Meruto's Choice

Sequel to Meruto's Wish...It's been 10 years since she went back in time...so now, she's 16. Meruto found her own Takky, but he died. She told herself to never love anyone else. And a Shinigami has come to take her soul. Will she go?

No, I don't own Full Moon, Takuto, etc. But I do own Meruto! XD And the new Shinigami. I do LOVE Takuto/Mitsuki together, so I had to give Meruto someone! XD Hopefully, this will turn out better than my beginning. XD

Chapter 1

Mitsuki...

Ten years have passed since Meruto's journey into the past. Her dreams haven't changed much, but her body and soul have. Her heart condition hasn't gotten any better, but she has grown up a lot. Throughout the years since she was six, she's found love, lost love, and vowed never to love again. Her mother and father are the most important people to her, but she can't bring herself to let anyone else close to her. Her distance and coldness is known everywhere around.

Meruto laid on her bed, staring up at her ceiling, thinking about what she could do. Her life was worthless; it had been ever since she lost that special person. And everyday, she visited his grave...every single day.

"Why can't I forget him?" Meruto asked herself. "Why can't I just get on with my life?" Silent tears streamed down her face as she thought about the times in the past where she had desperately wanted to kill herself to be with him.

Suddenly, a beeping made her sit up. The beeping came from her alarm. Takuto was out shopping and it was up to Meruto to take care of her sick mother. Her mother had a horrible sickness, but none of the doctors could figure out what it was. All they could do was to prescribe medicine after medicine...but none of them had any effect.

Meruto dragged herself out of bed and slipped her slippers on. She yawned and walked out of the room and down the long hallway to her mother's room. When she stood at the doorway, she saw a figure by her mother's bed. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. The figure was a human, but with small ears like a tiger's. With these ears, Meruto realized what the figure was.

Her eyes widened in horror. "NO!" she yelled and ran into the room. She jumped at the figure, making them both fall to the floor, her on top of it. "Don't take my mother!" she said almost silently to it.

Suddenly, the body of Mitsuki glowed on the bed and instantly, Meruto was up and right by her side. The glowing stopped just as suddenly as it came and Meruto grabbed Mitsuki's hand. It was dead cold. She dropped it just as fast as she picked it up. Tears ran down her face that she couldn't stop. Her eyes were wide and her whole body shaking. "No...No...Mom..." she breathed and then spun around, looking for the figure, but it was gone.

"How could you take her?" Meruto screamed at nothing. Her voice cracked and her sobs were present the whole time. "How could you take her from Takuto? Now...he..." She fell to her knees on the ground and then, started coughing. Her chest burned as if it was on fire. She had been through too much and her heart couldn't take it. No...don't take me too...Please... her mind shouted.

"MERUTO?" a voice yelled through the house. Footsteps sounded on the stairs and then, Takuto entered the room, panting. "Meruto...Mi-Mi-Mitsuki..." he stated in a state of astonishment. He glided over to Mitsuki's bed and looked at her lifeless form.

Meruto's coughing ceased after she caught her breath and the first thought in her mind was that her mother was gone, just like her first love. "Mitsuki..." Takuto said and lifted her off the bed and into his arms. Meruto's eyes saddened. Takuto's eyes were widened in shock and tears were streaming down his face.

And so, Meruto left. She dragged herself back to her room and laid back on it, drowning herself with her tears. "Mom...how could you die? Takuto did so much to save you. He...loves you..." her small voice stated. "How could you do this to him? To the one who loves you?" Her thoughts drifted to her own forgotten love and then, quickly shut out her memories of it. She hated him for doing that to her.

Then, she sat up and tilted her head towards a picture on her desk. It was a picture of her and her first love, Tai, sleeping. Her mother had taken it. "Tai...how could you do that to me?" Meruto asked herself, letting her silent tears run down her face still.

"Meruto?" a voice asked from outside the room. Meruto wiped her tears and said, "Come in!" as she got up to sit on her bed. The door opened to reveal Takuto. His eyes had turned sad from shocked and he wasn't holding Mitsuki anymore.

"Are you okay, Meruto?" Takuto asked with concern. "Mitsuki's gone..." His words made her look up at him. He was looking at the ground, most likely thinking of Mitsuki.

Suddenly, Meruto rose from her bed and hugged Takuto. "I'm sorry, Dad, it was my fault for not watching her properly! And letting that evil Shinigami take her!"

Abruptly, Takuto grabbed Meruto's shoulders and asked, "What did you just say?" His face looked at her with extreme panic.

"I didn't get a good look at him, but I know he had tiger ears..." Meruto replied with sadness. Her tears just wouldn't stop. "I tried to stop him, but it didn't work..."

Takuto stayed still for a few moments as silence filled the room. "How is it possible for you to see a Shinigami?" he asked in a slow and sad voice.

"I could see you when you-" Meruto started.

"This is different!" Takuto interrupted with force. "There must be a reason why you could see him! How have you been feeling lately?"

Meruto blinked and thought about it. "I've been fine...not any different than normal..." she replied slowly.

Takuto sighed. "Well, tell me if that Shinigami shows up again, alright?" he asked. Meruto nodded and Takuto left the room, probably to return to Mitsuki.

Meruto fell to her knees, breathing hard. She had been feeling worse than usual, but she could never tell her father about it. He would just watch over her like a hawk. And also, maybe she wanted to have an excuse to die...to see Tai again...

"Why can't I just forget about him?" Meruto almost screamed and then coughed. "That's all I want! I want to forget!" Her coughing continued, but when she was ten, she installed a software so neither her father nor mother would be able to hear through the walls unless they were right next to them. Soon, her eyes were giving out on her and the room around her was spinning.

"All I want...is to forget..." Meruto muttered with her last breath before she passed out, sprawled onto the floor.

(A/n: Yessum, I'm back with Meruto! If you don't understand about the whole Tai ordeal, it's okay because I will explain eventually. I think this is going to be a short story...only a few chapters. :P Because I want it to be. I just loved Meruto too much to end it there...)