Chapter 4. Who's Worse, Them Or Us?
A/N: before we get started, I just want to get this off my chest. I've tried all I could from multiple different angles and scenarios but I just can't seem to write a lemon so either I'm going to have to change the rating or I simply make all out sex scenes, no blow jobs, no 69 or other things like that because my brain refuses to allow it. Another couple of things I want to point out and this is thanks to Akhugiani and that's that other RWBY characters won't be making an appearance but some in the next couple of chapters Yang will have a near accurate recreation of the Ember Celica while Mercury's legs already have their weapons moded into them. So without further ado on to the story.
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.
Saeko's P.O.V
Time: 3:00pm February 17th 2016 Z-day
Location: Fujimi academy, Tokonosu, Japan.
Running down the hall, I was at first annoyed with this Morita kid and his constant staring but I easily ignored it and we both soon made it to the nurses office in time to see four of them swarming nurse Marikawa while another was biting away at a student. Without hesitating I dashed in and smashed two of their heads with one swing before dispatching the one closest to the nurse, the last two were surprising killed off by Morita who was currently holding an I.V stand before he began to look around for more effective weapon probably. I kind of admired his bravery, most of the others I met up with either froze up or tried to ignore what was happening and as a result died. I looked over to find the nurse unharmed but the boy was riddled with bite marks.
"You, what's your name". I asked as politely as I could.
"K-Kazu Ishi". The boy said while spitting out blood.
"My names Saeko Busujima". I said as I placed a hand on his shoulder.
"And I'm Morita Natmusaki". Morita said as he crouched down next to me. (A/N: Let's just say I couldn't take Morita not having a last name anymore so I made one for him).
"Kazu, you did an admirable job in defending nurse Marikawa, you do know what happens when your bitten don't you"? I looked down at the boy whose eyes pleaded for me to finish it. "You wouldn't want you family to see you like this, I can end it as painlessly as possible but I must confess I've never killed someone amongst the living before".
"Please do it, I want to be at peace". As he finished I raised my bokken to his chin.
"Wait what are you doing"? The nurse looked quite concerned but at the same time she was completely oblivious to what was happening.
"You're the school nurse and I get that but I'm doing my job in keeping this boys honour and pride as a man intact by killing him with dignity". As I was about to bring my bokken in for the swing a hand grabbed on to my wrist.
"We failed to get here in time because of me, if anyone is going to repay his noble actions it should be me". Morita was convinced he was at fault and wanted to be the one to bear the burden.
"Are you sure you want to carry this weight? You don't exactly look prepared for it". I didn't seem convinced he could take this.
"I'm sure, I hope". Morita's face faltered slightly as he looked at the dying student.
"I'm not convinced you are ready but I've decided that we'll share the burden". I let my right hand slip off to grab his right hand and place it firmly on the hilt; it was actually pretty funny because we resembled some old English god like statue, two people wielding one sword. The boy gave a small smile before we brought the bokken down on his head smashing it completely.
"Miss Marikawa, do you have any mode of transport we could use to escape the school". I looked back behind me as we began to leave and I saw Morita just staring at the student we killed, at first I thought he had already broke but then he kneeled and bowed his head in a sign of respect before standing back up and grabbing the stem of the I.V stand that now hand what looked like two bone saws attached by the hooks being tangled to the stem and duct tape holding it together making it look a bit like a halberd. To say I was impressed by his respect and resourcefulness would be an understatement.
Hirano's P.O.V
As we were touching up the last modifications to the nail guns they started to group up and push against the doors.
"Those doors aren't going to last very long, you sure these will work against them". Toshimi's worried voice did nothing to shake me from focusing down the sights.
"If we aim for the head we'll be fine, nothing survives a headshot easily". As soon as I finished the door broke open and I put two down in quick succession, Toshimi missed to the right on her first shot but got the second one spot on doming one of them, then took out the final two without before I could.
"Guess I'm faster than you". Toshimi smug look told me she was pleased with her comment.
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, there's still a lot more out there". We peered out to the hallway and noticed it was clear before going back in to stock up on ammunition and other useful equipment.
