"Ok, Troop listen up!!" Serena yelled bringing her troop to more attention. "I have been lenient with you lately, but no more!!!" She said and a smirk appeared on her face. "I just found out our main competitor in the competition. The good side, we can humiliate the girl…. Downside some aliies are on that team." Serena said. "I will now be putting the heavy work back on you and ANYONE slacking will be forced to do pushups till their arms fall off." She said as her competative spirit was radiating off of her, and that kinda scared the scouts. "Dismissed." She said watching the sun beging to set. The group walked away… most of the group and one stayed behind.
"So how bad do you want to beat Releana??"
"Oh you have no idea how much.. that simple prank we played on her wasn't enough… I want to humiliate her. She is much to girlish to be a drill seargent anyway. And it's hypocritical she's supposed to be pacifist., Military school is to teach students about the military."
"Yeah… I know… but she did it all for Heero."
"Yeah.. but still to be in love doesn't mean going against your beliefs like that. I know for a fact my beliefs haven't changed.. they just heightened.!!" She smiled up at her tall boyfriend. "Literally." She said and he shoved her away slightly. "There's nothing wrong with being tall.. except I come to your chin height wise." She said pulling him to the mess hall. She grabbed her tray of food and came across Releana when she got out. She was currently pouring her heart out to Heero.
"Heero, please.. just give me a chance!!" She said. "I know for a fact that she doesn't love you anymore!!"
"I know that too." Heero said.
"So why are you carrying a torch for her still."
"Releana don't you get it.. there will always be a small torch for her somewhere. I knew you first, yes, but I loved her first. To be truthful, I want her to be happy and when I truly think about it I really didn't have that much feelings for you. And If you think about it you might actually realizse that your feelings for me were only out of my abnormal ability to talk only when I wanted to talk and not be full of emotion. I was different." He said "I'm really sorry."
"Me too." She said as he walked away without glancing back. Serena just stared until Trowa tugged at her arm slightly. She turned to walk away feeling a slight wrenching feeling on her heart when she heard the heartbroken sobs from Releana.
"So Serena, what's the plan for the Competition??" Rei asked when she sat down.
"You'll see tomorrow.. There's one routine I have to finish making!!" She grinned a forced through grin.
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It had been a few weeks since she overheard Heero's and Releana's conversation and Serena was still awake on ahill on the paintball field. That was the first event in the competition, paintballing. She had really wanted to humiliate Releana when in truth she now felt sorry for her. She knew the feeling of rejection, of heart break. She knew it all too well. Everytime Darien broke up with her she felt it. She felt it even worse when Neo-King Endymion had been trying to test their love. She remembers how bad their break up was. She remembered the hurt when he tried to make it seem like he had moved on. She could easily relate to how Releana was feeling. Part of her wanted to hate Releana for rubbing the whole Heero dilemma in her face all this time and the other part, the side that can never really hate annyone wanted to help her and be her friend.
"I guess I've always been strange like that." She made a design in the dirt with her fingernail.
"I guess you're going to take the best spot to be alone at away from me too??" A Voice cut her thoughts short. She then saw the sandy haired girl. Her eyes were red and puffy as a sure sign she was crying. To be honest That was the only thing giving away thet she was crying.
"There's more than enough room you know.." Serena moved over.
"I don't need your sympathy!!" Releana snapped. "I'll go find some other spot." She said walking away.
"I know how you feel." She said making her pause.
"You have no idea how I feel!!"
"Yeah I do. It hurts, your heart feels like someone just stepped all over it with stileto heeled shoes. I know the feeling all to well." She said earning Releana's attention.
"I don't believe you.. I mean after Heero broke up with you, you two just got back together after. And when it was for good you never came back. I'm pretty sure you've had many boyfriends, not to mention Seiya Kou pining after you at the same time Heero Yui and Trowa Barton was. You'r just every guys' dream girl… you probably couldn't go a week without a boyfriend or some guys after you while you drag their hearts on a string."
"See that's where you're wrong." Serena sighed. "It's true Heero and I did have an on and off relationship, but then when it was over for good I kept to myself for a good two years. Then I met my ex-fiance. I hated his personality, cuz he thought he was too good for anyone, not to mention too mature since he was three years older than me. It took for us to get trapped in an elevator alone to get along.. We eventually got together. We got engaged just before he went to America and to finish his schooling there. We were going to be married when he got back seeing how I'd be 18 then. But a few weeks before my friends and I came to Hikari Military school he told me he found someone else in America and the engagement was off." She said as Releana sat next to her.
"How long you were dating before that??"
"Since I turned 15." Serena said. "I had known him since I first came to the school. I wasn't too thrilled coming back to know that Heero still cared for me because I was still hurting. But my point is I know the feeling of heartbreak. Yeah, destiny had been kind enough to me to let me meet wonderful guys who really care about me."
"So what was your relationship with Seiya anyway."
"Well, we're great friends.. When Darien, my ex, first went to America I met Seiya. He put the moves on me even then and I guess when I realized I had feelings for Trowa, I was describing the things that had similarities between the two. He made a mistake and thought I was talking about him." She said and Releana laughed.
"I guess I've been obsessive with my feelings towards Heero. I mean I guess I just thought he cared about me too. What guy sleeps with a girl and not have feelings for her."
"Well, Heero did have feelings for you.. only lustful ones though…" Serena said quietly. "Which kind of does make sense because you stirred emotions in him slightly. Not to concieted but he seemed to really fall for me in a non sexual way."
"At least I know I'm sexy enough.." Relena said making Serena laugh.
"The funniest thing though.. I hated Heero when I first became friends with Trowa."
"Are you serious??" Relena smirked.
"Yeah, because back then Heero was a drill seargent and well I was in his group. I was still EXTREMELY lazy and useless in his group and I was always being made to scrub the floors and stuff. I hated him. Trowa and I became friends because of Duo. Duo played one of his pranks and Trowa was blamed. So he was forced to make me a better soldier as punishment. Anyway, Heero never recognized me as the lazy Cadet he once had."
"That's rather funny because the perfect soldier remembers everything." Releana said.
"Yeah.." Serena glanced at her watch. "I've got to get at least 5 hrs of sleep if I want to be up and ready tomorrow.. same time tomorrow night??" Serena asked.
"Uhmm… Sure." Releana said.
