Chapter 13

Near

I'm so sorry this was such a late update! I had so much stuff to do and school exploded and my parents decided to smoke me out of the house over the weekend and I had a ton of homework and a couple projects! I'm soooo sorry!

This is a weekday update because mi maestro de Espaňol finally decided to give my class a break. Whew! *Wipes brow with relief* Anyway, Cassandra's almost over, but Shattered is taking a while to come out because my mangaka is really slow (and busy) and I want the written portion and the manga to come out simultaneously. For those of you who are interested, it will be published on DeviantART and our username (and pseudonym) is AyumuTenshi, which is spelled with the kanji for "dream", "walk", and "angel." It's also a guy's name, even though we're both girls. O.o

Now, without further drablings on about my personal life, I now present the second to last chapter of Cassandra.

A few months after Color had pled guilty to all 19 murders, the test results were in. As usual, Mello had come second to Near.

After school in the courtyard, Mello approached Near. He took no time in shoving him down and kicking him black and blue. After that, the Bishonen took him by the throat and started to choke the albino.

Matt was shocked. He ran over to his friend.

"Mello! You're going to kill him!" he screamed.

Mello didn't respond.

I have to do something, Matt thought. He slapped the insides on Mello's elbows and forced him to drop the boy. Near landed hard and Mello walked off, the chains of his boots clinking with each stride.

Matt reached out a well-gamed hand. It met Near's pale one and he gently pulled him back to the standing position.

"Thank you, Matt," the white boy stated, brushing the dust off his shirt.

"No problem. Want to come to the arcade with me after school tomorrow?"

Near nodded, picking up his backpack, smiling to himself. Color had been right: this time was different.

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