or I will never trust you again." I said seriously. He nodded.

"Takuto, I have throat cancer." I said quietly. He looked at me wide eyed.

"So you weren't kidding when you said that you were going to die?" He asked. I nodded my head slowly letting the tears fall.

"I've had it since I was born. Dr. Wakaouji said I won't be able to live to 17." I said. His grip on my hand got tighter.

"This can't be true." He said angrily. I nodded. I looked up at him, he was looking at me with sadness in his dark blue eyes.

"Why are you sad?" I asked him tilting my head.

"Because young people like you deserve to live. You shouldn't have to die, you haven't even had a chance to live yet! Can't you get the surgery?" He asked. I shook my head fiercely.

"No, never, if I get surgery, I will most likely lose my voice, and I'd rather die than not be able to sing again." I said. He smiled.

"You sure are one interesting girl." He said. I wiped my tears and looked down at our joined hands. I suddenly withdrew mine.

"I'm sorry." I said, scooting away from. He did the same. We sat in an awkward silence.

"We should probably get back to class, everyone is still looking for you after you ran off." He said standing up. I stood up also.

"I don't know what to tell them." I said quietly. He frowned.

"I'll think of something. Now let's go." He said picking up my bag that I had thrown on the ground. I followed him down the stairs. My hand is still on fire from holding his hand. I sighed quietly.

"Are you ok?" He asked looking over his shoulder. I broke out of my day dreaming and nodded my head. He gave me my bag.

"We are here, just let me explain to the teacher ok, I think they have a right to know about your condition." He said. I nodded and we walked through the door.

"I found her." Takuto claimed. This made everybody run up to me.

"Are you ok Mitsuki? What happened?" So many questions were fired at me.

"HEY! Give the girl a break everyone." Ooshige sensei said. They all backed down and sat on the floor again. I joined them and watched Takuto talk to the two teachers. They looked at me and the choir teacher gestured me to him. I stood up and walked to him

"Miss Kouyama, I'm very sorry to hear about this." He said sadly. I smiled.

"Don't worry about it too much sir. But I really do want to sing, I just can't." I said. He nodded.

"I know, I wish I could help you with that." He said. I nodded.

"Thanks for your concern." I said. He nodded and let me and Takuto sit down. As the class continued, Takuto kept glancing at me. I finally looked over at him.

"Is there something wrong?" I whispered. I thought I saw him blush, but I could be wrong.

"I'm just still kind of shocked about the whole thing." He said. I shook my head at him.

"You don't have to worry about, I'm going to make the best out of this year as I can." I smiled. He nodded back at me.

"I'm going to help you have a good year too Mitsuki." He said smiling.

Once the bell rang, everyone ran out the door for their next class. Me and Takuto stayed behind.

"So I guess I'll see you at lunch." He said with a smile. I nodded and we went our separate ways. When I reached my class I was surprised to see Eichi. I walked over to him quickly.

"Eichi! Where were you this morning?" I asked with a smile. He turned around and smiled at me.

"Oh Mitsuki! I'm sorry, I was with my father. He's needed help at the music company." He said. My eyes widened.

"Your father owns a music company?" I asked excited. He nodded.

"Yes he does. I told him about you by the way, and he really wants to hear you sing. I kind of want to hear you too." He said blushing. I blushed and smiled.

"I would love to meet your father, but I don't know about the singing." I said sadly.

"Why is that?" He asked concerned. I looked around us and got on my tip toes to bring my mouth to his ear.

"I have throat cancer." I said quietly into his ear. When I pulled away he looked extremely surprised.

"You've got to be kidding right?" He asked with a frown. I shook my head and sat down in the chair next to his desk.

"I've had it since I was born, I don't want to get surgery though because it will affect my vocal chords, and I might not ever be able to sing, and I would rather die than not be able to sing." I said quietly to him, still looking around to make sure no one was listening. He looked shocked. He stared at his feet for a couple of minutes, frozen.

"Eichi?" I asked quietly. He jumped slightly and looked over at me.

"Is there no other way?" He asked. I brought my finger to my lips.

