Chapter 2
Cassandra woke up feeling refreshed. She looked over to her right to see Kuya next to her. That's when she realized that she was laying on the floor. She slowly sat up and leaned against the wall behind her. Kuya had a kind of panic look on his face. Cassandra didn't pay much attention to it. She looked up at the ceiling for a moment. Finally after a while she looked at him and spoke.
"So did I die?" Kuya nodded his head slowly. "Should have guessed so. My arms were getting tired, so it was only a matter of time."
"So you didn't drop it from the shock of finding out I was gay?"
Cassandra laughed. "I had gay best friends when I was alive. Though I would never expect you to be gay." Cassandra was silent for a moment. "So I'm guessing you're in love with Souta?" Kuya's face got as red as an apple. He looked away from her. After a while he nodded his head. "Hmm ok…Before I ask any more questions on you I'm going to ask a random one... Where are we?"
"A Commander saw you, uh, die. He had come over to see what had happened. After a few seconds he commanded me carry you to this room and wait till you came back. Everyone else wanted to come too, but only I was allowed to." Cassandra could just imagine all the guys fighting to come with to make sure she was ok. She giggled a little. She saw Kuya smile when she did.
"So back to you." The corners of Kuya's smile fell a little. "How long have you loved Souta?" Kuya stared at the ground, silent, for a while before he spoke.
"Ok... So when I first came here I was scared. Everyone tried to help me but it didn't work that well. Then one day I had gotten stuck in a new course that the higher ups made. After a while a higher up came along and told me to go back to the room, no supper. It just made it harder for me. When I went back to the room I crawled onto my bed, curled up into a ball, and started to cry. All of a sudden I felt a hand on my shoulder. I look up... and... there's Souta." Kuya got a gentle smile on his face. "Souta looked at me. I felt so embarrassed. I guess he could tell because he said 'Don't worry, I won't say anything. Just let it all out.' I was so happy that he said that that I clung to him desperately. Ever since then Souta always helped me out. No matter what, and somewhere along the line I fell in love for him."
"Aww that's so cute." Kuya's face got red and he looked at her.
"Uh! Um n-no!" Cassandra giggled at his reaction.
"Well that's nice of him. When I first was introduced to him he seemed kind of cold and distance."
"Well he's really sweet and nice. He's kind and gentle. He's just ... the best." Kuya looked at Cassandra. Cassandra nodded her head at him. They sat in silence for a while before Cassandra spoke again.
"So Is he the first guy you liked?" Kuya shock his head.
"No. When I was living I went out with guys also, but it wasn't like I always loved guys. It was after my mother raped me when I started to like guys."
"Your mother RAPED you!" Cassandra stared at him in shock. "Uh, not to be rude but how does that work out?"
"Haha. I know what you're asking. It can happen. I could tell you in details but I don't think you want me too." Kuya was silent for a movement before he spoke again. " It happened around the start of middle school. There was a girl I liked, but not just like. I liked her so much that, uh, I kept, uh, letting lose my pleasure." Kuya's face got red when he said that. Cassandra could tell that he knew it was wrong to talk like that around a girl. "So I came home and told my mom what had been happening. Then," Kuya pulled his knees to his chest and grabbed his shoulders, "she got a smile on her face. It was a smile that you would see on people's faces when they finally got something that they wanted. Then she told me in the sweetest voice I had ever heard from her. She told me to go put up my school stuff and then meet her in her bedroom. So being how I was little kind of small I listened to her. When I came into the bedroom she was waiting for me. She told me to get on the bed and then..." Kuya's eyes filled with tears. "She held me down and said 'this is why I had a son.' She held me down and raped me." The tears fell out of Kuya's eyes and made streams down his face.
Cassandra reached over and hugged him. "Is that why your here?" Kuya looked at her.
"No it's not. After that I was disgusted with women. That's when I started to like guys. In High school I started to go out with some. Then one day I thought I met the guy of my dreams. He was so nice. Then one day he wanted to do it, but I didn't. He got mad and forced me to do it. Afterward he dumped me. Literally. He basically raped me in his car and then dumped me off on some road. I was really scared afterward. I cursed God after that. Every time I loved someone deeply they would turn around and betray me. First my mom then the guy that I thought would stay with me forever." Kuya looked at the floor. "That's the reason why I'm here. I thought god was unfair giving all my friends the wonderful loves and not me." Kuya smiled a little. "Kind of stupid." At that moment Cassandra hit Kuya upside his head. Kuya jerked away from her and had a hand on the back of his head. "OW! What was that for?"
