I walked down the littered sidewalks, the trash moving as the gentle breeze blew against them, the buildings surrounding me have broken windows and broken downs doors. The whole town looked lifeless, it was fitting with the situation at hand. All you could hear as I walked down the street were cans rattling, a few birds singing, and if you listened carefully you would be able to hear my soft footsteps as I made my way down the street with my gun drawn.
I continued down the street hoping to find some kind of shelter before the sun went down and darkness consumed Japan again. I walked past a dying store and decided to take a look inside, I had to take the risk of there being walkers inside if I was even remotely hoping for surviving the next few days. I was hoping to find some water and at least something for food. I carefully opened the door to the store making sure no walkers were in sight, when I saw none I crept inside and went straight for the drink aisle. There wasn't much water so I stuffed the rest into my bag along with some soda for special occasions. I quickly snuck over to the food aisle, there wasn't much left but I would be able to make it through about a week if I ration out my food for the next few weeks.
'At least I've found enough food to last me for a couple more weeks.' I thought to myself, now all I needed to do was find shelter for the night. I slowly made my way out the store and down the street again. I must have been in the store for about 30 minutes, and in that 30 minutes the sun had sunk further down below the horizon. There wouldn't be enough time to be picky about a place to sleep for the night. I continued walking for about 10 more minutes before I came upon a rather large pink building, there was a large iron gate that was closed. I took a deep breath and instead of opening the gate with the risk of noise I climbed the gate and hopped down the other side of the gate.
I left my gun in the holster and took out my katana, it would be more quiet and I could move better than with a gun. All I had in mind was finding a secure empty room with no walkers near by. I slowly made my way up to the school, the sidewalk leading to the school was littered with pieces of bloody clothing, papers, wrappers, and bloody shoes, however, whatever happened here it seemed like someone was trying to clean it up. 'This confuses me greatly, it seems deserted, but someone is definitely working hard to clean it up. Locked gates, cleanish looking walkways someone is definitely here.' I thought knowing full well that if someone was here they already knew I was inside and threatening their life and if their in a group they'll be aggressive and prepared to defend their group in any way possible. I would have to be careful about how I approach them.
I kept my katana at my side showing anyone who is watching me that I mean no harm, I would have to try to make them see that I was only here for shelter and I would be gone in the morning. I walked slowly back to the gate and stayed there, I would wait for 20 minutes and if no one came out I would find myself shelter in the school. I saw movement in a window on the south side of the school on the top floor. I took out my flash light and turned it on and off 3 times, from the same window a few minutes later came 3 flashes from a flash light. Someone was here and they knew that I was now informed that I was not alone. I kept my eyes peeled for any light source that would tell me where they are, but they may not want me to know where exactly in the building they are.
I saw a flash of light 3 times come from the entrance of the school. I flashed my light and started to walk toward the doors, the entrance door opened and a small group of male teenagers walked out. There was 3 males walking towards me, one with glasses, one short blonde kid, and a really tall black haired kid who looked about 6 feet tall. I stopped walking toward the doors and slowly put my weapon away and put my hands in the air as a sign that I wasn't here to hurt anyone.
"Who are you?" The kid with glasses asked me.
"My name is Yuki Tachibana, I just came looking for shelter for the night." I explained carefully. "Look I'm not wanting long term shelter I'll be gone in the morning if that's what you wish." I said, it was too dark for me to find new shelter.
"Alright you can stay with us for the night, but we'll be keeping a close eye on you." The kid with glasses said, it was more than I was expecting. I was thrilled to be even getting a place to sleep that was even remotely secure.
"Thank you." I said I was waiting for them to make the first move. The tallest one moved toward me and motioned for my bags and weapons. I reluctantly handed them over, I didn't trust them but I was intruding on their shelter. He took them but didn't look through my bags, it confused me but I didn't say anything. They turned around and walked back into the school, I followed them into the school and up a staircase, we walked through a door to the room labeled Music Room #3. Inside there were 6 more people, they looked disheveled, and had blood, dirt, and sweat stained onto their clothing.
