Gorgeous Moon

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Living at the Alamo Inn has always been an adventure in itself for Mitsuko. The people that visited from out of town, to the residents always had some interesting news, and stories about the things going on in the world.

One piece of news piqued her interest, and it was news regarding a beautiful full moon, and the best place to see it would be at the grasslands.

A lot of people were getting their cameras ready to take pictures, as rumor had it that this full moon in particular would be closer to the earth, causing the moon to be much bigger. This is what is called a Super Moon, and on average it is said that this happens once a year.

Not wanting to miss this opportunity of getting great photos, Mitsuko runs up the stairs to her bedroom, gets her camera, and heads off to Justice peak. When she got there she saw a lot of people at the grasslands, snapping photos.

While Mitsuko was more of an illustrator she loved taking pictures to capture memories, and put it into a scrapbook. Once she creates that scrapbook it will last a lifetime, and it will be something in which she can look at over and over again.

The wind was gentle, as it blew against her face. It was the perfect moment to enjoy this moment just like everyone else that was there taking pictures of this gorgeous moon.



(Picture of the supermoon that occurred on May 6 of this year, from my room window. XD sorry for the quality this was taken from my phone’s camera.)

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[Prince]

While on her way back to Veyyard, Prince had to trek through Sougen. It was rather easy to pick up various things while traveling, such as the coming of a beautiful lunar phenomena that evening.

Curious about this "Super Moon", Prince made her way out towards the grasslands as night set in. She noticed a large crowd spread out throughout the wide expanse. Once her eyes fell on a rather stunning blonde haired woman, however, the fact that there was a mass of people around her suddenly ceased to exist in her mind.

She headed over towards the beautiful woman and stopped beside her, looking up at the moon with her then looked over at her again. "Such a beautiful sight to behold, is it not?" Prince asked the girl in a rather gentleman-like voice, only bordering on sounding like a woman's voice. She smiled gently towards the girl beside her, more interested in her beauty than the beauty of the moon above them.

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When the angel heard the polite voice of a stranger she blushed a little bit. In truth the angel hadn’t met someone polite in a long while, so it was refreshing for her spirit. Mitsuko looked over at the “young man” beside her and smiled at him. She had no idea that this young man was really a young woman.

“The moon is beautiful, especially when it’s this big and this close, I think they say that it is a rarity to see the moon like this. I’m not an astronomer but I get so fascinated by things like this, probably because of my artistic side. Hahaha I’m creating a scrapbook with these pictures that I am taking, so I can remember this event.”

Mitsuko snapped a few photos and looked over at the kind person beside her.

“I’m sorry I haven’t introduced myself and already I am talking your ear off, haha forgive me I get that a lot. My name is Mitsuko, it’s a pleasure to meet you. “

The angel gently took this individual’s hand in hers and shook it gently.

‘ I keep blushing! I shouldn’t be blushing, I mean yes he was very polite when he greeted me, but something about him seems so kind, I don’t even know him but I feel like I just made a new friend. I guess it’s because I haven’t come across someone so polite in a long while, and so approachable.’

“I haven’t seen you around before, are you new here?”

[Prince]

Prince smiled a little more as she noticed the blush on the beautiful woman's face. Prince watched the woman with a smile as she spoke about the moon and her scrapbook, glad to see such a beautiful woman looking so happy. "It really is beautiful."

"And might I say that I am rather impressed that you are creating a scrapbook. I am sure it will turn out wonderful, since someone so beautiful and artistic is working on it." Prince could never afford to let a chance to flatter a beautiful woman pass by.

Prince's gentle-manly smile remained on her face as the woman then introduced herself. "You may talk to me as much as you want, my dear, so long as it makes that beautiful smile remain on your face." She said as Mitsuko took her hand. Prince delicately wrapped her hand around Mitsuko's and lifted up their hands, gently placing a kiss on the back of Mitsuko's hand.

"I am called Prince." She replied as she lifted her head again, lowering their hands and gently let go of Mitsuko's hand.

"I am just returning from a long trip, actually. I have been gone for over three years and realized I began to miss my home. I am already very close, so I suppose I might be arriving there sometime tomorrow." Prince said, slowly turning her eyes towards the moon again as she spoke with that smile still on her face. Afterwards, she smiled back down at Mitsuko again.

"How long have you been in Sougen, my dear Mitsuko?"

