Chapter 1: Incomplete

"I can't believe it! Another week of detention! Ms. Haruna never gives me a break! Somehow, I'm gonna start getting up on time. I'm so sick of this!" Serena stomped down the street in the direction of the arcade.

Andrew looked up as Serena slammed into the arcade. "Hey Serena! Bad day?"

"Don't even ask," she muttered.

"That bad?" Andrew was concerned. First Darien came in with his bad attitude, now Serena. Earlier that day Darien had filled him in about her "overreaction" at the park. "Maybe you should go home," he finally said.

"Trying to get rid of your best, most loyal customer?" Serena dramatically sighed, then stuck her tongue out at Andrew. "I can take my money someplace else," she said with a toss of her head that was ruined by her smirk.

Andrew smiled back at her, but insisted, "I'm serious. You look like you could use a little downtime." He tossed her a few coins. "Here, go play a few rounds of Sailor V, on the house."

Serena accepted the coins. "Thanks Andrew. Then I'll go home and crash."

"What, no milkshake?" he teased.

"Not today." She turned away with a smile on her face. "Thanks again."

"Anytime." He watched her as she walked to the game terminal in the corner and began to play.

Darien walked up the sidewalk towards Andrew's arcade. He walked in and made a beeline to Andrew's counter.

Andrew eyed him warily, deciding to not tell Darien that Serena was in the arcade. "What's up man?"

"I took off of work early. I just couldn't think."

"Darien the workaholic taking off of work early!" Andrew playfully reached over to touch Darien's forehead. "Well, you feel normal," he joked.

Darien didn't return his smile. "It's this Serena situation. I don't know what I should do!"

"Never been dumped before, huh?" Andrew's blue eyes twinkled.

"It's not funny!" Darien swore, "Damn it, she can't just say it's over and just like that, it's over."

Andrew sympathetically shook his head. "Why not? You did."

Darien buried his head in his hands. "I know," he said quietly.

In the corner, Serena finished her last game and stood up to leave. Scanning the arcade, she caught Andrew's eye, he motioned towards Darien's bent head. Eyes widening in alarm she turned and walked quickly to the door.

But Darien raised his head at that exact moment. A flash of gold at the corner of his eye caught his attention and he turned his head. "Serena!" he jumped up, ran to her and grabbed her arm. "Look, I'm glad I ran into you. We need to talk," he said breathlessly.

"I think our conversation was finished last night," Serena shot back trying to tug away her arm with no success.

"Serena, you need to listen to what I have to say," Darien said desperately.

She stopped struggling and glared at Darien. "Let me go. Now," she said in a deadly serious voice.

Surprised, Darien did. He watched as she walked away from him and out of the arcade. It took him a moment to recover, and he moved towards the door.

Andrew ran around the counter and grabbed Darien's arm. A Guy with long black hair grabbed his other arm.

As Darien struggled to get away from the stranger and his friend, he accidentally slammed Andrew into the counter.

Already the miserable middleman, Andrew grew angry and snapped, "Man, save your pride at least. I've never heard Serena sound like that, she's not gonna talk to you tonight. Give it a couple days."

"What is your deal?" the other guy chimed in. Letting go of Darien, he smoothed his long black hair into a ponytail. "You could get arrested for grabbing people like that, especially a girl."

"Do I know you?" Darien asked rudely; then turned away to sit down on his stool at the counter.

The guy shrugged and walked out of the arcade.

Seeing Serena up ahead, he called her name.

"Hey, umm. . . Serena! Hey!"

Serena turned around to see who was calling her name. Following her was some random guy with long black hair and a smile on his face.

(A/N: You need to be shot if you don't know who I'm talking about)

"Hello," she said cautiously.

"Listen, I saw what happened back there. I just wanted to know if you're all right," he said, staring as he saw Serena up close. "Umm. . . "He lost his train of thought.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," she said. She started to walk away.

"Wait, wait a minute," he said sheepishly. "My name's Seiya. If you ever need someone to talk to." he trailed off realizing he sounded creepy.

Serena frowned as she realized she had been admiring his smile. "That's a very nice offer, considering you just met me. Just who are you anyway?"

"Just someone who would like to be a friend," he said, entranced by her blue eyes.

"SEIYA! DAMN IT, YOU'RE FLIRTING AT A TIME LIKE THIS?" a voice boomed from down the sidewalk.

Two guys around his age ran up, one with silver hair, the other's hair was brown. Both had long ponytails like Seiya. They just stood there and glared.

"Hah, umm. . . guys, this is Serena. Serena, these are my brothers, Yaten and Taiki," he indicated which was who with his hand.

"Charmed," Yaten said, no expression at all.

"Excuse us for interrupting," Taiki said with a sneer. "Whenever you're done, Seiya."

Getting the point, Seiya said, "Well, goodnight Serena. Maybe we'll see each other around."

"Bye," she said, not expecting to ever see him again.

Back at the arcade, Darien sat with his head in his hands. "I really messed up Andrew."

"Really," Andrew's deadpan face gave Darien no hope for sympathy. "I don't even know why you grabbed her like that! That could have had serious consequences."

"I know that," Darien said desperately. "I just don't know what to do!"

"I do," Andrew looked at him. "Leave it alone for a while. I've known Serena for a long time and the way she acted today was totally not her, so I assume you did or said something really bad."

"You assume correctly."