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It wasn't long before they had reached a wall, and Soul pounded on it with his closed fist.
"Password." aqua eyes asked, a little slide opening on the door.
"You're a god" Soul stated sarcastically.
"Good" the aqua eyes stated, shutting the slide and disappearing for moments. The door pulled up, and let the three in, then shut noisily behind them.
"Hey Kid, did that alert any?" the boy with the aqua eyes called to a young man atop a tower beside the moving wall.
"Not a Zombie in sight, Black Star…holy shit one followed you!" the black haired boy shouted, jumping down and shoving Shira up against the wall. "Didn't think they were that smart." he sneered, holding a silver pistol to her chin.
"Get off me you whack job." Shira stated, punching him in the jaw, sending him to the floor. "You hair dresser must've screwed with you..." she added straightening her over sized half shirt, and rubbing her fist.
"Holy shit…you just knocked him out with one punch." Soul stated, poking the black haired boy's cheek.
"I took boxing a few years ago…" Shira stated shrugging.
"Well damn, I like this girl, what's your name newbie?" the aqua eyes asked, grinning at the red haired girl. All eyes were on Shira, and she gulped.
"S-Shira…Shira Shane…." she stated, rubbing her arm.
"Jeez, this one is acting like Crona, where is the little shakey ball?" Black Star asked, looking around.
"Ow…damn…" the black haired boy sat up and rubbed his face with a gun still in his hand, "sorry…your eyes caught me by surprise…" he stated.
"You didn't have to attack her Kid, she was with us." Maka stated, patting his head.
"That was hysterical!" a shrill voice sounded, the gun in his hands glowing pink, two girls replacing them. The shorter one was giggling hysterically and looked like she was going to die of laughter, her short light blonde hair falling above her shoulders. The taller one, pulled her dark dirty blonde hair from her shoulder and sighed.
"I give you props, but I would prefer it, newbie…if you didn't knock our meister out again." she stated glaring at Shira.
"Well he attacked me!" Shira defended.
"Oy…anyways, come on, lets get her checked over by Nygus, and tell Sid we found another surviver. We can introduce her to the rest of the gang later." Soul stated taking Shira's arm and dragging her away.
"O-ok…" she muttered, people stared at her and she kept her head down, but looked around, staring at everything. There were tents and trailers that were set up everywhere, people stared at her as she was dragged through the survivor's town. A tan young man sat on a chair, his hair was dreadlocked, and had glasses. On both knees were two little kids, a little boy and a little girl, wrestling with each other, the girl had a yellow hat and had light blue eyes, the boy had a redish orange hat and had the same dark tan and blue eyes. The boy stared at Shira, eyes narrowed, sending a blush across her face. Another young man was on the other side of the walk way, he had blonde hair and light green blue eyes, he held a brown grocery bag and in his belt loop was a gold sword.
"Hey Soul, who's the new girl?" a young man with glasses and black hair that stuck out from his bald head, stood in front of Soul, blocking his way, another young man standing next to him, his black hair pulled back and spiked behind him.
"You look like a clown and you look like a porcupine" Shira stated flatly, staring at the two.
"Ah-" both boys stopped dead in their tracks and stared at her.
"Ha! I love this girl!" Soul laughed, pushing through the two. A girl with pink hair and green eyes, and a girl with brown hair and brown eyes stared at Soul, who was still dragging Shira behind her, but she had managed to get her feet under her and was trying to walk normally.
"Look Mifune! Look, look!" a little girl shouted at a young grey haired man, who's hair draped over his shoulders, along with a long brown trench coat. He sat cross legged with a large sheath beside him, at least one hundred sword handles sticking out, the little girl shouting at him held a little frog in her hands, she had on a little black witch's dress and a black froglike hat.
"Soul! Who are you dragging behind you?" a voice asked from one of the tents.
"Yo Nygus! We found this one fighting back, could give her a look over? Make sure she wasn't bitten at anytime?" Soul called to an African American woman, her mouth bandaged over and her right arm completely covered up and her left arm from the elbow down, along with her exposed, but bandaged chest. She had on camouflage baggy pants and a white headband on her head, holding her dreadlocks back from her face.
