Meanwhile everyone thought Serefina had left for a mission and would probably be back so they moved everything into the mansion and they placed Serefina's things in the room that they had said was hers. By the next day no one till hadn't seen Serefina and everyone had different degrees of worry about her, well everyone except Wufei who secretly wondered where she was, but on the outside was indifferent. When they all went to bed in the new mansion, Noa sat on the balcony and looked at the stars her heart flying as she thought about the guy she had met.
Cassandra sat behind her a watched as she changed from the serious, kind woman she had known to a teeny bobber that was obsessed with boys. A smile graced Cassandra's face as she watched Noa her normal dark features lightened slightly.
"I'm sorry my love for making you the way you are just for my selfish needs." Shinigami said in a quiet voice as his breath tickled her cheek. Cassandra looked at Shinigami and then looked at Noa. At that moment she decided something and stood up her wings stretching slightly as she stepped off the roof. With her wings stabilized her she floated in front of Noa and when Noa's face gained a surprised look she closed her eyes and she landed her wings folding behind her so that the tips just barely touched the floor. Cassandra sat and as her wings rearranged themselves so that she wasn't sitting on them. Noa looked at Cassandra with eyes that were filled with shock, fear and another hidden emotion, and when she tried to speak but no sound came out and Cassandra raised a hand to stop Noa from trying.
"Noa, Please don't try and talk. Now that you have seen me your voice cords are frozen. That is the way god put it so that we demons would not be able to have a normal life." Noa nodded and sat to listen to her friend speak. Cassandra smiled and began to explain what had happened. When she finished she picked a sleeping Noa and carried her back to her room putting her in her bed. Cassandra grabbed the bag that both Noa and Cera had to carry in to the room with one hand then quickly walked out her hands scribbling part of an old legend. When she finished she kissed the paper to show she had written it and took out her pocket watch from her father and placed it on the note before then walking out, pausing in to doorway to the balcony and she looked at her two best friends her eyes filling with sad tears. "Good bye my friends. May your life be spared." She then walked out and headed for the old abandoned apartment that Shinigami had taken as his own for the time being.
But unknown to her that Cera had awoken and watched with silent eyes as she saw the person that she had known for years become something that she had been taught was just a child's imagination and frankly it scared her to think that her best friend was a demon. She lay down again after Cassandra; the person she once had known as Serefina, had walked out of the balcony and flew off her tears glinting in the moonlight.
When the sun rose the next day, Cera had convinced herself that it was just a dream. But when she walked to the desk in her room, she saw the note the lip-gloss still shining in the glinting morning light. Noa stayed asleep oblivious to the day and so Cera folded the note and placed it in her pocket before leaving the room. When she entered the kitchen she tried to look like nothing had happened as she sipped the cup of coffee that she had made but her stormy blue eyes showed that there was something wrong. Quatre silently probed her mind and found that she had placed the note in her pocket. But with a little more probing just under her radar he found out another part to her problem, which she had seen Serefina that night before. He shook his head to leave hers and he sipped at his tea quietly contemplating the idea that Serefina was a demon and the final war would start once again.
As Serefina slipped her clothes on she made her wings disappear quietly and smiled tightly as her fanged canines slipped out of her lips. She could hide the wings if she wanted but the other effects were harder to hide and she would use too much energy to hide it all for more then one day. Her white sundress was slightly discolored but her slightly pale skin was perfect for the dress. But she was still human to a point. So she tried not to look in the mirror so as she wouldn't see her damned state. Shinigami walked out of his room and hugged Serefina tightly before he led her out into the sunlight. Cassandra slipped on a pair of silver sunglasses that made her look like one cool person. Shinigami also slipped the same glasses that they were "borrowing" from the store, and walked out.
As they walked Cassandra looked into the sunlight and she tried to stop the tears that were prickling the back of her eyes. 'The war starts in three days…' Cassandra's thought trailed off and Shinigami led her in the direction of the park. As they entered, Cassandra scanned the place and when she spotted someone that was familiar she smiled and walked down the path near the bench they were sitting at. When she passed the woman, Cassandra realized that she was Relena. Her evil smirk grew rapidly as Cassandra quickly met up with Shinigami and quickly told him her plan. Shinigami smiled widely at the mischief but sat on a bench with a tired slump. Cassandra looked at him worriedly and wrapped her thin arms around him.
"Cass-chan, why does the world seem to hate us so?" Shinigami asked in a childish voice. Cassandra looked at him and smiled at the nickname she had been given all those years back when the world was their playground.
"Shini-chan, we are hated because of our forbidden love. We are hated for the exact reason of God scorns us and Lucifer shoos us away like the plague. When the war starts there will be a sacrificial lamb that will heal the world and then we can be together, no matter what anyone says." Shinigami looked up from his resting place of Cassandra's lap and smiled quietly before sitting up and kissing her quickly on the lips, before lying down once more. Cassandra ran her fingers through his black hair and closed her eyes to try and convince herself of the truth. 'I will have to be the lamb because of the legend. But I don't want to loose anyone ever again. He knows this but he ignores it so that he wont worry himself.' Cassandra thought with a soft smile before undoing his braid and running her fingers through the silken strands. When she had it all untangled she quickly and expertly braided it and tied it off before placing her own hair in a messy bun and closing her eyes to the noon sun. She knew that Shinigami was fast asleep so she absently ran her fingers through his hair and looked at the happy couples and children that inhabited the rather large park.
