This applies to any anime mentioned in this and furture chapters.
Chapter Four: She's got what?!
Maria lay in bed the bext morning, not wanting the pain that would come with moving make her remember the events of the previous night. Sighing,
she grabbed her laptop off of her nightstand and turned it on. -What episode of Yu Yu hakusho should I watch today?- She scrolled through the list of
episodes, because not only did she own all four seasons on DVD and both movies, she had downloaded them onto her laptop. -I think I'll watch the fight
between Shishiwakamaru and Genkai.- She scolled down to the right episode and grabbed her headphones when Van Rook walked in. "You're normally up
before now Maria. Something wrong?" Ignoring him, Maria started the episode. Annoyed he approached her and closed the laptop, "I was talking to you,
you do realize that right?" She looked up, "And did you realize that I was ignoring you?" "I came in here to get you up Maria." She looked at him
and blinking her violet eyes slowly hissed, "Go to hell."
If only she could have seen his smirk behind his mask as he figured it out. "You can't get out of bed, can you?" Maria turned her back on him, "Since
when did you become worried about my well being?" "I thought so, then that would mean that last night was your first time." Her muscles tensed, "Get out."
"Perhaps soon you'll start to enjoy the attention I give you." She snapped at those words, furious she pulled the gun out from under her pillow, "Get out of
my room, I will never enjoy what you did to me. And if you don't get out now I will kill you." It was then that Van Rook noticed the bandages around her right
arm, "What's wrong with your arm Maria?" "Nothing, I've always worn these bandages." "Yes, but this time they have blood on them." "No. No they don't.
You're imagining things." "I don't think I am Maria." he said grabbing her wrist. He ripped the bandages from her wirst and started to laugh. "So you're a
masochist?" "No." "Well
these cuts on your wrists say otherwise."
Maria knew what was coming next, she closed her eyes trying to hide her tears. Silently begging for this all to just be a bad dream, she lay
unresponsive. He would do what he wanted to her and she could do nothing about it,he was stronger than her, she had no chance of beating him. But the
gun, she opened her eyes and searched her room for her gun. "Looking for this Maria?" Van Rook mocked holding up the gun. She stood up, "No, as a
matter of fact I wasn't." Sliding a foot under her bed she said, "Actually I was looking for this." She pulled the katana out from under her bed. Abandoning
the sheath, she ran at him ready to kill. Van Rook stopped her by aiming the gun at her head, "One more move and you die. And I know you don't want to
die." She froze. "Now, drop your sword." She flinched at the screaming in her head. ~ "Maria! Help me!" "Millie! No! Please don't leave me! You can't die!
You can't. I need you. Please. Stay with me." "Maria...." "Mama? Mama!" "Maria you have to find help, Maria..." "Maria, sissy, help me..." ~ "Noooo!" she
cried falling to her knees. She put her hands over her ears, trying despratly to block out the voices in her head, but they wouldn't stop. Voices from a
childhood she couldn't remember, didn't want to remember, couldn't live through the pain again. More voices flooded into her mind, but these ones she
knew, these were familar voices. The personas she created to deal with a paindul past. - "Kill him now Maria." "He's confused." "Now's your chance."
"End it now." "Don't forget what he did to me Maria. You can never forgive him for taking me. For taking your only sister. Your twin. The other half of you.
Kill him for me Maria. Never forgive, never forget." - "Yes I'll kill him, that's what I'll do, I'll kill him for Millie. Never forgive, never forget." she echoed. She
reached for the sword. Grabbing her by the throat he threw her onto her bed. Her screams echoed through empty halls.
Maria lay in bed, slowly she reached for the blanket to cover her bare body. It would have to do, she couldn't get out of bed to get any clothes.
Wrapping the blanket around herself, Maria shivered. A sound coming from her laptop awoke her from the haze of pain. She reached from the laptop and
opened it. The words "New Message" glowed on the screen. Suddenly remebering that she had given Doyle her email that night so they could keep each
other updated, she opened it. Blinking she began to read.
Hey, You said if I didn't hear from you by now to email you, so I did. What's up? Get any new assignments
yet? Answer me when you get this.
-Doyle
Rolling onto her stomach, Maria began to type.
Sorry. I meant to email you, but I'm having a bad day. Open a chat room and talk to me using my Gaia screename. It's -Maria
BlackwellBoy13: What's up? How bad of a day are you having?
LovelyKitsune: The kind that makes you wish it was all just a bad dream.
