First of all... Im very sorry I lied! I'm like a month late from when I said I was going to submit this. I finally fixed up the plot, and wrote it down somewhere. I did write half of this chapter before christmas, so I was certain that I was going to be able to submit it then, but I was wrong. I got distracted with a lot of things, and I'm sorry.

The rest of my notes will be at the bottom. Oh and thanks a lot for the reviews!

Home Free

The twin-tailed guitarist flinched and almost cut her fingers while chopping veggies when she heard a loud crash outside.

"What was that?" Azusa asked to no one in particular. She had finished helping Ui bandage herself up and was now in the kitchen, making soup for her two injured guests.

On the other hand, Ui, who was sitting by her sleeping sister in the living room, peeked out the window. She couldn't really see anything but dark grey smoke, because the tall bamboo fence was in the way.

"It sounded like a car crash…" The brunette muttered to herself. 'And it looks like it happened right outside those fences…'

Azusa rushed out the kitchen and joined the younger Hirasawa by the window, then lifted the curtains out of the way.

"I'll check it out." Azusa said while packing up her gears. She put her gun in her sweater pocket and unlocked the front door. She had a bad feeling about this, but something pulled her to go anyway.

"Azusa-chan, careful." The brunette said in a soft tone. She did not want her best friend to be injured like herself and Yui, but she did not want to be selfish either, by not letting Azusa check if anyone got hurt out there.

"I will, Ui-chan, and make sure you open the door when I come running back, okay?" The rhythmic guitarist said. She broke the eye contact and stepped out.

Azusa opened the gate slowly and quietly, making sure that no one or nothing was going to attack her or get through the gates. She clutched her gun tightly in case something jumped out. The smoke made her eyes water, and throat itchy, but she had to endure it. She tried to muffle her coughs by putting her sleeve against her mouth, so she wouldn't make too much noise. The eerie silence wasn't much help.

The rhythmic guitarist couldn't see anything but smoke and dark figures moving about occasionally, which raised the hair on the back of her neck. One part of her was screaming for her to get back in the house, safe with Ui and Yui. But the other was really curious, and wanted to help whoever was in the car. The saying 'Curiosity kills the cat' gave Azusa the chills. She did not want to get killed out here, and so, she was on full alert.

'What if they died already, from being attacked or even just from the crash? - Argh… No, think positive, Azusa, these people need help... Your dad wouldn't want you to chicken out, either.'

Azusa shook her head and tried to rid her bad thoughts. She then heard groaning nearby which made her grip tighten around the gun. The twin-tailed was regretting on going out the first place. This was too much for her to handle. She was only in 2nd year high school, and yet she feels like she's going to have a stroke any second.

She slowly walked deeper into the haze and noticed her neighbor's wrecked house with a car halfway in. There were also bodies on the ground with bloody tire tracks on them.

"Certainly, these people can't drive…" Azusa gasped. She felt her lunch rise to her throat as she turned away from the gruesome sight.

She attempted to ignore the bodies and carefully walked closer to the crash site. Her eyes widened in shock as she slowly recognized the car.

'Yamanaka-sensei's? … Oh no…'

Azusa started sprinting to the car as fast as she could, the car could explode at any moment and her club advisor, and possibly seniors, were in that car.

Luckily, none of those crazed beings had seen or, heard her on the way to the crash.

The rhythmic guitarist walked over the debris of the wrecked building and tried to peek in the blood-stained car windows. She was scared at what she might see, and was ready to shoot at anything that would pop out and attack her. The junior tried looking in harder through the cracked class and could see figures slightly shifting inside.

'Whoever is in there must still be alive then… Unless they're like those things…'

Azusa didn't want to waste any more time and tried to pull on the front passenger's door, only to be smacked on the nose when the door got kicked open. A bloody girl who had a familliar Sakura uniform slumped to the ground as if she was jello. Her tawny hair was messy, covered in dark colored goo with a miserably displaced yellow-headband.

Azusa quickly recovered from the sudden hit and immediately recognized the drummer.

"Ritsu-senpai!"

"A-Azusa?" The drummer stuttered. She wasn't really injured from the crash, just extremely tired and shocked.

"We can't stay here much longer, please get up!"

Ritsu didn't say anything in reply, her eyes were droopy and she was going to fall asleep.

