Disclaimer: I do not own Zombie Land Saga, or any other property in this work that I did not make myself.
Saga Stories: A tale of Zombie Land Saga
Chapter seventeen: The fiercest foes rout when they hear Asgardian's shout
It was a lovely enough morning one day over at the Saga mansion, where the ten zombie girls of the actress troop Franchouchou were sitting at a large table in the kitchen area, eating breakfast. The girls very recently had finished production for a commercial that they were asked to do to help draw attention to an anime convention that was going to be held soon, a convention that at least a few of the zombie girls themselves were personally interested in attending. In fact, it was the main thing that was on the mind of Hikari, who was into anime and manga just as much as she was into video games.
The very epitome of 'otaku', indeed.
"The convention sounds like it might be a bit overwhelming," Ayumu remarked, her tone and expression showing that she was mildly worried about potentially going to a place such as the anime convention.
Sakura gently nodded in understanding as she got the teen actress zombie girl's attention. "Don't worry, Ayumu. Not everything is everyone's cup of tea."
Ayumu, appreciative of the long haired zombie girl's sympathy towards her and how she took how her (Ayumu's) autism made her what she's like into account, smiled and nodded once in thanks to Sakura. Sakura was going to go on to mention something else, but she found herself cut off when Kotaro, the manager of Franchouchou, came into the kitchen area, a clear look of smug self-amusement on his face. The savvier of the undead girls, mainly Saki and (to a lesser extent) Sigrid, became suspicious and wary when they saw the airs that Kotaro was giving off.
Seeing how Kotaro was making his way into the kitchen area, Saki said, "Alright, Shades. Why the hell do you look like you just got back from the best night ever at a love hotel?"
"A love hotel?" Ayumu repeated in a questioning tone, clearly showing she had absolutely no idea what the delinquent zombie girl was talking about. Just like her teen actress counterpart, Lily also clearly had no idea what Saki meant by 'love hotel'. The child actress zombie girl turned her attention to Sakura, same as what Ayumu was doing.
The two experienced undead actresses, after they both turned to face Sakura, proceeded to ask her what a love hotel was. Sakura, clearly embarrassed by the nature of the question Ayumu and Lily posed to her, was grateful when Kotaro began going on about why he looked to be putting on amused airs, saving the long haired zombie girl from having to explain things that she wasn't really all that comfortable in trying to explain to anyone.
Gesturing to the zombie girls of Franchouchou, Kotaro declared, "I hope that you ladies are ready for a trip, because we've just been invited to attend an exhibition performance over at one of Japan's hero academies!"
"Hero academies?" Ai repeated, "Hey, those are the various high schools all over Japan that teach and train quirked teenagers to use their quirks better in order to become future pro heroes."
The eccentric man nodded once in the affirmative. "Indeed, Ai." To all of the zombie girls, Kotaro went on, "To be specific, we're going to be heading on over to Vulcan High School, who you may have heard recently had a tournament against Japan's top hero academy, U.A. High School. Though Vulcan ultimately lost that tournament, they are still one of the more renowned hero academies in the nation."
Sakura raised a hand, and waited until Kotaro called upon her to speak. "What's the nature of this exhibition event that we're going to be watching over at Vulcan High, Kotaro-san?"
"According to what I was informed on the matter by Kagura Hojo, the principal of Vulcan, the exhibition match will be a team battle event where a team representing her school will face off against the team of a regular public high school that's visiting from the United States," Kotaro began to explain, "From what I've been informed on the matter, the high school visiting from the United States, which really is a regular public high school and not a hero academy unlike Vulcan, is set to have an actual team battle event against U.A., but that one is still a couple of days off. As such, the American high school has time to burn."
The ten zombie girls, aside from Tae due to her still being unawakened, all had curious looks on their faces as their manager gave them the facts as he knew them. "…Well I'd figure that all high schools, and not just ones that are hero academies, would have quirked students," Junko remarked, the curiosity on her face a bit more firm, "But what is a regular public high school from the United States thinking in challenging the top hero academy of Japan to a team battle event? Much less challenging any Japanese hero academy to any team battle events at all?"
