The rest of the week went pretty normally.  They got an occasional call from Talon or Artemis who had seen a robbery or some other crime committed and told the group about. They were able to help stop most of the crimes. But other than that it was pretty uneventful. It was a bright sunny morning when Ryo saw Sakura outside sitting in a tree. Walking underneath the branch he called up to her.

"Hey, what are ya doing up there?"

Sakura looked down and smiled. "Just sitting and thinking, wanna join me?"

Ryo climbed up the to the branch she was sitting on and sat next to her. "This answer your question?"

Sakura nodded and looked out at the view again.

"So what were ya thinking about way up here?' Ryo prodded.

Sakura smiled slyly, "Oh, just this guy I know."

"Really? Anyone I might know?" he asked confident he already knew the answer.

"You could say that." She said.

"What's he look like?" Ryo asked enjoying the game.

"Well, he has black hair, and the most gorgeous blue eyes I have ever seen." She commented.

"Oh," Ryo said intrigued. "And um... what else?" he prodded.

"Well, he has a tiger like mine, and he also has an armor like mine." Sakura answered confident he knew she was talking about him.

"You wouldn't by any chance mean me would ya?" he asked slyly.

"Maybe I am, maybe not. You'll have to catch me to find out." She said as she quickly jumped out of the tree and ran through the forest.

Ryo gave her a five second head start and took off after her. Sakura heard Ryo behind her and ran faster, but not so that he couldn't keep up. Sakura ran until she got to the river and hid up a tree watching Ryo come to a halt and look for her. Sakura jumped quietly out of the tree and snuck behind him. Ryo looked across the river trying to find her when he felt a push against his back and he went flying into the water.  He surfaced to find Sakura laughing hysterically at him. 

"Hey," he said in mock fury. "That wasn't funny." He said swimming to the shore, but not getting out.

"Yeah, it was." Sakura said laughing.

"Fine, since you got me in here, you have to help me get out," he said with a mischievous glint in his eye. Sakura held out her hand to help him up.  Ryo grabbed it and pulled her into the water.  Sakura came up spluttering.

"Ryo, I can't believe you just did that!" she said splashing him with water.

" I can't believe you just fell for that," Ryo shot back as he held up his hands to block the wave of water. " And besides you started it." He pointed out.

Sakura looked sideways at him before giggling, "Yeah, I guess I did, huh?"

Ryo nodded knowingly as they both got out of the river soaking wet.  Ryo gave a quick glance at Sakura out of the side of his eye. Her wet clothes showed of her to die for figure and he gave her an appreciative glance. Sakura looked up and caught him looking at her, blushed, and looked at her shoes; but not before giving his muscular chest a glance through his wet clothes. The two wrung out the excess water and sat down next to each other on the bank drying off in the sun.

"So you were talking about me back when we were in the tree right?" Ryo asked looking at her.

Sakura laughed, "Who else would I be talking about?"

"So you really think I have gorgeous blue eyes?" he asked as he looked into her golden ones.

"Yeah" she answered as the two leaned forward when "Hey, Sakura!"

Ryo let out a growl of frustration, "Even out here they find us and of course they couldn't come at a worse time." He muttered as they turned to look at the intruder.

"What is it Cale?" Cale oblivious to the fact that he had walked in at a tender moment came into view.

"Mia is going to the store and she needs your help." He said.

"I'll be right there." She said as Cale turned to leave.

"Sorry, Ryo, gotta go help her." Sakura said as she prepared to stand up.

Ryo grabbed her hand and pulled her back down and whispered in her ear. "We are going to finish this later." He said as he let her go.

Sakura smiled and gave him a peck on the lips, "can't wait." She said as she walked off. Ryo laid back down on the grassy bank and watched a crow fly over head. 'That bird looks familiar,' he thought, but quickly dismissed it from his mind as he sat up and returned to the house.