WOOOO I'm back :P Third Chapter, Third day with this story, might be making another story real soon if the author let's me continue his one-shot :D be happeh No OC's yet and I really need them for the fourth chapter. If I can't get any OC's from any of you I'll have to make my own D: Also, a special thanks for Alex 888, whoever you are I'm glad you be liking my story so far :3
Disclaimer: I do not own HOTD :D
Chapter Three….START
They had just arrived at the Tokonosu All Purpose Supermarket and Miku was deep in thought. "Hey Miku! Get over here! Don't go standing around spacing out!," Takashi had yelled out to her. Her head turned to face Takashi, letting the stray thought leave from her mind. "Coming!" Miku ran to get to Takashi and the rest of the group to see what they were talking about. When she got there, Saya was muttering something under her breath that sounded like she was praising Takashi. Rei and Hisashi were just staring at each other, Kohta was panicking about Saya, Shizuka was spacing out like always, Saeko was staring at the sky, and Kyoko looked like a love-struck teenager. Miku might have gone into hysterics at what was happening to the group if Takashi had not placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let's head in and clear the place out if there are still any of 'Them' left inside the building," Takashi ordered. Saya stopped muttering and nodded her head. Takashi walked towards the entrance to the supermarket. When he opened the doors, he gasped. Everyone else looked in with interest. What could possibly have made their mighty unofficial leader gasp? They soon learned when they peered in. Inside the mall-like supermarket…looked as if there were hundreds of the undead. They knew Takashi's inhuman strength and speed, but they could not help but gasp at the number of the dead. They could not help themselves as they began to doubt they could take out that many. Takashi sensing this, reassured them with his confident tone.
"Don't worry guys, there aren't enough to take us down, we can easily take care of this number," he said, deep in his heart was doubt and uncertainty. He had monstrous strength and supersonic speed, but could he handle hundreds of the undead? Unsure of his words, the whole group started backing down, making sure not to make any noise. Looking back, he didn't know if he could rely on them for this fight. After a moment, Saeko stepped forward, in truth she got caught and was pulled back by Rei and Saya. "I can't let you have all the fun, now can I?," Saeko said with a smirk and a gleam in her eyes. Takashi knew for certain that this was probably the only person that he could rely on for now. "Let's go then," he said quickly, not waiting for Saeko. He burst into the mini-mall immediately killing the first of the undead that he had saw first. He rushed in, foolishly leaving Saeko alone to fend for herself one she would enter. Takashi could feel the undead bite him all around, he let himself get bitten, since for some reason they couldn't penetrate his body. He started to easily wipe out the infected, his happy grin showing. He enjoyed killing and he did not regret it one bit.
He then burst out with rage as he saw Saeko about to be bitten. He did not understand it himself. Sure, Saeko was part of the group and maybe he was falling in love with her, but he didn't get why he was so angry. He was angry at the thought of her not surviving, of him not being able to protect her. Anyone could tell at first glance that he was an amateur at love, and so he was as he still could not comprehend his fury. He ran to Saeko at supersonic speed, not caring of the dead that dared to block his way. He swung out his arm, and out came flying more than a dozen of 'Them' taking the doors with them. The rest of the group stared in disbelief at the spectacle. Kohta saw this as a sign that they had a fighting chance, he rested his makeshift gun for a second before he rushed in, shooting the bloody bastards in the head as they attempted to surround him. Luckily, Rei came and joined them just in time to save Kohta from getting bitten in the leg.
Saeko was surrounded, more coming to try to get a bite of her every second. Takashi ran as fast as he could, toppling the dead, not caring for them as if they were just mere insects buzzing around him. He slapped away the insects as he ran, his mind intent on saving Saeko. Just as he arrived her bokken was knocked off of her hand and she was about to be showered by bites from the dreaded infected. Her face held no emotion but her eyes betrayed her as they showed a mixture of fear and astonishment. Takashi saw this and ran over the living dead and grabbed Saeko and pulled her into an embrace to save her from being bitten. Luckily, Rei and Kohta had seen what was happening and killed the dead that were trying to infect Saeko and bite through Takashi. "You okay guys?," asked Kohta. "Sure, thanks to you," Takashi said while still holding Saeko in his arms. "Ahem," said Saeko. With a little blush Takashi pulled away, the blush on Saeko's face noticeable. "What about you, Saeko?," asked Takashi. "Yes, I'm safe and without any wounds…thanks to you," she muttered the last words under her breath, but Takashi with his hearing could easily make them out. "You're welcome," he said with his trademark smile, his smile causing Saeko's blush to further even more.
