10 MAY 18

Almost done with this, feel so much better about the story now!

Marco was drunk as a skunk while Yuki was holding him up as they headed back home, "77 years! *hiccup* can you believe it… I *hiccup* can't…?"

She wasn't enjoying this as the Jinko watched Marco drink himself away, he's been drinking from the moment he woke up today, "Time flies by… I guess..."

"I really fucked *hiccup* up… didn't I…?" He just couldn't come to terms with this fact, that and she's been waiting for him to come back for her.

"You have a family now… you could have just forgotten about me and moved on…" It hurt her to say that, but now she knew he wasn't going to take her away with him.

He stops her and stands up tall, "Yuki… don't *hiccup* say that… I can't just forget *hiccup* you…"

"She was the only thing to help me with Asuka's... death… oh God, I should have came back sooner…" He couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes.

Yuki was done being nice, "SO WHAT NOW?! YOU'RE JUST GOING TO ABANDON YOUR FAMILY AND STAY WITH ME OR SOME SHIT?! I COULD BE A BETTER WIFE AND DO THE FUCKING JOB SEEING HOW YOUR THREE WOMEN DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I WOULD NEVER KICK YOU OUT LIKE THAT… NEVER"

He placed his fist on top of her head, "Don't *hiccup*curse… I don't know what to *hiccup* do anymore…"

"I can tell…" She rubs her head and looks down.

"You know… Asuka told *hiccup* me I need to be back on the *hiccup* battlefield again…?" He looked up to the stars.

Yuki snapped her head back at him, "Asuka… but she's-"

"Don't say that!" Marco was sobering up now that 'she' was in the conversation.

"How the fu… freak could she tell you that then?" She didn't want him to hit her again like that.

He looks back down at her and points at his head, "She popped back up in my life a few days ago… she's the biggest reason why I had to leave…"

She still didn't understand, "Marco…"

Tears started to come from his eyes, "She was pregnant with our baby… and I didn't even know…"

"She was…" Yuki slapped her mouth in shock.

…

He starts to walk away, "I haven't seen her all day… I'm going to stay with her tonight… I'll see tomorrow..."

"… wait… you're going to her grave?" She barely said it out loud.

Marco reaches into his jacket to pull out a flask and starts drinking again.

"Please… stop…!" Yuki was shaking with how pissed she was.

Finishing off a swig, he turns to her as he whips his chin off, "What's the matter?"

"Marco… you've been drinking all day and you don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon… just come home with me… okay…?" She planned on talking about his drinking in the morning.

He looks at her and shakes his head, "Yuki… I have a lot on my mind and I don't want you to see me like this… I'll… I'll be fine…"

"NO, YOU WON'T… your family pretty much kicked you out and left you for dead… you just found out someone you loved was carrying your child… I can't leave you alone… what if you hurt yourself…" Yuki couldn't let this be the last time she saw him.

"I'm… I'm not going to lie… I've thought about it a few times already..." He takes another drink.

"You thought about-" Her eyes are wide with shock.

"Killing myself… yes!" The smile he gave her looked like it came from death himself.

Butterfly Kingdom

The castle was dark and quiet as it's a few hours before the sun would be coming up, the Red Hoodie Bandits were together working on a plan to get their father back.

"Mommy told me something happened tonight… that's why daddy is gone…" Ember held her Princess Marco doll tight.

Gidget clapped her hands together getting their attention, "We need to find him if our mother's are just going to sit around then!"

"Oh yeah? You got a way to find daddy? He could be ANYWHERE?!" Maria was the most upset out the three. She hasn't like the mood her father been in the last few days and just wanted him to come back home.

"I might have a way to find him…" Gidget wasn't sure if her plan could work, but it was worth a try.

"You're planning on telling us or what?" Ember hated when she would do that, start talking about something and then think about if she should go on.

"Okay… you remember when my mom popped us in the back of the head?" They all started to rub the same spot feeling the burning pain again.

"I think mama Hekapoo hits me the most…" Maria always seemed to get it the worst.

