Mikoto: Past Present Future
by Majokai Yukiko

Chapter One - Goddess of the Stars

Mikiyu kept on running. 

She did not stop. 

She could not stop. 

Her life, ruined.

All because of that now-dead jerk with long silvery-gray hair that called himself her boyfriend. 

Mikiyu would call him her ex- boyfriend. 

The neon lights of the the streets flashed brightly around her, causing the imaginary metal claws around her head to tighten even more. 

Disorientated, she ran even faster. 

No destination, no nothing. 

Everything had simply waltzed away from her after she brought that flower vase onto that jerk's head. 

Now he's dead, away from all punishments of life, escaped from the game of fate. 

What about her? 

Everything's nothing.

Her legs brought her onto the busy road. 

The loud noise of the horn woke her from her dreams. 

She turned around, just to be greeted by the blinding headlights of a red sports car.

Maybe this would end everything. She thought.

A figure suddenly ran out of nowhere and pulled her away from the road, causing the both of them to fall onto the pavement. The driver of the red car stuck his head out of the window to check if the duo were alive, before driving away.

The last thing Mikuyu could remember before blacking out was a pair of gentle gold eyes. 

"Daijoubu, ojousan?"

Come on, Mikiyu. You were already a supermodel. Surely $500 million would not hurt you.

Or you want the media to know about your past crimes?

Your past crimes...

Your past crimes...

Your past crimes...

"KISAMA!!!" Mikiyu sat bolted upright on the bed.

"You are awake?" 

Mikiyu turned to where the voice came from and met with the same pair of amber gold eyes who saved her yesterday.

"Where...Where am I and who are you?" She finally managed to choke out.

"I'm Raiha and you are in my mansion right now. You want some hot soup? I could order the kitchen to whip up something decent enough to eat." 

Mikiyu shook her head lightly. "I'm not hungry." 

Raiha took a glass jar from one of the shelves in the room and held it out to the blue-haired girl.

"Have some sweets then." 

She took a sweet from the proffered jar and removed the wrapper, revealing a yellow-colored sweet shaped like a star. 

Raiha drew back the curtains and looked out into the night sky.

"Some of these sweets are in the shape of stars, comets, crescent. When I was young I used to believe there's a beautiful goddess living on every star. Each star in the sky represent a person on Earth, and that goddess is the one in charge of that person's life and destiny. Even now, I still hold on to that belief."

Mikiyu found herself being intrigued by the handsome purple-haired stranger in front of her.

Although he's a stranger, she had not felt the least uncomfortable with him.

Raiha suddenly turned to look at Mikiyu and grinned goofily.

"Am I very silly? To believe that such a goddess exists?"

Mikiyu smiled and shook her head.

At this point of her life, she felt that the particular goddess in charge of her life had decided to be kind to her for once.

She found a new purpose in life.

She had fallen in love.

Some people may ask, "Who the heck is this Mikiyu person?" Well, I don't really think that Mikoto is Mikoto's real name. She must have had another name before she joined the Uruha. And in Manga 19, when she dressed up as a student to trick Mikagami, she introduced herself as Mikiyu. So, I guess Mikiyu might be her real name. And the part about the goddess in charge of a person's life. I used that to explain why she name herself Mikoto instead of keeping her real name.

Then, that leads to another question: Mikoto falling in love with Raiha?

Well, not that I want to torture one of my favourite bishounen. It's just that this will explain many things that will happen as the story proceeds. Oh no, I've gave too much spoilers on how the next chapter would be like. Guess I'll have to publish it soon.

Majokai Yukiko

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