Yes, this is an Oshi no Ko x Zombieland saga fanfic, and yes, this is what you're reading. Or not reading, depending on how you decide to take the story. Anyways, here's the first chapter of "Undead AI".
"I love you…" I turned towards my children, looking at their tearing-up faces, as I slowly felt the life leave me.
"Oh…" At that moment, I felt happy. "I finally said it!" I leaned on the door, crying joyful and sad tears. "I'm sorry… it took me way too long to say it…" The last of my life was leaving me, as I spoke.
"Thank goodness… those words weren't a lie." I leaned back and finally felt my vision growing weak, as my tears left me for good. My blood and tears became one as I lost consciousness.
I couldn't hear Aqua crying, or Ruby, for that matter. I was so far away. It was like they were too quiet.
But, all of a sudden, I woke up and opened my eyes… somewhere. I didn't know where, but I was somewhere. I was leaning back on the wall, under the windows. I looked up and saw it was raining heavily.
"Huh? Aqua? Ruby?" I stood up, and I called out to them.
"They aren't here." I turned around to see a man in his late twenties, with a bow tie and red vest, with a suit around his shoulders. He wore sunglasses, even if it was indoors and raining. "Also, before you ask me, no. I didn't kidnap you from your children." He spoke seriously.
"Where are they?" I looked worried, probably for the first time. "Are they okay?"
"Yes, they're alright, but again, I didn't kidnap you or your children." The man sighed, exacerbated. "Your name is Ai Hoshino, mother of Ruby Hoshino and Aqua Hoshino respectively."
My eyes widened before I calmed down in a split second. "Oh, I guess my secret is out…" I chuckled dryly. "What do you want me to do to keep that secret?"
"It's not just to me. I was the last person to know of that." He lifted his glasses for once, and I saw his eyes.
"YOUR KIDS HAVE REVEALED YOUR SECRET TO ALL OF JAPAN!" I felt his voice almost blow me away with how sudden his tone change was. His eyes and motions overwhelmed even me, as he moved in all sorts of ways.
"Huh? Aqua and Ruby… why did they?" I didn't know what I felt. "Wait, how did they-"
"Your kids are accomplished figures in the industry now." He put his glasses back on and turned his body sideways as he interrupted me. "Aqua Hoshino is an actor; he's starred in many films, stage plays, and reality television shows. Ruby Hoshino also has revived B-Komachi practically on her own." He chuckled creepily. "Just like I have revived you. Poetic, isn't it?"
It was too much for me to process, all of the stuff that he had said, Aqua being an actor at 4, Ruby reviving B Komachi at the same age, me being in a new place, with rain happening around me, everything felt like it was confusing. But his last line stuck with me.
"Am I… dead?" I looked up at him, confused, but asking.
"You're an undead. Undead Ai…" He chuckled at the joke he made of it. "You're a zombie!"
At first, I looked at my skin, and surely enough… I was green, pale, and I still had the hole in my stomach that I did.
"Wait, I need to get to Ruby and Aqua!" I almost ran past him, but he blocked my exit.
"Even if you got there, you're no longer in Tokyo. We're in Saga. Our job is to revive the prefecture of Saga, and what better way than to take a legendary beautiful idol like you?"
I didn't look happy, and somehow, I showed that on my face. At least I think I did, based on the guy in front of me sighing heavily.
"And, if you bring enough attention here, your children can meet you here, and you can talk with them, just not as their mother." He looked down as he pushed his glasses up to his face. "What will you decide?"
"I want to see my children now," I said straightforwardly.
"Look, even if you told them, you're an undead zombie." He seemed frustrated. "I can give you closure, but I can't give you your children. They're far away from here. And even if they did, they're still going to be terrified that their mother is an undead zombie…"
Despite my feelings, a seed of doubt started to go inside me, and I lowered my face, before bringing it up with the smile of a pro that I remembered.
"Ai Hoshino, at your service!" I looked at him, and he seemed… not at peace, but he no longer stood at the entrance.
He led me down to the basement, where I presumed he'd do immoral things with me as an undead idol where no one would know me. However, that wasn't what I was met with. I walked into a basement, and he walked in front.
"Listen up, you dim-witted Zombies! Starting today, Franchouchou will be getting a new member!"
He walked in front of a giant chalkboard, and I walked past him, in front of that giant chalkboard. Slowly, I recognized a girl whose eyes lit up as I got into a pose, my hands in a peace sign over my head and my tongue slightly out.
"The legendary liar/idol of Strawberry Productions, the former head of B Komachi, the mother of two, who hid that secret from the entire world, Ai Hoshino! Please welcome our actual number 7 here, now!" He yelled at the girls, who looked in wonder.
"Wait, Ai Hoshino?!"
"Yeah, you dumb zombies! I revived Ai Hoshino, the legendary star of B Komachi!" He slammed the desk as I no longer posed in front of the chalkboard. "So I better hear from her that you're treating her with dignity and respect, right?!" He yelled loudly, but none of the girls seemed to mind.
"Of course! She's incredible! Ai Hoshino!" The red-headed girl spoke, but she didn't stand.
"Well, welcome Franchouchou number 7, everyone!"
And thus, began my journey to see my kids and my return to being an idol.
And that's chapter 1, if you guys want to see more, I'll be working on it.