Takeo Kukai's Story

Airi turned to Kukai. "You sure..? Then this may take days to fix... Great... Come on... I need to rinse some of this blood off and you boys smell a bit weird... Then we'll rest and call it a night... Ku-ku, tonight, me and you, keeping guard tonight. We'll work in shifts. This is base..."

She revved Yuj and a couple of the undead ran out. "Let's clean this up before we do all that though!" She killed a couple, but fatigue made it hard. Her breath came out in sharp pants.

Aika trailed around behind the group, keeping their blurry outlines within sight. But he could describe one thing, the entire group were skilled at killing all these things. Very. Reentering the building could have never been a good point for Aika, but with the barrier surrounding the school and with a group of other survivors, it was all good.

"...Um...What's our destination from here? I think I can bring us anywhere in the shortest route possible. " Aika asked, flinching a little when blood spurted out from one of the zombies that Takeo was slashing. He adjusted his broken 'spectacles' a little.

He had been acting and playing the idiot recently in Yukkuri Academy, but survival was at stake... so it was time to bring out the smarts even in the presence of others.

"First we wash and eat, then we prepare for war" Tenno replied to Aika. Tenno took a look into his private locker that he bought off from the school. Inside was a box with all of his private things he packed in case he needed to make a quick escape. Inside was a bottle of imported Schwäbischer Whiskey from Germany, 4 clips of .22 ammo that he snuck in, a small joint, a cell phone, matches, and 100,000 yen. Tenno took the wad of money and stuffed it in his pocket. Reloading his gun and put his other things into his pockets as well."39" Going to the showers he stripped and began to wash.

"Sometimes you gotta take the stress off and weed is just the medicine for it. Besides its not like I'm anywhere by my family." Tenno said at the other shower stall. "Later I'll give Aika some while I treat his wounds. A mix between gunpowder and alcohol does wonders for treatment. So where are you and Airi from, because your definetly not from around here?"

Airi smiled, though neither boy could see it. "I'm from around here, just the underground part... Well, more underground than you, Ten-ten... This is my first year in school to be honest... I've never seen so many teenagers in one place... I'll admit this, I was scared..." she laughed. "I wasn't that scared since that huge breakout in Africa, so many friggin crawlers... They were everywhere!"

"Hmph." Takeo huffed to himself. Alcohol was one thing, but the zombie hunter never really approved of drugs. He'd seen what they could do to people first hand.

Takeo laughed. "I remember that one. My older brother lost a toe!"

Airi looked over the stall wall at him and laughed. "I remember him! He was screaming that he was gonna die before we finally sedated him... Oh man, good times." she went back to her own stall and turned off the water. She wrapped the towel around her and dried off. "It feels good to be clean again..." she redressed in a pair of short shorts and a large t-shirt before walking out and sitting on one of the benches.

Tenno smiled at those comments. He picked up his whiskey bottle, put a towel on, walked to Airi with the bottle. "You fought well today and thanks for saving our asses. Care to take a swig?" he asked politely.

Airi looked at the bottle and shrugged. "Why not? But you fought as well as I did. Don't for get that..." she took the bottle and took a drink, purring at the burning in her throat. She handed the bottle back to Tenno and grinned. "Thanks for helping me back there anyways. For a guy in the yakuza, you're not bad..." she laid back on the bench, fingers against her dog tags.

Tenno took a drink for himself while eyeing her dog tags then handed the bottle to Kukai. "Did those dog tags belong to any fallen friends?" he asked her.

Takeo took a towel and dried himself off. He went into his gym locker and retrieved a new shirt and tie, along with a new pair of pants, putting his jacket on over top. He went over and sat beside Airi on the bench. When Tenno hende him the battle, he said "No thanks killer, I don't usually drink on the job." and handed him the bottle back.

Airi took Kukai's jacket and wrapped it around herself before holding up her dog tags. "Yep. They were good people... Damn good at what they did too..." She took the bottle and took another drink. "I miss 'em..."

Takeo reached over and put his hand on Airi's shoulder. Being a zombie hunter wasn't all fun and games. People died. Good people. He new what she was feeling, and he new how bad it felt. "Maybe you guys should get some sleep. I can take the first watch."

Tenno started to dress as he remembered his past. "I had a few friends die in a war against the Triads when they tried to set up shop in Kyoto. They tried to clean sweep the underworld and my family led a group of other families to form a confederacy of Yakuza to fight them. We lost a lot of good men...the Triads were annihlated in Japan, but thier still in China. It taught my generation of Yakuza to be strong, hold onto our lands to keep it as ours. I'm sure as hell am not going let an infestation of zombies take that from me." Tenno took another drink from the bottle.

"Ya sleep...thats good." Tenno picked the locks off a few locker to get some clean clothes into a large pile by the tim it was done. He then split it in half. "You can take half for bedding and I'll take the other half" he told Airi as he started to make his bed.

Note: From now on I'll be using two colors, one for Lazarus and one for his friend. Everyone else's words'll be black.



