40. Goodbye

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Tsukasa gave Kouichi the map, which he then gave to Mei so she can navigate the roads to the University.

Now, Tsukasa and Ruu were in the back passenger seats, with Ruu holding the walkie talky, which is contacting the University crew.

"H...Hello?" Ruu started.

"Yes, Ruu-chan? Is this you?" A voice said from the other end... One voice that surprises Ruu as she recognized it clearly.

"O... Onee-Chan... But how?"

"I got lucky. Now Ruu-chan, please tell me where you are?"

"On the road... Returning."

"It's dangerous for little children like you to venture out like that, in a world like this, you know?"

"I thought Tsu Nee-Chan... She's the closest thing I've seen as an Onee-Chan after what happened... I had to go with her..."

"Who are you with? Is Kurumi there? Miki? Tsu's teacher? Shiiko-San? The middle school group? Or Tsu herself?"

"Only Tsu... The rest, they're..."

"I see... But then, I just heard 2 more voices aside from Tsu's breathing. Who're they?"

"A couple we met on the road. One of them is driving."

"I see. Oh, I haven't asked yet... What's the problem, Ruu-chan? Why did you call?"

"It's Tsu Nee-Chan... She's..."

"She's what?"

"She got bit. She removed the arm where she got bit, but... This red watery thing... It kept coming out."

Yuuri became speechless on the other end.

"Please... Tell this to her Onee-Chan and her... Girlfriend. The pink haired one with the glasses?"

"Takara-San? Alright then. I'll tell them..."

"Oh, and Onee-Chan... I love you."

"I love you too, Ruu-Chan."

Ruu turned the walkie talky off, and drifted to sleep.

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Tsukasa was seeing things. She was seeing the people from her past, the ones that she thought she had gotten killed.

Images flashed.

Patty being pulled out of the window, Yui shot in the head with a crossbow bolt, Hiyori being shot by Kagami point blank, Kuroi-Sensei's corpse after her suicide and Miki's corpse, Chinatsu's trapped fragile body, and Kurumi's demise.

Tsukasa blamed herself mentally for all this.

"There have been reports of a mass epidemic across the nation. The epidemic causes those who still survive turn on each other, and attacking other groups. It is advised that..." Tsukasa heard a reporter's voice from the car radio.

Tsukasa sheds a tear before saying "Turn it off."

"You sure about that?" Tsukasa looked up to see Miki smiling at her from the front passenger seat.

"It's alright, Hiiragi. You're better now." Now it's Kuroi-Sensei who said it, from the driver's seat.

"You don't need to sulk for anything now..." Next to Tsukasa is not Ruu, but Patty... "It's better now." ...And Hiyori, respectively.

They calmed Tsukasa down, before they slowly fade away as reality hits.

They reached the university, after Kouichi used a lot of shortcuts from the map which had few dead ends, and they finally got there.

The car doors open, and 3 people came out. Kouichi then pulled Tsukasa's nearly lifeless body out.

They went inside the building, where the others, including Yuuri, are waiting. Yuki is sitting on a wheelchair, looking better... If that's not for her pale face and sad frown.

Kagami and Miyuki rushed through the crowd, the former knelt down on the floor and cried while the latter went over to hug Tsukasa, and kissed her.

"Tsukasa... Please, don't turn..." Miyuki plead, and Ruu nodded.

"Yes... I don't want to see you as one of them..." Ruu sobbed.

"I'm sorry, Miyuki-Chan... This is it for me."

Kouichi then set her down on the floor leaning against the wall.

"Head... To Megurigaoka. The water that flows there had the cure..."

"Got it." Miyuki nodded, as her tears continue to fall.

"And... After that... Call for a rescue with this phone... Not in the city... But at the countryside..."

The group nodded, as some of the members sobbed. Hikako is basically soaking Touko's shirt sleeve with her tears.

"Ruu-Chan... Be a good girl... No matter where you are, OK? And... You have to shoot me."

Ruu puts her right arm on her face, wiping off the tears as she nodded.

"And Mi... Yuki-Chan... Onee-Chan... I'm so sleepy..."

Tsukasa slowly closed her eyes, her breathing stopped, and her head was tilted to the side

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Tsukasa slowly closed her eyes, her breathing stopped, and her head was tilted to the side.

The group gave way for Ruu, who raised Tsukasa's pistol which she left at the car for Ruu to take. She shakily points the gun at Tsukasa's head... Before pulling the trigger.

- End of Book 1

A/N If you are Tsukasa, what would you do?

1. Goodbye: Who would you want to put you down?

A. Kagami

B. Miyuki

C. Ruu

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The day was rainy, and standing on the grassy grounds of a garden at the Hiiragi home in Saitama... Is Ruu.

Along with Kagami, and Miyuki.

They had just buried the deceased members of the Hiiragi family there. Ruu sadly puts the hatchet which is Tsukasa's final weapon she used against zombies... On top of her grave, not striking the dirt, but just putting it there, leaving it lying around, on top of numerous flower petals.

They left, with tears harshly falling down from their eyes. They then headed back to the bus where the others are waiting. The next stop is Megurigaoka, where it all began.


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