So ahh, There's been a long pause. I'm such a procrastinator. Oh well, anyone can review, sooo....anyone who can spare some time review, okay? Thanks Aiko and Kaitlyn!

I really had no time to think, so I shoved the cabbage straight into the big cat's jaws, and jumped into a tree. Deidara, who had finally made one of his clay-bomb things, threw a small one at the cat. The cat, that was now shrieking, stalked over to me, when suddenly out of nowhere, Kanna jumped on it's back. She bit the scruff of the cat's neck, and basically ripped the flesh off. I stared at Kanna. Was she really able to get that violent? The detailed effects of Asturi made it hard to look at the scene in front of me. I could define the look in Kanna's eyes---protecting, and could render the shock on Deidara's face when Kanna ripped the cat up. I looked at her; her white coat smothered it some of the blood and finally realized that Kanna was not just my sidekick, my link, or a friend. Kanna was my protector and companion. I was above all one of the most important people to her; and with that, I felt that she was above all; important to me also.

"Alright, let's get moving." I said, slapping Deidara on the back to cover up my sudden epiphany.

We started to run, and I mildly wondered how long it would take to get to the outskirts of the leaf. I mused with it for a while, and figured it would take about twelve hours at most to walk, so the run would be about six, if we were inhuman. But if Deidara was smart he'd whip up one of those huge flying bird-things. Then we could make it there without exhaustion and actually get there faster.

"Oi, Deidara, how come you don't whip us up a giant bird?" I asked.

"...Uhhh.....I don't really know, yeah..." He stated slowly, sweatdropping.

I sweatdropped. Really? He hadn't thought of it? At all?

"Well, uhh, could you? Imean... it'd be nice." I said.

Deidara nodded, and we all stopped, so he could construct one. We hopped on, and we sailed smoothly towards my brother's location.

The nerves inside my bundled more and more the closer we got to my brother's location.

'What if he hates me? Detests me? What if he sees the Asturi and says something horrible about it? What if he can't use it and loathes me for it? Does he even know I exist? Will he remember me? Will I remember---whatever it is---that happened?'

Questions hammered me until I actually felt insecure. Deidara noticed and placed a hand on my shoulder, andI suppose that meant some kind of comfort from him. I gulped and faced forward, ready to meet my fate, as we came only a mile away from him, and that mile passed too quickly for me to even comprehend.

The trees shook slightly in the wind as the meeting in the beyond world for the clan of the Asturi came to order. The wind was chilling, for it decided as it blew lazily, what would happen to the clan of the Asturi. If one looked close enough; the wind was visible. The wind moved the trees, and if one followed it; it ad strange twists and turns that became unpredictable. The wind was still and ever the same; moving, yet unmoving, ending, yet unending, and never once did it stay one color. It changed breathtakingly, from hues of red to purple and blue; then to the color that only those with the Asturi can visibly see. The trees swayed to it in an ancient dance, bringing the wind down through itself and into the roots and earth, then letting it rise again. The system was simple, though it was seemingly complex.

"The Kitsuki Clan is now in the hands of a girl, for the regrouping of the clan is still in progress. We cannot afford for her to go unnoticed. Prepare the best messenger to contact the makeshift clan head. Make sure that the message is loud and clear. 'Keep her within sight, yet do not interfere with her whatsoever.' Alright?" The woman asked.

The woman's round face was slightly wrinkled, and her hair looked as if it was in the middle of graying. She wore a dressy kimono; for she was the first elder for the Kitsuki clan. Her face seemed kind, and her height was actually quite short.

The messenger bowed to her and quickly stated, "I will try with all of my might to contact the current clan head."

The messenger then sat on his knees and closed his eyes, beginning a link of a ranbow hue coming from the top of his head and connecting in through the wind. His eyes shot open, and the Asturi became activated, making his eyes change into a purple hue. He bagan to mumble, and it seemed as his words drifted into others, and soon his eyes closed, and they all knew that he had connected to the present world sucsessfully.

The clan head had been in a meeting with other members of current staff, when his eyes went blank and the Asturi slowly appeared. The clan head, knowing what was going on by a small book that was kept by the clan leaders of the Asturi, held out his hands slowly. The messenger appeared in a purple haze, about the size of a person's hand, yet if you put your hand through him, he would be unfazed. The messenger spoke slowly, making sure that the message came out clearly, and everyone knowing it came from the head of the heads, agreed. They spoke for a while, the wind sometimes whispering things to the messenger. The messenger caught phrases and words, until he found the girl's location, and relayed it to the head. The head nodded, and his eyes turned back to normal as the messenger dissapeared. The clan sent out one of their current teams to look after the girl.

He sighed. Why would a girl have the whole clan's weight? Why did she bear any importance? Who was she?

We landed. Three people turned heads. Two looked as they turned. Ice blue met deep blue, and one heart skipped a beat. One looked away.

"I'm sorry."

Was all that was spoken.

Done! /evil laughter

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