"Aki wake up!" Miki Sanada laughed as she jumped up and down on her brother Akihiko's bed in the orphanage. "Mmmm? I'm awake" Akihiko mumbled rubbing the
sleep out of his eyes. "Yeah? You don't look it" Miki joked as she flopped down onto her stomach. "Oh really?" Akihiko smiled as he started to tickle Miki. "Ahhhh!
Stop!" she laughed as she swatted at his hands. "I gotta get ready for school, and so do you" Akihiko told Miki as he stopped tickling her. "Okay" Miki gasped smiling
up at her brother. Both kids quickly got dressed and clambered downstairs to meet up with Akihiko's best friend and Miki's "second brother" Shinjiro Arigaki. Both
boys were 13 years old and in 7th grade while Miki was only 10 years old and she was in 4th grade. The trio left for school together, laughing and chatting, returning
to the orphanage much the same way. After a long day at school everyone at the orphanage decided to relax in their rooms before dinner. Both Sanada kid and
Shinjiro always convened in Akihiko's room after school to hang out. "How was school today?" Shinji asked Miki, smiling down at the bubbly little girl. "It was *cough*
okay" she replied, coughing faintly into her fist. "Are you feeling okay?" Akihiko asked concernedly, as he put the back of his hand to his sister's forehead. Her head
felt warm and Akihiko was nervous his sister was getting sick. "One of the kids in my class was sick today, maybe I got something from him?" Miki guessed
innocently. "That's probably it" Shinjiro replied trying to get his friend to stop looking so worried. "Can I stay home from school tomorrow?" Miki asked, a hopeful
smile crossing her face. "Sure you can" Akihiko smiled, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Dinner!" they heard a voice call from down the hall. "Let's go" Akihiko said
as he got up and left the room with his sister and Shinjiro in tow. The next morning Miki's cold had worsened and Akihiko had instructed her to stay in bed and told
her that he'd be back from school soon to check on her, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving, Shinji waving at her before following Akihiko out the
door. Both boys left for school together in the morning, and came back that afternoon together as well. As they were walking down the street towards the orphanage,
they saw a mob of people up ahead and lots of black smoke rising into the sky. "What the hell is going on?" Shinjiro asked as he and Akihiko broke out into a run
towards the orphanage. The mob out front turned out to be all the children and care-takers from the orphanage. The smoke was coming from the orphanage as well
that appeared to be on fire. "Where's Miki?" Akihiko asked, frantically running up to one of the care-takers. "I thought she was at school" the woman answered. "So
she's not out here?" Akihiko asked, panic rising in his voice. He quickly started scanning the windows of the building and saw a familiar set of grey pigtails in one of
the second floor windows. "She's still inside!" Akihiko yelled as he made a dash for the door. "Aki wait!" Shinjiro yelled after him. Before Akihiko could make it inside
the burning building, one of the firefighters who had just arrived stepped into his path. "You can't go in there son" the man said, grabbing Akihiko by the arm and
dragging him away from the door. The boy struggled to free himself and go save his sister, but it was no use. "Miki!" he called desperately. "Aki!" he heard a small
voice call back. He looked back up at the window where his sister previously was to see her helplessly banging on the window, repeatedly calling his name as her
brown eyes watered with tears. The next second a huge orange flare of fire lit up the room behind the small girl, and engulfed the room completely. "NO! MIKI!"
Akihiko yelled as he fell to his knees, depressed tears dripping from his brown eyes, identical to those of... 'I'm sorry Miki' Akihiko thought as he watched through
blurry eyes as the room where his sister was last alive went up in flames. By the time the firefighters put out the orphanage inferno, almost nothing was left of it.
Shinjiro tried to comfort his best friend, but he was on the verge of tears himself. As Akihiko wiped the last few tears from his eyes he vowed to himself and to Miki
"Next time I'll be stronger."
Twiz: I've never seen any fanfics of Miki's death and how it happened, so I took it upon myself to write one. I cried while writing the ending. I hope you guys enjoyed it!