17 the wolf watching the dead

{Maccillian's POV}

Watching the kids get ready for the clinic raid was interesting. I didn't exactly remember much of it, but I was pretty sure they struggled with it. I knew they wouldn't now though, but I was still interested in how they'd do. From the look of it, Takashi, Kohta, Asami, some guy, and Saeko were going in. The others were staying in the mall, keeping it secured.

I watched them go, and followed them as they did. I made sure I was out of their range, and observed them. Takashi, Saeko and Kohta were working great together. Asami was following them the best she could, and the only issue was the mall group guy, I didn't know or care about his name. They made their way across, avoiding or quickly dispatching any zombies in their way, and I nodded to myself.

"They're doing good. Saeko's not even going crazy. Is she mellowing out or something? She didn't seem to mind the kid she decapitated... So maybe?" Thoughts for later. So far, things were going great... Now I was just waiting for them to come across the small horde that was inside the clinic. The place was too constricted for them to REALLY go crazy, but it was survivable... And I'd step in if it was needed.

Though I was starting to get bored when they seemed to be having no issues... They had to reveal their abilities though, and I found Asami's reaction hilarious. She was staring at Kohta making aura bullets like he was Jesus or something... Hmm... "Maybe I should find a way to use my aura to stand on water... Kinda like Naruto, and just fuck with people. That'd be fucking hilarious..."

After Kohta revealed his ability to make aura bullets, Takashi started to coat his bat in aura... "Actually... How the fuck is that thing still in one piece? He's bashed what? Over 200 zombie heads and bodies with it? Fucking thing shoulda been broken, or at least bend a little bit by now. It just looks like he dropped it a little too many times."

Weird anime bullshit aside, they were doing fine. Saeko used an aura slash with her sword, which I didn't know she could do, and cleared the hallway they were currently in. They didn't even need their Werewolf forms, and that was boring. There was no struggle, they only struggled when they didn't use their abilities, or a real good fight... It was boring. And that made me think of something... "Holy shit... I'm getting bored of a zombie apocalypse."

Granted, I was a little worried at the start. And for good reason. If I wasn't careful at the start, then I could've died if I was dog piled by a bunch of them... But now? "I could just sit and get bitten into without giving a shit..." And I really could... The only thing worth fighting in this world was a sea of zombies... And I could just spam aura slashes at them if I wanted too... There was no real challenge in this world...

"Wow... It took me a week to get bored of the apocalypse... That's got to be some kind of record somewhere." That just made me think. "Now what? The pack can still learn from this world... But they won't grow that much. Zombies aren't really great for long term opponents." That was also true.

So what would I do about it?

"Months... All I'd need would be a couple of months. If I went fucking mental, I could probably wipe out a billion zombies to get my world jump. Hell, if I went crazy, I could go for Wolf King's Wrath by the end of next week... I need a grinding montage. That's what I need." I zoned back in when I heard a gunshot, and saw the guy from the mall group died. That just made me blink.

"The fuck? How?" I zoned out for what? 5 minutes? And the guy somehow got bit? That confused the fuck out of me, so I just went back to watching the group make their way out, and start going back to the mall. Asami seemed sad, Kohta, who I just noticed was taller and fitter, was trying to comfort her. "Ah, so they're going to be a thing. Good."

Potential love life aside, Takashi seemed to take this hard, and Saeko seemed indifferent. I watched them go back to the mall, and thought about what to do from now. "I should go hunting... Wonder how long it'll take for me to get everything..." I'd work on that later. For now, I'd go back to thinking about stuff, and watching.

"... There was this 'oh shit we're fucked' horde that came here before, right? Or was that after they left? No clue... Hm... I could take a nap. If shit goes down, they're bound to be annoyingly loud, so it'll wake me up... Yeah. That'll do. Nap and think about multiverse adventuring later. And so I did. I shifted, laid down on the ledge, and took a nap.

{Takashi's POV 5 minutes later}

I couldn't help it, even if I knew It wouldn't do anything to me, I punched the closest wall I could. "Dammit! I failed! AGAIN!" Even with all this power, why couldn't I have saved him? It was a failure, and I knew it. (I should've used my Werewolf form, who cares if they questioned it!? I would've been fast enough to get to Tamaru before he was bitten! I could've saved him!)

I was right and I knew it. I got cocky. Even after Sir. Zaka TOLD us not too, and even when I repeated it to everyone too. I was the one to get cocky. 'We don't need our Werewolf forms for this.' Even after we started to use our powers, I didn't think we'd need to use our trump card. (And someone died for it.)

