Takeo Kukai's Story

"Heads up bitch!" Takeo exclaimed, using the axe blade on his guitar to cleave the zombies head clean off. Satisfied with his work, he kicked the body into a couple other zombies, and played a single chord, causing the axe blade to retract, and a broad, double edged sword blade to come out in it's place which he quickly used to decapitate the two flesh eaters. He then played another, softer note, retracting the blade into the instrument, making it look like an innocent guitar.

"Are you alright?" he said to the small frail-looking student who he'd just saved.

"Yes, thank you Kukai-Senpai." she said, climbing to her feet.

"Alright, I think that's the last of them, so go to your room, lock the door, and find something to defend yourself with." he told her. She nodded, and headed down the stairs, towards her room. Takeo continued down the hallway, checking the dorm rooms for zombies or survivors, but he found neither, and found himself on the top floor. He looked out the window.

He could see zombies everywhere, shuffling, moaning and hunting. Off in the distance, he could just make out the glowing field that had surrounded the school, shortly after the spell was cast, cutting of the students escape. He had been in his dorm room at that time, skipping class, and needless to say, jumped to action, clearing the building of the undead, and helping any survivors that hadn't already turned.

"I've got to find Hayashi-San..." He thought. "She's the only other one that will know what to do..."

With one broad swing, he shattered the window and jumped down onto a garbage dumpster.

"Alright." he said, steeling himself for whatever horrors that lie in his path. "Let's do this."

"Son of a bitch!" Takeo yelled, backing up from a persistent flesh-eater, with a surprisingly thick skull. "You scratched!" he yelled again, smashing the zombie in the face with his weapon. "My fucking!" he yelled, continuing to bash the zombie's brains in. "GUITAR!" he finished, the annoying undead laying on the ground, it's head now a fine paste. Satisfied with himself, he brushed zombie grey matter off of the arm of his jacket, slinging the guitar over his shoulder.

He had been to the parking lot, and rescued a couple survivors there, after which he went to the pool, but he didn't enter, because of the high volume of zombies, and he didn't want to face that many of the walking dead without back up. He was now making his way to the greenhouse.

He was walking fairly briskly strumming a tune on the ol' zombie killer when he spotted a group, flag-shipped by what he recognized as Hayashi-san's trademark blue hair. With her, he saw Sam Shepard, an American exchange student who he'd partied with a couple of time, and had taken quite a liking to, and Aika Chinen, a rather ditzy boy who he'd shared a couple classes with. He also noticed two other boys that he didn't recognize right away.

"So Hayashi-San, I see you've put together quite a merry bunch of zombie slayers." he said, approaching the group with a grin.

"So Hayashi-San, I see you've put together quite a merry bunch of zombie slayers."

Airi grinned at Kukai and saluted him. "Yo, Ku-ku! Nice to see you're still breathing!" Bandit walked over to him and began to purr. "Bandy missed ya as much as I did!" she set Yuj on the ground and looked at her little group that had she inadvertently gathered. "As for my merry band of zombie slayers, well, they're not pro but damn, are they close enough! A couple weeks under our training and they'd be as good as us, even better, maybe!" The song "Envy Catwalk" played as an undertone to her words.

"So, any idea on what this shit over there is? If not, then we're blasting this place after some evac and destroying! Cause I love my grenades~" she sang, holding one of them in her hands and pressing a kiss to its blue exterior. "And then we're outta here because I hate these damn things... Hoped I never see another and look! They come in hoards! My luck's fucking amazing!" Bandit gave a agreeing meow from his new perch on Kukai's shoulders.

"Anyways, Ten-ten there's gotta bunker we can hide out in for a couple days but you know zombies... We're gonna have to keep moving... Then I thought we'd stop at my house. I know Asher's dying to tear some of these things a new one. Plus I got that flame thrower that I know someone'll wanna play with~" She told the other hunter, grinning.

"So Hayashi-San, I see you've put together quite a merry bunch of zombie slayers." he said, approaching the group with a grin.

Tenno looked at the guy coming toward them. Could always use one more he thought to himself. "Your just in time " he told the other student. It was time for him to speak his mind.

"Listen up guys." he addressed the group. "We can't just sit here out in the open or we'll be swarmed." Tenno turned to the woman with the chainsaw. "You said you have somewhere to go in town right? So we can all head out to her place for the night and plan our next course of action. So, where is this haven your talking about?"

"Sorry, but I don't think that's gonna happen buddy, that's a barrier." he said, gesturing toward the small glitch in the air that made and odd buzzing motion, signifying the invisible wall."But..." he continued, "If we can find the barrier rune, then we can release the seal, and the barrier will be gone. I'm just puzzled as to how this happened. Some one would have to have a lot of knowledge of the occult to cast a spell like this...it makes me wonder if it might have been one of the teachers." he said. "Anyway, it's good to know that we're not the only ones who can hold our own against these walking corpses. I just wish that my brothers, or someone higher up from the order was able to get here before the barrier went up." he said to Airi. "Oh, I almost forgot! Are you alright? Is anyone else injured?"