"Ritsu-senpai!" Azusa hissed. She shook the sleepy drummer back to life, "the others are in there, right? We need to help them and get away from here, fast!"

The tawny-haired stood up, but leaned on her junior for support, then she opened the door to the back seats.

"M-Mugi-senpai, Mio-senpai!"

The keyboardist didn't reply, while the bassist had her knees to her chest, sobbing quietly. The sight of this made the drummer's heart ache suddenly, then rushed to the other side of the car, opening Mio's door.

"Hey, Mio, it's alright. I'm here, yeah? C'mon, stop crying now." The drummer coaxed.

"R-Ritsu!" Mio stuttered as she wrapped her arms around the drummer's neck, occasionally coughing from all that crying.

"We'll be safe once we get to Azusa's house, so you have to co-operate and get up." Ritsu whispered, and tried to coax the sobbing Mio once more.

"Mugi-senpai, are you alright?" The junior asked worriedly.

The blonde didn't respond. She was unconscious and slumped against the back of the front passenger's seat. Her beautiful face splattered with dried blood.

"She fainted from exhaustion, so we'd have to carry her," the drummer paused, and then suddenly realizing something, "Oh! Sawa-chan!"

Ritsu let go of the bassist and yanked Sawako's door open.

"Sawa-chan?" The drummer shook their unmoving club advisor.

"Sensei looks injured, senpai." The junior said, as she somewhat lifted the unconscious blonde, with an arm around her neck. Azusa was too tiny to actually lift Mugi without her legs getting dragged.

"We have to move, Ritsu-senpai, Mio-senpai. I've been smelling gasoline since I got here." Azusa hissed. She'd seen this on movies before, where a car crash happens and then the car explodes a few minutes later.

"Mio, you'll have to watch our backs for us, alright? I'll be carrying Sawa-chan, so you'd have to use this." Ritsu said, as she reached for the huge TAR-21 Sawako had lent her.

"I-I can't Ritsu!" The bassist said tearfully. There was no way she could ever handle a gun.

"Mio-senpai, please! Unless you want to carry Mugi-senpai for me and I'll handle that." Azusa said impatiently, even though she was somewhat anxious to use that foreign gun. Not that she wanted to kill anyone with it, Azusa just wanted to try it out. Her dad had thought her how to use guns, since he was a police officer and an extremely protective father. He thought Azusa self-defence, because she was so tiny and vulnerable. Now, Azusa had a deep interest in guns and would pretend she was with her father every time she'd practice shooting. But this time around, the twin-tailed would have to do her best on watching her friends' backs with the skill her father had given her.

The raven-haired agreed to that plan instead, and turned away from the gun Ritsu was handing her.

"My house is just across the street, so please look straight ahead and not anywhere else. Ritsu-senpai will be in front of you, so you can just follow her, okay, Mio-senpai?" The junior said and nodded at the bassist and drummer. She did not want Mio to see the sight she'd witnessed earlier.

Ritsu's eyes widened when she saw small flames burst out from the front hood of the car. 'Oh crap.'

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"Ui… Rice…" The brunette who just woke up from her nap whined. She opened her eyes, only to see nothing but darkness. She blinked several times, thinking that she still must be sleeping.

'Am I blind?'

The guitarist sat up from where she was lying and tried to reach for anything to hold onto. She felt a cold pole against her palms and used it for support as she got up.

'I can't see anything… But, I thought I only hurt one eye.' Yui wondered.

"Ui?" She called out again.

No response.

Yui attempted to walk. She put her hands in front of her to make sure she wasn't going to run into anything. The guitarist dragged her feet on the soft carpet which made her giggle a bit.

'That's right, I remember now, I'm at Azu-nyan's house. Oh, and Azu-nyan#2 must be here too.'

"Azu-nyan?"

Again, no response. The brunette started to panic, because no one was answering her calls.

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"I hope Azusa-chan is alright out there…" Ui muttered to herself. She had continued making Azusa's soup for her, since she had nothing better to do.

'I wish I let my selfish side take over me instead of letting Azusa-chan go out there… Oh god, I'm so usele-'

CLASH. Bang. Smack.

The sudden loud noise coming from the living room had disrupted the younger Hirasawa's thoughts. She quickly turned off the stove and rushed out of the kitchen.

"Onee-chan?"

Ui could see her sister slumped over the coffee table with the lamp wires tangled up in her feet.

