A/N: After a long as freak absence, I am back with a Halloween themed K-On! Fanfiction! I probably should have posted this up earlier so that I could get the finale for this out on the actual day of Halloween, but I don't even have the ending exactly planned out yet. Oh well, this'll probably be my top priority for now and then I'll continue the other two. Until then, I hope you enjoy this!
Rated M just in case for any later events.
Disclaimer: I do not own K-On! ! Or K-On! Or K-ON! ! Or K-ON! Don't know if the "n" is capitalized or not but either way, I don't own it.
A cold wind blew throughout the cemetery, chilling anybody unfortunate enough to be walking by without proper warming clothes. One such person seemed ill-equipped to be out on such a windy night like tonight, mostly because she only wore a T-shirt and pants, with a thin black cloak surrounding her body. The hood of the cloak covered the majority of her face, only revealing tidbits of dark blue hair. This little gusty weather wasn't going to stop this girl from achieving her goal.
Her cloak violently shook due to the windy conditions, making the scene all the more ominous. With the moon shining brilliantly in the night, it enlightened the many graves of the deceased. Scanning across various tombstones, the girl kept walking past each of them until she came across a certain one. She had stayed emotionless the whole night but now, a small smirk could be seen on her face if one looked close enough.
"Finally…" she said, her words almost drowned out by the wind.
She suddenly began chanting a foreign incantation. What would sound like gibberish to one would be known as a forbidden ritual to another. Her lips formed each syllable quickly, her eyes closed and hands clasped together. The gusty conditions began to pick up the more she got into her incantation. The trees began to sway due to the paranormally strong winds. When she finished, all became silent for a moment. It was as if time stopped at that instant.
Then, she felt the ground shake and buckle beneath her. "Yes…rise…" And rise they did. The grave in front of her now had a protruding arm sticking out of the ground. It looked devoid of any life, yet it still moved. Soon, its other hand popped out of the ground, trying to drag the rest of itself out from the ground below. It took a few moments but soon enough; the remaining carcass of that human had risen from the dead, as if it was one of those cliché horror movies.
More arms followed suit of the first person, and soon dragged their own lifeless bodies out of the ground. The small smirk now stretched out into a huge smile.
Instead of the winds that had previously filled the air, the groans of the many undead now echoed throughout the graveyard.
"I can't believe this actually worked…" the girl said. "Mom…I chose you to rise from the ground first because I wanted you to see that I fulfilled your lifelong goal of raising the dead." She motioned her arm to the many bodies, most didn't have many limbs. "You see, this can only occur on the night of the 31st of October, on a full moon. Unfortunately, you did not know that. But now, under my leadership, we shall rule the world with the power of the undead!" she yelled into the sky, her plans becoming more and more cliché.
Instead of being answered by a nod or any sign of agreeing, all that emitted from the girl's mother was an angry groan. The girl looked at her mother in surprise, seeming to understand what that groan meant. The occult member's screams of pain echoed louder than any of the zombie's groans as her arm was bitten by her undead mother. Her seemingly flawless plan wasn't as flawless as she thought. The girl's body lay there on the ground, her limbs flailing in extreme pain. Yeah…this so didn't go according to plan...she thought. Man…Mom's gonna be mad when she finds out Dad got a new wife. With that odd thought being her last, the Occult Club member passed out and lay there on the ground, as the undead headed toward the nearby city.
The next day…
"Ah, Mugi-chan, this cake is one of the best ones ever!"
"Thank you, Yui-chan!"
"Oi Mio, is that blood on your pencil?"
"AH! Where?"
"Shouldn't we be practicing…?"
It was another normal Friday afternoon practice session for Sakura High's Light Music Club. Well, maybe not exactly a practice session. The only person who desired to practice was Azusa; unfortunately, every one of the other members was too wrapped up in their own conversations to let the thought pass through their mind. Inwardly sighing, Azusa gave in yet another day of not practicing and joined the other four for tea and sweets.
"Thank you," she said to Tsumugi as she handed Azusa her signature cat tea cup. Tsumugi gave her usual sincere grin before proceeding to take a bite out of her own biscuits as well.
"Azu-nyan, I knew you'd come around eventually~" Yui cooed.
"Uh, it's just because I didn't want to let my cake go cold!" she retorted.
