Dead Semblance

by Deadstorm Fire

in remnant they would inevitably fight against one another but an interesting series of events when the grim assault vale from the sealed tunnel leads to the polar opposites getting thrown into a new reality on a new world where they find a way to get along and now have to face a new threat. rated M for possible lemons in the future. announced pairings (Yang,Mercury).

3. and here we go

Chapter 3. And Here We Go

Warning, this chapter is going to start off the H.O.T.D story with some tweaks to it and is going to contain some seriously heavy Myiamoto bashing toward the end. If you are a Rei Myiamoto fan than I suggest you start running for the hills.

Speech patterns:

Hello: regular speech.

I can't believe this: Thought speech.

GET OUT OF MY WAY: shouting.

I can't believe it: mumbling/muttering quietly.

(Because of this): authors note.

Takashi's P.O.V

Location: Fujimi Academy, Tokonosu, Japan.

Time: 11:30am, February 3rd 2016, 2 weeks before Z-day.

It's been almost a week since that day, the day Rei dumped me for my best friend Hisashi I remember feeling extremely upset and enraged at the same time. News seemed to travel fast as I had people either laughing at me or showing pity towards me, out of old habit I decided to visit the gym the next day to watch the martial arts match and to my surprise and refinement the match was between Hisahi and Yang. After remembering what happened before a grin made itself know on my face to which Rei easily noticed, even more so when the match started and we all noticed Yang's eyes turn a bright blood red, and her hair seemed as if it started to glow, the fight ended in mere seconds with the result being Hisashi on the ground winded and clutching his chest as if what he had been hit by was not a fist but a sledge hammer. "AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BETRAYING YOUR FRIENDS" was what Yang shouted after Rei ran to his side.

And that leads me to today, just sitting on the roof looking at the sky while Imamura is leaning against the front rail dragging another cigarette.

"Myiamoto and Hisashi got to you again huh". Morita called out as I Turned my head to face him. "Gee I wonder how you guessed that". I said back with a hint of sarcasm.

"Don't worry man there are plenty more fish in the sea, just take a look" Morita spoke back while holding up a homemade book with the title being Fujimi's AAA hottest girls by Morita. I let out a small chuckle as he began to open his book. "I did make some modifications over the month because of some new students and stuff like that, originally I had miss Busujima as my No. 1 pick but I changed that for our schools blazing tomboy brawler Yang Xiao Long". Morita spoke with excitement while holding the book open to a picture of Yang wearing a tight yellow bikini and holding a beach ball in her right arm with a playful smile.

(A/N: yes there is a picture of that on the Internet somewhere but I don't know the name of it).

My eyes widened not just because of the picture showed the bikini straining to hold her breasts in but also because as Morita speaking the service door opened and a certain dark grey haired individual walked in easily hearing what Morita said. Before I could tell Morita to stop it was already to late.

"So you really think my girl is that attractive huh"? Mercury asked mockingly as Morita froze up like he'd just seen Medusa.

"I.. I.. I just stating from my opinion that she is the most sexy of all the girls here" Morita spoke nervously as Mercury placed a hand on his shoulder.

"and don't you fucking forget it, because we're good friends I'm going to let this act slide but knowing you have a book that big means there are others that have peaked your interest". Mercury said back before letting go or Morita's shoulder and leaning against a ventilation shaft.

"Well now that you say it, let's get on with the others" flipping through the pages Morita landed on his former number 1 "here we go Saeko Busujima, this ones got quite the looks and has the dominating older sister personality, I always fantasise saw seeing her in nothing but an apron and maybe a black thong". Morita said while his face went considerably pinkish.

"you're not wrong, she does seem considerably interesting". I remarked while looking at her picture.

"Alright on to the next one" Morita said take the picture out of my hands and started flipping through the pictures again.

"I swear I saw Taniuchi on one of those pages" Mercury remarked.

"yeah however Muira said I'd be finished if I spoke about her". Morita cautiously said before continuing to go through pages.

"I let you speak a bit about Yang didn't I"? Mercury Questioned.

"Yeah, ah here we are" Morita finished flipping through the pages and the picture I saw nearly made my eyes pop out.

"Yuuki Miku, my next favourite"- Morita couldn't even finish his sentence when Mercury groaned in disgust.

