Shortest chapter yet. :( ANYWAY!

Very very short, so I'm going to start the next chapter... NOW!

Which means I SHOULD be able to update during the week instead of next weekend.

Hopefully.

Kirin was shocked, her dark orange eyes widened to an immeasurable length of openness. Kirin however, was a warrior, like her brother, and she was sharp and to the point.

"Kishu? My help? Honestly?" Kishu was independent. Normally, asking for her help would be more than an insult.

"Shut up."

"Fine... What d'you need?"

Kishu took deep breaths. He could feel Ichigo's pain. It was getting so much worse…

"Well…"

Kishu pulled down the top of his baggy shirt to reveal the sparkling chain it had been hiding. Kirin Gasped- and then climbed forward.

"Whaaaaat??? Whe…When?! Who??!! Can I touch it??"

People such as Kirin can see into souls, so to speak, when they touch things. Kishu nodded, and Kirin tentatively pushed her hand towards her brothers necklace, and gently let her delicate fingers brush the chain. Kirin returned her hands to her sides, and waited for it to begin. A bright and piercing white light shone out from under her delicate eyelids, and she was raised a foot in the air. Her hands, arms and legs (but not feet. Blue heels remember?) Splayed apart, and now her whole body glowed with the intense ghostly light, But what she looked like was not nearly as interesting as what was happening in her head. Kirin was deeply shocked. By many things. These were as follows:

The girl- Ichigo- was a human!

The charm was very strong. It was unheard of for a pair so young to be so bonded.

SHE WAS HUMAN!!

A cross-species, necklace aided relationship had never been recorded. Indeed, this was the only cross-species relationship EVER recorded, but everyone had heard of the Pai and Taruto rumours. Kirin did know. She herself had started most of them.

HUMAN!!!

H U M A N!!!

It seemed the human part was what was most shocking. It was not. The last thing she realized was most terrible of all. Having touched the pendant and her brother, she knew of the Masaya-Ichigo-Kishu love triangle, But she had been led to believe it was over. And yet… Masaya was killing Ichigo. Compressing her mind one hope at a time. Soon she would be gone, and with that level of bond, so would Kishu. She wouldn't let that happen. She couldn't.

Kirin opened her eyes.

"Be back tonight. Late. We cannot afford not to meet again." Kishu nodded. He warped. Kirin stared at the imitation sky on her ceiling. Why was everything a race against time with him?

Ichigo screamed in her dreamworld. At least she knew it was a dreamworld, but yet the pain was not any less real. Not for her. Not for anyone who mattered. If she had had trouble keeping her mind together before, it was now immeasurably painful. There were hundereds of knives in her soul. There had to have been. Why else would there have been so much pain? She could think of nothing else it could be. She must have been running for hours.

Kishu sighed. Kirin knew something, he was sure of it. He didn't want her to know about that punk who had decisively hurt Ichigo more than he ever had, it seemed to be up to Ichigo to decide who knew about it. He could not understand it. He supposed he could not truly hate the punk that had kept Ichigo safe for so long, but that was a stretch. Kishu could tolerate it but nothing more. He would never be forgiven. Not totally at least. He would eventually have to call a truce, but he wasn't looking forward to it. Ichigo would not force him on it. He would do it to let her know he loved her. And she would not know why. She would barely believe it. Kishu smiled, remembering how cute she was when she was confused or curious. His pained heart gave another whimper. Ichigo had maybe a week, and only five days of consciousness.

Ichigo was losing time.

FAST.

Once again, No flames. Please.

I'll try to update soon!

Ja, ne!!

The~Sun~Will~Always~Shine