I just updated this chapter to correct some mistakes (sit-seat) that Alana and Prettyinpinkgal pointed me. Thanks a lot, I really hadn't notice them. I already started to write the next chapter so it should be out by the end of next week…
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Author's note: Hi everyone! Thanks for reading!!
I want to take a couple of minutes to thank Pearl Dragon, SugarDrops, Dream Goddess100000 and Alana that took the time to review my last chapter!!
I know this chapter really is similar to the anime, but I didn't know any other way to do it that would have made it better… I'm really sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmoon wo sagashite. I'm just borrowing the characters and some part of the storyline to write a fanfiction.
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Time was slipping too fast. Mitsuki was trying to prepare herself the best she could for her audition. It was in less than two hours and she hadn't found a good reason to get out of the house since she had a cold. Even if she could convince Tanaka-san to take her out to get medicine, there was no way she could get to the audition without her knowing. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed soundly.
She got up, walked around her bedroom and let herself fell on the floor just beside the mirror. She let out another loud sigh before closing her eyes. She heard the phone ringing in the distance and Tanaka-san answering. The voice was muffled by the wall but she knew by the footsteps making their way to her room that the phone call was for her.
"Mitsuki dear, are you up yet? There's a call for you."
The brown haired young lady didn't move for a moment, she was quite surprise that someone was calling her since she didn't had anyone calling her for the last few months. Her girlfriends didn't call her because they were afraid to offend her grandmother and her sister just came by when she wanted to see her.
"Mitsuki dear?"
Coming back from her wandering thinking, she got up in one jump and went to open her bedroom door. Tanaka-san was standing in the doorway, the phone in hand, waiting for her to take it.
"I'm sorry for making you wait Tanaka-san. Who is it?" Mitsuki asked while picking the phone.
Tanaka lowered her head so she could whisper in Mitsuki's ear.
"It's a young man, be glad I'm the one who answered. Your grandmother wouldn't have like that a boy is calling you in her house." She laughed a little before going back to her chores. Mitsuki looked at the phone a second before bringing it to her ear.
"Hi, Mitsuki's speaking. Who am I talking to?"
- - Hey Mitsuki-chan! It's me Takuto! How come you're still at your house? The audition is starting in less than an hour. You should have been here already, most of the participants are already here. - -
"Takuto!! I'm stuck at home. I have no reason to go out since I have a cold. Every reasons wouldn't please my grandmother. I don't know what to do!" She was starting to panic a little since she finally realize that she had no time left.
- - Mitsuki-chan, calm down please. Prepare yourself, I'm coming to pick you up. See you in a minute. - -
She listened to the dial tone enable to answer him because he hung up too fast. She almost fell over as she realized that Takuto was coming at her grandmother's house. She hurried around her room preparing herself the best she could. She threw a small sunny dress over her body as she was trying to brush her hair and put some socks on. She almost tumbled all over the room.
She heard the bell rang and ran to the front door. Her grandmother was already there and Mitsuki felt cold sweats dripping along the back of her neck. Everything was going too slow as her grandmother opened the front door. She screamed no… but it was too late. Mitsuki's grandmother came face to face with… Meroko? The pink-haired teen looked strangely at her brown-haired friend.
"Hi Mitsuki-chan! Hi Kouyama-baa-san! It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm a friend of Mitsuki and I came to pick her up at the last minute. I'm very sorry for the short notice."
She bowed really low to show her respect to the elderly woman. She smiled sweetly and before anyone could answer or protest, she grabbed Mitsuki's hand and disappeared through the front gate and in the waiting car. Wakaouji Keiichi was sitting in the driver's seat and Takuto was beside him. While Wakaouji drove them to the studio where the auditions were taking place, Meroko wrapped the other girl in a blanket and took care of bleaching Mitsuki's hair with a blond color-spray bottle. When her brown hair were all covered in the blond color, that had be hastily sprayed, Meroko took a couple of seconds to tied some of her hair in two small bounds on each side of her head. She looked pretty nice but the spray wouldn't stay on very long, at the most it would last six hours. Even though Mitsuki didn't have hair dye on her, the car's back seat was a mess. They stopped in front of the main door of the studio. Takuto, Meroko and Mitsuki got off while Wakaouji was still looking for a place to park the car.
The trio ran up the stairs to the waiting room for the audition. The man was closing the door as they arrived.
"Are we too late, can I still take the audition?" Asked Mitsuki in a small voice.
The man looked at her and sighed.
"You're two minutes late… Be there on time next time. Here's your number. Take a seat and stand still until they call your number."
He opened the door and the blond beauty disappeared from Takuto and Meroko's sighs.
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The group, now a duo, started walking and turned the corner to get to another corridor.
"Takuto darling!"
Meroko closed her eyes. She hated that girl. The purplish haired young beauty that worked as a model for the company two blocs from here. The girl definitely just finished a photo shoot and decided to come here knowing Takuto would probably be here.
"Ma-chan!"
Takuto smiled and ran up to her to embrace her. Meroko just stood there crossing her arms.
"Takuto I've been looking all over for you! Your friends said you left an hour ago."
"Then what are you still doing here?" Spat Meroko with a fake smile.
"Meroko, please. They were right though, I left an hour ago and just came back. With Keiichi, we went to pick up a girl for today's audition. She had difficulties and almost couldn't come."
Madoka looked at him with a small smile but you could see she was mad.
"Awww, that's so nice of you… but don't do that to often. I don't want people starting rumors again."
Meroko snickered a little and turned around, making her way to the lobby. She would wait for Mitsuki there.