"U-Ui… I fell…" The older sister sniffled, she knew she had tears leaking out, but couldn't feel them on her cheeks.

"Onee-chan, you were walking around blindfolded like that, weren't you?" Ui said, with a small smile on her face as she helped her sister get up.

"Oh," Yui reached for her eyes and felt soft fabric, "I thought I went blind!"

"No, Onee-chan, but you have to wear that for a while, and please don't pick at it…" Ui whispered as she tried to stop her sister from pulling it off.

"But, I can't see…"

"It's worth it, and I've bandaged up your injury, so please be patient, Onee-chan."

"Fine." Yui pouted and crossed her arms like a five year old.

Suddenly, a loud noise that sounded like an explosion came from outside. It didn't seem too large, but it was still pretty loud.

"Ui, I heard something!" The older Hirasawa shot her head up.

"I heard it too, please stay here, Onee-chan…" Ui said softly, "Azusa-chan might be on her way back… I hope" The last part of her sentence was unheard by her injured sister.

"Ui… I want to come with you!" Yui whined.

"No, please just stay here, I don't want you getting hurt again. Besides, I just need to open the gates for Azusa-chan." With that, Ui packed up and went outside, leaving her whining sister behind the closed door. She made sure that her sister didn't follow.

The pony-tailed brunette coughed as smoke infiltrated her lungs. Her surroundings smelled rather weird, like how it smelled when her grandfather got cremated. She could see flames rising up on the other side of the fence. She was scared as hell, but she wasn't going to let her best friend down.

'Must be the neighbor's house…- That's where Azusa-chan probably went!' Ui's thoughts had startled her and quickly ran towards the gates. She didn't dare to open them yet, there could be those monsters, like granny, waiting to be let in.

She peeked through the gap and saw a couple of tall figures running towards the gates, but were being blocked by several other figures. Ui couldn't really tell what was happening, but she assumed that those running figures were human and were heading towards where she was.

'T-that must be them…' Ui thought. She reached for the handle and slowly opened the gates.

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"Hurry up Ritsu-senpai!" The pig-tailed junior yelled, not caring about being loud anymore. It's gotten pretty dangerous in the last few minutes. Not that it's already been dangerous in the first place.

They have been attacked by a small mob of those bloody monsters before they even got out of the now burning house. It seems like those things even signaled to their mates that there were dinner running around. At least, that's what Azusa thought.

The girls were surrounded with at least ten of the deceased. They seemed really hungry and they were limping fast.

The drummer was having a hard time in dodging and running with an adult that was at least 120 pounds on her back. Not to mention holding the scaredy-cat bassist's hand and basically pulling her along.

"R-Ritsu! You're going too fast! I-I can't keep up with you!" Mio hissed breathlessly.

The blonde on Mio's back wasn't much help either.

"If you stop now, Mio, we're not going to make it! C'mon, only a few more steps!" The drummer yelled without even looking back. This almost felt like what had happened almost an hour ago, when they were trying to get out of that bloody school.

'Kami-sama! Gimme a break, will ya?' Ritsu screamed in her mind.

Azusa kept quiet and occasionally pushed her raven-haired senior forward. Unknown to her, that there was an adult trailing right behind her with much speed. It attempted to snatch the little junior and ended up grabbing a hold of her pig-tail.

Azusa squeaked, and quickly turned to smack the man in the face with Sawako's gun. Its face was bloated and black goo was leaking from its mouth. The man groaned as it regained its posture and slashed at the rhythmic guitarist with its sharp nails, or more like claws.

Luckily, Azusa was able to move fast enough and the beast only manage to rip her sleeve. The junior was now far behind her older band mates.

'I can't shoot him, too close. Argh…'

The pigtailed junior thought miserably as he bashed the gun on the man's skull with all her strength, hoping that it would take him down. There was a loud crunch and the beast instantly dropped. Apparently, their skulls aren't as strong as the living anymore. She stared at the corpse, it was still having a spasm.

"That was close…" Azusa sighed as she wiped her bloody cheek.

She felt something breathing down her neck and quickly turned around. She was being surrounded by a bunch more of those damned monsters. Azusa clutched her gun tightly and swung it like a baseball bat. It bashed into another of the freak's head and made a cracking sound as it fell. More dared to approach her, but were fated to be like the first one.

