Blood Bond With Love
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Serena sat by herself on a bench. Watching as her friends talking and enjoying themselves in the wooden floor below. It was 6:30 William had left early because he had 'some clients waiting for him'. But all her friends were there, Tank was dancing with Lita, Pacey was talking with Mina. Amara and Michiru were talking with Rini, Amy and Rey and everyone looked happy. It was all she'd wanted for months and Darien wasn't there to share it with her.
"Why are you up here Serena?" Asked the black cat.
"Nothing Luna, just thinking"
"Worried about Darien?"
"Yes, he promised me to come and pick me up, he's an hour and a half late! He's missing the party"
"I'm sure he has a good reason for been late Serena"
"I know...I guess I just wanted him to share this with me that's all"
The cat jumped up to the bench and sat beside the blonde.
"Luna"
"Yes?"
"You know I love you right?"
The cat turned to look at her startled at the sudden confession, she found Serena looking back at her. All seriousness in her eyes the cat gently nodded.
"I mean it, you've been a great friend and I thank you for helping me"
"It's been my pleasure to do it Serena. I'm very fond of you too"
"You know what's funny?"
Luna looked at her curiously but Serena had her eyes fixed on her friends.
"For the first time in my life I have everything I ever wanted. And my friends don't consider me such a klutz anymore. And yet I feel like I'm missing something"
"Serena..."
"Luna would you move in with me if I moved with my foster parents?"
"Of course!" The blonde gave the cat a teasing smile.
"Don't trust me enough to leave me alone for more than an hour eh?"
"Well..." Serena sweat dropped and rubbed the back of her head.
"Can't really blame ya. You never know what I might be killing next"
"Serena I don't mean it that way!" The blonde's laughter rang through the back.
"It's ok Luna, I know." An idea occurred to Luna she looked at the young girl; her elbows on her knees while watching her friends have fun below her. In one swift motion the cat jumped to her lap snuggling closer to her stomach. Serena though surprised giggled softly and rubbed Luna's black fur.
"You know, you popped into my life and suddenly game me a reason to live. It's funny, I never expected a cat." She laughed again but it was more of a forced laugh. Luna stared at the girl's expression not understanding what she had just said.
'I never even realized it, but she's turning more and more into princess Serenity as time goes by, I don't know if that's a good thing anymore" The cat's eyes watered. She remembered her princess vividly; she wasn't like this Serena at all. The biggest difference was the happy, bubbly loving aura Serena had. Something the princess had lacked.
Sure enough Serenity had had all those things but being brought up in a world where everything she did mattered to everyone, had created a dark cloud around the princess. Her real smiles were few and sometimes she pushed the scouts away, something that made her lonely. This was something she and Artemis had kept quiet about, afraid it would affect the girls decisions in the future.
The door cracked open, a silent Darien looked around the room making sure he had the right place. As soon as she saw Darien's face Rini ran full speed to greet him seeing a pink haired girl approaching full speed he opened the door and hugged the girl back.
"Darien! I thought you wouldn't come!"
"Of course I did, I was just held up for a little bit"
"Serena danced for us" Commented Rey as he came closer to the group.
"She's pretty amazing" Said Amy, Darien caught the reprehensive tone in her voice.
Darien looked around looking for his blonde odango but found her nowhere to be seen. In the act of looking around he pumped into the gazes of Tank and a black haired man he had never seen before. Both man approached him.
"So you're the boyfriend!" Said Pacey extending a hand for him to take.
"Yes, I'm Darien. Pacey I presume?"
"You presume correctly"
"Darien you missed the party" Said Michiru a sorry tone on her part.
"I'm sorry to hear that, I was held back by work"
"Work eh?" Tank raised an eyebrow in doubt.
"If works holds you up so easily I wonder what are your priorities" Commented Pacey easily, Tank gave him a light punch in the ribs.
"Don't mind him Darien, he's an A.H (asshole) by heart. A word of advice to you, don't mess with him cause he's more dangerous than Will and me combined. His tongue is to loose" Said Tank sounding half serious and half joking. But the death glare Pacey shot back at him stopped his doubts.
"I'll remember that" Darien held Pacey's gaze for just a second before Rini tugged at his sleeve.
"It was so cool, you should have seen it! Serena can actually dance without tripping over herself!"
