A/N: Hey ya'll! I slacked off in my updating again, I know. I'm sorry! Here's a new chapter for you...complete with that new chapter smell :P

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The sun was almost up now. Syrus had just finished his shift and he was now on his way back to the apartment. He sighed. He was beyond tired and he welcomed the thought of sleep; though he knew it wouldn't come. Serena hadn't slept the whole week which, in turn, caused him not to sleep as well. When she did sleep, her slumber was riddled with nightmares and bouts of screaming. When she was awake, she was faint and feverish. She hyperventilated frequently and she had even started coughing up blood. Seeing her so sick scared him. He didn't know what to do. She couldn't keep down anything he made her so she'd barely eaten all week.

Syrus turned the corner and saw the apartment building in his view. He sighed again. Serena had forced him to go to work, claiming that he had missed too much work as is, but that didn't really matter to him. He would quit his job if that meant that he knew that she was alright. He hoped that the medication was helping her feel better. He was scared to death just leaving her alone. If she didn't start to get better…

He shook his head and stifled a yawn. He couldn't think that way. She was going to pull through this, he had to believe that!

Moments later, he was pushing the apartment door open. "Serena! I'm home!" He dropped his bag on the floor and entered the bedroom. "Serena?"

The dark haired girl was sitting up in bed. There was a buttered bagel on a plate that she was eating with a cup of tea. She looked up at him with a smile on her face. "Good morning, Sun!" She put the plate aside and wiped her face.

"Heeey," he said slowly. "You're eating?"

She nodded and pushed herself up sluggishly. "Welcome home." She kissed him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"How are you feeling?" He embraced her, resting his head just over her shoulder. Even though she was up and eating, he could feel her holding on to him with a bit of effort. She was still weak; he could tell.

"I'm feeling a little better. These medicines are really doing the trick…I guess they just take a while to work." She pulled away and picked up another plate from the side table. "I fixed you a bagel and some tea too. You don't have class today and I know you've been up all week taking care of me."

"Uh-huh." Syrus pulled at his tie. "Sweets, you know I don't mind taking care of you."

"I know, but now, you need to take care of yourself. Here." She pushed him onto the bed and then sat next to him. The girl picked up the bagel and fed it to him. "You need to get some rest…especially because I'm going to school today."

Syrus' eyes widened while he was chewing. "Sweets," he began, "are you sure about this? Don't you think it's too soon?"

"Sunny, tonight is the prom slash dance. I can't just show up without having been to school all week."

"Honey, maybe you shouldn't go at all…to school or the dance."

"Babe, you're being unreasonable. Besides, I promised Molly."

"Sweetie, you haven't been feeling well. I'm sure Molly will understand."

"Sun, I'm fine. I want to do this."

"Moon, I understand that but you need to think of your health."

Serena pushed the bagel into Syrus' mouth, forcing him to take a bite. "Sy, I'm going to school today, okay? I'll be fine. If I start to feel even a little bad, I'll call you and skip the rest of my classes, all right?"

The young man shook his head in disagreement. After a moment, he managed to finally swallow the food in his mouth. He was ready to argue with her again when she shoved the food into his mouth once more. Using her fingers, she pressed the bagel until Syrus finally cut it with his teeth. He gagged, realizing that he had bitten off more than he could chew…in both situations. He reached for the cup of tea on the side table.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Serena grabbed the cup before he could reach it. "You don't get the tea until you agree not to stop me from going to school."

Syrus shook his head in frustration. He gestured out the window with his hands and shrugged. The young man struggled to chew the food in his mouth but it was all for naught.

"Gee Sun, your jaw looks tired," she teased. "I bet you'd get relief with some tea." She held up the cup for him to see. "This could all be solved so easily! Do you give? Will you let me go to school?"

Syrus exhaled audibly. Finally he nodded.

"Good boy! Here's your tea." She handed him the cup and watched as he gulped it down greedily. "Isn't that nice?"

"You are evil!" He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her onto her back. "But you should know better."

"Oh?"

"Mhmm. You knew I came from the wrong side of the tracks when we met!"

"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do to me?"

He grinned. "Nothing." Then he laid down next to her.

"What?" She propped herself up on one hand. "Why?"

"Because you're still not as strong as you should be." She made a face at him. "I know, I know. We've been together so long and we still haven't done anything. It seems like everything keeps getting in the way…my brothers, my aunt, Dorien, school, work…your cat."

Serena laughed at this. "Good times, huh?"

