Shun

Runo was about to start crying again, and Dan covered her mouth and took her away from the sight. Just cause we couldn't see what Julie looked like, didn't mean we didn't already know. Dan whispered over to me, "You're going to have to do it." Me? Why me? I don't want to kill Julie. Even if she some form of living dead. I was about to protest to Dan, but he had sat with Runo down at the table with Murucho and Alice.

I sighed. This was the best time if any to do the deed; when I didn't have to see Julie's face, the others didn't have to watch, and Julie didn't know it was coming. I had left my staff outside, and needed a new weapon. I looked around the kitchen. The broom we used to sweep the floor wouldn't be strong enough to do the job. I didn't have many options in the kitchen, and then I remembered something. I glanced in the sitting room and saw my grandfather's sword hung up on the wall over the TV.

As long as the sheet stayed on Julie, she wouldn't be able to see me grab it. I cringed at the thought of taking a blade to one of my best friends' skulls, but nobody else needed to be made into lunch. And I knew the longer I waited around, the harder it would be to re-kill her. I silently stalked into the room, and reached over the TV and pulled the sword down. The thing that was once Julie didn't move, but only moaned.

As I approached her from behind, I readied to tip of the sword to pierce the skull. Right when I was about to strike, the sheet slid off and she turned to face me. Her white, soulless eyes looked right into mine, and for a minute it looked like she was begging me to not kill her. The minute was short lived as she turned vicious and bared her teeth and lunged for my throat.

I reacted quickly and shoved the tip of the blade through her eye and into her skull. Her body didn't move, and when I removed the blade, her body fell forward and off the couch and onto the floor. I held the sword by my side as Julie's blood dripped from the sharpened steel. Blood trickled from her eye, and I felt sick. I held my hand over my mouth and hurried into the nearest bathroom.

It wasn't long till there was a knocking at the bathroom door. "Shun, you ok in there, buddy?" Dan. I felt a wet tear roll down my cheek as I looked at the blood covered sword once more. Do the others think of me as some killer now? All because I killed Julie? I had to. She would of killed all of us if I hadn't. That thing wasn't Julie anymore. I swallowed the lump in my throat and wiped the tear stains from my eyes.

I reached for the handle of the sword and wet a wash cloth and wiped away the blood, the stuck the blade back into its holder. I turned the knob and saw Dan standing there, worry and sympathy on his face. I asked him, "Did you see the body?" Dan nodded his head slowly.

I was positive he saw the red tint in my eyes from where I had been crying. It was different killing one of those things when you didn't know the person, but killing one who was your friend at one point left a sick taste in my mouth. Dan patted me on the back with his hand and told me in a reassuring tone, "Don't let it get to you, Shun. You did the right thing." I felt the lump return in my throat, and this time a sob escaped me. I took a breath and asked Dan, "What about the body? I'm sure you haven't let the others see it, right?"

Dan lowered his eyes and said, "I didn't move the body. I only covered it back up. But I'm making sure the others don't see it." Another sob left my body. I looked down at my clothes again. Unlike earlier, the little blood splatters had turned into huge stains. And I knew whose blood it was. I told Dan, "I need to change. Get out of these clothes and clean up." Dan nodded, understanding my predicament.

I gave him the sword in case another one of those things got in the house some how. I went back into the bathroom after grabbing a clean set of clothes, and turned the water on in the shower. I let the water heat up before stepping inside, and the reality of everything started setting in.

This was happening all in the city, maybe even the world. People were turning into those things; friends, family, strangers. People either had it in them to kill their attackers, and let them be at their mercy. More sobs came from my mouth. At this point, I had every right to cry. The world had gone to hell in a handbag.

Alice

Dan didn't want us to see Julie's body. He kept telling us it would probably be too much for us to handle. I began wondering what Shun had done, and figured it out when I saw Dan holding the sword that was placed over the TV set in the sitting room. He had probably took off Julie's head, or cut it in half. I asked him, "Where's Shun now?" He leaned the sword against the cabinets in the kitchen and said, "He's cleaning up. He seems to be really out of it. But can you blame him?"

I understood what he was talking about. Shun had probably just been traumatized from having to kill one of his own friends. I spoke up to Dan and said, "I want to see Julie." He looked at me and asked, "Are you sure?" Runo and Murucho were both staring at me. I knew I shouldn't of brought up her name. That I should of kept my voice down. I nodded my head, and Dan motioned for me to come with him. We both walked into the sitting room and I saw a lump under a blood stained sheet.

Dan asked me, "Do you want me to remove the sheet?" I did. I wanted to see what Shun had done. I promised myself quickly that I wouldn't think any different of Shun for what he did. Dan removed the sheet, and I understood why Shun had run off into the bathroom and gotten sick. What I saw wasn't Julie. It wasn't human either. It was the personification of this virus that was attacking the city.

I nodded my head, and Dan covered the body back up. We both walked back into the kitchen, and Runo and Murucho were watching the TV. The reported said the death toll had climbed to over 1,000. Or should I say undead toll. We sat and watched the story and kept up with what was happening outside of the dojo. Shun then walked into the kitchen, and we all looked at him.

He didn't make eye contact with us, but we could see his face clearly. His eyes were red and puffy from crying, and his hair was still dripping wet from the shower. I stood up from the table and looked at him. "Oh, Shun…" I walked up to him and he then wrapped his arms and embraced me. I felt my shirt gain a small wet dot that I figured out to be a tear. Shun was crying again.

He took a few deep breaths and let go of me. I couldn't tell if he was blushing or if his face was red from crying. I saw him swallow and he said shakily, "Sorry about that." I grabbed Shun's wrist and he looked at me. "Shun, how about you go lay down for a little bit?"

Dan walked up next to me and said, "Yeah, Shun. You've had a pretty rough day. I think we can hold down the fort for a night or so." Shun didn't seem to want to at first, then he sighed and told us, "Yeah. I guess it wouldn't hurt." Dan smiled slightly and walked off through another room to go to his.

Shun

I had issues falling asleep. Most people probably would after they had to kill their friend when they had turned into a flesh eating monster. My room was upstairs, and I looked out the window and gasped. Over the wall that separated the dojo from the street, was crawling with about twenty or thirty of the monsters. I gulped and prayed that they didn't find a way to get in like the first one did.

How did that one get in here anyway? I knew that when one got it, more could too. I had to find a way to look over the perimeter without being seen by those mindless creatures. Standing on the roof would be like advertising that there was fresh meat inside. I shook my head. I'll think about this later. Right now I need to rest my mind after everything that's happened. I laid down on my bed, feeling warm and safe.

If the world hadn't been overtaken by the living dead, I would of thought it was just another day. My eyes began to grow heavy, but I was too scared to fall asleep. I was afraid that I would wake up again and the dojo would be overrun by the monsters and my friends would be turned into them too. I shook my head. Thinking like that won't help anyone. I thought about how in the kitchen I hugged Alice.

I blushed at the memory. I had picked a hell of a time to start making moves on her. With the end of the world and all of that. The hug was more for emotional support though. I appreciated that she didn't start accusing me of murder, but that didn't mean that Runo or Murucho didn't think that.

I doubt Murucho does. He's a logical person. Runo on the other hand is so mixed up from all of this that she might. I yawned as sleep started to lull my mind into a safer state. All I could so is hope that the same people in dojo were still people when I woke up.

ok. i'm tired so no more for tonight. -yawns- well, read, review, and other things.