Dedicated to: Kaiana Alicia Kaiba, Magie95, Rinako, so not telling, and all you other hooligans out there who've read this! Here's a nice long update for you! OAO

Her phone buzzed. She looked at the clock. It was four in the morning. She needed to get moving, or she would miss it.

What was it, you ask?

The birth of a new day.

She had packed the bag the night before, and all that was waiting was for her to fill up her jeep. She grabbed another towel, her guitar, and beach bag and placed them in the passenger seat. She had to get there soon.

Kain woke up early. He got ready for the new day. Being head life guard, he had to triple check everything on the beach. He had to get there before it opened at seven. He ran from his apartment to the life guard station.

When he got there, he saw an unusual scene. In the parking lot, there was already a vehicle. It was a sky blue jeep wrangler, with hand painted star gazer lilies. He did not know of anyone in town who owned a car like that, so he figured that a tourist had taken up residence that last night. He told himself to check it out later.

Ruka laid out the towel on her rock. She was making her space more harmonious to her needs. She laid her guitar next to her and kept her bag close. She got up and walked along the cold, moist sand.

She was setting up her tripod to capture light breaking the horizon. She need to get this to continue her "52 Mornings of Light" art project. Over a year, she had been photographing the sunrise. This was going to be her last one, and it had to be perfect.

Kain started his warm ups for the day. Fifty push-ups, fifty crunches, fifty leg lifts, and then some light yoga to stretch himself out.

Likewise, Ruka was doing yoga, awakening her senses to the gracious moment of dawn.

Kain ran up and down the beach. He then raked up the debris that had washed ashore. There was a lot of drift wood around, so he took it and hid it in his stash. He was determined to have a huge bonfire with that girl from his memories, and who he had saw on the beach the day before. He wanted that moment to be perfect.

After setting up her camera, she took her guitar out and tune it. The guitar also had to sound amazing. She was going to play a song during the video. She was going to do a cover of The Beatles, "Here Comes the Sun." Fitting, right?

The sun was just peeking up from its cloudy blankets. It did not want to wake up yet. Kain stopped his work, and looked out across the waves. He knew it was going to be a beautiful day.

Ruka pressed record on her camcorder. She started to play the song, and melody. Her body started to sway in the breeze along with the rhythm. Her tune carried out across the water, coaxing the sleepy sun from its bed.

Kain heard the faint whispering of a classic melody. He was chilling out on the deck, watching the sun rise. Then he listened harder. There was a smooth voice singing. He left his orange juice to investigate it.

He took followed the song through the woods. Watching sun rises through the trees is just a pretty as watching it on the beach. Continuing his search, the melody lead his to a familiar sight, only from a different perspective.

It was the rocky cove that had echoed the guitar's chords. Her sweet voice was clear and audible. He knew that voice. She knew that voice too. It was from the deepest part of her heart. It resonated through her soul, and she was not afraid of it. In public, maybe. But by herself, she could belt out the tune like she owned it.

With the breeze caressing her face and lifting her tresses, she looked like a nymph, enlightened by the new day's light. The music just matched her beauty. Kain knew he was going to stay here as long as possible. He wanted this nearness. He felt his soul calling out to hers, if only in his heart. If he even made a noise, she would probably stop. She might even run away from him.

For now, distance was good.

A few hours later, Kain was on his lunch break. He decided to scope out the woods to see if the nameless girl was still there. Luck was on his side that day; the forest was empty. Everyone was in town and on the beach. He could silently check up on her.

When he got to her cove, she was asleep. Lounging perfectly on the rock, he heard a soft whistle. He watched, awed, as she stretched herself out and curled back up into a comfortable position. He just gaped. He could not believe that she would do that so publically. Though, no soul ever wandered this far into the woods. All the residents here were purely beach goers. No one ever used the forest as a campground; they would just use the beach.

Kain moved in closer. He just wanted to see her up close for once. As he rounded a boulder, he could see her skin glowing in the sunlight. But that wasn't all. She had a small, well-hidden tattoo of a tribal butterfly on her right hip. The butterfly itself was perched on a white flower bud. He did not assume she had a tattoo.

When he inspected her closer, he saw she actually had a few large scars. They were well healed, but seemed deep. They were in places she could not have reached, so they obviously were not of her doing. He came to stand beside her. He could not see her face, but he guessed she looked comfortable.

He then realized she was red. Really red. She had a bad burn.

His lifeguard mode had been activated. He gently called out to her. "Excuse me! Wake up!" She did not respond. "Hey! Wake up! You have a severe sun burn!" Still no response. He shook her burned shoulders. "Come on! You need to wake up!"

She still didn't respond.

That's when he wrapped her up in her towel and radioed the other guards on duty to keep the beach. He was taking a girl to the hospital. He called for the newbie to come pick up her things and keep them in the station.

He took his certified emergency vehicle. The hummer left skid marks on the asphalt. No one stopped him on the highway.

Good thing, too, because he probably looked like a mad man.

The entire ride, she did not even come close to consciousness.

You can turn Kain's lifeguard mode on and off! I would just keep him turned on all the time! xD

Anyways, for this part of the story, I was imagining Ruka's voice to be like Colbie Caillat. She did an awesome cover of "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles. Seriously. When I listened to it, I was picturing playing that tune on my guitar (an Ibanez that I pictured Ruka having) on the beach, literally serenading the sun to come up from the horizon. You can listen to it here: .com/watch?v=FmJgISJZn4I

xD have fun! But not with Yagari, we're having a shoot out. And Ruka's off with Kain again. 8D

(btw, was anyone else disappointed at the lack of Kain and Ruka in the recent issues of VK? I feel so deprived. TToTT )