A/N: Hello there guys. Hmn... That's becoming my signature greeting. Oh well at least I have a catchphrase. Anyway. Here's an update. Oh I'll be changing my page break design from " X" to "ラブライブ! ラブライブ! ラブライブ!" Its just experimental for now so please bear with it. But if you like it I can make it permanent. By the way, I'll be putting up a chapter 2.5. That chapter will contain the information for OCs and other things such as weapons and the like since the A/N will be too long if I added them there. Well, I know you guys wants to get onto reading the next chapter so here it is! The chapter two of Love Live! The Survival Project.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Love Live! School Idol Project.
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「Moving Forward」
"Kousaka-san?"
Honoka's eyes widen upon recognizing who the girl was. "T-Tsubasa...san..." And its not just Kira Tsubasa, right there behind her were Toudou Erena and Yuuki Anju. The others were also surprised to see the members of A-RISE. But A-RISE wasn't the most surprising thing that they are going to see.
Suddenly out of nowhere, someone jumped at Honoka and hugged her. Honoka was surprised by this and all she saw was a familiar red hazelnut hair.
"Onee-chan. Thank god you're safe." The girl hugged her. There's no doubt about it. The hair color and that voice, it was no other than her dear sister.
"Yukiho." Honoka returned the hug and cried. She was really happy that her sister was now on her embrace. She hugged her sister as tightly as she can not wanting to let go. As the two siblings had their reunion, Eli quickly took a look around. If Yukiho was here, then there is a chance that her sister Alisa was here also. And she was right, there stood a girl with familiar light blonde hair.
"Alisa..." Eli said with teary eyes as she starts walking slowly towards her sister.
"Onee-chan." Alisa started cried and ran towards her sisters open arms and embraced her.
"Alisa, thank god you're safe. I wouldn't have known what to do if I ever lost you." Eli hugged her sister tightly.
"Me too onee-chan. I was scared that I might not see you again. I was really scared onee-chan." Alisa cried as she buried her face on her sister's chest.
"There there. Its alright now Alisa, I will never leave you again."
After a few more minutes of embracing each other, Yukiho and Alisa finally broke from their sisters embrace.
"I'm really happy you're safe Yukiho." Honoka said.
"Me too, it was thanks to Yui-san that we're safe." Yukiho said, Honoka and Eli exchanged confused looks.
"Yui-san?" They both asked in unison.
"That would be me." The blue haired girl in UTX uniform said and everyone turned their attention to her. Yui flinched at the sudden attention.
"Yukiho and I were trying to find a safe place to go when she together with A-RISE approached us and told us to come with them."
"We wouldn't have known what would have become to us if it wasn't for them." Yukiho said.
Eli turned to the bluenette and bowed to express her gratitude while Honoka went and hugged her.
"Thank you very much for helping my sister." Honoka said with a trembling voice.
"I just did what was right back then. You don't really need to thank me." Yui calmly said and tried to free her self but Honoka just tighten the embrace. The bluenette just sighed and let the ginger head hug for as much as she wants. After a few more moments, Honoka voluntarily broke the hug. She wiped her tears with her sleeves and bowed.
"Thank you very much for helping my sister." Yui just smile.
"Your welcome."
"I know its a sensitive issue but, what happened to your school?" Tsubasa asked. She was only met by silence because no body was able to bring their self to say it.
"We got wiped out and we're the only ones that managed to survive." Shizuka said after seeing that no one was going to talk.
"I see. The same happened to our school. We only managed to survive because we weren't inside the building when the outbreak took place." Tsubasa said.
"What do you mean?" Eli asked after hearing what the brunette said.
"We were in the parking lot at that time when the outbreak happened. The design of the UTX turned it into a death cage. All the exits are located on the first floor so when the infection spread, the students at the higher levels got trapped. We don't really know what happened to them and we weren't able to reach anyone from our class or anyone from our school at all. We only managed to survive when Yui came out of nowhere and dragged us here." Tsubasa explained, all the members of A-RISE wore a dark expression on their faces while everyone from Otonokizaka wore a symphatizing look.
"Enough with the gloomy expressions. We should assess thee situation we're in so we can properly plan on what we're going to do." Yui said and went to the living area, the others followed her. She picked up the remote and turned on the TV. The news program that greeted them was reporting about the current situation Tokyo was in. The one reporting has brown hair and was wearing a pair of glasses with heart shaped lenses. The members of A-RISE immediately recognize her.
"Isn't she the one who always cover different events concerning school idols?" Anju asked.
