Last chapter. I'm sorry that I cut out so much. I really wanted to finish. Sorry about that. The ending isn't quite as sad as it was in Afterschool Nightmare. Hard to believe that this stemmed from D. Gray-Man and After School Nightmare…. Thank you so much for reading and supporting this fanfiction! ^^

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That night, somebody knocked on Allen's door.

"Moyashi. Are you awake?" It was Kanda. He let the secret girl inside.

"Do you love me?" Kanda asked.

"I do. I told you." He blushed.

"I only heard you say it once."

"I only HAVE to say it once!" Allen yelled. Kanda approached him and kissed him again. It was a long time before they pulled away for air.

"Sorry for barging in." she apologized. "I'll leave now. Good night." She left and closed the door behind her.

…..

"Yume! It's good to hear from you!" Kanda's mom answered the phone. "How's Yu you ask?"

…

When Kanda sat down at her desk during homeroom, she noticed a note in her desk. She began to sweat.

Yu,

I can always come back to you.

Go ahead and play with Allen Walker until you're satisfied.

Nothing's changed.

Nothing will change.

I'll be waiting.

Always waiting…..

Is what it said. Kanda stared at the note. Lenalee noticed that. She quickly crumpled it up and threw it away.

…

"Allen-kun." Lenalee approached Allen in the hall. "Is everything going alright with Kanda?" she asked.

"I'm not sure." He admitted. "Kanda doesn't really talk to ME much."

"That may be true, but please look after him."

"Did something happen?"

"It's possible that something strange might be happening to Kanda."

…

Allen decided to go visit Kanda.

"Kanda?" He knocked on the door. "Can I come in?"

"Sure." Kanda was standing in the middle of her room. "What is it?"

"Oh…. Um….. I figured that I should be with you….." he blushed. Kanda wasted no time and leaned in for a passionate kiss. She had started to push him onto the bed.

"Wait! I-I came to talk!" Allen stopped the cat girl from advancing. That really didn't work. She still kissed him.

…..

"I'm sorry. But I… may be I'm just using you…." Kanda confessed to Allen. She honestly didn't know what she was saying.

"What….. are you saying….?" Allen couldn't believe his ears.

"To forget my sister."

….

Allen went to the Judo room to cry. Lavi found him. Like usual. Recently, the red head had begun to see a black moon.

"I'm sorry." Allen wiped his tears from his eye. "I didn't realize that anyone would be here this late. You always see me at my worst."

"I hate you." Lavi bluntly said. "You're so stupid. I hate people like you. Those tears just piss me off." He roughly grabbed the things stored in his locker and turned to leave. "I'm quitting. I won't be coming back. Tell the others for me." With that, he was gone.

….

It was time for the dream class.

Lavi found himself running through a horribly familiar building. It was not the school. He was cornered by the knight. The parasite had attached herself to his leg and was spouting nonsense rumors. The knight sliced off Lavi's leg. Road was back to her daytime form.

"I'm not fighting! See!" she pleaded. He still killed her anyway.

"Who are you?" he asked Lavi. "You're more like me than even I am. It makes me sick." Lavi was now gone. "Where's the key?"

Allen was once again in his crown clown outfit.

"Man. This place is huge!" he commented. He was beginning to wonder if he would even find any of the other dreamers.

"You and I have come a long way." The knight said to Lenalee. He had the sharp part of his hammer pressed against her neck.

"You're right. Are you ready to go now?" she smiled like an angel.

"Yes. I'm leaving."

"I don't know who you are, but it feels like you and I were close friends. Goodbye." He chopped her head off. There was no key.

"Where is that witch?" the knight yelled as the thought of how much he hated Yume. He hadn't seen her for quite some time. He turned to see Allen.

"Oh right. I almost forgot about you." He readied himself in a fighting stance. But he didn't do anything. He just walked away. Allen followed. The white-haired boy realized something. That wasn't Kanda. It was Lavi. The armor had left him. It truly was Lavi.

"You're such a pain." He killed Allen with no remorse. That's where the key had been hidden. The door appeared as he pulled the key from Allen's body. He was gone and Allen had awoken in the nurse's office in the basement.

I have to talk to Kanda…..

….

Allen found Kanda inside their empty classroom. Staring out a window.

"Yu." He said her first name. "Why did you lie about being the knight?"

"Why are you bringing this up? Did something happen?" she didn't even stop looking out the window.

"The knight graduated. It was-"

"I didn't even go to class. I've been here the whole time." She turned and actually smiled at him. A real genuine smile. How rare. Allen blushed. He loved her so much. "Have you ever seen a ghost?"