"That's not a stupid reason! It is unfair that everyone you loved deeply turned on you! You have every right to love as anyone else!" Kuya looked at her then started to laugh. Cassandra laughed right along with him. When their laughter broke down Kuya stood up. "Thanks Cassandra. I don't know why, but I feel like I can tell you anything." He offered his hand to help her up, and she accepted it. "Thank you. I just mean a lot to me to be able to tell this to someone."
"No problem. Just wish I could help you even more. Hey, maybe I can help you get with Souta!" Kuya held up his hands.
"No no no! Don't do that! I don't mind keeping these feelings to myself. Plus I don't want to ruin the friendship we have." Cassandra nodded her head
"Ok But if you ever want help I'll help you." They started to leave. They walked side by side in silence. As they did so Cassandra thought to herself. So Kuya had a love problem. That's why he's here. Well, even though he said not to help I'm going to see if Souta has any feeling toward him.
"Thanks Cassandra." Kuya said bringing Cassandra back to reality. He gave her a sincere smile. Cassandra felt happy that she could make Kuya feel happy.
"Hey you guys! You made it out!" Cassandra had to try hard to contain her laughter. Akio ran up and hugged her. "I'm so happy your ok."
"Of course she is. It would be enological in this world. She was bound to wake up sooner or later." Akio shot a glare at Akira.
"Anyways, glad to see that you're ok." Akio smiled at Cassandra. Cassandra smiled back at him.
"Hey you, over there!" Cassandra looked up to a guy in a uniform. "You have to go back to your classroom now!" The man pointed at the door. Cassandra looked around and saw that they were in the testing room. No one was in it, but them and the higher up.
"Did you guys wait here for me and Kuya?" Chioukichi smiled at her.
"Come on. We may be guys but we're not heartless."
"HEY! I said you have to leave!" Cassandra looked at the higher up.
"Hai, hai! We're leaving." Kei reached up and scratched the back of his head as if what he was saying caused him great pain.
"Kei what are you saying? We want to stay here and have a little bit more fun!" Chioukichi said what a smile on his face. At that moment both Fusao and Kazuya hit Chioukichi upside the head. They both had an irritated look on their faces.
"Don't be saying stuff like that!" They both said as Chioukichi reached up with both of hands to his head. Cassandra thought that Chioukichi was in great pain.
"Sorry. We will be leaving now." Kazuya said as he bowed to the higher up. He stood up straight and looked at everyone. "Let's go now" They nodded their heads at Kazuya and followed him out of the room.
Cassandra landed on her bed tired. She was exhausted, and she didn't know why. She could hear all the guys letting lose sigh of relief. Cassandra lifted her head slightly to look at everyone. At that moment Kei spoke.
"AHHHHH! I'm so tired! I had to do double after Cassandra died. Why?"
"Didn't you hear what one of the higher ups said. 'You should have been watching them. If you had been with them then you could have stopped it from happening. In order to make up for your mistake you have to do double than usual!' The explained it as clear as day."
"Akio, sometimes you just don't need to speak. What I asked was rhetorical." Kei stood up. He lifted his arm and sniffed his armpit. He flinched away from his armpit when he smelt it. "Dang! I stink!"
"It would be highly enological if you didn't." Akira pushed his glasses up his nose. Kei glared at him. Cassandra gave I little giggle as she sat up.
"Well mister smart, when is bath day?"
"Today" Everyone yelled with excitement but Cassandra and Kei.
"Oh yea I forgot." Atsuo snorted when Kei said this.
"And I thought I was an air head."
"You are." All the guys said with dullness to their voice. Atsuo glared at them all. All of a sudden Chioukichi stood up and stretched his arms high over his head.
"Well. Who wants to go first?" Chioukichi looked around. At that moment Kazuya raised his hand.
"If Kei doesn't take a bath soon we'll all die from his stink."
"Hey! I don't smell that bad!"
"So If you guys don't want to die and never reawaken then I suggest Kei go first." Kazuya continued as if Kei had never spoken.
"I have to agree. Kei does stink."
"He stinks more than a wet dog!"
"Thanks a lot Akio. Way to be honest."
"Your welcome!"
"I agree with Kazuya. I'm about to die over here from his stink."
"Then all agreed Kei goes first?" Chioukichi asked everyone.
