Tsukasa managed to run back to her room in tears. Inside, there is Kagami, surprised at Tsukasa's sudden entrance.

"Tsukasa, what happened!?"

"Mom... Dad... Matsuri and Inori Onee-Chan... They..."

"Calm down! What happened!?"

"It's that other group on the other side of the university! They killed our family!"

Kagami widened her eyes, and also broke down.

"Damn it!"

"They killed Narumi-San too!"

They cried for several minutes until they calmed down.

"Anything else? Do you know where the supplies are?"

"I found a sack of them inside a grate on the outside wall..." Tsukasa sniffed.

"I knew it... Somebody is indeed stealing..."

"But who!?"

"Line the ones in the courtyard up. We need to deal with this now."

All of a sudden, a girl wearing a helmet bursted through the door.

This caused Tsukasa to vengefully take her axe from her back, and raised it.

The girl waved her hands around, "Whoa! Stop, I'm not your enemy!"

"Cut the nonsense! You killed my family!" Tsukasa yelled.

"OUR family." Kagami corrected.

"OUR."

"Listen up! I'm just here to talk, and warn you!"

"About what!?"

Tsukasa lowered her axe down, as Kagami calmed her by patting her shoulder.

"My crewmates... They're going to attack the courtyard."

"Is it because of the supplies I found?"

"Part of it is because of that. The other one is because..."

"Because?" Kagami questioned.

"Huff... My crush, Renya... The boy who attacked you when you first arrived... He turned."

"He turned?" Kagami asked.

"Yeah... Anyway, I'm Sino Uhara... And I'm pregnant with Renya's child."

"I'm sorry, but we don't know what caused him to turn... But I remember that Shiiko-San and one of the girls in our group said that everyone is already infected." Tsukasa explained.

"Everyone? But I felt fine..." Sino objected.

"Some people had immunity to the airborne infection, but some had whatever caused this... Resting inside their bodies." Tsukasa continued.

"I... I see. But it's impossible to stop my group now. They're gonna--"

"ON THE GROUND, NOW!" Suddenly, a voice shouted out from the direction of the courtyard.

Tsukasa takes a peek from the door to see several people holding their group, and the ones from the meeting room hostage. Even Ruu.

"They're here." Sino noted.

"What are we gonna-- Onee-Chan!?"

Tsukasa gasped as she sees Kagami opening a duffel bag, inside are a pistol and a rifle.

"Stall them, Tsukasa."

"Where did you--"

"I've gone scavenging alone and found these. Now stall them, keep that guy from pulling the trigger."

"That guy's name is Tougo. He's the leader. The girl on his right is Ayaka, one of our best fighters... And the guy with the cap is Takashige, just some punk." Sino explained.

"I see, thanks for helping us."

"Don't mention it."

Kagami tossed the pistol to Tsukasa, who stuffed it inside her satchel, alongside some boxes of ammunition. Kagami then left though the door first, and took cover from behind a fallen soda machine, which is presumably due to the melee fight crew coming along.

Sino said Good luck to Tsukasa, who nodded and left.

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Outside at the courtyard, Tougo is holding a pistol crossbow, pointing it on Yuki's head.

"Tell me where the supplies are, or this pinkhead's getting it." Tougo threatened, before coughing a bit, and ordered "You, check the rooms." To an unnamed crewmate.

"Yeah!"

But then the crew noticed Tsukasa coming out from the hallways.

"Hold it right there!" Tougo commanded, before raising the pistol crossbow and pointing it to Tsukasa.

Tsukasa complied, and raised her hands to the air. "Take it easy... We can keep the deal going--"

"Too late, numbskull! We're not taking second chances!" Takashige shouted.

"I... It's a mix-up! We can make it worth your while!"

"We're listening." Tougo smirked.

"But first, answer me... Why are you doing this?"

"Why!? Why, this girl asked? Because we, the strong rule over you weaklings." The girl named Ayaka explained.

"That's... So wrong. Anyway, about the deal... We can share... I mean split the supplies! Spread them around."

"Or maybe we should just kill you, and take them ALL." Tougo counter-offered.

"Then what will happen if they run out? If you don't have us... The weak, giving them to you as tribute?"

