Akio couldn't stay out in the open where he could be surrounded again, and using his powers in the Force for the first time in a long time have really taken some energy out of him however, it didn't mean he was unable to keep moving. As he moved further and further away from the walking dead, he looked up to his destination, and that was the roof where Rei and Takashi was, he can feel their presence up there, and he can still feel the pain coursing through both of them.

He leaped into the air, and grabbed the window sill, then pulled himself up once more, which was enough to make him go on top of the roof, but still one story below Takashi and Rei. He looked up, and saw Rei talking on a cell phone.

"DADDY!" She screamed into the phone.

He continued to observe Rei, listening into the phone, suddenly her face expression changed dramatically.

"No Service? BUT I JUST CALLED HIM!" Rei yelled.

Akio didn't want to show himself, again, he was afraid of what people would think of him. He hasn't spoken to Takashi since the summer before, and he wondered what Takashi would think if he showed off his strength and power of the force.

"Takashi…" Rei was crying once more. "My dad…he didn't even know it was me at all…he didn't even know...!"

Right next to Rei's sadness, he could sense a hint of annoyance and anger coming from somewhere else in the school.

In another part of the school, that was below where the Jedi was, down the hallway was another pair trying to survive. Kohta Hirano, and Saya Takagi.

"Takagi, I know it's against school rules, but do you have your cell phone on you." Kohta asked.

"I'm a straight A student…Besides, even if I had one, who would I call?" Saya responded in question.

"The police maybe?" Kohta suggested, unsurely.

"You're so stupid! Based on the situation, people obviously called them already! And yet, we haven't heard a single siren!"

From Saya's statement, it made Kohta had his glimmer of hope, wiped from his face.

"So, now you know…"

"You think this is happening all over?" Kohta asked.

"GEE! You think? I'm sure the police have had to deal with this already! And yet, look how things are!" Saya responded.

"Maybe we should call the Self Defence Force." Kohta said.

"I wouldn't expect much from them." Saya groaned.

"I know that they can't conduct any defense or public safety operations but-"

"That's not what I meant!" Saya interrupted.

"Then what did you mean?" Kohta asked.

"They're just like the police!" Saya gave Kohta a light push. "What do you think would happen if people were eating people in all the cities out there?!"

Kohta stared blankly at her, listening.

"There are one hundred and thirty million people, and how many of them do you think work for the Self Defence Force? And what if the same things have been happening inside the Self Defence Force?"

From that, they heard a zombie groan on the staircase, and right before their eyes was one of them.

"Come on! We gotta go!" Saya said, running down the hallway.

"Oh..ok." Kohta responded.

Jesus…the only reason I have to stay with this dumbass, is because Komuro is in here! I'm such a nice person. Saya thought to herself.

Aiko was about to leap up, but he was feeling something else. Somewhere else in the school, was the doctor's office, which had storage for medicine, and bed's for people to rest, and it was ran by Shizuka Marikawa. He could see a male student being surrounded by the un-dead, who broke through the glass, into the office. One got a hold of him, and started to chew his arm, and Shizuka could only watch.

"I'm sorry, but what was your name again?" Shizuka asked.

"What…?"

The student was suddenly on the ground, fully, continuing to be bitten by the zombie, and then a female student with straight, long purple hair, with a triangle fringe at the front, and she was equipped with a wooden Bokken entered, and killed the zombies in the office. It was Saeko Busijima.

She bent down and put her right hand on the student's shoulder, who was now screeching in pain.

"I'm the captain of the Kendo Club, Saeko Busijima. What's your name kid?"

"…Ishi Kasu."

Ishi began to cough harshly.

"Ishi, you've done a great job in defending Doctor Marikawa, I commend your courage." Saeko complimented. But then…she had to lay out his fate. "You do know what happens when you get bitten, do you want your parents or family to see you like this? If the answer is no, then I'll end your life as painlessly as possible, but I've never killed anyone before."

Saeko stood back on her feet.

"WAIT! What are you going to do?" Shizuka asked.

Saeko held out her hand and said: "You're the school doctor, I got it, stay out of it!"

She then put her hand on her wooden sword, and prepared to strike.

"This young man is going to die with honor, and I'm gonna make sure that he does!"

Ishi got his wish granted, as Saeko struck his head, killing him instantly. He was then launched back to reality.

"I have to learn to control that…" Akio mumbled to himself.

He then jumped up, to the roof, but he held onto the bottom of the handrail, and watched Takashi and Rei's movements. They were getting a fire hose ready, with Takashi holding the actual hose, and Rei turning the handle. Takashi told Rei to turn it, and it caused Takashi to struggle with it, not being able to point the hose at his target. The hose fire even spread to Akio's range, so he reacted by pulling himself up, and launched himself into the air where, he landed on the roof, right beside Rei.

