A/N: I hope you guys enjoy this! I wanted to mention that I do feature a lot of the movie into this but it was the only way to write this.

Normally I try not to note anything because usually there's not need to but for this one, I figured I might as well explain a few things before you guys read this. I need to strongly mention that the nickname Sho has for Shinji, I believe, was "Niii-chan" so you will see that mentioned a lot in this story. According to a translation done on Livejournal for the movie script, the person mentioned that it is an abbreviation for "older brother". If you ever watch the movie again, Sho doesn't call Shinji by his name, only by the nickname or abbreviation of "older brother." So I decided to use that instead. However, don't shoot me because I do not know if I spelled it correctly. I only spelled it how I think it is spelled.

Another note is that there is some language, slight violence, and talk of drugs in this so if that is bothersome, please do not read this. I don't want to be flamed so I'm warning you ahead of time.

Oh and one more thing, I believe the name of the girl who worked in the fish store with Shinji is named Jessi. I wasn't entirely sure what Sho said when he greeted her in the shop when we first see her because the subtitles never kicked in when he said hi to her. So anyway again, don't shoot me, I'm only guessing here because we don't actually know what her name is.

Enjoy!! Please read and review!! *puppy eyes*

004. Brother

"Niii-chan!" Sho's innocent voice called out to his brother as he heard the loud burst of a gun and seeing Shinji on the ground as the crimson blood ran down his leg from the bullet wound. The rich man they had stolen from was angry and had somehow scouted out the thieving tykes. The man's face contorted out of anger and revenge. He shot one of them in the leg on purpose, the slower one who tried to take the money instead of running off to save his own life, and intentionally used him as a pawn to give an ultimatum to the small one.

"Go get the other kid or I kill this one," the man demanded, describing Sho's older brother as a thing instead of a human being. Sho was hesitant, not registering exactly what to do as he stood there in a type of panic. He was brought of out that quickly as the rich man shouted once more in a threatening way, waving his gun, showing how serious he was. Sho obeyed unwillingly and started out in the direction of where he best friend had run off to. As he called out for Toshi, he couldn't help but feel so saddened at what happened to Shinji.

The cry from the offending man could be heard echoing throughout the area. Sho had stopped in his tracks and wondered what was going on, for that man sounded like he was in pain. Sho turned around and headed back to where Shinji and the rich man had been. Gimping in extreme pain, Shinji came out of the area they had once been in and, upon seeing Sho, he wanted him not to go in there.

"Sho get out of here!" he warned, flailing his arm slightly as he tried to get Sho out of danger's way.

"What's going on?" Sho asked; the curious type that he was slowly walked over to the entrance of the area to see what happened.

"Your friend... he's a monster," Shinji said, having already put his weight against the wall and fell down to the floor, the pain intensifying in his leg. Sho started to go into the area and Shinji noticed this, trying to stop his younger brother by calling out to him and pleading for him not to go. But it fell on deaf ears as Sho just kept going in, his legs taking him to where he had left the rich man and the man that he had just found with highly sensitive skin.

As he came closer, he could hear the suckling noises coming from one side of the area and headed towards that. The rich man who had threatened to kill his brother was writhing and squirming like a dying spider under the clenched teeth of the man he had just found. His head moved up and down slowly as each gulp was taken, the sustenance filling him. The man with the grown out sandy hair finally looked up as he felt the presence of someone watching him. His face then turned to that of confusion as he wondered why the little boy had not run away in fear like everyone else had done before. His eyebrows knitted together.

"Aren't you afraid?" the man asked, finally saying something after being silent for so long. Sho didn't know what to say so he just shook his head repeatedly. The man rose up slightly from his meal, which was long gone, and started to smirk slightly. The little boy smiled a creepy, yet somewhat innocent, smile.

Shinji's cries could be heard from the other side of the area as they echoed. The pain in his leg was intense and would not go away, the stinging making him cry out so loud. Sho felt immensely guilty for leaving his brother for even a moment and started to run to his older brother's aide. He fell down towards Shinji's level on the ground and the only thing he could think of to do was to place both of his tiny hands on his brother's wound, which made him yell even more; his breathing was erratic and his body was going into shock from the pain and loss of blood. The figure that Sho helped came into view, seemingly hovering over the two boys. Shinji saw him and began to scream out in fear, scared of what this man might do to him after having witnessed him killing the other man.