"Your kidding me, do you have any idea how many times I've had to turn away that brain dead slut, 16 times and after each one she only remarks saying that she's only going to be hungrier for me and yet I see her making out with Tsunoda in the halls so go on to the next person before I throw up". Mercury sounded like he has had a lot of problems with this woman, and if he's had problems with her than she's a bad choice.

"I agree with Mercury, go to the next one" I said a bit impolitely.

"Very well the next spot actually goes to two girls this time, ta-da Toshimi and Misuzu". Morita replied opening the next page showing us a picture of two girls, the one with the flat chest and butt facing the camera was evidently Misuzu as she has her brown hair tied in a bun while the other was obviously Toshimi.

"Their great because their voices double over each other, it's weird at first but once you get used to them it's more addicting than crack". Morita said with a grin at the last comment.

"Well that's an interesting comparison however as much as hate to break it to you Toshimi lately appears to be taking an interest in our resident gun otaku, with the unfortunate history class I'm in I sometimes see Toshimi sending a smiling glance over to the unaware Hirano from time to time and she even looks worried and upset when she see's him being had on by Shido's lackey's". Mercury responded once again crushing Morita's fantasies.

"Well here's my final favourite and the hottest of the second year students, Saya Takagi". Morita brought the book up to show Takagi laying in the sand wearing a green bikini top and her blue and white-stripped panties (A/N: honestly I forgot what the real picture was in Morita's book in the manga). As I was finished staring at the picture I looked over and saw Mercury with a smirk on his face and I swear I could see the gears turning in his head, which got me a bit worried.

"Takagi is on most occasions arrogant, self centred and anti social, but what makes her one of the best is even though she doesn't look it she has bikini model tit's". after Morita said that last comment I gave him a deadpanned look.

"however I must tell you that I've already begun my assault to make Takagi mine, and even though she's turned me down 3 times I will not back down". Morita finished with confidence.

I shouldn't tell him that I've know Saya for a long time and that her father can be quite scary at times. I thought to myself while still giving Morita a deadpanned look, it was after that moment that Mercury decided to make himself know and ready to crush another of Morita's fantasies.

"I hate to say it mate but I think you'd have better luck asking miss Busujima out instead". Mercury retorted whilst still bearing that same smirk as before. Morita looked slightly saddened for a moment before springing back with full confidence. "You really think so"?

"It's worth a try isn't it". Mercury responded with his smirk finally replaced with a serious expression, that's when another voice made itself know.

"You three are all pussy's". Imamura's voice came from the edge of the roof as he began to approach us.

"Here we go" was all I could say as I had got to know a bit about him.

"Older women are where it's really at". He said as he walked into our group.

"Older women"? Morita asked really confused as Mercury just closed his eyes and let his head hang low and I just rolled my eyes at the statement.

"of course you idiot, a women's features are more endowed when they've matured. I even have a small list of my own". When Imamura finished a devious smile appeared on his face.

" no.1 Shizuka Marikawa the school nurse, she has a smoking hot bombshell body and her ditzy personality would make her an enjoyable companion. As he spoke a bit of blood started to drip out of his right nostril.

"As much as I would agree with you, I have own inferno companion". Mercury spoke almost mocking Imamura.

"Yeah yeah we get it, Yang's with you but you don't expect Tsunoda to back down do you"? Imamura countered with ease.

"I have to agree with Imamura, Tsunoda has been trying to make his own harem consisting of all the hottest girls most of which are on your list Morita" I decided to be known in this conversation.

"Yeah, I'd really enjoy seeing him try to get any girls other than Yuuki to join him" Morita retorted whilst holding back a chuckle.

"it's going to be most enjoyable watching Yang either rip his balls off or punch them up and out his mouth". Mercury statement caused us all to start laughing at the thought off Tsunoda's pride as a man being publicly destroyed by Yang.

After we finished laughing Imamura decided to speak up. "I think we're going off topic, now back to my list. No.2 Kyoko Hayahi".

"Are they all going to be teachers". That was all I could say before I was stared down for interrupting.

"Anyway as I was saying, miss Hayashi is another with a smoking hot body but she seems to have this sense that she's unsatisfied, and I'm the only one who can solve that". As he said that I swear I saw stars appear in his eyes.

"And that insanity metre goes up another notch". Mercury seemed to be getting very impatient all of a sudden.

