A/N: What an AN before the story! Yep, its been a few days since the last update, mostly cause of work kicking me in the teeth and having to worry about my rent. Now I wanted to address some Reviews! Yes I will be responding to them in this update. Lets begin.
Review #1: I was asked why in most of these crosses the MC (Harry) always ends up splitting from the group with Rei before meeting back up. This is because three reasons:
1. The story process can be difficult while throwing the script for the original Anime/Manga would be nice, especially for creative freedom, its creates a daunting task where one is now forced to realize the character development and connections for relationships must now be written into their new path, and without intimate knowledge of how each character acts it can be difficult for some to portray that development and relationship without butchering it to all hell.
2. The created plot line is convenient for reconstruction and molding. In this sense its easier to take the already written foundations of the story AKA Rei and Takashi splitting and changing it for the Character who is your MC while also allowing them to take the majority screen time as seen by both the Manga and Anime, if you pay attention to it, most of the screen time follows both Rei and Takashi during that time, meaning for those of us trying to follow a bit more closely to canon we have to utilize the majority of the screen time for our MC's without destroying the plot and flow of the original story in such a way that ours now becomes nothing more than a jumbled mess being non entertaining to the reader.
3. Laziness. Yes laziness, it is much easier to follow the story itself and just change aspects, creative process can be much more difficult than most people realize, I myself am Writing my own series/trilogy and coming up with content not to mention everything inside the story itself like characters, locations, situations, and such can be draining, so most who dont want to burn out their minds making things up and working it around to work in the story use this method. so I have to use these moments as practice, I dont choose number three but it can be easier to utilize the work of others to make your own work shine brighter.
Review #2: Someone asked why this cross in particular (My story that is) even was published, Harry doesnt have magic so it could be simpler to use my own OC. Saying that this cross defeated its own purpose because since Magic is so integral to Harry him without it is to not be the character at all. Even saying that harry only being able to use internal magic would be better. I have three answers to this one as well.
1. This cross takes a spin on an idea people are hesitant to use, take a character who knows something his whole life, and rip it away. Take the OP as hell power and remove it. Magic is OP as hell. If he wanted to he could simply create a series of wards that kill them off instantly, or just walk down the streets casting flame spell after flame spell while whistling a merry tune. (I may have thought of a new Oneshot now.) Magic defeats the purpose of the tense survival based world this is. Even trying to beef up the zombies would ultimately fail because if I did that the regular people wouldn't have a chance in hell of surviving.
2. The reason he wouldnt be able to use internal magic is almost similar. However there is more. Realistically the knowledge of internal magic is almost none. You have a few mental magics, and if you wanted I suppose you could claim he could strengthen his body with magic, but other than something genetic like say Metamorphmagus, you have virtually nothing to use in that regard. with such a little pool of available powers he might as well just be without it.
3. This story is technically a continuation of a unpublished unwritten story, what I mean is I have an idea for a story with a plot that follows close to the prologue, in fact I have many massive outlines for chapters and such but don't have the time to write it out since most of it is self thought out material not following a book or movie from the Harry potter verse since it is Primarily AU. This is a continuation in the sense that, I took the basic premise of the ending of that story and made it this stories prologue, so in a since Harry is Harry and not an OC since he comes from an AU world. He just doesn't have his power.
Review #3: I have been asked to edit some of the chapters to make it easier to read them since in some paragraphs multiple people talk. I put the words Person #1 Said after the sentence to show they said the previous sentence. This structure is what I remember being basic Story structure. Though I may be wrong, please do let me know, I may attempt to break it up a bit later on, in following chapters in order to ease this issue but I don't want this to become a jumbled mess in that I have many one line paragraphs. I don't exactly have the time, even if its ten minutes to edit the chapter around since I am already in the process of writing the next one and beginning the outline and structure planning of the following one after that. not to mention work and my own Books themselves, sorry I cant change it around, if I find a little time in the future I will attempt to do so. I only say this because I do enjoy knowing some may find this an enjoyable read and want to help them out since they follow my story and wish to see it continued.
