A/N: Hey every, thanks for your reviews and thanks to all the get wells I got from you all I am much better and you can tell I am feeling better cause I am eating chocolate; you'd think I'd be more careful but no way I felt like something to snack on. I seemed to get a lot of questions on the same topic; the wound and the candle wax so here are my answers.

Q: How did I learn how to treat an infected wound with a candle and wax and how did I come up with the idea?

A: Ok, everyone should know that you should treat a wound with heat to burn infections. Years ago when a person got shot or seriously wounded they used to heat metal and place it against their wound to burn any air born infections or anything that came in contact with the wound. It also keeps a wound closed because you are melding the skin into a position, keeping it from opening and bleeding again but at the same time you are making the skin very fragile and you can easily hurt someone even just by brushing past them since a cold wind against skin can sting the surface slightly.

I once treated a wound on my shoulder but I had just covered the surface in wax to keep anything from getting in and to keep the skin from stinging as much with the cold air outside. I had just come across the idea of the infected shoulder in the story when I remembered what happened to me so I thought I should include my method of tending to a wound. I learnt about it in my history lesson and you can find out about it on the internet, it was always used back in medieval times both as a torture method and as a disinfectant for wounds so that is where the main idea for it came from.

So you asked me all these questions on the same subject now I need you to answer a question; was using this idea in the fic a good one or a stupid one? I wasn't sure whether you would think I used my head or thought I was insane so I want to know.

On with the chapter, I can't assure you that chapters will always be as long as the first few but I will update more often hopefully so the update will make up for the length. So could Serenity be so kind as to do a disclaimer before I start up some random conversation.

Serenity: Let's put this loud and clear Phoenix from the flames 1978 does not own beyblade but she does own me and this plot.

Chapter 4

Serenity and Tala silently stepped into their cold room, both thinking about how they felt something was wrong. Now they had nothing in particular on their minds but just wondering why Boris wanted them in their rooms so early but didn't bother giving it too much thought. They both sat on their beds with their backs against the cold stone walls. Serenity lifted her head when she heard Tala sigh though it was very low and could be heard just above a whisper.

Tala sighed again and ignored Serenity's earlier warning and moved his hand up to grip his shoulder and squeezed it tightly hoping to ease the pain. He sat back and closed his eyes trying to ignore the pain though it seemed useless, he didn't wince as he tried hard not to but occasionally bit his lip.

Meanwhile Serenity got off her bed, stood up and sat near him and gently stroked higher up his wounded shoulder till he turned his head to look at her. Her eyes as usual held worry and concern but he also saw some disappointment in them. "Why are you so afraid to ask for help?" she asked softly.

When Tala didn't reply she got off the bed and took out a vial like the one from the night before. She handed it to him and sat down near him as before. Tala was having second thoughts about drinking the antidote Serenity gave him but got himself to drink it when his wounded shoulder let out a shocking pain through him.

He started to drink it slowly but the strong taste started to make him feel sick and he felt like choking on the strong taste that was left in his mouth. Serenity took back the vial that was still half full and started to gently rub Tala's back when he broke out into a coughing fit. Serenity placed the vial near Tala on the dressing table and just sat near him with her hand still on his back when he calmed down.

Serenity was still very worried and it was clearly shown on her features. She had a look that wasn't common at all in the abbey. She pulled the dark blue blanket over his shoulders being careful not to brush against his wounded shoulder. Serenity embraced Tala in a tight hug as a tear slipped from her eye and rolled down her cheek, "I'm sorry" she whispered; till now she still blamed herself for the state he was in and refused to believe otherwise.

She slowly pulled away from him and wiped away the slight wetness on her cheek, trying to avoid his eyes so he couldn't see the tear. She then looked up to see Tala smile a little, he leaned closer to her and kissed her softly on the lips but pulled away quickly and blushed probably as much as Serenity had the day before. Serenity brought her hand up to one of her cheeks when she felt an intense heat rising in them and this time she was sure that she was at least five different shades of red. She smiled at Tala and then got off the bed to let him get some rest.

Serenity quietly walked into the bathroom and quickly closed the door behind her, not being able to help the smile that still tugged at her lips. She thought that maybe being at the abbey wasn't going to be so bad but that didn't mean that she had changed her mind about escaping from the abbey, it just gave her all the more reason to leave.

