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
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 will increase the tension as Naegi and Akamatsu attempt to try to catching up with their Hope's Peak Academy schoolmates as the streets are overrun by zombies.
Well, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 14: Shinai no kaosu
The scene shows that the surviving alumni of Hope's Peak Academy have reached the besieged academy, where they parked outside to survey the building, and there they expected that the zombie infestation has reached the academy, seeing that both the main course and the reserve course students were in their zombified forms, and saw the corpses of the other students laid on the ground.
Yukizome hugged Munakata in horror and sorrow seeing that the students innocently lost their lives and Sakakura wondered aloud how did this happened, as everything was normal since yesterday and early today, with no warning of any such.
Bandai and Gozu can only watch as they used binoculars to survey the area, and noted that there are no surviving students within the main gates of the main course campus, and there Bandai told Munakata about it.
"Munakata…"
"Yes?"
"There are no survivor either on that side…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"…"
"Munakata?"
"…"
Ando then told the others that they should ditch the academy as she is sure that there are no survivors inside Hope's Peak, but Munakata said that they should make sure first that there are no survivors, and if there are, they will see if they can be saved.
Ando did not like it, but Izayoi persuaded her to go along with Munakata's suggestion for now, stating that he knows what to do, which Ando was dismayed as she does not want to get caught by the zombies, but is eventually convinced to go along with it.
"Ruruka."
"…"
"Let's go along with it."
"Seriously?"
"For now."
"…fine…"
"Good."
"…"
With that, the van discreetly went to the other gate, which remained locked, and there Bandai uses the binoculars to survey the reserve course campus area, and after a thorough search, he told Munakata that there are no survivors given that the campus is swarmed with zombies based on the bloodstains on school uniforms they are wearing, showing that were drenched in blood and the bite areas that their bodies showed.
Munakata took the binoculars and checked it, and confirmed Bandai's findings, and told the rest that there is nothing they can do, stating that Hope's Peak Academy has fallen.
Yukizome went silent as she felt bad for the victims but Ando rudely said that it is likely that the reserve course students are to be blamed as she believed that one of them got bitten and escaped to the main course and the rest is history.
Yukizome took offense and said that the reserve course students are not at fault, and this triggered a word war between the two females, which threatened to get physical.
"How dare you say something like that?"
"That's reality."
"You didn't have to…"
"What I say is true…so get over it."
"Are you that heartless?"
"No…just stating the obvious."
"Why you…!"
"…"
Izayoi and Sakakura restrained the two girls, and urged them to calm down, with Izayoi discreetly telling Ando not to make any rude remarks lest she risks getting herself ejected from the van, much to her chagrin yet she slowly listened to Izayoi's advice.
"Ruruka. Just stay silent for now."
"Huh…?"
"Just put up with it."
"Seriously?"
"For now."
"…fine…"
"Good."
"…"
Likewise, Gozu calms Yukizome down and urged her to accept what has happened and she should focus right now in finding survivors and defend herself if faced with zombies, which she reluctantly accepted as she saw the logic in it.
"Yukizome…"
"…"
"What's done is done. We just have to face and accept it."
"But…"
"Let us focus on what to do right now."
"Gozu-san…"
"That's all we can do for now."
"…"
By then, Bandai alerted the rest as he told them that the zombies are heading out of the academy gate, and there Munakata looked around and saw a parked van nearby, and he instructed Sakakura and Gozu to push the van forward and use it to block the gate to prevent the zombies from going out.
Nodding, the two muscular men went to the parked van, where Sakakura opened the door, and began to toggle the wires and got the van starting, and Gozu drove the van and parked it and blocked the gateway, thus trapping the zombies inside the besieged academy, but then the zombies began banging, where the other door started to show some dent, but Gozu can tell it can hold out for a while and got off.
However, the dent on the van's door became more evident, and the passenger window started to show cracks, and there Sakakura told Gozu that they need to get going seeing that more zombies are starting to gang up on the blockade that Gozu made.
"Hey!"
"What?"
"Come on. if we stay longer the van's door might give way."
"…"
"Let's go before they get through."
"Fine."
"…"
"…"
As Gozu and Sakakura rejoined the others, Munakata had Bandai check on the reserve course campus of Hope's Peak Academy, and there Bandai told Munakata that he saw a few reserve course students are trapped on the campus grounds and are slowly being eaten away by the zombies, which Munakata was taken aback, and Yukizome was shocked and asked if there is anything they can do, which he sadly told her there is nothing they can do about it.
Left with no choice, Munakata's group slowly leaves the besieged academy as the scene shows that the zombies are starting to break apart the van's door yet could not break through as they are mindless due to their current physiology.
-x-
Elsewhere, the scene shifts in the middle of the city, where Akamatsu and Naegi narrowly threw a stray zombie out of the car they took and there Akamatsu gave a THUMB'S UP gesture and said that all they need now is find the nearest shelter and figure out which way the two buses went, as she and Naegi lost sight of the others, as she noted that they are now in the middle of the road with buildings and infested with zombies.
"You okay?"
"Yeah…"
"Good."
