(IC) The End (Lucius&Nekoko)

Mariya smiled down at her little companion as they climbed out of her parent's car. She ruffled the top of his head and laughed as the two of them walked onto the school grounds. Gripping her bag strap, she watched as her husky companion made his way to the tree where he always laid down. Turning she headed int othe school, looking around. It was unusual that she was actually here. She had bee ngone for a couple weeks, she had even missed the beginning of the Semester. Missing the introduction to the new teacher, and the classes. Sighing Mariya made her way up the stairs to her classroom, looking around before going up to the teacher, and taking the empty desk by the window. She put the bag down by her desk and stared out. Smiling down at her Husky friend who was staring up at her. Smiling down at her desk, she pulled out her notebook and pencil case, letting her black hair fall over her shoulders, and cover her face, as she started writing.


Hiroshi smirked, looking down at the others as he pulled the cigerette from his lips, and expelled the smoke. "Well, this is a sight." He was talking about the coupleof students who showed up late, and had wandered up to the rooftop, where him and his gang always hung out. Normally students didn't come up here, partially because he was up here, and the ones that did were only looking for trouble. But these weren't any students, they were new kids, transfer students. It didn't seem they had gotten the talk from anyone. He leaned over, sitting above the doorway the students had come through. "Well what should we do with you two. I havn't had any fun for a while." Smirking, he took a drag from the cigarette, and exhaled the smoke as he talked. "I've been wanting to have fun for a while. Some people have just been pissing me off lately." He studied to two frightened students. The other 10 guys that hung out on the roof with Hiroshi, started chuckling, as they looked at the other two kids. They were standing or sitting all around the roof, either smoking or watching students walk onto campus, making remarks about them. It was the natural hang out for the troubled kids in the school. This was only half of them, the other half had been expelled for some other reason. And Hiroshi, he had beaten his way to the top, he was considered the alfa dog to this group, and even though he didn't want to be, he was calm, let the guys do what they want, as long as it wasn't too bad that he had to clean up the mess. Though sometimes he joined in. Other times he just sat there and watched.

The strumming of a guitar echoed through the auditorium. And a bass, but Goroshi was alone. So how was it possible that that both a guitar and a bass were being played? Double-Necked Guitar is what. But that's not important; Goroshi didn't have any class this hour, and he was meeting someone. Someone... He holds rather close to him. Or so he thinks. Honestly, he wasn't sure if this was just another fling or something that will build up to something serious. Sure, he's just 18, he shouldn't be thinking that every relationship will end in matrimony, but he had his dreams too. Either way, he played quietly in the dimly lit great hall, the sounds of his picking echoing in and out of the room and through the school.

Well, no one was going to miss one dead hobo. It was just another morning for Shini; wake up, use the bathroom, dress, eat, go to school. But while she was going to meet up with her friends, a homeless wanderer approached. Well, it's more like he was walking towards her, he probably didn't want to be seen bothering with a high school girl (The implications would be rather unfortunate for him, you see), but she decided to take the initiative. By stabbing him with her switch blade. Repeatedly. It was still early enough that no one would be awake to see, and he had the unfortunate timing to be next to an alley way dumpster. After satisfying her blood-lust, Shini looted the body. A few flick knives, some canned foods, a knapsack, a hatchet, and a bunch of other interesting but hefty stuff. Oh well. And she got her hand dirty too. So she took the hobo's water bottle and washed the blood off her hands, then took a drink. Today was a good day. And then she got to school.