Airi grinned and pointed west. "That way! We'll have to pass through the main hoard in the front of the school but that should be easy." She started towards the entrance of the school, whistling. Anytime a zombie got near her, she flicked the chainsaw their way and pop, those the head. Bandit followed, deftly avoiding the little zombie bits that littered the ground.

When she saw the main hoard again, she sighed. "My poor clothes..." she muttered before she turned behind her and pulled out a popsicle. "At this rate, I'll run out before I get home..." she munched on the ice, waiting for the others to ahead of her and fight. She wanted to see what they're made of.

Her eyes roved over the hoard, picking out the best course of action to get out and she charged. She sliced through the weaker ones with ease, and dodged the larger ones. She had to backflip to avoid getting a new hole in her shoulder. "Shit! Boys! A little help here!"

Sam saw Takeo and was happy to see him. Takeo and him have partied a few times and the guys were pretty good friends. He was glad that he'd survived. Unfortunately he stopped listening when he noticed the distortion in the air. Unbenounced to Sam this magical barrier was all but impenterable. That was information he could have used before his attempt. While the others were talking Sam's hands were on the barrier in amazement.

"Woah... It's like a forcefield... I bet I can..."

He muttered to himself as he took a few big steps back. After taking a couple deep breathes to amp himself he charged at it, using his body like a battering ram just like he'd done so many times on the football field. Unlike sacking a quarterback however the forcefield didn't budge. Sam threw his body into the magical barrier only to be rebounded off it, flying backwards into the grass. He groaned and sat himself up in shock.

"Well shit... That didn't work worth a damn."

Sam almost missed the others take off for an exit. He rushed after them just in time to hear Airi ask for help. A metal fence post was the reply she recieved. He tee'd off on the nearest zombie. It's head imploding on the wall. Shepard turned and smacked the base of it in another face before crushing its skull with a downward swing like he was splitting wood. He kicked a third in the chest sending it flying back before splitting a fourths skull open with a quick swing. One lunged for him only to be shoved off before Sam gripped up it's shiirt collar and tossing it away like it was a rag doll.

"Is it bad I'm starting to enjoy this?"

Sam asked aloud with a laugh.

Takeo looked at Sam dumbstruck, as he charged head-on into the barrier. He had to fight to keep back his laughter as the boy felt the impact of force field in full force as he was thrown backward. To be fair, he had never encountered such a thing before, and Takeo had actually done the exact same thing the first time he'd seen one. He also found it a bit odd that no one had questioned their being zombie hunters, but he was sure it wasn't very hard to believe now that the walking dead were...walking. His thought process was interrupted by Airi's call for help, and he quickly obliged. He strummed a chord on his guitar, and a long thin blade came out of the end, wich he stabbed into the nearest zombie. He strummed on the chords violently, and the guitar sent vibrations through the blade wich caused the zombie to explode messily. He brought out the guitar's axe blade and continued to hack away at the hoard.

"Is it bad I'm starting to enjoy this?" Sam said, with a laugh. Takeo grinned.

"Now you're starting to think like a zombie hunter!"

Tenno's father always told him that when battle came to always strike fast and topple the head upon the neck.

Tenno to three shots (14) to clear Airi's way back to the group.

"Diamond formation. Sam take to the front left and Takeo take the front left. Aika stay to the back and alert us of any zombies coming to flank us. Airi take the the front. I'll be in the middle to shoot any flankers. We all back up as they try to swarm to limit their numbers. Remember it's kill or be killed!" Tenno yelled to the group with a distinct commanding tone.

"Is it bad I'm starting to enjoy this?"

"Now you're starting to think like a zombie hunter!"

"What'd I tell ya! Damn near close. Thanks guys!" she told them, grinning. She turned up her music and pulled out Juy. "Hell, this is way too fun!" she spun and killed about ten in a row.

Airi laughed at Tenno. "Damn, Ten-ten! You're good at this!" she went to where she was told and took down anything that came at her. "Sam! If that stick of yours breaks, by my foot is a baseball bat one of these things dropped. Give me the word and I kick it over th- Gods damn you, undead bitch!" she kicked off one that was trying to eat her chest. "Fucking a..."

Sam fell in line with Tenno's battle plan. Shepard had been on enough sports teams to know how to follow a good play when he heard one. He lined up on the front left laying out everything in front of him. With one good swing the metal fence post caved in the chest of one of the nearest only to have it's head crushed in by Sam's sneaker once it hit the ground. Sam's swung hard like a major leage batter on the next three all advnacing at once. The three zombies mouths spewed blood after the blow connected with all three in succession.

