The wind beneath her wings

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The light house. Who would have thought that Mitsuko would be at another lighthouse after so long? The last time she was at a light house was when she was a high school student at DD and Neji wanted her to meet him there.

Seeing a light house similar to the one that is located at the school brought many memories that were locked inside her heart, however she just smiled as she stood near the light house before she went inside it. She remembered what she and the ninja had talked about when they met up at the school's light house, but instead of feeling sad as the memories came to her, she just embraced them and looked up at the blue sky.

You know it was okay to miss someone but it would be really bad if she cried about it all the time, so Mitsuko just remained positive and said to herself a famous quote that she heard once. "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." After reminiscing on those memories from a few years ago, she went inside the light house after opening the door, and started to make her way up to the top.

As she started to climb up to the top by foot- the beautiful but dainty shoes that she was wearing on her feet made a little tapping noise as they touched the marble steps, in which the sound echoed. The angel was also holding her sketch book that was opened to a blank page. The angel took note of what the light house looked on the inside as she walked.

Mitsuko was amazed at how beautiful this place was, and she made a promise to herself that, she would come back here and explore this place thoroughly to satisfy her own curiosity. Today however she wanted to go to the top and look at the view, and even draw a picture of it to add to her visual diary. (also known as her sketchbook)

Her sketch book held her most precious moments instead of just photographs alone. She had only shown this sketch book to a few people, and it felt good to share her memories with others.

Soon she finally reached the top and she looked at the amazing view. She leaned over the rail and just took a minute to take everything in. So to add to the serenity of the moment she placed her sketchbook on a nearby chair that was there, and opened up her wings to feel the wind beneath them. The wind was soothing to her and it helped her to focus more on her drawing that she wanted to do.

Mitsuko sat down on the chair after lifting up her sketchbook and started to draw. Her pencil made a little sound as she started to create the shape of the lighthouse, and since she became so immersed in her drawing she didn't hear the voice that was speaking to her.

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[Roy]

Roy said at the top of the lighthouse, leaning at the wall and gazing at the horizon. The waves deep down could be heard, accompanied by the gently blowing wind. Roy enjoyed calm places, but somehow he wasn't going to the sea that often. And even less climbing lighthouses.

Still he was remembering the last time he went to one... back then at the Diabolic Domain. That is were he met Iku and Ayame for the first time. Man, he was a silly and shy, little boy then.

Yet, he does have matured. So did most of his friends that he encounters regularly. Well, Syani was probably an exception.... but Ayame sure wasn't...

Roy chuckled slightly... before he slowly doze off.

...

Some time must have passed when the smooth, scratching of a pencil drawing on paper woke him up. Roy slowly turned from left to right, trying to pinpoint where the sounds comes from. Going on all fours he took a peek around the corner... only to spot someone he hasn't seen for a long, long while.

"Mit..suko..?" he asked as if he had to remember her name before speaking it out loud. She did not react though. Was it the wrong name...? "Hey.." he tried again. When she still didn't react, Roy got back on his feet, walked up to her and slowly poked her shoulder.

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A year has passed and Mitsuko too had matured, and had received many blessings in her life. There was one person though that she hadn’t caught up with and that was her friend Roy.

She had seen him very briefly when she had assisted Saiya in healing his wounds but as for catching up with him on a personal note was somewhat rare. So she hoped that in some way some how she would see Roy again and talk with him.

As she was immersed in her drawing the angel eventually heard a soft voice greet her, and felt a poke on her shoulder. Slowly the angel looked up from what she was drawing and her eyes widened when she saw Roy’s kind and familiar face, and she put down her drawing and hugged him.

“Hello Roy! It has been so long hasn’t it? I was hoping to get a chance to catch up with you, and here you are hahaha!”

Mitsuko broke the hug and smiled at him. Roy had truly matured and he looked like a much stronger man not just by physical appearances, but by his heart too. Roy was always known to have such a good heart and the angel always felt comfortable by chatting with him and by his presence.

“I’m sorry if you called out to me earlier, and I didn't respond to you I have a habit of getting so wrapped up in my drawings I tend to tune everything out. I’m trying to break that habit but like every other habit out there it’s hard.”

Mitsuko laughed but kept looking at Roy with those kind eyes of hers.

“You look well though and I am glad.”

[Roy]

The angle regained her composure at once when Roy touched her shoulder and exactly that quickly he found himself inside her hug. "Heyhey!", he let out surprised. Her hug felt warm and comforting as always. "Well, this surely is a surprise!" He joined in with her contagious laugh.