Giving a helpless shrug, Kotaro replied, "It's not my place to question the Americans. I swear, those guys are the height of crazy sometimes." A lot of the zombie girls all had dry, unamused looks on their faces after Kotaro accused the Americans of being 'the height of crazy' as he had just said. They felt that it was a rather hypocritical statement coming from a man like Kotaro. In fact, Saki was fit to call her manager out on having the gall to call others crazy, but she was cut off when Kotaro cut her off.
"Anyway ladies," Kotaro began, "We ought to get going soon. It simply would not do to keep the good folks who were so gracious enough to offer us a spot in the VIP booth of their school's stadium to watch the best and brightest of their students take on t he visiting Americans in what I have no doubt will be an awesome performance." The ten zombie girls of Franchouchou were all made to hurry up in finishing their breakfast, then after the girls were all dressed and Kotaro had applied his legendary make-up skills to gussy up Tae to make her look like one of the living, all of them proceeded to get ready to head out to go visit Vulcan High.
Soon enough, Kotaro led the ten zombie girls through the doors of the main building of Vulcan High, one of the more notable hero academies in Japan, and the self-proclaimed greatest rival to Japan's top hero academy, U.A. High School. The visiting party were greeted by a plump (but not straight up obese) blonde-haired woman who was sharply dressed. The woman identified herself as Kagura Hojo, the principal of Vulcan High.
"I'm both surprised and honored that you actually accepted my invitation, Mr. Tatsumi," Kagura said as she greeted the visiting party, "Believe you me, you and the actresses that you manage are going to be in for quite a spectacular performance as you all watch the students of my school wipe the floor with their American opponent."
Sakura, her attention caught by what the plump blonde woman said, had a curious and mildly suspicious look on her face. "Opponent?" repeated the long haired zombie girl, her surprised tone and the way she emphasized the lone word she just said indicating she was curious about how the word in and of itself indicated that only one person was going to face off against the team that would be representing the self-proclaimed greatest rival of Japan's top hero academy.
Kagura, understanding what Sakura was trying to get at, nodded a few times in confirmation. "Indeed. Believe it or not, the principal of Royal Woods High, the visiting high school from the United States, asked that the exhibition match have one-hundred of my school's students face off against just one student from her school's team. The exhibition match is indeed going to be a one-hundred versus one affair."
The zombie girls were all surprised when they heard that the exhibition match that they were about to watch would have one-hundred Vulcan High students face off against just one student on the team representing the high school visiting from the United States. The last time that any of them ever heard of a one-hundred versus one fight was the story of Sigrid's death back in the nineties, where she alone fought a force of one-hundred delinquents from a combined five rival gangs; the half-foreign zombie girl ended up killing eighty-seven of her foes and wounding the remaining thirteen before she herself was vanquished.
Many of the zombie girls did not believe that one lone American high schooler was going to take on one-hundred Japanese high schoolers all at once. In fact, Lily raised a hand and asked, "Do you know who the American high school that's visiting Japan is going to send in to take on the team representing Vulcan, Mrs. Hojo?"
"All that I got on the matter is that the lone girl that Royal Woods High is going to send in is named Allison," Kagura replied. The plump blonde woman gave a gentle shake of her head, as well as shrug her shoulders. "I have no idea what manner of quirk miss Allison has, but by no means will it be enough to allow her to single-handedly defeat a team of one-hundred of the best students that Vulcan High has to offer." The principal of Vulcan then gave a smug, self-amused smile before adding, "In fact, my son Yuki is part of the team, and he's going to be leading his fellow schoolmates into the exhibition team battle personally."
"Ah, so your son is a student here," Sigrid remarked, amused by the lady principal's show of pride in her personal brood. Gesturing to Kagura, the half-foreign zombie girl went on, "Well here's hoping that your son and his ninety-nine schoolmates all fare well in their battle against their lone opponent. Although numbers are on the side of Vulcan, it is wise to not automatically assume that the day to be yours."