"She is..." Tsubasa answered. (Please take note that this story begun at LLSIP S2E4. The unnamed reported was only introduced to the series at S2E6 so its only natural that most of the members of μ's are not familiar with her.) The view on the background indicates that the location where she is reporting is somewhere at the port of Tokyo.
"Greetings everyone. This will be our last broadcast. Most of the news crews from different stations covering this catastrophe had risk their lives to bring you the previous news earlier, some members of my team included. Right now my team composed of crew men from different stations and we had agreed to broadcast this to all channels."
"Looks like the situation had become more dire." Yui commented. Everyone continued to watch the live broadcast with all seriousness.
"Unfortunately the whole Tokyo Metropolis had fallen because of this catastrophe. The military said that the casualty had reach 80 percent of the population of the whole metropolis. Some civilians chose to escape to nearby prefecture but unfortunately, this catastrophe is also happening to other prefecture all over Japan. The only prefecture deemed safe is Hokkaido. All the civilians that the military managed to save are being brought there. The military also suffered great loses and decided to focus their remaining forces to the said prefecture."
The girls gasped upon hearing this. If this report was true and the casualty really reached 80 percent, that would only mean that millions of innocent lives had already been lost. Yui's hands were shaking uncontrollably while the others were completely silent. "This can't be happening..." She mumbled. Shizuka on the other hand was dumbfounded by the news. Several explosions can be heard from the background.
"Right now, we are here at the Port of Tokyo where the rescued civilians are being inspected thoroughly before they board the ship that will evacuate them." The cameraman turned the camera around to show what is happening not too far from where they are. Several Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter can be seen hovering while firing their heavy machine guns and occasionally firing some air to surface missiles. The ground troops can also be seen slowly falling back while providing cover fire. "This just in, all the ships will be leaving in 5 minutes because of the situation becoming worse. We will be forced to cut our broadcast the moment that the ship departed. Because of that, the only thing we can do right now is give you all the details about this outbreak that we managed to gather. This information is based from the report that the military gave us..." The cameraman returned the focus of the camera to the reporter as the ship started to move. The captain decided to have the ship leave as silently as possible. "Apparently the infection is very contagious that even a small bruise can cause someone to get infected if that bruise came into contact with any type of liquid from the infected so everyone is advised to keep their distance as much as possible..."
"That makes the situation even more difficult." Sayuri said as her grip on the gun tightens. She decided to enable the safety of her gun to avoid firing it by accident.
"The characteristics of infected are the following: As all of you already know, they are capable of moving just as fast as a normal human being. They are also extremely sensitive to sound, specially sounds made by any metallic object. They are only capable of seeing when there is light present but some of them are capable of seeing in the dark. The military also mentioned that they aren't capable of regenerating like normal human so any damage inflicted on them will remain. Lastly, their only weakness is their head. You can shoot them or chop them apart but they won't die unless you hit or shoot them on the head. I do hope the informations that I shared to you is enough to be of any help. We will be cutting our broadcast for now but our technical-" suddenly the TV screen turned into black and white indicating that the signal was lost. Everyone just stood there dumbfounded.
"Whis can't be happening..." Hideko mumbled with a despaired look on her face.
"W-What are we going to do now." Hanayo wore the same look on her face.
"A-Are we going to die." Umi was now cowering.
Everyone started to panic. Nico and Maki were hugging each other while crying. Rin was also crying with Hanayo. Kotori was trying to calm Umi down but she was crying herself. Eli was hugging Alisa and Yukiho. Nozomi and Honoka were trying their best to be tough and try to calm everyone down but their efforts were in vein because no one was listening to them.
Suddenly, Yui snatched Sayuri's gun and disabled the safety before pointing it to the ceiling and pulling the trigger. A gun shot was heard and everyone was left silent, all of them were looking at her.
"Panicking won't do us any good, it'll just worsen the situation! What we have to do now is stay calm and think of a way on how we are going to secure everyone's safety!" Yui shouted with a commanding tone on her voice.
"And how do you expect us to stay calm in this damn situation!" Nico shouted at the top of her lungs and pointed her gun at Yui. The latter was unfazed by this and just stepped forward and grabbed the barrel of Nico's gun and pointed it downward.
"Just. Calm. Down." Yui said and looked straight at Nico's eyes. The ravenette felt like the bluenette was staring directly into her soul. The sensation was both calming and intimidating at the same time. Nico's shoulder loosen up and she started to relax. There was something about the bluenette's eyes that made her feel secure but also sent chill down her spine.
Yui gave Sayuri's gun back and turned to the others. "I know all of you are scared but panicking and acting on impulse will only make the situation harder to deal with and might end up endangering everyone." Everyone was silent and Tsubasa stepped forward.
"What do you think we should do, student council president?" The brunette asked. Yui turned to her and opened her mouth to speak.
