Alright Chapter 3 is here!
I'm thinking of making this story go along with the manga instead of the anime. The manga is better, in my opinion, and also I don't feel like waiting for season 2 of the anime to come out in order to continue this story. Anyway, on with Chapter 3!
Be cool or be cruel. But please review.
Raijin, Takashi, and Kohta watched as a man ran into a front yard with a little girl and knocked on the front door of a house around 90 meters down the street on the opposite side.
'She looks around Masaaki's age.', noted Rai.
The teens couldn't hear what the man was saying. The distance was too great and the undead moaning below didn't let them hear much of anything other than themselves. The teens saw as the man pounded on the door in desperation while keeping a lookout behind him. Then the door opened, but instead of being let in, a knife was thrust into the man and the door was closed once more. The teens were even more grim faced now than before.
The man staggered backwards and fell on his back. They could barely make out him patting the girl on the head and subsequently laying still, dead. The teens could hear the girl crying for her "daddy", and if they could, so could Them. Several started making their way towards the little girl.
Raijin was clenching his fists in anger. Takashi lowered the binoculars trembling and clenching his teeth. Kohta did something that went against their recently decided rules of engagement.
"Let's rock n' roll!", he shouted as he took aim and put a bullet into the head of the undead closest to the girl. The Thing's head exploded. The girl stopped her crying, startled, as she wondered why the Thing suddenly died. "I made a headshot with a stranger's gun! I guess I am gifted after all. Oh well, it wasn't even 100 meters.", he mused.
"I thought you weren't going to shoot? You're risking your own life for a total stranger?", Takashi questioned as he whipped around to face Hirano. At this, Kohta exclaimed.
"It's a little girl, isn't it!", he then turned toward Rai and Takashi. "You two are going to rescue her, aren't you? I'll cover you from here!".
Raijin smiled and immediately headed downstairs for his knee and elbow pads. He stopped by Masaaki who was on the bed to explain. Masaaki held up his hand and shook his head no.
'I heard you guys loud and clear. I'll listen to what the others tell me. Go rescue her!", he said with a grin. Raijin smiled.
"Thanks lil bro'. We'll be back in a flash!", Rai shouted as he headed down the stairs. Rei was heading up the stairs.
"What's going on?", she asked with a puzzled look.
"We're going to rescue a little girl from Them.", Rai said quickly as he reached the bottom of the stairs. He went to his bag, pulled out his pads and strapped them on when he saw Saeko standing before him.
"I know what you and I both said but I couldn't live it we don't do this. It's like seeing Masaaki out there by himself.", Rai said. But Saeko held up a hand to silence him.
"Go ahead. Do what you know is right.", Saeko said with a smile.
"Thank you." Rai said as he grabbed the vans' keys. He turned to hear Rei ask Takashi to let her go with them. Takashi was putting on his jacket and gloves.
"Stop.", Saeko said, "The men have made their decision.", she stated with a smile. "Go, we'll hold the fort.", she said looking at them with her left hand on her left bottom, and in her katana in her right.
'Damn, she looks sexy.', Rai thought before mentally shaking his head. 'Not the time for these thoughts! Got to go save that girl!'. Then the duo exited the house and got into the van.
Raijin got in the driver's seat on the right side, Takashi in the center row. Rai revved the engine while Saeko and Rei were ready to open the gates. Rai nodded and they opened the gates. Raijin was sure to speed through the gates so none of Them could get in. He took out two of Them who were walking past the gates.
Rai made a quick right and drove towards the girl. "Hold on!", he shouted to Takashi in the back who held onto the seats.
Rai sped toward the undead who were surrounding the gate so as to not lose momentum when driving through Them. The van just shuddered as it threw undead over it or ran them under it. Then Rai abruptly hit the brakes and steered close to the wall. When they did stop he saw the front of the van crushed, the wall only centimeters away, and that the engine wouldn't start. "Great!", he said sarcastically, "The engine must have been crushed because of how many we ran over.".
"Doesn't matter, it doesn't look like we could've gotten away it in it either way.", Takashi said, then he pointed outside. "Look, They're surrounding it and I doubt the van had enough power to plow though Them without any momentum."
