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I'll Live Again

Chapter 3-4

Reunited

Serena slowly opened her eyes. 'Another night with little rest.' Sighing, she stood and went outside. Turning she jumped on to the roof and sat down at the very top. The moon rose above her, it's comforting rays healing her wounds. 'If only it could heal my heart.' Silent tears ran down her cheeks as she buried her head in her knees. Memories ran through her head that she would have sooner forgotten. A light touch on her shoulder made her look up. She saw the redheaded from earlier.

'Kenshin.' she remembered. He sat down beside her, eyes full of concern.

"Miss Serena, are you ok?" He asked softly.

"I'm fine." She wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Would you like to talk about it?" She shook her head slightly.

"I'm not ready yet. I'll tell you someday, when I can remember without tears." Kenshin watched her quietly, wondering what had happened to her to make her this sad. Tears wound their way down her cheeks unheeded. "They are memories I'd sooner forget."

"Aa. Memories have a habit of resurfacing when we least want them to, that they do."

"Yes. They do." Serena silently rose from her seated position and flipped off the roof.

Kenshin easily followed, landing beside her. "I'm going for a walk, I'll see you in the morning."

"The roads are dangerous, are and you should get more sleep, that you should." Kenshin warned, remembering Megumi's orders.

"I'll be all right. If you want you can come, you can, but I'll have to have you some ways away." Serena headed towards the dojo gates, Kenshin behind her.

After a time they came by a field. Rocks of all sizes littered the area, and tall grass made the field dangerous to walk in at night. Serena, ignoring the possibility of an injury, headed to the largest and tallest rock she could see. Climbing up she sat down and began a deep breathing pattern.

Meditating did not take her mind from the past, but it did help her think things through. Like why she still felt a connection to her daughter. True, she should still have that connection, but it was stronger then it should have been. She always had a connection to her family and friends, but they were much weaker then if they had been alive. Her daughter had died during a fight, she had witnessed it with her own eyes. But something told her that she was wrong - something had happened and it had to do with Pluto, she was sure of that.

Serena waited, calling on her friend's spirit or past self. Honestly, she wasn't sure if it was possible, she was in a different dimension and it would most likely take a lot of Pluto's energy to come to this dimension. Her powers dealt with time, and being a spirit gave her less energy. After an hour, she gave up and turned to where the wide eyed Kenshin stood.

'He must be able to feel the energy I'm putting out.' Serena slowly hid her energy signature again. Climbing down off the rock she headed back to Kenshin. 'Trouble's going to come soon. Some one evil is close by, I'll have to be careful.'

"Come on Kenshin, lets go back." Slowly, she headed back down the road, thinking Kenshin would follow her. He stood routed to the spot. She walked back and waved her hand in front of his face. "You ok?"

Kenshin snapped out of the daze he was in. He turned his violet eyes to her, expression clearly questioning. Serena laughed softly and grabbed his hand, pulling him along with her.

"The sun is going to be up soon. There goes my hope for more sleep. I guess I'll just do some easy practice this morning." She ran a head of him, yelling form him to hurry up.

The two arrived at the dojo gates just before the first rays of light peeked above the horizon. Almost immediately Kenshin rushed inside murmuring about breakfast. Serena just laughed as she jumped onto the roof. Once she had climbed to the top she started doing stretches, then she moved to her balancing exercises, gymnastics. She was so wrapped up in what she was doing she did not notice the crowed she was attracting.

"Serena, get down here. You might reopen your wounds." Serena paused and looked below her to where Megumi, Yahiko, Kenshin, Sano, and Kaoru stood. Without question she jumped off the roof and landed on front of them. Megumi glared at her. "You are supposed to be in bed resting! What were you doing up there? You could have hurt yourself further!"

"Don't worry Dr. Megumi, I'm fine, really. I'm almost healed, and as for what I was doing, I faced that risk when I took up the sport." Megumi wasn't convinced. Sighing she turned to Kenshin. "It breakfast done?"

