A much needed vacation

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Everyone needs a vacation now and again, from work, school, and just daily life. That is what Mitsuko needed as she has been working super hard lately, and she worked without any complaints, but her body was feeling exhausted in all honesty.

People have lectured her time and again to take a break, but she didn’t want to let anyone down, she didn’t want people think that she was selfish in taking some time for herself--- As people in this day and age were quick to judge before knowing the full details. But today she caved in, and she called Jean and just told him that she needed a break, and if she didn’t take one soon she’d make herself sick.

The young angel though kept her handcuffs and the rest of her bounty hunting equipment with her that were attached to her uniform in case of any emergency, as she will assist those that need it of course, but she prayed that she could have a moment of peace and quiet. Even though she was taking a vacation she had to be in uniform for a few reasons:

1) She was no longer in her jurisdiction of the domain--- Which were Arthera and Sougen. Now that she was registered with HQ those were the areas that she knew, very well due to her training as an intervention officer/nurse.

2) As she was in unfamiliar territory now, in case someone DID need her help she needed to stand out, and be easily recognizable to civilians in this area.

She would never turn her back on anyone, and she wanted to be approached if someone needed help or even to just to say hi to her.

Mitsuko was very open like that.

3) And she had to keep herself safe. She had hoped that she wouldn’t need to use her equipment but you just never know the dangers a person can be faced with in the matter of minutes.


So for her vacation spot, she picked the Hawkeye Cabins. She had read about it in the papers, and it seemed like a good place to just relax and take some time out for herself. She sat on a couch that was across from the fireplace, and curled up with a blanket over her and played one of her Nintendo 3DS games.

She didn’t have much time to play games these days since she was so busy with life, so playing a game now was so refreshing for her. Not only did she get to relax on a nice comfy couch, but she also got to experience the warmth of a fire in the fireplace. And who knows if she likes her experience here then she may come back again. Because of it’s environment Mitsuko knew that eventually she would want to get herself a hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows at the top.

‘No wonder this is a popular place. It’s so peaceful, Haha I should come back here for Christmas this year!’


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[Alessa]

Its been a very long time since Alessa left the Diabolic Domain after a sad event happened to her. She loves this place, but it did bring back her sad past which is why she kept on not coming here anymore. But after time passed, she can no longer hold back and missed this place a lot specially her good friend Mitsuko.

Reluctantly, she came back here... hoping to reunite with Mitsuko. As always, Alessa got lost in this vast large realm. She thought of getting back into the inn that Mitsuko gave her long time ago, but she can't remember where it is after a long time din't come here. Frustrated and tired, she tries to find the way until she reached Tenka, the famous Artics Mountains.

Cold and exhausted, she wonders throughout the treacherous snowy mountain. Eventhou she is exhausted, the motivation to meet Mitsuko keeps her from falter. Lucky enough to ever went through the Yuki Mori Forest without encountering any wild animal, she finally reaches a more friendly environment, Hawkeye Cabins. Without any clues on how to find Mitsuko, she decided to rest in this place before went on for her journey.

Walking closer to the cabins, she sees smoke fire near that places. Feeling relief after knowing that someone is there, she hasten her walk towards the cabin. With formality, she greets the first person who she saw.

"Huh, huh, I'm sorry for the sudden disturbance, " Alessa grasp for air while bow in manner. "May I ask for you- "
She paused as she saw the person in front of her is Mitsuko herself. "M-Mitsuko-san?"

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That cute voice. That gentle sounding tone that Mitsuko had recognized instantly passed through her ears, and she had to take a moment to make sure she wasn’t dreaming—then slowly she looked up from her NDS screen and saw a little girl standing in front of her. It was the girl whom she befriended month’s before.

It was the girl she had welcomed into her life with open arms.

She put her video gaming system down beside her, removed the blanket that was covering her, and the angel went and hugged Suzuna while crying tears of joy. She had wondered where this little girl had gone. The angel thought that maybe she went on an adventure of some kind, but when weeks turned into months, there was this unsettling feeling. She has a big heart towards everyone especially children, and because of Mitsuko’s motherly personality her motherly instincts didn’t rest until now.