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The angel was touched that someone else didn’t mind her chatting away. While she wasn’t a hyper type of person, and was pretty quiet most of the time she was slowly coming out of her shell and talking as if she had known each person she met for years.

The thing with Mitsuko is the fact that she wanted people to feel like they can come to her for anything, even if she was a stranger to them. The angel was there for everyone, to the best of her abilities.

When Prince introduced “himself” to her hearing his name pass through her ears made her want to do a little curtsey, just because she took his name literally and thought he was a real prince. Blushing more once Prince kissed her hand, she softly cleared her throat and looked to the moon, and then looked at Prince once more when he asked her how long she had been in Sougen for.

“I came here give or take three years ago. Hahaha, but I was hardly around because of some personal issues, so you could say two years at least. But now I am here permanently. Haha I live at the inn. It’s usually pretty quiet here though. Sougen is one of my favorite places, everyone around here is so full of life and friendly.

Prince explained that “he” had been on a journey and had begun to miss home. Mitsuko understood that feeling very well and so she placed a hand on Prince’s shoulder.

“There is no place like home right? Don’t worry I am sure when you return home, it will be like you never left. But I have a feeling the journey that you went on was full of adventure and helped you learn things about the world around you. I personally want to make the world a better place even though it can be challenging. I can’t make a change all in one day but I feel as time goes along, I feel that I can do it little by little.”

[Prince]

Prince listened to Mitsuko with that gentlemanly smile of hers. "Indeed. I have met plenty of kind people here when making trips through this country. Though, none as beautiful as you, my dear." She said, her gentlemanly smile stretching ever so slightly at how she flirted with the girl, hoping to win another blush and smile from Mitsuko.

Prince simply nodded carefully at Mitsuko saying there is no place like home. She chuckled lightly in a voice bordering between main and female as Mitsuko said it would be like she never left. "I rather doubt that. I have changed quite a bit from before and I am certain that my home has changed quite dramatically from what I remember as well." The only constant she really hoped for was in her best friend, Hunter. If things were to change between Hunter and herself, Prince would not be sure what to do.

Prince nodded again as Mitsuko commented on Prince's journey allowing her to learn things about the world around her. Her journey also allowed her to learn things about herself as well, though. Prince upheld that gentlemanly smile at Mitsuko as she listened through the end of what the beautiful woman had to say. "I admire your outlook, my dear Mitsuko. I am sure, with the help of such a beautiful, gentle and kind woman as yourself, the world can indeed become a better place."

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When Prince complimented her once more she blushed again and the angel just smiled. She stayed quiet for a few minutes and then listened to the rest of Prince’s words and giggled slightly.

“I think once you return home Prince there will be at least something or someone that is familiar to you. Forgive me if I seem intrusive in your personal affairs but… I have the ability to read people’s energy and what your energy is telling me right now is that you miss someone dear to you. Don’t worry a reunion between two people is always the sweetest part especially when you have a bond with someone. At least that is what I think, I mean I speak from experience.”

“So even though there maybe changes that have occurred I am sure that person that is dear to you can’t wait for you to walk through those doors to see you again. If.. If I am totally off with this then I do apologize. Sometimes we can make the world a better place when we have someone that stands by our side all the way. Change is scary but it helps us grow as people. So when you return home, you return home with a new perspective on things. A journey can do that to you haha.”

“I’m sorry here I am rambling on again, but I know you don’t mind.

The angel didn’t know that Prince and herself was going to be forever intertwined due to the fact with their connections with the bounty hunters. Zero was Mitsuko’s love and he was a bounty hunter, and Hunter was Zero’s partner in bounty hunting who was Prince’s best friend.

But again the angel had no idea that Prince and her will see each other again and most likely will be a part of each other’s lives due to the connections, and due to the now friendly basis they had established.

[Prince]

At seeing the beautiful Mitsuko blushing and smiling, Prince's own gentlemanly smile brightened more, glad to have succeeded. When Mitsuko said she's sure at least someone or something will be familiar, Prince's mind went immediately to Hunter. Then when Mitsuko said she could read people's energies, Prince's eyes opened a bit wide in surprise. Such abilities were foreign to her.

Prince smiled that gentlemanly smile at Mitsuko again then. "You are indeed correct, dear Mitsuko. I have a good friend that I am very much looking forward to seeing again. I only hope that my sudden leave of absence did not cause him too much grief, though he is not usually one to hold grudges."

