Omg, I'm so sorry for the looooooooooooooooooong wait. .-. Please forgive me! . I know, I should be punished for not updating in forever! Dx Again, I'm so sorry. :c Please, I hope you like this chapter. I was going to make it longer, but I decided not to, instead. I promise, I PROMISE, HONEST TO MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE I KNOW THAT CHAPTER TEN WILL BE UP ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. I PROMISE! Anyways, I hope you enjoy this! ^-^

Chapter Nine

Frozen Spirit

"It's alright, Haruhi, don't cry," said Tamaki. It's been an hour since the incident and Haruhi was in Tamaki's arms, crying. Of course, the crying had woken up Satoshi, and he was gloomy. Since he found out that his cousin died, he was shocked and sad. Kyoya, who was pacing back-and-fort in the room, sighed in frustration.

"Tamaki," said Kyoya, stopping in his tracks to look at his best friend who sat on the floor. "If we don't leave soon, the zombies might break in."

Tamaki frowned and sighed. "I guess, if you say so. But there is no way out. Didn't Hunny-senpai do something to the door before… you know… The door won't open."

"That is true," Kyoya remarked, holding his chin in thought. "But… Never mind, I'll be right back." With the words said, he went into the other room silently. As he walked into the other room, he looked at every corner. Nothing. There's nothing he thought. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He looked up and spotted a vent. Smirking, he went into the other room to find nobody.

"Kyoya!"

Kyoya immediately went into the third room to find a pair of legs coming from the ceiling, Haruhi looking up with big, red and puffy eyes, and Tamaki, who was helping to get the pair of legs inside the vent. "What's going on?" Kyoya asked, walking over to the duo.

"Satoshi found a vent. He wants vengeance for his family," Tamaki stated with a soft smile. He turned his gaze away from Kyoya and continued to help Satoshi get into the vents. At last, after a couple minutes, Satoshi's legs were no longer dangling from the ceiling.

"I'm in," Satoshi announced victoriously. "Hey, I think there's room for all of you to fit in here. Bring Haruhi up first, it'll be easier. But you three have to hurry; it's freezing!"

"Alright," Tamaki agreed.

Haruhi looked between the two opposites between her and sighed. "Am I really going to have to go up there next? Why can't one of you two do it? I'll go last."

"Haruhi, I think you'll be easier to do first because you're smaller and lighter," Satoshi stated. Sighing, Haruhi agreed. Both Tamaki and Kyoya helped Haruhi enter the vent. After a while, Tamaki went up next, but it was tiring for Satoshi and Haruhi, considering Tamaki is heavier than the two. But they managed since Satoshi was stronger than Haruhi, which was a relief. Soon, all four were resting in the cold and small-spaced vent. You could say it was very uncomfortable.

"Tamaki, could you get your ass away from my face? It's to close!" Kyoya complained, crawling backwards a bit to get a little more room.

Tamaki's cheeks turned crimson red and he chuckled a bit. "I'm sorry, Kyoya. The vent is too small and I don't know where we're going."

Kyoya sighed and said, "Haruhi, could you start crawling so we could get out of this vent? I'm getting tired and I need to stretch. We've been in here for five minutes now."

"Okay, just wait a minute. I'll move when Satoshi begins to crawl," said Haruhi. She leaned forward a little and nudged him on the shoulder. "Hey, Satoshi, why aren't you going forward?"

Satoshi lifted his head in alarm only to bang his head on the top of the vent, making him moan in pain. "I-I'm sorry, Haruhi. Hey, do you have a pistol I could burrow? Just in case because we don't know what are in these vents and where it leads to."

"Alright," said Haruhi, handing Satoshi a pistol. "But crawl faster. It's even colder in this small vent." Haruhi smiled in relief as Satoshi began to crawl down the vent. Several minutes have passed and the four who were crawling in the vent, were freezing ice cold down to the bone.

"Satoshi, is there an opening somewhere?" Kyoya asked from behind.

"Yeah, it looks like it's not too far," Satoshi replied. And so, Satoshi, again, began crawling to the opening by the end. "But I'm going to go on first, I'm freezing. Literally, I'm actually cold that I can't take it anymore!" Satoshi complained, crawling faster. Once at the opening, Satoshi grabbed the ice-cold pistol and shot the edges of the frame. Satoshi smiled in satisfaction and removed the broken parts. He jumped through the vent and landed on his feet. He looked around the room and smiled, realizing he was in a culinary room. He looked up. "Haruhi-senpai, jump, okay? Don't worry; I'll catch you."

"Do I seriously have to jump?" Haruhi asked from the vent. Sighing, Haruhi slowly slid down the vent with the help of Tamaki holding her. She inhaled and let go of Tamaki's ice cold hands, dropping herself to the floor, but was caught into Satoshi's arms. "Thanks."

