Ryo opened his eyes as sunlight streamed in through the open window hitting him square in the face. He squinted in the bright light as he turned his face to escape the brightness. He moved his face only to find it buried in thick tiger fur.

"Kero!" he muttered as he gave the orange tiger a nudge. The tiger gave a big yawn, showing off his sharp teeth as he grudgingly moved to allow Ryo to see the sleeping face of his wife.

'Now that is what I like to wake up to.' He thought with a chuckle. He leaned over and kissed her forehead, causing her to wake up. Sakura blinked a few times as she gave Ryo a sleepy grin.

"Morning, what time is it?" she asked him.

Ryo gave a halfhearted shrug. "I have no idea." He answered. Sakura rolled over.

"Then I'm going back to sleep." She said as Ryo laughed and got up. He walked over to her side and pulled her up.

"Nope, you're staying awake this time. If I can't go back to sleep, you can't."

"Fine." She agreed as she sat up and looked at him. "I need to get up anyway." She said.

"Yes, you do. So what are you up to today?" Ryo asked as he moved around the room.

"Oh you know this and that. Nothing important." She answered as she got up as well. After a few more minutes they were dressed and headed downstairs to find everyone else. They found their friends in the living room except for Cale, Sage, Anubis, Rowen, and Cye.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Sakura greeted as they sat down on the couch.

"Nothing much, I think today is just going to be one of those relaxing days. Not much is going on." Alanna answered.

"That's good." Ryo said aloud. In all truth he was happy that it was like that. It seemed like there had just been so much going on recently. For awhile, Sakura had been having alternating nightmares about her dead friend Kanna, and then about him dieing at the hands of a monster. She had finally explained the dreams to him and then she got caught up in a fantasy, where she ended up unlocking the gate under her father's throne. That resulted in them fighting against a shadowrunner, which killed him. But thanks to Kanna's ghost was brought back to life. And he was glad that, for once, no one was trying to kill him or his wife trying to get revenge. Which just seemed to be everyone's motive.

"So does anybody have any plans for today?" Sakura asked, breaking his train of thought.

"I think that me and Alanna are about to go to the city." Mia said. "Anyone who wants to come is welcome."

"I might take you up on that offer." Sakura said. "Wanna come Ryo?"

"And hear you girls talk about girl junk and guys all day? I'll pass on that." He replied with a smile.

"Very funny." She said giving him a playful punch as she stood up. "Just for that, I'm telling them stuff about you." 

"You don't have anything on me." Ryo shot back as he crossed his arms assuredly.

"Wanna bet?" she asked as she whispered something in his ear. Ryo's eyes widened.

" You know I was just kidding about that girl junk comment." He protested.

 Sakura rolled her eyes. "Yeah that's what I thought," she said as Mia and Alanna stood up and started heading for the door. "Coming Sakura?" Alanna asked. Sakura nodded as she bent down and kissed Ryo.

"I'll see you when I get back." She said as she went to the door and left with the girls. Ryo smiled to himself as he went to find what was going on with the others.

He walked outside to find Rowen off by himself, staring at the sky.

"Hey, Rowen. What are ya looking at?" Ryo asked as he walked toward him.

Rowen turned and gave Ryo a nod of acknowledgment.

"Nothin, just thinking."

"About what?" Ryo asked as he came to stand next to his friend.

"Do you wonder if there is someone out there for everyone?" Rowen asked him. Surprised at the question Ryo shrugged.

"I suppose so. I never really thought about it."

Rowen shook his head. "Yeah, I didn't think you would have. I mean you have Sakura after all."

"Are you alright?" Ryo asked his friend.

Rowen turned to him and laughed. "Yeah, I'm fine. It was just kind of a passing thought. I mean you have Sakura, Sage has Alanna, that is if he ever works up enough nerve to tell her that he likes her, and I think that Anubis is starting to have a thing for Mia." Rowen said as he turned to look back at the sky. "I just wondered if there was someone out there for the rest of us; you know me and Kento and Cye and even Dais and them." Ryo looked at Rowen as then at the sky as well.

"I'm sure of it." Ryo said. "You just wait, one day you'll be minding your own business and then the next thing you know you find yourself staring into a pair of the most gorgeous eyes you have ever seen." He said remembering when he first saw Sakura.

Rowen gave a laugh. "Yeah right, just because you met the love of your life when you were ten doesn't mean all of us have been that lucky."

"It could happen." Ryo said with a laugh as Rowen joined in.

"Maybe it could."