"Ow… ," was the words of a teen about 17 or 18 said. He had messy black hair that seemed to slightly curl at every direction, with some of his bangs so long that it was covering most of the upper half of his head. One even managed to touch his nose on a daily basis. He had electric blue eyes that immediately narrowed when he realized that he was not in a familiar area. In fact, he was in an alley. The teen, got up and dusted himself with his hands out of habit, but then realized something. He was not wearing the clothes that he had wore before.

He was now wearing a black coat that was almost an exact replica of the one the members of Organization XIII from the Kingdom Hearts video game wore. Although, there was a clear difference. The coat had blue linings with white lines that traveled all over the coat's interior, forming different shapes with white lines. Judging on what's on his upper body, he guessed that he was wearing a black turtle neck shirt. He looked at his feet, and saw he was wearing black boots and pants with a black belt to match. He looked at his hands, and saw that he was wearing black fingerless gloves with the sleeves of his turtle neck tucked into them.

"Why… am I cosplaying… ?" the teen asked himself, seeing that he was wearing a variation of an Organization XIII coat. "And where are my clothes… ?" he asked himself again, looking around for his clothes. Deciding that it would be stupid of him to just stay in the alley, he walked out. He noticed that the town he was in seemed to be empty. "… . Well… at least I know this ain't my town… ," the teen told himself, not recognizing any of the shops. "Right… ?" he asked himself, not remembering anything except somethings that's not helping his current situation. He decided to walk around town, trying to see if he recognize any of the shops. He wondered if he was anywhere near his home at all.

'Ugh. Think! What was the last thing that happened before you fainted… ?' the teen thought to himself, staring at the pavement he was walking on. He then remembered something. A man wearing a white tuxedo and a white fedora, grinning as the teen's vision faded. 'Who was that man!-? Did he have anything to do with my amnesia… ?' the teen asked himself. He tried to remember more, but couldn't. He stopped walking. "Damn it… what happened to me… ?" the teen voiced his thoughts under his breath. He then noticed he was lost. Looking around, he saw that he was in front of a school, with a man who should be dead trying to get in.

"… ," the teen said silent, seeing that the man still hasn't noticed him. 'I may have amnesia, but even I know with a wound that severe, he should be dead by now… ,' the teen thought. But then the man stopped his attempt on trying to get into the school. He then stared at the teen, causing him to freeze into place. "… Ah... shit… ,'" the teen cussed, loudly too, causing the man to charge himself at the teen. Then everything became a blur to the teen. When he realized his surroundings, he noticed that he was a lot closer to the school gates. He looked at his hands, and saw he was holding an Ōkatana with his right hand, with it's scabbard held by his left.

He turned around, and saw the man cut perfectly into half, with both sides sprouting small blood fountains. The teen stayed silent as he pondered what was happening to him. 'If that man was trying to get into this school, wouldn't the teachers try to stop him… ?' the teen thought. He then noticed at the dead man's front, he looked like a sick man. 'Don't tell me… this thing managed to succeed on whatever it was going to do on me to the teachers… ,' the teen thought. If that was the case, then he had zombies running around the school. The teen then pondered on what he should do next.

'Why not?' the teen thought, looking at the school. 'Maybe entering this school will restore some of my memories… ,' he finished as he kicked the gates down with force he knew a teen his age shouldn't have since the gates were made out of metal. '… Or just give me some more questions about myself… ,' the teen thought as he walked into the courtyard. "Now… how to get in without any teachers or students noticing… ?" the teen asked himself, before he heard an announcement, no doubt from a student judging by the voice.

"Attention all students!" the voice on the speakers said. "Violence has broken out on campus! Students should evacuate the campus according their sensei's instructions!" the voice ordered, no doubt to the students on the school.

"Violence? More like zombies if that man is any indication… ," the teen couldn't help but say. Then the teen heard the announcer shouting for help, while screaming like he was being eaten or something similar. Then, total silence from the announcer. "… . Three… ," the teen said. "… Two… ," the teen continued counting. "… One… ," the teen finished, then he heard almost every single student on campus yelling, screaming and shouting as they all most likely tried to get out of the building. The teen sighed. "The first thing the students do when something happens is scream for their respective mothers… . Jeez… . What a pain," the teen complained. He then sheathe his katana and began stretching before cracking his neck once he finished.

"Oh well. Might as well help clear their little zombie problem… ," he told himself. "Though… that would be hard if they all just keep on running over me… ," he commented. "If only I could teleport… ," he muttered, and then realized that the courtyard had just change into a hallway. "What… ?" the teen said in disbelief. He then noticed that there was a staircase nearby and focused on it. Everything else became a blur before he noticed that he was standing on the staircase. "… . Apparently I can teleport. Though, I guess I should try to keep it short distances… ," he told himself. He then heard groans and saw zombies walking to the staircase.