"Yeah sure, bring her over." she called, waving her hand and disappearing inside the tent.
"S-Soul, I can walk you know!" Shira stated as Soul started dragging Shira to the tent.
"Oh…yeah sorry…" Soul chuckled nervously, letting her stand and walk over to the tent by herself. She pulled the flap open and stepped in, looking around nervously.
"so you're the new girl?" Nygus asked, washing her hands.
"y-yeah, I'm Shira, your, um, Nygus, was it?" Shira asked, still standing by the door.
"yeah, I'm Nygus, I'm the nurse around here, I fix up wounds and do what ever I can to keep those kids safe. Now come back here, I'll get you checked out." she stated walking to the back of the tent, where a tunnel led from the main tent into a separate tent.
"Checked out?"
"Yeah, make sure your cuts didn't get infected, and make sure your not bitten." she explained, leading the red head through the tunnel.
"O-ok…" she muttered.
"You can take your clothes off back here, no one is allowed back her besides me, so we can get you looked at in peace." Nygus stated.
"I prefer to keep my clothes on, thank you very much." Shira stated backing up slightly
"Come on, I'm not going to do anything, I'm a nurse not a pervert, besides I'm married." she stated.
"Married?" Shira sighed in defeat, shed her shirt and her shorts, leaving her in her sports bra and shorts-style underwear.
"Yeah. To Sid." she stated, checking her legs, covering the few scratches and cuts that were on her legs and moving to her belly, cleaning the gash that had been covered by gauze for so long and recovering it. And cleaning the cuts on her arms.
"You done?" Shira asked, her arms aching from holding them up for 15 minutes.
"Yep all done. You can get dressed again, I warn you about the wound on your stomach, you need to keep it clear of anything that might reopen it. Yes, including clothing." Nygus stated, sitting down, as Shira pulled on her shorts and sighed.
"Thanks Nygus, I don't know what I would do if Maka and Soul hadn't found me." Shira stated.
"You would have been fine, Bladed One. Now go on out there Soul is waiting." she stated chuckling.
"Seriously, thank you Nygus." Shira stated walking back to the front of the tent. From the waist up all she has on was the bandages on her stomach and the sports bra that, although small, covered her.
"Hey there-" Soul's statement was cut short as he looked at her. She was pulling her long scarlet hair up and looping it around her head, a white peace sign snap back cap in between her teeth.
"What?" she muttered, her word muffled by her closed teeth, she let go of her hair and slung the cap over it, letting some of her hair fall from the hat. "Dude your nose is bleeding." she added patting his shoulder and walking away from him, looking back at Nygus, who stifled a laugh.
"Yeah well you try being in my place when a chick walks out half naked." Soul stated following her.
"I see your point but still no reason to have a nose bleed over someone like me, im not pretty." Shira stated, crossing her arms over her chest as she looked at Soul.
"Hey Soul, have you seen the new chick? We need to…" Black Star trailed off as he looked at Shira, "Who the hell is this?"
"Christ, you're the stupidest dude ever," Soul groaned face palming, "this is the new chick, she just got checked over by Nygus, I'm gonna take her over to Sid, let her get checked in. You can tag along if you want, but don't you and Tsubaki have humping to do?"
"That's awkward…" Shira muttered rubbing the back of her neck.
"I can't find her, thought you knew where she was. But I wanted to make sure the new chick had a place to stay and was checked out alright."
"Don't know where Tsubaki is. And yes the new chick was checked out alright and she has a place to stay, she's gonna stay with me and Maka." Soul explained.
"Alright…I was going to offer up the extra bed in mine and Tsubaki's room, but never mind" Black Star stated.
"Hey listen up!" a loud voice called, making everyone stop in their tracks and look to the back of the Survivors town. A big buff man with tattoos on his arms, his hair pulled back and held with some unknown force. Shira, reached up and grabbed the handle of her katana at the sight of him. He had white, lifeless eyes and his skin was an odd color, Shira had seen it all too often, his skin was blue, the evident sign of a Dead One.
