Okay folks, I know I've kept you guys waiting long but I'm back with some questions, some answers and a new chapter. If a disclaimer is desired backtrack to the first chapter. You know what I'll do next time, I'll make my first chapter a disclaimer then move on with the story. Anyways, you want to know what I've decided for the fic. Well, here it is:

The story will be lengthened and I will try to make it more complex. There will be more pairings and you guys get to vote for all except Hotaru and Duo. Voting will go on for five chapters. Serena and Heero will not get together in this chapter during the lovely game of hide and seek. That way I'll be able to give you guys some more twists. And I want you to take a guess on who the hunter was as well as a name for what they are. Only one reviewer bothered to try. Thank you PS&PS4Ever! . As for the reviewer who did not know what I meant, let me give it to you bluntly. Dorothy had been having sex with someone. He was a were animal like Serena and the others which explains the mistaken scent thingy. Have I missed anything? If so, you can inform me in the reviews.

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...(drums in background)

Fortune's Gift

Lilaclight

Part Four

Last time...

"How about hide and seek?" Hotaru proposed.

"Yeah!! Why not," Duo said, thrilled at the chance to play one of his favourite games from as a kid.

The others seemed to give it lots of thought while Heero nor Usagi cared about the game they played. As long as it limited contact between them. After a while the others slowly agreed, one after the other. It looked like Haruka only agreed because Michiru had. Usagi immediately knew what they were up to. A little making out during hide and seek was fun, particularly due to the risk of being caught.

Heero and Usagi saw nothing suspicious in the decision. In fact it seemed like a way to hide from each other's presence. To gather strength. They agreed without hesitation.

Well let us see how wrong they were.

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Now...

Serena was asking the Gods how in the world she had gotten herself into this situation. Here she was holed up in a tree with the man that she had once loved only to have him betray her. Kami-sama, but he was more of a bishounen than she remembered and all her instincts cried out for her to become his. Why, oh why did he have to go and ruin everything that they had had together?

Heero was silently praying for courage and strength, strength to control his baser instincts and to not try to claim Serena as his own. She was so close to him that her scent was all that he smelled. The sweet scent of nature at its wildest clung to her like a perfume and he wanted nothing more than to bury himself in her warmth. Courage was what he needed to go on. How else was he expected to be in such close quarters with her and not breakdown? He, the 'Perfect Soldier', still susceptible to her deadly charms and she did not even know it. He counted himself as very lucky.

'Never forget what she did to you.' he reminded himself forcefully as a glance at her had him weak kneed with longing. He remembered the day like it was yesterday, the day he had walked in on them.

~*~Flashback~*~

Heero was moving swiftly down the corridor towards his beloved's room. The night seemed brighter and the air fresher. Everything seemed to be celebrating his happiness. He had found his life-mate, his one true love. Tonight was the night he would claim as his kind did. She would be his forever even in death.

As he neared the room, the muffled sounds of what seemed to be a struggle filled his ears. He quickened his pace and set off in a run down the corridor. He burst into Serena's bedroom and broke the hinges of the door in the process. The sight that met his eyes startled him into silence and he felt his heart break right there and then.

There before him on Serena's four poster, queen sized bed lay her and Darien Shields tangled up in the sheets like a pair of lovers. It was obvious from the scent in the room that they had been having sex and a very guilty factor was that Serena appeared to be naked beneath the sheets. Serena was looking straight into his eyes pleadingly, begging him to understand. Oh he understood alright. He understood that she was just using him. The sense of betrayal overloaded his senses and with a yell of pure pain and rage he attacked Darien Shields. After successfully beating him up he turned to Serena who was still gazing at him. The look of betrayal she was giving him pushed him over the edge.

'How dare she feel betrayed by me over that fool she gave herself to!! He deserved what he got.' Heero's mind said in a furious whisper.

With a snarl, Heero launched himself at her and forcefully held her down. Then he proceeded to give her what she had desired so much. Him in her bed. He brutally raped her, or so it started. After only minutes, his bruising kisses and painful grips had turned into hot, passionate kisses that ignited Serena's passion and tender caresses that had Serena writhing under him. This was not supposed to happen.

They had joined so completely that he had never wanted to let her go at that instant. They had moved in the age old rhythm that many before them had learned and they spiraled upwards towards their climax, towards the heavens from which their kind had been born. Heero spilled his seed inside of her and then lay comatose on her also worn out body before recovering his senses. He had never been so disgusted by his actions in ages. He leapt off the bed and collected his discarded clothing, leaving behind a sleeping Serena.

'Dr.J was correct. I should never let my emotions control my actions. They have only made me weak.'

