D: Hey guys! I am trying to update so I won't leave you guys with a major cliffy!

--All Guys find daisukezgirl13 sitting outside by a bonfire--

Kish: We have been looking for you for days!

D: Well, I've been right here….Writing you guy's fates….--turns toward readers--Just to inform you all, this is one of the last chappies…This story is almost done…Or is it? You decide….

--Holds up stick and bag of Marshmallows--

D: You guys want some?

All: Sure!

--All sit down and eat smores--

D: Oh, and by the way, "dai-tenshi" means "high angel".

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"Minako? Is that really you?" Kish sat back, unable to say anything. She nodded and started to explain about her long past.

"Let me begin my explanation...After you, Kyo, and myself had that falling out, I stopped going to school a little at a time until I stopped going altogether. I stayed at home and did some chores, but nothing of consequence. One day, my father said he had enough of my laziness. He told me to move my butt out of his house as soon as possible. It took me all of five minutes to pack my things, and I was glad to finally leave his house. Ever since my mother had passed away, he had become mean and abusive.

"I had no where to go, and no place to stay, but I left anyway…Hoping to have a better life out of that house…I began to live on the streets, eating scraps and trash, and living in an alleyway. Most would consider it a bad life, but I was happy enough not having to live being abused everyday of my life. I didn't miss the pain I had endured for years.

"One day, I was passing by a diner and I saw a really yummy looking meal through the window and I was so hungry…I don't know what over took me…hunger or a plea to be heard in that silence…But, I ran into the diner and saw the meal I wanted. I ran over to the man eating that meal and I told him to give me it, or I was going to hurt him. He refused and I kicked him in the temple. He fell to the ground and I stole the plate of food. I went to my alleyway and ate, leaving the man there.

"While I was sleeping that night, a guard from the elder's hall came and said the elders had asked for an audience. I was scared, but I got up and went with him.

"When I entered the elder's hall, the Council of elders was all there. They told me to sit down because they had to discuss some serious business…Elder Touya said that I was in a lot of trouble. He said the man that I had kicked at the diner was critically injured and now in a comma…" Mina looked down to floor as she continued in a shaky tone.

"That man is still in that comma to this day….He missed his daughter's birth because of me…"A tear rolled down her cheek, but she continued on with her story.

"Elder Touya said that it really hurt him to do it, but he was exiling me to the Betwixt and Beyond to become the Keeper. I pleaded with them to reconsider my punishment, but Elder Ami told me that what I did deserved a punishment just as severe. They told me I would not be allowed to bring anything and I could never see anyone except those souls crossing over. It was that night that my whole life changed.

"The elders said they were going to perform a ceremony and put me unconscious. When I would awaken, I would be in the Betwixt and Beyond.

"The elders completed the ceremony and when I awoke, I was in the Betwixt and Beyond…all alone for all eternity…

"Many months passed and many souls were ferried across the expanse…But there were many times where I was alone for days or weeks at a time…

"Finally, one day, I sensed another soul and I went to help him…But when I got there, I was surprised to see it was you. I couldn't believe my eyes! I wanted to tell you that it was me, but I wasn't allowed or else I would be sent onward to death…But, sometimes, I thought death would've been better than that eternal hell I was stuck in…"

She sighed and Kish reached out to touch her hand lightly. She looked into his eyes and he smiled. She sighed again and continued.

"I was sad to see you leave, but it was better than being stuck in my hell. And it was you; yes you Kish, who changed my terrible fate.

"One day, I was surprised when Elder Touya came to visit me. I asked him what he wanted and he gave me the most surprising news. He said that I was being released on "probation". I asked him why, and he said that someone who had come here had said something wonderful and it made the Council reconsider my punishment…which was enough to get me out of there…It was you. Because you had called me a 'dai-tenshi', the elders reconsidered my life and all the good things I had done." She grabbed his hands and said in her happiest tone yet, "I never got to thank you so…Thank you Kish for your kind words…They saved my life…"

They smiled at one another and Kish sat back.