"Oh please, like you wouldn't have your way with her if you ever got the chance". Imamura didn't have to wait long to receive an irritated glare coming from Mercury. "Okay fair enough, now for my third and final on the list. The mom that lives next door to me". All of us just stared at him wide eyed and with a mixture of different expressions. Mine was absolute confusion as to what he was thinking, Morita just seemed completely shocked and Mercury looked slightly disgusted by him.

"THE FRIKKEN MOM NEXT DOOR" if Morita was any louder I bet the whole school could probably hear us. After another ten minutes of auguring and laughs Morita and Imamura left the roof headed to their next classes, which left only Mercury and me.

"Good now that twiddle Dum and twiddle Dee have left we can speak properly". Mercury seemed to finally relax after saying that.

"What's there to talk about, things can't possibly get any worse than they are now". I seem to be overreacting after realising what I just said.

"So you're just going to wither away because you were dumped by your so called girlfriend, that act only tells me 2 things. Either you weren't doing a good job as a boyfriend or she can switch who she wants to be with at will but no matter which one it is, I suggest you get over it". That speech felt like I was just stabbed in the back by another friend.

"You say that like you've dealt with this as well". I seemed quite curious as to what he was on about.

"Similar, let me show you a big secret I've kept from everyone". When he finished speaking he proceeded to roll up his trouser legs, revealing what looked like military grade prosthetic legs. "Trust me I know what it's like to deal with hardship, my first thought was that I would never be able to walk again but here I am walking perfectly thanks to a pair of titanium replacements. Which is why I'm here to tell you that you need to get over this, I'm not the only one trying to pull back from the edge you know". Even while he was speaking I was mostly paying attention to his legs before that last comment clicked something in my head.

"If your referring to Takagi she's doing nothing to help me, she only calls me an idiot for moping around all the time and that just makes me feel worse". I let my head hang after telling him why he shouldn't believe Saya was helping at all.

"Maybe you're just not seeing it from her perspective. She told me not to say this but in her own unique way she's trying to convince you to stop feeling down about all this, I can see it, Yang can see it and so can some of our other friends so why can't you. She still cares you and you've just got to accept that". Once Mercury finished he rolled his trousers back down and walked down off the roof leaving me to think about if there was a second meaning to what he said.

Could she really be saying all that because she cares or just to add insult to injury. I was snapped out of my thoughts by the service door opening, expecting teachers to walk through and drag me into the detention room I was kind of surprised to see a familiar figure with two pink pigtails walking straight towards me. Guess now's as good a time as any to see if Mercury was speaking the truth.

"And here I thought you couldn't fall any lower than you had, how wrong I was". Saya seemed to be as arrogant as usual.

"Is that all you came here to do, and how'd even know to find me up here"? I seemed pretty convince Mercury told her where I was.

"1. I didn't just come here to do that and 2. You weren't at your usual pity corner". As she spoke her expression started to falter.

"Tell me Takagi do you actually care about me or do you just like making me feel worse". At that sentence I saw her eyes widen slightly.

"Wh what are you t talking about, why w would you th think I care about you". She seemed to be extremely nervous, as if her stuttering voice and furious blush wasn't more than enough of a give away.

"Mercury told me". I said quite casually and that seemed to break the stoic wall she made.

"He told you, I made it very clear that they would not speak of it especially to you". She began to grab her hair as if she was losing her mind.

"and here I thought I was meant to be the one feeling down" I may have been a bit cocky with that statement and as a result she stared at me with eyes expressing a cocktail of emotions.

"you really are an idiot if you think I said all that for no reason, NO I FELT THAT YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED. 8 years I WAS HOLDING IT ALL IN FOR 8 YEARS, WHEN WE FIRST MET AS CHILDREN I THOUGHT YOU'D BE THE ONE, THE ONE THAT'LL BE WITH ME FOREVER BUT YOU HAD TO GO AND MAKE THAT PROMISE WITH REI AND THAT BROKE ME APART THAT'S WHY I WAS ALWAYS MAKING YOU FEEL BAD, IT WAS BECAUSE YOU BROKE MY HEART. I I-. she didn't get to finish her next sentence as I pulled her into a careful hug, at first she tried to resist but quickly gave into it whilst still crying.

"I'm sorry about that about everything that happened, it's my fault you became this way. I'm sorry". My best efforts to calm her down were paying off as her grip on my jacket loosened. "I guess now that we're in the same position we could start over".