She looked just the same as always, yet, he knew that this was definitely not the case of course. "I see, so this is was brought you here. You surely took yourself a nice place to draw." The sun was slowly starting to set and the sky was shining in this marvelous red.

"Thank you! I try to keep it that way. But you don't look bad yourself either." he returned the compliment with a smile.

Then he came up with the probably most original question ever. "How have you been?"

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Mitsuko was still smiling and laughing. Once she regained herself she answered him in her soft-spoken voice.

“This place just brings back a memory from the school. I was asked to go to the light house to meet my ex boyfriend who was looking for me. And we met there to reunite but he left again for years. Now I have moved on with my life and I am happier then I have ever been. And look at you Roy you are so tall now! Hahaha and I am still so small.”

“This is such a great surprise I have been meaning to catch up with you, but we didn’t get the opportunity to really hang out and talk. I’ve been doing well, I became a nurse now so I am helping people get better. It makes me happy to lend a hand and let people who are unwell to get better with someone supporting them.”

Roy complimented how she didn’t look bad herself and she couldn’t help but do a curtsey to him like a little princess just for laughs.

“Why thank you Roy for the kind compliment. Hahaha do you remember the masquerade ball? I didn’t curtsey to you did I? If I did well I think the habit must have followed me as I got older. How about you Roy, did you decide to go on another adventure? Did you see anything new?

The angel hadn’t seen Roy for so long so she thought that he might have set off somewhere on a journey. She was glad to be reunited with her friend again, and catching up felt wonderful and refreshing for each of their spirits.

[Roy]

And there she goes again. Roy had a hard time not to smile too wide because Mitsuko has always been the one who talks a lot. But who can blame her? After all there is much to tell since they have last met.

"Ah, you are beautiful as you are." He replied as cheery as the mood Mitsuko was in. "I'm so glad that you are doing wonderful! And you are a nurse on top of that. You are really fit for that job, I can tell." Roy smiled. He has been aided by her before as well, and not only physically. She has always been a great listener.

"Oh the masquerade ball!" he said in surprise. "You probably did, after all you were dressed as a princess if I remember correct." Yet, not only good memories come with that day. "I'm sorry I couldn't dance with you back then, I had to leave early because of an... issue. But who knows, maybe there will be another chance for us?"

"But yeah, I did continue to travel! That's all I can do after all." he chuckled. "It's like I discover something new every day. And you meet a lot of interesting people on your way as well. Just like today!"

As good as it sounded, Roy knew that his true reason for traveling was actually to escape from his feelings. But he figured that didn't fit the situation.

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“Aww you are still so sweet as ever thank you Roy for remaining true to who you are. I know as years pass sometimes people change so much that we can hardly recognize them, but I see you have grown and matured. And you are still as handsome as I remember you. But I also know that you have such a good heart.

Anyone that gets to know you Roy will be so lucky. I believe that. Even though I haven’t seen you in such a long time I am still so thankful to have a friend like you. There should be more people with good hearts out there, but sadly that can be such a rarity.”

“Don’t ever change that special part of you okay? And hahaha forgive me if I talk too much, I am just letting everything out to you here, but I also see it as a good thing since our conversations are never boring, it seems we see each other when something huge happens.”

Something big did happen to Mitsuko’s life but she was going to share that later, for now she was going to honor Roy with his first dance with her, even though there was no music. The angel hardly danced before but she has danced with Duo and Zero and she truly was getting better at it.

“Well do you mind if we dance right now? We don’t even need music, we just need to have fun with it. I promise I won’t step on your toes just remember to trust me as your partner, and I will trust you.”

The angel took both of Roy’s hands in hers and went in a dancing position with him.

“Okay? Ready Roy? One two, three, one, two three..”

The angel started to count softly the steps as they danced and then eventually it became natural for them and Mitsuko laughed while saying;

“Hey not bad Roy! You are a a pretty good dancer did you know that? You could make a girl’s fairy tale come true one day. And it’s good that yu are traveling more, I feel people get to learn more about life too and appreciate what’s around them more, and see things they wouldn’t have otherwise noticed.”

[Roy]

"Ah.. don't praise me so much. After all you are the angel from both of us." Roy said jokingly obviously not being used to this kind treating of hers. But you can't help it when you are being around her. Still, her words got him thinking. Saiya, the girl he met in Veyyard, hasn't been that lucky to have met him... But he didn't want to tell Mitsuko about that, so his face remained neutral.