Final Note: This story Review 2 actually made me consider stopping for a moment but I thought better, I like how this story is going, it feels smooth (to me that is) and I don't have difficulty writing it, in fact I can get so engrossed that I end up writing for five hours straight and lose track of time. However Now I am considering writing a second one with harry having magic, it may not be for a long while since I am iffy on how to write it to make everything balanced, but I am eager to try and work it out since it made my creative thoughts run wild in anticipation and planning. Hope you enjoy this chapter and look forward to the next.
Chapter Four: Reuniting
Harry's POV
He sighed softly as he closed his eye hoping to squash down the urge to smash his head against the handle bars. He glanced over the scene in front of him with annoyance. Straight in front of them was perhaps the stupidest thing that could ever block there path. A large Semi had apparently blew through the side railing and plowed through three cars before the large metal pipes exploded off the back blocking the entire route forwards. The small little pile up that almost looked like something someone would have made in a video game for fun, was the exact reason they now had to take a long route around.
"This is going to cut into our time, we need to at least get to Tokonosu Bridge before five, but with the route we now have to take its going to be cutting it a little close." He called back to Rei getting silence for a moment. "Isn't their a shopping area nearby Tokonosu Bridge, one that links back up with the main road?" Rei asked making him glance back. "Yeah, we would be crossing through it anyways even if we stayed on this road, but we have to head a bit out of the way, The only reason the main road was so clear is because so many people thought the main road would be crowded." He explained getting a frown.
"Its kind of like this. Most of the people thought the main road was going to be super busy due to the evacuation, so in order to avoid the traffic they took the side roads, since they did that all the side roads will have many more cars to avoid and may have more of them, and since we are forced to drive on the side roads its highly likely we will be facing them soon." He explained slowly rolling down the hillside. "So we are up for more of a fight then?" Rei asked making him nod and open the throttle. 'This is only getting harder, we need to meet up. I should have just said meet at the castle, its close by the bridge and we wouldn't be caught in the more than likely traffic around the bridge itself.' He thought glancing in the direction of the large castle.
"Keep an eye out if you can, it's a little to quiet for my taste." He said taking a turn down one of the side street's. The sound of gunshots in the distance made him tense. 'If the fighting is this bad the bridge probably wont be held for long, if that's the case I wonder if the others abandoned the bus to more quickly cross or if they stayed on?' He wondered stopping quickly as a burning car entered his vision. "Harry..." Rei started hesitantly. "They wouldn't have done that, someone did this, and if that's the case, we have to be on our guard, people are a lot harder to fight than them." He mumbled back to her glancing around the slightly dead silent street for anything that would tip off an ambush.
He tensed in the silence relaxing after a few minutes passed with nothing happening. "Alright it looks like whoever did this has left." He said getting a tense nod from Rei. "Why would anyone do this?" Rei asked making him look back for a second before focusing on the driving. A few minutes passed before he decided to answer. "Why not?" He asked getting a small gasp of surprise from the blunt and cold answer. "Why not? Why! its crazy!" Rei exclaimed making him sigh and nod. "Yeah of course it is! But Rei, this is Anarchy! The Government has basically fallen apart, whats left has probably instituted Martial Law." he explained getting a stunned silence.
"Those locations are probably military installations and wherever the police currently have power, anywhere else isn't governed or controlled so most of the people who pushed down their crazed thoughts in order to hide in society let go, and some of the sane people just lost it in all the chaos and with that loss of sanity are going to do whatever they want, kill, assault, kidnap, even rape! They will do it because they know the police wont stop them, they know the government has no control." He explained driving by the empty buildings. He glanced around looking as blood was splattered here and there and one building was burning. "Rei, when this thing hit, it brought the worst of Humanity to the forefront, and that is something you would have never expected." he said getting silence for a moment.