"It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you" the man calmly said, trying to ease the fear that Shinji had against him.

"You're a monster!" Shinji screamed at him, trying to desperately crawl away but the pain was too much and he ended up collapsing on the ground.

"Get him away from me!" Shinji yelled, struggling to try to get out of his younger brother's grasp. The energy that he thought he possessed had failed him and he had succumbed to unconsciousness. Sho was terrified, his naïve mind assuming that his brother was dead or close to it, and he started calling out his name over and over again to try to wake him up.

The sandy haired man bent over and picked Shinji up in his arms. Sho's eyes were tearing up as he watched the man carry his brother towards the opposite end and he followed. Sho wasn't quite sure what this man was doing but he silently followed his footsteps to wherever he was taking him.

A few hours later, Shinji stirred as his eyes fluttered open. He looked around his surroundings and noticed that he was in a safe, secluded area where the windows were boarded up. He sat up, feeling his leg was still in pain but not as much as it had been before. There was some kind of white scarf that was wrapped multiple times around his leg; he assumed it was just something Sho found to help.

Sho was on the other side and was doing his best not to fall asleep, but upon seeing his brother move and sit up, he instantly became wide awake and stumbled to get on his feet from the high rock he was on. Sprinting as fast as his long lanky legs could, he quickly got to his side.

"Niii-chan! You're okay," Sho said relieved. "How are you feeling? Are you still in pain?"

"Sho, I'm fine, really," he said, trying to calm the overly stressed brother. The smile that his face displayed started to fade as his eyes strayed to the dark figure in the corner. He recognized the sandy haired man and instantly the panic set in.

"The monster!" Shinji yelled, pointing at him and scooting himself the best he could with a bum leg, gritting his teeth to suppress the pain.

"He's not a monster, he's a vampire," Sho mentioned, as if that was any better way to put it. He already familiarized himself with the man when they had communicated during Shinji's rest. "He's a friend, his name is Kei."

Kei stood up slowly and carefully showed himself as he stepped closer towards the two brothers. Shinji wasn't sure what to think of him, but his mind kept saying that this "vampire" couldn't be trusted.

"He's not my friend, he's a monster," Shinji stood his ground. "He'll attack you." Kei stayed silent, knowing entirely that this is how most people react to him: he was used to the names and mistrust.

"No he won't," Sho tried to reassure him, trying to get him to see differently.

"He will in time, you'll see," he said, his mind dead set on what he thought of the vampire. Kei decided that maybe it was time for him to leave since his presence made the older brother uneasy.

"I'll leave," he simply stated. "Get some rest and stay off that leg for a while. The bullet was too deep to extract but you should be fine." He nodded to both of them as a gesture of goodbye and made his leave towards the back end of the area. Sho sighed knowing that his newfound friend was being nice by leaving but hoped he would be back. When Shinji saw that Kei was indeed gone, he turned to look at his brother in total exasperation.

"I can't believe you are sticking by this guy, you don't even know him! He's a monster, a killer!" Shinji tried to explain to him. "I saw what he did to that man!"

"I know, Niii-chan, but he is a vampire," Sho tried to explain. "He told me so, but he didn't want to hurt us. He saved us by getting rid of that man."

"I don't care, I can't believe you Sho, you would pick a man you barely know over your brother," he said, trying the sympathy route so that his younger brother would forget this man.

"I'm not picking anyone over anyone else," he tried to explain.

"No, I see how it is," Shinji said, trying his best to stand up on his good leg. Sho tried to help him but he refused, pushing him back. "No, I don't know you anymore, Sho."

Sho was confused and heartbroken over all this. He accepted Kei for what he was; his curiosity gave him an interest to this vampire. Not knowing what to do, he bent down and clutched his arms around his knees, starting to sob softly, feeling the sense of dread that he lost the trust he once had with his brother…

Gasping as if out of breath, Sho had woken up from the horrible nightmare that had been replaying in his head repeatedly and sat straight up in his comfortable bed. Even though it had been a good amount of years since that day, the reel in Sho's mind kept replaying the memory as if he needed to be reminded every so often. Sho's face had become white and his skin slightly moistened. His eyes showed some fatigue in them as he placed his hand on the side of his head, feeling that he was indeed awake. The silence in the room hung in the air as he finally caught his breath, calming down from the reality of the dream. Sho closed his eyes once again, trying to block out any negativity before he slipped himself out of bed, figuring that he might as well wake up.

