Hey guys! Sorry for the late update, I've been busy and my computer kept crashing on me so…yeah. Thanks for hanging in there! Anyway, so, I don't have much to say other then that I. HATE. THE. DENTIST! Ok that is all. I don't own High School of the Dead or Vocaloid. Review please!
Everyone continued to stare at the T.V. nothing happened for a while, but still, no one said a word. Finally, a picture of a little anime girl came up and at the bottom of the screen read,
'Please Stand By'
A few moments later, there was another news reporter in a room. She was handed a few pieces of paper.
"Uh…there appears to be a problem with out remote. From now on, we'll bring you the story from inside the studio. The condition outside seems extremely chaotic so stay home unless it's absolutely necessary to go outside. We'll bring you more as soon as it's possible for us to get onto the sight." The reporter said with a worried expression.
Mikuo angrily punched his fist into the table.
"Is that all? Why didn't they tell us anything else?" Mikuo said angrily.
"They're afraid of causing a panic." Miku said calmly.
"A panic?" Neru asked.
"Yeah, you idiot! First panic then chaos. Chaos causes a disruption of order. Then, when order is disrupted…" Miku paused for a moment and then looked up.
"Well you should just hand it all over to the walking corpses!" She said sternly.
Then, the news reporter started speaking again.
"This unusual, unprecedented biological phenomenon that spread throughout North America has yet to be put under control. Government authorities have evacuated the White House and will relocate to a command center aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington. There are reports that the transfer of power is in preparation for the use of tactical warheads to combat the infestation. We have currently lost contact with Moscow. Beijing has been set ablaze. London has maintained order while in Paris in Rome, there are reports of looting. Government officials cleared a state of martial law. Preve-" Then the T.V. once again went static.
"So they're everywhere…that's crazy! Everything was fine when I checked the internet this morning!" Kaito said.
"I can't believe this…this happened all over the world in the matter of a few hours…" Neru said shocked, walking slowly toward Mikuo and grabbing his arm to look up at him.
"But they'll stop it, right? I mean they have to stop it…from spreading…I mean…everything is going back to normal soon!" Neru said, smiling up at Mikuo.
"That's not gonna happen." Miku said coldly.
"Why do you have to be so blunt about it?" Mikuo asked, turning to face Miku.
"This is a pandemic. There's nothing we can do!" Miku said acting like it was obvious.
"A…a pandemic?" Haku asked, cupping her chin with her hand.
"It's the out break of an infectious disease. The entire world is experiencing the same outbreak." Miku said, putting one hand on her hip.
"So what, it's an epidemic?" Mikuo asked.
"This is exactly like the Spanish Flue in 1918. More than 600,000,000 people got infected and 50,000,000 people died from it. Remember how much a panic Swine Flue caused? Well double that." Miku said.
"Not to be disagreeable, but I think this is more like the Black Death from the 14th century." Haku said.
"One-third of the European population died. You're smarter than you look." Miku said dully.
"So how did the outbreak finally end?" Mikuo asked.
"Well, my theory is it only stops when too many humans die. There wouldn't be enough people to spread the disease." Haku said, holding one arm shyly.
"But now, all the dead people still move and start attacking you." Kaito said, looking out the window.
"Are you saying there's no way for this outbreak to stop?" Tei asked with crossed arms.
Haku suddenly perked up and stuck her index finger in the air.
"The weather's going to be hot! They may not be able to move if their flesh decomposes and they become skeletons!" Haku said smiling.
"How long does it take for that to happen?" Tei asked, facing Haku.
"In summer, some parts of the body could become skeletal in about twenty days…but it takes considerably longer in winter…a couple months! That's not too terribly long!" Haku said.
"You're kidding. She's not smarter than she looks." Tei said.
"So, what are you saying?" Mikuo asked, looking out the window.
"Medical logic doesn't apply to those dead corpses that move around and attack humans. Worse case scenario they might never decompose." Miku said.
"First thing we find out is if our families are ok. Then we need to find someplace safe to hold up for a while. But no matter where we go, we're going to need a plan. Teams. We need to team up." Tei said.
Neru got her staff, Miku got her bag, Kaito got his nail gun, Haku got her medical equipment, Tei got her butcher knife, and Mikuo got his bat.
"Let's try to pick up any survivors while we can." Tei said.
"Let's do it." Mikuo said.
"What's the best way out of here?" Neru asked.
"Sorry to break it to ya stupid, but we're gonna have to go out the front." Miku said.
"Let's go." Mikuo said.