"No problem," said Satoshi, smirking. Satoshi put Haruhi down on her feet lightly like a feather. Haruhi smiled in satisfaction and walked around the room curiously. As Tamaki and Kyoya jumped after Haruhi, they all looked around the room.

"We should stock up on some food before heading out again," said Kyoya. He turned around to face the other three remaining survivors. "Shall we split up or continue together?"

The other three stood, thinking of the consequences. But Kyoya already had his mind on something else: splitting up. Kyoya waited and waited, figuring out the minds' of his friends.

"I'm thinking of splitting up," said Haruhi, interrupting Kyoya's hidden thoughts. Kyoya smiled and nodded his head. Soon, after several of minutes in the freezing, harsh air, both Tamaki and Satoshi also agreed to split up.

"Alright, now that we all voted that we should split up, I suggest we go in groups of two - which should be obvious," Kyoya remarked, straight-faced as usual. As everybody in the room listened to Kyoya's steady words, inside their heads, they all seemed to agree, but were terrified of the thought of only two per group. What was this, really?

"How should we split up? Can I go with Haruhi, Kyoya?" Tamaki pleaded, his eyes big with emotion.

Kyoya sighed and slightly nodded his head. "Tamaki, I'll go with Haruhi and you can go with Satoshi, alright?" He turned his gaze to the two youngsters. "Haruhi, is it alright if you could go with me? And Satoshi, is it fine if you go with Tamaki?"

Haruhi and Satoshi shared a quick glance with each other and turned their gaze back to Kyoya. They shrugged their shoulders.

"It doesn't matter, Kyoya-senpai. Either way, I don't care," said Haruhi, agreeing. She smiled and nodded her head.

"Yeah, it's fine. I can go with Tamaki-senpai, it shouldn't be a problem," said Satoshi.

Kyoya nodded his head and turned to his best friend who no stood by Satoshi. "Tamaki, you heard them. I think we should head out now. Haruhi, you and I will go first. Is that alright?"

Haruhi nodded her head, confirming everything. "Yeah, it's fine, senpai."

Once again, Kyoya nodded his head. "Alright." He turned his attention the blonde and raven-haired kid. "Satoshi, Tamaki, Haruhi and I'll go first. After we leave, you two will leave five or ten minutes after us. Is that clear?"

"Yes," both Tamaki and Satoshi said in unison. The two took nervous glances at each other and sighed then turned their attention back to Kyoya.

"Okay, now that's out of the way, I think Haruhi and I should take our leave now," he said. Kyoya walked to the door and opened it. He took a peek outside and nothing was out in the death sentence halls. He closed the door and back into the room, he said, "Haruhi, let's go."

"Alright, senpai," said Haruhi. Before reaching the door, she turned around and nodded good luck to the other two. "Good luck." She turned back around and followed Kyoya out the door. As they walked down the hall for several minutes, nothing appeared, nor any movement was made besides the two human beings.

"Haruhi, what do you think the twins did that made us in the situation we are now?" Kyoya questioned without turning his gaze to Haruhi.

Haruhi looked up at Kyoya and back down the hall, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm not sure. But please, don't remind me of any of them. It's… too disturbing and I'd very well much be at home, and not here. Hell, I'd rather be dead."

"Haruhi, it'd be better if you don't use those words. You do know what Kaoru wanted, right? Never mind, let's just drop this conversation."

"Satoshi, I think we should go now," said Tamaki, nudging his arm with his. Both of the boys sat in the culinary room, resting. Tamaki didn't know, but apparently, Satoshi had fallen asleep. "Satoshi, wake up. We have to go now."

No response.

Tamaki got on his knees and sat in front of Satoshi. He grabbed his shoulders and realized how cold his body was. Inside, Tamaki began to panic. He violently shook Satoshi's shoulders once more. "Satoshi, wake up!" Tamaki grabbed his two fingers and laid it on his neck. Nothing. "Satoshi!"

Panicking, Tamaki stood up and began pacing back-and-fort quickly. "This can't be! He can't be dead." He turned his attention to the sitting boy on the floor. Again, he got on his knees and pressed his two fingers against his neck to find a pulse, but there was nothing. "Dammit!"

Tamaki stood up. He made his way over to the counter and grabbed the pistol Satoshi had been carrying when he shot the vent open. He checked the barrel and reloaded the pistol. He walked over to the door and grabbed the handle. But before opening it, he turned his attention to the lifeless body. "Don't worry, Satoshi Morinozuka; I'll get revenge for you. No matter what it takes, I'll always get vengeance for my friends."

With that said, he turned the door handle and walked out the culinary room. He took a left and entered another hall. But it was different. There were stairs. Tamaki lowered his gun and slowly walked up the stairs. Again, out of reflexes, he heard noises and raised his gun. As he heard it come more into range, he checked his gun once more and readied it. As he finally arrived at the top of the stairs, he saw fire. Startled, Tamaki ran towards it but stopped once he realized what it was.

