Hiya guys! Long time no see! I'm sorry for not being very active with my stories, but I've had a lot of exams and stuff to deal with. And unfortunately, that had to come before writing. But don't worry I'm back to write again now! It feels so good to be back where I belong. ^^ Anyway, enough of me rambling on about exams, lets get this story started!

Disclaimer: I do not own H.O.T.D, but I do own my awesome OC, Mayonaka. (Did you know that Mayonaka is Japanese for Midnight? Cool huh?)

Everyone in the room had gone into a temporal state of shock at what Mayonaka had just done. "Right. Do you believe me now?" Mayonaka said, whilst still holding the cabinet.

"No! That's impossible!" Saya Takagi screamed out breaking everyone from their state of shock.

"Well… To you this is impossible, but to me this is easy." Mayonaka said calmly.

"But it can't be… Based upon your body mass and the cabinet's mass that's impossible!" Saya screamed out again with her hands on her hips.

"Well…" Mayonaka began as she finally placed the cabinet down again. "Science isn't always correct."

Suddenly, there was an unexpected bang on the door followed by a series of louder bangs. Mayonaka quietly tiptoed over to the door and looked through the peephole - to come face to face with one of 'them.'

Startled, Mayonaka jumped backwards. "We haven't got much time. I can help you get out of here, but you need to listen. Got it?" Mayonaka stared at everyone in turn watching as they nodded.

"Good." Mayonaka said as she once again picked up the cabinet and used it to barricade the door.

Next, she ran over to the couch and picked it up. "Do you want any help with that?" Komuro asked feeling pretty useless.

"Could you open the door please?" Mayonaka pointed to the closed kitchen door.

"Y-yeah sure." Komuro ran out and held the door open while Mayonaka, couch in hand, walked effortlessly through it.

Mayonaka pushed the couch up against the back door and she then pushed the fridge up against the couch as well. "Right." She began as she entered the front room again. "I'm going to give you twenty minutes to get ready and gather your supplies, but after that we must leave." Everyone nodded rapidly and ran hectically around the house gathering all kinds of supplies.

Meanwhile, Mayonaka stood on the railing of the balcony looking out over the destroyed landscape.

"Our world as we knew it fell to ruin so quickly." Komuro said as he came up behind her. Mayonaka didn't answer; she didn't respond in the slightest to his presence

"Where are your parents?" Komuro asked genuinely curious.

"Well… Naturally like me they are both vampires, but unlike me, they only drink human blood. So they've probably gone to one of those infection free zones where they are rounding up the living."

"So… You usually only drink animal blood then?"

Mayonaka nodded. "Yeah but there are hardly any humans around now and there are even less animals. And, as you can imagine, that creates a lot of problems."

"Well… I don't know if it will be much help, but there's a little clinic down the road. I went there for work experience and when I was there I only saw frozen blood." Komuro responded trying to be helpful.

"Hmm… I haven't got much choice so its worth a try." Mayonaka pondered it over, hope slowly building up inside.

"I'll go with you."

"No. You're staying here. I'm not jeopardising your life just so I can get some blood. Besides, you're the leader, you're needed here."

"But-" Komuro started.

"No buts. Don't worry I'll be fine, so go and help the others."

Komuro wanted to protest, but he knew that there was no point. It was pointless trying to argue with her. "Alright, have a safe trip." Komuro said; finally admitting defeat.

"I promise you, this won't be the last time that I see you."

Komuro nodded believing her promise.

Mayonaka gave him a beautiful smile, before throwing herself straight off of the balcony railing. She did a flip in midair before landing perfectly on the ground. She gave a final wave before leaping onto a wall and running out of sight.

Komuro sighed as he watched her. He knew that she would be fine, but he was still worried about her.

"Takashi!" Rei came running up behind him snapping him straight from his thoughts. "Takashi…" She muttered through a series of pants; she had run all the way up here. "We… Have to leave… now." She managed to get out.

"What?" Komuro asked. "So soon?"

"Yeah… They're going… To get in anytime now." Rei stood up and faced him.

Komuro ran back over to the balcony desperately wishing that Mayonaka would come back into sight. "But what about Mayonaka? She went out to the clinic…"

"There's no time." Rei stated.

