Chapter 22

"…you know you can slurp, right?" Zero sighs before slurping up his own ramen, with his stupid chopsticks. I nod my head in return but still refused to do it. I know slurping here in Japan is actually encouraged. But one time, I slurped and I ended up getting hurt. I just hope history doesn't repeat itself.

I picked up some fish (with my fork, of course) and sheepishly looked away from his glare. Oh man, talk about peer pressure! Just before I was gonna tell him off, the cook came be to speak with Zero-kun. The cook looked to be in his early forties and he seemed really friendly. The way he spoke with Zero was as if they we're good friends. I had no idea what they were saying but it had to deal with me. I heard "can't understand" and "America". Plus, the cook was also smiling at me and in return, I smiled back. I can be polite when I want to, geez. Then the cook's smile turned into a sly grin.

"You two…ano…dating?" he spoke in broken English. But I understood enough to freak out! At the same time as the question, I was shoveling in noodles like there was no tomorrow. So when it finally clicked, I inhaled; causing a big slurping sound and a noodle flew up into my eye. Now the broth is very salty as you may already know and to get that in your eyeball would make you freak as much as Mr. Krabs did when the salt flew into his eyes because of that boiled egg. Okay, that was completely irreverent, but still!

Anyways. That question also got to Zero because he was choking on his drink. So here we were, sitting in this little restaurant choking/wildly blinking, while the cook stands—well, leaning onto the table cause he was having one of those silent laugh attacks. I swear to skittles, that this is karma for what I did to Oliver a few weeks ago…OH SHIT OLIVER…I forgot about him…

Well as soon as Zero could properly speak, he corrected the cook while I blinked away the tears from my right eye. I can't rub it since I have my awesome eyeliner on. Here in Japan, girls usually hang out with girls while boys hang out with boys. It's uncommon to see just a girl and a boy hanging out just as friends. So I can't blame the guy for asking. I would be surprised too if Zero got a girl—buahaha! Oh man, that didn't sound mean at all! As the cook walks away (still laughing) I face Zero with a smirk. "No wonder he looked so surprised at first. I would be too, if I saw you with a girl~" And in retaliation, I got a noodle flung at my face! HOW CHILDISH!

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After we got done eating, we went to the local bookstore; which was really pointless to me because I can't read hiragana, but to each their own. Zero even pointed that out; however, he is now scanning through some vampire hunting manga(s). When he zoned in on Vampire Hunter D, I remembered that Tori has read a couple. "Oh, Tori has read that. It's about a dude who is half human and half vampy and he hunts vampys. She said it's pretty good, though it's serious but there's smartass moments so you should check it out. Since it would fit your personality~" It's funny, this whole day Zero and I have been making snide comments to each other. I guess that's how our relationship is, even though he has yet to say my name. I skip pass him as soon as I saw a familiar pale blonde-headed vampy.

"Takuma Ichijou! What are you doing up? It's past your bedtime, god damnit!" I hook arms with the fool; Shiki was also here as well. What are they—did Chaotic sent them to spy on us? "What are you two doing here? Did you get permission from the Headmaster to leave the campus?" Zero snarls next to me; boy, I'm glad it was him who brought it up cause I didn't wanna sound nosy. Takuma turns around to greet Zero with his beautiful smile and explained that it was Kaname who sent them to do a chore for him. Good, so it wasn't Chaotic, his balls are safe tonight.

"Ne, Cassie-chan, look it's The Nightmare Inspector volumes~!" Takuma changes the topic by swinging me around towards Shiki, who was conveniently standing near the completed stack. I only have the sixth volume that's in English. This is totally not fair. As I was moping over my beloved series, Zero was talking to Takuma in a rather rude way. However, here's the catch; they were speaking in Japanese so I had no idea what the hell they were saying. I really hate this language barrier! This is what happens when you're basically abandoned in a different country.

While becoming irritated at this situation, I strolled towards the dictionaries looking for any sign for an English-Japanese aid. Stepping back in frustration, I bumped into somebody. It was a lady; she had to be in her mid-twenties. She came up to my shoulders and had wavy brown hair that came to the very top of her shoulders. She wasn't exactly petite because she had a bit of a muscular built to her. She looked very pretty especially in that brown leather jacket along with her dark blue boot cut jeans. She also had a velvet crimson scarf that was wrapped around her arm, but she dropped it when I bumped into her.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! W-wait! Can you even understand me?!" I said in panic as I spun towards the dictionaries, "This is why I need this book, even though it's 20000 yen. Shit…" A small giggle was heard from behind me, "I can understand you," she speaks perfect English, "I was just leaving anyways, no need to worry." Her smile was breath taking; however, there was something off about her.

