Chapter 3: The Start of the End
Author & Cast:
Me:Yahooo~~ Back with another chapter for this Re-write lol.
Fate:It's been a while Otaku-kun, welcome back. ~stares in awe~
Me:Yasss B, I'm back baby and ready to rock.
Saeko:Otaku-kun, I can't help but notice that Fate seems more graceful and refined in this version. Is there a reason?
Me:Oh that, I realized that in the original anime Fate is really mature like and shit but don't worry~ Her boyishness, Child-likeness and funniness will come out as time passes. c:
Hayate: That was a lot of '-ness' words in that sentence of yours.
Me:Oh Hayate, you're still alive.
Hayate:~Shocked~ Of course I'm still alive, how would I die!?
Me:I thought Nanoha would've murdered you by now. I guess I thought wrong~
Hayate:Yes! Yes you did think wrong!
Me:Lol, sorry~~ Tee-hee~~ As an apology gift, I'll let you say the words today~
Hayate:That apology gift isn't worth shit but i'll take it... hmph... Otaku-kun owns nothing except for the cover page. Enjoy the chapter and stuff like that.
Fate:I'm surprised you drew that Otaku-kun, usually you'd be lazy.
Me:Of course I'm lazy but as I said last year, my new years resolution is to not be lazy this year. I've been drawing lately and posting on my 'Reversepinestrash' tumblr. So if you're into Gravity Falls/ Reverse Pines / Mabifica, ya'll should go check that out~~~ 3
Fate: Here we go with the Self-promotions again. I guess it's okay though.
Me:Course course~~
Fate's POV
I made it to class on time. Thank God. I look around and notice my usual group of friends in their places. It's nice to know they don't skip classes. Then again... Sometimes Hayate's missing so I'm kinda hesitant to tell her she's doing a good job at times. I look to the right of me to see Ginga Nakajima-san, she seemed dazed staring out the window by me.
Well at least I think she's staring out the window, I can't really tell. I was in the middle of cleaning my glasses with my black handkerchief.
I put my glasses back on to check what she was looking at but was too late since she turned away to pay attention to the homeroom teacher. Damn, how late of me. I turn my head to the front to pay attention the the teacher too now.
Although, as much as I tried I couldn't help but think about other things. So I tuned the old man out and began wondering about yesterday. Why did Nanoha agree to date that rat...? I don't even know! It's really frustrating the fuc- I mean, heck out of me...
Speaking of Nanoha, I look to where she was sitting. There she was, sitting and chatting with Yunno silently. Unfortunately, we kind of sit in alphabetical order by last name, so the two were next to each other. It was inevitable for them to not chat it up during class.
I sigh heavily and turn my head to stare outside the window.
"Hmm...?"I hummed a bit to myself when I saw a familiar older woman outside by the gates with three other people. It was Kyoko-sensei with Teshima-sensei and two other teachers (I assume.) They seem to be scolding some guy leaning on the school gates. I guess that's normal, considering school is in session and a stranger on campus is pretty bad.
I shrug off what I saw and turn to look at Ginga again, she was staring at me with a worried expression. Maybe she caught me staring outside? Nothings wrong with that thought right?
I smile awkwardly at her and wave hello. In return, she did the same. Smiling too.
"Are you okay Harlaown-san?"She whispered to me curiously.
"Of course i'm okay, thank you for asking though Nakajima-san."I tell her, my mood brightening up. It really brightens my mood when someone thinks about me. "You're very kind."I comment silently.
I noticed her cheeks getting a bit red from my compliment.. I couldn't help but smile widely at her while pushing my glasses up a bit.
"Harlaown-san, Nakajima-san, please stop flirting and pay attention to announcments?"Our teacher called us out, not being rude about it but instead being polite and kind towards us. "Teens these days."He chuckled. I was gonna cut in but he kept going, "I don't judge you're preferences but you're like all the other couples in here, so please wait till after class to chat with each other."He smiled.
Both I and Ginga blush brightly from this, all eyes on us.
"But Sensei, Fate's my date!"I hear a familiar voice, whining from behind and turn quickly to look at the back row, where Hayate was. She gave me an innocent look and winked a bit at me, hinting to me what was gonna happen soon.
"Oh my, I thought we were dating Hayate-chan?"I hear Suzuka's voice and turn to where she is. As usual, she was smiling.
"O-Oh! Of course we are Suzuka-chan!"Hayate calls out in awe, standing up and staring at the girl. I facepalm silently, the announcements are being delayed by their antics again.
