Notes from me: Heyo everyone, how goes it? Hope you're all doing well, can't say the same for myself but eh tis is life. Here I am with chapter 3, ImmortalGlare thank ya kindly for your review. Hope you'll continue to stick around to the end, also while I haven't mentioned this Nao's last name is Brennan which is Irish hence his words towards the end of the chapter. Which translated Nao's full name means 'Honest Sorrow', also one other thing is Nao's shot at the zombie to save Saya was done to stun it giving Saya enough time to get the drill. Because in the Anime I always felt the time for Saya to get the drill and the time it took for the zombie to attack her was slow. So, Nao's shot to the spine stunned it enough for her to react, that's about it aside from one other thing which is I decided on the theme songs for Nao and Saya. Which is…
Nao's Theme: On my Own by Ashes Remain
Nao and Saya's Theme: In my Arms by Dead by April
That's about it, ENJOY!
~Jester~
A Dead Arrow
Chapter 3: Dead Escape
"Not sure how I survived that…"
Nao questioned as he looked at the broken window he was just forced out a minute ago, he could see several of Them trying to climb out but thankfully to no success. And soon their attention was pulled elsewhere as they turned around, sighing lightly he looked to the dead girl that by some miracle saved him from the fall.
"Arigato." He thanked once, getting to his feet he walked over to her dead body. Kneeling he softly patted the skirt pockets feeling nothing, cursing once he noticed something under her school shirt. Turning a bit red he could only guess what it was, so unbuttoning her shirt slowly he caught sight of her red bra. And sure, enough what he was searching for was clipped onto it, a cellphone.
"Excuse me…" He whispered to the corpse, grasping her phone he wiggled it a few times making the girls large breasts jiggle a bit. His face only darkens as he cursed the phone, as enjoyable as this should have been he couldn't even look at the dead girl. "Fuck it" He said pulling hard on the cellphone, it came free quickly making the girls boobs bounce twice.
"I'll borrow this" He said glancing at the pink cellphone, he noticed the small screen on the front that normally displayed the time was smashed. His head slamming down on the girls' breasts must have caused the damage, hoping that it didn't completely break the phone he flipped it open. The background of the phone lit up revealing the same girl who saved him and her friend. They were happily posing at the camera, huge smiles spread across their lips. It did the exact opposite effect on the orange haired teen, those times were sadly gone. Tearing his eyes away he looked to the signal bars…
"Nothing… little surprising." He admitted, he could understand that calling someone was pointless. After all, with the walking dead eating people, someone was surely going to call the police. But there should be a signal at least, after all cell towers were ran by computers not human workers. Flipping the phone closed since it was useless anyway he gently placed it on the girl's chest, then stood up and collected his things.
He refastens everything like it was before, only this time he kept his bow in his hands since it was shorter and far more useful. Looking it over once, his careful eyes not spotting any damage done from hitting the roof. Taking a single arrow from the quiver, noting this was number 18 since 19 broke on its first target.
Nocking the arrow, he looked across the roof. If he remembered correctly, this building led towards the school faculty parking lot. He could take one of the cars, though he didn't exactly know how to hotwire a car. Doubting YouTube was working for a 'How to' video if the cell towers were down, and if he messed up he could set off car alarms. He'd pretty much be ringing the dinner bell…
And going to the student parking lot would be pointless, same results plus he didn't drive to school today. So, with limited choices he'd have to scale the school walls, which wouldn't be an issue. It would just be a very long trip, Fujimi High School was pretty far from the city since it was located along the coast. Hence why he took the bus to school every day, it would be a killer on gas…
"Walking it is." He said, taking a glance at the suns position he noticed it would be dark soon. More trouble, though he hoped it was nothing like 'Dead Rising' where they got stronger as the sun set. No time to waste if that was the case, moving quietly across the roof his eyes looking for a way down. He was still on the second floor after all, and it would be close to the 30 foot drop.
