Ah... I can tell that one of my classes is going to be tough and it's barely the first couple of weeks. Really hope that it doesn't cut too much time out of my writing (typing?) of this fic.

I forgot to put the disclaimer too in the last chapter now that I think about it... well, considering that this is a fanfiction site, then it's already known that I don't own anything except for any OCs that I make up (which I don't intend to do).

So to be safe... I don't own Devil May Cry or Highschool of The Dead.

Now onto the chapter!

Chapter 4

"Takashi..." Rei barely whispered.

Takashi sat before her, holding her down by the shoulders. Shizuka loomed over Rei, her hands coated in some kind of sticky substance. "I'm going to begin. Don't let her get away, Komuro-kun." Takashi merely nodded, gulping as he did so.

A mere second later, Shizuka placed her hands on Rei's exposed back and began rubbing whatever it was that was coating her hands. Rei clutched Takashi tightly, letting out a pained squeal. "When you fell from the car, you hit your back so we spread some ointment or it'll get a lot worse..." Shizuka seemed to say that with a bit too much pleasure.

Takashi was having a hard time keeping himself from staring at Rei since she was completely nude with the exception of a towel that covered up the more private areas. "You traitor!" Rei nearly yelled at him, breaking him out of his hormonal stupor.

"W-what? I was only trying to help with the ointment," he explained.

"That's not true!" Rei yelled.

"Fine, then what did you think I was doing?"

"Consider everything that's happened! The ointment itself was fine... it would've been better if it wasn't Shizuka-sensei."

"Excuse me?" Takashi just had to say that given Rei's response.

"Get out," Rei pouted.

"What's this all of a sudden?" Takashi really couldn't understand Rei's mood. It was beginning to piss him off a little.

"You shooting the gun really hurt my boobs! I'm going to put on the ointment myself from now on!" she shouted as she pushed Takashi out the door and slammed it shut.

Takashi sighed. "She needs to lighten up," he mumbled. He looked around the huge mansion. After having been rescued by Saya's mother, he and the group came here to her house, although mansion is the only way to describe the ludicrously huge place. "Well, at least we can finally get some rest."

I get it already! You're always right mama!" Takashi cringed at Saya's loud voice. For some reason his hearing was sharper than before, but now he had a feeling that he might go deaf soon. Saya marched down the hallway, obviously angry. Then again, she seemed to almost always be that way.

"Takagi..." Takashi said as she passed him, but she turned and before he knew it, she was yelling at him.

"I told you to call me by my first name!" she screamed.

Takashi, taken aback by her yell, mumbled out a sorry. "Don't lower your head to me like any other guy would! Oh whatever... why would it be any different now! I thought at least you would..." Saya didn't finish that sentence and just ran down the hallway.

"I really upset her," Saya's mom said as she approached Takashi, having apparently seen Saya run. "Have you seen this side of her. You've been her friend since kindergarten, haven't you?"

"Ha ha, well kinda," Takashi couldn't help but say. Sure he knew Saya since kindergarten, but saying they were friends wasn't exactly how he'd describe the relationship. "Anyway, this is really amazing. I knew your house was big, but this is just... wow."

"You've never come over to play before, have you?" she asked.

"Well, I guess not."

She smiled at his honesty. "But don't you find the house of the leader of an ultra-nationalist group to be a little frightening?" she asked.

Takashi sweated a bit. "A little... sorry."

She laughed. "I like boys who are honest."

"Um... but we're not overstaying our visit or anything, are we?" he had to ask.

"Not at all. Right now, much like with its water, Tokonosu is getting its electricity from the dam up north at Okunako. But..." she trailed off.

"What is it?"

"It's to protect the hydro plant and transformer substations. A small part of the Self-Defense Force was on standby in case of terrorists attacks, but they've been deployed elsewhere."

"So the hydro plant and substations are defenseless," Takashi summed up.

She nodded. "Yes. We have workers there and they are not trained fighters so they are easy prey for these... things. And to add to the trouble, we've encountered some of those creatures that you and the others fought off earlier."

Takashi's eyebrows perked up. "Wait, you've fought those things before?" The answer became obvious to him after he asked as she nor the others with her were very surprised when they blasted that creature away from Kohta.

"Yes. They began to appear not long after this entire disaster started. We were all shocked by them and some of the people with us were cut down before anything could be done. Thankfully, they were driven away, but it seems that there are more appearing," she explained.

Takashi gulped. He had felt confident fighting them earlier since he was much stronger than before and that there weren't that many of them, but if more were popping up, then he wasn't too sure he or anyone else would be able to handle them.