Heero had disappeared for six months after that before rejoining the bodyguard agency that he and his former assassins had formed. He had never seen her again until today and by then his sense of betrayal had only grown in magnitude as well as his shame in his behaviour

~*~End Flashback~*~

(I have absolutely no memory of the rating I gave this story of mine but it shouldn't be too low. I hope. I haven't done the hardcore stuff yet.)

Heero eyes cleared as his mind once again returned to the present, to his current situation up in a tree. (this scene brings to mind a children's game. Heero and Serena sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.... You get the picture right? *insane giggle*) Serena did not seem to be paying him any attention.

'At least she isn't paired with the braided baka.' his mind consoled him.

He had no idea why he was feeling so possessive towards Serena. He should have been over her by now. He had no claim on her, they meant nothing to each other; not anymore. 'Scratch that. You mean nothing to her but she's everything to you' his mind taunted him mercilessly. He had come to think over the years that his mind was a bonafide sadist while he was nothing more than an emotionless soldier. He sure had it good in his life.

Serena couldn't take the silence. She was a social creature and listening to his breathing and smelling his enchantingly masculine scent was driving her up a wall. It did not mattered that he had betrayed her then used her. At least he had done her a slight favour by making sure other males would not try to claim her, not that Darien seemed to get the hint. How she wanted to beat that man to a pulp! After all he had done to her, he was still out to do more. He was obsessed. That was the only logical explanation.

Sighing softly, Serena turned to Heero and tried to make small talk.

"So Heero, what have you been up to? I see you have a new flame."

"One, that bitch is not mine nor will she ever be mine. I don't want her. As for what I've been up to, why do you care? You're a whore plain and simple." Heero said in his chilliest monotone.

"Fine, be that way!!!!!! You never really trusted me at all, did you? I'm sure as hell happy that we broke up!! You know why?" Serena raged. At the silence she received from Heero, she continued her little monologue. "Because then I'd have been permanently bonded to a man who was not born whole. A man who was a hypocrite and and a f**king asshole!!!"

With those words, Serena leapt from the tree and did a triple back flip with a turn in midair so that she landed on her feet facing the direction in which she wanted to run. Escaping Heero's presence was all that she had in mind. He was breaking her heart all over again.

Heero watched Serena run away from him and was filled with sorrow. He could feel her pain. It was almost palpable, a force that threatened to tear his insides apart. She had been wrong about one thing He had trusted her and she had destroyed that trust. He, who had never trusted anyone but his fellow assassins from Team Gundam, had allowed his guard down and trusted her.

With a heavy hearted sigh, Heero jumped from the tree to land in a crouched position on the ground. Straightening, he scanned his surroundings for observers and found what he was looking for. Ignoring them, Heero trudged home with a troubled mind.

Back at the Park...

Michiru was having a hard time holding back Haruka. She was determine to go after Heero and do him some bodily harm which 'would knock some sense into him' as she had said quote for quote.

Ami was growling threateningly at anyone who tried to come near her. She had heard what Heero had told Serena and she was not at pleased. He had insulted her friend's virtue and he deserved to die but Serena would have never forgiven her if she did anything to harm him. Besides, harming him would indirectly kill Serena and as clan leader, her death would not be appreciated.

Hotaru was watching the tree with sorrow filled eyes. She felt so sorry for the two of them. She knew that they still loved each other but were just to stubborn to admit that they had made a mistake and let things happen as it was before. What they needed was a good push in the right direction and a pair of handcuffs each so that they could be stuck there.

The G-team was curious about the way the girls worked. There they were acting like they had heard whatever it was that Heero had told Serena when that was impossible without electronical, state of the art equipment. Duo was finding it really amusing that Haruka has to be restrained by her lover and that her target was the perfect soldier. Wufei was heard muttering his usual insulting phrases while Rei was taking out her rage on his head. A very painful awakening for the dozing assassin.

Quatre was feeling more enrage than he had ever felt. He could sense the feelings oozing off the couple but they had refused to speak civilly to the each other. The emotions attacking his mental shield was slowly breaking it down and the effects of all that chaos was setting him on edge. Trowa was his usual silent self and was instead catching up on lost sleep just as Wufei was. (Fat chance! *skeptical snort heard* )

Minako was staring thoughtfully at the trunk of a tree for the longest while. Things had not gone as planned which meant that something very serious had caused their breaking up. This left room for a girl's sleepover with boys, the perfect setting to share confidences.

"Guys." she said softly but no one paid her any mind.

"Guys!" she said a little more forcefully than before. Still she was ignored.

"GUYS!!!"she screamed at last. That certainly got their attention.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, which when summed up was simply chaotic , and stared at her expectantly albeit a bit warily. The only person not present was Kali. She had decided to follow Serena to offer her comfort and support. Kali had slipped away unnoticed by them all.