"You'll get your weapons and bags back when you leave." The kid with glasses spoke, I nodded my head and was shown to a corner that I would be sleeping in. It was away from where their group would sleep. I noticed that there were 2 females in their group and 7 males in the group. Everyone is the room was tense but no one said anything, I walked over to the corner that would be my bed for the night. I sat down on the floor and took a picture out of my pocket and sat there in my own world, memories of a time long ago danced through my mind and depressed me further. Life is no longer how it once was but now it's about survival and only those strong enough will survive.
"Hey what's your name?" One of the females came up to me she had short brown hair and was wearing an expensive dress shirt, pants, and shoes.
"It's Yuki, Yuki Tachibana, you?" I asked, the memories that the picture brought numbing me.
"I'm Haruhi Fujioka, don't let the others scare you, they act tough but their just as scared as anybody else though." She explained.
"They don't scare me, nothing in this word could scare me anymore." I said, the memories of my old life coming back. I swallowed the disgust of that life and came back to reality. "I'm guessing you guys have been here for a while?" She nodded her head.
"Yeah, we've been trying to make this place as safe as we can. It's a huge school and we don't have many people to help clean it out." She had a certain tone of voice that I knew all to well.
"Hey, the bag in the corner that has the dark purple strip on the side, take a look inside. It's not much but it's all I can offer." I said she crossed the room and opened the bag, she looked shocked.
"Hey guys come here." She said, her friends all walked over to her and looked inside my bag they all pulled out an item of food from my bag. I just collected it but I wanted to give them something for letting me stay here. They looked at me like it was a gift from god.
"What?" I asked. They continued to stare at me. "Alright you're officially creeping me out, someone say something."
"Where did you get the food?" One of the twins asked, he had a slightly scratchy voice.
"I found a store a few blocks from here, in the other bag you'll find some water and 3 2 liters 5 1 liters, and 9 .25 ounce bottles of soda. I was able to scavenge what was left of the food aisles and even though it wasn't too much I took everything I could." I explained, I would be able to get more but right now I just wanted to help this group survive.
"Are you sure you want to give this to us? You barely know us and it's all you have." Haruhi asked, I nodded my head.
"What's your motive for this? What do you want for giving us food?" The kid with glasses asked.
"You're giving me shelter for the night and so I'm giving you food, water, and soda. Honestly I would like to have more than a night, but I'm not gonna push it on you. I'm just happy you guys are giving a roof over my head and four walls that are safer than the street." I said, I stayed in my sitting position. The kid with glasses seemed to be thinking something over, he spoke quietly with the group in the room and they all seemed to come to an agreement.
"We want to make a deal with you. If you help us make this place safer and help us find food then we'll provide you with shelter, do we have a deal?" He asked, I looked at their faces making sure that was what they wanted. I looked around the room and saw that they wouldn't make it much longer without someone who knew how to find food.
"I'll want my weapons back." I said, they reluctantly gave them back. "Now we have a deal." I said. I laid down and fell into shallow sleep, it was the same every night. I kept my weapons close to me in case something happened and I had to fight quickly. Everyone else stayed up a little longer but I was tired I had stayed up for 3 nights in a row. I awoke with a start, every time I fell into a deep sleep nightmares would steal what was supposed to be a peaceful sleep and I would awake covered in sweat, gasping for breath, and wishing the nightmares would stop.
I stood up and walked over to the windows to assess how much sleep I had gotten, the first light of the day was just coming up and brightening up the sky. I sighed and looked around the room, the tall one from last night was awake and watching me.
"Morning." I whispered, so as I wouldn't wake the others, as I walked over to him.
"Morning." He replied.
"I take it you guys sleep in shifts." I said more than asked, he just nodded his head.
"You either don't trust me or you don't talk very much or both." I said not really caring about it either way. "Quite frankly I don't care, but I'll try to help you guys in anyway I can." I said not really caring if he wants me there or not. I heard a beeping noise and I left to look out the windows, maybe I could make another run to the store build up the supplies they have. The kid with glasses woke up and the really tall one laid down next to the short blonde.
"Morning." I said in greeting.
"Morning." He said clearly not a morning person. I stayed by the window while he walked around making sure everything was still secure. I stayed by the window and kept my eyes on the gates and the weather.
"What are you thinking?" He asked, eyeing me carefully.