As she passed me, I realized that she left her scarf so I went after her. When I caught up to her, she was just passing the two vampys and Zero. Now, when she passed Zero, she gave him such a look and he even returned it. There is no way Zero can get a girl like her- whoops, I mean, there's no way he can get a woman like her. She's older and so outta our leagues! Though, I do know that they know each other. They have to!
"Miss!" I called out to her, I don't know her name after all, "You fer-got yer scarf!" Really Cassie, really? A Scottish accent? At this time, really?! I'm gonna go shoot myself with a water gun after this!
"Oh? Oh! Thank you!" She smiled as she wraps it around her neck, "It's a bit chilly out there!" Her smile seem strained as she walked out, it was if it was too uncomfortable to be in this room for her. "It's no problem, dude!" Did I just call her a dude?! GIVE ME THAT WATER GUN RIGHT NOW!
"Ne Takuma, how do you say 'excuse me' in Japanese?"

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"We'll I'm going to bed and won't wake up until lunch time so I should have about seventeen hours of sleep. Now, does anyone need to tell me anything before I go to sleep?" I looked at October, the models, Takuma, and Aidou, "Anyone at all? Going once, going twice, so-" "You're a fucking vampire hunter magnet," Chaotic hisses into my right ear. I am never going to sleep. Wait, how did he even—I knew he was spying on me and Zero!

I lightly glared at Shiki and Takuma before shoving Chaotic away from me. "Oi! How was I supposed to know that the lady was a hunter?! And she was really hot!" I look over at October who was beginning to smirk, "Hunters can be really hot! I mean, if it wasn't for Kaito's fuckin' poor attitude I would've totally try to go out with him! Though, he keeps calling you guys' names and it makes me angry so I like to punch him because it feels so good!" I plopped down next to Aidou before Chaotic could reach the spot. He doesn't look like the happy camper at the moment. He looked like he was trying to calm his breathing and he had his head in his hands. I should be careful with what I'm about to say…however that wouldn't be fun.

"Like let's say that I had enough influence to—NOW THIS IS ALL IN THEORY! It doesn't mean anything, man! What if I had enough influence to bring… peace… between the… two?" I was talking so slow as I finished my question. His face morphed from sorrow to disgust in a few seconds, that I was unsure to finish my thought or not.

"Let's get this straight, Cassie. You have no influence on people."

"You are so wrong with that statement that you should go fuck yourself! I don't mean to sound conceded here, but I do have some influence thank you! In England, I got Sammy boi to talk about his feelings especially with his parents! Because before he was turn into a mute and thought he would be a bother to people! In Seattle," by now I got up and inched closer to my pureblood friend, "I got the people who were being picked on by the jocks to stand together and fight back against those monsters who made people their little entertainment toys. Just so they can amuse themselves and they didn't care who lives they were ruining! That Zac dude used to be one of those bloody monsters until I finally got alone with him! And Caleb has proof of this too! And even here, I have an influence! I, a human, am living in a dormitory filled with vampires and my blood has not been spilled. So why don't you take my words and shove them up your ass—oh wait! You can't do that because your head is so far up your ass that you wear it as a hat." Obviously, I'm beyond pissed at this moment in time. He could've said that I don't have enough influence! Then I won't have gotten so angry, but no! He just had to press that button!

Without thinking, I went to kick his balls, but he grabbed my right leg just in time and threw me back. Not too hard though, just enough so there would be eight feet between us. And landing on my ass is double the fun. …please hint the sarcasm.

"I'm sorry, okay?! God damn, Cassie! Calm down."

"Calm down?! You keep spying on me! That bugs the hell outta me! Yes, I know this world is dangerous, but I was with Zero and I think he could've taken control of a bad situation if it was needed. I'm not a baby nor am I an object. I can take care of myself and I refuse to go down without fight, nya!" I smiled brightly at Chaotic and flipped him the peace sign. I mean, if a person is gonna kill me then they're gonna kill me. The best I could do is fight back and try to escape or at least leave a calling card on their face.

"Aw you looked so cute, give me a hug!" Chaotic wraps his left arm around my neck and gave me nuggie. Ugh! He's messing up my hair and his knuckles hurt! "Let me go, you chicken shit! You smell as if a zombie was rolling around in compost in the middle of July!" He actually didn't smell bad at all; I just don't like being hugged. "Oh I just love your vocabulary!" I couldn't see his face, but I knew he had a 'cheerful' look on his face because that happy tone was drenched in pure evil and he tighten his grip around my neck. Not enough to hurt me, of course; just enough to make me talk with a higher pitch.

