I tried to bring this one out a tad faster. Whether I succeeded or not… well that depends on when you read this ,… No? Not funny?... Sorry.

I do not own highschool of the dead, all rights belong to its original author and animators.

Act 10: They will all be dead.

"Shhh, don't make a noise…." The burly Russian guy commanded the people around him. It felt weird for everyone. The three newcomers had some serious trouble with taking orders from a new guy. Saya had expressed her unwillingness to do as he said, due to an immediate tactical error in her eyes. After a short discussion with the second newcomer Ilya she eventually settled for this chain of command until Takashi returned.

When she mentioned her leader and friend both Kohta and Saeko felt distressed. It had been ten minutes since that tall guy had gone to search for them and they hadn't heard anything after that. They would go and search for their comrades, were it not for the approaching hordes of Them. Up until now they didn't seem all too hostile, they were simply moving towards the windows after that ear shredding shriek from before.

Saeko had, together with Anton and Kohta , the main door and the few softly barricaded windows covered. Seeing that Saya and Ilya really weren't getting along, they did not want to take risks and divided the left and right windows amongst the two younglings. They could talk out loud, for they had been spotted anyways, nor did they get the feeling the hordes were coming towards them. It was weird but the majority of Them seemed to concentrate towards one single point, therefore the concentrations of the defense was positioned at that place.

"Saeko-kun… Don't you have a pistol or anything?" Anton remarked as he saw his childhood friend with a –mere- katana.

Looking away from the window she let go of the wooden board that the girl had used to keep her balance. "Hmm? No, this will suffice."

"Look… I know that you are good with a blade but… erm… we are kind of trying to keep them out of the building. " He had absolutely no evil intentions, he was just trying to lighten the mood.

"I don't know how to handle a gun.." She was silent, waiting for an answer, but when she did not get one the girl talked on. "Don't worry, we have the ranged combat part covered." Saeko saw the Russian bloke looking surprised at her sparkling eyes. And when she looked at Kohta he was even more surprised. Was he to believe that such a innocent looking guy was a crackshot?

"Erm… Really?"

The chubby guy himself at first did not really feel comfortable in his current situation. Yet as soon as the word gun was mentioned the two survivors had caught his attention.

"Y-yeah, I am pretty good with firearms. I had some training back in America." He shyly added.

"Well then… I'll be the last complain about that. It's great to have at least two experienced people on our side. " His vaguely white eyes seemed to be shaking in concern. Over his shoulder he looked at his girl friend, whom was trying to keep order amongst Alice, whom was protesting and afraid, and Shizuka, whom was simply trying to get the safety of her pistol. Really… one might think she would know how to do so by now… And last but not least, Kaname. The latter whom had learned to put her trust in the raven haired ninja by now.

The frontal defense was, all in all, doing pretty well. Morale was decent and there was no short of able bodies. Sure, if the entire horde would break through in one go, they'd get swarmed. But the defense was as of now standing firmly, and nothing would come through easily.

The real problem however, was the threat on the inside. Unknown to the youthful spirits in the main entrance, there was a semi-intelligent one of Them inside their very walls. Worse yet, was that it was currently chasing their friends with an as of yet unknown kind of hunger.

The indigo haired girl was, along with Saya and Kohta, were genuinely worried about their leader. The latter two were also genuinely worried about Rei.

"Takashi.." For a bit Saeko turned around to check the door through which the three souls had left in their search for that dark room. There was nothing… the door was open, thus she was sure the big guy was searching for them, but it wasn't enough.

She was worried, incredibly so, and although she would never in her life admit it, it wasn't just for Takashi and Sergio.

"Busujima-san.." Kohta spoke before announcing his thoughts. "Something is in there… I was sure I heard something."

The katana wielding beauty looked at her friends eyes and saw in his chestnut eyes the same fear which she was experiencing. "You heard it as well?"

"Y-yeah… It was vague and barely there but…"

"What are you two talking about?!' Anton suddenly spoke quite loudly.

"It's not safe… something is in the building, Anton-san." Kohta spoke, still feeling uneasy with the big muscled Russian.

"What are you talking about?! I thought your group had made sure this place was safe?!'

