Chapter 2: Dead Mutiny

Let's go back to Taiei Shopping Town…while Rei and Yoshino were in the Hospital.

"So is everyone okay?" Takashi asked. "No sick or bitten?"

The gang and the survivors nodded their heads with approval.

"Ok good...Is there any food or water?"

"Takashi…" Takagi said with her head down. "You know that food is probably bad. We have no power…how are we going to cook them?"

"You ever heard of snacks?" Takashi said. "I'm hungry and I know some of the people here are too. So, Hirano will take one group, Me and Miss Shizuka will take another. Saeko and Takagi keep watch in case any infected happen to walk through."

"Ok." Hirano said. "Come on Group Hirano!"

"So lame…" Takagi said.

"Oh Takagi…." Hirano and his group went looking around the upper levels and Takashi and his group along with Shizuka and Arisu to check the lower levels.

"Guess its just me and you huh Saeko?" Takagi said to Saeko. Saeko had took a nap, ignoring her. "Great, guess I'm alone here." Takagi looked over and saw four survivors sitting by a help desk. Three girls and a boy. Why haven't they gone with the others, she thought. They had on black high school uniforms, so they weren't any older than her.

Takagi mumbled, "Wonder what their deal is…" She sat in a nearby chair and waited for the others to come back, not paying any attention to the four.

"Who do they think they are? Coming in here and giving us orders." One girl said. She had on glasses with blue short spiky hair.

"They're just school kids like us. They don't seem that bad." Another girl said. She had short black with a bang in the front of her left eye.

"I think they're going to give us orders because they have weapons. Like going to get them food and shit." The boy said. He had brown long hair.

"Calm down you three." The last girl said. She had long green hair. "Get on their good side first. Then...we can take over the mall and call this place our own. Leaving everyone else to die."

"Sounds like a plan Setsuna." The blue haired girl said. "Hibiki…what do you think?"

"I'm down for it Kamui" The boy said. "Saki?"

"I don't know…"

"It's either your with us or against us Saki. Your choice." Setsuna said. Saki…out of peer pressure nodded. Setsuna then put on a sadistic smile. "Let's start with stealing the girl's sword. Then with the fat kid's guns. Hibiki, you go first."

Hibiki nodded and quietly walked over to Saeko without Takagi noticing him. He slowly and quietly reached for her sword and grabbed it. The he finally walked away with it and brought it to the desk with a smile on his face.

"That was easy." Hibiki hid the sword behind the desk. "Now we wait for the other to come back."

"Saki, you get his guns, got it?" Setsuna said.

"I guess so.." Saki replied.

"Kamui…me and you will get the other boy's guns. Since he seems to be leader." Kamui nodded and then the groups arrived.

"Hey Takagi!" Hirano said eating a bag of BBQ chips. "We have power after all! I guess the EMP blast didn't hit the mall!"

"How?" Takagi asked. "The blast was high enough to blast all of Japan's power."

"Unless it missed, or they are some things in the mall that weren't hit yet. Either way it goes, we have power and that's enough for me." Takashi said with his other group bringing food. He looked over to Saeko. "Guess she was tired huh?"

"Seems like it." Takagi replied. She then looked at the Suspicious Four. "I'm not sure about them. They seem weird."

"Really now…" Takashi glanced over. "Hey! There's food here if you want any!"

"No! We're fine for right now. Don't mind us!" Setsuna said with a cute but fake smile.

"Takagi…be on your guard. I can see a liar any day."

"Right….Considering you are a liar too." Takagi replied.

"Wait...what!?"

"Remember that time when we were younger and you promised me a stuffed dinosaur?"

"I gave you a stuffed…."

"GIRAFFE!" Takagi smiled but nodded. "I was just trying to get you to stop stressing a bit. But okay."

2:24 A.M…

All the survivors were asleep. The gang, except Takashi and Takagi, were asleep. The Suspicious Four weren't asleep either. Takagi was well on her way to sleep.

"Takagi. Get some rest." Takashi said almost falling asleep himself. "I'll watch over everyone."

"You sure?"

"Positive." Takashi smiled. Takagi nodded and went to sleep by Hirano…only because he had a blanket. Takashi glanced at the Four and they hadn't moved. Takashi was slowly but surely drifting off. 10 minutes had passed and then…his eyes closed. The last things he remembered seeing were two shadowed figures over him…with one saying, "Good night…."

5:40 A.M…

Takashi gets woken up. "Takashi! Takashi wake up!" Sounded like Saeko. He opened his eyes and saw a blurred Saeko shaking him. "Wake up! Things are going bad!"

"Takashi sat up.. "What's wrong?"