The teen kept quiet, remembering that the zombie from before didn't charge at him until he cussed out loud. But then he heard footsteps. 'No sense keeping quiet now… ,' the teen thought grimly as the zombies continued walking towards him. He then heard two girls talking.

"Everything will be alright if the two of us make it out, Misuzu!" he heard one of the girls say.

"Of course! We'll be friends forever! Toshimi!" said the other girl apparently named Misuzu.

The teen then backflipped, landing right in front of them. "Do me a favor, and shut up… ," he told them as he kicked the closest zombie in the face, causing it to tumble down the stairs, taking a few other zombies along with it. He then drew out his katana from it's sheathe, and cut the zombies either in half or cut their heads off. Eventually, he managed to kill the horde. He sheathed his katana and turned to face the girls. "I suggest you keep it down, lest you want those zombies chasing you just because they overheard you," he told them, while they just stared at him in awe.

"Who… who are you… ?" the girl who had black hair tied into a bun said with Misuzu's voice.

"… ," the teen said silence for a few seconds before deciding to answer the question. "I… don't remember… ," the teen admitted.

"You don't?" the girl with brown hair said with Toshimi's voice. "Do you… have amnesia?" she asked, causing the teen to nod. "Then… what should we call you?"

The teen saw where this is going, and looked at the sky. He then got a flash of a blue… meteorite? "… Ryūsei… ," the teen muttered, which was heard by the girls.

"You mean… meteor?" Misuzu asked.

"Uh… yeah… ," the teen said. No need to find a name that he'll like. As long as it wasn't girly he was fine with it. Ryūsei then turn to the girls. "Listen, I know we just met and all, but could you show me where the gym is?" he asked them.

"Why?" Toshimi asked.

"So you two can have weapons," Ryūsei stated. "If I wasn't here, you two would be zombie chow by now," he told them.

"Oh… true… ," Misuzu said. They then agreed to lead the newly named Ryūsei to the school gym. Along the way, they encountered multiple zombies, though they were no match for Ryūsei's speed. Finally, at the gym, they stood in front of the storage room. "I don't think we should just take the equipment like this… ," commented Misuzu, with Toshimi agreeing fully as Ryūsei tried opening the door. Only to find out it was locked.

"Too bad. You have a better chance of survival if you had your own weapon. I can't save you girls all the time," Ryūsei said bluntly, kicking the door down. He then lead the girls into the room. "I suggest you take a metal baseball bat. They're the best choice of weapons at our disposal," said Ryūsei, turning around and saw the two best friends already had the weapons he had mentioned. "Okay… ," Ryūsei couldn't help but say. He then looked around and saw some baseball and picked them up, shoving four into his coat's pockets and led the girls out of the storage room. Though, at the entrance, they saw some zombies walking in.

"Time to see if this works… ," said Ryūsei, referring to his theory of the zombies only being able to hear and not see. He then threw a baseball to a wall near the entrance, with the zombies heading towards the wall instead of the three teens, despite the fact they were in the zombies sight. "It worked… ," he muttered. The girls were about to cheer, but Ryūsei stopped them as he heard them inhaling for a cheer. He then quietly led them towards the entrance sneaking past the zombies.

"So now where do we go?" Toshimi asked as there were no zombies nearby to hear them.

"… ," Ryūsei stayed silent for a moment, pondering where they should go next. "… I want to see if the city is facing this zombie problem too… ," Ryūsei said, remembering him kicking the gate down when he entered the school. There was a chance some zombies escape and infected the city. "There's a chance the zombies escaped, and infected the city." He began walking towards the main building. "If that's true, there should some large scale accident to show it's infected."

"Wait for us!" the girls cried out, running to catch up to him.

Later, one could see the group walking in a hallway. "Um… maybe we should go to the faculty room?" Toshimi suggested.

"Yeah! There's gotta be some keys for a car, or a bus!" said Misuzu enthusiastically. "We could escape!"

"True. But if the city is infected, we would just walking into a city filled with zombies. So its better to check if it's going through the zombie infection first," said Ryūsei. "Besides… I doubt three people is enough to escape a school filled with zombies… ," he told them. "It's better if we find some other survivors," he kept walking.

"You know, you don't have to be so serious all the time!" Misuzu said. "Can't you try being positive for once!"