"And I doubt another one of Them will be nice enough to let me borrow their breasts again." He said, his voice echoed which caused him to freeze. It was quiet, almost dead quiet aside from the few moans of the dead. He couldn't even hear people screaming in agony anymore, taking a few steps towards the edge of the building he looked down.
Hundreds of undead just walking into each other, or walls. None of them moving with purpose, which brought a thought to his head. 'Am I the only one alive?' lowering his bow he gently set it on the roof. Going into a crouch his eyes slowly scanned the grounds trying to find anyone alive, but finding no one. Not a single living soul…
At least that's what he thought until someone below him screamed "RUN!" his eyes snapped down to a small group of survivors. All of them charging out the front of the entryway to the school, the first one to get outside was the large boy from before. Nao's eyes widen a bit in surprise, he had made it? Then she must have…
"Why did you open your big mouth?! We could've just made it here just by taking care of the ones that are close by. If you hadn't said anything!" A loud mouth girl with pink hair screamed at another boy, Nao recognized the black-haired boy quickly. It was Takashi Komuro of class 2B, he shared it with Saya Takagi. Speaking of which while she was yelling at her companion one of Them snuck up behind her, quickly grasping his bow he was readying it until someone else struck the undead bastard.
Sending it effortlessly through the air, causing Saya to cry out in surprise. Nao's eyes widen a bit in surprise at the person who struck it, her long dark purple hair flowing past her behind. Which Nao took notice that she wore a far longer skirt then most school girls, but what really caught his attention was her weapon.
"A wooden sword?" He noticed, as his looked to her cold features he recognized her quickly. It was Saeko Busujima, Captain of the Kendo Club somewhat of a rival to the Yumi Club. After all, Miss. Busujima wasn't a joke whenever it came to competitions the same as him. He held a great deal of respect for her skills…
"The noise would have echoed anyway, just start swinging!" Someone else screamed bring Nao's eyes to another girl who proceeded to knock down one of Them. Rei Miyamoto, another one of Takagi's friends and ex-girlfriend to Takashi. And Vice-Captain of the Martial Arts Club From what he had heard Miyamoto left Takashi for his best friend Hisashi, which Nao couldn't seem to find among the group. He could only assume Hisahi had become one of Them.
His eyes started to scan the rest of the group, not really recognizing anyone else until his eyes froze on a huge pair of breasts. Of which belong to a woman with blonde hair and brown eyes, he knew her only in rumors as the schools' doctor. Shizuka Marikawa, she wasn't wearing her normal lab coat instead he took notice of her torn skirt. It revealed her long rather alluring leg, and a pair of purple lacy lingerie that hugged her hips.
He probably stared a moment longer then he should have, he was a young man after all. Though his eyes tore away as he heard Takashi scream "Forget talking, run!" He repeated his order from earlier, the whole group seemed to follow his command as they took off for the faculty parking lot.
"What can they do? Not like they hav-" Nao's eyes widen in realization, they must have grabbed some keys from the office earlier. That must have been why he spotted Tagaki and the boy whom he hadn't learned their name yet outside the office. And if they did have keys with them it was his best chance to escape.
Getting up he moved towards the edge of the roof slowly before dropping down onto the awning above the school entrance. He'd have to pick up the pace if he wanted to join them in escaping, so moving to a nearby lamp post he shoved the arrow between his teeth and leaped onto it. One arm caught him as he slid down the lamp post to the ground below, slipping free he took off after the group.
"Hold up!" He shouted after them, though the only one who came to a stop was Takagi as her orange eyes locked onto his green ones. She seemed surprised for a moment but glared him down screaming back "THEN HURRY YOUR ASS UP!" Nao's eyes widen for a moment; he was a bit taken back by her words but hurried just like she ordered. Catching up quickly since the group was clearing all of Them out of the way as they went.
As he reached Takagi and another girls side he froze turning his eyes back to a screaming boy, whom the girl seemed to know. He was pleading for the girl to run away and leave him, though she didn't. Only doing the opposite as she tore away from Takagi's grasp and ignoring her words to just leave him.
