DISCLAIMER: I owneth not the storyline of Highschool of the Dead, nor the songs within this chapter. I do own however 2 brand new books, of which will hidner my posting progress. IN laymann's terms, I own nothing, but i got two new books that ill be reading, SO i wont be writing and posting so often until im done. :D Anyways, heres the next chapter, i seriously loved the ending of this one. =w= ALSO! I may be starting that new stor yi said i would start earlier, BUT i require one thing: A genre to post it in xD Someone help me find a category where i can put a story about a Serial Killer falling in love with a Highschool Girl~ Now that thats all over, read the chapter, enjoy the fluff, and brace for the death of a character! Maybe!

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{HOTD Outbreak in America}

{Chapter 12}

~Kiss Kiss Fall In Love~

"See? Dancing isn't so hard." Reina and I just finished our 3rd, and hopefully final dance. Now Kaelynn, Marlou, Jenny, and Ryan were trying their hand, and feet, in the melodical movements. "all you need is some reason. Right?"

Setting down my glass of water, I said, "What reason made me dance then?"

The miniature woman rubbed her eyes, seeming tired from moving about so much. She looked at me directly and greeted my question with another. "How about this, why did you dance?"

"No fair I asked first!"

"LAWL, Well the only reason I can think of is kinda... embarrassing." Looking over, her pale face was contrasted with an obvious red blush forming on her cheeks. "Don't look!" She turned away and covered her face, making me wonder what emotion was on her face. 'You two are by FAR the slowest couple I've seen. then again, you're the ONLY couple I'm with 24/7. I need a life.' 'Well, you're in MY head. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!' *Chuck-sama, you know you can enter other people's minds, correct?* 'Oh really now...' 'BACK TO THE MATTER AT HAND!'

"Hey, just tell me what it is. I mean, it's not like... wow."

"What? If you're thinking its becauseyoulikeme, then..." She began to trail off until she just stopped, leaving behind an awkward silence in its wake.

"Wow. It's so much more awkward when you say it out loud. I mean, it was sort of obvious, but it's still weird actually hearing it."

Her eyes popped open in shock, or some other emotion, and screamed, "WHOA, WAIT. YOU MEAN YOU DO?"

"Never said that! Neeeeeever said that!"

"Oh, okay." As the song came to an end, a new, more peaceful tune took its place. The melody was familiar, as I was thinking of the name, Reina was thinking of what I said. "Miguel?"

"Oui?"

"What?"

"It means yes in French."

"Oh, well, just gonna ask straight forward here, but DO you like me? Ugh what am I saying? I know it's stupid, I mean what does it matter if you do, there's no school drama to ma-"

"Yes."

"Wh-what?"

"Oui. Yes. Hai. Si. I've admitted it in three languages. excluding english." We were both quiet for the rest of the party, occasionally looking at one another, then quickly looking away. We were alone at the table, everyone else was dancing or drinking herself silly. Virgilia was drinking.

Marlou's sloth was just relaxing on top of a table, picking through random garbage and scraps. When Kaelynn came by to pick up the sloth for who-knows-what reason, she saw the two of us awkwardly in the other's presence. Bringing the sloth, she sat with us, trying to relieve the tension. "Hey guys! Why aren't you two dancing?"

The sloth broke free of Kaelynn's hold, and was walking along the table. Reina picked it up, and held it like a sleeping child. "Because..."

Kaelynn droned on, "Because...?"

Quickly thinking of an answer, I said, "Because she's sleepy."

"Oh! Then, why don't you guys go back to your room and go to sleep?"

"Erm..."

In the female telepathic system, Reina told Kaelynn what happened with one look. "Ohhhh, I see. I'll just, leave you two..."

Picking up the sloth, she went back to Marlou, and began the odd dance of three. Reina put her head on the table, then groaned. "Really? I'm sleepy?"

Defensively I answered, "Well I had to think of something! Why do girls always get all quiet once they hear someone likes them..." The song had ended, and I realized now that there was no music. "I'll guess that's the end of it." it was true, the cantina was being cleaned up and everyone was slowly leaving. Standing up, I extended my hand to Reina to help her up. She brushed the hand aside and began walking at a brisk pace, hopefully back to our room. Sighing, I fixed my clothing, and followed her out, hands in pockets.