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"So, what are we sitting here for?" Nico asked rudely. Right now, the members of μ's and A-RISE are sitting at a large semi circular sofa at the living area with Alisa and Yukiho at the middle of the groups. Shizuka, Sayuri and Hideko were standing behind them.
"And what are those for?" Eli asked the purpose of the pile of chocolate on top of the coffee table in front of them.
"Chocolate has chemical compounds that can help you relax." Yui casually said. "You guys should try eating some."
"Are you making fun of us?!" Nico stood up and demanded. Rin and Honoka accepted the invitation and started eating the chocolates in front of them. "Hey!" Nico shouted at the two.
"I think that's a good idea." Maki said and picked up a small bar of dark chocolate, she opened it and started eating. True to Yui's words, the she instantly felt relaxed the moment she took a bite. The dark chocolate has an interesting taste. It was slightly bitter with a sweet after taste. The taste was just perfect and Maki really liked it.
"But why are ya' givin' us all this?" Nozomi asked. Yui placed a finger on her chin.
"In all honesty... I don't really know what to do on a situation like this." She was met by complete silence.
'Your actually making the situation worse onee-chan.' Shizuka thought while staring blankly at her sister.
"You don't know what to do? Are you fucking with us?" Nico erupted like a volcano.
"Now now..." Yui said trying to have Nico calm down. "Its not like I'm totally clueless here. And those chocolates do have a purpose."
"Whaf purpose nya?" Rin asked with her mouth stuffed with sweets.
"Those chocolates have poison in them." Everyone went pale and dropped the sweets on their hand. "No that was just a joke."
"Fuck you!" Nico screamed and Shizuka face palmed.
'Onee-chan, that joke is too lame.' Shizuka thought with her face on her palm.
"But with all seriousness, we really are in a dire situation here. The military decided to focus all their forces at Hokkaido making it the safest place to be. And naturally that's the place we'll be going." Yui started.
"Then what are we doin-" Nico tried to say but Yui immediately cut her.
"The problem is how are we going to get there. Sapporo, the center of Hokkaido is more than 800 kilometers away from here and covering that distance is going to be extremely tough." Yui said pointing out the biggest problem at hand.
"So what do you suggest we do then?" Eli asked.
"We need to get a vehicle we can use to get there. But that plan has a lot of problem on its own." Yui said.
"Like who will be the one to drive?" Eli asked.
"And what kind of vehicle are we going to use." Nozomi added.
"That's right. Does any of you know how to drive?" No one answered. "Looks like we'll need o travel by foot then."
"But covering that distance by foot would be nearly impossible, specially at a situation like this." Maki voiced out her thought.
"Maybe we can take a detour before going to Hokkaido instead of going there directly." Shizuka suggested.
"Detour?"
"We have a vacation house at Yamagata. We can go there and take a few days rest before continuing to Hokkaido." Shizuka explained.
"That's a good idea but Yamagata is still really far away." Eli said.
"But that's better than continuing directly to Hokkaido. Even if we have a vehicle, going directly there is surely going to be tough." Umi pointed out. "What do you think, Honoka." The ginger head flinched at the sudden attention. It took a few seconds for Honoka to gather her resolve and stood up.
"I don't really know how to act right now. I don't even know if I should be the one making the decision but, if everyone's safety can be guaranteed then I'm willing to go with that plan." Honoka announced. 'Everyone's safety is the most important of all. I don't want to lose anyone anymore.' The bluenette looked at her with observing eyes.
'Is it just me or there is really something wrong with this girl?' Yui asked herself. 'I guess prying with whatever the issue is would be insensitive.' She let out a sigh before turning her attention to the others. "Then its decided. We will be making a detour at Yamagata before going to Hokkaido." Everyone gave a positive response. "Now that we had decided where we're going, you guys should take some rest for now. Its starting to get dark and its going to be far more dangerous to travel at night." She said before going to the kitchen area.
"Onee-chan, do we have enough supplies for everyone?" Shizuka asked. They were a total of 18 people and having to feed everyone to their full will require a lot of food supplies.
"Barely enough. That's the reason why I gave them those chocolates, so that they'll have weaker appetite for dinner." Yui said as she look around the refrigerator.
"So that's your true objective." Nico said narrowing her eyes at the bluenette.
"You guys can wander around and do what ever you like. Just don't go outside, we don't know if there are infected that managed to enter this building or not. Its better to be safe than sorry." Yui said as she pulls out something from the ref.
"Tachibana-san.." Eli called.
""Yes?"" The two Tachibanas answered in unison making Eli flinch. "Um..."