They opened the doors where two Zombies were standing. Kaito quickly aimed his nail gun and killed them. Mikuo rammed another one into the wall with his bat as they ran through the hallway. They finally got to the staircase.
"Let me make something clear, there is no need for you to engage in a fight unless it's necessary. Do whatever you can to avoid a fight, you got it?" Tei said.
"Remember, they're sensitive to sound so keep it quiet. And they're strong enough to rip through regular doors and once they've got a hold on you, they're gonna tear you to shreds. So be careful." Miku said.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" They heard someone scream.
"D-DELL!" The girl shrieked as Zombies got closer.
The boy was holding a baseball bat like Mikuo's. Zombies were getting closer to them.
"Ah shit…stay back!" Dell yelled as the Zombies got closer.
As one Zombie went to bite Dell, it fell to the ground when Kaito shot it. Tei then jumped off the railing and nailed a Zombie in the head with her butcher knife. Mikuo ran down the stairs, bashing another Zombie. Neru stabbed one, then ran behind it and kicked it down the stairs. Dell and the three other people standing around him were all stunned.
Two Zombies went for them when they were killed by Tei.
"Uh…thank you." One girl with pink drill pigtails said.
"Keep it down. Was anyone bitten yet?" Tei asked.
"What? No, no one!" The girl said.
"It looks ok. We'll be alright." Neru said.
"We're getting outta here. Do any of you wanna come with us?" Mikuo asked.
"S-sure." Another girl with short blonde hair and a big white bow said.
Later on, they finally made it to the bottom of the stairs and saw a whole horde of Zombies.
"Man, there are a bunch of 'em." Mikuo said.
"From what I can tell, the only thing they can react to our sounds. They can't see us so it's pointless to hide from them." Miku said.
"Why don't you go down there and prove that theory." Mikuo said.
Miku turned around and pouted.
"But even if we keep going through inside the school, once we get attacked we're going to be stuck." Tei said.
"We have to go through the gate we don't have any choice." Neru said, gripping her staff.
"Someone needs to go and confirm Miku's theory. I don't suppose you want to volunteer." Tei said, looking at Miku.
Miku pouted again. Mikuo then scratched the top of his head.
"I'll go. I'll do it." Mikuo said.
"No! You stay, I'll go." Neru said.
"I think I should go ahead first." Tei said.
"I think you should both just stand by, just incase." Mikuo said.
Neru stood up.
"Mikuo! Why?" Neru asked. Mikuo didn't look at her.
"I don't know." He responded.
"You don't know?" Neru asked.
Mikuo faced her.
"Seriously, I don't know." Mikuo said smiling.
He then started walking down the stairs.
"MIK-" Neru started to yell, going down the stairs when Tei grabbed her.
"I understand but you can't interfere with him." Tei said.
"This was his decision." Tei said, letting go of Neru who bowed her head.
"Um, I'm Teto by the way…" The girl with twin drills said.
"I'm Rin." Said the girl with short blonde hair with a big white bow.
"I'm Dell…" Said the boy who had almost been bitten earlier.
"A-and I'm Nero…" Said a boy with a big metal pole.
Everyone nodded and introduced themselves. Mikuo got to the bottom of the steps and slowly walked, his heart thumping in his chest, threatening to burst out. He gripped his bat tightly as he walked. He stood in the middle of the horde of Zombies, waiting for something to happened, but they all just continued limping. Tei, Neru, and Kaito looked worriedly at Mikuo, getting ready to jump in if something happened.
Mikuo then noticed a Zombie limping straight towards him, and Mikuo widened his yes, leaning back, holding his breath and not making a sound, and the Zombie passed him like he wasn't even there. A bead of sweat dripped down his face as he stayed absolutely still.
"So they really can't see me…" Mikuo thought to himself.
"If that's the case…" Mikuo thought, picking up a blood shoe that was next to him.
He threw the shoe against the locker, making noise, and all the Zombies went in the direction of the shoe. Mikuo then ran to the doors as everyone else slowly and quietly came down the stairs after him. Mikuo quietly opened the doors and held one open while Tei held the other. Everyone then ran out. First Neru, followed by Kaito, followed by Miku, followed by Haku, followed by Dell, followed by Teto, and then Rin.
Nero carefully walked down the stairs, scared as hell, when his metal pole suddenly banged on the railing, making a large noise. Everyone stopped and turned in shock at what just happened. All of the Zombies both outside and inside turned their attention to where the noise came from.
"RUUUUUUUUUUUUN!" Mikuo yelled as loud as he could.