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Upon my arrival to the room, I found Reina's excess clothing on the floor. She was on her bed, blanket completely covering her, already sleeping. not wanting to risk seeing her... indecent, I climbed onto my/Virgilia's bed and rested. 'Heh, women. hard to please.' *Oh shush.* 'You don't count!' "Tell me why I can hear Maria in my head?" *Oh Charles, you don't mind me using Charles do you?* 'Nahh.' *Charles, you haven't told him?* 'He was busy talkin!' *Well, I should explain myself then. Miguel, you can hear me because I am in your head.* I thought back, 'Since when could you enter people's minds? and why did I not notice?' *All of us can! Voices, like Charles and I, can move from consciousness to consciousness. When entering and leaving, the person should be able to feel a small, light singe on the base of their heads. The original host does change when we're gone however. Virgilia becomes very... messy, when I'm gone. But she's Virgilia, nontheless.* 'So you're saying, if Chuck leaves, I change a bit?' *Essentially, yes. Sadly, we won't know what happens until he leaves.* 'Really...' 'Oh boy. The kid's thinking of something.' "Well, I'm going to sleep now, so do try and keep your thoughts as quiet as possible."

With that, I tried to sleep, hoping that in the morning, Reina would be normal again. Or as close to normal as possible.

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The following day, I spent almost the entire time with Virgilia, Ryan, and jenny. Reina would try to veer away from me when we saw each other, and left if I was in the same area. The majority of the day was a filler, just something to kill time.

"UUUUGGHHH I HAAATE THIS SHOTGUN." Ryan threw his gun at the grassy ground, then asked, "Virgilia, is there a pla-"

She cut him off by answering, "There's a weapons shop. Yes, shop. You can buy a gun or trade something, or do something for the owner. That guy NEVER runs out of stuff to do."

We entered the urban part, looking for the said armory, where I remembered the 4 men I encountered. "A Jamaican, deep voice guy, mobster, and... Jerry? Jimmy?" I muttered to myself.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, come on, I think this is the place." Indeed it was. A moderate sized building, clearly the armory, stood before us. In large, blue lettering were the words 'Crazy Steve's Armory'.

Virgilia instructed us to not touch anything, and to not stare at Steve. We all agreed, then walked in. Inside, the place was really cool. Neatly arranged in glass cases were rows of guns, ranging from the tiniest peashooter to an A-10 Mounted Cannon. 5 men browsed the weapons, and at the counter sat a Chinese man, reading a newspaper. Assuming he was Steve, it was hard not to stare. He was missing an ear, and one eye was swollen. His left arm was slightly longer than the opposite, and lacked half a pinky. "I said don't look!" Attempting not to hurl at the gruesome sight, we looked away and walked around.

Jenny was with Ryan, trying to help him get a gun that would suit him. "Ooh how about that one!" She pointed to a standard marine rifle, which Ryan rejected. "THIS!" She showed him a flamethrower, which was dismissed. "How about this shotgun!"

"WE CAME HERE BECAUSE I DONT WANNA SHOTGUN!"

"Oh yea... then how about that?" motioning to a familiar gun, the pair walked to it. About the same size as a standard sniper rifle, it came with a bayonet attachment. The ammo cases held 50 bullets each, with 4 ammo cases. Everything was painted pitch-black, and the bullets and bayonet were contrasting silver. Ryan whistled and said, "Wooooow, I like it. Uhh, how do I get it?"

Steve appeared behind us and reached over Ryan, left arm reaching the gun first. "So you want this one?" Ryan nodded awkwardly, then Steve laughed and spoke something in Chinese. He moved to the counter, unlocked the sniper from its glass prison, and then returned it to Ryan. "No charge, I make gun free."

Jenny asked, "Really? That's nice."

Steve laughed, then said, "No, this gun, is ****! It not fire good. Needs work."

Rejoining Jenny and Ryan, we all walked outside, wondering how to get the free gun working again. "Well, at least it was free."

Virgilia shook her head. "True, but the repairs might cost more than just buying a new gun."

