Chapter 14 risking your life
Author's note: I am truly sorry for how this turned out. I didn't mean to put myself in the hole that I'm in now, But I guess there's no use whining about it. And what I mean by that is Ross's love interest. Also, A big shout out to The Cypher 808 for sending your oc.
So, On with the show!
Also I might do a spin-off with this story once I finish it.
Enjoy and review!
"Wait, What do you mean pick you?" he said. Rei sighed a bit as she then thought of what to say.
"Ross, I...I need to tell you something" she said.
Ross just looked at her as she continued.
"I'm...I'm not the only one that likes you" Rei said "Saeko, Miss Shizuka, Yuuki, And even Saya. They all like you, And you mean the world to them just as you mean the world to me". Hearing this caught Ross completely off guard, Not only did he have a special place in Rei's heart, But he held a special place in the other girls as well.
"We had a fight about who should get to be with you. That is until Saeko broke it up, We then talked about how we all really felt about you. But..." Rei looked away from him "But every time we tried to come up with a solution. A new problem came, So we kept thinking until we came to a final decision".
"What was the decision?" Ross asked.
Rei looked into his eyes as she licked him on the lips.
"The final decision was...was that we would all share you" she said "We didn't want to go with that, But we knew how much you cared about us. And that you didn't want to see us hurt. We also thought of a plan of what would happen if you should pick one of us. It worked for a bit, But then quickly fell apart".
"So you all figured that if you all shared me, Then none of you would be heartbroken" Ross said.
Rei nodded as she started to tear up as she buried her face in his chest.
"I'm so sorry Ross! We really didn't want to come to that, We really didn't. We knew that you would have a stressful time trying to chose one of us and try to make the rest of us happy. I know that you now won't forgive us for this! We acted selfishly, Not only that we didn't ask you how you felt about all of this. That's why..." she then looked up at Ross's face "That's why I'll always love you no matter what!" she said.
Ross just looked at her with a blank expression on his face. He then felt Rei start to get off of him.
"I'll leave you alone, I know that you want some time to yourself" she said as she got out of the bathtub. Just then she felt Ross's hands around her body as he held her close to him.
Rei turned to him.
"Ross?" she said.
Ross then pulled her back into the bathtub.
"Where do you think your going young lady?" he said.
Before Rei could speak she then felt Ross's lips pressed onto her lips. She was shocked that he was kissing her, But she quickly wrapped her arms around his neck as she returned the kiss. The two of them kissed for about a few minutes until they broke away.
"I'll accept" he said.
Rei looked at him confused.
"Hm?".
"I'll accept the responsibility of taking care of each and every one of you Rei. True this will be very stressful for me to do. But I'll give it a shot, After all your right. The last thing that I want is to see is someone with a broken heart" he said "Although I will ask one thing in return".
Rei just stared at him "What is it?" she asked.
Ross kissed her nose.
"No fighting over me. After all I'm only one person. But I will try to make time for all of you".
Rei couldn't believe it, She couldn't believe that despite what she had just told him, He would still be there for them. Let alone accept the responsibility to share himself with the girls.
Rei quickly kissed him on the lips as she let her tongue swirl around inside his mouth as she stopped and looked into Ross's eyes.
"I'll try, But don't expect any promises" she said.
Ross sighed.
"Fine" he said.
Rei smiled as she placed her head on his chest.
"I love you Ross" she said.
Ross placed his hand on her head as he kissed her cheek.
"I love you too Rei" he said.
Rei then leaned up to Ross's face as she then sucked on his bottom lip. Ross then moved his hands onto her shoulders as he gently slid his fingers down her back.
Rei shivered as she felt his hands glide down her back and all the way to her hips.
"Mmmm, Ross" Rei moaned.
She then claimed his lips as she kissed him deeply, Ross returned the kiss as he then allowed his hands to grab her ass. He then gave her ass cheeks a light squeeze getting a squeak out of her.
Rei looked at Ross with lust in her eyes.
"Ohh, Getting a bit frisky are we?" she said playfully.
Ross smirked at her as he then leaned his head to her breasts as he took one of her nipples into his mouth as he fondled the other one.
