Chapter 1 – Zombie Meet and Greet

"Rin!" Rin's Mother screamed at the top of her lungs from downstairs.

Rin groaned and rolled over on her stomach. Her hand frantically flopping around her bed in search for a pillow to pull over her ears. She finally found one of her orange shaped pillows and plopped it on her head to drown out her Mother's nagging requests.

Just five more minutes…

"No no, none of that Rinny," Her Mother said as she ripped her daughter's favourite pillow off her hair exposing Rin's messy bed head. "We need to hurry and get to our doctor's appointment," She exclaimed.

Rin's eyes flung open and she propped herself up faster than a bullet. She looked her Mother straight into her matching ocean blue eyes.

"What doctor's appointment?" Rin said in a serious tone.

"Oh whoopsie, guess I forgot to tell you earlier~" She giggled whilst turning around to go pick out her daughter's attire.

Rin crossed her arms; she detected her Mother's obvious lie. Rin's Mom would only "forget" to tell her daughter information if she knew Rin would resist immediately. Rin wasn't the biggest fan of Hospitals because of their sad sickly aura, but this wouldn't stop her from entering the building. The only reason Rin would resist a doctor's visit was because-

Gasp.

"Needles!" Her eyes averted to her Mother, "You witch! How dare you not tell me of this! I absolutely will not play into your foul games! You are going to have to drag me out of this bed to make me get my blood drawn! Urgh, how disgusting."

Rin's Mother swirled around from her position at the closet holding a cute sailor outfit, "But Rinny! You're not getting your blood drawn; it's just a little shot that everyone's been getting. It can prevent from a deadly disease that scientists have been trying to figure out forever now; you have to get it darling. I don't want you to ever be infected with the disease," Her Mother said, eyes sincere, "I'm getting the shot too if it makes you feel better. Oh, and also there's a checkup along with it, to make sure everything's A-Okay with your body."

Rin felt a little suspicion residing inside herself. Yes, needles were creepy and unwelcoming, but she wasn't scared of shots. It only freaked her out when the foreign object brutally stabbed her skin and forcefully removed blood from her body. Other than that, she permitted the needle to inject her. So, if her mother knew that she was okay with shots, why did she not tell her about the appointment earlier? She felt doubt and would be on high alert throughout the whole car-ride over there, but she wouldn't let her Mother see through her façade.


Rin and her Mother parked their car further away from the Hospital from usual. They drove around the parking spaces but every single spot was filled and there were none available to park in. Even the side-of-the-road parking spaces were maxed out with lines of cars. So, they parked a-ways-away from the Hospital.

"Maybe everyone is really pumped to get this life-saving shot?" Rin's Mother asked.

Rin nodded, not sure if that was the reason why. To get the shot a person has to make an appointment, so the Hospital would be overbooked with this many people. But, there's no way that all the people who parked their cars came here because they were sick, right?

The duo walked together in silence until they reached the Hospital. The automatic doors slid open, allowing the winter-cold air from within to smack Rin in the face. She curled her arms around her body regretting wearing the sailor outfit her Mother picked out for her. They paced themselves walking throughout the hospital.

"Let's take the stairs instead of the elevator, it might warm us up," Rin's Mother suggested gesturing towards the staircase.

Rin followed her Mother up the steps until they reached the second floor. Her Mother went up to the reception desk while Rin sat in the waiting room waiting for their transaction to be completed.

"Rin, hunny, my appointment is first so you stay out here for a bit, okay baby girl?" Her Mother nearly shouted across the room.

Rin looked away pretending she didn't know the person directing their words at her. Rin's embarrassment soon passed when her Mom left the room. She rapidly became bored of being alone in the waiting room. Her eyes scanned her surroundings to try to find something to entertain her. A little boy was playing with one of the toys the Hospital put out to distract the children. It amazed Rin how something so simple like a piece of coloured wood could hold a child's attention for the longest time. She smiled remembering that there was a time where such things entertained her as well.

