The questions came sooner than she expected. She went outside after dinner and did what she always did when she wanted to be alone. She sat on the river bank, Kero at her side, listening to the sound of the water as it ran its course through the forest. She heard footsteps behind her, but continued to look at the water and sky as the stars started to come out. She already knew who it was.

"You shouldn't be out here this late at night." Ryo commented as he sat next to her. "It isn't safe out here all by yourself."

"That's why I brought Kero." She said indicating the orange tiger lying next to her. Ryo nodded his approval and waited a few more minutes before opening his mouth to speak when Sakura cut him off.

"You want to talk about my dream some more don't you?" she asked quietly as Ryo nodded sheepishly. Sakura sighed.

"I was wondering which one of you was going to find me to talk about it." She admitted with a small smile. "To be honest I thought it was going to be Anubis."

Ryo smiled. "He was next in line, and he'll probably come after me."

"Thought as much."

"You really sounded scared when you were dreaming." Ryo said in reference to when she had called for him.

"I was." Sakura said in a soft voice, fingering the locket around her neck. "You were about to be killed and no matter what I did, I couldn't stop it."

"Do you have any idea of why you dreamed that?" Ryo asked.

Sakura shook her head. "No, it just happened out of the blue. But there was something weird about that dream."

"What?"

"That monster, whatever it was, seemed…familiar somehow. Like, I had seen it before." Sakura said thinking hard.

"I thought you said you couldn't tell what it was because it was so dark." Ryo said perplexed.

"That's what's weird about it. I couldn't and yet, I felt as if I was supposed to know what it was." Sakura said, trying to explain what she had felt. Ryo thought on her statement for a moment.

"You can't think of anyplace where you might have seen it or heard about it even?" Ryo asked throwing out suggestions. Sakura shook her head.

"Nothing, I've thought about it all day." She said truthfully. She really didn't know where she had seen, whatever it was, before. All she knew was that it was frighteningly familiar and to be honest she wasn't too eager to find out where she knew it from. The two sat in silence for a moment longer before Ryo made a movement to stand up.

"It's getting late." He said brushing the dirt off and looking at her expectantly. "We should probably go ahead and go to sleep."

"I'm think I'm going to stay out here for a few a little while longer." Sakura said looking at him. Sleep was the last thing Sakura wanted to do right then. For the past two days, whenever she fell asleep she had a dream about Kanna, or of Ryo dying at the hands of some merciless killer, and she wasn't too eager to have either of those again.

"It's getting dark." Ryo said pointing out the obvious.

"I have Kero with me." Sakura said patting the tiger next to her.

"Well, then I'll just stay out here with you until you're ready to come in." Ryo volunteered as he sat back down. Sakura looked at him.

"Are you really that worried about me staying out here all by myself in the dark?" she asked.

"I just don't want anything to happen to you." He answered. Sakura's eyes softened.

"Alright, lets go inside then." The two got up and made their way back to the house followed by a sleepy Kero. Once back at the house, Ryo headed up the stairs when he noticed Sakura wasn't following him.

"You coming?" he asked as he turned to look at her from his position on the stairs.

"No, I'm just going to stay up a little while longer." She said as she sat on the couch.

"You okay?" he asked concerned making a move toward her.

"Yes." Sakura assured him. "I just not tired yet."

"Don't stay up to long." Ryo advised as Sakura gave him a look.

"Yes, daddy!" she said mockingly. "I'll be up soon, okay?" Ryo nodded as he reluctantly went up stairs without her. Sakura stared at the empty fireplace, scratching Kero's head, when she heard a voice behind her.

"You're still up?"

Sakura turned her head to see Anubis enter in through the kitchen as she nodded in response. Anubis came to sit next to her.

"Ryo told me about your dream this afternoon." He said quietly.

"Figures."

"You alright?" he asked gently. Sakura felt her annoyance flare. This was the hundredth time someone had asked her that question.

"Yes."

"You don't sound alright." He prodded.

"That's because everyone is making a big deal about this entire thing, when it's nothing." Sakura said trying to keep her voice down.

"But it is a big deal!" Anubis answered.

"No, it's not!" Sakura retorted. "So I had one bad dream. Big deal. And I had a dream about Kanna. It's not like I haven't had those before! I used to have them all the time. Remember?"

"But that was a long time ago." Anubis replied steadily. "And you stopped having them when you were seventeen." Sakura didn't know how to reply to that so she said nothing tossing a glare at the fireplace.

"Look, we are just worried about you and want to help." Anubis said trying to diffuse the situation.

"Well, stop!" Sakura shot back. "I really don't want to talk about it."

"Fine," Anubis said sadly. "But remember your promise about telling Ryo. I'm still going to hold you to that." Sakura nodded as she went up the stairs, followed by Kero.

"Sakura" Anubis's voice stopped her in her tracks as she was halfway up the stairs.

"If you ever do want to talk about it. I'm here." Sakura's eyes softened as she slowly nodded.

"I know Anubis, thank you." She whispered as she went upstairs to join Ryo.