Ughhhhh... school's starting again in a few days... damn... hoping to have more time to do more chapters. Oh well, I just have to hope nothing too hectic gets thrown at me for a few weeks. I can't guarantee when I'll be getting new chapters out, but it may take a week and a half maybe two weeks.

Thank you for the reviews I got for the first chapter. It sets me at ease knowing that I've already gotten the support of others. I was actually getting cold feet about continuing this all of a sudden, but the reviews helped me regain my nerve (ha ha, yeah I tend to suffer from sudden cases of cold feet pretty often and so I apologize for that).

I already have the next few chapters planned out, just working out some issues regarding certain details, but I should be able to get them out soon. Then again, I'm still getting use to the system of adding new chapters so that may put me back a day or two (yeah, I'm not really tech savy so that really makes me lag behind sometimes).

As I'm sure you'll notice, the story follows the HOTD storyline, but I will be changing things up soon.

I don't own Devil May Cry or Highschool of The Dead.

Chapter 2

"Sparda..." That name kept repeating over and over in Takashi's mind. He didn't know why or how something like that would be happening, but given the current mess that the whole world was in, it didn't seem to surprise him too much.

His entire mind was blank other than that name, no images or any other train of thought. Suddenly, he appeared in his own mind. Takashi blinked, bewildered as he looked around, seeing nothing but darkness. He touched his arms and chest, feeling for the wounds that the creature had inflicted, but didn't feel the wounds at all. "What the hell?" he said. He noticed that he didn't even feel pain.

"What's going on? I was sure that I got cut across my chest. There's no way that it could've been a dream or something," Takashi told himself. He suddenly felt a chill run up his spine and he looked around for... well he didn't know what to look for as he didn't know why he suddenly felt so cold.

Another chill went up his spine, making him look forward. At first he saw nothing, just darkness. Takashi focused his eyes and still saw nothing. When he was about to turn away, something caught his eye and he looked back.

At first he seemed to see a faint light, but then the source of it got closer and he soon realized that it wasn't light, but was hair. "The hell?" Takashi thought. Now he could see that what he saw was a person of some sort, but nothing like anyone else he's ever seen. The person was a man, quite tall, and had a medium build. Now something like that would be normal, but the man's other features were not. His slicked back hair, which Takashi had mistaken for a light, was silver and it was so light that it could've been white. He had ice blue eyes that carried a coldness that made Takashi shiver.

In addition to his unique hair and eye color, the man had a light complexion that complimented his hair and eyes. He wore a monocle over his left eye and had on a purple jacket. And in his right hand was a rather large sword that Takashi knew could split a person straight in two with a simple swing.

Takashi stared as the man approached, the thought of doing anything not crossing his mind at all. Something about the man seemed oddly familiar, but Takashi has never met him before nor seen anyone that resembled him. The man continued to come closer. Takashi, without even thinking, took a step towards him.

That was when the man suddenly changed. He went from looking like... well a man... to that of something inhuman. He was still the same size as before, but his appearance was radically different. He had hooves of some sort, a semi reptilian hide, a pair of horns that could easily impale something on it, some insect like wings on his back, while the rest of his body seemed to be some kind of armor with slight ting of tyrian purple. To top it off, he had a crown - a big red gem - imbedded in his forehead and he had gold knee and elbow guards.

The man, or rather creature, let out a growl. Takashi jumped back, shocked by the change. He would've ran off even though he had the feeling that he would never be able to outrun the thing and that feeling was proven right as the creature suddenly appeared before him and reached out to him with a clawed hand...

And that was when Takashi woke up. His eyes opened wide, his fear evident as he nearly let out a gasp. He blinked several times as he slowly realized two things: 1) he wasn't dead and 2) he was in the hummer. As Takashi began to relax as he digested these two facts, he heard singing and it sounded like Kohta and the girl that he rescued.

"Oh man, it was just a dream." Takashi let out a sigh. Then he looked down and saw Saeko's head resting on his leg. Being the guy that he is, he naturally began to feel quite... stimulated. He felt a nudge on his shoulder and noticed that Rei was asleep too. Takashi would've had a little outburst, but his thoughts strayed from anything dirty as he heard Saya yell at Kohta.

"Wake up everyone! We're almost there!" Shizuka sensei said. She didn't seem to realize that he was awake as she gave no reaction despite practically turning around to say that. Rei stirred and woke up completely upon seeing his face. She had a look of shock on her face. Takashi blinked in surprise as Rei suddenly seemed to start crying lightly.

"Thank God... you're fine..." This comment took him by surprise, but then he remembered the thing from yesterday and shivered. Saeko woke up, drooling a little. She looked at him as well and seemed to have a relieved look on her face. But then she noticed the position she was in and blushed.

The hummer pulled up onto the shore of the river and Takashi, Rei, and Saeko got out. Shizuka and the others noticed that he was up. "Komuro, you're all right!" Kohta exclaimed. Saya didn't say anything, but it was obvious that she was happy. The little girl was happy too and so was Shizuka. The dog barked in joy. Takashi wasn't paying them much attention though as he checked his body for the injuries that he should have, but didn't. He pondered over how that could be possible. He snapped out of his thoughts as he noticed they were all staring at him with wonder.

"What? Is something wrong?" he asked, truly confused by their looks. They all looked away, seeming somewhat embarrassed and the girls went to the other side of the hummer to change. Takashi went up to Kohta. Kohta was trying not look at him.