"Hai!" Everyone raised their hands including Cassandra. Kei glared at them all.
"Way forget that I'm here." Chioukichi looked over at Kei.
"So everyone agreed that you go first." Kei scowled at Chioukichi.
"Way to be an ass." Kei grumbled at him.
"My pleasure!" Chioukichi gave him a thumbs up.
"Next time I get a chance to punch you I will kill you instead." Kei grumbled. Cassandra had to try so hard to contain the laughter that kept trying to escape has the conversation folded out in front of her.
"So is anyone going to take one with him?" Everyone was silent then Akio raised his hand.
"I think Kei should take one by himself because he stinks so badly."
"Ah, great plan Akio! Everyone in favor say 'I'!"
"I!"
"Kei, we have all agreed for you to take one by yourself!"
"Again, way to be an ass, Chioukichi." Kei sighed and got off his bed. "The least you guys could have done, while talking as if I wasn't here, was get the bath ready."
"Hmm? Did you say something Kei?"
"Alright you ass you're asking for it." Chioukichi just laughed at Kei's threat. As Kei got his stuff ready Chioukichi spoke again.
"Alright who will go after him?"
"Hmm.. Chioukichi!"
"Yes Akio?"
"Well we came back early, so we all have enough time to take a bath if we all go one at a time before its time for lights out." Chioukichi thought for a moment.
"Ah, your right! Ok! So let's decided which orders we're going to go in then!"
Cassandra stepped out of the bath and rapped the towel around her. The towel was so soft against her skin. She smiled as she remembered what happened moments before. When it was decided what order they went in Cassandra was told to go last so she would get a warm bath. She didn't even get a choice. Cassandra giggled to herself.
She walked up to the mirror and wiped the fog off of it. She looked at herself for the first time since she entered that world. Her brown hair fell down just slightly past her shoulders. When her hair was dry it would end right at her shoulders. Sometimes when her hair had a mind of its own it would get curlly and end just a few inches above her shoulders. She had her bangs tucked in behind her ear. Her brown eyes had a red tint to them. She frowned when she looked into her eyes. They were the color of her father's.
"Father. Mother. Brother. Sister." Cassandra closed her eyes in pain as a memory flashed in her head. When the memory had passed she opened her eyes and glared at herself. "You're stronger than this. Suck it up. Now is not the time to cry about the past." Cassandra took a deep breath. She kept her mind blank when she started to dry of and put on her night clothes.
Cassandra walked out of the bathroom only to hear two of the guys arguing. It was Atsuo and Souta. They were the only ones standing. Everyone else was on their beds ether watching them or doing something else.
"I'm telling you that in order to do a proper killing move you have to be able to do to cleanly and swiftly" Souta yelled at Atsuo.
"I know that but in order to do that you have to find a clean way to do it and there is none!"
"Yes there is!"
"No, there is not!" Cassandra walked over to her bed and sat down. She saw that Kuya was watching the two argue with a bored expression. Cassandra leaned toward him.
"What are they arguing about?" Kuya glanced at Cassandra then looked back at the two. He heaved a sigh.
"Their arguing on whether or not you can do a "proper" kill." Kuya lifted his finger and did the quotations for the word proper. Kuya laid his hands on his bed. He looked at Cassandra. A smile found its way to his face. "I believe Souta will win this argument." Cassandra looked at him.
"Why? Because you like him?" Cassandra said softly to where no one but Kuya could hear her. Kuya shock his head.
"No, because I know Souta." At that moment Kuya pulled out a music device. Cassandra sighed and laid down on her bed. She looked at the rest of the room.
She was surprised at how calm everyone looked with the arguing going on. Akira was reading a book on science. The book was about two inches thick. He looked like he was enjoying reading it. Kei was watching Atsuo and Souta argue. After a few seconds he shook his head and pulled out a notebook. He started to write in it. Akio was asleep curled up around a bunny. His pink hair fell slightly over his eyes. Cassandra smiled when she looked at him. He looks so cute. All most like a little kid. Cassandra realized that he reminded her if her younger brother. A memory flashed in her head. It was of her little brother. He had brown hair that was shaggy and went all over the place. His big brown eyes were closed as he was nodding off to sleep. He keep trying to stay awake to watch a TV show of his. Finally after a while he fell asleep.