Rei felt like she was on cloud 9 as she held his head close to her chest.
"Oh yes Ross! Keep going!" she yelled.
As if on cue, Ross started to increase his tempo more.
"Yes! Yes! I love it!" she said as she kissed his forehead.
But before the two of them could go any further, They then heard something outside. Ross stopped as he kept holding Rei close to his body.
"Is that barking?" Ross said.
"Sounds more like a gun than a dog" Rei said.
That's when Ross started to panic a bit.
'Then they're close!' he thought as he looked back at Rei.
"Looks like will have to finish where we left off some other time" he said as he kissed her on the lips as he quickly got out of the tub and grabbed a towel as he ran upstairs.
-upstairs-
Ross quickly got upstairs to see Kohta, Takashi, And Saeko on the balcony.
"What happened? I heard gun shots" Ross said as he walked over to them.
Kohta turned to face him.
"It's bad" he said.
"How bad?".
Saeko then handed Ross the binoculars.
"See for yourself" she said.
Ross took the binoculars and looked though them. He gritted his teeth as he saw the waves of undead all over the streets as they were looking for new victims. Takashi then started to walk back inside.
"Dammit! This is just too cruel..." he said. But before he could go inside Kohta stopped him.
"Komuro".
Takashi looked at him.
"What?".
"What are you going to do?".
"Isn't it obvious! I'm going to shoot 'them' down".
Ross then glanced at him.
"No, You won't".
Everyone then turned to Ross who was looking though the binoculars.
"Saeko, Turn down the lights" he said.
"Right" Saeko said as she dimmed down the lights. Ross then looked over at Takashi.
"Did you forget that 'they' react to sound Takashi" he said.
Takashi then tightened his fist until Saeko added into the conversation.
"Also, Survivors will come flocking here when they see the lights and our figures. However, Even if we use everything we have, We won't have the power to keep that many people alive!" she said.
Ross nodded at her "Saeko's right, They have to survive on there own. That's exactly what we're doing" he said. Ross then looked away "Even with my powers, I still can't save everyone in the world Takashi. Sometimes you have to let things go, We can't rescue every single person that we find".
Saeko added in.
"But you have to see for yourself. And you have understand that the world has become a place where those with noble causes alone won't survive". She said as she started to walk back inside.
Takashi just stared at Saeko.
"I got the impression that you thought differently Busujima" he said.
Saeko stopped as she turned to him.
"Don't get the wrong idea Komuro. I'm just stating the facts. You don't have to like it or anything. Oh, if you're going to look outside, Make sure to do it discreetly" she said as she headed inside.
The boys just looked at each other as they then went back to looking over the balcony.
"It's hell" Takashi said.
"Tell me about it. I mean just-Hm?".
"What's wrong Ross?".
Ross didn't say anything as he was watching two people from his binoculars.
-meanwhile-
"Daddy, Where's mommy?" a little girl asked her father.
The girls father turned to his little girl.
"We're going to meet up with mom later. C'mon, Over here" he said as he brought his daughter to the door. Ross kept watching them.
'Whew, Glad they made it' he thought.
The man knocked on the door.
"Please let us in! I can't run away and leave my daughter behind!" he said.
"Go away! Find some other place to stay!" a voice said on the other side.
"I'm begging you! You don't have to look after us! Just let us in, For my daughter!" the man said.
Ross was tightening his grip on the binoculars as he saw the event unfold.
'Come on you jerks, Just let them in' Ross thought.
That's when then the man started to lose his temper.
"Daddy?" he hear his daughter cry.
The man then brought his weapon up and started to slam it on the door.
"Open the damn door! If you don't open the door l'll break it down!" he yelled.
Ross's grip on the binoculars tightened.
'Are these people really going to let this man and his little girl die? If they don't let help them in the next 12 seconds. Then I'll rescue them myself' Ross thought.
Just then the man heard a voice on the other side of the door.
"W-wait! I'm opening the door now".
The person on the other side of the door then started to undo all the locks as the door opened a bit.
"Thank you so much" the man said "I really am sorry for acting like that. It's just that, My daughter and I have been on the mo-Ahh..." the man looked down to see a knife stabbed into his chest as he leaned back to the ground holding his wound.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" the person said before shutting the door and locking it. Ross was shocked, He couldn't believe what had just happened. He gritted his teeth as his hands started to shake in fury.