"Indeed. I left before due to changes that were beginning to occur. I was, then, unable to handle those changes. I return now to face them head on." She said then chuckled slightly, smiling up at the moon again. "I suppose you could say my perspectives have been slowly altering since I left."

She smiled back at Mitsuko again and gave a small bow towards her in her gentlemanly manner. "Thank you, dear Mitsuko. Your words have eased a bit of the worry I have been feeling about returning home."

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“By the way you are speaking about your dear friend I can tell that he isn’t the type to hold grudges. I hope you don’t mind me offering you advice. I had a reunion of mine a year ago and so I hope I say something that can help you. Once you reunite with your friend, spend sometime to get to know him all over again.

Not only will it help you guys reconnect but it will also strengthen your friendship. It might be a little awkward at first but don’t worry. The more time you two spend together, that awkwardness should die down.”

“I know my advice doesn’t work for everyone since friendships take their own course, their own roads, with their own time but.. Give it a try and see what happens. There is no doubt in my mind that he probably has missed you.

IF he does have grudges then I am sure when he sees you those will be thrown out the window. But it seems to me that this man is a lighthearted individual. While I am sure he can’t forget your sudden absence and how he felt, he will always remember the reunion for many years once you both reunite.”

Mitsuko smiled at Prince as she offered her opinion and advice on the matter.

“Life is funny, sometimes unexpected things happen and can throw us all off course… but once we learn to accept those things we eventually find the good in them. It might be hard for us at first but it’s okay. There are those that will stand by us like I said. I have someone special to me that stands by me all the way, even when our opinions conflict with each other, he still supports me and wakes me up when I need to wake up.”

The angel blushed as she spoke but she hoped if she used Zero and her relationship as an example it could ease Prince’s heart even more. She took off her friendship ring that has a butterfly on it and showed Prince what was engraved on the inside part of the ring. The angel’s friendship ring had the word best in it while Zero’s eagle friendship ring had the word friend in it.

“This is a friendship ring that I share with the one precious to me. Mine has a butterfly while his has, a eagle. The connection between the two is the fact that they both have wings and wings give people the freedom to fly and he and I could fly together, and just allow us to be free.

The point is don’t worry too much. Things will work out I just know it Prince. And if it is a little rough and tumble your true friendship will help smooth over any rough spots if there is any.”

“Spend time with your friend and make that trust between you stronger.”

[Prince]

Prince smiled at Mitsuko as she offered advice about how to handle reuniting with her friend. "Thank you, dear Mitsuko. I intend to spend plenty of time catching up with him once I return. I'm sure that there will be much to talk about." She said with her gentlemanly smile at Mitsuko, truly entranced by her kind words.

Prince then began to feel a little guilty as the beautiful woman said he probably misses her. She placed a hand to the back of her head and stared up at the moon again with a more solemn expression in her eyes with the smile still on her face and let out a small sigh. "We're best friends.... and I left without a word...." She said a bit quietly then lowered her hand again and smiled back at Mitsuko again, a feeling of guilty still clinging inside of her. "I wouldn't blame him if he were angry with me."

Prince's smile brightly slightly again as Mitsuko went on. "Indeed, that is true." She responded in her gentlemanly manner, smiling as she spoke about the person she has in her life. "It sounds like you have a wonderful friendship with that person." She said with a smile, reminiscing briefly over disagreements with Hunter and also moments when they had helped each other come to their senses over various topics.

Prince looked at the curious ring that Mitsuko now held out to show her. It had a butterfly on it and the word "best" engraved inside. Prince smiled in her gentlemanly manner as Mitsuko spoke about the ring and her friend's partner ring. "That is a wonderful meaning you two have with those rings." Prince said with her smile towards Mitsuko.

"Thank you, dear Mitsuko. I will walk inside my home tomorrow with confidence to greet everyone again." She said, genuinely feeling better about returning home despite the hint of guilt that still lingered over her having left without much of a word before.

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The angel smiled at Prince, as she was really glad that “he” took her words to heart and then Mitsuko had received thanks from Prince for the advice the angel gave to “him”. Prince then voiced the concern about “his” best friend being angry and Mitsuko gave another piece of advice, and the angel put a hand on Prince’s shoulder.

“If your best friend does get angry at you, then all you can do is give him some breathing room for a little while, and let it sink in that you returned, and then once his emotions settle down then he would be calmer to talk to you. But again it’s best not to speculate right? Just wait and see what happens, he may not even get upset with you.”