"Well, there is a doctor in America who found a way to give the surgery without affecting my vocal chords, but I would never be able to afford going to America to have the surgery." I said. He nodded slowly.

"I understand then. I'm really sorry Mitsuki." He said quietly taking my hand. I blushed wildly.

"Just please don't tell anyone." I said. He nodded and crossed his heart.

"Your secret is safe with me." He said with a smile. He kissed my hand and then pulled away. I blushed and turned around in my seat, holding the hand he kissed.

"Well, class this hour is study hour for the finals, so go to the library to study. You are dismissed." The teacher said. I stood up from my seat.

"Well this has been happening a lot." I said grabbing my bag. Eichi followed my lead.

"Yeah I heard you guys had to go to the choir class and observe them." He said as we walked down the hallway to the library. I nodded. Once we reached the room, both me and Eichi sat down at a table to start working.

"I'll be right back, I have to go to the bathroom." I said standing up.

"Are you sure you will be able to find it?" He asked. I nodded confidently. I walked out the doors and started strolling down the hallway looking for a bathroom. But when I walked by a room, I heard a beautiful melody playing. I recognized it instantly. I opened the door quietly and looked around the room and saw no one. But then I looked at the piano, there Takuto sat playing a familiar song, one of my father's songs. Before I knew I was singing along with his playing.

"Yuki no youni Tada shizukani
Furitsumori Tsudzukete yuku

Hold me tight Konna omoi nara
Dareka wo suki ni naru kimochi
Shiritaku Nakatta yo
I love you Namida tomaranai
Konnan ja Kimi no koto
Shirazuni ireba Yokatta yo."

He turned around to face me. I blushed and walked into the room fully.

"How do you know that song?" He asked. I shrugged.

"I guess because it's my father's? But, I'm not sure if those lyrics were correct, and I don't know what the song is called." I said. He turned back to the piano.

"It's called Eternal Snow. And yes you got all of the lyrics right." He said. I walked over to him quietly and sat down next to him on the bench. He looked over at me surprised.

"Play another song, I really enjoy your playing." I said. He looked at me for a couple of seconds before he obeyed and started to play a song I knew as Aii no Melody. I hummed along. I watched his fingers move swiftly across the keys. His playing was so amazing. I stole a peek at him, and blushed. His eyes were closed and his face was so calm and relaxed. I looked away quickly and started to sing along quietly. Then he joined me singing the harmony. I looked at him surprised, but smiled and we sang together. I felt a million butterflies beat in my stomach. I've never sang like this before, especially with someone else. He came to the solo on the piano. I quietly watched fascinated by his elegant playing. I started to sing again, and then we were back in unison. Once the song ended, it was quiet.

"You have an amazing voice Takuto." I said looking at him with a smile. He turned to look at me also. I looked deep into his eye, wondering what he was thinking.

"You aren't too bad yourself." He said with a playful smirk. I smiled back at him.

"So where did you learn to play the piano like that?" I asked turning to the keys and running my fingers over them.

"Living with the keyboardist for Route L does have its advantages." He said chuckling. I giggled and nodded. I suddenly felt two hands over mine guiding me to play the piano, an easy song, I recognized as New Future. I blushed lightly when I felt his muscular arms over mine, and his head so close to mine, that I could feel his breath on my neck. The song finished, and I looked over at Takuto. He got closer to my face. 'he's going to kiss me!' I yelled in my head. 'quick, you need to move, no this is bad, no kissing! You like Eichi! Eichi, not Takuto!' I yelled in my head. He got closer and just as our lips were going to connect, the door opened, and I jumped out of his arms and he jumped to the other side of the bench.

"Mitsuki, what are you doing in here? You were taking so long I came to look for you." Eichi asked looking at Takuto suspiciously.

"Oh well, I couldn't find the bathroom, and then I heard Takuto play the piano. I'll go to the bathroom now." I said getting out of the room hurriedly.

(Normal POV)

"What were you two doing alone?" Eichi asked Takuto, who was arranging the piano music.

"Just like Kouyama-san said, she was listening to me play the piano." He answered, putting the music into his backpack.

"Listen Kira, I really like Mitsuki, and I want you to stay away from her." Eichi said.

