The Song in the Sky

Chapter 1

Utusuki's POV.

9 years ago:

"Ow!" I yelled after Mizu had just whacked me on the head with a long stick. "Why?" I asked and rubbed my now sore head.

"Just making sure it works!" Mizu laughed and spun her stick around playfully. I rolled my eyes.

"Why not use it on yourself?! Now my head hurts!" I complained about the big bump on my head.

"Cause then it wouldn't have been any fun! Pain is always funnier when it's inflicted on someone else." Mizu laughed.

Mizu always had that kind of sick sense of humor. She laughed whenever someone fell, or was beaten. It was awful, almost evil of her. But she was still somewhat a good person.

"That really hurt though.." I sighed and felt a small tear start to form in my eye. Mizu stopped laughing and looked at me with a look of regret.

"Sorry..I didn't mean to hurt you that bad." She apologized and lowered her stick. "How about we go play a different game! You choose, I don't care." She smiled.

Mizu and I loved to play games. Every summer, our families would travel together to Ninjago City and do loads of fun things. But for the most of our trips..Mizu and I played games with each other at the park.

"Hey Mizu, when do you think Momma and Daddy will get back?" I asked, sort of changing the subject.

"I don't know..soon I guess. But for now, let's play!" Mizu cheered.

"Ok! How about... TAG! YOU'RE IT!" I laughed as I ran off making zig zags so she wouldn't be able to catch me.

"Hey, that's cheating!" Mizu smiled and chased after me.

I always did that..I always made a head start and ran. Mizu would always complain about how I was cheating but in the end of every one of our little arguments..we'd laugh. That seems to be the only memory replaying itself in my head..us laughing. That's all we did..we laughed. We played and we laughed. We had next to nothing in common but that didn't change the fact that we were best friend's who always laughed.

"Nuuu!! You go too fast!" Mizu complained but proceeded to chase me.

I kept running. My goal of winning our game set perfectly in my head. One goal. One thought. At that time, I only wanted to play and win. I ignored all distractions, all my surroundings.

"Woah.. Uta stop!" Mizu cried.

I didn't listen. I should have listened!

"UTA!! NO!" Mizu screamed at the tops of her lungs. I turned around and saw Mizu, she jumped at me, and pushed me down, just as a car rushed by and pushed her. My eyes widened and I started crying.

"Mizu..Mizu!" I screamed. The driver stopped her car and stepped out to see what had happened.

How could I not have noticed that I ran directly into the middle of the street..
That day, Mizu was rushed to the hospital. The doctors were amazed to find nothing broken, nothing fractured, the only injury she got from that accident was a hard hit to the head. That hit was hard infact, that it spilt part of her head open, she had to get stitches. Nowadays, it's only a small scar. She says it doesn't hurt her..but it sure hurts me. She covers the only visible part of the scar with her short, diagonally cut bangs. Her mind sure isn't as sharp as it used to be, and I can't help but feel like that's because of me.

"I'm sorry Mizu.." I cried quietly on the side of her hospital bed.

"It's ok. I don't mind. Hey, wanna play a game?" Mizu smiled at me. I wiped away some tears and stared at her.

"Ok.."

Present day:

"KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE!!" Mizu and I sung along to the Ouran Highschool Host Club theme song. It was the first anime she introduced me to, and what started my love for anime.

Mizu and I are currently driving down to Ninjago City to start our new adult lives! We're 19 years old and it was about time we got ourselves out of my parents basement. We each already found new jobs and a new apartment. I'm now working at Tabemono no Basho, a new and quite popular bakery. And Mizu is working at Doomsday Comics, a comic book, nerd store. Mizu reached over and turned up the song.

"IT'S YOU AND ME IN A BEAUTIFUL SPRING~! AND WE'LL ALWAYS FALL IN LOVE~ AGAIN! HEY! HEY! MAYBE YOU'RE MY LOVE!" The song ended and we both laughed.

"Oh, perfect timing we're here!" Mizu smiled and jumped out the car before I even finished parking. She did some kind of ninja roll out the door and skipped up to the side walk. I rolled my eyes, this being the fifth time she'd done that since we got into the city. I parked the car, and we both grabbed all our junk from the trunk and back seats. Mizu insisted we did it all in one trip, so we carried it all at once. We had bags and suitcases along our arms and even around our necks. And Mizu even managed to carry her large, blue storage trunk as well. After what felt like an hour we waddled our way to the front desk, only to find out that the elevator was out of order and our room was on the third floor.

Mizu and I threw all our stuff on the floor and laid on our new beds.

"Why...." I groaned exhausted.

"At least we got good exercise!" Mizu smiled. I turned my head, still laying flat on my stomach and looked at her.

After unpacking some boxes and setting up our new place piece by piece we decided to go out for dinner. We heard of this great noodle place just a couple blocks from here and went out to go try it. On the way, we sang along to all the songs on this CD Mizu made to listen to in the car. It had all of our favorite anime opening songs, ending songs, and all of our favorite bands and parodies.

"URIN PYEONGHAENGSEON GATUEN GOSUEL BOJIMAN NEOMU DAREUJI!" Mizu sung loud and proud to BTS 'Danger'. She knew every word in korean.
"NEO TTAEMUNE NEOMU APA!" Mizu continued to sing as the chorus blasted out the stereo.

"We're here!" I announced and she ninja rolled out the door again before I parked. I sighed and laughed.

We walked in the front doors, the smell of freshly made fries and burgers filled my nose, making my stomach growl. Mizu licked her lips excitedly and rushed to the counter.

"Hello, my name is Amy and how may I take your-"

"I would like that and that!" Mizu stated and pointed towards the menu before the cashier could even finish. I smiled and stepped by Mizu.

"What she means is, she will have the number 2 with ketchup only, a large fry, and a large Dr. Pepper drink. And I will have a chicken salad with ranch and a large root beer. That's all thank you." I smiled at the cashier lady. She put it all into the computer thing.

"That'll be $11.92 please." Amy the cashier stated, I handed her the money and she handed us our order.

"That was quick!" Mizu smiled and grabbed the tray with our food.

"Be careful, don't spill it." I warned her.

"WEEEE!" Mizu scooted off to the tall tables with spinning stools to sit on. I giggled and followed. Mizu grabbed her burger and stuffed it in her mouth while spinning on her chair.

After food, we headed back to our apartment and went straight to bed. As soon as Mizu put on her 'jamies' she fell fast asleep with her Attack On Titan blanket and stuffed Happy from Fairy Tail plush. I put on my pjs and put my dark blond and purple hair back in a braid. I laid down in bed and stared up at the ceiling. Mizu turned over in her sleep, facing me. I turned and looked at her. Her bangs hang down and covered her left eye, revealing her scar. I sighed and went to sleep.