"There's too many of them…" Azusa hissed exasperatedly as she caught her breath.

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Ritsu's face lit up when she saw the gate to her junior's house open up, and Ui was standing there. The drummer pulled on Mio harder and basically dragged her with the strength she had left into the lawn. She instantly flopped onto the cool grass, as the unconscious Sawako tumbled off her. Mio fell to her knees and placed Mugi beside her.

"Finally! I could just lay here forever." The drummer whispered to herself and instantly fell asleep on the ground.

"I-I don't ever want to go through that again…" The bassist whimpered. She was so thankful for Azusa, leading them here. Right when she was going to see if her junior was okay, a mad scream startled her, and Ui and Ritsu as well.

Their faces suddenly all turned pale.

"W-Where's Azusa-chan?" Ui stuttered. Not believing her ears.

"Shit, Nakano! Don't tell me she's still out there!" Ritsu sneered as she jumped up from where she was lying.

Suddenly loud banging could be heard from the front door. It sounded like someone kept running into the door. It instantly slammed open as Yui dashed out like an angry bull. She must've heard Azusa scream.

She coughed from all the smoke, but continued on her rampage.

"Azu-nyan?" The brunette hissed, somewhat exhausted from her own actions.

No one dared to speak.

"Azu-" Yui tried to call out again but was cut by a series of loud gunshots.

Mio instantly covered her ears and whimpered as Ritsu went over and wrapped her arms around the trembling bassist.

Ui quickly opened the gates again, and her face paled once more when she saw her best friend.

Azusa looked like she just had a blood bath. And she must've lost her elastics that kept her hair up. She quickly entered her lot and fell onto the grass just like the rest of her new guests. Azusa wrapped her arms around her sides, and hissed in pain. The young guitarist looked like a kitten that had just been beaten.

Ui locked the gates, and made sure it was well done before she bent down beside Azusa.

"Azusa-chan, you're safe now. A-are you alright?" Ui managed to say in her shocked state. She had never seen this much blood on anyone, ever.

"Azu-nyan!" Yui screamed in relief as she felt her way beside her junior. She sensed that Azusa was in pain and decided not to jump on her, instead she caressed her blood stained face.

"Azu-nyan smells like blood… Oh no… Please don't tell me you're bleeding!"

"I-Im not!" The junior hissed as she curled up into a ball.

"L-let's go inside and take care of the injured there, Onee-chan." Ui whispered and opened the front door allowing her sister and seniors inside.

Ritsu nodded quietly and nudged Mio lightly, signaling her to carry Mugi inside. The drummer didn't have enough energy to carry Sawako again and so she just dragged her into the house.

Ui went back for Azusa and told her sister to go in, since she'd been injured as well.

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When they all got settled, Azusa was resting in her room, while Mugi and Sawako were in the master bedroom. They were all fast asleep. Yui and the rest were gathered in the living room. They were just discussing what they should do later.

"I suggest we stay here until our food supply runs out." Mio muttered. She did not want to go outside ever again.

"I think we should go somewhere else." Ritsu said in objection and crossed her arms.

"Do you have anywhere else to go to?" The bassist hissed.

"Err.. No." Ritsu whispered in embarrassment for not thinking that far ahead.

"I'll go get some more tea…" Ui said softly and let go of her sister who was napping on the couch.

Mio rested her head on the drummer's shoulder then she closed her eyes, trying to forget what have happened today.

Ritsu was taken aback by this action and asked what was wrong. She couldn't stand seeing the bassist so frightened and depressed, if she wasn't the one who caused it the first place.

"I-I want to go somewhere else, Ritsu."

"Eh? But didn't you just say, you wanted to stay here?" Ritsu asked playfully.

"That's not what I meant, you idiot, I mean, I don't like the atmosphere in this living room at the moment."

"Oh. How about the bathroom?" Ritsu's suggestion made the bassist flinch.

"Oh my god, Ritsu. Nevermind. I don't care anymore."

"Ehh. I was just kidding, trying to lighten up the mood." Ritsu apologized.

By the time their little conversation had ended, Ui walked back with a tray of tea in her hands. She placed it on the coffee table and sat back down on the couch.

"Thanks, Ui-chan." "Thanks!" The bassist and drummer said in unision.

Ui nodded and smiled.

"I want to go check on Azu-nyan…" Yui said, startling the three girls.

