Takashi and Kohta quickly removed the barricade from the door as they all then headed out. Ross walked to the front of the group as he placed his bag on his back and his false wooden sword at his right side.
He then ran forward and charged his feet with red lightning.
"Lightning dash!" he yelled as he then ran at blinding speeds down the hallway, Everyone was speechless.
"Man that's fast" Takashi said.
"I'll say, I just hope he doesn't run out of energy using his red lightning" Kohta said. Saya looked at Kohta "How much energy can Ross lose if he changes his electricity a different color?" she asked.
Kohta thought about it until Shizuka spoke.
"Well from what Ross has told me and Kohta, Blue is the weakest form. Since it's not very powerful, It dosen't require a lot of his energy. As for the red one. I think it takes about a few more. And then there's black-", She was quickly cut off.
"Wait black!? That's impossible!, There's no such thing as black electricity!" Saya said.
"Well...when Ross saved me from some bullies, I saw his lightning turn black, As well as it's size. But I also noticed that he loses a huge amount of his energy and passed out" Kohta said. Saya couldn't believe it, She couldn't believe that the dead were coming to life, She couldn't believe that the boy she had a crush on was able to form pure electricity from his bare hands, And now she couldn't believe that there was such a thing as black lightning.
"Well for his sake, He better not use this supposed black lightning that you claim he has. Otherwise he would leave himself wide open" she said "Also, They're only sensitive to sound! They're also strong enough to rip a door off it's hinges so if they grab you, You're done for! One more thing. Don't fight if you can help it. Run away if you can".
Rei, Takashi, And Saeko mentally nodded with what Saya said, The last thing they would want was to lose there friends to 'them'. They then saw Ross stop at the end of the hallway as he looked left and right.
"All clear" he said
That's when he heard someone scream.
AHHH!
"Hm!".
The group ran down to the left of the hall to see a group of students try to fend off 'them'.
"Takuzo" one girl said.
Takuzo gritted his teeth as he tried to hold 'them' back.
"Shit! Get back!" he said.
Before one of 'them' could touch them it was then destroyed by a ball of red light.
"W-what the?" Takuzo said.
The group saw Ross emit his red lighting lightning volt as he took 'them' out with little effort. The group was just speechless.
Ross finished killing the last of 'them' as he started to stretch "Ahh! Well Ross, Looks like you saved the d-" he was cut off as he felt something hit him in the back of the head.
Ross quickly turned around as he held one of his lightning volts in his hand as he looked to see who had hit him.
"What the hell was that!?" Ross said, He looked a bit surprised to see that it was one of the group of students that he had saved.
"Get back!" one of the boys said as he held up his weapon, Ross then powered down as he walked forward with his hands up. The boy didn't lower his weapon.
"I said get back!".
Ross smiled at him.
"Relax, I'm not an enemy".
"H-How do we know that!?"
"Look if I wasn't one of the good guys, then I would have killed you without a second thought". The boy was about to say something else until somebody in Takuzo's group spoke up.
"Ross Hikatori?" a girl with red hair said.
Ross lowered his hands and placed them in his pocket "That's me alright" he said with a grin, The girl then started to tear up as she then jumped on him with her arms open.
"Ross!" the girl cried as she held onto him.
Ross was taken back a bit until the other girl in Takuzo's group spoke "Kawamoto, You know this guy?" she asked. Kawamoto laid her head on Ross's chest as she looked at the other girl.
"Of course Naomi! Ross and I were in the same classroom. Don't you remember? I used to tell you about him when we were on track" Kawamoto said, That's when one of the boys then grabbed Kawamoto by the arm.
"Ouch! What are you doing!?" she said.
The boy then glared at Ross.
"Kawamato this guys a freak! Are you about to tell me that you can just welcome him with open arms and not ask the hell he just did a few minutes ago!?" he said, Kawamoto just looked at him "Don't you dare say anything like that to Ross! I don't care what he did just then. What matters is that he saved all of us from getting killed!" she said, before the boy could speak they all heard Takashi and his group arrive.
"Ross, Are you ok?" Takashi asked him.
"Yea, Minus the back of my head bleeding a bit" Ross said as he glared at the boy. Saeko was quick to react.
"Wait! You were bit in the back of the head?" she said worriedly, Ross shook his head.
"No, this motherfucker right over here wants me dead!" Ross said as he looked at the other boy.
Takashi's group looked over at the boy "Is this true?" Takashi asked him, The boy didn't take his eyes off Ross.
"Yea it's true! This guy is a freak! He just came out of nowhere and started blasting these things with some energy from his bare hand!" he said, Kawamoto only tightened her hold on Ross "He's not a freak!" she said as she laid her head on him again earning her strong glares from the girls in Takashi's group.
Takashi just shook his head "Look will explain all of this latter, Were any of you bitten?" he asked.
