salut et quoi de neuf (hi and what's new)! this is the second to last chapter (i kind of feel sad that it's done so soon). once again, i used the english translation of New Future, so i had all of these extremely long phrases that i broke up where i thought it made sense. i actually listened to english music while writing this chapter (i guess i felt like The Killers), so my grammar should not be weird. hmm, for this story ending, i guess i don't have much to say. read, review, and enjoy Like Snow ch. 10, s'il vous plait.
disclaimer: i do not own full moon wo sagashite, but all new songs mitsuki writes are mine
New Future:
Just one thing doesn't change
The dream I painted
How did I appear as I am now?
In my young eyes back then
Hey, look up at it; it's such a vast night sky
So that soon, so that you understand
You will shine at your best soon so hurry
Look for the FULL MOON
Izumi came closer to Mitsuki's face, sensing her pulse speed up. Good, she's scared now…
"Are you?" she asked again, feeling as if she had a million butterflies hitting against the side of her stomach. If he was there to take her, could she truly give up just to meet Eichi again?
"How much time to you have left…?" he sat on her bed with a new plan in his mind, and he had no clue if it would work.
"A week…I think…" her voice became quieter as Izumi leaned even closer to her.
"If you really want to leave, I have a way that is quick and painless-" Izumi began, but he was interrupted by the hotel room light suddenly being switched on. He covered his eyes with his hand, the unexpected bright light blinding him.
Takuto stood by the light switch, glaring at Izumi. "You thought I was asleep, huh?" He noticed how close Izumi and Mitsuki were - there were only five centimeters of air separating them. "What the hell is going on here?" He asked the question, but wasn't certain if he wanted to know the answer. Even though he had never seen Mitsuki and Izumi have an actual conversation before, why did it seem like they were familiar with each other?
"Uh…what's going on?" Everyone turned to see Meroko, who was rubbing her sleep filled eyes, trying to get a grasp on the situation. "…Izumi?" Once she blinked out the sleepers she saw exactly what Takuto saw - and was about to cry. Instead, she moved at an incredibly swift speed and slapped Izumi, leaving his cheek a bright red.
"You better answer us," Takuto added while floating over to Mitsuki to make sure Izumi didn't do anything to her.
Izumi massaged his sore cheek and got up from the bed. "I was giving her a way out…unlike you two, who are making her live in her misery."
"That's not true!" Meroko yelled at him, and she appeared ready to slap him again. "In time, she'll move on, like any ordinary person!"
"Move on?" Mitsuki copied the words slowly, feeling scared that she would forget Eichi. I don't want him to fade away in my memories…
"Izumi, just leave," ordered Takuto, who was starting to feel as if a fever was spreading across his body.
"Of course…but, I wonder how you'll deal with fading away," he said with amusement as he left like a shadow - silently and quickly.
"Takuto, what's going on?" Mitsuki asked, all of the events that were happening too complex for her to understand.
"It's nothing…" he shrugged and moved back over to the light switch. "Go back to bed." He was relieved when Mitsuki followed his orders and when he switched the lights off, he sighed. How will I deal with fading away?
Let's sing a song!
Together forever
Everything I can do for you right now
Day by day
Your destiny until now
From tomorrow, clutch your hopes to your chest
Let's sing a song!
Together forever
If I'm with you I can overcome any hardship
More and more
More and more and more I want to be closer
Please stay right here
Many thanks for you!
"Hey, Takuto…you asleep?" Meroko's eyes had adjusted to the darkness and she lay still, unable to sleep. She heard his snore in response, and returned to the thoughts swirling in her mind. "What are we going to do?" she whispered, unconfident that they would be able to pull themselves out of their situation. With only a week left, she was positive that they didn't want Mitsuki to die anymore. There were so many things that life still had for her, and after thinking about it, Meroko decided that she wanted Mitsuki's future to be changed. She was sure that Takuto was going to agree with her.
She glanced over at Mitsuki's bed and knew that she was asleep. Meroko had never been a strong singer, but in a combination of a hum and a whisper, she felt the words flow melodically from her mouth.
"Let it all fall
Watch her float gracefully down
Nothing you could do
You're stuck behind the lines with me…"
At first, Meroko was self-conscious, and was surprised that Takuto continued to be slumbering. He had joked before that her voice could shatter glass.