"It's a miracle!" Rin attentiveness converted to the news playing on the T.V. "For such a medicine to be only accessible for the citizens of Japan is mind baffling, but please don't worry! The medicine will surely be given out the rest of the world shortly! In other news, there were multiple people this morning harassing and harming citizens. These attacks led to many car accidents. Also…"

Rin tuned out the rest of the lady's news report. She was never one to get hooked on violent news.

"Rin Kagamine," one of the nurses called, signaling that it was time to go in for her check up. "Right this way Miss," She said while leading Rin to her appointment room.

Rin saw her mother outside of the room.

"Hunny-Bun I know you are going to get real mad at me, but they also have to withdraw blood to check and make sure you're all clear of any diseases."

Rin's heart dropped. She knew something was fishy! Her Mom took the advantage when she was off-guard; it was a typical thing for a cynical woman like her to do. Rin sighed. She was defeated. How was she supposed to climb the wall her Mother put in front of her? She was stuck and had no way to escape from the horrifying fate she was given.

"Fine, whatever," Rin sighed.

"Oh great! I'm glad you understand sugar muffin! Don't worry, the shot goes by really fast and the check-up shouldn't take that long. After that, we can go down to the Blood Test Center, then you can go to school and enjoy the rest of your day," Mother said with a smile.

The nurse came back with a hospital robe neatly folded in her hands. "Sorry about the wait! There are so many sick people coming in today, it must be the flu or something. Anyways, change into this robe and the doctor will be right with you!" The nurse said cheerfully and scurried away to help other patients.

"Okay, well, I'm going to change into this Hospital thingy, so I'll be going into the room no-"

"I'll come with you!" Rin's Mother interrupted.

"W-What?! No! I'm not a little kid anymore, I don't need you to come into the room with me to help me get changed, okay Mom?" Rin snapped.

The saddened Mother looked towards the ground and twiddled her thumbs. "But I just wanted to help my cute little bab-"

"Save it," Rin said matter-of-factly, closing the door in her Mother's face.

Rin leaned against the door breathing out the bottled up anger she had been holding in. She was fed up with how today was going. First, she was woken up too early, dragged out of bed and had to wait in long traffic to get to this stupid Hospital. The whole experience of the Hospital was unpleasing and dropping her mood down profusely. Everything became a million times worse when her Mother told her she had to get her blood taken with the bloodcurdling needles!

Her stomach felt as if there were crystal shards vehemently turned inside. The thought of the needles piercing her skin and her blood being sucked into the tube it was connected to seemed just plain wrong.

Oh Hell No. Rin thought as she threw the now not-so-neatly folded robe onto the unsuspecting chair.

Rin was having none of this. She was not mentally ready to have that horrifying deed acted upon her fair maiden skin.

I need to leave, but how? Mom is outside and there are no other doorways in this room except…

Rin's eyes were fixed on the single window in the room. She hurried towards it, pulled back the curtain and saw the grayish-blue sky of early July. There were continuous puffy white trails left behind the numerous planes flying over Japan. She looked towards the bottom floor and saw that indeed, she was on the second floor of the building. Rin crossed her fingers that the windows were not locked and tried to slide the window open. The slide was bumpy and not in the least smooth, but it still opened nonetheless. She peeked her head outside to get a better look of her situation. On the side wall of the building, under every set of windows, was a little protruding white ledge. The ledge continuously wrapped around the entire building. The ledge was not big, but it stuck out enough for her foot to fit on it horizontally.

Rin took a deep breath and started to climb out the window. She gently let her feet fall onto the little white ledge below the window. Once she found herself stable on the ledge, she let the rest of her body's weight balance on the balls of her feet. Rin's initial reaction was to grab something with her hands to help steady her better, but she couldn't do it. On one side of her was itchy textured wall and to the other side was a fall high enough to kill her if she hit the ground just right. She took a deep breath in once again and let her two years of gymnastics take its course and help guide her along the edge. She kept her eyes laser focused into the task at hand. All her concentration was on not falling. Her timing was horribly slow, but it was worth not rushing such a delicate process. Soon she found herself at the edge of the building; her destination.

