A/N(22: sorry about the wait. My editor has not been able to work on my fanfic so I had to edit it myself. (Marik:doesn't that kind of defeat the perhaps of having an editor?(22: . . . .you win this round. . (Marik: (^.^) (22: okay. . well hope you enjoy chapter three. :)

Chapter 3

Marik P.O.V

It felt good to laugh. Things have been really tense since the move. It had been the sixth time this year we have had to, and it has never been easy on us. And with mom having to work 2 jobs it's been really stressful. It's been so hard on us that even Odion has had to drop out of high school and got a job to help support us.

I've offered to go get a job too but, of course , because I'm a vampel mom doesn't what me out of her sight. That's why mom home schools me. But I can see her logic. I mean first of all what school would I go to anyways? It's not like there's a school for Mixed Children or anything like that.

So with that in mind I left Odion's room so he could get ready for work. And I made my way to my small room. It's not far from Odions, it's just around the corner but before I even made the turn back to the main hallway I bumped in mom. I guess that she and Ishizu were done talking. She smiled at me with the warmth of a loving mother but I swear that when I pasted her and my back was turned that I heard her give out a sigh of relief.

It was probably just my imagination. So I continued on my way to my room. When I made it to my room I opened the door to my cozy living space. The walls are a plain white and the old rug is a blocky brown but I heard that at one point it had been and white as the walls.

I went carefully to my dresser, avoiding the piles of cloths and old food boxes and bags that were scattered randomly over the floor. After making it to my black dresser I than did the incredibly hard job of finding a shirt. Sadly I found none. So I figured I might as well do some laundry. So I removed my heavily blood stained shirt then threw it into the laundry hamper in the corner of my room.

Then I went to the hamper and picked it up, lifting it with ease for I have 2/3 vampire strength. Though I still had trouble because it doesn't matter how much strength you have if the tower of cloths falls off the top to the floor. I really didn't fell like picking them up so I decided I would go down with this lode and then come back for what fell off ( just because I have more strength, speed, and stamina then anyone in my family doesn't mean I'm any less lazy).

So I walked down to the basement, surprisingly I didn't fall in the process (marik for the win) with the hamper and threw them into the wash. I then added the soap and closed the lid. The washing machine roared into life, and then muttered to a silence. It was broke again. "Argh" I sighed. I really just wanted to go back to my room, pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep. But mom would have a cow if I ruined another shirt. so I reopened the washer and took out the bloody shirt.

Then I made my way upstairs only to run into Ishizu coming up the hall. Thankfully I didn't actually run into her. "My luck must be changing" I thought with a grin. But that grin was quickly whipped off my face when I heard what Ishizu had to say. "Marik can I talk to you?" she said in a stern voice.

I really didn't want to hear another "I didn't mean it "speech so I resorted to PLAN B, making up an excuse for why I can't."Uh, I need to wash this shirt before the stain sets in." I said and I was quite happy I didn't have to lie this time. But sadly my cunningness was beaten by my sisters. "Marik at this point there's nothing you could do to get that stain out." she said in a know-it-all tone.

Crap I thought. She had me beat. But before I could get in another excuse she interrupted my thoughts. "Please Marik it's really important." she begged. "Huh, fine." I said. I really just wanted to get it over with now. So I followed Ishizu down the hall through the kitchen and out the back door.

Our house is right next to a large dense wood. Mom bout this house so I could go out into the woods and get some exercise. you know run a mile in 30 seconds, jump up a 40 foot tree then do a back flip off it, fun stuff like that, I can't, or rather aren't allowed to do in public. That's the exact reason we bout this house, well and cause it was the cheapest thing on the market that wasn't a dump.

And as I'm thinking about that I didn't realize that Ishizu was leading us into the woods until we were a size able distance from the house. This wasn't good. The only times we go into the woods to talk is when we're talking about me and there might be yelling.

This didn't sit well with me. What the hell was so damn important that she had to take us out of ear shot of the neighbors? Was she going to yell at me? What did I do? I began panicking a little as we kept going farther and farther into the dense woods. We walked for about 5 more minutes until we reached a clearing in the trees.

I made this clearing the day we moved here. Let's just say I was a little pissed and I decided to take my anger out on the trees. I ended up completely leveling the spot into a big circle. so now I use it as a hangout but the thing is that is far enough back in the woods that anyone at the houses cant here you even if you scream at the top of your lungs. . .and level the trees as I found out. Heck I bet that you could set off some dynamite and nobody would hear it.

I stood there sort of uncomfortable. Ishizu had turned around and was looking at me with an intense gaze. Like she was contemplating what to do next, then she spoke. "As you know mom is having a hard time with money, and time, and" "JUST TELL ME WHATS WRONG!" I exclaimed.

She looked a little taken back by my sudden action and frankly so was I? I almost never snap at people. She phased for a second then said something I never thought I'd hear. "Marik, you'll be attending Seraphs high school for the junior and senior years".

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