"We have…" Saeko added, immediately calming the guy down. Squeezing her own arm she tried to justify the fact that they had been sloppy, and were now going to pay for it. "It must have snuck in."

"Impossible… all doors were locked, none of those vermin is smart enough to SNEAK in." He spoke with a lot of sarcasm, now catching the attention of his smaller friend as well.

"What's the matter? Why aren't you guarding the windows properly Antwan?" Ilya spoke.

"… It's not Antwan you twat… stop calling me that." His leader snarled back.

"Hehehe, fair enough."

"Just watch the windows already… this is no time to be messing around." The new leader spoke with a heavy voice as he himself checked the barricaded door one last time.

It was Hirano whom had the first encounter. A lifeless yet incredibly firm hand had grabbed one of the wooden boards and in one subtle and slow pull had it ripped from the window. It was frightening to see that even when the splinters severed its eye yolks it simply kept going. No moan, no groan no nothing.

"UHm, guys. They're here."

"I noticed… Don't shoot, you know what to do…"

"I… I suppose." The chubby marksman frowned. This did not feel right at all. But for now he would do as he was told, it was the best plan anyways. He grabbed machete he had gained from the new people, raised his tired arms and flew the blade forward. It wasn't hard for him to pierce the outdated skin of Them, even the skull seemed to give away way too easily. Kohta did not mind it going down easily, but this was one of the few moments where he had to stand face to face with his enemy. He could see their eyes staring lifeless and emotionless in front of them, not even at him. And when it fell to the ground, it was simply replaced by another one… an endless horde hungry for his pale and dusty flesh.

Hirano repeated his process, and once again felt his eyes twitching and his teeth grinding when yet another skull cracked and another body fell even more lifeless to the ground.

One more…

Two…

Three…

Four, five , six…. The boy was starting to pant now, and did not realize that Ilya on the left side of the room was having trouble defending the three most left windows.

To his right Saya was sparring with the windows as well. There were only a few of them, but one had managed to sneak past her glowing eyes and had almost come inside. Fortunately the genius was an actual genius and hag managed to trap it in the barricades for it to be dealt with later.

Saya herself had a weapon similar to that of Rei back on Tokonosu highschool. A broom with a steel tip. It wasn't a first class weapon, in fact it was rather useless in her hands. Yet… for now, it got the job done.

"*panting* Why don't you stay down!" She once again thrust the weapon forwards and heard the squishy sound of her brooms' point in its brain. She twisted and curled her hand but it simply would not fall. Instead of dying for good, it kept pulling on the boards.

…

…

Where these things getting tougher?

In front of the main door where Anton and Saeko. They were busy enough with trying to keep their makeshift barricade from tumbling.

This had come too sudden and they knew it, yet neither of them had the guts to call the retreat already.

It was easy enough for saeko to slice off a hand which threatened to reach the door knob. Not that the door wasn't locked, but she simply did it out of reflex. The girl stood straight on her legs and did not really seem to pay a lot of attention to what was happening around her. Her mind was focused on keeping this door shut, or go and make a run for her leader.

The big bulky Russian next to her noticed her swaying mind and lifeless attitude though. He had remember her a little bit more… passionate, about fighting.

"Saeko-kun… what's wrong?" He whispered out as he replaced the wooden support of the door.

"Hmm? Nothing. Just doing what we should be doing."

"Yeah and you're doing great but…"

"ANTON! No talking dammit! Ugh, this is getting nasty!" Ilya yelled as he saw his friend trying to talk with that big boobed stunning katana wielding beauty.

"Shut it yourself! One is coming through!" He snarled back with a grin. Yep… he had learned not to hide the fact that he loved the thrill of the fight. The thrill of his life being on the line, where everything either turns out to be good, or bad, excited him.

"Anton… They still have not come back…" Saeko spoke.

"Don't worry… Jasper is on it."

"That's what worries me, he was so eager to find them that he might be careless and…."