'Problem is, I don't think I was the type of guy to think positively before I got my amnesia… ,' thought Ryūsei. 'I'm just going with the flow right now… meaning I'm acting like I would be if I haven't gotten amnesia… .' Ryūsei just kept walking, slicing any zombies that charge at them. "Tch. We're stopping to the Faculty Room," stated Ryūsei, surprising the girls. "With this many zombies around, I doubt that the city isn't infected already. Might as well go with your plan girls." The girls quietly cheered at his response. "Besides, like I said before, it'll take more then three people to escape this place. No doubt that there will be more survivors with the same plan as you girls. We'll meet up there," he continued. "Now let's go," he ordered, sprinting off.

"Wait up!" Toshimi said. Then they all heard a scream nearby. "Doesn't that sound like Tagaki Saya-san?" asked Toshimi.

"Don't know. Don't care," said Ryūsei, grabbing the two girls by their waists. "Hope you enjoy teleporting… ," he told them, before they all became blurs that reappeared some distance away. Ryūsei teleported again, and again and again until they reached the source of the voice. Ryūsei scanned the area, ignoring the two girls beside him who were asking questions about his teleporting ability, and saw a pink haired girl and a fat chubby boy being surrounded by zombies. He then looked at a hallway to see a ditzy looking teacher with a purple haired student while coming from a staircase was a black haired teen about two years younger then he is and a orange haired girl about the black haired teen's age.

"… You two take care of the ones on the left," Ryūsei ordered to the students coming from the staircase. "You're with me," he told the purple haired girl. "Mizuzu, Tohime, you take care of the doctor, chubby boy and the pink haired girl," he ordered Misuzu and Toshimi.

"It's Misuzu/Toshimi!" Misuzu and Toshimi complained.

"Whatever… ," Ryūsei muttered as he drew his katana.

The teens quickly make work of the zombies, due to the weapons they all possessed. The purple haired girl had a bokken while the orange haired girl had a broomstick with a broken but sharp edge. The black haired teen had a baseball bat, just like Misuzu and Toshimi. When they were done, everyone noticed that the zombies Ryūsei cut just stood there, not moving. Then when Ryūsei sheathed his katana, they all dropped into pieces. Literally. Ryūsei turned around to face his new allies, and saw that they were all awed at his skill, especially the purple haired girl.

"… What?" he asked them, causing them to snap out of their stupor.

"Ah, are you okay?" the orange haired girl asked the pink haired one.

"You all know nurse Marikawa, right?" the purple haired girl asked the students of the school. "I'm Busujima Saeko. Senior, Class A," the purple haired girl introduced herself.

"Komuro Takashi. Sophomore, Class B," the black haired teen introduced himself.

"You won the national tournament last year, didn't you?" the orange haired girl asked Saeko. "I'm Miyamoto Rei, from the Soujutsu Club," she introduced herself.

"Ah… um… I'm Hirano K-Kohta from Class B… ," the fat student introduced himself.

"I'm Ichijou Misuzu from Class C," said Misuzu, before looking at Ryūsei with a blank stare.

"I'm Niki Toshimi, also from Class C!" said Toshimi cheerfully, though she also gave a blank stare at Ryūsei. Seeing that the pink haired girl was still sobbing, everyone stared at Ryūsei. Toshimi, being next to him, elbowed his side. He didn't even wince but he got the message. He could only sigh.

"Ryūsei… ," he muttered out loud for everyone to hear.

"Nice to meet you," Saeko said to the students, but she gave a blank stare at Ryūsei, who only returned with a blank stare of his own.

"What's with all you guys… ? Acting so friendly… ," the pink haired girl asked, getting up.

'Since when was I'm acting 'buddy buddy' with these fools… ?' Ryūsei thought, thinking that it may have been a mistake coming to the school.

"What are you talking about, Takagi?" asked Takashi.

"Stop being an idiot! I'm a genius!" the girl apparently named Takagi yelled at Takashi.

'And that's helping you, how?' thought Ryūsei to himself.

"If we all start acting like this, we'll lose next time!" she stated.

'That's the first logical thing I've heard all day… ,' thought Ryūsei, remembering some of Misuzu's and Toshimi's suggestion which was easily shot down by him and his logic.

"I've heard enough," Saeko stated, putting a hand on Takagi's shoulder.

Then the girl had a breakdown, crying on Saeko. Everyone could only stare.

Later in the faculty room, everyone was taking a break, tired from all the fighting they had to do. In fact, the nurse named Marikawa Shizuka was starting to fall asleep while Saeko was rubbing her aching right shoulder. Ryūsei however, was staring outside through the Faculty Room's windows. Everyone knew he didn't want to be bothered so they just kept the questions they had for him to themselves. Ryūsei looked at the zombies dragging themselves around, all them used to be normal human students. He didn't know why, but it just bothered him seeing people who were so… weak. Takashi had asked Shizuka where her car key was, where the school nurse answered by saying that it was in her bag. Though, Saeko had asked if the car would fit all of them.