"Well I like this one..." Ryan hugged the gun, which made me wonder...

"Hey Ryan, can I see that for a minute?" He allowed me to hold the gun, which I compared to my rail gun. His gun matched the first gun I had in terms of size. Handing it back, I said, "Okay. That's all. Now, you guys remember Jordan?"

All of us remembered, except Virgilia. "Uhm, Jordan?"

"He's the guy who gave us these weapons. Before we came here. Big guy."

Virgilia suddenly recognized ho he was by the description of 'big guy', and before she could comment I Continued on, "Aaanyways, if he could make Kaelynn's sword as sturdy as it is, I think he can make a sniper rifle work again. Come on, let's go."

Virgilia led us deeper into the city, "Don't worry, there's a shortcut to the Garage. He'll probably be there."

After countless turns, we finally arrived back to a familiar surrounding we found Jordan underneath one of the Godfather's tanks, doing something. Outside, Cameron was installing an extra pair of wings to her aircraft. Only the two were there, which left an ominous silence. I cleared my throat, which got Jordan's attention. "Heed Miguel! Ryan, Jenny, and Virgilia too! Whatcha guys doin' here?"

Ryan held out his sniper, which Jordan took in his hands. the smaller one explained, "It won't fire, not correctly anyways."

"I got this, lemme just finish this tank's targeting systems and help Cameron with those wings. I'll have it ready... by the time the concert's done."

We all looked confused, then fired a salvo of questions. "What concert?"

"Who's singing?"

"When?"

"Is it free? it better be free!"

"Heck, WHERE is it?"

Jordan thought first, then answered each question in order. "Godfather's hosting a concert, and some Asian chick is singing. I think its 10:00pm-3:00am, but I'm not sure. I THINK it's free, and it's at the plains area. That all?" We all denied, then left Jordan back to his work.

Ryan said, "Well, we've got some time to kill, what you guys wanna do?"

Jenny said, "I wanna play with your sniper rifle..."

Unable to resist, I simply had to scream, "THATS WHAT SHE SAID!" Sadly, that inability earned me a punch, slap, and a tackle. Jenny hit me as hard as she could in my leg, Virgilia slapped me for some reason, and Ryan tackled me to the floor. That backfired, as I was much heavier than he was. I was able to run myself, and he ended up being he one pinned underneath. "I win."

"OH get offa me."

I rose from the smaller male, helping him up. "There you go. So, anything to do?" Virgilia suggested we explore the urban area, but jenny didn't feel like walking. I wanted to shoot things, but Ryan had no gun. Jenny felt like meeting up with the others, which was actually accepted. "Off to... Who first? Kwan and Jamie? Marlou and Kaelynn?"

"JAAMIE FIRST~!" Jenny screamed. She grabbed Ryan by his wrists and ran off to find the duo. I looked at Virgilia, who shrugged at me. Seeing no other choice, we started to chase them down. ※※※※※

Upon finding Jamie and Kwan, the day slowly became better. Jamie and Jenny's closeness influenced Ryan and Kwan, then Virgilia, who ended up dragging me into it. While the majority of day was spent talking and laughing, there were various moments that could not be laughed at. Among them were Ryan and Kwan's 'Gay love moment', Virgilia's attempt to fly, and the drooling Jenny. For a 23 year-old, Virgilia was pretty energetic. Her nonstop happy probably drove Jenny and Jamie to new heights of euphoria, which urged Kwan and Ryan to follow. But my mind was preoccupied. While they laughed, I couldn't stop worrying about my small lover. I left my friends to their merry-making, into an alleyway of the city. "I'll just... meet them at the concert. Yea, I'll find them there." Stopping to rest, Chuck said, 'Heh, if the entire city's gonna be there, I doubt you can find them.' "Well, that's where you come in! You can find Maria, which is where Virgilia is, which is probably where they are! Perf-" 'Shut up kid, 5 guys with guns walking around. They hear you, they'll hurt ya bad.' Watching the figures, I slumped into the corner, hoping to blend in with the wall. Miscoordination earned me a can crackling beneath me, which forced all heads on me. "Shiiiiiitake."