Ever since Mr. Zaka came, we never had a setback happen. I hadn't FAILED anyone. But now? The one time he's not with us, I make a mistake! (Do I deserve this?) That thought rang like a bell in my mind, and I couldn't shake it off.

"Hey kid, what's happening?" I froze, and turned towards Miyamoto. I was in a store, away from the others, but she must've come for me for some reason. I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not, but then I remembered Sir. Zaka's words.

'You have people you've fought against death with. Trust them. Ask them for advice when you're lost.'

And I was feeling lost right now. So, I took a breath in, and leaned my head against the wall. "Do I deserve to be the leader?" I just looked at the ceiling while I asked that. I couldn't look at whatever face she would make at me. I heard her go 'ah' and start to walk over to me. She leaned on the same wall I was, and wrapped her arm around my shoulder.

"This is about the guy who died, isn't it?" I nodded. "Haa..." She started to hum for a bit, and I just kept thinking about how I failed. "You're doing the 'I could've done this' or 'I Should've done that' thing aren't you?" I stopped thinking, and just looked at her.

"How?" She chuckled at that, and shook her head.

"Remember when I said I was a gang leader?"

"Yeah... Kind of hard to forget that." She scoffed at that.

"Yeah. I've been where you are before. I know I never told you this story before, so I'll tell you now. No interrupting me Takashi. Got it?" I was kind of confused about where she was going with this, but I nodded anyway. She watched me nod, then turned back to the ceiling.

"It was way before Rei was born... I was about your age at the time, and I had a little spat with another gang coming up on my territory. I didn't know a thing about these guys, but I didn't care at the time. My girls and I went to go tell em to fuck off... And it was a mistake." I saw her close her eyes and just breath for a bit, and I didn't rush her.

"Normally, the gun laws in Japan are a thing. The apocalypse doesn't count. Back then, you wouldn't expect a bunch of teenagers, or even a group with a few adults to have a gun. We were mostly minor gangs with bats and pipes. But that was normally. This gang? They weren't normal. When my girls and I came up on these guys, it was the usual gang shit.

'Fuck off, this is our turf!' 'You fuck off, it's ours now!' Shouting matches, both sides being assholes to the other, shit like that. The worst that could happen would be some broken bones and bruises... But there was even worse. Somehow, this gang had a gun. It was a 6 shooter, but still enough. And during one of our shouting fits where we were close to getting violent, it went off. One of my girls was shot."

I was shocked. I was starting to get used to the apocalypse, but I still knew what life back then was like... (Back then as in last week.) I shook off that thought. So hearing Rei's mom, this woman I've known almost all my life, say she was shot at when she was my age, I was stunned.

"Now she lived mind you, she was hit in the leg, but it was after that I started to think. 'Am I doing the right thing?' 'What if that was a bit higher?' 'What if it had been me?' Those kinds of things. I haven't had any of my girls die on me, so the situations a little different, but the core issues are the same. You're worried about fucking up, I get it. So let me give you a cliche bit of advice that works." She took a breath, and turned back to look me in my eyes.

"Learn from what you did wrong, and never repeat it ever again." I took that advice in, and I couldn't help but worry.

"But what if I...-"

"Ap ap ap! None of that. You're not alone Takashi. You've got a group with you. If you think you're going to fuck up, you talk to us. Saya will chew you up and spit you out about it, but she'll give you advice. Saeko will listen and help out. Kohta will just help you out. I'll talk to you about it... Shizuka... She'll do something. Then there's Rei. I know you got together in... Less then ideal conditions. But you ARE together. Rely on your girlfriend on somethings... Just remember to use condoms though, I'm too young to be a grandmother."

I choked, and I picked up someone else choking with my hearing. (Why in the world did she have to say THAT!?) I saw her grin, and look to a different corner of the store.

"That applies to you too Rei!" Ah, so that was why. I watched her laugh, and then shake her head a bit after. "Anyway. Even if you think you're fucking up, just remember you got us to rely on. Hell, go ask the fucking CENTURIES OLD WEREWOLF KING that lives with us. If there's anyone that knows how to fuck up, it's gotta be the guy older then everyone in this whole mall."

I sighed, when I could breath the right way again, and looked up to the ceiling. "What if he's disappointed in me?" I heard Miyamoto scoff at that.

"Takashi. Unless you somehow got one of us killed, I doubt the guy is going to mind. He doesn't care about anything other then us and Rika." Huh?