"WHY DID YOU OPEN YOUR BIG MOUTH? WE COULD'VE MADE IT BY JUST TAKING CARE OF THE ONES CLOSE BY IF YOU HADN'T SAID ANYTHING!" Miku yelled.
A Zombie came up from right behind her with it's jaws wide when Tei cut it's head off just in time, making Miku scream.
"The noise would've echoed anyway , just start swinging!" Neru yelled, tripping a Zombie that was walking up to her.
Meanwhile, Kaito tried to figure out which Zombie to shoot.
"There are too many!" Kaito said, when Mikuo ran in front of him and started killing the Zombies.
"Forget talking, just run!" Mikuo yelled, going headfirst into the horde of Zombies.
"RUN!" He yelled again.
Mikuo continued batting at the Zombies, Tei right next him. She sliced one, then jumped and spun killing two Zombies at once. Neru batted one of the Zombies into the air with her staff and turned around to whack another one in the back. She then swatted another one on the stomach. Kaito shot over and over again, killing any Zombie in his way.
Dell was surrounded by three Zombies with nothing but his bat. He bashed the one in front of him on the head, and one grabbed his tie. He tried to pull away, punching the Zombie in the face, but then the Zombie bit into his arm. Dell screamed with pain, and another Zombie came up and bit him in his other arm. Dell continuously screamed, trying to get them away, but more Zombies were filing in, biting him all over.
Teto stopped when she heard his screams.
"DELL!" She screamed.
"TETO! AAH!" Dell screamed with tears pouring down his face.
Teto's face was completely white, and she started to run to him and Miku grabbed her arm.
"Just forget him! Once you get bitten it's pointless!" Miku yelled.
Teto turned around, shaking her head with tears pouring down her face. She yanked her arm out of Miku's grip and ran to Dell.
"Wait a minute! You heard me didn't you? Why are you running to him he's not gonna make it!" Miku yelled after her.
"I understand…" Haku said slowly.
"If the entire world turned into this, I'd rather die with the person that I love…" Haku said sadly.
"Oh shut up Dr. Loveheart!" Miku yelled.
She screamed as a Zombie got near her and Kaito shot it.
"Look out!" Kaito yelled, getting close to Miku.
"What?" Miku shrieked.
"Don't you worry Miku!" Kaito said.
"Oh, you rude little otaku! How dare you interrupt me while I'm talking! Why would you do that?" Miku asked.
"I don't know cause I…" Kaito then turned around once again with a pink bubbly background.
"I really like your voice…" He said.
Miku stared at him and blushed.
"Nice to see that you two are getting along." Tei said.
A Zombie went to grab Haku and Mikuo whacked its head with his bat.
"MS. YOWANE! THE KEY!" Mikuo yelled.
Haku then ran into the bus followed by everyone else. Kaito slid open the bus window with his nail gun.
"Target confirmed, got a clear shot, all good, ready, aim-" Kaito was interrupted when Miku yelled at him.
"HURRY UP AND SHOOT THE DAMN THING!" Miku yelled.
Outside the bus, Mikuo batted one Zombie in the head, and kicked another. Two more Zombies came up to him and he flipped his bat back, making the Zombie bite into it and flipped the Zombie into the other. Tei then ran up next to him.
"Let's go everybody's inside." She said.
"You go, ladies first." Mikuo said.
Haku started up the bus.
"Oh…it's different from my little bug…let's see, gas, break, um, there's the clutch!" Haku continued naming the parts as Mikuo grabbed the door, preparing to shut it.
"HELP, HELP, WAIT, WAIT!" Someone yelled.
Mikuo looked to see six students and a teacher running towards the bus.
"HELP, HELP, DON'T LEAVE, PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP!" The students kept yelling.
The teacher ripped off his tie while running.
"Who's that?" Mikuo asked.
"That's Mr. Hiyama of class A-1." Tei said.
"Wait just a little bit longer!" Mikuo called to Haku.
"They're in front of us! Anymore and we won't be able to drive through here!" Haku yelled, gesturing to all the Zombies.
"Run 'em down." Mikuo said, walking up to the front of the bus.
"If Dr. Boobs tries to run over that many we'll flip the bus." Miku said.
Mikuo growled. He then went to get out of the bus to the others when Neru grabbed him.
"We don't have to save him!" Neru yelled.
"What do you mean we don't have to save him?" Mikuo yelled back.
"WE DON'T HAVE TO HELP HIM WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE HIM HERE TO DIE!" Neru yelled.
"HURRY EVERYONE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!" Kiyoteru yelled, ushering the students towards the bus.
"OK MR. HIYAMA!" A girl with long brown hair in a french braid yelled while running.