Everyone in the group sweat dropped. It seemed the girl's klutz reputation had really gone a little too far. Darien's eye caught a glimpse of blonde hair up on the last benches. Turning fully he saw as Serena held his gaze for a short moment before turning around and disappearing deeper into the back.
"You're in BIG trouble" Said Amara taking a more comical tone. Serena was really pissed, it would be interesting to witness her kicking the future king's butt.
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The cool air hit her skin immediately she shivered under the drastic change of temperature. She had used the emergency door to exit the plains and she didn't even know why she had run away.
'Why? I mean I could have just ran to him and be happy he made it but why didn't I? Why did I have to get away!' She sighed.
"Because he left me alone again" She said out loud she stopped by a big sakura tree and leaned against it. She remembered when she used to play in this same spot when she was a child.
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"Serena pass me the ball!"
"NO!"
"Pass it!"
"NO!" She yelled once more. It was her favourite pink ball and the boys dared play with it!
"Serena we need to play with something"
Her hold on the ball tightened. William ran a hand through his golden locks. He turned to the other two boys beside him. One tanned boy had his arms folded against his chest, the other had an annoyed look on his face.
"We better just leave her the ball"
"But what are we going to play with?"
"C'mon lets ask my mom if she has any more balls" Suggested William. The other boys shrugged and followed him but not before Pacey could shoot a smart aleck remark to the baby blue eyed blonde still holding a death grip on the ball.
"You're such a baby, grow up already!"
Serena sobbed and collapsed on her feet in front of a big sakura tree. It wasn't the first time she was told she should grow up. Her teachers in school told her that a lot but why should she grow up? So she could become as mean and selfish as her real parents were? She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. Looking up she met with her mother's loving icy blue eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asked softly.
"The boys wanted to play with my ball....I don't want them to play with my ball. (Sob) I don't wanna grow up!"
Trinity sat beside the child, pulling her towards her so she was sitting on her lap. Serena hid her face on the woman's pale neck seeking comfort in the only place she knew where.
"Shh don't cry. It's your ball so you decide who plays with it and who doesn't. And you ARE growing up, you grow up everyday!"
"Everyone says I don't"
"Who's everyone?"
"Will, and Pacey, and Tank, and Faith even my teachers!"
Trinity frowned at the new piece of information. She could tolerate it from the children but her teachers, who did they think they were!
"Listen to me honey, everyone wants us to be what they want but that doesn't mean we have to be what or who other people want to make us be. We are who we are, we do what we want when we feel ready to do it. You don't ride a bike when your just learning to walk now do you?"
The petite child in her arms chuckled softly. "No" She whispered.
"Exactly! We all have a time and you're ready you will start doing different things but with every passing day you become more capable of doing them. You grow everyday"
Serena nodded, wiping the tears away from her eyes. She threw her arms around her mother's neck Trinity held her back.
"Thank you mommy"
Trinity could feel her heart melting with the sound of the word.
"You're welcome honey"
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Serena ran a hand over the grass, now black because of the night. She had so many happy memories scattered all over the garden this place was like her little box of memories. How she wished she could hug Trinity right now, suddenly she felt like she wanted to hug her mother Ikuko. It was weird, she knew but she wanted to just be held right now by one of her mothers.
The cloudy sky cleared up letting in a moon ray from up above, falling gently over Serena's face. She looked up and smiled at the reminder, she had more than two mothers she really had 3.
'I am definitely crazy, who has three mothers?' She laughed at her own conclusion.
"Why do things have to be so hard? Why? Everything was so great and then everything had to come falling on me. Why did I tell them....ooh Darien you left me alone again" She said out loud her eyes began to tear anger replacing the pain.
'My friends, my family ha. Darien has left me alone two times already, I have two families and I'm not close to either one of them, my parents don't even know what I like to do. I'm drifting more and more away from my other parents each day. My friends still think I'm a klutz though not as big as before and they're still steamed at me for not trusting them enough to tell them my secret AND Rini! My own future daughter thinks I'm useless. Why do I even bother to try? If everything will fall on me again?
You were right Faith you can't win them all. I've saved the world so many times and I'm still miserable. I wish.... (sob) I wish this pain would just stop. I wish somebody would just tell me everything will be all right and mean it. I wish...somebody would accept me for who I am and not try to change me. SO what if I want to be late all the time. What if sleeping is the only time I can run away from myself. So what if I choose to pig out ALL the time I just want to be normal. For once I just wanted to feel normal....'