And judging by how the nurse tensed for a few seconds, Ryūsei doubted that it will fit all of them.

Though Kouta came to their rescue by suggested using the minibuses that was parked at the school's parking lot. Ryūsei turned to Rei, Misuzu and Toshimi, who had been quiet the whole time as they watched the small TV in the Faculty Room. "Something the matter girls?" Ryūsei asked them. They only answered by turning up the volume.

"Due to the large number of riots throughout the country, the government has been forced to rethink it's emergency policy," the news reporter reported(obviously). "However, when questioned on the ability of the Self-Defense Force on maintaining public order, representatives would comment. The local death toll has already surpass 1 000. The Prefectural Governer is going to make a speech to those who evacuated. He… oh! Just in! The police have made an announcement! They still don't know what to make of the current situation… ah!" the news reported yelled, understandable considering the fact the corpse that was being carried behind her began to move. She then began calling for help, though it never came. Eventually the screen showed that they were having technical difficulties and went back to the studio.

"That's it!-? Why aren't they showing more!-?" Takashi asked as the reporter stated that they were now going broadcast from the studio.

"It's simple isn't it?" Ryūsei asked him, walking towards him. "They don't want what's left of the living to panic, thus they cut it off."

"Even with what they just saw!-?" Rei countered.

"Because of what they just saw!" Takagi, full name being Takagi Saya, countered for Ryūsei. "Fear can cause chaos, and chaos can destroy the Order of Society!" she explained, pushing the glasses she had donned. "And if there's no order… who know's how many lives will be lost!-?" she finished. Everyone went silent, and watched the TV. The reporter stated the United States were trying to keep things under control, pretty much by bombing places that were infected by the zombies, or rather 'Them' as Takashi and Rei liked to call them.

"Asanet Reports always been reliable in the past… ," commented Kouta.

"I don't believe it… ," Rei said. "I can't believe it! Nothing like this has happened before!" she cried out and grasp Takashi's shoulder. "Hey, I'm right aren't I!-?" she asked the serious looking teen. "There's gotta be someplace that's still okay, right!-? Everything is probably the same way it always was… !"

"You're completely wrong," stated Ryūsei. Who began walking towards the window. "I may have amnesia, but even I can figure it out."

"Don't talk like that!" said Takashi.

"Not my fault that you all don't want to believe the truth. The cold hard fact is that this infection is spreading like wild-fire, throughout the entire world… ," Ryūsei said, shaking his head in disappointment for some odd reason. "Every single place in the entire world is no doubt going through the same disease Japan is going through," he said in a way for them to understand.

"You mean… like influenza?" asked Takashi.

"More like the Spanish Flu of 1918… ," said Saya, putting her two cents in. "Recently, they say the whole bird flu thing has the potential to reach the level of what happened back in 1918. They couldn't underestimate it, understand?" she said to the others. "It's because 600 million were infected by the Spanish Flu, and 50 million died because of it."

"That sounds like the Black Death from the 14th Century… ," commented Shizuka.

"That killed one third of Europe's population… am I right?" Ryūsei asked, getting a nod from Saya.

"Then… what did they do to stop the disease?" asked Misuzu.

"They tried many things. But in the end, it just disappeared," explained Saya.

"Because humanity eventually developed a natural immunity to it," explained Ryūsei.

"But… ," Toshimi started. "All the others who were killed… came back to life and start attacking everyone… ."

"Their zombies. Of course they start attacking every living thing in their sight… ," said Ryūsei, pointing to a zombie that was oddly biting a tree. Everyone let out a large sweat drop(that could resemble a blue slug actually) out of… confusion? Exasperation? Embarrassment? Or something similar as they saw other zombies beginning to walk towards the tree and began biting it.

"But what you're all saying is… ," Saeko spoke, turning their attention away from the idiotic zombies and back into the topic at hand. "… that there's no way to stop it from spreading.

"Ah!" said Shizuka, realizing something. "When it gets hot, their muscles will rot and fall of their bones, then they won't be able to move anymore!"

"And how would that happen?" questioned Saeko.

"During the summer, it'll take 20 days for them to rot into skeletons… ," said Shizuka, counting off her fingers. "Though… it's winter now, so it'll be a few months. But if we go with that plan, our homes aren't far from here, so we could go… ."

"That is, if they do start rotting… ," Kohta stated as he played with his customized nail gun.

