Authors Note: I got a review from a person that wondered if it isn't a little too early to write a fan fiction about the tsunami that happened in Japan. He or she also wondered if I was in Japan when this terrible catastrophe happened. I wasn't but I got huge inspiration when I heard of this on the news. I know it's a bad thing to use something terrible as this but I can't see it as a problem to write about it. I knew that this would probably upset a few people that have a connection to Japan or any similar catastrophe. I humbly apologise for that but to read this fan fic is your own choice, I only choose to write it.
I hope that you all understand my reasons and that you continue to read this or my other fan fictions!
Remember: I write for my own amusement and want to share it with you. I will never write for anyone else's sake, only for my own.
Chapter 2- Water
Zero woke up from his slumber as he felt how his chair and desk moved. Had someone found out that he took a nap from his work again? No. He was the only one in the room. He drifted back to sleep but another shake woke him up. "What the fuck?" He hissed.
The room shook much more than before and the lamp swung in the sealing. He threw the door open and was met by fallen chairs and papers on the floor. His co-workers had already hid under a desk.
"What the hell is happening?" Zero shouted.
"There is probably a big earthquake." One of them answered.
The shakings continued and Zero had trouble standing on his feet. He walked with unsteady steps to the old radio in the corner even though his co-workers tried to get him under a table. He switched it on to hear if they could get any news about this shitty catastrophe. His co-workers pleaded him to hide with them but he refused. A big shake made the high shelf full of books fall down. Zero stepped away only to get hit in his head by something else. Blood ran down over his eye from his forehead. As he saw the floor closing he could only swear. Freaking fantastic.
*Riiing...Riiiiing*
Zero woke up as his cell phone rang and vibrated in his pocket. His head hurt as hell but the shakings had finally stopped to his satisfaction. He looked at de display to see that it was Kaname who called.
"Kaname?" He said.
"Zero! O my God! Are you alright?" Kaname asked him worried. Geesh, why does he always have to exaggerate when something happened?
"The earthquake was pretty bad here. It must have been an eight this time, right?"
"I think it might have been something like that."
Judging on Kaname's voice, Zero wondered if his lover really was okay. He sounded so off.
"Are you okay Kaname?" Zero asked. He asked to check it Kaname really was okay or not, He looked around and saw how his co-workers had moved to the balcony. They pointed out in the air at something.
"Zero, you should probably see this..." He walked towards them knowing that this couldn't be good.
"It's a huge mass of water coming right at us." One of them said. Shit, we will never make it to the roof.
Zero heard how Kaname continued their conversation. "Don't mind me" I called to tell you that-" But Zero interrupted half way.
"Kaname! They say that a huge wave of water his coming right at us and fast! If I can't talk to you ever again you should know that I l-" Zero couldn't finish as the huge wave hit their building. The house was crushed like a fragile tower of empty boxes on top on each other. The water was cold as it his Zero's body with full force. He was separated from his co-workers and followed the stream with all the junk in the water. He tried to stay afloat, it was nearly impossible as he was dragged down constantly. The roar of the water masses made him death from all the other sounds. His body was tossed around in the water like a fragile doll. He went under the surface and came up not long after. First once, then twice. He felt how he was running out of energy, staying afloat was getting even harder than it was from the beginning. The amount of other things in the water hit his body and tore it. Something big came from behind and hit his back with full force. The pain was unbearable and he sank like a stone down to the depths.
Air, he needed air, He only swallowed water as he was sinking further down. The darkness around him was like a moonless night, completely dark. He fought for air even though it was useless, slowly he felt how he started to lose consciousness. Finally he was going to be free from this nightmare. Kaname, forgive me.
