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Sorry about the cliffhangers, I'm trying not to leave you guys off on too many, but it's just where I think the chapters need to end so I don't mess up the plot.
And now I present you with chapter 28!
Cassandra splashed her face with water once more before looking up at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. There were dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep. Rido had kept her up the past few nights, plaguing any sleep she got with nightmares.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Cassandra asked as she brushed her hair and put it up in a braid.
Rido chuckled, sending shivers down Cassandra's spine.
"It's amusing to see you so miserable." He replied.
"I always knew you were a sadist." Cassandra sighed.
"I had no idea you thought of me that way," Kaname spoke up as he leaned against the door frame.
Cassandra gasped, turning quickly and knocking her make-up case off the counter, sending make-up and hair ties sprawling across the gray tiled floor. She sighed again as she began picking everything up.
"I wasn't talking to you," She said, glancing up at Kaname.
"Then who were you talking about?" Kaname asked as he kneeled down next to her and helped her pick everything up.
"No one, just a story character." She replied as she stood back up, placing the make-up bag in the top drawer.
"Are you alright?" Kaname asked, "You look-"
"Horrible?" She interrupted, "Yeah I know I do."
Kaname wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him and placing a light kiss on her lips.
"No, I was going to say that you look exhausted." He said, "Are you having trouble sleeping?"
"Yeah, sort of…" Cassandra replied, "I guess I've just had a lot on my mind lately,"
"You seem to sleep pretty well when you're with me so-"
Cassandra face palmed herself as bad thoughts crossed her mind. Kaname took a half step back, looking a bit startled by his cousin's sudden action.
"Are you sure you're alright?" He asked.
"I'm perfectly fine," Cassandra replied, sounding like she was laughing and crying at the same time.
"You're not being very convincing." Rido commented.
"Shut up!" Cassandra yelled, covering her mouth with her hand when she realized she had said it out loud.
"Maybe you should just stay back today and get some rest," Kaname said as he placed a hand on her shoulder, looking at her with great concern.
"No, I'm ok, really!" Cassandra replied cheerfully, "Come on, you don't want to be late for class, do you?" She grabbed his hand and they went downstairs to join the rest of the class.
Kaname couldn't understand why his cousin was acting like this. She had never behaved in that kind of manner. Her actions seemed to change on the drop of a dime.
'If I end up like uncle Rido, at least you'll know why,'
Kaname shook his head.
'No, she wouldn't…' He thought, 'she couldn't become like him.'
Cassandra couldn't go mad, and Kaname would do whatever he could to prevent that.
When the classes changed, Cassandra was happy to see Yuki helping Zero with the Day Class Girls again.
"Hello Yuki!" She smiled, waving to her younger cousin.
Yuki turned her head to them as her newly cut short hair bounced around her face.
"Hi Cassie, hi Kaname-" She was cut off when the Day Class girls pushed her down.
Cassandra shot the girls her fiercest death glare. She already had to deal with Rido and the added screaming from the overly obsessed group was really ticking her off.
"Hey! Knock it off!" She yelled, "You're here at this school to learn, not fulfill your worthless hopes of finding a boyfriend! Hearing you guys' screaming every day is really annoying! You're nothing but a bunch of pathetic lovesick leeches!"
The whole crowd went completely silent and some of the girls cowered in fear. Cassandra turned back to Yuki and helped her up.
"Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright," Yuki replied, still shocked by the older girl's outburst.
The Day Class disbanded and returned to their dorms, no longer interested in fawning over the Night Class for today at least.
"Wow Cassandra," Naomi said, "I wasn't expecting you to blow up at them like that. You're always so calm, even when they do get on your nerves."
"I'm just not in the mood to deal with their incessant screaming today," Cassandra sighed.
"You did a pretty good job." Zero chuckled, "That's the same thing I've been trying to tell them all along. Although I didn't think they would ever actually listen."
"It wasn't that hard," Cassandra said, "All I did was tell them the truth,"
Some of the other students nodded in agreement.
"Don't you think you were being a bit harsh?" Takuma asked.
"Of course she was being harsh! She scared away all my fans!" Aido whined, earning a smack to the back of the head from Cassandra.
"No it wasn't harsh." She replied with no emotion what-so-ever. "They're all still alive aren't they?" She began walking to the classroom, leaving the others behind.
"Is she ok?" Yuki asked when Cassandra was out of earshot.