"Hehe, cakes still taste good when they're cold." The kouhai blushed at her horrible comeback and ate in silence for the next few minutes. In those few minutes, Mio and Ritsu were having an engaging conversation.
"Have you ever heard of the game Left 4 Dead, Mio?" Ritsu asked.
The black haired girl shuddered at the menacing title, already afraid of what it would be about. "N-no...no, I haven't…" she replied, fear obviously present in her voice.
"Oh! I'm sure you'll like this game, Mio! It has tons of things you like…like zombies that want to eat your brains out and blood…LOTS AND LOTS OF BLOOD!" Putting a huge amount of emphasis on those last few words, she succeeded in giving her best friend the daily fright of the day.
"You idiot!" Which, of course, resulted in Ritsu gaining a huge bump on her head. "You should really consider taking boxing as a career choice, Mio…" she muttered silent enough so Mio wouldn't hear it.
While Mio and Ritsu were having their conversation, Tsumugi was trying to find the perfect point to enter it. However, she found no golden opportunity to join their conversation. I have to think of something that will get everybody's attention…but what? Oh think Tsumugi, think! The Ojou-sama looked around the room, desperately searching for something that would interest the members. Her eyes finally wandered to the whiteboard, more specifically to the date. October 31st…Oh! I got it!
"Has anybody heard of Halloween?"
Everybody ceased their talking. For a short moment, there was utter silence as the other four members stared at Mugi. Finally, Yui spoke up.
"What's Halloween?" she asked with wonder very apparent on her face.
"Yui, you don't know what Halloween is?" Ritsu gave her a look that made it seem like it was something everybody in the world should know.
"Don't be so surprised Ritsu," Mio joined. "Not all of the Japanese have heard of Halloween. Besides…" Her body began to shudder. "Halloween is a horrible holiday…"
"What the heck is Halloween?" Yui asked again, her voice louder than before.
"Yui-senpai, Halloween is an American holiday," Azusa stated. Everybody stopped their conversation and focused on her. "It's a time where people dress up in scary costumes and knock on people's doors for sweets."
"Scary costumes? Like what?"
"Let me take care of this Azusa!" Ritsu held her thumb up. "I'm the expert in this sort of thing!" Azusa gave her a crestfallen look but let her continue anyway.
"Yui…" her voice became very ominous and eerie. "This a time where people dress up in their scariest costumes ever!" Her eyes now wandered to Mio, the latter looking away in horror of what she would say to scare her further. "They dress up as things like zombies!"
Right on the first syllable of the word "zombies", Mio already huddled into her corner, hugging her knees tight to her chest. She placed her hands firmly over her ears in a desperate attempt to drown out Ritsu's voice. However, Mio could still hear her no matter how hard she cupped her hands.
"They also dress up as vampires, witches, and ghosts!"
"Okay Ricchan, I think I get the point…and I think Mio-chan gets it too…" Yui now stared at Mio's quivering figure. No matter what the other three said, there was no stopping Ritsu's scaring spree on Mio.
Slowly, she crept up behind Mio's trembling figure, her mouth right beside her ear. "And of course…" she whispered quietly. "THEY DRESS UP AS BARNACLES!"
Mio's shrieks of terror could be heard all the way from the graveyard on the outskirts of the town. "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"
She then proceeded to give her best friend the biggest bump her head would allow to protrude from it.
"Mio-senpai…" The bassist looked around and wondered why the rest of the club was looking at her weird. With a small click in her brain, she realized why. I just cussed at Ritsu…
"Mio-chan, just calm down. I'll go get you some special tea my mom taught me to make!" Mugi spoke, trying to make the situation seem less hostile.
All the raven haired girl could do was just stand there, stunned at her previous actions. Even when Ritsu retorted back at her heatedly, she didn't even pay the girl any attention.
Angry amber met with empty grey.
Waving her arms, shoving her slightly, and flicking her forehead all proved ineffective at breaking the girl out of her trance. Shrugging, she walked back to the table and drank her tea as if nothing had happened. The rest of them obliged to do so but eventually went along with it.
Never in my life have I cussed at Ritsu, or anyone for that matter! Well, maybe at Mama and Papa a few times but other than that, no! What's wrong with you today Mio? With her mind a jumbled mess, she excused herself to go take a nice refreshing walk outside. The sun was beginning to wane into the mountains far away, and the wind lightly brushed against her hair: the perfect setting to think about what she did.
