It was later the next morning when Sakura finally ventured out of her room escorted by an overly protective Ryo. They made their way into the living room where everyone else, including Alanna, were sitting everywhere having a discussion about nothing in particular.

"Hey guys." Sakura said upon entering the room. Everyone spun around to see Sakura walk in.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" asked Cye.

"Much better, thank you." Sakura answered sitting down on the love seat, Ryo taking a place next to her.

"You were out for quite a while. We were starting to wonder if you were ever going to wake up." Kento joked.

"Yeah, normally, I'm asleep much longer than three days, at least after that last attack I should have been out for at least a week." Sakura admitted.

"Which brings us to the question, what happened out there?" Cale asked.

"Let's start with the little questions and work our way up shall we?" Sakura asked.

"Fine, first question, why did you tell me not to touch Aria when she was trying to take control of your mind again?" Ryo asked. It was one of the questions that had really been bugging him.

"Because you have no magic, or if you do it's in a very tiny amount." Sakura answered.

"But why would that make such a difference?" Sekhmet questioned.

"Because with the amounts that Aria was putting out, Ryo's body would have absorbed it and it would have been too much for him and it would have killed him." Sakura informed. "It was for his protection."

"Then why didn't it kill you?" Alanna asked.

"Because I have magic, she was forcing her magic into my body which absorbed it then pushed my magic along with hers out enabling her to absorb it and become stronger." Sakura said. Everyone nodded their head in understanding.

"Second question, what was that last attack you did?" Ryo asked.

" I thought we were saving the big questions for last." Sakura joked.

"I did." He answered

"Well, this one may take awhile, to put it bluntly, that attack was everything I had including most of my life force." Sakura said.

"You want to run that one by us again?" Sage asked.

"Well, it's a technique that I learned a long time ago. The crystal my mother gave me is a very special one. There are only four like it in the entire world. This crystal is specially made to take a bit of my magic everyday and store it inside the crystal to use in situations that threaten my life. But there is a catch, I have to use all the energy inside the crystal all at once, or not at all."

"Why is that?" Rowen piped up.

"You got me, I don't know myself." Sakura answered with a shrug.

"So, I'm still not sure as to what happened." Anubis said slowly. "How do you get the energy out of the crystal?"

"I have to break it against something." Sakura said.

"But you still have your crystal." Dais said pointing to where the crystal hung from her neck.

"Yes, but it isn't the same one." Sakura said holding out the crystal for inspection. "Every time I break one, a new one is quickly formed… see?" Sakura demonstrated this by breaking in half the crystal and holding up the broken pieces. The two pieces dissolved and a new crystal suddenly appeared on the chain around Sakura's neck.

"Cool!" Kento exclaimed.

"So what happens when you need to use the energy inside the crystal?" Anubis asked.

"I must take the crystal off and hold it in the air concentrating all of my energy on it. The crystal will absorb almost all off the energy I have including magic and life force energy, almost like a final charge up, then I throw it at who ever is threatening me and well Ryo saw what happened."

"So with a powerful attack like that at your disposal why not use it all the time?" Alanna inquired.

"Well, for one thing it needs time to charge up. If I threw it after it had only gleaned a day's worth of energy it wouldn't even set a bush on fire. Second of all, the power it grants comes at a price, because the crystal absorbs all of my energy I'm left completely defenseless after I perform the attack. I instantly fall into a deep sleep from lack of energy and am defenseless until I wake up." Sakura informed them.

"So that's what you meant when you said that you thought that it was more than a three day attack." Ryo concluded. Sakura nodded, "In fact, it should have been longer than a week, because I had the added burden of Ryo to deal with."

"Me?" Ryo said pointing to himself. "Why would I make a difference"

"I didn't want you to get caught in the attack, so I created a barrier around you protecting you from the attack. I wouldn't have had to do that if you had left like I asked you to." Sakura said with a look.

Ryo had the graces to look humble then quickly replaced it with determination, "I wouldn't have ever left you alone." He said defiantly.

"I know," she said taking his hand and looking into his eyes. "Thanks" she whispered.

"Hey, no PDA in front of the friends" Cale shouted receiving a laugh from everyone.