Now surrounding me, the 5 looked like a makeshift mafia. All dressed similarly, with matching hats, they DID resemble the mafia. But their variety threw you off. 1 was Chinese, clearly the leader. 2 were white, 1 black, and 1 Mexican. The Chinese man said, "Well... what have we here... ugly ass kid, sexy gun, girlfriend outfit clothes..."

"Ha, what girlfriend?" The group laughed cruelly, then the Mexican continued. "Betcha he looooves someone, but that chick be hatin on him!"

I got mad at them, laughing behind matching headgear. 'Careful kid, I can feel you getting mad.' 'HOW CANT I? The girl I think I like is pissed at me, and I'm surrounded by some gangsters,' I spoke the ending out loud. "****ING HELL."

Their laughter ceased, and so did my heart when the black man lifted me into the sky. The Chinese man pulled out a switchblade, which was placed against my throat. "So ya think you can just talk when you want to? Well lemme tell ya, you are so screwed." He dealt a blow to my gut, which was hard enough to draw blood. "Heh, weakass. I see why no chick wants you. Look at yourself." I was thrown on the floor and kicked repeatedly. "See? Weak, fat, ugly as hell. I wonder if your MOTHER loved you! Alright boys, that's enough. I wanna kill him." i was picked up again, almost grateful for the pain relief. I was so sore, bruised all over, and bleeding in some. I felt a cold blade slide across my throat, barely puncturing my skin. "Wow, never been kissed even once. You must be SERIOUSLY ****ed up. Betcha not even a low-life midget would like ya."

That set me off. 'HOLD IT KI-' Disregarding chuck, I lashed out at my assailants. "You...y-you..." Kicking my way free, a punch to a groin was enough to make the blade drop. Scrambling to pick it up, I let myself do what I was known for. Murder.

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"Hey guys." On the Bridge, Reina slowly approached our almost complete group, barely a hint of a smile on her face. "So, where's the rest?"

Ryan said, "Well Marlou went to the bathroom,"

"I AM HERE!"

"Now he's back, and the sloth I think was with him. Virgilia went to get some info on the concert. Miguel, well he was with you."

Jaw dropping, Reina said, "He wasn't with me..." A few eyes turned. "Are you sure he didn't go with Virgilia? Or was at the bathroom?"

Hugging her miniscule friend, Kaelynn replied, "Well, he might've gone with Virgilia, maybe..."

just then, Virgilia appeared, running for her life at them. Out of breath, she attempted to speak. "Q-qui-quick! Miguel's I-in, UGH JUST FOLLOW ME!" With no hindrances, they ran like demons, towards the sorry state I was in.

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When my friends found me, a chorus of disbelief arose from them. *My goodness...*

"Oh my god..."

"..."

"What happened?" I was found drenched in blood. In a pool of mixed blood, I was kneeling in front of a mutilated Chinese man. On what remained of his body was a note stating his name, 'Henderson'. His stomach was sliced open, organs exposed to the cold air, still dripping red liquid. All of his limbs were horrendously destroyed, and a finger jutted from his throat. While he suffered all that, his accomplices were better off, slightly. the white men had half of their skulls missing, the black man and Mexican were found with each other's limbs. 'Damn kid, you did a serious number on 'em.'

I didn't go unscathed either, I was bleeding from extra numerous knife wounds, and bruises could be seen. Reina took a single step closer, which was rewarded by Virgilia lifting her then moving her back. "Don't, he might still be a bit... killer."

"I know... but..." Reina shrugged herself free from Virgilia, then slowly made her way to the corpses and I.

Kaelynn hissed, "Don't!" but Marlou had her quiet down a bit.

Avoiding the small pools of blood, Reina edged around the bodies, trying to ignore the stench of death. A neat circle, 24 inches wide, of crimson inner liquid surrounded me and Henderson's body. A cold chill ran up Reina's spine as she tentatively stepped in, one foot at a time. "Eeep..." 'Kid, Reina's comin.' Slowly turning my head, I looked at her, half-looking like I wanted to kill her, half-looking like I need her. "Miguel...?"