"Aiks, we thought you were asleep."

"Nah, I've been awake for quite a while now." Yui replied back.

"Heh, we couldn't tell with that thing covering your eyes." Ritsu said.

Yui got off the couch and went on all fours and started crawling her way to the stairs.

"What the hell, Yui." Ritsu laughed, but somewhat felt sorry for her private.

"Don't be mean, Ritsu, help her instead of laughing, you jerk." Mio elbowed the giggling drummer.

"Ow!"

"It's okay, I'll lead Onee-chan to Azusa-chan's room."

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"Azu-nyan?" Yui whispered as she quietly entered the small room.

"I'll leave you here, Onee-chan. Azusa-chan isn't too far away. Please don't trip." With that said, the younger sister went to the other bedroom and checked on her senior and sensei.

Yui felt the carpet on her feet and used that to guide her to Azusa's bed.

She really wanted to see how her junior was doing, but she couldn't disobey her sister about taking the blindfold off. Instead she tried to find her way to Azusa's face with her hand.

Feeling as if she's being smacked, her eyes slowly opened and a finger accidentally poked it.

"Nya!" Azusa hissed.

"A-ah! Azu-nyan! You're awake!" The brunette said cheerily oblivious to the fact that she had poked her poor junior in the eye.

"Y-Yui-senpai? Ah.. Stop touching my face." Azusa sighed, and suddenly flinched when the hand had its last unintentional smacking then finally pulled away.

"Sorry, about that! Azu-nyan, how are you feeling? You smelled really bad earlier, but Ui and I gave you a bath." Yui said in her usual marshmallow voice.

Azusa turned beet red at the unnecessary information.

"Senpai, you didn't have to let me know that- ahn!" Azusa hissed and clutched her sides again.

"What's wrong, Azu-nyan?" Yui asked, she wished that she could see what was happening.

"My r-ribs… I think I may have cracked a few of them because of that stupid gun's recoil." Azusa whispered.

"A-ah… Ui did say you were injured there, they're all purple too. You saved Ricchan, Mio-chan, Mugi-chan and Sawa-chan, and that makes me proud of you, Azu-nyan!" Yui said trying to cheer her junior up.

"I-I guess… Thanks, Senpai." Azusa whispered and laid her head back on the pillow.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of Azu-nyan even though I can't really see anything!" Yui fist pumped.

"I can take care of myself, thanks though." Azusa smiled warmly at her senior. The younger of the two loved how sweet Yui was being, but there was no way she was going to be able to take care of her junior in her condition.

"D'aw!"

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Ritsu headed for the kitchen and rummaged through the fridge. The bassist followed and raised a brow at the drummer's actions.

"What are you doing, Ritsu? You know, it's pretty rude to just go through someone else's fridge without permission."

"I'm gonna make supper, I'm pretty hungry, wanna help me?" The drummer said without looking back, also ignoring Mio's scolding.

"What are we going to make?" Mio asked, she let this one slide.

"Hmm… something that everyone can eat, rice porridge?"

"Okay, y-you do that, I'll just fetch you the ingredients and clean up after."

"Mmm~ Mio-chuan can't cook, can she?" The drummer teased which lead to a red mark on her forehead.

XXXXX

It had been a rough day for all the girls, they weren't sure how this was going to be from now on.

Ui rested her back against the cold wall while watching over her senior and teacher. She wondered how her other friends were. She hasn't received a call from Jun since yesterday. Jun was supposed to be coming home from her grandparents' place today.

Tears started forming in her eyes as her thoughts that another one of her best friends is out there right now, getting hurt or maybe even dying. Ui shook her head and quickly wiped her tears when she heard the bed sheets shift.

"Nghh…" a faint groan could be heard, "W-where am I?" The brunette teacher sluggishly said, and massaged her temples. 'Argh.. My head is killing me... What happened-' Her thoughts stopped when her eyes landed on a certain blonde that was fast asleep beside her.

This drained the blood out of Sawako. 'Oh my god, don't tell me I-I'm having a hangover right now!' She screamed in her mind. This was not how she wanted to let Mugi know about how she felt about her. Her panicking stopped when a familiar Sakura student approached her.

"Yamanaka-sensei? A-are you alright?" Ui asked.

"A-ah…" 'I remember now… I thought I was going to have a heart attack… Sheesh, Im such a perv…Wait… How'd I get here?' Sawako thought as she looked around frantically.

