AN: Thanks for the reviews. I don't own any of these songs either, so don't sure me. Also the lyrics to them all are not in here, but they are mentioned. 'If You See Him, If You See Her' Brooks & Dunn and Reba; 'She'd Give Anything' Little Texas; 'Harder To Breath' Maroon 5; 'Ghost In Your Heart' Bad English; 'Summer of '69' Bryan Adams; 'Only An Ocean Away' Sarah Brightman; 'Someday We'll Know' Many Moore and Jonathan Forem

And with that out of the way, on with the story!

Chapter Three: First Encounter

"Oh please no, please not that. Anything but that." Nate and Jag said sinking to their knees with their heads in their hands.

"YEP! WE ARE GOING SHOPPING!"

All the others could do was stare at him. 'Ok well I'm not about to go around Tokyo with only Zane, so there for I have to get the others to come.' She smirked mischievously coming up with the perfect idea. "Ok fine let's go shopping."

"You two go ahead. We'll stay here." Nate replied.

"Oh but then you will miss all the pretty girls."

"Girls? Pretty? Where, let's go!" With that Nate and Jag were up and on their way out the door pulling Zane behind them. From down the hall Zane was heard yelling.

"Why did you have to say THAT to THEM?"

"Oh well that was worth it. Think Zane will think twice before wanting to go shopping again?" She asked Kaz as she started towards the door.

"Probably not. But you never know." He answered still sitting on one of the chairs that were scattered around the room.

"Come on Kaz. Remember the press thinks that we are 'together' so I can't be seen by myself now can I?" She asked putting on her best pout.

"How do I get suckered into these things?" He mumbled getting up and heading for the door.

"You don't trust the other three, One when there are clothes around and Two when there are girls around." She answered him while following him down the hall. When they caught up with them in the lobby, she informed that they would be walking. Being as traffic would be horrible.

Together they walked down the street in a group asking Sere a ton of questions about this and that. Before long they had come to the mall. "Before we go in, we stay together and do not split up." They agreed, although Nate and Jag weren't happy about that.

They went from store to store, Sere having to stop Zane from buying something a few times. "But what is the use in shopping when you aren't buying anything?" He asked thoroughly confused.

"One they will sell it to you for a lot higher if they know who you are, and two you already have that." She was the only one that knew exactly what the others had in the line of clothes. Thankfully he bought those excuses.

After the trip around the mall they were starving, Nate and Jag because they had been acting like a two year olds in a toy store. Kaz and Sere because they had to keep up with the other three. Zane because well, it was a mall after all. Sere wanted to go back to the hotel to eat, the guys, Kaz included, wanted to eat at a restaurant. Majority won and she was forced to go with them. Unfortunately they found the 'perfect' place to eat. She was not happy about that choice.

Sere knew that it wouldn't be crowded this time of night and so they could probably avoid some of the more rabid fans. The Crown Arcade was practically empty and for that she was thankful. Andrew looked like he was falling asleep at the counter. She smiled a sad smile, she had missed him, and he had always been like a brother to her.

Stumbling some, he made his way to their table. "What can I get you?"

"The double cheese burger and fries. With a chocolate milkshake." Nate spoke first.

"I'll have the same but with a vanilla milkshake." Zane was next.

"The same with a double chocolate shake." Then Kaz.

"Same with strawberry." Jag said after a minute.

"What about you?" Andrew asked looking at Sere.

"You guys are pigs. Umm.the grilled chicken sandwich, fries and a strawberry chocolate shake, please."

"I'll be right up." With that he went back to the bar.

"Strawberry chocolate? What kind of combination is that?" Jag asked.

"A very good one, thank you."

"Ok guys, we don't need an argument, there are some people coming in. We don't need to draw attention to ourselves." Kaz, always the calm one warned.

Sere looked at the door and turned as white as a ghost. Coming into the arcade was none other than the scouts. "Guys I'm not ready for this, let's get the fo."

"Someone has got out table." Mina said kind of loudly.

"Then why don't you ask them to move?" Rei answered her sarcastically.

"Fine I will."

Ami shook her head as they followed silently behind Mina. This was bound to be entertaining.

"Excuse me, but would you mind moving to another table?" Mina asked politely.

"Yeah.sure we were just leaving." Sere answered her and then looked at Jag daring him to say anything. She then shifted her gaze to Nate, "Why don't you go see if we can get that to go?"

"Yeah sure." He slid out of the chair and hit Jag on the back of the head indicating that he should come as well.