"yeah but first I want pay back". She spoke as a smile crept on her face.

"what'll I be needed to do". I asked almost scared at what she had planned.

"Meet me at your usual spot at lunch and then I'll tell you". Saya walked off after that leaving me to think of what she's planning.

Time skip: 1:20pm February 17th 2016, Z-day.

Well I feel like Saya and I are meant to be, but at the same time I've turned leaning on this staircase everyday into a habit. I was broken out of my thoughts by a slim arm wrapping around my chest and a familiar head placing itself on my shoulder. "you really are quite silent footed aren't you but why are you here, I thought you'd be in class keeping up your genius reputation". I seemed to like poking away at her self-proclamation.

"well I decided to take a break since the teacher is repeating himself again which begs the question why are you still going to this place, I thought we got together so you could get over Myiamoto". Lately she seemed quite concerned.

"well since we were found out to be a couple last Thursday Rei's been starring at me with a fierce glare every chance she gets, and it's not something I'm not yet used to from her". Well it was true, thanks to Mercury's big mouth Saya and I have been together and at one point someone caught a picture of us together outside the gate, the next day I remember Rei yelling at me as if I betrayed her. She brought it on herself.

"You know if you keep letting her get to you one way or another your grades are going to suffer". With that a frown started to appear on her face.

"well I don't need to worry about that to much, all I need is after school help from my genius girlfriend". I managed to pull her in to an embrace while she was still dumbstruck, but before our lips could meet we heard a clanging at the front gate. "What the hell was"? I let go of Saya to see what was happening much to her annoyance.

"Probably some dosed idiot trying to get in". Saya did have a an observant eye but something felt off about him.

3rd person P.O.V

The staggered individual just kept clashing against the front gate as 4 staff members went to investigate the disturbance.

"You there what do you think you're doing, this is private ground. Leave before I call the police". Miss Hayashi's voice was quite commanding as it caused the man to stop.

"Don't worry Kyoko I got this" Mr Teshima said while approaching the man with his sleaves rolled up. "now see here you". As he spoke he proceeded to grab the mans collar and slam him against the gate.

"Mr Teshima violence doesn't solve anything". Miss Hayashi spoke in a tone of worry for the man. Before anyone new it the man regained composure and in the blink of an eye bit a chunk out of Teshima's arm causing him to reel back and collapse in agony. Up at the staircase Takashi and Saya watched on in shock at the events unfolding. Meanwhile in one of the classrooms Yang's head popped up and she looked over to Mercury with worry.

"Do you sense that"? Yang asked in a whispered voice so no one else could here.

"Yeah and what ever it is, it's not good". Mercury's reply was more than enough to convince them something was really off outside.

At the gates things were only getting messier as Mr Teshima's blood began pooling around him.

"QUICK SOMEONE GET NURSE MARIKAWA RIGHT AWAY". Miss Hayashi was beyond terrified but before anyone could move Mr Teshima gave one last bellowing cry before he fell limp.

"Oh my god he's dead. An elderly teacher said while holding some sort of pole (A/N: seriously I have no clue what it is).

"that's impossible it was only a-. she cut herself when she saw his hand twitch and his eyes open only they were fogged. "Mr Teshima, o thank god you really had us worried there for a- . she did get to finish her sentence as he grabbed her shirt as leverage and bit down on her neck causing her to scream and flail as the others began to run before her body fell limp.

Takashi's P.O.V

Both of us just look on absolutely terrified, when I finally snapped out of it my thoughts were immediately on our friends however Saya still looked at the scene taking place when another of the teachers was grabbed and eaten, she seemed paralysed until I snapped my fingers in her ear and she simply passed out in terror. "I don't believe this, of all the times for you to faint. C'mon up you get". All I can is trying to get to our class as quickly as possible while trying to keep Saya on my back is harder than it looks, but we got there and I had to place Saya down before opening the door.

"Komuro you couldn't be satisfied just skipping my class" the teacher seem annoyed but obviously wasn't paying any attention to Saya laying on the ground which was probably a good thing.

"Mercury, Yang we've got to go. Three people were just killed at the front gate no joke". Upon hearing this Hisashi of all people stood up.

"you serious about that"? Hisashi asked in his usual tone, getting on my nerves.

