Cassandra walked up the grassy hillside, pointing a silenced gun at Caedes "How did you catch an armor piercing round?" She whispered under her breath watching Nana help Caedes up.

"Are you okay!" She asked with her eyes full of tears, Caedes merely looked at her, he seemed different, his hair was covering half of his face and his eyes were more of an 'almond' shape, his pupils were a lot thinner as well.

Cassandra didn't show any sign of care "Who are you?" She asked now pointing the gun at her; Nana looked at her angrily "Go away!" She screamed and Cassandra was sent flying backwards down the hill. Her pistol flew off somewhere else.

"Why didn't you kill her?" A dark voice said to her, Nana looked back Caedes "What's w-wrong?" Caedes grabbed the side of Nana's head and pushed it into the tree, hard enough to knock her out. One of her velvet ribbons fell off which revealed a horn. Caedes ceased his actions. "…. Lucky girl…" He turned and headed for the wounded huntress.

Cassandra couldn't stand, something had hit her hard, she didn't know what… She was falling asleep, unconscious……

"You can't do anything right! Failure!"

Cassandra opened her eyes right open; she got up having to strain herself. "Not dead… Yet…!" Caedes seemed unfazed "Persistent fool…" Cassandra adopted a small grin, pulling out a tiny weapon and fired it at Caedes, a needle like object injected itself into his head.

A great pain overcame his senses making him scream in agony, it were as if chainsaws were sawing their way through his head, the needle popped out and the pain had vanished. Cassandra continued to smirk "I thought you wouldn't have been able to block that…" Caedes bared his fangs "You… I'll kill you!" A moments silence… "Their… Their not coming out? What did you do!" The huntress laughed.

The rain continued pouring. As a detective and the chief captain looked at the bound, knocked-out body of the mass-murderer. "Hmph. To think that all that carnage, was made by a mere girl…" The detective pulled out a cigarette and lighted it "… A very unique girl at that cap'n" "It took us a whole night… What is she?" "… No idea sir…"

Caedes charged at Cassandra with rage, Cassandra leaped at him and attempted to punch him, but Caedes caught her fist and reached out to grab her throat, which Cassandra used her free arm to punch his stomach. Caedes fell down catching his stolen breath but Cassandra stomped on his head and pushed it down into the grass "Now how about giving up like a good boy and coming home?" She taunted "Speak!" But she was only making it worse for herself as Caedes was managing to over power her by lifting his head off the ground "I don't have a home…" Caedes broke free and Cassandra leaped backwards dodging his rising attack "Over-confidence will be your downfall…" He said licking some blood off his upper-lip and swallowing it.

Caedes wore a demented grin, walking towards Cassandra, holding the heavily injured part of his head with one hand "Yes… Their coming back, the power… I feel it growing…" 'What? No!' Cassandra's plan was ruined she had to escape somehow, but she was too late, something stopped her foot from moving, then both of her arms. Caedes laughed at her "I'm not any ordinary Diclonious idiot!" Caedes reached out with his hand and Cassandra screamed as she was being tortured, it felt as if her body were on fire, Caedes laughed at her.

Nana wearily opened her eyes, the screaming had awoken her. "W-Wha…?" Caedes' laughter faded away.

Nana!

"N-No!" Cassandra fell to the floor limp "Not now! Gah!" Caedes screamed in anguish, holding his head "AAAuuugghhh!" Everything went silent after, and Caedes was back to his 'other' self "What happened?" Cassandra lifted herself up "I… I'll kill you…" Caedes "M-Miss?" Cassandra stood up; attempting to grab her gun she noticed it was gone. Swearing Cassandra made a run for it.

Caedes watched her run off, completely unaware of the events that had occurred. He saw Nana by the tree injured. Caedes went over to her.

"Cassandra lost?" Director Kakuzawa had his back to his secretary, staring out to sea from his window "Yes sir, we transported her to the medical wing. The Diclonious must have been holding back…" "Dismissed." "Wha-" "-You heard me." "Yes sir."

Caedes picked Nana up carrying her in both arms, his injuries didn't seem to be bothering him, Nana opened her eyes a little more, and she was still weary. "I, still haven't told you my name have I?" Nana looked up at him "N-No…" Caedes smiled "It's… Vita" Nana's eyelids drooped "Vi-ta?" Nana's head rested on Vita's chest, drifting off to sleep "Pa.. Pa"

Papa?

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Vita. Latin word for: Life.