To her left was a tree. The only way to get off the edge alive was to climb down the tree, and that's exactly what Kagamine Rin was going to do. She remembered her years of playing on the monkey bars of the old pre-school she went to and she wanted to recreate her talents she had back then, now. She slowly bent down to reach out for the tree, because the closest branch she could reach was near her ankle level. Bending down on a ledge as small as the one she was balancing on was hard and if she bent down more it would result in her falling down. She straightened back up pondering how she would overcome this situation. Rin sighed in frustration. She just wanted to get the hell to school so she could go do work and this was taking too long. Rin hastily bent down and started to fall forward just as she predicted before, and quickly snatched the unstable branch. She felt the un-sanded wood pierce at her skin each hand she placed in front of the other making her way to the tree trunk. At the tree trunk she found a sturdy branch to rest some of her weight on. She sat on the branch and re-lowered herself down to the branch below that and the branch below that and continued until she was safely on the ground.

Rin nipped at her hands trying to pick out any splinter she could find. How would she be able to go to school now? Her ride is on the second floor waiting for her. Should she call an Uber? Rin looked at the roads and realised they were piled with traffic, plus she didn't even have a phone.

"Guess I'm running," Rin mumbled under her breath.


Rin arrived at her school whilst it was still in session. The doctor's appointment was supposed to take much longer than the amount of time she had taken so she gave herself a pat on the back. Rin took notice of the baseball team playing a practice game and became quite invested in the match they were playing. She never really liked any "sport sports", but if she had to pick one that she thought was kind of interesting it would have to be baseball.

Not wanting to be noticed by the coach Rin kept herself hidden in a nearby patch of trees and grass. She watched quietly, sitting down to release all the stress in her legs from running all the way to school. She was supposed to get here a bit later, so what was the problem with her chilling out for a little bit? Her day had been nothing but stressful and filled with unwelcomed moments, so Rin thought she deserved a little rest time.

Another batter came up and tapped his baseball bat to the white rubber plate. He had lemon golden hair that sparkled in the summertime sunshine. He had it up in a small ponytail to keep it out of his face, which exposed his beautiful icy blue eyes. His eyes generated a sense of cold cut clean frozen ice, which balanced the humid summer air. He swung the bat around his shoulder letting it levitate a little bit and locked his frozen eyes on the pitcher. The pitcher wound up his arm like a music box, curled his leg up into his torso and let the ball viciously be released from his hand. The golden haired kid did not flinch at all at the pitcher's intimidating throw; he simply hit the ball.

The ball flew through the air so high Rin thought it was in a better place up in the heavens. She stood up looking into the sky waiting for the ball to come back into view.

"Hey girl! Look out!" A boy's voice screamed pointing above her.

Rin followed the boys extended point to see the homerun ball coming straight towards her fa-


Rin's head ached tremendously. It felt like her heart was beating right where the ball...

The ball? Wait! The ball!

Rin jolted upright and regained the headache, but this time a billion times worse. She let her eyes adjust to her unfamiliar surroundings and noticed that she was in the school infirmary. Rin wondered where the nurse was and if she could get some AddVille for the immense pain on her skull.

Rin groaned as she started to stand up from the school nurse bed. She then pulled back the curtain to her little cubicle of personal privacy.

"AH!" a soft, but loud voice shrieked.

"W-What?!" Rin retaliated back moderately loud.

"Oh my, it's just you Rin-Senpai," the blue haired girl spoke exhaling with relief.

She knows my name, but I don't seem to know her name.

"I'm sorry, but I don't seem to recall your name. Have we met on campus before? Or…" Rin trailed off.

"Oh no no no…Y-You don't know who I am," the girl spoke softly making it almost impossible to imagine just a few seconds ago she shrieked so loud.