He slipped on a nice formfitting outfit and slipped on a black leather jacket, zipping it barely halfway to keep it on. His soft lips held a lit cigarette as he sat on the bed and started to slip on some comfortable boots, making sure they were on before he stood up. His two fingers instinctively went to the cigarette as he took it away from his mouth for a second before blowing out some smoke in thought, almost like a breath of fresh air to him. The piercing eyes he possessed took a once over at the white apartment, knowing that Kei was probably asleep on his side of the apartment and knew not to disturb him in the day. He quickly grabbed some black shades that were on the side table next to his bed and slipped them on in one move. He headed out of the bedroom and closed the front door behind him, figuring that he needed to visit his brother; the immense guilt that overtook him was powerful and he needed to make sure his brother was all right. He often felt this way but tried his best to keep it to himself.

As he walked the busy streets, Sho was in deep thought. He constantly thought about how Shinji never once would befriend Kei. Sho could see past the vampire that overtook Kei, but Shinji wouldn't budge, refusing to live with the both of them in an apartment. Shinji was living in a run down apartment complex of his own, but could barely pay rent due to his constant spending on drugs and countless debts towards the mafia. Sho continuously worried that his brother was going down a path of destruction and that he didn't even care once about that. Constantly, Sho tried to help his brother the best he could but Shinji, being the older brother and a stubborn one at that, became enraged anytime he tried to help him, saying he could do everything on his own.

He passed by some of the small outside markets of people yelling out items that they were selling and doing their best to get someone interested. Sho shoved his hands into his jacket pockets as he continued his way down the pathway, avoiding the crowds the best he could. A sense of fear overcame him slightly as he felt that someone was staring at him and he turned around cautiously to see a few guys eyeing him from afar. The dread that overtook him made him walk faster and eventually start to jog lightly towards the other end. He could hear the pounding footsteps from the two men who were following him and he snuck away into one of the shops, hiding himself from view. He watched as the two men looked around and were confused as to where he went, starting to go the other way as their intentions had told them to. Sho came out of the shop and made sure they were really leaving before continuing the other way towards Shinji's fish shop.

Sho entered Shinji's fish store and walked slowly by the many clear tanks that greeted him; the sounds of the bubbling filters could be heard all around. With a lit cigarette between his supple lips, he let the weight of the stick hang down slightly as he strolled with his hands in his pockets. The slight smell of chlorine and that distinct fish smell could be sensed as he perused about. Coming to a fish tank that was level to him, he brought up his hand to pull his shades down a little to look at some new fish species that peaked his interest. The little aquatic animals flipped about when he closed in towards the glass. Eventually, he made his way to where the main area was and saw Jessi, Shinji's only employee, as she was bent down on the ground. In a silly and cute way, Sho leaned over and greeted her. Noticing that she didn't smile back, he became curious.

"What are you doing" he asked with his cigarette between his fingers, his boots clicking lightly as he strode towards her and bent down to her side. He noticed her saddened face. "What's with him?"

"Poor fish. He's ill. He will die," Jessi replied, remorse laced in her words. The orange and white fish was on its side, gasping for water to breathe. Confused as to why she was letting it suffer, he picked up the net that it laid upon by the edge to raise it up a little bit.

"Chuck him then, it may be contagious," he advised then took a look at her. He released his grasp on the net when he noticed the death stare that she was giving him. Jessi was very caring about the fish and became close to them at times. She knew it was a business but still couldn't help but have a type of maternal instinct towards them, especially when they were sick. She snapped her head forward as she seethed inside, forgetting for a moment that Sho was selfish. She stood straight up quickly and pointed behind her.

"Shinji's on the roof," she stated, knowing that was exactly why he was there in the first place. Sho found her actions rude, especially when he assumed he was trying to be helpful. He couldn't comprehend why she was infuriated with him. He stood up as well and eyed her.

"No need to get upset!" he mentioned, being just as childish as she was. He made his way out the door as she continued to stand there angry. His feet clunked against the wooden walkway as he made his way to where the rooftops were. The splashing sounds echoed on either side of him as the numerous fish swam about. The waters sparkled brightly in the sunlight as he continued.

Hopping up along the wooden pathway in a better mood, he hummed to himself and every step he took was a beat to his made up tune. When he reached the area, he saw Shinji's back was turned to him as he sat at a small table.