When she exited the school building, she noticed a few peculiar sights. While cornering the sidewalk around the school, she noticed a man vomiting straight onto the street. He was really blowing chunks onto the road that people would drive on. Mio felt like throwing up herself just at the sight of that but was able to hold the consumed cake inside her throat. Upon further inspection of said man, however, she noticed how pale his skin was, and it didn't look natural at all. Lotion probably hadn't been a necessity for this man, as his skin showed many wrinkles, along with cuts and bruises everywhere. As if that wasn't enough to make a normal person book it, there was something wrong about his left eye. It wasn't there. At this point, Mio didn't bother to look at any other parts of the man, for it was beginning to be too much for her.
She power-walked toward the nearest trash can and let her insides break out of throat into the waste bin. That man looked terrible! He didn't look like he was alive at all! Suddenly, someone's voice popped into her mind. Zombies! Her mouth formed a scowl as she instantly recognized the voice: Ritsu's. However, she also took some comfort in this as well. It WAS the day after Halloween, and there were bound to be some Japanese people who would still dress up in Halloween attire afterwards. With that thought now planted in her head, she shrugged off the zombie-like guy as someone who was in a costume.
Now around the back of Sakuragaoka, she noticed other abnormal sights. The majority of the men and women around her held that same sickly pale skin color the other man had. No, scratch that, all of the men and women were pale as vampires. Now feeling a bit creeped out, Mio started to walk away from the zombie-like residents.
Turning her head around, she bumped into another boy with an undead appearance. Worms were crawling out of his right ear, his other ear seemed like someone took a bite out of it. Scratches around both cheeks of his face gave the impression of him having whiskers. The boy's arms were the only limbs that weren't that pale white. Instead, they gave off that color of dried up blood. By now, Mio was completely terrified as hell.
He then released a groan that sounded extremely inhuman, and then lunged for Mio's face with his jaws wide open. His horrible breath was making her eyes burn furiously. Using her reflexes from playing bass, she smacked the boy's head away, emitting a cracking noise that was likely his neck. Grudge-style, he turned his head slowly back towards her.
Now officially scared as fuck, she forgot about taking the path around to the front entrance and climbed the gates. She sprinted straight toward the building where the clubroom was at. What the hell was that? was all she think as she ran to her sanctuary. Upon opening the double doors, a familiar girl's arm reached for her own, her teeth looking severely savage.
Mio let out a huge shout, and slapped her classmate across the right cheek. Tearing her arm free of her grasp, she ran upstairs. But not before bowing and apologizing despite the situation.
"Sorry Ichigo!" she yelled toward her classmate, and then the bassist continued toward the only place she would feel safe at. Okay, this is all a big dream! Yeah! The rest of the school and neighborhood is playing a big prank on us by dressing up as scary zombies! Mhm! That must be it! she thought, her mind trying its best to reassure herself they were not…what she thought they were.
Unfortunately, her last hope that this was all a prank was immediately dispelled when she spotted other classmates in a hallway. She noticed the obvious limbs missing from the students, blood splattered all over their uniforms. Letting out a small shriek was all it took to alert every student in that hallway. Cursing herself for that, she sprinted for the stairs. The girls were on the other end of the hallway, sprinting towards Mio with mouth agape. Run faster, damn it! she thought to herself. Her feet carried her body across the wooden planks faster than they would ever in the rest of her life as she booked it up the stairs.
Barging into the clubroom, the first thing she did was lock the doors. Breathing heavily from the immense amount of running she had to do today, she began to explain to her friends what was going on down there.
"Everybody, you can't believe what I just saw, it seems that everybody all turned into…" she couldn't finish her sentence as her eyes wandered around the clubroom. She noticed the absence of the two guitars that were usually laid nearby the whiteboard. No…she thought. Looking onto the couch, there lay only one school bag. It was hers. And only hers. No! Now bringing her eyes to the chairs, she found that the only thing occupying them was the air.
"NO!" she screamed at a dynamic louder than 3 forte's put together. The rest of them had already left. The only reason she headed toward the clubroom was so that she wouldn't feel so alone in this kind of situation. If these really were…what she thought they were, at least she would be with her friends in their final hour. But they were long gone.
Walking to the chair, she broke out and began to bawl as loudly as she could, a small part of her hoping someone would hear her cries of sadness. However, no such person would even pay attention to the screams of others in this situation. As much as Mio didn't want to accept it, she had no other choice than to do so.
