Harvest Moon Island of Confusion

Harvest Goddess

"What are you........?"

"I, am the Harvest Goddess, ruler of these lands"

"Goddess!? I am-"

"Mitsuni Yuuki, I know"

The small child raises his head as there he was, standing before the Harvest Goddess in her spring. Such intense, captivating beauty radiated off this woman. He was in a trance. "Your Majesty!" he says, bowing.

The Harvest Goddess laughs. "Such an odd child" she smiles. "What is it, that you have lost?"

"Lost?" he asks, repeating her question. "What have I lost...?

"Have you not found what you have lost?"

The child was confused. He tilts his head and just blankly stares at her. She smiles, as she too, tilts her head. The boy blushes at her actions, and quickly bolts upright. "I haven't lost anything, your Majesty" he answers.

She sighs. "Child. You came to my spring this morning, missing something"

"What was I...."

"Look at my water."

He obeys her given commands and stares at the water. She asked him what he saw, and he replied with "My reflection?" the Harvest Goddess gave him a warm, yet sad smile. She bends over and points to the kid in the water.

"I see a small child without happiness" she replies. Yuuki's eyes widened. "Where has your smile gone?" she points to the frown he had pasted on, which not even he was aware of.

He moves away from the water so his reflection was no longer there. He curls up into a ball, knees lifted where he locked them in place, and buries his head in his legs. "It doesn't matter" he mumbles. "We came to this island, but its as if I am not here... why can't he see that I am here?" he asks.

He heard light footsteps draw near, and then felt a gentle touch of a woman upon his head. "Yuuki.." she whisper's, pulling him into a warm embrace. "Happy tenth birthday"

he raises his head, eyes wide with surprise. Tears filled his eyes to the brim and grips her tightly by the shoulder's. "H-how did-"

"I know everything" she tells sorrowfully. "You are welcomed back to my spring anytime, but for now.... go home, Mitsuni Yuuki"

...............

"That was when their story began getting written"

Kenji sighs. He sat beside Rachel who was gazing intently at him. "He was forgotten on his birthday?" she asked. "That's so sad"

Kenji sighs once more as he tilts his head to crack his neck. "I suppose so" he shrugs. A single bead of sweat dripping from off his cheeks, as he notices her teary eyes. "Oh god, don't" he says, turning his head.

"Tell me more!" Kenji glances at Rachel, and chuckled at how interested she seemed. He grins, and continues.

...............

Once Yuuki had left her spring, he ventured on home to where a house had been built. It was a dominating house, in a area which was slightly isolated from the centre of the town. Yuuki notices that his home was on a ranch, and takes a second to observe it. Once it was over, he reached the door, and turned the knob. Entering his new home.

"Father?" he calls out, lights being left on. He wondered around, and continued to call for his father.

There, sitting against the wall far to the back, were two beds. One king sized, while the other was a cozy single mattress, on a red oak bed frame. On that single bed, was small envelope. Inside was a letter, reading-