Until she saw Suzuna alive and well.

“Where did you go? I was so worried! You should have called me; you should have let me know where you were. If you needed some time to yourself I understand, but I was worried. Now my prayers are answered and here you are: Alive, breathing and in my embrace.”

The angel didn’t let go of the little girl for a good few minutes and then after she finished crying her tears of joy she released her gently and looked at her in the eyes with a smile.

“Now I’ll be right back okay? I’m going to get you some hot chocolate. Do you want big marshmallows in it, or a few small ones—Oh you know what let me bring it over to you and you can decide!”

She giggled and went to get the hot chocolate. A few minutes later she came back with the drink and a package of marshmallows that Suzuna can choose from.

[Alessa]

Still in daze and shock, Alessa can only stares at Mitsuko before she actually started to shed tears. She quickly hugged the excited Mitsuko who still holding the drinks and the package of marshmallow on her hand. After trying so hard to get back into DD, after walking so far in searching for her, she finally able to meet her. Even it is unexpected for her, but she still felt very happy that she did. Unable to hold her tear and happiness she can hugs Mitsuko with no word she can express. She tried to say something, but the only word she can say is ,
"M-Mit...Mitsuko...-san... I...I ,"

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Mitsuko being the angel that she is she wiped Suzuna’s tears with a thumb and smiled at her. She then picked her up like a baby and placed her gently next to her, putting the blanket over her so she can warm up. This was like a sweet dream for the angel, to be reunited with someone that she holds dear, but she knows that this dream was real. And she was glad that it was.

“I’m not mad at you okay Suzuna? But can you tell me where you have been? No need to rush though as I am on vacation, so you can take as long as you want to tell me. I just want you to know that I am happy that you are back, and in one piece.”

“For me, my life has been an eventful one, I am now an officer in charge of intervention. Which means stepping in and helping people turn their lives around and try and set them on the right track, and I am also a registered nurse. Even though I am an angel and do have the ability to heal others, and don’t get me wrong, I do love healing others but I run the risk of tiring myself out.

Also I have had an interest in medicine and I wanted to understand what others go through since not everyone has the ability to heal in an instant. I wanted to understand their pain I wanted to understand their struggles and see it through their eyes. People, who don’t have the ability to heal, anytime they want, suffer more then I can imagine. I became a nurse to see this through. And to understand what it’s like to be a fully-fledged human as I am only part human. My father is human and my mother was a full angel.”

She explained.

“Life has been very busy for me, but I have missed you. How are you feeling? The last adventure that we were on together, took a lot out of you, have you gotten the chance to get back your strength?”

[Alessa]

After being comfort by Mitsuko, Alessa calms down and tries to stop crying. Slowly, she's able to get her grip. Its been a very long time since she's being this happy. She is glad that she finally met Mitsuko back. There are lots of things she wants to tell her.

"I-im glad that your doing well in your life all this time Mitsuko-san..." she sob, still trying to recover from her recent crying.

"I must make you very worried, I'm very sorry... It is just.. " She looks down before continues.

"After what happened during our last adventure together, things happened, and I felt very sad about it. Due to that, I went back to my homeland far away from the DD. Trying to settle back my emotions. I was lucky that I din't encounter any difficulties during my way back to my homeland. But... It is so hard for me to recover back then," she sobs again and look at Mitsuko's eye.

"I miss you so much, that's what driven me to come back. If I wait more, i don't think it won't do good since I can't never forget your gentle care on me. It is like the same as the feeling of missing my mother. Eventhou I manage to come back here, I'm still not sure if I'm already fully recovered from the past event..." with a sad tone, she shed her tears again. This time she is trying to hold it as Mitsuko is infront of her. She always try to be strong in order to stay with Mitsuko.