"Saeko, you think too much. I know you like that boy, but he will be all right." He saw her stopping in her steps when he said that. It was rather obvious no? Had she really thought that he did not know yet? "Besides, you have not seen Jasper fight. I'd say he might be tougher than me…"

Whether his last words were merely to comfort her he did not know. But what he did know was that his tall friend was strong, and indeed, maybe stronger than him. But he also knew that he was reckless, in a bad way.

"… Yeah, yeah I hope so." She sliced of yet another pair of hands as the door began to seriously crack. It began to become quite cold as well, she even thought she saw her own breath for a bit.

Would she be the life saver and tell them to fall back and get the hell out of this country? That was quickly answered with a firm no, as she licked her lips at the sight of her shiny steel katana slicing an arm straight open from its palm to its elbow.

Further down the main hall.

"I don't want to go! I want to see the rest!" The little girl yelled as she clamped Shizuka's leg. The latter whom had finally managed to ready her pistol was protecting the girl by patting her head.

"Calm down… I did not mean what I said…" The raven girl spoke as she had her wakizashi (*Note. That a wakizashi is a shorter form of a katana. Often used by the Ninjas of the stories.* ) in her left hand.

"You still said it…" The blonde nurse added with an offensive snarl.

"Ugh… Yeah I did, I thought it'd help with getting the little child in safety… I was wrong. Look… I'm sorry all right?" The raven ninja stuttered out as she really did not know how to deal with these people. She was supposed to be fighting at the front, not play a babysitter.

'Hmpf…" The little child puffed out. But the nurse was mature enough to accept it and smiled.

"Kaori-chan, we can defend ourselves perfectly without your firm tone. "

Looking towards the clumsy standing blonde, the infant and her trusted companion Kaname she merely scoffed.

"That's… not true. Not true at all." She turned her back away from the group, crossed her arms and stared at the entrance. She saw the chaos and the incredible amount of faces of Them through the windows. Yet, unlike the others her face did not change at all. It was just another day in the meat grinder.

"Shizu… What's happening?" Alice asked, as she as well let her big youthful eyes cross the windows.

"Nothing Alice. Just the usual." The woman spoke in her heavy voice. She seemed to have trouble swallowing, but going up there would only prove to be their downfall.

In the hallways.

" It's right behind us! RUN FOR FUCKS SAKE! WE CANNOT FIGHT IT HERE!" Takashi And Sergio yelled somewhat at the same time as they were trying to remember the place they had come in from. It was a one minute sprint if they would know how to run, yet the latter was the problem. Where the hell where they?

"Rei hurry up!' The young leader yelled in vain, for it was he whom was having trouble keeping up. When he had taken a turn left he had bumped in the wall, crushing an old painting and cutting his arm with the shards of glass. It was a minor injury, and that wasn't the problem. What worried him was that the other two were about two seconds ahead of him. For a mere second he looked over his shoulder and saw that thing coming towards him. It moaned, grunted and groaned some unknown language as it sprinted towards him on its hands and feet. It said words, not understandable, but it said words. It sounded… familiar.

"Oh shit shit shit…." He felt his legs burning and the boards underneath his feet seemed to almost crack each time he planted his weight on one of them. "Shit shit shit shit SHIT SHIT SHIT!" In the moment of looking over his shoulder he had an even bigger gap between him and his ex and possible new friend.

Another turn left, then a quick right…. Was he running in circles? That thing however did not slow down, so he couldn't either. Why on earth hadn't he taken his shotgun with him?! He felt his baseball bat in his palm and he wanted nothing more than to stand and accept the fight. But the boy knew that that was suicide. He had seen this kind before, back at the house of his dearest and by now deceased mother.

"Takashi! Turn right here! It's an exit!" Rei suddenly yelled at him as she came to a sudden stop, made a 90 degree turn, and rushed forwards once more. Her leader has lost sight of both of them now, but he was relieved that there was an exit. There was something very wrong however….the groaning was getting louder and louder…. Could it be that?

He felt the bottom of his baseball bat touch something, could it really be that?!

Time slowed down for him,

Automatically his head turned over his shoulder,

It was too late, he felt his body flying as a firm hand grabbed his ankle.

"F-fuck…." He managed to murmur out mid air. His world turned to black as his face smacked on the wooden boards, sharp things pierced his chin and it was not long before he felt something crawling upon his back.