"So much stuff's happening, and I don't want to go with it. I need to find out if she's actually dead or not. And if she is I'm gonna beat the fuck out of her. Repeatedly. And I'll enjoy it. Repeatedly". Lazarus had been with everyone from the time where they'd all met eachother at the flower beds, and had drifted along by himself, watching the others beat up the zombies, catching wind of '..magic barrier...', 'spells..', and the like, but he didn't really associate with anyone. He barely knew any of them, and he was sure that none of them knew him. He'd already taken his shower, and put on a the clothes he kept hidden in his locker. Practically another white button up shirt, on top of which was a black button up vest. SOmething a butler would wear. He'd exchanged his bloody dark blue jeans for black skinny jeans, but his shoes stayed the same. Osiris was a favourite brand of Lazarus'.

He was watching the others. All of them at least knew eachother slightly, and he felt kind of left out. He was the only person that was alone. He watched the three people passing the whiskey around, and remembered how he and his own friends had used to have their own parties because none of them could've been bothered to host a massive one. He went over to his locker after drying off, and sat. He pulled another cigarette from his pocket and lit it up, but for once, he felt like he really needed it.

Lazarus was standing by one of the windows, closer to everyone, when his phone went off. He quickly pulled it out of his pocket quickly, opening it and exclaiming."The heck? Wait... this is Alex's Phone. Fuck". Lazarus stood, and answered it. "Hey, who is this and why do you have my friends Pho-"

"Because some asshole stole mine".

"Wait.... holy shit. You're alive! Oh good...".

"When I get to you, I'm getting my phone back, alright?".

"No. I'm going to keep it and tease you about the messages you sent people. Dumbass".

The voice on the phone laughed, and then the serious tone came back. "Okay, okay. Where are you, anyways?".

"I'm in the Gym with some other people. What about you?".

"I'm on the top of one of the Main Buildings with some others, barricades are up but they might not hold much longer".

"Fuck".

"Fuck indeed, Laz".

Lazarus hung up the phone, his ecitement renewed as he realised that his best friend was still alive and kicking. For now.

"I need to get there... asap".



Laz quickly went over to Takeo, and spoke. "I just got a call from my friend, she's on top of one of the Building, although I dunno which one, and she says she's got survivors with her. And the Barricade isn't holding very well. I know that she'd have no trouble jumping off and tucking and rolling, but the other people, not so much".

Lazarus turned and went to pick up his baseball bat, and then returned. "And just in case you din't know my name. I'm Lazarus Inaba, and I am not a Rabbit".

Airi merely nodded at both Tenno. "Good attitude, Ten-ten! I've only seen the aftermath of both the Triads and your family... Nasty work... It's clean though, I'm kinda jealous of the knife work... And the explosives the Triads made..."

"Maybe you guys should get some sleep. I can take the first watch."

"But... Alright, but when you get tired, wake me up, got it?" she rubbed her eyes and curled up on the bench. Her small body fit on their somehow and she snuggled the jacket that kept her warm. She held her dog tags in one hand and Kukai's jacket sleeve in the other. She quietly drifted off to much needed sleep.

"Got it and good luck. Oh! Here's my number to my phone" Tenno told him taking Lazarus's phone to put it in. Handing it back he said "Call if your in need of some help. OK?"

"Sweet. Thanks Tenno, I'll make sure to call if we need anything. She didn't specify which building she was in though, so it might be a little while, unless we focus on running instead of caving". Laz swung his Bat onto his shoulder and opened the door, looking out into the area around them. "Hmm, it's kinda dark now. Fuck it all". Laz took a few steps outside and listened, not hearing any sounds. It was odd, he figured there'd be more moaning and shuffling, since the entire student populace was zombified. He took a few more steps outside, and turned, waiting for Takeo. "Hey, what's your name anyways? oh, and nice Guitar".



"Well shit, it's dark as all hell and the Barricade's going down pretty darn steadily. Fuck, hurry up Laz. You still owe me money, ass". Mokou rubbed her forehead, listening to the sound of the zombies behind the door to the roof. She sighed as she tried to see if there was anything exciting happening down on the ground, but only managed to see a few zombies shuffling around. "Wonder how the others are doing?". She sat down near the railing, knowing that she'd jump if she had to, but she'd wait until the barrier broke, first.

Aika nodded and walked in with the others. With everyone else washing off the blood from themselves, and the somewhat relaxed atmosphere, Aika entered a free stall and washed down. When he was officially 'bloodless', he stepped out, going around every locker, looking for someone's spare clothes to wear. He found an oversized t-shirt and kept it. The search for pants was more difficult, but he managed to find a size similar to his.

He heard about a rescue that two of the students were going to do while he was toweling his hair. Top of a building. There were several buildings here in Yukkuri...but a majority of the students were in the building next to this one. That was the biggest chance they had. He put on his 'specs' and walked up to the two before they left.

"I heard...there's a big chance that the building next to this is where they're currently in. Almost 80% of the student body was there. " he tugged on his oversized shirt. "...but of course...there's a big chance that there's alot of those things there too. "

"Hm? Wait, really? Thanks for the info, now we're probably not gonna be so long.... Hey, you were injured before, right? How's your wrist going? That jump was pretty brave of ya, Mokou'd be proud. Heh, if she's still among the living when we get there". You seem to know that Building the best, and I'll admit that none of my classes were in there... So yeah. Would ya be able to come with me and Takeo, maybe pick up supplies on the way. We could get a Bandage for that wrist of yours too". Laz grinned at the student near him... his name was blurry, but in a few seconds he caught it. "Aika, right? Aika Chinen? Nice to officially meet you, I dunno if you know my name, but no rabbit jokes, alright? Heheheh".