Sakura was unusually quiet during dinner that night, and Ryo wasn't the only one who noticed either.

"Sakura?" Mia asked looking at her. Sakura didn't respond as she moved her food around the plate with her fork, lost in thought.

"Sakura" Mia said again louder. Sakura snapped to attention.

"You alright?" she asked concerned.

Sakura nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"You just seem kinda distant." Mia said gently. Sakura shook her head.

"No, I'm just not very hungry."  Sakura said as she pushed away from the table and stood up. "I'm going to go outside for a while." The others looked at her in confusion as she left the room.

"What's wrong with her?" Anubis questioned after they heard the door close behind her.

Ryo stared at the door she had just gone through. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." He said determined as he threw down his napkin and followed her. He walked outside and looked around trying to locate Sakura. He found her sitting on one of the higher branches of a tree, staring at the starry sky. Ryo walked toward the tree and began to climb. Once he reached the branch Sakura was on, he situated himself so that he was sitting next to her. Sakura was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice Ryo was there.

'Could this be my locket? If it is, then where did it come from? I haven't seen it since…since…"

"Alright, what's going on?" Ryo asked her scattering her thoughts.

"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked not looking at him.

"You know what I'm talking about." Ryo said concerned. "You've been acting so distant ever since I showed you that necklace."

"I haven't been acting distant." Sakura replied still avoiding his eyes.

"Why are you lying to me? I know you well enough to know when you're lying." Ryo asked annoyed that she was making this so difficult.

"What makes you think that I'm lying to you?" Sakura asked.

"Because you won't look me in the eye." Ryo stated. Sakura lowered her eyes, ashamed she had been caught. "Look me in the eye and tell me that something isn't bothering you." Sakura turned her attention back to the stars, not saying a word.

"I thought so, Why won't you tell me what's wrong? You've always been able to tell me everything." Ryo asked hurt that she wouldn't talk to him.

Sakura slowly turned her attention to Ryo. "I'm sorry." She said softly. "I'm not trying to make this difficult on you, I was just surprised that I finally have my old necklace back, and it reminded me of my father." Sakura said quietly. Ryo looked at her as he took her in his arms.

"If I had known that that necklace would have caused this big of a problem, then I never would have shown it to you."

Sakura pushed back so that she could look in his face. "No, I'm glad that you gave it back." She protested.

"But it's making you so sad." Ryo said simply.

"I'll get over it; I just need a minute to reminisce is all."

Ryo nodded as they looked at the stars for a few more minutes. "Come on, let's go back inside." Sakura voiced as she started climbing down from the tree. Ryo followed her as they walked back inside. He knew that she was hiding something.

'That necklace may be bringing back memories of her father, but it's bringing back memories of something else as well, and I intend to find out what.' Ryo promised himself as they walked back inside. Sakura went straight upstairs as the others crowded around Ryo for an explanation of Sakura's behavior.

"Well, what's bugging her?" Cale asked when Ryo got back in the kitchen.

"Don't know for sure." Ryo admitted as he started clearing the table. "She's being close lipped about it."

"Did she say anything at all?" Alanna asked concerned.

"Just that the necklace I gave her reminded her of her father." Ryo sighed as he sat back in the chair exasperated. Anubis and the other warlords exchanged glances, but remained quiet. The others simply remained quiet unsure what to say. Ryo sighed again as he got up and headed for the stairs.

"I guess, I'm going to join Sakura and go to sleep, there is no use worrying about it anymore until tomorrow." Ryo said as the others nodded in agreement and went to their own rooms as well.