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Warning: Gore and violence
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Chapter 11
Teiko Academy
Aomine stared outside of the window, looking at the darkened night sky. It was late, but he couldn't sleep... Not after what he did to his friend... Not when there was so much.. so much of Kuroko's blood, covering the floor of the cell. He slowly looked away from the window and over at the body of his friend, eyes filled with despair at what happened a few hours ago...
*Flashback*
"I-I'm sorry, Tetsu..." This was..the only way. If it didn't work then they'd lose him forever...
Aomine brought down the knife with enough force to slice through Kuroko's upper left arm. The arm dropped away with a clean cut going through both flesh and bone, he was relieved that it sliced on the first try..he didn't know if he would've been able to handle raising the knife again, knowing it would hurt the bluenette. But when that smiling face turned into one of pure agony, followed by a blood-curdling scream, his relief washed away.
"Hold him down properly!" Akashi shouted to Murasakibara, when the bluenette's struggle's were enough for the arm that was being held, to break free from the purple-haired teens grasp. Kise hurried and secured his legs that were thrashing around, not wanting his friend to accidently hurt himself or the others in his half-concious and panicked state.
Kagami, who had been holding down the arm that was severed, grabbed the cloth nearby and put it in Kuroko's mouth, as Midorima had instructed earlier, so he wouldn't bite his tongue. Akashi knelt by the bluenette's side and shouted over the muffled screams of pain, hoping to focus his pain elsewhere.
"Listen, Tetsuya! When the Bokor bit off his own tongue in the van so you could drink it's blood, it means that the virus he's carrying may be very weak!" Akashi, paused looking into Kuroko's pain glazed eyes, knowing he couldn't hear him but he continued saying it to reassure himself and everyone else in the room. "Now that the source of the infection is separated, there's a chance the infection won't spread!"
Midorima grabbed the needle threaded it, holding down Kuroko's left shoulder, so the remaining part of the bluenette's arm was steady and proceeded to suture the wound to stop the bleeding. When it was closed, he wrapped the cloth bandages around it.
After a minute or two of struggling, the blunette's body went limp, eyes rolling back into his head and blessedly passing out, escaping the pain. Hanamiya and Himuro, standing on the other side of the room, wanting to help but knowing they had it under control, stared when Kuroko's movements and screams ceased.
"I-Is Kurokocchi..o-okay..?" Kise asked, worried at the sudden stillness. Midorima checked his pulse, it was still erratic, but at least it was there.
"Yes, he just passed out." The green-haired teen stared down at Kuroko, smiling in amazement, not bothering to hide it as he usually did. "Seems he's tougher than we all thought. Even grown men sometimes go into shock from such methods, and with no anesthesia..remarkable."
"Kuro-chin's strong..." Murasakibara commented, looking at the hand shaped bruise on his arm that he had gotten from when the bluenette's arm broke free.
"The pain of getting your bone cut through is no laughing matter." Midorima said.
There was a knock on the door and they all looked towards it in apprehension, seeing as everyone had blood on their clothes, Hanamiya went to answer it so there wouldn't be any suspicion. When he opened the door a crack, he saw Hiroshi and Kentarou standing in the hallway.
"What do you two want?"
"Someone told us they saw you running with the Miracles, so we figured that you'd be here." Hiroshi explained.
"Well, as you can see, I'm fine. So you can go now." Hanamiya narrowed his eyes at them. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, it was just a nuisance to involve more than necessary. This made them suspicious, their leader never let them off this easy for showing up unannounced ... Something was going on...
"What's in there, Hanamiya?" Kentarou asked, squinting and trying to get a better look inside. Hanamiya sighed, he and Kentaro knew each other for a long time, so he knew that once the slick haired teen got curious, he wouldn't stop until he found the answer.
He looked at the other teens inside of the room before opening the door all the way for the two of them to walk inside. Hiroshi and Kentaro stepped inside and froze.
'So..much..blood...' Was their reaction when they saw the red substance on the floors. But when they saw the small form in the middle of the room, their shock turned to worry.
