Haruto had to admit… his idea of just walking through couldn't have been a better idea. As soon as his foot touched the ground of the concrete alleyway, a car zoomed past him with its engine roaring. He quickly jumped up as high as he could and grabbed onto the ledge of the building to the left of him, looking down with slight fear evident in his eyes. He looked up and pulled himself over the edge onto the roof of the building and stood up. Looking out past the other buildings and apartments, Haruto saw the school that Naruko had told him to go to.
Deciding not to waste time, Haruto began to traverse the rooftops without really caring whether or not someone saw him. He sniffed the air and caught the scent of sakura blossoms. He smiled as he gathered his chakra into his legs for his final leap. Stomping his foot down on the final ledge for his best leverage, Haruto jumped with all his chakra enhanced strength and rocketed through the air, over the gate of the school, being nothing but a blur to normal eyes if any were on him.
Haruto landed gracefully on the rooftop with only a small circle of dust to announce his arrival. Before he could make his next move, he heard a scream coming from the direction of the front gate and walked over to the edge. He looked down and saw that people were beginning to eat each other as the bitten became infected. He narrowed his eyes. It is beginning… He turned and his coat flared out as he walked towards a door that he figured would take him into the building.
As Haruto walked down the stairs through the classroom building, he zipped up his trench coat so he could hide Shukketsu Souru and he began to think over who Naruko had told him to look out for. The image of a teenager with wildly spiked brown hair and light brown eyes. The boy had a rather depressed look on his face, like he'd lost someone. So I have to make sure that he and his group survive and I must make sure to protect Saeko-san… I definitely have my work cut out for me.
Haruto kept walking down the hall until a boy rushed past him like he was scared half to death. Haruto turned and looked at him as he ran and he caught sight of his hair and eyes as he looked out the window like the outside scared him. Haruto narrowed his eyes. That's him… I need to follow. Haruto quickly started walking towards the classroom that the boy had rushed into and he heard him speaking to someone.
"We need to get out of here, now!"
"What the Hell is your problem Taka…"
SLAP!
Haruto was quite surprised as he heard the slap ring out through the hallway but still he continued to walk down with a purpose. Even though he walked fast, Haruto saw the boy and two others, a boy and a girl, leave the classroom running. Getting tired of trying to keep up with the overly scared teens, Haruto called out, his voice slightly deeper than he had expected, especially for being only a year older than their supposed age. "Hey! Wait up you three!"
Immediately, they stopped and turned to face the new voice. Haruto kept walking and stopped when he was about five feet away from the group of three. He then spoke again as he pointed to the boy in the middle. "You… what is your name?" Stumbling over his words due to Haruto's powerful aura, the boy spoke. " T-T-Takashi K-Komuro." Haruto lowered his finger and nodded with a slight hum of approval before speaking again. "I am here to join you."
Takashi's face was twisted in confusion as he stared at Haruto's black-clad form. Looking over him, he would swear that he was nothing short of a modern ninja or some government agent. "Why are you going to join us? We barely have a plan." Haruto chuckled underneath his facemask and he shut his eyes before narrowly opening them. "Trust me when I say this; you will not survive what is going to happen without me."
Haruto's chuckle scared Takashi and his friends but he quickly recovered. "And just how exactly do you know what is going on?" Haruto sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb. "That is not your concern. But I must tell you that you will have to hurry up and decide whether or not you want me. Time is of the essence for us to get out of here." Haruto's words rang true as the intercom sprung to life with the man talking. As Takashi heard the cries of terror from the speaker, he quickly motioned for all three of them to follow him.
As they ran through the hallways, the grey-haired boy, whom Haruto now knew as Hisashi, had convinced them to stop as they gathered wooden bats and the girl, Rei was her name from what Haruto could tell, ripped the metal pole off of a broom and used it as a spear. Haruto watched as Rei used a device called a cell phone to call her father. How it worked, Haruto did not know, but he didn't really care at the time. All he was worried about was making sure that they each survived through the outbreak.