"Starting tomorrow after your lunch, I'm going to teach you how to defend yourself, Cassie," Takuma interrupts our 'bonding' time. "Uh, whose bright idea was that?" I asked not realizing there was another pureblood behind us.

"It was mine." Kaname passed by Chaotic and I to sit next to Aidou. I wonder if Aidou is going all fan girl inside?

I pushed pass Chaotic and sat on the arm of the other couch to poke at my fourth husband's face. "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean, look at Taku-chan's face," I poked gently on his upper left cheek. There is no such thing as personal space here. "He's beginning to have dark circles under his eyes. I mean, I'm used to staying awake, but the blondie here tends to get a bit sarcastic when he's tired and it's not healthy for him-"

"I love how you worry about his sleeping schedule when you haven't had sleep in thirty-six plus hours." October finally speaks her mind as she giggled off into the kitchen.

"Oi! Did you not listen? I said I was used to it, woman!" I called after her with a wide grin. It doesn't take much for me to smile.

"If Kaname-sama has something planned for you, then you should go through it without any complai-"

"Oh Aidou~ You're such a kiss ass." I rolled my eyes and shooed him away with my hand. Earning a snort from Chaotic, laughter from Takuma, and a small giggle from Rima. I got her to giggle! Hell yes! "Fine I'll do it, but if something happens to Taco John, you're taking the blame Kaname!" I pointed childishly at the impassive vampire. Boy, do I have balls tonight. Then quickly after, I ran upstairs so I wouldn't have to hear bullshit from Aidou. I don't understand why he's such a stick-up-the-ass when Kaname's around. So what if he's a pureblood? What's wrong with treating people like everyone else? Like on the same level. I don't understand rich folks.

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Fifteen hours of sleep is a wonderful treat after staying up for so long. I think the laughter is what kept me going. Oh well, today is going to be a busy day. I have to tell Oliver that I don't wanna date him, I have to train with Takuma, and then I have to control the fan girls and they are always worst on Mondays. Probably because they don't see any of the Night Class on the weekends.

As I sat down at the lunch table with Yori, Yuuki, and Zero, Alex had seemed to beat us there. However, it looked like his mind was in another place. His eyes were kind of glazed over and he had this dopey grin on his face. Um, is he high?

"Hey gorgeous," he purred while mindlessly stirring his rice with a chopstick. Yeah, he's starting to worry me now.

"Are you high?" I asked lifting an eyebrow at him, he seems very relax. "Just because I'm happy doesn't mean I'm high, babe," he leans in closer to me, "I got laid last night and then I fell asleep. I miss sleep." Oh this explains so much! You see, Alex is the true insomniac here. He can't sleep without his weed or his sex. This really does explain so much. I just can't believe that she would give into him so quickly.

"You're not allowed to have sexual relations on school grounds," Zero sighed, he looked disgusted. Aw! Zero isn't a man whore! He deserves a cookie.

"Who says we did it on school property?" he purrs yet again, but winked at Yori and Yuuki.

"Oh my virgin mind!" I cradled my head as I rocked back and forth in my seat. I don't wanna know the details and I'm sure neither does the two girlies. "You're a virgin?!" "Well yea, you moron! Not everyone is a whore like you~!" "Just because I like having sex doesn't make me a whore," we exchanged a look, "okay fine, I'm a whore. Big deal. I just find it funny that she claimed that she was a virgin when she knew way too many moves to be a virgin." I laid my head on the table at this point, starring at Yori's milk and mumbled, "Are you saying that she's a slut?" "Hah, no. I'm just simply saying that she's easy. Now, if word gets out that I'm a good fuck, then more sex for me." His eyes became more focus as if he finally landed back on earth and his grin was the slyest thing I have ever seen. Well I know what type of animal he is, he's a fox.

"Well you guys have fun with this pervert and I'm gonna go break Oliver's heart, ciao!" I ran outta there like a bat outta hell! As much as I enjoy Alex's company, I just don't wanna hear how his 'date' went anymore; he's such a pig.

Walking up to Oliver's table caused an apprehensive sensation flush right through me. I knew I had to get him away from his friends because they don't need to know our business and I don't trust the Sun Dorm Vice President's eyes. Every time I would walk by him, his eyes seem to study me in places I don't want him in. Ugh, too bad Chaotic couldn't blind him or anything.

"Hey Oliver, can I talk to ya in private?" I lightly tap him on the shoulder and gave a cheerful forced smile. The Vice's eyes were trailing down my body and I wanted to punch him. It's a good thing I'm properly wearing my uniform today, aside from the shoes that is. "Oh! Yeah sure Cassie!" he hopped outta his seat and we headed towards the exit that leads outside. It wasn't too chilly this morning anyways.