"Wh-What happened to him?" Hiroshi asked, voice stuttering a little, looking at the boys missing limb and paler than usual face. From the times the kid had been to the office, he had grown on them and they found his visits as amusing as Hanamiya did.
"It..had to be done..." Hanamiya said. There was silence for a while before Akashi stood, finally looking away from the still body of the bluenette's.
"I need you both to do something." They saw that he was talking to Hiroshi and Kentaro.
"Do what?" Kentaro raised a brow. Akashi hardly asked them for anything, usually opting to ignore their prescence.
"There's a body on the third floor, bring it to your cell and hide it." Akashi ordered. In their rush to get to their room in hopes that Kuroko would go there, they forgotten all about the Bokor. And now that Akashi remembered, he didn't want anyone stumbling upon it and starting to ask questions.
"Eh? Why our cell?"
"I..don't want to see that thing anymore than I have to. Or I'll do something that I'll regret." Even if it was dead, he didn't want to look at it, he'd only remember that it was partly his fault it had been there in the first place.
'And because of that..Tetsuya's...'
As Akashi turned away from them and sat down beside the bluenette, they stared at the red-head in shock. He never openly admitted stuff like that... They considered to do as he said this once and with a nod from Hanamiya, they left.
"Why was that Bokor so obsessed with him?" Himuro asked. He didn't know the whole story behind the Bokor and them, but it seemed odd. "If it's like the other zombie's, shouldn't it just attack anyone it can? It could've gotten any of us both of those times, and yet it only went after Kuroko."
"I've wondered about it also..." Midorima said, looking deep in thought. "I can only come up with one conclusion... What if Kuroko was the only one out of us that could be infected by it?"
"What..?" Kagami asked, confused.
"So, if we were to get bitten, then nothing would've happened..." Akashi mumbled, catching on to the green-haired teens thoughts.
"Exactly. There are cases where only certain creatures can be infected by a disease. Like.. the Avian Influenza will only infect the avian species and not humans. Even if we are all humans, cells are not always the same, something must have told the Bokor that Kuroko's were compatible for his virus." He got confused looks from all except Hanamiya and Akashi.
"So, all those times, it acted on instinct knowing that Kurokocchi was 'his one and only'?" Kise asked, trying to understand all the science talk Midorima uses. When the blonde said this, everyone else in the room suddenly understood what was being said.
"Yes, Kise." The green-haired teen's eye twitched in annoyance, at having his explanation being transformed into such a childish way of speaking. Akashi was still conflicted.
'It had to of been more than that... He could've bitten him at anytime and yet he went through so much trouble. He was up to something...'
"What..now..?" Kagami asked, now that it was quiet he couldn't help but stare at the arm laying feet away from him, with a disturbed look on his face. When Midorima had explained the process on their way to the cell, he hadn't expected it to be this bad...
"We can only wait. If the wound heals properly, and he doesn't turn in a few hours, we should be fine. But if he does turn into one, then..." Akashi trailed off, not wanting to think about the possibility and from the downcast looks the others had, they too didn't want to think of it.
*End Flashback*
"Mm.." A soft mumble came from the boy on the floor.
The tanned teen stared down at Kuroko hoping he was waking up. But, when he saw the boys eyes stay closed after a full minute, he sighed.
"You should go to sleep, Mine-chin. Aka-chin said there's nothing more we can do until Kuro-chin wakes up..." Murasakibara said when he heard the sigh, but when Aomine looked at the giant he saw that he also didn't make any move to sleep, staying beside the bluenette.
"Yeah..." He didn't feel like sleeping. That pain-filled face was still in his head every time he closed his eyes. Aomine laid down, staring at the ceiling.
Teiko Academy: Next Morning
When Aomine felt the heat of the sun on his face, he shot up from his spot on the floor.
'When did I fall asleep..? Tetsu! Is he okay?!' He looked around, not seeing the bluenette in the place he was at yesterday. He began to worry.