Sam! If that stick of yours breaks, by my foot is a baseball bat one of these things dropped. Give me the word and I kick it over th- Gods damn you, undead bitch!"

As if on cue Sam's weapon splintered warning him of it's fraility. He turned about ready to shout to Airi to toss him the bat when he noticed the zombie. Directly behind her with its hands reaching for her throat the undead creature had it's lifelss eyes set on its prey. "She doesn't see him! Got one shot! Gotta make this count!" Sam shouted at himself within the confines of his own mind. He cocked back his arm and with a mighty swing sent the fence post flying. It sailed through the air and found it's target. The base of the spine in the back of the zombie. The post impaled it's target in a stunning display of gore as it toppled over. Sam smiled proudly half surprised he hit his target.

"I'll take that bat whenever you're ready!"

He said before turning back around to uppercut the ever loving shit out of the nearest zombie, sending the ghoulish corpse flying backwards into the crowd.

Airi turned to see the zombie get impaled. She was surprised that the thing got behind her and the fact Sam had saved her. He wasn't so bad.

"I'll take that bat whenever you're ready!"

"Heh! Thanks, Sammy boy~ Here!" she sang out, kicking the bat over to him, watching it roll against his foot. Her skirt flipped up, showing off her cute stripes before she roundhouse kicked a zombie in the face. She thought about where in the school they could rest.

"Ten-ten! I got an idea! The gym! It's big, got the running water of the showers and it'd be easy to defend! I saw we head there and regroup ourselves." she said, driving her heel into the zombie's face. "The cafe's near there too so easy food access!" she turned back to the school and sighed.

"So many of 'em... Bandy, wanna help out?" the cat meowed and ran through the hoard. "Ah... shit..." she sighed again, going back to the fighting.

"Diamond formation. Sam take to the front left and Takeo take the front left. Aika stay to the back and alert us of any zombies coming to flank us. Airi take the the front. I'll be in the middle to shoot any flankers. We all back up as they try to swarm to limit their numbers. Remember it's kill or be killed!"

"Sorry friend," Takeo replied. "But I don't really take orders." He continued to slaughter more zombies, using the long blade to decapitate several zombies at a time. He noticed Sam cover Airi's back, saving her from a nasty zombie bite. And felt a pang of guilt. "I really should have had that..." he thought. "I'm supposed to be the professional here..." He turned around and roundhouse kicked a zombie, strangely in sync with his fellow zombie hunter, covering his shoes with gore.

"Good idea Airi, we need to rest for a bit of we're gonna continue looking for survivors, and find out who caused this clusterfuck."

"Sure but I locked some in the gym. I'd say there's at least 14" Tenno said as he shot two behind Airi. "15. OK lets get a move on, this place is getting crowded. Remember to stay in formation until we get inside the building!"

Airi sighed and turned to Tenno. "Look, I've lived shit like this before so I'm leading this little group. Now, I'm taking point, Kukai, Sam, I need you two to watch my backside. Let's move. And Ku-ku? You are taking orders, but not from him, from me." she took off running towards the entrance, jumping and slashing as she went.

When she entered the school, she saw the surprisingly empty halls. "Huh..." She moved carefully, eyes darting around everywhere.

"You got it sarge." he said smiling. To his surprise he couldn't help but feel a bit proud of the zombie hunter for taking charge. He followed her into the building, watching for zombie tails, and resisting from making a crude joke about watching her backside.

"Very well Oyabun" Tenno told her sarcastically as they got to the halls. "So I've been meaning to ask, since it's a spell if the zombies bite us will we turn or not?" That was what really bugged him, not the carnage, not the aspect of death, but the idea of him turning. When your born into the Yakuza you get used to stuff like this in certain situations whether it be in a firefight or observing torture. Magic. This was new to him entirely and Airi knew all about it. He HAD to find out more.

Airi stopped and held up her hand. "Well. Depends on what spell we're dealing with... It's not voodoo, and it's not hypnotism." Two fingers went down. "I know it's not a virus, and it can't be a summoning," two more. "so yes." she turned back to the gym doors. She opened them and looked around.

"Hello?" her voice echoed through the large room. "Hey, didn't you say that some people were in here..?" she ran in, and began looking around. Bandit ran out and began meowing. "Bandy? Is anyone alive..?" Bandit's tail swished to the left, a no. "Well, shit..."

"Dammit." Tenno cured quietly. "If this was biological the answer would be no, no, yes, yes, yes. Can they still see, feel, hear, smell, and taste?"

"Actually Airi, I have a feeling that it may indeed be a summoning." he looked down. " When I was in the parking lot, I saw something...something fucking big. I also saw someone turn, so it may not be after all, but whatever I saw..it wasn't human."

He looked around the gym. While not as big as the school stadium, it was still fairly large, so there was no telling just what may be hiding where.

"They can see and hear Tenno, but not taste and feel. Smell depends on what kind of spell was used.