Mai groaned as she rolled out of bed, litteraly. She rolled out of her bed and onto the floor. She reached up and grabbed her cellphone, which was blaring out a rather annoying ringtone which meant it was only one person. She answered it and lifted her head up slightly as she answered with, "Kosuke, you better have a good reason for waking me up this-" "HE'S GOING TO KILL ME AFTER WRECKING YOUR COFFEE!" The older boy shouted into the phone, Mai holding it away with wide eyes. She snapped it shut and sighed and got up, stumbling over to her closet and just falling inside, walking out dressed a few minutes later.

She walked out of her room and sat on the railing of her stairs, sliding down and landing on her feet. She walked to the kitchen and put her ear to it with an annoyed face as she heard somebody moving around inside, or to be precice, around her coffee pot. She stood straight and opened the door, glaring at the boy who stood there, holding a bottle of rat poison over her coffee. A tall boy around 18 with a very strong build was staring at her, the boy had hazel brown eyes and copper red hair in a low pony tail reaching just under his shoulder blades, his chest was hidden by a black feudal styled top with a red lining with red archer gloves on his hands and normal blue jeans tied up over his black shoes, the most noticeable feature however was the scars on his face, on long one going down the right side over his eye under the fringe that was longer on that side, and the smaller on his left cheek.

He stared at her with wide eyes, Mai glaring at the amber haired boy. "Itzal...don't you dare..." She said darkly, glaring. Itzal stood there a few more seconds before dropping the rat poison into the coffee and running for it. She screamed loudly and ran after him, swearing and cursing at the top of her lungs as she grabbed a frying pan and started beating him with it.

A few hours later...

"...So let me get this straight, he came in and ruined your coffee...and you beat him half to death?" Kosuke asked, looking at the blood head known as his younger brother. "Yeah, that's about right." Mai replied, sitting on Itzal's back and sipping a new cup of coffee. She got up and slid the boy over, Itzal groaning in pain. "I'll be sure to make sure to go easier on him next time." Mai said, gulping down her coffee and closing the door.

She turned round and walked up to her room and into her bathroom, closing the door and brushing her long purple hair. She pulled it back into a ponytail then grabbed a knife from the dresser. She grabbed it and held it steady before cutting it half it length with the knife, letting the rest of her hair fall to the floor. "Much better." She said, setting the knife aside and heading back to her room, changing into a pale green t-shirt and blue jeans with black tennis shoes.

She made her bed and cleaned up the hair in the bathroom before walking back to her kitchen, staring at who was sitting on the counter. The woman had short light brown hair in a V-cut just below her ears, wearing a black business suit with a dark blue undershirt with black heels. She gave a warm smile, her cream skin contradicting her dark green eyes. "Good morning Mai-Mai." She said, Mai's eyes twitching in annoyance.

"...Clara. Out. NOW." She said, pointing to the front door, Clara pouting. "Oh come on, I'm just saying hi!" She said, jumping down. She walked over to Mai and looked at what was left of the ponytail and grumbled, pulling a switchblade from her pocket. She flipped it open and evened out her hair then put it away. "You know what you're doing today?" Mai asked her aunt, Clara smiling and nodding. "Yup. Beating up Itzal for a while, annoying Erin, then going out looking for a date, then going home." She said.

Mai facepalmed and held up Clara's fedora, the woman taking it and putting it on. "Time to go!" She cheered, grabbing Mai and running out to the car, tossing Mai in and starting it up. Mai stumbled to sit upright, groaning from when her head crashed against the door but screamed as Clara then started speeding down the road like a crazy person. "HOLY CRAP!" Mai shouted, holding onto her seat. "YEAH! WOO-HOO!" Clara shouted, swerving around on the road.

After about a minnute of this, Mai kicked her door open and leapt out at the train station, rolling on until she hit the back of the train, rubbing her head in pain. She stood up and sat in a seat, rubbing her head. She looked out the window and put her headphones on, turning her MP3 and her brother's singing voice filled her head. She closed her eyes and let her mind drift off with the song. It was a ballad, something her brother rarely sang.

Not that it mattered. Nier Alexander Valshe went missing on Mai's 5th birthday while he was going to audition for a show. He was 18 years old when he went missing, going on 19. He took mostly after their mother, having her brown hair and blue-green eyes. Mai listened to the ballad as the train stopped, allowing more people on. Mai looked up when somebody sat next to her, making her raise a brow. It was a man with an aged face with gray-ish brown hair and hazel eyes. He wore a rather nice cream suit and brown dress shoes, a kind smle on his face.

"Hello again Mai." He said, Mai's eyes widening. She knew the man. When she was in a dark, sad place, he was there for her... He was the one who cared for her...

Back when she wasn't sane.