Infection ~~ Chinchikurin (CONTENT WARNINGS IN DESCRIPTION)

School ~~ 10

  "Did we escape them?" Hanabishi asked, the group all struggling to catch their breath.

"I... I think so." Keita replied.

  Boron quickly glanced around the area, "Yeah... I think they're gone."

"Okay.. so what the hell was that then?" Seito asked, "They looked like zombies!"

  "That infection that Tetsuzo was talking about... if it's true those villagers must've been infected." Toru said.

  "How can we even know that infection is real though? I mean, it's Tetsuzo we're talking about." Hanabishi still didn't think Tetsuzo was trustworthy, considering their previous encounter...

  "Maybe we should just be wary.. just for now at a time like this.." Boron suggested.

Keita agreed, "Mhm. Being extra cautious is a good idea."

  Toru turned around and looked at the school. "So.. we're going in?" He asked. Boron nodded, "Yeah. Let's go."

  The group slowly entered the school, gripping their weapons in hand. They carefully walked down the halls, making sure there was no one else in the school. Seito walked a bit ahead making sure the coast was clear.

  "Shit!" He yelled as he turned a corner. He quickly covered his mouth and stumbled back.

"Seito, what's wrong?" Boron asked. His question was answered when he peeked around the corner himself.

  "Crap! They're there!" Boron whispered.

"How many?" Hanabishi asked, tightly gripping his baseball bat.

  "God... at least fifteen of them. I think Seito's scream alerted them! They're coming this way!"

"Well then, time to kick some ass!" Hanabishi announced, jumping out from the corner and in front of the villagers. The rest quickly followed.

  "Damn, these guys are easy!" Hanabishi said as he hit an infected villager over the head with his bat.

  Boron hit a couple villagers with his hammer, causing them to crumble to the ground. "They really are like zombies.."

  Seito let out a loud scream as he clutched his arm, a large cut across it. "Shit! He fucking cut me!"

  Keita quickly ran over to the villager who hurt Seito and sliced open the back of his neck with his meat cleaver.

  "Jeez... thanks Keita.." Seito muttered, staring at the villager now dead on the ground.

  Meanwhile in Mr. Kuruwayas office, Papitaro and Nosuke were oblivious to what was going on down the hall.

  "Don't you think this is kind of a bad idea..?" Nosuke asked.

"Bad idea?" Papitaro said, confused. "Nosuke, what about this is a bad idea?"

  "I... I don't know. Being out right now.. it just doesn't seem safe..."

"Nosuke what's gotten into you?" Papitaro chuckled. "We're just getting some stuff from here and then leaving!"

  "Yeah... you're right.." Nosuke sighed...

But he still felt uneasy. Nosuke kept looking over at Papitaro, feeling unsafe. Out of no where, Nosuke turned to Papitaro and sighed.

  "Papitaro, you aren't gonna kill me... are you?"

Papitaro was shocked, he couldn't believe Nosuke would ask something like that.

  "No.. what? Of course I won't kill you! Why would you even think that?"

"O-Oh... okay.." He replied, going back to doing whatever he was doing before.

  Nosuke tried to ignore his thoughts, but they really worried him.

"He's gonna kill me... He's gonna kill me..." He repeated to himself.

  "Pa..pi..ta..ro.." He muttered, turning back to him.

"N-Nosuke..?" Papitaro stuttered. He watched as Nosuke reached into his back pocket, staring Papitaro dead in the eyes.

  "Nosuke... what is that?"

Papitaro stumbled back, watching as Nosuke pulled a switchable from his pocket.

  "He's infected.." He thought. Before anything else, Nosuke lunged forward and sliced Papitaro across the stomach. Papitaro gripped his stomach and stumbled backwards, now pressed against a wall.

  "Nosuke... why?" He cried. Nosuke just stared at him, no emotion in his expression. He raised his switchblade and jumped at Papitaro again. Papitaro panicked and reached his hand to the side, grabbing a broomstick that was leaning on the wall.

  "I'm so sorry!" Papitaro cried as he raised his arm, bringing the broomstick down onto Nosuke's head before he could come any closer. Nosuke paused and stared at Papitaro, still gripping the switchblade. Papitaro took a deep breath as he brought the broomstick down on Nosuke's head a few more times. Nosuke stood in place, blood dripping from his nose. He put his hand to his head, it was bleeding too. He gave Papitaro one last blank stare before falling to the ground, slumping against the wall.

  Papitaro looked down at Nosuke's corpse.

"He's gone..." He thought. The adrenaline wore off and Papitaro gripped his stomach again, letting out one more scream of pain before falling to the ground beside Nosuke.