"Hello! You're Kosaka Honoka, from µ's right?" A man's voice asked from behind Honoka. Honoka turned around to face him.

"Ah yes! That's right!" Honoka said cheerfully.

"Hey, my daughters are HUGE fans of your idol group! In fact they dragged me all the way out here to see one of your guy's concerts! And I have to say you all are very talented girls!" He then exclaimed.

"Thanks so much for your support! We'll be sure to do our best from now on too!" Honoka said cheerfully.

"Well I've gotta go now! But I hope I get to see you another time!" He then said as he began running away.

"HELP! SOMEBODY ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!" He yelled. He then saw a girl with orange hair that had part of her hair tied up to the side. 'is that? No... it's probably just a fan...' he then saw more of them come down close to where he was. It looked like they were arguing about something. He then gritted his teeth. "HEY YOU GUYS OVER THERE! HELP ME!" He yelled again to get their attention, he then stabbed another one in the head. He then looked back to see the girls just standing there now. "PLEASE HELP ME!" A zombie then came a little close to comfort as he panicked and shot 'it' in the head with his gun. He then proceeded to try and hold them back as the girls still stood there and talked. He then saw them beginning to walk away. His eyes widened as his only hope left began to slip between his fingers. "H-HEY! HEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING!? DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE!" However they didn't respond in fact they didn't even turn around or flinch. He then felt fury and anger fill his mind as he began recklessly shooting of his gun. "HEY! COME BACK HERE-" He began demanding more than pleading, before a zombie bit into his shoulder. He then yelped out in pain as he stabbed 'it' in the eye. However there were even more than before now as they began eating his legs and arms. He began screaming out in pain. He then looked over to where the girls were, he recognized all of them. They were the school idol group that his daughters had loved so much. His vision began to blur as he wasn't even able to scream anymore as 'they' bite his throat and cheeks.

~12 hours later {Present}~

Honoka woke up to cold steel on her neck, she opened her eyes, as she did they widened as she saw Eli, Maki, Umi, Nozomi, and Nico holding up both of the hands as guns were all pointed towards their heads. Kotori, Hanayo, and Rin were all in the situation as Honoka. There were people behind them holding back their hands as they held knives up to their throats.

"What have you got here?" A man asked as he poked the muzzle of his gun at the baby's cheek. Eli then began to lunge for the baby and the man. The one behind her then shot her shoulder from behind her. Causing the others to either gasp or scream in fear as Eli fell down as she held her wound. The man then turned around and walked over to Eli before stomping on her head, making her face fall into the dirt. He then began chucking. "How funny, you've quite protective of this baby...are you the parent?"

"Elicchi!" Nozomi then said. The man turned around to look at her, making her flinch. He then looked down at Eli then back at Nozomi. He then began walking over to Nozomi. He then motioned the one behind Nozomi to stand down, as to which she did, as she lowered her gun. He then looked at Nozomi.

"Are you two close or something?" He then asked. Nozomi then blushed a little as she looked away. "Hmm. Interesting...I've got a little game to play..." He then reached behind him and pulled out his gun and handed it to Nozomi. Nozomi looked at it confused. The others seemed confused too as they watched him walk back over to Eli and motion Nozomi to come over to them. "Come here," Nozomi listened to what he said and walked over to him and Eli. He then snickered a little. "Now...shoot her..." Nozomi's eyes widened, as she turned around.

"W-what!?" Nozomi asked. He then grinned even more.

"You heard me. Kill her...Or else your friends will be killed, including the baby," Eli then looked up at Nozomi.

"Nozomi..." Eli said softly. Nozomi's hands began to shake as she held the gun in her hands.

"Tick tok, we don't have much time left here," he then said rushing Nozomi. The others were completely silent as they didn't know what Nozomi should do. The ones from the man's group all looked before looking back at the man.

"Oi! This isn't what we were sent out here to do!" The man behind Honoka said. The woman behind Kotori then nodded her head. The man then turned around and pointed his other gun to the one behind Honoka.