Kagura, letting out an amused hum, held up a hand to cut off further argument from Sigrid. "Oh please. There's no way that one lone girl from the Royal Woods High team can take on and beat a team of one-hundred students from my school, or from any hero academy for that matter. The American school is a regular, run-of-the-mill public high school, with no established department set up to help quirked students manage and train their powers. I only humored the challenge from the principal of Royal Woods High because I want it to be known that it was Vulcan who won against Royal Woods High before they had their scheduled event against the lofty U.A." With a smirk, Kagura added, "Plus, I want to humiliate the Americans by making them eat their words."
Kotaro crossed his arms over his chest, a hint of suspicion in his expression. Normally a bit on the eccentric side, the manager of Franchouchou, in a somewhat rare instance, looked like he was actually being serious. "…With all due respect, I don't think it's wise to count your chickens until they hatch, Principal Hojo. Given the nature of the world at large out there, I wouldn't be all that surprised if this Allison girl from the States is actually strong enough to warrant her being given a force of one-hundred opponents to face all on her own and all at once."
Kagura, to her credit, looked like she understood Kotaro's stance on the matter. "…I suppose that we're all going to have to wait and see what the exhibition match has to show all of us then, now won't we?" The plump blonde woman then gestured for Kotaro and the ten zombie girls to all follow her, as she would be leading them to the arena on Vulcan High grounds, as that is the location of the exhibition match that is going to be taking place soon.
Soon enough, the girls of Franchouchou and Kotaro found themselves seated in a special, sectioned-off area of the bleachers, an area akin to a VIP section. There, the ten zombie girls saw a woman who was identified to them as Principal Butterbean, the principal of Royal Woods High School. Sitting next to the American principal was a young boy with snow-white hair. The sight of the boy caught some of the undead actress troop members by surprise.
The young boy, who looked to be late elementary school age at the oldest, wore a long-sleeved white shirt under an orange shirt that was open in the front, a pair of tan-colored cargo pants held up with a belt, gray socks and white shoes that had red stripes on them. He was Caucasian, same as Principal Butterbean. The boy also had freckles under his eyes, and a noticeable front tooth that had a bit of a chip in it. The boy sat on Principal Butterbean's left, his hands resting on his lap as he looked into the arena.
"I hope that you seriously know what you're getting into here," Kagura remarked when she turned to face Principal Butterbean, "Asking for one-hundred of my school's students to face just one girl from your school's team."
Principal Butterbean began speaking in English to Kagura, surprising the girls of Franchouchou a little. After the American woman finished speaking, the white-haired boy who was with her began speaking in Japanese. "She says that she's happy you remembered how many students from your school she asked for to face Allison." Many of the zombie girls who were observing this realized that the boy was there to serve as a translator; given that the visiting high school was visiting from the United States of America, which is a country that speaks English primarily, it was understandable that they would need someone fluent in Japanese to help them communicate while they were in the land of the rising sun.
Kagura, after the white-haired boy translated for Principal Butterbean, jerked a thumb over her shoulder in order to point out Kotaro and the girls of Franchouchou. "…I'm just glad that you had no issue with letting the guests that I had invited to come by watch this exhibition battle," remarked the principal of Vulcan.
Once more, the white-haired boy had to translate for Principal Butterbean, before turning to face Kagura and tell her what the American principal had just said. "She says that she's surprised that you were able to convince a group of ten actresses and their manager to come by and watch this exhibition battle."
"Well why wouldn't I have the girls of Franchouchou accept Kagura's invitation?!" Kotaro replied as he stood up, drawing all eyes to himself. Kotaro held a hand over his chest as he addressed the American guests. "I suppose you two from America are owed an introduction," the eccentric man remarked, "I am Kotaro Tatsumi, and the girls here make up the actress troop Franchouchou, who are the stars of Japan's latest prime time hit, Saga Stories!" Kotaro then gestured to each of the ten girls that were with him, introducing each of them as he gestured to every last of them one by one. "The girls here are Sakura, Saki, Junko, Yugiri, Lily, Ai, Tae, Sigrid, Ayumu and Hikari."
"Umm, it's nice to meet you," Sakura remarked, looking as if she was a bit unsure of what to say. "…Umm, I never thought that I'd get to meet someone from the States, especially after what all I've been through."