"I don't think so…" Allen had no idea where Kanda was going with this.

"Of course not. You and I see different worlds." She sighed. "We see things through different eyes. We live on different planets. I've seen them ever since I was little." She admitted. "It was after my parents divorced. I caught a cold and my mother wasn't home. My fever suddenly got worse."

"Your sister told me about that." Allen remembered that moment. "You were looking for your sister and she saved you."

"That's right. My sister was all that I had left." He had remembered the day that he had gone to look for her. She had forgotten about him. As it began to rain, he collapsed from fever. That was when he met his real sister. She helped him get back home. She saved his life. She always stayed with her twin sister after that. Even when the one who had abandoned her called. She never answered those calls.

"We grew up together." Kanda smiled from the fond memories that she had shared with her sister. "She was always with me. She didn't care about the fact that I was different from normal humans. Mother couldn't hear or see her. She thought something was wrong with me and sent me to see a therapist. Well, I was smarter than him and she helped me dodge his questions. But I thought that she would fade away and I would be able to live to some degree, normally. But she didn't. I knew that if I couldn't find anyone to love me, I would be stuck with her forever."

"Where is your sister now?" Allen asked.

"She's right here. She's always been here." Sure enough. Yume was pressed against Kanda's back and had her arms around the cat girl's waist. "She's bored. She's singing 'Carol of the Bells'. But she can't get past 'Oh how they bound'." Allen took a step back. Both sisters looked at him with questioning eyes. But Allen couldn't see Yume.

"That was a joke. Baka Moyashi." Kanda understood. He was scared of her. She left Allen alone in the empty classroom.

I know you're lying just to make me feel better. To not make me worry.

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The Dream class had begun. Allen found himself in a rainy street. The one from Kanda's memory. He began to run. But, the knight had found him.

That's impossible! He thought. He graduated! All of a sudden, Lenalee came from nowhere and knocked the knight down with her blood-red boots.

"Allen! Hurry! Go find Kanda!" she ordered. The knight's helmet was gone. Chaoiji, a member of the judo club was the one on the inside. Allen did as he was told and ran. He came upon child Kanda wearing her lotus mask. She held Mugen, Yume as it was now known as. Meaning, Yume was in control.

"Yume. Let me talk to Yu." He said. He didn't even bother to greet her.

"Why are you trying to destroy Yu's world?" she glared through the mask. "Do you really think that she'll be happier?"

"I know that I'm better than you. At least I'm real. I want to see Yu."

"And what will you do when you see her?" she smirked. "Oh that's right. You'll kill her! After all, that's the only way to get rid of me. You have ten seconds. Let's see what you can do." The scene changed to the younger child Kanda lying on the grass. Tears were in the corner of her eyes. She didn't have her bandana so her ears were free. Her hair was not tied back and flowed around her head like a black halo. Allen didn't know what to do. Suddenly, Yume was back.

"The form I take, of the sword, is what Yu wanted. She wanted me to take over her body as long as she had me in order to help protect her." She smiled.

"Yu!" Allen cried loudly. "Yu! Yu! Yuuuu!" Suddenly, the sword started to develop a crack.

"No! Stop! Don't destroy this!" Yume cried. Allen continued to call out Kanda's first name. The sword developed more cracks. Until it finally shattered. One of Yume's beads broke along with it.

The world had changed. It was no longer raining. Allen was tied to a post at the end of a fork of a long bridge. Yume was tied to the other side. The edges were crumbling away to a vengeful sea.

"Yu. Help me." Yume whispered. Kanda stood at the end. "The bridge is crumbling! Help me!"

"Yu! Don't listen to her!" Allen shouted back. "If you don't free yourself from her now, she'll never go away!"

"Yu….. Please…" Yume was genuinely crying. Kanda had made her decision. She began to walk towards the two forks in the bridge. She had chosen Yume. Allen was crushed.

"Yu!" One of his beads broke. She freed her sister and swept her up in a warm embrace.

"I knew you'd save me." She smiled. "Of course, blood runs thicker than water. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone. But his interest in you was not a good thing. I will never leave you. Just like I always have. And just like I always will."

"I take full responsibility." Kanda glared. She grabbed her twin and jumped off the bridge and into the ocean. The floor beneath Allen crumbled and he began to fall. Meanwhile, Kanda was choking Yume beneath the waves. Suddenly, they were standing on the water.

"Yu! Stop it!" she pleaded. "You'll never be able to see me again! You'll be all alone! Even if you find love, it won't be true love! If I'm gone, who will protect you?"