"It's a full zombie apocalypse!"
Continuing to let the salty water escape from her eyes, she then noticed a note near the seat where Ritsu would usually sit. Wiping her tears away so the paper would actually be readable, she read the short letter aloud.
"Dear Mio, we decided to leave and head to Yui's house to throw a Halloween party! I texted you a million times but you didn't reply so I just left this note here if you ever came back."
Pulling out her phone, she noticed the many texts Ritsu sent her. Mio, being too focused on not getting her body bitten by a zombie, closed her phone and read the rest of the letter.
"Okay, look. I'm sorry for scaring you so much today. You just make it too easy! Haha, can't believe I can say this without getting hit right now. Well, you'll probably hit me once you go to Yui's house. Or, if you'll go to her house. Kinda wouldn't blame ya if you hate me for what I did back there and wouldn't go cuz of it. I'm sorry Mio…"
Tears of a different emotion began to well up in her eyes, and they eventually made it down to the floor. Ritsu…After taking a few moments to wipe away the rest of the fresh tears, she finished the rest of it.
"Well, if you don't hate me enough that you wouldn't want to see me, come by Yui's house so we can have some fun tonight! I'll see ya there!" Unfolding the rest of the paper, she noticed an extra message.
"P.S. This is Yui, hi Mio-chan! Come to my house so we can have lotsa tea and sweets and fun!
This is Tsumugi; I hope you won't feel too mad at Ricchan to not visit us at Yui-chan's house for at least a little bit.
Azusa Nakano: I think you overreacted, senpai. You and I both know how far Ritsu-senpai can go with her jokes. Anyway, you should still come visit us at Yui-senpai's house. I heard Ui's making hotpot; perhaps that can make you feel a bit better. Hope to see you there soon!" And at the bottom of the paper were all three of their signatures.
Despite the zombie apocalypse now converging upon them, Mio couldn't help but smile for one shining moment at this letter. I'm so glad to have such wonderful friends…
It was at that moment that she wanted to hit herself in the head with Elizabeth.
"Ritsu! Yui! All of them! They said they were going to Yui's house! They can't be out there with all of the…z-zombies out there!" She struggled to finally fathom the thought that a zombie invasion was actually occurring.
Quickly taking out her phone, she skillfully typed out a message to send to all of them about the impending doom. She then froze.
"They would probably have known by now…" her phone dropped to the ground, staying intact just barely, due to the cover. "They could be fighting off…z-zombies right now! What if something happened to them?"
She ran towards the window and spotted many zombies outside on the streets; more than there were before. Where did they all come from? Her knowledge of science and common sense were now discarded into the trash bin with the rest of her throw up as garbage at this point.
Mio jumped high enough to bump her head on the ceiling when she heard groans coming from outside the double doors that protected her. So this is how Ritsu feels…she thought while rubbing her head.
If she wasn't being extra alert, she wouldn't have heard the vibration coming from her phone with all of the loud moaning.
Picking up her phone, her eyes lit up at who texted her. "It's Ritsu!" she yelled in excitement. Opening the message as quickly as she could, she read it.
If you're in the clubroom, STAY INSIDE THE CLUBROOM. You have plenty of tea and sweets to keep you content. Stay there until we arrive.
"That's it…?" She scrolled down the phone with the cursor but still found there was nothing else in the message. "That can't be it, that can't be!"
As if God answered that one small prayer of wanting more substance in the message, her phone vibrated yet again. This time, it was from Azusa.
"This is Ritsu; my phone died so I used Azusa's. A few last words of advice before I go: Be ready to fight."
Her fear reaching the peak of Mt. Everest, she truly felt scared for her life for once. This wasn't just a watching-a-scary-movie-and-getting-no-sleep-for-that-night kind of scariness. This was a you're-going-to-die-if-you-make-a-mistake kind of scariness. Mio just wanted to go to her corner, fall asleep, wake up, and realize this was all a big dream. But she knew that thought was not possible anymore. Not when she snapped that young boy's neck at a 180 degree angle.
She grabbed her guitar case and took out Elizabeth. Shaking violently from the situation at hand but trying to stay brave, she raised it in a battle stance, ready for the zombies to burst through.
Elsewhere…
"Mio…hold on, we're coming."
"Ricchan, do you think zombies enjoy tea?"
"Ergh…"
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