'you selfish bastereds!' he thought.
Meanwhile the girl was holding her fathers hand.
"Daddy! Daddy!" the girl cried.
The girls father gently patted his daughter on the head as he smiled at her.
"Daddy's going to just fine...Don't let anyone find. Just make sure to...Find someone who can take care of you...Find someplace safe...You can hide...".
He then stopped breathing.
The girl held onto her father's hand as tight as she could.
"Oh no. Noo. I won't leave you! I'm with you, Daddy!" she cried as she held her father. However her cries also started to attract the living dead to her position. Ross was beyond pissed, He was beyond angry.
He was enraged.
He then gave the binoculars to Kohta as he stormed back inside.
"I'll be right back!" he said as he threw the towel off his body as he then walked into the other room to grab some clothes. Takashi and Kohta looked at each other until Takashi ran inside.
"Ross, What's wrong? What did you see?" he asked.
Ross then came out wearing only dark green cargo pants and some combat boots, Takashi looked then glanced at his face and was in total fear at his friends enraged glare.
Ross walked past him and over to the balcony. He then placed one of his foot on the edge.
"Kohta" Ross said "Did you take a look at what I saw?".
Kohta nodded.
"I did, What should we do?"
Ross's eyes then started to show there bright yellow iris.
"KILL THE BASTEREDS AND GIVE ME AS MUCH SUPPORT AS YOU CAN! I'M GONNA SAVE THAT GIRL!" he roared as he then jumped from the balcony.
Kohta grinned.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" he said as he shot down some of 'them'.
"I didn't even need any practice shots. I was able to get a head shot with a complete strangers gun. I guess I am gifted, After all. Well, It wasn't even 100 meters away" he said as he then looked through the scope "oh? What have we here?" he then took another shot at 'them' as it was walking inside toward the girl.
-meanwhile downstairs-
Saya, Shizuka, And Yuuki were all still asleep in the other room. Saeko and Rei however had heard the shots being fired from upstairs.
'What's going on?' Rei thought.
"I guess they decided to take action" Saeko said to herself.
Just then.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" an all to familiar voice said outside.
This got Rei and Saeko's full attention.
"Ross!" they both said as they ran upstairs.
Takashi ran over to Kohta.
"I thought we weren't going to shoot? We're risking our lives for a total stranger?" he said.
Kohta yelled.
"I'T'S. A. LITTLE. GIRL." he said as he looked over at Takashi "Ross jumped from the balcony to go after her. If you're going to help Him out, Then I'll cover you as well" he said.
Takashi nodded at him as he ran downstairs.
Takashi ran down the steps as he grabbed his school jacket off the railing. As he ran down the steps he ran into Rei and Saeko.
"Takashi? What's wrong? I thought I heard Ross" she said.
"You did, Ross jumped from the balcony. And Kohta is supporting him. They're helping a little girl, And I'm going to help Ross" he said.
Rei panicked.
"He what! Then I'm going with you!" she said.
Takashi shook his head at her.
"No, You guard the entrance. I'm going to get to the other side of the street on the bike".
"But..." Rei pleaded.
"Looks like Ross has made a decision" Saeko said.
Takashi turned to Saeko and nodded.
"Yeah he has, Can't say I blame him though. I would have done the same thing" he said as ran past her, Saeko smiled as she closed her eyes.
"I knew that already. Of course" she said as she turned to him "We'll take care of things here. Don't worry. Now go already!".
Takashi nodded.
"You got it". Takashi then turned off some of the lights downstairs.
"Takashi" Rei said.
"Hm?".
Rei then handed him the handgun that they had found.
"At least take this with you" she said.
Takashi nodded as he took the handgun.
"Thanks Rei" he said.
However outside.
"DIEEEE!".
The three of them turned to the front door.
"You better hurry" Saeko said.
The three of them then ran outside as Takashi ran over to the bike.
"Just be careful" Rei said.
"I will, Don't worry" Takashi said as he started up the bike. Rei and Saeko then opened up the gates as Takashi drove out into the horde of 'them'.