"Are you threatening me because you have money?" He asked bored.

"Yes, because I know you are one of those guy's that likes to pick up girls and then toss them away the next day." He said. Takuto dropped his backpack and stormed over to Eichi and picked him up by the collar.
"You don't know me Sakurai! Don't go accusing people you don't even know!" He growled deadly.

"Seems I got under your skin anyway." He answered back with a smirk. Takuto dropped him and picked up his backpack.

"You can't tell me who I can hang out with Sakurai." He said pointing a finger at him.

"Well, what I see from your reaction to this, is that you like Mitsuki too don't you?" He asked. Takuto looked taken aback.

"That's what I thought. Stay away from her, she's mine." He said walking out of the room. Takuto stared at the door.

"Do I like Mitsuki?" He asked to himself.

(Mitsuki POV)

I sighed in relief when I found the bathroom. I made sure no one else was in the bathroom, and locked the door. I slid down the wall and sat on the floor. This was insane. Why was Takuto about to kiss me? I wondered standing up and splashing some water on my face. I looked at my reflection.

"Why was Eichi acting so jealous?" I wondered out loud. Did I like him? Did I like Takuto? I was so confused! I did say I like Eichi and not Takuto when he was about to kiss me. I groaned out of frustration. I heard the bell ring, and I ran out of the bathroom to the roof top for lunch. Did I want to see Takuto after what almost happened? I wondered sitting against the wall. I waited for him to come up the stairs, and when the door opened my grip on my skirt tightened out of nervousness. Someone sat down next to me and looked at him.

"I'm sorry about earlier." He said quietly looking up at the sky. I patted his hand which was next to mine.

"Don't worry about it Takuto. It's not like you meant it anyway." I said with a smile. He chuckled.

"Yeah your right, so what do you want to talk about today?" He asked looking over at me.

"Well, since I told you something extremely secret and personal about me, it's your turn." I said. He bit his lip and looked away from me.

"It's ok you can tell me Takuto, I won't be mad or anything." I said. He shook his head.

"It's not that Mitsuki, I should have told you this earlier." He said quietly.

"Takuto look at me." I said. He obeyed and turned his blue eyes to me. I urged him to continue. He took a deep breath.

"Well, remember how the singer for Route L disappeared?" He asked. I nodded slowly.

"Well, two years ago, when Aoi and Hazuki died, he lost it, he didn't feel like living anymore, because the one closest to him had died, he was like his own dad, or older brother. So he tried to commit suicide. Wakaouji, he found him right as he was going to do it, Wakaouji, he saved me from killing myself." He said quietly, tears running down his cheeks. I looked at the ground frozen.

"He showed me the light again. He reminded me that you were still out there living a healthy life. It gave me hope again, so I started going to school again, and then a week ago I met you. She shined like the sun and made everyone around her happy. Even me, and I felt like a new person after meeting you. I don't know why I didn't see it before that you were Hazuki's and Aoi's daughter, but it didn't come to my mind until you told me about them. And then I found out you had cancer and I wanted to kill someone for it, because you deserve to live Mitsuki, your parents brought you here for a reason, to have you brighten everyone's lives. But no, god just has to be harsh and let you only live for one more year." he said loudly and harshly. I felt tears at the brim of my eye.

"I was relieved when I heard you sing, it made me think of your parents. They were amazing Mitsuki, they were exactly like you are." He said putting his head in his hands, which his elbows were perched on his knees. I did the only thing that came to my mind. I took his hand away from his face, wiped his tears away and hugged him tightly. It took him a couple of seconds to respond but he finally wrapped his arms around my waist.

"You probably think I'm pathetic, I mean I'm crying." He said quietly in my ear. I hugged him tighter.

"Don't say that Takuto, every human being in this world has to cry at least once in their life, and it isn't out of weakness. It's because they are crying for a reason, they got hurt or it's for a loved one. Crying is actually healthy for you every once in a while to get all of your emotions out. Bottling them in doesn't help because then you explode and hurt someone along the way. And you've been holding this pain in haven't you?" I asked. He nodded.