"Oh yeah, of course." He gave a chuckle. For some reason, her laugh always made him laugh too. "Speaking of which, where is that mangy feline?"

"Hey, hey! That's my cat you're talking about!" She stared down at him. "But if you must know, I put her out this morning. As soon as I was feeling better, I put her out hoping…" She twisted her finger in his hair. "I was hoping that you and I could finally take the chance that we've been waiting for."

"Listen Sweets, you're just getting your strength back. You need to focus on your recovery."

"Syruuuuus!"

"No whining! I know you're still a little weak. I can see it…I can feel it in you." The young man reached up and pushed a piece of dark hair from her face to behind her ear. "God, you're beautiful."

She looked at him longingly. "Come on Sunny…don't make me beg!" She reached her hand in between the buttons of his shirt and rubbed his stomach.

Syrus closed his eyes. "Sweets…you're driving me crazy…"

Lowly she whispered, "I know. And you ain't seen nothin' yet!"

"What does that mean?"

The girl grinned and then lowered her head down next to his. She craned her neck and brought her lips up to his ear. Syrus shifted his eyes to see her as best as he could. He was unsuccessful in this but he suddenly stopped. Ever so gently, Serena leaned into him and pulled at his earlobe with her teeth. He moaned in pleasure and closed his eyes again.

"Sweets…what are you…ah! What are you doing?"

"Nuffing," she mumbled, her mouth now sucking on his lobe.

She continued to run her hand across his body, feeling him relax as she did so. Syrus, on the other hand, felt like the inside of his body had broken into a cool sweat. Every hair on him seemed to be on edge as Serena placed her lips beneath his ear. She sucked on him lovingly and then moved down to his neck. Carefully, she nibbled on him. Syrus struggled to control his hormones; he wanted her…badly. Despite this, she still had to recover, and taking her right there like he wanted to might do more harm than good.

Without warning, Serena swung her hips and planted herself on top of his waist. The girl worked her way down his abdomen and kissed him along his neckline; her hands were now up his shirt, softly massaging the sides of his body. Slowly, she brought herself back over to the side of the bed and curled her leg across his core. She clutched his face in her hands and brought his mouth to hers. The suction between their lips was intense. The girl squeezed her leg around his body and pulled herself closer onto him. Her fingers traveled up his cheeks and into his hair. Eyes still closed, her partner fought to restrain himself. She was getting harder and harder to resist. His body was shaking with anticipation and his arousal was up…way up.

She continued on a few more seconds, teasing him gently. Finally, Syrus' green eyes popped open. Grabbing her, he sat up and turned to her.

"Dammit Serena!" He pushed her down onto her back again and stared into her eyes. "I guess you get what you want…as always!"

Serena grinned mischievously. "Do I?" He kissed her neck. She gripped his shoulder with one hand and began to undo the buttons on his shirt with the other. "I love you."

"Uh-huh." He pulled himself up for a moment. "Of course you do." He kissed her again. "Don't worry; I'll go easy on you."

"I imagine you'll be a perfect gentleman."

The girl yanked at his buttons and they finally undid themselves. She gave the sleeves a tug and Syrus worked his way out of them. When the shirt was finally gone, he pulled his undershirt off and threw it to the floor. Syrus then gripped the sleeve of his t-shirt that Serena was wearing. The girl giggled as she pulled her hand through. He tore it off her, revealing her bare body. The orange haired young man positioned himself above her with one leg on either side of her. Bending his body, he leaned down and kissed the top of her breasts.

"Oh Syrus!" Serena pushed her head back and shut her eyes while he took his turn to softly chew on her neck.

"Mmm?"

Without moving her head, the girl reached out and felt along his body for his pants. Once she found his waist, she yanked at his belt buckle and quickly unfastened it. She lifted her head and raised her legs up to Syrus'. Her feet gripped his pants and snaked them down to his knees. When they were low enough, he worked them off him and tossed them to the ground. Then he pushed his chest against hers.

"I want you so bad," she breathed as he nipped at her chest.

"Not as bad as I want you."

Syrus lowered himself a bit and grabbed her thigh with his hand. His lips kissed and sucked on her stomach. Serena responded by wrapping her legs around his chest and upper back. She ran her hands into his hair and massaged him tenderly. Then, the young man reached up and gripped the sides of her panties. He stopped kissing her and looked to her.

"You sure about this?" He was panting and covered in sweat.

She nodded. "Damn straight I am," she replied in an equal tone. "Take me."

He gave a nod and reached his hands up into the sides of the garment. He rubbed his hands across her lower stomach, massaging her sensually.