“When I reunited with my best friend when I saw him standing there at the sign wondering which way to go, I couldn’t believe it. After 10 years we reunited that I cried and he rested his forehead on my shoulder. With my best friend and me a whole year has passed now and he never once left me again… And he isn’t just my best friend he’s the love of my life. We both have our disagreements with each other but our love never shifts.”

“My life is complete because I have him. Our friendship is the foundation but now we have a love in there too. I hope someday everyone finds a love that only they know, just like I have. Hahaha I am a romantic type of person forgive me for getting carried away.”

Mitsuko blushed and laughed lightheartedly.

“Walk into your home with your head held high and strength, oh and don’t forget to smile. Has anyone ever told you Prince that you have a charming smile? It can warm anyone’s heart. It warmed mine. Haha I have a feeling that we are going to be great friends for many years.”

She then hugged Prince as a source of comfort, since the angel can tell that “he” was still worried.

“Everything will be okay.”

[Prince]

Prince looked over at Mitsuko with a gentle smile and almost questioning glance when she had put a hand on Prince's shoulder. Prince listened to Mitsuko's advice again, then smiled a bit more. "That is true." She said towards the first part.

She smiled in a gentlemanly manner as Mitsuko spoke about her best friend and how he is now also the love of her life. Prince, while not very womanly in her mannerisms, always felt happy to see other women being happy in their lives and with love.

When Mitsuko asked Prince to forgive her for getting carried away, Prince smiled still in her gentlemanly manner and placed a slender hand at the side of Mitsuko's face, smiling at her. "There is nothing to forgive. That quality about you is wonderful." She said gently in her gentleman-like voice, then slowly lowered her hand again after a moment.

Prince was glad to be told that her smile was charming, especially by a beautiful woman. Thank you, dear Mitsuko." She said with her gentlemanly smile still. "You, also, have a very entrancing smile." She replied the compliment. "It would be a welcomed thing, to be able to remain great friends with someone as beautiful and kind as you."

Prince froze for a split second when she was hugged by Mitsuko, then immediately after responded by hugging her back with her gentlemanly smile still. It was not a strange thing for a beautiful woman to hug Prince, but it would occasionally surprise her when it seemed sudden. Prince also often avoided contact too close to her chest also, especially when she was dressed as a guy in the past all of the time instead of only occasionally now.

Prince smiled at Mitsuko when she was told that everything will be okay. Such small words, Prince thought, could mean so much when said during the right times. Prince smiled in her gentlemanly manner still at Mitsuko, seeing this as another perfect moment to thank the seemingly perfect being before her. "Thank you, my dear Mitsuko." She said with a smile and a slight bow of her head after they released from the hug.

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“No need to thank me Prince I am glad to help. Everyone needs help now and again yes? I know there are people that are resistant to advice but I am glad you kept your mind open, and that makes me even happier.

I never want to see someone struggle, in fact I only wish for people to be well and happy. You are never alone, I strongly believe there is always someone watching over you, and I will too.”

Mitsuko was known to take care of other people before herself, as well as being considered a sister to everyone. As she looked into Prince’s eyes she saw kindness and gentleness in them. The angel could tell right away that Prince had such a good heart.

“Do you have someone that you love Prince? With your good heart I doubt that you will have trouble finding love. As kind as you are I am sure that when you find love someday you will treasure your significant other to the fullest.”

Mitsuko smiled at Prince and then shared with him what her dreams were as a child.

“There is one dream that followed me all my life. A dream that I had ever since I was a little girl, and that was to be a bride to someone that loves me with all of his heart. I’m happy to say that dream is coming true.”

“I am going to be an emotional bride though when it’s time for me to walk down the aisle, because as much as I dreamed about my wedding day I never thought it would happen because my main priority in life is making sure everyone is well and happy and just be everyone’s guardian angel.”

As the angel spoke she looked up at the moon as thoughts of Zero entered her mind.

“But just because my dream is coming true doesn’t mean I’ll stop taking care of others, I always will it’s just that I’ll be a wife.”

[Mitsuko]

[Time Travel: Married Mitsuko here to write an ending for now!]

Mitsuko truly admired Prince and she was glad that she was a part of the bounty hunter community. Prince was someone that was reliable, strong, caring and kind. She didn't know Mitsuko well, but Prince made it her business to attend hers and Zero's wedding and for that Mitsuko will always be grateful, and she hopes that they will see each other again in the near future.

[END THREAD]