"But I'm not even sure if they can make it there at this rate…" Kiyoteru thought to himself.
Suddenly, a boy who was running tripped and grabbed Kiyoteru's leg.
"I sprained my ankle! Help me up!" The boy begged.
"Poor boy…" Kiyoteru said.
"How tragic…" he said.
"Well, I guess that's it for you then!" Kiyoteru said smiling.
He them lifted his foot and kicked the boy in the face. The boy screamed in pain and grabbed his now bleeding face.
"The world we've known is over. The powerless have no place in the new one." Kiyoteru said as Zombies went to the boy and started to bite and devour him.
As the boy was eaten alive, Kiyoteru fixed his jacket and calmly walked to the bus, smiling evilly to himself. Once everyone was in the bus, Mikuo slammed the door shut.
"Ok, go!" Mikuo yelled.
"Hang on!" Haku yelled, putting her foot on the gas pedal.
She swerved past the garden and drove forward.
"To the gate!" Miku yelled.
"I know!" Haku yelled back.
She then noticed a bunch of Zombies right by the gate. Haku lowered her head.
"They're not humans anymore…they're not people anymore…THEY'RE NOT ALIVE ANYMORE!" Haku yelled, running over the Zombies and through the gate.
She then drove down the road, blowing sakura petals everywhere.
Inside the bus, Kaito was re-taping his nail gun.
"I can't believe we did it." Mikuo said.
"Yeah…" Kaito responded.
"Thank god we did. I take it you have been appointed leader?" Kiyoteru asked Tei.
"There's no such thing. We just work together in order to live. That's all." Tei responded, cleaning her butcher knife.
"Ah, that's not good. In order to survive we definitely need a leader. A leader who bares everything. With valor, with confidence." Kiyoteru said.
Neru narrowed her eyes and whispered to Mikuo.
"You'll regret this." She whispered.
"I guarantee that you'll regret that you helped him." She said coldly.
"The city!" One boy yelled.
They all looked out the highway and into the clearing to see the deserted city. Some places were on fire. At a convenience store, a car drove off and a Zombie slowly walked towards the store. A store clerk stood there, not noticing the Zombie heading towards the window. As the Zombie was about to break the window, the bus drove by and ran it over.
And the store clerk, still noticed nothing.
"Shit. Like I said, it's only dangerous if we keep going! First of all, why do we have to go with Mikuo and the others? You guys are the ones who decided to go back to the city! Maybe we should've just looked for a safe place inside the school or…if you ask me, we were better off where we were!" A boy with short green hair said.
"Right, I kinda agree with Gumo. We should barricade ourselves-" Said another boy but was interrupted when Haku slammed on the breaks, making Gumo fall over.
"Ok you all that's enough! I can't focus on the driving with all this yelling!" Haku yelled.
"Yeah…whatever." Gumo said.
"How 'bout you tell me what you wanna do." Tei said.
Gumo stared angrily at her.
"I just can't stand this guy! I hate him!" Gumo yelled, pointing at Mikuo.
"Gee…" Kaito said, aiming his nail gun but Miku held him back.
"Why?" Mikuo asked Gumo.
"What the hell did I ever do to you? I don't even know you!" Mikuo said, standing up.
"You know!" Gumo yelled, running to punch Mikuo when Neru stepped in front of him and whacked Gumo in the lungs with her staff.
Gumo fell to the ground, gasping for air.
"Asshole." Neru said.
They then heard clapping and looked up to see Kiyoteru walking towards them.
"Bravo! Simply outstanding teamwork! I'm impressed. I comment both of you. At any rate, a conflict like that only proves my point. We need a leader. We do. Surely none of you want such a difficult responsibility on your shoulders." Kiyoteru said.
"So, you're going to run for the position then?" Miku asked.
Kiyoteru leaned next to her.
"I'm a teacher Ms. Hatsune. And more mature. You all are barely in your teens. That alone makes it very clear who is qualified to assume such a role! I have experience! Why, just moments ago I saved all of these brave students! What do you say, guys?" Kiyoteru said.
The girl with the long french braid stood up first and started clapping, followed by Rin who was sitting next to her. A boy with short black hair also stood up, followed by a boy with short red hair. Kiyoteru bowed to all of them.
"There, it's been decided." Kiyoteru said.
"The majority seems to have made the decision quite clear, yes?" Kiyoteru said.
Neru had enough. She jumped out of the bus and into the city.
"Neru!" Mikuo called after her.
"No! No way, I'm not doing it! I'm not staying here with him!" Neru yelled.
"Get back in the bus." Mikuo said.