"So where do we go from here? You must have some sort of plan right". Toshimi had just finished dismantling a sheet metal slicer and pulled out 2 of its cutting blades.
"I was thinking we should head to the faculty room to grab a set of keys, no doubt other survivors are thinking the same so we have to hurry. I'll take one bag you take the other". I didn't really have an elaborate plan set in motion because this was all new to me but I do know we have to get out of the school.
Mercury's P.O.V
"So what options do we have"? I decided we needed to look at what we had available.
"We could start by making our way down to the faculty room and look for a decent vehicle to get out of here and find our families". Rei spoke as she had come to her senses a few minutes ago.
"Well that's a good long term strategy but I'm talking about our immediate escape, that barricade won't hold long and we don't exactly have the means to fight them all off. However thanks to Saya's assistance I have begun to gain an understanding, they can only use senses directly connected to their brain so only sound and possibly smell works, they don't to be phased by any attacks unless aimed at the head, their a lot stronger than they look so it's best to keep or distance from them but they don't have a full concept of their muscles which is why they only stagger towards us instead of running. That's about it for the moment, if I have anything new then I'll tell you". I wasn't entirely sure what else they might have but it would be better if we remain cautious around them, I realised at that moment that Yang had walked off somewhere.
"As for the idea of making our way down we could use this to clear the stairs". Yang said as she came around the corner carrying a fire hose.
"That'll work, Takashi I'll need your help holding the hose in place, yang when I give you the signal turn the wheel to full power". I got a hold of the hose while Takashi grabbed the nozzle to make sure there wouldn't be any backlash. "NOW". Almost instantly a huge jet of water burst out of the hose, smashing the barricade and all of them behind it down the stairs with sickening crunches.
"That worked, now we need to get to the faculty room". Saya was extremely eager to get off the roof.
"I'll take point, Mercury you cover our six got it". Takashi giving me orders was not something I'd get used to anytime soon but he seemed a better choice of leader than me.
3rd Person P.O.V
Takashi's group.
As they made their out of the staircase Mercury spotted one of them trying to crawl after them so he approached it and brought his left leg up, if the creatures eyes still worked it would be able to see a suspicious hole in Mercury's boot before it jutted a muffled shotgun shot into it's head. Mercury than walked off back to the group.
"So do the 'boots' work as well as you had hoped". Yang spoke as quietly as possible so only he could hear her.
"Better than I expected, guess the suppression chambers were a good idea after all". Mercury's Grin looked both pleasing and scary to Yang.
"Hurry up lovebirds or we're leaving you behind". Saya's comment was as snarky as always but the two learnt to ignore them most of the time.
Meanwhile with Saeko's group.
"The faculty room, you've got to be kidding me". Saeko was more than irritated as the faculty room was on the other side of the school.
"That's where they keep all the keys to the vehicles in the parking lot whoa-". Shizuka tripped and fell on one of the doormats. Her landing caused her breasts to bounce, luckily Morita was looking at something else at the time. "Damn it, I really hate these mats".
"What your wearing isn't exactly made for running in". Saeko knelt down grabbing Shizuka's dress and made a tear up to the elastic lining much to her shock. This time Morita was looking and remembered something Imamura said a while back, it was then Morita noticed the tear in Saeko's dress but eventually regained his focus.
"What are you doing, this is Christian D.I.Y". Shizuka seemed upset that her skirt was ruined.
Saeko sighed. "What do you value more, your clothes or your life"?
"BOTH". Shizuka squeaked.
"Hey I hate to break up a friendly chat but haven't we got a goal to reach". Morita didn't exactly like standing around especially when there was a situation all around them.
"Your right, miss Marikawa you need to get us to the faculty room soon". As Saeko finish, Morita had just dispatched another one of them by cutting off it's head.
Meanwhile with Hirano and Toshimi.
Both of them had made it to the faculty room only to notice they weren't the only ones with the same idea, the problem was all the others were now part of a shambling dead crowd.
"So what do we do now"? The only response Toshimi got were 2 shot fired and 2 of them drop dead.