Cassandra shook her head trying to clear it. This isn't the time to think about the past! She took a deep breath and went back to see what everyone was doing earlier. She looked at Chioukichi and saw that he was sitting on Fusao's bed talking with him. A few times one of them would glance at the two arguing then continued on with their conversation.
Cassandra looked at Kazuya. He was reading a book. This book was about half an inch wide. From the picture on the cover Cassandra guessed that it was a book written in the old time. Kazuya had a slight smile and a gentle look to his face as the read the book. Cassandra guess that the book was one of his favorites. Cassandra looked around the room again. She smiled. She was happy at how calm everyone was. It all seemed normal for them to be there. What am I thinking? This situation we're in is anything but normal. At that moment Souta interrupted her thoughts.
"That's it! I'm going to show you!"
"Ha show me! How you going to sho-" Atsuo was cut off by what Souta did. Souta took the base of his thumb and shoved it at Atsuo's nose. The bone in Atsuo's nose went forward into his brain. Atsuo's eyes went back into his head and he fell over backward. He hit the ground with a loud thud. The thud caused everyone to look at them. Souta stood over Atsuo with a smug look to his face.
"That's how you do it." Souta began to wipe his hand off on each other.
"Aw Souta! Did you have to kill him to prove your point!" Fusao put his head in his hand. Souta looked back at him.
"Well yea I did." Fusao just shook his head at Souta's answer. Chioukichi stood up and walked over to Atsuo's body. He let out a low whistle.
"Man. Don't think I've seen this good of a kill." Kei stood up, walked over to where Chioukichi was crouched over Atsuo, and stood next to him. Chioukichi looked up at Kei. "Think you could have done better."
"Hmm maybe. But it was a nice shot. You could tell he got him in total surprise." Chioukichi nodded his head in agreement. Chioukichi stood up. He looked around the room. His eyes fell on Akio.
"Akio!" Akio slowly opened his eyes. He sat up slowly and wiped his eyes with his fist. After a moment he looked around. He slowly took in the situation that was around him. He looked at Atsuo's lifeless body on the floor. He slowly got out of his bed and walked over to Atsuo. He crouched down next to him between Chioukichi and Kei. He looked at Atsuo's face. He looked as if he was trying really hard to see what was in front of him. All of a sudden Akio poked Atsuo's face. He looked up at Chioukichi and Kei. He had a dazed look to his face.
"Are you guy's sure he's dead?" Akio looked back at Atsuo. "He's zonked out like this before." Akio looked around. "What happened exactly?" Everyone looked at Souta.
"Well he was trying to tell me that-" Akio shock his head and spoke cutting of Souta.
"No no no. I mean what exactly did you use to teach him how to properly kill him." Cassandra smiled. Even though Akio was most likely tired he still had his cheerfully honest voice.
"Well let's see. I took the base of my thumb and hit his nose with it. Now, by doing that it forces the bone in the nose to go up into the brain. Thus killing your victim." Akio looked at Souta for a moment then stood up.
"Ok so he is dead." Akio yawned. He looked at Souta. "As you can see because you stabbed him in the brain with his nose bone he's bleeding from the ears."
"Hey that proves he has a brain!" Kei and Chioukichi laughed at Chioukichi's joke. All of a sudden Fusao and Kazuya were behind Kei and Chioukichi. As soon as Cassandra realized they were there both Kei's and Chioukichi's head went forward as if they were hit upside the head. Cassandra could just see the irritated marks on Fusao and Kazuya's faces. Cassandra had to try hard to held in her giggle. As Kei and Chioukichi rubbed the back of their heads Akio crouched down, picked up Atsuo, and threw him over his shoulder. Cassandra was surprised that Akio could carry Atsuo.
"Souta you can help me put Atsuo in the bathroom so that way he'll bleed in the bathtub." Akio looked at Kei and Chioukichi. "You two can clean up the blood." Akio left with Souta fallowing behind. At that moment Kuya made a motion to Cassandra telling her to lean in close to him. As she did so Kuya put up a hand to block the other's from reading his lips.
"Told you Souta would win." Kuya leaned back into his bed chuckling to himself. Cassandra smiled at him. She leaned back down on her bed. Suddenly she felt very tired. She grabbed the blankets, pulled them up to her shoulder's, and closed her eyes.
Cassandra awoke feeling extremely thirsty. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She looked around the room trying to come up with an idea to get a drink. Oh! I know! I could get some water from the bathroom. She got out of her bed, and tiptoed over to the bathroom. She opened the door. When she turned on the light she remembered that Atsuo was in the bathroom. She looked around and saw him laying in the bathtub still dead. Then I'll get a quick drink of water and hurry off to bed.
