Recap of Chapter 1

So, Mitsuki is thinking about her past, while singing Eternal Snow. Eternal Snow doesn't really have much importance as of now in the story, but it just depicts Mitsuki's tremendous passion for singing. Mitsuki then sees a flash out of her window and decides to go look. Meanwhile, Takuto has been introduced to his new manager, and is about to get introduced to his new duo partner. He is wondering about the silvery coiled ring on his finger that he had from 4 years ago. Now, on with Chapter 2!

Chapter 2 An Amazing Fact

Mitsuki's mouth dropped open when she saw a yellow-haired boy sitting there. At first glance, she could have mistaked him for a rough version of Eichi Sakurai. However, she looked closely to see that it was Izumi!

Frowning a little, Mitsuki immediately started to speak. "Izumi.. is that really you? I thought that I would never see any of you guys again.. especially Meroko and.. and..."

"Takuto?" Izumi finished for her. Mitsuki nodded slowly and looked into his eyes with teary ones. Izumi then said, "Yes Mitsuki. I know what you want to ask me. Are Meroko and Takuto well?" Before Mitsuki could reply, Izumi had continued, "I cannot tell you anything about Meroko, because I really do not know what has happened to her.. but Takuto, now that is a different matter."

Mitsuki felt instantly awake from her drowsiness that she had been starting to feel. "Izumi! Why?! Is something wrong with Takuto?" she asked him desperately.

Izumi smiled, shook his head, then replied, "Mitsuki, you really do like.. no.. love him, don't you? I can tell so easily. Anyhow, Takuto is a human. The Queen of the Shinigami allowed him to turn into a measly human again 4 years ago after your happy-go-lucky adventures."

Mitsuki half felt that she wanted to believe this. However, knowing the cold-hearted Izumi, she couldn't trust him either. "How do I know that you're telling the truth, Izumi?" she muttered.

"Good question. Perhaps you should look straight ahead of you and find the answer yourself?" he replied.

Mitsuki obeyed, and saw her manager coming towards her. Mitsuki's grandmother and housekeeper were watching them. It had been a long time since Mitsuki's grandmother had allowed Mitsuki to become a singer and idol. Now she smiled as she watched her grand-daughter go off with her manager.

In the car, Mitsuki was nervously watching Izumi who was sitting casually in the back seat. Her manager kept giving Mitsuki strange looks, because Mitsuki kept looking back once every moment.

"Mitsuki, is there anything wrong? Are we being followed?"

"Oh, no. Sorry, I was just checking something."

Mistuki's face expression told her manager right away that she didn't want to talk any more. Shaking her head and smiling, the manager drove on.

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Meanwhile, back at the studio, Takuto was getting a little impatient. He stood up and stretched for a moment, then left his guitar on his seat to go get a drink from the vending machine.

Suddenly, he felt something bump into him, but when he looked around him, there was no one else. He slowly picked up the coins that had scattered out of his purse from the collision. Takuto rubbed his head, thinking that it must have a strange hallucination in addition to a headache.

He stepped up to the vending machine, inserted some coins, then pressed the button of the drink he wanted. It came tumbling down, and Takuto pulled it out of the slot. He forgot to collect his change for the moment, as he was deep in thought about why he couldn't remember his past.

All he knew was that he had gotten the silver, coiled ring on his finger from a girl. Also, there had been another girl whom he had cared for very much. He had wanted to save the girl's life, but from what, he could not remember. He racked his brain, trying to find an opening which could possibly lead to his past.

That was when the manager and Mitsuki came into the room where Takuto had left his guitar. As soon as she caught a glimpse of the guitar, Mitsuki rushed over and began to look carefully at it. She had always been fascinated with guitars ever since she had learned that Takuto had played the guitar in his past life.