"yeah I'm making shit like that up, get real why would I lie about this". Once I said that Rei stood up, her eyes burning with anger.

"How dare you speak to Hisashi that way, have you forgotten that you're both friends". Rei hand her left hand clenched into a fist ready to hit until an overly irritated Brawler caught it mid-swing.

"Will you for once stop lashing out at Takashi and let him speak". To press her even Yang began to apply force to Rei's causing her to struggle.

"Thank you Yang but trying to break Rei's wrist wasn't called for. now if you'll all listen to me, we have to get going before that situation makes it's way here". As I spoke I began to make my way back out of the class only to be quickly followed by Mercury, Yang, Hisashi, and Rei.

"Hey Saya wake up we've got to get going". After not getting any response other than slow breathing I picked her back up and continued to carry her to safety.

"So what exactly did you see back there". Hisashi seemed quite worried.

"I don't know how to say it. we saw someone at the gate, he looked off, some P.E teachers went to investigate then something happened and now those teachers are killing each other". Managing to get that out everyone just looked at me.

"That's insane, why would they just turn on each other like that". Not surprising that Rei wouldn't believe what was happening.

"Is that really happening, because it sounds almost like some of the over engorged zombie apocalypse movies we stay up late to watch". Mercury appeared to have an idea to what it could be.

"That's impossible zombies are real we all know that, you're just playing another trick on us Takashi". Rei voice began to rise in that sentence, as did her anger.

"Trust me, I wish he was lying as well but I saw the same thing". Finally Saya started waking up to our group looking like she'd been asleep for hours.

"Good to see your back up again, I didn't really like the idea of having to carry you around until we were safe, and your not exactly as light as you used to be OWW". Saya yanked on my right ear after I made that snide comment. "Guess I deserved that one, hey Hisashi where are you going"?

"if what you said is true then we're going to need weapons". Hisashi twisted a mop till it broke off and handed it to Rei while I picked out the baseball bat lying on the Duffle bag.

"What about you guys". I just needed to know they were okay.

"I've got a black belt in karate so you don't need to worry". Hisashi seemed quite confident in his ability.

"Everyone's seen how powerful my punch can be isn't that right Hisahi, but it doesn't hurt to be careful". Yang pulled out a pair of yellow and black-rigging gloves with what looked like steel plated reinforcing.

"Well I always wear heavy steal plated boots because they feel comfortable so I guess they can see some action". Mercury slammed his left boot into one of the lockers to prove his point. All of us aside from Yang were near scared when we saw the door get shoved in.

"Saya what about you, I just want to make sure your safe". As I spoke I noticed what looked like fire begin to rise in Rei's eyes.

"As long as I stay by your side I'll be fine". She seemed to notice Rei as well. Just as we were about to move the inter-com crackled to life.

3rd person P.O.V

"Attention everyone, an emergency situation is taking place within the school grounds. Please stay with your teachers and follow the instructions, just to repeat an emergency situation…". As the inter-com was going, a certain overweight individual began crawling out of the classroom. Finally making it out he began to run before knocking down and landing on top of someone.

"H Hirano, are you okay"? asked a shaky Toshimi before she almost screamed when she saw Hirano's face in her ample chest.

"huh, ugh I'm so sorry Toshimi I wasn't looking where I was going. Hey where's Misuzu, aren't you two normally inseparable". Hirano was quite dazed but managed to get up and give her a hand.

"Well we had a bit of an argument and kind of took separate paths". Toshimi looked as though she was going to cry after she finished.

"We may have to find her before things go haywire soon". Hirano grabbed her hand and lead her off.

Then the dreaded screams of the announcer started up over the inter-com, and outside a blonde pervert froze in place as did the females netball team, he didn't stay frozen long and he quickly took off back into the school ignoring the screams from the netball court. As the screams died down to silence a certain purple haired woman stood up from the gyms floor and began to walk out with her bokken in hand and ready for a fight, elsewhere the nurse who was sleeping on her breasts woke up with a confused look. Than at the slightest sound everyone went into a frenzied panic.

"Quick head to the roof, we'll be safer there". Hisashi said upon hearing the echoed screams of terror.

"What about trying to get out of the school". Takashi was quite committed to the idea of escaping.

"the hallways will be crowded, it's better to get to somewhere safe before making our next move". Hisashi responded.