She pressed her legs against her chest hugging them to her. Her face hidden in the material of her skirt she began crying her sobs becoming more and more strong each time. The sound of her own cries alien to her, so full of pain and anger that she couldn't recognize them.
That's when a killing sharp pain at the side of her back began. Like a sting, as if a knife was cutting through her sensitive skin. But not a knife, the pain was familiar to her it was a bullet. She cried out on pain. Feeling as it slowly ever so slowly it reached her heart the pain so strong it made her wish for death.
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The sound of a heart-tearing scream hushed everyone in the plain. The talking stopped, the music was stopped. They heard as another scream passed through their ears. They all looked around praying for Serena to be there somewhere, looking for a reassurance it was the scream of someone they didn't know. But when they looked around they saw Serena nowhere in sight.
Everyone made eye contact with everyone they all rushed outside where the scream had been heard of. All 11 of them ran outside trying to hear where the screams were coming from. A loud sob was heard from under a far away tree, Amy and Mina stayed a few feet away from the spot with Rini the rest ran to the tree to find Serena on the floor, blood staining her back.
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A cool wet cloth was pressed against her forehead. Rey watched as her friend's breathing steadied slowly.
"How is she?" Asked Mina with some new bandages.
"Better"
"How did it happen?" Lita stood still her eyes focused on the unconscious blonde. "One moment she was there the next we heard screams"
"I'm trying to put the pieces together myself"
"She should be in a hospital. Why didn't we bring her to a hospital?" Asked Amy sadly.
"Because there is no wound. Just blood" The door slipped open revealing an elegant aqua haired young woman and on older blonde woman.
"How is she?" Asked Michiru softly.
"Better, the fever went down"
"Did you drop Rini off?"
"Yeah, she didn't want to leave. We had to promise her we would tell her as soon as she woke up" Answered Amara.
"Are the guys back yet?"
"No"
"What's taking them so long?"
"William said he would know what to do by the time he got back."
"Why won't he just tell us what's going on?"
"I think it's all in her mind"
"What do you mean Amy?"
"Look at her wound, there's no wound but the skin is bleeding. And it's bleeding in a circular pattern like a bullet."
"You mean maybe she re lived what happened to her? How's that possible?"
"I don't know"
Serena's eyes opened, she felt a wave of pain in the middle of her back invade her. She gasped in pain, her friend's eyes widened in surprise and she found herself surrounded by girls in less than five seconds.
"Serena you're awake!"
"How do you feel?"
"Are you ok?"
"What happened?"
She felt her head spin at the thousand questions. She noticed she was lying on her stomach she tried to turn over but the sharp pain stopped her from it. Ray placed a hand on her bareback.
"It hurts." She cried.
"I know, don't worry there's no wound. It's just bleeding a bit"
"What happened?" She asked confused.
"We don't know we just found you on the ground crying out from the pain"
"We were so worried" Added Amy.
"I'm sorry to worry you. I never thought this could happen. I just saw the silver crystal glow and next thing I know I feel like a bullet just shot me"
"Oh Sere..."
"Where's Darien?"
"He and other guys went to Tank's gym to get supplies. William said something about talking to Faith"
"NO!" She tried to stand up but found it hard to.
"Don't stand, you're not strong enough yet" Ordered Lita.
"He can't, he shouldn't. This is my problem, I mean....I am responsible for this"
"Why don't you let us help you?"
"Because you'll only get hurt." Answered Serena coldly.
"How! You don't even know what's happening to you!" Snapped Amara.
"I don't know its just....maybe, I think...I don't know"
"You said you had to start trusting that people could help you. Why don't you let us help?" Pleaded Mina. Serena closed her eyes for a second. They were right it was time to let them help her. It was her time to grow up.
"Ok...thanks"
The scouts smiled at their leader lovingly. Serena had helped them through their tough times it was they're time to help her through hers.
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Darien paced around the living room nervously. Pacey sat on the couch his eyes closed, Tank was somewhere in the house getting medical supplies. And William was on the phone trying to contact Faith.
"Why didn't we take her to the hospital!" Half yelled Darien, his temper and worry getting the better of him.
