The Possession of Toshio Mariko:

It was late on June 30th and Toshio Mariko was walking into his place of work when he was attacked. "I am the Highest Ranking General of the Dark Kingdom and you are now under my control." Toshio tried to run but was frozen in spot, Malachite turned into air and took over the man. "Let's see Serenity survive this," He laughed before heading home. /Home such a relative term./

Malachite entered the home as quietly as possible and went to sleep in his office. /Now to begin operation evade and disassociate family./

Over the following months Malachite played it low and just avoided and pushed the family way. He could feel the man, Toshio watching from the back of his mind. Beryl was very insistent that this be done carefully. So Malachite was patient and took his time. Finally just before Christmas he felt the man's conscious fade to a state of sleeping and attacked. The wife, Serenity was going to be easy. He just baited her into an argument and escalated it until he was in a rage.

"Leave me alone! I am working hear, if you want to feed that brat of yours you;ll..." Toshio spat out at his wife one night at around ten pm.

"How could you? You used to love her. What happened?" Serenity said in discust.

"Life happened and now I have to finish my work!" he yelled into his wife's face.

"You've changed, Toshio, and I fear for Usagi."

"I won't let you leave me; I've given you EVERYTHING!! You wanted commitment--we got married, you wanted a family-- I gave you a daughter. EVERYTHING you have I GAVE you!"

"But you have become abusive and dangerous..."

"Abusive? I'll show you abusive!" Toshio picked up Serenity by her hair and slapped her across the face. Then he threw her against the wall and began throwing furniture at her. Serenity screamed in terror and pleaded for her daughter's life.

For Usagi, who stood petrified in the hall, it seemed like hours before her mother's screams ceased. Blood splattered the room and Toshio stared down at his wife, "No, THAT was abusive and dangerous."

Toshio swore as he spotted a shadow in the hallway this was going to make it a little more complicated. The shadow ran up th stairs and within minutes the police were at the door. Before answering with two waves he created a carry-on bag and plane tickets from that nights flight. "Excuse me sir, we got a call from a distraught child from this address."

"That would have been my daughter, I have yet to locate her as I just got home. I had the taxi drop me off about a block away as not to wake the house." Toshio lied. As the police began searching the house they came upon the corpse and fear stricken child.

However with no evidence against him and a solid alibi their hands were tied and the case was dropped within a month. The general smirked as the judge aquitted him of the charges. /One down, one to go./

The child would take more care and be more fun if he had his way. Toshio started by telling the schools that she couldn't attend due to the issues created by the witnessing of her mother's murder and so kept her in solitude. Unfortunately he couldn't prevent Serenity's mother Selene from visiting but still it was enough. As she got older he began verbally abusing her and by the time she was eight he had her broken. It was at the point he began to get careless, what did he a general of the Dark Kingdom have to fear. Malachite's advances got more and more bold. By fall he was starting to get sexual with her and soon would engage in the relationship that would cause her death.

If Selene had not interfered his plan would have worked but she, the meddlesome grandmother had stolen the child away for several months, keeping in contact and brought her back just before it would have been acceptable to charge with kidnapping. She was getting more confident from spending time with Selene, Malachite couldn't have that and after a week came up with a plan.

He climbed into bed with her and feign slept as he began to seduce and pleasure himself. He began slowly with fondling and foreplay working his way up to intercourse. Malachite wasn't satisfied after that so he took off his belt and beat the child princess for two or three hours (he had lost track of time) before he left to go run some errands, leaving her alone.

After checking in with Queen Beryl and doing some grocery shopping Malachite returned to an empty house. Malachite was in a blind fury tore the house apart in a vane attempt to find the missing child, to no avail. Finally in the kitchen he spotted a note saying 'Gone shopping with Usa, Selene'

Crumpling up the note he charged out of the house and to the nearest mall. Three malls later he spotted her in the crowds, after all the time chasing her, his rage was blinding. Malachite had to stop himself he had almost used his magic on her; but stopped short and chased her on foot. Grabbing a hold of her near the Santa display he picked her up by her collar and (unaware of the spectators) began slapping her. A mistake on his part, Malachite figured that everyone in the mall would be to absorbed in their shopping to notice...he was wrong.