"geez just shout up and listen to Hisashi will you". Rei added on which only constituted a fierce glare from Saya.

"as much as I hate to admit it he does have a point, but don't think for one minute I'm taking you're side got it". Mercury was on board with the idea but still had a grudge against Hisashi.

"LET'S JUST GO BEFORE THE STAMPEED MAKES IT'S WAY HERE"! Yang's voice nearly deafened them but they got going before anyone else showed up.

Once they got to the access bridge they were greeted with an almost drunk looking teacher.

"that's Mr Warisaka our humanities teacher, what's wrong with him". Before she could get an answer the former teacher lunged at her and tried to grab her.

"Rei stab him, hold nothing back". Hisashi's encouragement was more than enough to get her going as she yanked the makeshift spear away from its grasp.

"Don't fuck with me, I'm the vice captain of the spear club". As she finished speaking Rei jammed the mop handle deep into its chest.

"YES". Takashi shouted in enthusiasm but that was short lived as the thing began to regain control and grab on to the mop handle.

"what the hell is going on, I stabbed him in the heart". Rei let go at the wrong moment and the thing tried to grab her again only for Hisashi to run behind it and catch it in a headlock.

"Rei pull it out NOW". Hisashi commanded as she did just that.

"Hisashi let go". Takashi said almost worried for his former friend.

"don't worry I've got him". After he spoke the former teacher started to twist its neck to an inhuman angle, the sickening crunch of it's neck breaking nearly caused Saya to hurl her lunch before it open it's jaw and after a single groan clamped down on his left arm. Rei ran in and stabbed the teacher in the heart again and something clicked in Takashi's head, something mercury referred to.

"Damn it I've stabbed him in the heart twice, he should be dead". That's when Everyone's eyes widened to the same conclusion.

"He is dead, he's dead but still moving". As Takashi finished the creature applied force to it's bite tearing into Hisashi's flesh causing him to yell in agony.

"TAKASHI DO SOMETHING, DON'T JUST STAND THERE HELP HIM"! Before Takashi could respond Yang took off at abnormal speed and brought her left fist down on it's scalp and smashed it apart and getting blood in her hair.

"Hisashi, you alright"? Rei's voice still full of concern.

"Yeah the damn bastard just bit me, nothing to bad". Hisashi just seemed to brush off what happened.

"Right let's get to the observatory then we'll make our next step". Takashi was confident everything was going well until Mercury place a hand on his left shoulder.

"Takashi if this is the real deal than you know what'll happen to Hisashi". Mercury's tone gave it all away.

"yeah I know but I can't tell Rei, she'll flip out". Takashi's response was exactly what Mercury was thinking.

Elsewhere.

"Shit, what was I thinking going back in here". Morita was completely scarred while running down the halls looking for a safe place. Before he could take the next turn he was talked to the ground by an infected that was formally Imamura.

"Hey buddy it's me don't you remember". But the only response Morita got was a groan as it opened it's mouth ready to chomp down into his throat before it suddenly collapsed with a dent in the back of it's head. Standing above Morita and the completely dead Imamura was Saeko Busujima, than without warning she turned away and started running in the direction of the nurse's office.

"huh? Hey wait for me". Morita called out as he sprinted after her.

"why are you following me, you should be getting out of here". Saeko evidently irritated by Morita's unwelcomed presence.

"well I guess but more numbers working together equal a better chance of survival, I thought you of all people would know that. Where are you going anyway"?

"I'm headed to the nurses office, if you want to tag along fine but don't get in my way". Saeko's point was quite easily take with a nod from Morita.

Elsewhere with Hirano and Toshimi.

Both of them made it into the crafts and constructions room, a few minutes ago they meat up with Misuzu or what was left her for that matter. Locking the door to make sure they couldn't get in Hirano started to inspect what they could use as weapons while Toshimi couldn't keep her stomach contents down and threw up directly out the window before sitting down in a chair horrified when she remembered the look her friends mangled face had.

"well we have 3 nail guns unfortunately 1 of them is compressor based so it's staying behind however I'm going to need your help modifying the other 2 so we get a better aim out of them". Not getting a response Hirano went about to nudge her to get her attention.

"Huh, you need something Hirano"? Toshimi did not seem in the right state of mind.

