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Welcome to chapter 2-! *0* xD Hehe I bet you are curious how this will continue, well-
I am too xDDD I don´t have to many ideas cuz I´m usually a scaredy cat to be honest- I have never actually watched any zombie movies except as I mentioned the walking dead and I only saw a few episodes xDDD So if you happen to have an idea about how I could continue ths story or anything that you would really like to see happen in a zombie story, shoot it xDD
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Well then, I hope you enjoy this as much as I do xD
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ஜ Chapter 2: Why Izaya? Protect ஜ
-Izaya´s point of view-
Gnawing with their disgusting rotten faces they tried to get close to Izaya.
They were too many, way too many.
Even with Shizuo at his back.
That brute was struggling and he knew it, normal humans he would just grab and throw away, with normal humans he wouldn´t take so long.
But those weren´t normal people, those were highly infectious piles of rotten flesh.
A glance over the shoulder let his pessimistic view on the situation grow even worse.
The blond wasn´t fighting as recklessly as usual. It was obvious. He was taking way too much time. He waited for those things to be close enough to bash their heads in sidewise, he didn´t hit them face on.
Of course. After all, if he accidentally bashed in one of those creatures faces and ended up scratching himself by its teeth then it would be game over.
If one approached him from the side, he would shove it away on its stomach first, to avoid any contact.
Another already charged from the other direction.
Shizuo kicked its legs away and threw it into the mass of rotten bodies, knocking three over in the process.
But there were so many more than just three.
They were fucking surrounded.
If it continued like this they were going to die.
There was only one thing that Izaya appreciated about these creatures.
They seemed to have a sort of intelligence in themselves.
Normally this would be a bad thing, but right now it was good.
Every single one of these fucking bastards screeched when it got killed; made a sound so it would attract others for sure.
But after hearing more and more of those screams they started to slow down, as if they had realized that they wouldn´t be able to get their prey one at a time.
They didn´t attack randomly anymore. Instead they were gathering and surrounding them in a predatory manner.
Izaya panted as his eyes flew around. They just stood there growling. More and more of the beasts joining the group.
They were too many. Way too many.
He hadn´t even realized he was swaying until he felt himself softly bump into Shizuo´s back.
Annoyed by his exhaustion, he tried to straighten himself right away. But he was just too damn tired.
He didn´t know if Shizu-chan actually didn't realize, or if he let the informant lean on him on purpose.
He wasn´t going to complain about either right now.
"What´s your plan?" Something akin to a sour smile spread over the raven´s lips.
For once the sentence actually implied something different than all the other thousand times he heard it.
He tilted his head. Left and right.
They were fucked.
There wasn´t a single thing within their reach that he could have made Shizu-chan pick up and throw at those monsters.
If there was at least a light pole or something, then the debt-collector could hit them away with it like baseballs.
But like this?
They were in the middle of the street, surrounded by buildings. There was literally nothing they could use, and no way to escape.
A plan, huh?
One of the gnawing creatures tried to bite his arm. Just in time he dodged and stabbed its left eye, leaving it to slump on the floor.
And that´s when he realized, that they were gonna die.
This was it, right?
The end. Finito. конец. Ende.
He couldn´t believe he was going to die because of that stupid protozoan.
At first it was silent.
A quiet chuckle in this air that was only filled with groaning noises.
But soon it transformed more and more into straight out laughter.
"Oi, Flea, now is not the time to go insane." the blond behind him growled, making him almost imagine how he had his brows furrowed in annoyance.
Ah... Shizu-chan, so naive.
"You really think I have a plan for everything don´t you?" He asked, throwing the last knife he had into one of the zombies skulls, an instant scream reaching his ears before it fell to the dirty ground.
"So you don´t?"
Heh.
He was surprised by the tranquility of Shizu-chan's voice.
There was no doubt in it, just a sort of tone that made him think that maybe the brute had only yelled so loud before because he had given up on surviving anyway.
Fucking great.
The ride down to hell was now booked for two, thanks to the brute.
Shizu-chan was just too stupid. Almost as stupid as those creatures.
Izaya had thought of something. It wasn´t like he was going to continue living on a planet that was doomed for sure. He did have an actual plan.
And now?
Just for a second he remembered how he had led those things away from himself in the warehouse before.
He had survived just fine on his own.
Suddenly his eyes widened.
"I have one." he suddenly straightened himself, adrenaline filling his veins once more at the prospect of surviving, as he fixated the building in front of them.
It wasn´t too huge, just a normal building but it would be their escape plan.
"Shoot it." the blond replied instantly.
"Shoot me!" The creatures were already starting to approach them. They had decided they had gathered enough of their fellows to attack them.
Now or never!
"What?" The confusion in Shizu-chan´s voice was obvious, but they had to act quick-
"Now is not the time to be stupid, Shizu-chan! Shoot me up this building!" He yelled, pointing towards the house; the zombies were starting to move faster, their arms reaching for the two, finally closing in on them.
The blond looked up, seeing the building. A furious glare was directed at the stupid beast as he just kept staring up at the house.
