Shun

The light of dawn filtered into the window of my grandfather's dojo. My eyes squinted as they adjusted to the sudden light that was blinding my vision. When I looked around, I was laying on the couch in the sitting room, and Dan, Runo, Julie, Alice, and Murucho were laid around on the floor.

I reminded myself of the party we had last night. It wasn't anything too crazy. My friends had just decided to throw me a surprise party for my birthday. It was a kind thought, but I could of lived without it. Leftover cake was still sitting on the table, along with paper plates and cups that hadn't been thrown away. I sighed, knowing when my grandfather returned tomorrow that he would have a fit if he saw the house in this condition.

He had been out of town to give a demonstration, and would return tomorrow. I quietly got up and picked up the trash. It seemed kind of wrong for me to be cleaning up the mess, when I didn't expect the party from the start. When I returned from the kitchen, I saw my friends beginning to stir.

Great timing guys. Wake up after I clean up the mess why don't ya? Dan sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Dude, what time is it?" I raised an eyebrow and told him, "10 in the morning. I thought you guys said you weren't going to crash here." Dan laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. "Hehehe. Woops." I rolled my eyes and saw the others were all starting to fully wake up now. Alice, who had fallen asleep on another couch, was still out cold.

I smiled. Seemed like recently I had developed a crush on the orange haired Russian. She then opened her eyes slowly and sat up. She saw me looking at her and smiled. I quickly turned around and felt my face heat up with blush. Dan popped up next to me and whispered into my ear, "Somebody likes Alice." I was about to slap my idiot friend when Murucho said, "Hey Shun, there's somebody in your yard." I gave the short blonde a quizzical look and walked over to the window where he was looking out.

I pulled the curtains back and looked out the glass. The others followed behind me and looked as well. Sure enough, there was a girl stumbling around wearing a light blue dress. Her hair looked matted with dirt, but I could tell it was brown in color. Dan asked me, "Have you ever seen her, Shun?" I shook my head. Something about the way she moved didn't look right. It was if her body had a mind of its own. Her skin looked discolored too. The skin was a bluish gray, and looked bruised. I began to think maybe she had been beaten and made her way onto my property.

Runo inched closer to the window and said, "Maybe we should go see if she's alright. She might be sick." Dan did a short laugh and said, "I ain't going out there. She looks like some kind of loony bird if you ask me." Runo hit him in the arm and said, "Dan, just pop your head out of the door and ask her if she's lost or needs help." Dan sighed in reluctance and told her, "Fine. But if I get attacked it's your fault."

We watched out of the window to see what the girl would do when she heard Dan. Dan made his way to the door, and I heard him turn the knob. "Hey! Girl! Do you need some help?" The girl's head whipped around at him. This was the first time we had seen it, and it took away our breaths. Her eyes were milky white, and her face seemed to be covered in blood and beginning to decompose. Decompose? Does she have some kind of disease?

We heard her let out some kind of a cross between a wail and roar, and she began to shuffle towards the door where Dan was standing. We heard Dan scream, and the door slam shut and lock behind him. He yanked us away from the window and pulled the curtains closed, and threw us all to the ground. Julie yelled at him, "Dan! What is your problem? That girl needs medical attention and you just ran away!" Dan was panting, fear flooding from his eyes.

"That thing was trying to eat me! It needs more than medical attention! I don't even think it's human! Oh no! It's coming towards the window! Everybody, shut up!" We all hushed our voices as we laid on the floor, and saw through the curtains the silhouette of the girl. I felt my heart racing in my chest. Dan was right, there was something wrong with that girl. She raised up her hand and tapped it on the window, then her hand slid down the glass and she walked off. My hands were shaking.

Whether it was just a girl that was sick or what, it sent chills down my spine to even think about her. We all slowly sat up from the floor. Dan had his arms wrapped around Runo, Murucho and Julie were close to each other for security, and I realized that my hand was holding on tightly to Alice's. We both looked down and pulled away from each other, both blushing. We all were standing up now, and beginning to calm down. Julie was staring into the kitchen, and said, "Did we leave the kitchen door open last night?" We all looked at her, and then into the kitchen at the open door. I shook my head. "I don't think so." A low moaning sounded to our lefts, and we all turned and saw the strange girl from outside, now inside the house.

She raised her arms up and us and did her wail, then began to come at us. The girls squealed, and me, Dan, and Murucho couldn't suppress our own feelings of terror. We ran through the open kitchen door and into the front yard where we first saw the inhuman girl. When we were outside, Julie was the last to run from the house, but tripped in the doorway. Before she could get up, the intruder grabbed at her.

Julie turned to face her and kicked her feet at her attacker, but the girl grabbed her arm and bit down with her teeth. Julie screamed out in pain and fear. Runo called out, "Julie! Let her go you freak!" I had to think quick. This freak of nature was going to eat her. My eyes fell on one of the staffs that my grandfather and I use for training, and ran over to it and took it in my hand. I stood in front of Julie and the girl. Julie had tears rolling down her eyes, and the girl looked up at me, blood and drool pouring from her mouth. She smelled of death and decay, and I almost threw up at the stench. She hissed at me and lunged for my body.

