Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, just Lilandra and her story

Long blonde hair flowed out as a halo around an angel's porcelain face. Pink seeped through the golden halo though, as blood covered the ground. Lilly stared at the body placed at her feet and noticed a crumpled piece of paper in one of the body's slender hands.

Lilandra,

I'm sorry that I have failed you. If you're reading this then you know I'm obviously not telling you. This means that the doctors have pushed me over the edge…but know that I love you little sister, even through my short comings.

Love,

Angel

"No…no…." Lilly's eyes streamed crimson tears. "What's going on?...Angel…Why did you leave me?" A large form loomed at the edge of the roof before plummeting towards the earth. "Chad?" The form was huge with beautiful hair and a wonderful face. "CHAD!"

"CHAD!" Lilly yelled before realizing that it had all been a dream.

"Lilly?" With a turn of her head Lilly found herself gazing into Chad's face as he sat beside her bed.

"Have you seriously stayed with me this whole time?" Chad grunted and the doctor waltzed in.

"Ah. You're awake." He stated in a sing song voice. "Since you're better now, we're going to move you to Kurosaki Clinic."

"That's Ichigo's family's clinic." Chad answered Lilly's confused face.

"Oh…ok then. We'll just be leaving then."

"Not so fa-ast! We'll transport you and your hunk of a man there." The doctor wagged his eyebrows looking at Chad. "I'll be right back."

Lilly and Chad stared mutely after the disturbing doctor. "Did he call you a hunk of a man?" Chad nodded. "Weird." Chad grunted in agreement. "OH NO!" Lilly's terrified scream jolted Chad. "I just remembered that Snow, Midnight, and Autumn haven't had anyone to cuddle them! OH! My poor babies!"

"Who are they?"

"My kitties. Guess I have to find some way to sneak away tonight."

"I can do it. I love cute things." Chad smiled his first genuine smile making Lilly smile back.

"Thanks."

Lilly shot up in her clinic bed. It was the second night she had spent there and she was still wrapped from her chest to her hips. She put on black, full length skirt as quickly as she could with her bandages on. "Something's not right."

"Car crash….four cars." Came a male voice from the hall. Lilly ran into the newly lit hallway to see Chad's form leaning on Ichigo and his father for support.

"Chad?" Her breath held itself as she did what she could to help him. She followed him into a clean room and watched him struggle to sit on the bed. "Chad?" He looked up at her mutely. "They need to examine your wounds…can I take off your shirt?" Chad nodded slightly and Lilly removed the loud shirt from his massive body.

As she did so Yuzu, Ichigo's littlest sister gasped in horror. "What a horrible wound!" Lilly couldn't see his wound yet, but she looked down and saw that his muscles were all very well defined making her blush slightly. "Lilly?" Yuzu's quiet voice broke through Chad's ragged breathing. "I need to do other work. Can you put this medicine on his wounds then wrap him up?" Lilly nodded and walked Yuzu out, listening to instructions, then shut the door behind her. Turning back to Chad she saw that he had already buttoned his shirt and was standing.

"Chad…just let me put this on your wound….please?" Chad sat back, reluctantly removing his shirt again. She moved to his back and stared dumbly at the huge burn raging across his skin. It looked like a burn but it was still bleeding profusely. "Oh, God…" Chad hung his head low, almost as if in shame. "This……this is going to burn…a lot. I'm sorry."

"It's alright." She applied the salve as gently as she could, working it slowly into his gaping wound. No matter how gently she touched him there was no way for her to make it any less painful. At every rub Chad inhaled sharply through his teeth and Lilly teared up in sorrow. After she applied it to his whole wound she wrapped his whole upper body in bandages so they would be safe. "Thanks." She laid him down on the bed.

"I'll be right back." Her voice had tears in it, but there were none on her cheeks. She went out the door and was gone for two minutes before returning with the caged bird in her arms.

"What?"

"Well…" Lilly set the bird on the night table next to his bed. "I figure you've got a reason you wanted to get the heck out of here so fast. Maybe to protect us from something…the same something that gave you that wound. Because that was not made by a car." Chad stared at her, astonished with her understanding. "Well, it's your life. I know you don't want to be here in the morning so I'm just making it easier on you. Thanks for looking out for me, now it's my turn ta look out for you. Just…..be careful…k?" Lilly bent to kiss his forehead then the bird. "Good to meet you kid. Be safe. Keep this big guy safe too ok?" Lilly said goodnight then reluctantly left for her own bed.