Nanami Story

Author: Centuries of History

Nanami had never been like the other girls her age. She never found beauty, makeup, and clothes exciting.
If you could not find her, she was either with the boys playing sports or high up in a tree.
But her family did not mind, they loved her just for who she was.
They even encouraged her to start training Kendo, a modern Japanese martial art form, which also translate Kendo to the way of the sword.

Nanami and her family were hiding in an abandoned house on the outskirts of a small town.
She was clenching the sword she had gotten at the beginning of the outbreak from her father and looking at a painting of a sakura tree, taking in every beautiful detail of the different colors.

She could smell the tomatoes, basil, and mushroom being cooked over an open flame in the kitchen, her mom was making the same soup they had eaten last week but Nanami did not mind, the soup did not taste bad and filled her stomach.

Her father was standing bent over the dining table, concentrating on a map that was lying on the table.
Trying to come up with a plan to join up with other survivors.

It was quiet outdoors, the only noise Nanami could hear was the sound of crickets in the distance,
if you didn't think of the noise her father made and the sound of the wooden spoon stirring the soup.
She loved the silence and always did. Watching her worried father's face she wished she could help more than she was allowed to. But to them, she was still their little girl.

During dinner her father said
"Tomorrow morning we will head south, I think there will be a settlement there".
Everyone nodded in agreement.

The next morning came, and the sunrise on the horizon showed itself in one of the upper windows.
They gathered their supplies and headed out the door, scouring the environment every minute for danger.
The street was calm, the infected had probably moved on to places with more people.
When walking, a noise was heard in the alley beside them. Startled, they slowed down their pace. Nanami's grip on her sword tightened, ready to strike an attack. Her heart pounding in her chest. Glaring at the spot in the direction the noise came from, Nanami stared focusing on what may appear.

A cat jumped out from one of the dumpsters, meowing loudly.
Nanami lowered her sword and crouched down. Her family looked down at her not saying a word, knowing it was no idea to argue.
A little cat, black and orange, came running out from the alley with its tail up high.
Brushing its cheek to Nanami's hands, the cat was soft and starved for human interaction.

"Can we take it with us?
Nanami looked up towards her parents that who were looking at each other as if they were having a conversation with each other in their heads.
"How will you transport it with us? Feed it, care for it?" her father said with her mother following up.
"If you figure that out, you can take it with you".

Nanami looked at the shops that were around the street, looking for a pet store or anything.
When she saw the store for bags and backpacks in the shop window.
If she just had a backpack, the cat would sit in that until she found a shop where she can get more supplies.

As she opened the shop doors, an infected came running towards her, and she drew her sword separating the head from the body.
She looked back at her family, then searched for the cat, but the cat had run away when the infected had come running out the door.

She did not even pick up a backpack, there was no use for it now only, it would only be another item to carry.
They all continued along the road, finally finding a city.
But it was here when the worst that could happen, happened.
When they entered the city border a horde of infected came running their way.
There was no reason to fight this many, the only thing they could do was run.
But in the panic they lost each other, running in different directions.

Nanami spent days trying to find her family, hoping they were still alive, but could not find evidence of their survival.
After months of trying to find her family on her own, she found The Final hope settlement. She settled there, finding friends and security.
But she will never give up hope of finding her family one day.

## See Also

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