His eyes flashed open and with all of his strength the rolled his body over, throwing the beast of his shoulder just in time, for he could hear its teeth clashing together barely half a second later.

No time to get up he started to crawl backwards automatically, but quickly found his back against the wall. He heard screams coming from afar, and heard running people, but for him it was too late. One of his hands clenched his sore chin and wiped away some of the blood. Coughing up something which tasted like a vague metallic brew as he saw something flashing in front of him. As if some higher being controlled his arms he grabbed the baseball bat with one hand on each side and placed it in front of his face. An incredible force was placed on his muscles as two firm jaws clenched itself around the steel bat. He felt salvia flying in his face but that was the last thing he was worried about now. With all his force he tried to push the beast back, but his already blurry vision became even worse as his elbows were pushed against the wall. He heard teeth being crushed by the steel, he even heard flesh being slashed open, was it literally severing its own cheeks in this burst of violence?

All that stood between his life, and becoming a foul thing where the bones in his arm. And it felt as if they were snapping anytime now.

The boy groaned…. He was just 17, this could not be the end.. Not like this…. Not whilst running away….

"Hnnnnnnggggg" Once more he tried to push forwards, but his chest and biceps, triceps and wrists simply could not move forwards. The horrible smell of its hungry mouth got worse and worse, he still heard yelling in the background but it was too late anyways.

"R-r-Rei…." He heard the girl yelling, she was coming back. Somewhere in the back of his head he had thought she'd leave him be… Well,… it was the thought that counted. A little bit too late now.

He felt his hands snap, one of his fingers must have given in as a sharp pain raced from his hand all the way up to his already battered spine.

It hurt…. It hurt like hell. He wanted to scream but salvia and blood filled his aching throat. Did the fall cut his air tube? It couldn't be… he'd be done for.

Once again images began flashing through his brain, but this time it was cut off quickly. Something was inside of him…literally… he didn't know what nor did he care. It hurt…. As if he hadn't had it bad enough. This time however… voices did come out of his mouth. And not just a bit, he yelled, it hurt. The thing had pierced his skin and clothing and was literally grasping for his guts.

"ARGH,"

His eyes closed, and even that hurt him. Yet there was something which he did not see coming at all. He did not know who or what, but suddenly he was relieved of it all. He heard a male voice grunting some sort of battle cry. Had it shot the thing? Killed it? No, not anything as good. He could not see whom it was, nor did he care. He felt himself being pulled on his feet by two hands. One voice he recognized as Rei, whom was the other? Sergio? A new kid, putting his life on the line for him? "Hehe…" Were his last words before leaving this world completely. He fell unconscious… something which he would regret later on. Very much so.

"Do you have him?! MIYAMOTO?!" Singh spoke as he was itching to help his friend in the fight against that thing.

"Y-yes…" The girl stuttered as she felt Takashi's weight leaning on her. When Sergio let go of her ex she almost tumbled further down. Her legs still supported her though, and even though her sweaty and tired body wanted nothing more than to lay this weight down and run, she could not do that. Her arms went around Takashi's weight as her perilous twenty meter tour began. Just behind her she could hear the two guys fighting that thing…. Were they winning? Or were they sacrificing two lives for one?

"I can't look back now…. Come on Rei, you can do this. Takashi… Come on…. TAKASHI!" She yelled when she saw his red liquor of life running from his mouth and tummy. "I need to hurry….Where is Shizuka?!"

"FUCK STAY DOWN! YOU FUCKING PIECE OF! ARGH" It was the tall guy, Jasper, whom had tackled the beast from Takashi and carried on by trying to land a hit with his stained fire axe. He had taken a wrong turn before but had came rushing back as he heard the screams and violence coming from behind him.

So far he had landed one hit on its head but had failed to crush the skull, let alone damage the brain. And as if that wasn't enough, this thing actually seemed to know how to do some basic dodges, for it kept back stepping.

"Holy shit… this thing is quick…." The tall guy panted out as his fire axe hit the air instead of his target. Whatever this thing was, it seemed to be scared. For it didn't attack, it merely backed off. It either was hatching a plan, or it did not know how to fight back once spotted and opposed.