Shini was with her group of friends. There was Tsukuyomi, an equally psychotic girl with a thing for knives, though unlike Shini she doesn't hide her interest. Shini doesn't particularly like her despite the similarities, since she feels that Tsukuyomi is bringing a bad name to people with an interest with weapons. Then there was Alice, a Prussian girl with a knack for cooking. She and Shini get along well, but Alice is just kind of stringed along by their other friend, Koga. A tomboyish girl, she's in three athletic clubs and can somehow balance her time between the three. She has a sort of "love-or-hate" personality; she always see's everything as a competition and tries to one-up you, especially if she has the ability to do so. She's also more then happy to trash talk and mock her opponents. But if you can befriend her before she pisses you off, she's a rather loyal friend, though one that thinks money can buy friendship. Well, she partially right about that. And the final member of their Five-Girl Band was Shizuka, your typical quiet bookish girl. Her most noticeable quirk his her tendency to hide behind her hoodie mask. It was one of those hoodies that you could zip up in front of the face, and hers made the face of some sort fo skull. She's weird, but also harmless. Or so everyone thinks. Anyways, they began walking to class, a bit late as usual. Most of the teachers excuse them simply because they come in bulk and since Tsukuyomi lives a couple miles away from school and has to walk, but they still get reprimanded from time to time. When they entered the class room, they each went to their respective desks: Koga sat in the center of the desk Tsukuyomi sat close to the back door, Alice sat next to Shizuka on the front row, and Shini just sat where ever she damn please that day. In truth, she just never bothered to be like Koga or Tsukuyomi and make everyone know where she sits at. So she decided to sit a row away from the windows, next to a new girl. Taking her seat, Shini looked at this girl and wondered; who was she, and why did she come to school now? So she decided to sleuth.

"Hey. The name's Shini. You're new here, aren't you?"

Mariya sat there scribbling in the notebook, occationally she would look up and out the window down at her Husky friend. She stared down at the paper as everyone else took their seats. She blinked when the person next to her addressed her. Looking up, slightly startled, before smiling shyisly. "My names Mariya. I'm not actually new here." She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and stared down at the paper. "I've gone to school here since 5th grade....."




Hiroshi smiled wider and he jumped down from the top of the building, and was standing between the two frightened kids, and the door. "What should we do with them boys? I'm sure their already regretting coming up to our territory." The other guys laughed, one spoke up. "Can't kill um, people are expectin um." Hiroshi pointed his finger. "You are absolutly right, Shizi! So what shall we do with the frightened little kittens here?" Shinzi smirked, and stepped up next to his friend. Shinzi's brown hair was cut just right so it partially covered his red eyes, and snaked down his neck, to his shoulders. He had his hands in his pockets, as he hunched over like usuall, being a foot taller then the tallest person there. He stood next to his friend, with that bored and lazy look he always has. "I think you scared them enough as is. Poor kittens look like their about to pee themselves." He stepped aside and opened the door. "Go on kittens. And be warned, I might not be able to stop these guys if you do come up again, hell I might join in with what ever they have planned." The two students went running to the refugee of the stairway, sobbing as they made their way downstairs, and running down the halls. Shinzi sighed, closing the door as Hiroshi studied his friend, then climbeed back up ontop of the stairwell roof, to finish his cigerette while the others went back to what they were doing.

Spoiler

Shinzi Kurosawa. :T I didn't think i needed a cs, since he won't stay that long, but long enough he should have a picture.

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"Waaah? Since fifth grade?! I wonder why I've never seen you around here before..." Shini pondered this. The school wasn't that big, then again, she's always hanged out in her small circle of friends. "Well, whatever. I certainly haven't seen you around here before. Though I guess that's just cause I'm a Sophomore, you know? Fifteen and stuff." The teacher started class, but she wasn't really one for listening in when she was busy doing her own thing. "And I don't mean to ramble, but would you like to meet up with me for lunch? I got a good feeling about you. You seem... Rather reclusive. I mean, if you don't want to, I'm okay with that, but I want to have a chance to figure you out, if you don't mind."

"Leaves from the vine, falling so slow. Like fragile tiny shells, drifting in the foam..." Goroshi plucked his guitar while he leaned in his chair at the construction sight. They were adding a new wing to the Gymnasium, additional locker rooms or something, but right now it was empty. He sat on a few bags of cement mix, balancing a stick of rebar with his foot as he sang a little tune. It was a rather boring day today. Nothing interesting ever happens here.

Mariya blinked and looked over at her. "You are 15?" She didn't understand it, though of course she was behind in schooling. "I'm 17, a senior. Ah lunch. Um" She looked towards the window and down at the tree. "I usually go home after lunch, or just sit outside with my friend." Shrugging she turned back to the girl. "But I guess. Since you'd like to get to know me." She smiled softly at the other girl. "This is actually the first time someones taken the initative to talk with me" She looked down at the table, at her notebook, and the scribbles and sketches of her husky friend that was sitting outside.