"Niii-chan," he greeted sweetly at first but then drifted slightly as Sho took his shades off. Shinji was sitting there with his back hunched as he was smoking from a bubbling bong. Sho's face changed to frustration; he hated seeing his brother doing drugs, it always made the older brother even more irritable. As many bad things that Sho did, he never resorted to drugs because of the idea of succumbing to its hostile power and losing control of yourself was not his idea of fun or even a life.

Finally, Shinji put the object down on the table and then stood up. "What's up?"

"What the hell are you doing?" Sho asked, though already knowing the answer. Shinji started to gimp his way past Sho.

"Not much," he simply started, still on his way away from Sho. He didn't want to hear Sho's criticism so he decided to just walk away. Many times he heard the countless talks and excuses that Sho could come up with, Shinji could write a book. Sho let him go as he stood there with his hands in his pockets. He eyed the foreign object that Shinji was just using and stepped over to pick it up. He examined it and wanted to desperately throw it far enough for it to either be lost or broken. He sighed as he thought twice about that; as much as he wanted his brother to get off this crap once and for all, he needed to maintain the peace that they both had. He knew it was just a matter of time. He replaced the object back on the table, shoved his hands in his pockets once more and headed towards the way Shinji went.

Upon entering the doorway of the main store, Sho noticed that two men in Hawaiian attire and flip flops were eyeing Shinji. When they spoke to his brother, Sho knew they were of Cantonese decent. Shinji, feeling the full effects of the drugs, was acting like a complete idiot. Sho frowned on this but was also wary of the two strange men. They demanded money from Shinji's earnings for the day but he gaily announced that he didn't have it, as if they would take that as an answer. One of the men pushed Shinji down in frustration. Upon seeing this beforehand in his thoughts, Sho dug deep into his pocket quickly and rummaged whatever cash he had in there, figuring that if he gave it to them they'd leave. Immediately, he stood in between the two men and his brother who was still on the floor. With a single hand up, he revealed the money he had between his fingers. One of the men grabbed that arm as Sho kept his strength to keep that arm up in plain view.

"What is this?" the man spat in Cantonese, pointing at the money almost as if he didn't know what it was.

"Take it and go!" Sho demanded, frustration and fear overtook him as he stood up to those men.

"Speak Cantonese to us!" the man ordered, not wanting to hear this man babble in Japanese.

"Take it and fuck off!" Sho yelled in his own language, not giving way once to them. It was bad enough that he was losing his money but not as bad as possible losing his brother to a bunch of thugs.

"Shut your mouth!" the blonde man shouted as he snatched the money out of his hand and threw him against the nearby doorway harshly. Sho didn't feel the pain from that since the fear that coursed through his body had numbed him slightly. He stood there as they started to make their leave. Thinking for a second that this was over, Sho went to where Shinji was, but the bleached blonde man stopped.

"Wait a minute," he started, stopping the other guy with his words. Sho stood there as the man looked at him accusingly. "Did he say what I think he said? He thinks he's got balls!" The man pushed him once more as a gesture for him to watch himself next time and feigned to strike Shinji as he was on the ground. The two men finally made their leave and that was Sho's cue to bend down to help Shinji up off of the floor. But when he tried to help his brother off of the floor, Shinji pushed him away, not accepting his help. He forced himself off of the ground and started to gimp towards the door, mentioning that he didn't need his pity, and headed outside towards the rooftops. Once Shinji made his leave, Sho watched him then his head lowered in frustration before lifting his leg to kick the doorway in anger before following Shinji outside. Sho caught up with his older brother back on the rooftop as Shinji sat there looking somewhat dejected.

"What the hell was that?" Sho asked, still seething from earlier. "Did you think it was funny to piss them off like that?"

"Leave me alone, Sho," Shinji tried to brush it off, he didn't want to hear it from him right now.

"No, I'm not," he shouted. "Someone has to be an adult around here and it sure as hell isn't you!"

"It's my life, it's my problems, get over it," Shinji calmly said, finding it hard to get too angry when stoned.

"It's your problem when I have to bail you out of it? I'm not going to get over it, you can't push me away," he stated. "You have to realize what you are doing is only going to get you killed!"