"Wait a minute!" She cried out taking a few steps after the girl, only for Nao to put his arm in her way. His eyes locked on the girl as she tried to save her boyfriend, or what he assumed to be her boyfriend. The pinkette glared up at him for a moment but stopped as she noticed the look in his eyes.
It was almost a look of pity, though whether the look was for the couple or for the fact the girl threw her life away. She couldn't tell, Marikawa was the next to speak as she took a few steps away from the pair. Her eyes swelling up with tears as she watched the scene before her unfold.
"I understand… if the entire world turned into this. I'd rather die with the person that I love.." She said, Nao's eyes tensed up a bit not understand the sentiment. He wouldn't know what that felt like, Takagi on the other hand looked outraged as she stamped her foot once.
"Oh shut up Dr. Bleeding He-" Her words were cut off as one of Them closed in on her, Nao quickly grabbed her hand pulling her away. As he was about to slam his bow into its jaw the small sound of an air compressor reached his ears, and a moment later it dropped dead to the ground. Nao's eyes widen in surprise for a moment, until he noticed the large boy coming towards them with his back to the pair.
"Don't worry Takagi!" He shouted, Nao's eyebrow raised at the boy though he couldn't see it. Releasing Takagi's hand which she didn't seem to notice in her rage pointed directly to the boy before her. "Oh you rude little otaku! How dare you interrupt me while I'm talking? Why would you do that?!" She screamed at him, the boy shrugged before turning around.
"I don't know cause I really like your voice" He casually said in an almost flirty tone, which Takagi seemed to blush a bit at him words. Though Nao's brow tensed up as he thought about what the boy said. "Hang on… that makes no sense." He interrupted "She asked you why you cut her off, wouldn't liking her voice make you not cut her off?" He questioned, the boy blinked a few times at Nao. Takagi on the other hand glared harder at the boy, her blush vanishing in an instant before shoving past the two boys in the direction of the bus.
"Come on dumbasses!" She ordered, earning a small salute from the otaku who ran after her like a schoolboy chasing his crush. Nao on the other hand remain there for a moment watching the two, the boy just followed her without any hesitation. He couldn't shake the uneasy feeling in his heart…
"Help! Wait! Help!" Someone called out, snapping out of his thoughts he turned to the source of the sound. It was another group of survivors, 7 to be exact. 6 students and 1 teacher, which Nao immediately recognized as Mr. Shido of 3-A. Which judging from the students who followed after him, Nao could only assume it was his own class.
He looked to the microbus which the others had managed to get to, they weren't even bothering to run out and help as they all stood around arguing. "God damn it." Nao mumbled as he nocked his arrow to his bow taking aim at one of Them nearby, releasing the arrow it effortlessly pierced the skull dropping backwards dead.
"Come on!" He shouted tilting his bow in the direction of the bus as one of the girls from Shido's group passed him. Moving to the arrow embedded in the dead zombie's skull he pulled it out carefully, placing it back on the string and firing once again into another zombie. Covering the escape of the teens, one by one they passed by him until there was only two left…
Though as he was waiting for Shido and one more male student, someone shouted to him. "Hurry your ass up!" Nao turned around to catch a glimpse of Takagi in the window of the bus, as the otaku was firing at several zombies that were closing in on the bus.
'We can't keep this up.' Nao thought, turning his attention back to the last two survivors. Only to see one of them being eaten alive while the other just casually walked away like nothing happen. It caused Nao's blood to run cold as the teacher walked up and patted him on the shoulder.
"Come now Brennan, we must get going." He said leaving his hand on Nao's shoulder for a moment before slipping away going towards the bus. Nao stood there for awhile until something new grabbed his hand pulling him several times. Turning his head a bit in the direction of whatever was grabbing him his eyes widen softly.