"Well, that's because you're always getting into trouble!" Ember started to giggle until the little one punched her in the arm.

"Well it's not only to keep us in line, she uses it to keep track of us at all times!" Gidget was able to figure it out a few years ago. Her mother would know all her hiding spot by seeing her silhouette in a blaze.

"NO WAY?!" Ember never knew why she could never get away from Hekapoo when she would leave the house to explore.

"I've been able to see everyone no matter where they are… sorry for cheating all the times in hide and seek…" She gave a nervous smile to the others.

Ember and Maria reached over and started to pull her cheeks, "THE WHOLE TIME?! YOU'RE THE ONE ALWAYS YELLING ABOUT CHEATING?!" They said together.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch not so hard guys?!" Gidget started to bat away their hands from her face.

"We're letting you off easy right now, but you'll pay for it later!" Maria had her finger pointed at her oldest sister.

"I know… look, daddy is somewhere really far, mommy never took me there, but I can see him… he's in pain right now..." Gidget had her eyes pointed at the ground.

"How do we get to him? My mother never lets her scissors out of sight!" Ember started to pet the doll's hair.

"I'm not sure, maybe we could get my mom's? She always leaves them hanging around?" Gidget didn't know if she could steal them without being caught.

Maria reached into her hoodie and pulled out Janna's scissors, "My mommy gave this to me when she came back… will this work?"

Gidget snatched them "Yeah, it's perfect… why do you have them anyway?"

The youngest shrugged her shoulders, "Mommy never wanted them… something about just wanting to be with daddy and being a family?"

"That's so cool…" Ember couldn't take her eyes off them.

"Let's get ready to go guys!" Gidget got on her feet and pulled them up.

Blue Heaven

Marco and Yuki walked together holding hands to Auska's grave, when they were close enough to see it, he asked, "Did they do something up there? It looks different?"

"Yeah… they made a mural for all the men and woman that died in your unit. They were looking for you before opening it, but no one knew where to start…" Yuki was there as his stand in for the ceremony.

They made it to the small hill to find a wall with all the names etched into it, there was also a brass statue of him the day he left. The blood cover his face was red gems, Reaper's body was oriented as walking forward with a small plaque at the bottom.

"No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First! To the man that made us into an unstoppable force, Reaper!"

Marco gave a weak smile, "I didn't do anything… just gave them the courage and motivation to do what was needed to be done…"

"That's not true… if it wasn't for you then I would have been in that war myself… you saved all of us Marco!" She held his hand tighter.

"I couldn't save her…" They made their way to Asuka's gave.

"You did everything you could, your Soldiers told me a lot about you and her at the ceremony. Marco… please just stay with me a little longer, I don't want to lose you after having you back in my life!" Yuki latched her body tight onto his.

He wrapped his arm around her and placed his nose on top of her head, "Yu… Yuki… I don't know what to do… I just want the pain to stop… oh God please…" Marco couldn't hold back the tears anymore, it was all starting to be too much for him again as his scythe hit the ground now pulling her tighter.

She felt him go limp in her arms as their knees were on the ground, the tiny Jinko pulled her head back to look him in the eyes, "I can help with stopping the pain… just trust me, Marco!"

Slowly, she kissed him softly then pulled her head back, his eyes were pitch black, but looked so weak. Then she reached a hand up to brushed some of his hair from his face, "I'll be your strength for now on!"

Another kiss that lasted longer, they broke the kiss, but kept her head at the same spot, "I'll be the one to pick you up when you fall!"

Again a kiss that was met with him kissing her back, "I'll never leave you side… if you wish to keep me!"

This time his tongue was poking around for entrance, he was the one to break the kiss this time shocked over what he just did, "Yuki… you don't know what you getting yourself into… by being with me-"

She cuts him off by jumping on top of him to deepen the kiss again.

Somewhere in Blue Heaven

A purple portal is ripped open and three little girls jump out.

"Wait? I thought those things were all blue Gidget?" Ember has been on a few trips and only seen them in blue with normal people or orange with Hekapoo.

