Chapter 1: My family and first day of school
Hi! My name is Marina Acqua. I'm 6 years old and live with my grandpa Timoteo and big brother Xanxus in the Vongola mafia family mansion. Xanxus has some really fun friends who come to visit; I really like to play with Lussuria but he keeps telling me to look up to him as a big sister. I also like to play with Squalo, but he can be really loud so I don't play too much with him. There is also Mammon, he's a flying baby but he is really greedy so I don't really want to play with him. Then there is Belphegor or as we all call him, Bel. He keeps saying that he's a prince and has a big ego so I don't play with him. And then there is Leviathan or Levi as he is also called. He's a suck up to Xanxus and I don't like him, he looks really weird.
I'm the bastard child of grandpa's bastard son, or that's what my mother told me. My dad died before I was born and my mom started seeing this other guy. He looked nice and all but he and mom always beat me. Mom said it was because of my eyes, that they remind her of my dad and grandpa. Her boyfriend said that it was because of my black hair but it was clear even to me that it was just something he enjoyed doing. But the worst thing he did was at night; he would come into my room and touch my "special place" as Lussuria calls it and make me touch his penis. Sometimes he made me suck it and at times he even put it into my "special place" until some white goo came out.
Grandpa saved me when I was 5. One minute that man tried to make suck his penis, the next grandpa storm into the house with Xanxus and takes me away from that place. At first, I had a lot of nightmares and would wake up crying. Xanxus would break down my bedroom door and comfort me, he ended up destroying 17 doors before we just left it open.
After we decided on leaving my door open, I got to meet Xanxus friends. Lussuria started calling me cute and started dancing around, saying how we would enjoy spending time together. Squalo got down on him knees and sent me a smile that I returned. Mammon simply greeted me before flying over to a table and started counting his money. Bel just looked at me with a creepy smile before calling me peasant and walking off. Then Levi came up to introduce himself. He's really tall (Plus I'm not too tall myself) so he towered over me and looked down with narrowed eyes. Then out of nowhere, he picked me up so I was eyelevel with him while he kept his frown. I felt how I was about to start crying and started to sob. But before the tears started to come, Xanxus took me away from Levi and walked over to the armchair he had been sitting in. He sat down with me in his lap and rested my head against his chest as the tears started to flow.
"Where are you Mari-chan?!" The familiar voice of Lussuria made me look up from the dairy Xanxus got for me on my birthday yesterday.
"Over here Lussuria!" I shouted from inside one of the many living rooms in the Vongola mansion. I heard footsteps from outside the room and the door open to reveal Lussuria poking his head in. After he spotted me he walked in and left the door open.
"Now Mari-chan. What have we said? In order for you to learn to learn proper Japanese, you need to put little bits of it in your daily live, ok?" Lussuria said as he waived his index finger in front of my face.
I let out a sigh. The only reason I agreed to learn Japanese was because Xanxus, oh sorry, Onii-san said it was the only way he would ever let me learn how to fight. I'm pretty good at fighting too; I'm able to go head to head with most of my instructors. Squalo, or as Lu-Nee-chan has me call him, Nii-san, has been teaching me how to fight with swords. But Onii-san doesn't let me use real sword so we normally use metal bars.
"What did you want Lu-Nee-chan?" I asked with a blank face.
"Boss wants me to help prepare you for your first day of school. Come on now, let's not keep the others waiting!" If there was one thing I like about Lu-Nee-chan, it's his energy. "Oh and you have to open the gifts from us members of the Varia after school! And don't forget that you'll be attending a party with us and the ninth this afternoon!"
Upon hearing that, my face broke into a huge smile. While Onii-san got me a diary as a birthday present, grandpa said that he had signed me up for mafia school and that I was to attend a formal party with him and the Varia. The best part of it was watching Onii-san nearly choke on his food as he hadn't heard that I was attending the party to.
After Lu-Nee-chan helped me pick out an outfit for school Visconti, one of grandpa's guardians drove me to school. It's a massive building, ten stories high, and he drove off, telling me that he would pick me up after my final class for the day, and I strolled into the building.