"S-sensei? You look really troubled right now…"

"Oh, sorry, Ui-chan. I'm alright now, thanks, just kind of curious with how I got here…" The teacher mumbled.

Ui then explained the whole thing to Sawako, but got a bit teary in the end.

"Ah... I better thank Azusa-chan later then, and also you, thanks, Ui-chan." Sawako said and smiled at Ui.

"Dinner's ready!" Someone yelled from downstairs, obviously it was Ritsu who would yell that, disrupting the peace and quiet.

"Would you like me to bring you and Mugi-chan some dinner here?"

"That'd be great! Thanks a lot, Ui-chan."

Ui excused herself and headed out.

Sawako then leaned over to the blonde's sleeping form and a grin slowly formed on her lips.

'She looks so innocent, I could do so much with her right now!- Aww, but I don't have my sewing kit with me…' She remembered as she slumped back down to her side of the bed.

The teacher suddenly tensed up when she felt the sheets shift. Arms snaked around her arm and she felt something warm nuzzle it.

"Would you like some tea?…" Mugi mumbled in her sleep while clinging onto Sawako's arm.

"Ah y-yes, please." Sawako said absent-mindedly, she didn't know what to do, and decided to go along with it.

She was now stuck in this uncomfortable position until when the blonde would wake up, or moves.

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"Can I eat now, Azu-nyan? Ricchan's cooking smells really delicious…" The lead guitarist whined.

"No, we have to wait for everyone to get here, Yui-senpai."

Yui ignored Azusa and tried to reach for her spoon. Her mind was telling her to listen to the junior, but her stomach wants food now and was somehow controlling her arm. The brunette felt around her area of the table for her utensil but couldn't find it.

"What the… It was here a few seconds ago…" Yui mumbled to herself, not knowing that there was someone smirking at her.

Azusa decided to tease her senpai for the first time and poked Yui's wandering hand with the said spoon.

"Ah! What was that?" Yui asked to herself, quietly. This produced a giggle from her junior.

"Sensei woke up and she asked me to just bring the food upstairs." Yui could her sister say from a distance.

"Oh, I see, here then, Ui-chan." Mio said as she handed Ui two bowls of rice porridge.

"Finally, finished!" Ritsu said as she walked out of the kitchen and sat around the table, followed by the bassist.

"You can be a good chef's assistant one day, Mio~" The drummer cooed.

"Ritsu!"

"So, can we eat now? I'm really hungry, and Azu-nyan just made me exert more energy and made me hungrier."

"Oh, so it's my fault now?" The junior said sarcastically.

"I'm back, sorry to keep you waiting." Ui said apologetically as she sat around the table.

"Thanks for the meal!"

"Ohoh, no problem! A-ah, Ouch!"

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Sawako sighed when she had finished her dinner. 'Mugi's not awake yet… She must've been really exhausted…'

The teacher sat up and looked out the windows instead to get her mind off certain things. It was nighttime and the fire had died. She saw her poor car bulged into someone's house. If it wasn't so dark outside, Sawako would've seen the corpses she had run over earlier.

She decided to head downstairs for a while, letting the blonde sleep on.

Sawako entered the kitchen and spotted Ui, she was washing the dishes, while humming an HTT song. Everyone was finished eating and were now off doing whatever.

"Hey, Ui-chan, do you maybe know where the medicines are? My head is killing me, I think I hit it really hard when we crashed."

"Ah, Sensei, sorry about that. They are in the coverts beside the fridge." Ui said a bit startled by the teacher from appearing out of nowhere.

"No worries, thanks!" Sawako said, and took some pills for her headache.

"By the way, is everyone alright? I haven't seen any of them since I woke up." The teacher asked worriedly.

"Yes, they're alright, but I'm not sure where they are right now."

"Okay good, I didn't want to be responsible for any deaths at the moment." Sawako replied bluntly.

'So that's why she was worried.' Ui thought and nodded along.

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"H-hey… Don't you think someone should be watching out in case something happens while we're sleeping?" Azusa asked fearfully as she leaned back against the wall of her bedroom.

"What do you mean, Azu-nyan?" A certain brunette asked. Yui was laying on her stomach beside her junior.