She walked over to the sink and turned it on. The water started to flow quickly out of the faucet. Cassandra glanced at Atsuo behind her. When is he supposed to come back? Cassandra decided not to dwell on her question. She cuffed her hands together and put them under the rushing water. When her hands were full she leaned her head down to her hands and drank the water. The water was ice cold going down her throat. It felt weird but quince her thirst. She stood up straight and wiped her mouth satisfied.
"I guess you can do a proper kill." Cassandra spun around when someone spoke. She saw Atsuo sitting up in the bathtub. He looked around and saw that there was some blood in the bathtub. "Looks like I'll need to clean this up before I go to bed." Atsuo looked up and saw Cassandra. "Cassandra! Did you wait for little old me to wake up from the dead. How nice of you." Atsuo laughed at himself. "Nah. What am I saying. You probably came in here only for a drink of water. Am I right?" Cassandra stayed silent. "Looks like I am."
"I'm sorry."
"No problem. I'm use to this." Atsuo got out of the bathtub. He went to a cabinet and pulled out a bunch of paper towels. Cassandra felt guilty for not trying to staying awake until Atsuo did wake up from the dead. She walked over to him and started to help him. He was surprised, but gave her some paper towels to clean up the blood with. They started to clean in silence but then a thought accrued to Cassandra.
"What do you mean your use to this?" A little smile found its way to Atsuo's face. He didn't say anything, and Cassandra assumed he wouldn't. "If you don't want to talk about it then it's ok." A little laugh escaped from Atsuo's lips when she spoke this. Cassandra quickly got a confused look on her face. Atsuo continued to clean the tub ,not looking at Cassandra, when he spoke.
"It's not that I don't want to talk about it. It's just I don't know where to start." Atsuo reached up and tucked a piece of hair behind his ear. Cassandra realized that he had mystic blue eyes. Cassandra was captivated by his eyes for a moment. She was brought back to her senses when Atsuo spoke again. "Where oh where to start."
"Well if it started in the world of the living then start there." Atsuo looked at Cassandra with a big smile on his face.
"Haha. Nice joke. It was a good one." Atsuo turned away from the tub, and leaned up against it. "Well I guess I should start off by telling the truth." Cassandra stopped cleaning and also leaned up against the tub next to Atsuo. She looked at him for a moment before she asked his they question he was waiting for.
"What do you mean?" Atsuo looked at her then up at the ceiling.
"You know how I always act like an air head and a big flirt?"
"Yea. In fact you made a move on me when you first met me." Atsuo smiled at the memory of doing what he did.
"Yea...I did." The smiled faded away. "Well in truth I didn't act like that when I was alive."
"Really?"
"Yep." Atsuo laid his head on the edge of the tub and closed his eyes. "When I was alive I was smart, knew all the answers, had amazing grade, and exceeded in all sports. I was the perfect kid. Adults loved me, but only because they could let me teach the class."
"Were you a prodigy child?" Atsuo nodded his head.
"I was so smart I could have gotten a collage degree at five. But there was problems stopping from me doing that. My family was poor. In fact I was so poor that the way were living right now I would have done anything to live this way."
"Wait, you mean here? Right now?" Atsuo slowly nodded his head. "Wow... I'm sorry." Atsuo opened his eyes.
"Don't be. Can't do anything now about it." Atsuo glanced at her. "It got slightly better when I entered high school. I was able to get into a nice high school that provided me with clothing and a dorm to sleep in... It was nice." Atsuo closed his eyes again as if letting the memory of high school wash over him. "I thought High school was going to be different for me than the rest of my life. I was going to have normal life. I wasn't going to burden my parents anymore. I was going to have friends."
"What do you mean you weren't going to burden your parents anymore?"
"My parents wanted the best for me as every parent does. But as I said we were poor so they couldn't do so. Several times they would get into arguments over me."
"Oh.." Cassandra looked at the floor, ashamed for asking him so many questions that most likely brought back bad memories for him.
"Yea but once I went to high school I was sure everything would get better."
"Did it?" As soon as Cassandra asked this she regretted it.