Rin waited for her to continue, but she just stood not making eye contact with Rin and only looking at the floor. The light blue haired girl started playing with her short hair and slowly backed into a darker part of the room as if she wouldn't be seen.

"Your name?" Rin asked abruptly.

"W-What? M-My name? O-Oh yeah…sorry, I just…I'm just…uh…Aoki…L-Lapis." The girl stopped for a moment as if to catch her breath from something that terrified her. She continued, "M-My sister is in your class…Merli…". Her voice quieted every time she spoke a different word, but that was the best Rin was going to get.

"Well, nice to meet you Aoki, but I have to go and find the nurse and ask if she could pop me a few AddVille's so I'll see you lat-"

"N-No! Don't go out there!" The girl started to shake and point at the door while shaking her head furiously.

Rin looked at her as if she were crazy.

"Why?"

"T-There a-are…" Aoki started, "T-There a-are…t-things…" She finished.

Rin stared into her ocean blue eyes.

She can't be serious.

She took another hard-earnest look into Aoki's eyes and saw that this little shy blue haired girl was serious.

I was wrong. She's not crazy…she's INSANE.

Rin sighed; she was a little frustrated at Aoki's dumb ideas and her constant beating drumstick of pain in her head.

"Yes, Aoki, there are a lot of things in the world. That's why I'm gonna go get a thing called AddVille. You can chill here if you want t-"

"N-No no no no no! You can't!" Aoki stated with slight confidence. "I-I mean, that's not what I meant. When I said 'things', I meant 'inhuman things'…t-there's been a lot going on for the past hour or so. Y-You wouldn't understand because you were knocked out."

Rin crossed her arms. This girl was delusional. Even Rin, with the jacked up head pain, could determine what was crazy talk and what was real talk. She started tapping her foot, annoyed with the younger girl.

"Look, you're right. I was knocked out. So can you stop talking in jibber jabber and tell what the hell you are trying to convey to me right now?" Rin said, obviously annoyed.

Aoki breathed in deeply. "O-Okay. So I cut my finger," Aoki pointed at her bandaged finger, "And thought it would be best if I came to the nurse's office for a bandaid. So I came inside and saw that you were fast asleep and the nurse explained your situation. Then we heard a scream from outside and both of us looked out the window. And what we saw was…" there was an excruciating long pause. She mustered up the courage to continue, "p-people…e-eating…e-each o-o-other…". She looked down for a bit allowing Rin to soak in the new information. She continued, "The nurse got scared and went to go and try to stop them from attacking each other. I saw her reach the two boys and she looked like she was trying to reason with them, but they…they both…attacked her. I-I couldn't look…so I locked the door and shut all the curtains and have been gathering all that was in this office into this backpack." She pointed to a black backpack.

Rin rolled her eyes. She was playing with her.

Okay, I'll play into your little games, kid.

"Oh wow! That sounds awful!" Rin exclaimed, "Aoki we need to band together and make it out of here alive!"

"I-I'm being serious!" Aoki protested.

"Mmm-hmmm, okay kid, you seem nice and all, but I need to go now, so I'm going to unlock this door. You can re-lock it afterwards if you want to stay in here, but I'm going home now."

"Rin-Senpai, please don't! I know I sound crazy, but I'm trying to look out for you!"

Rin waved the girl off and unlocked the nurse's door. She slid the door open and stepped into the hallway. She didn't want to admit it, but she felt something was off. Everything was a bit messy and all over the place. She closed her eyes and listened to the quietness of the hallway, but wait, she heard something. It sounded like students murmuring between each other around the corner of the hallway. Rin reopened her eyes and peered down the long hallway to try and see around the corner. She saw a glimpse of red. The girl must've been wearing a red skirt.

Aoki became frantic and grabbed the black backpack filled with all the medical supplies. Even though she wanted to stay inside the nurse's office, she didn't want to stay inside alone. Rin-Senpai was the only thing keeping her from going insane. She knew she had to gather her things and go along with Rin-Senpai or she was doomed.

