Up in heaven, Here on Earth

by dytia

chapter 1: Lost and found

A Meroko x Izumi fic? There ain't any so decide to make one. Review if you want me to continue. Based on the ending of the anime. Warning for spoilers. Set a few years after the last ep. Meroko a Tenshi in charge of guiding lost souls. Izumi still the ol Shinigami we know. Written in italics denotes character's thoughts.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Full Moon o sagashite manga, anime or even the soundtrack. You already know the great mangaka who does.

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It's been years since the last time I saw her.. Me-chan.. I heard she has been promoted into a Tenshi. She's really fitted to be in that position. And I am still here... on earth.. finding souls and bringing them to the afterworld. A punishment fit for someone like me.

Meroko was different from other Shinigami. Other Shinigamis grew cold and merciless, perhaps due to our duties, we cannot afford to be otherwise. Her caring and loving nature put me off. I felt like I was suffocating when I was around her. I could not help not returning her feelings. Love.. whatever that is.. is alien to me. I could not return her with feelings I don't have. So, I left her.

Heart-broken she was, I did not see the need to comfort her. Shinigamis should be strong. We're useless if we are weak to those fickle emotions. To me, she's weak for succumbing to those emotions. Sigh.. she got potential to be the best Shinigami there is but she went on and stupidly follow her heart instead of her head.

When I first heard about her being in love with this partner of hers, I was not even amused. Those feelings of her.. so inconsistent.. that human feelings. But she always came back to me. That's why I knew that she still had me in her heart. In fact, she even betrayed Takuto. If she really loved him, she would not betray him right..?

But I was wrong.. For the fist time, I felt this weird choking feeling in my heart. This feeling akin to pain though I was not wounded physically, I felt it gnawing inside me. The moment she said she won't come back to me. That she now knew what love was and that she really loved Takuto. And that was why, even knowing Takuto loved Mitsuki, she'd willingly sacrifice her life, her soul.. for him.

That moment I knew I lost her. And for the first time, I felt hurt by that fact.

Why am I feeling this way? I don't know. I know I won't see her again but just once.. I want to have a chance to see her again. Me-chan...

Jonathan came and informed that they have another soul to collect. A runaway girl named Miyuki who were going commit suicide by car accident. Izumi shrugged. Another easy case. It was really easy for him when a human decides to leave the living world on their own. There was less work of convincing their soul to come with him, as they wanted to leave anyway. Compared to those who had a happy and fulfilling life.. they always go on insisting to go see their loved ones before they finally can leave. Fussy souls... they are. Their loved ones probably relieved that they were dead and perhaps were celebrating their death.

Humans... troubling creatures they are.

They descended down a medium sized suburban house, a picture perfect house for a picture perfect happy family. Children laughing in the yard. An old man looking onto them with his wife patiently knitting beside him. Once in awhile they'll smile to each other, and whisper reminiscing thoughts of their bygone days. Why a person want to commit suicide if they live in a life like this?

Izumi took a quick look around and saw a young girl, hiding from the bushes. Is it this girl he came to collect? That was not right. Why she was here? That did not matter to him. All he should do is wait and watch.

A sudden gust of wind caused the old man to drop his glasses. As he bent down to get it, he saw the girl and called for her. The girl was startled, her face froze in fear. She turned around and ran. She was about to cross the street, there was an incoming car speeding towards her. The driver seemed to be oblivious of what's happening. He hardly see the girl until it was too late. The girl saw the car but she did not move. Staring straight in front, her foot rooted to the ground, waiting for the moment of impact.

Then, a young woman out of nowhere pushed the girl out of the way. The girl fell to the side of the street. the car zoomed past. The old man and his wife raced towards her. They picked up the injured girl and brought her back into the house. Izumi heard the wife said, " It was lucky you managed to get away in time before the car hit you." Izumi stared in disbelief.

Didn't they see the young woman that saved the girl?

Izumi turned around but the woman was gone. Where was she?

Jonathan yelped, " The girl's name disappeared. She won't die today."

" What.. That can't be happening?" It's all that woman's fault. Who was she and why those humans cannot see her?

He fly on top of the house and scanned the surrounding. For a while, he did not know what was it he was going to find before he caught sight of a pillar of light. A winged lady was ascending upwards. A tenshi? He chased after her, flying as fast as he could towards her. Before she disappear into the clouds, Izumi caught her hand and yanked her towards him. The young lady fell into her arms, crying out loud, " What are you doing?" She struggled against Izumi, cursing him to let her go.

Her voice were familiar... very familiar.. this hair.. was the same as...

He grabbed her shoulder and turned her facing him. Their eyes met each other. Izumi could hardly believe it.

I have found you, Me-chan.

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Tenshi = angel

Shinigami = God of death in Japanese myth