Chapter 8 Serena took a deep breath in an attempt to calm her racing nerves. She opened the door to the Gundam pilot’s dorm room and walked in with the outers, including Trista, following close behind. The Gundam guys turned to the sound of the door opening. They had been told by Serena and the others to wait for them in their dorm because they had something important to tell them and they were curious as to what it might be. They watched as one by one the girls entered the room, one of the girls being the dark green-haired one they had seen the other day in class. "What is this about, Serena?" asked Heero as she approached him. "We’ve been keeping something from all of you, and it’s about our past," said Serena softly, "and I need to tell you this in private. Girls, can you tell the other guys for me?" asked Serena. They all nodded to Serena as Heero lead her to his room for some privacy. He closed the door behind and led her to the bed. "Do you trust me?" asked Serena sternly. Heero was momentarily caught off guard by the question, but eventually said yes. Serena took his hands in hers and intertwined their fingers. She closed her eyes and asked Heero to do the same and to clear his mind, which was a little difficult because he was wondering what the heck was going on when suddenly it happened. Flashes of Serena’s life passed through his mind. The Moon Kingdom, It’s destruction and her death. Becoming Sailor Moon and finding the other scouts. The battle with Beryl. All the battles and the pain she went through. The flashes ending with painful realization that the one she had died for so many times wasn’t faithful to her. Heero opened his eyes and stared at her. Tears were streaming down her face and she had a look of utter pain and vulnerability on her lovely features. Wordlessly he got up and headed for the door. "I need time to...think," said Heero before he left. The other Gundam pilots had a similar experience to Heero’s and were currently in a state of shock at what they had seen these girls go through. However they weren’t left in their stupor long as they snapped out of it at the sound of Heero’s door opening and an expressionless Heero walked out of the room and out door. Soon after Heero’s departure, they saw a depressed Serena exit from his room. "We’ll understand if you guys don’t want to be our friends anymore, but understand that we will always be on your side," said Serena. Quatre smiled at the girl "I think I speak for all of us when I say we are all friends here," he said gently. The other pilots nodded in agreement. Serena smiled genuinely at them. "Thank you. You don’t know what that means to me, to us," said Serena smiling, but her smile soon faded at the thought of Heero’s reaction. "Come on Serena, we have class tomorrow and it’s been a long day," said Michelle gently. Serena nodded and girls left. Where Heero is... Heero was on the same bench that Serena and he first kissed. He stared at the moon, deep in thought. ‘How could she keep this me, and how could that jackass Darien do that to her?! I swear if I ever see him again he’s getting a one way ticket to hell!’ thought Heero angrily. ‘I can’t believe everything she has gone through. How could she not tell me?!?! It doesn’t matter though, I still...love her.’ The perfect soldier had admitted to himself that he had indeed fallen in love the with the princess of the moon. Of course he had tried to deny to himself, telling himself that she meant nothing to him, but the thought of her getting hurt or, possibly even worse, being with someone else left a dull pain in his chest that seemed to grow. ‘I better tell her tomorrow since she’s probably sleeping now,’ and with that thought Heero made his way back to his room. The next day... Heero was waiting across the hall from the class Serena was currently in. The bell rang and as the class was filing out a pretty brown haired girl stopped in front of him. She glanced behind her to see a head of golden hair almost at the door when she suddenly said, "Oh Heero I love you too!" and kissed him, ‘WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?!’ thought Heero, but then froze in shock and dread when he heard a small gasp. Heero pulled the girl away from him to be greeted with the sight of Serena with unshed tears in her eyes, two very pissed off protectors and one evilly smirking Mark who was behind the three. "Well, I see your done thinking Heero. I’d better leave the two of you alone," said Serena as she quickly turned and headed for her room. Heero was about to go after her, but what stopped him were the scouts of the sky and the sea. "Get. Out. Of. My. Way," ordered Heero. "No way, don’t you dare come near Serena or I swear I will kick your ass," threatened Amara. Michelle nodded in agreement. Mark, whose smirk only got bigger by the second and remained behind the two silently mouthed to Heero, ‘She’s mine’ before heading to Serena, followed by Amara and Michelle. Heero turned to girl who had kissed him and who had stupidly remained where she was. Heero took out his gun and pointed at the girl, "Why the hell did you do that?" he asked while cocking the gun. "Stop Heero!" Heero turned to see Relena approaching the two with a look of shame on her face. "Don’t hurt her. This was my idea. I was just so upset that you chose Serena over me that I...I’m so sorry! Please forgive me!" begged Relena. Heero just looked at her with an expressionless face, but his eyes betrayed him by revealing a great deal of anger. "Because of you," said Heero calmly, "I might lose the only person to bring me happiness. I hope you’re happy." Heero then pushed her out of his way and headed to the roof of the school. Where Serena is... ‘How could you do this to me, Heero? I thought you were different,’ thought Serena in her room where she had locked herself in and was crying. A beeping noise from Serena’s wrist, however, caused her to momentarily forget her pain as she opened communicator only to be welcome by the panic filled voice of Dr. J. "Serena, colony l6 is under attack!" End of chapter8