Why was she acting like this? This is what Saeko asked herself repeatedly when she faced Takashi. Something about him attracted her attention, but she did not know what. Maybe it was the fact that they were the same… they both liked killing as much as the next. There was only one problem though, Takashi did not feel ashamed of this fact, and maybe because it wasn't his fault he enjoyed it so much. Saeko, on the other hand, felt deep remorse of the fact that she enjoyed killing. She felt as if she was a monster because of her love for killing. Every time she would enter her trance-like state where her bloodlust showed, she would always wake up in a heap of dead bodies of 'Them'. Even though it was good that she was killing 'Them', it was still bad that she enjoyed killing, even though it was the lowly bodies of the infected.
Takashi knew of the fact that she enjoyed killing, easily sensing a companion that shared his favorite pastime. He also knew the fact that she regretted it. She regretted having such a repulsive pastime. Takashi knew that he would soon have to confront her about it, but for now he had to kill the hundreds of infected dead in front of him. With joy and pride, he took to killing the despicable creatures. It didnt even take them an hour to sweep the place from its dead residents. Takashi had not held back at all, the floor was stained with blood and along with that blood were ripped off heads, spilled organs, and hundreds of dead bodies. It took them longer to clean the place than it took to kill all of its residents. It was time to investigate, just to make sure that there were no other infected in the building, and to count their supplies they had gained. They had come to this place for its shelter and its possibility of having the much needed supplies.
They looked around for what seemed like an hour and Takashi had found something. Kneeling down without looking at anything but the floor and holding a small pup was a girl that looked to be seven years old. Takashi noticed that she had been crying a lot and finally saw the dead body that was next to her. He was not bitten, but was instead stabbed right through the heart. "Hey there…you okay?," he asked carefully. He did not want the girl to panic or think that he was a person with bad intentions. Finally looking up the girl responds with a nod. "Bad people… my daddy asked them if they could help… he screamed since they did not want to anything to do with us," she then started to cry, sobbing into Takashi's shirt as he leaned in to embrace the second grader. "He just wanted help… and they stabbed him…daddy…," she was now full blown crying. "Shh, shh… it's okay, I'm here now, I'll protect you," said Takashi, he wanted to keep his promise, too. He could not help but feel bad for the young girl. She would have had to keep quiet and not cry at all so she would not attract 'Their' attention. "WOOF!" the pup suddenly barked. He had not wanted to be left out. He had seen the girl and saw her sobbing quietly and it was his duty to stay with her, even though the young pup could not do anything. "Let's go… I have some friends over there and you can get to know them," he said softly. "My name's Alice… and his name's Zeke," said the second grader. "Well, Alice and Zeke, let's go," he said with a soft smile.
When he got back his group was discussing matters that he could care less about. They all turned to face him when he got back with little Alice holding onto his hand and Zeke following closely behind. "And who's this little one?" said Rei. "Her name's Alice and his name is Zeke, I found her sobbing next to her pops."
"Hi…," she said shyly. She clung to Takashi; she had just met these people so Takashi was the only one she trusted for now. Everyone smiled at the young girl, causing her to blush and hide behind Takashi. "Well we have more pressing matters to discuss, Takashi," said the 'genius'. "When we arrived there was barely any food, and this place is already a dump with all that you four did," pointing towards Rei, Kohta, Saeko, and Takashi. "We can't find shelter here, we got the supplies we needed so it's time to head out again." Hisashi suddenly spoke up, "There should be enough for us to survive here, all we would need to do is to get people to scavenge for food at times and we can easily fix the place up and cover the entrance." Saya was irked. "Well I want to go visit my parents, they are all probably still alive over there since they won't die THAT easily and they have food, shelter, and we could take a much needed break there."