"But surely-" Komuro started.

"I'm sorry but we can't wait for her. If we don't leave now then none of us will make it. Besides, Mayonaka is a vampire she can survive by herself."

Komuro knew that Rei was right, but he still didn't want to completely abandon Mayonaka. "Fine. We'll leave, but I'm taking her bag with me." Komuro looked Rei straight in the eye; he had finally made his decision.

"But there's no more room!" Rei protested.

Komuro shook his head. "Doesn't matter. I'll carry it then."

"But-"

"No more buts Rei. I'm taking her bag with me and that's final."

Rei opened her mouth to say more, but Komuro shook his head before walking off.

Exactly two minutes later Mayonaka arrived back to an empty house.

"Hmm…" So they've gone then… Mayonaka thought as she walked through the empty house. I wonder… She walked into the room that she had stayed in to find that her bag and all her belongings were missing.

Thank you Komuro. She thought. Thanks for not giving up on me.

Mayonaka then jumped down off of the balcony and took a deep breath of the fresh night air. Her nose wrinkled in disgust as she caught smell of them. It wasn't a pleasant smell. They smelled of decaying flesh. But, buried deep was the smell of live humans. The smell of Komuro.

Right. It's time I caught up with you. Mayonaka thought as she kicked up her speed and ran silently through the night.

"Will the chaos ever end?" Komuro muttered out loud as the humvee forced its way through a crowd of the living dead.

Suddenly, a flash of silver lit up the night air as something came up alongside the humvee.

"Hey guy, how you doing?"

Marikawa Sensei let out a gasp of surprise and slammed her foot down on the brake.

"Whoa! Steady!" Mayonaka called out as she slammed her feet down and came to a sudden halt.

"Hi, how is everyone?" Mayonaka said with a warm smile.

"How did you know where to find us?" Rei asked, thinking that she wasn't going to see Mayonaka again.

"I'm a vampire. Did you think you could get rid of me that easily?" Mayonaka questioned.

"N-no of course not…" Rei said lying through her teeth.

"Hmm…" Mayonaka thought not believing her for a second. "Ah," she said spotting her bag. "Could you pass me that please, Komuro?" She asked.

"Yeah sure." He said as he made his way to the door.

Mayonaka shook her head. "It's too dangerous to come out right now so pass it up through the roof." Mayonaka said as she jumped up onto the top of the vehicle as Komuro handed her the bag.

"Right. Time to destroy some walking dead." Mayonaka pulled the hair band from her wrist and tied her long silver hair up into a tight bun.

Next, she opened up her bag and pulled out her sword which she strapped to her hip. After that came her favourite weapons; two powerful chainsaws. Which she strapped to her back.

"Right. Komuro?" She called out.

"Y-yes?" He appeared though the hole in the humvee.

"Could you take my bags please?" Mayonaka asked as she lifted them up.

"Yeah, sure." Komuro answered as he reached out to take them from her.

"And, if I were you I wouldn't look inside the green bag. It's not for the faint-hearted."

Komuro nodded as he lowered himself into the humvee again.

"Right. Time to get out of here." Mayonaka jumped down from the humvee and jogged up to the driver's side.

"Right Sensei. I'm going to go on ahead and I need you to follow behind me as fast as you can.

"Yes!" Sensei call out.

"Um… Mayonaka?" Kohta Hirano called out.

"Yes?" Mayonaka answered as she came up round the other side of the humvee.

"Instead of fighting with a sword, would you rather use this?" Hirano lifted up his favourite gun with a strange glint in his eyes. "I can show you how to use it."

"No I'm good thanks. I prefer using my chainsaws. The sword is only a back-up." Mayonaka said as she pulled one out. "See? They're very sharp an very useful."

"Chainsaw?" Kohta stared at the weapon before him in awe.

Mayonaka nodded. "Okay let's get this show on the road." Mayonaka picked up her speed and went speeding off in front of the vehicle.

"Whoa!" Sensei cried out as she tried to keep up.

"What's up?" Mayonaka called out behind her. "Struggling to keep up?"

"Wow! Big sister Mayonaka is amazing!" Alice shouted out as she watched Mayonaka fight her way through 'them' through the use of acrobats and chainsaws, feet and fist.

