I've been playing HetaOni for the past week so forgive me for this chapter as it was poorly written, I know that, no comments on this chapter please… I was like at the part where something in chapter 17 happens then when it saved but went straight to the cut scene and the game didn't register the cut scene so I just had Japan moving about like ASDFGHJKL… I'm really upset because I've tried everything, I even asked my hardcore gamer bro who's a genius with this kind of stuff… and even he can't figure it out. So I had to reset the damn game… Anyway, here is something that resembles a chapter
Ronalds POV
"So this is Saya's place?" I looked up at the large house. The sun was setting already...It was a days walk from that church. It was all the way on the outskirts of London and I had to say... This place was huge. I mean, I've seen Ciel Phantomhives house and this was like almost that size! "It's big."
"That's what she said," she laughed. The house was surrounded by a brick wall and protected by a metal gate, like the one the school had... Breaking through that thing was awesome. There was a buzzer on the post of the wall attatched to the gate. Viridian went up to it and pressed a button and waited.
"Password?" Came a voice followed by laughter.
"You're an idiot," Viridian sighed with a smile.
"Password accepted!" The gates opened up with a creak. "Have a nice stay dimwit!" Viridian tripped and laughed. I followed Viridian as she staggered inside the courtyard.
This place had a pretty well-kept garden despite the apocalypse happening around it. I looked to the side. Parked by it was a familiar humvee. But I thought the group had lost it when they were cornered? And there was a school bus parked next to it. They were all here? Viridian and I made our way to the steps and stepped up to the door. It was slightly open. Viridian pushed it. It creaked. What the? She took a step in. Why wasn't her hand on her sword, I'd kept my gun behind but seriously.
"Viri!" Before I knew it, Viridian was buried underneath three bodies.
"Missed you guys as well."
"Who are they?" Out of nowhere, these three Japanese guys, two guys and a girl, had tackled her. "Hey..." I knew the girl. She was the one who'd saved the others... That meant this was the rescue team? God was I stupid! I remembered we were supposed to find them. When I'd looked back, everyone was standing again. The girl had black hair, as did one of the boys and the other had dark brown hair.
"R-Ronald Knox?" The girl fell to the floor.
"Is that normal?" I asked. The three nodded.
"Saya's a fan girl," the boy with brown hair said. "Of course she'd react like that when she saw you." He laughed. "Damien Fujioka, that's Sayuri Yuoki, Saya for short and this is Ryou Sabura," the other boy waved.
"Thanks for taking care of my sister," Damien laughed. "Well she's not my sister," he leant of Viridian's shoulder. "But she treats me like a little brother."
"Well you may be a few months older than me but you're less mature so I am obligated to look after you that way," she laughed. "Besides, you're a bit shorter than me"-
"I'll grow." This was just awkward. I mean, I'd just met these people and they'd act like I wasn't even there, well except for that Saya girl, she fell to the floor.
"It's great to see you guys but where's..."
"She's upstairs," Ryou said. "Great... Now I have to deal with this..." She picked up Saya and left the room.
"That was weird..." Damien stared at the doorway through with Ryou left.
"Where are the others?" Viridian asked. "I saw the humvee and coach outside."
"Yeah, they're here"-
"Viridiain!" Grell came bolting down the staircase. He literally glomped Viridian. "I missed you so much!"
"Missed you to Grell," she hugged him back. Grells eyes set on me. As soon as they seperated, Grell came towards me.
"You better have kept her safe Ronald," he scolded.
"What the hell?!" I shot.
"You better no have tried anything either!"
"Grell!" Viridian facepalmed. "Can you just stop that? Please? I mean, Ronald kept me safe the whole time, no need to worry." Well. It was the other way round. Viridian was the one protecting me.
To think, most girls would be damsels in distress. Pfft. Viridian was far from that. She had a freaking sword and gun, she could demolish an army of zombies, and her allies were people to be reckoned with. But what I'd heard from Viridian... That Saya couldn't even shoot a gun before, but when I saw her, she took down a few. But these guys were normal, well kinda normal.
I sat in the living room on the couch, leaning on the arm rest.
"So what's the deal with you guys?" I asked to Damien and Ryou, with an added Saya in the corner of the room who had calmed down. "I mean like, why do you have guns and this kind of this stuff?"
"Well, both my parents are lawyers, they're quite successful so we managed to get this huge place," Saya stood up and sat on the couch opposite me next to Damien and Ryou.
"Then what about the guns? And how the hell do you guys know how to drive?"
"Well, I mean, it's been only a short time but since there aren't any rules in the middle of all this, we can do what we want," Damien said.
"And our dads are in the army, you know, just like that Eden girls," Ryou added.
"That explains it..." I trailed.
"I have a question for you..." Saya leaned forward... "What do you think about Viridian?"
"Huh?" I gave her a questioning look. "What d'ya mean by that?"