"Syrus…oh. I thought you were going to…"

"Oh, I am." He inched his way back up her body. "But you're going to have to beg for it!"

"You little bitch!"

He grinned and kissed her neck again. "Love you too, Sweets."

She looked up at him. "See how much you like this!"

She reached out to him and placed her hand on his stomach. He raised an eyebrow but let her continue. She then took both her hands and ran her fingers up and down his body. The sensation felt like repeated drops of cool water against him. Serena waited until he gave out a barely audible moan before making her move. Once she heard it, she thrust her hips up and knocked him off balance. He staggered to the side between her and the wall. Serena pushed herself up and pressed her body into his.

"Let's see who begs first."

The girl reached down to his waist and traced circles across his lower stomach with her fingertips. Syrus reached out for her face and pushed his tongue into her mouth. Momentarily caught off guard, Serena lifted her hand up and wrapped it around Syrus' neck. He rolled her back over onto her back and laid on top of her. Then he swung his hips side to side and hers followed suit.

"Okay, I give," she said breathlessly. "You win. Let's go."

He smiled. "Good. A minute more and I would have given in."

Still kissing, they both grabbed the others' hips and began to fumble with their partner's underwear.

"You are so beautiful, Moon."

She smiled. "Oh Syrus…"

"Say my name again." He bent to kiss her chest once more.

"Syrus…"

"Again."

"Syrus…"

"Serena…"

Neither of them had made progress working off the last of their lover's clothing when a knock came to the door.

Syrus groaned. "Again? You can't be serious!"

Serena sighed. "Forget them. They'll go away."

The knock came again.

"I don't think so."

"Let's be really quiet. I'm sure they'll take a hint."

The knock sounded once more. A voice followed. "I know you're in there. If you don't open this door, I'm coming in!"

Serena looked at Syrus in confusion. "What does that mean?"

He shook his head. "I don't know, but here." He reached down and pulled the sheet over their bodies. "We better cover up…just in case."

"Alright then…I'm coming in!"

Literally a second later, their caller was standing before them.

"Oh my God!"

"Dammit!" Syrus and Serena, still sandwiched together under the sheets, looked to their unwelcomed guest in annoyance and disgust. "Orpheus! What's the big idea? Shit!"

His brother looked around the apartment and then rested his eyes on the couple. "So this is the dump you left us for? Really now Syrus." He looked at his younger brother who was angrily glaring at him. "Looks like I interrupted something," he continued. "I guess I should have just phased in sooner."

"What the hell do you want, Orpheus?"

"How the hell did you even find us?"

Orpheus gazed at the irritated girl and then looked back to his brother. "Well, well Sy. She's feisty! You better watch out…you know Troy likes feisty women." He stretched. "I simply followed my brother home from work. I figured I'd see him crossing through the business district like I did last time…which I did."

"I'll ask once again and if you don't answer me, I'll kill you myself. What do you want? Obviously we have business to settle, so out with it." Syrus carefully pulled himself out of the sheets without exposing Serena's body. Then he picked up a pair of his shorts from the edge of the bed.

"Oh Syrus, you've always been the perceptive one…able to read us all like books or some sort of informational find."

"The point please!"

Orpheus folded his arms. "Fine! It's about Arista."

"What about him?"

"Well…I made a slight calculation error after the last major battle."

Syrus stood up and pulled his shorts on. "Orpheus, what did you do now?"

The brown-haired brother turned away from his brother's gaze. "I put him in the maximum chamber…and he darkened."

Syrus smacked his head and paced to the bathroom. He walked back to the bed. "Big O strikes again," he mumbled. It was a phrase that Syrus and his other brothers often used against Orpheus. Though the brother tried to be precise and efficient, he proved to be more disorganized than anything else and he often made more mistakes than any of them would have liked.

"What the hell were you thinking? Did you not see the change in him?"

"He was hurt bad! I thought it would help!"

"So was Phoebe! Why didn't you put her in there? She could have handled it! I bet Troy's plenty pissed about it."

Orpheus sighed and nodded sadly. "He is…he and Lepius both."

"So what's being done? Lepius is working on it, I presume?"

"Well…yes and no." Syrus looked at him inquisitively. "It's not an injury that Lepius can heal. All he is able to do is link his life force with Arista and circulate the energy back and forth between them…while he's in his Anti-Chamber."

"What?"

"He's not completely healed yet! We had to put him in there!"

