Chapter 3: what do I do?

I had called the only contact in the phone my mother gave me after many hours of mourning my her death and grandmas. The man who I called was a friend of my mothers. He told me he was a director of a famous school called True Cross Academy, he was shocked that I never heard of it.

All in all, I am now going to be living in Japan, attending this school and a cram school. But first I need to clean the house then go shopping. Fighting back my pain, I cleaned and bleached every inch of my house and carefully washed my Grandma and mother of blood and carried one body at a time outside laying them down in a pool of glowing moonlight, the soft moss in the backyard cushioning the cold bodies. I dug two graves, my mind blank and a constant pushing the shovel in the damp earth and removing the earth to a dark pile. When the graves were six feet deep and three feet wide I, pulled myself out. I stared at the two dark holes, not really seeing them. I turned my gaze to the soft pink light coming from the east, realizing that night had gone and the day has started. I went to the closest field about a ten minute walk from where was collecting as many wildflowers and lady ferns as possible, once back I ran inside grabbing two large quilts along with a bottle rosemary wine and two sage smudge sticks. Walking outside I walked to the two forms in the moss placing the things on the side except large quilts wrapping Grandma in the blue quilt with her laying on the flowers and the lady ferns in her hands with the leaves facing down like a sword, I did the same with my mother but with a purple quilt, I carefully place both their limp lifeless bodies in the graves. Once the dirt was compact nicely I put two stones on the soft mounds of dirt with both their names carved on them. I sat in front of the tombs of mounded earth, until the sun was high enough in the sky to heat the doo-ie grass. I stood up, looking one last time at the to stones whispering, "I'm sorry, mum… Grandma… I love you both so much."

I took a much needed shower washing away my mother's blood from my hands and chest has I had held her when she had died. I scrubbed away the dirt and sweat. I finished in the shower taking longer to soak my bruised and aching muscles. I dried off walking into my room going threw my closet for clothes.

I dressed into purple camo pants and a pastel belly t-shirt with soft leather boots. I returned my closet dropping down to my knees and basically putting half my body into the closet my hands fishing for my suitcase. Once I located it pulled it, and unzipping it, getting ready for packing. I grabbed my jacket, wallet and keys heading down stairs. I closed and locked the door, heading to my pickup truck. I was at a piercing shop getting a pierced eyebrow, and my ears with one small piercing on both sides, I didn't want to go all out on them because when I draw my sword, my ears get longer.

Walking a bit more I found a hair dying salon and went in asking them to dye my hair silver and purple. Then shave the right side and dye it black. After sitting in the chair for 3 hours I was almost crying with joy when I was finally able to leave. I drove home in my old pickup to pack my suitcase and any other necessities I would be bringing to Japan. I quickly went to my room, after I unlocked the door pulling out the new clothes I purchased at the mall and packed them in my small suitcase.

Setting my luggage down by my door along with my sword in its purple cloth sling, I opened the door to my bathroom taking a look at myself in the mirror.

'I have changed' I thought dryly

I took a quick shower, brush my teeth and hair, walking out of the bathroom with a t-shirt and elastic shorts on turning off the light I fell into my bed and went to sleep, with the last thought off tomorrow is going to be a long day.