Ones inside, I felt how the atmosphere was very different from back home. But even so, I made my way to my first class: Weapons class. My teacher's this young looking man and every girl in my class blushed and sent him dreamy looks when he entered the room and started talking in a British accent. He told us about different weapons the mafia use.
My second class was diplomacy. This teacher looked like her makeup box had exploded in her face. She told us about how we need to be able to talk our way out of trouble if we get the chance.
Then, final, the class Nii-san and Lu-Nee-chan said I would enjoy most of all: PE. My teacher in this class is almost as old as grandpa but not nearly as nice. Even after I cleared the stupidly easy obstacle course he made, and tried to make difficult by talking the whole time, he told me not to be cocky when I smiled after clearing the course.
As I stood near the gate, waiting for someone to pick me up, three boys around Onii-sans age came up to me. They look like someone really pissed them of when they walked up to me. Without a warning, one of them kicked me in my stomach with enough force to send me flying backwards. I landed on my back and before I could catch my breath, all three of them started kicking and shouting at me.
"Don't think your hot shit just because you cleared that obstacle course before my cousin you little bitch!"
"Should we just kill her so she doesn't do it again?" When one of them said that, I realized how this place was different from home. If you don't like someone, kill them. As these thoughts were running through my mind, I didn't notice the black limo driving into school and skidded to a halt.
"VOOOIII! Get away from her you fuckers! Or I'll kill every single one of you!" When they heard Nii-san, they stopped kicking me and started to back away. When I opened my eyes I saw the single scariest thing in my live. Behind Nii-san stood Onii-san, pointing a glowing gun at the boys behind me and sending a murderous glare at them. I've never seen him so angry. It looked like someone had let out a demon that was about to destroy the entire world.
"O- *sniff*O- *sniff* ONII-SAN!" I stood up and ran as fast as I could to Onii-san, hugging him around his waist, crying my eyes out. I felt how Lu-Nee-chan put his hands on my shoulders and tried to take me away from Onii-san but I wouldn't let go.
"Trash" I tilted my head upwards to look at Onii-san, only to see him still staring at the boys. "You made a huge mistake in attacking MY little sister. And now you will feel the wrath of the current leader of the Varia and next leader of the Vongola family." As soon as he finished talking, he shot them. But it wasn't a normal bullet. It was more like he shot fire out of his gun. Afterwards he lowered his gun and looked down at me with concerned eyes before getting down on his knees so he was eye-level with me.
"Are you ok Marina?" I just cried more and hugged Onii-san around his neck, burrowing my face in his shoulder. I cried the whole way home. I was sitting on Onii-Sans lap the whole time with him hugging me so my head was resting on his chest while he whispered comforting words to me. Whenever Lu-Nee-chan or Nii-san tried to touch me, all I saw was those boys beating me again, making me scream out in panic and cry even harder.
I was only sobbing lightly when we got back home. After Nii-san and Lu-Nee-chan got out of the limo, Onii-san got out carrying me bridal style while I held onto him like my life depended on it. Ones we got inside, all hell broke loose. Levi vowed to get revenge on the boys so he would get on Onii-sans good side again after the introduction fiasco. Some of the staff made phone calls to different places and grandpa had a look of pure anger on his face. He clenched his fists so hard his fingernails dug into his palms, making them bleed.
Onii-san took me to my room and by the time we reached it, I had stopped crying entirely. The rest of the Varia came in a little later with my birthday presents. Lu-Nee-chan got me two books, one on the history of martial arts, and one fictional love story. Levi came up to me with wary steps, not wanting to screw up even more, and gave me my present, a blue umbrella with the Varia symbol on top. Mammon flied up to me and gave me a movie about the life of a mafia member. Bel gave me a tiara, kind of like his. Then it was Nii-sans turn. He gave me a gauntlet that, if you tighten your fist, makes a sword blade shot out at the end, turning it into a pata. I smiled a tiered smile as I felt Onii-san pull me closer to him as he stroked my hair. It didn't take me long to fall asleep after everything that happened.