"Just... What do you think of her?" I thought for a second. A smile rose onto Sayas face as a frown came to Damiens.
"Can we open the windows? It's a bit hot in..." Wait, they were already open. What the? And it was nearing December... "Well, she's awesome. She can really handle a sword," I laughed.
"Is that it?" Ryou asked. What was wrong with these guys?
"Well, she's..." Should I tell her about what happened at the church. "I think that's 'bout it." No. Viridian wouldn't want me to tell anybody about her confessions.
"Okay then"-
"Hey..." Ciel came into the room. "Ronald, there you are, Viridians calling for you..." He stared at me. "Why is your face red?"
"It's nothing," I blurted. "Um... I'm coming," I turned to the others. "Is that fine with you?" They nodded. "Kay."
Ciel and I stood in the hallway outside of Viridian's room. Why the heck was she calling me?
"Sebastian took a look at her," Ciel said. "She seems to be fine from her asthma attack from earlier on." He paused. "Did anything happen to her earlier?"
"No."
"Okay then," Ciel nodded. "You can go in." I sighed then touched the doorknob. I twisted it then opened it, stepping inside with my head lowered a bit.
"Hey..." Viridian sat on the edge of the bed as Sebastian sorted through a cupboard. "How's it going Ron."
"You said you wanted to see me?" I said.
"Yeah," Sebastian took something out of the cupboard.
"Here," he took out what looked like an inhaler. "If anything happens use this, I'm sure you know how to use it." He put the inhaler on the bedside table. "I'll come back if you need me," he bowed to her then went out of the room. Still a butler even in the middle of all this hell.
"So you wanted to see me?" I asked. Viridian adjusted herself so she sat in the middle of the bed. She had changed to ripped jeans and a plain blue hoodie.
"Yeah," she said. "Can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Should I cut my hair?" What? "I mean, my parents used to bug me about cutting my hair so I should at least do it." That was just random.
"Why are you asking me? I mean, not to be rude, but I'm not a girl..." She laughed.
"I know but, it's surprising to here all of this from me, but I think I can trust you." That was even more surprising.
"Well... My honest opinion?" I sat down on the edge of the bed. "I think it'll look quite cute on you."
"Cute?"
"Agh. I mean, well, yeah..."
"Thanks." She laughed. "If you think so, then that's good enough for me."
"But I like your hair the way it is now." It was long and looked soft...
"Go on," she said. I gave her a look. "You can touch my hair." She held up a bit of her hair. I touched it... It was soft... Okay, I sounded really weird.
"Your hair is nice, but if you do want to cut it, you can do what y'want. It's your hair y'know."
"Well at least I have you opinion," she said. "I mean, asking somebody who you're comfortable with is the best right?"
"Well yeah..." I paused. "So you're comfortable with me?"
"I'm comfortable with everyone usually, so long as they're comfortable with me."
"So is that it?" I mean, I didn't expect that, but I didn't expect a lot.
"Yeah, thanks."
I closed the door to let her sleep. It was already... I checked my watch. Ten o'clock. I walked down the hallway then to the room which Saya kindly gave me.
This place was like a fortress. Guns stationed at almost every window, Saya and the others patrolling and keeping watch, a wall around us. We could stay here, away from the bizarre dolls, wait for this all to blow over. But... At the school. There were at least six hundred people in that school, about the same amount for the bizarre dolls. And then we encountered them again... How were they appearing everywhere? Then I remembered Viridian's dad... He was one of them as well. I got chills just thinking about it. He became one of them. No...
It was infectious.
No wonder there were so many of them. They had cleared out all of London because of their great numbers... London? Was it just London? What about other places like Canterbury or Ipswich? Or had it even reached other parts of the UK, like Scotland or Wales? Across the European countries or further out to the other continents like Asia.
Too many thoughts.
"Hey Ronald!" Bella came running down the hallway. "Have you seen a blonde kid anywhere?"
"Alois or Lizzy?" I said.
"No. Somebody else," what so there were more people? "Okay, if you see someone then come find me."
"Will do," I said as she ran off again. I sighed and turned the door knob. I stepped into the room, turned on the lights and took of my blazer.
Evening came and morning went. Finally, a proper good nights sleep! Even William agreed that he liked this place. After we ate, it was about ten o'clock in the morning, or afternoon, whatever you want to say.
"There was somebody at breakfast I didn't recognise," I told Viridian. We leant on the balcony as we looked at the back garden. Eden and Caleb were teaching Ciel and Alois how to play football as Chanel and Lizzy watched. Viridian smiled.
"Oh yeah, her," she said. "Bella Minako," the wind moved her hair in front of her face, she groaned and slid her hair behind her ear. "She's just one of those who appears and leaves."
"Okay then..." We looked down to the garden. "It's nice to see things are kinda normal now." But that would be by her standards though. She had school work, I had to collect souls.