Kenshin's eyes widened and he hurried inside, only to come out a bit later and announce that breakfast was ready. The group filed inside and sat down at the table. Apparently the usual happened, or at least no one seemed to think it was unusual behavior. Yahiko and Kaoru fought and Kenshin tried to calm them down. Sano joined the two in their fight, siding with Yahiko, or he would tease Megumi. Kenshin was the peacemaker in all this, though he didn't seem to be having much success.

Serena just sat back and watched, smiling. In fact, she realized she had smiled more in the past two days then she had in a year or more, even with... Her eyes went sad, she didn't want to think of that at the moment.

Suddenly, everything seemed to go quiet. Even the sound of the people fighting seemed to stop. Serena felt the evil that she had noticed earlier to close for her comfort. 'I have to get out of here or these people might be hurt.' Serena stood up swiftly and ran out the door, heading for the power she had felt. Kenshin's group stared in shock at where the blonde had just been. Kaoru nudged Kenshin and leaned over to whisper in his ear.

"Let's follow her!" Before Kenshin could protest she grabbed his arm and pulled him along with her. The others following behind as they ran to keep up with her. One thought ran through their minds - What was going on, why had she run out so quickly?

Serena slowed to a stop taking a ready stance. Closing her eyes she let her senses out to feel for the evil. It was close and did not feel like anything that came from Chaos, she had expected some of his scum to be wandering around still. It did not feel like that at all. It felt more like it had powers given to it by the surrounding earth.

"What is it." She said under her breath, irritated. "Where could it have come from?"

Letting her senses out again she monitored the movement of the being, then swept the area around her for anything else. At first she sensed nothing, but as she rechecked, she found five energy signatures. Serena recognized them as Sano, Megumi, Kaoru, Yahiko, and Kenshin. 'Damn, they followed me. It's to late to turn them back now.'

Opening her eyes she looked down the road, the direction she had felt the evil energy come from. What she saw, though, was not what she expected. Instead Serena saw a young girl with her hair pulled back into a similar style as herself. The girls eyes widened as she caught sight of Serena and she ran towards her faster, taking the same ready stance as when she reached her side. They waited, but not for long as a man was following close behind her.

The figure stopped a little ways down the road, a sick smile on his face. He stood nearly six feet tall, long dark hair hung down his back. Serena narrowed her eyes, not liking the feel of him at all. Death was so prominent an aura that even the most dense person could feel it. The man the two faced seemed to drink it in. He made the first move, so swiftly it seemed that he disappeared completely. The two girls dodged, using a double kick to his back once they were behind him. The fight lasted as hand to hand for a while, each girl taking turns once the other tired. Finally, after what seemed forever, the two girls forced their opponent down on the ground and held him there. Serena's eyes showed anger as she held the man down.

"Who are you working for? Tell me." Her voice was low, holding anger and a warning. The man she was questioning stayed silent and answered with a demented smile. "Tell me! Do you do this on your own? If not who ordered you?"

"Die." His voice was cold, emotionless. Not what Serena wanted to hear. The young girl behind was not happy with the answer either. They were not going to get any answers out of him, it was useless. "I would not betray my master like you betrayed your queen."

"I am the queen, and I was not betrayed." A silent energy blast streaked toward her from the trees. The young girl pushed Serena out of the attacks way, barley escaping it herself. It hit the man they had been fighting and he disappeared within it. Serena looked for whoever had sent the energy blast but could not find a trace of any one with that ability. The danger had passed, for now.

"Another enemy." Serena bowed her head silently.

"It wasn't some one from Chaos?" The pink haired girl asked in quiet concern.

"No." Serena turned to her companion, tears welling in her eyes as she threw her arms around the girl. "I thought you were dead."

Kenshin and the others watched as the blonde took a fighting stance in the middle of the road. It was apparent to all of them what she was waiting for, the sense of an evil fighting aura was close, and so strong that even the least adept at sensing ki could feel it. They were confused, however, when a pink haired girl who could not have been more then seven, came running down the road. Her hair was up in a similar style as Serena's and her eyes held the same innocence and determination.