Strong arms pulled the lifeless body out from the water. The body didn't move as it got dragged up out from the water. The man shook Zero's body but his head only lolled back. His wet hair was glued in his face and his drenched body had goose bumps due to the cold. The strong arms dunked Zero's back in an attempt to get the swallowed water out. It took a few dunks to get Zero to cough up the water. The man lay him down as he got out the swallowed water. He brushed aside Zero's bangs from his face; his body got covered in a blanket so that he could keep some of his own body heat. Zero's saviour sat down against the wall and stared at the half dead corpse in front of him.
The streaming water hit the building and various objects crashed into the building with massive force. The night felt long, the longest night in all the Japanese citizens' lives. As it couldn't get worse it did. The ground started to shake, not as badly as the last time but it was still strong. The building shook strongly and cracked here and there. The water still flooded, destroying everything in its path.
The man saw how the boy in front of him coughed up the last water from his lounges. He didn't bother to get up to help the boy. Zero's eyes tried to open as his body struggled to get conscious. He coughed and coughed until his throat was raw. As a last huge shake moved the building he slowly woke up. His body was bruised and cut from all the junk in the water. It was too hard to move, his body quit on him. He groaned as the pain jolted through him.
"Decided to regain consciousness now?" A voice in the corner said.
Zero tried to sit up but his injuries made it impossible. Still lying on his back he turned his head against the direction of the voice. He tried to answer but his throat felt so raw that he ended up coughing instead.
"Who a-are you? And w-w-what am I doing here?" Zero asked weakly.
The man in the corner rose and walked toward the half dead body on the floor. "My name is Raven." The unknown man said."I'm Zero.." Zero said. Raven bended over Zero and took a quick look on him. "I picked you up from the water as you floated into this building." Zero closed his eyes as he remembered. The tsunami.
"I guess that half Japan is destroyed by now." Zero said.
"How can you say that so lightly after all this?" Raven shouted. "Many people have died, towns have been crushed and that's all you can say?"
"I- was only..." Zero said before he coughed again.
"YOU would have been dead if I didn't rescue you." He stared coldly at Zero. "Other people would have done anything to stay alive. Keep that in mind."
He backed off and sat down on the floor. The flooding water outside was the only thing that broke the awkward silence that was in the room. Zero took of the blanket and sat up even though it hurt as hell. He looked down on his legs and upper body. Blood. Zero's white shirt wasn't white anymore and judging of how he looked he was surprised that he still was alive.
"Thanks." He whispered to Raven. He only got a grunt as an answer. Zero only had one little problem. A metal bar was sticking out from his thigh. Shit. It wasn't far in and he tried to pull it out by himself, which only made him feel even more pain. He couldn't take this out by himself, he needed help.
"Uhm.. Raven was it? Could you help me with this?" He said as he pointed at his injured leg.
Raven walked to Zero and sat down on his knees; he grabbed the metal bar and pulled it out with no hesitation. "Aaaargh! What the fuck?" The pain was indescribable and blood ran out from the wound, down on the floor. Raven ripped off a bit fabric from Zero's trousers; he made it to a suitable bandage and wrapped it around Zero's thigh. It bled straight through but it was still better than nothing. Zero grit his teeth because of the pain, Raven gave him his hand as a gesture to give him help up from the floor. He took his hand and got up. The sound from the tsunami had ceased. The two men walked calmly to the broken window. They looked out too see that the water had stopped its streaming and there was only a thin water layer covering the ground. They saw... It was hard to say what they saw 'cause everything was gone. The only buildings left where the bigger ones, other people that had survived were looking out from those buildings; everyone else had probably passed away.
Zero couldn't believe his eyes as he saw the empty landscape. It was a mess. "How did I survive all this?" He said speechless.
"You where one hell of a lucky bastard." Raven answered. Faraway the sound of something filled the quiet air. It sounded just like-.
"A helicopter!" Zero exclaimed.
"We have to get up on the roof!" Raven told him. Zero made his best to climb up the stairs. They reached the roof as the helicopter was coming closer. Raven waved with his arms and Zero did the same to get the helicopters attention. The helicopter continued to fly against them.
They were saved.
