A/N: This is my first attempt at a more mature story, so do forgive me and feel free to correct me if I get a couple of things wrong. Although I know that I certainly will since in this story, I'll only be covering what happens in the anime and I have completely disregarded the final scene, where the group's Hum-Vee crashes and they arrive at some mall by foot.

Also, as a little running gag, I'll be putting in a few of the rules of survival from the US film Zombieland every now and then in situations where they fit the most. And lastly, there will be an original female character.

This story is rated M for: Gore, language, boobage, and possibly a sex scene.

So that's it. Without further ado, I give you Hurricane Streets. Don't forget to review; tell me what you guys think. I'm all for improvement. :bd

Prologue - Dare to Fly

Saeko jumped back inside the Hum-Vee through the opening above, surprising almost everyone sitting inside. "I think we should call it a night." She said, leaning over to the driver's seat by Dr. Marikawa's shoulder.

Dusk had just arrived and the sun retreated quickly that day, letting the darkness of the night cover the smoke-covered sky rapidly. Then again, it was probably because everyone was still too tense that they really hadn't noticed. Right now the only thing that haunted their minds was Them; how to avoid Them, how to pacify Them, how to arrive at their own homes praying that their families hadn't already turned to Them.

They had just left the Takagi manor, and now were on their way to their own houses, starting with Komuro. Saeko knew it was much more difficult fighting Them at night, so she thought it would be best if they made an early strategic retreat before it became completely dark.

As usual, Hirano was sitting in the corner re-examining the firearms while Takagi sat by the window, watching the not-so-pleasant scenery outside and looking deep in thought. Komuro and Rei sat on one corner opposite to Hirano, with little Alice sleeping on his lap, and as always, Dr. Marikawa was driving while Saeko stood watch. Of course everyone took turns, but it seemed like she was the only one who was always so passionate about it. It must come with being good with the sword.

But for the first time, she was the one asking for a break. Women, go figure.

"Well, where should we stay for the night?" Komuro inquired, his voice sounding a bit indolent. He had a pretty rough day, after all.

Takagi fixed her glasses and looked up at Saeko. "This part of town doesn't seem too 'crowded'. Still, we should look for a quieter place to stay." She suggested, or more like demanded. "Some place like that apartment Miss Marikawa's friend owns."

"Where the heck are we supposed to find a place like that?" Komuro groaned. "And how are we even going to get in? It's not like we have some master key to every door in town, and I doubt any survivors are going to offer us a place to stay. It's every man for himself."

"Like those people who killed Alice's dad..." Hirano murmured.

"You idiot." Takagi spat, frowning at the young man. "In this 'new world', nothing is normal anymore. You said so yourself: every man for himself. So we're going to find a nice place, break into it, and if nobody's home, the place is ours. Simple as that, stupid."

Everything suddenly turned silent. They all looked at one another. All they could hear was the roaring engine of the car and the clanking of the firearms Hirano held.

Saeko shook her head and smirked. "You know, that actually sounds like a good idea." She said. "We have to hurry, though, before it gets too dark."

"Don't worry. Leave everything to me."

Dr. Marikawa flashed them all a nice smile as well as a nice view of her breasts before her eyes focused back on the road again. She drove out of the avenue and into the narrower streets, occasionally running over a few clusters of Them along the way.

Takashi tried his best to avoid looking at Dr. Marikawa's breasts as they bounced along as she drove. It was ridiculous, and it was considered a bothersome distraction in every way. It was just too much. He was worried Rei might slap him again if she caught him looking at them again.

Hirano lazily looked at the road forward, but his eyes soon widened as soon as he saw the scene ahead. Saeko saw it too, and so she quickly jumped out through the hole above and prepared for another rumble.

"MARIKAWA-SENSEI! LOOK OUT!"

It had turned quite dark, so Dr. Marikawa couldn't notice the large, dense huddle of the infected just ahead. Impulsively, she screamed and turned the steering wheel to the left as quickly as she could, causing the car to drift to the side. It was still moving with a lot of speed when she suddenly applied the breaks, so when it drifted, it was pulled with so much force that it leaned as it turned, running with only the front and rear right wheels.