The girl ran to the blonde's side and took up the same fighting stance the other girl was in. Her short skirt fluttered in the breeze as they waited for the enemy. When the opponent did appear he watched them, a smile on his face, then attacked swiftly. The girls jumped in unison and delivered a double kick to his back, sending him to the ground. Kenshin blinked surprised, he had not seen the man, nor the girls, move. Even now he could not follow the fight between the three. The blonde and pink haired girl took turns fighting their enemy, but they moved so fast that they could only be seen when they slowed or stopped. When they slowed they looked like little more then streaks.

The battle was finished in an hour or less. The man lay on the ground, pinned there by Serena. Any one could tell she was angry, as was the girl behind her. He was beat up and bloody, but the girls seemed relatively untouched. Kenshin looked at his companions, clearly confused,but they seemed as in the dark as he.

"Who are you working for? Tell me." Serena's voice was low. The group watching gulped, glad the gaze and voice were not directed at them. "Tell me! Do you do this on your own? If not, who ordered you?"

"Die." His voice rang out clearly. "I would not betray my master like you betrayed your queen."

"I am the queen, and I was not betrayed." The group of spectators were surprised at what Serena said. It made them blink at her angry tone. 'Queen?'

Suddenly the pink haired girl shoved her to the side, nearly getting hit by the attack that was aimed at the man. It hit the man who still lay on the ground, engulfing him. When the attack cleared, he was no where to be found. Only a darkened spot marked the ground.

"Another enemy." Serena bowed her head sadly.

"It wasn't someone from Chaos?" The pink haired girl asked quietly.

"No." Serena turned to her companion, tears welling in her eyes as she threw her arms around the girl, hugging her. "I thought you were dead. I was so afraid I had lost you."

"I'm fine really." She wrapped her arms around the blonde, returning the hug. Her voice held concern. "I'll tell you what I remember later, but we need to get you to a doctor, your bleeding badly."

"It's only a scratch." Serena was still crying when Megumi came up behind her scowling. The pink haired girl shifted so that she was between her and Serena.

"That is no scratch, it's very deep, let's get you back to the dojo. My things are there, but I don't want you walking so I'll have Sano carry you. SANO." The black haired doctor ordered quickly. She paid no mind to Serena's protector.

"WO, I'm right here Fox." The pink haired girl watched them warily till a soothing hand was placed on her shoulder. She looked back to receive a comforting nod from her companion.

"Don't call me fox. Pick her up and bring her back to the dojo so that I can treat her wounds." Sano obediently did as he was told, while grumbling under his breath. Serena protested weakly saying she could walk fine on her own. Three others joined them as they walked.

"I advise you don't struggle to much. I don't think that girl would like it if you fell." The pink haired girl spoke.

"Spore." Serena returned.

"Meatball head." The group looked at them strangely as the two began fighting. They could not understand a thing they where saying. As suddenly as it started, the yelling stopped. They smiled at each other happily. It was as if they hadn't fought just a moment before.

The girl giggled. "They look funny."

"Well, you would to if there was to people talking in a language the didn't exist on earth."Serena laughed happily.

"Only 'cause they haven't been to the moon. After all we are speaking Lunarian. Of course they wouldn't know that." The two giggled, watching the assorted group with mysterious looks on their faces.

They reached the dojo and Megumi treated Serena and the pink haired girl. Once she came out of Serena's room she called all the others in. When they had all seated themselves around the two girls, Serena spoke.

"I really wish you hadn't followed me, but I suppose you want to know what's going on." Nods greeted her statement. "I'll tell it the easiest way then. You might want to brace yourselves."

Serena took out a crystal shaped like a flower. It glowed brightly and then with a jerking sensation, they found that they were no longer in the dojo but floating in the air over a palace.