Shinzi rolled his eyes, as he walked over to the side of the roof, leaning on the fencing. He heard a dog growling down bellow, so he turned and looked down. Blinking he saw the dog run towards the building, while a couple of teachers delt with something down bellow. His hands clung to the fence, while the others gathered around, and watched too. His jaw tightened as he watched a group at the gate, trying to get in. Why wasn't security doing anything? The teachers wreen't doing anything. He watched in horror as the things made their way into the school grounds, busting down the gate in their sted. He looked back at Hiroshi, who was standing ontop of the stairwell still, watching in horror also.

Friend? That was a surprise to Shini, though she felt a bit stupid thinking that Mariya is that much of a loner. "Awesome!" Shini speak out loud, only to be called down by the teacher for it. "Sorry sir... Anyways," Shini spoke quieter as the teacher resumed his lesson. "Just a word of warning, some of my own friends can be kind of bitchy. I'll make sure they ease off of you, so don't be angry or anything if they act haughty." She gave Mariya a reassuring smile as her cellphone vibrated in her hoodie. Apparently, word has spread that there's some sort of fight in front of the school.

You could say Goroshi was the first to the scene. He still didn't have class and he was just wondering about, when he heard a metal crashing sound. Curios, he went to see what was up. What he saw was a whole gang of people, injured, moaning, and rather ugly, walking into the school grounds. He hid around a corner, not wanting to get caught, when he saw some of the security officers of the school come out with their tasers and batons. However they were outnumbered, and even though they fired a warning shot (With a real gun) into the air, it seemed to just aggravate the gang. What happened next, Donny didn't see. He knew trouble was brewing, and he had to get out. But not without his sister.

Goroshi entered the room where his little sister was, his gasmask (Which hew ore when preforming or working) around his neck. He walked over to his little sister and took her by the hand. Some of the students were surprised at what was going on and started to talk, but the teacher was yelling over the to quiet down and for Goroshi to explain why he's here. "Come, we need to go." Goroshi pulled his sister out of her seat, though she was confused and a bit angry. "W-what are you saying?" One of his sister's friends stood up and walked to Goroshi, her hands clenched into fist.

"What's going on, Goroshi?"
"Someone got killed at the front gate. This is serious."
"Y-you serious?"
"What would I gain from lying?"

It was then his sister pulled her hand out from Goroshi's grasp, very pissed and about to whip out something to stab her brother with, but she was still in class. So for now she just stood her ground and gave her brother a mean glare. "Jesus Christ, what's your problem?! You're always having these crazy though-" Before she could finish her sentence, Goroshi slapped his sister, Shini. Despite being in a great deal of pain, her angry allowed her to keep standing and continue to argue. By this time the rest of Shini's friends got up, ready to come to her defense. "Wh-" but before she could get her word in, Goroshi cut her off. "Shut up and listen to me!" Now Shini was speechless. Normally her brother wouldn't even tell her off if she attack him, but now...? He looked to the others, his eyes briefly locked with Mariya. He turned to leave, followed by his sister and her posse, despite the teacher's protest.

Mariya sat there and blinked. She stood up the momment the guy had slapped Shini. She was getting ready to take charge, but they turned and walked away, right as her Husky friend came charging into the room. "Ivan? Whats the matter?" She nelt down infront of him, as he continued to pace around. She, was still kneeling infront of him when she started caughing again. She had come back early despit what her parents wanted, she wanted to come back, with all the drama going on, it got her heart racing, which was bad. Very bad. She curled forward and kept caughing. Ivan, her husky friend, started sniffing at her, and slightly whinning. She stared at the ground, as her caughing fit ended. She stoo up weakly and looked down at the husky. "Come on. We need to get out of here." She dusted off her white dress and she walked out of the room, looking down the halls. She turned and headed for the stairs, but stopping short and going against the wall, IVan started growling, as one of those things started coming up the stairs, followed by another. She stared at them, cowering against the wall, as Ivan growled at them. She could see they weren't human, but she didn't know what they were.


Hiroshi and Shinzi looked at one another, before taking off running down the stairs, they kept going down until they reached the first floor. Shinzi wrapped his hand in bandages as they ran, and once on the first floor, he thrust his hand out, connecting it with one of those thing's faces. Hiroshi grabbed a broom, and used the handle as a type of bat as they tried to find a way out. The others in their group were either falling, or trying to fight, as little as that might work.

