A/N: SOOOOO, how'd you guys like the cliffhanger from the last chapter. Good? Nice? Annoying? Enough to want you to kill me? :3 WELL IT'S CHAPTER 6 AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT WANT TO KILL ME EVEN MORE! I haven't been able to start my other story… because of certain complications. Well if not today, then tomorrow, if not tomorrow then the day after! I swear it won't be later than the day after tomorrow :P

Disclaimer: I do now own HOTD, or it's awesome characters, but I do own the plot :3

FOR ALL THE PIE LOVERS OUT THERE, IT'S TIME FOR CHAPTER SIX ! ENJOY! ~

Takashi's heart sank when he heard that his best friend had been bitten. 'Wait! Maybe he might be like me!' he thought hopefully. Takashi struggled to keep his cool in front of Rei and Saeko. They could not have their unofficial leader losing his cool; it would mean the end for them if he did. "Where is he Rei?" Takashi spoke, thankfully his voice had not cracked. Still sobbing, Rei lead them to him. "He's over there," she pointed at Hisashi which obviously held a high fever, just like Takashi when he was bitten. Rushing toward him, "Hisashi? Are you okay?"

"Me? I'm peachy," he said with a hoarse voice. Takashi couldn't help but smile at his best friend. Even if he was near death, Hisashi still cracked jokes. "How'd you get bitten?" Takashi was curious at how he got bitten. "We were trying to barricade the front doors when Rei screamed in pain as she cut herself with a broken piece of glass," he started. "Her scream attracted hundreds of them that were wandering around, there were only a few of them that were close enough to be a threat though, so I killed them, but one managed to sneak up on me. Rei helped me by killing it with bat that I dropped, but it had already bitten into my arm. After that, we threw the bat at a car so they would be distracted a bit and we ran in here and locked the doors and stayed quiet."

Takashi was impressed by Hisashi, he handled the situation well. "Hisashi, my friend, let's hope that you turn out like me, we need you, Rei needs you," he whispered into his friend's ear. "I know… but it's not likely, since you are like the one person out of a billion people that can survive this."

Takashi would not have it. "Don't be so damn pessimistic, you're going to survive this. I just know it." Hisashi laughed before coughing up blood. "Let's hope."

It was only after an hour of waiting that Hisashi reached his limit. Rei and Saeko were in the room to the left of them. Hisashi's condition worsened even more and he grew paler. His symptoms were exactly like the ones that Takashi displayed when he got bitten. "Takashi," Hisashi started. "I don't know how I will wake up, but if I wake up as one of them, don't let them see me like this. Kill me quickly so Rei won't have to see me in that state."

Takashi stiffened at his best friends' words. "Will do…Will do…" Hisashi then gave out a small cry before he slumped. The suspense was killing him. Would his friend survive? Would he die? Takashi's eye gave out a small tear. Huh? Takashi was sad, but he has never cried after THAT incident. It shocked him a bit; he knew he couldn't bear it if his best friend died. Suddenly, Hisashi rose up at superhuman speed and attacked Takashi. Takashi had the living daylights punched out of him.

He staggered back and looked at Hisashi in the eyes. They weren't the eyes of the undead. Takashi celebrated quietly in his head but remembered the situation he was in. He didn't see the eyes of the undead, but he saw blood red eyes. He must have been like this when he transformed also. "Hisashi! What are you doing?!" he cried out. Hisashi didn't seem to hear as he once again attacked Takashi. Takashi fended off the attack and realized something. 'He has to kill… he'll only wake up after he kills' he thought. "Come on, can't you do better?" he taunted. Hisashi was about to lunge at him, but Takashi ran out the door, opposite the side where Saeko and Rei were in. He saw Hisashi chased after him, 'I can't have him near them…' he thought before he ran through the back door. Hisashi followed in pursuit. Takashi was leading him to a place populated with Them. He finally reached a small park which held at least fifty of the undead. Takashi ran through them and hid before Hisashi could spot him. Hisashi noticed all the zombie-like creatures and was able to let his bloodlust out. His smashed heads in, tore bodies in two and drank blood.

As Hisashi killed the undead, Takashi stared with interest. 'Is this how I am? Is this how I act when I give into the bloodlust?' He was snapped out of his thoughts as he saw Hisashi kill the last of them. His thirst for death was satisfied as Takashi could see Hisashi snap back into reality. "Hisashi! You chill now?" he shouted/asked. Hisashi turned to face him and he could see that his eyes were back to normal.

"What happened?" he asked. "I feel great." Takashi couldn't help but smirk at his friend, as he came out to give him a bear hug. "You're like me buddy! Superhuman!" he shouted. Hisashi's eyes widened with surprise, "Well would you look at that. Guess you're not so special after all," he mocked. Takashi put his arm over his shoulders. "We're still two in a billion, y'know that right?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Hisashi said. "We're that awesome, huh?" Takashi smirked. "Like hell we are!"