"And all the while, both of them are absorbing this energy. This is a big deal! This energy can't keep circulating between them. Eventually, Lepius won't be able to do it anymore. The dark energy needs to be pulled out of him asap! Phoebe should have taken the energy out already."

"She's a little incapacitated at the moment."

"Meaning what, exactly?"

Orpheus shifted nervously. His brothers were always scolding him for his mistakes…even Syrus, who was the youngest of the five. No matter who was doing the reprimanding, it never seemed to end well.

"Her injuries haven't healed up yet."

Syrus smacked his head again. "She's who you should have put in the maximum chamber! Orpheus, have you been thinking at all? You're still as dimwitted as ever!"

"The point is that we need you!"

"What? What are you thinking? What are you saying?"

"You're the only other one besides Phoebe who has the ability to move and absorb energy and power."

Syrus raised his eyebrow. "No. No, no, no! No way! You cannot be serious!"

"What?" Serena asked. "What is it?"

"You're the only one who can do it," Orpheus said again. "Lepius is getting tired! He's been at it for weeks now!"

The tangerine haired young man shook his head again and again. "After everything you guys put me through, I can't believe you would even come to me with this!"

"Come to you with what? What is going on?" Serena crawled over to the edge of the bed where Syrus was standing, the sheets wrapped tightly around her body. "Sy?"

"He wants me to go back and pull the dark energy out of Arista."

Serena looked at Orpheus with disgust. "You sick bastard! He's not doing you any favors! He doesn't owe you anything!"

"Besides, it's not like I even have enough power to make it back."

"That's why I'm here…to escort you."

"You're out of luck. I'm not doing anything for him…or you, or Lepius, or Troy. You'd be better off waiting for Phoebe to come around."

"We don't have that kind of time! I'm begging you! Please help Arista!"

Syrus threw his hands up. "I can't even believe this! You're begging me to help one of you? Two words: fuck…off."

"Syrus!"

"I'm not going with you!"

"I am your older brother and you will do as I say!"

Syrus let out a laugh. "That's rich! Dimwitted Orpheus pulling a power play! Give me a break! You're no Troy! Stick with what you know. Now know this: you're no longer welcome in my house. Get the hell out and don't come back!"

"Syrus—"

"—and if you even come near her," he gestured to Serena who was crouched on her knees behind him, "I will use the last of my strength to kill you." He paused. "And if the energy I have is not enough, I'll take your energy right out of you and use it against you! I will not hesitate, Orpheus, I promise you that."

Orpheus stood before his brother defiantly. "You can't just abandon Arista! He's your brother! Family!"

"And what the fuck does family mean to any of you? Nothing! Too bad you failed here. You gotta go on back to Troy with your tail between your legs because you fucked up again. Get used to it! Get out now or I'll put you out!"

His brother glared at him angrily. "You'll change your mind! If you know what's good for you…" Orpheus raised one hand. "I'll be back for you tomorrow!" And with the flick of his wrist, he was gone.

"Can you believe that?" Syrus yelled as soon as his brother was gone. "The nerve of that bitch of a brother of mine!" His back was still turned to her. "The nerve of them all!"

"Oh Sun." Serena sat up onto her knees and enfolded her arms around his waist. She rested the side of her face against his back. "What are you going to do?"

He took a hold of her hands, which were still at his waist. "Nothing. Whatever happens to my brothers doesn't concern me anymore. The only thing that matters is you."

She unlatched her hands from his and turned him around. "Now Sunny, you know I don't like your brothers anymore than you do. I'm the last one to give a damn about what happens to them…but I'm worried about you. Will you be able to live with yourself if your brother dies?"

Syrus ruffled his hair with his hand and shrugged. "Why should I care? How many times have they threatened me? Threatened you? They've beaten me and left me for dead. Why should I care if he dies?"

"Because you're his brother. That has to mean something to you!" Serena took hold of his pants and pulled him down to the bed. "I know it does."

He didn't respond. She was right and it upset him even more.

"I know I would be upset if it was Sammy. Leaving him killed me. My brother means the world to me."

"Yeah, but your brother isn't evil," he sighed.

Serena came up next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. "You're right about that. Hmm." She snuggled closer to him. "You always said your brothers weren't always evil. What about before?"

Syrus shrugged. "Before doesn't matter."

"Sunny, you never talk about before…well, not that in depth. What happened?"