"Um, Akamatsu-san…"
"Yeah…we lost sight of the buses."
"What now?"
"We navigate our way."
"Really…?"
And there Akamatsu resumed in driving the car as they navigate in passing the road, in which Akamatsu is forced to ram the car and plow through a horde of zombies in order to get past them, yet after several minutes problems increased as the car began to conk out, and is forced to stop and park at a sidewalk area, where she and Naegi found out that the car battery gave out.
There Akamatsu suggested that they find another car to take and resume the search for their schoolmates, which Naegi appeared doubtful, yet his optimism kept him going, and Akamatsu reassured that everything will be okay and from there they will figure out what caused the pandemic in the first place and how to solve it.
However, they saw a trailer truck heading their way, and the scene shows that the truck driver was already been zombified, and is too zombified to control the truck, and is heading straight for the car, prompting Naegi and Akamatsu to jump out of the car and narrowly escaped as the truck collided with the car, resulting in an explosion, which charred the zombified truck driver to death.
Naegi saw that Akamatsu is at the alley and could not get through as she is trapped, but she told Naegi to go on ahead as she will navigate her way through the alley, and he told her to be careful, which she promised that she will.
"Akamatsu-san!"
"I'm okay!"
"But what…"
"Let's meet up!"
"Where?"
"To the nearest police station!"
"Okay! Be careful!"
"You too!"
After that, the two teens went to separate directions in order to find a way to get back together and resume in finding their schoolmates from Hope's Peak Academy.
Naegi looked around to see if he could find any weapons he could use, as bare hands are out of the question, until he found an arm-sized lead pipe, and picked it up where he navigated his way around, and encountered some zombies. Naegi wisely chose to evade them since there were enough distances, and made sure he is not seen.
He then saw a gun shop and discreetly went inside, and he assumed that it was abandoned, but then someone came out from the desk of the cashier, an adult, wielding a double-barreled shotgun, and is ready to open fire.
Naegi raised his hands as he assured to the man that he is not a zombie, resulting in a stand-off between the two.
"Freeze, you!"
"Whoa!"
"…"
"Don't shoot!"
"…"
"I'm human!"
"…"
"Please!"
The man looked ready to shoot but slowly lowered his weapon, and apologized, saying that he is only making sure, and there he went to the door and locked it, and Naegi asked what happened here within the city, which the man, who turns out to be the gun shop owner, said that he too is taken by surprise at what is going on.
Moreover, he said that everything was normal yesterday, but by earlier at 8:00 AM, things spiral out of control and the entire city is in chaos.
"What happened here?"
"I don't know. Everything was normal, but by 8 am I saw people running and stuff…till I saw some are walking like a stiff, and began biting and eating other people…"
"…"
"By the time I figure it out, I locked myself as the whole streets are littered with zombies."
"All over Tokyo?"
"Saw the news on TV and radio…it happening all over…Shibuya, Kyoto…Hokkaido…it's all over Japan!"
"No way…"
"You're lucky that you got here in one piece…just to let you know…avoid getting bitten…that's how I saw what happened to the other victims…"
Naegi then went to look around, seeing that various types of guns are on display, and reluctantly asked if he can take one for self-defense, which the shop owner said he can, given that they need to protect themselves and stated that the cops, and even the army, appeared to be too busy to come and help everyone here.
The owner also said that he saw the news and tells Naegi and the chaos has spread all over Japan, and even abroad, and tells him to be ready for anything, as there is no telling when they are going to die, as he said that he assumed that his relatives have either escaped safely or are already killed.
"So, have you contacted any of your relatives?"
"Nope…communications are out…couldn't reach them."
"Really…?"
"Yeah."
"…"
"Either they managed to escape…or they…"
"Sorry…"
"It's fine. Just be ready…either your loved ones managed to escape or…"
Suddenly, two pairs of zombies crashed through the wide window of the shop, and the shop owner attempted to fight back, but was pinned down, and they started to eat him alive and the owner screamed as he is being eaten alive.
"MUNCH-MUNCH"
"GGRROOOWWWLL…"
"MUNCH-MUNCH…"
"AAAIIIEE!"
"MUNCH-MUNCH"
"GGRROOOWWWLL…"
"MUNCH-MUNCH…"
"AAAIIIEE!"
Naegi watched in horror seeing the shop owner being disemboweled, and he had to act fast as he is tne next on the menu if he doesn't make a move fast.
To Be Continued…
Hope you like this chapter, as Naegi and Akamatsu try to search for a way to reach their friends amid the chaos that befell the streets of Tokyo.
The middle and last scenes of this chapter is a nod from the cinematic sequences of Resident Evil 2, in which Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield meet up but got separated before the start of that game, which shows that Leon managed to find another survivor, only for that survivor to get eaten up by zombies inside a shop. I sort of borrowed that element since I prefer the Capcom game over the Milla Jovovich movie…
Preview:
The next chapter highlight the first dilemma of this fic, as Naegi navigates his way around town, encountering some survivors and zombies while the rest of the Danganronpa crew are also navigating their way around…
See you in July or August…
Reviews are welcomed…but needed...