Your Love: Chapter 2

The sun shone brightly through Serena's bedroom window as she was just finishing getting ready to head down to the studio. Mina had already begun working when Serena had awoken. She placed one last bobby pin in her hair to hold it in a firm bun in the nape of her neck. As she began to head down to the studio room where Mina was waiting for her, her cell phone rang with a number she didn't recognize. She stopped outside the penthouse door hesitating to answer it thinking that it might be her ex boyfriend Darien Shields, but finally she answered it.

"Hello? This is Sere."

"Hello. I'm sorry to call at such an early time in the morning, but you see miss my two brothers and I have been gone for quite some time now and we just got back yesterday. We called our old manager, but you see he passed away last year so his widow gave me this number to call and told me that you're the best there is and could get us back on top."

"I see. Well right now I'm with a client of mine and we are working on getting out her first cd done by the end of the week. How about we meet some place to go over your guy's things and see if we can make anything of it. How does tonight at 9 sound?"

"Perfect."

"Great! Meet me at the Crown Arcade's café."

"Thank you. How will I know it's you?"

"Just look for the blond with a low bun wearing a white leather jacket with gray slacks."

"Alright see you then."

The two hung up as Serena reached the studio room where Mina was recording one of her songs. The young idol smiled at her friend when she saw her smiling shining blue eyes across the room. The song ended a few minutes later and they played it back knowing that that was the copy they would use on the cd. To celebrate the last song on the cd the two went out for a lunch of champagne and lobster. The two returned three hours later to see the finished copy of the cd that would be sent out tomorrow morning. It would be a month before the cd hit the market, but the girls knew that it was worth the wait and so did the fans. At quarter to 9 Serena grabbed the helmet to her bike as she made her way towards the door.

"Sere, please tell me your not taking the bike out this late at night."

"Sorry Mi-chan but I'm meeting someone at the Crown to go over his and his two brothers things. They want to get to the top again, but I think that they will have to just be pleased with second because there is no way that they are going to pass Minako."

They laughed as she grabbed her coat and left the penthouse for the night. Serena mounted her bike that she had waiting for her outside and sped off on it a moment later. When she reached the Crown it was exactly nine o'clock ,which was perfect timing for her like usual. She walked in leaving her helmet on her bike as she looked around to find the young man that had called her only that morning. When she turned around to look at the counter she saw a young man with brown hair approaching her.

"Are you Sere?"

"Yes I am. Who are you by the way?"

"Taiki. Taiki Kou."

"No way! You guys are back!"

"You know who we are?"

"Taiki, it's me Serena. You know Serena Tsukino."

"You're a manager! Congratulations who knew you would pass through school."

"That's cold Taiki. Any way lets get down to business here. First of all I don't want you telling Yaten and Seiya that I'm managing you guys until they meet me. Second I will tell you right now that you guys will probably only be number two on the charts."

"Alright I won't tell them, but we won't settle for second Serena and you know it."

"I do, but I also know that my other client has been at the top of the charts since you guys left and I know that she isn't going anywhere by the looks of her concerts, the way her songs are, and the way she acts towards her fans."

"Then we will try are damnedest to get there."

"Good luck then. Are you guys still using your old studio?"

"Yes."

"Then what I need you three to do is give it a paint job that represents you guys so everyone knows that your back. Second I will need all of your measurements so I can get your stage outfits going and tell Seiya that he will wear what I pick out no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Third I want you guys working on getting some new songs going. I will be over later this week to see what you've got, but until then I want you to fax me the measurements."

"We'll get right on it I promise. Now down to payment."

"Well since you guys are friends I will do for you what I'm doing with my other friend. I get 10% of everything you guys make. Sound good enough to you?"

"I think that is the best offer we will ever get."

"Good. Now why are you back?"

"Our Princess sent us here to follow our hearts. We are here for good now too since she told us we aren't allowed to return."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright Serena. How's Amy-san?"

"Great! She's graduated from her doctorate school and is now working at Tokyo General."

"She always did work hard to get where she wanted to be."

"Yes she did. Well Taiki I will see you all on Friday, but if you need anything you got my number so just call."

"Will do."

Taiki followed Serena out of the arcade and was shocked when she walked over to her bike and put on her helmet. She said goodbye as she mounted her bike and within a moment she sped off down the street leaving the tallest light walking over to the bright yellow Mercedes. When he arrived at his place he found Seiya and Yaten waiting up for him in their living room. He told them what their new manager had said and when he told Seiya about the stage clothing the raven-haired man scowled and complained about who does she think she is. The next morning the three went out and got paint for the inside and the outside of their studio after Taiki faxed over their measurements with a note about Seiya not liking what she said about the clothing. When the fax came in Serena laughed when she saw what Taiki had said about Seiya making her picture the look on his face. That day she sat down with her sketchbook and began sketching out outfits for the three since Mina was out for the day. By the end of the week Serena had all of their sketches done with three different colors for each light and an extra outfit.

Serena arrived at the freshly painted dark blue and silver building wearing white pants with her favorite white jimmy chu's and orange blouse, that came from Mina one Christmas, and of course her white leather jacket. When she opened the studio door she found it done in a nice reds and yellows. She was pleased with the out come of the place, but she knew that Minako's studio was done much better. She found Taiki at the staircase waiting for her. He called for Seiya and Yaten to come out so they could meet and talk with her, but he was surprised when Seiya flew down the stairs and already began nagging her about the clothing thing.

