Chapter 1

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"Mr Raitoningu!" I sat up breathing heavily. "H-Huh?" I asked looking around the room.

"Have you been paying attention at all Mr Raitoningu?" Mrs. Sam asked as I rubbed my hair.

I sighed, "No ma'am.." I admitted, rubbing my eyes. She shook her head and pointed to the board.

"You could at least get these notes done for the test this Friday." I nodded.

"Yes ma'am." I said, picking up my pencil and flipping open my notebook. I got ready to write done the notes on the board until I heard a bang outside.

Hm?

I turned around in my chair to see the window. All the students got up to look, so my ability to see outside was cut short. But from what I could see, there was a explosion or something.

One of the students shook his head. "Must be another one of those Zonbi attacks. Jeez, a bunch of freaks.." I looked down at my desk.

Oh, you look confused. What is a Zonbi you might ask? Or, you could be thinking about your average zombie monster. Well, Zonbi's are nothing like that. Honestly, they're nothing like zombies at all. I don't know why we call them that, but the name doesn't matter. What matters, is what these things are.

They are these monsters that look exactly like humans. But, they are separated from humans by their superhuman strength, speed, defense, and other things. The weakest Zonbi's have the strength to shatter a human skull, the endurance to run for hours without getting tired, the agility to jump a five story building, and super quick healing abilities, they can even survive without a head which is crazy to think about. But, there are other things that separate them from us. According to research, they have up to three or four stages of forms.. Sorry heh, I can't remember right now.. I only know this much because I do a bunch of research on these creatures. But, we're not done.

These creatures have a hierarchy, not only was it given by us, but they actually accepted the hierarchy. The ranks are peasants, the super weak ones, warriors the ones that usually have their stage one through two, knights, they have stage 3, and last but not least... kings and queens, yup they're on the same rank. They are the strongest of the strongest, well, except that one rank, which isn't researched on as much as the other ones.

Now, the reason we hunt these things is because they actually have the power to destroy humanity and take over. Not only that, but they feed on humans to power themselves up. It's not regular but that doesn't stop the human murders. Now, I think I have one more thing to tell you about these Zonbi's.

There is a way to tell them apart from us, they have rotten red and green blood, darker than normal human blood. And, one of the easiest ways to tell them apart from us... their smell. You'd know if you're near a Zonbi if.. as the books say, smell like a rotting corpse, which is the only things we can tie into zombies. But they can easily cover up their smell with perfume or colon.

Annnnd, I think thats about it.. I think that's all you need to know about Zonbi's..

Hope you're satisfied.. It's kinda fun talking about it...

Soon the bell rung and I stood up, grabbing my backpack. I closed my notebook and threw my backpack on my shoulder. Good thing I was able to grab those notes while I was explaining Zombi's. I put my thumb over my index finger and pressed down on it, causing my knuckle to crack.

I walked out of the classroom. Jeez, I still got three periods left...

Katsunori POV

"Well son, if you really think you're ready.. You'll tryout this coming monday." My father said, putting his hand onto my hair. I smiled.

"Yes sir I am ready!" I said pumping up my hand with my wooden sword. He smiled at me and rubbed my jet black hair. "Make me proud."

I nodded and walked past him. I gripped my backpack tightly and walked out of the house. I closed the door and sucked in my breath.

Man I'm so excited!!!

I began running. If you're wondering what I'm so excited about, I'm gonna tryout to be a ZAA member!

ZAA means Zonbi Assassination Association. Which is an organization tasked to kill Zonbi's. My dad is always calling me a prodigy, and if I make it, I'll be the youngest member of the Z double A.

I looked at my wooden blade. Man, I hope they give me a better weapon than this. I looked ahead. Oh wait, I haven't introduced myself.

My name Keitaro Katsunori and I'm 16 years of age. I've been training to kill these damm creatures ever since I first learned about them, since they... took my mom and younger brother away from me... I vowed to step up and murder every single one of these hell made creatures.

But, I don't want you to be all sad with my story so ima stop talking about it. I wonder where this is gonna take me.. Guess we'll have to see!

I soon reached the ZAA building. Alright, I have to go in, apply, I think I also have to vibe for a little bit before I actually start my tryout. I took a deep breath and swung the door open.

While I was walking towards the front desk, I heard many people explaining their problems, where they've seen a Zombi, and having an encounter. I reached the desk, as the guy looked at me.

"Can I help you?"

I smiled and rose up my tryout papers.

"Yeah you can. I would like to become a ZAA member!"

Hooder's POV

I sighed as I laid on my couch. I looked over at the T.V, as it was talking about the recent Zonbi attack. One word caught my whole attention.

"Seems, like the attack was caused by a king and a queen. Very rare you see a king AND a queen attack." I looked over, sitting up, listening. Wow, a king and a queen attacked today?

I hope those people are okay, and the ZAA of course. They are the strongest after all.

I stood up and stretched. I walked over to my fridge, loosing interest quickly. Alright, what am I gonna eat today...?

I popped the fridge open, annnnd nothing... I sighed and closed it. Guess I have to go to the store. I glanced down at my watch. Man, it's pretty early, so I'll wait a bit before I go...

A few hours later....

I sighed, as the cashier was ringing up my groceries.

I looked out the door placing my thumb over my middle finger this time, cracking my knuckle, "Sir." I looked over.

"That'll be $17.63." I reached into my wallet and pulled out a twenty dollar bill. I handed it over, grabbing my groceries.

"Thank you. And keep the change." I said walking towards the door. Since it was automatic, it opened by itself. I turned to the left and began to walk home.

Hm...

I was just about to put my earphones in, until... I smelled something... something foul...

I stopped, slowly turning my head to look towards where the smell was coming from.

My eyes widened, as there was a dead human down in the alley beside me... but not only that... there was a Zonbi... It looked towards me as I got ready to run, but it rose it's finger, as a long thin string zipped towards me and wrapped around my neck, pulling me into the alley.

No! No! No I don't want to die!!!

Once I was face to face with it, it stared at me with its black and green eyes. "Heh. I could use the extra strength." He said, as tears began to roll down my cheeks.

I got ready to scream, until... a part of its head exploded... which is what caused me to scream. But my mouth was cover as two figures stood above me..

A man and a woman. The man smiled at me with no emotion in his eyes.

"Look at you, fearing death... You wouldn't have to worry about such things if you were One. Of. Us." He said, saying the last three words slowly, as his eyes slowly turned into the Zonbi's black and green eyes.

My eyes got wider. "I'm feeling generous today, let me help you out." He said as black smoke came out of his hand. I tried my best not to inhale it, but he made it impossible, since his hand was over my mouth.

My eyes began to get heavy... and I felt sleepy. My vision began to blur. I don't know why... but I felt like my body and muscles was getting torn apart from the inside... But it was being rebuilt...

"When you wake, you'll be stronger than ever.."

Stronger... than ever... wh-

what does that mean... I'm too tired to think about it right now... I just need to.. sleep.