Chapter Fourteen – More Dysfunction

Well, this is going to be fun, I would say 'in more then one way' but I'll spare you and I won't; so be happy. And in this story Marik's Yami is still there, he didn't leave like in the show; his Yami is cool! He sent mai to the shadow realm! D

Disclaimer – ditto on last

Chapter Fourteen – More Dysfunction

"What do you do here for fun?" Kriss asked, sitting at the table staring at Marik who sat across from her.

"I dunno," Marik responded.

"I didn't expect you to…"

"Than why did you ask me?"

"I was just getting it out in the open; I wasn't directing it towards you however."

"That was cleverly thought of wasn't it?"

"Not really, no."

"Nevermind then."

"Love to."

"You two are driving me up the wall!" Ishizu shouted at them.

"Why?" Asked Kriss.

"You two are family-"

"You're family too," Marik and Kriss said in unison.

"You two are more family, she's your own blood Marik! The least you could two could do is not fight!" Ishizu explooded.

"We're not fighting," Marik said.

Yeah," agreed Kriss, "We're arguing!"

"Same thing…" Ishizu said, walking away.

They're still fighting?" Odion asked from the living room.

"No, they're arguing!" Ishizu snapped.

Kriss chuckled, so did Marik actually.

Then they both saw this and stopped immediately.

"I have to leave real quick anyways," Kriss announced, getting up.

"Where are you going?" Marik asked, spinning around as Kriss walked towards to door.

"Someplace away from you," Kriss snapped.

"Kriss!" Ishizu shouted.

"What?" Kriss asked.

Ishizu tsk-ed and shook her head.

"I have a feeling that life in this house is going to get a lot more hectic…" Odion stated.

"You're dumb," Kriss said, and before Ishizu could yell at her anymore she left.

Kriss sighed releif as she made her way backs towards Rex's apartment. She needed in ally in her new life, and she needed one soon.

Rex was watching TV like a couch potato when she walked though the door.

"Hey, you're back, how was it?" Rex asked, watching her storm though the doorway.

"Hectic, chaotic, hateful, uh… challenging; need I say more?" Kriss asked, stopping.

"You sound like a textbook…" Rex said.

"Gee, thanks…" Kriss said sarcastically.

"Uh sure," Rex said as she came over and sat next to him.

"Why him? He hates me!" Kriss bursted, she'd had it in her mind since the first encounter.

"You know, you're not that likable on first glance," Rex told her.

"Thanks, you're making me feel loads better," Kriss scoffed.

"Uh… sure," Rex said blankly.

Thorn came over and laid his head on Kriss's knee.

"Don't worry, buddy, you'll get to meet him soon, though I doubt he'll like you either…" Kriss said, stroking his ears.

Thorn whined and walked over to the door. He scratched lightly and looked back at Kriss.

"No, not now," Kriss told him.

Thorn scratched again.

"No I said!"

Thorn walked back over and pushed Kriss's legs aside so she fell off the couch then went back over to the door, he growled this time.

"Too bad! You can cry all you want! I want more time away from him!" Kriss yelled, folding her arms across her chest.

Rex smirked, "You two are dorks!" he stated.

Thorn scratched again, a small chunk of wood followed his claws; detaching itself from the base of the door.

"Hey! Kriss just go! I want to have my door left!" Rex exclaimed.

"FINE! Seeings how you're all ganging up on me!" Kriss muttered to herself as she opened the door. Thorn bounded out and flew down the stairs; followed by Kriss. (They still hadn't discovered the elevator yet apparently)

They walked out the door when Kriss heard a whistle from above. She looked up to see Rex.

"Here you go," He said, as he threw something down at her.

Kriss caught it; it was a cell phone.

"Uh, thanks," Kriss called.

She then turned around and continued her trek, to her house, which really wasn't that far…. Would you call that a trek? No, I don't think you would, but I will anyways! She looked at Thorn who growled back.

"You know, you're awful moody today…" She said, Thorn pushed her over and ran.

"Hey!" Kriss got up and chased after him. Thorn followed Kriss's scent back the way she came so he could get there on his own. He slowed after a while to let her catch up.

"Brat," Kriss scoffed.

Thorn smirked.

They continued walking. When they got to the house Thorn looked at Kriss reassuringly.

"Go ahead; this was your idea…" Kriss glared at him as she walked past. Thorn smiled and trotted alongside her.

Kriss opened the door; Marik was still sitting at the table doing god who knows what. I think he was writing something down on paper, yeah, lets go with that.

Kriss tried to sneak up to her room, Thorn had other ideas. Kriss grabbed him by his bandana and pulled him back before he could meet her dad.

Thorn yelped. Marik spun around.

"Good going, loudmouth!" Kriss yelled at him.

