Ryo had finally made it to the city and was resting against the side of a building. 'It's about time I got here.' He thought to himself as regained his breath. It seemed as though Seriyu's minions had gotten tired of scouring the streets for him and had given up. He hadn't seen them in over an hour. Ryo turned his thoughts off of Seriyu and onto Sakura. How was he going to get her to believe him that he wasn't who he looked to be. According to Seriyu, Sakura hated his guts and probably would freak if she knew that he was on the same planet as her, let alone pretending to be him. Ryo clenched his fists in fury.

"Seriyu! Your going to pay for this." He promised himself as he started heading once again for Mia's house.

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"Guys, I don't know what's going on, but that man is not Ryo!" Sakura proclaimed to the listening group. They had all crowded around her when she got back from training and she told them everything that had happened. All the way from White Blaze sleeping in her room the past two nights, up to his mysterious call on the cell phone no one knew he had.

"What do you mean he's not Ryo?" a confused Yulie asked. "He looks the same to me."

"He may look the same, but he defiantly doesn't act the same." Cye said confirming Sakura's statement.

"We have to do something about this." Anubis said. "I mean, obviously something happened to Ryo."

"But what?" Dais asked finishing Anubis' sentence.

"You got me." Kento spoke up.

"I think the reasonable thing to do is to make a list of people that we know have some kind of grudge against Ryo, or Sakura." Mia suggested.

"Why me?" Sakura asked.

"Because, someone may be impersonating Ryo to get back at you." She explained.

"That's plausible, but not likely." Rowen chimed in. "I mean if he was going to do something to Sakura, he's already had countless chances for him to do something to her."

"So far he hasn't made a single threatening move toward Sakura." Cale pointed out.

"Probably because White Blaze and Kero won't let him get anywhere near her without showing their teeth!" Kento joked. Everyone laughed at that as Sakura rubbed the two tigers head affectionately.

"So they must be after Ryo." Sakura concluded.

"But who? That's the main question." Alanna said.

"And why." Dais added.

"Well, the only people that I can think of that have a long standing grudge against Ryo are Talpa and Aria. And we haven't seen hide nor hair of them for a while now." Rowen thought out loud. Suddenly White Blaze gave a growl directed at the door.

"I bet that's our imposter." Sakura said bitterly. "Wait till I get my hands on him. I'll make him tell us what he did to Ryo." She said threateningly as she stood and headed for the door.

"No, Sakura, don't let him know that we know." Cye said stopping Sakura in her tracks.

"Why?" she protested.

"Because he might get desperate if he knows that we've figured out his little secret and do something to hurt Ryo." Cye said wisely. Sakura's shoulder's slumped in defeat.

"Fine." She said sadly as Alanna and Mia got up to comfort her.

"Don't worry." Mia said. "We'll find him. And then you two can finally get married."

'Married!' Anubis thought as an idea flashed through his head. "Look, guys we can continue this conversation later alright. Just not when he's around and make sure that you act normal!" Anubis said directing his last comment at Sakura. She looked at him sheepishly.

'He knows me too well.' Sakura thought just as Seriyu entered the room.

"Where ya been?" Sage asked him conversationally.

"Oh, I had a call I had to take." Seriyu said nonchalantly.

"You have a phone?" Dais asked surprised.

Seriyu inadvertently clenched his hands. 'What is up with this guy that he doesn't have a phone? Every one has a phone.' "Yeah, just recently." He lied as everyone seemed to take his answer at face value.

"Well, I need to run to the store. Anyone want to join me?" Mia asked looking directly at the people she wanted to talk to. Thankfully they all got the message as Sage, Cye, Anubis, Sakura, and Dais said they would join her.

"Well then lets get going." She said cheerfully as they left the house and headed for the city.