"What do you mean?" Takashi asked.

"We're facing a virus or something similar that kills anyone that comes to contact with it, then turns them into living corpses. What's to say that virus won't stop anyone of 'Them' from rotting?" Ryūsei stated. 'I'm surrounded by a bunch of idiots… ,' he thought in his mind.

"True… and trying to find a cure for 'Them' is out of the question since their just living corpse," stated Saya.

"After we checked on our families, we'll have to agree some place to escape to," stated Saeko. "In any case, we won't survive if we act selfishly. We're a team. If we want to stay alive, we're going to have to act like one." She gotten nods from the others as a response of agreement.

"But… how are we all going to get out?" asked Misuzu and Toshimi at the same time, a habit they shared since they're best friends.

"Getting to the parking lot through the front entrance is the fastest way," Saeko stated.

"Is everybody ready?" Ryūsei asked, already prepared to go outside. "Once we're out this school, there's no turning back. So I'll ask you now… ." He turned to face them. "Is there anything here that you want to bring with you?" Everyone shook their heads. "Okay then. Let's go!" He said, leading them out of the school and into the hallways. Ryūsei cut down a majority of 'Them', though he missed some, only managing cutting a limb that made 'Them' twirled around. Luckily, his new allies were there to finish the job. Or at least Takashi, Misuzu and Toshimi were. Rei and Saeko pretty much knocked any of 'Them' away.

"Don't over do it," said Saeko to Ryūsei. "Out of all of us, you're no doubt the skilled when it comes to handling that katana. It'll be bad for all of us if you tire out when we need you the most," she told him.

'Problem is, I haven't felt any fatigue at all,' thought Ryūsei, noticing that his muscles weren't complaining from overworking. 'I wonder why… ?'

"Guys, I should tell you now that they only react to sound!" Saya stated. "But they're still strong enough to rip a door of it's hinges so if you get caught, it's over!"

"You couldn't have told us that vital piece of information before we left the Faculty Room!-?" Ryūsei shouted at her.

"Don't shout at me! I'm a genius!" she yelled back.

"Whatever… ," Ryūsei muttered, beheading about four zombies with one slash. Then they heard a squeal for help. "Looks like we've found other survivors… ," Ryūsei couldn't help but commented.

"You think!-?" asked Takashi as everyone ran towards the source of the squeal. Eventually, they saw a group of students backed into a corner, literally, with some of 'Them' surrounding the students. "Let's go! We've… ." Takashi couldn't finished suddenly appeared in between 'Them' and the students, katana already drawn. He calmly sheathed his katana horizontally, opening his eyes as all of 'Them' fell into pieces. "… . Show off… ," Takashi couldn't help but mutter as they ran towards their ally.

"Are you okay?" asked Toshimi out of worry.

"I'll be fine… ," said Ryūsei calmly. 'In fact, I say it was second nature to destroy my… enemies… so fast,' he thought to himself as Takashi spoke with the other students. Eventually, that managed to sneak by 'Them' with no problems and were now hiding in a corner, with sweet freedom only a few meters away. Unfortunately, there a lot of 'Them' running about. Well, technically dragging about but you get the idea. "If you're so afraid, why don't I be the distraction?" Ryūsei asked his junior. Technically, he was about the same age as Saeko, thus he was pretty sure he was a Senior student in school.

"No sacrifices," Takashi muttered as he watched all the former students dragging themselves across the room. Ryūsei didn't hear any of it though. He walked out of the group. "Hey!" Takashi whispered, though Ryūsei didn't even bother to let Takashi know that he heard it. He just continued to softly walk among the dead. "Their… not moving towards him… ," said Takashi in shock. Everyone else quickly got into plain sight and saw that it was indeed true. None of 'Them' were acting like they had noticed Ryūsei at all.

"I told you," whispered Saya to Takashi, though it was still loud enough for the group to hear. "Heck even Ichijou and Niki told you! They only react to sound. As long as we stay quiet they won't go hunting us… ."

Then suddenly Ryūsei kicked one of 'Them' in the stomach, making it land on the floor nearby with a loud 'THUMP'. Everyone from the group shared the same thoughts.

'WHAT IS HE DOING!-?'

All of 'Them' that was nearby quickly went to the source of the 'THUMP', which was another of 'Them'. But since they can't see, they don't know it was a fellow zombie. When they bit said zombie, they immediately let go. Ryūsei only stood there calmly, only moving to make way for some of 'Them'. He then took out his katana and did a horizontal 360 degree slash, beheading all of 'Them' that was in range of the attack. He then sheathed his katana. He quickly attack all of 'Them', using every limb on his body as a weapon. The group noted, however, that Ryūsei had a habit of sheathing his katana even though there were still enemies around.