"What about you, huh? You call what you do 'honest work'?" Shinji questioned. "You're no better than I am. You have a way of living and so do I," he explained, trying to end this pointless conversation. Sho sighed noisily as he stood there, wanting to say more to him but knowing that his thick headed skull wouldn't have any of it. Turning on his heels, he took his leave down the pathway, having enough with his brother.

So much for trying to feel better about his brother…

~*~

The rain was pattering on the window as Sho looked out, feeling the cold chill coming off of the glass. His stunning eyes scanned the outside the best he could as if looking for something or someone but the blur of the water cascading down made it difficult to see clearly. The beauty his face possessed had become fatigued out of stress and worry.

It had been months since the revelation of Kei being a vampire to Son and Yi-Che; that stormy night where fate had changed drastically for all four of them. The two men who had followed Sho once before had found him and his friends. They found Toshi and used him as a pawn of their feelings and to draw them out. The whole nightmare began when Toshi was shot and Kei, as weak as he was, tried to save his friends but failed due to his frail condition of starvation. He had run off to the trees and the friends came out to check on Toshi, but it was too late. Son decided to chase after Kei, trying to see if he could help him. Toshi died in Sho's arms, as Sho cried and pleaded for him not to go. He gently laid down his now deceased best friend and stood up. He noticed that Son was standing there in the rain, his gaze towards the trees, and he looked to be in shock. When Sho came beside him to see what was going on, it was then that Sho realized why he was reacting that way. Kei had finally succumbed to his animal thirst and began feeding on the man that chased him into the trees. Sho, having mixed emotions of grief and dread, he tried to shout to Kei to stop what he was doing, only getting Kei to look up for a second in complete insanity from the hunger and continued with his feeding. Over and over, Sho pleaded for him to stop, the two siblings on either side of him in absolute fright as they continued to watch.

After Kei was finally finished, he stood up and ran off into the trees. Sho just watched him go, not entirely sure what was to become of all of them now. Son and Yi-Che looked at Sho as he hung his head down, the truth coming out about what Kei really was. The trust between them was shattered into pieces since no one told them. The silence and the harsh pattering of the rain was the only thing that was heard, it was almost unbearable. Son, not saying a word, walked over to Yi-Che and took her arm gently, dragging her along with him as he started to walk her home in anger. Deep in his heart, Sho knew this was not something that could be fixed overnight for he had a lot of explaining to do.

A few long months later, Sho had explained the best he could to Son and Yi-Che but their friendship never became quite the same, especially with Son. And Kei was still on the loose somewhere. Sho spent countless days trying to find Kei, his only true friend left, but was unable to locate him. The sleepless nights Sho spent looking for him anywhere he thought he would be, but never once finding a trace and the fatigue showed clearly in his eyes.

"Why do you keep trying to look for that monster? I told you he was never to be trusted," Shinji remarked matter-of-factly. Shinji was sitting in a chair in Sho's apartment visiting. He knew that his brother was constantly trying to look for that vampire and couldn't quite understand why. He felt he needed to remind Sho that he had been correct about Kei all along, loving the feeling that he was right and Sho was wrong for once. But the constant badgering was getting to Sho.

"Will you shut up already?" Sho raised his voice in annoyance, turning around to face him. "He is my friend and nothing that you will say will make me change my mind about him." Shinji gave him a death stare.

"You know, I am your older brother and as such you should give me respect," he mentioned, pulling the elder sibling card.

"Respect?! That's big talk for someone who gets high off of drugs all the time because he can't handle life!" he retorted, his eyes becoming enraged. Shinji's demeanor softened at that, finding that extremely hurtful, but doing his best to hide it behind his weary eyes. The seriousness in his face stayed as he forced himself up from the chair onto his good leg.

"I never want to hear that from you again," he stated, turning around and gimping his way towards the door.

"I can't let you leave, you have nowhere to go," Sho's voice softened slightly as he watched his brother keep his pace towards the exit. "Not since you were evicted."

"That's none of your concern, I will figure something out," he replied to that. Sho walked over to stop him with his hand on his shoulder but Shinji smacked it away.

"I'll be fine," he insisted. "I don't want to stay with someone who thinks I'm a loser anyway, especially my own brother."

"I can't let you live on the streets, not like before," he mentioned to when they were living on the streets as orphans.