"You shut you're damn mouth or I'll blow a hole in it," he said as the other man shut his mouth and tightened his grip on Honoka's hands making her wince a little. "Besides isn't it fun to watch humans break down? I find it very interesting," he said looking back at Nozomi, as she began to sweat and cry.

"You know what you have to do Nozomi..." Eli said through gritted teeth as her blood from her shoulder began to now make a little puddle underneath her. Nozomi's tears began to fall more rapidly out of her eyes, as she shook her head.

"I-i can't-" Nozomi began.

"You want the others to die!?" Eli snapped back at her as she was now sitting up. "It's either me or all nine of them," Eli then smiled. "It'll be alright..." Nozomi then leaned over and kissed Eli in the lips before pointing the gun at her own head. Eli's eyes widened as Nozomi closed her eyes as the others, including the other's groups also widened, before she pulled the trigger. However nothing happened. Nozomi's eyes then slowly opened as the others looked scared, and confused. The man then began laughing.

"Well that was quite the surprise! I didn't expect you to do something like that!" He said. Nozomi then dropped the weapon and Eli hugged her, while the others sighed in relief.

"W-what did...you do?" Nozomi asked still in shock by the whole situation.

"I never loaded that gun. And the safety's on, always gotta be safe after all," He said.

"So the whole time..." Nico said.

"It was just a test. To see if you guys were worthy of coming into our community," he then answered Nico. The one behind Hanayo then whacked him in the back of the head.

"You never told us about that test! I was scared half to death you know!?" She yelled at him as he held his head. Eli then looked behind her.

"Then why did you shoot me?" She asked. The man then rubbed the back of his head.

"I thought you were going to attack him. Bad reflexes I guess, sorry about that," he said.

"We have a good doctor, don't worry we'll take care of you guys...if you want," the man then said. The others then back away from the girls as they all looked at each other.

"I...I think we'd be like to come with you guys..." Honoka then said as the others nodded their heads. The other group then sighed in relief, before smiling.

"Well then shall we get going?" The one who tested Nozomi and the others asked. The others looked at each other a little uneasily before standing up and followed the others. Nozomi then walked over to Eli and put her good arm over her shoulder and helped Eli up.

"Thanks Nozomi..." Eli panted. "Who would've known that just a bullet to the shoulder would be so hard on your body...?" Nozomi looked at her concerned before turning to look at Nico.

"Nico-cchi, can I trust you with the baby?" Nozomi asked. Nico then looked around then elbowed Maki in the side.

"H-hey I think Nozomi asked you take care of Emma..." Nico said. Maki then just looked at Nico dully.

"I'm pretty sure my name's not 'Nico-cchi'," Maki said giving Nico the baby. Nico then made a disgusted face.

"B-but..." Nico began to complain, but Maki began to walk away from her.

"If you complain then I'm going to leave you behind alone with the baby," Maki said without looking back. Nico then puffed out her cheek.

"Wait for me dammit!" Nico yelled. The baby then looked at Nico and giggled a little. "That's not funny!" Nico said annoyed however the baby just giggled again before pulling on Nico's ribbon and putting it in her mouth. "Gyaaa gross!" Nico then gagged a little, before noticing that the others were way ahead of her. "Ah! Wait up you guys!"

Authors Notes

Sorry for such a long wait, especially for a short chapter like this one, but I hope you liked it! I thought I'd add a little bit of suspense in this chapter, how'd it turn out? Tbh I was so out of ideas as what to write for this chapter I knew what to begin with but I didn't know how to go with the rest of the story. Okay so here's another question: should I make this a long series? Like have it like 40 chapters or should it be a short series like about 20-30 chapters? Cause I know how it ends and stuff but I don't know whether or not to make it a long or short series. So tell me what you think. Also there were a couple of guest comments on that I wanted to answer. One of them was: Will A-RISE appear? The answer is that I'm going to write a side story as to what happened to them soon so I hope you'll forward to that. Another one wasn't much of a question but more of a statement question but I'll answer it and the answer is to read the A/N for chapter 2. I've already decided on how this series is going to end so it'll be hard to change it imo so I'm sorry for that, and I'm prepared for any hate coming at me. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you guys in the next update!