Thread: High School of the Dead: The Decent into Darkness Chronicles (Wingshadow and Mech)

Chapter 1 Escape from the Dead It was an afternoon like any other, with the sun shining down with brilliance, the wind blew from the west and swirled the leaves in the athletic field about Hitomi's ankles while her eyes were fixed firmly upon the line in front of herself. Come on! she called to her students with a genuine smile, her legs spread wide as she sat on her rear before them and her arms out in front of herself, demonstrating how the exercise should be done. She could tell that a few of the boys were paying more attention to see if her hands or her breasts would touch the ground first, but in all honesty she didn't mind what they were staring at as long as they showed better results. Looking is fine, but don't get carried away! Reach forward with both your arms, relax your back and shoulders and stretch with your stomach muscles! she ordered, leaning forward just a tiny bit further. Then, she quickly pulled back and leapt to her feet. Alright, thats enough. Lets do some jumping jacks drills then we can start our normal routine, she said with authority. Everyone jumped in line without hesitation and began to jump in unison... Well, most of them did, anyway. Indeed, it felt like just another ordinary day... But there was some other force at work that day, and as it slowly approached the school gates, the prospect of ever returning to the same lives that they knew and loved grew thinner and thinner... As Hitomi-sensei sent her students to run a few laps around the track, the math teacher, Akio-sensei, approached her. Um, I'm sorry to disturb your class, the usually forward teacher seemed strangely timid, but you know martial arts, correct? What now? Hitomi replied in a slightly irked tone, not liking to be disturbed when she was in the middle of a drill, Its not Souji again, is it? Um, no I don't think so, Akio sighed, There appears to be a bit of a disturbance at the west gate. It has several of the teachers worried since we already had a few people check on it but they haven't returned... Some of the students are getting worried. Its probably just another would-be gang or something, Hitomi yawned, Sure, I'll go lay out some thugs for you, but just hold things down here while I'm gone. She waved to her class in order to let them know she would be right back, and they returned the wave as she turned to leave. ----- As Hitomi approached the west gate she what she thought was just a group of students and a few people not wearing school uniforms huddled about in a small group looking down at something, standing strangely still. She nearly laughed, as there didn't seem to be anything particularly odd about the situation, although she did feel a strange cold chill down her left side which she simply chose to ignore. Excuse me, you are being a nuisance and causing quite a stir here, Hitomi called out to them, Could you kindly break things up? Classes are in session, so head back to your respective classes before I have to get serious. The group all slowly turned in unison, the few patches of fresh blood staining thier shirts being the first thing she noticed. Oi... this is... Their wide, soulless white eyes and cocked heads looked up at hers, not making eye contact but gleaming about like soiled pearls stuck in into their haggard, bloody faces. They stepped toward her, mouths gaping and snapping. Hitomi raised her hands up to her chest in terror... and let out a blood-curdling scream.