Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they all belong to Arina Tanemura and as well if I ever use song lyrics they as well do not belong to me

A/N: Just like I said before this story is on the border line of the rating T and leans a little more towards M just to let you know.

A/N: So I'd like to thank everyone for the reviews and Charli-luv sorry about my repetitive-ness sometimes I forget what I write then I'm too lazy to go back and check and then when I read it over after I publish the chapter I realize my fault so I am sorry if I bored you with my last chapter but I will try hard to fix my writing. I know I'm not the best but I'm trying my best to improve …So anyways here's the next chapter to Fifteen Minutes!

Chapter 15

Karma

"He…he's gone?" her heart sunk "W-what do you mean? He's coming back right I mean he just went out but he's coming back" her last sentence wasn't a question it was more of a statement to reassure herself. Izumi shook his head sadly.

"He told me he had enough of all this" he replied in that same lifeless tone. "He told me that he didn't have anything to say to you because he didn't think you would care" he stated simply shrugging his shoulders.

"Of course I care! And what do you mean 'had enough'? He had enough of what!" her throat felt tight, as if she was on the verge of tears.

"Of the curse of you of everything, he told me he didn't want to be around you anymore because you were confusing his heart and he just wanted to be left alone and live life on his own"

"What are you talking about? How is the curse supposed to be broken if he thinks like that! You're lying Izumi he wouldn't do that!"

"Oh I wouldn't?" he retorted "Because up until now that idiot has told me everything he feels and I'm pretty sure he was serious about his leaving" Mitsuki shook her head.

"You don't know him like I do" she whispered trying to figure out why it hurt her so much to know he was gone.

"I don't?" his voice seemed to leave its constant tone growing angry. "Because I have known him a hell of a lot longer then you have and I'm pretty sure I know that he is someone who never lies and never wears a fake façade" he folded his arms across his chest.

"I know that too! And I know that he would never just leave without telling me…" she froze to think of what she was saying.

"Do you hear yourself when you talk?" he asked rudely "Of course he would he already has! I mean you're so dense I bet you he could leave for a year and you would have already moved on and found someone else to love just like you did with Eichi"

"You're wrong!" she screamed "I never said I didn't love Eichi anymore and what do you mean love someone else I'm not in love with Takuto" Izumi shook his head

"See and this is why he left because you're too stupid and dense" he chuckled.

"Shut up!" she cried back "I'm not stupid and I'm not dense I know Takuto I know him" she whimpered.

"Miki" Izumi began "Did it hurt you this much when you were pulled from Eichi's side?" Mitsuki looked over to the blonde surprised by the change of their conversation. She placed her hand against her heart closing her eyes. "If you had the choice in never seeing Eichi again would it hurt?" Keeping her eyes closed she nodded "Okay" he replied "Then lets try something else keep your eyes closed" Mitsuki nodded but still peaked for a moment to make sure he still stood across from her and wasn't getting ready to attack.

"Imagine this your on a high cliff facing a deep pit. You don't know where it goes to and are too afraid to look too close to the edge afraid you might fall off" Mitsuki nodded wondering why he was painting this visual for her "A light breeze gently blows your dress away from your thighs and you look down trying to rearrange your skirt" Mitsuki frowned thinking he was a pervert.

"Now you look back up and there they are. Eichi and Takuto are both in front of you asking you to come and be with them" She felt her heart skip a beat and a small tear slither down her cheek.

"Eichi" she whispered feeling her heart warm. It was like she could actually see him.

"Focus Mitsuki" Izumi warned "The cliff starts to shake, you look around to see both of the men falling off the edge but you can only save one" Mitsuki started shaking "Both reach out to you calling your name for help and you run, now remember if you let the one you love the most fall then you will never see him again it will be likes he's dead. You run over to the one who means the most to you and you scream his name" Mitsuki envisioned it all and she knew who she was saving…it was what anyone would have guessed.

"Eichi" she whispered holding his warm hand. His glowing eyes bore into hers as she held onto his embrace for dear life. 'remember if you let the one you love the most fall then you will never see him again it will be likes he's dead' Izumi's words echoed in her mind and she looked to the side of the cliff where Takuto had once stood. It was weird to her although she had Eichi she felt completely empty.