The girls quickly closed the gate.
"What the heck was that noise?" Saya said as she ran downstairs.
Rei turned to her with a smile.
"Something good" she said.
Saya just looked puzzled.
"What?".
Rei walked back inside the house.
"We still understand what it is to be human".
-on the streets-
Ross was going insane with his lightning powers as he killed 'them' one by one with little trouble.
"You think you can take this child's life away! Then your sadly mistaken! I'm gonna destroy all of you. I'll make sure that all of your deaths will be as painful as possible!" he said as he kept destroying any undead that came in his path. Thanks to Ross's lightning dash, He didn't have to take a long time on foot.
He took down the last few that were in the way as he made his way to the front gate.
"There it is" he said as he jumped on one of the cars. He then focused some of his lightning on his right foot.
"Charge kick!" he yelled.
He then used a bit of his lightning dash to launch his body over the fence as his foot smashed into 'them'.
Ross looked over and saw the little girl cowering at the front door as a little puppy was barking at 'them' trying to defend her.
'Brave little pup' Ross thought as he then charged his right hand and placed his left hand into his palm. He then changed his lightning to red as he formed a katana.
Ross then did a horizontal slash, Cutting two of 'them' like butter.
"Lightning blade" he said in a whisper.
-meanwhile-
Kohta was starting to have trouble trying to get the rest of 'them'.
"Damn, I can't hit them!" he said.
Downstairs, Saya was waking everyone up.
"Miss Marikawa! It's time to get up! Shizuka!".
Shizuka woke up still a little tired.
"Hweh? Is it breakfast time already?" she said.
Saya then grabbed her by the cheeks and started pulling them.
"THIS IS SERIOUS!" she yelled.
"Ah! I'm awake! I'm awake!" she cried.
The two of them then walked upstairs over to Kohta.
Kohta quickly turned around to see them.
"Takagi?" he said
"Hirano!" Saya said.
Kohta then had a nosebleed.
"Sh-Shi-zuka?" he stuttered.
"Keep working. Only say something if it's absolutely necessary!" Saya said.
"Hm? What's all yelling?" Yuuki said as she rubbed her eyes.
Everyone looked at her.
"We're getting ready to leave! There's no way we can stay here with how much noise we've been making! Bring what you can carry" Saya said.
Yuuki looked at her and nodded.
"O-ok, I'll go get my things. Then I'll get Ross" she said.
Kohta stopped her.
"Ross isn't here".
This got Saya's attention.
"Eh? What do you mean he isn't here?!" she said.
Kohta pointed his thumb at the balcony.
"He jumped from the balcony to go after a little girl".
Saya started to freak.
"He did what!? What the hell is thinking!" she said.
Shizuka and Yuuki however.
"My sweetheart's in danger!" Yuuki said as she rant the balcony.
"Ross!" Shizuka said as she followed her.
The two of them saw the mass of bodies that were piled on the streets.
"Wow, I'm impressed" Shizuka said.
"He took down this many in one go?" Yuuki said.
Saya then grabbed the two by the ears.
"We can praise his work latter! Let's just focus on getting out of here!" she said.
-meanwhile-
One of 'them' was advancing toward the child.
"Stop it...leave me alone...I've never done anything wrong..." she cried.
As soon as one of 'them' moved closer to her it was then killed by a slash of pure lightning.
"huh?".
The little girl then looked up to see Ross holding the undead monster by the arm as he held his lightning blade in his left hand.
"You're gonna be alright, Trust me" Ross said as he threw the undead at the wall.
The girl just kept staring at him as she looked at the lightning shaped katana in his hand.
"Are you a guardian angel?" she asked him.
Ross smiled at the child.
"Hehe, I guess you could say that" he said, As he threw the undead zombie at the wall. Just then, One of 'them' came from behind him.
"Angel, Behind you!" the child shouted.
Ross turned around as he stabbed the undead with his lightning blade and slashed it to shreds.
"Thanks. You saved me" he said.
The little girl smiled as she reached for him, Ross gently leaned to her and picked her up into his arms. He then felt something tug at his leg.
"Hm?.