Rin, even though she still felt a feeling of uneasiness, wanted to proceed down the hallway. She noticed that Aoki was going along with her. It was clear Aoki just wanted to see her reaction. She probably thought she fooled Rin with this dumb little joke. With Aoki following her behind Rin gained a sudden boost in pride.

"Hey! Ladies! If you don't mind, may I ask where you got that red skirt from?" Rin said, as she was getting closer to the corner.

The girls' voices rose, noticing that there were people nearby. Rin peaked her head around the corner and-

She froze.

That wasn't a red skirt at all. Instead what Rin saw was a boy's body propped up against the wall. It was leaning a little around the corner with its head bashed in and blood was still oozing out of the massive wound. It soaked into the boy's white attire until it was a deep crimson colour.

A schoolgirl around Rin's age looked up at Rin with rotting features. The girl whipped her arms at Rin but Rin backed away just in time, but fell from her awful footing.

Rin kept backing up and backing up until her back hit a wall and she could back up no further.

Rin, never feeling more vulnerable in her life, shut her eyes to pretend her attacker and everything else was a dream.

Rin didn't get what she was expecting. Instead, what she heard was a big swoosh and a loud crack of bone. She felt some kind of liquid along with chunks of squishy substance land on her. Rin slowly opened her eyes and saw that her attacker no longer had a head. The body slumped over and fell onto the ground.

Rin saw a silhouette of a boy with a baseball bat. His face unseen because of the baseball hat and coughing mask he wore. She focused her attention onto his bat, which was also covered in human remains.

Aoki was also covered with the strange mixture of human. She looked at both of her hands and examined the rest of her body. Her eyes filled with complete horror whilst looking at the substance on her. She fell to the floor and started screaming and bawling. She wailed and wailed, calling out for her mother, her father, and any other person important to her. Rin wanted to go and comfort the girl and tell her she was sorry for not believing her, but she was just as scared as she was.

Rin saw a figure approaching her crying underclassman friend making the same grunting noise the schoolgirl had made.

"Aok-"

The figure bent down, grabbed a hold of Aoki's shoulders and took a large bite of flesh off of Aoki's neck. The thing ripped off Aoki's skin into its mouth and chewed it sloppily then went back for another bite.

Aoki's screams were a mixture of horror and terror at her agonizing pain.

Rin watched, mortified. This is the girl that only a few seconds ago was explaining the dangers of the outside to Rin and Rin took it as a stupid little joke. This is the girl that took Rin's backlash and pressed on with Rin's stupid plan. This is the girl who had a family and a life to live.

The boy with the baseball bat tugged at Rin's arm.

"Let's go, she's attracting unwanted attention," he said.

Rin was shocked.

How could he not see that a little girl was dying over there? How could he say that her cries of pain are only a burden to us? How could he be so heartless?

"WHAT THE HELL?! GO OVER THERE AND HELP HER!" Rin screamed at the idiot boy.

The boy sighed at Rin's idiocy and walked over to where the blue haired girl was being torn apart. He bent down and picked up the black backpack she dropped. He ran back over to Rin and grabbed her arm forcefully.

"H-Hey! What the hell was that?! L-Let go!" Rin protested.

The boy pulled her and forced her to run at his own speed, which was a sprint.

"Where are you taking me?!" Rin asked in need of an answer.

"To our safe house," was all the boy said.


Thank you for reading! I'm sorry if this chapter is a little boring, but don't you worry! Every other chapter from now will be much more exciting!


Question Time

Who do you think the boy is? *Wiiiiinnnnkkkkk*

Do you think Aoki was a good character to go first or do you think I should have put another character to die in her place?

How did you like Rin's parkour moves? I literally made her OP af.

What do you think Rin's Mother did after she figured out her daughter jumped out a window?

What do you think is causing this whole apocalypse?

Where do you think the story is going from here?

Did you like Rin's AddVille (Yes, I spelled it like that on purpose xD) obsession?

Thanks for answering and reading again! Until next time!

~Vocal (and my editor, Matty) :D