"Whoa, whoa," Soul stated a hand on her arm, forcing her hand to leave the katana handle. "hes not the kind of Zombie you would expect. He was made by one of the best meisters out there. He is still alive, but forced to walk as the blue monster."
"He wont turn us?" she huffed.
"He's been the leader of the survivors for a year. He hasn't had the urge to either bite us or turn us. He's happily married to Nygus and doesn't want any of us hurt." Soul stated.
"It seems we have a new face in the midst of our Survivors. Soul? Can you show this pretty young lady up here?" Shira froze.
"Come on." Soul stated grabbing her arm.
"no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not going…" she trailed off as she realized she was already on the stage. Most of the people had already gathered and most of the guys were already getting nosebleeds.
"come on, young lady, what's your name, who found you and how long you had been hiding." Sid stated, standing to the side and handing her a microphone.
"Umm…ok, hello my name is Shira, Shira Shane, if you like you can call me Shane, I don't mind. Um, it was about a month ago when my parents were turned into Dead Ones, I used this katana I have now…to…anyways," she shook her head, clearing away the thoughts, "Um Soul and Maka found me when my house was being invaded by Dead Ones. I had gone into shut down and I was fighting on instinct when Soul and Maka found me and helped me out." she stated, her hands latched behind her back.
"Anything else?"
"Umm…" she thought for a moment "No that's it, I was an only child, as far as I know, I was always teased for my silver eyes, but they make me unique." Shira added shrugging.
"Well Shane, your welcome here with open arms." Sid stated, patting her shoulders.
"Come on, its getting dark, lets get you all settled in." Soul stated taking her arm again and dragging her off the stage.
"Wait Soul…I'm not being completely honest with myself…" she started. A siren cut her off.
"Shit…Zombies…" Soul muttered.
"Soul, come on, we need to defend the Survivors." Maka called from the wall.
"Looks like its your lucky night." Soul chuckled.
"Seems like." she stated following Soul over to where Maka was.
"Hey there's the princess." Soul stated, looking at Black Star, a tall young woman stood next to him, her long black hair was in a pony tail and she wore a tan dress with a slit up the leg on the right side.
"I'm sorry, I was help Kid with the look out, I did hear Ms. Shane's little speech though. Its alright, we've all been there." she stated, a small smile on her face.
"Thanks..." Shira muttered, stating at the girl.
"Raising the door, fighters get ready!" Sid's voice called out.
"Soul." "Tsubaki." "Liz. Patty." the three stated, the four friends nodded and their bodies shone different colors and they disappeared. In place of Soul, a long handled black and red zigzagged scythe with an eye at the wide part of the blade. In place of Tsubaki, a yellow handled chain scythe. And in place of Liz and Patty, two identical pistols that Kid held with his pinkies.
"Hmm..." Shira muttered as the door raised up, her four weapon friends all had meisters. And because she was scared, she didn't admit her weapon blood when she introduced herself.
"Hey, new chick! Get your head out of the fucking clouds!" Black Star shouted at the red head as a Dead One lunged for her. She swung the katana, her instinct kicking in again. Her hat shadowed her eyes as they were glazed as she swung, though wildly, skillfully and always on target. A shrill scream got all of their attentions, and Shira was the first to spot it. A young man in the window of a two story house, in his hands was a bulky silver sword, shining in the midnight moon. It had gotten dark fairly quickly and it seemed the days were going by quicker and quicker since the virus.
"There's a Survivor! we need to get him!" Shira shouted, her eyes wide as she kept her eyes locked on the window, but swung at the Dead Ones.
"There's to many Zombies, we'll get him when the sun rises tomorrow." Maka stated, swinging Soul fiercely.
"He wont be there by that time." Shira stated, ducking down as she took off running towards the house.
"Shira! Shit..." "Black Star go! We got this!" Maka shouted at her blue haired friend.
"Right!" and with that, he disappeared into the horde of Zombies, cutting down the ones in his way.