Mrs. Butterbean and the white-haired boy both looked surprised, although for the former her surprise came after the white-haired boy had translated the Japanese to English. Looking to the actresses and their manager, the white-haired boy remarked, "I never thought that I'd get to meet Japanese actresses." Kagura was clearly amused amused by how the Americans were shocked that she had managed to arrange for straight-up legit celebrities to come and watch the exhibition battle. Granted, the Americans seemed to not be aware of the fact that the girls of Franchouchou were straight up monsters, standard zombies to be specific, but to be honest it was not too big of a deal that the Americans had to be made aware of.
It was especially so, given that Americans tended to have something of an obsession with hunting and killing various undead, standard zombies especially.
Those thoughts were all pushed to the side when Kagura and the others in the VIP booth heard some doors down in the arena pit open. Looking down, the spectators saw a large pair of plain tannish metal double doors open outward into the arena pit, and after that a mass crowd of Vulcan High students, led by Kagura's own son Yuki, started to rush in. "You all should watch this exhibition battle," the principal of Vulcan High remarked, clear amusement in her tone, "The students at my school are about to show just why Vulcan High is the closest Japanese hero high school in terms of upstaging the prestigious U.A."
After the last of the Vulcan High students had finished rushing out, the doors that opened to let them out closed behind them, effectively trapping all one-hundred of them in the pit of the arena. As they all stood there, the one-hundred Vulcan High students proceeded to look around, as if in confusion. The zombie girls and Kotaro could understand why; all of them were looking for the lone opponent that all of them would be facing.
As if their collective question had been answered, the Vulcan High students heard a random female voice call out to them from the other far end of the arena pit. Similarly, all of those in the VIP booth that were watching the exhibition team battle event turned to look to see who they all knew was a Royal Woods High girl by the name of Allison. Sure enough, the zombie girls and Kotaro all spotted the lone American girl down in the arena, the lone American girl who was set to do battle against one-hundred Japanese foes all at once.
Allison had her yellow-blonde hair in twin ponytails that fell down over her back, with said ponytails long enough to reach halfway down her shoulder blades, although she had her bangs framing her face. Her outfit consisted of a sleeveless thick cloth top of dark green worn under a gold yellow sleeveless vest that would have exposed her midriff if not for the green sleeveless shirt; the vest was connected only by a golden brooch that was detailed to resemble the head of a snarling wolf, with the brooch clearing being of Nordic make.
The lone American girl wore metal shoulder pads with fur trim, a belt that was composed of metal links crafted to resemble skulls and from each skull on the belt a length of leather studded with a few metal spikes trailed down, under the belt and leather lengths was a dark fur skirt that reached her knees, a skirt that looked to have been made from a bear pelt. Under the skirt was a pair of durable cloth pants with knee guards over the knees, and Allison also wore a pair of fur trimmed boots that reached halfway up her shins; the legs of her pants ended up disappearing into her boots.
She also wore a simple dark leather headband/circlet over her forehead, and a pair of fur bracers that started at the crooks of her elbows, covered the rest of her arms going towards her hands, and also covered the lower halves of the back of her hands. In Allison's right hand was, to the surprise of the zombie girls of Franchouchou (aside from Sigrid who looked as if her interest was piqued), a four-iron golf club. Lastly, there was also a thin, black leather rectangular case worn over her back, peeking out from behind her right shoulder and left hip.
Down in the arena pit, after she noticed that she was spotted by her mass swarm of opponents, Allison began to yell at them in a language that not only clearly wasn't Japanese, it also was clearly not English either. Everyone in the VIP booth was likewise curious about the language that the lone American girl was shouting in, and it was out of said curiosity that Kagura turned to regard Principal Butterbean and the white-haired boy.
"Do either of you know what the hell she's saying?" Kagura asked her American guests as she pointed down into the arena at Allison.
"I can go ahead and tell you than neither Mrs. Butterbean nor I speak Swedish," the white-haired boy said as he regarded Kagura, identifying the language Allison was shouting in as Swedish in the process, "So I have no idea what she is-"
"I am Allison Ace." Everyone else that was in the VIP booth turned to regard Sigrid after they had heard her speak up at that moment, surprised that she understood what Allison was shouting. "Daughter of Ashe, niece of Sejuani. I stand before you all here today as the Viking Hero Asgardian. To those among you who lack fear in their hearts, come forward. Let us make this contest a glorious battle that will entertain the gods of Valhalla."
