Ladies and peoplez! I give you...the last chapter...

"I feel sorry for Rani…"

Haruhi sighed as Mari told her the news as they were walking to the host club. "Yea, listen thou, no one and mean NO ONE knows about this arrangement, not even nerd ninja in there." Haruhi gave Mari a shock look and Mari nodded in agreement

"I know…not even him…"

"Ne, Ma-chan, where's Ra-chan?" Hunny asked as Mari sat down with her usual group. "She wasn't feeling good, so she stayed home and rested." Mari replied and smiled at him. Tamaki exclaimed in worry "We must see her then, I want to see if my daughter is feeling any better!!!" Mari looked at Kyouya seeing him closing his phone, scowling. 'She didn't pick up or reply back…' She thought and then glared at Tamaki "She's fine, it's nothing really, it's just a headache really…"

"Then why she skipped out on school? That's not like Rani-chan at all." Hikaru asked confused. "Yea, she's a tough cookie, she wouldn't let a small headache get in her way of school!" Kaoru exclaimed. Mari scowled at both of them "You think I know? This morning she wasn't getting up and Sayuri checked her. She just has a headache…" Haruhi added on "Yeah…she'll probably be back by tomorrow." Mari nodded. Kyouya glanced at Mari. Mari glared at Kyouya

'Not now…I don't know how she's going to break the news to him…everyone else too.'

"Straight jab Mari!"

"Focus!"

Mari punched and punched as hard as she could but couldn't get her emotions out of her.

"Oof!"

Mari snapped back in realty when she heard Joe fell.

"Sorry Joe…"

"The hell Mar?! Were you zoning out or something?" Joe, a tall brunette guy asked.

Kin sighed as she jumped into the ring. "Mari, as much as I love you beating the ever loving crap out of my son, you lack…" Mari sighed and looked out the ring at Mori and Hunny staring back at her. Ever since the day Kin showed up, Hunny and Mori were invited to attend Mari's Muay Thai's lessons to "view" other styles of fighting but more or less they came to hang out with Mari outside the host club. "Don't worry Ma-chan! You can do it!!" Hunny shouted out and Mari smiled weakly.

After another of half hour of sparing, the gym doors opened to reveal Sayuri and Alphonse walking in. "Sayuri…Don Alphonse…" Kin asked surprised and Sayuri nodded and replied in English "Don Alphonse wanted to see Mari practice…" Mari looks surprised "Abuelo…" Al laughs and opens his arms "Maria! Surprised? Jajaja.(?)" Hunny and Mori raised an eyebrow in confusion. After introductions were made, Al pats Mari on the shoulder; smiling he says "Well I know you train hard every day; and I know you have good friends to protect you." Mari weakly smiles but Al whispers to her in Italian

"But do not get close to them…"

"Ok Abuelo…why is it you're here?" Mari asked in Italian as they sat down at a restaurant. Al wearing a gray suit and Mari wearing a simple red Lolita dress. Al nods, he orders some wine and sighs. "Maria…you are becoming a woman…soon you will have a career…but I worry. It's about the family business." Mari's eyes got wide and whispered "But I thought…because of my…"

"Maria de Jesus DeLuca."(?)

"Abuleo!"

"Listen to me; I have everyone know that you ARE pure Italian, not some mutt bastard only half Spanish and Italian.(?) You are Italian, mother and father BOTH from Italy. No one will question."

Mari looked at Al with a scared look "But then what good is me in the business?" Al took a deep breath. "I cannot find your brother, and since your mother is my only child, I have no choice, Maria…I need you to take over. I want you to learn how to sell 'Olive Oil'" Mari started shaking and spoke in Spanish slowly "But I'm a girl and Michael…he's alive…" Al took Mari's hand and gave her a pleading looking. "Michele(?)…is gone Maria…and I am the most feared and respected man in Italy, no one will EVER question my decisions and I have men who are loyal to me and they will be loyal to you too."

Mari took a gulp and asked "When?"

Al replied "I'm getting old Maria…I'd ask now…but Sayuri wanted me to wait until you have passed high school…" "Sayuri knows?" Mari asked. Al nodded "She told me to let you make the decision…" Mari started to cry "But he's alive…"

"Yet no one has found him! Maria, we have looked in the states! We have looked in Italy, in almost every country we could think of! Maria…he is gone!" Al shouts at her and Mari cried harder "Abuleo…" "Speak Italian Maria! You're not Spanish!" He shouted harder.

Mari slammed the door hard as she walked into the apartment. She panted hard and felt more tears coming. She sat down at the table and saw a note on it.

Mari,

I took Rani with Sir Dai to meet the "future husband"

Be back by morning knowing Dai,

Mama

Mari puts the note down and heads to the kitchen. The phone suddenly rang. She just stared at it for a few minutes. Mari took a deep breath before answered it.

"Hello?"

"Ma-chan!"

"Oh…Hunny-sempai…"

"Ne? Ma-chan you sound sad, you ok?"

"Oh…I'm ok, I just woke up from a nap…"

"Are you sure?"

"…Yea…"

"…"

"Sempai?"

"Ok! If you say so, I just wanted to know if we're still on hanging out at my house tomorrow with Takashi, you and me!"

"Yea, we're still on…"

"Ok bye then!"

"Bye…"

Mari hanged up and stared making tea until she heard knocking at the door.
Mari slowly opened it and was shock to see who was at the door.

"What are you doing here?"

...before school starts...

Got you there did I?

Sorry, had to transfer files and this took FREAKIN forever...Really I am sorry...

1. It's how we say hahaha since the J in Spanish sounds like a H

2. Mari's full birth name before she was adopted, Her mom gave her the maiden name instead of the father's name.

3. I'm called a mutt since I'm part Spanish and Italian but mostly Spanish

4. Michele is the Italian form of Michael, her brother

5. Mari's grandfather is old tradition but he is a little soft with Mari, since that she is his only grandchild alive.

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