A/N: Again I am soo sorry for the long wait, I guess I take forever because I used to use story writing as my procrastination against homework, but now that I'm graduated I procrastinate against everything except eating or sleeping! So to all of you faithful readers I will make a promise to update one of my stories every Friday! So thank you so much for the reviews and likes because they honestly do keep me motivated to write! And I hope you enjoy/ remember this story!

Disclaimers: All the characters belong to the brilliant Arina Tanemura!

Unraveling Truths

"I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I want to hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; and I know it serves me well
I want to hold you high and steal your pain

Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're nowhere
You've gone away,
You don't feel me here anymore" Evanescence

"Mitsuki, I think...I think it was Eichi who killed me."

The room grew silent, it was even worse then the time I had asked the same to Meroko. Her eyes wandered to mine for a slight moment before fleeing back to her hands folded on her lap. I knew it, I knew that somewhere deep in her heart she would never betray Eichi, she would never think he was possible of such a crime.

"Mitsuki, it's not that I think he did it just because he wants me out of the way-" I started, before she lifted her hand, still deep in her own thought. I sighed biting my lip as the minutes slowly ticked by. I wasn't sure if it was my jealousy, or the fact that after all this time she still thought she belonged to him, but something in me snapped.

"If it's that hard for you then maybe you should just call on that damn angel and you can live happily ever after with him!" I burst, too dense to notice the surprise and sadness peak on her face. "I bet you wish it was you who had died that night, so that you could be with that blonde bastard!"

"What are you-?" she begun, only to be cut off.

"What am I what? Talking about? Isn't it obvious!? You still love him, you still wish it was him who had lived, who you married, who you had your first child with! Who you-" I didn't get to finish as her small hand promptly slapped my cheek, stunning me into that cold silence. She slowly climbed onto my lap as both her trembling hands were placed upon my shoulders.

"Look at me," she whispered. It was too hard now, I knew I crossed a line, but maybe it was my own truths that made me not want to look up to her. "Takuto, look at me," her voice grew thicker, demanding now. Hesitantly my eyes trailed up her neck then face, only to be met with her tear filled eyes.

"How many times do I have to be faced with this?" she asked, confusing me. "I do love Eichi, Takuto. I love him a lot, I love him more then one should after someone parts the physical world. B-but that doesn't mean there isn't room in my heart for anything else. When I was younger all I did was try to train myself to love you, to forget about Eichi and focus all of my energy on you." I rolled my eyes, that sounded so romantic...

"Listen," she scolded, noticing my reaction. "It was hard for me okay, really hard, at the beginning I wasn't even sure it was what I wanted...But our first kiss, our first date...Takuto our first everything! I completely forgot about my plan...I-I was no longer making myself love you!" She paused, wiping small beads of tears dancing from her eyes. "I trust both of you. Eichi is like a close friend, or a brother. I can't think that he would do such a thing...he wouldn't." I gritted my teeth. She was wrong, I knew it! And the only reason I knew that her faith in Eichi was wrong, was because if I were in his shoes I too would try to get her back. But instead of fighting back I leaned my head back against the headboard of our bed closing my eyes.

It felt like hours had passed, with her just sitting there on my lap as I closed my eyes. "I think I might have hurt his feelings though..." Not moving my head, I slightly open my eyes to see her chewing on the nail of her thumb. "O-on the day of our wedding, before I walked down the isle I...I had the picture of Eichi and I from the orphanage taped to the mirror. I always talked to his picture, as if he were still with me." I remembered the night I came back to earth she too had been talking to my own picture.

"I had told him what was happening, and hoped that he was there to send his blessing to you and I as we started our knew life together. I said that I hoped he had found a beautiful angel to make him as happy as you had made me...and I...and before Keiichi came to walk me down the isle I...I told him that I hoped he would forgive me because I loved you more then I did him..." Again silence emitted the air. To be honest I didn't know what to say, I mean I know she has told me how much she loved me and I was too dense and thick headed to truly perceive the true meaning of her words...however for once I truly heard what she had said.

Slowly, almost hesitant to, she leaned forward until her lips were gently placed against my own. I closed my eyes as I placed my hands over her hips. "I never wanted to hurt him, but I couldn't help but forget him whenever I was with you," she whispered, against my lips. I only stroked her cheek, trying my hardest to forget my anger.

"How sweet," a dark voice intervened. Mitsuki immediately pulled back with a gasp as I quickly rolled her off my lap so that I could get between her and the dark angel.

"What? Are you hear to avenge your friend?" I asked, acid in my tone. The dark angel, seemingly bigger then the last only chuckled as its dark mouth grinned.

"He was not very helpful, not much of a loss," the figure spoke, almost bored as it twirled the large scythe in its hands. I still stood tall, nothing would be allowed to touch Mitsuki.

"Then what do you want? The power?" I asked.

"No, that's not what I was sent for, although to have that power for myself would be nice," it spoke almost gleefully, as its head turned towards Mitsuki. "She's quite the catch," it smiled, licking its lips. I growled knowing what it wanted. Mitsuki was still unclothed from our previous activity, where as I had pulled on a pair of briefs once we were finished. It would definitely die before it got to lay a hand on her.