"Listen you want to take her to the hospital go ahead but all they're going to do is call her parents and make them worry. There's no wound to prove anything Einstein! They'll think its cancer or something like that!" The last sentence caused Darien to halt right in front of him pure terror in his eyes.
"She doesn't have Cancer! It's all in her brain. Her inner pain must be causing physical pain, I don't know. She's been so confused since she came here, there was a time not too long ago when she wanted to run away she didn't think she would ever fit in we were right down worried about her. Especially since your royal idiot ness left her alone 'twice' in less than two years." William's voice was demanding causing Darien's temper to flare.
"How dare you! Do you have any idea how much it hurt me to leave her! You couldn't possibly understand how much it hurt me to leave her, to cause her pain. I love her more than life itself!"
"If that was true you would have seen deeper into her soul a long time ago! Into her mind, how much she was hurting. Everyone freaking believes she's just a klutz and an idiot they don't stop to think something might be causing her to act like this. That she's just protecting herself!"
"She's not protecting herself what would she be protecting herself from?"
"From hurting you...from getting hurt. She knows you love her she knows you all love her it's just she doesn't think she can trust you. After all who would trust completely someone who's always trying to make her be someone else without finding out who she really is" Said William this time softer, Darien collapsed on the couch his hands covering his eyes. How could he have been so blind, how could they have been so blind?
"How do you know she's really getting hurt? She's happy because that's the way it is. How do you know? You haven't been around much yourself" Snapped Darien regretting the words as soon as they came out his mouth.
"You're right mate, I don't. That's what hurts"
Right then after the fifth time a soft commanding voice was heard from the other side.
"Faith here talk frigging fast!"
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HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!! Sugar Spice Girl! I'm so happy you took this as a birthday present. Thank you. Thanks Sqeekers, you've been there every step as well as
Thank you all please review! The story is almost over, next chapter Neo and Trinity come to TOKYO! Oh yeah!, god I'm nuts.
I'm having writer's block..... I'm doing my best please suggestions are welcome. I'm trying to end the story as soon as possible I hope I don't disappoint you. You've all been so great to me!
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Serena sat by herself on a bench. Watching as her friends talking and enjoying themselves in the wooden floor below. It was 6:30 William had left early because he had 'some clients waiting for him'. But all her friends were there, Tank was dancing with Lita, Pacey was talking with Mina. Amara and Michiru were talking with Rini, Amy and Rey and everyone looked happy. It was all she'd wanted for months and Darien wasn't there to share it with her.
"Why are you up here Serena?" Asked the black cat.
"Nothing Luna, just thinking"
"Worried about Darien?"
"Yes, he promised me to come and pick me up, he's an hour and a half late! He's missing the party"
"I'm sure he has a good reason for been late Serena"
"I know...I guess I just wanted him to share this with me that's all"
The cat jumped up to the bench and sat beside the blonde.
"Luna"
"Yes?"
"You know I love you right?"
The cat turned to look at her startled at the sudden confession, she found Serena looking back at her. All seriousness in her eyes the cat gently nodded.
"I mean it, you've been a great friend and I thank you for helping me"
"It's been my pleasure to do it Serena. I'm very fond of you too"
"You know what's funny?"
Luna looked at her curiously but Serena had her eyes fixed on her friends.
"For the first time in my life I have everything I ever wanted. And my friends don't consider me such a klutz anymore. And yet I feel like I'm missing something"
"Serena..."
"Luna would you move in with me if I moved with my foster parents?"
"Of course!" The blonde gave the cat a teasing smile.
"Don't trust me enough to leave me alone for more than an hour eh?"
"Well..." Serena sweat dropped and rubbed the back of her head.
"Can't really blame ya. You never know what I might be killing next"
"Serena I don't mean it that way!" The blonde's laughter rang through the back.
"It's ok Luna, I know." An idea occurred to Luna she looked at the young girl; her elbows on her knees while watching her friends have fun below her. In one swift motion the cat jumped to her lap snuggling closer to her stomach. Serena though surprised giggled softly and rubbed Luna's black fur.
"You know, you popped into my life and suddenly game me a reason to live. It's funny, I never expected a cat." She laughed again but it was more of a forced laugh. Luna stared at the girl's expression not understanding what she had just said.