There was some good news however, as a second human joined the fight. A knife was thrown and flew towards the abomination and the cold steel found a way though its already outdated skin. But both of the young lads knew, that a knife in the tummy would do no harm to these things. Let alone a special one like this.

"Segio, God am I glad to see you. What the hell happened?" He asked whilst regaining his breath.

"No time to talk, come, we can't fight this thing." He smaller of the two spoke with a firm tone as he pulled the arm of the taller guy towards the door. Frankly enough, the thing did not follow them, but instead seemed crawl back into the shadows of the corridors.

"We can't just go! If we do not take it down now it will come back for us tomorrow!" Jasper grunted as he pulled his arm loose and once again grabbed his weapon in two hands.

"I know! But all that matters now is to regroup! We cannot do this on our own!" Segio yelled back, and for a bit the two seemed to be able to pull each other's head clean off. Yet, after five seconds, the older one of the two nodded, chuckled and walked back along with his shorter friend.

Both of them pretending to have let their guard down, both of them eager and both of them hungry for the blood of this thing.

They heard something running behind them, they grabbed their weapons and the game was on. Now it was just a matter of playing their role better than the opponent.

Main hall:

" TAKASHI?!" Shizuka screamed as soon as her eyes came across Rei and the bleeding guy. Without thinking about what the raven Kaori had said before she sprinted off to her leader, however weird that sounded for an adult like her. Alice and Zeke quickly followed, leaving the two new girls behind at the so called –microwave-.

As soon as the blonde nurse had reached the boy, Rei collapsed on her knees and tumbled to the ground with Takashi still in her arms. She was able to keep him from falling with his head on the ground, but as soon as she saw the puddle of blood she realized that this was no trivial wound. Obviously, that would have been easy to see if she had had the chance, but all she had been doing was running away with a guy leaning on her shoulder.

"What the hell happened?!" Shizuka yelled at Rei. The mature woman grasped the teenager from the red head's arms and pulled off the clothing which covered his torso. When his black sweater came off and the wound was revealed the woman was silent, Rei gasped and the little girl squealed.

Instead of a clean scratch this was a grotesque gap just below the right side of his ribcage. It was not just that, it was his swelling throat as well. Soft gurgles kept coming from his mouth but that was it. It goes without saying that panic was spreading throughout the compound.

Shit hit the van however, when the three youngest ones at the front door saw their leader. Saya was the first to notice the commotion behind her back. She was regaining her breath and clamping heavily to her hurt arm, the sweat on her smooth skin burned on the still throbbing bullet wound. For a second she looked over her shoulder and saw the group standing around a body which was laying motionless on the ground. In-between each exhale it slowly came to her mind that that person might very well be Takashi. In fact, it became pretty clear to her when she saw both Shizuka and Rei leaning over the body, and Alice standing right behind the two older females. The fact that it might have been one of the two new guys didn't even cross her mind. Something snapped in her and she wasn't even sure what or why. Normally she could have labeled it but this time… no, no something was wrong. She knew she didn't love Takashi, that much had become clear over the years. Sure, she had taken a liking in the guy, and she knew perfectly well that feeling was mutual, but it wasn't love.

She'd never lost it before really. There was this one time, at her very own home. She had given the group a speech about her parents not being there for her. And then… Takashi came, and was there for her. She had to be there for him now as well…

After all, they might just be best friends. No it surpassed that, they had, over their short lives, become soul mates.

T'was most likely one of these reasons which caused her to fall back from the barricade and tend to her friend. Her vision blurred and she simply felt a shout coming up in her pale and sore throath.

"T… TAKASHI?!' Saya shrieked out, obviously catching the attention of the others.

Anton saw her light feet running away from the windows, and not long after Saya's tactical blunder the first few of them came stumbling through the by now shattered glass and snapped board. "SAYA-KUN! GET BACK DAMMIT!" The russsian brawler knew pretty quickly however, that he had no control over her. Nor Saeko and Hirano, whom were quick to follow.

