Maric, and Ryou might be a little OOC but if you have any C/C for me, please drop me a line - Disclaimer and all the stuff is at the end of the story, so sit, read, and enjoy and I hope you like it.
This is set after the break-up between Usagi and Mamoru during SMS

Ages: Serenity(15) Maric(16) Ryou(16)Yugi(16)Junouchi(16)Sailor Scouts(15)Mamoru(21)

Chapter One

Serenity sighed and looked over at the apartment building which her older brother was currently occupying.

Turning around she flashed a bright smile at the driver and paid him and gave him a tip. Quickly she got out her suitcase and cat case and waved good-bye to the drivers.

Picking up her suitcase and her case and Luna's case she walked slowly into the building looking around. Finally settling her eyes on the front desk she quickly walked as fast as she could with a heavy suitcase and carrying case in it with a cat. Finally reaching the front desk she quickly said "Hi" And hung her head down.

The employee looked up to the girl no older then 15 and stared at her with her Jade colored eyes and silkily replied "Yes"

"My brother Ryou he lives here doesn't he?" She answered nervously and looked down at her carrying case.

"Ahh yes" She replied and got out a key and opened a locked drawer and fished out an electronic key card and handed it to her "Level 4, Room 24" She said turning back to her work.

Serenity took the card quickly and muttered thanks and walked closely to the elevator, but not before waving good-bye to the employee. The employee looked up and smirked but waved back focusing on the computer in front of her.

She pushed the up button for the elevator lightly and stood back, rocking back on her heels slowly until the elevator came, and she tried to pick up her suitcase once more but didn't succeed until someone came and picked up her suitcase and walked into the elevator.

He surveyed her as she pushed the level four button and watched the doors close. He noticed her almost silver blonde hair, dark, long lashes surrounded her sapphire colored eyes that had a twinkle of silver in them. A heart shaped face, with 2 round balls at the top of her head with streamers flowing down and curling at the end.

She was 5'3 at the most, almost the same height as the pharoah. He noticed her long perfect legs that were in tight fitting low-riders and and pink tank-top that hugged her body showing him the curves that would be horrible on almost any girl, but to him she was breathtaking and goddess like.

Finally getting the nerve "I've never seen you around here before?" He said cooly and locked his light purple eyes with hers.

"Oh" She replied with an adorable blush adorning her perfect face. "My parents sent me to live here with my older brother Ryou Bakura" She said quietly.

"Hmm...I never knew he had a younger sister" He mused while finally looking at all the similar things about her that could compare with Ryou. He snapped out of his thoughts when the bell rang signaling that they had arrived at her level.

"This is where I get off" She said making a move towards her suitcase.

Malic stepped out of the elevator before she could grab. "I'll take you there, I was heading over there anyway" He said pulling her out of the elevator before it closed shut.

Serenity flushed from contact and followed him with her head down with her bangs covering face, so that her blush contrasted with her almost silver hair.

"198...200...202...204" He muttered turning to knock on the door.

The door opened seconds revealing a disshiveled Bakura and cleaning supplies in the background. His light lavendar almost silver hair shoulder length hair was sticking from odd angles and light brown eyes widened in shock when he saw her with Malic holding her wrist.

"Sere?" He questioned before hugging her and pulling back embarrassed "Come in, come in" He ushered them into his apartment that reeked of Lysol and Glass Cleaner.

Serenity nodded and brought in her carrying case and set on the ground and opened it letting Luna out and hopped on her shoulder licking her face, while Serenity giggled and set her on the ground.

Ryou let the best of his curiosity get to him and calmly asked "Sere, why did our parents send you to live with me?They didn't give me any details about it" He sat down on the couch patting a seat for her.

Malic, not wanting to be a pest had dropped her suitcase in her the empty room with a bare bed, and pillow with a simple metal desk and chair with a plastic drawer, and the floor was covered in brown cardboard boxes filled with stuff. He walked back into the living room area and sat on the plush chair in front of the TV.

She sighed and sat next to Ryou and looked at the waitig faces of her brother and his friend. "Well with the recent youma attacks and the Sailor Senshi unable to fight them all off without some people dying, they wanted me out of Tokyo as soon as possible." She said shaking her head. She had told Ryou when she was 14 and he wanted her to stop so she wouldn't killed but had denied his requests and continued. "But then my boyfriend, he broke- up with me, and the next day I saw him on a date with my best friend Rei" She sad sadly and grabbing the nearest pillow.

