Hiya guys for those of you who are interested in something new and different, prepare yourselves for more undead havoc, because here comes chapter 2!
Enjoy and please review! I would love to hear any thought you have on this! But please don't flame this for being different and new, just because I'm not a huge fan of any coupling for Komuro Takashi.
Disclaimer: No unfortunately I do not own H.O.T.D, because if I did I would definitely have Mayonaka in the anime and manga. (For those who do not know, Mayonaka is my character that I created from my mind. She's mine all mine!)
What's in store: What's going to happen when Mayonaka arrives back at the house? What is Rei going to do? And what is this new girl's secret? Read on to find out as well as much much more!
Komuro and Mayonaka fought the undead side by side. Together they made an un-defeat able combination.
Mayonaka used her strength and martial skills to destroy them on her side, whilst Komuro used his speed and fighting skill to defend her back. Together they were unstoppable.
Five minutes or so later the battle was over. "You're pretty good in combat, Mayonaka." Komuro said to her as he finished beating one of them.
"You're not so bad yourself." Came Mayonaka's reply as she stepped over the undead dead that lay at her feet.
"So, is there anywhere you need to go before we head to the house?" Komuro asked her politely as he turned to face her.
Mayonaka could say yes and delay visiting the house for a while, but what good would that do?
Mayonaka considered her options briefly, before settling with her original choice. If I'm going to give friendship a chance I might as well get this over with. Mayonaka looked up to meet his eyes and shook her head.
"Okay. Follow me the house is this way." He pointed in the general direction of the house with his blood soaked bat. Mayonaka followed where he was pointing and her gaze settled upon a huge house somewhere in the distance. Mayonaka nodded and Komuro led the way.
Fifteen minutes later Mayonaka and Komuro stood in front of the house where the gang was staying temporarily while they sorted themselves out and gathered together supplies.
Mayonaka was awoken from her thoughts by a figure moving in front of her. She looked up to see Komuro looking down into her eyes. "Are you sure you're ready for this Mayonaka? I understand how you feel and I would understand if you're not ready. We could go somewhere else-"
Mayonaka cut him off with a shake of her head. Her long silver hair whipped from side to side. "No. I've made my decision. What you said was true our chances of survival are a lot higher if we stick together."
Komuro nodded his head in complete understanding for Mayonaka's situation. He reached out and opened the door and went inside. He was closely followed by a rather shy Mayonaka.
Once inside Rei automatically threw herself upon him. "Komuro! I was so worried about you! What took you so long?" It was only then that Rei took in the shy new girl standing behind Komuro. Rei automatically got very defensive. "Who are and what are you doing here?" She shouted at Mayonaka from over Komuro's shoulder.
Komuro pulled Rei off of him and turned to address the small cluster of Highschool students that stood in the room all of whom who were staring at Mayonaka.
"This is Mayonaka. I met her while I was out gathering supplies, she will be joining us and lending her support in the battle against them. When I met Mayonaka she was fighting them and she has been training in the art of martial arts since she was very young. Therefore, as leader, I have decided that she will be a great help to us and she will be joining us." Komuro finished his speech and looked at every one in turn waiting to see if anyone had any objections.
Saeko Busujima stepped forward and walked up to Mayonaka. Holding out her hand she said "Hello. My name is Saeko Busujima it is a pleasure to meet you."
Mayonaka shyly returned the handshake still slightly nervous. "Hi, it's nice to meet you to Busujima my name's Mayonaka."
Saeko smiled politely. "Please call me Saeko. Any friend of Komuro's is a friend of mine."
"T-thank you Saeko." Mayonaka stuttered out her reply.
Saya Takagi pushed her glasses up even further. "Well I'm the genius around here, but even though I hate to admit it what Komuro says is true. We need all the help we can get. I'm Takagi. Saya Takagi.
Kohta Hirano smiled nervously and placed his hand on his neck. "H-hi Mayonaka my n-names Kohta Hirano. It's an honour to meet you." His stuttering made a low hiss escape through Saya's teeth. She was disgusted by how open he was being to this stranger, but she bit her tongue and kept quiet.
"Hi Mayonaka my name is Shizuka Marikawa. It's nice to meet you. Will you be joining our sleepover?" Shizuka as usual, was still completely unaware of the amount of danger they were all in. Everyone turned around to stare at her and Mayonaka let out a small giggle. She was starting to feel better and was beginning to open up, but this feeling was short lived.
"Okay let's get things straight between us Mayonaka." Rei Miyamoto said her name with obvious disgust not bothering to hide her feelings. "I don't trust you and I will be keeping a close eye on you and stay away from Komuro." Rei spat out her demands sharply towards Mayonaka.
Mayonaka would have argued back but she didn't want to go making anymore enemies than she already had, so she kept silent. Hoping that that was the best option.
Komuro sighed and stepped backwards out of Rei's grasp, defending Mayonaka. "Look Rei I know you don't trust her, but that doesn't matter I trust her and so she is staying with us. End of discussion."
"B-but-" Rei began but was cut off as Komuro held up his hands signalling her to be quiet.
"Enough. Leave her alone she's new here so just give her a chance." And with that Komuro walked out of the room. Leaving Mayonaka alone with a bunch of people that she knew nothing about.
"Why?" Rei asked the empty air before running out of the room looking like she was about to burst into tears.
Saeko who was still stood next to Mayonaka, watched her leave. She let out a long tired sigh and turned to face Mayonaka. "So, have you been training in the art of Martial arts for long? I've been training my kendo skills since I was very young." Saeko spoke politely trying to start a conversation with this new girl and find out more about her.