"Simple, we drop them". Hirano then fired another shot as Toshimi got in position to shoot as well down three of them in quick succession. "You're getting good at this Toshimi".
"Guess I'm a fast learner". Toshimi shot down what they thought was the last one only to realise they were just attracting more.
Further back on the third floor with Takashi's group.
"Did you here that"? Takashi asked as he turned back to the others.
"It sounded like gunshots, maybe it's the police". Rei's face grew a large smile as she heard more shots.
"No. Yang and I have bought and collected tons of operational local and foreign firearms dating as far back as 1916, so we'd know what any gun sounds like and I can assure you even with silencers those don't sound like proper guns". Mercury once again not hesitating to crush someone's hopes.
"I can agree with Mercury. My family have their own personal guard so they've also got local based firearms, not even police standard revolvers sound like that". Saya merely added on.
"If I'm not mistaken as I'm not, those shots sound just like those nail guns from the crafts and construction room, But from the position of the shots and the amount firing in sync I can tell there are only 2 of them just outside of the faculty room not far from us one floor below". When Mercury finished nearly everyone was looking at him wide eyed. "What, I'm extremely observant. You guys should really pay attention from time to time".
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN PAY ATTENTION, I'M A GENIUS"! Saya was more than outraged by Mercury's remark.
"At the moment that big brain of yours doesn't seem to be working to well". Mercury's smug look after saying that was the final tipping point.
"THAT'S IT, COME HERE I'M GONNA TEACH YOU TO TALK TO ME LIKE THAT"! Saya's fists were clenched and she started to charge at Mercury but was stooped by Takashi wrapping both arms around her waist and hoisting her slightly off the ground. "What're you doing Takashi, I want to teach him a lesson for speaking to me that way".
"As much as I'd like to see that happen, Mercury is a lot stronger than even me, trying to prove you're point is only going to get you hurt. If you get hurt than you're parents are going to kill me". Takashi looked very scared at the thought of the wrath he'd have to endure. "However it would be advisable for you to stop running your mouth like that Mercury".
"Fine, anyway we have to get to the gun crazy duo before their overrun". With that being said they all began moving again.
After a few minutes on the move Takashi's group finally made it to the faculty room entrance and were meat by an intersecting group as well as a pile of bodies surrounding two others holding nail guns.
"Holy shit, you two took out all of them by yourselves". Takashi was quite impressed by their work.
"I'm pretty sure we did, if those nails in their heads aren't enough of a dead give giveaway". Toshimi being pleased with her comment unknowingly made a small pun from it.
"Before we go about making any introductions, I'd suggest we enter and secure the faculty room so we can plan our next move". Once Yang had finished everyone piled into the faculty room to notice it empty, they then decided to over barricade the door.
"I really think you two went a bit overboard barricading the door wouldn't you say, but aside from that we can now introduce ourselves. I'm Yang Xiao Long".
"My name's Saeko Busujima".
"Rei Myiamoto".
"Saya Takagi".
"I'm Kohta Hirano".
"My name's Toshimi Nikki".
"Mercury Black's my name".
"I'm Takashi Komuro".
"Shizuka Marikawa".
"And I'm Morita Natmusaki".
"Holy shit, Morita your actually alive". Takashi walked over to Morita and placed a hand on his left shoulder before pulling him into a friendly hug.
"Guess your survival instincts kicked in and overtook your perverted ones huh". Upon hearing Mercury's comment Saeko's face went almost a tomato red as she realised who Morita was, checking her skirt from a secure distance she noticed that all the fighting had caused it to shift slightly making the tear she put in it move to her rear easily exposing the strap of a thong as well as most of her left ass cheek. Seeing this caused her face to turning a few shades deeper and she quickly readjusted her skirt and sat down hoping no one would notice. She then saw everyone's attention was aimed at the T.V in the main room so she picked up the remote and turned up the volume. The channels flashed before landing on one certain channel.