"Well, I'll be in the lobby, waiting for Mits… Fullmoon. See you later Takuto!"
The couple continued talking a little and than started walking in the opposite direction from Meroko. The pink-haired teen lowered her head as she heard them walking away and a lone tear made its way to her jaw.
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Mitsuki was agitated. There were so much girls in this room. Her number was 53 and they were only at number 21. A girl with pigtailed hair looked at her and frowned. Maybe she was too plain looking since all the girls here were so pretty. Maybe her hair were weird looking. She started to feel uneasy and just lowered her head a little.
The same girl as before smiled and went to sit next to Mitsuki.
"Hey, with which agency are you auditioning? I'm a model from Wakamatsu's production. I wanted to try singing and I'm pretty good so this audition is a great way to debut for me."
Mitsuki looked up to the girl next to her.
"Is an agency really that important? I don't have one. I was told that I could audition."
The girl looked surprised for a second and then smiled.
"So you don't know how it works. Well the winner has already been decided. An audition is usually only a way to make publicity for the producer's company and the new singer that debut. That means that you cannot win with only good looks."
Mitsuki seemed confused a little.
"If the winner is already decided, why are they all here, why are you even auditioning?"
"Shhh not that loud, I'm auditioning because I'm pretty confident in my skills and even if I'm not taken, if I'm noticed, it's enough."
They called number 41 and the girl she was talking with stood up.
"My turn. See you."
She waited in silence and even thought of quitting. But she couldn't get together the courage to get up and leave. That would meant she was turning away from Eichi-kun, from their promise to get closer to their dreams. She was here for her dream and there was nothing stopping her so why was she afraid?
She smiled and shook her head, blond curls falling elegantly around her face. She would go through anything she had to in order to get closer to her dream. She would become a great singer and sang her feelings to Eichi-kun in America.
"Number 53. I repeat, number 53."
Mitsuki got up in one sharp movement on the second call. She walked nervously to the door were the person was waiting for her. The woman closed the door behind her and she was all alone in front of a table that she knew were here to judge her singing.
"Please take a seat." The woman said, signalling the only empty chair on this side of the judge's table.
"Well, present yourself a little please." Asked one of the judges.
"I'm… I'm Kouyama Mitsuki. I'm sixteen. I…"
The judge cut her with another question.
"Why do you want to sing for Kazura's production?"
"To tell the truth I don't know anything about how the business world works. A friend of mine who's a singer for your production company said I should try this audition since I want to become a singer too."
The truth behind her words seemed to have an effect on some judges for some reasons. She wasn't sure if that was good or bad but she couldn't help but be herself.
"Why do you want to become a singer?"
Mitsuki smiled so softly.
"I want to be able to send my feelings to people. I want them to be able to be fulfilled while listening to my songs. I want to touch their heart with my very own words."
She had closed her eyes and was touching her own heart. When she realized that there was no other question, she blushed and sit back straight. She had embarrassed herself again.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said so much."
The judges were scribbling things down on their paper and after a small moment they all finished and looked up back at her.
"Well just put your tape or CD in the radio here."
She stood up and walked up to the judges table. Inside of her purse, she fingered the tape she was supposed to use and her hand came across the CD that Takuto gave her. She smiled.
"Do you have it?"
"I'm sorry, here's my CD. I'll sing track thirteen. It's an instrumental version."
The piano started playing and a windchime resonated softly. The percussion started playing ever so softly after that.
Musically, it was a slow and really soft version of Eternal snow from Negi-Ramen.
Mitsuki closed her eyes and let herself get drunk in the music.
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She opened her mouth and the words started pouring fluently and beautifully.
Kimi wo suki natte dore kurai tatsu no kana
I fell in love with you... just how long has it been since then?
Kimochi fukurande yuku bakari de
My feelings have only been getting stronger.
The judges looked at her with wide eyes. They weren't prepared to hear something like that from an amateur.
Kimi wa kono omoi kizuiteiru no ka na
I wonder... have you realized how I feel?
Ichido mo kotoba ni wa shitenai kedo
Even though I've never said a word...
Yuki no you ni tada shizuka ni
It's like snowflakes drifting... gently...
She sang so softly, from the bottom of her heart.
Furi tsumori tsuzukete yuku
...continuing to pile higher and higher.
She opened her eyes before singing the chorus. All of her body was vibrating to the lyrics of the song.
Hold me tight konna omoi nara
Hold me tight... if this is how it feels...
She smiled gently while playing with her fingers in the air, as if she was touching some imaginary snow that was falling down ever so gently.
Dare ka wo suki ni naru kimochi
The feeling of falling in love with someone...
Mitsuki, as she did when singing with Takuto, she turned away a little while keeping a good angle for the people that were looking at her.
Shiritaku nakatta yo
I never wanted to know that feeling.
I love you namida tomaranai
I love you... I can't stop my tears from falling...
Konnanjya kimi no koto
In that case, then you...
She closed her eyes for her next line but opened them for the last two syllables.
Shirazu ni ireba yokatta yo
...should never have come into my life.
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The song was still playing but two of the judges were clapping. Some of them were talking within each other. They stopped the music and Mitsuki was left standing there, not knowing what to do. After a couples of minutes, she could clearly hear one of the judges said:
"Cancelled the two other audition scheduled next week. We decided on number 53, Entry number 471, Kouyama Mitsuki."
She couldn't believe it. She was the one that was chosen!
She smiled broadly and couldn't wait to tell Takuto and Meroko.
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Review to tell me what you think. Constructive critics are welcome, I really want to improve my writing.
