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Chapter 5 My Soulmate
Serena approached the man sitting by himself at the bench all alone in a secluded part of the park. There were no passer-bys and Serena's eyes glazed over as the blood lust was beginning to affect her. His back was on to her and from what Serena had seen, the man had chocolate brown hair, strong build and a nice neck. He might not be so easy to conquer… as Serena came closer…she felt her dead heart accelerate in no particular reason. She stared at his back and felt more remorseful than ever before at what she was supposed to do.
"I'm so sorry…" Serena whispered as she used her telepathic powers to make the man stand up and turn towards her. Unsuccessfully, the man failed to turn around to Serena's wishes and her suspicion rose up. Serena came closer, much closer, away from the shadows where she hid herself when the man suddenly turned.
Serena gave out a small gasp as she stared at his eyes. "Those eyes! So familiar…" Serena thought getting sidetracked as its depth mesmerized her.
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Heero was sitting at the bench waiting for any signs of the Night People, when he felt a presence trying to invade his mind. Heero growled low as he concentrated so not to be trapped in the mind-controlling spell. After a minute, he felt the prickling in his mind stop, and a powerful existence came closer. Heero turned around, expecting to see the devil's spawn when his breath got caught on his throat.
A beautiful angel was standing behind him, half hidden by the shadows. She was coming closer to him when the angel suddenly halted giving out a little gasp. Their eyes locked and Heero for the first time in his life felt the dizzying effects of unknown emotions. He knew that this girl wasn't human…knew that she might be dangerous… and as Heero was grasping the weapon that he had for protection, he can't seem to force himself to do anything that would hurt this angel before him.
They stared at each other for a moment, his eyes roaming over her features. Her silver blonde hair was braided, with loose ends framing her face, her eyes were dark blue… she looked so enchanting, the n it shifted to purple then black…
"Wait a minute…shifting eye colors?" Heero thought with a frown. The only eyes who changes color were vampire eyes and from the clan of Redferns, the royalty of the vampires. Against his will, Heero got out his sword and charged.
"Die, creature of darkness." He growled.
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Serena quickly got over her surprise as the handsome man charged at her sword in hand. She backed away graciously as she called upon her own weapon. A fine looking sword materialized in front of her, she grasped in and quickly defended herself throwing out her own attacks as well. Their swords clashed as they move in a flurry of motion that was quite fast. It didn't take long for Serena to realize that she was not fighting an ordinary human.
"Could he be blessed by the gods?" Serena wondered as she did 3 back flips in succession avoiding the man's slashes with his sword. Both their movements were graceful and they were doing some turns and flips that made them look like they were dancing.
Serena did a back turn and at one point miscalculated, Heero successfully got the sword out of her hands. She did another back flip and Heero's sword sliced through her tank top creating a wound.
Serena hissed at the slight pain and frowned, as the wound didn't instantly heal as it's supposed to. "Maybe I'm underestimating him quite a bit." Serena thought.
"No more games." Serena growled as she stretched out her hand, palm facing forward. Her hand glowed with a faint blue and it flung Heero's sword out of his grasp. Heero saw it scatter a few meters away from him, he made a dive for it while Serena was about to tackle him.
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Meanwhile…
"Are you sure they're here?" Wufei asked with a frown.
"They're close…" Quatre murmured, as he turned left and continued to walk faster. Suddenly, they heard metals clashing, a grunt and a hiss. They heard war-cry sound, as Quatre had guessed coming from Serena and a similar one from Heero as well.
"NOOOO!!!" Quatre yelled rushing at the scene before him with Wufei right on his back ready to help out.
What Quatre expected of a hard time of driving the two people apart quickly dissolved, as he saw both of them rolling on the ground then stopping in shock, Heero on top of Serena stunned by something into stopping midway with the stake on his left hand, their eyes expressed confusion and bewilderment.
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Serena had made a tackle for it as Heero was diving for his sword, when suddenly they found themselves rolling on the earth, arms and legs colliding. Flesh came in contact with flesh, and suddenly the whole world started spinning.
Serena gasped, as she felt a soft, pink haze envelop her, warmth seeping through. This feeling! Oh so familiar! "It can't be! I thought that I'd never feel this again…" Serena thought her vision getting blurry…watery, as she felt a completeness that she had once long ago felt.
She looked up, finding Prussian blue eyes trapping her. "Where have I seen those eyes before?" Serena wondered as she gave out a small gasp as the pink light intensified, sizzling, sending out sparks. Serena licked her lips as she continued to stare at the intense stare of her adversary. His eyes were swimming with confusion as well.
"Do I know you?" Serena heard the question asked to her telepathically. Suddenly, Serena's eyes widen in recognition, then crept tenderness and longing. In haste of a spur of a moment action, she pressed herself upward and meeting his lips with hers in a passionate kiss that made Heero's eyes widen in astonishment.
Serena's lips parted slightly and Heero lost himself into the moment and kissed her back as well. The kiss was magical and electrifying, that sent them reeling into each other's mind providing a link.
"*Mon Prince je vous ai manqué si!" Serena spoke telepathically with yearning. (*my prince I missed you so!)
Serena saw his pain; his anger, his vengeance and that made her kiss him harder. Heero too was pulled into a spectrum of light, till he was finally seeing images…images of her memories. Thousands of memories that made him hold her tighter, until at one image, Heero saw a man that looked so much like him…bound, helpless and dying. He could feel the man's pain, her own pain as she cried out for them to stop. And that's when Heero couldn't take it anymore…he broke free from her.
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"What have you done to me witch?!" Heero spat as he gazed heatedly at her, but one look at her troubled, mystified expression made him stop and think if she was the one causing such weak human-like emotions in him.
"I have done nothing, than what is meant by fate." Serena responded solemnly her eyes clouded.
"Heero, Serena…" they heard Quatre speak behind them.
"Ah, Mr. Winner. Is this how you repay me for the other night where I saved your necks?" Serena asked eyebrows raised her emotions controlled.
Quatre shook his head. "We didn't know that you guys would encounter each other." Quatre explained.
"Very well. It is best that this night is forgotten." Serena nodded bidding her leave, but as she turned to disappear she felt Heero's piercing gaze never leave her.
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Quatre, Wufei and Heero walked back to their dorms in silence. All thinking about what happened.
"What happened between them? And I'm sure that Heero would never tell me what exactly occurred but something about his expression back there was very rare to see. He seemed so real, so vulnerable and acted more human than he had ever had since he was 6 years old." Quatre thought glancing at Heero.
"What did she do to me?" Heero thought inwardly frowning as he felt a throbbing ache inside of him as soon as they pulled apart. "I will get to the bottom of this." Heero vowed.
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Serena watched them, the ache akin to Heero's invading her chest. Her eyes glittered in the shadows, and as the moonlight reflected on her, there was something trailing down her cheeks like silver tears.
"It can't be… it's impossible!" Serena thought in disdain. "He can't be my soulmate! Where is the kind man that I remembered and cherished?" Serena thought as more silent tears came spilling forth, as soon as she wiped them her face once again was back to its mask of perfection and gave no indication of having cried.
A/n: Another chapter done. What do you think is the best title for the next chapter? "Fall in love with me again" OR "The Soulmate Link." Review!