Suzuka began to fake sob. "Sob Sob, how could you cheat on me with Fate-chan... Sob Sob sob..."She wiped at her non-exsisting tears slowly.
"Honey I-"Hayate starts but was cut off.
"It's okay though, since I've also been dating her."Suzuka confessed all of a sudden, standing up from her seat, confusing me as the class gasped. I knew that they were going along with things since it was to delay class and such.
"What!?"Hayate was shocked, "How could you Fate-chan!? I thought we had something special between us!"She cried out, turning to face me. Even the teacher was interested in this dramatical scene.
I guess it's okay to get with my part, "I'm sorry Hayate-chan but..."I push my bangs back and grin at them. "It's hard to push back my urges with you two cuties."I tell them seriously, the grin still on my face. On the outside, I may seem confident in this but it was all an act. Inwardly, I was ready to jump out the window but I was just going along with Hayate's script.
Yes, you heard me. Hayate made a script. She makes a script for almost everything, preparing for scenes that may or may not happen in our lives... I mean, she is the Drama club's president, so it makes sense. It surprised me at first but after a while, I just went along with it and spoke my memorized lines. And yes, I did memorize them. How could I not? It involved reading.. I'm kind of into reading things...
"Oh my."I hear the soft gasp of the teacher and some squealing in the sidelines but I only stared Hayate in the eyes.
"F-Fate-chan you beast..."She stared at me, surprised and shocked at the same time. "I-I gave you my virgini-"
"Heh, That was a bad idea my dear.."I clicked my tongue at her. "Now you'll never escape me, you're body and soul belong to me.. Hayate-chan.."I tell her seriously.
"Fate-chan..."She looked me in the eyes and walked closer before holding me tightly. "So bold of you to say that!"She cheered. The class was full of cheers and claps now because of what had happened.
"What about me Fate-chan? I gave myself to you too~"Suzuka playfully says. It slowly grew silent as people watched her now.
"Of course y-you belong to me too S-Suzuka-chan.."I was getting out of character a bit, I thought we were done? My face was getting a bit red when Suzuka walked towards us. She now had her face inches away from my own.
"Really?~"Suzuka purred seductively all of a sudden. Tottaly getting me out of character as I push Hayate off of me and shield my face in embarrasment.
"H-Hayate, I can't do this anymore... Acting is so embarrassing.. And I-I don't remember seeing that in the script."I complain to Hayate.
"Aww, Fate-chan."Hayate laughed at me.
"You're ears are red, Fate-chan~" Suzuka innocently said. Causing me to hide my face more in embarrassment.
"You three, always acting when you have the chance."Our teacher chuckled, clapping. "It delays the class but I don't mind, it's always so fun to see the outcome. It's also nice to see Harlaown-san speaking out in class."He smiled at me before turning to face the rest of the class. "Let's get back to homeroom now, c'mon you two, back in your seats."He tells Hayate and Suzuka, who in turn nod and go back to their seats. Alisa shook her head slowly, disapproving of what had just happened while Nanoha and Yunno just giggle. I turn my head slightly to see what Ginga was doing, only to see she was just smiling worriedly at me again before turning to face the board.
I sighed after a while when things settled down finally. I groaned and lifted my head off of my table, staring out the window again. I didn't wanna face the class after that, I still feel a bit flustered.
'Ah.. I wonder how Kyoko-sensei and Teshima-sensei are doing with that guy...?' I look towards the school gates to see...
Blood... Lots of blood... The guy was still outside, still leaning on the gates. My eyes widened in surprise, I noticed a bit of blood around his mouth. Did he cough blood out? Wait, where are the teachers?
Maybe they went to get the nurse to check on him... It would be better to call an ambulence though right? And shouldn't they take him in to check if he's alright?
I don't get what's going on, I'm so confused right now. Like seriously.
Just then I felt my flip phone vibrate a bit. I pull it out to see that I just got a text from that guy. Komuro, Takashi?
'Hmm...?' I thought before opening the message to read. I couldn't just ignore it, the title of the Message was IMPORTANT!
It was bolded, capped, and even had explanation points at the end. If it was like that, I'm guessing it was something really important.
My eyes read along the line of the text I had gotten from Komuro, it said:
FROM: Takashi Komuro
Harlaown-san, get out of school now while you can! Someone was just murdered in front of the school gates!