"You…" Saki said as she and the other Franchouchou girls all looked surprised at Sigrid, "…Understood what she's saying?"
The half-foreign zombie girl, her arms crossed over her chest, simply nodded once in the affirmative. "That one down there is formally challenging her foes to battle. She aims to win glory in battle this day." Sigrid turned to regard her fellow actresses, a wry look of amusement on her face. "We would do well to watch this contest, girls. I get the feeling that we are going to be in for quite the treat." The half-foreign zombie girl turned back around to look down in the arena, her gaze locked firmly on where the Viking Hero stood.
"That one down there is a warrior."
The girls of Franchouchou all turned their attention to look down into the arena; one of the boys on the Vulcan high team looked like he was saying something to his ninety-nine teammates, but the girls couldn't hear it due to how far away he was. However, the girls could hear it when another one of the boys shouted, "CHARGE!" The one-hundred Vulcan students all proceeded to run right at Allison, who likewise was charging all of her opponents. However, something took place that caught most everyone, competitor and spectator alike, by surprise.
Allison became completely enshrouded in golden lightning.
The lone Royal Woods High girl spotted a fairly large boulder that was one of the obstacles in the arena; she ran up to it, jumped up to land on it and then, with a lot more effort, jumped from the top of the boulder and seemingly flew over the oncoming horde of Vulcan High students, drawing awe from the ten zombie girls who were watching. Allison soared over the masses until she started to descend, falling right towards the lot of them as if she were a bolt of lightning striking down from the blue.
She landed approximately in the middle of the large mass of Vulcan students, creating a burst of golden lightning that exploded out from her like an exploding dome that expanded outwards. Many of Allison's opponents were hit by the bursting dome of golden lightning, with most of those who were hit being knocked out automatically by the massive AOE attack. And that all was just one attack from Allison, one that surprised Sigrid in particular.
Standing up straight from the landing position she had landed in, Allison turned to face her many opponents, immediately spotting the basset hound boy. Switching her golf club to her left hand, the Viking Hero shouted, "Gungnir Bolt!" as she conjured a sphere of golden lighting above the tips of her right hand's fingers. Making a throwing motion, Allison thrusted the power at a boy whose quirk gave him minor basset hound-esque features. The golden lightning sphere thinned out when Allison did this, turning into a rod-like shape.
The thinned out orb, now somewhat resembling a spear, flew right at the basset hound boy, striking him in the gut and sending him flying away with an explosive burst of power. After she had defeated the basset hound boy, Allison was distracted when a girl whose quirk gave her chinchilla-eqsue features tried hitting her on her left side. The lone Royal Woods High girl arched a wry eyebrow as she saw the chinchilla girl's look of total shock that the golden lightning cloak did not so much as waver. Allison took her golf club, also enshrouded in golden lightning, and struck the chinchilla girl along the side of her head, knocking her out.
Allison then looked up into the sky and, as she returned her gold club to her right hand's grasp, pulled her right fist back before thrusting it up into the air, holding her cherished weapon aloft as she shouted, "Thunderer's Storm!" A massive burst of golden lightning flew from Allison's right arm and soared up into the air, before spreading out over the airspace over the arena in a manner that made many of the Vulcan students question just what kind of insanity was happening.
Before any of the Vulcan High students who were still active could get a read on what was going on, lightning bolts of gold began to fall down from the skies above. The display drew a lot of surprise out of Kotaro and the undead girls of Franchouchou. Sigrid was particularly amused by the sight, as if she were beholding one of the very deities that she venerated, or at least an avatar of one of said deities, do battle here on Midgard. Never before had the half-foreign zombie girl seen such a display of battle prowess, with even her own glorious finish many years ago nowhere near close enough to being able to compare.
The girl of golden lightning down in the arena was an absolute warrior.