"My sword, you and Hirano's weapons…they're gone!"

"No way…" Takashi looked around him and his shotgun and bat were not next to him. "What the hell?"

"It can't be the survivors, most are women and children, while the guys are injured. What's going on?" Takashi looked over the Four and they were asleep. But the green haired one was missing. What the hell man, he thought. Where is our shit? Then Setsuna was walking down the stairs and saw Takashi and Saeko up.

"Good morning you two." She walked down the steps. "What's wrong? You two seem shaken up?

"Have you seen our guns?" Takashi asked, knowing something was up.

"Last I saw them they were with you all. Don't tell me you lost them?" She said with a surprised look on her face.

"I guess we did..." Takashi said, staring at her. Nice poker face, he thought.

"Let's search around the mall with everyone later on okay?" Setsuna asked.

9:09 A.M…

"Nothing!?" Are you serious?" Takashi asked one of the survivors that searched.

"No…couldn't find anything."

Takashi took a deep breath and thanked the survivor. "Things are not lookin' well."

The Suspicious Four were looking at everyone.

"Idiots." Kamui whispered. "They don't even know." She looked under the help desk, and there they were the guns and the sword. She stood up and looked at Setsuna. "So when do we take over Setsuna?"

"Patience Kamui…" She said to her. "Patience…"

Suddenly, the sliding doors to the entrance were open. Two people walked in. Yoshino and Rei…safe, with a bag of Yoshino's medicine.

"Karataka! Miyamoto! Things are bad!" Takagi said.

"What happened?" Rei asked.

"Everyone's weapons just went missing through the night."

"What?!" Yoshino said. "But how?"

"I have a clue…" Takagi glanced over to the Four, who were looking pretty shocked.

"Fuck!" Hibiki said. "We forgot about the other two. What now Setsuna?"

"Damn…" Setsuna said. "Not now…but we have no choice." She stood up. "Hey you!" She pointed at them. The gang looked over and she was holding Hirano's DE.50 Handgun. "Lookin' for these?" She said with a sadistic smile. Then the other three grabbed the other weapons. Kamui, had Saeko's sword, Hibiki had Takashi's Shotgun and Casull.44 , and Saki had the bat.

"In our sleep huh?" Takashi said. "You sneaky bastards! Why?!"

"We're tired of taking orders from everyone else…WE CALL THE SHOTS NOW!" Setsuna said smiling and pointing the gun at Takashi. "If you were wise you would listen to us."

"Why you…!" Rei pointed her gun but then POW! Hibiki shot the Casull.44 in front of her feet.

"Drop the gun or next time I won't miss." Hibiki said pointing the gun at her.

"Tch…" Rei put her gun on the floor.

"Now…kick it over here." Rei slid the gun over to them.

"And now you…sword boy." Setsuna pointing her gun at him. "Your turn….give us your sword."

"Yoshino…" Rei said.

"No choice…." He put his bag of medicine down and sword in its sheath and walked over to give them his sword.

"I SAID SLIDE! NOT WALK!" Setsuna asserted. Yoshino stopped and put his hands in the air, put his sword on the ground and slid it.

"Better…now you sit down right there."

"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Yoshino asked.

"Don't question me! Sit the fuck down and shut up or one of these people die!"

"…." Yoshino sat down. "You...are one twisted bitch…." Yoshino smiled.

"Grr….I don't like you. Take them to rooms separate from each other." Setsuna ordered. Kamui and Hibiki took Saeko, Hirano and Takagi to different rooms on the upper levels. Saki took Rei, Yoshino and Takashi.

"I'm so sorry for this…I didn't want any part of this." Saki said to the three.

Takashi looked at her as they walked. She was looking down, scared herself. "I believe you."

"You do?" Rei said. "But Takashi she…"

"All she has is the bat. And look at her. She's scared."

"He's right." Yoshino added. "She doesn't want to hurt us. While I was walking, she was the one looking the other way. This has nothing to do with her. It's her 'friends'."

Rei looked at her. "What's your name?"

"Saki…Saki Norino."

"Well if they trust you…I trust you…but don't do anything funny."

"I won't…what can I do…I'm useless…"

"Here, take us to the clothing store and we'll think about how to get our stuff back." Takashi said.

"Are you….are you going to kill them?"

"I might." Rei said.

"Rei…" Yoshino said.

"Dude they took our stuff and made us hostages!"

"Rei calm down. We're going to do them how Takagi's dad did Shino…drive them out." Takashi said

"But how are you going to do that?" Saki asked.

"With us four...we can come up with something." They reached the clothing store and went into the very back.

Chapter 2: Dead Mutiny.