Kaname shook his head, his eyes following Cassandra's receding figure before it disappeared inside the building.
"I'm not sure," He replied, "I tried to convince her to stay back at the dorms today, but she wouldn't listen and insisted that she was fine." He said goodbye to Yuki and continued on his way to the classroom, followed by the rest of the class.
When they got to the classroom, Cassandra was sitting at her desk, resting her head on the table. Kaname walked over to her and realized that she was asleep. He gently shook her shoulder to wake her up, but it didn't work.
"I know what will wake her up." Naomi whispered as she placed a hand on Cassandra's arm, slowly moving it like how an insect would crawl. She used her powers to make shadows form around her hand.
"Oh my god, Cassandra wake up!" Naomi said loudly, "There's a spider crawling on your arm!"
Cassandra opened her eyes, through blurry vision seeing a dark figure crawling on her arm. She jolted awake and screamed.
"Get it off! Get it off!" She shrieked. She tripped over the corner of the seat and fell back but was caught by Kaname.
"Calm down Cassie," Kaname said, "Naomi was just joking."
"Yeah, I was just trying to wake you up." Naomi laughed.
"Oh…" Cassandra sighed, her face turning red in embarrassment. Naomi cocked an eyebrow at her friend's reply.
"Oh?" She asked, "Just oh? What, no sarcastic remark? No commenting on my crazy antics? Who are you and what have you done with Cassandra?!" She grabbed Cassandra by the shoulders and shook her. "Lord Kaname was right, something is wrong with you!"
"I'm tired Naomi," Cassandra dully replied, glaring slightly. "Nothing is wrong with me, I'm just tired."
Naomi let go of her friend and took a step back, raising her hands in the air as if she were waving the white flag in defeat.
"Ok, I believe you." She said, "Just try not to fall asleep in class again,"
"No promises," Cassandra yawned.
Towards the middle of class, Cassandra could feel herself starting to doze off again. The last thing she wanted was to get supplementary classes for falling asleep in class again.
'This must be how Yuki and Zero feel every day,' She thought. She laid her head on the table, deciding to just rest her eyes for a few minutes.
As soon as her head touched the table, she felt a sharp pain in her skull. It felt like someone had split her head in half with an ax. Cassandra bit her lip to keep from crying out. Her head was throbbing so badly that it hurt to raise it from the table. She knew that this was Rido's doing.
"What's the matter?" Rido taunted, "Have a bit of a headache?"
'You know I really hate you, right?' She thought angrily.
"Yes, I'm fully aware of that," Rido chuckled.
Cassandra tried to ignore the aching pain but it was making it hard for her to concentrate. She couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and walked over to the teacher, ignoring Kaname's question of where she was going.
"Can I please go to the nurse?" Cassandra asked, "My head is killing me."
"Alright, go ahead." Yagari replied, "Just don't bite anyone on the way there."
"I won't," Cassandra sighed, walking to the door and leaving the classroom.
Once they were a safe distance away from the class, Rido decided that it was time to take control. Cassandra gasped, falling to her knees and clutching her head as she tried to fight Rido for control. However, Rido's manipulative nature and controlling powers were too much for Cassandra and she lost all control she had.
Her eyes turned red and blue; one of the downsides to controlling people who had a different eye color. She stood up, leaning against the wall as she chucked.
"For someone who killed her own uncle, you really are a pathetic weakling." She laughed.
Cassandra went to the headmaster's office, happy to find that it had been left unlocked. She looked around the room, eventually coming across a locked box. This was what Rido had been looking for. He used Cassandra's powers and broke open the box.
"Heh, stupid hunter," Cassandra sneered.
She reached into the broken remains of the box and pulled out a sword that shocked her when she touched it. This was the same sword she had used to kill Rido; the one he had used to take Haruka's life.
Cassandra slightly cringed as the sword began to sear the skin off the palm of her hand, but Rido forced her to ignore the pain. She walked over to the open window when she heard voices. Cassandra tried to stay out of sight by standing behind one of the curtains. She peered out the window and saw Yuki and Zero out on their nightly patrol.
Cassandra smirked when Rido came up with a new plan. Why go after Kaname, when he could get a much better target?
Zero kissed Yuki and left to finish patrolling his part of the academy grounds.
"This sword is about to claim another victim." Cassandra whispered.
Please review! Sorry about the cliffhanger .