His landing was so silent that, Rei didn't even notice him, plus she was more focused on Takashi, who got control of the hose, and managed to take down the zombies coming through the barricade. Akio ran forward, and used the Force to push some of the un-dead that remained. When it was over, Akio turned around, to notice Rei and Takashi looking at him. He leaped away...

"WAIT!" Takashi screamed.

"Why does he keep running from us?!" Rei questioned with concern.

"Do you see what he just did?!" Takashi exclaimed.

"Yes! I saw it!" Rei nodded. "He held his hand out and pushed them."

"Wait, do you honestly think he's one of them?" Takashi asked.

"There's no doubt..." Rei surely stated. "A Jedi..." She gasped. "Hisashi admired their kind...It's too bad...They're gone."

Takashi only groaned at the mention of his dead friend. "Well it looks like they've risen again, and just the right time."

Rei wasn't amused with Takashi's sarcasm and frowned.

"I'm sorry...I know, it's terrible...What did Hisashi say? 1966? The Purge of '66?" Takashi then asked Rei.

"Oh so you do remember..." Rei murmured. "All of them killed right in the middle of that war in Vietnam, right when they were fighting for what was right."

"I guess the rest of the world didn't agree." Takashi sighed.

He put his hand on the baseball bat that Rei was holding for him and briefly stared into each others eyes.

"Let's go." He said.

Rei gave him a nod, then went back towards the inside of the building, while they fought off a couple of zombies. When they got inside, Rei asked where they were gonna go, and Takashi answered her question by saying to go to his house, get some supplies, and meet up with other people.

"Yeah." Rei was in agreement. "Now that I know my dad's okay ,we should call your house to make sure that your parents are ok."

"Waste of time, nobody's home. My dad won't be back in town 'till next week, and my mom's a school teacher so she won't be home until five. Besides...they got on my nerves."

Rei laughed at Takashi's statement.

"They're parents, it kind of comes with the job."

Saya and Kohta were watching from a distance some of the zombies, and Saya was wetting cloths in a bucket in a sink, and threw it at one of the zombies, which it showed no response to the cloth, and Kohta watched while holding his newly built nail gun he had built earlier.

"What are you doing?" Kohta asked.

"Keep quiet…" Saya scolded softly.

She threw another wet cloth against a locker, causing the zombie to turn, and continue moving against the locker. Saya spouted out some observations.

"They don't even react to anything that hits their bodies! And their senses are dead, they only respond to sounds! Also, they might not be able to see, otherwise they wouldn't bump into the locker."

"What about heat?" Kohta asked.

Saya got her bag, and stood up.

"Let's go." She said.

"We're going outside?!" Kohta questioned.

"You think we're hanging around here?" Saya responded, in question.

"Well…I kind of hate walking." Kohta admitted.

"And that's why you're so fat! You need to put down the Cheetos, and exercise!"

Saya then noticed that it was too late, she spoke too loudly, causing some of the zombie to become aware of their presence, and walk down a nearby stairwell. It caused them to retreat, and head to the faculty room, and from there, Kohta shot the zombies with his nail gun.

"If you keep shooting them, how will we learn about them?" Saya asked.

"Well...you could help me fight them to." Kohta responded.

"YOU STUPID FAT IDIOT! That's what I have you for!" Saya yelled.

"The magazine is almost empty..." Kohta said.

"YOU THINK THAT'S MY PROBLEM! RELOAD THE DAMN THING!" Saya screamed.

Kohta pointed behind her and said they were right behind her, causing her to scream. Nearby, the scream was heard by the two pairs Rei and Takashi, along with Saeko and Shizuka, in addition to Akio, who was almost near the entrance of the academy. Both pairs and Akio headed towards the scream, and as they were running, the sound of a drill echoed.

From outside, Akio watched as Saya was trying so hopelessly to kill the dead person that was trying to eat her. While staying away from the group, Akio decided to use the Force to throw the zombie away from Saya, lifting it into the air, in the middle of the faculty room, where there were other zombies walking. He watched Rei, Takashi, and Saeko take the zombies down, and when they were finished, he was still lifting the zombie in the air, which caused some chatter to occur among the group.

He was done, and then crushed threw the zombies against the wall and the impact on the head was able to finish off in a splat. After that shocking display of killing a zombie in a rather unusual way, he decided to try and slip away, but Takashi caught eye of him, then called out his name and he then froze. As Takashi began to walk towards the door, his grandfather's words ran through his head.

