So first of all, I made this topic in this section because technically, this story will be a visual novel in the future, and visual novels are kinda like a Manga...
I am planning to make my own visual novel within the next few years, right now I'm writing up the story and planning on how the characters would look like, I think I will start with the first few character sprites before Summer break begins, and when I'm done, Ill show it to you guys, dont worry, they wont be crappy sketches made by a 9 year old, my art is made of high quality and it will seem like a big anime company made them
This is my blog, to keep you up to date for anything, I think I'll draw and post the first character sprites within the next 3 weeks...
http://yakkety-undeadchronicles.blogspot.com/So here it is, the first chapter of the story: Undead Chronicles...
Day 113
*TRATATATATATA*
The sound of an assault rifle firing is almost deafening, but I'm used to this.
*Gunfire continues*
''Damn, I need to get out of here…''
If I get to the main entrance I could seal the gate and trigger the explosives.
I continue to fire my rifle, it's an HK416 I got from a dead soldier a couple of days back, I modified it by attaching a custom red dot sight on top, the gun seems brand new, and I'm glad it gets the job done.
''Hnng, hmmmpppfff, fffffffuck!!!''
I'm almost out of breath, but this decides whether I survive or not, so I must continue to the main entrance.
I reach for my pocket and click on a button. It's a distress signal only used in emergencies.
''*SIGH*
****, I'm on my last mag.''
Tears are slowly starting to pour from my eyes, not because I know that this is a suicide mission, but because I'm not depressed or sad, in fact, I'm still happy.
''Hehehe, well I still have my trusty sidearm.''
After running for a while, it seems like I am lost in this building.
I whisper to myself: ''Damn damn damn, where the
**** was the main entrance?!?!?''
I'm out of ammo for my main gun, now all I have left is my trusty sidearm with 36 bullets in total.
''*SIGH* make 'em count dude, make 'em count.''
As I turn around a corner I feel an agonizing pain in my leg.
''AAAAAGHAAA!!!''
*BANG*
I kill the crawler before he could cause me more pain.
''My leg, of all the places he could bite, why my leg?''
Well I’m at least glad he didn't bite my private parts.
In the left pocket of my pants is a trigger which blows up the complex I am in right now, but I still have to exit the building before I could detonate the explosives, I'd rather die by these rotting meatsacks than to blow myself up and become ''an hero''. Besides, I won't leave without my team.
*BANG*
''Damn.''
*Massive roaring is heard from the end of the hallway*
''
**** **** FUUUCK!!! Where are they!!!''
*BANG BANG*
''Damn you Yuji, just stop me when I have a brilliant idea next time.''
I sigh laughingly.
Magazine is empty, I reload, my gun can only hold 12 bullets in a magazine, and the 12 bullets I have now are my last ones. This sidearm, this gun, is a German custom-made Walther P99 semi-automatic pistol I found about 2 weeks ago from a dead police officer's body, I don't know what he was doing with a Walther P99, as I know that the standard issue sidearm for policeman here in Yorkdam is a Walther P5, which differs a lot from the gun I am holding now, either way, I love this gun.
*BANG*
Who's brilliant idea was it anyways to split up? Something tells me it was my idea, well
****, then I deserve this, rule #1 in a horror movie is of course to stick together, even though this is not a horror movie, it still feels like it.
''Ehum…''
I'm tired, this makes it difficult to aim for the head.
*BANG BANG*
6 bullets left. I'm completely lost in this building with my back to the wall, there is no way I can go now, and even if I wanted to, I can't move properly anymore, this pain in my leg is just too much.
I light up a cigarette, if I die here, I'd like to die while doing the thing I like the most in this
**** up world: smoking.
''Aaaah, feels so good?''
The monsters are closing in, 3 of them are sprinting towards me, I shoot 5 bullets to kill the 3 of them.
''Hmmmpf, 1 bullet left, is this where it ends? The great Yakumo dies while on a suicide mission? Wait, what am I talking about, of course its normal to die when you’re on a suicide mission.''
I can't move anymore, that bastard took a good bite out of my leg, I can't see the bone, but goddamn it still hurts like hell, I'm such a wimp.
''*SIGH* Didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to Sousuke...''
I hear screams in the distance, no, they aren't the screams of the horde, they are people, I hear them running towards me.
Man 1: ''Yakumo, where are you!!!''
