Anubis and Dais walked outside later that day to find Sakura sitting in her usual spot by the river.
"Someone had another dream last night." Anubis said in greeting. Sakura turned to face them.
"I know, and I'm telling Ryo today." She said decisively. Dais and Anubis looked shocked.
"Well, good for you." Anubis applauded. "It's about time you told him."
"I know, and I'm sorry that I kept it from him for so long. But I realize now that I need to let him know." Sakura said as Anubis and Dais sat next to her.
"What made you change your mind?" Dais asked. "Yesterday you were so opposed to telling him, now, you can't wait."
"I finally realized what it was doing to him. It's been eating him up inside, the not knowing. And I'm tired of hiding it from him. I want to be able to talk to him like I used to." Sakura said. She had been thinking about it all morning. Thinking about Ryo's face when he had let her know how much he hated it that she wouldn't talk to him.
"How are you going to do it?" Dais asked.
"I'm probably just going to tell him when he gets back home." She said. "I was about to head back to the house to wait for him.
"Where is he?" Dais questioned.
"Not sure, I think he went somewhere with Sage, but that might have been someone else."
"Do you want to be alone when you tell him?" Anubis asked offering his support if she needed it.
"Yes!" Sakura said defiantly. "I do."
The two men nodded as Sakura stood back up. "I'm going to head back to the house to wait for him." She said.
"I'll see you guys later."
Dais and Anubis waved bye as Sakura set off back toward the house, thinking about how Ryo was going to react to what she told him. Her dreams about Kanna were too real and too often to be a coincidence. Something was up, and it was high time she told Ryo about it. She had a feeling that Seriyu was behind it all, she just didn't know how he was involved. She made her way into the house and went upstairs to her room. She sat on the window sill, staring outside, waiting for Ryo to appear. Kero followed her as he lay on the floor next to her. Sakura sighed as she leaned her head back against the wall. This wasn't going to be easy.
Not long after, Sakura fell asleep. She hadn't gotten a whole lot of sleep the night before. She closed her eyes as she found herself in a unsettling familiar place.
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She was once again in the forest, as the rubbed her arms for warmth in the cold wind. Suddenly the forest once again went black as she turned her head from side to side, peering in the semi dark waiting for the creature she knew was coming. She heard a growl as she turned to see it's massive outline. She gave a yell of fright, but stood her ground. She remembered what happened last time. If she didn't run, she wouldn't run into Ryo, then he wouldn't get hurt. The creature neared her as she transformed into her armor. She unsheathed her sword and prepared to fight. The creature came closer as she swung at it. Her sword went right through it. Sakura stared in shock. 'Now what am I supposed to do?' she thought wildly as the creature came closer. It reached out and Sakura was able to make out the form of a giant clawed hand. She screamed as the hand once again went right through her. She turned around to see what the hand had been grabbing at, afraid of what she thought it was. She turned just in time to see an unsuspecting Ryo, snatched up by the clawed hand. Then, as if in slow motion, she saw him being dragged closer and closer to the monster. Sakura ran toward the monster, hoping to be able to stop it from hurting Ryo. But it was always just out of reach. She tripped as she fell to the ground. She looked up to see Ryo, struggling to free himself from the monsters grip on him.
"Ryo." she yelled as she reached out a hand toward him.
"Ryo." She called again as she struggled to get up. "RYO!"
Sakura woke up to find Ryo holding her arms, shaking her, trying to get her to wake up. "Sakura, wake up!" he yelled.
"Ryo!" she gasped as she hugged his neck.
"It's ok. It was just a nightmare." He said as he hugged her tight. "It's over, I'm here now."
Sakura soon calmed down enough to talk straight as she looked at him.
"You alright?" he asked concerned as he sat next to her on the window sill.
"Yeah," she answered.
"You had another nightmare?" he asked.
"I seem to be getting a lot of those lately, huh?" She asked with a small smile. Ryo nodded.
"Do you need anything?" he asked as he stood up, preparing to get whatever it was she needed.
Sakura nodded as she pulled him back down to sit next to her. "Yes, I need to tell you something. Something I should have told you a long time ago."