Sakura woke up one morning to find Ryo looking at her, his arm around her waist as he pulled her closer to him, when he realized she was awake. They had been married for three months now, but it still amazed Ryo when he woke up every morning to find Sakura sleeping peacefully next to him.

"How long have you been up?" she questioned.

"Not long," Ryo answered as Sakura snuggled up next to him. The two lay there just enjoying the others company when Ryo broke the silence.

"So what are your plans for today?"

Sakura thought on that for a moment. "Nothing I can think of right now except for the usual. You know, do stuff around the house, run errands for Mia, that kind of thing." Ryo nodded in understanding. "What about you?"

"Sage is making something for Alanna's birthday and he said that he needed me and Rowen's help."

"Aww that's sweet. What's he making her?" Sakura questioned.

"Who knows. All I know is that he told me that he needed our help and he's doing it out in the forest some where. I have no idea how long it will take. According to Sage, all day, but we'll see." They continued to lay there listening to their friends moving about the house downstairs. They finally managed to drag themselves out of bed and get dressed.

"Morning." Sakura said in greeting to Sage.

"Try afternoon." He responded. Sakura shrugged off his remark as Sage turned to Ryo.

"You ready to come and help me and Rowen?" He asked. Ryo nodded as he, Sage and Rowen left. Alanna came down just as they left.

"Where are they going?" She questioned Sakura. Sakura shrugged innocently as she started about doing some cleaning around the house.

Rowen waited till they were out of sight of the house before breaking the silence.

"So what exactly do you need our help for?"

"Well, you guys know that Alanna's birthday is coming up." Sage began. "And I wanted to do something special, but I need you guys to help me find the perfect place."

"Place for what?" Ryo asked curiously.

"Well, I found this spot already actually, I just need some help cleaning it up." Sage admitted.

"You're not talking about that old pavilion are you?" Ryo asked dreading the answer.

The old pavilion was exactly what it sounded like, an old pavilion. It had been overrun by weeds and vines, and was missing some parts of the railing.

"Well, yes, I am."

"Sage, why do you want to bring her there?" Rowen asked dumbfounded. "I'm sure there are more romantic spots around here than the old pavilion."

"No, it has to be the pavilion." Sage replied adamantly.

"Why?" Ryo demanded.

"Just because, now are you two going to help me or not?" Sage pleaded.

The two ronin's sighed as they agreed to help Sage with his little project. They walked until they saw the pavilion. It looked worse than they had remembered it.

"We defiantly have our work cut out for us." Ryo assessed.

"When do we need to have this job completed?" Rowen wanted to know.

"At the latest in four days, but preferably as soon as possible." Sage answered.

Having heard that they three set about working on the pavilion, Ryo cleared the weeds around it, while Rowen started working on removing the rotting pieces of wood littering the ground. Sage did whatever he could at the moment while jotting down things he would bring tomorrow to help improve the place. They worked all day when Sage finally announced that they should probably be getting on home. Rowen and Ryo gladly agreed as Ryo jumped off from the roof, where he had been clearing vines. Landing on the ground with a thud he saw a silver glint in the corner of his eye. Brushing aside a few leaves he uncovered a silver heart shaped locket. Ryo picked up the jewelry as he turned it over in his hands.

"What do you have there?" Sage asked when he noticed Ryo's intent perusal of the silver object.

"A necklace. I just found it right here."

"Pretty," Rowen commented.

"What are you going to do with it?" Sage wanted to know.

"I guess try to find out who it belongs too." Ryo answered.

"I doubt you're going to find the owner. No one has been around here for a long time." Sage said knowingly.

"Well, then I guess if I find someone who likes it, I'll just let her keep it." Ryo said thinking of Sakura. The other two shrugged as they headed back to the house, Ryo pocketing the silver locket.