"What about you?" Rei asked making him blink in surprise before stopping the bike. He glanced around the street the small inferno inside the building next to them bright. "I expected it, I've seen worse. Rei unlike you and some of the others I'm not blissfully ignorant of the terrible things people can do, this is nothing new to me, Humanity is capable of some truly amazing and great things, but they are just as capable of some truly terrible things as well. I am going to tell you what someone told me in a way that you might understand it better than I did, Humanity is capable of the greatest but most terrible things, just as it is capable of the the greatest kindest things." He said getting a stunned silence.
"This situation is more of the former, the freedom to do whatever you want unlocks the darkest desires in a person, some people are defined by that darkness, some controlled by it, others fall victim to it, and others, wont bend, they wont allow their darkness to control them and will rise above it, it is those who actively fight it back, that show humanity, even in its darkest hour, can be good." He said with a small shrug continuing the drive. He enjoyed the small silence while letting her think as they drove closer to the shopping district. "Hold on, we are going to be coming across the shopping district, the gunshots are getting closer so I want to get an idea of whats going on." He said feeling her nod and grab tighter.
Takashi's POV
His eyebrow twitched in annoyance. He had been awake for about an hour now and was getting fairly frustrated at how slow they were moving. He glanced over at Saya and Kohta seeing the guy was out like a rock and Saya was deep in thought. "Exactly that's why we should secure a safe place for us." Shido exclaimed loudly knocking him out of his blind annoyance. "We need to make moves together, rather than make moves on our own." Shido said making him glance back for a second with a frown. "Isn't that why you voted a leader, we should wait until we are a disciplined group, before we confirm the safety of our family members." Shido explained making him sit back.
'How long would that take, and in the time we wait, they could be closer to death, id rather get them now, than wait till its to late.' He thought glancing out the window for a second. 'Rei, you better not die on me.' He thought before the soft snores from Kohta brought his attention back over. "Hirano! Stop." Saya exclaimed nudging the kids arm. "Takagi, morning. Time to get up already?" Kohta asked turning to the girl. He had to hold back the small snicker as he saw the drool line down towards Kohta's chin. "Yes its morning, ugh, and you're drooling." Saya said waving to the guy while leaning away. "You slept like a rock." He commented with a small smirk to the guy.
He watched Kohta rub the droll away before looking out the window at the massive line of traffic. "Sorry, Look at that." Kohta said a little surprised. "I think it's better to evacuate to the suburbs." Kohta commented. "Cars arent the only way to get out of here." Saya said pointing towards the sky. He glanced out and blinked in surprise. "Planes?" he asked seeing Kohta look quickly. "The airport on the ocean you're right." Kohta said watching the plane go by as Saya got into her thinking mode. "It's far to dangerous to go anywhere in the city, I bet a bunch of people are trying to escape to some island somewhere, or some isolated area with a strong military presence or something." Saya said making him sigh.
"Like Okinawa? But the American Military that is stationed there isn't there to fight. Oh but there self defense forces." Kohta said making him blink. "Yeah sure but that's kind of out of the way." He said getting a small nod. "If the military has taken appropriate measures then I'm betting Hokkaido and Kyushu should be ok too, if planes are leaving then all the flights are heading to those areas." Saya said turning to look at him. He shrugged unsure of what to say. 'She's the genius, don't know why shes looking at me.' He thought leaning back as he listened in. "So you think we should head that way too?" Kohta asked happily making him flinch slightly knowing Saya was not going to be to nice about the response.
"It's too late. The area's with a heavy presence of self defense forces and American military, may be managing to keep them under control but I'm sure they've already started to adopt a stern policy towards letting anybody else in. No sooner or later its going to be that way everywhere else in the world. I mean what would you do in the same situation?" Saya asked laying it all out there. "I'd seclude myself." Kohta answered quickly. He blinked in surprise at the answer. It wasnt the worst answer out there he could bet that. "What would happen if everyone in the world started thinking that way. What if they start focusing on keeping their community as small as possible in order to survive." Saya said making him cough getting there attention.