"I'm sorry we didn't mean to inconvenience you." Sere told Mina while standing up, and waiting for Kaz and Zane. Kaz took her hand to offer some support. And pulled her away from them, while Zane followed behind like a lost dog.

"The guy said that he would have the orders right up, Sere." Jag said when they were closer. But still far enough away for it to be heard by the girls.

Of course the guys didn't know who they where, although they did have suspicions, all they knew was that she was upset about something, and those girls looked good. A few short minutes later Andrew was back with the food in carrying bags. Sere handed a bag to each of the guys as she got the money to pay. They had turned around and were looking around the place so they didn't hear the whispered words of Andrew to Sere.

"It's on the house. You've been gone to long. Welcome back. But they need to know you are back. It's putting a strain on them all." He put a heavy emphasis on all, trying to stress his point.

"How..."

"How did I know? You were the only one that ever ordered a strawberry chocolate shake." He said with a wink.

"Oh Andrew."

"You don't want them to know anything yet do you?"

All she could do at the moment was to nod her head.

"I'm sure you've got a good reason, but don't wait to long ok?"

"I won't. But." she dug in her purse for a minute. "are you and Rita still together?"

"Yeah, we are, and I'm trying to get tickets to the concert, but no luck so far."

"I can fix that, here." There had been two tickets lying around the hotel room so she had picked them up, the guys wouldn't mind it they belonged to them that is. She pressed them into his hands and told him to come back stage, after ward she would make sure he got in.

"RE! Hurry up! The food is getting cold." Jag nearly yelled from the door.

She flashed a quick smile at Andrew and jogged over to the guys. Soon they were out of side and heading back to the hotel.

~At the hotel~

"So I take it those were the girls?" Kaz asked when they were all done.

"Yeah, it was them." Sere admitted after finishing her shake.

"Who was the tall brunette?" Nate asked, looking hopeful.

"No more importantly how was the one with the raven hair?"

"What about the one with the blue hair?"

"And the blonde was?"

"Whoa guys, guys, one question at a time. I can tell you who they are. But do I want to? What will I get?"

"Don't you mean what you won't get?" Jag asked stressing the word won't.

Sere gulped. "Ok I'll tell you the names but not who was who until later." She had decided that she would have some fun with this before she told the guys a whole lot about them. There were a number of grumbles, mostly coming from Nate and Jag, before they agreed.

"There's Ami, Rei, Lita and Mina." She purposely did it out of order.

"So which was which?" Jag asked hopefully.

"Not telling, I'm tired and we have an early morning tomorrow. So I'm going to go to bed." Before the guys could say anything else or have time to act, Sere had raced from the main room and into hers, making sure the door was locked behind her.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. "Sere, we wanted do a few new songs tomorrow night. You know the ones. That ok?" Kaz asked.

"Yeah sure. That means we'll have to get up even earlier. But sure. Night guys." She called and then music could be heard through the door. The guys exchanged glances and then shrugged before going to their own rooms.

After she was sure that the guys had gone to bed, Sere quietly crept out of the room. She needed sometime to think over the coming concert, and about what Andrew had said. Once out of the hotel she wandered around Tokyo for a little while before ending up at the steps to the Shrine where Rei worked. After considering what to do, she decided to have a look around. And hope that she didn't run into the priestess.

Sere climbed that stairs that she had often ran up at full speed when she was late. As she climbed bits and pieces of old conversations came back to her, as if the wind were whispering them, there were giggles and cries coming from all around. With each step they increased. Until finally at the top they were so overwhelming that she sank to her knees.

She was unable to move for a couple of minutes while she willed the voices away. 'This was a bad idea, I shouldn't have come here.' With that she slowly got to her feet and started back down the stairs. The whole time oblivious to the figure that stood in the shadows so close by.

~Rei~

She had felt a strange presence close by as she was going into the shrine. It was familiar yet it wasn't. Quietly she followed her feelings toward the source and saw the young woman from earlier that day slowly climbing the stairs. Something told Rei to stay in the shadows and just watch. Each step she took seemed so much harder than the last for platinum blonde, like something was forcing her back but she kept going forward. At the top she stood for a moment before sinking to her knees and dropping her head, her hair covering her face so there was no way to see the emotions that ran there.

Rei watched all this, and thought she heard something to the effect of 'I shouldn't have come here.' As the girl got to her feet and practically ran back down the stairs, her hair flying like a banner behind her.