"Then what did you want?" I demanded, this small talk was getting on my nerves! A dark chuckle purred from the figures throat as it lifted its hand, and like the other sent me flying against the wall, only to keep me pinned against it. Slowly it floated over to me, holding me up by the throat. I struggled to get its hands away wishing I had my dagger near by.

"No!" Mitsuki screeched, about to climb from the bed.

"Don't," I tried to breath. "Mitsuki stay where you are, please." She immediately froze in a hover position. I looked into the pitch black of the figures face as I felt beads of sweat trail down my temples.

"Listen to him love," the figure chuckled. "I won't touch you, this is between him and I."

"Please don't make him disappear!" she begged, I could hear the tears in her voice.

"He's not going to," I rasped. The figure only chuckled once more as its hand tightened over my wind pipe.

"I wasn't instructed to give the final blow," the figure spoke. "I was only told to weaken him. The boss is worried about his growing power." I couldn't speak, but I was sure the figure saw the questions pooling into my eyes. "Surely you can feel it, the strength you are gaining?" Its hand only tightened, not wanting me to answer.

This was enough, no more having the under hand, no more feeling weak! Slowly I lifted a shaking hand as I closed my eyes feeling a strong power fill my body. Placing my hand to the figures chest I released the power as a bright light engulfed the room sending the figure flying backwards. I fell to the floor, grabbing at my throat as I tried to catch my lost breath.

"Takuto look out!" I heard Mitsuki's horrific screech before the long sharp blade of the figures scythe sliced through my stomach. A weird grunt left my throat as the blade was immediately removed. The last thing I heard was Mitsuki screaming in horror before I blanked out.

And as fast as it had Stabbed Takuto the figure vanished from thin air, parting with the words 'try to save him now love'. I bounded off the bed wrapping myself up in the loose sheets, to the man on the ground who was profusely bleeding all over the floor. Why wasn't he healing like the last time? "Takuto? Takuto...Takuto!" I screamed, only to have no response. Yelling never worked, I learned that the first time I lost him. I bounded to the bathroom grabbing some bandages from the first aid kit I had gotten since Aoi was born out of precaution. "Hold on Takuto!" I cried, as I grabbed a clean tank top of mine as I raced to his side. Quickly balling up the tank top I pressed it against his wound to help prevent the bleed as I then wrapped the bandage around his torso the best I could. If only I could call Keiichi...

"W-what?" I gasped, as his fingers rotated from visible to non visible. "Takuto?" I breathed. A dim light emitted his body as slowly more and more of his hand became invisible then not.

"Mitsuki?" A soft voice asked. I looked down to Takuto even though I knew it wasn't he who had spoken. The tears flowed down my face as I took the motionless mans hand pressing it against my cheek.

"Why can I never save you?" I whispered, ignoring the voice which had come from behind me.

"Mitsuki," the voice spoke once more. I shook my head, gently kissing his palm.

"Why can't I ever save him?" I now asked the one who had spoken behind me.

"Mitsuki."

"It's not fair you know, I mean the fact that I was finally getting somewhere...that he and I were becoming adults and starting our new lives. It's not fair that I lost it all as soon as I had won it."

"Mitsuki."

"But you know, whoever did this to us, to him. I will never ever forgive them. And when I do find out who they are," I whispered, stretching out my other hand that wasn't holding Takuto's to gently stroke his cheek. "I will make them wish they had never tainted his life."

"Why do you love him so much?" The voice spoke, no longer just speaking my name. Wasn't that the question of the year?

"The same reason I fell in love with you," I spoke. "He makes me happy, he makes me laugh...he makes me feel like I will never truly be alone...even though he left me...kind of like you did. But it's not your fault, I could never put that blame to you, to Takuto, or even to my parents for leaving." A pair of arms wrapped around me from behind as I was pulled against a strong chest.

"Tell me, why did you let me go when I was always there?" he asked, placing a gentle kiss to my bare shoulder. "Tell me why you didn't wait for me?" I shook my head, wishing it was Takuto who was holding me so tenderly.

"I did wait, I was obstinate on waiting. Everyday I had throat cancer I prayed my life would be taken so that I could be with you...but then I met him..."

"Why did you let him in...why?" his voice, it broke my heart. In that small sentence I could hear all the suffer, all the heartbreak he had and still felt since he had lost me.

"He was my escape route, my painkiller," I breathed, running my fingers over Takuto's lips. "But when I grew older and matured he turned into much more then that, he turned into the love of my life."

"But now that that life is over, what now?" he questioned, moving his lips to the back of my neck as his hands moved over my stomach slowly moving up. I froze, biting my lip. Maybe I had explained it wrong, maybe the word life was not strong enough.

"Our life together is over too," I replied. I felt his breath break its smooth course along my skin as he chuckled, slowly pulling at the tucked edge of the sheet which was tucked in to prevent the cloth from falling.

"Our life, so we had one? In that short amount of time?" he questioned.

"I always loved you, even when you first confessed to me and I didn't reply I wanted to scream up to the heavens above about how I felt about you." I shivered as I felt the fabric slowly slip from my body and promptly held his hands to prevent him from exposing my body.