"More than 10,000 have been victimized in the Saito district since the outbreak, the government has already started- a couple of gunshots could be heard in the background then the camera turns to face two body bags rising up. Already begun to- the police finally shot them down. It's a gunshot, from what I can see- the camera tips over to see a pair of feet. NO NOOO!" The feed then switches back to the studio. "I'm sorry we appear to be experiencing a problem with our remote, from now on we'll be bringing you coverage from inside the studio. From what we know this phenomenon is not just happening here, Washington has also begun military action against the threat, we've lost contact with Moscow, Beijing has been set ablaze, London has been able to maintain order while in Paris and Rome there are reports of uprisings and looting. For everyone who is listening we recommend you stay indoors unless absolutely necessary, we'll try to bring-. With that the T.V fuzzed out and left everyone with a horrified look.
"So it's happening everywhere". Takashi said while Rei grabbed on to his arm in fear, Saya's eyes narrowed in anger that Rei would be so daring.
"I guess that wouldn't be too big a surprise if it's happening here, I would be happing everywhere". Saya essentially pried Rei off Takashi's arm whilst speaking.
"Couldn't they have at least told us more about what's going on"? Takashi ended up grabbing both of Saya's shoulders as he was spoke.
"No, they're afraid of causing a panic". Saya looked down at her feet, as she didn't like to see Takashi's worried face.
"I'd say it's a bit to late to worry about people panicking, just look outside. There's no way it would be this bad if people were panicking, this is already going into chaos and not even the government can do anything to prevent it". Mercury stated blankly as he looked out the window.
"Way to throw everything down at us so bluntly Mercury". Takashi did not look happy about how boldly Mercury approached the situation.
"He's right though, when a pandemic breaks out at this magnitude the only thing you can do is wait it out and hope it dies down". Saya looked at Takashi with eyes that understood the reality of what was happening.
"Wait a minute, the weathers going to be hot so they won't be able to move if their flesh decomposes and they become skeletons". Shizuka perked up knowing that it could be possible for this epidemic to end quickly.
"How long does that take"? Saeko asked, intrigued by this new turn of events.
"Well considering that some parts of the human body can become skeletal in a few days but It takes considerably longer during the winter, a couple of months that's not to terribly long". Shizuka saying that like it was a good thing dropped everyone's hopes.
"You're kidding me". Saeko was the first to respond.
"Medical logic doesn't apply to these walking corpses, for all we know they might never decompose". Upon saying that Saya realised just how bad things could become and immediately had a tighter grip on Takashi's arm.
"Wait a minute, you're saying they can't decompose. Well remember when I told you if I found anything more out about them I'd tell you". With that being said everyone in Takashi's group nodded at Mercury while the others were confused. "Well I've gathered some extra bits and pieces thanks to Miss Marikawa and Saya, if medical logic doesn't apply to them then we can use that to our advantage".
"And how exactly are we meant to do that"? Saya's irritation was becoming quite noticeable to everyone in the room.
"The last time we past by one of the infected before I killed it I noticed that it's skin was dead cold and that got me thinking, but now with you two explain how they might not decompose then there is still a way for the weather to defeat them. If the heat can't do the trick than the cold can, think of it as though your standing outside in a winter storm, your muscles start to tighten and freeze up so your first instinct is to get warmed up again". Mercury's hypothesis started making sense to some of them especially Saya.
"Of course the walking corpses don't have working senses so they won't know if they're cold or not". Saya added in.
"And add on the fact they can't produce a body temperature which is a last line of defence against the cold than their muscles will seize up and they will end up dead by being frozen solid". Yang putting the icing on the cake of that idea. "The only problem is making that happen".
"Not to worry I have an idea, you remember the last Motorbike cruise we took"? Mercury asked.
"Yeah the one to that old palace looking shrine in the mountains. Oh I get where your going with this, secure transportation to the shrine and we've got a secure base of operations". Yang finished speaking and walked over to Mercury before giving him a small kiss on the cheek.
"However before we go there we need to head to our place so we can gather the arsenal of weapons in our armoury as well as get the other essentials, then head to a clothes store that sell winter clothing before heading to the mountains". Everyone was impressed at how Mercury came up with a great plan to survive right up on the spot.