"And now it seems that some of these creatures are following those walking corpses to the hydro plant." That statement really hit Takashi. Things really are going to Hell. "The workers there have families too. When they find out that those things are getting closer, they will most likely panic and try to get home to their families by whatever means possible. However, since chances of them ever getting home are slim, we will be taking full responsibility for what happens. But we will only help those who want to survive."

Takashi took this in with his head down as he pondered something. "I want her to understand." Takashi looked back up at Saya's mom as she spoke again. "But she doesn't agree with anything I say. I suppose it'd be too much for me to expect a favor from you." She smiled.

Takashi knew what she was asking. "I'll try," he said reluctantly. With that she turned around and began to walk when she turned back around. "What is it?"

She stared at him for a moment, seeming to analyze him. Finally she spoke. "I don't ever recall your hair and eyes being that color," she simply said. Takashi nervously laughed and walked away.

"Persuade Takagi, huh... I haven't won a single debate since kindergarten." He couldn't help but say that. If Saya wouldn't listen to reason from her own mother, then Takashi was more than certain that he had no chance of succeeding.

"You idiot, you tried to carry it too far too fast!" Takashi turned and saw two men struggling to carry a huge case. He went over helped them a bit, but as soon as he did, the man spoke again. "Okay, we've got it. That's enough, kiddo!"

"No, I want to help," Takashi said.

"Don't worry about it! This is an adult's job! You kids just kick back," one said and with that they left. Takashi looked a little hurt that they would just shrug him off like that, but he didn't push the issue.

"You don't look so good," Saeko said as she appeared. She wore a beautiful kimono that Takashi couldn't his eyes off of. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing really, it's just that... that looks really good on you," he said, a small blush on his face. Saeko blushed at his comment and he started to get agitated. "No, uh, I didn't mean anything weird!"

Saeko put her hands up as if to calm him down. "Ahh, don't worry about it. I won't take it the wrong way." They both stood still, feeling a bit embarrassed, but a few seconds later they began to laugh. Alice came down the hallway and ran up to them.

"What, what?" she asked as she saw them laughing.

"Nothing, we're just glad that you're doing okay," Takashi replied.

She smiled. "Yeah, I'm doing fine!" she said back enthusiastically. Takashi couldn't help but marvel at how she was able to quickly adapt to this new and crazy world. Just yesterday when they arrived here when she had gone to bed, she had cried herself to sleep. Yet now she was fine. Takashi had to wonder if he or anyone else would've done the same thing if their parents turned out to be dead.

They passed by a room and Saya popped out. "Komuro." She and Kohta were doing something in there.

"What are you doing?" Takashi had to ask.

Saya's face got serious. "Komuro, I think we should talk." And within minutes, they were all in Rei's room, Rei still laying out across the bed with the towel still wrapped over her.

"Can I stay too, Kohta-chan?" Alice asked.

"Of course! Alice-chan and Zeke are part of our band of companions, too," he replied happily.

"Oh sure, let's all just assemble in here," Rei complained.

"You can't really move. There's nothing we can do about that," Takashi explained.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Shizuka asked, peeling a banana.

"The next time you set out, I'm not so sure I should accompany your little 'band of companions'," Saya said with her back to all of them.

"Of course. Now we've banded together with a bigger group, stronger group. In other words..." Saeko knew what Saya was saying.

"Yes, I have two choices! Can you understand that?" Saya sounded pretty pissed off.

"Split up? But why?" Takashi didn't like this idea at all. Saya was the smartest of the group and if she doesn't go with them, then they're going to have more trouble than they could probably manage.

Saya walked out onto the balconey. "Maybe you should look around and see for yourself! If you still don't get after that then I revoke your right to call me by my first name!"

Takashi looked at the street. All he could see was Them going around and eating the pieces of what used to be people. Blood spattered like paint all along the walls. "It's gotten worse. It's a whole other world out there." He looked down at the people inside the mansion area. They all were doing something, ranging from putting stuff in trucks to helping others by the tents they have set up.

"Your dad is really handling this well, especially for just being a right-wing elite. Your mom's pretty amazing too," Takashi pointed out.

"Yes, they're amazing! They have a lot to be proud of. Even now, they're always away, dealing with this. But if they can do that much, then..." Saya trailed off.

"Takagi..."

"Call me by my first name!"

"You shouldn't think badly of your parents, especially considering how things are right now. It's rough for everyone." Takashi tried to emphasize the 'everyone' part.

