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= Saya's house+ Neon=

I was one of the last to notice Hirano, but that didn't prevent me interfering.

" I- I can...", Hirano was crying now.

Takashi spoke first, "He can protect your daughter!", and he moved into the circle and stood next to Hirano.

"K-Komuro?"

Mr. Takagi seemed to have recognized the name.

" Komuro. I see. I remember your name. You are my daughter's childhood friend, correct?"

" I am, but... Ever since all hell broke lose, Hirano has been protecting your daughter."

I watched as Rei and walked up to the circle, and then Saeko came in from behind.

" It's all true. This man's courage is something I have seen with my own eyes, Commander."

Then I decided to jump in along with them.

" Hey buddy.", I said loudly as I appeared behind the guy who kicked Hirano, " You shouldn't go around hitting my friends."

Then I shoved a plunger I had picked up while I walked by the garage into his face.

" Sorry, Commander. I couldn't let him go without some form of punishment.", then I bowed slightly.

Then I noticed Alice and Kamui walking up to us.

" I get where you are coming from Neon, but I figure since we are new members that we should make a good impression...", then he flipped out a switchblade and cut an air hole in the plunger.

" He looks dependable.", said Alice as she pulled Hirano up to his feet.

Mr. Takagi still wasn't fully pleased, until his daughter spoke.

" I've seen it to, Father."

Saya moved inside with us and turned to look her father right in the eyes, " Sure he's one of those good-for-nothing military nerds, but I would have been one of those corpses if it was not for him!"

She slammed her right foot down hard, " That's right! He's been doing your job! He has been protecting me!"

Hirano started to cry for real now, " Takagi...Neon...Alice...Everyone... thank you..."

The commander actually seemed to smirk as he turned to his wife.

" This generation... is absolutely stunning is it not?"

She looked at us each and I saw some level of pride, " Yes, yes they are."

"Since we see you courage...I will allow you to keep the weapons and I also give you access to our weapon storage, use them as you see fit."

"Thank you, sir.", I heard Hirano mutter out.

As the men left I took a deep breath and sat down.

"God...i thought I was gonna piss my pants...", I said as I looked over at everyone.

" Your dad is scary..." , said Alice as she pet Hirano on the head.

" I agree."

Kamui laughed...but you could tell it was fake.

"guys...really... Thank you."

Hirano was wiping his tears with the back of his hand.

Everyone groaned as we all gave our reasons...it all summed up to him being our friend.

I was the last to leave, since I had been sitting down.

"I wonder how long these days will last.", I said in english.

"It has already ended. The days of repetitive happiness will end, soon, and you must learn to find happiness in your friends, young man."

I turned around and was looking at Saya's mother.

"Hello. I'm sorry about my brash action with the plunger.", I said as I motioned to the discarded plunger.

"I think that took courage...however the Commander won't take kindly to that action in the future."

I stiffed a laugh, " I'm sorry but why do you refer to him as Commander and not 'my husband'?", I asked politely in Japanese.

"Because I respect him. But that's not why im here. I'm here to talk about my daughter."

I raised an eyebrow, " What do you want to know?"

She smiled sheepishly, " Do you like my daughter?"

For the first time in a long time I actually burst out laughing.

" Excuse me Ms. Takagi.", I coughed hard trying to gather myself, " I already am in love with a girl that's in our party."

She smiled a little wider, " Good for you. I feel that you would make a woman happy, however I ask you a favor, protect my daughter along side Hirano and Takashi."

I grinned, " Mam, that's a given. Of course, that's just who I am."

She nodded slightly and walked away.

I brushed off my pants and decided to go raid the armory.

=Saya's house+ Kamui=

I went with Hirano to check out the basement.

"Man...how much ammo and weapons do you think they have?", I asked as we turned down another hallway.

" Considering how much this man is worth...a lot.", Hirano said as he adjusted a strap on his gun vest., " And my question to you is how many knives you are carrying."

I opened my jacket, which used to be my father's, " About fifty, along with a small handgun.", I said as I pulled a revolver from my back holster, " It's old as hell and it's only good for close range...maybe I should get one from here."

He looked over it and I swore I saw light glistening in his eyes as he checked every part of it, " It's a historical gun, but crap in a fight."

As we turned , I heard a voice from above us.

" Kam! Yo Hirano~!", then a body came sliding down the railing and made a ten-point landing right beside me.

" Yall move slow.", said Neon as he dusted off his butt, " I mean jeez."

Hirano turned to door knob and all three of us suddenly got a strong smell of gun powder.

Then when we saw the guns I thought I heard the hallelujah chorus singing.

I immediately discarded all the rusty and weak knives I had and replaced them with more recent and better ones.

