Full Moon Wo Sagashite Fan Fiction ❯ Find Me True Love ❯ The Letter ( Chapter 2 )

Find Me True Love

 

By: Orenji.Tea

 

Genre: Alternate Universe/Romance/Drama

 

Pairing: Mostly Takuto/Mitsuki, some bits of Takuto/Meroko, and Misuki/Izumi

 

Rated: R

 

Summary: A/U. Prince Takuto is forced by his otou-san, Lord Wakaouji, to find a woman to become his wife before he retires. Takuto finally finds a girl that he wants to spend the rest of his life with but does she love him back? Can true love be torn apart by jealousy and hatred?

 

A/N: Alrighty, presenting the second chapter of the fic. This chapter doesn't really have that much action, unfortunately. I already started the third chapter so it will probably be up in less than a week (hopefully XD).

 

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. I am merely borrowing them. =) They all belong to Arina Tanemura. As well, the lyrics in the middle of the fic are from the song Eternal Snow by Changin' My Life. It is featured as the 3rd ending for the anime.

 

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Chapter 2: The Letter

 

Mitsuki opened her eyes and was immediately blinded by the light. She tried to hide her head back under the expensive but warm covers, but the light was still bothering her.

 

`Doesn't this place have any curtains?' she thought as she squinted to find anything that would shade away the light in the room.

 

“Princess Mitsuki-sama!” a voice behind her spoke.

 

She turned around to face the person. It was Ooshige-san who had done her make-up yesterday. “Ooshige-san! Ohayo -”

 

“Oh, I have such good news for you!” the young woman interrupted her happily. Ooshige-san couldn't have been more than 25 years old. “You won't believe it, Mitsuki-sama! Lord Wakaouji announced this morning that Prince Takuto had selected you to be his wife!”

 

Mitsuki stood there stunned, her face full of shock. `Impossible,' she thought.

 

She must have said her thoughts aloud. “Oh, it's not impossible, it's true!” the woman said happily and started to hug her and kiss her on the cheek. “I'm so proud of you!”

 

Mitsuki didn't know what to think as she just stood there while being embraced by the older woman. She didn't know if she should be happy or if she should be angry or sad. It definitely wasn't supposed to turn out this way! It had all been for fun and for nothing else! Plus, she was only sixteen years old. What about her family that she had left behind?

 

Too many things were jumbled all into her mind. She couldn't think. She sat down slowly onto the edge of her bed and sighed. “Princess, what's wrong?” Ooshige-san asked with concern in her voice. “Do you need a glass of water? Anything to eat?”

 

Mitsuki shook her head. “Daijobu desu,” she responded but inside she wasn't. “Ooshige-san,” Mistuki said suddenly but seriously, “I need you to tell him that I cannot marry his son.”

 

It was the only way. She couldn't marry him. First, she wasn't even a real princess and if he found that out later on, bad things could happen.

 

“Demo, Princess! I can't do such a thing!” the woman said.

 

“You must!” Mitsuki tried to be forceful. She wasn't used to it and didn't feel so good when she was demanding at other people as if they were lower and more inferior to her. “..For me…”

 

“H-hai…” the woman sighed, “as you wish.”

 

Mitsuki heard her closer the door behind her in defeat, leaving herself to deal on her own. `Oh, what should I do?' she screamed in her head. What she had thought would have been fun to just experience had turned upside down. She never knew that she would get picked and now the to-be wife of a prince!

 

Her stomach rumbled. She had other things to think about first: her hunger. She decided to get dressed and then go down to get some breakfast. After finding the dress that she had worn yesterday, she attempted to put it back on.

 

`How do you put this on?' she wondered as she looked at it in her hands.

 

It seemed impossible to put on because there were so many strings that you had to pull at the same time while dressing. Finally after figuring out how to put it on, it still took her almost half an hour to finish dressing herself.

 

She looked at herself in the mirror. Was that really the same girl that she had been a few days ago? She looked like a totally different person. `Is that really me?' she thought with wide eyes.

 

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. “Ooshige-san?” she said when she opened the door. But when she looked around, there was no one there.

`Eh, that's strange,' she thought. `Is someone trying to pull a prank on me?'

 

She was about to close the door when she heard a ruffling sound down beneath. Looking down, she saw a semi-crumpled sheet of paper. Picking it up from the ground, she read:

 

So, it seems like you've won the affection of the Prince. I would like to congratulate you. Meet me today in the West Garden at midnight sharp. Don't miss this or else.

 

M.Y. (if you were smart, you would know who this is)

 

`Who is this from?' she thought.

 

She didn't know anyone with the initials M.Y. And why would anyone want to meet her? It seemed like the person who wrote this was threatening her if she didn't show up.