But when Cera and Quatre entered the park Cassandra quickly woke Shinigami up and then got up from the bench herself. Shinigami's eyes were blurry and full of sleep but he got up and quick as lightning and followed Cassandra. When Quatre detected the fuzzy aura of Serefina he turned and followed his sense. When he found her he saw she was sitting on a bench not far from the park. Her green eyes were dull like someone who hasn't had the love and treatment they needed. Quatre's cornflower blue eyes filled with wisdom beyond his years.
"It's coming." Quatre stated with a quiet voice. Cassandra looked at him and saw the wisdom and before she could stop herself, she ran to Quatre and cried into his shoulder. Shinigami stood up and Quatre moved over slightly to give Shinigami some space to move and stand were he was but Shinigami just shook his head and looked at Cassandra with quiet eyes. Cera looked at the man and frowned as she scanned the blockade he placed up in his mind. His eyes met hers and Cera felt a jolt of electricity skip over her mind. Cera stumbled and glared at the man and then looked at Serefina. Cassandra's eyes were slightly puffy and her eyes were slightly hidden by heavy eyelids.
"Sir, She is just sleepy from crying. Once she gets some sleep she will be as good as new." Quatre said as Shinigami picked her up like a wounded child, her arms hugging her waist.
Shinigami smiled and said in a quiet voice as he watched Cassandra, "The name is Shinigami. I'm the side of your friend Duo Maxwell that he neglects to show people. I was called out of him by this angel's cry. She is the angel that was a high-ranking angel in Heaven but we fell in love and she was forced to live on earth and was cursed to live as a demon for all eternity, never truly dieing only being reborn into the same body as the one she just left. Her black wings are the horrible reminders of her betrayal and the fangs and such are signs of her change from human to her demon form. Her demon form will stay asleep until the final war is close then our souls reach for each other and our true forms are revealed. Duo Maxwell is the same as before but now he wont have the voice in his head telling him to destroy everything." He paused for a moment and placed a sleeping Cassandra on the bench they had been sitting on. Quatre had sat down and Cassandra's head was in his lap. Cera sat on Quatre's other side her hands gracefully folded in her lap. Shinigami sat on the sidewalk and looked at Cassandra, his eyes scanning her face for some answers before continuing on with his story, "Quatre I know you remember the Great War from when the world was new?" He waited for Quatre to nod before he continued, "I do vividly and this time it will be worse. Has the angel started to change at all?"
Quatre nodded solemnly and looked at Cera a sad smile. "We are all becoming those people." He stated as Shinigami got up and picked Cassandra up from the bench.
"She changed her name to Cassandra so you need to call her that." And with that he disappeared without a trace. Quatre looked at Shinigami with clouded eyes and then walked off with Cera following him her mind reviving some of the memories that had lain dormant in her mind since the beginning of time.
When Cassandra awoke she saw a white ceiling and her mind whispered to her, 'yet another unfamiliar ceiling…' but she just closed her eyes and felt her mind squash the little voice. When she felt someone enter the room her eyes opened slightly to see Shinigami come over and place a warm cloth on her forehead and before leaving he placed a soft kiss on her lips. When he had disappeared Cassandra opened her eyes again and frowned as she felt her sharpened canine nick her lip. As she lightly sucked her lip, her mind flitted around her head in a confused haze. Where was she? Why was Shinigami being so sweet? But as the time passed Cassandra's mind started to clear from the haze and when night had fallen she was feeling better and she walked to the bathroom to hear the shower running. She shook her head slightly then stopped because she began to sway like a drunken sailor. When the dizziness passed she walked to the kitchen and found a tall glass of a dark red substance. She picked the glass up and took a small timid sip before quickly draining the cup of the contents.
When she turned, she turned to see Shinigami walk out of the bathroom in his normal black slacks and a black tank top that showed off her muscular body. Shinigami looked at her lips and noticed that the red substance was beading on her lips. He briskly walked over and kissed her his tongue slipping out and lightly removing the beads of substance. When they separated Shinigami smiled in a predatory way as he stepped back and sat on the counter. Cassandra smiled and walked so she was standing in between his legs. "Thank you Shini-chan. The blood was sweet and tasted like heaven." She lightly kissed him and quickly pushed her guilt of having to use another being to survive to the back of her head. When she tried to pull away Shinigami placed a light hand on the back of her head and held her head where it was before slipping his tongue into her mouth to taste the sweet metallic taste of the blood she had consumed. As his tongue explored her mouth, Cassandra tried to with hold a moan that was ripping at her throat. She had refused to let anyone kiss her like this but against Shinigami, her true love, she knew no way to say no. The feeling that she had tried to hide bubbled to the surface and Cassandra moaned quietly as she responded to the kiss. She slipped her hands around his neck and smiled as she felt his hands settle around her hips. They separated slowly and when Cassandra laid her head on Shinigami's shoulder she felt him hug her close tightly as if he let go she would disappear.