"How was your weekend?" Ah his voice; I fucking love his accent! I have a weak spot for accents that are extremely different than mine. And this British bastard has a beautiful voice/accent. Damn—

"Cassie?" "Oh! Yeah sorry, I had an interesting weekend. I met up with a friend from Tokyo, I learnt some new cuss words in Japanese, Zero and I actually got along for a short time, and Chaotic and I got in to a fight. It was fun." I placed my right hand over my mouth as I let out a few giggles. "Are you two still fighting?" He asked worriedly, probably wondering why I was laughing. "Oh yea, we always get into fights and we always make up afterwards. No big deal." We sat down on a bench in an isolated area that was covered by the nature scenery. There were some students out but they stayed within the boundaries of the cafeteria building.

"Oi Oliver, I need to talk to you about your question about before," I can't believe I'm in this position. I'll just not look at him in the eyes, yeah! That's what I'll do! "I don't wanna go out with ya, dude. I'm sticking to the truth and I'm going to state my reasons. First of all, you get really jealous easily. I hang out with a lot of guy friends, they're like brothers to me and I don't need a jealous boyfriend on the sidelines getting mad over little things. I'll end up punching you. Also you're a bit controlling. I like to tell ya things because you're my friend but there's some things that I need to keep private or it just doesn't even concern you. You don't need to know what I'm doing or who I'm with all the time. I'm a free spirit, dude. You don't see me asking you who are you with and such. I would probably end up smacking you every time you questioned me. I'm just trying to focus on school right now. And I don't need drama. But this doesn't mean you're a bad person. I just don't think it'll be a healthy relationship because I would probably get arrested and suspended for beating the shit outta you." I try to finish off with a joke, but he stayed silent.

Oliver slouches forward and placed his head in hands. Perhaps, I was too brutally honest? Isn't the truth better than just beating around the bush? Maybe I should've said—

"I can change…" I looked down at him and reregister what he said in my head, "No. Don't ever change. Especially over a girl, you should have more respect for yourself, man. And I overheard some girls talkin' about you! You have girls crushin' on ya! You're British! Work your magic, man! Your accent is to die for and I think you're the only British guy on campus." I continued on praising him for about five more minutes only to realize he wasn't responding to me.

"Hey, are you okay?" He nods his head but remains silent. I slid off the bench and went on my knees in front of him so I could look at his face. I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED AT HIS FACE. His brown eyes were shedding tears like there was no tomorrow, however, he was trying to wipe them away when I came into view. I never made a guy cry before—well unless, I put them in enough physical pain or something like that but not like this! I could feel my heart begin to melt; I didn't mean to make him cry!

"I'm sorry I didn't know my words would make you cry! I'm really inexperience in this area and I'll be sure to not be so honest again! Don't cry over a person like me," I reached up and gently wiped his fresh tears with my sleeve. His nose was turning red along with his eyes and he was trying to calm his breathing, though he was failing to do so. "Are you going to okay, nya?" I lightly poked his nose with my forefinger.

"Yeah, I am. But can you do me a favor and leave me alone for a bit?" Oliver smiled through his tears and looked straight in my eyes. I pulled back in shock, does he hate me now? I was afraid that this would happen. "I don't hate you, Cassie," aw, well that's good, "but you just rejected me, it's the least you can do." That's not good. But very well, it'll be respectable for us to have some space. With that being said, I went back to the cafeteria to finish what's left of lunch time when Alex ran up to me and pushed me back outside. He had a guitar strapped to his back and explained to me that I was going to learn how to play the guitar rather I want to or not. Such a sweetheart.

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"Keep your legs bent, but your body has to be somewhat positioned forward… yes like that! Now, swing your right arm out but keep it straight and try to block me." Boy, Takuma has a lot of patience; he should be a teacher when he grows up! We were in the library in the dormitory and everything was pushed out of our way. Also, we were practicing with our katana(s). I still think it's unsafe though. I mean, I'm just beginning! And here I am with my anti-vampire weapon and he is a vampy! I'm so scared that I'm going to mess up somehow and get him hurt. I would never forgive myself. Nevertheless, he disagreed with me, saying that he would stop me from ever getting to that point. I don't trust myself, but I do trust Takuma. He has his regular katana and that can totally kill me in one hit. I'm sure of it.

"This is not the time to daydream!" echoed throughout the room when I saw a sliver light flash right by my face. Time seemed to slow down as I looked to my feet to see that someone's purple hair…wait…that's my hair. WHERE DID MY BANGS GO?!