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It broke the angel’s heart to see Suzuna in this much pain, if she had known she would have helped her to cope with this pain, as no one deserves to go through things alone. Everyone needs someone beside them, the angel could just imagine how lonely Suzuna must have felt, having no one to hear her cries and to just hold her.

When people are hurting, this is when they become the most vulnerable, and Mitsuko wanted this little girl to always be safe, to always feel safe, and to be happy. The angel didn’t want this little girl to be in pain. She had no idea what had happened to her, so she decided to start the conversation slowly, as the angel understood that this was a sensitive topic for her.

“When things hurt us, it will take us a long time for us to heal, it can take us months or years depending on the situation, but you know what darling these situations exist for a reason. I feel they exist to help us gain courage, and for us to know that we can get through anything. Instead of us placing blame on the people hurt us, we just take it as a life lesson, and an opportunity to get stronger. We must never give up.”

The angel hugged Suzuna again and just held onto while she cried.

“Never give up Suzuna. You are strong, bright, loving, and most importantly you are you. I value your well-being and who you are on the inside. We will make mistakes, but we can learn from them. Remember I won’t ever turn my back on you. No matter how far we are most times I am always with you. In your heart. I’ll always be encouraging you, and cheering for you. It’s okay to cry, it’s a form of release. It’s not good to hold things on the inside, since it can make you feel worse. I’m with you.”

[Alessa]

After hearing what Mitsuko has said, Alessa burst in tear while Mitsuko is embracing her. It is true that her recent travel din't bring her any harm, but the silence of it did. Even when she did reached back on her homeland, they can never make her forget the pain that had struck her months ago. Her memory of the past never fade. She tried to deal with the pain alone but when each time passed, she only grow weaker and weaker. Until one day when she saw the Moonlight flower on the lake of her homeland, she remembers about Mitsuko, about how she meet Alessa for the first time, how she were so kind to her, how she treated her, everything. That is the starting point on when Alessa wanted to return.

"I'm... Happy..." Alessa sob for the last time before giving Mitsuko her bright smile.

"Thank you so much Mitsuko-san, I'm sorry for being a burden to you always... but I will do my best to support you too. You are like a family to me... I love you so much..." After saying that, Alessa face suddenly turns red.

"E-eh! I mean... L-love in... uhm.. lo- , n-no , I mean... " She started to panic.

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“I love you too! Letting others know how you feel is really important, because there will be a time where we won’t have a chance to say what’s in our heart. No matter how red it makes us in our faces, we know the importance of those words.”

Mitsuko smiled at her, and looked at the marshmallows, getting idea to lighten up the mood and to cheer up Suzuna.

“Did you know that you could be creative with these marshmallows? As sticky as they are, one can make all sorts of things with it. Would you like to see? I have some ideas in my head that I am sure you will find interesting. I mean marshmallows aren’t just for hot chocolate or smores.”

Mitsuko got up and went got a few materials from the cabin’s front desk clerk, since they had a lot of activities going on for families, and then she brought them to where Suzuna and her were sitting, along with a few more packages of marshmallows. Placing it on the coffee table in front of them, she started to work her magic.

“Watch carefully okay?”

The angel started to make this safari of animals from marshmallows using the materials that she gathered. What she made were a lion, a giraffe, and an elephant.



The next thing she did was take at least three marshmallows, and started to draw on them using markers. Now drawing on food takes a lot of practice, and skill and it wasn’t easy as it looked, even though Mitsuko was making it look easy.



(Note: Images are not mine, just found them on a google search.

“And that is what we call using what’s around us to create crafts. Would you like to try Suzuna?”

[Alessa]

With focus, Alessa watch on every move Mitsuko do on making a good looking Marshmallow. Entertained and excited, she smile at the end after the Marshmallow is finished. Hesitate to try, she slowly begin shaping the marshmallow into a flower. Took a long effort for her to make it resemble the Moonlight Flower.

After manage to finish it, Alessa smile in joy seeing her marshmallow looks like a flower that she love so much. Satisfy with what she done she looks at at Mitsuko and a bow her head a little.