All hell was loose now. Only a couple minutes after they left the class, and these... Things, showed up. Goroshi, Shini, and her posse were about to head down some stairs with Mariya and her dog when people showed up. Though people was a bit of a stretch. "Wha... What are these? Zombies?" Shizuka shook her head, and spoke loud enough just so everyone could hear her. "No... Zombies are things from movies and video games. Humans without their ability to think. These are not human anymore. They... It's just Them now." They began to come closer, slowly, but surely. they were in large numbers, and amny of them familiar to the students. "We can't go that way without going through them. Let's find another way around." Goroshi turned around to find another away, followed by some of the girls. Shini and Alice were about to go when Shini noticed Mariya and her dog. "Mariya, come with with us. It's not safe that way, and we'll be safer together." Shini offered her hand to Maryia, while Alice watched with worry as They came closer.

Mariya nodded, taking her hand and following as Ivan growled, at the things, but followed behind. He stayed as close as possible to Mariya. "Theres...." She coughed a little. "Theres an exit up ahead. Faculty only. You have to have a key to get through it. Itl eads to the roof and to the ground floor. All exits are blocked off, and its in a glassed area." She dug in her pocket and pulled the key out, holding it up for them to see. Ivan whimpered a little when Mariya coughed, but kept following, turning and attacking one of the things that had gotten too close, before turning and running after them. Mariya was started to get out of breath, but she was going to keep going no matter what.

Hiroshi and Shinzi, and the only three other survivors finally made it to a room with no windows and only one entrance and exit. They were out of breath. One of the others blocked the door way as they turned on the light and started going through cupboards looking for things to use. "Its hell out there! We need to find a place to go. If its this bad out here, it's got to be worse out there right?" Hiroshi looked at Shinzi, who looked majorly worried. "My family." Hiroshi turned and kept digging through cupboards. "That will be first priority after we find a way out.

Goroshi and co. continued through the school, but it was slowly getting swarmed. Shini tossed him the key to the faculty stairs, which he caught. But not all was smooth sailing. before they reached the entrance, the group was cut off by ten of Them. Goroshi cursed under his breath, but then Tsukuyomi stepped forward and revealed a couple of combat knives. How she hid them was a mystery; she couldn't hide a rock in the desert. "I'm going to cut them down. Go through once I finish up, I'll make sure you guys get through. Keh he he he he..." With crazy in her eyes, Tsukuyomi charged at Them at the top of her lunges, slicing and cutting them. She made quick work with them, but her actions were only attracting more. But that might have been her plan; as she kept fighting, she moved away from the others, luring Them away. Some of the members of the group was unnerved at Tsukuyomi actions, but Shini held back her tears. She may have not liked her, but she respected Tsukuyomi sacrifice. "C'mon, we have to keep going." The hall was clear now, with only the corpses of Them left behind.

They managed to reach faculty stairs, but not all went as Goroshi had hoped. What he wanted to do was go strait down and make a bee-line to the parking lot, but when he looked down the stairs he could see Them. A teacher must have tired to used the stairs, but got caught. Goroshi cursed himself once more as he led the group up stairs; there was a good chance that they could find a fire escape or just another way to reach the ground floor without being swarmed by zombies. "We have to head up and try to find another exit. At worse, we'll have to find a way down from the roof tops, and i know they have fire escapes we can use." As Goroshi took point, Koga noticed the the corpse of the janitor. She gulped, but didn't take any chances; she walked over to the corpse, and smashed it's face with her heel. She did this until she was certain the corpse couldn't turn into one of Them, and then began to loot the body of possible weapons. All she could get was his tool box and the mop, which she broke off at the head to make a sharp point. "I know that not all of you are any good at fighting, but I'm not going to leave you defenseless." Koga distributed the improvised weapons to the other girls; Alice had a pipe wrench, Shizuka had a capenter hammer, and Koga gave the mop handle to Mariya. As the other girls left, Shini was worried about Mariya's health. It didn't take a genius to know that Mariya isn't as physically able as the rest of them were. "Mariya, we're going to head up the stairs and try to find another way down. Stay with me, alright?" Shini gave Mariya a bit of encouragement, which was mostly for herself; she just saw Tsukuyomi sentence herself to death right in front of her, and she was trying her best not to think about it.

((Feel free to take the group closer to the exit if you want to get out of school now.))