I reached down to pick up my lock of hair. It wasn't all of my bangs just from the nose down. But a man should never mess with a woman's hair. Unless they're hairdressers, of course. However, Takuma is no hairstylist. Nope, he's about to be a dead man. What's left of my bangs covered my eyes as a giggle slipped out from my lips. I pulled my lips back into a wide sneer as I looked up from the floor to the pale blonde.

"Ichijou-san~" The said male began to retreat at the sound my sweet sickening tone of voice. "Taku-chan~" I stepped forward to see him take three steps back. "How would you like to die today, nyaa~?" He ran. And so the chase began!

I transformed my katana back into a switchblade so I can place it back into my pocket. It's only fair to give him a head start. I will eventually get him. Turning right, down the hallway, and back into the lobby, I saw that some people were already waiting. I didn't know we were training for that long.

"Hey," I went up to a light brown haired dude, "Did you see Ichijou run by here?" He nods and pointed towards the kitchen, I say my thanks and took off. In the kitchen, there was a cup still spinning by the sink it was as if someone took a quick drink and then left in a hurry. Running out of the other hallway, I ran into the other side of the library and just saw his foot as he ran out yet again! I'm getting tired of running in circles, man! "YO ICHIJOU! STOP RUNNING, YOU'RE A VAMPIRE FOR FUCKS SAKE!" I run to the hallway once again when arms wrapped around me.

"I'm so sorry, Cassie! I didn't know it would touch your hair—" "BULL!" I slipped out of his clutch and pushed him to the floor, "You fuck with my hair, I'm gonna fuck with yours." I went to straddle his back—his lower back, not his ass, his back! I made sure my knees were on his arms so he couldn't push himself up. I, then, got out my regular human switchblade, it was a bit dull so it would hurt, and grabbed about six inches of his hair on the left side of his face that covered his ear. He gritted his teeth and whimpered as slowly sliced off the lock of hair. As soon as I had it, I jumped off and ran towards to lobby to see Chaotic just coming down the stairs. "Hi Chaotic! Bye Chaotic!" I ran past him and out the door. I just had a crazy idea! The fan girls aren't poor I mean, they go to a boarding school! So of course, they're not poor! I think that if I can get around Yuuki, I can actually auction off Takuma's hair. A wide grin spread across my face. I love my ideas.

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"Step right up, step right up! Hello ladies! How has your day been? Here I have Ichijou Takuma's hair, right here, as you can see~" I gestured towards the lock of hair, "and only one of you can have this, but at a price of course." I was in the girls' dormitory and I even had an announcer's voice along with the hat. Every announcer must have a hat, I mean, how else are you going to grab one's attention? My hat is a black top hat that has a rainbow peace ribbon going around it and there's a black rose clipped onto the left side of the ribbon. Heather calls this my pimp hat.

"His hair? How did you get it? How do we know if it's genuine?" A girl asked me followed by a lot of "yeahs" and "that's right"s. Oi, they aren't as naïve as I thought they would be. "That my dear is a secret! But however, you will see a difference in his hair style today; that is if you're a true Ichijou fan after all~" You could hear the purr in my voice. I love how I added the last part in. I mean, that was psychology right there! I don't know if the hair I got will be noticeable enough but now they will at least notice something. And maybe, just for the effect of insurance, "And if you don't see any difference I will gladly return the money back to you!" Now more girls showed up, I have to get this show on the road so Yuuki doesn't show up and spoil the fun. "Bidding starts at 1,965 yen for Taku-I mean Ichijou's hair!" They tend to get a bit angry when I call him by his first name. Oh and the bid would be around 20 dollars in the U.S.

Hands flew to the air along with several numbers being shouted out, I did my best to keep up. I can somewhat understand why they were excited. This is an extremely rare opportunity to have one of the Night Class's items. I wonder how high the price would go if the hair belong to Aidou—NO CASSIE! This is a one-time deal! Don't go to that level, man! As I was talking to myself, a girl popped out of the hallway to yell that Yuuki was coming. Swiftly, I called out SOLD to the next number and ran straight to her.