"He's still unconscious." He heard Akashi's voice say from behind him. He looked behind him and saw the red-head staring out the window with narrowed eyes. "I moved him onto a futon a few minutes ago."
Looking around he saw everyone was awake, and the bluenette was laying on a futon on the floor next to the other window in the room, still unconscious, but definitely not turned. Murasakibara was sitting beside him again and was running his hands through his hair. He sighed in relief. He hadn't chopped of his arm for nothing...
'He didn't turn...Thank god.'
"Why are you staring out the window, Akashicchi?" Kise asked, noticing Akashi's odd behavior.
"I hear propeller's, and it's getting closer..." They looked at him weirdly, before keeping quiet and listening as well. When they heard the sound too, they went to get a closer look and sure enough, in the distance there was something in the sky, too far to tell what it was though.
"We should go." The red-head turned to the door, looking back at where the bluenette was sleeping, hesitating.
"I'll stay with Kuro-chin." He offered, curious of what could be outside as well, but knowing it wouldn't be good to leave him alone. Akashi nodded, and the six of them left the room and headed out to the courtyard.
When they arrived, they saw that Hanamiya and his group were already there. He had left their room last night after making sure everything was okay.
"So you heard it too, Makoto." The black-haired teen nodded, glaring at the small black object that was still too far to identify if it were a plane or helicopter.
Minutes later, all the delinquents were present, having heard the noise outside from their rooms. They were able to confirm that it was indeed a helicopter, and it was slowly descending. As it was feet away, they covered their eyes to shield themselves from the strong wind, caused by the propellers, that were blowing dust everywhere. The landing gear hit the ground and the propellers slowed before stopping completely. Nothing happened for a while until the helicopter door opened.
The people inside of it exited the vehicle, revealing a middle-aged man with black, slightly curly hair, and standing next to him was an attractive man, about six-feet tall, pale complexion, with chin length pink hair, a single strand falling between his eyes and dark pink eyes. Behind them were at least fifteen other young-adults, but four of them really stood out.
The first one had black, messy hair and glasses covering his squinting grey eyes, with a wide smile on his face. The tallest of the group, had light blonde, spiky hair, mouth formed into a scowl. The next had a stern expression and short dark brown, spiky hair. And the last one who was lagging behind, and looking nervous, had short light brown hair and eyes.
It wasn't the fact that they had arrived by helicopter that shocked them, nor the fact that there were other people who had survived outside of the reformatory walls. No, it was the fact that all of them were wearing military uniforms, and holding weapons ranging from sub-machine guns to rifles.
They all stopped walking when they were a few feet from the group of inmates. Then the older man stepped forward.
"Who is in charge here?" The older man asked, addressing the group standing out in the courtyard. Everyone looked for their black-haired director.
"I am." Hanamiya stepped forward, eyeing the people in front of him, as if sizing them up. They looked at him before the man gave the pink-haired male a look. Nodding, the pink-haired man stood in front of Hanamiya, straightening his back and saluting.
"I'm Commander Momoi Satoshi of the United Nations Peacekeepers. Japanese Support Group. Second Squadron, Touou branch." He said in a smooth and loud voice, so everyone in the group could hear, but direct enough so the teen in front of him knew he was addressing him.
"I'm the Squadron Captain, Corporal Harasawa Katsunoi." Said the older man, as he walked forward and stood next to Momoi. "We are here to save you all. Ever since the outbreak, the United Nations has designated all Japanese as refugees, and are welcoming any and all to immigrate to other countries, in order to save Japan from the threat." He looked towards Momoi, signaling for him to continue with the explanation.
"We will be more than happy to allow you all the chance to choose which country you'd like to be evacuated to. There will be individual meetings for each of you who wish to request a specific destination." They all had confusion on their faces, just yesterday they were fighting for their lives, and now..they were going to be saved?! Akashi, who was standing next to Hanamiya, narrowed his eyes. Seeing their hesitation, Momoi continued, putting a soft smile on his face. "We apologize for not being able to reach this area fast enough. You have all been though a lot, so this is the least we can do for you. Your bravery in this situation was admiring, so you have no more need to fear. We will protect you all from now on."