"That's what he's suggesting right, it should be obvious he doesn't want us searching for a families right now, increasing the chance they die before being found." He said gesturing back to Shido getting a small nod. "You really have some relevant questions you know that." Kohta said making Saya glance away annoyed. "What are you talking about. Look at him, just like Takashi said, you can already see that in him, although I doubt that he knows it himself." Saya said with small amusement. "You know this all happened overnight." Saya explained getting Kohta's eyes to darken. "Should I interrupt them." Kohta asked readying the nail gun a glare in his eyes.
"Forget the pervy teacher and slutty little sally over there. I should consult with someone that I can trust, Takashi you may be here but It would be best to consult with you and Harry, having you both here would help make it easier to figure this out." Saya said making him blink in surprise. "Well I'm glad you have such high trust in me." He said getting a small annoyed look. "Yeah, I know you like one of them." Kohta said making him blink as Saya flushed and turned quickly. "Don't be ridiculous!" Saya exclaimed making him look up seeing both Shizuka and Seako had stepped over looking at Saya.
He tried not to chuckle at what clearly was Saya being thrown under the microscope but sobered quickly when he thought about the two missing members. "What?" Saya asked the two. "I'm getting worried, about Harry and the others. Part of my worries are gone with Komuro here, but I hope they can hold up fine. "You aren't the only one, I should have just gone instead I don't like sitting here wondering." He said annoyed getting a small smile from Seako and a roll of the eyes from Saya. "God you are an idiot." Saya mumbled. 'What did I do?' He wondered feeling a head ache come on. 'You two better hurry up.' He thought glancing back out the window.
Harry's POV
He stared silently at the carnage. People screaming as they were gunned down one guy had a meat clever and was using it to decapitate zombies and people alike. He watched as a zombie was shot in the stomach making it fall back towards another guy carrying a shotgun. "That's right you run, all of you run like hell!" One guy with a shotgun yelled crazily laughing as though his mind was unhinged. 'Although odds are it is.' He thought dryly before focusing on everything again. "This is nuts, It's like a war." Rei said making him think about it before nodding slowly. "I suppose so, this could be considered a war I guess though its not that bad, however we are currently a live audience and id rather not stay that way." He said getting her grip to tighten at his words.
He gunned the engine letting the front wheel turn up a bit before forcing it back down to have some control. He saw one turn and point at them causing two guys to start running there way. He saw the guy with the clever come near and narrowed his eyes. He kicked outwards catching the guy in his knee and felt it collapse under his kick. The scream of pain as the clever flew out of the mans grip making him feel satisfied with the outcome. He noticed the other taking aim in anger. "Duck down." He commanded tilting the bike slightly as the shoot impacted behind them taking a small bit of the back of the bike and the license plate with it. He twisted around the body of one of them letting the second shot impact in its side.
The flames of the burning car to his right heated him up for a second and he closed on eyes to avoid drying out his eye. "We aren't dead, why are they shooting at us?" Rei asked making him glance back jumping the curb to use the sidewalk as a car blocked his path. "Like I said before they give into this kind of stuff, they don't care if we are dead, they will kill simply to kill, its something we are going to see a lot more of." He said simply kicking one of the things back as it dived for him. "Just remember this, be careful who you trust, in this world they are fewer than you'd like." He said clearing most of the terrible shit.
He glanced above seeing the sign directing them to the bridge and sighed with a small amount of relief. He glanced back down eyes widening for a second before pulling hard to the left moving away from the bridge and towards the castle instead. "Hey the bridge is back there." Rei said. He stopped the bike and sighed gesturing back. "I know but did you see the state it is in? With the way things are currently going and shaping up at the moment, their is no way we are getting across that bridge today let alone in the next few days, and with how quickly they move in, its possible we wouldn't get the chance to cross at all." He said seeing her look back in surprise.