"SHIZU-CHAN!" the raven barked, and suddenly the blond unfroze a frown on his face and he turned to the raven.
"Tch, fuck it," he swore, grabbing the flea by his coat, the fabric tightened and for a moment Izaya wheezed as it constricted around his neck, rendering him unable to breathe properly.
The blond took one, two, three turns, rotating around his axis before throwing the raven towards the building.
Izaya only had a second to close his eyes before pain hit his frame.
CRASH
Shards fell to the floor and the raven´s body slammed against a cupboard near the window frame. Books fell down on top of him and his eyes squeezed shut in as a pained hiss escaped his lips.
He didn't see that window coming. That fucking brute was supposed to throw him on top of the building, not through a fucking window!
But he had no time to complain.
Almost instantly he shot up from the floor, barely noticing the shards that were stuck in his arm and thigh as he quickly shuffled to the window.
The blonde was still standing down there, the creatures closing in on him.
One deep breath of air was all he needed.
"HEY YOU FREAKING BASTARDS, I´M HERE!"
Shizuo blinked as the voice reached his ears and his sight trailed back up into the direction he had thrown Izaya in.
The raven was standing there, yelling out of the crashed window.
The first thought that struck Shizuo was that he had gone insane.
What the hell was he yelling for?
But then he noticed it.
Something he hadn´t realized so far.
His eyes widened as the creatures stopped and twisted their head into Izaya's direction.
At first he thought those things where just checking where the sound was coming from and would continue gathering up on him in a second.
He hadn´t seen these them up close like this so far.
When he was with Kasuka and his girlfriend he has had the chance to, yeah.
But it was never quiet enough.
Those things... didn´t seem to notice he was there anymore.
"OI!" the raven kept yelling, and the more he did, the more of those walkers turned around.
Until they headed in Izaya´s direction. They didn´t seem to notice he was here anymore.
Staying still the blond remained in his position, just staring at the flea above.
His eyes widened slightly, as the creatures started to move away from him.
Didn´t they see he was still there? Why were they so keen on getting Izaya?
And that´s when the fact hit him hard.
Those things were blind.
With even constant steps they approached the building, while Shizuo could do nothing but stare.
No way...
He felt like someone had thrown him into ice cold water.
How?
How hadn´t he realized this sooner?
They were fucking blind!
Izaya kept standing in the window, yelling as loud as he could. It was creepy. From that high up he could see pretty far.
Down the street and in the alleys surrounding the blonde, there were so many of them.
Hell... he knew they were in Japan, he knew how many people exactly lived here, but the amount of them... he hadn´t imagined it like this.
He involuntarily shivered as cold sweat ran down his back.
The gnawing noises everywhere... he wanted to get out of here.
He waited, kept yelling, just for a bit longer.
He wanted to get away.
It wasn´t until the last creature had passed Shizuo and had actually slowly backed away towards the wall of a building that Izaya stopped the screams.
With a swift motion Shizuo was up on the little store´s roof.
And then Izaya was running.
If he was especially glad of having any of his abilities, then it was parkour.
Not his brain, not his social skills or anything else. Parkour.
Because with this he could get anywhere he wanted.
Running, jumping, dangling from roof to roof he ran down the street. Quiet.
Away from the group of flesh eating creatures, away from those bastards.
His lungs burned, but he didn´t stop.
The thought that those creatures could still be after him was sending shivers down his spine, even though he knew how ridiculous it was.
He was so concentrated on running away from these things, he didn´t even notice how the blond was following him.
Watching out to not attract any attention he followed the informant as quick as he could, doing the same as he always did.
Chasing the flea.
It had a sense of familiarity and normality to him as he ran through Ikebukuro, wind brushing through his hair as he followed that louse.
It was odd.
But in a sense he wished everything would revert to the way it was.
Izaya could turn up every few days and drop by to annoy him, he wouldn´t even mind.
Hell he would prefer having that louse pester him the entire day if this were...
...
He could have saved them.
The thought was weighing a ton on his chest.
He could have avoided their deaths.
But he was too stupid.
Too stupid to realize, too stupid to see... that he wasn´t that monster that he would have liked to really be at that moment.
It destroyed him from the inside.
His gaze was still fixated on Izaya who was running on top of the roof on the other side of the street.
He didn´t seem to realize he was Shizuo was following him.
Panting he dashed after the louse.
For a second he took a breath of air, intending to yell Izaya´s name, to ask him to wait, but just in the nick of time he kept his mouth shut.
The chase didn´t take much longer though.
One last jump carried the raven over to the roof of a small convenience store, slumping down on the edge of the building.
Panting he let himself fall on his back to look at the grey sky above them.
He was exhausted. He couldn´t keep this up for much longer.
Being on alert 24/7, always running, never sleeping, fighting. He couldn´t keep going like this.
His eyebrows furrowed as he thought about how he was going to continue.
THUD
Instantly the raven shot back up, and his eyes darted to the edge of the roof.
His hand was already inside his coat´s pocket, only to realize that he had no knives left.