'I never even realized it, but she's turning more and more into princess Serenity as time goes by, I don't know if that's a good thing anymore" The cat's eyes watered. She remembered her princess vividly; she wasn't like this Serena at all. The biggest difference was the happy, bubbly loving aura Serena had. Something the princess had lacked.
Sure enough Serenity had had all those things but being brought up in a world where everything she did mattered to everyone, had created a dark cloud around the princess. Her real smiles were few and sometimes she pushed the scouts away, something that made her lonely. This was something she and Artemis had kept quiet about, afraid it would affect the girls decisions in the future.
The door cracked open, a silent Darien looked around the room making sure he had the right place. As soon as she saw Darien's face Rini ran full speed to greet him seeing a pink haired girl approaching full speed he opened the door and hugged the girl back.
"Darien! I thought you wouldn't come!"
"Of course I did, I was just held up for a little bit"
"Serena danced for us" Commented Rey as he came closer to the group.
"She's pretty amazing" Said Amy, Darien caught the reprehensive tone in her voice.
Darien looked around looking for his blonde odango but found her nowhere to be seen. In the act of looking around he pumped into the gazes of Tank and a black haired man he had never seen before. Both man approached him.
"So you're the boyfriend!" Said Pacey extending a hand for him to take.
"Yes, I'm Darien. Pacey I presume?"
"You presume correctly"
"Darien you missed the party" Said Michiru a sorry tone on her part.
"I'm sorry to hear that, I was held back by work"
"Work eh?" Tank raised an eyebrow in doubt.
"If works holds you up so easily I wonder what are your priorities" Commented Pacey easily, Tank gave him a light punch in the ribs.
"Don't mind him Darien, he's an A.H (asshole) by heart. A word of advice to you, don't mess with him cause he's more dangerous than Will and me combined. His tongue is to loose" Said Tank sounding half serious and half joking. But the death glare Pacey shot back at him stopped his doubts.
"I'll remember that" Darien held Pacey's gaze for just a second before Rini tugged at his sleeve.
"It was so cool, you should have seen it! Serena can actually dance without tripping over herself!"
Everyone in the group sweat dropped. It seemed the girl's klutz reputation had really gone a little too far. Darien's eye caught a glimpse of blonde hair up on the last benches. Turning fully he saw as Serena held his gaze for a short moment before turning around and disappearing deeper into the back.
"You're in BIG trouble" Said Amara taking a more comical tone. Serena was really pissed, it would be interesting to witness her kicking the future king's butt.
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The cool air hit her skin immediately she shivered under the drastic change of temperature. She had used the emergency door to exit the plains and she didn't even know why she had run away.
'Why? I mean I could have just ran to him and be happy he made it but why didn't I? Why did I have to get away!' She sighed.
"Because he left me alone again" She said out loud she stopped by a big sakura tree and leaned against it. She remembered when she used to play in this same spot when she was a child.
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"Serena pass me the ball!"
"NO!"
"Pass it!"
"NO!" She yelled once more. It was her favourite pink ball and the boys dared play with it!
"Serena we need to play with something"
Her hold on the ball tightened. William ran a hand through his golden locks. He turned to the other two boys beside him. One tanned boy had his arms folded against his chest, the other had an annoyed look on his face.
"We better just leave her the ball"
"But what are we going to play with?"
"C'mon lets ask my mom if she has any more balls" Suggested William. The other boys shrugged and followed him but not before Pacey could shoot a smart aleck remark to the baby blue eyed blonde still holding a death grip on the ball.
"You're such a baby, grow up already!"
Serena sobbed and collapsed on her feet in front of a big sakura tree. It wasn't the first time she was told she should grow up. Her teachers in school told her that a lot but why should she grow up? So she could become as mean and selfish as her real parents were? She felt a warm hand on her shoulder. Looking up she met with her mother's loving icy blue eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asked softly.
"The boys wanted to play with my ball....I don't want them to play with my ball. (Sob) I don't wanna grow up!"
Trinity sat beside the child, pulling her towards her so she was sitting on her lap. Serena hid her face on the woman's pale neck seeking comfort in the only place she knew where.
"Shh don't cry. It's your ball so you decide who plays with it and who doesn't. And you ARE growing up, you grow up everyday!"