"No," Shinji snapped. "I'm sick of being treated like a baby! I'm doing fine on my own! Just leave me the hell alone!" Shinji continued to the door as Sho stood there, steaming on the inside as his face contorted to extreme anger. He bent down to grab a clear glass cigarette plate that was on the table near him; with all of his might, he threw it hard across the room. As Shinji reached for the doorknob, the cigarette plate hit the door above his hand and shattered into numerous pieces. This halted Shinji as he gasped in shock and turned to face his brother's direction.

"You listen to me now!" Sho shouted, hoping that finally got through Shinji's thick head. "You are staying here! I will not let you go back out there to buy more drugs and ruin your life anymore than it already is! You will live in my house under my rules! You hear me?!"

Shinji stood there and stared at the angry face of his younger brother. He sighed and figured that he should go along with this since he was helping him when he really needed it. He slowly limped his way back towards the chair it was in initially and sat in it. Sho sat in the chair opposite him and sighed as well trying to wash the anger and frustration that had consumed him.

"I want to help you, Niii-chan, but you have to let me," Sho tried to explain calmly. "You can't keep doing this anymore and you can't deny my offer of living here because Kei isn't here. I don't know if he'll ever come back," he said that softly as he felt the reality of it hit him. "So in the meantime, I need you to be here with me so that we can try to work things out together, ok?" Shinji looked at him and thought about all of that, but felt he needed to make something clear to Sho as to what was going on.

"You don't know how I feel, Sho," he mentioned. "You think I like living this way?" Shinji pointed to his bum leg that he's hated for so long. He couldn't run, could barely walk, finding himself sitting most of the time because that was the only time when it didn't hurt him. "Do you think that I enjoy life having a bullet in my leg that causes me so much pain?"

Sho rested his elbows on his knees and folded his hands in front of him as he looked down at the ground in thought. He guessed that his brother turned to the paraphernalia mostly because of his leg and his inability to deal with it. He never asked for this and it was an unfortunate result of their carelessness as kids.

"Niii-chan, that's why I want to help you," Sho started to say. "I know life hasn't been easy for both of us, especially you, but we're all we've got. You can't continue down the road of destruction because you're sad. You need to open more, talk more, so that we can work things out. You can find a healthier way of dealing with things if you feel you just can't take it, ok?"

Shinji stared at him for a moment in thought as he took this in. Maybe his little brother was right… maybe he had always been the wiser one all along. For once, Shinji decided to take his words to heart instead of pushing them away.

"I don't know if I can do this," Shinji said, actually admitting fear of withdrawal. "My body has become so used to it."

"I will help you every step of the way," Sho assured him, a soft smile finally making its way upon his face as he realized that finally this was a positive step towards getting Shinji back on the right track.

Later that night, Sho and Shinji were at the dinner table together enjoying a nice warm meal that Sho cooked up. As Sho placed the food down, he thought about bringing something up to his brother. When he had gone out earlier for a stroll to clear his head, he noticed that there was a bar up for sale. Thinking this might be a calling, he wanted to pass it by Shinji to see if maybe he was up to running a bar; since bars are more susceptible for bringing in more money than that fish store that he was still straggling with. He felt it would be even more perfect to have the bar and turn it into a little restaurant as well with billiards, darts, and other things that created a comfortable atmosphere for people.

"Niii-chan, there's this bar down the street that is up for sale, maybe it would be something that you might want to run instead of that fish store," Sho offered, telling him straightforward.

"I don't know anything about running a bar," Shinji stated, looking at him odd as if he grew an extra head.

"Well, there's a first for everything, besides, how hard could it be?" Sho tried to encourage his brother.

"Yeah like I can see myself running a place full of drunks," he said.

"Better than a bunch of waterlogged animals," Sho mentioned. "Besides, you don't have to really hire anyone except a few people. And I'm sure that Jessi won't mind working for you there. I think we could turn it into a small restaurant, there's enough room for that."

"How do you know?" he questioned, shoving some rice in his mouth.

"I peaked into the windows," Sho said with a smile. "Come on, Niii-chan, say you'll do it. I can lend you some money to help you get started. And this will be a great way to distract your mind and do something productive." Shinji thought about it as he chewed and then took a sip of his drink.

"Okay, sounds good," he finally agreed to it. Sho smiled again, finding this to be a great way to get Shinji's life back in order. It was going to be a rough road, but at least Shinji was allowing him to help him.

Sho felt that the bond that they had before was slowly coming back… that they truly were brothers again.