"How do you know?" Miyamoto just looked at me like I was stupid.

"Takashi... The guy could put us all on our asses without even trying. He's got all that power, and he's only staying with us or Rika. He's not going out sniffing people out and saving them. He's not clearing out areas of the city for people to make strongholds with. He's just staying with us, and mostly fucking around. A little literally sometimes, but you get what I mean. Instead of saving the world, he's just helping us.

I'm not saying I have an issue with that, I don't, and I'd be a hypocrite if I did. Even before I had Rei, I'd fuck over anyone that tried to mess with my girls. That only shifted over to Rei and Tadashi later in life. Moral of the story. He won't care. Just make sure you fallback on any of us, and we'll help you out. Got it?"

I just processed all of that, and slowly nodded. "I... I guess I can do that." Miyamoto nodded at me, and smiled. She looked over to where I was guessing Rei was, and smirked.

"Alright Rei, you're turn to give him some support. Just no getting happy, we still haven't found your dad after all." I choked again, and I heard Rei do the same. Miyamoto just laughed, and started walking out of the store.

(Rely on the pack... Yeah. I can do that.) And when I saw Rei coming over, looking at anything but me, I smiled. (I can definitely do that.)

{Maccillian's POV 2 hours later}

I woke up to a gunshot, and wearily opened my eyes. (Fuck's goi...- Oh. The mall event.) I grunted, and stood up. I stretched a bit, then looked out to see what was going on. When I saw just how many zombies there were, I blinked.

(Well damn... That's a lot... That's got to be what... Atleast 1,000 of them? How the fuck did I miss 1,000 zombies fucking shambling towards the area? Am I just selectively deaf?) I really wondered about that. There were a fuck ton of them pouring in from all sides, and I mentally whistled. (If I took em all out, I'd make some good progress for my strength... I'll step in later then. Now where's my pack?)

I focused my hearing, and sensed around for the others. I could hear some screaming, probably mall group people, a pair of... Thuds? I looked around for where that came from, and saw an old couple splattered on the sidewalk... (Oh no. Anyway.) Back to looking for the pack, I picked up the sounds of flesh being torn apart, and blinked. (Werewolf form? Who?) I focused my hearing, and searched for their voices.

"Takashi? How's your stamina looking kid?!" Ah, so Takashi was in Werewolf form? Thank you Kiriko.

"I'm fine! How's everyone else!?"

"They're fine! The mall group and the kids are making good time to the roof!" Really? Tell me more.

"Got it! I can hold out for a few more minutes before I'm out, are you ready to switch with me?!"

"Give me the word and I'll jump in!"

"Thank you!" Hmm...

(Guess I'll go chill on the roof then. I always did want to pull a 'I'm magically here when you need me' thing.) With that idea set, I started to run across roof after roof, and jumped towards the roof when I was in range. They weren't up there yet, so I just laid with my head on my paws, and waited. Though I did listen in, just in case I had to bust my way down towards them.

"Shizuka! Can you break the stairs when we all pass them?!" I blinked. That was a good idea from Saya, 'oh I'm sorry, did you need those stairs? Whoops I broke them.'

"Kay!" I listened to the sound of running, and then the eventual sound of stone breaking.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE!?" No clue who said that, I didn't care about whoever said it anyway. They were coming closer, so I decided to pose. I shifted, sat cross legged, and leaned my head on my knuckle.

The group kept running, and eventually, they made it up towards the roof. The mall group people made it up first, Asami included, and eventually, my pack did as well. When they made it onto the roof, I watched them all freeze, and saw Shizuka spin towards me first and sport a massive and gorgeous smile. "SILVER!" I smiled at that.

"Well well well, look what the dead dragged in." I watched Saya and Kiriko roll their eyes, Saeko and Rei giggle, Takashi and Kohta sigh, and Shizuka smile. She opened her arms wide, and I dropped from my spot, and walked into the hug. She kissed me, which didn't surprise me, and started to happily hum. We broke off the kiss and the hug when another unimportant person started to freak out. I just rolled my eyes at it, and looked at the rest of my pack.

"Sooo, what'd I miss?" Kiriko snorted, and Shizuka just smiled and started excitedly talking about stuff. Though I was starting to get annoyed at the mall group, aside from Asami, since we kept getting interrupted. It was after some crazy kid yelled at me that I lost my patience.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! Anyway, back to you Shizuka." She smiled at me again, but we were interrupted by Asami this time.