When Mitsuko offered him to dance, Roy didn't even have the chance to decline the offer, because for some reasons she started to get really excited about it. Roy wasn't that unskilled at dancing, since he learned a few basic things for the masquerade ball.

"Thank you... again." He could only smile at the fairy tale comment, because it felt like he chased his own for just too long. "It's true that you learn a lot of things. But sadly you don't only encounter the good things in life. You discover the downsides as well. Oh-" He had almost stepped on Mitsukos foot. "Sorry about that... I think still need some training. But you seem to be rather good at it. Did you turn dancing into another one of your hobbies?"

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Mitsuko smiled at Roy and laughed at his compliment to her, and as they danced he nearly stepped on her foot but missed. They danced and talked with each other all at the same time. The angel could tell that Roy had something on his mind but she wasn’t going to force it out of him. If he chose to come to her and tell her what was on his mind of course she will listen.

“In every journey that we take there is good and bad but we should never lose faith in ourselves or even in the people that we meet. And never lose faith in those that care about us. You know Roy even though you and I hardly see each other we are still friends and always will be even when I get married.”

Yep she said it. Married. Things were so busy in her life from being a nurse to preparing for her wedding. Roy then asked her if dancing was now one of her hobbies. She giggled.

Well Roy I think you did a fine job in leading me on the dance floor and I have only danced twice, three times now since I just danced with you but the first two times were with Duo in a game of DDR, and Zero my fiancé, who had danced with me when I was in the hospital. I think the more I dance, I believe I may have a more of a love for it haha.”

[Roy]

'Married'

'Did she just say married?' Roy wondered as the thoughts in his head went head over heels and he tried to process what he just heard. As a result he completely missed making another step, backwards in this particular case, which caused Mitsuko to bump right into him.

In a reflex he caught her with a hug to prevent them both from falling. Then he stared at her with wide eyes. "You are getting married?" He must sound like a deaf person, but he had a hard time to understand it. "That.. that's... wonderful!" The stuttering was adding up to his cluelessness wonderfully indeed, but he just didn't know what else to say.

Actually it was interesting that Mitsuko met up with Duo after their short meeting in Veyyard and they also build a friendship. But sadly the current news were much more important. "His name is Zero? where did you meet each other? And when have you been in the hospital? I didn't know about that!"

The questions came out of his mouth like a waterfall, because he still couldn't really believe that Mitsuko, his friend, is going to be married soon. During all that time, since they stopped dancing, Roy still hasn't let go of her.

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The angel smiled as Roy asked her who Zero was and when they met. She loved sharing this with people because Zero meant so much to her. While Roy and her were now in a hugging position since her news caught him off guard, she didn’t mind since she liked hugging people. So as they remained in the hugging position she answered Roy’s question.

“I met Zero when I was a little girl, and he was 8, this was 10 years ago. When I first met him he was in such bad shape that I took care of him, and during that time we became best friends. We were separated due to some personal circumstances but a year ago we reunited and spent that whole year getting to know each other all over again. But we realized along the way that we were in love with each other.”

Now Mitsuko knew what personal circumstances that she and Zero went through when they were little, however because it was so personal it was best not for her to share it with anyone. Zero’s past was something that the angel didn’t discuss so explicitly however she did make it known who Zero was and how much he means to her.

“Zero was my first friend of my life. So when we were separated it was so hard for him and me. But when we reunited I was happy to have him back and now we know each other like the back of our hands. We also know what the other is thinking before we even speak. It’s an incredible connection that we both have, and I love him so much. I never thought I would be getting married but he proposed to me on my birthday. “

“Want to know something funny. I wanted to propose to Zero myself but he beat me to it hahaha! But it shows the both of us that we want to marry each other.”

We say I love you more than once, we talk on the phone everyday, and we encourage each other to be strong.”

She then explained why she was in the hospital.

“My father, stabbed me when I was protecting an innocent child. He went into the cattleman’s stakehouse just looking for trouble, but I had to do what was right and protect innocent civilians from getting hurt. When he stabbed me I was in the hospital for months because of blood loss, but Zero was by my side the whole time. He made sure I was okay. He even got me flowers a teddy bear, and a card.”

“Zero has healed my heart and my life feels so complete. It’s like I have reached my life’s fulfillment because I have a fiancé that loves me, an adoptive family, my brother, friends, and when Zero and I marry I’ll be giving him a family. I truly don’t need anything else, and I hope people will find a love like I have.”

[Mitsuko]

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