That was when I took the staff and hit her on the head with all the force I could manage. She fell to the ground, and didn't move or make a sound. Julie pushed herself away from the body, still crying. Runo ran to her side and embraced her in a huge, while Julie buried her face into Runo's shoulder and cried. I was shaking with adrenaline. What is this thing? I looked down at my white and green shirt and khaki pants. They were splattered with blood; from both Julie and this creature. I dropped the staff, and turned to Julie. The others were all gathered around her to try and calm the crying sliver haired girl.

I knelt down in front of her and asked Runo, "How bad is she hurt?" Runo's hands were covered in Julie's blood. "That thing took a pretty big chunk out of her arm, and it won't stop bleeding." Julie began looking pale and sick. She must be feeling ill from the blood loss. "Come on. Let's get her inside and get that wound cleaned out. No telling what diseases that thing had."

Runo, Alice, and Murucho helped the now wobbling Julie inside. Dan and I stood looking at the still body of the girl I had either just killed or knocked out. He asked me, "What do you think that thing is? Cause it sure as hell isn't human. Anymore at least." I shook my head, unable to find any words to describe it. I told Dan, "I don't know what the hell it is. But I sure know I don't want to be around here if it wakes back up." Dan agreed with me and went inside. We made sure to lock all the doors when we did.

Alice

I was horrified at what had just happened. Julie had been attacked by some cannibalistic diseased girl, and now she was beginning to look very sickly. We had wrapped up the bite made by the girl, and laid her on the couch in Shun's dojo. The wound still hadn't stopped bleeding though, and was staining the couch underneath the bandages. Dan and Shun both entered the room from the kitchen and joined us around Julie. Dan asked in a concerned voice, "Has the bleeding stopped?" Murucho wiped the sweat from Julie forehead and said, "Unfortunately no. And she's getting a pretty bad fever."

I was sure she had obtained an infection from the disgusting mouth of that thing that was still laying outside. I was happy Shun killed it. The only thing that shocked me was that Shun had it in him to kill a human, or what was a human, without a second thought. Shun sighed and said, "Might as well turn on the TV and see if there's any news about this. Maybe that thing escaped some kind of medical lab." He flipped through the channels and found the local news station. There was a video showing downtown Bay City covered in smoke and flames.

People were running from the streets, and police shooting at people just like the girl who attacked Julie. Same skin color and everything. The anchor man back at the station came back on and said seriously, "Everyone has be advised to stay inside their homes. Lock all doors and windows. Don't allow anyone inside your house under any circumstances. And don't let these things bite you." All of us were in shock at the report. What is happening? Dan raised an eyebrow and said, "Wait a minute. Julie was bitten by one of them things."

We all turned to face our hurt friend. Her body was the colorless shade of bluish gray, and she didn't move. Murucho approached her slowly and placed two fingers on her neck. We remained silent before he said, "She's dead." I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

Runo broke down, and grabbed onto Dan and cried at the loss of her friend. The rest of us stared at nothing out of shock. Everything around me became muffled. Never in a million years did I expect one of my best friends to die cause she was bitten by some abomination. Shun took a deep, shaky breath and said, "Let's go into the kitchen." We didn't argue, and filed into the kitchen as Shun stayed behind and covered Julie's body with a white sheet from a closet.

Shun

To watch somebody die before your eyes, was something I never wanted to see again. I didn't want to play coroner again either. Once I had covered Julie's body up with the sheet, I joined the others in the kitchen. Dan was still comforting Runo, Murucho was trying to put this into logical meanings but couldn't, and Alice was just sitting there like a statue.

I told them, "I'm going to turn the TV on in here and keep in tune with what's happening. Kay?" They all nodded their spaced out heads. The same anchor man was on, and this time he had acquired more information.

"It is estimated that the death toll had risen to over 400, and is estimated to rise within the hour. We have learned that the only way to kill these 'walkers' is to produce a sharp blow, decapitation, or a bullet to the head. We have also learned that once you are bitten you are infected with this deadly, and quick, virus. Within a matter of minutes, the victim dies, and returns as one of the 'walkers'. We are advising you all to seclude any that have been infected." We all quietly peered into the sitting room, and saw the figure of a body sitting up under the white sheet I had used to cover up Julie. I heard Dan say under his breath, "Oh crap." It seemed like one bad thing led to another today.

i'm going to have to upload lots to try and finish this for halloween. i had an idea for this for a while. and i just thought about it. i WILL be able to upload sunday, and part of saturday. fair warning, i have a warped mind so this may be a very disturbing story. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. as far as i know, there havent been any zombie fics yet (in English anyway. please correct me if i am wrong) just let you all know, there will be more Shun and Alice in the next few chapters. and slight Dan and Runo. I'm trying to tweak around with that pairing. well, read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~