Hundreds of things that could have happened to Ryo flashed through Sakura's head as she ran toward the bank that had been robbed earlier that morning.

"I never should have let him go after the one guy alone." She criticized herself.

"It's not your fault." Rowen consoled running beside her. "You had no idea that someone was planning anything."

Sakura looked at him out of the corner of her eye and smiled.

"I just hope that we find him." She said as they made it to the bank. The stopped and gathered around Sakura.

"Ok, Cale went in that direction, and I went that way and Ryo went that way." Sakura said pointing to the different directions each had taken.

"So it looks like our best bet would be to go the way Ryo went." Sage concluded. The others nodded and were about to go when they heard a shout from behind.

"Hey, wait for us."

The group turned to see Sekhmet, Cye, Anubis, Kero and White Blaze coming up behind them.

"We just heard from Alanna and Yulie what happened. What's going on?" Anubis asked out of breath.

"Ryo chased after the lone thief and went that way, so that's were we are heading." Sage informed them as the newly enlarged group ran into the forest. They had transformed into their sub armors incase there was trouble, they wanted to be prepared. The group had stopped at a clearing and was searching for clues when they heard a twig snap behind them. The group whirled around to see the very person they had been looking for.

"Ryo!" Sakura cried rushing to him and throwing her arms around his neck.  "I thought something had happened to you."

"Why would you think that?" the disguised Seriyu asked.

"Well, you went after the guy, and you didn't come back for quite a while and things were getting to be suspicious so…" Cale said dropping off.

Seriyu nodded his understanding. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you all, the guy I was following kept turning this way and that and I just kept following until I lost sight of him." He explained as Sakura finally let go if him. White Blaze suddenly appeared beside Sakura and prepared to pounce at Seriyu. Seriyu cast a leery eye at the white tiger as he sprung and caused Seriyu to fall back and land with a thud.

"Get him off me! He's attacking me!" Seriyu yelled as White Blaze gave his face a lick. Sakura looked on with confusion.

"Ryo," she finally said as White Blaze realized Seriyu wasn't happy about his greeting. "It's just White Blaze, you know, your tiger." She said.

Seriyu realized his mistake and tried to cover it up. "Oh yeah, of course, I knew. I was just playing along." He finished lamely. The rest of the group gave him a weird look.

"Are you okay?" Cye asked uncertainly.

"Yeah." Seriyu answered. By now White Blaze and Kero had gotten a whiff of Seriyu scent. The two tigers growled menacingly at him as they backed slowly toward Sakura. Sakura looked at the two tiger confused.

"Kero, White Blaze, what is wrong with you two?" she asked as they bared their teeth at the intruder. Seriyu had an uncomfortable look on his face.

'I forgot about the tigers.' He thought to himself. Kero and White Blaze had no idea as to who this impersonator was, but they didn't like him. Kero had smelled that scent before, but was unsure where. All he knew was that he didn't like it and if he made one move toward his master, Sakura, someone would be on the ground. White Blaze also stood in front of Sakura. He knew that although it may look like his master, Ryo. It defiantly wasn't him and he knew that if Ryo was there, he would want White Blaze to protect Sakura. Sakura gave the two tigers a tap on the head.

"Come on you two, stop growling at him." She said as she stepped toward Seriyu. "It's just Ryo." She said standing next to him.

Seriyu tried to look normal and put his arm around Sakura's waist. As soon as he moved Kero let out a ferocious roar and Seriyu quickly let his arm drop back to his side.

"Kero!" Sakura said sternly.

"It's okay, Sakura." Seriyu said. "They probably smell that guy I was chasing on me or something."

"Maybe, anyway, we need to get back. I bet Alanna and Yulie are getting worried." She said as they all turned to head toward the house. Kero and White Blaze walked a few steps behind Seriyu intent on making sure he didn't try anything. Sage, Anubis, Rowen, and Cye lagged behind.

"Is it just me, or is Ryo acting a little weird?" Sage asked. The others nodded their agreement.

"And what is up with Kero and White Blaze?" Cye questioned. The others shrugged and decided to put the matter away. It had been along day and everyone was jumpy and tired. Sakura was oblivious to all this, she was just happy that Ryo was safe. When, unknown to her, he wasn't.