"yes, I need you to help me make the nail guns more accurate to use. From what I can gather they weigh as much as some old assault rifles which means attaching a sight to them won't be enough, we'll need to make a shoulder stock and a forward grip for us to be dead accurate. As Hirano spoke Toshimi had already got up from her seat and started to gather the equipment they'd need.

"you sure know a lot about guns and other weapons, I'm sure that's why I was quite interested in you". Upon saying that she looked over to see Hirano frozen.

"wait, you were interested in me. I thought everyone either didn't acknowledge me or picked on me for my interest in firearms". Hirano's started to turn a rosy red after speaking.

"tell you what, when we find somewhere safe could you tell everything you know about that please". Toshimi's innocent smile was more than enough to convince Hirano to speed up his work as she had just finished her modifications.

Back with Takashi and the group.

Making it to the upper roof they all got a full scale picture of the situation.

"This is madness, it's happening everywhere". Yang clutched Mercury's left arm tightly as she people in the courtyards be brutally massacred by them. All of a sudden the wind picked up dragging all three girls before each one of the respective lovers stop them going over the rails. They all looked up to see two helicopters.

"Black hawks, is it the U.S military"? Takashi asked.

"No, it's the self defence force". Hisashi responded.

"HEY, OVER HERE, HELP US"! But the choppers kept going.

"Don't waste your breath, it's the self defence force so their probably heading to secure an evacuation point". Saya spoke while looking at the fading helicopters.

"Their not even doing anything about that". Hisashi added on as they all watched another P.E student get eaten by three of them.

"If that's what things are like outside where you can run, imagine what it's like inside. Takashi added his own 2 cents into the conversation. Suddenly the ominous groaning began to appear behind the group.

"Looks like we're not out of this just yet, we need to get to the observatory quickly". When Mercury finished speaking he didn't hesitate to kick on of them over the rails. As they were all running Yang noticed Hisashi starting to look pale, when they got to the observatory stairs Rei stopped to stab one of them in the chest.

"Are you crazy, you remember what happened last time". Saya spoke angrily at Rei's reckless action.

"WHAT"? As Rei asked the creature jutted the pole out of her grip and knocked her to the floor. "GET AWAY FROM ME" she screamed as I began to crawl to her.

"REI". Hisashi without thinking grabbed the bat out of Takashi's hands and ran down to smash it's head. "You see that, we have to destroy it's head to kill it". As he got Rei to her feet he saw another approaching and kicked it down the stairs.

Time skip (A/N: who knows how long but the sun is starting to set).

"We need to find matches or some sort of light, if it get's dark we'll be in trouble. We also need to find a place we can defend and get supplies"- before Hisashi could say anything else he started to cough up blood.

"Hisashi what's wrong"? Rei not quite understanding the situation going on.

"Isn't it obvious Myiamoto, Igou's been bitten which means he's infected". Saya deadpanned her after speaking.

"That's impossible, what happens in movies can't happen in real life". Rei still denying what's happening tries her best to comfort Hisashi.

"Oh for god sake LOOK AROUND REI, YOU CAN IGNORE IT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT BUT IT'S REAL AND EVERYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER SO DON'T THINK FOR ONE SECOND HISASHI WILL MAKE IT". Yang then without warning grabbed Rei and shoved her to the edge of the observatory and pulled her hair back so she could see the city completely ablaze. "No you will not turn your head away, you look and let this scene soak into your mind because it won't be the last we see of it".

"their right Rei". Hisashi then coughed up a huge mound of blood before looking back to her with blood dripping from his mouth and eye's. "I'm not going to make it, Takashi could you help me with something."

"sure what is it"? Takashi knew what it was but decided to ask anyway.

"help me over the rail, the impact from the fall should be more than enough to smash my head". Hisashi's breathing became heavy after he threw up more blood, some of it splashing on to Saya's shoes causing her to squeak in disgust.

"What are you talking about, you going to be okay I promise". Rei snapped her attention back to Hisashi with tears welling up in her eyes.

"I've had it she's a lost cause, there's no getting through that one track mind". Yang's hair started to glow only for it to stop when Mercury placed both hands on her shoulders and grab her in a strangling embrace. It did the trick as the fiery blonde calmed down and returned the favour.

"Rei I don't want to be one of them". Hisashi then collapsed to the ground writhing in pain as the infection took it's final course and with one final yell Hisashi's body lay limp.