"Hmph." Takagi pouted. Feeling a little more than a bit useless.

"Uh-oh…" Shizuka sensei muttered as the humvee stuttered and came to a sudden halt.

"What seems to be the problem?" Mayonaka said as she came running up by the side of the humvee.

"Umm… We've run out of petrol…" Shizuka sensei replied.

"Right. That is a bit of an issue." Mayonaka thought as she pondered the options. "Where's the nearest gas station?"

"Well… There's one on the next block up by the little shop." Komuro answered.

"Right I have an idea. Rei, Saeko and Komuro, could you help me clear the way?" The trio nodded and climbed out of the vehicle.

Takagi and Shizuka could you stay here and look after Alice?"

"B-but-" Takagi protested.

"I'm sorry. I know you want to help but right now Alice needs you."

"What about me?" Kohta called out.

"Could you get your weapons up onto the roof and cover us from there?"

"Yes!" Kohta called back; happy with his job.

The four fighters sped of to battle while Hirano covered them.

Everything was going fine until a loud scream pierced the air.

"Ahh! Get off of me!" Rei screamed out as one of 'them' latched on to her foot.

An ear-piercing scream filled the air as the living dead bit straight through the flesh of her leg.

"Get off of her!" Komuro shouted out as his bat connected hard with its head.

"Rei, are you okay? Did you get bitten?"

Rei turned her leg around to expose the nasty bite mark.

"Rei. You know what will happen next, don't you?" Saeko spoke calmly and collectively as she approached the small group.

"Move out of the way!" A loud shout filled the air as Mayonaka came speeding towards the small group gathered around Rei.

Everyone moved out of the way, except for Saeko who didn't budge an inch. She lifted up her sword; determined to kill Rei if it was necessary.

"Wait." Mayonaka called out calmly as she arrived in front of Saeko and gripped her sword making it impossible for her to move it. "There is still another alternative, Saeko-san. There is no need to resort to killing just yet."

Saeko continued to stare at Mayonaka with a look in her eye that said that she wasn't giving up anytime soon.

"Saeko. I don't want to, but if I have to I will disable you." Mayonaka's threat lingered heavily in the air like a dark cloud of smoke.

Saeko pulled back her sword and took a step back before bowing.

Mayonaka nodded and turned to face Rei. "Right. Let me see." She asked as she reached for Rei's leg.

Rei, being stubborn, refused and backed further away. Mayonaka let out a long sigh before spinning Rei over and holding her down with one finger. "Do you want to turn into one of them? If you do then I will allow you to change before ripping your head clean from your shoulders." Mayonaka stared Rei straight in the eye.

"Komuro?" Mayonaka called out; her gaze not leaving Rei's eyes.

"Y-yes?" Komuro walked forward quickly.

"Would you please hold Rei back? It's for her own good, this is the only way to cure her."

"What? There's a cure for this?"

Mayonaka gave a simple nod; her attention focused on Rei.

Komuro came around behind Rei and held her down. "I'm sorry Rei please forgive me, but it's for your own good. Now, what's this about a cure?"

"Well…" Mayonaka said as she held her hand up. "Vampire blood is a lot stronger than human blood and can fight off any form of germ, bacteria, disease and can even fight the infection from 'them.' Thus making me, through my blood, immune. If I give my blood to Rei's wound it will destroy the infection."

Mayonaka placed her finger in her mouth and slid her fangs along it leaving behind a thick trail of crimson blood. "Right Rei. I'm not going to lie to you this will hurt, but you're going to have to bear it."

Mayonaka pointed her finger downwards and her fresh blood began to trickle down onto Rei's open wound.

The second her blood made contact there was a loud hissing sound and Rei screamed in pain as steam came up from the wound. As more blood was poured on the wound it slowly began to heal; not completely, but it was looking a lot better.

Mayonaka slit her finger again and held it above Rei's mouth. "Come on Rei. Drink some. I know it may seem repulsive, but it's the only way to completely kill off the infection."

Rei remained stubborn and refused to open up her mouth.

"For goodness sake." Mayonaka muttered as she forced her bleeding finger into Rei's mouth.