"What is normal though?" I looked at her. She smirked. "You know Ciel, he's the head of a company yet he's the Queen's Watchdog..." It was true. Even I found it surprising that he could manage this at that age. "But... He's still a kid. He should, no, needs to have a break."
"Doesn't everyone?"
"When he came into this world... I thought about helping him to get out. One thing led to another and we were good friends. It was nice to see that he'd taken a sort of... Vacation from his old life." She smiled.
"I guess we're all smiling now aren't we?" She hugged me. "Hm?" It caught me off guard.
"S-Sorry," she let go of me. "It's just that, it's nice to talk t'ya you know? I mean like... We've been through a lot together in a short time but I feel like you're a really good friend." I smiled and adjusted my glasses.
"Y'think?" She nodded. I wrapped my arms around her. I heard a sharp intake of breath. Maybe I should make her smile more? I moved my hands to her hips.
"Ron..."
"You'd like to smile right?" I whispered in her ear. "Then... How about... This!"
"Don't tickle me!" She tried to bat my hand away but I kept going. "St...op!" She liked it. I know she did. She was smiling like crazy!
"You... Idiot," she choked out with a laugh. She leant on the balcony again.
"You liked it, don't deny it."
"I hate tickling"- she stopped herself when she looked at me. "Okay... I kinda like it..." She hugged me then whispered in my ear. "Don't try anything like that again... Or else my sword... Is going straight... Up... Your... Ass." She walked away, opening the door to get inside. "Don't forget that Ronald," she placed a hand on the sword at her side. "Or else." She laughed then turned. "But..." She stopped. "We can't stay here forever."
"What do you mean?"
"No place is safe. I've learned that much... I don't want to stay here for long."
"But what about everyone else? Saya? I thought she was like your best friend. We've only been here a night."
"I know she's one of my best friends but... I need to find everyone else... I still know that they're out there somewhere." She paused. "I can't rest until I find them."
"I'll come with you then," she flinched. "I told you. What ever you want to do, I'll support you. Whether it's something as small as cutting your hair or something as big as going back out there again, I'll be there for you."
"Hey," a small voice said. I saw a boy with straight platinum blonde hair cut to his chin, covering one of his red eyes. He wore white open short sleeve shirt and a black t-shirt with blue shorts. "Um... Hi..." So... To describe Viridians reaction? ASDFGHKL... That's it.
"Oh my God! Joanne Harcourt!" She literally flipped out. I laughed. At least the normal fangirl was still underneath all of the blood and sword slaughtering.
"Yes..." He looked really terrified.
"Viridian! Stop scaring the kid," I pulled her away.
"I'm sorry Joanne..." She pouted. "I'm Viridian... I uh..."
"Sup," I said, hiding Viridian behind me who was busy fangirling behind my back. "The names Ronald Knox, and by what I've just seen... I'm guessing your name's Joanne Harcourt?"
"Ha ha... Anyway... Mr. Michaelis told me to call the two of you into the living room."
"Wait, what? Wait..." I processed the information. "When the hell did you get here?"
"I... I was hiding in one of the rooms... I'm not comfortable with meeting new people."
"Sorry about that..." Viridian came out from behind me. "... You're just really uh... Cute..." Now both of them were red...
"T-Thank you..." Joanne smiled. "I-It's nice to see that I have fans..."
"Eep..." Viridian covered hugged the boy. "All the feels!" He looked even more uncomfortable. The poor kid...
"Why are we all here?" Alois moaned. "It's bad enough that I lost the game..." I was getting sick of his moaning...
"Well... I think it's time for us to move out of here," Sebastian said. Come to think of it.. Where was Saya? Where were those three? Or four if you counted the other girl who didn't show up most of the time except for food.
"You imbecile, why would we want to go out there where all of those things are," William adjusted his glasses. "Honestly, did you forget that we no longer have our powers?"
"I'm pretty sure we're all aware of that William," Viridian shot with a glare. "But I agree as well. We should leave."
"But why though?" Eden said. "It's safe here isn't it?"
"It may be now but, we'll eventually have to get out of here to get food or something."
"I'm not following you," Caleb raised his voice. "I'm sorry but I'm not going out there where all of those things are."
"If my brother's not going then I ain't either," Chanel said.
"Fine then," William said. "Viridian... You do have a point so I'll join your stupid plan."
"It's not stupid!" I shouted. "Look, it's simple. You want to come? You come. If you don't? You don't. Simple as that."
"Then I'm not going," Eden said. "I don't think Caleb and Chanel want to follow you either."
I didn't give a damn... For some reason, all I wanted was to get out of here
You're probably wondering... Why are you going out of a safe place? You're totally exposed out there. Well, it's leading up to something in a couple of chapters actually. This story finally has a sort of plot for now! Let's keep going shall we? Besides, I have a bad feeling that Viridian has the same feeling as well. Thanks to my Kyos out there! This Asian is out! (-_-)