Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 3 - 2, H.O.T.D
Takashi Komuro
Rei Miyamoto.
Saeko Busujima.
Saya Takagi.
Kohta Hirano.
Shizuka Marikawa.
With the exception of the pink haired little girl main character, the moe mascot, Alice Maresato, the entire main cast of High School of the Dead were gathered together. In addition, Igou Hisashi was with us like he was one of the MCs, which he very well may be now since he didn't die and turn into one of THEM on the roof top of the school.
Saeko: So it is decided. We our a team and if we want to survive and make our escape we will act as one. Selfishness won't be tolerated.
Hisashi: Busujima is right. A teams first priority should be to the team. Any action that goes against or risks the teams safety is unacceptable. Long as we can agree all to this then I will give my all for the team, but for those who put us in danger... I am more then willing to abandon any of them.
Everyone was rested and ready to move, and so we were now all deciding on the course of action to escape the school. In the original plot Saeko was the one who first mentioned the creation of a team, but with the new addition Hisashi who has survived his fate, he took an active role in the group discussion. It should have just been only a vague notion of a team, but Hisashi got them thinking more seriously about the situation they were in. Maybe more so then necessary.
Rei: A-anyways, how are we going to get out of here?
Takashi: Since have decided to take the school's minibus to escape... Getting to the parking lot using the front entrance would be the quickest way.
Hisashi: Alright then. Lets go!
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Together we all left the teacher's office and began making our way to the front entrance. On the way, Saeko and Saya reminded us all not to unnecessarily engage with THEM. If we were to run into any of THEM it would be best to avoid begin grabbed because of their immense strength and to just avoid fighting by pushing them aside. Like Saeko had already confirmed, the undead had a very hard time getting back up.
Then, while moving from the second floor to the first we ran into a group of survivors battling a group of THEM, and losing at that. We just decided to prioritize our group over others, but because it would be too troublesome to find another way down to the first floor, we moved in the save them and took out the undead that were in the way. Saeko, Takashi, Rei, Hisashi and I jumped down the staircase and quickly dispatched the undead. The whole thing took no less then five seconds and we really were looking more and more like a team of badass high school warriors attempting to survive the apocalypse.
Hisashi, who had some how become our leader spoke to the survivors and it was decided that they would be temporarily absorbed into the group. No one disagreed with his decision, yet it was looking more and more like Hisashi was taking over Takashi's role as the leader of the group and potentially the true main character. With our numbers increased, we were ready to make a dash out of the school. Now down onto the first floor we quietly moved towards the front entrance, but with many of THEM in the way on the first floor we were forced to temporarily hide behind the school lockers.
To get to the entrance we just had to quietly move through the undead and and not make too much noise as we opened the doors, but for those who didn't fully know the characteristics of THEM, that they couldn't actually see or feel us or anything for that matter, and responded only sound, they saw it as suicide to jump into the horde of undead. Saya discovered as much, but she had yet to test out this theory, so after she explained the theory, everyone was looking to see who would volunteer to test it out. Originally, Takeshi was the one to volunteer, but without the event where he killed his best friend who had turned, he didn't gain the qualities of a strong leader, and so he was currently hesitating to volunteer.
And Hisashi, our so called new leader didn't volunteer either. It wasn't that he was a coward or anything, it was just that he valued his life and wouldn't risk it so readily. If his friends are in danger sure, but if it is a situation where he didn't have to risk his safety with plenty of options, then he was just like everyone else.
An entire minute passed in silence. No one was volunteering and so we said stayed hidden behind the lockers. It got to the point where I was about to volunteer when...
Hikari: I'll go.
The small voice and equally small frame of a female body that finally volunteered and was raising her hand was Hikari. I was about to ask why her, but she beat me to it.
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Hikari: I am neither a strong, or brave person. A coward to say the least, but because I am also a logical person, I need to volunteer here to prove my worth to the group. I can't fight, but if I can at least contribute something to the group, then I am fine with risking my life.
Saeko: Really? I don't believe those are the words of a coward though.
Hikari: They are. Because I am more afraid of being abandoned then one of THEM killing me. This isn't bravery, but necessity.
I see.
Hikari already knew the plot from me telling her and was using the situation to appeal to the group. I myself am a valued fighter of the group, so the others would think twice before abandoning me in a dangerous situation, but what about Hikari? A small, middle school girl with little stamina who doesn't have the strength to use a weapon and is just staying behind everyone being protected. Not a chance would anyone play hero and risk their life to save her from a dangerous situation. Even I can't say I would go that far for her, although I would like to think that I would. But that's why Hikari is putting on a show for the group that she is in fact a valued member of the team. A valued member of the group who would risk her own small life for them all, despite being weak.
That is brave.
That is honorable.
But more importantly, it makes her look very pitiful, but someone worth protecting as well. Here this little girl is volunteering her life for them, while all the while everyone else was thinking of themselves. How would you feel?
Bad?
Terrible?
Like human trash?
Hikari looks like a middle schooler who just graduated elementary school despite being only one year younger then me ( Age sixteen. Learned she was that old earlier in the teacher office ), so the effect was multiplied. Now everyone was feeling bad and were volunteering to take her place, but Hikari refused them all and walked out into the open, right into the middle of a group of THEM without making a sound. If she survived this then she may even become the mascot character of the H.O.T.D group who everyone would die to protect... Is it wrong that I now want to see her fight it out with Alice the original cute moe mascot? If it is then I blame it solely on the menta trauma from bashing the brains out of the countless undead had on me.
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Hikari bravery strolled through the hall as if see wasn't surrounded by dozen of THEM ( But I could swear that she was just about ready to piss herself. I would be if I were in her shoes despite knowing that I was safe ) and moved ever so closer to the front doors. Gently, Hikari open up the the double doors of the school and without waiting for us, began to walk out, which I really couldn't blame.
Since we decided to not change the plot we knew that one of the survivors that we picked up would cause a loud echoing noise to sound throughout the halls, bring out all the nearby THEM towards us. That was why as possibly the slowest among us, Hikari needed a good head start as much as possible.
Saya: Alright, lets go.
Saya told us it was okay to follow after Hikari in a very soft voice. We all moved in unison from behind the lockers to the front doors while avoiding the undead, and that is when it happened. Not the "it" that I was expecting, but an entirely different "it" altogether. From around the corner, an undead came flying, blown away and then slammed into the a few of THEM that were in the way, and continued till they all smashed into the lockers in a loud bang.
Shin: Is-is this a Manga... Never mind just run!
I yelled and and told everyone to run for two reasons.
1. The zombies near the entrance were now alerted to our presence.
2. From the hallway, running like his life was on the line, which it probably was, was one of the new players that came here together with us, the unkempt youth, and behind him... right behind him were what had to be all the remaining THEM within the school chasing him.
An entire wave of undead were following him and were now coming straight towards us, ready to swallow us up and turns us into one of them after devouring us alive. Everyone responded to my warning and ran. Running away from the tidal wave of undead following us all as we made our escape into the front yard of the school, I had just one thought on my mind.
Shin: What did I do in my past life to have my first mission to be zombies!? Why not To Love-Ru Darkness?
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