For some reason she wanted to go to her to comfort her, to tell her everything was fine. But then again she felt a sense of betrayal. But she couldn't place it. It was so strange. She may not have even been here if it hadn't been for the rise in the attacks that had just picked up with in the week.

It was strange, why should the attacks start up again so suddenly without any warning. The only good thing that came from it was that the bond between her and the rest of the scouts seemed to be getting stronger. Attacks couldn't do that, at least they hadn't after Serena had first went away. True the monsters weren't as strong, suggesting that these were the ones the 'Master' or what ever you wanted to call who was in charge was just warming up.

Most of the time the scouts could defeat them alone. But tonight there had been two and they had to team up to defeat them. Rei shook everything off with a mental shrug and went inside the temple. Tomorrow they were going shopping to get a few last minute things. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow and in her dreams was the dreamy blonde from that afternoon, only they weren't dressed as if they were from the present. They were dancing and laughing, with the others. Everyone was so happy.

The other Inner scouts had dreams similar to these, only the guys and colors where different for each. The guys also had similar dreams. Each remembering a little more than what they had thought.

While the others slept Serena wandered the streets until she came back to the hotel. She knew she needed to get some sleep. The concert was likely to take a lot out of her. And there was something strange in the air.

When she finally got back to the hotel room, Kaz was sitting in one of the chairs and looked very thoughtful. She sighed when she saw him there and knew that there would probably be questions. She had almost made it to her room and thought that she was safe, until his voice stopped her.

"Where have you been?"

"I needed some air." It was mostly the truth.

"And the other reason is.?"

"Fine I felt something I had to get out of here."

"You could have left a note. I got up the door was unlocked and your door was cracked."

"But I shut my door back. The other was locked."

"Well there's nothing we can do about it now any way. We might as well get back to bed. But you know you should tell me something about the blonde haired girl for making me worry."

"Ok, she's the Goddess of Love."

"Oh that tells me a lot."

"Actually it does. Well I'll see you in the morning." With that she went back into her room and to bed.

"The goddess of love, huh? For some reason that sounds right." He was still remembering bits about dream, the girl he was dancing with and the way she made him feel. With those thoughts he went back to bed as well.

The rest of the night passed quietly. For all parties involved. The glowing orange sun rose sluggishly out of the dark of night and lit Tokyo up in fits of excitement. The ones that had tickets for the concert couldn't wait for night to be there. For the ones performing the day brought the excitement and nervousness that they always felt on a concert day. For every one else the day seemed like normal lazy Saturday.

The morning found the Earth Squad at the auditorium performing sound checks and practicing. This of course would take most of the morning and probably late into the afternoon leaving no time to do anything else.

Across town at the same time a group of four very excited girls were making their way to the mall, for whatever last minute things they needed. They were giggling and daydreaming, talking about just about everything, expect the dreams that they had had during the night.

Meanwhile Darien was using the time to catch up on the sleep he seemed to be getting less and less of. He had dreamed last night fro the first time in five years. His dreams were filled with four groups, laughing, dancing, and having fun. The air was filled with the soft music of a live orchestra and smelled of freshly cut roses. The stars glittered in the midnight sky like diamonds on velvet. He couldn't make out the faces of the people, any of the voices, or the place that he was. But he knew that something was missing.

~Rei's temple~

The girls had all gathered at Rei's temple to get ready for the night. Rei's room was filled with talking; even the quiet scout of Mercury was talking. With an hour and a half to spare the girls were ready and had already begun to make their way to the auditorium.

Mina was wearing a pair of low-rise flare jeans with an orange tank top that held a heart done in rhinestones in the center, and she wore black boots. Her long hair she had pulled back in its usual style, minus the red bow, and held with a burette in the shape of a heart done in red. She wore no jewelry except for a 'floating' necklace that held an amber pendant with the sign of Venus done in gold. She walked at the head of the group, leading them so to say. Rei was behind her in a crimson tank dress that came to mid thigh. Her shoes were a matching crimson high heel and criss- crossed on the top; a pendant of red Aventurine completed the outfit and held the symbol of Mars in black. Her hair was left down and flowed about her. Ami was next in a pair of form fitting black jeans with a royal blue flared sleeved shirt, she wore black boots, and around her neck there was a pendant of blue jade with the symbol of Mercury done in silver. Lita was last in their group, she was in a mid thigh black leather skirt with black boots that came right below the knee, and an a-symmetrical shirt in hunter green, she also wore a pendant, her was made of blood stone and held the symbol of Jupiter done in black.