"Well, there's nothing I can do if you all don't want to act in accordance with the rest of us." Kiyoteru said.
"WHAT US? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Mikuo snapped.
He then jumped out of the bus after Neru.
"MIKUO!" Miku called after him.
Mikuo grabbed Neru's arm.
"Wait!" he yelled.
"Get back on the bus when we get to the city we'll get off. I don't want you to leave!" Mikuo yelled.
"That's why I told you that you'd regret this!" Neru snapped.
"No, we'll both regret this!" Mikuo yelled.
They then heard a horn honk and turned their heads. Tei looked out the window of the bus.
"Ok you need to punch it!" Tei yelled.
"HUH? WHAT? HUH?" Haku yelled turning her head.
She saw a bus going full speed with Zombies in it, eating all of the people on board. The bus then flipped over where Mikuo and Neru were. Mikuo grabbed Neru and jumped, nearly avoiding the bus as it blocked them off from everyone else through a tunnel. The bus then burst into flames. Mikuo and Neru got up, realizing they were blocked off from everyone else.
"So much for getting back on the bus." Mikuo said.
"Mikuo! Are you alright?" Tei asked through the rubble.
The Zombies then started getting out of the bus, completely on fire but still moving. Tei got her butcher knife ready.
"AT THE POLICE STATION! MEET UP AT THE EAST POLICE STATION!" Mikuo yelled through a hole in the rubble.
"WHAT TIME?" Tei yelled back.
"SEVEN! IF NOT TODAY, THEN TOMORROW AT THE SAME TIME!" Mikuo yelled as more rubble covered up the hole.
As Tei was ready to start killing the Zombies, they started falling over. Fire must kill them as well. Tei then ran back into the bus.
"Looks like we're not taking this freeway anymore." Tei said.
"Ok. I'll turn around and find another way." Haku said, driving off as more Zombies fell to the ground due to the fire.
There was then a spark on the bus that had flipped.
"Ok, we gotta go!" Mikuo yelled.
They started running as fast as they could when the bus exploded, sending them flying out of the tunnel. They went down the road and onto the sidewalk. They stared at the fire for a few moments before Mikuo turned around. His eyes widened as a Zombie grabbed him by his short collar. His bat was thrown out of his hand and he fell on the ground.
Hard. The Zombie went to bite Mikuo, but thankfully, the Zombie had a biker helmet on it's head. Instead, the helmet banged against Mikuo's head hardly. It felt like getting your head hit by a baseball bat. Now Mikuo knew how the Zombies felt.
Mikuo screamed in pain from the impact. Mikuo grabbed the helmet as the Zombie snapped it's jaws open and shut repeatedly, biting air. A little bit of blood came out it's mouth every time it opened it. Mikuo kept trying to keep the Zombies head away.
"Damn it!" Mikuo yelled.
"You dick!" Mikuo yelled again.
Finally, the Zombie stopped moving and rolled off of Mikuo. Mikuo looked up and saw Neru holding a giant brick she had used to bang the Zombies head with. Mikuo then sat up from under the Zombie when Neru reached out her hand to him.
"Mikuo. Let's go!" She said smiling.
Mikuo and Neru trudged up the hill, extremely tired.
"Are we going to walk to the city?" Neru asked.
"If there's no other way." Mikuo responded.
"Oh, wait, he was wearing a helmet!" Mikuo said.
When they got to the top of the hill, they noticed a motorcycle. They then got onto it and started it up.
"Do you even have a license?" Neru asked.
"Getting a ticket is the least of our problems. What are you waiting for, get on!" Mikuo said smiling.
Neru giggled and got on the motorcycle behind Mikuo. They drove on the road, their hair flying behind them as Neru looked out into the rest of the city.
All that time I had no idea…that this world…was already over.
Day 3: In Memory of:
Nero Akita
Dell Honne
Teto Kasane
Me: Well, this was a short chapter.
Tei: You suck.
Me: Tei, what the hell?
Tei: I have to be all nice to everyone.
Me: At least I made you badass and not a whining little girl. I can easily delete and re-write, y'know.
Tei: Well, that's what you have to do for your other story chapters since you so brilliantly let the laptop die on you. How many chapters were erased, four? Maybe five?
Me: Tei, shut the fuck up. I am fixing it.
Tei: Yeah, that computer will so be fixed. *Sarcasm*
Me: …OK THAT'S IT MS. SUKONE! NO LEN FOR A MONTH! *Grabs Len and drags him away*
Len: YOU TREAT ME LIKE I'M AN OBJECT!
Tei: NOOOOOOOOO!