Super Duper High School of the Dead
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
High School of the Dead is owned by Daisuke Sato and Madhouse
My heart-felt apologies for the late update! I was struck down with pharyngitis during the first 2 weeks of last month, and after recovering, I was besieged with office work that kept me off the computer and thus my progress was slowed down and got delayed, but nevertheless, I managed to complete it and here it is…the latest chapter.
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the story intensifies as the students of Hope's Peak are scrambling to get out of here, while Naegi makes a hard decision on what to do with Kuwata…
Ch. 7: Muzukashī ketsudan
As Maizono bandaged Kuwata's arm while Naegi made a makeshift barricade using tables tied together with an adhesive tape, which proved useful as it hold the undead at bay, and there he and Maizono checked on Kuwata, as he appeared to get pale, where he realized that he may be done for as the bite of the undead may contain something that may be far worse than a viral rabies, which he told Naegi and Maizono about it, alarming his two classmates.
"What…?"
"No…Kuwata-kun…!"
"Kuwata…"
"No…you'll be okay!"
"Naegi…Maizono…"
"Hang in there!"
"Kuwata…are you…?"
"…"
Maizono stared in shock upon hearing this while Makoto feared the worst, as he is facing the prospect of killing Kuwata should the SHSL Baseball Player become an undead just like the ones that are roaming the academy. He clenched his fists as he did not like the scenario but he knew there is no other recourse should that time come.
-x-
Back at the main campus of Hope's Peak Academy, the scene shifts at a garage, where a teenage girl is described as having a long blonde hair, and a pair of ahoges. She wears brown colored goggles on her head. She wears a pink sailor school uniform, and matching skirt. She wears black finger-less gloves, and black boots with gold buttons on them. The buckles on the boots are also gold.
She wears black straps connected by gold rings on her legs, and over her clothes. The straps for her legs have gold clips that are attached to her white socks. She wears a black choker collar, and two smaller black collars, around her neck.
She is identified as Miu Iruma, who is the SHSL Inventor, and there she is seen creating an invention, where you can see what appeared to be a teenage boy who looked a mixture of being a human and being a mechanical being. The being is described as having a fully mechanical body. Most of his body is made up of black metal resembling armored plating, and he does not wear clothes.
His head, though synthetic, resembles that of a normal human, having pale skin and white, straight hair with a large ahoge sticking from the top, though with noticeable cyborg traits such as glowing blue eyes, thick lines that run around and below his eyes, and headphone-shaped objects instead of ears.
It was obviously a robot, and there Iruma names him Kibo, and she proclaims that she has invented the ULTIMATE ZOMBIE BUSTER, which her two classmates, identified as Suichi Saihara and Kaede Akamatsu, the SHSL Detective and Pianist, respectively, are worried as they can hear the banging from the steel door, where several dents are formed.
"Looks like I did it! I invented a robo-zombie buster!"
"Can that thing really fend off those undead?"
"Of course, Saihara-kun…I'm the inventor!"
"Saihara-san…Iruma-san…whatever you two are planning…better execute it…those things are about to break through!"
"Have no fear…Kibo will save us!"
"Is it tested? My detective deduction tells me that it needs some thorough testing…"
"You doubt my invention, you Detective Conan-wannabe?"
"Make up your mind, you two!"
By then the undead broke through, having smashed their way through the semi-metallic door, and are now advancing towards the three classmates of Class 80.
Akamatsu stepped back as Saihara defends her, and the undead masses are moaning as they slowly head towards the two teens, but then Iruma's invention, Kibo, began to move and began plowing at the group, punching and crushing their heads, and since Kibo is a robot made of steel, the undead could not bite their way through and they ended up becoming crushed corpses when Kibo crushed their heads with pure force.
Saihara and Akamatsu sighed in relief seeing that Iruma's invention saved the day and they thanked her for her effort which Iruma confidently accepted the praise and bragged that there is nothing she cannot handle and proclaimed that Kibo is the key to getting out of here.
"Thanks, Iruma-san..."
"We owe you one."
"Ha-ha...praise me more..."
"Guess we'll have to rely on you till we get out of here..."
"Yes, be our guide, Iruma-san!"
"Sure, sure...leave it to me! Kibo will lead us to freedom!"
"Come on, we better..."
"Huh?"
"Looks like we're going to..."
However, their revelry was interrupted when more undead came charging in, and Akamatsu gasped in response, but Iruma boasted that this is nothing as she directed Kibo to FRY the MONSTERS, in which the robot uses a flamethrower to scorch the dozen undead, and though they brush off the flames that engulfed their bodies, they soon fell to the floor as they slowly cease functioning as their insides were melting away.
As Iruma danced in triumph, Saihara and Akamatsu carried her as they and Kibo leave the lab as they intend to find survivors and help them before escaping the academy. Along the way they encountered some of their schoolmates who are facing similar situations:
- Himeko Yumeno using some MAGIC TRICKS such as birds and rabbits coming out from a hat to fend off the undead, to little avail.