"Ehem" Izumi cleared his throat snapping Mitsuki from her reverie. "So you chose Eichi" his patronizing voice answered.

"I…I" Why did she feel like she was cracking up inside. It wasn't like that had actually happened…it had just felt all so real and visual. "Izumi is he really gone?" she sounded like a hopeless child who lost her teddy bear. "He…he"

"He doesn't matter that much does he? I mean you chose Eichi so it's not like he's that important to you"

"Izumi" her eyes locked with his "Please don't lie to me…is Takuto really gone?" it felt like someone was bringing a chisel to her heart carelessly carving miscellaneous patterns. "Did he really leave?" she was hoping this was all just some sort of test and that he was just joking about Takuto's absence.

"Do you think I'm lying to you" he asked menacingly. Mitsuki cringed shaking her head. "I've already told you Mitsuki you don't care and he doesn't so stop trying he doesn't love you"

"Then why did you say you know he feels very strongly about someone? What did you mean?"

"I meant nothing and you won't ever know"

"Izumi please tell me"

"Why?"

"Because I want to know I want to help him"

"It's too late"

"No its not"

"Yeah it is"

"No it's not Izumi I already said you don't know him like I do I love him!" she screamed. Izumi took a step back and Mitsuki slapped her hands over her mouth realizing what she had said.

"You do" he asked. Mitsuki's tear filled eyes met his and she turned ready to run "Miki I don't want you to make the same mistakes I did if you love him then tell him. Don't keep it all bottled up in your heart and expect him to know because he doesn't! He doesn't know anything and I bet you he would do anything for you weather it being reckless or life threatening!" Mitsuki stared at him feeling something slice deep into her heart.

"Then if he loved me that much then why didn't he do anything when Kato attacked me!" Izumi chuckled.

"Yet" he said under his breath.

"If he loved me that much why would he leave me!" she screamed shaking with anger and sadness.

"Because he…I can't tell you that" he answered looking away from her. Mitsuki didn't want this anymore she didn't want this ache in her heart. She didn't want the thought of never seeing him again haunt her mind. She ran away like she always did except this time she was going to find Takuto. She wouldn't let anything stand in her way not even Eichi she needed to find him.

Just one kiss, just one moment that was all she wanted with him was that so hard to ask? Why had it taken so long to finally realize. She ran until she found herself outside to feel the bitter cold air attack her body. She was only wearing her yellow sundress and the weather had taken a turn for the worst. Bits of white flurried around as the wind forced the leaves off of the safe comforts of the trees. None of this seemed to faze her though she only had one motive and that was to find him, she had to let him know how she felt. It had taken her this long but she finally understood…she was in love with him. Her heart beat for him and she knew that now. Every minute he was there holding her, talking to her, suffering with her she loved him. She had never met anyone like him before, he was so trusting, caring, and even his temper touched a place in her heart. And he was all she could ask for.

"Takuto?" she called hesitantly feeling like an idiot as her words bounced off the empty walls of the trees. She had never been to this portion of the mansions great surroundings and she was not about to turn around. She trudged through the light layer of snow.

"Takuto?" her voice was still hesitant. His face appeared in her mind every time she called his name. His blue eyes made her heart race and the thought of him holding her made her heart almost jump from her chest. "Takuto" her voice was growing. "Takuto!" she cried. Her voice had reached its limit as she started coughing. "Takuto I never got to tell you and I'm sorry Takuto but I love you okay I said it and I love you!" she screamed only to have no reply.

She kept walking for what felt like hours. She couldn't keep track of the time as her ears turned from frozen to burning with pain. If she brought her hands to her ears it felt like little icicles. A weird pounding had started in her head long ago but she had just ignored it. Every single time it pounded the only thing she heard was Takuto's name.

"Tak-"she had tried to use her voice until she was attacked by some weird coughing that sounded like a goose dying. "Tak-"she tried again only to get the same result. Her coughing had carried on for so long she was left short of breath as she dropped to her knees. "This is it Takuto" she whispered "I'm sorry that this is it, I always tried to be stronger for you and I always wanted to be the one to fix you but I guess this is it…" her words slurred letting the cold numb her frozen mind.