"We can take Onbetsu bridge instead, it should hopefully be in a better condition." He said moving again. "Odds are the others already moved for it after seeing how bad Tokonosu bridge was, we should either meet up with them before the bridge or maybe even on it. if worst comes to worse we just meet them like we planned at the station." He said getting her to nod in agreement. "Couldn't we just drive across quickly?" Rei asked making him thumb back towards it. "Look at how its working for those kids." He said seeing two get blasted off the bridge by water.
"No way!" Rei said making him sigh. "They are fine, they landed in water and the drop wasn't that high, the thing is, that the police are taking the checkpoint very seriously, and with that type of control it would take too long to be approved to cross. Onbetsu bridge shouldn't have as many people meaning we can cross a little faster." He explained the gate of the Castle flashing by. "This is crazy." Rei said making him sigh. "This is the way the world is. I mean its the way things are going to be right now, its best we get used to it." He said glad to be getting further away from that powder keg.
Takashi's POV
"I hope that all of you will continue to hold onto your pride that our school has instilled in each and everyone of you." Shido said exaggeratedly throwing his hands about in what seemed like passion. 'Nuts, just nuts, that's what he is.' He thought to himself shaking the mans crazy antics off. "Pride my friends, this is what will keep us together, not pride in ourselves, No! Pride as a group, a family! Realize this my dear friends Potter and Miomoto were unfit to be in our family." Shido said making his eyes narrow.
"This is getting to be a bit much." He commented getting a small nod from Saya. "This guys a god damn maniac." Saya exclaimed simply making him nod. "You got that right, seems like he is some kind of recruiter for some religious cult or something." Seako said making him turn to her. "It doesn't just sound like it, it is, look at all those idiots as they hand onto his every word. Like a bunch of Scientologists, or worse Shidotologists. I need to get out of here." Saya explained quietly. "It isn't something we should deal with, we wont be tricked by him sure, but if any others join, id rather not have to fight them off due to a disagreement." he said getting a small raise of the eyebrow from Saya.
"Not to much of an idiot it seems." Saya commented making his eyebrow twitch. "Hey now-" he started only to get cut off by Seako. "Given the condition of the road, looks like we are going to have to ditch out ride." Seako said her eyes trained on the people walking by. "We have to somehow get across Onbetsu Bridge and to the East Police Station." Seako said trying to think about it. "We still need to meet with Harry." Seako said as an after thought. "You're sure quite concerned for Harry, shouldn't you be concerned for your family?" Saya asked adjusting her glasses.
"Actually I was curious about that as well." He said having stood up during the little exchange. "Of course I am, But my father is my only family and he is currently in a Dojo overseas. So the only people I need to worrying about right now, is Myself, Komuro, and Harry. I don't really care about anyone else. And just look at me, I mean seriously if anyone is going to make it out of here alive, its going to be me." Seako said with a small smile making him blink in surprise. "So... Where is everyone's house?" Shizuka asked. "The other side of the bridge. Same area as Harry's and Komuro's right?" Saya asked him.
"Yeah mines located on that side too." He said shrugging. "Oh my parents aren't in the neighborhood, but i'd go anywhere with Takagi." Kohta said making him nod to the guy. "So tell me Hirano, where is your family, are they close?" Seako asked. "Actually that's a good question we don't really know much about you to be honest." He said getting a small chuckle from the guy. "My father is Jewelry Merchant so he's go to Amsterdam to by stones, My mother is a fashion Designer so she's been staying in Paris to-" Kohta explained only to get cut off quickly by Takagi.