- Tenko Chabashiba and Maki Harukawa using weapons and their martial arts skills to keep the undead at bay
Iruma then directed Kibo to use its laser to FRY the undead masses' heads, which the robot did, and in less than two minutes the undead are taken cared of, and the three girls were grateful to their schoolmates, though Chabashira was less willing to come closer due to Saihara being there, and suggested that he be sacrificed to the undead, which he asks her in an annoyed tone on why Chabashira is suggesting that he should become ZOMBIE CHOW.
"That's because it suits you!"
"What?"
"You're a lecher! Boys are lecher! So it would be best if you become zombie chow!"
"You're crazy!"
"You're the crazy one!"
"..."
"So if we give you to THEM...then there won't be any lecher boys!"
"You really are crazy..."
Akamatsu then steps in and quell off any tension and urged everyone that they should work together and help any survivors they find and work together in order to escape the onslaught, but Chabashira stared in surprise and asks Akamatsu if they really have to bring Saihara with them, which the SHSL Pianist nodded, and she persuades Chabashira to at least put up with the SHSL Detective's presence, much to Chabashira's dismay.
"Come on, Chabashira-san."
"But..."
"Saihara-kun is our schoolmate..."
"I can't...!"
"Just pretend that you don't see him..."
"Geez..."
"I promise...he won't BITE you..."
"..."
Chabashira sighed in defeat and nodded and the members of Class 80 began to move out, with Kibo leading the way, and they all headed for the ground floor in order to escape and get help, and they have no idea what awaits them once they reach the ground floor.
-x-
Back at the rooftop, Kuwata was vomitting blood as he is getting paler, his eyes slowly turn pale-white, and he realized that he is on the verge of becoming an undead himself, and requests Naegi to hit him on the head before he becomes one, which Naegi is shocked at what Kuwata is requesting, and Kuwata told Naegi to take care of Maizono, as well as telling him that the SHSL Luckster is free to woo her, but Maizono is unwilling to let Naegi do a mercy-killing on Kuwata, and tries to assure to the SHSL Baseball Player that he will be okay, but Kuwata slowly succumbs to his wounds, as Naegi is forced to watch the scene before him.
"Kuwata-kun!"
"…"
"Kuwata!"
"…"
"No! Don't die!"
"…"
"Don't leave me!"
"…"
As Maizono wailed, Naegi comforted her, but a minute later, Naegi is startled when Kuwata slowly get up, and pulls Maizono away as Kuwata began to growl, his eyes pure white, and moves like an undead, and Naegi realize that he has no choice but to put Kuwata out of his misery, but Maizono pleaded him not to, yet he told her that Kuwata is already dead.
"Naegi-kun…don't!"
"I'm sorry…he's…"
"But…!"
"Kuwata's gone…look at him now!"
"But…but…"
"Just stand back…please…"
"…"
"…"
Despite Maizono's protests, Naegi reluctantly went into action, as he tripped the undead, causing the walking corpse to fall down and there Naegi struck it hard on the head with the baseball bat, hitting several times with pure force until Kuwata's body stopped functioning altogether, ending his suffering and Maizono watched in shock and disbelief at what she just saw.
Naegi himself was not pleased with this yet he knew that it has to be done in order to protect himself and Maizono, and he sadly told her there is no recourse, as well as to end Kuwata's suffering and to protect themselves from becoming an undead should they get bitten, which is what Naegi wanted to avoid, and he told Maizono that they have to face the harsh reality.
"I'm sorry, Maizono-san…"
"…"
"There's no other way."
"…"
"This is reality. We have no choice but to face it."
"…"
"Please understand."
"…"
Maizono was too shocked and distraught to reply, but he hugged her as a way to give her emotional support, and she started to sob, as this was too much for her to handle, and Naegi made soothing assurances that he will protect her and that they will get out of here and find help, as well as to find out what is causing all of these to happen in such a short time.
"Easy, Maizono-san…"
"…"
"Shh…"
"…"
"We need to get out of here…"
"…"
"We'll find out what's causing this. I promise."
"…"
Maizono kept weeping as Naegi comforted her, and amid all this, the scene shows that more of the UNDEAD are piling up and are pushing their way in against the barricaded table, with the adhesive tapes holding the table together, but it also shows that the barricade would not hold it for the next five minutes, which means that the barricade would give in sooner.
The scene shifts outside Hope's peak Academy and into the city, as chaos is underway due to the UNDEAD moving around, eating and biting everyone they came across to, and panic ensued as many screamed in terror, and the cops were frantically shooting them, which did little to slow them down, and even the cops themselves slowly got caught and disemboweled.
"AAAIIEEE!"
"GGGGYYYAAHH!"
"HELP!"
"SOMEONE SAVE ME!"
"WE'RE GOING TO DIE!"
"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"
"DAMN THE DIET!"
"ARMAGEDDON!"
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as some of the Danganronpa V3 characters got their moment to shine, as Kibo saved the students and are now on their way out…
Naegi makes a painful decision, and ended Kuwata's suffering, even though it would hunt him for the rest of his life, even if it means he would be subjected to resentment from Maizono…
Preview:
The next chapter shifts as the students reached the gates, only to encounter some gauntlet…
See you in 5 to 7 weeks…
Reviews are welcomed...