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"Hello?" Shira called, stepping through the door of the house, carefully tiptoeing over the dead bodies. A Dead One jumped at her from the hallway and she swung with out hesitation, killing it instantly. She made her way upstairs and into the room where she saw the boy. His eyes flashed to her and she instantly raised her katana, but lowered it slightly.
"No one! Will touch my sister!" he barked, scaring her into raising the katana again. He charged at her and she raised her blade to clang with his own. The little girl in the corner, who seemed no older that nine, screamed at him to stop.
"Brother wait! She isn't one of them!" she shouted, but the boy ignored her.
"Whoa whoa! Watch it kid!" Shira barked, her stance faltering, allowing him to push her up against the corner, blade pushing her own to close to her neck for her comfort.
"No...one...will...touch...my...sister" he snarled.
"Brother! Please Stop! She's talking! She's resisting! She isn't one of them!" the little girl cried, trying to pull her brother off the red head, whose blade touched the skin of her neck, causing her to squeak in slight fear.
"Hey..." Black Star's voice caught him off guard and he yanked the little girl back, causing her to yelp in surprise.
"What the hell took you so long? I almost got my head sliced off." Shira growled, wiping the blood that had risen to where the blade had cut her ever so slightly.
"Sorry..." Tsubaki muttered, her face appearing on the side of one of the sickles.
"He's strong. stubborn, but strong. If this is the kind of thanks I get for rescuing you and your sister. Then fuck you all." Shira snarled, glaring at the boy then turning her back to him. "Like I said, he's strong and pretty cute. But he's stubborn...kind of like you dude." she added, patting his shoulder and disappearing out the door, walking to the bathroom and gathering the Band-Aids and other medical supplies the camp might need.
"Sorry Shira I'm taken!" Black Star hollered, getting a loud snort from Shira, "Ok, pack what ever clothes you may need, and come with us, Nygus will want to take a look at you and after that Sid will want you to take the spotlight on stage." he stated, clicking the tips of the chain scythes together absent-mindedly, then nodded and disappeared down the hall.
"It's gonna be ok brother, we were found, that's the important thing." Mae stated, squeezing her older brother's hand tightly.
"Yeah, come on Mae, lets go..." he stated pulling her along and following Black Star out the door. They followed the two through the body littered street and into the door of the camp.
"Shira! Good Death you scared us! Don't go running off like that damn it!" Liz stated, almost tackling the red head.
"Sorry, I had to rescue this douche and his little sister." Shira stated, squirming out of the dirty blonde girl's grasp, only to be sucked into Patty's.
"What did he do?" she asked, her voice dangerous.
"Attacked me and called me a Dead One, said I wasn't smart, and almost cut my jugular." she listed, using her fingers to list the things the boy had done.
"Ooh, oooh can I kill him?" Patty giggled darkly.
"No Patty. Now, come on sweetheart." Liz stated picking up Mae, even though she was most likely a good half of her weight.
"I'm done with you." Shira growled, walking away, letting her hair fall from the hat and holding the bill with her teeth as she fixed her hair and slung the blood spattered peace sign hat over her hair again.
"Yo, you must be the kid that Shira risked her life to save, I'm Soul. Hey yo Kid! Shut the damn door!" the albino boy called up to the look out tower where Kid waved and the door fell to the ground with an enormous crash.
"you know, she spotted you from the over here, which is a pretty good distance. she ran towards the house and helped you, even if it was suicide."
"See? Tato, you hurt the girl's feelings. apologize." the nine year old demanded.
"Sorry..." Tato muttered, only getting a huff from Shira.
"Come on sweetheart." Liz stated, taking Mae away from Tato, who growled.
"Hey what the fuck dude? The girl saves me, some idiot with a big mouth-"
"I heard that!"
"Told me to come on, and you drag me here and kidnap my sister?" Tato snarled.
"Oh wow you are dense, dude, Liz is taking her to get clothes. And as for Shira, you ticked her off really badly." Soul chuckled "Now come on, lets get you to Nygus" Soul stated, slinging an arm over Tato's shoulder and leading him to Nygus's tent.