"Um, excuse me sir... But what are we supposed to do about the undead? We're trapped on the roof, there are thousands of them around, and we can't kill them all. Asami doesn't know how you can be so calm during this." I hummed at that.

"I could just go kill them all if I wanted too." That made the entire mall group pause, and I took that time to go hug and kiss Saeko, since I didn't get the chance to do it this morning. She ate up the affection, and hummed.

"My lord, can I come with you when you decide to kill them? We didn't get to fight with you the last time you did." I thought about it.

"I wouldn't mind. Though do you think you're up for it? I'll be running wild after all." There was a vicious gleam in her eyes when I said that, and I saw her grin, showing fangs and all.

"It sounds like a date my lord." I laughed at that, then heard Shizuka pout.

"Not fair Saeko! Silver and I haven't gone on a date yet!" I blinked.

(Huh... Step 1, plan a fucking date for the girls. I've fucked almost all of em, and haven't taken em out anywhere... I wonder how the good ol land of Ire is this time of year...) I settled on taking them wherever they wanted to go for dates. With those settled, I quickly zoned back in. "We'll go out wherever the four, I'll bring this up with Rika next time I see her, of you want after we find Rei's dad and Takashi's folks." That made Shizuka happy, and I heard Saeko hum.

"Hmm? Four of us? Is that including a certain pinkette?" I smiled at that, and reached out to ruffle Saya's hair. I smirked at her blush. I played with Saya's hair for a bit more, and turned back to Saeko.

"Yup. Anyway, wanna go tear some zombies to shreds?" Saeko licked her lips and held her arm out for me to link with, and I did. Though I felt Shizuka link herself with my other arm, and I blinked.

"A triple dates sound nice. I want in, pleaseee?" I just sighed at that.

"I need to to take you girls on real dates sometimes." They both hummed, and I just shook my head. I turned to the rest of the pack, who looked amused at the scene, and I sighed. "It's probably too late to ask if anyone else wants to join, so just chill out up here, we'll be back soon." They all nodded, and I walked towards the staircase with my... Girlfriends? In tow... Then I heard someone follow after me. I turned, and saw it was Saya. She looked embarrassed, but followed after us anyway.

We made it to the stairs, and I looked at Saya. "Well well well, looks like the cub wants in huh?" She whined at that, but looked up to me anyway.

"Of course I do! You keep spending time with Saeko and Shizuka, and I want some! I'm not going to wait for you to find time for me. I'm going to MAKE some time, so you better be grateful for this mutt!" I laughed at that, and unhooked my arms from the girls and ruffled her hair. She huffed at me, and started to ruffle mine in retaliation.

After a few seconds of that, we stopped, and the four of us looked at each other. Then I blinked, and sniffed. It was faint, like VERY faint, but I thought I smelled them on each other. "... Did I miss a threesome or something?" The three of them looked to me, and I saw Saeko lick her lips as she turned to Saya, Shizuka happily hummed, and Saya blushed from the neck up.

"Perhaps. However, you could just make up for it later my lord." Saya made this cute noise between a squeal and a shout, and I laughed. After I shook my head, I turned to look at the drop, then at them. "Want a ride for that? Or jump on your own?" Shizuka looked excited, and I saw something flash in her eyes before she giggled at me.

"Aw Silver, we can ride you later it's not the time for that." I blinked, Saeko laughed, Saya started to get a nosebleed, and I just sighed and decided to jump. Shizuka started giggling like mad, and I heard Saeko laugh even harder as I fell.

"I must've made a mistake when I fucked them as hard as I did. Fuckin sexual deviants the both of them."

"WHY THANK YOU MY LORD, I TRY!" I looked up, and saw Saya, Saeko and Shizuka falling after me. Even got a good panty shot and everything. I turned back and sighed as I looked towards the incoming ground.

(Last time I fell from a high place, it was an asshole god that dropped me into the woods. Now, I'm choosing to drop into a zombie infested mall to get away from my future wives... Life is fucking weird.) That revelation aside, the ground was coming in fast, so I braced myself for the landing, and landed onto some zombies to cushion myself. I watched my women fall, and opened my arms to try and catch the three of them. Shizuka's eyes shone in joy, and she opened her arms towards me. Saeko seemed amused, but chose to try it anyway, and Saya was just screaming that she made a mistake. Then I had a thought. (How the fuck am I going to catch three women without busting my ass?)