"Its fine, cry all you want, I'll help you through it." I said quietly rubbing his back lightly. He hugged me tighter and buried his head in my neck. He wasn't crying, but I knew he needed comfort. After a couple of minutes passed I heard felt him finally relax.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked. He pulled away slightly and nodded. We let go of each other.

"Thank you Mitsuki. I hope you don't hate me." He said looking down at the ground.

"Why in the world would I hate you?" I asked moving his hair out of his eye.

"Because I wanted to kill myself." He said quietly.

"Never, would I ever hate you, or anyone for this matter. But Takuto, I'm mad at you for losing faith in yourself, but I would never hate you. But you are still here, you came back to life and brought yourself back up, and that's what counts." I said smiling at him. He suddenly hugged me, and then pulled away.

"Thank you Mitsuki, if you ever need something, come to me and I will help you, and I mean anything." He said looking at me with his blue eyes. I blushed lightly.

"Ok, thank you Takuto." I said. He smiled at me.

"You sure are one interesting person, you've got your mom's looks, but definitely have both Aoi's and Hazuki's personality. It's like half and half." He said tracing his thumb on my cheek. I blushed.

"Mitsuki, I-" Right as he was going to say something the bell rang. He took his hand away from my face.

"Maybe you can tell me later ok Takuto?" I said with a big smile. He nodded and we both stood up with our backpacks and walked our separate ways to our classes.

"Hey Eichi!" I said happily once I reached my class. He turned around and smiled at me.

"Mitsuki, I want you to come to meet my father this Friday, is that ok?" He asked. I nodded.

"That's great! Since it's the end of the semester that day we can just go after school." He said. I smiled and sat down.

"Sounds like a plan." I said getting out my books. He also sat down. We talked for the rest of the hour about random stuff.


I was walking home from school, swinging my bag back and forth. A motorcycle rode up beside me.

"Would you like a ride miss?" I looked at the man and he pulled off his helmet.

"Takuto? You have a motorcycle?" I asked. He chuckled.

"No I stole it, now hop on." He said sarcastically handing me a helmet. I laughed and sat behind him putting on my helmet and sitting on my skirt so I wouldn't flash anyone. I wrapped my arms around his waist and he zoomed off.

"Are you ok back there?" He yelled over the engine.

"Yes I'm fine!" I yelled back. I loosened my grip on his stomach, which was rock hard. I suddenly remembered that he wanted to tell me something earlier. I wonder what he was going to say, I wonder if it was important. We soon arrived at my house. He turned off the engine and took off his helmet. I stood up off the bike and took off the helmet handing it to him.

"Thank you for giving me a ride Takuto." I said smiling. He smiled back at me and took the helmet.

"By the way Takuto, what was it that you were going to tell me earlier today?" I asked playing with my skirt.
"Oh that, just forget about it, it's not important." He said placing his helmet on and revving the engine.

"See you tomorrow." He said nodding his head and the driving off. I watched him drive down the road. I sighed. I'm pretty sure it's more important than he's making it out to be. I walked inside and called out that I was home. I walked to my room and dropped my stuff on the floor and collapsed on my bed. Suddenly my phone started to ring.

"Hello?" I asked holding the device to my ear.
"MITSUKI!" Four voices came to my ear. I sat straight up.

"Emi! Kumi! Tomoe! Meroko! How are all of you?" I asked them. They all answered happily.

"We are doing great Mitsuki! How's your new school treating you?" Meroko asked. I sighed happily

"Well I did make some new friends, they are treating me perfectly." I said happily.

"That's great! Well we are getting out of school this Friday, and we were wondering if we could all hang out again this weekend. You can even bring one of your friends." Kumi said.

"Well I can't go Friday but it sounds like fun! I'll ask my friend about it tomorrow." I said. We all talked for about another hour about random stuff

"Well guy's I got to go! I will talk to you later!" I said. We all hung up. I now wonder if I should have told them about Eichi and Takuto, maybe they could help me with it. I shook my head.

"No, they don't need to know." I then fell asleep.

I wonder what Takuto was going to say to Mitsuki hmmm. I hope you enjoyed this chapter please review ^^