"What the hell is wrong with you stupid?! We have to go!" The pinkette screamed at him, Nao stared at her for a moment. Just now taking notice of a pair of glasses on her face, he didn't know she wore glasses. Though that didn't matter at this point and time, allowing her to pull him towards the bus and away from the horde. His mind locked on what happen with Shido…
'He killed him…' Nao thought as he steps onto the bus, Shido killed an innocent child. For what? To escape? There wasn't any of Them even close enough to leave the boy behind, sure Nao hadn't even seen Shido killed the boy. But he knew deep down, that look Shido had on his face as he passed by. Like the cat ate the canary look almost like he was proud of himself, proud to wipe away some blight on humanity.
Taking his seat across the aisle from Takagi, he couldn't shake what Shido just did. He killed another human being for his own benefit, for his own survival. Was this what the world was coming to? Killing one another for their own sake, sure the dead were walking around eating one another but they didn't know any better…
'Self-preservation one of the most basic human instincts, remember that Nao.' A voice in his head told him, that's right. That's what he told him years ago, in a survival situation people either band together to survive or throw each other to the wolves. Some will just embrace it, embrace their own darkness. Or be consumed by it…
"Is this what our world will come to?..." Nao whispered as he looked out the window, though he didn't notice it as he was taking in the world outside. Takagi was silently watching him, a slightly worried expression on her face. Though it was quickly wiped away as the bus began to move forward, she moved up a bit in her seat.
"To the gate!" She shouted to Miss. Marikawa, who simply confirmed she knew already. The bus began to pick up speed, colliding with several undead freaks. Though the bus didn't seem to slow down in the least as it effortlessly blew them out of its path and towards the front gate.
Nao stood up a bit gripping the seat in front of him hard. "Brace for impact!" He shouted which several students tighten up as the bus slammed through the front iron gate, knocking the metal doors open. Nao swayed a bit as he struggled to keep his balance but soon enough the bus was flying down the road towards the city.
"Can't believe we did it." Takashi said, Hirano nodded lightly as he tightens some duct tape on his makeshift weapon. Nao allowed himself to relax falling back into his bus seat, his eyes closed for a moment before opening in alarm as Shido spoke out behind him.
"Thank god we did! I take it you've been appointed leader?" He said placing a single hand on the seat that held the wooden sword wielding girl, Miss. Busujima. The girl barely turned her head in his direction as she worked at cleaning her weapon of blood, pausing for a moment to answer him.
"There's no such thing. We just work together in order to live, that's all." Her tone held no interest in continuing to speak on the matter, but she returned to cleaning her weapon. Nao watched Shido closely as that sick smirk pulled around his face, his eyes changing to that of a predator.
"That's not good. In order to survive, we definitely need a leader." His eyes tighten a bit more, his tone changing to that of someone making a speech. "A leader who bears everything with valor, with confidence." Nao raised an eyebrow in concern, though it faded once he heard someone to his left whispering to Takashi.
"You'll regret this. I guarantee that you'll regret that you helped him!" It was Rei Miyamoto, though he couldn't see her. Nao could hear the venom in her tone, the amount of hatred for the man. He didn't know her reasoning for hating him, he knew she was right. He could sense something was coming….
"The city!" Someone shouted snapping Nao out of his thoughts, he glanced out the window only seeing destruction. Towers of smoke flowed from random spots in the city, though he couldn't see the flames that caused them. He could only assume that the hell they just escape was going to be nothing compared to what was going on down there…
'Fight or die I guess…' He thought, setting his bow across his lap he kept staring at the destruction below. Not much else to do really, although a thought did cross his mind. Would he remain here? Stay with Takashi and the others? Would he be able to survive this hell with them? He didn't know really, there were some skilled fighters in the group that was for sure….
Looking away from the window his eyes first rested on Takashi in front of him, he was chatting with Miyamoto. 'In survival situation realize who can help you and who is dead weight… because those odds will depend on if you make it or not. Each person has strengths and weaknesses, find them…' That's what 'He' told Nao years ago, so what were Takashi's strengths and weaknesses?