Tik tok tik tok

Drip drop drip drop

These were the only sounds Mitsuki heard along with a weird buzzing sound which rang in her ears. She could also hear someone's soft breathing and she opened her eyes to see the familiar walls of her bedroom in the mansion. "Takuto?" she whispered praying that the warm hand wrapped around hers was that of her beloved.

"Izumi" her heart sank

"You really are an idiot" he sighed "To think you would go out in this storm to find that other idiot" he shook his head.

"Izumi" her voice grew squeaky as her expression crumpled in pain "Izumi I didn't want it to end like this I didn't want to say goodbye to him I want him back" she gripped his hand tighter as she started hyperventilating.

"Miki! Get a hold of yourself the doctor said you have a very high fever and you shouldn't over exert yourself!" for once Mitsuki saw concern in his eyes. Like the stone was melting away from his usual cold mask.

"No" Mitsuki tried to say, she didn't want this, she didn't want Izumi to be the one to comfort her she wanted Takuto. She knew it was selfish and childish but if it wasn't Takuto then it wasn't anyone. Afraid for the girl's life Izumi climbed into the bed hugging her tightly.

"Calm down Miki its all okay…god your cold" he muttered.

"No, no, no, no" she repeated to weak to fight against his hold letting the warmth of his body flood around her.

"Miki I know how you feel okay I know" he pulled her shoulders back when she disagreed. Izumi looked away sighing.

"Her name was Me-Chan she was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Kato had chosen her because of her beauty hoping she could break the curse…he was wrong. He had sentenced for me to kill her like we did with all the women. The only problem was that I was like Takuto is with you…useless in her hands. I loved her and never told her. I knew she loved me back because she would tell me one thousands times in a day. Only the day I decided to tell her how I felt was that fateful day I was to kill her"

"Why didn't you tell Kato? Why didn't you run away with her!" Mitsuki was beginning to get angry with what he was telling her. It all seemed so simple to her. If he ran away with her then he would be happy for the rest of eternity.

"You don't think I didn't think of that?" he asked sadly "Mitsuki I may not be under the curse but I have been a family friend with the Kira's for so long I couldn't think of betraying them and I to be honest with you was afraid to leave Takuto. Who knows what he might do to himself" Mitsuki flinched as she understood what he meant.

"T-then you killed her?" she mouthed unable to wrap her head around the concept.

"No" he whispered "I did something worse…I told her I didn't love her back and that I wanted her to leave immediately… that I never wanted to see her hideous face again" he placed his face in his palms. "That's why I never show emotion to anyone, I'll never forgive myself for what I did to her. That look in her eyes…it haunts me and every night I have a nightmare. I dream of what would have happened if I had…if I had killed her" he stopped when he felt to small arms wrap around him.

"Izumi don't…I understand and, and I'm sure she would too. I know, I know that I'm not the best advisor on love but…but I know that everything happens for a reason and I know that if you show true kindness to one person then you will receive good in the future as well" Izumi lifted his head to look into her eyes then let a weak whisper of a smile line his lips as he gently pushed her away.

"I have heard of that" he smiled "Thank you Mitsuki and if you'll excuse me I have some things I have to take care of so please don't do anything reckless…for Takuto's sake" he smiled then left.

Mitsuki's smiled only lasted until the soft click of the door left her in loneliness "Takuto" she whispered. She knew she was supposed to stay put but this room seemed too big. She slowly crept across the floor to peak out the door. When she saw the empty hallway she left her large room to a much smaller one. The one she had been brought to when she first arrived. Her hand trailed across the walls as she walked through the terrifying black hallway until she found her cell. It was still as tiny as ever and she walked to the bed crawling into a ball. She didn't even notice the cold temperature because everything was cold. She closed her eyes as the blue eyes she had grown to love gazed back into her.

If there was one moment left for you to embrace the one you loved you would take it, if you could tell that person you hold so dear to your heart how you felt you would… wouldn't you?

"I love you" she whispered hugging herself as she soon fell asleep.

Chapter End