All in their entire group looked stunning. Heads turned as they walked casually down the street. About half way there they met up with Darien, he was wearing a pair of black pants and a black top. As usual he wasn't very talkative but he did complement the girls on how they looked.

"Where did you get the necklaces?"

"Mine was lying on the nightstand this morning, like it had always been there. Don't know why I decided to wear it though. It just seemed right." Mina answered first. The rest had a similar story. That was the extent of their conversation.

~Backstage~

"Ok, guys five minutes. Are you all ready?" Mark asked.

"Yeah we're ready." Kaz answered for the group, and before Sere had a chance to say anything. She had been really nervous all day, not eating and she kept pacing.

Mark nodded and left the group to do whatever they did before the concerts. After he was out of hearing range Sere spoke up. "I can't do this. I thought I could but I can't."

"It's too late to back out now. The place is almost full. Just pretend that you are back in Ireland for another concert. That you don't know any one out there, that they are your adoring fans that have never met you. Remember we are starting with 'The Last Words You Said.' Everything will be fine. We are out there with you." Nate said reassuringly.

"And remember the dance scene? It'll be there before you know what is happening." Zane added helpfully. The dance scene was the last thing they did.

About that time one of the stagehands yelled that it was show time, and with a reassuring hug they all ran to their places. The house lights went out and smoke began to roll on stage as a pale white light came on and focused on center stage. Music stared to play and as she started singing she began to rise to the stage from below. A pale blue light came on next as Zane joined her in signing, each at a different side of the stage. At the right time a light red light came on and focused on Jag, then a yellow light on Kaz, and finally a light green on Nate.

The effect it had was amazing on the audience. The group was all in black, with a strip of color going down their sleeves corresponding with the color of the lights. Sere was in all black was well, but had five strips going down her sleeves, one for each of the guys, and secretly for each of the girls.

The song ended to a round of applause.

"Our next song hasn't been released, so would it be okay with everyone if we preformed it for the first time?" Sere asked speaking directly to the crowed.

The yells of what sounded like yes were heard from all over and it was almost deafening.

"The name it "If You See Him, If You See Her." She flashed a quick smile before motioning to the guys to start the music.

//If you see him

Tell him I wish him well

How am I doing?

Well, sometimes is hard to tell

I still miss him more than ever

But please don't say a word

If you see him

If you see him// Sere started then dropped out as Zane came in.

//If you see her

Tell her I'm doing fine

And if you want to

Say that I think of her from time to time

Ask her if she ever wonders

Where we both went wrong

If you see her

If you see her

I still want her//

//I still need him so// [Sere]

//I don't know why we let each other go// [together]

//If you see her

Tell her the lights still on for her// [Zane]

//Nothing's changed

Deep down the fire still burns for him// [Sere]

//And even if it takes forever say I'll still be here// [together]

//If you see him

If you see her

If you see him

If you see her// [Alternating]

During the song Sere unknowingly sought a pair of deep blue eyes in the crowd. While Zane unwittingly sought a girl with blue hair, the rest of the guys did the same for the girl that they had seen the day before. Each found who they were looking for a couple rows back. As Sere sang a single tear rolled down her cheek.

A few more songs and Sere turned it over to the guys. They each had a song that they would sing alone. Hers being last she had time to clam down. The guy's songs went off with a hit and the crowed seemed to love it.

Zane sang, 'She'd Give Anything' first and was followed by Nate singing 'Harder To Breathe' next was Kaz 'Ghost In Your Heart' and finally Jag with 'Summer Of '69.' The guy's songs were done and they had decided that Sere would do two songs; one now then one at the end, at the other concerts the others had done two, so why not give her the chance. Of course she wouldn't know this until the music started and she would have to sing it. Her first song would be 'Only An Ocean Away.' The music started and Sere took center stage once again, the five different color lights came together one her as she sang. After song was over the group came back together as one and did a few more songs.

Zane and Sere came back together to sing what she thought would be the final song, 'Someday We'll Know.'

With the last one done Jag took the mike and took center stage. "Hey all the ladies out there. Tonight we have a special treat for you. Our leading lady is going to perform one last song for you before the night is over. How many of you want to hear it?"

Darien had been so shocked to see what the lead singer looked like in person that he might have fainted if he knew that there was no way it could have been Serena; no one had heard anything from her since the day she had left.