"Okay seriously, what's up with the stares?" Kohta looked at him, his face serious. He motioned for Takashi to move away from the hummer a little so they could talk.

"Komuro, this is going to sound strange, but well... you've gone through a few... changes," Kohta said.

Takashi blinked in confusion. "Gone through a few changes? What do you..." he trailed off as he realized that everything seemed a bit shorter than before. "Am I... taller?" he asked. Takashi went up to the hummer so he could see his reflection. He did a double take at his appearance.

His hair had gone from being black to silver and his eyes were now an ice blue color. And he was indeed taller, standing about three or four inches taller than before. He noticed that his shirt was feeling a little snug as he was leaner and more muscular than before too.

"What the hell happened to me?" he asked Kohta as he turned back around to face him.

Kohta shrugged. "We have no idea. All I can tell you is that you started changing after that thing stabbed you."

Takashi was really beginning to freak out. First that damn thing, now this. "What happened too after whatever the hell it was attacked me anyway?"

"It took off and Saeko and I grabbed you before you fell. We drove out of the neighborhood and all the way here." Kohta seemed as confused by this turn of events as well.

"Damn it, just when I thought things couldn't any crazier." Takashi pinched his temple, feeling angry for reasons he couldn't fathom. "Ah forget about this for now. For now we need to focus on getting to our homes," Takashi said, figuring that it would be best to push this new development aside for the time being. He was more than curious and concerned about this, but he doubted he'd be able to think up an explanation for this any time soon.

"Right," Kohta said reluctantly, making it obvious that he would like to know why this happened now.

"Oh yeah, what's up with the girl? Is she alright?" Takashi asked, remembering her now.

"She's fine. A little shaken still, but that's expected. Her name is Alice Maresato by the way."

"Come to think of it, I didn't even know her name," Takashi thought.

The dog barked at him, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Oh, you're as hyper as ever." Takashi picked up the dog and was surprised that he felt light. Sure the dog was small, but it seemed to feel lighter than before.

"We decided to call him Zeke," Kohta said. He went on to say that the name Zeke comes from the American army and that it was given to the zero fighters. It was Kohta's idea of course.

"Use this Komuro." Kohta handed him the shotgun. "It's a shotgun, so you only have to aim in the general direction of their heads."

Takashi set Zeke down. "Like I said before, I don't know how to use it. I'd be better off with a bat," Takashi said, but Kohta seemed to ignore him as he pumped a round into the shotgun.

"Doing that gets the shells ready to fire. After you get a target in your sights, pull the trigger and their heads will blow off. You don't have any practice, so only use it on Them when they're up close," Kohta explained.

"What do I do when I run out of ammo?" he asked.

"Open the gate here like this. Then push it in like this," he continued to explain, giving a demonstration. "They can usually four shells. The chamber can only hold one at a time. You can't put in five, so be careful. Now this gun has another special feature..."

"I'm not going to understand it from hearing it once. I'll just use it as a club," Takashi said as he took the shotgun. But the instant he touched it, he felt this weird sensation coming from the gun. It was like a rush of some sort, flowing from the gun and into him. Takashi's eyelids fluttered for a second as he felt the rush end. "What was that?"

He looked back at Kohta and saw that he seemed down. He suddenly felt bad for being a little rude. He looked at the shotgun again. "I wonder if it'll work on those things..."

"Onii-chan!" Alice called out and Takashi turned to look and his jaw slightly dropped. All of the girls have changed into something more battle appropriate. Well, Rei and Saeko were dressed in their school uniforms, but Rei has added knee and elbow guards and a strap for ammo to her attire while Saeko had a slit in her skirt and was wearing leggings. Saya had her skirt still, but wore a jacket that was open at the top to expose what could be called a sports bra. Shizuka wore the same clothes as last time, only with a shorter skirt.

"What? Got a problem?" Rei said with a smile as she noticed Takashi staring.

"No, it just suits you... do you know how to shoot that thing?"

"Hirano can show me how. If not, I can just use it as a spear." This caused for Kohta to have a bayonet attached to the barrel.

With everyone now prepared, it was time to move. Takashi and Kohta began to walk up the hill, Takashi feeling everyone staring at him from behind. Now that he knew how he looked like, it was no surprise, but the stares still bothered him. He and Kohta stopped near the top and nodded at each other. They both moved quickly onto the road and faced the opposite direction, looking for Them. There was no sign of them.

They called for everyone to come up now and had to duck when Shizuka suddenly came up in the hummer at surprising speed. "How can she make the hummer move like that?" Kohta muttered. They all discussed where to go and agreed to go to Saya's house first. They all got in the hummer except for Takashi and Rei, who sat on top.

As they drove, Rei turned to Takashi. "Hey, Takashi! Did you notice?"

He turned to her. "Notice what?"

"We haven't seen any of Them at all since last night?" she said with a smile.

Takashi realized that that was true, but he happened to notice something else: there were helicopters flying all around before, but now there were none at all. And with that, they continued their way to Saya's house, Takashi completely forgetting about the dream and the mysterious being in it.

And that's chapter 2 for you. I know that it didn't have any action or anything, but I hope you liked it. Don't worry though, there will be action coming up soon along with more demons to make things crazier.

Oh, and the description of Sparda's demon form I mostly memorized from the Devil May Cry wiki (thank God for that).

Please review.