Tokonosu High
"Come on Saeko-chan you can do better than that" Rin teased the purple haired girl as he blocked another of her strikes while a playful smirk was plastered on his face but then stopped cold as he felt a strong wave of 'something' hit him.
"Don't get cocky Rin-kun" Saeko said with a smirk of her own as she took Rin's sudden halt as her chance. and so she quickly got around his defenses catching him off guard. But just as she was about to deliver a blow to his head Rin was able to regain his composure as he jump out of the way just in the nick of time.
"Wow! Alright you almost caught me with that one" Rin stated as he got into his usual stance.
"Well I'll just have to try harder wont I" the swordswoman said in a playful manner returning to her own stance.
But Just as both warriors were about to retaliate towards each other their concentration was cut off by the sound of the intercom coming to life as they heard the principle clear his voice in order to speak.
"Attention all student and faculty" Came the voice of the principle catching everyone's attention.
"A fight has broken out on campus and several teachers have been wounded. Student are to follow the teachers and evacuation immediately." The principle said as a few of the student and teacher were begging to get a bit nerves.
"I repeat Student are to…*CRASH*" came the sound of a door being torn opened.
"NO STOP, PLEAS SOMEONE, ANYONE HELP, HELLLL ARGH!" were the principles last words last words
For the next few seconds everything and everyone went completely silent, if one were to drop a pin it could be heard as clear as thunder, but then, all hell broke loose. Every student began to scream and yell in horror as they ran from their class room in a state of panic and that was there biggest mistake.
"Shit we got to get out of here!" Rin said as Saeko nodded in agreement.
Just as they were about to reach the exit, the door burst open as extremely sickly looking people began to shuffle in to the room. As Rin took a better look at them his eyes widened in shock not believing what he was seeing. The only word that come to Rin's mid as to describe the creatures in front of him was…well zombies, but before he could proses all this the creatures charged towards them; shaking off his shock both Rin and Saeko quickly engaged the creatures as they killed them off one by one with a solid hit to the head. Once they were all dead or in their case re-dead, they were able to get to the hallway. But once there.
"KIAAA!" came a feminine scream from the far end of the hall.
"That sounds like it came from Marikawa-sensei's office" Saeko stated
"You go on ahead there's something i got to get from my locker. I'll meet you at the nurse's office" he told her as he began to run the opposite direction.
"Rin!" came Saeko's voice forcing the young man to stop as he turned around. "Be careful" she told him with a worried look.
"Hey come on, if I can hold my own against a national champion I can handle a few of this freaks" he told her sending her a reassuring smile to which she returned as they parted ways for now.
As Rin ran through the hall's while bashing a few of the undead along the way with his bokken; the young exorcist began to analyze the current situation. Now Rin was a pretty opened minded person and in his life as an exorcist had seen some pretty crazy things but the concept of the dead coming back to life was simply too farfetched, yet it was happening in front of his very eyes. For some reason Rin couldn't shake off the feeling that there was something more to all this.
His train of thought was broken as he heard the sounds of moaning getting closer. As he narrowed his eyes he saw another small group of 'them' between him and his locker. As the blue exorcist charged towards the creatures he was able easily dispatched them with a barraged of powerful strikes. As he turned around the young man had a proud look on his face as he admired his handy work. Turning towards his locker Rin chose to throw subtlety out the window as he tore into the metal door ripping it from its hinges throwing it to the side. Inside the locker was his trusty sword Kurikara in its usual red sword bag, as he placed the covered sword on his back he quickly made his way towards the nurses office as fast as he could.
-Nurses Office-
"Forgive me! Forgive me! Forgive me!" yelled a student as he finished killing one of the creatures. While this was going on a ditsy looking woman was calmly talking to herself figuring out what to do.
"Oh my what to do? Neither the police OR the fire department are picking up. I could try to help but once their bitten they'll die and simply come back. It's just like that movie I saw" said the blond woman
"I'm pretty sure this isn't like the movies Marikawa-sensei and i really think we should be getting out of here" said the young man
"Just give me a few seconds, I need to take anything and everything I can" stated the blond nurse.
"Alright but just-" the teen said but was cut short as he heard the sound of glass breaking. As the young man turned around he saw a large group of 'them' as they crawled their way into the infirmary.