"I'm not sure? Maybe I'm like my mother and have a specific color when I make portals?" The oldest passed the scissors back to Maria on keeping them safe.

"I think that's a cool color, now where's our daddy?" The youngest was ready to see their father again.

"Hmmmmm, let me see?" The half demon eyes started to glow with a small flame around them.

"Doesn't that hurt?" Ember winced her face in pain.

"Not really… now shut it! I'm trying to concentrate!" She kept walking in circles.

The other two looked at each other and started to make faces behind her back.

"I can see that!" She reached her hand behind her and flicked their noses.

"THERE HE IS?! LET'S GO!" She went into a full sprint, but Maria was able to jump on her back.

"Giddy up horsey!" The little one held on tight and pointed one finger in the direction they were going.

"NO FAIR YOU TWO?! WAIT FOR ME, I HAVE TINY LEGS?!" Ember was left to run behind them.

Reaper Squadron Memorial

"Yuki… I can't…" She was on top of him kissing his neck over and over ready to strip him naked and claim her prize.

"I know about you and Mama… it's okay, now you have me!" She hated knowing her mother had him first, but that didn't matter anymore.

"You… you knew?" Marco thought he really got away with it also.

"It's okay like I said Marco… I've been saving myself for you… I'm all yours, no man has ever touched me..." She felt his hands run up and down the sides of her upper body.

"That's not it…" He was losing the battle on keeping himself in check.

Before anything else happen, Yuki lifted her body up, "MARCO… I'm older than you! Don't you see me as a woman now?" She picked up her shirt to show off her perfect body to him. She was truly perfect in every way possible.

"I do now… but I don't know if I can do this…" His ears started to twitch and shot off the ground making Yuki land on her back.

"What was that for?!" She was rubbing the back of her head watching him look all around.

"WHAT DO YOU SMELL?! WE'RE NOT ALONE?!" He couldn't see anyone, he knew something was moving towards them, and fast.

She was back on her feet pulling down her shirt and now sniffing the air, "There's three of them *sniff* they… *sniff*sniff* they smell *sniff* like you?"

Marco was able to finally spot his little girls running with all their tiny might, "It's… my girls?"

Yuki was looking the same direction, "Your babies? How they find you?" She held his hand and was hiding behind him not sure how this would go on.

"They're my kids… nothing can stop them if they put their mind to it!" He started to smile now hearing them call him.

"DADDY?! DADDY, WE FOUND YOU?!" They made to the top of the hill knocking him to the ground and Yuki. They were all fighting each other to hug him tighter.

"Hey, hey, hey my little minions. Calm down, I'm not going anywhere!" He used his free hand to pat them.

They lifted their heads with tears in their eyes, "We were… *sniff* so worried daddy!" Ember was the first one to say anything.

"Why did you leave us like that daddy? You promise me, you wouldn't let me out your sight!" Gidget was referring to her pinky swear from a few nights ago.

Maria was thinking the same thing, but had a bigger question on her mind, "Who's she and why are you holding her hand like that daddy?"

Yuki was frozen in fear having all three girls giving her the death stare, "Ummmm hi guy… I'm your daddy's old friend..." She gave a nervous chuckle.

"Oh, Goddess Hekapoo… they look ready to eat me alive!" She started to sweat out of the fear… maybe she shouldn't be praying to Hekapoo right now...

Sorry for the long wait guys… I just got a lot of things going on in my life right now and I'm having a hard time on dealing with it.

Hope you guys were able to check out my story, Scarred For Life.

It's my take on the bad boy Marco. Little something I'm working on to get some thoughts off my mind. The dark stuff is over so it should be getting better now. Take a look at it if you will.

So how do you guys feel about Yuki throwing herself on Marco like that? She's in love with him and when Marco is drunk, he just can't say no. Sure glad the girls showed up before something bad really happened.

The Mark of Hekapoo being able to track them down was ADdude's idea and really what helped me write this chapter.

Thank you.