"When she's falling hopelessly in the dark
You can't save her
She's in pain all alone
There's no way to be there for her
What would you do to save her?"
Perhaps it was foolish of Takuto to fall in love with Mitsuki. He would only find pain trying to save her. But in a way, Meroko could see why he would suffer so much for her. She made him feel alive, and that gave him a sense of hope.
"I watch you dive
Headfirst into it all
She's drowning slowly
How much longer will you struggle?"
Meroko knew she couldn't finish the entire song as she felt sleep calling gently to her again. If there were a way to save Takuto, she would do it - even if he ended up with Mitsuki. Maybe that will be my way to make up for what I have done…
"When she's calling your name
You can save her
This pain is not her's alone
She wants you close to her
When she's running to you
You can catch her
Heal her pain
What would you do to save her?"
Yes Takuto…you can save her… Meroko thought as she drifted off into her nap.
Wonderous chance meetings
As long as they keep happenings
We have ever more precious things
All those days full of chance mischief
Now I can laugh and love them
That's right, I always yearned for the wide stage
Now I'm no longer alone
Everyone is full of smiles
Because this is where I am
Early in the morning, when it was still dark out, Takuto was sure he had heard singing - but it wasn't Mitsuki. His memories kept replaying like a video that had the stop button broken. There was no way to turn it off and no way to forget.
He felt Meroko poking his shoulder before the sun began to rise and he turned over to face her.
"Takuto…I'm going to help you by a way that I heard of a long time ago…"
"Will it work?" he asked, searching his knowledge for anything that he may have heard about something like this.
"It should…" her voice was faint, and her eyes confirming that she had been crying sometime during the night.
"What is it?"
"Well…I can't do it until the exact day Mitsuki is supposed to die. Then we can make the switch…"
Takuto's mouth dropped as soon as he heard the word "switch". "You're not thinking of doing that are you?"
"That's only half of the plan," she tried to say as calmly as she could. At least he was upset that she was sacrificing herself for him. Seeing his reaction gave her both courage and sadness, but she knew that she made a promise to herself and she planned on keeping it. "I want you to give me your memories-"
"What about you? What will happen to you?" Takuto was genuinely worried about her.
"You let me worry about that," she told him with a wink, her attitude instantly brighter. She had to be that way for him. If she weren't, he wouldn't let her go through with the plan. "Is Mitsuki awake yet?" she asked to distract him.
He heard Mitsuki shift to lie on her side. "She'll probably be up in a few minutes."
"You know, Takuto…at first I was jealous of her," Meroko admitted and sat up, hugging her knees to watch the sunrise outside the hotel window. It would be the last sunrise in America for her to see since they were leaving to return to Japan that day.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was stupid," she said with a giggle. "But now I can see why I support Mitsuki now - she loved someone with every part of her life. How can I be jealous of someone like that?"
"Even though Izumi's an idiot, he probably still likes you." Takuto tried his best to make Meroko feel like she wouldn't be the only one left alone in the world.
"No, I can't look at him the same way ever since he made his feelings crystal clear to me." She sighed and set her head on her knees. "At least I'm doing something noble, right?"
"Definitely," Takuto answered and they let each other's thoughts sink in for a few moments. Being Shinigami partners, they had worked together on some tricky cases, but they knew each other pretty well. They were better off being friends than in love.
"Oh, she's awake," Meroko alerted Takuto as she heard Mitsuki yawn behind them. She heard his light footsteps as he rose to say good-morning to her. Watching the sunrise alone wasn't so bad - it gave her strength for what needed to be done in seven days. I've only heard about how to transfer memories once, and it didn't end up the way that was intended…but it could work. But wouldn't Takuto rather be with her as a human? How do I do that? She thought and closed her eyes to let the gradual sunlight wash over her. I would do anything for him - almost like how he made it snow for her… I wish I knew how to fall in love like that…
random babble...i finally did get a snow day (so it's 1 1/2 snow day) and i was plowing through my ideas today. i actually wrote 4 songs between yesterday and today (my random inspiration struck...and hard). a few thoughts on this chapter - i wanted Meroko to sing the song Save Her so badly (i actually wrote it for her before i began this story) and i was finally able to put it in. also, i really don't know what i'm going to do next chapter, so it's going to be a giant surprise to both you, the reader, and me (i might take a small break to get ideas). a bientôt et au revoir (see you soon and good-bye)!