"In terms of transport the minibus is our best bet as we will likely run into more survivors along the way". Saeko seemed to finally have a grasp on the situation at hand. "We'll need a system working up, teams need to be formed". With that said everyone formed up in either pairs or by themselves. Team 1: Takashi stood with his bat on his shoulder while Saya leaned against him. Team 2: Hirano and Toshimi stood side by side with their modified nail guns holstered like they were soldiers at attention. Team 3: Mercury had one foot forward in a fighting stance while Yang stood close with both modified rigging gloves on and ready to pound anything that got in her way. Team 4: Saeko had her bokken readied while Morita stood close by with his homemade halberd readied in a swinging stance. Team 5: Rei held the makeshift spear in her readied position while Shizuka was behind her with a firm grip on her medical bag.
"So how are we getting out"? Takashi asked breaking the silence in the room.
"Hate to break it to you but we have to go out the same way we came in". Saya replied in her usual tone of voice.
"I did tell you guys not to overdo it with blocking the entrance didn't I". As Yang finished she walked over to the side of the barricade and with one punch sent all of it hurtling into the wall facing the parking lot. Everyone except Mercury just stared wide-eyed at her amazing strength.
What the hell is she made of? Was all Saeko could think of as she looked on terrified at the blonde brute.
"There now that that's cleared out shall we proceed"? Yang's responses from the others were a bunch of fearful nods.
As they walked down the corridors and down the staircase leading to the parking lot they encountered another group of survivors being cornered by the infected. Without a second thought Mercury jumped of the current story they were on and fell 2 flights of stairs before land directly in front of the infected releasing a shockwave from his landing that sent them flying down the last set, all smashing their heads on random stairs before hitting the ground.
"Holy crap how'd you do that"? One of the students asked.
"It's not something I can easily explain". Mercury responded as the rest of his group caught up. "What are you names"?
"Oh sorry, I'm Takuzo, this here is my girlfriend Naomi, and the redhead is Kawamoto, the other two I haven't got the names of yet".
(Don't worry Takuzo, Daisuke hasn't exactly given enough thought in providing those two with names not that it matters in the real storyline. I'm kind of getting tired of all these shortcuts, they may only be gap fill characters but they deserve names right? Either way I can't even be bothered with this, I've got enough going through my head at the moment so they can remain nameless).
"Well it's nice to see others, are any of you bitten"? Saeko asked quite blandly.
"What no, we're fine". Naomi was quick to respond.
"They check out clean". Rei reassured us all of that.
"So why are we hiding, they can't see us". Saya spoke quietly as they were all crouched by the railing.
"You want to go down and prove that theory". Rei bit back in hopes that if Saya went then she'd have Takashi be hers again.
"Hang on a minute, how many times have we already proven this theory on the roof. First with Hisashi's turned form than again with half a dozen others that tried to crawl after us, all of them were following the sounds we made and besides I'm the only one who got a good look at one of them dead again. They're eyes are already half decayed because upon death the eyes are always the first to go". Mercury's explained examination of the infected seemed to boggle everyone. "Look let's just go while we have this advantage".
As everyone started moving one of the nameless boys who was holding a pronged staff incorrectly let it slip from his hand and it hit one of the rails releasing an echoed banging noise catching the attention of all the infected.
"Shit, RUN"! Takashi yelled getting everyone going to the bus into a full-blown sprint.
"Why did you yell, we could've been fine". As Saya was speaking one of the infected started to walk to her only to be beaten down by Saeko.
"Didn't you her the sound echo, they all heard it so we really need to move". Saeko responded before dashing off.
Further down the parking lot Takuzo stopped to take one of them out and almost immediately became surrounded before a sudden quake of air threw half of them away but when Mercury got to him the damage had already been done.
"Damn it, one of them got you". Mercury said in a disappointed tone.
"Is it really that bad"? Takuzo questioned.
"Unfortunately it is, once your bitten it's only a matter of time before you turn". After hearing Mercury say that Naomi stood frozen before yanking herself out of Saya's grip and run up next to Takuzo.