"Christ do you expect us to believe all that crap." Saya asked making him chuckle. He was a little surprised she hadn't cut in sooner. "And if it were a Manga, daddy would be the Captain of a cruise ship." Shizuka said after a small laugh. "My grandpa actually was, and my grandma was a concert Violinist." Kohta said laughing nervously after making him shake his head at the guy. 'Honestly that's an extremely interesting family.' He thought looking over at Saya as she was looking at the floor on her hands and knees from the absurdity. "So what are we going to do, I want to come along with all of you." Shizuka said making him glance at the others.
"Are you sure?" Saya asked. "Both of my parents passed away years ago, and my relatives live far away. I know I shouldn't be saying this but I think Mr. Shido is kind of a douchebag." Shizuka said making him laugh a little at the claim. "I can agree with that, Rei was right." He said shifting slightly at admitting it. "So what do we do, I'm not very familiar with this area." Seako said bringing them back to the serious topic. "We really need to check on Onbetsu Bridge first." Saya said making him step closer. "It would be best to understand what we need to do." He said before hearing Shido call out.
"Whats going on everyone, we need to work together, otherwise no of us are ever-" Shido started only to have Saya cut in quickly. "Thanks for the offer, but I'm gonna pass Mr. Shido. We've got our own plans, and FYI this is no field trip, I have no obligation to be with you. I never had any classes with you anyway." Saya said simply. "I see." Shido said pausing for a moment before steepling his fingers a dark smirk crossing his face. "If that's what you've decided, then go right ahead I wont stop you Takagi, How could I, this is a free country not some Iron fisted dictatorship. However..." Shido said licking his lips making him shiver at the creepy fucking move.
"I am afraid you will have to remain, Ms. Marikawa. Losing the doctor is a major blow to our current situation. Would you please stay, what do you say?" Shido asked before taking steps towards them. He tightened the grip on his bat a little annoyed by this creep. "There are students that are relying on you." Shido said stopping as the sound of a nail being fired rang out. He glanced over seeing Kohta with the nail gun raised angrily. He glanced back seeing the cut on the mans cheek and Shido back up quickly. "You-you shot at me." Shido said in surprise.
"I missed you on purpose, you douchebag." Kohta said calmly making him look over in surprise. "But you're not a violent student like that." Shido said. "How many of my fellow students do you think I killed in school yesterday, and I can kill you too, for all the times you made fun of me! I was holding back, way back. I was holding it back because i just wanted to live a normal life, but there's no need to do that anymore. Nothing we know is normal anymore." Kohta said. He stared surprised. He liked the guy, he was cool enough and yet he didn't even know that was going on, he may not have known him till now but still, he felt guilt.
"That's why I'm able to kill now, I can even kill living people too. Maybe I will start with the ones who made fun of me." Kohta explained raising the gun again. "Made fun, you misunderstand, I always held you in the highest esteem." Shido said nervously backing up quickly. "If you want to go, now is the time to do it, I'll make sure he doesn't stop you." Kohta said looking back at them. "You're such a man, I'm impressed." Seako said before jumping out. "Rei was right." he said glaring at the man before walking off the bus. "To Onbetsu." he said moving for the stairs.
Harry's POV
"Its the same here, What should we do, should we try a different bridge or something?" Rei asked making him stare at the bridge. The lights from the police cars, it was clear nothing had really changed. He stayed silent for a moment. "Harry?" Rei asked making him sigh. "Nothing will change with the next bridge, a containment move like this, wouldn't be effective if they left one open, they want to keep them out and the people in, or at least try and do that, nothing will change with another bridge it will just be more of the same." He said getting silence. He pulled his phone and frowned at the sight.
"Six, Damn, we need to get across the bridge and be at the police station at seven, and with this its not going to be easy if possible, not to mention we still don't have service so we cant just call one of the others." He said pocketing the phone quickly before turning to say something. A soft pop stopped him in place. "Gunshot." Rei exclaimed making him frown. "No that was more soft, it sounded like a nail gun." He said blinking quickly. "Hold on." He ordered hitting the gas just after she grabbed back on. "What are you doing?" Rei asked making him sigh in exasperation. "Who do we know that has a nail gun, and would be using it?" he asked getting her to frown for a second.