"You should be more specific Eli-senpai. You can call us by our first names since calling us Tachibana would be confusing. Same goes for everyone." Shizuka said.
"Alright then. Shizuka, can I ask where the bathroom is?"
"The door at the end of the hallway." Shizuka pointed the green colored door at the end of the hallway. Strangely enough, all the doors have different colors. There was a blue colored door, a beige colored one, a brown one, a white colored one and of course, the green one.
"Horosho..." Eli mumbled.
"Oh by the way guys, put your weapons at the table. All of them including the spare magazines and pistols." Sayuri ordered and everyone followed. They placed all the weapons they got on the table. There were a total of nine Heckler&Koch MP5A1s, three M4A1s, one Heckler&Koch PSG-1 and fourteen SIG Sauer P226
"What now?" Kotori asked.
"We should distribute the weapons and bullets equally to everyone since not all of us have a weapon. Then we will decide on a formation." Sayuri answered.
"Formation? We aren't going to dance are we nya?" Rin asked.
"No were not. We're going to decide a formation so we can move more efficiently. Those who will get a long firearm will be on the front line while those who will only get handguns will be incharge of carrying supplies."
"I think that's reasonable." Tsubasa piped in. "It would be really hard to carry a gun while carrying supplies."
"Alright then. I'll be the one to decide who will get which." Sayuri said and picked up an M4A1, she removed the magazine and cocked it causing the gun to eject the bullet that was already loaded to the chamber. She then walked to Yui to give her the gun but she refused.
"Dad has a stash of guns hidden somewhere inside his room, I'll just look for that." The bluenette said and continued with what she is doing.
"Is your dad running a cyndicate?" Sayuri asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Dunno." The bluenette said and Sayuri turned her attention to Shizuka.
"I would like to have that sniper rifle, if that's alright with you guys." Shizuka requested just as Eli returned from the bathroom.
"Then..." Sayuri approached the blond and gave her the gun. "You'll be using that."
"A-Alright."
Sayuri went back to the pile of guns. She picked up the Heckler&Koch PSG-1 and all its spare magazines and gave it to Shizuka. Aside from the one already inserted at the gun, there were two spare magazines. "Here."
"Thanks."
Sayuri continued distributing the gun. She emptied the gun before giving it to its new owner/user. Nozomi, Eli and Umi all got M4A1 carbines while Sayuri, Tsubasa, Erena, Hideko, Honoka, Kotori, Rin, Maki and Nico got the Heckler&Koch MP5A1s. On the other hand, Yukiho, Alisa, Anju and Hanayo only got a SIG Sauer P226 each which means that the four of them will be incharged with carrying the supplies. Shizuka was also given a SIG Sauer P226 since she was only using a semi automatic sniper rifle.
After distributing the weapons, Sayuri counted the spare magazines and distributed them to everyone equally. There were nine handguns left so she decided to give them to the MP5 group since the H&K MP5 is also chambered with the same type of ammunition as the P226.
"We'll decide our formation before we leave tomorrow." Everyone gave a nod
"Hey guys, if you want to take a bath just go ahead." Yui called out. She was still cooking at the kitchen area.
"But we don't have a change of clothes." Umi said.
"You guys can borrow my clothes while your uniforms are being cleaned. My room is the one with the blue colored door."
"Then... Umi, Kotori and I will be taking a bath first then." Honoka said and went to the bathroom with her childhood friends in tow.
"Wait a second Honoka!" Umi tried to resist but it was futile.
The others just had a conversation while they wait for their turn to take a bath. Yukiho, Alisa and Hideko were the last ones to take a bath and dinner were already served after they finished.
"Wow, dinner is already served." Alisa said. The three of them sat at the table. Some are forced to eat at the living area since there wasn't enough space at the dinning table even though it was large enough to accommodate ten people.
"But what is it though?" Yukiho asked and pointed to the dish that Yui cooked. It was chicken that was cooked in soy sauce and vinegar. There were also black pepper and beyleaf.
"Oh that, that's a dish that I learned when I visited the Philippines. I think its called adobi..." Yui placed a finger on her chin.
"Its adobo onee-chan."
"Adobi is the plural." The older bluenette said not wanting to accept her mistake. Everyone just sweat dropped.
Aside from the adobo that Yui conveniently called adobi, there was also a bowl of vegetable salad and of course, Hanayo's all time favorite, the legendary white rice.
"Itadakimasu!" They all said in unison and they started eating. They all ate happily enjoying what they have right now because they know in the back of their mind that it might be the last time they'll experience this. Everyone was having a happy time eating, it was like a party. All the time, Yui had her eyes fixed on Honoka. There was something on how the ginger head was acting that got her attention.