"It did...for the first semester." Atsuo took a deep breath. "I started to talk to people. I seemed like I was making friends. I was so happy." Atsuo go a sad look to his face. "Then I heard the talking one day. I found out that they were only my friends because I would help them pass. I also faound out that even then it was a struggle for them to stay my friend. They didn't like how I knew all the answer, how all the teacher liked me, how when we got in trouble they would let me slide and not them." Atsuo opened his eyes. Cassandra could see the start of tears forming in his eyes.
"In the end their hatred for me outweighed the grade they wanted. They stopped talking to me. I guess they started to spread rumors about me too because anywhere I went People would get silent then start talking behind my back." A tear slowly rolled down his face. "Shortly after all that happened I found out that my parents were hit by a car as they were crossing the street. After buying something for me for school." Atsuo sat up and laid his head on his knees that he had pulled to his chest. He started to cry.
"I was all alone. Everyone pitied me. no one wanted anything to do with me. I didn't blame those people though. It was all my fault. If I hadn't of been smart then my parents wouldn't have died. If I wasn't smart and a teacher's pet then I would have had friends. All I ever wished for after my parents died was a second chance to act different. To act like an air head. To make friends. To be able to make friends that are true friends. To even find someone to like me for me not my smarts."Atsuo cried. He shock slightly as he let the tears fall out of his eyes.
Cassandra felt bad. She felt as if it was her fault for making him feel the way he was now. A heavy feeling feel on her heart. She didn't know what to do. Then it came to her. She grabbed Atsuo's head, lifted it up, and leaned it on her shoulder. He looked at her shocked. Cassandra placed her hand on his head as if to tell him that it was ok. Atsuo smiled but quickly the smile turned into a frown. He turned his head and silently cried into her shoulder. Cassandra smiled a sweet smile and held him while he cried.
Cassandra sat in her desk waiting for Hinata to show up. She started to wonder what they were going to do that day. As she let her mind wondered she looked around the room. She looked at everyone. When she looked at Atsuo she realized that he was looking at her. They locked eyes for a split second then he looked away. Cassandra started to wonder why.
Nothing happened last night that should cause him to be acting this way. Cassandra quickly let last night play in her head.
After Atsuo got done crying he apologized to her for crying on her. She dismissed it and suggested for them to finish cleaning out the blood. Atsuo had agreed with her. As they finished clean they didn't say a word. Finally when they were done they left the bathroom. They said good night to each other.
When Cassandra had awoken that morning she went to say something to Atsuo. She told him that she hoped he felt better. He told he did then said that he had to go to the bathroom. Cassandra for some reason thought he had to go in order to stop talking with her. She decided not to linger on the thought but now she was for sure that that was the answer.
At that moment the door to the classroom opened. Hinata stepped in. Anger started arise in Cassandra's heart. Her hands formed tight fist on her desk. At that moment Cassandra felt a hand on her arm. She looked over to her right to see Kuya with a smile on his face. As she smiled back at him she calmed down. Kuya removed his hand and looked to the front. Cassandra did the same.
"Well how are you guys this morning." Hinata looked around the room with a smug look to his face. He shrugged when nobody answered him. "I guess you don't want to answer me. Well I'll just go ahead and tell ya'll what you will be doing today." An evil look fell on Hinata's face. Cassandra suddenly got a bad feeling. "Today you guy's will be fighting."
Cassandra got a confused look to her face. She looked around trying to get answers form everyone else. Some of them had shocked looks to their face. Cassandra could conclude that they weren't expecting to be told that they were going to be doing this. She slowly raised her hand hoping Hinata would tell her.
"Ahh Looks like little Ms Cassandra does have manners." Cassandra clinched her teeth together to keep from yelling at him. "Yes? What might your wonderful question be?"
"What do you mean by fighting?" Hinata smiled.
"Did your classmates not tell you about this?"
"No they didn't"
"Well what it is, is you fight."
"Yea I got that." Cassandra couldn't hold back her sarcastic reply.
"Good glad you're smart enough to get it." Cassandra didn't like Hinata answer, but had to respect him a little for coming back with what he did. "You see this test we don't give all the time. I'm guessing you could conclude that from your classmates faces.
"Yes sir I did."
"Good. Now I also hope you can conclude why."
"Because It involves fighting. Which means that people could get hurt or even killed."
"Very good." Hinata nodded his head. "We usually need the students to be in top condition to perform other test. So why give this test? I'll give you two reasons." Hinata held up one finger. "One. In order to fully test someone's ability we have them fight someone. Statistics have proven that when in a fight the mind, blood, and body works twice as fast. What better way to see how strong everyone is than to get them to fight one another."