"Is this what you really want? To be alone?"

"Why do you need to run from me? Why?" Takashi asked.

Akio was silent for a couple of seconds, watching inside as Rei looked at him, while Saeko was trying to comfort a shocked Saya, and Shizuka was standing there, only watching.

"I don't want to hurt anyone...I don't want anyone to think of me wrongly." Akio answered. "You know already Komuro."

"Ho-"

"Know that I am connected to the Force and know that I've been trying to stay low for a long time so that people may not think of me wrongly."

"We don't." Takashi assured.

Akio searched Takashi's feelings, and he knew that he was giving him his most sincere honesty.

"Alright Komuro."

He followed him inside with his Bokken, where Saya was hugging Saeko, and crying with all her might.

Too much emotion in this place... Akio thought.

Introductions and reunions with Akio were held off. He could however sense that Saeko was happy to see him again and he felt almost the same way and his name didn't go unnoticed in the past few years so the others had known who he was.

Sometime later, they moved to another place near the faculty room, which was a staff room, where they arranged some boxes around, in hopes of finding some supplies. Saeko declared for a break, and everyone agreed. Kohta went to check on Saya, who was currently washing her face, then Akio sat down on the ground, then he heard Kohta freaking out happily about her wearing glasses.

"Here..."

He looked up, and saw Rei handing him a water bottle. He kindly accepted it, and said "Thank you" to her. He drank from the bottle while Takashi then asked Shizuka about the keys, which made her skim through her purse.

"Are you sure your car is big enough to fit all of us?" Saeko doubtfully asked.

"Now that I think about it..." Shizuka said.

Akio could sense in her thoughts that it was only a four seated car. Not gonna say it aloud. He said in his mind.

"So where are we going exactly?" Shizuka asked.

"We're gonna make sure our families are alright then..." Takashi paused, and noticed Rei staring horrifically at a TV on the wall, which was playing a news report.

Saeko turned up the volume. It was describing something about the government taking measures into the outbreaks occurring around the city.

"Outbreaks? What do they mean Outbreaks?!" Takashi questioned.

They changed the channel to another news station, and they saw a woman reporting facts about the loss of ten thousand people, while behind her, police were pushing over on medical bed, with two wrapped bodies. After a short time, the bodies sat up, and the police put bullets in their heads, then what followed is the camera being dropped, and the screams of the reporter, then suddenly caused the TV channel to spas out.

"So much death..." Akio said plainly, while standing up finally.

"Komuro had told me you are a Jedi." Saeko told Akio. "Is it true?"

"Hmm...yes I am." He finally admitted.

"What's wrong with Jedi?" Rei wondered. "I see nothing wrong! They didn't deserve to be killed off!" She said, in defense of Akio.

"Let me explain something to you!" Saya started. "Jedi were wiped out because, they were considered to be dangerous and traitorous evil doers!"

This caused Akio to growl softly, and some books and files began to lift off the ground.

"But that's not what I believe." Saya said.

This relieved Akio, and the books dropped to the floor.

"I'm concerned for the dead." Akio said.

"I know..." Saeko spoke up. "You are able to feel spirits, and sense emotion around them, am I right?"

"That is correct. And right now around the school, I sense pain, fear, and disappointment. Everyone who has died, even Hisashi, are disappointed of what happened to their bodies after they departed."

This actually shocked everyone, Rei and Takashi mostly.

"I can't control it, it's all around me." Akio said. "I've been hiding it for years Saeko."

He looked down at himself, but didn't shed any tears. Saeko put her hand on his shoulder for comfort.

"It's so great to finally speak with you again." Saeko smiled.

"I feel the same." Akio sighed. "I do wish it could have been under more peaceful circumstances."

"I'm honored." Saeko said. "To be in the presence of a Jedi Knight is an opportunity that can never be passed. I'm glad that it was you who I could meet."

Everyone else in the room, stared as Akio and Saeko embraced in a light hug.

"Aww..." Rei expressed quietly.

"May I be excused for a moment?" Akio asked, separating from the embrace.

Everyone nodded, and he went into the corner section where Saya was previously washing herself. He took out the package, and when he opened it there was a small lightsaber, along with lightsaber parts, sealed in another plastic cylinder container.

He then took a look lightsaber that was in the package. It was an average designed lightsaber, with a round bottom, black stripes over the hilt, and a light metallic body.

He looked over the parts, and the blue crystal inside it, and immediately recognized it as his own lightsaber that he hasn't seen for a while.

The already complete lightsaber caused memories of someone he didn't want to think about to flood his mind...He remembered the plea...The pain.