"I'm thinking of making a run to another store, and see what I can find." I said in a way that left no room for argument. He only nodded his head in response, nothing was said after that. I remained by the windows watching the gates and making sure I would be able to leave at any point. I walked back to the corner I was sleeping in and emptied my bags, I kept my katana on me in case I got caught up in a herd or a lone walker found me. I shouldered my bags and got ready to leave, I tied my boots a little tighter and made sure that if I got caught by anything I wouldn't get taken down because my boot came untied.
"I'll make sure to be back by sundown, if I'm not back I'll most likely have found a place to lay low for the night, then I'll return in the morning." I explained, I grabbed my now empty bags and walked out of the room. I made my way carefully through the hallways and down the stairs making sure to make as little noise as possible. I found the door to get outside and made my way to the gate, I carefully made it to the gate and looked around the outside to see if any walkers were around, when I spotted none I slid my bags through the gap in the bars and climbed over myself. I paid no attention to the young man that was watching my every move.
I continued my way down the street and to many of the stores that were down that way. Along the way I saw a few walkers but none that seemed threatening enough for me to waste my time on. The streets looked the same as yesterday, few walkers and tons of trash, bloody clothes, and broken tools and glass. I saw a few signs for stores up ahead, couldn't hurt to check it out and see what's left. I noticed the clouds in the sky were growing darker and darker, possible storm coming this way and so I would have to find a place to stay or get back by the time the storm hit. I found a store that looked like it would be stocked with a bit more food then the last.
I snuck up to the side of the store and took out a mirror from my boot and used it to look around the glass to see if any walkers could be seen without giving away my location. None were to be seen so I continued into the store, I snuck around to find food and drinks, I found a fairly good supply of food and drinks in this store, plus I found a good amount first aid supplies. I filled my bags with as much as I could fit in them and left the store quickly, not wanting to spend anymore time in there then I had to. I was walking back towards the school when thunder rumbled over head.
"Shit." I mumbled as I started to run back to the school, being caught in a storm with low visibility is bad enough but when you throw in walkers you have a whole 'nother problem. Lightening ripped through the sky, making everything around me glow a light blue. I saw the gates of the school coming into view as the rain started to fall from the sky. It didn't start off as a light rain, instead it just fell from the sky in buckets. When I got to the gate I shoved the bags through the bars and climbed over quickly, the second my feet touched the ground I grabbed the bags and ran for the doors. I pushed the doors open and walked through them carrying the bags, which were damp from the sudden rain. I climbed the stairs and found the third music room without any problems, but when I opened the door, 3 of the males were around Haruhi.
"You're back." The one with glasses said to me as I walked through the door, closing it behind me.
"Yeah I got more liquids and food items and some first aid kits supplies... what's wrong with her?" I asked seeing Haruhi curled into a ball with her hands over her ears and a blanket wrapped around her, she looked so fragile, and she looked so much like a small child. I unconsciously fingered the picture I kept in my inside jacket pocket.
"She has a phobia of lightening we're trying to help her." He explained.
"It won't help." I said, he looked at me like I was stupid. "It won't help her cause your not letting her take her mind off the storm. Here let me try something." I said as I walked over to her. "May I?" I asked as I went closer to her, her friends nodded while being careful about me. I walked carefully up to her making sure she knew I wasn't gonna harm her. "Can someone cover the windows?" I asked one of the men surrounding her nodded and they left to go cover the windows. "Give her space ok? You're smothering her being around her. I won't harm her, please." I asked I had dropped the bags and my katana at the door. I stepped next to Haruhi and sat down next to her and wrapped my arms around her and began to sing.
"Little child
Be not afraid
The rain pounds harsh against the glass
Like an unwanted stranger
There is no danger
I am here tonight.
Little child
Be not afraid
Though thunder explodes
And lightening flash
Illuminates your tear stained face
I am here tonight.
And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning.
Little child
Be not afraid
The storm clouds mask your beloved moon
And its candlelight beams
Still keep pleasant dreams
I am here tonight.
Little child
Be not afraid
The wind makes creatures of our trees
And the branches to hands
They're not real, understand
And I am here to tonight.
And someday you'll know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning.
