Haruto charged into the massive horde that had taken refuge on the bridge with his blade held high. As he brought it down, he cut one of the infected in half and watched as it fell into two pieces. He looked to his side and saw that Saeko was getting into it rather well. She had already taken down three of them and was still going while he had a single standing kill. He shouted of the individual roars and noises. "Hey Saeko-chan! Trying to outdo me, eh?"
All he heard was her voice as he could no longer see her, being so much farther ahead of him. "Well I do need to make up for all of the kills that you made back at the school!" Haruto laughed as he cut down four with one horizontal slash. "So this is turning into game, huh?" Once more he heard Saeko but now she was like a distance noise. "Yup!" Haruto kept laughing as he starting to simply cut the creatures down in quick bursts.
He smirked as he charged his chakra into his blade hand and his legs. He bent down and started to chuckle as he disappeared in a burst of speed. Everyone looked up as the area began to darken. Haruto's voice echoed throughout the entire area as the air became colder. "Sōdoāto: Gurando reitō-en!"
Saeko watched as a line of silver about a meter wide shot through the creatures in a straight line until it reached the very end. She was close enough that she saw Haruto appear in a crouched position with his blade arm outstretched. He stood quickly and swiped the blood from his blade in a single slash before slowing sheathing Shukketsu Souru. As the blade collar came to the sheath Haruto flashed through the same signs that he had when protecting Saya and Kohta in the hallway.
At the sound of Haruto clashing the blade in, Saeko heard something, like a small explosion, and looked back to see that where Haruto had begun his grand slash, a line of fire had started to follow the same path as the silver streak at a frightening pace with a deafening roar. As the flames passed through the infected horde, Saeko saw them fall to pieces and her mouth hung open. When the fire came to Haruto… it simply vanished.
Haruto looked over to her with a smirk and whistled to get her attention. She looked over as Haruto brought forth Shukketsu Souru again. He huffed slightly as he looked at her. What the Hell...my chakra is shit now! Is this… is it because of my other half? Wiping the thought aside for a later date, he spoke. "I think you have a long way to go until you can catch up to me, Saeko-chan." With that, he winked and disappeared again in a black blur.
Saeko blushed at the wink and shook her head to try and wipe the image away. She couldn't and simply dealt with it as she began to cut through even more of the things. She clenched her teeth and narrowed her eyes as she saw she was working in too deep and was beginning to get surrounded. Of course this would happen to me… Trying to figure out how to take care of her situation, Saeko was oblivious to everything going on at the other end of the bridge.
Shizuka was having a really hard time with the situation. When the headlong assault began she had been fired up and ready to go. But now that she was faced with the creatures face to face she could barely lift a finger. She was frightened beyond belief and had a feeling of loneliness looming over her head. Both Saeko and Haruto had left her to charge into the horde. They had spoken to each other like it was a contest… some sort of sick and twisted game. She wanted nothing more than to sink into herself and cry.
Saya and Kohta were no better as they had run to the other side and Saya was using her drill in a lackluster performance as Kohta was pinning the creatures in their foreheads with his nail gun. She knew, though, that they weren't nearly as into it as Haruto or Saeko had become. It scared her when she heard their blades cutting through the dead flesh of their infected antagonists. But it scared her more when she began to hear Haruto's laughs ring out after the sounds of the blades.
It wasn't anything compared to what she saw, though… when she saw Haruto disappear and the area darken. She had her hands over her mouth to stifle her whimpers of fear as she saw a great silver line cut through a piece of the horde. She watched in horror as it soon erupted into fire and tore through the infected at a furious pace. Seeing them fall to pieces made Shizuka nearly lose her breakfast, as she had not yet had her lunch.
Tears began to roll down her face as her mind began to rage with thoughts. Why… why can't things go back… why can't things go back to the way they were? Why can't this never happen? As she thought to herself, she did not realize that she was backing up to the edge of the bridge as her eyes were clenched shut, trying to keep the tears at bay. As she came to the edge, she stumbled…
Shizuka's screams rang over the entire bridge. Haruto heard them as he cut down another creature. He turned his head quickly enough to only catch her foot leaving view as she fell. He jumped up on top of their heads and began to rush over them towards her. He could still hear her screams, meaning that she hadn't hit the water yet.
Coming to the edge, he sheathed his blade and channeled chakra into his legs as he stepped onto the last infected head, crushing it as he rocketed over the edge. He could see her still, but she was nearing the water at a deadly pace. At the speed she was moving, hitting that water would be like smashing into concrete. Haruto narrowed his eyes in the wind as he tried to think of a way to speed him on. He looked to his side and saw that there was nothing he could springboard off of and he growled under his breath. I need to hurry!
He kept looking around as he saw one thing… a falling infected one. He smiled slightly as he maneuvered himself over as he planted his foot into its chest as he charged his muscles with chakra. Feeling his leg holding as much as it could take, he pushed with as much force as he could and felt a shockwave as he went one way and the creature went back up into the underside of the bridge and through it, high into the sky until it disappeared. If the situation weren't so dire, he would've found it comical.
Haruto flew through the air as nothing more than a black blur towards Shizuka. He narrowed his eyes in the force of the oncoming wind as he shot past Shizuka's screaming form towards the water. He flipped and smashed into the waters surface, sending a widespread mist everywhere in a fifty yard radius as Shizuka fell into it. Up above, Saya had come to the edge just as Shizuka fell into the huge mist cloud. Reaching down, hoping that by some miracle the two fallen would fly back up. She felt tears come to her eyes as she yelled down. "Shizuka-san! Haruto-san!"
It was then that she saw it… the black and slightly blonde blur come shooting from the cloud with a trail of mist following it. She was confused until it reached the edge. Time seemed to slow down as she saw the look in Haruto's eyes. Pure determination… like nothing in the world was going to stop him. In his arms, he cradled Shizuka who clung to him like he was her only lifeline. Saya stared in wonder as he went over her head and landed, sending out a small cloud of dust.
She was speechless as she saw Haruto's hair fall in small, wet lines over his face. He looked back to her and she blushed as she saw his face. He looked sexy but dangerous at the same time and she was beginning to have a very rough time trying to make sure that she didn't faint. It was when he spoke though, that she nearly lost it. "Why are you standing around, Saya-san?"
She looked away and blushed, poking her finger at her bottom lip and squirming slightly. "I… I don't have a weapon with me. I can't do anything but get in the way right now..." Haruto sighed as he sat Shizuka up against a pole and looked over to Saya. "Then look after her and make sure that she remains calm, please. From the looks of it, Saeko-chan, Kohta-san and I should have this bridge cleared in no time."
Saya nodded as Haruto stalked off into the horde with a recently unsheathed Shukketsu Souru. She watched as he forced himself in with slashes, cuts and dismemberments. She saw blood fly up into the sky as Haruto roared with each movement of his sword. Now… she realized why Shizuka was acting up the way she was… she could feel it in the air… the bloodlust. She felt it now even more than when they were at the school and Haruto had lost it. This can't be...this is just too much… could it be… is it not just him?