Reincarnated as a chicken

Alleyway fight

"Tch. Shoot their heads off."

Seiko ordered in a restless breath. He tried pushing off the mummies that were piling on top of his body, but they just kept on jumping him, slowly crushing his body. Their rusty claws kept on digging into his skin and he was bleeding. Poison was slowly entering his open body and is lungs were being squeezed.

Jasmine was standing some distance away and she was fiddling with the hand gun Seiko had thrown at her.

"H-How do I shoot with this?"

"Pull the trigger, damn it!"

His tone was abnormally angered. Jasmine just kept looking at the gun. It was a tiny beautiful weapon, light yet carrying a powerful punch. Its barrel was a dull cobalt blue and the handle was a reddish-brown. Jasmine rose it up and pointed it at Seiko after remembering how the young man shot his targets.

"Like this?"

"Yes! But don't point that at me!"

BANG!

It was too late. She had already pressed the trigger. She kept on shooting wild fires, randomly destroying the mummies, all the while shooting a hole in Seiko's forehead. She didn't notice this however, since all she saw were more mummies jumping onto the pile.

"Ugh! Screw your stupid guns!"

She dropped the gun and took out her daggers. They shimmered purple and she pounced on her opponents, slashing without care.

"I'll save you Seiko!"

She yelled and just kept on attacking without rest. She remained there for about an hour, before she managed to dig out Seiko's body and drag him out of there. He was heavily covered in blood and she could hear a sort of crack sound coming from his body. He had broken some bones.

"S-Seiko... you good?"

She put her head to his chest to check for a heartbeat. There was nothing coming. She realized that his body was cold and then she raised her head. Seiko had died and it was because of her.

"Oh no! Seiko! How dare you die on me, you bastard! N-Now, I won't be able to make it to the city."

She cried out, her eyes starting to tear up.

"H-How will I explain this to any one? That lady you were talking about... she'll kill me, won't she?"

The tears streaked down her cheeks, her voice simply echoing through the empty tomb.

"I-I can't just lose my first friend like this."

She put her head to his chest and let out her sobs. Sure, Seiko was rough, but he was definitely Jasmine's first friend. She didn't even know where she came from so she wouldn't know if she had any friends prior, but Seiko was her friend even in her current situation.

Her face felt hot. Probably from fighting for too long. In fact steam was rising up. No. This was too hot to be the result of her fighting too long. She rose her head and backed away from Seiko's body. He was steaming and Jasmine realized that something was happening to his body.

"Ah... Seiko! W-What is this?"

Budum! Budum! Budum!

She could heart heartbeats and it wasn't hers. And nothing in this tomb was alive, so there was only one other thing that could make a heartbeat. Seiko.

The dark-skinned male sat up quickly and he scratched his white hair.

"Uwaa~ I really don't like dying."