"I'll protect myself!" She yelled. Fury was building within the cat girl. She didn't want Yume to keep on protecting her anymore. "I'll find out myself whether or not someone will love me. Gomenasai." She killed her twin sister as they reappeared underneath the waves. Yume had disappeared and Kanda's last bead had broken. Allen awoke on the grass. It was no longer raining. Allen remembered how Kanda had chosen her twin. His second bead broke.

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As Kanda was leaving the school when she had awoken from call, she was called to the main office. She had received a phone call.

"Hey mom. What's going on?" she hated it when her mother acted like everything horrible in her childhood didn't happen when she called her.

"Yume died….."

What?

"She fell into the river near our house. She's a good swimmer, but somehow, she must've hit her head on a rock. She drowned. We just found the body a few minutes ago. She died a few minutes before we found her."

….

When Allen had awoken from the dream, he immediately went looking for Kanda. He had been in the dream world all night long. Thus, Kanda was in the kendo club's locker room. He immediately hugged her.

"Thank god you're safe." She sighed.

"Yu! I love you so much!"

"You're pretty impulsive…." Still, she kissed him anyway.

…

Allen gazed lovingly at the cat girl as she slept. He noticed how she had an extremely large tattoo of a Japanese kanji with a black circle around it. Long lines that spun like flames extended from the circle.

"I'm not asleep. What are you staring at?" she opened her eyes. As they were kissing, out of the corner of his eye, Allen saw a black moon in the sky.

….

It was time for the dream class once more. Allen awoke in the basement. Surrounded by the canopy beds. He saw a shadow advancing towards him on the staircase. It tried to grab his ankle. All of a sudden, as sword came from nowhere and attacked the shadow. And with that, all three of the parasite's beads broke. The sword was a traditional Japanese katana with a scarlet red hilt and gold accessories. It belonged to another dreamer. In fact, Kanda. Her new dream form had her hair down with her cat ears and tail showing. She wore a shrine maiden dress and had the top parted slightly to reveal some cleavage. She also wore a collar with a bell that jingled when she moved. She did not wear a mask.

"Yu?" Allen was utterly shocked from her new dream form.

"What? This is the first time without my sister controlling me!" she glared. "We need to get out of here." The walls were developing cracks. They looked like they were breaking. Lenalee stood at the top of the staircase.

"Lenalee! We need to get out of here!" Allen said. She didn't say anything. "What's wrong, Lenalee?"

"Don't let him fool you! That's not me!" Lenalee yelled. But there were now two Lenalees! Oh the horror! Kanda took her sword and chopped off the fake Lenalee's hand. A bead broke as her face crumbled away to reveal Chaoji.

"I can't believe you! Impersonating people is the lowest of the low!" She yelled as she stormed up to the pineapple headed man.

"I-I didn't mean to! I was just thinking about how strong you are!" She slapped him hard across the face. His last bead broke and he disappeared.

"Oh! Kanda!" she snapped back to her usual care-free self. "You're new outfit is SO cute. But why are you a girl? Is there something you're not telling me….?"

"Che." Kanda hated how questioning Lenalee was all the time. "I'm a girl." She admitted.

"Wow! Those cat ears are cute too!" she giggled. Kanda chose not to tell her about those though.

"Where are the others?" Lenalee asked.

"I ran into one earlier, but there was no key…"

"I'm counting on you, Kanda."

"Che."

"What are you guys talking about?" Allen asked.

"Take care, Allen-kun." Lenalee smiled sadly. Kanda killed Lenalee with her katana and removed the key.

"This is a gift from Lenalee." She handed the strange key to Allen. Allen ran. He ran until he found the door. He gently placed the key in the lock. Meanwhile, all of the dreamers except Allen had awoken. The door that was their only exit was locked. The nurse was missing. Sand was pouring in from the ceiling.

"What's going on?"

Allen opened the door. As he did so, all of the other dreamers had collapsed. He entered the doorway. Then, he realized something. The black moon wasn't a moon. It was a hole.

…

I was born with a strange scar and white hair.

My left arm is black and strange.

Never less, I still live a pretty normal life.

For some reason, I've always had dreams of a girl with long, navy hair, cat ears, a tail, and a Japanese katana.

I don't know why.

But she's beautiful.

I think I love her.

As Allen was walking, he bumped into a girl.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!"

"Che." She had long navy hair and dark, cobalt eyes. She also wore a bandana that covered her ears.

"My name's Allen Walker. What's yours?" He introduced himself.

"Kanda. Yu Kanda." She said.

"Nice to meet you." He smiled. Then, he realized something. "Have we met somewhere before?"

"No."

"Oh. Well, are you free today?"

"Yes."

"Then, would you consider going on a date with me?"

"Sure."

Love can still survive through dreams.