There was silence for a while as everyone let the information sink in.
"N-No way..."
"Are we..really done..? Is it..over?" The teen fell to his knees, tears of relief going down his face.
"I-I'm so glad! W-We're saved!" At that last statement, all the teens realized. This was it! This was what they had waited for ever since this whole thing started! They looked at each other and laughed and yelled in joy.
"Woo! You hear that, Aominecchi?! We're saved! We can get Kurokocchi help and antibotics and stuff!" Kise exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. When he didn't hear the tanned teen respond, he looked over at Aomine and saw him staring at the scene with a blank expression.
'Where had they been? If they had come earlier, then Tetsu wouldn't be hurt right now. I wouldn't of had to...'
Akashi and Hanamiya shared a look as the uniformed group made their way pass them, wearing small smiles as they looked at the teens who were discussing their destinations.
"Where are you going?" One of them asked their friend.
"Definitely Italy, all you can eat pasta and pizza! You should come with me."
"Ehh?! No way, America's the way to go, man! New York, party all day, ya know?"
"They sure are excited, aren't they, Harasawa-san?" Momoi commented, looking at Harasawa, who just smiled.
"E-Excuse me..?" They looked over and saw one of the teens looking at them, nervously.
"Yes, is something wrong?" Momoi asked, kindly.
"Uh, I was wondering..I'm worried about my relatives.. and..." He trailed off, but the pink-haired male knew what he was asking.
"If you'd like, I could radio the Embassy for you and see if they're alright."
"R-Really?!" The other inmates who had heard the exchange, grew hopeful as well.
"Holy crap..the Embassy? These guys are for real." Kagami said, lowly so they couldn't hear. The rest of the group stared, as Momoi pulled out the handheld military radio that was clipped to his belt, and started talking into it.
"Yes.. No.. I'll ask." Momoi covered the receiver and looked at the teen who had asked him to call. "Your relative's names, please."
"A-Ah! Oosawa Taeko and Oosawa Yuu!" He smiled politely when he answered and returned his ear to the radio.
"Yes, Oosawa Yuu and Taeko..Understood." He turned off the radio and smiled brightly, eyes closed. "They were both safely evacuated to Singapore. Your family is safe."
The teen stared into his eyes, silently asking if he was dream, that this wasn't a hallucination. When he saw nothing but honesty in them, he rejoiced.
"Th-Thank god! Mother and father...they're alive!" He yelled in relief, tears running down his face. The group watched as hoards of the other delinquents went up to the pink-haired man, all wanting to know how their families and friends were.
"Please, calm down. We will be more than happy to provide you with your families whereabouts during the interviews. If we were to do this and the interviews separately, it'd take up too much time, and we want to have you all evacuated as soon as possible. So tell us everything and don't leave anything out when we start them, okay?" Momoi explained to the teens in front of him. When they nodded in understanding, he grinned.
"Tell them everything..?" Midorima repeated, starting to get suspicious.
"So they intend to use force..." Aomine commented, looking at the soldiers with narrowed eyes, knowing they weren't doing this for free.
"What do we do, Akashicchi?" Kise asked. Akashi looked at the military people, who were staring at the scene with small smiles as well, and was about to dismiss his earlier suspicions, when his eyes landed on the nervous looking one with the short light brown hair.
'Why does he..look guilty..?'
"Don't let your guard down..." The red-head instructed.
"Huh? Why? They seem legit." Kagami said. Himuro scowled at his idiot brother.
"Don't trust them so easily, Taiga!" He hit him over the head.
"Ow! Fine..geez..." Kagami glared at him, but agreed.
"Is there anyone here that can guide us around? We'd like to see how much damage has been done to this facility." Momoi asked Hanamiya. Seeing a chance to have a closer inspection of these people, Akashi spoke.
"Go, Ryouta."
"Okay!" Kise said, putting his acting skills to use once again. "ME! Please! Allow me to!" Momoi looked at the overly excited blonde who was pushing his way through the crowd, wearing a huge grin. When he reached the man, he stood up straight.