…
The battle was over far later than anyone would have guessed a one-hundred versus one affair to last; not only that, but it ended with the one defeating all of the one-hundred. Allison, after she had knocked out a Vulcan student that was identified as the son of Vulcan's principal, looked up straight into the skies above before letting let loose a cry of victory, a warrior's shout.
"That…" Kagura said, beyond shocked that the lone Royal Woods High girl had so utterly humiliated the elite hero academy that is Vulcan High. Kagura, a look of disbelief on her face, turned to face Mrs. Butterbean who, when she sensed that someone was looking at her, turned to face the appropriate direction. "…That girl is seriously part of the team that your school is going to throw against U.A." The white-haired boy had to do translations, but after that the American principal did indeed confirm that Allison was going to be one of the ten students of RWHS that would be facing off against whatever team U.A. assembled.
Sakura and the other girls of Franchouchou, aside from Sigrid who still looked amused to have seen such warrior power take part in battle and Tae who due to being unawakened was still mostly unaware of what all was going on, all looked a bit nervous for U.A.'s sake; they all seriously hoped that the top hero academy of Japan had someone that would help to even up the balance of power, otherwise Allison alone would probably do to U.A's team what she did just now to Vulcan's team.
Kagura, at first, had paled when she was told that Allison was indeed confirmed to be on the team to face off against whatever team U.A. formed for the team battle event. Kotaro and some of the undead girls could see that look in the plump, blonde-haired woman's face, the unsettled feelings hinted at becoming more pronounced as she saw Asgardian continue to shout into the heavens above, shouting to her gods as if she were asking if she had appeased them with the show of battle. However, something that Franchouchou and their manager observed regarding the next thing Kagura did surprised them.
She suddenly began laughing.
Kotaro and the zombie girls had no idea why Kagura was laughing, the manner of her laughing coming off as if she might have just lost a bit of her mind. The principal of Vulcan High then proceeded to try to force herself to calm down, and after she had done so she turned to face her American counterpart Mrs. Butterbean. "I'm really sorry, but I just couldn't help but think of how U.A. is going to deal with it when they see your student down there face off against their pampered brats."
The white-haired boy quickly translated what Kagura had said, and after Mrs. Butterbean gave a response, the boy translated what she said so that those who did not speak English could understand what she was saying. "Well since the future of a lot of schools all over the state of Michigan is riding on the Royal Woods High team defeating U.A. in our upcoming team battle event, I figured that it was a better to be safe rather than sorry."
"Hey, are those kids going to be alright?" Sakura asked from behind where the principals and the white-haired boy sat in the bleachers overlooking the arena pit of Vulcan High's stadium, pointing down into the arena. Lincoln did the translations, then turned around and spoke after Mrs. Butterbean gave an answer. The long-haired zombie girl was very clearly concerned for all one-hundred quirked high school students who had just been swept by a lone opponent."
"Yes, even Allison knows better than to do more harm than need be," the white-haired boy replied as he turned to face Sakura, "She only did enough to knock her opponents out. They should recover soon enough."
The undead girls and Kotaro all heard Kagura let out a sigh of relief, clearly thankful that her students were all going to be okay. Some of the girls of Franchouchou, along with their manager, could see Kagura smile to herself. It was a darkly amused smile that made it clear she was looking forward to seeing what hell was waiting in store for the students of Japan's top hero academy, given that one of their inevitable opponents was in possession of so legendary a power.
Kotaro, after the exhibition battle was over, led the girls out of the VIP booth. After the group had made their way to the front lobby area of the main building for Vulcan High, they all stopped short when they heard a young boy's voice call out to them. "Wait! You're those ten actress girls that watched Allison's fight just now." The party turned around and saw the white-haired boy walk up to them, the unknown blonde teen girl and Allison both following him.
Gesturing to Sakura as she stood closest to him, the white-haired boy asked, "I'm just wondering, but why were you guys here to watch the exhibition battle? It seems a bit weird to me that you guys would come here without a reason."
"I suspect it's because the principal wanted to show off to famous celebrities by letting them watch her school's best and brightest show what they're made of," Sakura replied. The long-haired zombie girl then gestured to Allison. "…Umm, but I think that she kind of took Kagura's plan and turned it completely on its head."