After the nice dinner that they had, Kotori and Shizuka volunteered to wash the dishes. Everyone sat at the living area to relax a bit while the two wash the dished. After about twenty minutes or so, the two went to the living room.
"Oh Kotori-chan, you're finish with the dishes?" Hanayo asked.
"Yeah." Kotori answered as Yui stood up.
"Where are you going onee-chan?" Shizuka asked.
"To dads room. I'm going to look for his hidden collection." Yui answered. The other minus the members of A-RISE decided to follow. They got in front of the white colored door and Yui opened it. Strangely enough, the door wasn't locked. They all got in and Yui started digging through this in search of the so called 'collection' of her dad. She went through the wardrobe and threw all the clothes out but there was nothing. She crawled under the bed but same result. She tried feeling the wall if there was any dent but nothing. Lastly, she tried the small cabinet next to the bed. She opened the door and was surprise with what she saw.
"What did you find." Sayuri asked.
"Shizuka..."
"Hmn?"
"I'm starting the think that dad might be running a drug cindicate." Everyone took a step back after hearing what Yui said.
"W-What makes you think so?" Shizuka asked. Yui stood up and moved out of the way so that the others will see the content of the cabinet. They too were surprised.
There were boxes of different types of ammunition and explosive. There were about ten boxes of 5.56X45mm ammo, about five boxes of 9X19mm parabellum, three boxes of .50 cal BMG, about ten 40mm grenade shells and some empty magazines.
"More like your dad's running a mafia." Nico commented.
"If there's ammo, there should be guns." Yui mumbled.
"Say, isn't that painting a little weird." Everyone turned their attention to Maki before following with there gaze where her finger was pointing. Their gazes landed on the large painting on the wall just beside the wardrobe. The painting was three meters in length and one meter in height. Even for a rich girl like her that already got used to luxury, seeing a large painting like this on a bedroom still seems a bit weird.
"You thing so?" Yui said and approached the painting. She removed it and was shocked with what she saw. " Dad might be planning a rebellion!" She blurted out. Hidden behind the painting was a modified M4A1 carbine, a Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle and a Berretta 92F pistol. The carbine was equiped with a suppressor, a 4X day optical scope, a nine inch M203 Barrel Assembly at the bottom rail, a Visible Bright Ligh II at the right side rail, and an AN/PEQ-5 Carbine Visible Laser on the top rail, the left side rail doesn't have anything attached to it. The M82A1 on the other hand was a 29 inch barrel variant equiped with a Leupold Mark 4 scope while the Berretta 92F was just equiped with its box magazine. (That's actuallt a joke because all the mentioned guns have their own magazine.)
Everyone stared in owe, specially Sayuri. "Now that's what I call illegal." She mumbled.
"Can't argue with that." Yui agreed.
"You do realized that you're talking about your dad." Nico retorted. Yui took the M4A1 and the Berretta 92F before turning to the others.
"Hey guys, anyone wants the rifle?" No one answered. One can actually tell that the sniper rifle was heavy just by looking at it and not to mention that high cabiler rifles are a bad choice if you're in a middle of an apocalypse. "You guys sure?" Still no one answered. "Alright then." She said and also took the M82A1.
"Are you sure you're going to use that?" Sayuri asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why do you asked?"
"That thing is chambered with .50 cal BMG you know. Suppressing the recoil of that thing is a hard thing to do even with the help of the muzzle break. Not to mention that that rifle is really heavy." Sayuri informed.
"I'll be fine." Yui said and took all the boxes of ammunition from the cabinet.
"I'll help you onee-chan." Shizuka offered.
"Oh, thanks." Yui handed the sniper rifle to Shizuka and took all the ammunitions from the cabinet. Eli and Kotori also offered some help in carrying the ammunitions. They all went back to the living area and the bluenette started loading all the empty box magazines.
"Hey guys let me show you a trick." Sayuri said and picked up the Beretta 92F. She filled the magazine with 15 rounds. "You can store an extra round to the gun if you do this." She inserted the magazine to the pistol and pulled the slide loading a round to the chamber. She then removed the magazine and added another bullet to it before inserting it back to the gun. "The magazine has a designated capacity. When you insert it to the gun and pulled the slide to charge it, a single round is removed from the magazine and is loaded to the chamber making the magazine one bullet short from being full. You can remove the magazine and add a single round to put it back to its maximum capacity and insert it back to the gun. It works on all guns that uses detachable box or internal tube magazines." She explained and gave the pistol back to Yui.
"But isn't it a lot of effort just to add a single bullet nya?" Rin asked.