"I'm sorry Mitsuko-san, but I can't draw much. I guess the shaping is enough for me," She smiles.

"And uh... actually I..." she continues with a reluctant tone. Before she's able to continue, her stomach grumbles. Even thou the sound of the grumble ain't that loud, but her face turns red of embarrassment.

"T-Th-That was so Rude of me! I-Im sorry," with panic she bows her head towards Mitsuko hiding her embarrass face.

During her long Journey, Alessa can hardly eat due to her gloomy mood. With lack of food supply, she only eat few of the foods during journey and never eat her food normally than before. After she is finally brighten her mood, her appetite too return.

(Note : this is the Moonlight Flower in my brain XD )

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Rumble, rumble

Just as the angel was going to comment on Suzuna’s flower she heard the child’s tummy growling out of hunger.

“Hahaha! That reminds me of what I first met you. You were hungry then too remember? And your tummy was letting me know in the same way, so don’t apologize it’s okay. It’s a memory from when I first met you, I’ll go get a few things for you, in fact I’ll assemble a food platter for you!”

The angel laughed light heartedly and went to put together a bunch of goodies for Suzuna to enjoy. She was glad that this little girl returned, to be honest when she left it felt like something was missing from the angel’s life, and the angel would feel this way especially when she’s close to someone. She promised the little girl that she would be there for her, and take care of her, and Mitsuko was going to fulfill her promise.

Eventually the angel returned with lots of food, and of course people were looking at her wondering if she was going to eat that all by herself. The angel just laughed and told them not to worry, as she is sure there are times in which they are super hungry, and they could eat twice as much. The angel also said that Suzuna was growing girl and she needed nutrition.

As she spoke to the people staring, the angel just continued to laugh since she was so open, and just enjoying what she was doing for Suzuna.

“Now if you can’t eat all of this don’t worry, you can have left overs for the next few days if you want. I really love your marshmallow flower, wait… is this the moonlight flower? We still have to go and see one in person, I’d love to see it bloom in front of my eyes, and can you take me one day to see one?”

[Alessa]

Still with red face of embarrassment, Alessa bow to Mitsuko and started to tidy herself up and pray before eating. She eats slowly while enjoying her food. Its been awhile since he ate this many food. Knowing that she can't finish them, she finished whats left on her current plate and clean her mouth and then smile at Mitsuko signing that the food to be delicious.


After hearing what Mitsuko said, she nod and say "We will. They only blooms when full moon comes. When the time comes, I shall invite you to see them," Alessa smiles.

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“I can’t wait for that day, to see a flower so beautiful such as that to bloom. I have my own garden, I have a love for flowers, as you saw back at the inn earlier on. So what are your plans from now? Are you busy? If you aren’t I would like to invite you to enjoy this vacation with me. I maybe in uniform, but that doesn’t mean I can’t spend time with you.”

Mitsuko smiled at Suzuna, as she started to stir her hot chocolate.

“Have you ever made a snow angel? If not would you like to try?”

[Alessa]

Alessa face grows excited like a child. She never do a snow angel before as her village never had a winter season. With all the struggles and hard time she had, she din't thought about it at all. Now that Mitsuko is with her she felt relaxed and wanted to have fun to.

"I-I currently don't have any plan for now..." she look down in shy. "I-I want to try it," she nods.

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“Then its time we get parts of your childhood back, please come along with me.”

The angel gently took a hold of Suzuna’s hand and led her outside. Some children were having a snowball fight, so in order to make sure that Mitsuko and Suzuna weren’t caught in the crossfire, the angel led them to an area that had space for them to make a snow angel.

Mitsuko looked at Suzuna with a smile, and started to demonstrate on how to make a snow angel.

“So the first thing you do is lay down on your back, and move your arms and legs together at the same time, almost as if you are a bird flapping its wings, in order to fly. Now the size of the angel goes according to our height. Some people can have really big angels, and others can have really small angels, haha.”