Rei squirmed, but it was no use. Mayonaka was easily able to hold her head still.

"I'm sorry Rei, but the infection buried in deep. Putting it straight into your system like this is the best way to ensure that it's killed."

Finally, Rei stopped struggling; realising that it was no use.

Once Mayonaka was sure that Rei had had enough she pulled back her finger and wiped off the remaining blood. "Right. Shizuka-sensei, would you please bandage Rei's leg?"

"Yes!" She shouted as her medical instinct kicked in and she ran back to the humvee.

"I'm sorry. This is my fault." Mayonaka said as she stood up again.

"What makes you say that?" Komuro asked as he helped Rei to stand up again.

"If I hadn't of asked for your help then none of this would have happened."

"What are you on about?" Komuro asked; his voice rising slightly.

"I asked for your help in hopes of getting this sorted faster, but I should have just done it myself. Because now Rei has been injured."

"Mayonaka you can't blame yourself for what happened." Komuro said as he walked over to her side. He was just about to reach out to reassure her, when she suddenly jumped into the air, right out of reach. Komuro's hand stayed in the air for a few seconds before he realised that she was no longer there. He sighed before dropping his hand.

Mayonaka landed on her hands before completing a series of flawless back flips and cartwheels. Finally, she landed on top of the humvee. "Right! Everyone get inside! It's time to get out of here!" Mayonaka called out to the group of people who had gathered to watch her amazing acrobats.

"How are we supposed to do that? There's no petrol left." Saya Takagi came up to the side of the vehicle with her hands placed firmly on her hips.

"I'm well aware of that." Mayonaka pointed out calmly.

"Well then-" Saya started, but was interrupted by Mayonaka as she lifted up her hand."

"Just get inside Takagi." Mayonaka said trying her hardest to maintain her cool.

"But-"

"Will you shut up?" Mayonaka shouted out as she jumped down and landed in front of Saya. Effortlessly, she grabbed hold of Takagi's shirt and lifted her up with one hand so that they were face to face.

"I know that you're smart Takagi. I'm fully aware of that. But you've heard the legends of the vampire, right? Vampire are creatures of legends and myths they are fast, strong, gifted and are known to be highly talented. So will you please just listen to me when I say that I know what I'm doing?" Mayonaka looked straight into Saya's eyes; waiting to see if she protested.

"I got it. Will you please release me now?" Saya met Mayonaka's gaze levelly with eyes full of understanding.

Mayonaka nodded and released her hold on her.

Saya brushed herself down and pushed her glasses up before getting into the vehicle.

"Right everyone into the humvee." No one else protested as Mayonaka held open the door.

"Is big sister Mayonaka going to do something amazing? Alice asked as she stood before Mayonaka; her eyes sparkling.

Mayonaka winked. "You could say that."

Alice jumped up and down and clapped her hands together looking exactly like an excited child on Christmas day. "Yay!" She called out as she climbed into the humvee.

"Alright now you be a good girl for your big sisters okay?" Mayonaka said as she helped Alice to get in.

Alice nodded and Mayonaka closed the door.

"What the?" Rei questioned as the humvee began to shake from side to side.

"Wow! Big sister Mayonaka is amazing! She can lift the humvee!" Alice clapped her hands together again.

"What? But that's impossible…" Takagi muttered.

"Not if you're me it's not." Mayonaka called back, able to hear everything they said easily. "Komuro?" Mayonaka called out from underneath them.

"Yes?" He replied.

"How do you get to the nearest gas station?"

"Umm… Take the next right then after that take the second left then go right again then right and left and up to the little shop."

"Alright got it. Thanks!"

"Can you remember all of that?" Komuro questioned.

"Yep. Another advantage to being a vampire is that we have excellent memory."

"Wow! Mayonaka is amazing!" Alice shouted out, yet again.

"Yep. She sure is." Komuro agreed as Mayonaka picked up her pace and took the humvee with it.

"Brace yourselves everyone, because I'm going to go fast. Very fast."

Everyone took Mayonaka's warning very seriously and held onto the sides of the humvee for dear life as Mayonaka kicked up her speed twenty fold.

"Big sister Mayonaka sure can run fast can't she?" Alice asked Komuro.