"Why does he keep sheathing his katana like that?" asked Takashi.

"It's a sword technique named 'Iaido'," explained Saeko. "It's a martial art that huh associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the katana from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard."

"Yeah. And it's always cool to see it in real life!" Kohta said, having seen Iaido in video games. However, he cheered a little too loudly as some of 'Them' began heading towards their direction, prompting everyone to glare at Kohta. Everyone was prepared to kill 'Them', however Ryūsei had appeared in between them, bending his knees while his katana was drawn. He then flickered all of the blood on the blade of the katana off and sheathed it behind his back, with all of 'Them' being cut down into pieces, like before. He then began ruffling his hair, as it had some blood from 'Them'.

"What?" Ryūsei couldn't help but ask after he noticed that everyone was staring at him. "Do you all want to get out or not?" They all walked to the entrance, and Ryūsei turned to face them. "I need you all at the tip of your toes. No careless mistakes." He looked at the students who were holding metal weapons, and they got the memo. Their weapons were heavy, so if they touched the ground and was dragged, they'll make a lot of noise that'll attract a lot of 'Them'. Not only that, if they made a careless mistake and their weapons collided with the metal frame of the doors, it'll cause both metal objects to ring and attract 'Them'.

Slowly, Ryūsei opened the door and led everyone out. Unfortunately, in his haste, a student accidentally collided his weapon with the metal frame, causing the objects to let out a loud 'DING' that no doubt attracted the attention of 'Them'. Ryūsei turned around and… . 'Eeyup. Definitely attracted 'Them'… ,' he thought grimly as the zombies on the courtyard began walking towards the students(plus school nurse). Ryūsei noticed that the students and Shizuka still haven't move.

"What are you waiting for!-? Run you fools!" he shouted them, causing them to snap out of their stupor and beginning to run across the courtyard. Ryūsei quickly dragged the student who's caused the attention of 'Them' across the courtyard, with the students crying the whole time.

"Why did you yell!-?" Saya shouted to him. "If you had stayed quiet, we would've have only to worry about the ones that were close by!"

"With an echo like that, I doubt everything that can hear in the school didn't hear the echo woman!" growled Ryūsei. "Not only that, slaying all of these ones would only attract more of 'Them'!"

Saya could only let out a 'Tsk' of annoyance but saw his point. However, eventually one of the students got caught by 'Them', with his girlfriend running towards him to die along with him. "No! Come back!" Saya shouted to her, but it was futile as the girl jumped into the pile. And Saya saw from the gaps between the bodies that she shared one last kiss with her dying boyfriend.

"I can see where she's coming from… ," stated Shizuka. "If the rest of the world is this bad, maybe it's better to die… ."

"What!-? You call yourself a nurse!-?" Saya shouted.

"Takagi… shut up… ," said Ryūsei, cutting one of 'Them' in half. "If people want to die in this Apocalypse, who are we to stop them? It's that girl's choice to die with the one she loves. Let her have the death she wants," he continued slaying all of 'Them'. Eventually, every survivor got into the car, with Saeko and Ryūsei staying out for support.

"Look!" Takashi said, pointing to some figures running towards. It was revealed to be a teacher with some students.

"Who's that… ?" questioned Ryūsei.

"That's Shidou, from Class 3-A," stated Saeko.

Ryūsei said nothing as he walked towards the front of the bus, having heard Shizuka's and Takashi's argument on whether they need to leave now or not. He quickly began slaying all of 'Them' that were coming from the front. He eventually became a blur that left behind a trail of rapid slashes, cutting down all of 'Them'. However, there were still more. A lot more. 'Tch. How annoying… ,' he thought to himself, teleporting a few meters away from a nearby zombie that would have, no doubt, pin him down. He quickly killed that zombie before running back to where Saeko was, though he noticed she had entered the bus.

But he saw it. He saw Shidou kicking his student away from his. Ryūsei noticed the student wasn't even a zombie. In fact, it looked like the student had twisted his ankle. He began running towards the fallen student, passing by Shidou along the way. The teen glared at the man, and vice versa. Ryūsei noticed that he was running faster then the average teen could. Though it wasn't enough as he saw 'Them' were too close to the fallen teen, said teen's glasses had broke when Shidou kicked him in the face. 'Tch. Not going to make it… ,' Ryūsei thought, but he pushed on. 'Damn it! Why don't I have a gun or something… !' he thought to himself.