"Yeah, that's why that technique is rarely used in firearms with detachable box magazines. But gun users normally use it in shotguns with internal tube magazine to increase the maximum capacity by one shell." Sayuri answered just as Yui finished loading all the spare magazines for her guns. She put all the remaining boxes of ammunition into a bag.
"You guys should all go and take some rest. We're going to be busy tomorrow. The door of our unit is made out of bullet proof material so we should be safe even if the infected decided to attack." Yui said as she walks towards the door to make sure that the door was tightly locked. "You guys can sleep at my room, I'll just sleep here at the living area.
"Wait. We can't just take your room. We'll be the one to sleep here at the living area." Umi said.
"No its fine. Besides its better to have someone keeping an eye at the door just in case that the infected did manage to get in."
"F-Fine." Umi said and the members of μ's all went to Yui's room while the members of A-RISE, Hideko and Sayuri went with Shizuka to her room. Alisa and Yukiho decided to go with Shizuka since Yui's room is already crowded. Yui was left alone in the living room. She went to the light switch and placed hand on it but she didn't turned the lights off yet. She gazed at the glass panels and took a look at the outside world. It was dark outside aside for some lights from other buildings and some fire that no one cares to put out. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh before turning the lights off.
"Everything really got messed up."
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Honoka was already lying down for almost two hours but she wasn't able to find some sleep.
"Maybe a glass of milk will help me sleep." She said and stood up and to go to the kitchen. She passed the living area and saw Yui sleeping at the sofa. "Maybe we should've just invited her to sleep with us." Honoka mumbled to herself and proceeded to the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator and took out a box of fresh milk. She took a mug and went to sit at the dinning table and poured herself some milk and gulped it down and instantly felt herself relax a little bit. "Everyone..." She mumbled bitterly remembering those who died at the gymnasium.
"Can't sleep?" A voice suddenly asked her. She quickly look towards the source and saw a girl with long hair.
"Umi-chan?" Honoka thought it was Umi because of the color of her hair.
"Its me." Yui also took a sit at the dinning table.
"S-Sorry. I thought you were Umi-chan because of the color of your hair." Honoka apologized. True enough, due to the lack of proper lighting, Yui's hair was dark in color, almost the same shade as Umi's hair. Not to mention that the former and the latter share the same eye color.
'The author's messed up character design is the one to blame.' Yui thought- HEY! "You seem to be a little troubled Kousaka-san." Honoka was caught off guard by this.
"Um...uh..." Honoka didn't know how to respond.
"I watched all your videos. I have to admit, your group is more captivating than our own school idol group. Specially you, you seem to be the one shining the most." Yui said as she leans on the backrest of the chair.
"T-Thank you..." She was surprised by the sudden compliment.
"You also seem to have a very strong presence." The ginger head was now looking at her with slightly confused look. "But for some reason, the atmosphere around you seems to be heavy and gloomy ever since you got here. You might be able to hide it from your friends by those forced smiles and halfhearted laughter earlier but I noticed that you seem to be depressed." Honoka was taken aback by this. Was she that obvious.
"We were the only ones who survived from our school. Everyone else died." Honoka started to tear up.
"I see. Just like you, I'm also a student council president so I understand how you feel. But you must not let that affect you too much."
"But-"
"UTX has more than a thousand students. But only four of us managed to survived." Honoka was cut by Yui.
"Huh?"
"I also felt devastated there. I was the student council president but I was unable to save everyone. I was so depressed that I just stood there and waited for someone to attack and kill but. But then, I saw Tsubasa, Anju and Erena running. They were trying to get away and save them selves. That's when I realized it..."
"Realized what?"
"That if I can't save those who I wasn't able to, why not just save those who I still can. Its not just about how many has been lost Kousaka, its about how many has been saved." Yui stood up and turned to leave but stopped to say one more thing to Honoka. "You can still save and protect those who are still with you but you won't be able to do it if you don't move on. You don't have to forget, you just have to move on for the sake of everyone around you." With that, Yui went back to her place at the living area.
Honoka remained sitted at the dinner table. A single tear fell down her cheek. "I'm such an idiot." 'I was so depressed of what happened that I forgot that Kotori-chan and the others are still there for me. I forgot than they are still counting on me to lead them not because I'm the student council president but because I'm their leader. She's right. Its not about who has been lost. Its about who can still be saved.' With renewed courage, Honoka stood up and followed Yui to the living area. "Yui-chan."
"Hmn?" The bluenette who was already lying on the sofa sat up and turned towards Honoka. "What is it."
"Thank you." There it is, Honoka's smile that is as bright as the sun. "Also, its not just three lives that you saved. You also save Yukiho and Alisa-chan so that makes it five." The bluenette smiled at this.