---Three Years Later---

"We're going to be late" Tala announced impatiently, knocking on the bathroom door.

Life in the abbey wasn't too bad. Things had gone fine for the past three years since Tala and Serenity had agreed to go through everything together as friends. Unfortunately, there were many times when they had to go through life on their own. There was a time, about a year before, when Serenity was taken to a deserted part of the abbey for private training with a guard and was on her own for about two weeks. During training Serenity fell over in exhaustion and as punishment, the guard that was with her was about to rape her but she managed to fight him off for a while. Luckily for her, Boris came in a few minutes later and since Serenity was one of his top soldiers he defended her and was the first to 'comfort' her though she knew he was only doing it so she would fight by his side but she would never give him the pleasure of fighting for him. She stood strong in front of him but when she got back to Tala she broke down into tears and wouldn't stop for the whole night only to find Tala had gone through some problems himself.

Guards were always watching him during training so any mistake he made was always seen, without Serenity to open up to and to support and encourage him he was defenseless and had to find comfort some other way. Unfortunately, that way was cutting and it got really bad since Serenity was never there to help him and to stop him from doing it. When Serenity got back she couldn't believe what had happened and what he had done but she didn't yell like she usually would but instead handled the situation with care and comforted him as he comforted her through her struggles. The cuts created more problems for training since the blood loss made him weaker though he didn't let something like that interfere with training and having Serenity back only made him feel better and the cutting stopped soon after.

Serenity was brushing her hair and quickly put it up when she heard her complaining room mate outside. She opened the door and walked out, only to bump into Tala who was still leaning against the door. "I just needed to do my hair, there's no need to complain so much" she said as she walked to the door and opened it to go down stairs to training.

"Women" Tala muttered as he walked out into the hall.

Serenity closed the door behind her and rolled her eyes when she heard his whispered remark, "Men" she whispered back, making it quiet but saying it loud enough for him to hear her. They walked down stairs to the training room and had to practice tag team battles.

When the time came for Serenity and Tala to battle, Jeremy and Justin stepped up to the dish. Jeremy and Justin had been Tala and Serenity's opponents for the past three years since they still held a grudge against Serenity most of all.

All four bladders launched their blades and Jeremy quickly went on the attack and went straight after Serenity and Luna. He chased after her but she was too fast for him to catch up to her. After a while Luna started to slow down and made it almost easier for Jeremy to attack.

Jeremy turned to Justin and grinned as if it were a signal, Justin nodded; he had understood. He mentally commanded his blade and it swiftly jumped out of the dish and literally went after Tala and not Wolborg. Justin's black blade was just about to hit Tala in the chest and Tala wasn't able to move, but Serenity roughly pushed him out of the way in time but still kept her concentration on her battle with Jeremy.

It looked like Serenity was loosing badly and Boris just watched in anger as one of his top soldiers became his weakest link. Jeremy was still attacking and was getting tired of it all but Serenity wouldn't give up. "Don't you ever give up?" Jeremy asked.

"No" Serenity said bluntly.

After more long minutes of attacking and taunting remarks, Serenity felt her anger beginning to grow and now Jeremy was walking on thin ice, "You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Jeremy asked again tauntingly.

"I never give up" Serenity spat back bitterly. "But at least I know when to look out for my team mate" she continued; referring to Justin who was losing badly to Tala.

Jeremy's eyes filled with anger and he started to furiously attack Luna but she quickly countered his last attack and knocked him out easily. Tala had easily knocked Justin's blade out of the dish, which left two blades left in the dish and both went back to their owners that pocketed the now warm metal. "I guess that's another win for us then" Tala announced to Justin and Jeremy.

"Too easy" Serenity said, shaking her head and placing her hands on her hips. Justin and Jeremy glared at their gloating before walking out of the training room, followed by two other guards.

"Nice battle" Tala whispered to Serenity when he got the slightest of a chance.

"You too" Serenity replied, whispering back. Training went on as usual and nothing really changed, the same boring stuff happened everyday for the past three years. Straight after training, everyone went to dinner instead of going to their rooms first and then going down stairs again.

After dinner they all went to their rooms, Tala had gone to change first that night and was now sitting on the window sill and just stared outside while Serenity went to the bathroom to change.