"Seiya please calm down at least until you see the sketches that I have done."

"Fine, but I don't wear purple."

"I know." she laughed

Serena opened the booklet and showed him his usual suit that would be done in red, dark blue, and black. Then she showed him his "light" outfit as she called it and it was done in white leather pants, a red tight shirt with a dark blue pair of sunglasses. She also showed Taiki and Yaten that theirs looked exactly like Seiya's only Taiki's was done with a yellow tight shirt with black shades and Yaten's had a tight blue shirt with orange shades. Once she was done explaining the outfits Taiki looked at her like "you have got to be kidding me! I'm not wearing that!" Seiya on the other hand was pleased that there was no sign of purple anywhere in the outfit. Serena went on about what they were going to be doing the next couple of days and what they should be working on. She told them that they did a great job on making the studio look like them, but she also said that they could have done it better.

"Who do you think you are? We did everything that you asked!" yelled Seiya

"I think I'm your manager and I figured that you guys would put more shine into it!"

"Now look here little miss she thinks she is all that, we have been gone for three years for god's sake give us a break!" enraged Yaten

"I know that Yaten! I was there when you guys left!"

"Really now, I don't remember seeing a young girl wearing top dollar clothing there with her hair pulled back!" said Yaten pissed

"That's because I didn't dress like this then! Look I've had enough of this either you guys work with me or you don't I don't really care at this point, but I will not put of with you guys bitching at me when I tell you that you could have done things better!"

"Taiki don't just stand there say something! She's insulting all of us!" said Seiya

"She's doing her job Seiya and I respect that."

Before anyone could say anything else Serena's phone went off and she apologized but she had to take the call. With open ears the three of them tried to listen in to see if she was talking to their new competition.

"Mi-chan calm down. What has you so hyped up?"

"Sere Raye's back!"

"Raye's back! I thought she was supposed to be in France right now?"

"She was but she decided that she wanted to be here for the coming out of the new cd."

"Alright tell her I'll be right there. Do the other's know?"

"I called Amy and tried Lita, but I didn't get her at home and I don't have her cell number."

"Ok I'll call her and call Amy back and tell her to get dressed we are going out tonight. In the mean time I'll make the call and I will see you in an hour."

Serena hung up the phone and apologized again for interruption. Before she left she told them that they should stay out of the public eye until they started rehearsing, which Seiya immediately pounced on her again about since he wanted to go see an old friend. Serena knew instantly what friend he wanted to see and she told him that he would see his friend in time.

"Sere you can't be serious! What am I supposed to do until rehearsals!"

"I don't know Seiya. I guess you will have to figure that out for yourself."

Enraged he followed her outside to her bike, which surprised him even more. He was still yelling at her when she unpinned her hair and tied it back with a pink ribbon. "How stupid can he be! I would have thought that having my hair down even for a second he would have recognized me!" She told him goodbye and that she would see him tomorrow when she dropped off the outfits. With everything said she mounted her bike and sped off. When she got home she saw that Mina was already dressed in her orange thigh high dress with the see through stomach area and matching orange heels. She found Raye in the guest room and hugged her letting her know that she was happy that she was back. After a few minutes of chatting Serena let her finish getting ready and went into her own room to find a pale pink satin dress with silver shoes next to it. She got ready in about ten minutes as she finished putting her hair in her usual buns on the top her head. Serena found Amy and Raye talking in the living room talking about everyone's career. The foursome left the penthouse and took Mina's limo to Tokyo's finest where they were seated immediately.

"Serena couldn't you have done something better with your hair!" complained Raye

"I could have left it the way it was when I came in, but I decided not to."

"Serena, how is working for Mina going?" asked Amy changing the subject

"Great! I love getting to work with her every day, because it's always different but now that I just took on another band I won't be able to work with her everyday."

"When did this happen? Who is it?" asked Raye

"Today, well actually I got the call earlier this week but I worked with them today. I can't reveal that yet well at least not until they have their first concert."

"Aw come on Sere please!" begged Mina

"Sorry Mi but you know how it is."

"True."

Before anyone else could beg Serena's phone went off for what seemed the thousandth time that day. Seeing that it was her new clients calling Serena excused herself so that she could take the call without any listeners.

"Hello?"

"Hey it's Taiki. I thought you might want to know that Seiya has left and on the way over to your place."

"Damnit! Doesn't he listen! Well I guess he will just have to find out that I don't live with my folks anymore."

"Well you know Seiya. Hey I forgot to ask you earlier, but when do we get to meet our competition?"

"Good point. Umm let's see she has a autograph signing tomorrow at the arcade if you want to stop by."

"Great! What time?"

"Two."

"Alright. See you there then. When are you going to tell Seiya and Yaten by the way?"

"I don't know Taiki. I'll figure it out, but in the mean time I have to get back to the girls."

"Alright see you tomorrow."

Serena hung up the phone and went back to the girls. After catching up for three hours the girls finally called it a night. They dropped Amy off at her place and then headed back to Mina's and Serena's place. Once inside they all went their separate ways and went directly to bed. Before Serena fell asleep she made a mental note to tell Mina that she would be meeting her new competition on their way to the autograph signing.

Okay so for now I am putting a hold on identity theft and so this is love until i can figure out on what to do to give them a twist. So for now I am just going to work with Your Love and Struggling to Survive. I hope you enjoy them! -Usagichan-