"I'd love nothing more than to escort you all around. I'm honored that I'm in the presence of people who serve the country all the time! I'll do my best to provide you with anything you want or need. Since I was little, I've always wanted to join the army, and I would be very happy to help you all!" Momoi stared at the cheerful teen in front of him, with a small nervous smile. He wasn't used to such cheeriness.
"O-Okay." He agreed. "Are you coming as well, Hanamiya-san?" He decided it was best to show respect to the person in charge even if he was younger than him. The black-haired teen nodded, giving Akashi the signal to follow them, in case they tried anything.
They started walking toward the building with Momoi, Harasawa and four of the military officers following. He walked around, showing them the classrooms and cells. When they were walking down a hallway, Momoi decided to introduce his squad to the two teens helping them.
"Ah, excuse our rudeness! Here you are helping us and we haven't introduced everyone. This is Lieutenant Imayoshi Shoichi." The smiling black-haired person waved.
"He is Lieutenant Sakurai Ryo." The brown-haired one nodded shyly.
"Lieutenant Wakamatsu Kosuke." The spikey haired blonde just grunted, not looking at him.
"And finally, Lieutenant Susa Yoshinori." The man glared at the two of them. "Mou, Susa-kun! Stop being so anti-social! You too, Waka-kun!"
They both sighed and reluctantly said 'hi' to the them.
"Ah..Nice to meet you all!" Kise greeted.
"Who are the people following us?" The teen with the wide smile asked the black-haired teen, surprising the group behind them. They had been quietly following the group, from afar. Seeing that their cover blown, they stopped hiding and joined the military members Hanamiya and Kise.
'So, they're the real deal...'
"Ahh, them? They are my minions, where I go, they go." Hanamiya said, smirking at the glares Akashi and his group sent him at being called his minions.
"Ahh..I see." His smile widened and he let the matter drop.
"There isn't as much damage here as I thought..." Momoi commented, looking around and only seeing broken windows and glass on the floor.
"Well, it was pretty messy before! But the others cleaned it up a little yesterday." Kise explained, he was impressed by how much Hanamiya's group had repaired things in only one night.
"Hmm..It's good that there aren't many bodies. Were you able to fend them off without fighting?"
"We pile the dead outside, I can show you if you want." Hanamiya said. Midorima noticed that all of their faces turned troubled, before they nodded and followed him outside.
"What..is that smell?" Momoi covered his nose, as they got closer to the door.
"Well, we couldn't really keep up with the disposal of the bodies, so we had to just dump them out here." Hanamiya said, shrugging his shoulders, before opening the doors.
They all walked out and froze, knowing why the smell was so bad. There were at least a hundred rotting bodies piled up on top of each other. The group looked at the soldiers as they knelt beside the pile and.. prayed..?
"Why are they praying..?" Kise asked. They were silent, not knowing why either.
"You all..did this..?" Akashi watched as Imayoshi's face changed from its permanent smile, into a frown. It was kind of unnerving...
"Yeah, what of it?" Aomine said, not knowing what the problem was. Behind the tanned teen, Wakamatsu looked ready to punch him, but was stopped when Sakurai stepped between them.
"Why are you getting in the way, Sakurai?!"
"Ah! I'm sorry! But, Harasawa-san doesn't want us to cause trouble!" When he only received a glare in return he back away. The blonde turned around and stomped to the door, punching the wall on his way. Momoi stared at his lieutenant's form and sighed.
"These..'monsters' as you call them. They are sick people who should not be killed." Momoi's eyes were now narrowed, looking at the group intensely.
"Hah? They try to eat people! That's no disease!" Kagami yelled, angrily.
"You're wrong. Right now there is a way to revert them back to normal. It's only a matter of time before the disease will be cured." The pink-haired male said, face determined. Himuro froze. "However, in your position I may have done the same, it was self-defense. What we... what Wakamatsu, is angry at is the fact you all killed so many."