"Well... You're talking sense just now. Well, I suppose we ought to hash out some terms then!" Tougo calmed down.

"Wha... You serious!?" Takashige objected that.

"Man, shut up or I'll--"

BANG

A bullet suddenly went through Tougo's head cleanly. He then fall flat to the ground. Kagami shot him with pinpoint accuracy.

"Whoa!" Takashige reacted.

Ayaka shook, before grabbing Yuki by her hair and dragged her away. Yuuri and Kurumi instantly gave Chase to her.

Hiyori, who was held hostage near Tougo quickly grabbed the pistol crossbow that he dropped and shot the unnamed crewmate without hesitation, before she herself ran away.

Takashige tries to escape by climbing through the gate but Tsukasa pulled out her pistol, and shot him in the buttock.

"AH!" Screamed Takashige as he landed down on his rear which made the pain from the shot even worse.

He then wolf whistled, and a couple of other crew members ran into the courtyard.

"We need to get your friends into the bus!" Shouted Sino.

"Of course!"

Sino handed Tsukasa another rifle which is from the duffel bag in Kagami's room. The rifle is also scoped.

"Here! It's semi-automatic so you just need to shoot them without having to pull bolts or such." Sino explained.

Sojiro, Yutaka and Minami had ran into the bus (which is parked next to the RV). Hikako, Touko, Aki, Shiiko and the middle school group (sans Chinatsu) had also entered.

Chinatsu was with Hiyori, hiding behind a sofa. She tries to make a run for the bus, but one of the attack crew shot a crossbow bolt, which nearly hit her. She quickly leapt back to the back of the sofa to take cover.

Tsukasa leaned behind the bus, and peeked over to aim with the rifle.

"Yoshikawa-San, stay down!" Tsukasa ordered.

"Help! Kami-Sama!"

Tsukasa managed to shoot one of the attackers in the head, although the recoil from the shot nearly sent her 2 feet backwards.

She then shot another one in the head, clearing the way for Hiyori and Chinatsu to run to the bus.

"Get in, quick!" Tsukasa ordered.

"You saved our butts!" Chinatsu said, gratefully.

"I said get in!"

However on Tsukasa's right, is another group of people taking cover. This time behind some boxes. There are Ruu, Kuroi-Sensei and Miki. They saw a few of the attackers coming their way.

"Help!" Kuroi-Sensei pleaded.

"Sensei! Hang on!"

Tsukasa took cover behind on one oc the bus' corner overlooking the boxes where Ruu and the others are hiding at.

Tsukasa aims down the sights, and looked to see a zombie behind one of the attackers, devouring him.

However she focused on the other 3 who were enclosing on Ruu and the others.

"Stay down, Ruu-chan! Everything will be OK!"

"Tsu Nee-Chan!"

A crossbow bolt nearly hit Tsukasa, causing her to take cover.

When she aimed again, she shot the one who nearly killed her in the head.

"I won't let them hurt you!"

"Help!" Ruu-chan cried.

Desperate, Tsukasa began to quickly dispatch the other 2 attackers. Afterwards, Ruu ran to the bus.

"Get in, everything's fine!"

Out of the blue, as Kuroi-Sensei and Miki were about to run, the zombie from before pushed Miki from behind, which in turn, pushed Kuroi-Sensei back too, causing her to land on her back while Miki fell face first to the ground.

Kuroi-Sensei struggled to fight the zombie, desperate to protect Miki.

Tsukasa quickly shot the zombie in the head. Afterwards, Kuroi-Sensei got back up, and helped Miki up on her feet before they ran into the bus.

The attack have stopped. Tsukasa ran to the gates and closed them quickly. Deep inside, Tsukasa prayed that the commotion just now won't attract a herd of zombies to the university.

- To Be Continued

If you are Tsukasa, what would you do?

1. Told Kagami about what happened to your family?

A. Told her

B. Say nothing

2. Lost your temper to Sino?

A. Lost it

B. Stayed calm

3. Best way to stall Tougo?

A. Stall him diplomatically

B. Stall him with hostility

4. Calmed Ruu down while protecting her?

A. Tried to calm her down

B. Didn't say anything