"Where's my money?" I asked while my eyes darted towards the hallway. I could hear Yuuki's footsteps! Shaky hands brought my attention back to the girl; she had almond colored hair and had rectangle framed glasses covering her dark brown eyes. Looks like a bookworm; cute. She hands me the money, I still have yet to count how much I got, and I pulled out the lock of hair from my pocket. As I lay it in her palm, a girl "accidently" bumped into her arm, knocking the hair onto the floor. Suddenly, I couldn't see the floor because waves of crazy fan girls were racing to grab the last of Ichijou's hair. I jumped out of the death pit and headed towards the other exit, however I glanced back. The girl who won was still standing there staring at her palm as if the whole thing didn't happen. Tears were building up at the corner of her eyes. I was gonna say something to her, but just then Yuuki popped around the corner and was trying to see what the fuss was about. I made my escape and jogged my way back to the dormitory. I feel bad about the girl but it's not my problem. That might be harsh to say but it's true. She gave me the money first, so that was her responsibility from then on. Oi, I'll maybe find a way to make it up for this incident. Maybe.

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"Ninety dollars…"

"Yes, Chaotic, we've been over this five times now! You don't have to—"

"What do you think they'll do to my hair?!" Ichijou clutches the side of his head. I was back in the dormitory telling my adventure of the day. Let's just say Ichijou isn't too happy with me right now.

"They'll probably test out love potions to make you fall in love with them," October placed her hand over her heart and with a sweet sickening tone, cried out "Oh Takuma! Love me, LOVE ME!" Chaotic and Aidou busted out laughing and then trying to cover it up by coughing. Yeah, that didn't work too well, boys.

"Dude! You're not helping! Damnit.. Look Takuma. I cut off your hair because you got mine. So to make it even you can have my hair. I don't know what you're gonna do with it, but—" I held out my lock of hair only for my hand to be pulled back by Chaotic. Ow, that was my muscle! "No! No! No! You don't just hand over stuff like that!" "Dude, it's my hair. Why are you freaking out—" He leans over and hisses into my ear, "Remember storytime?" I looked up at the ceiling and then it popped! Oh shit! He doesn't want me to hand over my hair to Takuma, because Taku-chan's grandfather is the bastard who experimented on Chaotic! HOW COULD I FORGET THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION?!

When Chaotic saw the realization from my eyes, he smacked the back of my head and then a blue flame appeared out of nowhere and absorbed my faded purple hair. Like it just disintegrate it within two seconds! What the hell?

"What did I tell you about pulling powers out of your ass, Irony?" October smirks at her husband. WAIT! She knew he had this power? I feel so left out of the circle.

"You never told me you had this power! What the hell, man! What happened to Story Time at Chaotic's? Huh, huh, you son of a bitch? Did you just forget to mention "Oh lol Cassie, I also have this really cool blue flame that is similar to Rin's blue flame from Ao no Exorcist!" You jackass! IT'S SO FRICKIN AMAZING AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!" I clenched my hand into a fist and punched his balls! Yes! I PUNCHED HIS BALLS BECAUSE I FELT LEFT OUT! Sue me!

As my pureblood friend was leaning over in pain, I looked across the coffee table to the couch where Takuma was sitting along with Rima and Shiki. Takuma won't even look at me. Yes, he looked slightly different because I took six inches off him. However, he shouldn't be worried about his looks. "Ne, Takuma~? Do you want a hug?" I opened my arms with an uneasy smile. I hate hugs and I'm willing to hug him for his smile in return, but I got nothing. "Ne, ne Ichijou I'll give you forty percent of the money?" I still had my arms open with that awkward smile. God, I hate his silence! He's ignoring me… I don't like being ignored. I'm even becoming more formal with his name. "Hey Ichijou-san, I'll let you strangle me for two seconds—"

"HA two seconds?!" October snorted, she's a sadist. "Yes two seconds! He's a bloody vampire! I think I can survive two seconds of his strangling—"

"I would never hurt a woman."

"Oh so just because I'm a female, huh? I took beatings in fucking Seattle by giant football jocks! I can withstand physical pain, thank you! So let's do this shit, yo!" Yo? Really Cassie? Who says yo? I stood up in my fighting position. This is gonna hurt.

"Violence isn't always the answer, Cassie. I just don't want to talk to you." Ichijou makes stern eye contact with me before looking away. Shock and humiliation wrecked through my body. He doesn't want to be friends with me anymore? I lost a friend over money? My bangs, or what was left of most of my bangs, shadowed over my eyes. I don't need this.

"Fine. Then fuck off." And with that being said, I leaped over Aidou's feet and out the door. It's about time for switch over anyways.

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Shut up. Shut up. Shut up! Make them shut their traps, damnit! The fan girls' screams are now piercing through my ears. I can't even hear my music! It's insane! Yuuki can barely hold them back (nothing new there) and Zero has just arrived. Big whoop de do. I think it's ridiculous that, on his side, they are slightly calmer than our side. It's not fair.