'Soft spoken, somewhat reserved kept to himself, he wasn't trained like a few other members of the group. Average build, not too bad with a baseball bat…' That was all he could learn in the short time he's seen Takashi, which brought his eyes to Miyamoto in front of him.
'Skilled with that broom handle, defiantly a strong fighter. Though she seems slow on the realization of what's going on, almost in denial. Though average in body build, no extra muscle… and not a bad face to look at…' Moving his gaze to Marikawa, he took notice the woman was almost concentrating too hard on driving. It brought a small sweat drop to his head.
'Airhead, definitely an airhead. Though she is the school head doctor for a reason, which means either she's very knowledgeable in medicine. Or she slept with the principal, and God I hope that's not why. No muscle at all… it went to that huge rack of hers…' He thought, he had heard from quite a few guys that Marikawa was hands down the most attractive woman in the school. Though blondes weren't really his thing… that rack wasn't easy to miss… MOVING ON!
Shifting his focus to the mirror above Marikawa since he didn't want people to realize he was sizing them up. His eyes set on Saeko Busujima, who had finished cleaning her weapon and was now resting her eyes. 'Strong…very strong. Most likely the most dangerous person in hand to hand on the whole bus. Focused, skilled, not someone I want to cross… though she seems… different when fighting Them…' He'd need more time to figure out what it was that bugged him about her…
'Now Shido… dangerous, manipulative, smart. Able to sweet talk anyone if given the chance… and the son of a politician no less. He definitely knows how to trick someone… but… he's weak. If confronted… he will run.' Nao figured, it was true. Already he could see the girls outside of Takashi's group already melting to his every word. In fact, the whole time he was watching Shido the man was talking to a few of the girls in the back of the bus. He was already trying to win people over…
'He needs to be taken down a notch…' Nao confirmed, as long as Shido was around he was a danger. Meaning Nao would have to get away the first chance he got, before Shido could raise to power. Though unless he won over some of Takashi's group he wouldn't be able to overthrow anyone, because the others were push overs…
Speaking of push overs, Nao's eyes moved to the next person. 'Kohta Hirano, I don't know the guy personally.' Though Nao didn't recognize the large boy sooner, he knew who he was now that he had a moment to relax and get a good view of the sharp shooting otaku. 'Bullied heavily in school, never did anything about it. But… that doesn't make him weak, in fact it's the opposite it makes him unpredictable. And borderline dangerous, unstable possibly.' Placing his hand on his chin as he closed his eyes, Nao began to think back to when he first saw the boy in the hallway.
'He didn't protect Takagi, he just stood there… panicked once he was out of ammo. Which means, he lacks any hand to hand combat abilities. Or that he isn't good under pressure, but… there is a darkness to him. I saw it when he was charging out of the school… Anger. And a lot of it, but he's sharp…' Nao confirmed, no doubt that Hirano was a sharpshooter. Maybe even better then Nao himself, at least with a gun with a bow there was no doubt that Nao could take any of them down in that area. Though he couldn't help wondering where Hirano learned to shoot, it could be a natural talent after all one didn't need training to use a gun.
'Takagi…' Nao thought opening his eyes to look at the pink haired girl in the mirror as she looked deep in thought. 'A hot head, a bitch, arrogant, but… she's smart. Easily the smartest person on this bus, even more so than me. And she seems more level headed than anyone else here, though she isn't sports fit she's pretty well built more so than the rest of girls…' Nao's eyes widen a bit as he rethought that.
"Well built?" He whispered to himself, his eyes moved from the mirror to his bow. 'Where did that come from?' He wondered 'I must be tired.' Taking a deep breath to calmed himself. This wasn't a time to day dream, he needed to keep his focus they weren't safe just yet.
Though his daydreaming was soon cut short by someone yelling in his ear. "Shit!" The rooster haired looking boy screamed standing up. "It's like I said, it's only more dangerous if we keep going!" Nao turned his attention to the boy, had the boy even said something? Was he so lost in thought to notice?