This place was lost, they had not even been here for 24 hours and it had already been lost. "For fucks sake…" But instead of worrying about Takashi, he barely even noticed it, his mind was worried about his own couple of friends, whom were still not visible. "Sergio was with them right? And Jasper…. Shit… shit shit SHIT! ILYA! FALL BACK!"

Hirano heard the yells behind him. He also heard the door which not long after was lifted out of its hinges and fell face down on the floor with a loud –boom-. He didn't look back however, he heard Saya shriek and he saw his friend laying on the ground. Takashi had not only given him a group to call family, he had also been one of the first actual friends he had ever had. Sure… he had –friends-, but none of them were ever worthy to put down his life for. Takashi however, was worthy. And seeing both his crush, and his friend like this drove him to drop his duty of guarding the door.

He was now going to attend to his duty as a friend.

As for Miss Busujima? Do the words really need to be repeated? She loved him with all her heart. She'd lay down her life for every single member in the party, but only for Takashi she would come back from hell to make sure he'd be alive.

For the first time in her life she had almost cut her own leg by trying to sheet her blade, but even if she had lost her katana now, that would be nothing to worry about at all.

Once again, all that mattered was her boyfriend's life.

Nothing spells out doom better than a nigh dead person in front of you, hordes of Them behind you, and two missing companions somewhere in the building with a killer beast.

And that was exactly what was going on right now, summed up that is.

The next half hour flew by faster than a formula 1 racing car.

Both Jasper and Sergio came running from the hallways now as well. Nothing seemed wrong until they reached the group. Jasper, the taller of the two clenched heavily to his chest and was yelled at by Anton for letting himself be cut by one of Them. The giant in return yelled back in fury that this wasn't a normal creature, this was even more insane.

All of their bickering got them nowhere though, for they had no time to rest, grieve or heal. They had to make a run for it, and fast.

The strongest of the group were commanded to take point and take out all of them that would stand in the way. Anton kicked open the door and immediately yelled: "GET ON A BIG SAILING BOAT! NOW! I'LL TAKE REAR GUARD!" Takashi, whom was being carried by both Rei and Hirano was the center of the running group. His eyelids were still firmly closed and fortunately for him, he did not see the corpse of his mother which was still lying on the ground. Even worse was that it had been surrounded by a couple of Them, whom were most likely enjoying the fresh and juicy flesh and entrails of the once proud and honest Suki, mother of Takashi, and teacher to the kids.

None of them really noticed the body, except for little Alice, whom immediately closed her eyes and kept on running with the dog in her innocent hands. Rei was too busy carrying the body of her ex to really pay attention to it, but her eyes did cross the body for a few subtle seconds. Shizuka had taken no notice, and only Saya recognized the body as Suki. Of course it was a shock to her, but right now there was no time to mourn let alone give it much thought.

Saeko didn't want to look at it. She might just be losing Takashi because of that corpse.

They passed a lot of little boats and, prestigious ships until Ilya and Sergio made a sudden quick turn on a walking plank. They did not walk onboard yet though, but instead waited patiently for the group to gather after dealing with a single straggler.

For the time being they were relatively safe. A few seconds later everyone had gathered in front of a big white sailing vessel. Whether it would work or not was of no importance, all they needed to do now was get on that boat and drift away from the port. That way they would definitely be safe.

With a heavy voice and obvious exhaustion it was Anton whom spoke first. Not because everyone wanted it, but right now it felt like the only way to go for the group. They needed a goal, and he was giving them one at this point.

"Get on the ship already! Me and Ilya will distract them!" He yelled out with a heavy voice. It's not that he wanted to be strict, it was that he felt he had to. It were their life's that were on the line dammit. Without waiting for an answer he already walked towards the main horde of them. He felt the urge to smash a few of them, and any straggler would do. And if it hadn't been for the hand on his shoulder he would surely have stormed in. As his face turned around he noticed that it were both Busujima and Ilya whom were standing behind him. Truth to be told, he was rather mad at Saeko for abandoning the barricade, yet he could not find himself to be angry at his long lost friend.

"Saeko-kun… you should stay with Takashi. He needs your protection more than I." He muttered out with a smile on his face.