'Glad to see you back on your feet.' Yui closed her eyes for a brief moment before opening them again. She flashed a peace sign at Honoka before saying: "You're welcome." The two smiled at each other.
"I'm going to go back to bed. Thank you again." The ginger head said and went back to Yui's room to sleep.
Yui was about to lie down when she glanced at the dinning table. "She didn't return the milk back to the refrigerator."
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Honoka and the others were awaken by a load ringing coming from an alarm clock at the desk beside the bed. Rin, who was the nearest to the clock lazily pressed the 'off' bottom. She picked up the alarm clock to look at the time. It read '06:00'.
"Its sill too early nya~" Rin complained as everyone started to get up.
"This is Yui-chan's room right?" Kotori asked rubbing her eyes.
"I'm really impressed that she wakes up this early." Umi commented.
"It only shows that she's a responsible student council president, unlike a certain someone." Maki said and glanced at Honoka who was still sitting on her futon.
"Hey, its not like I'm irresponsible! Its just I got sidetracked from time to time." The ginger head stood up and defended herself.
"You mean all the time?" The red head corrected while curling a strand of her hair.
"Now now, let's just get up and get ready for our day." Eli said and picked up their uniforms that was on a laundry basket near the door. Shizuka was probably the one who placed it there. Everyone got up and and fixed their selves before going to the kitchen.
"Good morning." Tsubasa greeted them when they got into the living area.
"Good morning." The school idols of Otonokizaka returned the greetings. Tsubasa, Erena, Anju, Hideko and Sayuri were sitting on the sofa. Shizuka was cooking at the kitchen area while Yui was sitting at the dinning table doing something on her laptop.
"What are you doing, Yui-chan?" Honoka asked the bluenette. Yui stopped typing and turned to look at the ginger head.
"Just doing one last report for the student council." She said and turned her attention back to her laptop and continued typing.
"But for what purpose?" Honoka asked. As far as she can understand the situation, there is no use making any kind of report for school or what so ever.
"I just want to leave something behind as the last student council member of UTX." The bluenette answered as she finished typing. She stood up and walked to the living area and placed the laptop on top of the coffee table.
"Breakfast is really." Shizuka said and everyone gathered at the dinning area to eat. The breakfast that the younger bluenette prepared was eggs, bacon and toasted bread. A particularly light breakfast. Hanayo wanted to protest for the absence of her favorite but considering how they ate last night, its completely understandable why there isn't any white rice for breakfast. Everyone happily ate their share of food and it was somehow enough fill them.
"Now let's go with our formation before we go down there." Sayuri said and stood up.
"Why do we need a formation anyway? Are we going to dance or something?" Nico asked.
"Its going to be a pain to explain so let's just do this. Nico-san, can you get your MP5 and a spare magazine." Sayuri commanded. The ravenette was clearly pissed for being ordered around but she complied.
"What now?" Nico asked holding her gun and a spare magazine.
"Change the magazine of the gun as fast as you can." Sayuri instructed. Nico wanted to shoot her but decided against it. The ravenette changed the magazine and it took her about eight seconds to complete the task. "Took you eight seconds to finish."
"What about it?" Nico snapped.
"Now put it this way, consider the time it took you to reload and we are under attack by a large horde and everyone all run out of ammo at the same time and needed to reload. What do you think will happen?"
"We will be completely vulnerable and might get overwhelmed..." Tsubasa concluded.
"Yes. And to prevent that, we'll be dividing our selves into three groups with six members each. Hanayo's team will be at the middle. The front and rear groups will be subdivided into two, the assault and the back up. The assault is the one to fire first at any given situation but they are sure to sure out of bullets. When that happens, the backup will take their place as they reload and then vice versa. The middle group is only incharge of securing the supplies." Sayuri explained. More or less everyone got the idea.
"I take it that Hanayo, Anju, Yukiho and Alisa are part of the middle group." Umi assumed and Sayuri gave a nod.
"We'll do this in the traditional way. Rock paper scissors." Everyone agreed and they played the fairest game in anime universe. (Literally, in every anime that I've watched, the minor conflicts are always resolve by rock paper scissors, aside from killing or eliminating each other.)
After a few rounds, they finally decided. The front group was consist of Yui, Tsubasa and Honoka as the assault with Hideko, Maki and Kotori as their back up. On the other hand, the rear group is consist of Sayuri, Nico and Eli as the assault and Shizuka, Erena and Nozomi as their back up. While Umi and Rin are incharge of keeping Anju, Yukiho, Alisa and Hanayo safe at all times
"We're ready to go then." Honoka said.