Serenity came out of the bathroom in her night gown, which now went just above her knees. She closed the bathroom door behind her but Tala didn't even flinch despite the noise the door made instead he just stayed staring outside the window. She picked up the big blue blanket from her bed and draped it over her shoulders and pulled it tighter around herself for some warmth in the cold room. She slowly walked over to Tala and climbed onto the window sill and sat next to him. She noted that he was wearing a white short sleeved top like every other night, "Are you cold?" she asked quietly.

Tala shook his head but it didn't work because his back touched the cold wall behind him and shuddered and with Serenity so close to him, she felt it. Serenity pulled one side of the blanket across his back so they could both share the warmth and use the blanket. She rested her head on his shoulder and held onto his arm tightly and after a while she spoke again in a hushed tone, "Why are you still afraid to tell me when something is bothering you?" she asked, lifting her head off his shoulder to look up at him.

Tala's ever-blue eyes were staring back at her with deep sorrow in them. He moved his hand from under the cover and slowly moved it up and stroked Serenity's cheek gently. Serenity closed her eyes when she felt the soft hand of her room mate on her skin. Tala's lips crashed down onto hers and she went along with it. She pushed herself closer to him and her hands found their way up his chest.

Tala deepened the kiss by pulling Serenity closer to him and made sure she didn't move back or else they would have both fallen on Tala's bed that was under the window. Serenity felt Tala's cold hands run down her back; his hands moved down and stopped for a while at her waist. Serenity moved her hands off his chest and placed her hands on his; stopping them from moving any lower. She slowly pulled out of the kiss, resisting the urge to continue on with the kiss and letting it go further but she finally pulled away but still kept her face close to his. "Not now" she whispered, moving his hands higher up her back.

Tala nodded and Serenity softly kissed him on the lips again but pulled away quickly. She placed the blue blanket on Tala, "Don't stay up too late" she told him before giving him another quick kiss and jumping off the window sill. Serenity lay in bed for a few minutes before falling asleep. Tala on the other hand, sat on the window sill for another three hours before going to bed.

---Next Morning---

"Wake up would you" Serenity said, trying to keep her frustration under control as she tried to shake Tala awake. Tala opened his eyes and groaned when he saw the time behind Serenity. "Someone was up late last night" Serenity stated after seeing the frustration and exhaustion in Tala's eyes. She stepped away from him and crossed her arms as she leaned against the dressing table.

Tala sat up and yawned, before pulling together some energy to get out of bed and go the bathroom to change, along with a freezing cold shower. Serenity waited for Tala and after twenty minutes he came out, looking much more awake than before, "I guess that cold shower did the trick" Serenity said smiling as she pushed herself away from the dressing table.

Tala glared at her while he opened the door, he really wasn't in the mood to argue or flirt, so glaring was all he could do in his tired state. Serenity walked out of the room, when Tala walked out she took Tala's hand and laced their fingers together. Nobody was around, most probably already training so with the coast clear; she gave him a quick kiss on the lips. She took his hand and they picked up the pace to go downstairs for their training.

Serenity and Tala had been practicing their blading when an argument between a guard and a kid caught their attention. Serenity watched as a guard kicked a kid who had tripped during his training, he kicked him again and Serenity's heart jumped and a strike of fear hit her. "Leave him alone" Serenity blurted.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Serenity; she slowly walked over the fallen kid who was about six years old, she knelt down and pulled him close to her and noticed his arm was red with little gashes of blood from being kicked so many times. She looked at his arm and then looked back up at the guard, her eyes filled with anger and hatred, "How dare you? He's just a little kid" she yelled.

The guard roughly picked Serenity up by her left wrist, "I think you're letting emotions get in the way, making you weak" he spat, roughly tightening his grip on her left wrist.

In the blink of an eye, Serenity pulled out a pen-knife from her back pocket and placed the open blade against the guards throat, the guard gulped and had a slight look of fear if you looked deep enough into his eyes, "I'm not letting anything get in my way, I'm just getting rid of the one thing that is in my way and has been a pain in my side since day one" she said angrily, her eyes holding hatred in them. Yep, you're probably thinking right, yes this was the same guard that had dragged Serenity into Boris' office three years ago. The guard that was in the training room when she broke the wall and the same guard that almost raped her the year before. The guard didn't dare to move, not being sure about how serious Serenity was being on the subject. "It's amazing about how you and Boris are teaching us not to show fear yet when you have a knife put to your throat you all cower in fear." Serenity continued, she saw that he had enough and quite frankly had enough of threatening people, "Just remember I can kill you in half the time it takes you to even think about it" she whispered so none of the other kids heard her though Tala knew his room mate by now and knew just what she was saying, that and he could read lips especially the lips of the person he loved. Serenity pulled the knife away from the guard and placed it in her back pocket and stared at the guard.