"First of all, why do we have to go with Komuro and the others? You guys are the ones who decided to go back to the city! Maybe we shoulda just looked for a safe place inside the school! If you ask me, we were better off where we were!" Tsunoda didn't complained, but more like ranted. One of the students agreed with rooster boy, sighing lightly Nao stood up earning a silent bus.
"Stay in the school? The hallways were crawling with the undead, most of the classrooms were broken into, there are barely any weapons, and the gates out front were busted open. How long do you honestly think we could have last there? A day or two? And even if we did stay how long do you think our food would last? Or the power and water stay on? So, unless you know about some sort of secret bunker under the school do you really honestly think we were better off in the school?" Nao said, Tsunoda backed down a little at Nao's sound logic. Though Nao didn't stop there…
"And besides, you were the one's begging these guys not to leave you behind. So don't act like suddenly leaving the school was bad id-" His words were cut off as he was sent flying backwards away from Tsunoda, slamming onto his back hard. But he didn't stop there as he slid head first into one of seat, tightly closing his eyes in pain.
"Okay you all, that's enough! I can't focus on the driving with all this…. oops…" Miss. Shizuka said as she looked down, Nao was right on the floor in front of Takagi. "Sorry…" Miss. Shizuka said, her hand slightly covering her mouth.
Nao slowly sat up rubbing the back of his head in pain. "It's fine…" He said opening his eyes slowly though as he did he was greeted by two smooth flawless legs, that were crossed. Blinking his eyes they happened to trail slowly up the legs to a skirt that stopped mid-thigh. And though he couldn't see up the skirt much thanks to the owner crossing their legs he could faintly make out a pair of blue and white stripped panties.
"Enjoying the view?" The owner said, a hint a venom in their voice. Nao's eyes moved further up to a pair of crossed arms under a very large bust, which the arms seemed to lift the breasts a bit giving an even larger appearance. Tearing his eyes away from the view he met a pair of orange eyes glaring him down, pink eyebrows tensed up in anger and almost demonic glow to the girl who owned all the pieces he was staring at.
"Oops…" Nao said before a hand came flying slapping him across the jaw, sliding even further down the aisle. He just laid there, thinking he might have deserve that for staring a minute too long. Not like he had much of a choice given the crazy bimbo driving the bus suddenly and without warning slamming on the brakes.
Sitting up slowly while rubbing his jaw, okay maybe that wasn't totally true he could have looked away at any time. It just was a lovely sight, though as the saying goes. All good things must come to an end, standing up he glanced at Takagi who was looking away. Her classic scowl, though her cheeks were a bit pink he noticed.
'Guess even a girl like Takagi can get embarrassed, who knew?' He thought, though best keep that to himself. Turning his eyes to Takashi who was staring the rooster haired teenager down, Nao wondered when that happened. The two looked ready to fight it out or more like Tsunoda looked ready as he charged Takashi!
Only to suddenly to be caught off by Miyamoto, who proceeded to slam her polearm weapon right into the stomach of Tsunoda. Knocking the air completely out of his lungs, and then effortlessly throwing him to the ground before taking a protective stance in front of Takashi.
Almost like a bodyguard would. "Asshole" The girl said to the downed boy, who just laid there coughing heavily. Nao felt a little pity for the boy but not much since he was looking to start something with Takashi, a small clap reached his ears as he looked up to the only teacher on the bus. Shido proceeded to step over the boy while clapping, a small twisted smile on his lips.
"Bravo! Simply outstanding teamwork. I'm impressed, I commend both of you." Shido said, though Nao could hear a small amount of sarcasm in the man's voice. Shido casually rested a hand on his own hip before continuing.
"At any rate, a conflict like that only proves my point. We need a leader. We do." Shido leaned forward a bit almost getting in Miyamato's face, though the girl didn't move as she glared him down. Though Nao couldn't see her face, her head was straight forward.