He looked to see the little puppy pulling on his pants.
"Don't worry, I didn't forget about you" he said as he picked up the dog and put him on his shoulder. He then moved one of his hands from the girl.
"Just hang on tight ok" Ross said.
The little girl nodded as she wrapper her arms around his neck. The puppy sunk his claws onto Ross's skin.
"jeez! When was the last time someone clipped your nails bro!?" He said as he glanced at the puppy who just barked in his ear loudly.
'great, I get claw marks. And ear rape. Oh goodie' he thought.
He then heard the door open up.
"Let go of that child you monster!" one person said as they held up a knife. Ross glared at the person as he then grabbed the knife by the blade and squeezed. Causing blood to slide down his arm.
"You're calling me a monster? I think you have me confused on who the REAL monster is here" he said darkly.
The person just glared at him.
"How dare you! I saw what you did from the window! I saw how you created pure lightning! No normal human could do that!".
"So you just watched. And you didn't even try to save this child? How very cruel of you. Not only that, But you killed this innocent girl's father. So you have no right to call me a monster when I'm risking my own life to save someone in need!".
Ross gripped the blade harder.
"I'll kill you and every single person inside...And I won't even think twice about it. After what you did to this child's father, I think it's only fair to do the same. So, What body part should I take from you? Hmmm, I know. How about I take away your eyes".
The person was terrified by the boys threat as they started to sweat.
"Y-your crazy! You would kill all of us just for taking one life".
Ross leaned to the persons face showing his bright yellow eyes as they were shadowed by his hair.
He then started to smile darkly.
"Of course, After all. It's only fair" he said.
The person then backed away from him as Ross let go of the knife's blade. They then slammed the door shut and locked it.
The little girl smiled at Ross.
"Thank you" she said.
Ross smiled back at her.
"Anytime" he said.
Ross then turned around and saw a huge mass of 'them' in front of the gate.
"Oh boy" Ross said.
-at the house-
The everyone walked back and forth getting the supplies that they needed before they left. Saya had two bags of things as she walked downstairs.
She spotted Saeko who was watching over the fence.
"How's it look so far?" she said.
Saeko shook her head.
"Not good. 'they' are surrounding Ross" she said.
Saya gulped a bit as she looked at Rei who was watching over the fence as well.
"Miyamoto, I'll trust you to help Busujima" she said as she walked over to Shizuka.
"Shizuka, You've done enough. Just try to put some clothes on for now" she said.
Shizuka nodded.
"Ah! No wonder it's so cold" she said.
Saya faceplamed.
"Okay, Get the car ready!" Yuuki said as she ran to the humvee, She then stopped and looked over the fence to see 'them' surrounding Ross.
"Ross..." Yuuki whimpered.
Saya sighed.
"What should we do? He won't be able to get back here with all of that" she said.
"Yeah..." Rei said.
"Why don't just go pick him up?" Shizuka suggested .
The others just looked at her.
"Um, Uh, Did I say something stupid? I only brought it up because I have the keys" she said franticly.
Saeko, Rei, And Yuuki smiled.
"That's a good idea" Yuuki said.
Saya then placed her hands on her hips.
"Aright, We'll do just that. Here's the plan! After we rescue Hikatori and Komuro, We'll escape to the other side of the river! Now then, Get ready!" she said.
-back at the house-
Ross was glancing at the horde as he kept thinking of a plan to get past them.
'Crap, I don't have any ideas on how to kill this many without risking her and the puppy. I can't really trust using my lightning blade, And lightning volt. And my wild raven form is out of the question because I'll past out and leave myself venerable' he thought.
Then then felt the child's hand pat his head.
"Angel...".
"Hm? What's wrong little one?".
She then looked over at her father.
"My daddy...He died" she said as she teared up.
Ross looked at the girl's father and closed his eyes. He then walked over to a clothes line and pulled off a white shirt.
"Angel?".
Ross placed the white shirt over the man's face. He then placed the girl down on the ground gently.
"He died protecting you. He was a great dad" he said.
The girl just looked at her deceased father as she started to tear up.
"*sniff* dad...dy...ah! Ahhh!".
Ross placed his hand on the child's head.