In front of the school gates..? I began to grow nervous, slowly looking towards the school gates again. The man was missing but the large pool of blood was still there. I looked closer to see some bloody foot prints that lead from the pool of blood, I hadn't noticed that before. When did that appear there...? I gulped hard and was going to text him back but the PA system cuts off my train of thought.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS! ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS! AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE IS A VIOLENT STRUGGLE OCCURRING ON THE PREMISES, STUDENTS STAY WITH YOUR TEACHERS AND FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS! REPEAT, AT THE PRESENT TIME , THERE IS A VIOLENT STRUGGLE OCCURRING ON THE PREMISI-
There was a bit of struggle being heard, along with other sounds and such as the person speaking on the PA continued to say something else but instead.. these words came out:
GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!AH! AH, AHH! SOMEONE HELP ME! OW THAT HURTS!HELP!I'M GOING TO DIE!GAAHHHHH!-
I couldn't breathe after hearing that; it was so silent now as we all sit in our seats. All of us inwardly panicking. Some were able to contain the feeling, but others...
Turning my head, I watched as most of my classmates jump out of their seats and try to escape this tiny room, shoving and pushing each other out of the way. Almost everyone was rushing to get out of here and go home to safety. Understandable, it's natural to wanna run away after hearing something as terrifying as that. We even heard the sound of crunching at the end, that added points to our fear.
"F-Fate-chan."I hear Nanoha's voice calling out to me and turn quickly to see where she was, I saw a bit of her brown hair rushing out the door, along with short blonde hair... I'm assuming Yunno took Nanoha and ran off with her, if he doesn't take her to safety.. I swear to God, I will end him.
I noticed the classroom was growing more empty so I grab the people I know and quickly rush out of there. Instead of going to the crowded areas, I take them to an empty area so we could discuss what was happening for a bit. I at least wanted to discuss things to calm our emotions down so we won't panic and do anything rash.
I turn to see who I grabbed. Ginga, Hayate, Alisa, and Suzuka. Good, that's everyone I know in my grade. Besides Takashi and Kohta, they're in another class unfortunately..
As we were rushing to an empty area, I noticed from behind that there was screams for help. I turned a bit to see others being chased by other students. When caught the one chasing bites the one that was running. The act catching me by surprise.
We stopped running when in a far off classroom from where most screams are happening. I stood silently by the door at first to see if anyone followed us, listening for foot steps or any other sounds.
No one's POV
Fate had a serious expression on as the other four watched her silently. When she face them and motioned that it was clear, they began to panic. Especially Ginga, the blue haired girl hyperventalating a bit, that being bad.
"W-What is happening, what was that!?.."Hayate looked at Fate, a serious expression on her as she clutched at her uniform's sweater nervously.
"Hayate-chan, I know things are happening too quickly but calm down."Fate says slowly, wanting to stop her from stressing all of them out. "You all need to calm down, especially you Nakajima-san."She turned her attention to the other girl and walked towards her to hold her hand and try to calm her breathing. "Deep breaths okay? Deep breaths... Follow me."Fate inhaled and exhaled, wanting the other to follow to regulate the breathing.
Ginga held onto Fate's hand tightly as she followed her, she smiled at the blonde, her brows furrowed a bit. "Thank you Harlaown-san.."Ginga sighed heavily, still holding her hand. "Yagami-san is right though... What was that..?"She asked.
"It sounded like someone was being eaten on the PA system..."Alisa comments, a thoughtful look on her face.
"And not in a sexual way."Suzuka states, even in a serious situation like this she had a bit of a playful tone on her. Not wanting the group to get moody.
"We need to find Nanoha.."Fate says all of a sudden, after helping Ginga her thoughts fully turned towards finding Nanoha. "Scyra took her with him..."She growled a bit to herself.
"Fate, calm down, I'm sure he took her somewhere safe. If not we can kill him together."Alisa tells Fate, cracking her knuckles a bit.
"Alisa-chan is right actually, Nanoha says she's with Signum, Vita, and Shamal now."Suzuka comments, staring at her phone. She showed the tall blonde the text she just recieved from the said brunette.
"Oh, then let's go look for them!"Hayate nodded, saying that a bit too loudly. The outcome of that loud outburst, footsteps and groans from the outside of the door.
"Oh no."Fate turned to the door quickly and stared at it silently. Blocking Ginga, Hayate and Suzuka with the help of the other brawler in the group. Alisa, stood a strong stance infront of the three by Fate's side.
