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===Harvest Moon: Resident Evil===

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Chapter Two: The Next Morning

Nami checked into the Inn late, as usual. Nobody seemed to be home, which was unlike Tim or Ruby. Or Rock, for that matter. But she didn't care. All she wanted was sleep.

Sleep, however, was interupted by a loud crashing sometime around Five AM. Nami woke up with a start.

'What the hell was that?' she thought. She opened her room door. The hallway was rather dark, but she could see fine because of the light from downstairs ebbing up the stairway.

Another loud crash sounded in her ears. It was clearly coming from Van's room.

Nami shouted loudly, "Van! What are ya trying to do, pull off a Daryl? Stop making those damn noises! I'm tryin' to sleep!"

There was silence. Then, another crash. This set Nami off.

"Damn it, Van, if you think I'm joki-"

She violently pulled the door opened, and froze stiff in her tracks.

Van was a gruesome sight. His skin was a darkish pale. There was skin peeling off him, leaving dark red spots in their place. His pupils had vanished from his eyes, his outfit was stained with blood, and his nails were unusually long.

Nami let out a scream as Van raised his hand. The scream was cut off and blood sprayed the wall.

All Nami wanted was sleep. And she would have that sleep... forever.

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Meanwhile, on the farm just up the cliff from Inner Inn, Danny the farmer was enjoying a bit of sleep himself. He was relaxed in his bed, away from all the troubles of farm working and loud noises.

But, a noise, but not a loud one, issued as a creak as the front door slowly opened. Danny opened his eyes slowly. There was a dark figure, not visible because of the darkness. But Danny could make out Takakura's figure.

"Takakura?" Danny said. Takakura did not move. "Takakura, what are you doing? It's pretty early..."

Takakura did not move, still. He seemed to be tired or hungry or something...

"Taka? Answer me!" Danny said, getting annoyed. "What are yo-"

Takakura began to walk towards the bed. As Danny turned on the light, he could clearly see what he was doing.

"Oh my God..."

Takakura was a mess. There was a chunk of his mouth missing, revealing his teeth. There was blood spotted in some parts of his body, and his eyes were glazed and dull.

"Takakura... what-"

Takakura made a loud shrieking noise. Danny realized at that moment it was not safe to be near him. He rolled across his bed, jumped outside, and slammed, then locked, the door. Takakura pounded constantly on the door, but soon stopped. Danny rested by the door panting.

"What the hell? Whats going on?"

There was a crash and the sound of a window breaking. Danny turned to see Takakura pushing himself out of one of the windows. There was another loud shriek. Danny knew he had to act fast. He opened his barn door, but none of the animals were in there. He turned, and ran as fast as he can.

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Danny stopped running as soon as he reached Vesta's farm. He sighed, fell against the cliff, and sobbed. 'What the hell was that?' he thought miserably. 'Takakura... it can't be... why?'

His thoughts were cut short as the loud bang of a shotgun went off inside Vesta's house. Danny looked at the house. It was silent now.

"V-Vesta?" he called out. "Marlin? C-Celia?"

The sound of a door opening was heard. Voices began to talk. Living voices. Human Voices. 'Finally!' thought Danny. He ran over to the farm.

It was Marlin and Celia. Marlin was carrying a shotgun. Celia was crying.

"Not Vesta... what was wrong with her... why did she...?"

She cut off in a loud sob.

"What happened?" Danny asked.

"Vesta turned into this... living dead person," Marlin explained. "I don't know how that could have happened, but she... went cannibal on us... her skin was gray... she... her eyes..."

He cut off, and took a deep breath.

"I know... I witnessed the same thing with someone else," Danny muttered.

"Is that smoke?" Marlin said, sniffing.

The three turned. The Blue Bar was on fire.

"Looks like we're not the only one in trouble," Danny said. "Come on. Keep that shotgun ready."