"Who the hell is this?" Marik asked.

"Thorn!" Kriss told him, "Come on," She added, going up to her room.

"Thorn took a last glance at Marik and followed Kriss; he could explore later.

"I never said you could have a dog!" Marik yelled at the door; it opened immediately.

"Well then I guess he's not mine and he's not a dog!" Kriss shouted; then slammed the door again.

"Oh great," Marik muttered.

Later

Thorn and Kriss walked downstairs. They were going to explore the house; well ransack might be a better word. They went out the back door. The backyard might be a good place to start.

Marik was walking by (There's a lot of walking in this story…) as he was going by the back window he heard growling and barking.

"Huh?"

Marik knew that there was a Doberman that lived in the yard behind him but the other growling could only have its explanation in one place. Kriss discovered the dog, and Thorn didn't get along well with others.

He opened the door; but the scene that he saw didn't meet his imagination.

Thorn was there, but not Kriss. Instead there was another wolf; a huge, white wolf. Both were snarling and lunging at the fence, the Doberman barking and snapping back. The three raced back and forth. Then something caught Marik's eye. The white wolf had something around its neck.

Marik ran out to the backyard; he could see that the fence was ready to give in; it was old anyways. Just as the white wolf was lunging Marik caught it by the leather around his neck. It was the same thing that Kriss had!

Marik Ishtar glared at his 'daughter' across the table. His hand was bandaged heavily. He was breathing as though he had just run a marathon.

"Care to explain?" He asked.

"Not really," Came the reply.

"Start."

"How was I supposed that it was you?"

"Who else would it be?"

"The pound."

"Why didn't you respond when I called you?"

"Because when I'm the wolf it's different; I ignore anything else."

"That's not a smart thing to do."

"It's been working for six years, why stop now?"

"Why didn't you tell me about this?"

"Because I don't know," Kriss shrugged.

Marik crossed his arms.

"What?" Kriss asked.

"Where did I go wrong?" Marik asked, burying his face in his hands.

"Is that a trick question?" Kriss responded.

"Yes!"

"Thought so."

Kriss looked at Thorn who had the same clueless expression she did.

"Can I leave now?" Kriss asked tentatively.

"No!" Marik shouted.

"Why? I didn't do anything wrong!" Kriss argued.

"You're arguing with me…" Marik stated.

"I know that but I want to go to my room, I have to do some stuff on the computer!" Kriss told him.

"Like what? You don't go to school," Marik informed her.

"I know."

"I'm gonna change that," Marik said with a smirk.

"NO! I'm already graduated!" Kriss told him.

"How?"

"Online classes!"

"Well then, you're going to a high school then."

"Fuuuuun."

While Marik was making arrangements with that Kriss went upstairs with Thorn at her heels.

Kriss opened the door and flopped on her bed.

"There's nothing to do around here… It's starting to remind me of the alley… Speaking of which!" Kriss got an idea. She and Thorn could go check up on the alley. That'd be something to do.

Kriss told this to Thorn and he agreed. So again, they got up and left the house.

Going from her dad's house, it took Kriss a lot longer to get there. So for some variety Kriss changed into the big white wolf and trotted happily alongside of Thorn. Glacier was just happy to be away from the mad house.

When the pair got there, there was already someone waiting for them. It was a dog. A big dog. As Glacier and Thorn got closer they saw that it wasn't a dog at all. It was another wolf!

Glacier was mad. This was their turf! He charged ahead with Thorn close behind. As they neared the white wolf turned and met them head on. The three clashed together and started fighting immediately. While Thorn pinned her down, Glacier rushed in for the finishing blow.

Then without warning, the she-wolf kicked Thorn off with her strong hind legs and leapt up on the dumpster and howled. Glacier looked at Thorn who also looked confused. Then out of nowhere another wolf, a black one this time, came running to meet them.

Glacier saw instantly that he had a collar on. Big the intriguing part about the collar was not that it was spiked and on a wolf, but, dangling off it was a white wolf tooth. 'Great, another one!' Glacier thought. It was similar to the necklace that he had. Thorn ran into a head on collision with the wolf. Both were stunned momentarily. Thorn was the first to recover.

Meanwhile, Glacier finished his battle with the white wolf. Black to black, white to white. He was just slashed with some sharp claws and was getting mad. Glacier darted around to make the sting in his neck go away. Then lunged quickly at her.

She foresaw this and jumped back to avoid a blow of Glacier's sharp canines. Glacier heard a jingling as this happened. He looked closely at her ankle and saw another wolf-tooth object. The bracelet. Glacier then immediately knew who it was. It was Carmen.

Another cliffhanger! This is fun! I didn't realize that I would be revealing one of the many, many secrets but I guess so! Yay!

-Kriss