"Yeah I've been training since I was four. Isn't Kendo supposed to be really hard to master though?" Mayonaka asked with curiosity.
Saeko nodded letting her long purple hair flow forward. "Yes it is. Maybe we could train together some day?"
"Yes I would like that." Mayonaka smiled sweetly, before collapsing and falling quickly towards the hard floor.
Saeko reacted quickly and was able to catch her before she hit the floor. "Sensei!" She shouted over to the group's doctor. Shizuka came running over straight away. As her medical side kicked in she began giving out orders.
"Hirano get me my medical kit and a blanket! Takagi, get me a cold wet flannel, a bowl of cold water and a glass of water!"
"Yes Sensei!" The two students replied before running to complete their errands. Shizuka with help from Saeko, carried the unconscious Mayonaka over to the couch and carefully set her down. Shizuka gave Mayonaka a thorough search to try to determine the reason for her collapsing.
"Well? Do you know what is wrong with her Sensei?" Saeko asked after Shizuka had finished her inspection.
"She has a very high temperature that is getting worse as we speak. I don't know why she collapsed, but what I do know is that if we don't cool her down soon she could be in very serious trouble." Shizuka said with grave seriousness her carefree attitude nowhere to be seen.
"Hirano!" Saya barked out.
"Y-yes Takagi-san?" Hirano answered.
"We need to cool Mayonaka down so you need to leave!" Saya barked out again. Hirano nodded and left the room. Leaving Saeko, Saya and Shizuka alone to care for Mayonaka.
Shizuka unbuttoned Mayonaka's school shirt and pressed the cold flannel to her bare burning hot skin. After she had finished she covered her body with the blanket and placed the flannel on her forehead.
Half an hour later Mayonaka awoke still slightly dazed. "Ugh… What happened?"
"You collapsed with a very high temperature so we laid you down on the couch." Mayonaka looked around and located the sound of the voice. Shizuka looked down at her with a smile on her face, but her eyes were filled with concern.
Mayonaka tried to sit up, but Saya placed her hand across her chest stopping her. Saya gently shook her head gently. "I wouldn't do that right now if I were you. Shizuka had to unbutton your shirt to cool you down."
Mayonaka nodded and laid back down again. A light crimson blush lit up her cheeks which she tried to hide, but to no avail. "Mayonaka, how do you feel?" She looked around for the source of the voice once again and her eyes fell upon Komuro's genuinely worried face.
"Hmm… I feel fine now actually." Mayonaka said after a brief moment of thought.
"Are you sure?" He asked wanting to double check. Mayonaka nodded her head in reply.
"Mayonaka, do you have any idea why you collapsed?" Shizuka asked as she checked her temperature again.
Mayonaka hesitated slightly before replying. "No. I don't know why I'm afraid, sorry." No one seemed to pick up on her hesitation, no one apart from Komuro. He knew then that she knew more apart what had happened to her than she was letting on and he planned to find out.
Mayonaka reached down under the blanket and buttoned up her shirt again, before stretching. She tried to sit up, but Shizuka placed a hand against her chest. "I don't think that's a good idea Mayonaka. You just collapsed you need to rest."
"No don't worry about me! Seriously I'm fine I just need some fresh air." Mayonaka smiled up at everyone that was crowded around her. Genuinely happy to finally feel accepted again. She got up onto her feet and left the room.
"Hmm… I know she said that she felt better, but she could have at least taken this blanket with her. Its cold outside tonight." Shizuka held up the warm fluffily blue blanket.
Komuro took the blanket from her. "Its okay I'll give it to her and I'll make sure she doesn't stay outside for too long." He smiled at the small group and went after Mayonaka.
After five minutes of searching he finally found her upstairs stood outside on the balcony looking up at the moon. Her hair swayed backwards and forwards in the wind lighting up like thousands of pure crystals whenever the moon shone over it.
"So, you like to stand on balcony's when you need to think to." Komuro said as he came up behind her he and made his presence known, but it seemed that he didn't need to because she didn't react. It was like she knew he was coming.
Komuro walked up and stood by her side. Once he was close enough he draped the blanket across her shoulders. Mayonaka didn't protest against the blanket even though she didn't need it, she didn't want the others to worry about her.
"Yes I like to be out in the open when I need to think. It helps if I am closer to the night sky. Hmm… What happened to that girl?" Mayonaka asked boldly wondering why Rei felt the way she did about Mayonaka.
"What girl?" Komuro replied not wanting to talk about her.
"The girl who stormed off after you when you left. What is up with her? Why does she hate me so much? What have I done?" Mayonaka released a string of questions into the open, curiosity getting the better of her.
Komuro didn't meet her gaze when he responded. "Don't worry about her. I'm sure she's fine she's just a bit wary of you because you're new. I'm sure that given time she will eventually open up to you. Anyway…" Komuro looks up now and meets her gaze.
"What happened to you earlier? I know that you know more about it than you are letting on. Tell me the truth." Komuro locked his gaze with hers making it impossible to escape the pressing question.
"Hmm… There's no easy way of explaining it really. I suppose the easiest way around it is… Well, to just come out with it. I'm afraid to tell you this, but you need to know the truth. I'm not human."
Well there you go. That's the end of chapter 2, hope you guys enjoyed it. ^^ Please, as always, review and comment. All reviews are welcome. Plus, if you review this story, maybe just maybe, you will increase my typing speed. ^^ *Hint Hint*
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