"Everyone be back in your rooms within half an hour" The guard said still staring at Serenity, before walking out of the training room, followed by the other two guards that were in the room.

All the other kids in the room left and Serenity signaled Tala to go up without her. After when Tala was the last one on the way up, Serenity turned back to the little boy who still sat on the ground. Serenity knelt down in front of the boy who looked up at her, terrified after watching the scene that had unfolded in front of him earlier. She picked him up and set him on her lap and inspected his arm, she looked up at the scared boy and smiled sweetly at him, she stood up and held onto the boy tightly in her arms. She walked out of the training room and upstairs to the main hall way that led to the bedrooms. "Which way is your room?" she asked.

The boy pointed down the hall with his good arm. Serenity looked at him worriedly, "What's your name kid?" she asked trying to make conversation.

"Mike" The boy said quietly.

Serenity smiled, "I had a good friend and his name was Mike too, he was a really nice person" she said and as she held Mike closer to her, "Do you have a room mate?" she asked, still walking down the long hall, Mike just nodded, "Who is your room mate?" she continued asking.

"Jeremy" Mike replied.

Serenity frowned a little, "He's not very nice is he?" she stated more than asked. (A/N: Does that make any sense?)

"Not really, he just ignores me a lot" Mike said.

"This your room?" Serenity asked pointing to a door, Mike nodded and Serenity opened the door and walked inside. She put Mike down onto his bed just when Jeremy walked out of the bathroom, drying his wet hair with a towel.

"What are you doing up here Serenity? Have you finally come to me?" Jeremy asked grinning, throwing the towel onto the bed.

Serenity rolled her eyes, "In your dreams Jeremy, I'm here to help Mike" she said, walking to the bathroom and taking out a small jar and some gauze.

"Do what you like" Jeremy said as he lazily lay on his bed with his hands behind his head.

"Don't worry I will" Serenity said, she sat down on the bed next to Mikes wounded arm and slowly rubbed some of the cold cream against the bruised skin, Mike winced and made a tight fist. Serenity moved her hand away from him, giving him a chance to calm down. After seeing him relax, she proceeded in wrapping his arm in the soft fluffy material.

After bandaging his arm, she pulled Mike into a tight hug and kissed him softly on the head. She pulled away from him and turned to see Jeremy staring at her. Jeremy snapped himself out of his daze, "Sorry, not something you see everyday" he said turning his head a way from her.

Serenity smiled, "Good night you two" she said, walking out of the room and down the hall. She walked down the hall and walked into her room, where Tala was waiting, already changed. She walked into the bathroom to get changed for dinner and came back out a few minutes later to see Tala sitting on his bed and just staring at the ground. 'What's wrong with him? He's been acting really strangely lately' she thought worriedly. She walked over to him and lifted his head up so that they stared into each others eyes; she kissed him softly and passionately on the lips before pulling away, "What's wrong?" she asked softly, hoping that he would tell her the honest truth and not just brush her off.

Tala smiled a little and continued staring at the ground though Serenity was in his way, so he just lowered his head, "Nothing…I was just thinking"

Serenity stared at him, worry still evident in her blue eyes, "You would tell me if some thing was wrong, wouldn't you?" she asked quietly.

"Yeah, of coarse I would" Tala replied, placing his hands on her waist, with a worried look on his face since he wasn't sure why Serenity was questioning them together now.

"Good" Serenity said.

"Why?" Tala asked simply, wanting to know if he had done something wrong.

"Because I don't want anything like this to happen again" Serenity replied, tracing her fingers along the pale scars that ran their way down Tala's arm.

"It won't happen again, I promise" Tala reassured her, kissing her softly on the lips again.

"I hope it won't" Serenity said, before moving down closer to him and starting off a kiss that lasted quite a while.

They pulled away soon after and Serenity sat near him and rested her head on his shoulder. They sat there quietly and waited a while to go down for dinner. Serenity lifted her head off Tala's shoulder when it was eight o'clock, Tala got up and placed his hand out and Serenity took it and pushed herself off the bed. They kissed each other quickly since obviously no one knew about them together so kissing in the dining room or during training was certainly out of the question. They walked down to the dining room and instantly let go of each other's hand when they got to the dining room door.