"So, what happened to you after that? How'd you end up on earth?" Mina cupped her hands on her lap and explained, "I was removed from the Betwixt and Beyond, but still being under 'probation', I wasn't allowed back on Tenashu. The elders told me I was being sent to earth, and to fit in, I had to give up my powers and become a human. I was given a man to live with who was once an alien, but had also been forced to become human after a crime he committed. I was given a name, and my whole new life began."

She finished her story and Kish looked at the sun. It was far past set on the horizon. Kish sat back and said nothing as he pondered what he had just learned, his mind reeling.

So, she is Minako…Something about her seemed familiar…but I would have never guessed this!

A yawn suddenly escaped his unsuspecting lips and he smiled. "Guess I'm a little tired." She smiled, but not before a yawn escaped from her lips also. "I guess we both are." She joked. She stood up, dampened a cloth, and placed it on Kish's brow. She covered him with the blanket and sat back down in the chair. Kish looked at her and asked, "Minako, don't you want the bed?"

She looked surprised and she responded quickly, "Oh no Kish! You need rest more than I do!" He looked at her strangely and said, "Minako, you've been taking care of me for almost three days…you need some rest more than anyone…" She smiled again and said in a tone that sounded so final, "I will sleep in the chair, and you will get the bed, end of this discussion…Don't feel bad or selfish, this is my choice…That's that." She sat back and Kish sighed.

Well, years may have passed, but her stubborn attitude is still as it was!

He turned back to her to say something, but she was already asleep. He smiled and put the cloth on the floor before turning toward the window.

She has done so much for me…I wish I could thank her somehow…

His exhaustion over took him and he fell into the much needed sleep.

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He was running, but from what he had no idea…He didn't dare look back for fear of being caught…

He was running down a very long hallway. His lungs were on fire, but he kept running. The sweat dripped off of him and his eyes began to water. He heard footsteps behind him and he ran harder.

His fear grew to utter terror as he heard the footsteps getting closer behind him…

Suddenly he, he heard something flying toward his back. He moved to the side and narrowly avoided a knife, but he tripped over his feet and fell to the ground, sliding on the hard stone floor. He got scratched up and turned onto his back. He was looking up at the stone ceiling, his chest on fire and every muscles screaming in agony to the tearing feeling ripping through them. He saw the looming figure over him, and it bent down beside him. It grabbed the "Ichigo necklace" and tore it off of his neck. Kish's body ached when he reached out for the necklace. The figure threw the necklace to the ground and Kish reached again for it, his body crying in agony more so than before, as real tears streamed down his cheeks.

"That's all I have left…Why?"

The figure raised its foot and stomped on the necklace. The necklace shattered and a small vapor was released.

Kish began to writhe in pain. His heart felt like it was being pulled apart. Every muscle felt like someone was ripping them apart. His skin felt like white hot needles were piercing every inch of it. He screamed and his blood felt like it was boiling.

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Kish sat up, screaming in the bed at the café. He sighed and wiped some of the sweat off of his bare chest. He looked out the window and saw the sun on the rise over the Tokyo skyline. He would've smiled were it not for the nightmare he had just had.

He looked over at Minako and she was still asleep. How lucky she is…He thought. He looked down at the "Ichigo necklace" for reassurance, and it was still there. He sighed in relief and thought of Ichigo.

Its Thursday…Today is the last day that I can see her before they burry her tomorrow…He made up his mind…

He was going to go see her for one last time.

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D: So guys…that's it for now…Now to tempt…I have the next two chappies already written and typed…But…I won't post them unless I get at least ten reviews on this story…

Kish: NOO! You can't do that! What about me!? What about that creepy nightmare?

Masaya:--eating a marshmallow--I don't care about Kish…but where am I?

D: Oh don't worry everybody…I've got plans for everyone…

Taruto: Oh my gosh….SMORES!—stuffs one in his mouth—

All:…random…

D: Anyway, this story is counting on you guys and your reviews

All: Bye! Don't forget to review!