"Time to get back, then, they must be worried sick," Takashi said. "Let's go then, time for a race! I wanna see how fast I am now!" Hisashi ran, leaving Takashi behind. "Cheater! You didn't say Go!" Takashi ran after him and caught up to him, running at mach 5 speed. "Still not good enough buddy! You can go faster than that!" Takashi shouted at him. "Hell yeah! Let's go!" They both were too excited and ended up running around the whole town, dodging the undead creatures left and right. They even made a trip to the Takagi mansion, which stood as imposing as ever. While they were running, they saw a guard jump and scream out "What the hell?!"

Both snickering, they ran back to the mall-like supermarket. They wasted enough time already; they finally reached the building and slowed down considerably, walking at normal 'human' speed. When they walked into the room which held Saeko and Rei they noticed that their two girlfriends were fast asleep. They picked up their respective princesses and walked toward their own mattresses, before reaching their 'beds' they looked back at each other and smirked. They sent each other a telepathic message, not wanting to wake up their girlfriends. 'Mine is cuter' Takashi thought. 'Nope, mine is' Hisashi countered. Knowing that they wouldn't get anywhere, they both chuckled, making both the girls stir in their sleep. "Night," Takashi said out loud. "Night," he could hear Hisashi respond. With that, they laid the two girls down and slept beside them.

Morning came and so did birds chirping. Takashi woke from his sleep as sunlight hit his eyes. He woke up, moaning. 'Ugh, the zombie apocalypse happens and there are STILL birds chirping, I wanted to sleep in' he thought. With a groan, he sat up. Third time. This is the third time he got to see the normally calm and composed Saeko Busujima drool in her sleep with a goofy smile plastered on her face. He touched her cheek softly and pecked her on the lips. "Saeko..." He heard a small groan come from his beautiful princess. "Takashi…" he heard her say. "Go away and let me sleep," she finished. With a small chuckle he kissed her again, a bit more forcefully, telling her that it's time to wake up. With another groan she sat up, continuing the kiss with Takashi. She groaned again, but not because she wanted to sleep more, this time her groan came from her pleasure in kissing him. "Takashi…" she started. He suddenly pulled away and stood up, leaving Saeko with a small pout on her face.

"You look so cute," he said, cupping her face with one hand and giving her a peck on the lips. The comment made Saeko blush. "Idiot…" she said. "Oh?" Takashi said. "Does that mean you don't like my kisses?" he said teasing her. "No, it means that I like them TOO much," she said while pulling him down toward her. They have kissed many times before, but the same little shock never ceased. "Mmm," he said while trying to pull away. "As much as I would love continuing to kiss you, we need to properly protect ourselves today," he said with a teasing voice. "Fine," she said pouting again. She obviously wanted him to stay with her.

"Let's go wake up Hisashi and Rei," he said, shocking her. "What DID happen to Hisashi?! She half asked and half screamed. With a smirk, Takashi started walking towards where the other couple slept. Saeko soon jogged up next to him. Takashi looked down at the couple, Rei's left leg draped over Hisashi's legs and her right arm on Hisashi's chest. Takashi snickered at their sleeping position; he suddenly leaned down and yelled, "WAKE UP!" The two of them suddenly sprang up, obviously surprised by the sudden scream. "What the hell, man!" Hisashi yelled at him. "What he said," Rei yelled also.

She suddenly realized that Hisashi was ok. "Hisashi!" she yelled, tackling him to the ground. "Ha ha, you're going to kill me with these hugs," he said casually. "What happened?" she asked. "I thought you were going to die!"

"Let's just say, Takashi isn't the only special person around here," he said smirking at her. The person in question scoffed at him. "As if, I'm still more special-er than you," he said. "Before these two start arguing, let's barricade the door and look for some food," Rei said. "We don't need to look for food," Takashi and Saeko said at the same time. "We've got a month's worth if there were ten people, so with four.. I guess two and a half months worth," Saeko finished. "Fine, but we still need more supplies; I guess the people before us took all that they could carry," Rei argued. "You two," Rei said pointing at Saeko and Takashi, "Look for basic living supplies, like blankets, living necessities, cooking utensils, stuff like that. Raid the houses if you have to." With a nod Saeko and Takashi left to find supplies while Rei and Hisashi barricaded the doors, all over again.

"Got anything?" Takashi asked. "Yep, I found some blankets we could use and some sheets. I also found some clothes for all of us," Saeko responded. "I found the cooking utensils and a cable box we could use to keep track on what's happening," Takashi said. "Let's go then, we're done here."

Takashi and Saeko were walking back towards the supermarket when they heard a sudden cry for help. They dropped their supplies at the corner and ran to the source. When they arrived, they saw a young girl and a young boy being ganged upon by older adults, which were all male and held different types of guns. There were about eight grown men. While half of them were beating the boy, the other half were attempting to rape the girl. The two could not have been older than they were, they must have been the same age as Takashi and Saeko. "Move away, now!" Takashi roared. He could not stand the sight of them. They all turned to him, surprised by the roar. "And why should we?" the one in front said smugly, obviously the leader. "What are you going to do about it?" he said while raising a M92F pistol.

He tried aiming for Saeko, but Takashi blocked the way. "Go away, but leave the girl," the raider leader said threateningly. "Like hell I will, you dipshits," Takashi said cockily. "You asked for it." The leader grinned and shot Takashi. The bullet hit Takashi in the leg, but didn't penetrate skin. "That's it?" Takashi said mockingly. The raiders and the two young teenagers looked at Takashi in surprise. "W-What the hell are you?!"