BlackwellBoy13: That bad? Want to talk about it?
LovelyKitsune: No. I can't tell you, I'm still in denial about it.
BlackwellBoy13: Talking will make it better.
LovelyKitsune: I highly doubt that. Yes I do have an assignment. It's in Ecuador. How are you?
BlackwellBoy13: Are you trying to change the subject? Cause you're not very good at it. I still want to know what's wrong.
LovelyKitsune: What would make you think I'm trying to change the subject?
BlackwellBoy13: The fact that you won't answer any of my questions. Did Van Rook do something to you?
LovelyKitsune: Yes. And I just answered 2 of your questions so there.
BlackwellBoy13: What did he do to you?! Please don't tell me it's what I think.
LovelyKitsune: That depends. What do you think?
BlackwellBoy13: The word I'm thinking of begins with an "r" and ends with an "e"
LovelyKitsune: Yes, he did, twice.
BlackwellBoy13: Why did you let him?
LovelyKitsune: I tried to fight back, but he's stonger than me. I pretty much got my ass handed to me. Right now I'm very glad typing doesn't involve much moving. My entire body feels like I just got the crap pounded out of me by a heavyweight boxing champion.
BlackwellBoy13: Wait. Twice? When?
LovelyKitsune: Last night and about 15 minutes ago.
BlackwellBoy13: Are you going to be alright? Or do I need to come save you?
LovelyKitsune: Not necessary. I'll be fine. I've got to go now. See you in Ecuador.
The Next Morning
"And we're searching the rainforests of Ecuador for what again?" A noise in in trees stopped Maria's whinning. "The Saturday family. Joy." Van Rook
growled. "Van Rook." Doyle said sneering. "Oh no. You're mine." Maria said grinning her cheshire grin. Doyle noticed that Maria's movements were a little
off, he knew why, but still came up with a smart remark to humor her. "You look like someone tried to break your leg." "Oh can it, you smart ass." Doyle
remembered seeing Maria run at him, and then there was darkness.
Doyle woke up, probably due to the fact that a small, pink-haired, cat-eared, eleven year old girl was prodding him in the ribs with her foot. "Finally! I've
been trying to wake you for ten minutes Doyle." Sarah hissed, obviously annoyed. "You'll get over it." Then he realized he was tied up, to a tree. "Eh. She
really has been trying to get you up for ten minutes," a voice from above added. Doyle looked up to find the source of the voice and saw Maria sitting on the
tree branch directly above him. She sat looking rather comfortable with an ipod in her hand and one of the earphones in. "I woke you up Doyle so you could
tell me how to wake Zak up." It was then noticed that his nephew was tied up, with Sarah, to the tree next to him. Looking to his left he discovered his sister
and brother-in-law. But the only person he didn't see was Van Rook. "What? Do you have Van Rook tied up too?" "I wish and apparently so do you. But no.
He left to...Actually I don't know where he went. He just told me to stay here and not untie any of you." "Ummmmm.......What have you tried to do to wake
Zak up?" "About everything I can think of." "Eh....If you want him to wake up so bad, I can do it for you." "No!" Sarah shouted. "Sarah it's alright. She won't
hurt him." "What do you mean?" So Maria quickly explained to Sarah her partnership with Doyle.
"So do you still want me to wake him up for you?" "Yes please." Maria jumped down from the tree and stood in front of Zak. Putting her hand under his
chin, she lifted his head up, "Zak it's time to wake up now."
Zak's POV I heard a voice, it was definately a girl's voice, but it wasn't my mom and it wasn't Sarah. So who was it? I heard it again. She was telling me to wake up. But I didn't want to wake up, I was having such nice dreams before the voice interuppted.
No one's POV
Maria sighed, "Oh for heaven's sake. I didn't want to have to slap him. But apparently I have to." "Why won't he wake up Maria?" "Because Doyle, the
poison I used to knock all of you out induces pleasant dreams, makes it so the victim never wants to wake up. You could do anything to a person this poison
has been used on. But I'm the only one who has it." And with that she slapped Zak in an effort to wake him. "Owwww! Who slapped me?" "I did because you
wouldn't wake up. Should I wake Drew and Doc up?" "Yes and make them aware of their situation." "Am I allowed to tell Zak?" Sarah asked noticing Zak's
confused expression. "Tell me what?" "Why Maria and Doyle are acting like friends." "Yes, but make sure he doesn't tell his parents." So Sarah quickly
explained to Zak what was going on while Maria woke Drew and Doc. "Maria! When I get out of here I'll-" Maria raised her hand as a sign of peace, "Be
calm for now, I've not the strength to fight and I'm in no condition to do so. So peace." And with that Maria climbed back into the tree.