"Hirano!" Rei said looking at him quickly. "But that means..." Rei said trailing. "That the bridge isn't secure, odds are they got pushed onto it to avoid getting to close to them, and odds are even higher that the other side is infested with them meaning they are trapped." He said getting a slow nod. "But how are we going to get to them then?" Rei asked making him chuckle. He noticed the Car hauler in front of him in a pretty decent location to make a jump. "Well..." He said trailing off before slamming on the gas. "What, oh no, please don't tell me..." Rei started making him grin a little bit. "Yep." He claimed. He felt the front tire hit the ramp and his grin widened a little bit revving the throttle again. He felt the weightlessness for a second and looked down.
He twisted the bike for a moment feeling the contact of the two tires against the road. The small squeal as he slid near some of them did not drown out the two exclaiming surprise at his move with an extremely accurate holy shit. He watched four of them get bowled over one flying back towards a car shattering the glass with its head. Rei kicked off the bike slamming her spear into ones head and using the body as a landing pad. He glanced over at Takashi seeing him smash one of the things into another letting the dead body push the other back.
He pulled the gun drawing aim at another while hitting the gas before stopping as he saw Kohta without a weapon. "Kohta, catch." He called seeing the kid look towards him before he threw the gun. Seeing it land perfectly in the kids hand and ducked as the two shots rang overhead taking out the two things nearest him. He slammed on the front brakes performing a stoppy before twisting the bike around and revving the engine. The sound of one of the things face being ripped off before being tossed of the bridge followed by another was a little satisfying.
He shot straight for Seako and saw her smirk before he grabbed her and tossed her by three of them spinning the bike with ease. He cut the engine quickly seeing pretty much all of them were dead. the slowly moving ones on the other end of the bridge being the only ones left, and considering the size of the force it wouldn't be a good idea to fight them. "Looks like its all clear for now." Seako commented making him relax a little bit and lean up against the handlebars. "They sure were tough to beat." Shizuka said making him glance over with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah for everybody but you maybe." Saya commented making him laugh. "Ms. Shizuka!" Rei said before throwing herself at the woman. He blinked savoring the sight before turning away so he wouldn't be blown away with a nosebleed he had seen happen to so many others, then again maybe that was the anime and Manga stereotype pushing through. "Oh Miomoto, what a coincident." Shizuka exclaimed making him stare at the woman and blink at the sentence. 'Really.' He thought before looking over the rest of them. He saw Takashi nod and returned the gesture.
The relief on the guys face was clear and he knew why. "You too Harry." Shizuka said happily rubbing Rei's head. "I take it Tokonosu bridge is also blocked." Seako said making him turn and nod. "Its bad over there, it hasn't quite reached this stage, probably because of the large presence of the police but people are rushing the place and its only going to get worse." He explained holding the bike upright. "I have to confess I am glad to see you are alright." Seako said making him raise an eyebrow before nodding. "Glad to see you are as well." he said before feeling the small glare from Saya. "You as well Saya, actually I'm glad to see everyone is safe." He said before frowning. "I take it Shido was a right Twat?" He asked getting a nod from Seako.
He could see her hiding a grin from the comment behind her hand but brushed it off. "Harry! what is this? how did you get it? Where are the extra bullets. This is a M37 Airweight that the police use! oh man the weight how good it feels." Kohta exclaimed examining the gun happily. "I'll let you know later, we should get off the bridge." He said moving for the riverside. He waited for someone to start talking before seeing Seako speak up. "We got off the bus because the road was blocked, but we haven't had any chance to cross the river, you could see why." Seako said making him nod.
