~ 6 : 人は一つの存在とは限らない

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trans: People are not limited to only one existence

"We're almost there!!" Kanan shouts, seeing the entrance of the hotel

Suddenly, she stops. Chika and Riko also stops and hits the ground. Before one of them could ask why, Kanan shuts them by covering their mouths with her palms.
Then, Kanan slowly guides them to hide behind a building on the junction. She peeked and saw a flock of zombies already bombarded the front entrance.

"W-What about the others?" Chika whispers

Suddenly, Chika's phone vibrated on her backpack. She immediately answers it.

"Don't. Ever. Go. Inside," heard the hushed voice of Yoshiko

"We know. Is there a way to get all of you out of there?" Chika asks

The phone call crackled as someone took the phone. It was Mari."I have a secret entrance. It's acessable from the loading dock. But, maybe... some of them are already there..."

"Kanan, do you still have your gun?" Mari asks

"I do. But, it could attract others to come. We have to go in silence."

The phone's shuffling again. This time was Hanamaru. "I saw from the map that there's a cutlery shop and a survival shop a block away. Dia-chan asks you guys to bring survival kits for all of us, zura."

"Wakatta." Kanan said before she gave back Chika's phone

"We better hurry then," Riko hurries, followed by the two childhood friends

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Back at Yoshiko and Mari's shared suite, Dia and You had just finished blocking the front door with nightstand and sofas.

"That should do it for a while. Mari-san, let's check the passageway if it's safe for Kanan-san and the others when they came back," Dia said, putted a palm on the blonde girl's shoulder

"Sure. For now, You-chan and Hanamaru-chan, protect the rest. If you don't receive three knocks, that means... you're on your own," Mari warns, in a not-so happy-go-lucky tone she usually had

You and Hanamaru nods. Dia and Mari then opens the door to a walk-in closet. Mari spotted a hidden white door knob behind the layers of coats. She opens it, and a gush of cold wind hits their face. There's only a single lamp on the ceiling, lighting the stairs.

"You said how many floors?" Dia asks

"There's 36 floors. But, there's a manual elevator at every 4 floors," Mari said, flicking her flashlight on

"Okay then. Let's hope that we would survive," Dia prays, before closing the door.

Back at the other four of the Aqours, they were silent. Occasionally, they heard long screams and exploisons.

"What if... the others... was not survived and there's only the four of us left?"

"Yoshiko-chan..." Hanamaru mumbles

"Datte, even without me acting as Yohane, I could feel unluckiness was crawling behind all of us," Yoshiko said in a hushed tone

The others are silent. Yoshiko immediately realized what she had said, "I pulled back my words. Gomen... I-I... I just don't want all of us die."

Ruby side-hugs Yoshiko while she says, "we do want to live. Not only you, Yoshiko-chan!"

You and Hanamaru nods also. The navy-haired girl smiles. Back at the trio, they arrived at the cutlery shop. The show window had broken, and most knives and other sharp things had taken.
But luckily, there is a single box filled with sheated knives behind the counter. They took nine, and three for their hands. Then, they crossed to the survival shop.
They took emergency kits, camping tents, and other things. They also found canned food and beverage on the backside of the shop.
Their bags was full, and they decided to get back to hotel.

"Kanan-chan... I assume we have to get a walkie-talkie if connection will not work?"

Kanan realizes and ran back inside the shop. She looked around and there's no walkies around. She decided to go further back.
She founds the box of walkies, and took some into a plastic bag. Suddenly, something hits her to the ground.
The creature was hissing and squealing. It was a zombie! Kanan whimpers and struggles to get her sheated knife on her pants pocket.

"Why Kanan-chan took so long? Chika-chan, can you look for her?" Riko asks

"Okay," the leader leaves her bagpack at Riko and ran inside with her flashlight

Kanan is still wrestling with the zombie, while avoiding from being bitten. She reaches a broom and holds it.

"Dareka tasukete!" Kanan screams

Chika heards the scream. She immediately ran and kicks the zombie with her feet. She unsheated her knife and stabs the zombie on the head.

"Kanan-chan! You're okay?!" Chika immediately

The white flashlight flares on Kanan's pale skin, seeing bites or some sort of it.

"I guess there's no bite. Let's go back to Riko-chan."

When Kanan and Chika showed up at the street, Riko was missing. Only left is a sheated knife, and a note.

If you want your friends back, meet us at the harbor, and we will help your trapped friends on that hotel.

M

"M? Who the hell are they? Why they took Riko-chan?!" Chika shouts, but Kanan muffles her mouth

"We better hurry if we don't want some attraction here," Kanan lets go and run, and the leader followed her as well

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Someone took off the sack that covered Riko's head. Her eyes was also blindfolded. She could see three shadows was moving around.

"Can you tell me who are you? And why you take me?" Riko asks

One of the shadow emerges and pulls the collar of her laced top.

"You better shut up or we will feed you to them outside," the person hissed

"Maki-chan, don't be so rude," said the other

Riko mildly gasped. She then said, "Nishi...kino...Maki...-san?"

The person gasped and she clenched her teeth. "Who is she? My name's not Nishikino Maki."

"If you are Nishikino Maki from μ's, show me," Riko challenges

The pissed person harshly tears Riko's blindfold, and her golden-colored eyes captured the image of the same redheaded pianist of μ's, Nishikino Maki.

"There. You happy now?" She asks, sitted in an empty chair

"But... why did you want Chika-chan to come here?"

The familiar brunette with sky-blue eyes emerges from the dark, her hair was a messy ponytail, and her clothes was stained with dried blood.

"We need your friends' help."

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Published:
5th February 2018

Yes, μ's made an appearance on this series! Not sure if the Nijigasaki Girls will also be on this. But, anyways, enjoy!

Sincerely,
Rara-chan♡
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Song used:
In this unstable world

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