"Ok I get that." Hinata nodded his head when Cassandra said this. Hinata then put up a second finger for two.
"Two. To stop an uprising. In order to keep everyone in their place we turn them on each other.
"Wait you-" A memory flashed in Cassandra's head. It was of Kei talking to Chioukichi.
"Next time I get a chance to punch you I will kill you instead." He must have been talking about when they have to fight each other. Panic started to find its way into Cassandra heart, but she didn't let a hint of it show on her face.
"So you turn people on each other hoping that they won't trust each other." Hinata nodded his head.
"Sometimes we get class mates from different classrooms to fight each other."
"To stop trust from going outside each classroom?"
"Hmm." Hinata looked at Cassandra with an amused look. "Keep this up and you could become a higher up."
"I'd rather die over and over again than be a higher up." Cassandra sneered.
"That could be arranged." Hinata said in a calm voice. "So anymore questions?" When Cassandra didn't say anything Hinata continued. "Now that your classmate is done asking questions you may proceed to the boxing ring." Cassandra shot out of her chair.
"Boxing ring!"
Cassandra felt a little sick to her stomach when she walked into the room and saw the boxing ring. She put her hands over her stomach trying to clam it down. She felt a hand on her shoulder she looked to her left and saw that the hand belonged to Chioukichi.
"Hey you ok?" Cassandra swallowed the spit in her mouth with difficultly.
"I have bad experiences with boxing rings." Kuya walked up to them after hearing what Cassandra said.
"What do you mean?" All the guys gathered around her wanting to hear what she had to say.
"When I was alive I was told by a senior to go clean the boxing ring. Well when I was cleaning it the senior and a bunch of his friends jumped me. He said that the reason why was because I had gotten cocky lately and needed to be taught a lesion. two of his friends held me down and he started to remove his jacket, and-"
"They didn't rape you did they!" Kazuya asked with anger in his voice. Cassandra stood up straight and looked at him.
"Of course not! When he got close I kicked him where the sun don't shine. He fell to the ground with a thud holding the spot where I kicked him. His two friends tried to hurt me but I taught them a lesion. But now anytime I get in a boxing ring I remember what ALMOST happened." They guys all had smile on their faces as if they hadn't expected Cassandra to say what she did.
"Well don't worry. We won't do that to you." Chioukichi said trying to reassure Cassandra.
"And if anyone else does try to do anything then we'll teach them what for." Kei Punched the air high above his head. "Who's with me!" All the guy's threw their fist in the air.
"YEA!" They all yelled with excitement.
"Hey! Classroom 10! Shut-up and come over here!" Everyone smiled and walked over to the higher up. They all got in a line. The higher up looked at his clip board. "Ok... ! 4 and 32 your fighting each other today. After them is 20 and 47." Cassandra froze when her name was called. Akio walked up to her. He had a smile on his face.
"Yey! I get to fight you first and test your strength." He winked at her. "Don't go easy on me."
"But I don't want to hurt you." Akio smiled at her a sweet smile.
"Don't worry. I won't take it the wrong way if you beat the living day light out of me. What I think of you already won't change either."
"Wait what does that mean." Cassandra had a hint of joking in her voice.
"I think your kind, sweet girl, that can kick butt. Not a curl, heartless, being." Kuya walked away and started to talk with Atsuo. Cassandra smiled as he walked away.
"Ok 4 and 32 get in the ring." The higher up lead the way to the boxing ring. The boxing ring was in the center of the room. Along the wall of the room were chairs for everyone to sit in. Hovering above the room was a box that had several higher ups in it. Cassandra looked around. The only ones on the ground floor were them, a higher up, and a few guards here and there.
Cassandra watched at Chioukichi and Kei crawled onto the boxing ring. They bowed to each other then got into a stance. Both had huge smiles on their faces.
"Time for payback for last night." Kei looked happy say what he did.
"That's If you CAN kill me." Chioukichi said almost as a challenge. Kei laughed, and they both went at each other.
Yey finally chapter 2. Got it up a lot faster than I thought I would =D Thank you so much for reading. I wanted to give to peoples back story's in this chapter. I love Atsuo's backstory! I was falling asleep when it came to me! I had to try so hard not to die form insperation! sorry if Kuya's back story is kind of lame D= I failed didn't I? Well hope you like it. Thank you for reading. *bows*