Naomi waved her hands "What? No, None of us were bitten!" she said, Rei looked at them "They look fine" she said.
Takashi nodded at her before turning to them "We're going to escape from the school. Do you want to come along?" he asked.
"Y-yea" Takuzo said "Will get out of here faster if we work as a team". As everyone got ready to move, The boy from Takuzo's group ran in front of everyone as he aimed his weapon at Ross.
"I'm not going with him!" he said.
Takuzo walked forward.
"Hey! Let it go! There's no need to start fighting!" he said.
The boy however didn't falter.
"And why not? For all we know, He could have been the cause of this! He could have started this whole thing right from under our noses!". Takuzo tensed up at the thought as he glanced at Ross.
Ross then balled up his fists letting his lightning surge "I didn't cause any of this, I was heading on my way to class when all this shit happened" he said.
Rei then walker over to him as she held his hand tightly calming him down.
"Ross is right! He wouldn't do any of this! He's a sweet, Kind, And loving person. He would put his life on the line to protect the people close to him" she said. Ross smiled a bit happy to know that there were some people that were on his side.
The boy just aimed his weapon closer at Ross.
"And how do we know that what you just said is not just a facade to make you all believe that he was just pretending to be all of that? What if-" Takashi then pushed the boy.
"Look we don't have time for these games! Were wasting time with this!" he said as he signaled everyone to follow him. The boy just stood there as everyone left him.
'I'll get you for this" he thought as he ran after them to catch up.
-the front entrance-
Takashi glanced at 'them' from a locker. He saw what looked like about 8 or maybe 12 of 'them', He then looked at the group.
"We have to be careful" he said.
"They can't see, So we don't have to hide or anything" Saya said.
Takashi nodded at her.
"Okay, Show us Takagi" he said.
Saya just gasped.
"W-what? But I can't-" Rei then stopped her.
"Even if Takagi is correct, With this many people, We can't very well proceed quietly" she said. Saeko sighed "Even if we were to go back to the school building, There's no telling how many might move" she said. "The front entrance is our only way".
Saeko then looked at Takashi "What we need...is someone to confirm whether they really can't see", Everyone was afraid of that.
"Alright, I'll go" Takashi said.
Rei and Saeko looked at him.
"No Takashi I'll-" Rei said but Saeko spoke up "I'll go ahead of you".
"No, You should save your strength Busujima".
Rei looked at her best friend "Takashi...why?" she asked.
Takashi shrugged "I don't know. I thought you were tired of everything" he said, Rei then held him "I don't want you to go out there". Takuzo walked over to Takashi "I'll do it" he said, That's when Naomi grabbed him.
"Don't do it Takuzo! I love you! I couldn't live in this world without you" she said, Takuzo held Naomi close to him "Don't worry, I got this" he said with a smile.
That's when everyone then heard footsteps.
They all then saw Ross walking forward to the horde of the undead.
"Well, looks like someone is gonna die for us" the boy in Takuzo's group said.
Rei then quickly ran over to grab Ross but was quickly subdued by Saeko.
"Ross!" Rei said as she started to cry.
Ross stopped half way as he turned to her and smiled as he kept going.
Rei squirmed as she tried to break free from Saeko's grip "Ro-" her mouth was quickly covered by Saeko.
"Shh, Keep it down. You don't want to draw attention to yourself" she whispered, Rei just had her eyes on Ross as she kept squirming harder and harder.
Ross walked around past some of the undead as quietly as he could. He made sure to turn off his powers before willing volunteering.
Ross stood in front of 'them' as he stood still. One of 'them' then walked right past him.
'Good, Saya was right. They can't see' he thought, He then picked up a shoe that was next to him as he slowly picked it up. He then threw it at one of the lockers.
As the shoe hit the locker, All of 'them' then walked over to it. Ross then walked over to the front doors and opened them slowly as not to draw any attention.
He then looked over at the group and motioned his head for them to come. Everyone ran to the door quietly, But not before one of the boys from Takuzo's group let his weapon hit the side of the wall making a large echo for all of the undead to hear.
'Well...shit" Ross and Takashi thought.
"Run!" Takashi yelled.
They all then ran out of the school as they headed over to the minibus. Ross was already ahead of them as he used his lightning dash and his katana to slice and cut down 'them'.
"Why did you have to yell!?" Saya said.
"Just shut up and run!" Takashi said as he took down one of 'them', They kept fighting as they were in reaching distance of the bus.
"We're almost there" Takashi said.
Takuzo was having a bit of trouble with some of them.
"I could use so-" that's when one of 'them' grabbed the towel around his neck as they held him down.
"Gah! Ah! Ah!"
"Takuzo!" Naomi cried.
Saya grabbed her arm "Don't go! If your bitten then it's all over!" she said, Naomi looked at her as she then ran after Takuzo.