Van Rook came back a few minutes later with the notorious V.V. Argost. "Greetings and bienvenue Saturday family." "Maria!" Annoyed she swung down
so she was hanging upside down, "Nani?" "Answer me in English Maria." "Shizuka ni." At that point Drew started to laugh. "Alright Drew," Van Rook hissed,
"Seeing how you know what she's saying, would you care to translate for the rest of us?" Still laughing, Drew managed to tell Van Rook exactly what Maria
said, "She told you point blank to shut up." Annoyed he aimed his wrist laser at her head. Accepting the challenge, she pulled a gun from her jaket, "Don't
try it, I've got much better aim than you. But if you want to play Russian Roulette, I'd be more than willing, except I play with all six bullets." "Children"
Argost hissed, "Enough." But Maria obviously had no intentions of being quiet, "You know Van Rook I almost pity you." "Why?" "Because, normally a person
with multiple personality disorder, each persona has a different opinion of a certain person. But all of mine hate you." "You don't have multiple personas,
you've never shown any of the typical signs of it." "That's what I have medicine for. There's six of them including the host, Maria." "And what are their
names?" Doyle asked trying to annoy her. "Maria, Millie, Botan, Selene, Celeste, and Artemis." "Really?" Van Rook started, "And who are you today"
Maria eyed him, "Millie."
"Well," Sarah said cutting the ropes with her claws, "As interesting as this has been, we have things to do. Like stop you for example. Zak you untie your
parents and I'll untie Doyle." "Smart girl." Maria observed. "Hey Maria!" "Eh? What do you want?" "Ever fight someone stronger than you?" "Several times.
But boy, I do hope you weren't refering to yourself." Furious Doyle threw a punch at her. "Missed." With that she started singing as she dodged, "It's an
animal city, it's a cannible world." "You're pretty good at singing and dodging, but what about fighting Maria?" "Oh my love please don't cry I'll wash my
bloody hands and we'll start a new life." she sang as she punched at him. "I know that one," Doyle said smiling, "Bloody Valentine by Good Charlotte"
Maria kept singing and kept trying to punch Doyle, "He dropped you off, I followed him home. Then I stood outside his bedroom window, standing over him
he begged me not to do what I knew I had to do 'Cause I'm so in love with you." "Come on Maria we have what we need." Maria bowed to Doyle, "And with
that I bid you farewell."
That Night
Zak and Sarah sat on Sarah's bed the laptop open in front of them, watching Weird World. The episode ended and Zak sighed, "Something wrong Zak"
"I don't know. Do you think we should tell my parents about Maria? I mean you saw my mom when she found out Maria was evil. It just feels wrong somehow.
I hope Doyle knows what he's doing trusting her."
Doyle's POV
I turned my computer on, I needed to talk to Maria. I wanted to know more about her. I hope she'll be okay until she can find the chance to escape from
Van Rook. I wanted to kill him, he always had been a sucker for a pretty face. And Maria was more than just a pretty face. She was smart, creative, cunning,
beautiful, and somehow I could see the kindness in her that no one else seemed to see. Wow, I sound like I'm in love and I am not in love, especially not
with Maria. I tried to message her but she came up as unavailable. So she must be doing something else or Van Rook was... It made me mad just thinking
about it, I promised not only myself, but Maria as well, that someday he would pay for what he's done to her. I would make him pay, I think she'll like that
when I tell her. Zak and Sarah don't know what a postion she's putting herself in, she could be killed. I really want to know why it is she hates him so much.
She hated him before what he did to her, so he must have done something before that. I could only hope that she would be okay and that she knew what she
was doing. I turned my computer off, knowing I probably wouldn't be able to talk to her tonight. I would try again in the morning.
Okay the 2 songs Maria sings are Animal City by Shakira and as stated by Doyle Bloody Valentine by Good Charlotte. Any songs mentioned from here on out are owned by the artists. The only things I own are Maria's inventions, Maria, and Sarah. Okay I need the help of my readers. As you all saw I couldn't think of a good screen name for Doyle, so if you guys have any suggestions tell me in a review okay. Bye.
P.S. Shizuka ni is really Japanese for shut up.