"What is it now, Mina-chan?" asked Rei.

"I've a great idea on how we can find out exactly what had happened!"

"And how do you expect to accomplish that, onna?" Wufei asked rudely only to grunt out in pain as a fist came crashing into his face.

"Dang, Wu-man! You sure are getting beaten up by a girl today. Must be that bad luck time of the month for you." joked Duo before he had to take off at full speed with Wufei hot on his trail, katana in hand.

Those left behind sweat dropped at the sight and Quatre hung his head in frustration. When would they ever stop? Poor Quatre was beginning to feel like a parent.

Minako noisily cleared her throat to turn the others attention back to her. When she was certain that all eyes were on her, she continued brightly.

"We could have a sleepover and the guys could come over in the morning to take us out to breakfast. That way we have all night to try to convince Serena to tell us exactly what happened between them."

"It has potential." Ami began. "But first we have to convince her to come to the sleepover."

"No need for that. We're bringing the sleepover to her. It'll be at her house." Minako supplied.

"It seems as if you've given this some extended thought, Ms.Minako." Quatre said causing the blonde to turn a rosy red.

"Thank you and you don't have to call me that. Just call me Mina-chan or Minako."

"Okay, Minako." Quatre replied. He just couldn't bring himself to call her Mina-chan. It was way too familiar for his gentlemanly tastes.

Minako flashed him a bright smile which had the young Arab blushing like a schoolboy. (he's sooo kawaii!!)

"Back to the topic at hand please." ordered Haruka. "Koneko was hurt and now we're trying to fix it. Things could go wrong and make the situation worse"

"That and you'd never be caught dead or alive in a night gown." teased Michiru in an effort to lighten the mood.

Her comment received a chuckles from the girls present as they tried to picture Haruka in a night gown. All attempts were successful but the picture they came up with was hilarious. The tomboy would look so out of place wearing one of those shear materials that most nightgown designers favoured. (can you honestly picture Haruka in a frilly see- through night gown?)

The boys looked on a bit baffled. they honestly did not get the joke. Plus it was a bit unnerving for Quatre to be standing in a group of so many girls and there were only two of them. It did not matter that he had 29 sisters. He'd never been around a large group of them for extended periods of time. Come to think about it, he did not know what most of his sisters looked like.

"We still need to prepare. Night comes in three hours and if we want to have this sleepover tonight, we had better get our asses moving." Ami mentioned.

"Yeah. We wouldn't want to be late for our sleepover. By the way, where's Kali?" queried Rei.

"She went after Serena." Hotaru supplied eagerly.

"Oh. Good, at least she's not alone." Rei said.

"People, it's now or never. Get moving!" Ami declared. 'Honestly some people are so disorganized.'

"Don't get all your jewelry in a packet!" muttered Minako as she and the girls gathered together on one side and the boys were left to the other side. They had a mission now, to protect Relena and it was Duo and Trowa's turn to play bodyguard. Poor Duo was wishing he could be anywhere else but there in the bitches presence.

"I guess this is goodbye for now." Quatre said.

"Yes. Here's the address. Come over at 8 o'clock tomorrow night and bring lots of cash. Remember who you're doing this for." Michiru advised. Haruka nodded her agreement and the rest of the girls followed.

As the girls were turning to go, a scream of terror was heard through out the forest and no one moved as they were intrigued and frozen by the yell.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the braid, please Wu-man. I'm begging you not to chop it off."

"SSHINE!!!!!!!!!! Why can't you just stay still so I can chop off that braid and I wouldn't have to deal with it again later."

"STAY AWAY YOU CHILD OF DARKNESS!!!!!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Keep your distance!!"

Finally a sound of metal hitting wood was heard.

I'm ending here. Too tired. Kali's one year younger than Haruka. I need to know, which fic do you guys want finished first. Body Swapped or this one. Vote. If I get enough reviews, An Unlikely Bond will be completed first. I just want to know which of the two to concentrate more on.

The next chapter for Body Swapped will be out by tomorrow.

Here are the Potential couples:

Haruka/Michiru

Haruka/Wufei

Haruka/Hunter

Haruka/A new guy

Kali/Trowa

Kali/Hunter

Kali/Zechs

Michiru/Quatre

Michiru/Trowa

Ami/Trowa

Ami/Zechs

Ami/Wufei

Ami/Quatre

Rei/Wufei

Rei/Hunter

Rei/Duo

Minako/Duo

Minako/Quatre

Minako/A new guy

That's it for now. Vote for the couple you want. And for the fic you want me to complete first. Goodnight and sweet dreams.

Ja ne.