Disclaimer: Naruto is not owned by me. Kizuna belongs to solely to Kamenashi Kazuya.

A/N: I've found myself always wanting to write a song fic based on a KAT-TUN song. While listening to Kizuna, a insert song to Gokusen 2, written by Kamenashi Kazuya, it reminded me that, relationships come and goes but we heal, and learn and the best thing is that we can still walk away from it with multiple friendships. On with the Story!

Kizuna (Kat-tun, Kamenashi Kazuya)

Word Count: 899

Completed: August 25, 2008

She stretches her eye as she skillfully applies her eyeliner

She stretches her eye as she skillfully applies her eyeliner. Once done, she places down the liquid eyeliner and reaches for a second helping of mascara only pausing to the thought that pops into her mind.

"You're beautiful"

"You're so silly Shika! It's raining! My make-up is gone and I look like a wet horse!"

"Make up or not. Wet horse or dry horse. You're still beautiful. You troublesome woman."

Her hand clenches at the thought. With one quick swipe, everything flies off the vanity table in front of her. Perfume bottles leak into the carpet underneath it, power staining the once plush floor. What's the point in being beautiful, when he wasn't with her anymore?

Saki no koto dore hodo ni kan gaete itemo (No matter how we consider the future)

hontou no koto nante dare ni mo mienai(No one can see the truth)

kuuhaku? kokoro ni nanika ga tsumatte (Something is blocking my blank mind)

ayamachi bakari kuri kaeshiteta (It's just a mistake that I've been repeating)

Looking to her left, tears trickle down her cheeks, ruining whatever effort she put to perfect her face. Staring back at her, almost mockingly were numerous pictures of them, smiling, in rain, in shine, on cloudy days, in their stuffy classroom and their beautiful sanctuary. Necklaces, earrings, teddy bears, dried up flowers and a single ring gleam in the sunlight, by the pictures. She cries. What future can they plan, when he has already decided to pursue another?

ippo zutsu de iisa kono te wo hanasazuni (It's okay for my steps to continue, these hands have seperated.)

tomo ni ayunda hibi ga iki tsuzukeru kara (Walking away from where you continue to live,)

boroboro ni narumade hikisakarete itemo (Until I become worn out I keep prolonging it)

ano toki no ano basho kienai kono kizuna (That time, that place, it will never disappear - this bond)

In the school hallways, if she ever passes him, she'll hold her head up indefinitely. He didn't deserve to see the tears that ran down her cheeks well into the night. And she definitely did not deserve his looks of worries and pity. When she walks along those crowded hallways, and glimpses another hand in his, she will meet his eyes. They were once lovers. They once saw the world in each other, but that is the past. And the past will never disappear. But gradually fade under all the other memories she will come to face.

nagare yuku toki no naka ushina wanu youni (In time that flows, I try not to lose anything.)

su re chigai butsu katta hontou no kimochi (Passing by, we collided - true emotion)

kokoro ni shimiteku aitsu no omoi ni (permeated my heart, into warm desires)

deaeta koto ga motometa kiseki (The miracle I requested came about by chance.)

Years from now, she thinks, they will laugh at all the memories they had together, along with their own separate future. They will remember the precious laughter, but not the emotion that came with it. They will reel in each other's serenity and they will feel blessed, for meeting someone so understanding. She will realize that, the loneliest part was not him leaving her behind; instead, it would be when she had once thought he didn't give damn about her and her feelings when he left. Her wish to remain forever in his heart was granted, when he told her;

"I'm glad you were able to figure it out in the end. I loved you once, with all my heart. But, now I truly love you, as my friend."

tachi domaru koto sae dekinai kurushisa no (Even when things couldn't stand still, amidst the pain,)

naka ni mieta hikari tsunagatte iru kara (I saw the light, because we were bound together.)

usotsui tatte iisa namida nagashite iikara (It's okay if you lied, and it's okay to cry)

ano toki no ano basho kienai kono kizuna (That time, that place, it will never disappear - this bond.)

They loved once. Together, they held hands, and felt warmth throughout each other as their eyes met. To think of these things, pains her to the core. To remember his promises of forever and lover brims her eyes with tears. She understands, as she flips through photo albums of them, and her friends. The feelings have faded, and words only last for so long. But they were once there. And still. They are still friends.

ippo zutsu de iisa kono te wo hanasazuni

tomo ni ayunda hibi ga iki tsuzukeru kara

boroboro ni narumade hikisakarete itemo

ano toki no ano basho kienai kono kizuna

In another few years, she'll be attending his wedding or her own, she isn't quite sure which will come first, but she knows it will never come together. She will smile as he recites his vows to his wife, or he will watch her as she commits herself permanently to another man.

"Thank you for coming to my wedding."

"I'm glad you chose such a troublesome woman."

"Ino maybe troublesome, but I love her, and that's all that matters."

"As long as you're happy."

Because, our friendship will always overcome the feelings of loss, and withstand the testimonies of pain.