"Fair enough.", Rai said as he went into the center row and unsheathed his swords. Takashi had his crowbar in his right hand and was ready to open the sliding door with his left. He opened the door and both teens entered the yard. The little girl was huddled in a corner with two undead ready to feast upon her. "Oh no you don't!", Rai shouted as he stuck his wakizashi into the back of the head of one, Takashi caved in the other skull with the crowbar. The little girl look startled with wide eyes and then relieved. Takashi got down on one knee and held her while Rai looked on.
'Hmm, didn't know she had a puppy with her.', Rai thought as he saw a little white dog beside Takashi and the girl. Then the dog began to bark, the girl opened her eyes and pointed behind Rai.
"Brother! Look out, behind you!", she shouted.
Eyes widening, Rai swung his katana and he spun around. He did so just in time as he gashed open an undead's chest. The beast staggered back and lunged for him once more. This time Rai decapitated it and the Thing's head landed with a sickening thud on the ground behind it. The body collapsed over it.
"Thanks.", he said with a cheerful smile as he turned back towards her and Komuro. Then Rai turned around again. This time he saw the several bodies of Them that were on the floor. Each one was missing a good portion of their head. 'Good job Hirano! Such excellent aim!', Rai mentally thanked the marksman. There were at least ten of Them truly dead before him. Rai then walked toward the gate and was greeted with an unpleasant sight. On the other side of the van was a sea of Them.
He concluded that around a hundred of Them were surrounding the van. And with their collective strength they would break a hole through the dented metal of the van and pour into the yard in minutes. He could see some of Them get shot in the head, only for two or three more to take its place. Hirano couldn't keep up with that many of Them. He had enough ammo, sure, but there were simply too many.
Rai was shaken out of his train of thought when he heard the girl mutter something. He turned to hear her say, "Brothers….my dad.", as she turned toward the man who was stabbed earlier. "My daddy….he died.", she said as tears began to well up in her eyes. Takashi looked at Rai and he nodded.
Raijin put his weapons in their sheaths. He then got a white sheet off of the clothes line and proceeded to cover her father with it. Takashi stood up with the girl and walked her toward her father's body. "You father was a great dad.", Takashi told her as he plucked a flower from the grass and handed it to her.
"He died protecting you., Raijin said turning to her and kneeling down on one knee across from her father. With this the girl's eyes welled up once more and this time she started crying her little heart out. Takashi held her as Raijin watched. Even the puppy started howling mournfully. Raijin felt a moment of déjà vu as he remembered how Masaaki had cried the same way at their parent's funeral.
Raijin and Masaaki were dressed in black dress suits. Both had showered and had their hair done for the first time since news of their parents' deaths reached them three days ago. Raijin had not shed a single tear, as neither had Masaaki. During those three days in which they were sent to live with their dad's parents, neither said so much as a single sentence longer then five words.
They were in the first row as the priest said his words. Neither budged so much as an inch. When the time came to rise, Raijin and Masaaki were the first to stand beside the coffins. They each gave their roses. Each had two, one for each parent from each son. Raijin and Masaaki stood there as the rest of the attendees paid their respects to their parents, gave the brothers their condolences, and left. The time passed as soon everyone had left but them.
Masaaki was at Raijin's right. It had started to rain as the left person, a friend of their father's and coworker, left. Then Masaaki started to tremble, then sniffle, and finally burst out crying. Raijin put his right arm over his brother's shoulders and held him. Masaaki started bawling, but Raijin kept quiet. A few tears escaped his eyes, but he wouldn't let them come full force like they were supposed too. He needed to be strong for his brother. He needed to take care of him.
"Take care of your little brother. We love you Son." were his parents' last words to him, even though they weren't meant to be their last words, their parents were supposed to come back from that night out on the town. As he remembered this, Raijin choked out a sob but quickly swallowed it down. He closed his eyes and more tears escaped him against his will. 'I will not cry, I will be strong for my little brother.', he thought as he clenched his jaw. Then Masaaki fell onto his knees crying. Raijin kneeled down beside him. Eventually, Raijin sat cross-legged and Masaaki sat down in his lap and cried against his chest.
Raijin did not cry. Not when Masaaki had finally cried himself to sleep in his lap. Not when he carried him to his car. Not when he bid his parents' graves goodbye. Not on the drive home, when he put Masaaki in his bed, nor when he himself laid wide awake, unable to fall asleep. He didn't cry. He never properly mourned his parents.
As Raijin watched the sight of Komuro holding the crying girl, his eyes threatened to well up. He quickly shook his head and turned away towards the van, thinking of someway to get out of there.