Placing my iPod back into my bra, yes my bra because when you're in a crowd like this you put your valuables in your bra…unless you're a guy then I don't know. I looked over to where Alex was standing. He was videotaping on his stupid iPhone to prove to Hayden that I go through a lot of shit with these stupid fan girls. I flipped him the bird as the doors opened and the screams revolved into white noise for me. He smiles behind his phone and gives me a thumb up.

I glanced back to the doors to see Ichijou in the front of the group but on Zero's side. It's not if I wanted to talk to him anyway. Aidou soon blocked my line of sight and stopped right in front of me. Close enough that I could smell his cologne or was it after shave? Either way it smelled nice.

I stepped back to the side and clapped my hands above my head before extending a hand towards him. I have no idea what it meant; I just remember seeing this on George Lopez. A wide sneer crossed his features as he pulled me into chess. What the hell kind of invite was that and in front of all these people?! Get me out of here! Just as fast as he pulled me in, he spun me out only to be pulled back in and dipped. I'm psyche by this point! I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck and began yelling at him in his ear to not drop me! How did I let him manipulate me like that? It was if I was a puppet! And I can't even dance so how the hell?! As soon as I was back on my feet, I jumped back with my face in disgust mixed with confusion. He bows to me and mouthed, "We'll continue this later~" and then blew a kiss at me.

"What is wrong with—"

My sentence was cut short for suddenly someone grabbed my hair and yanked me backwards. I had no time to think because my legs were kicked out from under me and my knees landed harshly on the pathway. I sprayed my arms out and tried to grab the nearest person when a fist connected with my right eye socket. That's about the time everything went red.

****Alex's P.O.V ****

"We watch as the hyena spazes out from the lion's clutch and—where did Cassie go?" I sauntered closer the group of rabid fan girlies only to see Cassie get punch square in the face. "What the hell? Well Hades, what we have here is failure to communicate!" At least she's wearing her contacts, however it'll suck when she has to take them out. I zoomed in closer to the action only to see this one girl with blonde hair kick Cassie right in the gut causing her to slouch towards the ground. What the hell? Has this boarding school civilized her? Where's the fighting spirit—oh spoke too soon.

In a split second, the girl that kicked her was thrown onto her back on the sidewalk. Then the girl who had a grip of her hair, keyword had, was jabbed in the ribs with Cassie's elbow and also joined her friend on the ground. Cassie grabbed the last girl and punched her right in the jaw.

"Now this is what I'm talking about! This ain't no wimpy catfight! This is a full blown out fistfight! I'm not homesick anymore Hayden!" I rush up closer to the scene. It's so weird. Where I come from, when there's a fight everyone crowds around, here everyone is backing the fuck up. It doesn't bother me, it just gives me a better shot, and maybe I'll even see some blood flying! The girl thought she had Cassie pinned to the ground but was soon flipped over and her face bashed into the cement.

Suddenly, Chaotic came into view, jerked up Cassie, and pulled her a ways back. That Ichijou guy did the same with the other but a bit gentler. Aw the show was just getting started too! Well it looks like Cassie had the same thought too, cause she just pushed Chaotic away and whipped out a… is that a knife? And was charging straight towards the girl while baring her teeth? Holy shit! Caleb was right! She gets intense when she's in the fighting mood.

Chaotic catches her hand with the blade, throws it to ground, and lifts Cassie by the waist to pull her away. He seems as if he's an expert at this… nice. However, what he didn't expect was that Cassie lifted up her waist and kicked the girl right underneath the jaw! Oh shit son! Good thing her tongue wasn't sticking out, it could've chopped it right off! Now this is what I call a fight. I'm gonna send this to Hayden right away!

****Back to Cassie's P.O.V. ****

I came to when I was dropped on the ground. I look back to see Chaotic over me with the most disappointed expression. What just happened? I propped myself up to see everyone in complete silence, condemning me with their stares. What did I do? I look behind Chaotic and saw a girl in Ichijou arms with tears, blood and dirt covering her face and body. Tch, of course this is MY fault! Even though I didn't start this shit!

A snarl ripped past my lips, "Everybody get to class and back to your fucking dorms! There's nothing fucking to see here! SO GET A MOVE ON IT!" I bet they're all pointing their fingers! Why can't I do anything right?!

I choke back on a sob as I picked up my blade off the ground. Everyone was dispersing before me. My left eye was starting to swell and my lip was split. I kept my head down as my eyes began to water. This fucking uniform made me feel so restricted! No wonder I couldn't move fast enough! And everyone probably thinks I'm a monster and Ichijou isn—Ichjiou fucking hates my guts! Holding back another sob, I hastily wiped my eyes and pushed myself into a standing position. My eyes never leaving the ground as Chaotic lead me to the nurse's office with October, Ichijou, the bitches, and Kaname following.

