Shining Princess
Chapter 1: A Bright Light in a Bleak Night
Disclaimer: I do not own High School of the Dead or any of the characters involved except for Guardian L. Light
Takashi, a student of Fujimi High School, sat on the spiral staircase that led the upper classes of the building. Below him was the school courtyard. He was busy day-dreaming when he heard the screech of metal being pushed on its hinges. He looked down at the gate and saw a single man dressed in a blue suit. He had his hand wrapped around the bars and was pushing on the gate. Three members of the staff approached him, one of them, a female teacher. Shout at him to leave. After he didn't reply she asked one of the men that had come with her to remove the man from campus. The man, a burly muscle-bound fellow, nodded and stepped toward the business man threatingly. He lifted the man up by the collar and slammed him against the gate. The woman said something to him and the man replied with an apology before the businessman put his head through the gate and bit the staff member's arm.
Takashi stared in surprise "What the hell?" he asked himself
The burly man fell to the ground holding his wounded arm. The business man grabbed the bars and again attempted to rip them off the hinges. The woman ran to the gym-teacher and inspected him. She shot up and back away from him.
"He's dead!" She shouted
"No way…" Takashi said
Suddenly, the businessman ripped the gate off the hinges and threw it aside. At the same time the gym-teacher rose to his feet.
"How is that possible? She said he was dead." Takashi asked
The two strange figures moved slowly toward the other two staff members. The two tried to run but the strangers lunged at them and bit their arms. Each dropped dead like before, only to rise moments later, the four figures began to move toward the school. Takashi ran inside the building and to the nearest class-room. He slammed open the door and shouted at the students that there was a murderer on campus and he'd seen them kill somebody. He grabbed his child-hood friend, Rei, from the class as the students rushed out the door. He pulled her aside and explained the situation in further detail. She scolded him for making it up and went to calm the class back down when the P.A. system bell rang.
"Attention all member of the student body and teachers. There has been a murder on campus, Repeat, there has been a murder on campus, all personel are asked to leave the campus in a calm and orderly fashion, repeat, leave the campus in a calm and orderly fashion."
The students and staff remained frozen for a minute before screams of panic and anarchy broke out as students tried to rush out of the building.
In another class at the far end of the school a single young man, Khota, tried to slip by the mobs and make his way to another classroom, as he slipped into the door he stopped as he came face-to-face, well, chest. With another student. Takagi, she glared at him
"What do you want nerd?" She asked
"I… I came to grab some stuff." He replied
"What stuff?" She asked "You aren't even in this class."
"I… uh… just some assignments I left in here." He replied
"god, you're an idiot." She said turning away from him.
"But, um, Takagi. Why are you still here?" He asked
"Me? I'm here because the law says I have to be here. So what if there's some grizzly murderer out on the loose, I could outsmart him and he'd be under arrest and would know to never mess with me." She replied
"But-"
"But nothing! Get back to class! When the head-master finds out about all this you'll all be in big trouble and I'll be the one he thanks for remaining calm in this chaotic situation." She explained
"Yes Takagi." He said turning away, he turned into the chest of yet another student. He looked up at the young man's face was blue and his eyes had rolled back into his skull.
"Oh my god!" He shouted slamming the door.
"What are you shouting about? And why are you still here?" She asked
"There's something outside the door!" He shouted back in fear
"What are you talking about?" She asked walking up to the door "Move aside, let me see." She shoved him out of the way and looked through the small square window.
"There's nothing-" She screamed as the student from before slammed his head into the window, behind him she could see other students like him.
"What-what are they?" She asked
"They look like zombies!" Kohta shouted
"Zombies, really Kohta? Zombies only exist in fake horror movies. This must be some kind of virus." She said knowingly
"A virus?" He asked
"Yes, a virus! And I'll be the one to cure it! When I do the world will give me a peace prize in medical knowledge and congratulate me on a job well done!" She grinned to herself as she thought of the money and fame.
"But Takagi." He said
"What is it?" She asked angrily
"How will you be able to cure it if you don't live through it?" he asked
"What do you-?" She stopped as they both heard something slamming against the door.
"What in the?" Takagi stared at the door intently when suddenly the door blew off its hinges and nearly slammed into Kohta.
Takagi screamed only to have a hand put on her mouth.
They both looked and in front of them was a young girl, she wore a white button-up shirt and white pants. On her ankles and forearms were gauze. Her hair was long and white and an odd quirk about her was her eyes. They were completely white, except for a black circle that outlined where her iris would be.
"Who are you?" Kohta asked
"My name is Guardian L. Light, and if you want to live, you'll need to listen to me." She said