"If he's staying behind than so am I". Naomi would not anyone talk her out of her decision, with that Mercury took off to catch up to the other while the two eventually got eaten alive.
"I get it now if something like this happens I'd rather die with the one I love rather than live with guilt". Shizuka's sentiment had some notice.
"Oh shut up doctor bleeding heart". But she is right in a sense; if I lost Takashi I'd lose control of myself too. Saya snapped herself out of her own thoughts and ran back toward the bus like everyone else.
As everyone piled in, Shizuka jumped into the drivers seat and started up the bus.
"Oh, it sounds different to my little bug. Now accelerator, break, and there's the clutch". As she was about to get going everyone held yelling down the parking lot, they all looked out to see five students running behind a teacher.
"Who's that"? Takashi asked while Yang and Mercury new exactly who it was as their collective anger rose.
"That's Mr Shido". Saeko answered in a snarled tone. Upon hearing his name anger edged it's way on to Rei's face.
"Takashi leave him, we don't have to save him". Rei said in desperation.
"What are you talking about"? Takashi wasn't liking the way Rei was speaking to him.
"Guys, they're crowding the front of the bus, any more and I won't be able to drive us out". Shizuka sounded extremely worried at the unfolding situation.
"Then we'll run them down". Takashi responded.
"If doctor Boobs tries to run over that many of them we'll flip the bus". Saya said in a concerned tone as more started to approach the bus from the other side of the parking lot.
"I'm telling you we should just leave him, it's for the better if he dies". Rei once again getting on his nerves".
Meanwhile with Shido's group
"Hurry everyone, salvation awaits ahead of us". Shido said in a preaching tone as he waved everyone forward.
"Okay Mr Shido". A random student said.
Though I'm not sure if we can all make it in time. He stopped his thought when one of his students tripped and skidded up next to him.
"Mr Shido help me, I think I sprained my ankle". The student said as he grabbed on to Shido's leg.
Poor boy. "Well that's it for you then". Shido than proceeded to kick the boy in the face.
In the bus
Upon seeing that Mercury without a second thought jumped out of the bus and run toward the boy at an inhuman speed. Skidding next to him before any of them could grab him. As he picked the student up one of them bit down on his leg and tore some of his trouser leg, the student now slung over his shoulder saw this and expected to see blood but was shocked to see the infected's teeth break on contact and even more so to see titanium plating on his leg as they travelled back to the bus. The door quickly closed behind Mercury and the bus gunned through the horde and smashed open the gates.
"We made it". Takashi was the first to speak.
"I can't believe it". Hirano was the next to openly speak while Toshimi had herself buried in his arm.
"Thank goodness we did, I take it you've been appointed leader". Shido said as he looked down at Saeko.
"There's no such thing, we worked together to survive. If we did have a leader it would either be Takashi or Mercury". Saeko responded blankly.
"That's not good, in order for a group to survive you must have a leader". Shido's maniacal side started to appear much faster than Yang had expected.
"Not exactly, think of a large group as a building. Would you really rely on one foundation pillar to hold the whole building up, no because it will most likely collapse. However the way our group acted was like multiple foundation pillars, each one of us working together to keep the group intact, we all thought up plans and built upon making the best and safest plan together as well as supporting each other. We're all experts in our own field so we give one another a hand to maintain group stability, if we had thought the way you are thinking now we would all be dead and not here to save your sorry asses". Mercury's explanation was quite an eye opener to most people in the collective group but also only served to Piss of Shido and Tsunoda while Yuuki was only interested in pouncing on him again.
"look, the city". One random student said catching everyone's attention.
After a few minutes of driving Tsunoda decided to make himself known.
"Why are we going towards the city, its only going to get worse. If you had listened to me we could have found a safe place to bunker down in the school".
"I have to agree with Tsunoda on this". A boy by the name Korukami said.
"Yes great idea, stay in a secluded area probably at a ridiculously far distance from the cafeteria and starve to death. Any other pathetic idea's Tsunoda". Mercury retorted whilst deliberately enraging him.