"I need something… . No… somethings to throw… . But my katana isn't enough… ," he said to himself. But then he a scream of fear. He looked at the teen, thinking he was being devoured. But saw that he was screaming because blue energy swords were piercing the zombies heads. The sword disappeared, causing 'Them' to fall onto the teen. Ryūsei finally stopped next to him. "You okay… ?" Ryūsei asked, getting a nod. "Good. Let's go… ," he said, putting the teen's arms over his shoulder as he walked them back to the bus. Though he noticed that the zombies were beginning to surround them.

'Okay… . Let's see if I can summon those swords again… ,' thought Ryūsei, as he concentrated. Then suddenly, multiple blue energy swords, exactly like the ones from before, began stabbing themselves into the zombies' brains. The swords disappeared once more, but then reappeared, circling Ryūsei and the teen he was carrying.

"Are you… doing this… ?" asked the teen.

"I guess so… ," said Ryūsei. He then noticed that Misuzu and Toshimi had walked out the bus. The girls helped him by slaying the nearby zombies and helping him carry the broken glasses wearing teen.

"Looks like it's our turn to save you, Ryūsei-kun!" said Toshimi.

"Don't get so cocky… ," said Ryūsei, with a small smile. He heard Misuzu and Toshimi gasping but decided not to say anything. Toshimi had recognized the teen they were carrying, saying his name was Riku Kagami. They managed to enter the bus, with Ryūsei telling Shizuka to 'pedal to the metal'. As they drove, Shidou found it was unacceptable that they don't have a leader, but he was shot down. For the moment. A few hours later of driving, one of Shidou's students, named Tsunoda, began making a riot.

"Why do we have to go with you guys!-?" he insisted. "You all decided where to go without considering us!" he stated. "Wouldn't it be better if we find some place to hide in the dorms or maybe even the school!-?" Eventually, Ryūsei had enough. His new friends would've thanked him for shutting the annoying two color haired teen, but the way he did it… well… .

"You guys wanted to get on the bus, which was obviously going to leave the school. So it's your own fault for getting on the in the first place," Ryūsei stated, pointing his katana's tip at Tsunoda's throat. "Now shut up, sit down, and be happy that you're still alive. Unless you want me to make you the distraction if we ever get surrounded by another horde of 'Them'… ," the amnesiac teen threatened. Tsunoda could only gulp in fear and did what he was told, lest he wants to be zombie chow or have his head cut off. Seeing that Tsunoda was following orders, Ryūsei sheathed his sword and closed his eyes, as if he was trying to take a nap.

Which in reality he was.

But unfortunately, it seems all the students in Shidou's group, or at least the boys, were intent on picking on Ryūsei and the gang. Eventually, Shizuka had enough and told them all it was the first time she was driving a minibus after being yelled at by Shidou's boys. Then Tsunoda started a riot again, saying that he hated the boys in the original group.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Ryūsei shouted to all them, causing them all to stare at him. It was the first time they heard him cuss with such a loud voice, so it was only natural for them to stare at him. Ryūsei however, was pissed off beyond Heaven and Hell. "If you don't like us so much, why don't you get the Hell out… ?" Ryūsei growled, pointing his sheathed katana at the minibus's door. "And hopefully, you'll get bitten by those zombies and turn into 'Them', and we all get the sick pleasure of mutilating your living corpse… ," he said in dark voice, staring darkly at Tsunoda, who looked like he was about to piss his pants.

"Ryūsei-san, that's sick!" said Rei, smacking Ryūsei, causing Shidou's group to bug their eyes out at Rei's bravery. Or stupidity. Hell, Kohta, Saya, Misuzu and Toshimi eye's were bugging out.

"Oh, why don't you go make babies with your little boyfriend or something… ?" Ryūsei muttered, causing Rei and Takashi to blush.

"Oi! Don't drag me into this! And I'm not her boyfriend!" yelled Takashi.

"Bravo! Bravo!" Shidou said, clapping at the three teen's display. "Ryūsei-san, Komuro-kun, Miyamoto-san, it's wonderful too see such great teamwork," he stated. "However… ," he began, his eyes having a small glint in them, which the three teens noticed. "… to keep small fights like this from breaking out, I suggest we try a little idea I had… . What we need, is a leader," he calmly stated.

"Oh joy. The teacher is who looks like a freaking pedophile is going to be our leader. Praise the Lord… ," Ryūsei said sarcastically, causing to Shidou to stare at him, though Ryūsei knew the man was actually glaring.

"Then, I supposed that you're a more suitable leader… ?" he questioned Ryūsei.

"Tch. I'm pretty sure the multi colored haired boy you call a student is better leader then you'll ever be… ," Ryūsei, as the two began a stare-off.

