Chapter 37

Back to School

:Monday:

The six friends were walking to school the next day. Serena was in between Quatre and Trowa. "That ballet yesterday was the best. Thanks Quatre for suggesting it." She looked up at Quatre with adoring eyes.

Wufei huffed and rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He muttered in Chinese.

Serena turned around. "That wasn't very nice Fei-chan." Wufei's eyes widened for a minute before he sighed. "I forgot you could speak Chinese." Serena just shrugged and kept walking.

They arrived at school and headed to their classes. The day had moved along at a swift pace with nothing eventful happening. It was the last class of the day when the PA system beeped on.

"For all those that are interested there will be a Talent Show this Friday night at 8pm. Please signed up on the bulletin board outside the main office with your name and act. Thank you."

The bell rang and all the students rushed out the doors, glad to be out of school for the day.

Serena met up with the pilots in the hallway. "Did you hear about the Talent Show? I'm thinking of doing a stand up comedy act." Said Duo.

"Please Maxwell. You couldn't get the punch line right to save your life." Said Wufei. Duo pouted and sniffed. Serena walked up beside him and rested a hand on his shoulder and glared at Wufei. "Don't be so mean. I have faith that Duo could do a great act." She turned to look up at Duo. "Ignore the meanie D-chan." Duo blushed and hugged the girl. "Thanks Sere."

"You're welcome Duo. Now, I have an idea." She turned to Trowa and Quatre. "I think we should to a musical act."

"I don't know Serena. I don't like to perform in front of other people." Said Quatre.

Serena smiled. "Don't be silly. You'll be fine." She patted his back. "Me and you can play the violins while I sing and Trowa accompanies us on the piano."

"You sing?" asked Heero. Serena blushed. "You didn't know that? Well yes I can sing."

"Well I guess it couldn't hurt to play the violin." Muttered Quatre. "Oh you're the best Q-chan." Serena hugged the Arabian and cuddled up against him.

"Heero!!!"

"Oh god no." Heero put his head in his hands and muttered to himself. Why do these things happen to me?

Relena bounded up to the six friends and smiled up at Heero, ignoring everyone else. "Did you hear about the Talent Show? It was my idea for school spirit."

Duo snorted while the rest of them rolled their eyes.

"So I was wondering if you wanted to do an act with me. Maybe singing and dancing?" Relena looked up at Heero with pleading eyes. Here Serena snorted loudly into her hand as everyone else hid their smiles. But Heero was not amused.

"Do I look like the kind of guy that would sing and dance, let alone with an audience to watch? I don't think so. Go get some other loser to be your partner and count me out." He turned on his heels and walked away with Serena trailing behind him.

"Tough luck." Joked Duo as he passed the dejected pacifist with the other three pilots trailing after him.

Relena fumed as she saw that wench touch her Heero. She was turning him against her. Well she would make that girl pay. She was a Peacecraft and a princess to boot. Relena flounced off to plot.

As the friends were walking home Serena stopped in her tracks as she saw someone she had not seen since she was five.

"Dad?" Serena blinked before her eyes narrowed and an emotionless mask slipped into place as she stalked forward. The guys all stared after her in trepidation. They had heard about him and they were weary of what Serena would do.

Serena grabbed onto the man's sleeve and jerked him around to face her. They man's eyes widened behind his glasses as he recognized the girl in front of him. "Serena?"

"That's right. I'm surprised you haven't forgotten my name. Still remember that you have a daughter and a son that could have used your help?" she growled at him.

"Now sweetheart-" "Don't call me that. I am not a child anymore and you lost all rights to calling me that when you walked out on us all those years ago. Sammy doesn't even remember you!" Now she was getting really upset.

"But, but-"

Serena cut him off again. "No buts. There are no excuses for what you have done to this family. We lost our father and now we have no mother, not like we had one before but at least she was there some of the time."

Ken's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"

"Oh so you don't know? Mother died in an attack. Me and Sammy almost died with her."

Tears filled her father's eyes. "I am so sorry. How are you doing?" He tried to reach for her but she flinched away from him and scowled.

The pilots were looking on helplessly. Heero wanted to pull Serena from her father but Trowa and Quatre held him back. Wufei knew better than to interfere with family business and Duo was too scared to move anyway.

As Serena's anger grew her crescent appeared on her forehead again and she started to glow silver. Her dad and the pilots looked at her in awe.

"She doing it again." Said Duo.

"We can see that Maxwell." Replied Wufei as they watched.

"How can you say that?" Serena yelled at her father. "You don't even care, you never cared how me and Sammy were doing otherwise you would have visited, or at least called or wrote. Or better yet if you hadn't of walked out on us in the first place. I hate you so much and I never want to see you again." With that last parting she stormed away, her crescent and the aura around her fading as she grabbed Heero and Trowa's arms and dragged them with her.

The rest of the pilots still watched Ken Tsukino as tears fell down his cheeks and he shook with sorrow.

"He is just a weak man." Muttered Wufei as he walked after the other three.

"That poor man, but he deserves it." Said Quatre as he followed Wufei.

Duo just looked at him once more before leaving him to his grief.

Serena ragged the whole way home and stormed to the training room. The pilots raced after her, afraid of what she might do.

Serena's mask was firmly back in place as she started to beat the shit out of a punching back, kicking it as well as punching it.

"Boy is she mad." Whispered Duo. Serena turned with hard blue eyes and scanned over her friends. "Wufei get over here I want to train." Wufei shrugged and pulled off his jacket and walked over to Serena and started to fight with her. She was holding her own and taking her anger out on her Chinese friend but he didn't seem to mind.

Trowa leaned close to Heero. "Pilot." Was all he said. Heero looked at Trowa sharply but looked back at the two of them fighting. "Fine. We will test her. If she passes then I will contest the doctors and see what they say." With that he walked over to the two fighters and started to attack Serena.

Trowa showed a satisfied smirk. He knew he was right and he knew that Serena would pass any test.

The three others watched as Serena was doing fairly well fighting against the two best fighters of them all. Trowa shrugged and decided to join them.

Serena had no idea what was going on but she didn't care. She was working off a lot of energy and that's what matters.

Soon she was fighting against all five guys and was starting to get tired but she would not give up. She pulled all her energy to her body and blasted it outwards, knocking all her opponents to the ground. She smirked down at them. "I know I'm good, no need for applause." And she walked off to take a shower. She was all sweaty, eww.

"See what I mean? How can we not accept her as a potential pilot?" question Trowa.

"I have to agree. She's very good and seems to possess all the qualities of a Gundam Pilot." Quatre said.

Heero scowled. He didn't like the idea of sweet Serena as a hard pilot but he couldn't ignore his friends. She would make a good pilot. "One more test for her to win and then I give up. Agreed?" The others all agreed and headed off to their own personal showers. They really did reek.

"Her powers are growing everyday. Soon, soon." Garnet eyes looked at something in her hand and sighed. "I hope she is ready."

Yeah I'm done another chapter!! I hope you like it. Its not as long as I'd hoped but I wanted to get it out and I was tired of waiting to update and my hands are cramped so… here it is!!! Soon my plot will be coming together and everyone will be amazed at my genius. Lol anyway…. You know what to do

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