Saeko held on tighter as she felt the car bend over to the side. Eventually, it came to a full stop and she leapt forward, landing perfectly with a forward roll and greeting Them with a bloodthirsty smirk.

Showtime.

Komuro, Hirano and Rei quickly exited the car with their weapons in hand to provide their fighting star at least some backup, though most of them knew she was going to handle most of them again.

Saeko scoffed as she leapt forward, pulling her katana from its sheath and slicing through as many of Them she could reach. Komuro ran after her and started swinging his riot gun around as if it were a baseball bat—he knew it was supposed to be a firearm, but he was much more comfortable using it that way—and broke the heads of the ones Saeko had missed.

Hirano acted as a sniper and took out the ones from afar as well as the ones who came out of nowhere and could have ruined the two tankers' perfect momentum, and finally Rei handled everything at the rear, taking out the ones that got too close to the Hum-Vee.

Saeko ran further out into the crowd as she kept slicing and dicing through Their heads and bodies. Their goal wasn't to eliminate every last one of them—that'd be impossible—but to at least reduce them into a smaller group so that they could escape.

After hitting another one on the head, Komuro tiredly stepped back and sighed, turning to Saeko, who still looked like she was having a great time, as always. He had noticed that they were already being driven back by the crowd, when they were working hard to do the exact opposite.

"Komuro! I'm running out of bullets!" Hirano called, causing Rei to turn to him in surprise.

"Saeko-san, there's too many of them!" Takashi pointed out. "We can't take them all on like this. We have to make a run for it!"

Saeko knew that too, and so she took a couple of steps back and waited for everyone else to make their way back inside the car. Hirano rushed in first, being the nearest, followed by Rei and finally Takashi, who stayed on top of the car as he waited for Saeko to jump back in. He looked down at her as she still persisted to slice the heads off of the ones that got to close, and when she looked up at him, he quickly extended his hand and pulled her up, grunting as he did so, tired from all the fighting. He seriously has had enough for the day. He had to admire her for her stamina.

As soon as Saeko found her balance on top of the Hum-Vee, Dr. Marikawa stomped on the gas pedal and sent the car rushing through the crowd, taking out everything in its path. She wouldn't have done something like that before, but thanks to everyone's efforts of eliminating over half of them, she managed to drive through almost flawlessly. The further she went, the lesser They became.

Saeko watched as the bodies flew to different directions after being run into by the car. Her long, purple hair flew back along with Their bodies, and as much as their surroundings stank, she still liked the way the wind slapped her in the face.

She watched as Takashi unenthusiastically slipped back into the car, dragging his riot gun along with him.

"So much for making a peaceful retreat." She whispered to herself with a tired sigh. Watching Komuro, suddenly it hit her too—she was just as tired as he was. Her adrenaline rush was the only reason she had kept going a bit longer than the others, and thinking about it just made her a hell of a lot more exhausted.

For a moment, she let herself relax on top of the car and completely let down her guard.

But her split second-long moment of peace was disturbed by a sudden collision as they made their way towards a narrow intersection, when they were suddenly greeted by another car passing by the other way. She gasped in shock and grabbed onto the top of the car as the Hum-Vee practically went spinning towards the unknown until it finally hit a nearby concrete wall, sending everyone inside into an impetuous screaming frenzy.

Rule #4: Fasten your seatbelts.

Hirano and Komuro quickly jumped out of the car and inspected the damage and to see if the car they ran into managed to make it okay. Hirano looked over at where the engine was and gasped in shock, seeing that their Hum-Vee was still in one piece, but the front was badly damaged. Fortunately, only the exterior was damaged, and the engine looked like it could still function at least a little longer.

"Everyone all right in there?" He asked, leaning into the open window. For some reason, everyone inside the Hum-Vee was shoved all the way towards the front seats and just looked like one huge pile of girls, but they were all fine and still conscious.

Though he could have sworn that blood started to flood out of his nose as soon as he saw the way Saya's face was shoved into Rei's breasts.

Komuro, on the other hand, rushed towards the other car that made it all the way towards an alley with the gas leaking. It was an old red KIA Pride. "Hey, are you guys all right?" He called out, but no one answered. He walked closer to the car and flinched in disgust as soon as he saw the passengers.

They had already turned into Them.

