A Second Chance
Rating: M (for safety)
Warnings: Raye& Darien bashing, slight Yaoi/Yuri
Summary: Raye and Darien betray Serena after the Galaxia fiasco. Serena leaves to rejoin her true family, and train to become stronger. When the others find her again…he's changed.
Pairings:
Heero/Serena
Duo/Mina
Wufei/Lita
Quatre/Trowa
Darien/Raye
Milliardo/Ami
Relena/Dorothy
Band Stats:
Serena: Lead female vocals/ lyrics
Heero: Male vocals/ guitar
Duo: guitar
Wufei: drums
Quatre: string instruments
Trowa: piano/ keyboard/ flute
Relena: vocals/ lyrics
Dorothy: vocals
Milliardo: manager/ publicist
Chapter 1
Finally, after a long hard battle, Galaxia was herself again…Chaos was where it belonged…The three lights were back home with their princess. Everything was back to normal, except among the soldiers that had saved this world…
"What are you saying Raye?"
"I'm the leader now Serena, give me the crystal."
"No, Darien tell her she's wrong."
"Serena, just give her the crystal already. You never deserved it to begin with. You're too weak to be a leader."
Serena had heard enough. She said nothing to them as she invoked the crystal and the guardian of time to send her anywhere else.
"Anywhere but here…"
When she awoke she found herself in a soft bed, being watched by a large group of people. She immediately recognized two of them and reached out to a teary-eyed blonde.
"Lena, I'm ok…really."
Relena threw herself into Serena's arms, crying tears of happiness at her return to them. Milliardo smiled softly at the two of them, although he too had missed Serenity. The three of them hadn't been together since they were little, when Serenity and Relena were adopted out to different families.
"Oh Sere, I'm so happy you're back now…I missed you so much."
Relena's excitement bounced off of the walls as she hugged her twin sister. The boys reactions were very different. Heero relaxed marginally once he realized that this girl wasn't a threat to them Wufei huffed and muttered something about "stupid, weak onnas." This set Serena off in a fit of anger.
"I am neither weak, nor stupid. I'm not a genius, and I'm not physically that strong, but that does not make me weak or stupid. You should get to know a person before you judge them."
To say that the boys were shocked would be a severe understatement. Heero allowed his amusement to show in his eyes for a brief moment, Wufei cursed, Duo started laughing his braided butt off, Trowa smirked, and Quatre just giggled.
"Well said Miss."
"Call me Serena…miss sounds old."
"Damn that was good…You got told Wuffles."
"Do NOT call me that you braided Baka!"
"Serenity…Are you hurt?"
Milliardo's question halted all the laughter and teasing instantly.
"Not physically no…"
"The crystal brought you here because something major happened right?"
This got the boys attention. What kind of crystal could transport a person from one place to another. Duo, of course, was the first one to voice the question.
"He's referring to the Silver Imperial Crystal."
Heero and Quatre recognized the name, the other three just gave her blank looks of confusion. Serena sighed and gave them a brief history lesson. By the time she was done both Relena and Quatre were crying, everyone else looked shocked and angry.
"Man, they have some nerve to do that to you? Seriously…You were the princess…the crystal was always yours…they had no right to demand you give it up."
"Maxwell is right…It is unjust to try and take what rightfully belongs to someone else."
The others nodded in agreement…except Relena.
"Sere…where did you say they live? I think some of us might like to pay them a visit…"
"I didn't say…and I'm not going to either…I will handle it myself later. They'll come looking for me to try and get the crystal."
Duo wasn't sure if the guys would back him up on this, but he had to say it anyway.
"We can train you…teach you to fight better…right guys?"
The others nodded and spent some time coming up with a training plan for her. Wufei would teach her swordsmanship and martial arts. Trowa would teach her acrobatics. Quatre would teach her music and dance. Duo would teach her how to tell who to trust, and how to throw daggers. Relena would teach her etiquette. Milliardo would teach her politics. Heero would teach her alternate ways of fighting, and help her pull all of the training together.
After about a month of training Serena was much faster and stronger, and she had grace and balance. The guys were all proud of how quickly she learned what they had to teach her. Heero was visibly closer to her than anyone else, and he trusted her enough to not attack her when she tried to sneak up on him. For her part, Serena was quickly falling for Heero, he was strong, yet gentle and she just couldn't help but be attracted to him. Milliardo noticed how close the two were becoming and encouraged it subtly. He knew Serena had been hurt by her past boyfriend's betrayal of her and was happy that she felt she could move on now. He knew that this was just the beginning, and that more changes were yet to come.