They'd have time to rest and tend to all that fatigue they were accruing once they'd found Kyoko, probably. Let adrenaline fuel their limbs now, with hope pushing at their backs. It was all a matter of when they'd find her, but Kai hoped against hope that it would be soon. She had to know that at least one thing had gone right as soon as possible.

Up and up they went. Kai had started to mimic Shinji's motions, lifting his hand to shout out her name again when his breath caught in his throat. Someone else was coming down the stairs, the moonlight falling softly on her bright hair. Kai's grip on Shinji's hand went even tighter, and suddenly things were happening much quicker. Hurry, Shinji, look! Up went his free hand, waving his own charm again feverishly above them.

"Kyoko!!"