"It will be alright little one" he assured her.
The girl then held onto Ross's arm as she kept crying.
Ross felt heartbroken.
'Once again...I failed' he thought 'Instead of me watching, I should have done something! What kind of person am I? Maybe...maybe I am just a monster...' he thought.
Ross then glanced over at the gate.
"They're filling the street. This is bad" he said.
"Ross!".
Ross then looked up to see Takashi on the wall.
"Takashi? What are you doing up there?" he said.
"I couldn't reach you with the bike, So I had to abandon it. But I'm just glad to see that you're all safe" he said.
Ross smiled at him.
"Of course boss! I'm a Hikatori. We're too stubborn to die" he said.
Takashi sighed.
"Yeah yeah, Here hand the girl to me. I'll carry her over 'them'" he said. Ross nodded as he looked at the child.
"Ok little one, My friend here is gonna get you and our little four legged friend here to safety. You can trust him" Ross said. The little girl nodded as Ross leaned down and picked the child up and gave her to Takashi.
-at the house-
"We sure gathered a lot of stuff. I wonder if we'll be able to fit it all in" Rei said.
Shizuka pondered.
"And how will we be able to stuff it all in without 'them' noticing and coming over here?" she said.
"Do it like a thief in an R.P.G and use stealth" Saya said.
"Well then, Shall we?" Saeko said.
Everyone nodded as they all went over to the humvee and got inside. Kohta lifted up the manhole above the humvee as he looked at the horde.
"Just look at them" he said.
Yuuki looked out the side window.
"After we get the luggage in and rescue Ross, Takashi, And the girl. We'll make our great escape" she said.
"We should be able to get though that many with the humvee, But...Once we rescue them, How will they get into the tank?" Kohta said "More importantly, How will the three of them get out of there?".
He then looked at the walls on the other houses and figured it out.
"Of course" he said.
-meanwhile-
Takashi was Carrying the little girl on his back as Ross was holding the puppy as they carefully walked on top of the wall.
"don't look down, Don't look at the street. Just look at the wall you're walking on" Takashi and Ross said in unison. That's when the little girl looked at her guardian angel then at Takashi.
"Are you both scared?" she said.
Takashi turned to her.
"I'm not scared at all. Not one bit" he said.
This got Ross to cough.
"*cough* Bullshit *cough*" he said.
Takashi glared at Ross.
"Oh shut up! You're scared too" he said.
This got the girl to laugh.
-meanwhile at the house-
"Ok everyone! Let's move out" Saya said.
Everyone had gathered all of there things into the humvee as they all walked over to the humvee and got inside. Kohta carried the weapons as he walker to the humvee. The others just looked at him.
"What? This is just some minor stuff" he said.
Saya walked over to him.
"Hm? Um, What's wrong?".
"You seem to be enjoying yourself. Compared to what Komuro and Hikatori are going through that is" she said.
-at the other house-
"Say that again..." Takashi said.
"I have to pee" the girl said.
"Can't you hold it?".
"Umm, No".
Takashi sighed.
"Alright, Just go. Big brother will forgive you this time" he said. The girl nodded as she relieved herself.
Takashi groaned.
'This can't get any worse can it?' he thought.
They then heard a sound not to far from them.
"What the?" Takashi said, Ross glanced over his shoulder.
"Well I'll be!" he said.
The boys saw there friends driving over to them. Minus Saeko who was riding on the top of the humvee.
"Wow, There are so many" Shizuka said.
"That's why they can't get out of there" Rei said.
"FORWARD! CHARGE!" Saya shouted.
Shizuka drove the humvee right threw them as they fell over like bowling pins, She then turned the humvee to the side of the wall.
"They sure know how to make an entrance" Takashi said.
"Are they friends of yours, Big brothers?" the girl said.
"Yeah, They're very important friends" Takashi said as he and Ross walked over to the humvee.
"Ross! Takashi!" Rei said as she leaned out the window.
Kohta was giving them support as he aimed the shotgun at 'them' and blasted them to pieces.
"We still have to get to the other side of the river. You both coming?" Saeko said.
Ross and Takashi both grinned.
"Naturally!" they said as they jumped onto the humvee.