"So..We're murderers..?" Kise asked, still not fully believing there could really be a cure, but at how sure the man in front of him looked, he was starting to.
'Cured... There's a cure?!' Kagami looked over at his brother, seeing him staring at the pile of dead zombies with wide eyes, full of disbelief and hurt. 'Alex..could've been saved..?'
Kagami glared at Akashi. Deep down, he knew that it wasn't him who killed her, but if he hadn't brought that Bokor then Alex would've still been in the van...She would've still been around! But now...she was dead, no cure could cure her... He walked away, not being able to stand their presence any longer. Himuro chased after him, putting a hand on his brothers shoulder, hoping to stop him from doing anything stupid.
"Calm down, Taiga." Kagami shrugged the hand from him and turned around to glare at Himuro.
"How can you not be angry with them, Tatsuya! You were right before. Alex could've been cured! And they brought that thing with them and I even talked you into letting her go and then they killed her!" Kagami felt horrible for giving up on Alex.
"Look, what happened..happened... I'm disappointed too, but at her funeral I decided it was for the best. And besides, just because he said there's a cure, doesn't mean that it'd work." Himuro paused, seeing the red-head frowning, and rubbing the chained ring around his neck. Something he did when he was upset. "Besides, it was Tetsu-chan who motivated you to tell me all of that stuff. Are you saying you'll hate him as well?"
At the mention of the bluenette, Kagami's eyes softened. It was true that he had lead Kagami to talk to Himuro. But..he couldn't blame him. His intentions had been good, and..he had finally seen his brother smile genuinely after so long because of him.
'No, there's no way I could blame that kid...'
"You're right... Thanks, Tatsuya.." Kagami said, but glared when Himuro tried to ruffle his hair.
"Hmm, you're not cute at all! Tetsu-chan better wake up soon I need my cute little brother." Himuro gave Kagami an unimpressed look.
"O-Oi!" Kagami blushed, but he too wanted the bluenette to get better soon. It wasn't the same here without him...
They both walked back to the group, who gave Kagami looks. He just looked away, still a bit angry, but understanding. Himuro noticed that all the other soldiers besides Momoi were gone.
"Where'd everyone go?"
"They went to go prepare for the interviews...Mou, leaving me alone like that..." There was a pout on the mans face. "Well, let's head back, shall we?"
They went inside, glad to be away from that stench. Now that his squad wasn't here, he decided to ask these people about what happened here.
"Do you mind telling me what caused the building to collapse over there?" He pointed in the direction where he had seen the broken building from the plane earlier.
"A mountain of zombies rammed into it yesterday." Hanamiya explained, expecting to get an unbelieving look, but frowned when the man asked his next question.
"Wh-What happened next?!" They stared at him, weirded out by how enthusiastic he had become. Seeing this, he composed himself.
"We killed them and stopped the other ones from getting inside." Aomine said.
"I see.." His gaze turned solemn, before he looked at the group with hope. "Was there a naked man sitting at the top?"
"A naked man...Hmm, nope doesn't ring a bell..." Hanamiya responded, feigning ignorance.
'So they know of the Bokor...'
"Ah.." Momoi pouted. When the teen had mentioned the mountain, he had hoped...
"Can I ask you for a favor, Satoshi?" Momoi looked at the red-haired teen when he called him.
"Yes..?" He looked at the red-head with caution. Something about his dual colored eyes made him nervous.
"Well, you see. I saw how much you helped that guy before and.. Well I was just wondering. Could you see if my friend's parents are alright..? He loves them so much." Akashi had to see if his hunch was right about these people.
"Ah! Of course I can!" He was relieved, he had feared that they were catching onto them, but it seemed they were just as worried and manipulate-able as the others. He took out his radio. "I just need your friends name, please."
"His name's Kuroko Tetsuya." Akashi said, face serious. The others in the group stared at him in confusion as Momoi walked a bit farther from them, talking into the phone. They all knew that Akashi was aware of Kuroko's family and how they were..gone. He had even been there, so why..? What the soldier said next made them realize what he had planned, showed that these people weren't what they said they were.
