Night Sky

By Lily Kumo

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Kishi Sky is a seventeen-year-old boy who lost his parents in a car crash. Now Kishi and his brother, Night, moves to Washington Sky. Kishi finds a bathroom and finds something odd. "A ninja mask?" he says. With this suit, he is headed to a greater destiny in his path. Not knowing about a ninja, he does terribly his first time around. Kishi and Night try to live in peace, but Kishi, being the ninja, makes it difficult. What will they do? How will they defeat the person responsible?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781639615261

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Chapter 1

The Move

When you’re not prepared, you fight, even if you die along the way. People like us don’t back down. So even if it’s your first time fighting, watch me—learn how to fight. That’s the last thing Yosie said to me when I was in Tenshi. She was just someone who wanted to protect the world from evil. I never understood why heroes are heroes because they always lose and they sometimes win, but that doesn’t matter because I wanted to know why, of all the people, she said those words to me—a person who didn’t want to be a hero.

It all started when I was seventeen and my parents were alive. I lived in Tenshi, Texas. It was a small town. I’ll give you that. The people—you practically knew them like brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, etc. You never had any fun because there was nothing for the police to do, and the FBI had nothing either. We pretty much just stayed at home all day. There was one day when Night and I went down to the police station and asked if they would play with us because we were bored out of our minds. Surprisingly, they said yes, so we played hide and seek.

It was nineteen hundred hours when my parents got in a car accident—that was the day that changed my world upside down. Night and I left Tenshi. We went looking for a place to live because we couldn’t bare the heartache—that was when we found Washington Sky. We looked at each other and thought that the name for the city was weird, but it was a beautiful city. We went to look for a house, but unfortunately, we didn’t find one until—

Kishi! Night said.

What is it? I asked.

I found a house for us, Night said.

As I walked up to the house, I saw that it was a little house that was just perfect for the both of us. We took a look inside and wanted the house, so we started to put our luggage inside. We grabbed boxes and boxes until—it became night.

The next morning, we got up and went to school. It was our first day of school. There was a person to come and show us around, but we got there late. The kid that was supposed to show us around had to go to class. So we took on our own tour and went searching for our first class. It was hard to find, and I thought the first period would be over by now. But luckily, we almost found it, but it was the wrong class.

Room 109? Ugh, where is it? I yelled.

Hello, I don’t think I’ve seen you two before? the man said.

Yes, we just transferred from Tenshi, and we have no idea where this room is. Could you help us? I said.

Yes, what room are you two looking for? And what’s your guy’s name? the man asked.

My name is Kishi, I said.

And my name is Night, and we’re looking for room 109, Night said.

The room you’re looking for is straight ahead, and just so you know, my name is Smith. I’m the principal here, Smith said.

Oh! Thanks, and nice meeting you, I said.

Yeah, no problem. Anytime you want, just talk to me, Smith said.

We walked down the hall.

Found it, finally, I shouted.

Are you okay, sir? someone asked.

Yes, I’m okay. My brother and I just needed to find this classroom, I said, laughing.

During class, I had to go to the bathroom. I’ve been holding it since we got to school, so I couldn’t hold it in much longer.

Um, Mr. Wheel? I asked.

Yes? Mr. Wheel asked.

May I go to the bathroom? I asked.

Yes, you may, Mr. Wheel said.

I ran to the bathroom and went into one of the stalls. It looked like the stall had never been used, but it was the only one—all the other stalls were either in use or locked. So I open the door and—

What the hell!? I said out loud.

Hey, man, are you okay? a voice asked.

Yeah, I’m fine, I said and did my business.

When I was done, I grabbed the thing. I thought it was weird, but I put it in my pocket.

I know, I know! This would be really weird, but my curiosity got the best of me, so don’t judge me!

Anyway, I grabbed the thing and put it in my pocket and left for my next period. When I was examining the thing, the bell rang.

Okay, next class, I said with a bright smile.

Room 208, room 208. Ugh, where would that be!? I screamed in frustration.