The white-haired boy nodded in understanding. "Yeah, Allison is nothing short of insanely overpowered. In fact, there are three-"
The boy was cut off when Sigrid stepped forward from the group of girls, her eyes firmly on Allison. The half-foreign zombie girl held a hand up in a gesture of greeting to the Viking Hero. "(The gods look upon you favorably, warrior,)" Sigrid said, surprising everyone as she spoke to Allison in Swedish. The gold lightning girl herself was the most surprised, her eyes widening a bit as she was addressed in a language she understood. "(I have no doubt that your awesome display of battle prowess today has earned you some favor from them.)"
Allison, after she looked like she recovered from the initial shock of being spoken to in a language she understood, gave off a bit of an amused smile. "(…I did not expect to encounter anyone here who spoke in a tongue that I can understand,)" Allison spoke to Sigrid in Swedish, "(Tell me, what is your name?)"
"(I am Sigrid Aesirson,)" the half-foreign zombie girl replied, lightly pounding her right fist over her chest.
The Viking Hero smiled more in amusement. "(…Allison Ace.)" She held out a hand to Sigrid, offering a handshake that Sigrid had accepted. Both girls had firm grips as they shook hands, but a look of surprise overcame Allison's face as she held Sigrid's hand. When the two girls let go, Allison looked at Sigrid, a mild hint of suspicion in her face. "(…You are a draugr.)"
Sigrid, lacking more surprise in her expression than she should have had upon realizing that someone was able to tell she had been returned to life as one of the undead, let out a knowing sigh. "(Indeed I am, although it was not by my choice. I have still yet to learn why the all-father had permitted my return to Midgard, for I had fallen honorably in battle. He would not send true warriors who had earned their rewards back without a reason.)"
A strong hint of knowing understanding appeared in Allison's face as she nodded in agreement with the half-foreign zombie girl. "(No, he would not. I shall pray for you that you learn what it is that Odin had sent you back here for, so that you may accomplish what he had bade you to do. I know that I would do so if I were in your position.)" Sigrid nodded once in thanks before asking Allison to keep the truth of her undead status a secret. Allison, in respect to one who is a warrior same as her, agreed to do so; it helped that no body else knew Swedish, so noone knew what the hell they were saying.
Since every piece had been said, the girls of Franchouchou turned around to leave with their manager. "Wow, Sigrid," Lily remarked as she and the other girls made it out to the parking lot with Kotaro, "That was really amazing how you spoke an entire conversation with someone in a completely foreign language!"
"Indeed, little one," Sigrid replied, "It's rare for me to be able to speak to someone in the tongue I had learned from my father so very long ago."
"Okay girls," Kotaro said, "I think that the main purpose of our trip here was because Kagura wanted us to see her school's students mop the floor with their foreign opponent, but that ended up being a bust when all one-hundred of the Vulcan kids got themselves massacared by Sigrid two point o." Clapping his hands together, the manager of Franchouchou continued, "Regardless, we should still remark to people who interview you about the match you watched here that the students of Vulcan were nothing short of amazing, displaying skill that made it clear they aren't known as the top rival to U.A. for nothing."
Most of the zombie girls all nodded in agreement with Kotaro, save for Tae who still didn't quite know what all was going on. Sigrid was honestly more investing in the display that Allison had put on, but she shrugged and indifferently agreed to go along with what the eccentric man had said. All matters of business had been settled, so with nothing else holding them back, Kotaro and the girls of Franchouchou got into the van and drove off. Some of the zombie girls wondered just what the actual team battle event, where Allison and her teammates would face off against the team that U.A. would be putting in, would all be like.
It would be an awesome battle, that much is certain.
END, SAGA STORIES CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Author's notes;
This chapter sees events of the events of chapter thirty-four of 'A couple that will go down in legend' from the point of view of the characters of 'Saga Stories'. The girls of Franchouchou were amazed by the display of power, reminding them of what Kotaro had told some of them a long time ago about how the world at large is a rather large place, that anything is possible. What will be in store next for Sakura and the others needs to be seen to be believed.
Also, sorry if this chapter is a bit shorter than the average for this story.