No wonder they were driving so fast, the driver's foot must have been stuck on the gas pedal by the time the infection took over. Komuro studied the scene, finding that the passengers included a grown man and a grown woman, as well as a child in the back. All of them were already infected by the time they collided, and he assumed that it was the collision that finally silenced all of them.

Suddenly he heard a growl from inside the car, a high pitched voice. That was when he saw the young boy from the back desperately trying to crawl out of the car.

Komuro stared at him both in horror and pity. It looked like his foot was stuck under somewhere so he really couldn't make it out of the car. "Why does it have to be like this?" Takashi mumbled, looking away. "It was like when Saeko…"

Wait.

Hirano and Takashi immediately turned to each other, coming to the same realization at the same moment. They had both just grasped the fact that Saeko had suddenly and completely disappeared from the scene, and immediately started to panic, running around in circles and quickly trying to think of something to do.

From what Komuro could remember, Saeko was still on top of the car when the clash occurred. It must have been so strong that it could have thrown her out to any direction. She could have jumped right in time and landed safely somewhere, or she could have completely let her guard down and flew somewhere, falling headfirst, crashing her skull and ultimately dying. But of course, the latter was very unlikely. Saeko was almost invincible; she wouldn't let anything like that happen to her.

Komuro stopped so he could think about it, while Hirano started walking around, screaming out her name, hoping that she would hear them and come back to where they were.

"Saeko-san! Saeko-san, where are you?" He called, his eyes searching high and low for her. The rooftops on the nearby houses, under the bushes and trees, but there was no sign of her.

"Damn it! Where could she be?" Komuro screamed impatiently, stomping his foot against the Pride's engine angrily. "It's not like her to let her guard down at times like this. She's got to be in here somewhere."

Unfortunately, just as Komuro was about to begin his search for Busujima, more of Them reappeared out of nowhere and started to close in on the gang from both directions on the road. All that noise from the cars crashing and wheels screeching must have attracted them to where they were. It made quite the noise, after all. And unfortunately, the louder the noise, the more who came running.

Komuro understood that with the way the world was ending, it has already become one of life's principles, or more like the dead's. But the timing was inconvenient. Saeko was still nowhere to be found, and more of them were starting to close in on the Hum-Vee.

He frowned. "I don't have time for this shit!"

"Komuro! We need to get out of here!" Takagi called, her head suddenly popping out of the hole of the Hum-Vee.

"But Saeko!"

"Saeko?" Rei asked, finally sitting up and looking outside through the window. "You mean she's not here? What happened to her?"

Hirano stared at the floor, hesitant to answer. "We don't know where she is."

"The collision must have flung her off somewhere." Takashi explained as he finally walked towards their car. "We can't just leave this place without at least knowing that she's still alive!"

"But if we stay here, it'll be us losing our lives, stupid!" Takagi scolded him. What she had just said sounded a bit harsh to her too, but it was the truth of the situation. In fact, they were already wasting time just talking about it. They have already found them, so the area was no longer safe. Wherever Saeko was, though, Saya was positive that she was all right. She was positive that she could still function just fine even without the group.

She couldn't help but let out a tired sigh. "Look, I know you're worried about her, but we need to take care of ourselves too. I'm sure she's fine."

Komuro stared down at the wheels of the Hum-Vee and mentally cursed himself over a hundred times for not being able to save her, but everything Saya had said was right, even though all of it sounded incredibly insensitive, even for her. Saeko was still their comrade, after all.

"Let's look for her later, Komuro. Let's come back here tomorrow morning." Hirano said. Komuro looked down at him. He looked like it took a lot of courage for him to say that.

The two of them then climbed up and made their way back inside the car as the now conscious Dr. Marikawa drove them out of the area and into safety once again, bulldozing her way though the dense crowd of the infected.

Rei gave Komuro a worried glance as she saw him sitting quietly in one corner, staring out the window. The look of guilt and irritation was still painted on his face, and Rei felt that if she even just tried to comfort him, he'd only push her away, so she decided to stay where she was and kept her mouth shut, praying that everything will be all right.

Though in this apocalypse, what could praying to the gods possibly do?

Still, she also prayed that Saeko Busujima was safe and hopefully hasn't turned into one of Them.