For you know once even I was a
Little child
And I was afraid
But a gentle someone always came
To dry all my tears trade sweet sleep for fears
And to give a kiss goodnight
Well now I am grown
And these years have shown
Rain's apart of how life goes
But it's dark and it's late
So I'll hold you and wait
Till your frighten eyes do close
And I hope that you know
That nature is so
This same rain that draws you near me
Falls on rivers and land
And forests and sand
Makes the beautiful world that you see
In the morning.
Everything's fine in the morning
The rain'll be gone in the morning
But I'll still be here in the morning."
When I finished singing I noticed that everyone stopped to listen to my song. Haruhi had passed out in my arms, and the others looked about ready to pass out from the song. I gently set Haruhi on one of her friends shoulders, since I wasn't tired I decided to take the night and watch the grounds and make sure that nothing got through the gates. I sat on the window sill and took out the picture I had kept safe for so long. The thunder still roared outside, threatening anyone who dared step out in the storm. Morning came along and the tallest one woke up first, he left the room for about 5 minutes.
I didn't bother to say anything to him, he seemed like he was just going to go back to bed. I stayed at the window sill looking at the freshly washed sidewalks, water still dripped from the roofs. The rain didn't end till early this morning, and the world looked fresh and clean, save for the walkers roaming the world. I started thinking about going to find a store to get more food, I also had an idea for helping them beyond just food and medical supplies. I turned around and walked to my bags emptying them again to go out for another run, I shouldered my two bags and got ready to leave when the tallest one cleared his throat catching my attention.
"Morning, I have to go for a run again, I'll be back before dusk and if not I'm laying low and I'll be back as soon as I can." I said and I left before he even got a word out. I walked down the hallways and out the school, climbing the gate and walking back towards the stores that held what I was looking for. I got there after a few minutes and made sure that no walkers were around and packed the bags with as much stuff as I could fit in them. 'Now to get back to them and give them their little gifts.' I thought to myself as I left to another store to get more weapons since we would need them, especially if they wanted to clean up the school.
I grabbed what I needed and left the stores quickly, hoping a herd wouldn't move through the area and delay my arrival back at the school. It must have been my lucky day since no walkers were in sight, it wouldn't last and I knew that for sure. I walked down the sidewalk making sure that nothing was going to walk around a corner and catch me off guard. I continued walking carefully down the sidewalk glancing over my shoulder and keeping my katana ready at all times. I heard a loud noise coming from around the corner so I ran to the nearest building, bounding up some steps and quickly making my way from the little balcony on to the fence. The small balcony was just used to access apartments on the second floor of the building and the fence I jumped on, while rusting and falling apart from people being pushed against them in an attempt to get away from the walkers in the beginning, groaned at my weight and snapped after I jumped onto the roof.
While on the roof I could hear multiple pairs of feet shuffling towards the building, I crouched down a stayed low, there were too many to be the group I had found. I realized I still didn't now their names except for Haruhi Fujiokas. I decided to get a look at what was going on so I could decide if I needed to lay low for a few hours or days. I army crawled towards the edge of the roof and quietly looked over to find the there wasn't a few walkers but a whole herd!
'Shit, shit, shit! This is so bad! A group I could have dealt with but a herd! Where can I hide and wait out this herd?' I questioned to myself, I began looking at the buildings around me and I found the perfect place to hide out.
I want to say thank you for reading my story, I hope you enjoyed reading through it, I enjoyed writing it. Please review on what you think of it (whether it's good or bad) I'd love to know what you think. It's my first time publishing on fanfiction.
Where is the perfect place for Yuki to hide out? Let me know what your ideas are, I'd love to know. Is she EVER gonna learn all of their names?
I don't own Ouran or the song, Lullaby for a Stormy Night by Vienna Teng, I only own the plot and Yuki.
Character description for Yuki Tachibana:
Name: Yuki Tachibana duh :)
Gender: Female
Hair: Long dark brown wavy hair
Build: Medium build but has "hidden" muscles
Height:5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 195 pounds
Random facts: She loves singing, fighting, art, and guns. Her past will be reveled in later chapters so for now it's confidential! (Lol just kidding :D) She's very caring towards others and realizes that since the apocalypse all HUMAN life is important to them surviving as a species. She put herself into martial arts training when she was younger so she can move around like shes weights nothing more than a feather.
Again I hope you enjoyed and please review I would like to know how I can better myself as a writer. Thank you!