"I don't think so." Sayuri stopped them. "Are you sure you're going into an apocalypse with your uniforms? The blazer is good but not the skirt." She pointed at their skirt. "I understand that skirts have the ability to defy the laws of physics, (that only applies to anime series that are for all ages like the Love Live! Series) but they won't be enough for situations like this." That was when they only noticed that they are the only ones wearing uniform. Tsubasa, Anju, Erena, Shizuka, Sayuri, Yui even Hideko, Yukiho and Alisa were wearing casual outdoor clothes, particularly jeans, t-shirts and hoody jackets.
"Yui-san suggested it. She said it would be hard to move around with our uniform." Alisa said.
"You guys can use my clothes. Its better to have them used by others than to just leave them behind." Yui offered. Honoka and friends gladly took the offer and went to the older bluenette's room. "Alright you three..." Yukiho, Alisa and Anju turned their attention to her. "Let's pack what we need to pack." The three nodded and they packed what ever there is. Yukiho placed the first aid kit that Yui gave them into a zip lock bag before placing it securely inside a backpack. Alisa packed th canned goods, some sweets, a kitchen knife and a lighter. Anju packed all the bottled drinks. There were two 1 liter of bottled water and three 1.5 liter of carbonated drinks. Unfortunately, the canned goods and bottled drinks are just enough for two or three meals considering the number of their party but it was better than nothing at all. They placed the spare ammunitions and other things at the bag that Hanayo will be carrying. Yui decided to get a sling bag where she put all her spare magazines and the 40mm grenade shells for her M203. After about five minutes, Honoka and friends returned. They were all wearing blue jeans with white t-shirt underneath a hoody jacket based on their main color and a pair sneakers. Except for Umi who was wearing a pair of white track suit and a pair of running shoes.
Alisa approached Hanayo and gave her the backpack with the ammunitions. "Here."
"Thank you." Hanayo said and they all picked their assigned weapons and school bags where they decided to keep their spare magazines and went to their respective groups. Of coarse, they already had their school bags empty of school supplies.
"Everyone ready?"Everyone gave a nod. " Let's go." Yui said and unlocked. She, Honoka and Tsubasa rushed out the moment the door was open and pointed their guns at opposite directions to make sure that the hall way was empty. Ones secure, they gestured the others to follow. They all went to the elevator. "This is it guys, remember to always maintain the formation." The carefree attitude of Yui that was enough to piss Nico to the point that she shouted 'fuck you' was now replaced by a serious and somewhat scary aura. It was the same aura that was able to intimidate the ravenette enough for her to shut up. The door of the elevator opened and they all went inside. Sayuri's group was the first one to enter because they needed to be in the rear of the formation followed by Hanayo's group and lastly, Honoka's. The door of the elevator shut and they started to descend. Amazingly enough, the elevator didn't made an alarming sound that would indicate that it's overloaded. But then again, this is a fanfic so its a given that there are things that would happen for the convenience of the characters.
"Everyone make sure to not waste any bullets. We don't have unlimited ammunition here." Sayuri reminded.
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"YES!" Everyone answered in unison.
6th
"Always maintain the formation. I don't want any of you dying because you broke the formation." Yui said.
5th
Everyone was silent
4th
"Everyone always watch each others back alright." Honoka's word caught everyone offguard. They expected that Eli was the one to say this.
3rd
"Yeah!" Everyone cheered.
2nd
"Lock and load marines!" Sayuri said and everyone turned their attention to her. "I've always wanted to say that."
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"Let's go!" Yui shouted as the door of the elevator opens and they all rushed out to start their journey for survival. Suffering and despair are sure to come their way as they step into the unforgiving apocalyptic world.
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A/N: And that concludes the chapter two of Love Live! The Survival Project. I know there isn't any actions at all and too much conversations and the details are as boring and crappy as my pen name. But don't worry, starting next chapter will be really exciting. The girls will start their journey to Yamagata. Of coarse, the journey will not be that easy for them even if they have the convinience of having firearms. It will be filled with violence, gore, flying blood and organs and minced meat. Please do look forward to it.
The informations about the featured firearms will be available at the chapter 2.5 because the author's note can only contain as much. One more thing. From here on out, all the places that will be mentioned with the exception of all the special wards of Tokyo and Yamagata will be fictional. Meaning they won't be base on any real life facilities or places.
Also, I would like to thank all those who hit the Favorite, Follow and Review button for all my stories. You don't know how happy I am because of your continued support. Heads up, watch out of October 31st because I have a big surprise for horror fans out there.
Once again, this is your crappy author leaving you with this saying: I didn't name myself Crappy Angel for nothing, I named myself Crappy Angel because that's how I am.