Yuki's POV

I ran over to the tree, pressing my hand to the glowing bark. The white glow from earlier came back, slowly lighting up the wood. There were gasps as the tree stopped moving, calming down.

I pulled my hand away, feeling like I could do that for a million more and still not be tired.

"Moonlight?" Go asked Kei quietly.
"Mmhmm."

Meanwhile, Hayate and Aoi were yelling at each other.

"I'm sorry, okay?! I didn't mean to make the tree go crazy! All I did was kick it!" Aoi waved her hands, anger radiating off of her in waves.
"Sorry isn't good enough! You could seriously injure someone! What if Yuki and Shin hadn't stopped it? Then what?"
"Well, we'd all be screwed. Or we'd kill it. So simple, even a moron could think it up. You must be even stupider."

"STOP FIGHTING!" I yelled, stepping between them. "I don't know what the deal is with you two, but both of you stop it. We're never going to get anywhere if we fight constantly. Look, you made Shin cry." I scooped up Shin. He wrapped his arms around my neck and slowly calmed down.

They stopped, looking at me in surprise. Kei had a small smile on his face as he watched me.

"First, you guys need to tell us if we're joining or not. I'm really confused on that. And we need to find the last member, whoever it is. So we need to move." Hajime tugged on Go's pant-leg.

"I'm hungry."
"Me too." Shin turned to look at the others.
"Me three." Mannen chimed in.
"So? Are we going back to Earth or not?"

"Fine." Hayate said after a long moment.

Aoi pulled me aside once we dropped to Earth.

"You seriously want to go with these guys? They're nutcases."
"Aoi, what choice do we have? If you haven't noticed, we're not normal either. You made a frickin' tree go crazy, and I somehow stopped it! That is not normal, even with my standards. And my standards say puppies eating rainbows is normal. Fruits Basket and Ouran High School Host Club is normal!"

Aoi stopped, looking at me. "What's Ouran-"
"Nevermind." I shook my head, walking faster to catch up with the guys.

After a long and tedious argument, we decided on pizza, American style.

Yeah...that'll never be mentioned again. Ever.

Mental note: Never give these guys pizza. You will be embarrassed beyond words.

After the fiasco-that-shall-not-be-mentioned-ever-again, we decided to crash at Aoi's place, mostly because she had to watch Sakura, her little sister.

"SAAKURAA!" Aoi called, walking in. The 11-year-old was nowhere to be seen.

"Great. She's playing The Game again." I sighed as well; the guys looked confused.
"What? What game?" Go asked.
"She hides and refuses to come out until we find her. Frustrating, really." Aoi shrugged.
"Lame." Mannen snorted.
"Don't tell her that. She'll hate you forever." I warned.
"Whatever." Mannen looked away.

"Well, the only way you'll get to meet her is if we find her. Kei, Go and Hayate, you might want to sit this one out." Aoi suggested.

They nodded, walking into the kitchen.

"No fair! I don't want to search for some girl!" Mannen protested. Aoi glared at him, grabbing his hood of his jacket and dragging him down a hallway. I met Go's glance as Mannen yelled in protest, shrugging.

The rest of us split up to search the 3-story house.

Mannen's POV

"OW! Put me down, dammit!" I struggled, trying to get out of her grip.

"Shut up and listen to me," Aoi let go, watching me with oddly pale, green eyes. "Sakura is really shy, so if you do find her, be gentle, okay? Don't start cussing and yelling at her."

I glared at her darkly, but looked away, as her gaze hurt to much. "Fine." I sighed.

Aoi stood up, smiling a little. "Thank you. Her room's 3 doors down. Pretend not to be able to find her for a moment. It'll help."

Aoi walked away, leaving me to find some girl. Wait, I have no idea what she looks like!

When I whirled for Aoi, she was gone. Great.

I paused outside her doorway, a hand hovering over the doorknob. Here goes nothing. I pushed open the door, peeking in.

A girl with long pink hair and surprised purple eyes stared back at me.

"Uhh, are you Sakura?" I asked, feeling a blush form on my face from her staring. Slowly, she nodded, barely moving.

I took a step inside, and she bolted, leaping off of her bed and diving into the corner, clutching a stuffed bunny as a shield. Remembering what Aoi told me, I took a couple steps for her, holding out my hand. It felt weird, not going and attacking or moving quickly, but slowly and hesitantly. I wanted to run over, grab her hand, and drag her out and get the hell out of here.

Then again, I didn't want her freaking out either.

"You're Sakura? I'm Aoi's friend, Mannen." Not really, but anything to get out of here. She flinched, pushing the bunny farther into my face. I mentally sighed, grasping the bunny and pulling it away to look at the trembling girl.

"Look at me. I'm not going to hurt you." A flash of pity hit me, as intent as the purple eyes that now stared at me.

"Ma...nen?" she repeated slowly. A shudder ran through me as I nodded.
"Ma...nen...Ma..nen...Mannen!" she repeated, like the name was unusual.

I held out my hand. "I found you, so now you need to come downstairs. C'mon." she stared at me warily, then tentatively placed her hand in mine.

My heart skipped a beat, leaving me confused. I barely know her! Urg.

I pulled her up, then tried to grab the bunny to leave it in the room. She seemed to know what I was trying to do, she pulling away.

"You should leave it." I tried to be patient. She looked at the blue, fluffy bunny sadly, then gently placed it on the bed. I started to walk out of the room, but she grabbed my hand.

My face felt hot as I half-turned. "What. Let's go." she looked slightly hurt, dropping my hand and following silently.

I stomped on the guilt. I didn't do anything, anyway. She's just too sensitive.

Yay! We meet Sakura! She's hard to write, since I'm not like that... listening to Flyleaf doesn't really help anyway.

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