The answer? I couldn't. I managed to catch them all, but I was sent INTO the ground. Shizuka hit me like a rocket, though Saeko was fine, and Saya landed... Somewhat ok. But I still hit the ground like an idiot. "SILVER! LET'S DO THAT AGAIN!" I just took my head out from under Saya's ass and looked at Shizuka, who was straddling me, and turned to Saeko, who was by my side, and looked at her pleadingly. She smirked at the look I gave her, but helped me anyway.

"We could always ask my lord to take us somewhere fun. Maybe somewhere like Mt. Fuji." That wasn't a suggestion, she was telling me she wanted to go there. I didn't mind it. And it helped Shizuka focus on that instead of jumping from the top of a staircase. Saya was too busy scurrying away to care about that, and I just looked around at the zombies.

"YES!" With that, Shizuka got off of me and started to fantasize about trips. I thanked Saeko, and turned towards the horde of zombies coming after us. I looked at them, grinned, and went into my Werewolf Form. My new outfit would fix and clean itself now for some reason, so I didn't mind the tearing I heard from it. I turned to see all three of my girlfriends, I'd just call them that, followed my example, and I grinned. I opened my mouth and was about to say my line, but Shizuka charged in and stole it!

"THE HUNT IS OOOOOON!" I just blinked, and watched her go. I turned to Saeko, and she grinned, showing all of her teeth, and followed Shizuka.

"LET THE HUNT BEGIN!"...

"Atleast it was original..." I looked at Saya, who wasn't as embarrassed as earlier, and just had to ask. "You're not gonna copy them are you?" She rolled her eyes at me, but then I saw pause, blink, and then grin.

" Tá an fiach ar!" She ran off after Saeko and Shizuka, and I just stood there stunned.

"... Did you... Did you just speak IRISH?! I heard Saya laugh ahead of me, and I just blinked again. "Clever girl." She laughed again, and I followed after them, and just gave in.

"THE HUNT IS ON!"

[Omake - Nope! Kiriko's POV after they jumped]

Seeing Maccillian and his little harem jump down the stairwell was mildly amusing. We all heard what they were saying, and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Rei and Takashi, along with Kohta and his little cop crush, blush. The whole thing with Kohta and Asami was a little weird to me. They knew each other for like, 3 hours, had a big fight, and now they were back to crushing on each other.

I was tempted to just shove those two into a room and only let them out after they figured out what the hell they wanted from each other. I was pretty sure she'd come with us after we dropped them off at the Takagi's, solely because Kohta was with us. I was thinking about that, and realized the house wasn't big enough for all of us... Then I remembered Shizuka, Saya, Saeko and Maccillian would all stay in the same room.

(... If I called him Silver, then that'd be a room full of people with the letter S at the start of their name... Did he have a fetish with people that had an S as their first initial or something?) I put that thought away for later, and looked at the rest of our pack.

"So... Speaking of dates. When are you taking Rei on one Takashi?" That made both Takashi and my daughter choke. I laughed as I clapped them on the back.

"MOM! Can we save the embarrassing topics when we're at home! Wait! I-I mean never! Yeah, never!"

"Nah, embarrassing the both of you gives me life. Anyway Takas...-"

"SOMEONE FUCKING EXPLAIN! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FREAKS!?" My eye twitched at that. I turned and glared at whoever said that, and I saw the kid shut up.

"FUCK OFF! WE'RE HAVING A MOMENT HERE!" I turned back to Takashi, and smiled at them. "Anyway. When are you taking her out again?" Takashi just looked at me, and I saw him stare like I was a dinosaur about to eat him... And then he pulled a page from Maccillian's book, and shifted. I looked at him, and I felt my eye twitch as his bat feel to the ground, and he looked away.

"Takashi... Shift back right now or I'm neutering you." I saw him stiffen, and then rush behind Rei. My daughter just looked like she wasn't expecting any of this, and when she saw me look at her, she blinked, and I recognized the look that passed in her eye. "Rei Miyamoto, don't you dare!" And she dared. She shifted, and I watched the both of them scatter and run towards opposite ends of the roof. I lost it.

"I'LL SPANK THE BOTH OF YOU WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!" I started to chase them around the roof, and didn't pay any mind to Kohta giving an explanation to the mall survivors.

[Status]

Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka

Age - 19(2,820)

Strength - C+

Dexterity - C-

Vitality - C

Intelligence - E+

Wisdom - D

Charisma - C-

Luck - E+

Werewolf Strength stage 3/4 -2,279/7,500

Regeneration stage 2/4 - 411/600

Werewolf Senses stage 2/4 - 68/75

Wolf King's Wisdom stage 0/1 - 9/50