"Wait!" Saya yelled.
It was too late as Naomi ran back to him.
"Why? What is she doing? She heard me, Why is she going back? I don't understand this" Saya said.
"I think I do" Shizuka said getting her attention "If the rest of the worlds like this...then maybe were better off dead with the ones we love". Saya just looked at her as she then looked over her left side to see Ross fighting 'them' off alone. In a way Shizuka had a point, If the world was going end like this, then she would rather die with the person that she loves more than anything.
Saya quickly shook off her thoughts "You call yourself a nurse!?" she said.
"Look out!" Kohta said as he fired at some of 'them'.
Saya glared at him "You stupid tub of lard! What makes you think you can interrupt me when I'm talking?" she said.
Kohta just kept shooting at more of them.
"Well if you want, I'd be more than happy to hear what you have to say once this is over" he said, Saeko then ran past them "You two must be close, I'm envious. Maybe I should ask Ross that some time" she said getting a glare from Saya.
"Don't even think about it! Ask if he would have time for you!".
"Hey! Quit your bitching and get on the bus!" Takashi yelled, Everyone nodded as they all ran inside.
"I'll shoot from the window!" Kohta said.
"Right!" Takashi said.
That's when Takashi saw that Ross was far behind.
"Ross! Hurry quick!" Takashi yelled, Ross was having a bit of trouble as he was starting to feel weak from using his red lighting dash.
"dammit...I won't have enough to get to the bus" he said as he slashed another zombie with his sword, He then felt one of his knees give way as he felt to the ground.
'oh crap! Not good!" he thought.
Takashi started to panic.
"Ross!".
Everyone from the bus saw Ross one the ground as more of 'them' started to huddle over to him. Rei quickly ran off the bus as Saeko followed her.
"Ross! No!" Rei cried as she ran after him. That's when Takashi grabbed her "Don't do it Rei! You won't make it back!" he said as he pulled her back to the bus.
"I don't care! I want save Ross! Let me go! Let me go!" she cried "Ross!", Ross heard her cries as he then saw Saeko fight her way to him only for her to be overwhelmed.
"Saeko!" Ross yelled as he then forced himself to his feet. His lightning then surged to black. He started to get dizzy.
'I...won't...fail again!' he thought as he charged up his feet again "Lightning dash!" he said. Ross's speed was then amplified to that of Mach 1, He blasted through 'them' as he grabbed Saeko as well as Takashi and Rei and ran inside the bus.
Ross placed everyone down as he then passed out on the buss floor.
"Ross!" Saeko and Rei said as they helped him to his feet.
Takashi turned to Shizuka "That's everyone miss Shizuka!" he said.
Shizuka was trying to work out the controls for the bus.
"Ahh, This isn't my car. Umm, ahh". Takashi then ran to the door "Hurry! I can't keep them back".
"Stop!".
Takashi was about to close the door until he saw another group and a teacher with them.
"Who's that?" Takashi said.
"That's Shido, The teacher for third year class a" Saeko said with spite in her voice as she was caring for Ross.
"Shido..." Rei said.
"We're ready to go!" Shizuka said.
"Let's wait a minute!" Takashi said.
"They're starting to crowd in front of us if we wait any longer!" Shizuka said back.
"Can't we run them over?" he asked.
"Do you want us to flip the bus over?" Saya said.
Takashi then looked at Ross who was breathing slowly as Saeko was caring for him, He then ran out of the bus to get to the other group. Rei grabbed him.
"No! Leave him!" she said.
Takashi turned to her.
"What the hell are you saying Rei?!" he said.
"We shouldn't save him, That kind of person is better off dead!" she said.
"She...has a point...".
Rei and Takashi then turned there heads.
"Ross?" Rei said.
"I...meet him before I found you guys...I agree with Rei on this Takashi,...I don't trust...him" Ross said as he was breathing, Saeko placed her hands on his cheeks.
"Shhh, You shouldn't talk. You used up a lot of your power, You need to rest" she said. Ross only poked her nose "Please...I'll be just fine" he said making Saeko blush.
Shido and his group were almost near the bus.
"Hurry everyone, They'll help us!" he said.
Everyone ran to the bus until a boy with glasses tripped. The boy then grabbed Shido's leg "Teacher! I twisted my ankle" he said. Shido just looked at the boy with a small dark smile. "Oh dear, Is that so?" he said.
'Well then, this is were we part ways' he thought.
Shido then stomped his foot into the boys face "Get your hands off me!" he said as he then walked away to the bus "The old world has ended, There is no need to keep weaklings like you alive!". As soon as he stepped foot on the bus, The doors closed behind him.
"Let's go!" Takashi said.
Shizuka nodded as she started up the bus.
"T-they're not human" she said "no anymore!" she then drove the bus running over 'them' as they drove off the school grounds.