 

Just then the doorbell rang and she ran to get the door again, forgetting about the letter that she had found. This time she was smart enough to check the hole in the door to see if there was anyone there first. And there was. It was the make-up woman again. She looked tired.

 

“Hai?” Mitsuki asked when she opened the door.

 

She saw the woman hesitate. “L-Lord W-Wakaouji orders that you must stay here at the castle and cannot leave.”

 

She wanted to cry. She could feel the burning in her eyes. Now she was stuck here and couldn't even go back home to her village to tell her obaa-chan and Tanaka-san. Why didn't she ask her to go see Prince Takuto and ask him instead of Lord Wakaouji! She mentally hit herself. She had accidentally forgotten to go to him instead. If only she had, maybe he would have been nice enough to let her go home. But now…there was definitely no way that she could leave since the Lord had ordered her to stay.

 

`Baka! Baka! Baka!' she cursed silently to herself. She didn't want Ooshige-san to see her cry.

 

“Leave, Ooshige-san…kudasai,” she said it harsher than she intended to. Oh Lord, what was wrong with her! She couldn't believe she was becoming so mean and ruthless to everyone, but she knew she had to do it this time.

 

“H-hai,” the woman stuttered and quickly flew out the door in a flash. Mitsuki could tell that she was hurt from the sound of her voice.

 

She glanced at the clock. It was around 12:17 p.m. now. Since she was going to have to stay here at the castle from now on, she might as well take a tour of the castle. She looked around the room to see if there was anything valuable to take with her when she went out of her room. Unfortunately, it seemed like there was no lock on her door so anyone could enter her room. Scanning the room, she saw the small picture of Eichi on her table.

 

`Eichi…' she thought.

 

Taking it, she put it in one of the pockets in her dress. (A/N: Yes, her dress has pockets for some odd reason XD) She quickly glanced one more time around the room to see if there was anything else, and she walked out of her door and closed it behind her.

 

She walked out into the hallway and couldn't help but awe at the beautiful decorations and furniture in every room or hall that she passed by. She had been so busy and nervous yesterday that she didn't have anytime to appreciate the ornaments at all.

 

It was all really beautiful, but it must have been extremely expensive. Money had always been an issue in her family so she usually didn't spend it on luxuries such as these.

 

She passed by many more rooms, many of them with many maids and servants scrubbing and dusting the place. `Maybe I can ask one of these servants to tell me where the West Garden is,' she thought as she realized she didn't know where the West Garden was and she needed to be there this afternoon.

 

She soon entered a big room that looked almost like a waiting room. It was empty except for a large sofa and a few chairs. “Sumimasen,” Mitsuki said when she saw a middle aged maid dusting in one corner of the large room. The woman didn't seem to here her.

 

She cleared her throat and tried again. “Eh, sumimasen,” she said a little louder this time.

 

The woman finally looked up. “Nan desu ka?” she asked with a furrow in her brow. When she saw Mitsuki's dress and sophisticated jewellery, she right away bent down on one knee and bowed.

 

“Gomenasai! Sumimasen for my rude behavior!” she said.

 

“It's okay,” Mitsuki responded, “it's fine, really. I just want to know where the West Garden is. I was hoping you could give me directions?”

 

There was a pause as the woman's face turned from normal to suddenly a look of horror after what Mitsuki said.

 

“Nani?” Mitsuki asked.

 

“The..W-West G-garden?” the woman stuttered. She regained her control of her words again and said, “The West Garden is forbidden to enter, even for you, Princess. In fact, we're not even supposed to mention about it.”

 

The servant put her finger to her lips. “Then how am I supposed to get there -”

 

She hadn't even finished saying what she wanted to say when the woman just walked away from her and continued cleaning the floor in the next room. `Oh! That's so rude!' she thought in her mind.

 

Her confidence level was now a little bit lower but she knew she had to try to find the West Garden before midnight tonight. The person might find her and hurt her if she didn't come! She definitely needed to be confident. Yes, she needed to be.

 

She walked out of the room and decided to enter another one. For some reason, something in the back of her mind told her not to go, but her body decided to go against her conscience again. She put her hand on the golden knob and slowly opened the door. What she saw next was something that she'd never think she would ever see in her lifetime.

 

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Cliffhanger! Stay tuned to check out what happens next! (Haha..that sounds kind of like some sort of a tv show ending, doesn't it . o_o.. The next chapter will probably be out by next week. Please read and review. Thanks!

 

Pearl Dragon: Thank you so much! I actually really dislike Takuto together with Meroko too! XP I really like Takuto x Mitsuki and Izumi x Mitsuki.

 

bloodyredsilver: Thanks for reviewing :) Well, here's the new update and the 3rd chapter will be up soon too.