"Kuroko's parents are at the Embassy in Canada right now. You can tell your friend there's nothing to worry about. I'll be going now, I think I know the way from here. Thank you for the help." He smiled at them, continuing down the hallway, unaware of the glares being sent his way.
"So...They are fakes." Hanamiya commented, impressed that Akashi figured out a subtle way to find out their intentions.
"And it seems that they are trying to find the Bokor, as well." Midorima said, he sighed and push up his glasses.
"Which means, once they get all the information they need about that man, they may just kill everyone..." Aomine said, glaring at the ground.
"When'd you all start doubting them?" Kagami asked.
"When they arrived." Akashi said. "There's no way they'd send those type of people to deal with this situation. And the fact that they'd waste time to interview people before evacuation, it just seemed off..."
"If they're interviewing people for information on the Bokor... Then they'll soon know that we were lying."
"Ahh, such a shame. I kinda liked Momoicchi." If all of this were true, he was impressed by the mans acting skills. They raised their eyebrows when Kise gave the man that nickname when they just met.
"I suggest you withhold your admiration, Kise. If they do come after us... We will have no choice but to kill them." Midorima said, and no one argued.
"Let's get Atsushi and then go back to your room, Makoto. I don't want Tetsuya to be dragged into this if they do follow us." Hanamiya nodded and started leading the way.
Teiko Academy: Special Classroom
"Alright! Everyone line up here." One of the soldiers commanded. "And remember to get any weapons you have and bring them with you."
All of the delinquents were waiting outside of a classroom in the hallway, excitedly. They had all of their weapons with them and were chatting with each other about where they were going and waiting for their turn to speak to the commander for information on their families.
"Can't wait to go to England, I never got to watch many soccer games before coming here."
"Hah? England? I'm going to France."
"Whoa me too! Let's meet up?"
They stopped talking when the door of the room opened and the next person was called forward.
"I'll be back." The teen grabbed the gun he had with him and entered the room. Sitting down in the chair opposite of the pink-haired man. There were other officers in the room as well.
"This is your only weapon?" He asked, taking the weapon from him when he brought it forward, and putting it in the pile of guns on the ground. "Sorry for all of this, but civilians aren't allowed on the helicopter with weapons. Hope you understand."
"Yeah. It's fine anything to get out of here." He smiled slightly.
"What's your name?" Momoi pulled out a clipboard.
"Hagiwara Daichi." They continued like this, asking questions and recording them on the sheet. When all the personal questions were asked, and Hagiwara relaxed, Momoi asked.
"So, I heard a mountain of people slammed into the building earlier. Know anything about that?" He studied the teen in front of him, to make sure the answer he got wasn't a lie.
"Eh...It was more like a tower than a mountain...It was so weird, I thought we were gonna die..." Hagiwara shook his head and continued. "I'd like to go to America." Momoi smiled and nodded.
They called in the next person and did the same process.
"Do you recall seeing a naked man ontop of the zombies yesterday?"
"A naked man...on top...Hm, nope." The soldiers frowned. Maybe this was all for nothing..."Ah, but we saw this video earlier, there was a naked man in it with no genitals. Anyway, I wanna go to Italy!"
The next person also confirmed seeing the video.
"Yeah I saw it. That guy had like three eyes, it was weird..."
"Wh-Who showed you this video?" Momoi asked, getting excited. They were definitely talking about him!
"Eh, the group in cell 4. You met them earlier, I'm surprised that Kise said he wanted to join the army, never took him for that kind of person. Well, I'd like to go to Hawaii. Not America! Hawaii!" The last teen left and they closed the classroom doors.
'Those kids from earlier... So they lied to me, huh?' Momoi chuckled.
"The 'Child of the Light' was here!" Sakurai exclaimed loudly making everyone wince. "S-Sorry! I'm sorry for yelling!" They ignored him.
"Ahh..so that's why they weren't at the interviews." Imayoshi's smile widened.
"What should we do with those brats?" Wakamatsu asked, glaring at having been mislead.