"She means that someone should keep watch out there in case we get attacked by those things we encountered earlier." The drummer said wisely ad crossed her arms, "so who volunteers?"

Yui quickly raised her hand.

"You can't even see, Yui-senpai." Azusa snapped, "Oh, and I can't either, since I'm hurting as well."

"Mou…" The guitarist whined.

"D'aw, fine, then we can take turns, Mio and I will watch out for tonight. Sounds good, Mio?" Ritsu said as she looked around for her childhood friend, "Mio?"

The raven-haired was denying reality while sitting at the farthest corner of the small room. She had buried her face on her knees and had been in that position for quite a while.

"Oi, Mio, snap out of it! We'll watch from the roof, so no need to be such a scaredy-cat now, yeah?" The drummer said, trying to make her voice as soothing as possible.

After a while of more coaxing the bassist finally gave in and climbed out of Azusa's bedroom window along with Ritsu. The roof was only a bit slanted, almost flat. The drummer had Azusa's little gun, since the one Sawako had ran out of ammo. They had also brought a blanket with them since the two would take turns on sleeping. But for Mio, this felt like it was going to be a long sleepless night.

"Ritsu, I'm sorry." The bassist whispered. Ritsu barely heard it.

"E-eh? What for?"

"I've been too much of a scaredy-cat, you must be really annoyed with me." Mio said quietly and tightened her hold with the blanket.

"Heh, It's okay, you do get annoying being scared and all, but that's Mio for ya."

"Hmph." The bassist replied, "Oh and Ritsu?"

"Mmm?"

"Please don't ever leave me."

"A-ah, of course. Promise." The drummer said.

Then Ritsu tensed up as she felt arms wrap around her from behind. She felt a lot warmer all of a sudden.

"Thanks."

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The train had been infiltrated by a mob of the undead when it had crashed, because the conductor had gotten sick and lost control.

Screams and cries for help lessened as the day went by. At last it was just the eerie silence. A pigtailed brunette cautiously climbed out from her hiding place where the luggages were supposed to be. She'd been scrunched up in there praying for her dear life since the afternoon. Her bones made cracking noises as she stretched, and her back and neck felt really painful.

She looked around and froze at the sight before her. All the windows of the train she'd been in were shattered and splattered with blood. There were corpses of the lucky ones that didn't turn scattered all over the ground. Jun felt her throat fill up with vomit as she walked over the slaughtered bodies.

'I-I can't believe this is happening… Oh my god, I have to get out…' She thought frantically. She felt like she was the only one who survived, and fell to her knees. She sobbed quietly, not knowing what to do next. The brunette then froze as the stench of rotting bodies filled her nose. It smelled worse that the ones that were already around her.

She lifted her head and peeked out of the cracked window.

'Walking corpses? Argh… This can't be real…' Jun thought miserably as she watched dead bodies walking around aimlessly. Some were in a cluster, some were on the ground moving in ways a living human wouldn't be able to do. Then Jun's eyes caught something rather disturbing. There were two of the moving corpses fighting over half of what seemed like a body. It didn't even look like human anymore. There were things that looked like fat ropes dangling off its' torso, the brunette assumed that what she was seeing were intestines. Jun finally had enough and vomited right there, luckily none of the monsters had heard her.

She'd decided that she couldn't stay here much longer, she had to get away, but where to? Jun searched her jacket for her phone and gasped when it was still charged.

"Thank god…" Jun whispered.

The pigtailed brunette dialed her parents' number, but quickly cancelled it when no one was answering to save the battery. She then attempted to call the police force, but she got sent to voicemail instead, because the lines were busy.

Jun was starting to panic again because she hadn't made contact with anyone, and her phone was close to dying.

She then tried calling someone again one last time, hoping that someone would finally answer. Her fingers were crossed, and her eyes were filled with tears, the brunette did not want to die here, not today.

Right when the phone beeped, indicating that the phone on the other side was ringing Jun's face lit up. She thought she'd lost all hope, a smile formed on her lips and she was certain that her last call for help would be answered.

Then her phone died.

I apologize for the mistakes, I only looked over this a couple of times and so I mightve missed a lot. Also, I just noticed that I have so many XXXXXs... Thats cause there are so many people in different places at once!

Anyway, I forgot what else I was going to say about this... But nevermind that, Critism and other reviews are always welcome! Specially critism, I love really long reviews about those. They help me get better. owo