"The water has risen so going farther upstream wont help." Saya said walking back up to them. "With the water higher we don't have many options and the concentration of them across the bridge isn't looking good, I can see why you had trouble." He said rubbing the back of his head trying to think of something. "What should we do then?" Rei asked. "I have a thought, It's been such a stressful day why not just call it quits for now." Shizuka said making him turn to her.
"Call it a day?" Kohta asked surprised. "I am curious what you mean." He said seeing the small smile on her face. "Why yes, my friends flat is nearby, its just a short walk from here." Shizuka said. "Your boyfriends place?" Saya asked making Shizuka go red for a moment. "No! its nothing like that its just my girlfriends apartment." Shizuka said waving her hands. "She's always so busy working and traveling from her job she gave me a key so I could go there and look after it while she's away." Shizuka said a little quickly. Everyone tried imagining her in a maid outfit for a second before shaking it off.
"Is it a high-rise, does it have a good view of the surroundings?" Kohta asked seriously. "Oh yes, It's a duplex nearby the river, it has a convenience store nearby as well. Oh and a car, you know the one that looks like a tank, the one that drinks gas, Big!" Shizuka exclaimed holding her arms out making him chuckle a bit. "I don't care about a car as much as a shower I don;t think I've felt dirtier in my life." Saya said making him choke slightly on spit form the comment. 'Damn you Sirius.' He thought. "I couldn't agree more." Kohta said before getting kicked away from an angry Saya.
'You kind of brought that on yourself.' He thought to the guy. "Alright, Shizuka hop on, lets go check the place out." He said grabbing the bike and starting it up. "Oh ok." Shizuka said climbing on behind him. He opened the throttle and moved off in the direction she pointed. He tensed as he hands drifted way to low. his eyes widened at where she stopped them and with needing to steer he couldn't bring his hands away from the handlebars. "Shizuka." He mumbled. "Oh my I haven't felt this in a long time." Shizuka said in his ear making an eyebrow twitch. "The bike... Right?" he asked getting silence for a second. "Sorry cant hear you." Shizuka said happily making the eyebrow twitch for a second as he composed himself, or tried to that is. It didn't help that she was intent of smashing her chest against his back.
He stared in silence at the large Military model Humvee. 'Is this what she meant by Tank, I suppose to her its the same thing.' He thought glancing at the smiling woman as she waved the slow moving group over. "H-Humvee! Its the military model too!" Kohta said practically fangasming at the sight of the massive vehicle. "Told you! it looks like a Tank right?" Shizuka said smiling innocently. "Exactly what kind of friend is she?" Saya asked making him glance over curious as well only to see the question be ignored. "Looks like they cant jump over the fence, so we should be able to have a good nights sleep." Rei said looking over the fencing. "Lets hurry up and-"Takashi started before frowning at the sight of the things at the top. "Well I suppose it should have been expected, it is a small complex of four homes it looks like, so we should probably clear those out in order to be sure." He said seeing the shambling bodies of them near the house they would be using.
"Well, Takashi, might as well lead the charge." He said getting a small grin from the guy as he moved towards the nearest one bat raised. He smiled as well his blade held in his right hand ready to cut some of these things down. 'Aint no rest for the wicked.' He thought with a little amusement.
A/N: Alright So lets get down to the gear then. Also I found some difficulty writing Takashi, He is a fairly closed of character in both anime and Manga i cant really gauge how he acts well. So it might be bit stiff in those situations. Even so I am finding myself feeling alright with how it turned out. I feel I could have done a bit better, but for what I knew I felt this was the best i could do at the moment.
Current Equipment:
1x Sneakers
1x School Uniform Pants
1x Grey Zipper Hoody Left Open (Lost Uniform Jacket)
1x Blue Undershirt
1x Cheap Digital Watch
1x Ipod with Head Buds
1x K-Bar
1x Motorcycle Keys
2x Handcuffs
2x Handcuff Keys
I don't consider the bike to be a possession, since its a vehicle it cant really be carried on his person so it wont fall on the list, though the keys will since they can.