As she tried to touch the guitar case, the strap caught onto her hand and it fell forward. Mitsuki closed her eyes tightly as there was a crash and some sounds of guitar strings. However, immediately after she opened her eyes, Mitsuki noticed the white cat doll on the guitar case! Realizing that it was the cat doll that she had given Takuto, Mitsuki frowned. She felt that she desperately needed to see the owner of this guitar. Absent-mindely, she pulled the cat doll off of the guitar case. She then reached down and started to pick up the guitar and place it back on its chair when Takuto appeared.

As soon as he saw the fallen guitar on the ground, he rushed forward with a dark frown. Mitsuki immediately scooted back and blushed. She hadn't seen his face yet, but he had tied his gray-black hair with a purple ribbon, the same style as Takuto had. She narrowed her eyes and gasped when Takuto turned around.

"Tak..uto.." the name escaped from her lips. Both Takuto and their manager then gave her a strange look. Both of them had never told Mitsuki Takuto's name before!

"Mitsuki, do you know Takuto already? I haven't introduced you to him yet!" their manager managed to stammer out.

Mitsuki couldn't answer. She was just too stunned. Takuto was feeling different however. He knew that he had known a girl that looked similar, and had the same name as the girl standing in front of him. Mitsuki.. Mitsuki.. the name rang a familiar tone in his head.

"Mitsuki.. did I know you in a past life?"

Mitsuki felt tears come to her eyes, but she held them back. Sniffing, she shook her head and smiled at him. She was frustrated. Why was Takuto acting like he didn't know her? Perhaps, had the Sacred flower that she had made him eat still take effect, even up to now? However, the big question was, how was Takuto standing here? She'd thought that Takuto and Meroko had disappeared completely.

Suddenly, she remembered that Izumi had said that the Shinigami Queen had turned Takuto from a Shinigami into a human! A full-blooded, alive human! Mitsuki smiled up at his frowning figure and wiped away a huge tear. "Takuto.. I'm so glad that you're back.." she whispered and longed to be hugged by him. Instead, she turned away when Takuto suddenly shouted out.

"Where's my cat doll?" he started to yell around the room.

Mitsuki stared awkwardly at him until she found out that she had been clenching the cat doll all along until now. She reluctantly touched Takuto's shoulder, and handed it to him. Takuto immediately grew upset and said loudly, "You, Mitsuki or whatever, do you know how rude it is to go around taking other people's possessions? Don't you know how some things can really be precious to them? Don't you know-"

He was immediately interrupted by a sudden sob from Mitsuki. Takuto watched her sit down in a chair and cover her eyes. Their manager quickly excused herself, leaving Takuto and Mitsuki alone. Takuto felt bad. He knew that he should have controlled his temper, but he didn't want his duo partner to get a bad image of him from the first day, especially considering that it was a girl!

He awkwardly sat down next to her and put an arm around her. "Mitsuki.. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. It's just that.. this cat doll is really precious to me. If I lose it.. it's similar to my soul getting lost."

Mitsuki looked up at him with watery eyes. The reason that she had been crying was because she was so happy. Even if Takuto couldn't remember her, she was overjoyed that he at least took good care of her present to him. Sniffing once again, Mitsuki smiled at him and realized that he had pulled her close to his body. Out of instinct, she pulled away from him and stood up.

Takuto blushed. Some part of his mind had told him to hug her. Hitting his head with his hands, he watched Mitsuki going off to find their new manager. He felt that many strange things were going to happen with Mitsuki as his new singing duo partner.

He blushed. Mitsuki was really quite attractive. Her long black hair that curled into spirals at the tips.. her wide black eyes that made one seem to drown in their never ending waters, and most of all, something in his mind told her that her personality was the most important. Coughing into his hand, he attached the cat doll back onto his guitar. He didn't know why it was so precious to him, but he knew that it would have significance some day.

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Okay, I know that this chapter may have been quite repetitive in most parts. However, I am writing this in a hurry. Please excuse me for this, and I promise that the next chapter will be at least a little better!