"Mou, Waka-kun. You should know the answer already. We kill them, of course." Momoi smiled slyly, eyes lighting up, before addressing one of the other officers standing behind him. "Go get them and that video they made, Takahiko, Masaya, Kenji, and make sure you get any weapons from them.
The gruff looking men nodded grabbing their rifles and machine guns, and left the room.
"Everyone else... Let's get to the enlightening part!" They smiled and nodded, eagerly.
Teiko Academy: Courtyard
Momoi and his squad stood in front of the delinquents that they had told to meet here. They were all cheering, ready to go to helicopter and get out of here. When they saw the soldiers approach, their celebrating got louder. Momoi sent Harasawa a look and he nodded.
"Silence, please!" When they all quieted, he looked at them all, frowning a little. "We all have something to tell you...We are not from the United Nations."
"What..?" They sent disbelieving looks to all the uniformed soldiers that were present.
"Wh-What about our families?" One of them asked. "You contacted the Embassy and they answered you, right..?" Momoi sent them a sad smile.
"You all will not be transported to another country, we had to tell all of you something so that you would cooperate with us without any violence. Even if we were to send you elsewhere, it's the same all over the world, so don't be too disheartened, okay? We took your weapons so that you could not harm anymore of the infected. Right now those infected are people who are being sent the divine blessing of God. They are in an angelic state and to kill them is blasphemy." The delinquents could only stare at him.
"I'm very sorry, but we did not deceive you all for evil intentions. We are something far greater than the United Nations!" He looked at his squad, who were smiling at his comment, proudly. Smiling brightly, he continued. "We are here to pass on God's will."
"What the hell, is he talking about..? God's will?" Everyone was starting to get impatient with this joke they were playing.
"Infected..are angels..?" Confused as to what the problem was, he continued, hoping to give them solace with the information they found out that day.
"Furthermore, the man that all of you reported seeing in those videos, he is the 'Child of the Light'. A being who is closest to God! We came here to find him, and after seeing and hearing everything that you've told us, we are now one step closer to our goals." His eyes were practically sparkling. "He is all powerful and magnificent! If you all join us we can-."
"So..you're saying..that everything you've said.. has all been lies?!" Oosawa screamed. He couldn't believe they had done this...Telling him his family was safe and now..to say it was all an act just so they could get them to talk?!
"Y-Yes! We had to, in order to pass the will of Go-."
"SHUT UP!"
"You're all crazy!" Imayoshi stared at all of them as they shouted insults and comments of disbelief at their commander.
"Heh, seems they aren't worthy of the truth..." He smiled.
"I-I'm sorry, but th-they shouldn't be treating Momoi-san like that!" Sakurai said, looking at the crowd nervously.
"Ah, I knew they were too dumb to realize." Wakamatsu said, glaring at the group. Momoi, trying to get the teens to calm down, started to think of a better way to make them see sense. But, what was said next he knew there was no hope for them.
"Who cares about your twisted God?! If there is one then he's as brain-dead as those freakin zombies!"
'Ahh..seems it's useless after all...' He couldn't let them talk like that. He took the gun from it's holster and shot the teen right in between his eyes. The teens dead body fell to the ground, and everyone went quiet.
"I suggest you all withhold from blaspheming God, it's simply not allowed." The pink-haired male frowned, eyes narrowing and scanning everyone in front of him. "Mou, it's sad... I had hoped that this pep talk would help you realize the gorgeousness of this new world. But, it seems you are all too tainted from killing so many angels..."
Behind him, all the other soldiers aimed their guns at the mob of delinquents, some smiling, others glaring.
"Now, you can either atone for all of your sins and let us send you to God, or..." These people were murdering sinners, but even sinners should be given the chance to be set free. Momoi grinned slyly, stars in his eyes at the prospect of helping these souls see the light, spreading his arms wide. "...you may join the ranks of the angels and hope that one day, the 'Child of the Light' may visit you and wash away your sins."
They stared at the soldiers in shock and horror.
'Get shot...or be eaten..?'
"Line up and choose..."