"Get away from him Rei, he's going to get up again soon". Takashi's grip on his bat tightened.

"No he's not turning, he's not he's going to be okay". Rei sprawled herself over Hisashi's body trying to protect it.

"Saya could you please". Understanding what Takashi meant Saya walked around and even while dealing with protest managed to pull Rei of Hisashi's corpse and retrain her, just in time too as their late friend started getting up again.

"See I told you he would be fine". Rei's voice turned into a mumble as Hisashi's only response was a haunting groan. "What's wrong".

HE'S ONE OF THEM NOW, DON'T YOU EVER UNDERSTAND". Saya unknowingly gave Hisashi's corpse something to look for as it turned to face the two of them. "I see now, they can only react to sound. That's probably why the first one didn't know Hisashi had it in a lock until he spoke, TAKASHI KILL IT NOW"!

"Don't do it, don't do it Takashi". Rei pleaded still believing Hisashi could be saved.

"I know you don't want it to be real, I don't either but it's happening". Takashi brought his bet into an upward swing stance and got ready to run. "IT'S HAPPENING". Sprinting towards what once was Hisashi, it gave out one last roar before Takashi smashed it's head.

"NO"!

time skip a few minutes.

"Why, why'd you do it". Rei asked Takashi with a mix of anger and sadness while Takashi stared at the bat, Saya sitting next to him with an arm around his waist and her head on his right shoulder, Mercury had Yang sitting on his legs asleep with her head on his chest and he placed a hand over her open ear as to not disturb her because he new exactly how she acted when her sleep was disrupted.

"He would've bitten you both if I didn't stop him". Takashi's response only added fuel to the fire.

"how would you know he'd do that. I didn't ask to be saved by you, I would've been just fine being with him". Rei's eyes were purely glazed and her mouth contorted into a snarl. "oh I know, I know why you killed him. You were jealous that he and I were dating that's it". Eventually Mercury had had enough of her rambling.

"You really are quite the self centred bitch aren't you, he wasn't jealous of you in fact I don't think he could possibly be happier because we all helped him realise something when you dumped him and that's that he made the wrong decision to be with you. Thanks to that it's been Takashi and Saya for the last 2 weeks but you were to oblivious to see, wrapped up in your own little world with Hisashi". Mercury was quite convinced that he hit a rock.

"Takashi is this true"? Rei's eye's were finally cleared and widened to a ridiculous size when she saw Saya nuzzled into the crook of Takashi's neck. "Why. I was only using Hisashi as a means to see how you responded, I was going to ask you back over time".

"Now that's a new low for you, sure Yuuki does it all the time but you doing it too is just poor". Mercury easily quite stumped to believe Rei would act so much like Yuuki to get Takashi's true feelings.

"Guess your little experiment did pay off for me after all, now that I've made the right decision to be with Saya instead". Takashi at first couldn't believe what he just said but soon relaxed when he remembered the reason why he said it.

"It's just like the book I was reading at home, It's called to betrayals and it's about a person who pretends to betray his village and joins the enemy with a mission to destroy them from the inside but when his mission is complete he finds his village has turned against him and he is killed for his treachery. The same has happened here, you betrayed Takashi for Hisashi but now that Hisashi is dead you want to have Takashi back only to find that I repaired his broken heart and shown him that we're meant for each other". Saya looked quite pleased with herself as Rei just broke down in despair, her eyes blank as if someone sucked the entire life out of her.

I can understand exactly how she's feeling but I'd be lying to myself I felt sorry for her, she brought it all on herself so she deserves to feel the same way. Takashi snapped his attention away from Rei as he felt Saya's body slouch telling him that she had fallen asleep for a while, he gently placed her head on his lap as Mercury walked over to him carrying Yang.

"We need to figure out a way to escape, soon".

Chapter 3 end.

A/N: this took me almost an entire week to work on, not just because I had to write line for Mercury and Yang but also because I had to choose who was going to live and die in this new line, the newly remade pairings and I had to reread over the manga and re-watch the anime just to get an idea of how to go about. A few other things I want to point out is that I'm one of the few people who like the Takashi x Saya pairing, and I couldn't pass up the chance to smash Rei into Ragnarock because I felt like the ground wasn't enough, and finally making Morita and Toshimi live is a rare choice, more so to have them acknowledged by members the main crew. Well that's it for this chapter, seeya's soon.