"Shh, not too loud or else They will get in.", Rai heard Takashi tell the girl and the girl whimper a reply. He sensed him walk up beside him. "How do you reckon we'll get out of here?", Komuro asked Raijin.
"How good is your balance?", Raijin asked turning to him.
"Pretty good, why do you ask?". said Takashi fairly confused. Raijin wordlessly pointed toward the top of the cement wall surrounding the yard.
Masaaki heard the van head onto the street and away toward where he assumed the little girl was. He hadn't whined at his brother because the situation didn't allow for it. Masaaki might be seven, but just because he was a kid didn't mean he didn't understand what the teens meant. He had heard their voices as they argued why they shouldn't help anymore people. He had even heard his brother clenching his fists in anger, his knuckles cracking involuntarily.
So when Raijin had come to him, letting him know of the situation, Masaaki simply told him he understood, that he would do as the others told him, and sent him on his way.
When he heard the van die out, Masaaki went downstairs and packed his dirty clothes in a plastic bag and threw it in his luggage. Saya woke up when she heard Kohta start firing.
"What is that?", She asked aloud after a few seconds of looking disoriented.
"My brother and Takashi went to go rescue a little girl from Them. Kohta is doing his best to cover them and the girl.", Masaaki stated with a smile.
At this Saya face palmed. First, she wakes up with a blanket on a sofa with no idea when she fell asleep or who gave her the blanket. Then, she wakes up to gunfire and Masaaki, who she had assumed was mute, telling her that his brother and Takashi were out rescuing a random little girl. She mentally scolded herself for listening to the ditzy nurse in raiding the wine cellar. She swore to never drink again as she massaged her temples trying to get rid of the headache she'd awoken with.
Just then Saeko and Rei walked in. "What's going on?", Saya asked them.
Rei smiled and said, "Something good. We still understand what it is to be human.".
Masaaki may be small but he notices things. Like how he noticed Saeko slightly cringe for a split second before regaining her composure. But not a word escaped his lips.
Saya seemed to be in a trance for a few seconds. Then she rose to action when Kohta started sending a new volley of shots upstairs. "Ms. Shizuka! Wake up!", she yelled as she shook the blonde awake.
"Is breakfast ready?", was the nurse's response with a dreamy look on her face. This didn't last long as Saya pinched her cheeks to wake her up.
"Wake up Boobzilla! We need to start packing our things! It's no longer safe here!.", shouted Saya as she woke her. Masaaki turned beet red and looked away when Shizuka stood up, completely naked, and unknowingly flashed the young boy. "Put some clothes on! There's a boy present!".
"Wait, why are we leaving?", asked Rei.
"Because Hirano shooting will attract Them here. The fortifications we put up are enough for a few of Them bumping into the fence. But a horde of them will break it down easily! The doors won't hold out half as long as the fence when they break through. They only way we could survive is if we blow the stairs, and last time I checked we don't have any explosives to do that!", here Saya paused for a breath. "So we need to start loading our supplies onto the van!".
"My brother and Takashi took the van.", Masaaki added.
"Then how are going to leave here? We will be eaten alive on foot, I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of Them out there right now!", Saya continued.
"Why don't we just take the Humvee?", asked Shizuka drowsily as she finished buttoning up her shirt. She held the keys in her hand. Everyone just stared at the nurse who started to panic. A worried look like a child who was going to be scolded overcame her features. "Did I say something stupid? I'm sorry if I did.".
"Actually, that's a great idea!", praised Saya. "Where did you get the keys though?".
"They were hanging right by the door.", Shizuka simply stated as a collective face palm resounded throughout those present.
"Back in a flash my ass.", Rai muttered as he sliced away at one of Their hands absentmindedly.
"This has got to be the most dangerous thing I've ever done.", Takashi mused as he balanced on a cement fence as wide as his foot. He had the girl on his back and undead trying to reach for his ankles. Raijin had the puppy held against his chest with his right hand and his katana in his left.
"Well, hopefully it won't be the last thing we ever do.", Raijin quipped as he discouraged yet another undead. Several of Them had tried to grasp the survivors walking along the fence, only to lose a limb by Raijin's katana. But the creatures didn't stop in their efforts nonetheless.
"Don't look down. Don't look down.", Takashi muttered, half to the girl and half to himself, with his eyes looking straight ahead at the back of Raijin's head. "Why are we doing this again?", he asked Raijin.