"That sounds like something my mom would say. I know, I know , my parents are the best! Even when something unexpected happened, they took action right away and protected their mansion and staff! Of course it's not like they forgot about their daughter! She's the apple of their eyes!" Saya was beginning to lose it.

"That's going too far..." Takashi said, his expression unreadable.

"As expected! They're really amazing! I shouldn't expect anything less from my papa and mama! They didn't think I survived so they gave up immediately!"

Takashi couldn't take this shit from her anymore. "Stop it. Saya!" Before any of them could even blink, Takashi reached out with one hand, snatched Saya by the scruff of her shirt and lifted her high off the floor. His eyes had changed from the ice blue that they've become recently to a fiery red as he felt a surge of anger hit him. Everyone naturally looked shocked by his action.

"Ah... that was pretty sudden. But it took you long enough." Saya had tears in her eyes. This just pissed Takashi off even more.

He brought her closer to his face. "It's not just you! We're the same! We're all having an equally tough time. No, actually you know your parents are okay, so you're even better off. We don't know if our families are still alive. Hell, we might not ever find out. It could turn out that this change of mine recently could end up killing me before I ever see my parents again."

Takashi stared at her intently, driving the point home. After a moment of complete silence, Saya spoke. "... Okay. I get it so let go of me."

Takashi sighed, but complied. "Sorry," he said as he set her down.

"Yeah, you should be. But it's fine," she said as she picked up her glasses and put them back on. "Well, then. It's about time we got to the matter at hand."

As soon as she finished that sentence, they all heard cars pull up to the mansion. The cars passed through the open gates and came inside. Kohta looked out the window to get a look. "Is that...?"

"Yes, it is. The don of this prefecture's ultra-nationalist organization. He alone determines what's right and what's wrong. My papa," Saya said as a man stepped out of the car in the front.

About several blocks away, two figures walked down the street. Both bore a rather unique appearance and it was obvious that they were foreigners. One was a tall man, a few inches over six feet, well built, and dressed almost entirely in red, his coat in particular standing out. His most unique features though were his ice blue eyes and silver hair. He carried a huge sword on his back and held two pistols in hand.

"Damn, things all over the world are really going to Hell. Shit, I was hoping there'd be some place still running with some pizza," he said.

"Dante, do me a favor and shut the fuck up," his companion said. His companion was a woman with black hair and heterochronic eyes, one blue and one a brownish red. The woman wore white short and a button long sleeve shirt that matched. On her back was a huge missile launcher that looked like something out of a game. And to top it off she had a few handguns strapped to her legs.

The man named Dante turned to her. "Sheesh, you're pretty harsh today. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today Lady?" Lady didn't answer, she just kept walking down the street. Dante sighed. Ever since this these zombies or whatever they were started to pop up a day or two ago, she's been on edge and Dante was beginning to feel pretty pissed off. Sure the world was now officially having an apocalypse, but still would it kill her to lighten up just a bit?

The two walked in silence until a few moments later, Dante stopped. "What is it?" Lady asked. Dante didn't answer, but he stared off in some direction. "Let me guess: he's nearby."

Dante nodded. A day ago, he felt something, a presence appear and from what he could tell, it felt familiar only he couldn't place it. However, it did feel a lot like Vergil, but it felt more human too. Dante was too curious to just ignore it and thankfully their last job had been pretty damn close to here so it wasn't too hard to follow it.

"Yep, dude's near. Coming from over there, maybe one of those houses in that section there," Dante pointed out. Lady looked and took out a pair of binoculars. One can never be too careful when hunting demons.

"There's a lot of people at one of the houses," she remarked.

Dante grinned. "Then that's where he is." Both of them began to walk in that direction, but didn't get very far when roars were heard. Several shadows seemed to leap out of the huge bushes nearby and landed with a heavy thud in front of them. Huge, muscular lizards stood up, a shield attached to their arms and with some kind of ceremonial crown on their heads.

"Assaults huh?" Dante smirked as he pulled Rebellion off his back as Lady readied her weapon, the Kalina Ann. "Alright, I've been looking for a good warm up."

The Assaults roared once more and rushed the duo. "Let's rock!"

And there it is, the fourth chapter!

Dante and Lady have joined the story now and you can expect them to be killing demons in style pretty soon. Hmm, the descriptions I did of Dante and Lady could use some work, but nothing I did made it better, so I hope you can forgive me if you think the descriptions suck.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'll try to update again very soon.

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