"Marikawa-sensei ru-ARGH" the boy screamed as one of the creatures sank its teeth into his shoulder as more of 'them' ganged up on him pushing him to the ground.
As for the blonde nurse she slowly backed away as she saw that three of the creatures were making their way towards her. Just as one of them tried to grab her the creature was hit on the side of the head by a wooden sword catching the ditsy nurse by surprise. The two other creatures were disposed of as the same wooden sword bashed the first one so hard it ripped its head from its shoulders, while the other one was sent crashing towards the wall. Once 'they' were taken cared of it was shown that their savior was none other than Saeko. But before the nurse could say anything she saw that Saeko had kneeled down facing the brave dying teenager.
"My name is Saeko Busujima, Captain of the Kendo club. What is your name" She asked in a calm manner.
"Ka-kazu Ishii" said the young man as he coughed blood.
"Kazu-kun you did a magnificent job of protecting Marikawa-sensei. You held great courage in a time when most would surrender to fear and for that you have my admiration. You know what happen when you are bitten don't you?" she asked getting a nod from the teen. "Do you want your family and friend to see you like that? If not then I can help you" She told him and while his first reaction was shock with a bit of fear, but Kazu knew that she was right and so accepting his fate the young make looked at her as he gave her a nod along with a small smile.
"Please" he told her
"Wait! What are you-" Shizuka said but was cut off by Saeko
"Marikawa-sensei please, I must ask you not to interfere. For protecting a man's pride, is a woman's duty" She told the nurse as she granted the young man true peace with a single blow.
"Marikawa-sensei please gather your things we have to leave the building" Saeko stated
"R-right" the nurse agreed as he went back to gather the medical supplies. But at that moment they heard loud banging from the door across the room. Expecting it to be another group of 'them' the kendo captain got into her battle stance ready for anything, but to her surprises the door burst opened as one of the creatures came flying through said door crashing into the wall killing it. As she turned towards the door her expression changed from shock to relief as she saw Rin entering the room with his Bokken and what looked like a sword bag strapped to his back.
"Rin-kun!" Saeko said glad to see that he was alright
"Yo Saeko-chan" he greeted the purple haired beauty
"Okumura-kun" Shizuka asked surprised to see one of her regulars.
"Hey doc good to see your still one of us" Rin told the nurse but his expression changed when he saw the fresh body behind Saeko. Following his gaze Saeko saw what he was looking as she gave him a sad look.
"His name was Kazu Ishii. He fought to the very end and dies with his honor" She told him
"*Sigh*At least now he'll be in a better place. Far away from this madness" He said knowing that now wasn't the time to mourn the fallen, first they needed to worry about staying alive. "We can mourn him later, right now we need to get out of here" Rin told them.
"Agreed. Are you all done Marikawa-sensei?" the swordswomen asked getting a nod of confirmation from the blonde nurse.
"Yes I'm ready" Shizuka told them as they all headed out.
As they quickly made their way through the hallway they noticed fewer of 'them' around and so instead of stopping in order to fight them the duo simple pushed them out of the way as they continued walking.
"So any one got any ideas on how to get out of here?" Rin asked as he pushed one of the creatures to the ground.
"Well, we could go to the offices" Shizuka suggested
"The Office? Hmm it's going to be a pain to get there" Saeko said as she pushed one of 'them' with her bokken
"Maybe, but either that or try to fight our way out and does things have the upper hand with their numbers so that rules out option two" Rin told her
"Okumura-kun is right. Not to mention all the car keys are in the office as well" She informed the duo as she saw Rin push another of the creatures away.
"Um, why aren't you killing them? There aren't a lot of them and pretty sure you two could handle them?" asked the ditzy nurse.
"In order to do that we'd have to stop to properly kill them. This creatures can only be killed by hitting them in the head and if we do that every time we would all be surrounded in no time" Rin told her as they stopped in front of a large glass door.
"Wow that amazing!" she said only for her to suddenly fall on her feet.
"Your skirt isn't suited for running Marikawa-sensei, will have to fix that" Saeko stated as she bent down taking hold of the nurse's skirt as mad a slit by ripping.
"This is Prada!" the blonde nurse stated clearly upset at her skirt being ruined.
"Come on doc is a skirt more important than your life?" Rin asked her getting a small glare from the older woman.