It was no ordinary fire; it was a beast. The same one that had killed Yasuchika and Takashi. It was hungry. It's form was bigger and his teeth grew in such little time. The fire on him was not the same old orange, but had a hint of blue and green in the flares of it.

Tamaki's eyes turned huge and he gasped.

At the noise, the mutt turned around and saw Tamaki. It lowered its head and raised its tail, readying an attack. Its low growls slowly began grown louder and louder each second. It wasn't far away. The mutt was hungry for more flesh. Hell, it needed even more than ever. Its starvation never lasted for long.

Tamaki held his ground. He looked behind the canine and saw a strong, half-eaten body. Tamaki didn't gasp, just observed it for merely a couple seconds and turned his attention back to the canine. Tamaki got his gun ready and aimed it at the head of the canine.

At this, the beast reacted and began charging towards Tamaki. His legs pouncing on every step it took.

Tamaki shifted a bit and aimed for a shot. I better get this, he thought. For revenge. Finally, as the canine neared a bit more, he pulled the trigger. The dog fell to the ground and lifted its head. It growled and stood on all fours again. It growled and began charging towards Tamaki again.

This turn, Tamaki barely had any time to get ready. Immediately, he shot the beast twice and it finally went down. No blood came from the mere beast, but only a green-blue substance poured out.

Tamaki looked at it in disgust and walked passed it. He grabbed another load from his pocket, but was silenced when he found it empty. He mentally cursed at himself, only having four more bullets left in his gun. Sighing, he walked over to the body, only to realize it was his father. He gasped, dropping the gun and got down on his knees. As tears built up on his eyes, he grabbed the lifeless hand.

Tamaki's father, Yuzuru had his only upped part. Old, stinky blood poured from his eaten abdomen. There nothing but his upper-half.

Tamaki clenched his father's hand tightly in his and broke down crying. After several minutes, he finally realized it. He went through this so many times and would've known this is what would've happened. Tamaki wiped away his tears and found his sleeve wet with blood. He sighed and took of his jacket and white shirt. Now, he was shirtless; as masculine as ever.

Tamaki let his father's hand go and got on his knees. He began walking down the hall in silence, thinking of all the deaths he had seen so far in these past days. He only had a few hours of sleep in three days. Sure, he was tired, but he knew he had to continue moving. And the food, he had barely eaten, either.

"Kyoya, where are you going?" Haruhi questioned as she followed Kyoya down another hall.

Kyoya paused before answering. "I thought I heard a gunshot." Suddenly, he heard another gun shot and he immediately grabbed Haruhi's hand and the two began running down the halls in a hurry. Bang! Another shot was heard, but it sounded as if it was closer. Kyoya followed the noise and another was heard.

When the two turned into another corner, they were knocked to the floor. Haruhi and Kyoya groaned in pained. Haruhi was the first to open her eyes. She spotted strands of blonde hair, beginning to stand up. Haruhi opened her eyes, as well as Kyoya.

"Hurry, get up!" shouted Tamaki. He looked behind him and bit his lip, then turned his attention back to the two who were slowly standing up. "Hurry! Zombies are after us and now I'm out of ammo!"

Once all three were on their feet, they began running the way Kyoya and Haruhi and come from.

"Tamaki, where's Satoshi?" Kyoya questioned as they continued running.

Tamaki hesitated a bit before answering. "He's dead."

Haruhi gasped and looked at Tamaki as they ran faster every passing second. "What? Tamaki, how did Satoshi die?"

"We were waiting too long, and… he froze; it was too cold and he froze," said Tamaki, sighing. "Hell, it's freezing right now! We have to keep warm, but don't know how."

Finally, a few minutes of silence was set and they slowed down once they lost sight of the hoard of zombies.

Kyoya finally caught his breath and looked around at his surroundings. He looked on his left and found the door that they broke to go outside. "Hey, look. We're back here where the open door is," said Kyoya, walking over to it.

Both Haruhi and Tamaki followed Kyoya towards the door. As Kyoya walked out of the building, the two followed him. Kyoya turned around to face the two and smirked. "I know we're not supposed to be here for long, so I suggest we actually go out and not back in the dammed school."

"Are you sure, Kyoya?" Tamaki asked, looking at the deserted land all around. This time it was colder – since Tamaki wore no shirt and only had pants on – because there was at least a couple centimeters of snow on the ground.

"Yes, I'm sure, Tamaki," Kyoya confirmed. He turned around to get another look at the destroyed scenery. It was foul and disgusting. Nobody would never, ever want to live anymore if they wanted to. It was too disgusting.

"I suggest we head out now," Haruhi remarked as she walked passed Kyoya and Tamaki and out into the open. She stopped and turned around. "Well, aren't you two coming along?"

Tamaki walked forward and took a look at Kyoya, who also had a questioning look on his face. The two shrugged and began following Haruhi.

To Be Continued….

Chapter: 5 | Survivors: 3 | Dead: 6