#96's POV

"Now that Starliege has 5000 attack points, let's attack Drake's monster!" Sakura exclaimed as her monster attacked Dark Mist, causing me to crash on the cobblestone ground, my life points O, then, Sakura collapsed on the ground.
I walked over to where she was lying, and saw that she wasn't getting up, I placed my hand on her head, her forehead was burning up.
Then, I heard a deep voice.
/Number 96,/ It began. /Remember what mission I gave you?/
"Yes, Master. I am to watch over her, isn't that correct?"
/Yes Number 96, I'm counting on you./ My master said as his voice started to fade away.
"I'll take care of you, Mera Shingetsu."
*Later...*
"The fever seems to have gone down a little," I said as I placed a wet towel on Sakura's forehead.
"She looks so normal, I didn't even suspect that she was an alien." I said as I saw that her skin was starting to change color.
Her fair skin turned light blue and teal marks started to appear on her face and arms, then, her mouth vanished.
She had transformed into her Barian form.
I noticed something on her necklace as I took the wet towel off her head, it seemed very familiar, but I couldn't remember where I'd seen it before.
"Huh, what happened?" I heard Sakura ask as her rose-colored eyes looked into my golden ones.
"I feel so strange, am I alright, Drake?"
"You might want to look in a mirror first, Saki." I said as I handed her a hand mirror.
"Drake."
"Yes, what is it Saki?"
"Did you get me this pretty necklace from the mall when I wasn't looking?" Sakura asked as she looked at the small, odd-shaped pendant in the hand mirror.
"Yeah, I thought that it would look good on you, and turns out, I was right!" I lied as I glanced at my wrist watch.
"You look tired Drake," Sakura said as she placed the mirror on the table and smiled at me.
"You should get some rest, I can take care of myself for now."
"Alright, call me if you need anything." I said as I closed the door and went to my room.
/How could she not see her Barian form when I could?/ I wondered to myself as I floated up towards the chandelier in my bedroom.
/I think I should tell her about me being a number, but if I do, what will she think of me? And I wonder if she would tell her father about me being her guardian number./ I thought as I dangled a piece of crystal hanging from the chandelier.
/I'll wait until she meets her family to admit it./ I thought as I crawled into my bed and turned out the lights.
*Sakura's POV*
"I wonder if I destroyed #96, and if Drake's free from being possessed by him." I told Starliege.
/Sakura, stay away from him, I sense that he's hiding something from you./ Starliege warned me as he polished his sword.
Then, suddenly, my necklace started to glow, and the next thing I knew, I was on a beach with red-colored sand, actually, mostly everything was a red color. I looked around, and I saw Drake lying right next to me.
"Seriously?!" Drake said as he rubbed the sand out of his eyes. "Right in the middle of my na-Sakura? Is that you?"
Drake asked as he stared at me.
"Yeah, who else has a necklace like this?" I said as I showed him my necklace, but to my surprise, it wasn't around my neck, it was on my arm, almost like a bracelet.
"Who's there?! Show yourselves!" A young male voice said as the owner approached the both of us.
He grabbed Drake by the wrist, He must have been PRETTY strong.
"Let him go, whoever you are!" I said as I started to pull him from the red cloaked guy's grasp.
Then, he let him go, which sent us tumbling onto the crimson sand.
"You're finally back! SHE'S FINALLY COME BAC-" He said as another cloaked figure came, but this one was wearing a yellow cloak and carrying a HUGE magenta-colored crystal.
"Yell one more time, Alito, I dare you." The yellow figure said, very agitated.
"What's all the noise around here? Don't you know that I'm right in the middle of reading 'The History Of Barian World'?" Another figure said as he appeared out of nowhere, and he was wearing a black and white cloak.
"Sorry, Sir Reads-A-Lot, but look at that girl's bracelet, it looks like yours when you're in human form." The red-figure said as he took my arm and showed it to his friend. And after a few moments of examination, he finally responded.
"I can't believe this, it's actually you." The black and white figure said as he hugged me. "Mera, I'm so glad I've found you."