"Because They were going to break through the van and into the yard at any minute.", Raijin paused as he heard metal creaking. "And They just did. How're you holding up?"
"Ok I suppose. Really could do without the sea of Them trying to grab me.", Takashi said.
"Couldn't we all?", Rai answered with a smirk.
"Brothers, are you scared?", the little girl asked with a light voice.
"Not at all.", Raijin answered with a nervous chuckle, not daring to turn around for fear of losing his balance and being eaten alive.
"Not one bit.", Takashi stated while sweating from the nervousness.
Kohta stood on the balcony on the lookout for any undead in the immediate vicinity. Well, besides the horde that had amassed at Takshi's and Raijin's last known location. Right now Saeko was on the lookout on the street as well, ready to help any undead that wandered too close be really dead. But she was just standing there like a child waiting for a piñata that never came. There were no undead near them. Those that did shuffle by just passed the survivors completely. More attracted by the commotion being caused by the horde that surrounded Takashi and Raijin.
Kohta took a look down at the Humvee. Shizuka was situated in the driver's seat, complaining about the steering wheel being on the wrong side. 'Well, it is American made.'. Saya, Rei, and Masaaki were up and about loading supplies into the Humvee. Food, water, the brothers' bags and guns, and the girls' still wet clothes.
'Seems like everything is good to go on this end. How will they get to us though?', Kohta thought. Then he saw what seemed like two of Them on top of the rest.
"Huh?", Kohta said aloud. Then he took a look through the AR-10's scope and a grin appeared on his face. "Smart sons of guns!", Kohta exclaimed as he saw Raijin and Takashi balancing on the cement walls, out of the reach of Them. 'They have the girl and…..a puppy?', at this Kohta cocked an eyebrow. 'Whatever, but they're alive!'.
Then a light shone on his face. Kohta looked down to Saya signaling that they were ready. 'Alright, time to get ready.'
"Where is he?", Saya asked to no one in particular as the girls waited by the Humvee. Masaaki was already inside.
"Isn't he still on the second floor?", answered Rei as she handed Masaaki one last bag. Then Saya let out a noise of surprise and fear. The rest turned expecting to see Them, and were surprised as well.
There was Kohta dressed like out of Delta Force. He had to flashlights tied to his head, a combat vest riddled with pockets, all three guns and the crossbow, and three loops of ammunition; one on his waist and two crossing on his chest forming an X. "What?", he asks as if there's nothing out of the ordinary with the way he's dressed.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself.", Saya states as he loads the guns into the Humvee.
"This is nothing compared to what Takashi and Raijin are doing.", he said as he put the last gun in. "So, let's go get Takashi, Raijin, and the girl!".
'I wonder how much longer until we're in the clear. Sooner or later one of us is going to slip.', Raijin thought grimly. Takashi had almost slipped when one of Them grabbed his shoelace, Rai was surprised he didn't fall in then and there. Raijin turned to see that more of Them seemed to be coming toward the van, along with a pair of headlights.
"Is it them?", Takashi asked Rai after noticing the headlights.
"I don't know.", replied Rai as he squinted. Then his eyes widened at what he saw. It was the Humvee! And it was plowing through Them! On top of the top hatch were Kohta and Saeko. Kohta with the Ithaca and Remington in each hand and Saeko standing over him with her katana out of its sheath and at the ready. "We're almost outta here.", Raijin said back to Komuro and the girl with a smile. The girls' face lit up instantly and Takashi had the most relieved grin on his face.
"Come on, let's keep going then.", Takashi said to Rai. "Let's not make ourselves seem too helpless.".
"Right.", said Rai as they continued down the wall. They wouldn't need to go far though. An intersection was coming up in about ten meters and the Humvee stopped there, waiting for them.
Kohta immediately unloaded the shotguns into the horde. The concussive blasts knocking down several of Them as well as killing those were close enough to get their heads blown. The maniacal grin had etched itself onto his face once more and he had a glint in his eyes. Rai and Takashi were never more relieved to see that scary smile. Then Rei joined Saeko on the roof of the Humvee.
"Takashi!", yelled Rei.
"Raijin!", yelled Saeko. "We still have to get to the other side of the river.", then she turned to look at Rai. "You coming?", she asked tucking her hair behind her ear. She was wearing the tank top and sweats he'd offered her. She looked amazing.