" Check this one out, Neon!", I said as I tossed him a full tang-hilt knife with an eagle on the bottom, " You like?"

"Not much.", then he tossed it at me, " I'm more full length sword and handguns."

I laughed, " I'm more knife and mid-ranged guns."

Hirano cried out as a pile of bullets fell over onto him.

After we pulled him out he pointed up at the ceiling.

I reached up, because I was the tallest, and pulled down a military grade sniper rifle with extended scope and extra clip holders. Hirano looked over it...

" You wanna trade?", he said as he passed me his modified AR-10, " I would do better with this. And you said that you like mid-ranged weapons right?"

I wiped some gun-powder from my lips, " Hell yeah!"

Neon was digging through handguns...but he said all he found were old ones, or ones with worse aim than his.

Hirano dug through and told him to get rid of both his guns...because Neon was wrong.

" Here you go...", he layed a gold gun and a black one down on the table, " The gold one is a Desert Eagle and the black one is a custom job...i don't know anything other than it's a really modified Glock."

Neon gripped their handles and put them in his holsters, " Heavy...but not really heavy."

I coughed as I sucked up more gunpowder.

" You guys get the bullets and anything else...I'm out of-"

" A FOLDABLE RIOT SHIELD!"

I fell out the door as Neon was jumping around with a clear shield that seemed to be able to shrink into a tiny gauntlet on his shoulder...good for him.

"well well well, what have I got here..."

I turned and looked as Hirano pulled out a Negev LMG ( an Israeli light machine gun).

" Wow."

I jumped through the door way, grabbed it, and called it.

=Saya's house+ Rei=

I looked out at the rain as Saya, Takashi, and Hirano were headed out to the tents... Supposedly there was a problem arising out there and they hoped to close it before it caused a collapse of the entire base.

"Whew boy is it raining out there."

Neon, Kamui, Alice, Ms. Shizuka,and Saeko were all in my room as we discussed leaving tomorrow to continue looking for our parents.

" So, are we all at agreement?", I asked as I turned my back to the rain and stormy weather.

Neon gave a thumbs up, Kamui raised his Negev onto his shoulder, Saeko grasped her new sword that she received from Mr. Takagi, and was just sitting around eating a banana.

" Ok, everyone gather your stuff in the jeep. That way we can go ahead as soon as it's daybreak tomorrow. "

One-by-one everyone left but Kamui.

" Hey, Rei. I got a q and a."

I looked at him and asked him what was wrong.

" Well... just how are we gonna fit us all in that hummer. Should I 'borrow' one?"

I smiled at his term of borrowing a car, " If you want to. But we should be able to fit everyone, that thing is bigger than you think."

He nodded and walked out.

I waited until I say Takashi moving out from the tents to go downstairs.

" Really?", he was asking when I turned the corner, " you want me to be the leader?"

Both Hirano and Saya both nodded, "Definitely."

He seemed to act odd but he summited to the decision.

"Takashi!", I jumped up and put my arms around his neck as he fell sideways.

"R-Rei...ow... What's going on?", he asked as he pushed himself up off the ground.

"we decided to go on and head out to find our parents."

(a/n: I just broke my right hand soo...fuck... now I am having trouble typing isnt life a bitch?)

I smiled and watched as our stuff was being moved into the jeep.

" Almost, hup, finished!", I heard Neon grunt out as he was moving stuff past me.

I helped him move the box into the back of the jeep so that it wouldn't put too much strain on his back or arms.

"We leave at sunrise, got it?", I told Takashi as he helped me push the box into place.

" Got it."

=Unknown+ Naval Officer of the Us Navy=

At first I didn't believe the targeting system had been activated... but after my superiors checked the code all I could do is watch from a control desk and ask god for forgiveness as I pressed the button that launched four EMPs towards Tokyo,Japan.

" I wonder who called the launch?"

" I know the president two days ago was someone from the DOH...but he was already bit."

" Maybe someone from DOE?"

" Probably someone from the IRS...those fuckers..."

I heard a screeching sound and then bubbles as all four went out and upwards.

" God forgive us."

=International Space Station+ Male officer=

" God."

I slammed my fist down on the console.

" I can't believe they actually are launching ICBMs... All variety."

The lady I was with looked over my shoulder, " Where to? The US?"

I watched out the window as Nuclear missiles hit Washington, Houston, The Carolina, New York, and ; as EMPs launched towards the middle of the US, Japan, Korea, and a number of other Countries.

"Damn... It's Armageddon."

Holy fuck does my right hand hurt like a bitch. I hit my hand and it's injured so my writing got horribly slowed down. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.