Now it was Takashi's turn, "It probably is a good idea to go to Saya's house. Her house is more like a mansion, and there probably is enough food for us to stay there. It seems like the best choice for now." "Takashi came up with an idea, "How about for now we split into two groups, one group can stay here and the other can go to Saya's house. The group that stays here can fix the place up, so that later on if anything happens we can easily revert to this place. The group that goes to Saya's house stock up on supplies that we would need, including food and some much needed rest." Kohta suddenly spoke up, "Now who goes where?" Almost everybody wanted to goto Saya's house, save Hisashi, Saeko, and Takashi. "Well how about this, Takashi, Saeko, Rei and me can stay here and the rest of you go on to Saya's house. I think it would be better to have two good fighters here to protect us," said Hisashi. Before anyone could argue, Takashi spoke up "It is a good idea, you all need the rest and we can easily hold up here. Kohta could easily hold the group together, now that I see that new toy of his," said Takashi finally acknowledging Kohta's new gun. Kohta's eyes gleamed at this, "It's a M16A4 assault rifle and the U.S uses it, it weighs 3.26kg, is 1000mm long, semiautomatic, can fire 45-60 shots per minute, and can hold up to 100 bullets per cartridge and it so happens that I have 6 of them," he finished happily. "No need to worry for your safety with him with you," Hisashi responded with a laugh. "Just in case though, here are the keys to a military truck that I found," finishing with a laugh. "Hisashi, Rei you stay here for now and try to get things fixed up, for now me and Saeko will go and protect them until they get to Saya's house, since we can't afford Kohta wasting his limited amount of bullets," explained Takashi. "We might as well also search for some food," added Saeko. With two nods from Rei and Hisashi, they all left to the military truck that would take them to Saya's house.
An hour later they were just about to arrive, but they then got swarmed by a few dozen of the bloody bastards. The number just kept increasing by the second though, "Run em' over! We need to get there fast!," yelled Takashi. Shizuka was now stepping on the gas as they got swarmed. The vehicle lurched forward as it crushed the bodies of the unlucky dead that were in front of them. It had finally gained momentum, but as luck would have it there were wires in front of them. They could not go forward, so Kohta did what he had to do and began shooting the bastards that tried to swarm them. They were back against the wires, and Takashi and Saeko could not protect them at the same time they were fighting. There were already hundreds of infected people attacking them. "We're going to lead them off! Go over the wire and save yourselves! We'll be fine," finished Takashi as he grabbed Saeko's hand and ran. He didn't go his supersonic speed, but went fast enough so he was at pace with Saeko. They had led away most of the crop, but some still remained to try to devour their group of friends. Takashi and Saeko could not look back. They both had to trust their friends, and so they did, they did not look back even once when they ran off.
"I'm running low on bullets!," shouted Kohta. At the beginning he had 600 and now he was reduced to a mere 100. "I don't think I have enough bullets to kill them all," he said again. There were at least 200 of the freaks, waiting to get a bite out of them. Just as Kohta shot his 526th bullet, leaving him with only 74 bullets, there came their saving grace. Shooting compressed water towards the rest of the dead, the 'firefighters' saved their lives. "Thank you so much for saving us," said Kohta. "Well of course," said the stranger taking off her helmet, "I needed to save my daughter and her friends." The stranger now had the helmet off, revealing purple eyes and purple hair. "Mom!," Saya yelled heading over to hug her mother. "Good to see you Saya," said Yuriko Takagi, embracing her daughter. "Now let's head out towards the mansion, it's safer there than here," said Yuriko. With a nod, they all followed Saya's mother to the mansion, confident in the fact that Takashi and Saeko were safe.
A/N: Well sorry for the short chapter ., but to make up for it I'll make the next chapter more than four thousand words :DDD get excited :3 BTW reminding people, I need at least 3 OC's by the next chapter or I'll be forced to make my own T_T and I bet you guys can come up with much better one's. Well get excited for the next chapter :D See ya :D