"He does… and I am going to help him by making sure he gets safely on that walking plank." She nodded her head towards Rei and Sergio, whom were having trouble balancing themselves on the walk plank. Both Shizuka and Alice had already sprinted on the boat and were trying to help by screaming at the carrying donkeys.

Behind them were Kaname, Kaori, Jasper, Saya and Hirano. All of them eager to get on board as well but they would have to wait.

"Anton." Ilya intervened before he could reply to Saeko. "Since when do we reject help anyways, besides, that chick can fight." He jokingly spoke, though obviously it was the truth.

Her eyes snarled at the guy but her mouth remained close. She was definitely not used to being talked at like this. With her blade in her hand she once again turned to Anton, whom at his turn nodded at her.

"You're right… Well then, let's do this!" Without hesitation he grabbed a revolver from his belt and held a baseball bat in his other hand. Followed by Ilya, whom was patiently toying with his little switchblade before switching to a more decent sized cricket bat.

The indigo haired woman however, could not focus entirely. She once again looked over her shoulder and felt as if she had to be with Takashi. This very morning he had made her feel good by promising to talk with her somewhere later this day, but now that promise could definitely not be held. Of course she did not blame him, that would be insane. But it saddened her very much. In fact, it was bad enough for her that, very softly, she cursed. It was not hearable, let alone an all too bad word. But for such a stoic girl as Saeko? It was a big deal.

"God be damned…" her eyes closed and her fists clenched, and in a flash her fighting instinct was fueled to an incredible level. Her small feet walked past both the grumpy joker, and her burly friend.

She heard Anton yelling from behind her, he was trying to form a plan but once again she was rushing off.

"Saeko-kun! What are you doing?!" He asked her quickly whilst grabbing her slender wrists. Before he could even get a decent grip on her she had already pulled back her own arm and spoke to him without allowing him to see her eyes.

"Me? " She asked.

" Doh… who else." Ilya spoke as he as well walked a few steps towards the approaching horde.

"Shut up Ilya… we can't just rush in. We need to divide our strength… Saeko?!" He once again wanted to grab her arm but was quickly stopped by a blade just in front of his face. He wasn't scared, he knew she would not harm him… at least that's what he was convinced off. Ilya at his turn tried to charge at Saeko but was quickly stopped by his friend by a gesture of his hand.

"Saeko… what are you thinking?!" He asked her calmly as he observed her shivering body, clenched fists and shaking hands.

Struggling to maintain her personality she lowered her blade short after. Ï'm… I'm…" Her pale face once again looked ever her right shoulder. It was when he looked in her eyes that Anton as well noticed that the outbreak had affected her a lot worse than he had ever imagined.

A small stream of salty tears came from one eye, yet sadness was not what was shining from her eyes. It was insanity. This girl… was on the brink.

"Saeko-k…." was all he could mutter out. He saw the loads of them being about twenty meters away from them. "It's about Takashi right? Don't worry he'll be all right…" He tried to comfort her, but he had no clue about Saeko anymore. It had been so long since they had been good friends… she had changed. And he was not quite sure if it was for the better.

"Yes." She muttered out. "And I'm going to protect him." She grabbed the handle of her blade in two hands and made her first step forwards.

"Saeko-kun! You're not going to…." Once again the Russian bloke was interrupted.

No one except Ilya and Anton were seeing this, but that girl was about to rush in and go head to head with a full horde of them.

"Yes Anton-san." She spoke calmy. It was the silence before the storm because two seconds later her eyes sprung open, she took her stance and spoke the last few words before the carnage would start.

" Yes…I'm going to slaughter them all. Butcher them and slice them… They'll all be dead. "

THAT was it. And sorry for the long time of no updates. I was taking a break in the hopes that that would rekindle my love for this story. I obviously still want to write it, but I just don't feel like it as much anymore.

I want to be writing a dark souls fanfiction, or a warhammer 40k one. But I do not quite yet feel like writing two pieces at the same time yet.

This story will be finished, no worries. I just have to be able to keep on writing.

I have my plans cut out for me and I have the end decided. Now it's all just a matter of sitting it out!

(Does anyone possible know something which helps with rekindling your love for your own story again?)

Thanks for your patience!

Yours sincerely,

Yamucha-san.