When they were moving again, Hisashi had led them to the roof in order to escape the turmoil in the hallways from the students trampling each other. While they ran, Haruto saw one of the infected up ahead of them but stood back, curious of what the students were capable of. Rei quickly rushed the thing and started to swing wildly until it caught it in a massively strong grip. She was nearly forced down until she forced it back and she ran her makeshift spear through its heart.
Haruto sighed as he saw her muscles relax. That thing is nowhere near dead. You have to smash the head. Though I wonder if they'll be able to figure that out for themselves… He continued to watch as Hisashi grabbed the thing from behind in a headlock, thinking that he could hold it until Rei finished it. Before anyone could do anything, it turned its head and latched onto Hisashi's right arm with its mouth but did not draw any blood just yet.
From what he was seeing, Rei was a considerable martial artist and if Hisashi's words rang true then he was a black belt in Karate, though Haruto knew not what a black belt was, only that there was a master and his student or students. Though the way he spoke of it, black must be good. Also, though, if the creature drew blood then Hisashi would not get a chance to test his skills.
Rei yelled back for Takashi to do something but it took him some time to register that he was being spoken to. "Takashi, do something damn it! Help him!" Before Takashi began to move though, the thing bit down harder and blood burst forth as did Hisashi's yell of pain. Haruto knew from that point that it was over for him and he simply closed his eyes and bowed his head. Maybe I should've done something… even if he wasn't one of the ones that I was supposed to protect…
He looked up as he heard an enraged yell from Takashi. He saw the boy rushing the thing with his bat high in the air. He brought it down swiftly and smashed its head into pieces of blood, gore, skull pieces and brain matter. Haruto simply smirked at it. At least I can say that he isn't opposed to the thought of killing these things. Though will he be able to handle killing a friend if they are bitten?
Haruto barely finished his thought as he saw that the teens were moving again. He quickly followed until they came to the very top of the roof. Coming up behind them, Haruto saw that there were far more up there than he had first thought. Overhead, as they watched the things, a large flying contraption zoomed past and made Haruto nearly jump from his skin. Takashi noticed this and turned to him. "You act like you've never seen or heard a helicopter before."
Haruto regained his composure and replied to him. "I'm not from around here. I come from a place where we don't use these… 'things' such as your cell phones or helicopters. We had no use for anything so loud and flamboyant. Anyway, shouldn't we be moving?" Takashi looked back forward and saw that the things were moving towards their group. He grunted slightly and started to run and the other two teens followed. Haruto simply walked along the rooftop… not making a single sound.
Takashi, Rei and Hisashi all made it to the stairs that led to the observatory and started to bum-rush through the creatures that blocked their path but Rei was caught in the leg by one and she quickly slammed her broom spear into its chest. Instead of holding it off at a distance, the thing just slammed her into the wall using her own spear. Hisashi saw this. "Rei! Hold on, I'm coming!" Rei looked up as she saw the thing crawling towards her and screamed. "Hisashi, please help me!"
As the thing stand and get ready to eat her, Hisashi came charging down the stairs with a roar and smashed the creatures head into the wall, making blood and gore go everywhere. All the while… Haruto simply walked across the death-littered rooftop. Takashi saw this and simply stared at him, too distracted with it to help Rei.
Haruto sighed. They will eventually have to learn that these things are far more receptive to sound than they are anything else. Though my past experience with this helps… Haruto kept walking around the creatures and had a blank look in his eyes… like there was never an emotion that had gone through them before. If Haruto thought back… it had been far too long since he had felt any real emotion. Even as the years had passed during his own outbreak, Haruto had begun to lose even his fear.
His eyes began to dart around as he heard a sound coming from somewhere. It sounded like… screaming… windows smashing. Haruto's eyes darted to the area where it came from and he saw that the things had broken into a room. Using his superior vision, a perk of having Kyuubi within him, he saw that it was a young man in glasses, a student maybe, and a very buxom blonde woman that reminded him much of Tsunade in shear bust size.
His memory flashing back to his godmother, Haruto lost his train of thought. Instantly, he burst into a run across the rooftop. He heard the screams from the three teens for him to stop as they watched him from the stairs of the observatory… but he did not care. He reached the very edge of the building… and disappeared in a flash of black.
The trio was speechless…