Ryou hugged her lightly and nodded in understanding. "Wasn't Rei the one that you introduced to me?"

She nodded and sniffled not wanting them to see her cry and got up and walked into the small kitchen area. She searched the cabinets until she found some green tea packets and a small pan and poured 3 cups of water into it, and set it on the stove and turned on the burner.

Leaning against the counter she replied "It turned out, he was cheating on me, and her with our cousin Minako when I spotted them at the mall when mom took us shopping for new school clothes. So mom and dad decided to give me a fresh start away from Tokyo. I hope you don't mind that I'm living with you" She said meekly.

He shaked his head and replied "Its alright, have you been enrolled at Domino High?" He asked hiding the cleaning supplies under the sink and hugged Serenity.

Serenity blushed and hugged her brother back before pulling away and turned to Malic "I'm sorry but I never introduced my self to you, I am Serenity Usagi Tsukino, but call me Sere, or Bunny" She said smiling at him.

Malic blushed but you couldn't see most of it with his dark tanned skin, She's smiling just for me! He thought before inwardly shaking his head and gave his best smile he could muster. Getting up from the chair, his body screaming at him for leaving the comfortable chair and bowed and kissed the back of her hand "I'm Malic Ishatar, nice to meet you" He said grinning mischeivously.

She giggled and pulled her hand back blushing while Ryou glared at Malic, while Malic gave an innocent look towards Ryou.

The pan was now full of boiling water, Serenity ran to the kitchen and once more looked through the cabinets and pulled out three different mugs but looked closely in the cabinet and pulled out their matching cups "You still have these!" She asked getting a cloth and wiping the dust of them and set them down on the counter.

The two cups, one was blue while the other one was pink, with little childrens writing on both, with 'Sere' and 'Ryou' written on them. Her mom had wanted to do an arts activity with her children and bought 2 mugs, and some paint at the crafts store. Ryou had done hers, while Serenity had done his and when Ryou moved, their mother had given them to him.

Ryou nodded and pursed his lips together and grabbed his mug examining it. The two had nothing in common with Shingo while the three of them were all related yet Serenity and him could almost pass for twins.

Serenity grabbed the mug from his hand and put the tea bags in them when the doorbell rang again. Ryou quickly made a move to the door and peeked through the hole and unlocked the door letting Yugi,Anzu, and Junouchi into the medium sized apartment.

She gagged when Junouchi sent a wink towards her, and smiled brightly at Yugi and Anzu, taking out one more cup and more tea bags. Filling them all with water while she poured the tea into the the four regular mugs and put them on a tray and walked out into the living room area.

Yugi jumped up and bowed to her, his hair was taller than her, but she didn't say that. Instead she handed him his mug and moved onto Malic, blushing when he smiled at her and thanked her. Anzu quickly grabbed hers and said a quick thank-you before whacking Yugi on the head for not saying thank you, and Junouchi was left.

She gave an uneasy grin towards Junouchi and passed him his tea, he grabbed and muttered a thank-you before draining the cup.

The water was done boiling for the second time and she scurried back into the kitchen area and poured the water and mixed the tea in with the water and opened the glass full of sugar on the counter and poured half a teaspoon of sugar in both and a bit of honey in Ryou's before walking back into the living room and sat next to Ryou giving him an uneasy glance as she sipped her tea.

Ryou took the hint and and asked Yugi "Yugi,not to be rude or anything-but why have you and your friends come to my apartment?" He said taking a sip of his tea and smiled at his sister because she still knew how he like his tea.

Yugi smiled and replied "Well we wanted to check on how you were doing" He answered that Bakura wasn't taking control of him.

Ryou nodded "I'm doing just fine ph-Yugi" He choked out and had to have Serenity pat his back.

Junouchi got enough of being ignored and replied in his New York accent "So Ryou, who's the babe" He smiled dorkily before sending Serenity another wink.

Serenity was disgusted and was showing it plainly on her face, Ryou growled and replied "She's my sister, and don't do that" He replied gripping his mug tightly until his fingers were turning white. "If that is all then would you please leave, I'm sure my sister would like to retire to bed or go sight seeing" He replied darkly.

Serenity turned around and smiled at Ryou "Would you and Malic-chan show me around Domino City please?" She asked sweetly and got up, taking the empty tea mugs and put them in the sink.

Malic turned pink and the nickname given to him, and nodded, waiting for his friends reply. Ryou shrugged and nodded "Sure, what ever you want Sere" He said standing up.
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