"Surely neither of you want such a difficult responsibility on your shoulders." Shido said, Takagi was the first to speak as she proceeds to push her glasses up a bit. Not really looking at the man just in his general direction.
"So, you're going to run for the position then?" She said, the snake leaned down a bit till he was head height to the girl. His eyes glancing a little lower than they should have been, which was her chest. She glared away from the creep looking in the other direction as he spoke.
"I'm a teacher, Miss. Takagi. And while mature, all of you are barely in your teens." He said moving his face away from hers, his whole tone and body language told Nao one thing. He was being condescending.
"That alone makes it very clear who's more qualified to assume such a role. I have experience. Why just moments ago, I saved all of these brave students!" Shido whipped around placing one hand on his chest the other in the direction of his group, almost like how an opera singer would or a public speaker. Nao eyes now moved to Shido group…
"What do you say, guys?" He asked them, one of the girls stood up clapping, then another girl joined the first. Soon enough they all started to clap, but they're respond wasn't what surprised Nao it was their faces. Like mindless drones following a leader, almost like they didn't want to think for themselves.
"They're too scared to think…" Nao mumbled to himself, Takagi's sharp orange eyes lifted from her glare out the window to him for a moment. Shido kept his pose for a while longer as if to revel in their applause it was no different from a performer, he then took a bow at the group. Nao could feel his anger starting to bubble to the surface, Shido was growing more dangerous by the moment.
'I need to get the hell out here.' He thought, he looked to his bow on the seat across from Takagi and beside Shido. Who now turned back around in Nao's direction his arms wide open as if to look for the other half of the groups approval.
"There, it's been decided. The majority seems to have made the choice quite clear, yes?" He said a darkness in his voice, and arrogance. He made no attempt to hide that, Nao was about to move for his bow but paused as he noticed Miyamato's shoulders shaking. And then in a frame of a second she whipped around with her weapon, and was out the door of the bus into the streets outside. Taking a few steps she turned around to Takashi who called out to her…
"No way! I won't do it! I'm not staying here with him!" She screamed, he had no idea what Shido did to the girl but Nao could tell she despised the man with every fiber of her being. Takashi frowned as he watched his oldest friend stand there, his tone weak as he pleaded with her to get back on the bus… And for a moment though no one else but Nao could see it, Shido was smiling before taking an over exaggerated pose placing his hand on his forehead in mock exhaustion.
"Well, there's nothing I can do. If you don't want to act in accordance with all of us." Shido said, sounding tired though Nao could tell he was just acting. And God was it pissing him off, Takashi whipped his head at Shido. He looked nervous…
"What 'us'? What are you talking about!?" Takashi said before jumping off the bus after Miyamato, Nao watched the display for a moment. Noticing Takagi looking panicked as her friend got off, Hirano just looked surprised for a moment. And though Nao couldn't hear the pair outside the bus talking, this was his best chance to get the hell out as well.
"Yeah, I'm out too." Nao said without waiting he grabbed his bow, Takagi reached out for him to stop. "Hang on!" She screamed but Nao didn't wait as she grabbed nothing but air, he climbed down the steps of the bus and onto the street. Takashi turned around to face him but Nao didn't stop as he had no intention of stopping.
"Hey where are you going?!" Takashi screamed after him, Nao turned his head a bit to face the black-haired boy but didn't stop. "Shido's right about one thing you do need a leader, because you're gonna fall apart. But I'm not getting killed for his ego or your stupidity!" Nao shouted, as he crossed in front of the bus. He paused for a moment getting his bow ready, and crossed to the other side of the road in the direction of his home.
"Takagi! Wait!" Nao could hear Takashi shout, but he didn't stop not even as he heard the pinkette running up behind him. He was about to reach a nearby alleyway before the short girl stopped right in front of him blocking his path. Slightly out of breath for a moment but effectively cutting him off.