"They're both important!" She told him which caused the young exorcist to sweat drop
"In any case at list now you won't have to worry about mobi-" The swordswoman said until she was interrupted by the loud sound of banging.
"What was that?" Asked Shizuka
"It sounds like it came from the office" Saeko inquired
"Then let's go!" Rin said as they small group quickly made hazed.
-Near the office-
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Where the sounds that were made as one Kohta Hirano killed three more of 'them' as a pleased smirk was placed on his face. Next to Kohta was a girl who had long pink hair which was kept in two pony tails on either side of her head. Her hair also had two thin, long bangs at the sides, two thin strands of hair over the left side of her forehead, and a spiky larger portion of hair covering the right side of her forehead. As well as fierce orange eyes and furrowed eyebrows, along with a buxom figure. This girls name was Saya Takagi.
Kohta and Saya had teamed up after the announcement was made while the other students ran amok and spread panic Saya dragged Kohta into a nearby class room there they held out until they were found by a passing group of them. Thanks to some quick thinking Kohta was able to modify a simple nail gun providing them with a proficient weapon. Once they were in the clear they made a run for the office but just as they got to the entrance they were meet with a group of them; and that is where we find our two survivors.
"Damn it! At this rate will be overrun" Saya said as she began to grow a bit nervous.
"Takagi-san mind giving me a hand?" Kohta asked never taking his eyes of the creatures
"Why should I have to help you?!" the girl yelled
"I'm running low on ammo over here!" the gun maniac explained
"Well just hurry up and reload already!"
"Uhm Takagi-san, behind you" Kohta pointed out. Quickly lucking behind her Saya's expression changed from one of curiosity into one of horror as she saw that one of the creature was only a few steps away from her as she let out a horror field scream.
"Hi-Hirano" the girl stuttered as she slowly walked back.
"Shit, I'm out!" the gunslinger said as he continued to push the trigger hopping one more nail would shoot out.
Unfortunately things for the pink haired girl only got worse. Due to her fear she was unable to notice the bag behind her as she continued to walk away, at that moment the girl slipped on the bag falling on her rear. As she looked up the fear in her grew even larger as she saw the creature had gotten even closer.
"No, get away! GET AWAY!" Saya scream as she closed her eyes.
Hearing the creature roar her body tensed, but after a few seconds she felt no pain what so ever, instead she felt something warm hit her face along with the sound of something heavy hitting the ground. As the pink haired girl slowly opened her eyes she saw that someone was standing in front of her, while at first thinking it was Hirano she quickly dismissed that thought at noticing that the person was much slimmer while also noticing what looked like a wooden sword in the person's hand. Now with her eyes fully opened she was finally able to recognize her savior and while she couldn't say she knew him personally she definitely knew who he was; Rin Okumura. It was only after she had shook herself out of her own thought that she noticed he was talking to her.
"Hey are you ok?" Rin asked her. But instead of a proper response the pink haired girl simply broke down into tears. Being caught off guard Rin grew a bit nervous, he wasn't used to dealing with crying girls, kids maybe but not girls his own age, luckily Shizuka along with a girl with orangey-brown hair were already with the girl consoling her.
With that taken cared of the young exorcist turned around as saw that Saeko along with a brown haired boy probably a year younger had taken care of the rest of 'them'.
"Rin-san!" came a familiar voice catching the exorcist's attention. As he turned around he saw his friend Kohta coming towards him.
"Kohta! Hey man good to see you're alright and what have i told you about the san thing just call me Rin" the eldest Okumura told his friend trying to lighten the mood as they greeted each other with a bro-fist.
"Sorry, guess I keep forgetting" Kohta responded with a sheepish smile as Rin returned one of him. But as thing grew quiet the exorcist noticing that things were a little tense Rin decided to break the ice by introducing herself.
"Well seeing that were all safe for the moment i think introductions might be in order. Names Rin Okumura from 3A" Rin introduced him as he gave them all a two finger salute.
"I'm Saeko Busujima also from class 3-A. I assume you all know our schools nurse." Saeko said in her usual polite manner as Shizuka gave them all a friendly smile
"I'm Takashi Komuro from class 2-B" the now names Takashi introduced himself
"Oh you were the winner of the national championship last year! I'm Rei Miyamoto from the fencing club" Rei said with a hint of admiration in her voice.