They went in and sat in their usual places, they ate not too long later. They all finished dinner and Serenity walked up to Mike who was just leaving the dining room to go back to his room, "Hey, how are you?" she asked him.

"I'm fine" Mike said smiling a little but making sure that none of the guards saw it the smile on his young face.

"Ok, good night then" Serenity said smiling back.

"Good night" Mike said and running out of the dining room and up to his room.

Tala walked up behind Serenity wrapped his arm around her waist, "You made friends with him?" he asked.

"You're jealous" Serenity said, moving his hands from on her waist.

"Maybe" Tala said, flirting back.

"They're all like kids, and they're very cute." Serenity replied.

They were about to walk out of the dining room but a guard stepped in front of them, "Boris would like to see you in his office Serenity" the guard informed Serenity.

"You just can't stay out of trouble can you?" Tala whispered to Serenity.

"I'll be back soon" Serenity replied before walking off to Boris' office.

Serenity glared at the guard who was about to push her into Boris' office, the guard backed off and Serenity walked into the office. Serenity stood in the middle of the room with her arms crossed. "I heard you threatened a guard today" Boris said, sitting behind his desk, like every other day.

"Yes I did" Serenity confirmed.

"Do you know I actually scared one of my best guards?" Boris asked calmly.

"Really? Well then, I think you should train your guards more than you train us" Serenity said in a calm tone though still with some ice in her voice.

"Maybe your right, I always knew that you had great potential to be here, from the first day I saw your cold exterior, I knew you were going to be a great addition to the abbey" Boris said sitting up straight in his chair and smirking.

"I may be here but it doesn't mean you have me, I will never serve you so whatever it is you are planning you can keep me out of it because there is no chance in hell that I will follow through with it" Serenity said, unfolding her arms and slamming her hands onto the desk. "I was just protecting myself today and that was it, I protected myself and I protected a little kid who shouldn't suffer the way I have suffered for the past three years, he shouldn't be made to go through the pain others before him went through" she continued angrily.

"As well you should have protected yourself, like every other girl your age should" Boris said, as if planned a guard stepped out of the shadows and grabbed serenity tightly by the arms and lifting her slightly off the ground.

"Let go of me" Serenity said, keeping the pain from emitting through her voice as she squirmed around in the guards tight grip. (A/N: It is not the same guard that has been with Serenity all the time)

"Watch yourself Serenity, be careful or you just might end up in a whole lot of trouble, trouble that you wont be able to fight your way out of" Boris said, placing his hand on her stomach. Serenity's eyes widened, did she hear right, she really hoped that she had misunderstood him, "Take her back to her room" Boris ordered the guard. (A/N: Did anyone guess what he would do to her? Let me know)

The guard nodded and pulled Serenity through the halls, Serenity got fed up of the grip on her wrist and quickly pulled out of it but the guard just tightened his grip on her left wrist. She turned back to look at him, the guard's eyes widened; he saw something in her eyes, he couldn't tell what it was that he saw but it just made him stare at her in aw. He loosened his grip on her and after feeling the grip loosen Serenity pulled away and ran down the hall to her room.

Serenity ran into her bedroom and closed the door behind her, "What happened?" Tala asked.

"It's nothing, I'll be fine" Serenity said leaning against the door as tears slowly streamed down her face.

"Serenity please tell me what happened." Tala demanded.

"It's nothing; Boris just threatened me again that's all. I'll be fine" Serenity said again.

Tala moved forward and wrapped his arm around her thin form and kissed the tears from her cheeks, she pushed away and kissed him softly and quickly on the lips, "Thanks for being here for me" she said quietly, she tightened her hold on him as if trying to hold onto life, she rested her head on his shoulder. She was going to be fine, not because Serenity said so but because she had someone that loved her for who she was and who cared about her and aslong as he was around she wasn't going to give up on life so easily.

A/N: Ok so that is the end of this chapter. I will try to update as soon as I can. Sorry for taking long to update but I've been under tons of stress. I know I'm not really good with romance so please forgive me for this very lovey-dovey chapter. Please tell me what you thought of it and give your honest opinions and if you think there is something I can improve then please tell me and I will work on it. The next chapter should be up in about three days, so see you soon.