"You let him touch you, yet you love us both. So why can I not have the same reward?" I shook my head with a small smile, bringing his hands to my lips to place gentle kisses against his fingers.

"It is possible to love two people at the same time," I started, trying to figure out where I was going with my speech. "But the intensity of those two loves, no matter how hard you try can never be the same. There is the first kind of love where you try so hard to desperately cling onto that amazing sensation. That sensation you are so sure keeps your heart beating each day. That kind of love, although so intense and fiery at first, can only last for so long until a greater fire burns. Eichi...He's that fire." I whispered.

"Well then it looks like your stronger fire has almost burnt out..." he trailed off. I sucked in a deep breath as I unwrapped Eichi's arms from me as I slowly leaned forward to press my lips to Takuto's almost lifeless ones.

"I love you," I whispered. "I will never loose you again," I vowed, touching my lips to his once more. I was about to ask Eichi how to save him when a loud frantic knock repeatedly sounded from the front door making me jump.

"Can you please make sure nothing happens while I'm gone?" I asked, standing to answer the door. Eichi nodded as I quickly pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a baggy t shirt, making sure to hide from Eichi's eyes.

My heart was beating frantically as I raced to the door. I was shocked when a pair of horrified green eyes met my own.

"Mm." Oh my god, my stomach was on fire, what the hell was this! I was dead, an angel, I should no longer be able to feel pain. I tried to lift my hand but there was no response, as if the message from my brain to my hand was disconnected. I opened my eyes only to see a pair of hazel ones I didn't want to see.

"I must have gone to hell this time," I moaned, only to see his eyes tighten.

"I missed you too," Eichi said dryly.

"Why the hell did you have that thing stab me?" I asked out front. I wasn't beating around the bush any longer, I wanted answers. Now.

"I didn't, I'm an angel of light," he roughly replied. I snorted as a grin crept across my face.

"I'm sure that's true, you're about as bright as a broken light bulb..." I chuckled.

"Listen!" Eichi's voice grew dark. "We both know her life is in danger and we both know that only one of use can save her-"

"Yeah me," I interrupted, earning a cold glare from the man.

"And that's why it's me on the ground and not you right?" he questioned, motioning his hand over my body.

"You just wish you had enough swag to be paralyzed on the ground for an undetermined amount of time..."

"Takuto!" Eichi growled. "I am the only one who can keep Mitsuki safe at this point! Just let her be with me and I will protect her, I will protect her in all the ways you wish you could.

"No." It hurt like hell but I was finally able to move my body. I slowly got to my feet wishing that someone would set me on fire to dull the pain. Eichi's eyes widened only momentarily before his cold glaze set over. "I vowed to protect her. Forever."

"Stand down Takuto," his voice, cold as stone demanded.

"Make me."

A large grin set across his face as he placed his hand over my chest. His eyes closed as mine widened waiting for the blow, only to have nothing happen. "What the?" he whispered, looking to his hand.

"Performance issues?" I whispered, "That's okay, you know one out of every ten men get nervous and-"

"Shut it!" he growled, only making me chuckle as he tried once more with his little hand tricks. When his hand retreated I thought he finally understood that I too could look after her, until he outstretched his hand as a large black scythe appeared above his palm.

"What are you?"

"Not everything is as it seems," his voice was dark as he lifted the weapon swinging it towards me.

"Miyako?" I asked, seeing Kai's sister standing before me. She looked horrible, her hair was a mess and it was as if she hadn't slept for days judging by the dark circles under her eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Kai's been missing!" she cried.

"W-what?" I asked. That's impossible, I saw Kai this morning, if she hadn't heard from him since this morning as well then I wouldn't exactly call that missing...

"After I babysat Aoi that one time for you he-he stopped calling, and when I went to his place he wasn't there...and...and!" She froze as a loud sob escaped her throat.

"Miyako, it's okay. Kai was here just this morning...you know don't you?" I asked hesitantly as her green eyes brightened with curiosity. I bit my lip as I looked to the wall behind her then back to her awaiting eyes.

"W-we're engaged..."

"Engaged?! B-but it's only been a couple weeks...and Kai really wasn't all that set on getting married," she spoke confusing me.

"What do you mean he said-"

"Mitsuki?" I heard Eichi's frantic voice come from my room. Oh no, Takuto!

"Listen Miyako, I am really sorry but um, Aoi hasn't been feeling well and I really need to be by his side right now. Can I call you later and we can sort things out?" I asked. She only nodded, not really seeming to pick up what I was saying as I gave her my number then almost rudely closed the door in her face as I bounded to my bedroom.

"Takuto!" I screeched, as I saw his wound had somehow reopened and pooled through his bandage. "Eichi what happened?" I cried, falling to Takuto's side.

"It just started bleeding again! I don't know what happened!" he explained, just as frantic as I.

"There must be something you can do, some sort of healing powers!" I demanded, not allowing myself to look away from the man on the ground. The man whose heart bled with my own.

"Mitsuki... hand yourself over to me then I will save Takuto for you."