His heart was pumping loudly in his chest and he could hear blood rush to his ears, as he heard something move up the wall.
It was only when he spotted a blond blotch of hair, that he realized who the fuck it was that was actually climbing up here.
It was Shizu-chan.
With a relieved sigh he let himself slump back to the ground. Sure, Shizu-chan wasn´t exactly someone who he was glad to see, but at least now he figured that not even the brute would start any fights because he was in Ikebukuro.
"Freaking zombies." he mumbled, taking notice how the debt collector let himself slump down next to him on the roof.
He hated to admit it, but having someone next to him who wasn´t a flesh eating brainless creature, was kind of comforting.
It had been a while since he had actually seen someone normal.
Well as normal as Shizu-chan could be.
"So, they can´t see?" the raven blinked, having heard the questioning phrase.
Wow.
"I can´t believe you survived so long without realizing that," he mumbled, still watching the brute with a rather surprised expression.
The blond didn´t answer though. Instead he let his hand slide into his pant´s pocket, he drew out a cigarette package. Upon opening it, Izaya noticed that it was the last one he had.
"I owe you."
The raven blinked "What?"
"You didn´t have to scream, you could have very well just watched," the blonde continued, lighting his cigarette with the lighter he pulled out of his other pocket.
The raven snorted.
"Don´t flatter yourself Shizu-chan. I couldn´t care less about whether you are dead or alive," he clarified, earning a confused glance from the male. "It was just self defense. If you turned into one of these things no one would be able to defeat you. The ultimate monster, ne?"
... that made sense.
"I still owe you," Shizuo insisted. It was a fact that Izaya had saved his life, no matter why he did it. The raven glared at the blonde and got up from his sitting position.
"Whatever," he mumbled, stepping at the ledge of the building. He didn´t really want to converse with that brute any longer
"Where are you going?" The question made the raven pause in his movement and he looked over his shoulder. Shizuo had gotten up, as if ready to follow him.
"Strolling around, searching for certain things. You can go and yell a bit more so you don´t get bored," Izaya replied sarcastic, still wondering why the brute was even asking.
"Certain things? You mean like food?" Shizu-chan asked, blowing some of the smoke away.
"That and more that you don´t need to know," the raven shrugged, turning around to scan the area. It seemed like they were alone here.
There wasn´t a single one of those creatures in view. They probably all headed to the street up ahead.
He was about to jump off the roof when Shizu-chan´s voice reached him once more.
"Izaya, wait a second."
He blinked, then turned around to face the brute with a glare.
"Shizu-chan, just saying, if you request a fucking fight or something then I will have to disappoint you." He was tired, and exhausted and Shizu-chan seriously started to piss him off even more than usual.
"That´s not it," Shizuo replied fairly quick. This wasn´t what he was trying to say. He took another breath of the smoke from his cigarette before speaking again. He already knew how the flea would react.
"We should stay together."
...
Silence dominated the air for a second as Izaya stared at the blonde as if he just said the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Excuse me, I think I heard you wrong. Did you seriously just say we should stay together? Like, you, the stupid yelling protozoan, and me?"
If Shizu-chan weren´t Shizu-chan but someone else, someone with more brains and not that one person Izaya hated most on this planet, then the request would actually have been understandable.
But like this?
"I won´t yell." he threw in. Now that he knew that those things were blind he wouldn´t attract them anymore like this. Something akin to a small laugh escaped the raven´s lips at that response.
"I doubt it. You are an idiotic brute that doesn´t think about consequences Shizu-chan." Shizuo frowned at the insult and he clenched his fists.
He had to remain calm, beating up Izaya wouldn´t help him.
"It would be easier for you," he retorted instead, causing the flea to glare at him again.
"Easier? What are you trying to imply? That I can´t survive alone?" he spat.
"Tch," that wasn´t what he intended to say, but okay, "Forget it, it was a stupid idea."
There was no way for either of them to actually work together without ending up killing each other anyway.
The raven hummed, watching the blond as he sat down on the floor again.
"Ne, why is Shizu-chan so obsessed with staying together now, even though before you were obviously annoyed that I'm still alive?"
He had looked like he had been seriously offended by that. So, what the hell?
"It doesn´t make sense. You know."
On the other hand…
Maybe Shizu-chan´s idea wasn´t all that bad.
He had no knives for now. And if there were many of these bastards at once, Shizu-chan was the perfect watchdog for him.
He could use that brutish strength of his for his own advantage.
Also, he might be the only one left. He had been looking around in Ikebukuro for a while and the only people he had met, were about to turn into those monsters.
If Shizu-chan ended up being turned, it would mean more than just trouble. He even considered the possibility that Shizu-chan might be coming after him even in his death.
...
"I´m going where I want to go. If you follow me or not is up to you." The blond blinked as those words reached his ears.
"Wait what?" The raven rolled his eyes in annoyance, looking back at the brute once more.
"Sometimes I really do wonder if you have a brain, Shizu-chan."
End of chapter 2 C:
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