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I was sitting on a bed in a separate room from the other girls. And everyone was over in their room while I was left to my own devices alone. The bitches are probably making up stories, saying I started shit. I started absolutely nothing! I'm the fucking victim! I just know how to fight properly. Now, Chaotic won't even talk to me, much less look at me.

Glancing into the mirror across the room, I began to gently clean up my wounds even though the nurse said she'll do it. I look like a monster. I had blood on my face too, but I think it's mostly hers. Dirt and grass stains were obvious on my white uniform. However, the girl was much worst off. The thing is; I don't remember any of it. I blacked out. I have no idea what I did. I don't even remember when I brought out my blade!

I looked back in the mirror, to remember my contacts were still in. For fucks sake! My eye was swelling shut too! How the hell am I gonna get it out.

*Knock Knock Knock*

I snapped my head towards the window, now slightly dizzy, to see a grinning Alex. He was holding his phone and made hand motions to open the window. Doing as I was told, he slid into the room with a booming voice, "Dude! You were amazing! The camera loved you! Hayden and I think you went into beast mode! I totally—" "Shut up. My head is fucking killing me and your goddamn voice is not helping." I walked back to the bed, each step was unbalanced and I felt as if I was going to fall. I curled up into the fetal position and held my head. I just want to wake up from this painful nightmare or better yet; just never wake up.

Kaname and October walked into my room. Kaname was asking why Alex was here and October began snapping her fingers right in front of my face. "Stop." "No, you might have a concussion so don't sleep—" "So?" "So you could slip into a coma, we don't want that." "It would be for this best, so do me a favor and piss off." She then grabbed my arm and pulled me to the mirror, "No, now take out your fucking contacts."

I took off my right one with ease, but I couldn't get my left one. It hurt when I pulled open my eyelid. My eyes began to water and my nose started running. It made it look as if I was crying but I wasn't. Not in front of them.

"I can't get it out, it hurts."

"Oi, you're doing I wrong let me help."

…I rather be beaten all over my body, then to have my eye forced open again and have that contact forced off my eye. I'll never do that again.

Everyone was in my room now, beside the bitches. They wanted to hear my side of the story while I just wanted to hide my face. The Chairman dude was here too. I bet he regrets adopting me.

"Hey guys!" "Not now Alex, we need to hear her side of the story." "Hell I can show you the whole story if you move your ass." Alex slides pass Chaotic and sat down on the bed next to my legs. He then hands over the phone to Chairman dude. After a few minutes, everyone saw that I was indeed the victim and that the other girls can go royally fuck themselves. I want to sleep. Everyone needs to leave, before I snap.

The Chairman dude wrote a note for Kaname to give to the teacher that October, Chaotic, and I won't be showing up for class tonight. Yuuki left with Kaname and Alex as soon as I was in the clear. October and Chaotic were waiting for me by the door and Ichijou walked behind me as I got up. He would hold me steady when I started leaning to the side. It's safe to say my anger reached a boiling point.

"I just got punched in the fucking face and you're treating me as a fucking baby. I don't need your help." I jerk away from his touch. "You slammed the back of your head against the cement and you can't walk straight—" "Well duh, I love boobs why would you want to walk straight?" This is when Chaotic introduced his face into the wall. It was a cheesy joke but whatever. "And apparently I smashed her head against cement. So worry about her, because I'm just a lost cause. Plus, what happen to you hating me?" We were just out the door when he came around the front to stop me in my tracks.

"What are you talking about? I don't hate you. I was just mad at you." I walk pass him with a little pout, "Same thing." "I'll hug you—" "No touchy!"

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By Friday, the swelling and bruises were fading away. I earned respect around the Night Class and the Day Class. The Night Class first thought I just talked, the talk, but now they also know I can walk the walk. In other words, they know that I can put words into actions. Meanwhile, the Day Class hates me and are scared of me. If I'm guarding them during switchover they keep their distance. I love it. I heard some girl call me a female version of Zero!

I skipped downstairs greeting Shiki and Rima who were waiting for the others while Takuma reads his new manga. I was just gonna ask what it was called when I heard someone call me back. It was that maid with those hooded figures. She hands me an envelope with a special seal. Wait! That's Ciel's fancy seal! As I ripped into it, the maid said something about that the Headmaster got the same letter and that I'm allowed to go. I sped read across the paper with a smile growing after each sentence.

"Looks like I'm going to England, bitches~!"