Sakura thought she was going crazy, throughout the day she kept seeing images of Kanna, but she was the only one. No one else saw her, she only appeared to Sakura, and she was getting freaked out.

"Ryo, this is ludicrous!" she said to him after Kanna had once again disappeared from view. "I turn around one moment and she's there, talking to me like she's always been there, and then as soon as someone walks into the room or takes my attention away from her she vanishes."

"Have you talked to Dais?" Ryo suggested. "Maybe he might know something; he is the master of illusions."

"He didn't know either." She replied sullenly. "Ryo am I going crazy?" she asked him.

"No!" he replied forcefully, causing her to look at him, "Your not, something is going on and were going to find out what." Sakura nodded as Ryo took her hand.

"Lets get some sleep." He suggested. "I'm sure things will look better in the morning."

"Maybe your right." She agreed as they lay down and fell asleep, Kero and White Blaze sleeping at the foot of the bed.

Sakura opened her eyes to see herself in a forest. 'Oh, no. Not again.'  She thought to herself as she walked through the forest.

"Hi, Kura!" Kanna's voice called from behind her.

"Kanna," Sakura replied turning to face the silver eyed girl. "What's going on?" she demanded of the girl.

"What are you talking about?" Kanna asked curiously as she walked toward Sakura, holding the familiar red ball.

"How can I see you and nobody else can?" Sakura asked.

"Because they have never met me." Kanna replied evenly.

"But Anubis and Dais and the other warlords have." Sakura shot back.

"But they were never around when I was." Kanna answered.

Sakura opened her mouth to retort to that when she realized Kanna was right. None of the warlords had been around when Kanna appeared. She closed her mouth as Kanna giggled.

"See, I am real." She said as she stepped toward Sakura. Sakura sighed as she sat down.

"Things are so confusing now. I wish things could just be the way they were." Sakura said.

"They can be." Kanna replied cryptically. Sakura shot her head up to look at her.

"What?"

Sakura opened her eyes to see the familiar wallpaper of her and Ryo's room. She sat up and looked around when Kanna appeared next to her.

"Do you want things to be the way they used to be?" Kanna asked.

Sakura stared at her.

"Do you? It can be just like old times. Me and you playing all day with out a care in the world. I know how we can make it that way, but I need your help. Do you want it like that?"

Sakura looked at Ryo, who was sleeping quietly next to her, then to Kero and White Blaze, who never stirred from their slumber. "But what about…" She began as she turned to look at Ryo again.

"Don't worry." Kanna said in assurance as an unreadable emotion flickered across her face. "You'll still have Ryo. He'll be there too."  Sakura silently stood up not seeing the bright red glow of the silver locket around her neck that was reflected in the mirror; or the equally red glowing of the ball in Kanna's hands.  

"So, do you?" Kanna asked once more. Sakura silently nodded.

Kanna smiled, "Good, then follow me." She said as the Illusionist muttered the same words.