"W-Where the hell do you think you're going?!" She screamed at him, Nao sighed a little annoyed by her tone. Lowering his bow a bit he tilted it in the direction of the bus. "Come on Takagi you're smart! You know that no good will come from sticking around Shido!" He shouted back, Takagi crossed her arms in front of her chest leaning down a bit as she glared up at him.
"I know that! But splitting up won't help our odds of survival!" She fired back, Nao raised an eyebrow at the girl. " 'Our' survival? What's this ours? I'm only looking out for myself, I didn't agree to sign on with you or Takashi!" He admitted, earning a slightly surprised expression from the short girl. Though it didn't last long as she steeled herself again.
"Oh yeah? Then in your words, 'You were the one begging these guys not to leave you behind!'" She said in a darker voice trying to imitate Nao's words from earlier, whose eye twitched once in annoyance at her. He opened his mouth to shout back but froze as his eyes widen in terror at the sight behind the girl.
"Oh…Fuck…" He mumbled, the girl in front of him paused as she turned around to see what he was seeing. Her own eyes widen in fear as a city bus came barreling down the road towards them! Its horn started blaring as it swerved all over the road crashing into car after car, one of the cars blasted out of the way flying through the air.
Nao quickly reacted as he dove into Takagi who shrieked in surprise as the boy a head taller than her effortlessly knocked her into the alley. His arms protecting her from impact of the concrete, her head safely against his chest as the two slammed into the ground. Him landing first as he grunted from the landing, and her yelping as she landed on top of him.
The car crashed into the alleyway, wedging itself between the two walls so they couldn't get back to the others even if they wanted to. And an even larger crash could be heard down the road, though it was out of sight for the two stuck in the alley. Nao twitched a bit as the girl on top of him punched him in the stomach.
"Ow! W-What the hell?!" Nao shouted as he released the girl who sat up on his stomach, her legs around his sides. Which wouldn't have been such a bad position if she hadn't punched him, he propped himself up glaring at her. Though in the darkness of the alley he couldn't see her slightly blushing face.
"I-It's your fault asshole for grabbing me!" Takagi screamed at him "Hey I saved your ass!" He said, though his eyes did wander a bit down to her large chest. It swaying a bit in front of him from her heavy breathing and shouting, which he turned a bit red as well. Lucky for him though the moment was over as fast as it came as a voice on the other side of the wedged car called out.
"Are you two okay!?" A feminine voice said, which Nao recognized as Saeko Busujima. He tried to sit up more to answer only to have Takagi shove him down, answering the wooden sword wielding girl. "We're fine, what about Komuro and Miyamoto?" She shouted back her head turned in the direction of the car.
"They're okay, Komuro told us to meet him at the East Police Station around 7! And if not tomorrow then the next day, same time!" Busujima answered "We'll be there!" The small girl replied, Nao could hear Busujima making her escape back to the bus. Takagi looked back to the boy pinned under her small frame, with which she gave him a slightly toothy grin.
"Let's get going!" She ordered before pushing herself to her feet, and stepping over him. Though unintentionally giving him a small peek at her white and blue stripped panties, Nao stayed there for a moment placing his arms over his head trying to figure out what just happened.
'How the hell did it come to this?' He wondered, sighing lightly he was stuck with her. And though away from one controlling asshole he was now trapped with another, though it was definitely an improvement from the creep on the bus. How much? He had no idea but he forced himself to his feet with his bow in hand as he passed the girl.
"My place isn't far from here…"
Note from me: Hey one more thing guys and gals I just hope I'm capturing Saya's personality right I always get worried when using another characters and if their personality and words would be something they say. So if you guys thinking I'd doing good please tell me, also if it seems like I'm rambling in the story I'm sorry I put details that are somewhat important because of Nao's background...Also I'm not going to rush a romance between them as they will start bonding it won't be until the whole horde trapping the group on the highway and the wire fence that the two-start feeling something for one another. The uneasy feeling, he gets in the story isn't jealousy or anything like that, he explains it later. Hope ya'll look forward to it!