I figured I should get the second chapter out here soon after the first one since the first chapter was more of a prologue. Now we're starting to get somewhere :D

As you could probably tell from the first chapter, not everyone of the Blazblue cast was infected so the next couple of chapters will be focused on the survivors.

Update: Optional music for the chapter!

Nemesis' theme from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3: youtube. com/ watch?v=qUzaybvfLiU

Enjoy!

Survivor Stories Part One: Ragna

Ragna the Bloodedge wasn't present during the outbreak. He was outside of the city, planning his next move against the Library. Terumi's involvement complicated matters so he had to think carefully about his 'movements.

"Not much point in just sitting around here I guess" he said to himself. He stood up and made his way to Kagutsuchi, unaware of what waited for him.

"What the hell?" Ragna said in disbelief, taking not of the many bodies littering the ground. "What the hell happened here?" He examined a fallen man's injuries. "His throats been torn out." Ragna looked at the injuries of some others. All fatal. "Seriously, what the hell's going on here?"

He continued to look around, eventually finding his way to the Monorail area to find some signs of life. So far he was unsuccessful in finding anyone. "Anyone alive around here?" he yelled. No answer. "Figures no one would answer. Who would want to announce their presence to me anyway?"

He wandered around a little longer, unable to find anyone or anything which may indicate what had happened. He was about to give up and head to another area when he heard the hiss of metal from nearby. He looked around cautiously, drawing his weapon.

"Whoever's there better get the hell out here right now" he said in the direction of the sound.

"Tao smells Good Guy!" Tao leaped out from his blind spot and dived towards him. Ragna jumped out of the way, not wanting to be tackled to the ground.

"Tao, good timing" he sighed in relief. "Do you have any idea what's happening around here?"

Taokaka looked confused. "I dunno but Tao's really hungry."

"I don't have any food Tao" Ragna replied. "Just try and help me out a little here."

"Sure you do, Good Guy" Tao looked up at him. "You're the food!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" he questioned. He didn't have time to wait for an answer though. Another attacker appeared from behind forcing him to turn and block. "Jin, what the hell happened to you?" He took in the different appearance of his brother: necrotised skin.

"She's right, Brother" Jin smiled darkly. "You're the food we're looking for." Tao also jumped to attack him.

"Shit, what the hell is wrong with you guys?" Ragna yelled as he swung the Blood-Scythe at his assailants.

"Just give up and make it easier for yourself, Brother" Jin offered as he blocked the attack with Yukianesa. "We may decide to let you live, by which I mean, let you join our ranks." The hunger had taken over once again. No progress was made in finding a cure so it seemed like they had been wasting their time.

When the hunger returned, they split into groups on the condition that they could eat whatever they found without sharing with the other groups. They all knew that some of their former friends hadn't become on of them so they knew vaguely who to search for. Taokaka joined Jin despite him saying that he would search on his own. The two appeared to have plenty of luck seeing as they found Ragna.

"Like hell I'll give up and let you win, Jin" Ragna told him, pushing him back. "I don't know what the hell's going on here but I'm not about to let you start eating me."

"Feed Tao, Good Guy!" Taokaka yelled as she jumped at Ragna baring her sharp teeth. Ragna threw a punch at her to get her out of the way before Jin could interfere again. Necrosis hadn't done anything detrimental to the speed of the infected Kaka and dodged it easily by halting her pounce and leaping again. Before Ragna could react, her teeth clamped down on his right arm.

"Wrong arm, idiot" he said curtly as he threw her off. For once he was glad his right arm was prosthetic, otherwise he would be missing half of it right now. "Okay so they look like they should be dead and they're trying to eat me alive. What are they, zombies?" Ragna asked himself. Jin once again clashed with Ragna who was still able to block it.

"On second thought, Brother" Jin began. "We're already running low on people to eat so I'm sure you'll understand if we just eat you piece by piece. My offer still stands as long as you stop resisting and accept your fate."

"Whatever the hell happened to you must have screwed up your mind more than usual, Jin" he smirked. "You should know better than anyone that I never give up without a fight and I still don't intend to let you eat me even if you do manage to beat me."

"You're outnumbered two to one" Jin reminded him. "It'll only be a matter of time before you start getting tired."

"I'm getting out of here if anything like that happens" Ragna scowled. Tiredness was the only thing he was slightly worried about right now. Should tiredness overcome him, he'd be next on the menu for the two of them. Running away was a much better alternative to being eaten or becoming one of them.

"Tao will get you this time, Good Guy!" she cried as she once again pounced at him while Jin was keeping him occupied.

"Shit, this could be bad." He looked over his shoulder to keep track of where Tao was, trying to think of a plan. He stood his ground against Jin, not pushing him back but still holding his ground. He pulled his sword back to unleash a quick slash at Jin's legs. Jin blocked it easily. Yukianesa was much easier to handle than the Blood-Scythe so he briefly wondered why Ragna would try such a thing when both of them knew this fact.

"Food!" Tao yelled, as she was only a few feet away.

"Gauntlet Hades!" He suddenly kicked Jin back, jumped and grabbed Tao by her head, throwing her forwards. Her momentum caused her to go far further than expected.

"Nyot fair, Good Guy!" Tao cried as she hit the ground. Jin attempted to land a stab whilst Ragna was in the air. Predicting this, Ragna countered by swinging his foot down and kicking Jin in the face, knocking him down.

"Guh, damn it, what the hell is this?" When he landed, Ragna stumbled and fell on one knee. He used his grimoire in an attempt to drain some energy since normal means of slowly wearing them down wouldn't get the job done soon enough. It appeared to have backfired on him though as if they had some form of negative energy causing him to feel drained.

"To hell with this, I'm getting out of here while I still can" he said to himself. He picked himself up and began to run while the two were still stunned. He wasn't sure about where he was heading now but anywhere was better than where he just was.

"Problem is, I don't know where the hell I can go without being attacked by more of those freaks. I don't even know how many of them there are." For the time being, he thought it would be best to find somewhere to hide while he got his energy back. He headed into a dark alley and sat down. "There must be others who aren't zombified" he thought. "I'll try and look for someone in a little while."

He managed to get a few minutes worth of rest before he heard nearby voices.

"Tao smells food around here, Ice man" Tao's voice said.

"Shit, she can probably smell me" Ragna thought.

"Brother!" Jin called. "I can't wait to see how you taste!"

"Geez, I could have done with a bit more of a rest but I should get going" he said to himself quietly. He stood up and cautiously looked around. As he was about to run off somewhere else, he heard a gust of wind. He froze and suddenly felt a hand touch his shoulder, making his eyes widen. "Shit! I let my guard down!" The wind blew again and everything suddenly went black.

To be continued...

And that's what Ragna happened to be doing shortly after the infection had spread all around the city.

Fun Fact: In my original trail of thought, Ragna was the original carrier of the infection. This was revised when I thought: who's going to be the main character when the main character's a zombie?

In the next chapter, another survivor tries to... uh survive... as you do.

See ya then!