"I-Im Kohta Hirano from 2B" Kohta said a bit nervous
"It's a pleasure to meet you all" Saeko said with a smile which made Kohta look at her in awe getting a small laugh out of his friends reaction.
"Are you all serious" Said Saya getting everyone attention. "What's with all this respect?"
"Huh?" was everyone's confused response
"What are you talking about Saya?" asked Takashi
"Don't treat me like a fool! I'm a god damn genius!" Saya angrily stated but before she could continue with rant she felt a weight on her shoulder. Looking to her side she saw that it was Rin who had placed a hand on her should.
"All right, we understand" Rin told her trying to calm the girl down. as they all grew quiet for a bit she broke into tears once more as she buried her face into Rin's chest. Not really knowing what to do the young man did what his instincts told him as he enveloped the pink haired girl into a one arm hug letting the poor girl vent all her frustration, while the group watched in pity.
-A few minutes later-
After the little emotional spectacle the group retreated to the office in other to catch their breath. Rei, Shizuka, Saeko and Takashi were watching the news as they explained the situation around the city, Rin was listening in as well but simply stared out the window while Kohta was with Saya. at that moment everyone's attention was drawn to the tv as shots were heard from behind the reporter as the group could see police officers shooting the corpses from the body bags as all of a sudden the reporter started to scream for help as the tv went to static. As the programing returned it showed a women telling people to stay indoors.
"Damn it what aren't they telling us anything!?" asking a frustrated Takashi.
"Because their afraid of causing mass panic" came Saya's voice as they turned towards her.
"Even now?" asked Rei as she stood beside Takashi
"Of course. They know that iif the entire truth came out fear would spread like wild fire" Saya stated as she pushed up the glasses she now sported
"Fear sparks chaos, chaos sparks anarchy" Rin said knowing where she was heading.
"Exactly and that precisely what they want to avoid at all cost and from what their saying in the news this isn't just local, this is happening world wide" the self-proclaimed Genius explained.
At hearing this the blue exorcist's mind began to run a mile per second as he wondered how his brother and his friends were doing. He knew that Yukio was no push over and could take care of himself but as an older brother he couldn't help but worry about his younger sibling but his train of though was broken as he felt a hand on his should as he turned his head he saw that it was Saeko with concern in her eyes.
"Are you alright?" She asked softly
"Yeah. I'm just worried about my little brother you know" he told her as she nodded in understanding
"If from what you've told me about him is true, I'm sure his fine" She told him reassuringly as he send her a small smile in gratitude as she sent her own.
"You're right. But a big bother can't help but worry" Rin said
"It's only natural to worry about does we care for" she told him but then their attention was drawn back to the group as they heard Saya's explain how this was a pandemic.
But Rin highly doubted that was the case. This entire thing had hit the world too quickly and he was sure that whatever that spike of energy was it had to be involved in it somehow, all of this screamed demons to the young exorcist. For now he would keep his assumption to himself until he had any proof or until headquarters confirmed his suspicions. His attention returned to the conversation as he heard Saeko speak.
"I believe that the best course of action would be to find a safe place for when we check on our families" suggested Saeko who had been paying more attention than Rin. "If we simply act on our own self-interest we don't stand a chance. So I propose we act as a team" said the swordswomen as everyone nodded in
"Alright then we're a team now. So what's the plan?" Rin asked while everyone began to think, it was the resident genius herself who spoke first.
"We take one of the mini-busses. Their big enough to carry all of us plus any survivors we might come across" at the group considered the proud girls plan they saw that it was quite solid and so they all agreed.
"Ok then, we got a team and we got a plan. Is everyone ready" asked the eldest Okumura as he got his respond.
Rei twirled her make shift spear.
Kohta loaded his nail guy, while Saya placed the bag she was caring on her shoulder.
Shizuka held tightly onto her medical bag.
Takashi tightened his grip on his metal bat.
As Rin and Saeko got into their usual combat stances as they took up the lead.
"Alright then. Let's go!" he told them knowing fully well that from that point on their lives would change forever.
End
(A/N: Hey every one you enjoyed this episode I know this is pretty close to cannon but I wanted to show how the team is formed. I also know that there wasn't much action in this chapter and for that i apologies and will try to add more action. There will be some chapters that will be more talking that action but so please push through does if you don't enjoy them.
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