That continued until the sound passed.
"F-Fate-chan..."Hayate held onto Fate's back nervously, "S-Sorry..."She laughed softly. "So so sorry.."
"It's fine Hayate, try not to have anymore loud outbursts though..."Fate turned to face her. "We still don't know what we're up against though... What exactly are we hiding from..?"She thought about it, a thoughtful look on her face.
"Should we try looking?"Alisa suggested.
"That's risky idea, I think we can do that while going to where Nanoha is."Fate nods. "Killing two birds with one stone."
"Alright."Alisa just nodded.
"You're very determined to find your best friend, huh Harlaown-san."Ginga smiled at Fate's determination. "It's very admirable of you."She was still holding her hand, they've been holding hands since the start of the hand holding.
"Thank you."Fate nodded, not really noticing the intentions of that compliment. "Alright, Suzuka-chan text Nanoha and ask her where they are."
"For now, we should get a move on."Alisa nods and leads the way, slightly opening the door to see if it was safe outside.
"Is it safe out there?"Hayate asked curiously.
Alisa gave a thumbs up before walking out the door, the others following her. While walking out the door, Suzuka was texting Nanoha. Surprisingly to Fate, Suzuka didn't even have to look at the smart device to text.
It surprised her even more when Nanoha texted back quickly, not even a minute had passed. "Nanoha says they're headed to the Teacher's office right now, something about the nurse having a car to drive to safety."She explained a bit.
"A car?"Fate thought about it. "It might not be big enough for all of us..."She pointed out.
"That's what I thought."Ginga nodded. "We could at least try though, I think the teacher's office also contains keys to the field trip buses. We could use those." They started walking hesitantly towards the office. Being careful on the way there.
SOMEWHERE ELSE
Takashi's POV
Before this whole panic in school began, I witnessed the murdering at the school gates and saw Teshima-sensei bite Kyoko-sensei. Totally fucking up my train of thoughts. The thing I did after that wasn't really planned... I just ran to class quickly to get my friends, dragging Rei and Hisashi along with me. Once again, I wasn't actually thinking. I tottaly forgot Saya and Kohta in there. Sorry...
At first Rei was against skipping class with me, I persuaded her though so it's all good now. Honestly everything was happening too quickly after that, the PA system going off with that terrifying announcement, the students rushing out of the classrooms quickly to try and go home. Hisashi getting bitten by a teacher all three of us know too well, going up to the roof and barricading ourselves from whatever those things are. More things were happening to quickly, all throughout our day. I had to...I had to kill Hisashi, arguing with Rei and deciding on what we were going to do now. Trust me, this shit wasn't as fast as it seems here. It was a LONGG fucking day.
We decided that we weren't gonna stay up on the roof forever and left the area, weapons in our hands. Not the fancy kind but simple things you can find in a Janitors closet. Next thing I know, we're finding our way out of the school building until a loud scream was heard. A voice all too familiar to me, I could hear something else. It sounded like a nail gun..?
I shrug off whatever thought I had and rushed towards the sound, Rei complained about this but shut her mouth and knew she couldn't continue her complaints. We all know I'm stubborn and won't give up on specific stuff.
When running towards there we bump into a bunch of 3rd year students, that Takamachi girl and that Scrya boy.
"Takamachi-san?"Rei looked at the girl surprised as we rushed.
"Miyamoto-chan.."That Nanoha girl greeted awkwardly towards the other as she ran, holding the hand of her 'boyfriend' I assumed.
When we got to where the scream was heard, we were ready to fight and kill whatever those things are. That's right, we were ready to actually kill. On our way down here we realized that persuading someone to not bite you is going to be effective at all, the only way out of harm is to fight back. We also realized, me and Rei, that if you hit them in the head they'll drop dead. Legit dead.
Our hands lower though when we see Kohta, Fate, and some other blonde girl taking care of things there. Fighting off whatever was there, Kohta using a gas powered nail gun, the other blonde girl using a tennis racket and Fate using... a metal baton!? What in the world, since when did she have that. Although, she was doing really good with it... As if she was a trained cop, going to school undercover.
"Testarossa!"I hear one of the 3rd years call out.
"Fate-chan!"
Fate's POV
While on our way to the teacher's office, Alisa picked up a tennis racket to fight off those things we researched about while traveling. I realized that these things were just like those monsters in the movies...zombies. They all figured that out after a while, so we knew how to handle things properly now.
