Shining Princess
Chapter 4: Partitions
Disclaimer: I do not own High School of the Dead or any of the characters involved except for Guardian L. Light
Light looked around from the door-frame. Takashi stood next to her. The two of them had chosen to go ahead and test the group's theories. Light noticed a shoe nearby and lifted it above her head before throwing it into a nearby set of lockers. The small cloth and plastic article flew across the room silently, and collided with the lockers releasing an echoing metallic sound. The zombies in the room turned toward the sound and moved toward it slowly.
Takashi nodded to himself and signaled for the group to come forward. The group moved down the stairs toward the bus in the courtyard when the student with the large tuning fork hit it against the safety barrier of the stairs. The long note echoed through the room.
Everyone froze and looked toward the mound of thriving bodies. The moving stopped and they slowly began to stand.
"Run!" Takashi shouted and the group broke into a dead-sprint toward the bus.
"Why did you yell?" Takagi asked as she caught up to him
"What do you mean?" He asked
"We could've gotten away if you hadn't shouted" Takagi explained then screamed as one of them lunged and tried to grab her leg.
Rei stabbed it through the head as she caught up "Are you alright?" She asked
A nail drove itself into the head of one of the zombies that'd been in the courtyard. It had been laying down and was standing as the group ran toward them. This happened three more times to three others scattered around. Khota caught up to them grinning devilishly
"Khota… are you ok?" Takashi asked
"Never better." He replied
A liquid-thud sounded behind the group and Light dropped in behind them.
"Less talky more running!" she shouted taking the lead on them.
Saeko ran past them right after that, the group picked up the pace and made it onto the bus, the students who'd been following them made it on safely right after they'd secured the bus.
"Ms. Shuzuka, please take the wheel." Saeko said
The nurse nodded and sat down in the driver's seat. She turned the keys that had been left in the ignition and the bus revved to life. She hesitated to push on the gas.
"What's taking you?" Takagi shouted
"Them." She said pointing toward a group of students rushing toward the bus from the courtyard
"Who are they?" Takashi asked
Rei eyes had gone wide.
"Go!" She shouted
"What?" Takashi asked in surprise
"Go, leave them." She said again
"That's the math teacher." Saeko explained
"I know who he is, which is why I'm telling you to leave." Rei explained
"Wait!" The man shouted to them.
"Let them on." Saeko said calmly
"No! Leave now!" Rei shouted
Takashi was split when he sighed and opened the door and let the group inside.
As they'd been argueing the group outside were running toward the bus when one of them tripped. The young man grabbed the teacher's pants and looked at him pleadingly
"Please sir, I think I sprained my ankle" he said
"Oh, well, alright." He sighed and lifted his foot before slamming it into the boy's face breaking his glasses and crushing his noise.
"Sir, why did you do that?" The boy asked weakly
"Survival of the fittest, now let go of me." He said kicking his hand off his pants.
Back to when the group got on the bus; Rei glared at Takashi
"You'll regret this." She explained
"Ms. Shuzuka, go now." Saeko stated
"Right." Ms. Shuzuka turned to the windshield and waited for a minute
"What are you waiting for?" The teacher asked
"I… I can't." She said
"Why not?" He shouted
"Your oath?" Saeko asked
She nodded
"Listen Ms. Shuzuka, they aren't human anymore…" Saeko said
Ms. Shuzuka turned to the windshield again. "Alright…" She slammed her foot on the gas.
"They aren't human, they aren't human, they aren't human. Not anymore!" She screamed as she splattered 'them' across the courtyard and slammed the bus through the gates of the school. She squealed the tires as she turned to their left and made their way to the city.
The group sat silently for almost two hours, except for the other teacher and his group, while he told them lies of how he would keep them alive with his amazing skills and the group would praise and swoon over him.
"Alright, I think things come down to this." He stated "We need to choose a leader."
"A leader?" Saeko asked "Why?"
"We need someone to determine how to use our skills." He said "I nominate and vote for myself."
"Here here!" his group of six shouted from the back of the bus.
Takashi looked around and saw how his friends were tired out and depressed. He sighed "I don't want to sound selfish, but I'll vote for myself."
Saeko looked around and noticed Light "I vote for Light."
Light was looking at the floor of the bus, her hands on her face and she cried softly. She looked up at them, tears running down her face.
"No, not me. I'm not fit to lead. I vote Takashi." She said before returning to her position.
"The rest of the group voted Takashi bringing things to a tie."
"Well, I guess we'll have to decide who's going to stay and leave then." The teacher said "Two groups can't co-exist. It doesn't work." He explained
The bus rocked suddenly throwing everyone into a seat.
"What was that?" Saeko asked
Ms. Shuzuka shrugged "I don't know. I didn't hit anything."
"Did something hit us?" Takashi asked
Light looked up and gasped
They group followed her gaze and their eyes widened. Floating outside the window was Light, only something was different, instead of her all white outfit black had been incorporated to form the majority, what white remained were little orbs.
"Who is that?" Takahi asked
"That's Blind." Light replied "Takashi, listen. I don't have much time left. In three months time my people will declare war. We need help from everyone we can get. Will you help us?" She asked
Takashi looked around to his group and they nodded. He turned back to Light and nodded "Yes."
She smiled "Thank you." And disappeared, as did Blind outside.
Light appeared in the war room and Darkness turned to see her fall. He disappeared in a blur and caught her.
"Are you alright?" he asked as she opened her eyes.
"Yes." She said nodding and trying to stand up.
Twilight ran over "Light! Are you alright? What happened?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Blind was there."
"What?" Gatescholar asked as he approached
"Yes, Blind was there" Light added "But Takashi and the Fujimi High Survivors have agreed to help us."
"That's not good, and it is…" Twilight said
"Good work Light. Water!" Gatescholar shouted and Water approached
"Take care of her please." He said signaling toward Light.
Water nodded and helped Light stand on her feet and helped her to a small-side room.
Darkness looked with Twilight at the room "This isn't good. The Darks are already mobilizing." Twilight said
"I know. They're moving too quickly. I just hope that they haven't found out our plans." Gatescholar said
"If they have we won't be able to win this war." Darkness added
"Exactly, which is one thing we can't afford to let happen…" Gatescholar said.