"Yeah she can…" Komuro said feeling slightly sick.

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Mayonaka replied.

"Uh-oh…" Komuro muttered.

"Are you okay?" Mayonaka said as she skidded to a halt round the next corner. "Do you need to come out for a bit?" Mayonaka said as she lowered the humvee down very slowly and carefully.

"Yeah, I need a bit of fresh air."

Mayonaka opened the door and reached out her hand to help him out.

"Sorry. It's my fault. I forgot that you were only human for a minute. I should have been more careful with you. I'll go slower next time." Mayonaka promised with absolute sincerity.

Komuro put his hands up into the air. "No! Seriously I'm fine. I just get a little travel sick sometimes."

Mayonaka nodded. "While it's quiet and clear does everyone want to take a little rest?"

There were several simultaneous 'yes's' as everyone climbed out.

"Mayonaka I need to talk to you." Rei came up beside Mayonaka.

"Sure go for it."

"In private."

Mayonaka sighed and spun her foot around knocking Rei straight off of her feet and straight into her arms. She looked around before leaping up onto the nearest building.

"What do you want to talk about?" Mayonaka asked as she put her down again.

"Why'd you do it? Why'd you save me? Why didn't you let me turn into one of 'them'? It would have given you a reason to get rid of me." Rei said bluntly.

"I saved you because I don't want to lose anyone and besides you're a useful member to the team. And you have a special bond with Komuro. A bond which I have no right to destroy. Come on, I can't destroy all of my competition now can I? It wouldn't be any fun of I did."

"Hmph." Rei said not really believing her, but knowing that there was nothing she could do.

"Do you want to join the others now?" Rei nodded and Mayonaka knocked her straight off of her feet again before jumping straight into the air, off of the building and landing smoothly on the floor again.

"Do you have to keep doing that?" Rei shouted out.

"What?" Mayonaka uttered in her defence.

"Jumping a mile into the air like that!"

"Well it's not my fault that that's the way I like to get around and since you're injured I didn't really have a choice."

"Since I'm injured that's even more of a reason to not go jumping around like that!"

Mayonaka just shrugged her shoulders before placing Rei back down again.

"Is everything alright?" Saeko questioned as she came up next to them.

"Yep." Mayonaka answered.

"Mayonaka, may I please take a look at your sword?" Saeko asked politely.

"Sure." Mayonaka said as she pulled it out.

Saeko took it carefully before examining it. "Hmm… I did not know that you were a master with the sword, Mayonaka."

"Well… I'm not a master but I have had a few years training in the art of Kendo. I'm just good with the sword because I have a lot of power that I can put behind it."

"Well… I think it would be very interesting to have a sword dual with you Mayonaka."

"Yes. I'd like that it would be very interesting." Mayonaka said as she took her sword back again.

"Mayonaka, we're good to go now. Are you ready?" Komuro said as he came jogging up to the trio.

"Yep I'm good." Mayonaka said as she stretched her arms out in front of her.

"Everyone ready to get inside now?" Mayonaka looked around at everyone in turn. She took a good long look at all of the people that she had decided to protect.

Everyone nodded as she looked at them., before piling into the humvee again.

Two minutes later the group had finally arrived at the petrol station. Mayonaka carefully placed the car down before taking in the ruined petrol station.

It was dark and the lights were constantly flickering on and off. Hmm… What is this feeling? This sense of danger… She asked herself.

Suddenly, an ominous voice rang out from the shadows. "Ah, finally the hunt is over."

A/N Phew… That sure took a long time to type up. Well there you go the much anticipated 4th chapter is finally finished. Sorry about the cliff hanger… (Please don't hate me) You'll just have to wait and find out to see what happens! Since I've broke up for the summer now I should be able to upload the next chapter pretty soon.

Preview for next time: A fight ensues between Mayonaka and her new enemies that are after something precious from her… Mayonaka tries her hardest to protect everyone, but ends up getting seriously injured as these mysterious new enemies seem to know all of her weaknesses…

Please review I would love to know what you guys think of this new chapter. As always, constructive criticism is welcome. (And if you review, well who knows what will happen to my typing speed?) Thanks for reading, see you next time!

-JazzieLouise