Killing those zombies was the only solution for survival.
We needed to test a few things out though... like if their heads are their actual weaknesses, that might just be a myth and their actual weakness is somewhere else. Luckily for us, the perfect opportunity to try things out came up when we heard a loud scream.
We all quickly ran towards the scream and saw that it was that pink haired girl from this morning and Hirano-san, the boy fighting off about 15 of the undead while the girl in the corner, about to get bitten.
I was quick to move first, pulling out a little something from Lindy and knocking the dead girl straight in the head. Alisa watching first to see if the said weakness was correct... I risked myself a bit for jumping in like that but better saving her than not saving her.
We all slightly sighed in relief when the body didn't get back up, it encouraged myself and Alisa to help Kohta now. Even Ginga helped out sometimes, warning me and Alisa of unnoticed attacks...
'Thank God Lindy-san gave me a metal baton to carry around.'I thought to myself silently as I swung the weapon and hit one of those dead guys in the head hard, knocking him into two more. We we're almost done with the rest. Just a few more and we'll be done...
"Testarossa-san!"
"Fate-chan!"I hear familiar voices and turn to look. It was Nanoha with another group of people, I know everyone in the group except for three females. One blonde, another had light brown hair and the last one had purple-ish hair... How interesting... Let's not get distracted now, focus on what's happening right now or else something bad might-
A loud sound caught my attention, the sound from behind me. I quickly turn around to see one of 'them' behind me but he wasn't moving at all. His body then dropped to the ground, showing me the pink headed girl I saved recently.
"T-There... N-Now we're even.."She stuttered out, holding a trophy in her hands. I guess she used that as a weapon.
After a while we were done fighting those things and were now in the teacher's office. Kohta gaurding the door while we all rest in there. I turn to face Nanoha who was walking towards me.
"Fate-chan~"She hugged me tightly, causing me to blush a bit.
"Nanoha.. Are you okay? Did you get hurt?"I asked her in a worried tone, I noticed Hayate rolled her eyes at what was happening here but shrugged it off and focused on Nanoha again.
"I'm okay Fate-chan, Yunno-kun kept me safe."Nanoha tells me, I turn to look at Yunno, who in turned waved slightly at me, a small smile on his face. I fakely smiled back but we all know I didn't wanna do that. "Are you hurt anywhere Fate-chan?"She asked me suddenly.
"Of course she is."Hayate giggled. "Fate-chan is unstable right now~"She points out.
"Excuse me?"I look at Hayate slightly confued and scared, she wasn't gonna blurt out anything serious right? Right!?
"Why wouldn't she be unstable?"Hayate shrugs. " Her best friend is safe and with her right now, she should be mentally unstable right now, not prepared at all for the amount of happiness overflowing in to her~~"She purred. I sighed heavily in relief and took a seat, holding my chest.
Thank God she didn't confess my crush for Nanoha. Or confess that i'm a... lesbian? I still don't know what term to use for myself.. It's confusing.
"Pardon me, but.."I turn my head to see the purple haired girl talk. Her voice calm and polite as she talked to us. "I suggest we get to know each other?"She smiled kindly. I stared at her smiling face a bit and felt my heart skip a bit for a second there.
'What the heck..?'
"Good idea Busujima-san."Signum commented from behind as she helped Shamal pass water bottles out to all of us. The water bottles being from the fridge.
"Ahmm... Alright, let's get to know each other." Hayate nodded, staring at the purple haired beauty in awe too. This girl seems like a strong woma- is that a bokken in her hand? That is so cool... She's cool too.
"So? Who wants to go first...?"
Me:Stopping here for now, out of tiredness and pain. Classes are tiring me out man, I hateee itttt.. Ughhhhhggg...
Saya:Oh suck it up.
Me:Yea yea, I know... And lookie everyone, I made it so Saya doesn't seem useless in here y'know? And honestly, I didn't really follow the original stories specifics as you can see. Wanted to try using my imagination a bit for some parts.
Hayate:We saw~ Very nice lolol~~
Me:Thanks Thanks~~ Like, Follow, Review~ Do whatever you'd like~~ Hahah~~ And sorry if it seemed rushed, I needed to rush it a bit because I had to go to sleep already or else I'll be sleepy during welding class and burn my skin by accident because of the sleepyness. I hope you all understand~ Moving on~
Hayate:Moving onto the usual?~~
Me:Of course~~~
Me & Hayate: Bye-niii~~~~