He sighed and laid back. "After the Era of the Sun ended, my brothers and I were sent to Earth to be reborn. We were all reborn in the order we had been born in our previous lives. Troy and Lepius were born together—"

"They're twins?" Serena inquired, genuinely surprised. "They don't look it. I mean they have the same dark eyes…but they certainly don't act like it…"

"Heh, you've got that right. Troy was born as the brother of the 'Dark Side of the Sun', which is why he has dark powers. Lepius was born right after he was, being the complete opposite of him. Troy's powers destroy while Lepius' powers heal. That's why they're always together. Lepius balances Troy out and vice versa. Everyone thinks that Troy is the strongest because he's the oldest and he's always had to take care of us, but the five us know that he's only that way because of Lep. He has a fragile mind and ego…one that Lepius counters."

The girl nodded. "What about the other two?"

"Arista…he's always been the quiet one. He doesn't like to argue and he's pretty passive. He likes nature and animals. We always joked that he could clone himself because he wanted there to be a flock of him with flocks of animals." A grin crossed his face. "Orpheus…is an ass."

Serena giggled. "I see that."

He smiled. "Orpheus is a charmer…and he does it by any means necessary. Music, poetry, flowers; he could charm any girl he wanted…at least he should." A sigh. "Ore is hopeless. He is…or was, the smartest of us. He loved to read and learn things. He and I are always at odds though. Always fighting. Heh, Troy always said it was because he wanted to be the youngest and he wasn't happy when I was born."

"I can believe that." The girl brought a hand up to his chest. "I'm surprised you remember these things from your previous life."

"It's not that hard, actually. Phoebe gave us some of our memories back when she found us."

"Oh…well…what about you?"

"Me?"

"Yeah. Where do you fit in with your brothers?"

Syrus chuckled sadly. "I don't think I fit in with them and that's what's always been our problem."

"What do you mean?"

"Well…Lepius is Troy's opposite, right? In every way…from their powers, personalities, and right down to the color of their hair. I was born as Troy's complete opposite."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Troy commands the power of the Dark Side of the Sun…and mine are the powers of Light Side of the Sun. The only problem was that I hadn't gained the same control over my powers that Troy had over his. When that was realized, my brothers each tried to teach me to use my power. I was able to pick up some things from each of them…" He turned his head to her. "I have better control over my powers now…when I can use them that is."

"Sunny…"

"I've always felt closest to Troy though…despite his connection with Lepius. He and I were always together…and so was Lepius. Don't get me wrong, Lep and I are close too. I think that's because he and I have such a strong connection to Troy. When I was young, all my brothers protected me, but none as much as those two…especially Troy. That's why his betrayal hurts me so much." He rolled over onto his side.

"So what about before?" she asked again. "How did you find each other on Earth?"

She saw him shrug. "I don't know. I was young when Phoebe found us. I know the five of us were together and that we had been orphaned or abandoned. When our aunt found us, we just went with her. She felt familiar to us." He paused. "I don't know why but…but I feel like we were never really happy living with her. I don't know, Sweets. It's just not something I try to remember."

Serena came up behind him and rested her body on his. "I understand, Sunny." She kissed his cheek. "But they're your brothers. From what you've said, it doesn't sound like things were always bad."

He looked at her curiously.

"I'm not defending them, by any means. They're heartless assholes who clearly have nothing else in mind other than getting what they want by any means necessary! But…Arista is your brother. Could you really be okay doing nothing, knowing that you could save him?"

Syrus let out another sigh. "I don't know."

"You'll figure it out…in the meantime, why don't you get some sleep and think about it?" She kissed him and got up. "We'll talk about it when I get home."

"You're still going? What if Orpheus is lurking around?"

Serena peeled the sheet off her body and walked into the bathroom. "So what? He doesn't come off as too bright to me."

"I guess we're going to have to move now that Orpheus knows where we are."

The girl reemerged with her uniform on. "We'll worry about that later. Go to sleep now." She began fidgeting with her bow which was hanging untied around her neck.

"I'm too upset to sleep."

"Yeah?" She got onto the edge of the bed. "You need to rest." She rubbed his neck and bent down to kiss him. "It'll be okay." She kissed him again. "I gotta go or else I'll be late. You have work tonight so promise me you'll get some sleep."

"I promise." He reached up and rubbed his hand across her cheek. "You're my Moon."

"And you're my Sun." She kissed him again and hopped off the bed. Then she grabbed her bag and walked out the room. "Get some sleep!" she called out just before the door clicked shut.

life705: There you guys have it! Will Syrus help his brothers? Or will he leave them to fix things themselves? You'll just have to wait and see ;P Until then, please leave your reviews, comments, questions, concerns, rants, raves, suggestions, or whatever! Thanks for the support! Updates soon coming!