"I'm sorry Mizuki..."

"AKIO! DON'T PLEASE!"

When the sound of a lightsaber stabbing through someone sparked in his mind, he was brought back to himself, and noticed Saeko looking down at him.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"I'm fine." Akio assured her.

"Is that...?"

Saeko bent down and looked at the lightsaber he had in hand.

"My father has given me this weapon. He wanted me to be ready for something..." Akio explained. "However, for the safety of the group, I am going to resume use of my Bokken...For now."

Akio carefully placed the lightsaber and parts inside his backpack and he and Saeko went back into the room with everyone else, who were all watching another news reporter on the TV, recommending all survivors to stay home, and they'll bring more coverage as it becomes safe to report it from the location where it was occurring.

"That's all! Why didn't they tell us anything else?!" Takashi furiously questioned.

"They're afraid of panic." Akio said.

"Panic?" Takashi asked.

"When panic occurs, chaos will overtake the city, causing the balance of order shifting." Akio said.

"...I'm impressed." Saya openly admitted.

"This is no contest for intelligence, there is death at every corner, and we need to react quick enough to survive." Akio said.

"But, they're gonna stop it right? They have to!" Rei said.

"Well, that's not gonna happen!" Saya layed down the facts. "This is a pandemic, there's nothing we can do!"

"The entire world may be infected with this disease." Akio stated.

Saya then made this a comparison to the 1918 Spanish Flu, and Swine Flu.

"Um...not to be disagreeable but, this is more like the black death of the fourteenth century." Shizuka said.

"One third of the European population died." Saya added onto the facts. "You're smarter than you look." She then complimented.

"How did the outbreak end?" Takashi asked.

"There are many theories, it usually stops when too many humans die. There wouldn't be enough people to spread the disease." Shzuka answered.

Kohta looked out the window. "But now all the dead people still moving start attacking you."

"I wouldn't be so sure if the Human Race has a future." Akio groaned.

"Don't get your hopes down too low!" Shizuka said. "Besides, the weather's going to be hot soon, they may not be able to move if their flesh decomposes and become skeletons!"

"But how long does it take for that to happen?" Saeko questioned.

"Well..." Shizuka began to explain, looking at her fingers. "In summer, some parts of the body can become skeletal within twenty days but it takes considerably longer in winter." She looked away from her fingers, than came to a conclusion. "Couple months...that's not too terribly long!"

"You're kidding! She's not smarter than she looks." Saeko frowned.

"These dead corpses are still moving, this may not imply." Akio told them.

"Exactly..." Saya groaned.

"Let's first see if our families are okay, then we can find somewhere safe to hold out for a while. Teams. We need to team up." Saeko proposed.

Everyone held up their equipment and weapons, ready to go.

"Let's try and pick up survivors whenever we can." Saeko suggested.

"I concur." Akio agreed.

"Okay...Let's do it." Takashi said.

"What's the best way out?" Rei asked.

"Sorry to break it to you but we're going to have to go out the front." Saya said.

"LET'S GO." Takashi declared.

Akio and Saeko stood by Takashi's side while Rei followed Saeko from behind and Kohta trailed behind Akio while Saya and Shizuka follwed along. The faculty door room opened. Kohta fired his nail gun and pierced two's zombies head and put them down while Takashi engaged one lone zombie with his baseball bat and Akio felt the need to use his Force power to throw the last zombie in the vicinity against the wall to kill it.

The group then came close towards a stairwell, and Saeko layed out everything they needed to know about engagement.

"Do whatever you can to avoid a fight, got it?"

Saya added something. "Remember, they're sensitive to sound, so keep it quiet. They're also strong enough to rip through regular doors, and once they've got a hold of you, they're gonna tear you to shreds. So be careful."

A girl's scream was heard in the distance, that sounded fairly close. They looked, and saw a group of students on a stair landing, who were hesitating to fight off the zombies. Kohta gave them support by firing a nail into one of the zombies heads. Saeko jumped off a stairwell hand bar to the lower staircase, and smashed down on one of the zombies. Takashi and Rei cleared out the nearby staircases, then Akio finished the job by jumping down and used both of his feet to kick the zombies off the stairwell down to the ground below.

"Uh...thank you..." One girl with blue hair said to the group, frightened.

"Keep it down..." Akio responded. "Anyone bitten?" He asked.

"No, no one." The same girl assured.

"It looks okay, we'll be alright." Rei told them.

Takashi climbed down to the stair landing.

"We're getting out of here! Do any of you want to come with us?" He asked them.

"Uh...sure." The girl with blue hair spoke up once more.