"Whoa really?" asked Tsunoda, causing Ryūsei to draw his katana and point it's tip at his throat again, all the while without blinking or moving his face from the stare-off. "Right, insults. Got it… ," said Tsunoda, sitting down in fear. The girl next to him comforted him. However, Shidou then asked the students who they preferred to be their leader. And his group answered Shidou, thinking he won't punish them from just pissing him off. In fact, he was their teacher and he was the kindest man they have ever met.

However, Rei lost it and began walking out of the bus, kicking the door down since Shizuka won't let her. "There's no way in Hell I'm traveling with that bastard!" she shrieked at them all, before storming off.

"Oh dear. It looks like I won't be able to change her mind, that one," commented Shidou.

"Tch. Whatever," said Ryūsei, getting up.

"Oh? And where are you going, Ryūsei-san?" Shidou asked.

"Somebody has got to make sure that girl doesn't get killed. Or probably even worst, raped," stated Ryūsei, already at the front passengers seat.

"Now what makes you think people are going to rape Miyamoto-san… ?" questioned Shidou.

"It's the freaking Apocalypse. Who wouldn't try to satisfy themselves before they die… ?" Ryūsei questioned, before walking to where Rei stormed off.

"Wait up!" said Takashi, along with Misuzu and Toshimi. They too, got out of the bus and ran to catch up with Ryūsei. Eventually, they caught up with Rei, who was obviously pissed off. Takashi tried to convince her, at least wait until they reached a town, however it was futile. Then they heard the sounds of wheels screeching. The turned around and saw a tour bus going out of control! "What are they doing!-? At this rate, their going to crash!" Takashi said as he watched the tour bus getting closer. However, he noticed something, along with everybody else.

"I don't think they have a choice Komuro… ," stated Ryūsei, seeing that some of 'Them' were inside the bus and infected the occupants. Eventually, the bus crashed into a flipped over car, creating a huge explosions. Luckily, the boys protected the girls from the flames, though they had obviously fainted. "Tch. Great… . Now we have to carry them… ," muttered Ryūsei, indicating the fainted girls.

"Ryūsei-kun!" they heard Saeko's voice said. They looked pass the flames and saw the minibus, with Saeko stepping out of it. "Are you alright!-?" she asked.

"We're fine! Now get out of there!" he ordered Saeko.

"No… !" she stated, preparing to fight the zombies that were coming out of the accident.

"Tch. She ain't going to leave… . We gotta find a meeting spot… ," said Ryūsei to Takashi.

"I got it! We should all meet up at the Higashi Police Station!" stated Takashi, to both Ryūsei and Saeko.

"What time!-?" she asked as she whacked 'Them' away.

"5 o'clock! If not today then tomorrow!" Ryūsei stated. "Now leave!" he ordered, creating the 'Summoned Swords' as he called it to kill the zombies. He saw Saeko hesitantly entered the bus, taking one last look at them before entering. The bus then began to leave. "Alright, let's go girls… ," said Ryūsei, noticing that the girls were starting to wake up. The boys help them up and began leading them away from the scene. However, suddenly a zombie wearing a motorcycle helmet came out of nowhere and pulled Ryūsei with the intention of eating his flesh.

Luckily though, the zombie's helmet got in the way of that. However, that doesn't mean the constant headbutts weren't annoying. "Get… the Hell out of my face!" Ryūsei yelled, giving a powerful uppercut to the zombie's chin, sending the zombified motorcyclist into the air before eventually going so far into the sky he began to resemble a small star that twinkled for a moment(SJ: does this reminds you of Pokémon folks?) Ryūsei took in some deep breath, before facing his friends, noticing that they were staring at him in awe and shock. "What… ?"

"You just… ," Takashi began, his hand shaking as he pointed at Ryūsei.

"Yeah, I can do a lot of abnormal things… ," said Ryūsei. "Now let's go!" he said, walking away.

"Hey wait!" said Takashi. "Why not we use this guy's bike to get into town… ?" he asked, pointing at the zombie's former motorcycle.

"… And there's another one right there… ," stated Ryūsei, pointing at a motorcycle with a sidecar that was crashed into the forest nearby.

"But… who's going to ride the side car… ?" Misuzu asked, as Toshimi and Ryūsei stared at her. "What… ? … ! No! No way! Why not Toshimi!-?" she begged Ryūsei.

"Because you're flat chested while Tohime isn't," said Ryūsei, walking towards the crashed motorcycle.

"Hey! It's Toshimi!" Toshimi complained at Ryūsei. Eventually, they all got on the motorcycles, and drove off into the city. Unaware that life will never be the same.

And not because of the Apocalypse... .