"Me? I'm just a regular seventeen year old." Takashi said mockingly. "Now how about you let go of those two," he said pointing at the boy and girl, "Before I hurt you." The raiders weren't convinced. They opened fire and a bullet skimmed Saeko's shoulder. She yelled out in pain as Takashi moved to cover her from the barrage of bullets. He moved to hide behind a car and placed Saeko on the ground. "Stay here, ok?" Saeko nodded. As Takashi stood up, the raiders took aim and fired at him. Not a single bullet pierced his skin. "W-What the hell is he?!" he heard them all yell.

He walked towards them as he said, "Your worst nightmare, and don't think you're going to get off easy, you hurt my girl, so now I'm going to repay the favor… twentyfold." He moved like the wind, and easily got to them. As he passed by to get the teenagers, he crushed all of the raiders' legs, leaving them crippled. "You two ok?" he asked them. "Y-Yes," they both responded, scared of Takashi. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you, let's go," he said quickly, "The gunfire attracted a lot of them." As he spoke, They were already arriving by the dozens.

With quick nods, they followed Takashi as he went to pick up Saeko. "We're going now," he said as he picked up Saeko, princess style. With a small blush, she nodded. "Both of you," he commanded, "get on my shoulders."

The two were shocked at what he said, "Why? You can't hold our weight and we can run by ourselves," the boy said. "You'll be surprised, and it'll be faster if you're on my shoulders," Takashi told them. With two hesitated looks, they climbed on his shoulders when they knelt down, surprised his ankles didn't even buckle with the weight. "Hold on tight," he said as he began to run. The two teenagers were shocked at his speed. It felt as if they were going as fast as if they were in a car. Within five minutes, they were outside of the supermarket. "Saeko, explain to them what happened and stuff, I'm going to go get the supplies we left behind," as soon as Takashi finished speaking he ran off, faster than when he was carrying the three of them. "Well," she began, "First off, I'm Saeko Busujima and the guy who just went off running is Takashi Komuro, just wait for him to come back he'll be back in a minute or two." True to her word, Takashi came back after a minute and a half with a large bag on his shoulders. "What's up?" he asked. "Oh nothing, just waiting for you so we could go inside and introduce everyone," Saeko responded. "Oh ok, let's go in then," he said. As they walked in they saw Hisashi and Rei making out. "HEY GUYS!" Takashi said, purposely saying it extra loud. They both snapped their heads up as they saw Saeko and Takashi walk in with two strangers. "Hey, who are they?" Hisashi asked. "Oh, just some people we saved from raping raiders," Takashi said.

"That's…nice?" Rei said. "Well, what are your names anyway?" Takashi asked. "My name is Mike Smith and this is my girlfriend Madison Claire," he said. "Why did you save us?" he said, a bit paranoid. "We couldn't just leave you two at the mercy of those raiders, now could we?" Takashi said. "Well thanks anyway, seeing as this one couldn't protect us," Madison said roughly. "HEY! They had guns! And there were eight of them! Even though I know karate, I can't handle eight grown men," Mike said, defending himself. "That's true, anyone would have trouble with them," Hisashi said. "Thank you," Mike agreed. "Hmph," Madison grunted. "Well anyway, I suppose Saeko introduced herself and myself, these two here are Rei Miyamoto and Hisashi Igou," Takashi said as the couple nodded. "We're here, trying to make this our new home, trying to make it more livable when our other friends arrive, if you want you can stay, but only if you help out," Takashi told the two. Madison and Mike both looked at the other and nodded. "That would be great, the people out there are going crazy and I don't think we can handle ourselves," Mike said. "They are crazy nuts, aren't they?" he agreed. "So Rei, Hisashi, when are you going to barricade the front doors?" Takashi asked. "We were busy doing the other doors when we decided to take a… break before heading to do the front doors," Rei explained. "Must have been one hell of a break, huh?" Saeko asked. "If you say so," Hisashi said. "Well let's get to it before the sun sets!" Takashi said. Glancing at Mike and Madison as they still sat while the others walked towards the front doors, "You two coming or what?" That snapped them out of their daze and they walked with Takashi. As Takashi walked, he could see his three friends looking up into the sky, it was dark already. "It's nighttime already?" he asked. "N-No…" Saeko said. Takashi, curious at what they were staring at, walked outside, much to the surprise of the others, and said "Oh shit… we're in deep trouble now…" his voice trailing off.

A/N: What could the gang have seen? :D Read next chapter and find out! Will be posted tomorrow with a bit of a lil somethin' somethin', y'know? BTW for those of you who are wondering if there will be KohtaXSaya, THERE WILL NOT! Just kidding. They will start to fall in love with each other :P but somewhere along chapter 9 I will give them their own chapter. They deserve it, no? :3 BTW I need some opinions. Should I start using First Person POV? Should I describe how Takashi feels and how he thinks the others feel? I really wanna know how you guys think I should do it. Until next chapter! PEACE OUT :D