"Why not?" Ryo asked looking from Dais to Anubis and back again.
"Sakura isn't going to be so easy to persuade. Even if we believe you, that really won't hold a lot of water with her." Dais said.
"But she considers you two to be her brothers. I mean surely if you say that I am who I say I am, then she'll believe you." Ryo protested.
"Normally that would be true, but I'm afraid things are much different this time." Anubis said sadly.
"Sakura has a really big grudge against Seriyu and well, she tends too lose her head and be irrational when it comes to dealing with him." Dais informed the stricken Ryo.
"But why?" Ryo asked loudly. "What could he have possibly done to make her so upset with him!"
Dais and Anubis exchanged glances. "It's not our story to tell, but she has every reason to be as angry towards him as she is. At least, we think so." Anubis sighed.
"If you want to find out what happened I suggest you ask Sakura, but I'd tread carefully when it comes to that subject. She might blow up at you." Dais warned.
"I'm not going to have a problem with that if I can't even get near her!" Ryo said bitterly.
"Well, things aren't as hopeless as they look. Sakura loves you with all her heart and a lot of times that overrules everything else. We can try to use that to our advantage. Because once Sakura believes you, everyone else will accept her decision without argument." Anubis said thoughtfully.
"So what do we do?" Ryo asked.
"I think the best thing to do is to let her see you. Once she has, she'll follow you. Lead her out to the forest and we'll wait for you there." Anubis said outlining his plan. "Once we make sure that she can't get to you, you can tell your side of the story and we'll go from there."
Ryo nodded his agreement as Anubis and Dais went to wait for Sakura in the forest. Ryo stayed in the alley way, half hidden, but still in plain view of the store Sakura was in. It wasn't long until Sakura made her appearance. Ryo used his sword to reflect the light of the sun at Sakura. Sakura saw the glint out of the corner of her eye as she stared at the person reflecting the light at her. Once she realized who it was she gasped in horror and rage. With a grim look she ran straight at him as Ryo took off. Sakura ran her hardest trying to catch up to who she thought was Seriyu. 'Seriyu!' she thought with loathing. 'I'm going to get you. I swore that I would make you pay and you will!' she promised herself as she continued running after him. Ryo was quickly running out of breath.
'Since when did she get so fast?' he wondered to himself as Sakura closed the gap between them. Luckily for Ryo, Anubis and Dais had anticipated this and were hiding close by. Sakura drew her sword as she neared Ryo. Ryo looked behind him and saw the metallic glint of her blade as she sped up. Suddenly she was gone. Ryo made the mistake of sliding to a stop. H turned his head from side to side trying to see what had happened to her. Sakura's eyes flashed dangerously as she watched him like a tiger stalking his prey. She waited until the perfect moment when she leapt at him. Next thing Ryo knew he was lying face up on the ground, with Sakura sitting on his waist. Her left hand was planted firmly against his chest, preventing him from moving as he noticed her sword tip inches from his neck. Sakura's golden eyes, normally sparkling with happiness were now shooting sparks of hate and loathing. And they were aimed right at him. Ryo was flabbergasted. He had never seen her have so much hate towards one person before. Ryo's normally blue eyes, had been changed because of Seriyu into Seriyu's green eyes. These were the eyes that gazed up at Sakura. Sakura saw the surprise etched in his features then change from surprise to love.
"Sakura," Ryo murmured. The emotion contained within his eyes and voice caused Sakura to falter, long enough for Dais and Anubis to grab her from behind. Sakura once again started kicking and screaming eager to get away from her captors. When she realized who it was she stopped and looked at them with confusion. Ryo picked himself up off the ground and brushed himself off.
"Kinda cutting it close there!" Ryo scolded them.
"Sorry, we didn't think she was going to go straight for the kill." Dais said. Sakura looked at the faces of Dais and Anubis.
"All right, you two want to tell me what is going on and why you stopped be from killing that that…" Sakura had to stop mid sentance. She couldn't think straight she was so mad.
"Calm down, ya little spitfire!" Anubis said soothingly. "You'll understand in a minute, but first you have to be willing to listen to him." He said indicating Ryo.
Sakura glared at him as she turned her head.
"Drop dead!" she spat as Dais and Anubis sighed wearily. This was going to take a while.