'I don't think a girl has looked as beautiful as she does now.', thought Rai. 'Must be the life threatening situation.', he added shortly as he looked at his feet. "Of course! Here we thought you guys had forgotten about us.", shouted Rai as he sheathed his katana with a kidding smile. Saeko just grinned even bigger.
"Ready?", Rai asked Takashi behind him who looked up.
"Naturally!", was the grinning response of Takashi.
"Alright!", Rai shouted as he tucked the dog under his arm even tighter. He then ran the last five meters of the wall. He picked up speed and leaped on top the Humvee's hood. He looked up to see Saya, Masaaki, and Shizuka staring at him. "Hi.", he greeted like nothing out of the ordinary. Then he stood up and looked toward the hatch. "Here.", he said handing the dog to Rei who took it. "Your turn!", was shouted to Takashi, who nodded.
Takashi ran and jumped over towards the roof. Bad move. Rei and Kohta had enough time to duck inside, Saeko had her back turned as she was discouraging the curious on the other side. Takashi landed almost right behind her and knocked into her. He himself was knocked back, and got stuck in the hatch, luckily the girl didn't and started to pull him free, it would've been comedic if he hadn't knocked Saeko overboard. Saeko was trying to balance on the edge as to avoid falling into the street full of Them. Then she started to fall toward Them.
Rai acted quickly as he grabbed her left hand and swung her back, and was nearly skewered from side to side. When he had pulled her, he pulled her so she would face him, but he didn't remember about her katana in her right hand when he did so. So Saeko was pulled into his arms from the force of the life saving pull, and her katana nicked his left ribs, ripping his shirt and breaking the skin. Rai just grunted, more in surprise than pain.
Saeko wondered why he stiffened up when he saved her and consequently held her to his chest. 'Is he as terrified as I was of falling in?', Saeko wondered. 'He feels nice', she thought as she pressed her head into his chest. Then she felt bold tricking down her right hand, and her eyes widened as she realized she still had her katana held in that hand. Immediately, she pushed herself from his chest and looked at the wound she had unintentionally caused him. The cut itself wasn't bad, it was less than a centimeter deep, it was thin and about 4 centimeters long. It would heal and scab up within a day or two.
'No real damage other than discomfort, no nerves or muscles were cut. Just the space between a pair of ribs, it's just going to be annoying to raise that arm over his head as it would stretch the skin and possibly tear it up even more.', Saeko quickly assessed. She then looked at Rai's eyes. They didn't seem to register the irritating pain the cut had caused as he didn't flinched as she drew her hand away, he then looked at her with a relieved look.
"Brother, you're bleeding!", the little girl shouted as she saw the blood trickling from the wound. She had already freed Takashi in the time that Rai had held Saeko. Now both were heading in the hatch. Takashi turned from helping her into the Humvee and quickly apologized to Saeko and asked Rai if he was alright.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get out of here while we still can.", he turned to Saeko and told her. "Come on. I believe you said we were going to cross the river?". he joked as he waited for her to head down the hatch.
"Right.", she said. Then she paused and was about to apologize when he cut her short.
"Not now, I forgive you. But right now we should focus on getting out of here while we still can.", he reassured her with a slight smile.
"Ok.", was her response as she headed down the hatch. Raijin got inside and went to the cargo area and leaned against his bag. Shizuka was in the driver's seat with Saya riding shotgun. Kohta, Takashi, Rei, and the little girl were in the back row. Saeko was leaning against the back seats in the cargo bed with her head bowed. Rai was about to reassure her that it was alright was Masaaki sat next to him and unknowingly leaned on his cut.
Rai grunted in discomfort, which in turn caused Masaaki to look at his wound. "Rai! You're bleeding!", Masaaki shouted and everyone turned to him, Saeko just lowered her head even more. The Magnum was suddenly pointed at his head by Kohta.
"Were you bitten?", asked a grim faced Kohta. Everyone was looking at him except for Saeko, who couldn't meet his gaze. Masaaki was on the verge of tears, Takashi, Rei, Saya and the little girl had sad looks on their faces. Shizuka had even stopped the Humvee and looked back at him. Raijin was about to answer when Saeko beat him to it.
"No…..he's bleeding because of me. I cut him with my katana when he pulled me from falling into Them.", Saeko defended shamefully as everyone turned to her.