"You want to fight with me Mercury". Tsunoda began steaming and was ready to attack.
"Great idea make everyone watch as I humiliate you again, just like I have every other time for the last 5 years. YOU CAN'T BEAT ME, YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEFORE AND YOU WON'T EVER IN THE FUTURE"! As Mercury finished Shido had a wicked smile appear.
"No he can't but we can all throw you off, you see we watched you get bitten when you saved that boy which means you have to go". Shido's smirk only increased when he got his groups support.
"Fun fact, where I was bitten isn't even real. Don't believe me, than let me show you". As Mercury finished he proceeded to rip off both trouser legs to the lower thighs revealing titanium plating and main beam, a weaponised second beam behind it reaching up to the knee and hydraulic piping covering most of the interior as well as smaller wires entwined with the pips which were revealed to be artificial nerves.
"HOLY SHIT, THAT'S ONE HELL OF A SECRET TO KEEP FROM YOUR FRIENDS". A blue haired girl by the name Taniuchi shout in a half geeky fashion.
"No kidding, those are cool. Who else knew about them"? A presentable looking boy called Muira added on. Yang was the first to raise her hand as he had told her about them. To everyone's surprise Takashi brought his hand up as well.
"SERIOUSLY! He knows too, but what are those second beams. They don't look normal". Hirano said while staring at what looked like military hardware.
"Funny you should mention that. Those are actually merged and modified high powered spas 12 shotguns, they normally have a pair of belts on them so I don't have to manually reload them all the time but I usually leave those at home". Everyone aside from Yang just stared at him completely terrified.
"WHAT"! everyone said at the same time nearly making Mercury deaf.
"Speaking of home, it's starting to get dark and our house is only 2 blocks from here. I'll direct you Miss Marikawa". Yang got up and walked over into the passenger seat.
"Is your place really that good in this situation"? Kawamoto asked.
"perfectly. It's a three-story high-end luxury house complete with an underground garage, reinforced steel walls reaching up to twice my height and a basement that we converted into an armoury". Mercury stated and while Hirano's and even Toshimi's eyes turned into saucers at the word armoury everyone else was again horrified.
"You two have got to be the most illegal people in Japan, no ones allowed to have that many weapons. Not event the police". Rei was beyond scared of these two with what they were up to in their lives as her father was part of the police force.
"That's not exactly true. If you can ascertain a firearms collectors license than you can get basically anything and with how we earned money, we basically got nearly everything that dated as far back as the first world war". Mercury could swear when he finished that Hirano and Toshimi's eyes were going to pop out from excitement.
"I don't care so much about that as I do for a good bath". Saya said as she tried to pick some dried blood out of her hair.
"Oh don't you worry we've got a large bathroom, can easily fit everyone in there". Yang said as all the girls perked up at this.
"So what exactly do you have in the garage"? Hirano asked.
"Oh not a lot, just a car, two motorbikes and an upgraded Halftrack". Once again everyone's eyes widened at the word halftrack.
Once they got there everyone was stunned at how well protected the place looked. Mercury and Yang walked up to the panel next to the door and typed in the password while the key card was in the slot, once it opened everyone sprinted in without a second thought and were immediately struck with awe at how breath taking the inside looked and felt before they all went to their desired places.
Chapter 4 end
A/N: so during this chapter I had to make some changes from when I wrote it down, first off I wanted to make it clear that Saya and Takashi were a couple encase anyone didn't understand from the last chapter, second I gave Morita a last name, third I decided to let Takuzo and Naomi die because I had no idea what else to do with them, fourth I decided to let Shido live but not attempt another pole for leadership on the bus or anywhere else in the story because it felt fitting to finally put that bastard in his place and fifth I decided to cut away a few episodes from the main story just to work this one around, finally I'm trying to make Hirano and Toshimi as well as Morita and Saeko pairs as well because I want to try something new now that I let others live. Okay so Rei bashing has probably come to an end but the Tsunoda and Miku bashing is just about to begin. Seeya's.