Chapter 8 – Class Trip?
Only Ruka and Kaname knew about the phone conversation from Delilah and they remained thoughtful. Ruka kept a close eye on her but did not do anything as she was still waiting for Kaname to give her his consent. Days seemed to fly by and soon almost a month had passed and the vampires were becoming comfortable with the new teacher. Only Zero, Ruka and Kaname were still wary of her. They thought she was oblivious but she had long since perfected her mask. She understood Zero's reason but drew a blank face while pondering about the the two; who seemed perfectly fine at the beginning. Did they find out?...No, that was impossible.
At the end of the week, Kaname decided that he should have a talk with Delilah. "Come walk with me," he said, briskly walking away. He led her through the woods into that same clearing by the lake.
"Are you a spy?" The question was asked with such straightforwardness, it completely opposed the cold, calculative demeanor of the Pureblood and made her burst out laughing. He did not know whether it was because this was the first time she had laughed completely at ease with him or some other reason but his stone cold heart began to thaw a little at the sound and a small smile made its' way to his lips; however, there were matters of more importance to be addressed. So he suppressed that smile and repeated the same question with total seriousness.
She asked, "For who? Asato Ichigo?...Maybe I am a spy, but rest assured. I am not that old geezer's lackey. I admit I have some ulterior motives at hand but none of them are malicious...at least not to any of you," she murmured the last part almost inaudibly. "Please continue with your work but don't interfere with my matters."
This discussion, instead of satisfying his curiosity, raised several different questions. Millions of thought began to swim in his head. "Who is her target?" "If she is not Asato's minion, who is she working for?" "Can he trust her word?" The most predominant thought was that he had severely misjudged this new arrival.
Delilah was walking to her dorm when suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Ruka stood before her. "I don't want any harm to befall him. If you touch a hair on Kaname-sama's head, you'll not live for another second." She snarled viciously. She did not wait for any confirmation from Delilah and disappeared just as quickly as she came. 'Two confrontations in one day…and the last one with a death threat…lucky me! This is becoming very interesting.' She thought while unlocking her door. 'Very well…time to send an owl to the chipmunks.'
Classes continued as usual and Kaname ordered a full investigation on her. It was a new moon night when a cool breeze was blowing. Delilah informed her class of the impending excursion. It was to be held about a month later for two weeks at some hillside where they were to be tested on their control, tolerance and reflexes in several different ways.
"Think of it as a serene place with no distractions where you can frolic among nature and her creations except the silence of the dreary night, symbolizing the threat of the unknown and you can hear your heart beating nineteenth to the dozen and you are sweating profusely and the out of nowhere you are scared out your wits by a single sound dreading the approaching danger and BOO! A rabbit scurries out of the bushes with its noise twitching."
Her voice had dropped and became almost a whisper and all the people seemed to be magnetically drawn towards her. Aido fell out of his seat at that last phrase. She strolled back to her desk reassuring them it would not be that difficult and she was not a demon. As an afterthought, she added that if she was a demon, she was at least a devilishly angelic one. Hushed whispers throughout the room in anticipation of the trip was cut off when a student asked to come in to relay a message from the chairman.
He said that that the chairman told him to tell Delilah that the chipmunks had floo-ed to remind her of a PTA? He said it hesitantly almost uncertain of the wordings. Delilah stood up so fast her chair fell and then rushed out of the room. Then she popped her head back in and said "class dismissed."