"Everyone says I don't"
"Who's everyone?"
"Will, and Pacey, and Tank, and Faith even my teachers!"
Trinity frowned at the new piece of information. She could tolerate it from the children but her teachers, who did they think they were!
"Listen to me honey, everyone wants us to be what they want but that doesn't mean we have to be what or who other people want to make us be. We are who we are, we do what we want when we feel ready to do it. You don't ride a bike when your just learning to walk now do you?"
The petite child in her arms chuckled softly. "No" She whispered.
"Exactly! We all have a time and you're ready you will start doing different things but with every passing day you become more capable of doing them. You grow everyday"
Serena nodded, wiping the tears away from her eyes. She threw her arms around her mother's neck Trinity held her back.
"Thank you mommy"
Trinity could feel her heart melting with the sound of the word.
"You're welcome honey"
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Serena ran a hand over the grass, now black because of the night. She had so many happy memories scattered all over the garden this place was like her little box of memories. How she wished she could hug Trinity right now, suddenly she felt like she wanted to hug her mother Ikuko. It was weird, she knew but she wanted to just be held right now by one of her mothers.
The cloudy sky cleared up letting in a moon ray from up above, falling gently over Serena's face. She looked up and smiled at the reminder, she had more than two mothers she really had 3.
'I am definitely crazy, who has three mothers?' She laughed at her own conclusion.
"Why do things have to be so hard? Why? Everything was so great and then everything had to come falling on me. Why did I tell them....ooh Darien you left me alone again" She said out loud her eyes began to tear anger replacing the pain.
'My friends, my family ha. Darien has left me alone two times already, I have two families and I'm not close to either one of them, my parents don't even know what I like to do. I'm drifting more and more away from my other parents each day. My friends still think I'm a klutz though not as big as before and they're still steamed at me for not trusting them enough to tell them my secret AND Rini! My own future daughter thinks I'm useless. Why do I even bother to try? If everything will fall on me again?
You were right Faith you can't win them all. I've saved the world so many times and I'm still miserable. I wish.... (sob) I wish this pain would just stop. I wish somebody would just tell me everything will be all right and mean it. I wish...somebody would accept me for who I am and not try to change me. SO what if I want to be late all the time. What if sleeping is the only time I can run away from myself. So what if I choose to pig out ALL the time I just want to be normal. For once I just wanted to feel normal....'
She pressed her legs against her chest hugging them to her. Her face hidden in the material of her skirt she began crying her sobs becoming more and more strong each time. The sound of her own cries alien to her, so full of pain and anger that she couldn't recognize them.
That's when a killing sharp pain at the side of her back began. Like a sting, as if a knife was cutting through her sensitive skin. But not a knife, the pain was familiar to her it was a bullet. She cried out on pain. Feeling as it slowly ever so slowly it reached her heart the pain so strong it made her wish for death.
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The sound of a heart-tearing scream hushed everyone in the plain. The talking stopped, the music was stopped. They heard as another scream passed through their ears. They all looked around praying for Serena to be there somewhere, looking for a reassurance it was the scream of someone they didn't know. But when they looked around they saw Serena nowhere in sight.
Everyone made eye contact with everyone they all rushed outside where the scream had been heard of. All 11 of them ran outside trying to hear where the screams were coming from. A loud sob was heard from under a far away tree, Amy and Mina stayed a few feet away from the spot with Rini the rest ran to the tree to find Serena on the floor, blood staining her back.
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A cool wet cloth was pressed against her forehead. Rey watched as her friend's breathing steadied slowly.
"How is she?" Asked Mina with some new bandages.
"Better"
"How did it happen?" Lita stood still her eyes focused on the unconscious blonde. "One moment she was there the next we heard screams"
"I'm trying to put the pieces together myself"
"She should be in a hospital. Why didn't we bring her to a hospital?" Asked Amy sadly.
"Because there is no wound. Just blood" The door slipped open revealing an elegant aqua haired young woman and on older blonde woman.
"How is she?" Asked Michiru softly.
"Better, the fever went down"
"Did you drop Rini off?"
"Yeah, she didn't want to leave. We had to promise her we would tell her as soon as she woke up" Answered Amara.
"Are the guys back yet?"
"No"
"What's taking them so long?"
"William said he would know what to do by the time he got back."