I walked around till I could find it and—

Yes! I screamed. Found it! I said in glee.

The teacher and everybody else looked at me, and then they looked back and did their work.

The teacher came up to me and asked, I don’t think I have you in this class?

Oh, yeah, I’m in this class. This is room 208, right? I asked.

Yes, this is, the teacher said.

Great! Then this is really the class I’m supposed to have, I said.

Really? I don’t think I have you on my attendance, she looked and looked until—

Oh, right, are you Kishi Sky? the teacher asked.

Yup! That’s me! I said in glee.

My name is Mr. Wing, and I’ll be your science teacher, Mr. Wing said.

Okay, nice to meet you, Mr. Wing, I said.

Nice to meet you, too, Kishi. Now please take a seat, Mr. Wing said.

I went to take a seat, and I saw Night and sat right next to him.

You two know each other? Mr. Wing asked.

Yeah, we’re brothers, we said together.

Well then, I can’t have you two sitting together, so I’ll separate you two, Mr. Wing instructed.

No, please don’t. We promise we’ll be very good, and we work very well together, we said together again.

All right, all right. I guess you two can stay, but it’s really hard to know which is which, and if I hear any side talking, I’m going to separate the both of you, Mr. Wing said.

Okay! We’ll tell you which is which, so you don’t have to worry, Mr. Wing, we said.

After Mr. Wing’s class, school was over. We headed home and were shocked by what that school had to offer.

What did you think of the school, Night? I asked, smiling at him.

Well, it was kinda weird, but still, it was pretty nice to be in the same class as you, Night said, smiling back.

So what do you want for dinner? I asked.

Well, what do you feel like, Kishi? Night asked.

I feel like pulled pork, but I could make a side dish, like sweet jalapeno cornbread and Adrienne’s cucumber salad or classic rice pilaf! What do you think, Night? I asked.

Well, who’s cooking? And what sounds good to you is the best because if you’re cooking then whatever you pick is good to me, Night said, laughing and looking at me.

You’re right. I’ll make all of them then. I like all of them. They sound really good, and we can have some sloppy joes. So what’cha say, Night? Shall we enter the store? I announced in a weird way. I was so happy that I couldn’t hide it.

Yes, we shall. Let’s go! Night said, playing along with me.

Honestly, those times were great. I sometimes think that if I could go back, I would, but there’s no need dwelling on the past.

Now where was I—oh, right, we were going to the store. When we went into the store, we had a couple of money left from Mom and Dad.

Let’s not spend it all, I said, holding my hand in a peace sign.

Yeah! Let’s go, Night said.

We got our dinner, and we both ate it all.

Phew, that was good, I said, patting my stomach.

Yeah, thanks, Kishi. You’re a great cook—you know that! Night said, patting his stomach as well.

Well, I’ll do the dishes. You don’t need to do everything yourself, Night said, taking the dishes from my hand.

As long as you do it right, okay? Don’t shove them into the dishwasher. They need to be scraped, rinsed, and then you put them in the dishwasher, I said, giving him a lecture.

Okay, Mom, I will. Don’t worry yourself. You’ll pop a blood vessel, Night said, teasing me.

Okay, well, good night. See you in the morning, I said, yawning.

I wish you could share this with others. Good night, Night said, washing the dishes.

Chapter 2

Making Friends

The next day, when we went to school, Night wanted to get something from the vending machine before heading to second period.

Night! Come on, we’re going to be late to class.

Right as I said that, the bell rang.

Sorry, I’m just really hungry, and you can’t go to class with an empty stomach. You can go on without me, Night said as he was picking out chips to eat.

No, I can wait, but hurry because we already missed our first period today and we’re not going to miss this class this time because of your stomach, I said, leaning against the vending machine, as the vending machine tilted for some reason.

Kishi! Now I’ll never get my food, Night snarled at me.

Sorry, Night! I replied in a panic.

Ahem, excuse me! Where’s your hall pass? the custodian asked with an angry look on his face.

Before I answer that, what’s your name? I asked.