The switchblade used to kill 5 men grew heavy in my hand, forcing me to drop it. Reina was now only 4 inches from me, then she kneeled, mimicking my position. "Bon Qui Qui... You okay?" No response from me. "Right... Well, I don't know what to say. Maybe I don't need to. Actions ARE better than words... right?"

With that, she jumped at me in a sudden embrace, shaking out of fear or her light sobs. Knocked out of my murderous trance, I instinctively tried to comfort her, even if I was the reason. One arm on her shoulders, I tried the 'foreign language' technique. "Hime, mon cheri, don't cry, dajiyobu." 'Smoooooth. SHE DOESNT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CALLED HER.'

To the dismay of chuck, she replied back, seeming to understand what I said. "Hehe, I'm your darling princess?" she laughed very softly, and said, "Are you okay? You look like... well..."

"Nn, dajiyobu. And I know what I look like. Blood reflection."

"Speaking of which, can we get out of here? All the gore is making me nauseous."

I got up, unintentionally spilling blood on Reina's white clothing. "SH-"

"Its fine, just get me out of here!" I helped her up, and walked our way back to our group, who had watched the entire scene.

Marlou was the first to speak. "Well, you would do anything for each other, wouldn't you?"

Both of us retaliated, "Shut up!"

"What?"

the tension from finding me quickly evaporated, mood quickly changed when jenny suddenly remembered. "HEY Isn't that concert tonight? Like, NOW tonight?"

None of us had a watch on us, so we assumed we were late. "COME ON LETS GO!"

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Only 3 minutes late, we walked into the concert during the familiar song of 'Houki Boshi'. Kwan had a little fetish for the original singer, and was disappointed to find someone else. "She's still hot."

All of the males agreed, then exploded in laughter. "HAHAHAHHA, WOOOOWWWWW DUDE, and WELL We gotta agree huh?"

"You perverts! At least the sloth likes me, Mr. Sloth?" Kaelynn looked around for her sloth, which was found onstage, next to the singer. "BLLAAAH TO YOU MR. SLOTH. BLAH. TO. YOU."

Another round of laughter ran around as the music rang in our ears.

Yozora wo miage hitori houki boshi ho mita no

Isshyun de hajikete wa kiete shimatta kedo

Anata no koto omou to mune ga itaku naru no

Ima sugu aitai yo dakedo sora wa tobenai kara

Moshi atashi ga houki boshi ni nareta naraba

Sora kakenuke tonda iku

Donna ashi-ta ga kite mo kono omoi wa tsuyoi

Dakara houki boshi zutto kowarenai yo.

One of the best parts of the concert would be Ryan singing along, loud enough for us able to hear it.

In a very, very, VERRYYYY off-key voice, we heard Ryan singing the next couple of lines. "AMA GA FUTTE IYADA TO BOYAITEITA TOKI NI, ANA GA II ITTA KOTO IMA DEMO OBOETERU, AMA NO ATO NO YOZOR-" The horrendous sound was cut short when he tried too hard and nearly passed out. Probably from an over exertion of effort.

All of us were having a great time, spending it with our extremely obvious... pairings. 'Kid, just come out with it, LOVERS.' 'Okay okay, fine...' We spent the entire night with our lovers, Kaelynn and Marlou going crazy with their pet sloth, Jamie hitting Kwan when he drooled over the singer, even jenny danced with a half-conscious Ryan. Reina was leaning on me heavily, laughing her uncontrollable, yet irresistible laugh. she exclaimed, "MIGUEL~"

"Yes?"

"I like you too~!" Hearing the words I longed to hear for so long, whatever events happened next were a blur compared to 4 simple words.

But, once again, Marlou ruined the moment, or rather, his sloth made the night. "RRAAWWWWGGRHHHHH!"

Collapsing on top of me, Reina and the sloth landed in a messy pile of human and animal. When the sloth crawled away, our faces were left, barely an inch apart.

"Bon Qui Qui."

"Hime-kun."

The moment reached its climax, accompanied by the perfect song, Sakura Kiss, beginning to play. Drums beginning the beat, followed by a light chorus of guitars, topped off with the vocals. Kiss Kiss Fall In Love~