"It's true. I wasn't bitten. I pulled Saeko a little too quickly and didn't compensate for her katana. Ended up wounding myself with her weapon.", Raijin explained, taking the blame for his injuries. Kohta finally lowered the Magnum. Masaaki's eyes dried up and everyone visibly relaxed.
"Takashi, take the wheel.", Shizuka commanded. Before Takashi had a chance to ask why Shizuka stated her reasons. "Just because Raijin wasn't bitten doesn't mean he's not hurt.". Takashi solemnly nodded and climbed over to the driver's seat while Shizuka went to the cargo area and got her med kit.
"It's no big deal, it doesn't even hurt.", Raijin tried to convince the nurse. He was met by her steely gaze, the first time the nurse had shown she was an adult since he had met her only hours ago.
"Just because it doesn't hurt doesn't mean it won't get infected.", Shizuka said, quickly killing any other attempts Rai would make to avoid medical attention. Then she turned to Takashi, "Takashi, drive us to an area empty of Them, I can't properly treat him in this enclosed space." Takashi immediately started driving at a steady pace as to avoid jolting those in the back around.
After about ten minutes of driving around, Takashi found a bank along the river that was clear. No undead were in sight, it seemed that the bridges seemed to attract Them due to the high density of humans there and, subsequently, the noise they caused.
Kohta was the first to exit the vehicle as he quickly jumped out of the top hatch and did a 360 sweep of the surroundings. "We're clear….for now.", he stated. Then everyone else exited as well. Shizuka brought out her med kit as Saeko helped Rai out of the vehicle. Takashi, Rei, and Kohta took point with their weapons. Saya and the kids got on top of the Humvee.
'It doesn't even hurt that bad, it's more of a nuisance than a stinging pain really', Rai thought. Then he looked to Saeko who had put his arm over her shoulders to help him out of the Humvee. 'She must really feel guilty, better tell her it's alright'. "Saeko, really, it's alright. The pain is no big deal, it's more of a nuisance than a pain actually.", he said in hopes of getting her to relax. It seemed to work as she reluctantly, and almost sadly, let go of him when he had both feet on the ground. 'She hasn't said a word since she explained the cut.', Rai couldn't help but to notice.
"Alright,", came the nurse's surprisingly commanding voice once more, "shirt off and arm up." Raijin took out his shirt to reveal a toned athletic physique. Rei and Saya seemed to stare, Rei catching a glimpse when she turned from looking out for Them, the only two noticeably affected by it. Saeko blushed a little but quickly dispelled it as a look of shame overcame her when she saw the wound she caused. The wound had deepened to about a centimeter, it would require stitches and needed to be cleaned.
Shizuka opened a bottle of water and wet a rag she ripped from the bottom of her shirt. She then began to clean around the wound, Raijin maintained a straight face, even looking down at his side to see her work. Then she mumbled something to Rei which Rai didn't catch. When she came back from the Humvee with a bottle of liquor, his expression changed from indifferent to expectant of the stinging pain.
Shizuka took the bottle, opened it and handed it to Raijin to drink up. He took a good amount of gulps of the liquid, nearly half a liter. Shizuka then looked at Raijin to see if he was ready. He nodded and she poured some of the booze onto his cut. Raijin only grunted, for the sake of being a man and because shouting would attract Them, he clenched his jaw a bit. Then Shizuka began to stitch, by now Raijin wasn't feeling much of anything as the alcohol had more effect now.
Six stitches later, the wound was closed. Shizuka was packing her things when Rai put on his shirt and everyone was getting ready to leave.
"I wouldn't lean on that side for a few days, or partake in any strenuous activities.", Shizuka advised as she zipped up her med kit. Raijin chuckled, albeit a bit drunkenly.
"Strenuous activity? The world's ending, but I'll try to only use my right side when fighting.", he managed to say. Then he walked over to the Humvee and got in the cargo hold once more and laid on his good side. Masaaki and Saeko followed, Masaaki sat at his feet and Saeko near his head, once again propped up across from him. Rai noticed Saeko's shy look. 'Probably still not to sure about me forgiving her.'.
"Hey,", He called, gaining Saeko's attention and looking at him. "I forgive you, I would rather get hurt again than watch you turn into one of Them. I regret nothing, so why do you? Come on, I don't like seeing beautiful girls so sad.". At this Saeko looked down once more, but blushing this time.
'Fucking alcohol.', Rai thought. 'Gives me confidence it seems.', was the last thing going through Rai's head as he fell asleep.
