A/N *Hides behind computer desk* Please don't attack me for the lateness of this chapter. I know, it's absolutely unforgivable. I completely lost track of this story and I had absolutely no idea where it was going… I've given it some thought and I think I know roughly where this might go...
Anyway… Continuing on! Disclaimer: I don't own Highschool Of The Dead, but I do own Mayonaka.
Shizuka laughed at Hirano's answer. "That's true!"
"How did you manage to sneak so much food?" Sayu Takagi asked as she looked straight into Hirano's eyes.
"I'm just sneaky, that's all." Hirano replied nervously.
"Where are we going?" Saeko asked; completely shattering the moment.
"Umm… I was just focusing on getting away. I didn't really have a destination in mind…"
Komuro sighed and pushed open the hatch. "You okay up here Mayonaka?" Komuro took in her state. She certainly didn't look good. He body was covered in cuts and bruises and her school uniform was in tatters. Her gaze was set firmly in front.
"Mayonaka?" Komuro repeated himself.
"Big brother please hand this to big sister Mayonaka. I'm sure it'll make her feel better." Alice pulled on Komuro's shirt and handed him several bags of blood.
"Thanks." Komuro responded as he took them from her. He held them out in front of
Mayonaka. "Here. You look like you need it."
Mayonaka took the blood bags without even looking at him. "Thanks." She muttered as she began to down the contents of the bags.
"No problem. Hey, your clothes are badly ripped. Do you want to find a clothes store of some kind?"
"Could you please?" Mayonaka answered as she looked down at her torn clothes.
Komuro nodded and ducked back down into the humvee.
Mayonaka gazed out ahead at the empty road. It's far too quiet… Something's not right here… The road that the humvee was travelling on was completely deserted. It was far too quiet and Mayonaka could tell that something was wrong. All of her senses were on edge and she had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Sensei, slow down!" Mayonaka shouted over the roar of the humvee's engine.
"What? Why?" A confused Sensei called back.
"Just do it!" Mayonaka shouted again.
"O-Okay…" Sensei muttered in reply.
The humvee slowed down before it came to a complete stop altogether.
Komuro poked his head through the hatch in the top of the humvee. "What's wrong Mayonaka?"
"Something's not right. It's far too quiet."
"What do you mean?" Komuro asked as he looked around. "It is a bit quiet, but isn't that a good thing?"
Mayonaka shook her head. "All my senses are on edge… Something's really not right."
"What's going on?" Sensei called out.
"What do you want to do?" Komuro asked.
Mayonaka reached into her bag and strapped her two chainsaws to her back. She strapped her sword to her left thigh and jumped down off of the humvee. "I'm going to go on ahead and see what's going on. Wait here." Mayonaka began to walk off.
Komuro jumped down from the top of the humvee and ran after her. "Wait up, I'm coming too!"
Mayonaka turned sharply. "No, you're staying here."
"But-" Komuro started.
"I have absolutely no idea what I'll find around that corner. It's dangerous so you're staying here."
"But-" Komuro started.
"I have absolutely no idea what I'll find around that corner. It's dangerous so you're staying here."
"Mayonaka I want to help." Komuro said determinedly.
"Don't you think you've caused enough trouble already?" Mayonaka asked as she looked him square in the eyes.
Komuro visibly flinched at her cold, harsh words. He knew instantly what she was referring to. His involvement in the argument earlier that ended with Mayonaka fighting to save Komuro's life. "I still want to come."
Mayonaka sighed heavily and face-palmed. "Fine. But only if you can keep up with me." Mayonaka set her arms firmly by her sides and took off running. With every passing second, her speed began to pick up; faster and faster.
Komuro blinked and she was already almost out of sight. "W-Wait up!" Komuro called as he stumbled over a stone. "You can't use your vampire speed! It's not fair!"
Mayonaka continued to go at the same incredible speed. He knew she had heard him.
Komuro sighed and climbed into the humvee. "Go after her."
Sensei jumped. "But Mayonaka said to wait here."
"Just go." Komuro muttered with more force.
"R-Right!" Sensei turned the key in the ignition and the engine roared to life.
"Go after her." Komuro said again.
"Right." Sensei muttered obediently as she set the humvee in motion.
Everything fell strangely quiet in the huge vehicle which was especially unusual when you considered how many people were currently in the vehicle.
"Are you sure you want to disobey Mayonaka's orders like this?" Saeko asked calmly; finally destroying the firmly settled silence.
Komuro nodded. "We are supposed to be working as a team. We are supposed to do things together. Mayonaka going off on her own like this goes completely against the meaning of team work."
"So there's no way around it then? You're still going to go after her despite her orders." Saeko muttered calmly as the humvee came to a stop.
"We're here." Sensei muttered as she gave one final twist on the steering wheel to take it around the corner.
"Right. I'll be right back." Komuro muttered as he opened the passenger door.
"Hold up. You're going alone?" Takagi asked as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Yeah."
"Well if you're going to be preaching about teamwork, then wouldn't it make more sense if we stood together as a team? It's not going to look convincing if you go alone."
"Takagi-San has a point." Saeko said calmly after Takagi was done.
"Yay, let's all together!" Alice clapped her hands together and looked up at everyone with a huge grin plastered across her innocent features.
Hirano nodded. "I second that."
Komuro nodded. "All right then. Let's do this. Together." He made to leave the vehicle and everyone else began to move a second later. Even Shizuka climbed out.
Komuro turned the corner and froze dead.
The rest of the teenage students weren't far behind.
"Oh God…" Komuro muttered at the devastation before them.