"Why won't he just tell us what's going on?"
"I think it's all in her mind"
"What do you mean Amy?"
"Look at her wound, there's no wound but the skin is bleeding. And it's bleeding in a circular pattern like a bullet."
"You mean maybe she re lived what happened to her? How's that possible?"
"I don't know"
Serena's eyes opened, she felt a wave of pain in the middle of her back invade her. She gasped in pain, her friend's eyes widened in surprise and she found herself surrounded by girls in less than five seconds.
"Serena you're awake!"
"How do you feel?"
"Are you ok?"
"What happened?"
She felt her head spin at the thousand questions. She noticed she was lying on her stomach she tried to turn over but the sharp pain stopped her from it. Ray placed a hand on her bareback.
"It hurts." She cried.
"I know, don't worry there's no wound. It's just bleeding a bit"
"What happened?" She asked confused.
"We don't know we just found you on the ground crying out from the pain"
"We were so worried" Added Amy.
"I'm sorry to worry you. I never thought this could happen. I just saw the silver crystal glow and next thing I know I feel like a bullet just shot me"
"Oh Sere..."
"Where's Darien?"
"He and other guys went to Tank's gym to get supplies. William said something about talking to Faith"
"NO!" She tried to stand up but found it hard to.
"Don't stand, you're not strong enough yet" Ordered Lita.
"He can't, he shouldn't. This is my problem, I mean....I am responsible for this"
"Why don't you let us help you?"
"Because you'll only get hurt." Answered Serena coldly.
"How! You don't even know what's happening to you!" Snapped Amara.
"I don't know its just....maybe, I think...I don't know"
"You said you had to start trusting that people could help you. Why don't you let us help?" Pleaded Mina. Serena closed her eyes for a second. They were right it was time to let them help her. It was her time to grow up.
"Ok...thanks"
The scouts smiled at their leader lovingly. Serena had helped them through their tough times it was they're time to help her through hers.
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Darien paced around the living room nervously. Pacey sat on the couch his eyes closed, Tank was somewhere in the house getting medical supplies. And William was on the phone trying to contact Faith.
"Why didn't we take her to the hospital!" Half yelled Darien, his temper and worry getting the better of him.
"Listen you want to take her to the hospital go ahead but all they're going to do is call her parents and make them worry. There's no wound to prove anything Einstein! They'll think its cancer or something like that!" The last sentence caused Darien to halt right in front of him pure terror in his eyes.
"She doesn't have Cancer! It's all in her brain. Her inner pain must be causing physical pain, I don't know. She's been so confused since she came here, there was a time not too long ago when she wanted to run away she didn't think she would ever fit in we were right down worried about her. Especially since your royal idiot ness left her alone 'twice' in less than two years." William's voice was demanding causing Darien's temper to flare.
"How dare you! Do you have any idea how much it hurt me to leave her! You couldn't possibly understand how much it hurt me to leave her, to cause her pain. I love her more than life itself!"
"If that was true you would have seen deeper into her soul a long time ago! Into her mind, how much she was hurting. Everyone freaking believes she's just a klutz and an idiot they don't stop to think something might be causing her to act like this. That she's just protecting herself!"
"She's not protecting herself what would she be protecting herself from?"
"From hurting you...from getting hurt. She knows you love her she knows you all love her it's just she doesn't think she can trust you. After all who would trust completely someone who's always trying to make her be someone else without finding out who she really is" Said William this time softer, Darien collapsed on the couch his hands covering his eyes. How could he have been so blind, how could they have been so blind?
"How do you know she's really getting hurt? She's happy because that's the way it is. How do you know? You haven't been around much yourself" Snapped Darien regretting the words as soon as they came out his mouth.
"You're right mate, I don't. That's what hurts"
Right then after the fifth time a soft commanding voice was heard from the other side.
"Faith here talk frigging fast!"
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HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!! Sugar Spice Girl! I'm so happy you took this as a birthday present. Thank you. Thanks Sqeekers, you've been there every step as well as
Thank you all please review! The story is almost over, next chapter Neo and Trinity come to TOKYO! Oh yeah!, god I'm nuts.
I'm having writer's block..... I'm doing my best please suggestions are welcome. I'm trying to end the story as soon as possible I hope I don't disappoint you. You've all been so great to me!