It was horrible. Dead, half - eaten bodies lay scattered everywhere. The ground looked like it had been struck by a tidal wave of blood. Everywhere you looked was painted scarlet.
Walking on four limbs were the horrific things that Komuro had laid his hazel eyes on before he had frozen dead.
The creatures were jet black and had patches of fur and flesh missing in various places on their twisted, blood soaked bodies. They looked sort of like dogs, but it was hard to tell. They're eyes were blood red crazy and the sound of flesh being ripped free from bones, filled the air.
Takagi instantly covered Alice's eyes. "What a horrible mess…" She commented weakly.
It was then that the nearest creature lifted up its deformed nose and sniffed the air tentatively. Its eyes locked on Komuro and the others instantly. A low growl ripped free from its throat and this alerted the attention of a few more of the beasts.
Komuro gulped as he found five pairs of angry bloodthirsty eyes on him. The creatures all leaned forward on their front legs; a sign that they were going to pounce.
"Shit." Hirano muttered as he fiddled with the safety latch on his machine gun. "Fucking safety…"
Saeko leaned forward and kicked her left leg back. Both of her hands flew to the sword at her hip. "Get back."
Everyone obeyed.
Saeko pulled her sword out just as the first two creatures pounced forward.
A flash of silver blocked her line of vision as the two creatures were sent flying over the side of the bridge.
"What the?" Saeko muttered as she blinked.
Mayonaka spun around sharply and flashed Komuro an angry look. "What did I tell you? Do you never listen? Why is it so hard to trust a vampire when she says that there's danger?"
"Mayonaka now's not the time…" Takagi muttered as she glanced round Mayonaka at the remaining beasts.
"If you don't listen to me then you're going to get killed!" Mayonaka continued her rant; oblivious to the danger stalking behind her.
"Umm... Takagi-San is right. Now isn't the right time to start an argument Mayonaka-San." Hirano mumbled nervously as he eyed the grotesque beings stalking dangerously close to Mayonaka's legs.
"Hirano, butt out. This is between me and Komuro." Mayonaka muttered dangerously as she locked eyes with Komuro. "You really need to start paying more attention to what I say- Ow!" Mayonaka was cut off as several of the ghastly beings implanted their horrendous fangs deep into the bare flesh of her legs.
"How dare you! You insolent vile creatures! Learn to have respect for those who are stronger than you!" Mayonaka spun around and effectively threw off the creatures that had clamped down onto her leg. Once they were thoroughly shaken off, she stamped down on their heads and sent their mangled distorted faces straight into the ground.
Takagi flinched and turned Alice's head away to make sure that she didn't see any of this mess that was taking place before her.
Mayonaka pushed down harder with her foot and the dog's head spilt open. "Take that you repulsive, disgusting vile beings that feed off of decaying human flesh. Return to the pit that you crawled out of." Mayonaka flicked her foot forward and caught the remaining fiends in the side of their stomachs and sent them flying into the sea.
She then wiped her hands clean and dusted off her battered uniform. "Jesus Christ those things are annoying…" She glanced down at her legs and examined the damage closely. "That's a deep bite. That's going to take a few minutes to heal up. How dare they..."
"Mayonaka, are you okay?" Komuro asked worriedly as he took a step towards Mayonaka.
Mayonaka firmly held her ground. "I'll be perfectly fine in a few minutes. I can't be contaminated by that foul virus. I would have been even better though if you had of simply followed my instructions."
Komuro flinched slightly at this and paused his advances towards her. "We're supposed to be a team."
Mayonaka folded her hands in front of her chest and tapped her foot impatiently. "If you have a point to make then make it."
Komuro flinched again slightly and gulped. "We need to do things together. You going off on your own like this defies the whole meaning of the word 'team.' We need to decide things as a group."
Mayonaka sighed loudly and covered her face with her hand. "I know what you're saying and everything but it's just easier this way. I can defend you better if you stay behind. I don't mean to boast by saying this but I'm stronger than you. It only makes sense for me to check for potential dangers before we proceed."
Komuro sighed.
"I'm right and you know it. Do we really need to argue about this?"
Komuro sighed again and rubbed the back of his neck in his nervousness. "No, I guess we don't…" Komuro laughed nervously. "I guess there's no arguing with a vampire."
Mayonaka spun on her heel and walked off to the humvee. She turned around and called over her shoulder. "Are you guys coming or are you just going to stand around and do nothing?"
Everyone blinked and ran to catch up with her.
"Please don't leave me!" Alice called as she ran up to Mayonaka and wrapped her arms around her waist.
Mayonaka smiled at the younger girl and lifted her up above her head. "Of course I won't leave you behind. Don't worry your pretty little head."
Alice laughed and giggled. "Yay! I'm a pretty little bird flying through the sky!"
Saeko leaned over and whispered in Komuro's ear. "Mayonaka's sure good with children."
"Yeah she is." Komuro answered in response.
Meanwhile…
"When can I get my revenge?" Rei whined. "I'm so bored of waiting around… Training day in, day out... I want to strike that stupid vampire bitch down! Send her back to the depths of hell where she belongs! She broke my nose and I'm going to break all the bones in her body as punishment. I'll make her suffer…"
"Patience Rei. All in good time. The time is almost right. When the time is right, I promise you can have your revenge. Just try to stay calm. Patience is a virtue. Especially with vampire hunting."
A/N Well there you go. I hope you enjoyed this very very late chapter and I do hope that you review and let me know what you think. It would mean a lot to me.
-JazzieLouise