''Well well well, looks like I'm going to make it out of here after all, distress signal for the
**** win.''
*Walls cracking, giant footsteps are heard*
''Whoops, I guess I cheered too soon.''
I hear the voices coming closer.
''Or not'', I whisper to myself.
''Come one dammit, run faster I ain't got all day!''
Man 2: ''We're coming Yakkeh, just keep calm!''
*Multiple gunshots*
''Are you kidding me? Keep calm in a situation like this?''
Girl: ''Think about puppies, Yak, you like puppies right?''
''Babe, I like you more than puppies.''
Just as I grin, I see 3 shadows in front of me.
''Well it took you guys long enough.''
Girl: ''Oh no, you, you've been bitten!''
She is starting to get worried.
Yakumo: ''This? Oh this is just a fleshwound, don't get too emotional now Meiya, please.''
*Shotgun shells being reloaded*
Man 1: ''Let's talk about this on our way home all right? You'll turn into one of them if we don't hurry up.''
Yakumo: ''Calm down, Toshiro, you know I won't turn into one of them. Yuji, help me up will ya.''
Man 2 (Yuji): ''Anytime Yak.''
I put my arm around Yuji's shoulder.
Man 1 (Toshiro): ''Now let's move it. Meiya, cover our 6.''
Girl (Meiya): ''Ok.''
My team is once again complete, now we can leave this godforsaken building.
Yuji: ''You still got that detonator right?''
Yakumo: ''Yeah it's in my pocket.''
I tap 2 times on my pocket for confirmation.
Meiya: ''Look alive, we've got infected on our 6.''
Toshiro: ''Class?''
Meiya: ''Walkers and runners mixed, and it's a load of them!''
Yuji: ''Hold them off, we're almost outta here.''
*Multiple gunshots*
Toshiro and Meiya start shooting behind us, there were only 8 runners, the rest were all walkers.
After walking for quite some time, we finally reached the main entrance.
*Load footsteps are heard*
Yuji: ''Think that's a Berserker?''
Toshiro: ''Maybe, could be a Burger, could be Tank.''
Yuji, Meiya and I start to smile.
Yakumo: ''Hmhmh, Burger.''
Toshiro: ''Well its shorter than Berserker, and you ain't got all the time when it's as hectic as it is now.''
We're finally outside.
Yakumo: ''You guys...''
Meiya and Yuji: ''What is it?''
Yakumo: ''This one is going in the history books.''
I grab the detonator from out of my pocket, twist it once, and then I click it.
*Explosions*
*Building collapses*
*Massive roars*
Toshiro: ''All right, let's head back to the Fort now!''
As we see the building complex falling apart from the explosives we've planted before, we see the infected inside burning, this gives Yuji a satisfying look on his face.
Yuji: ''I love the smell of burning zombies in the, hmmm, what is it?'' He looks up in the sky: ''Afternoon.''
*Massive roars once again*
Meiya: ''Hear now, that's a Tank.''
Yakumo: ''Yeah, well its dead now, so lets move.''
Between the burning zombies, we see a silhouette of a giant infected, it's the silhouette of a Tank, a burning Tank.
I salute the Tank and whisper to myself: ''Good fight, good fight...''
We walk back to Fort New-Yorkdam, once known as a great mall where people used to recreate themselves, now it's a stronghold for hundreds of people, all of them have lost their normal lives. Besides his normal job, the butcher now also has a job as an arms dealer. The girl from the grocery store is an assistant for the doctors. Many store clerks are guards of this place now. The children who once played on the playgrounds, you'd think they would be frightened to death and that they are having a hard time trying to sleep in these dark times, some of them have even lost their parents, and yet they try to amuse themselves with whatever they've got. Same goes for anyone else, even though everything has gone to hell, I can see that everyone is looking at the bright side, of course it's a bad thing that the end of the world has hit us, but still, people try to make the best of it, some of them don't even think about the horrors outside the gates of the Fort.
Luckily, this is not a fascistic place, everyone here knows each other, and there are no bad people here. No racism, no discrimination, of course there are still different opinions for everyone, but they never lead to any massive problems. We get the usual mercenaries, strangers and traders, some of them trying to seek refuge in here. We help everyone in here. We've encountered very few raiders too, but our defences can hold off both zombies and humans alike, not an infected Tank nor a mechanical tank can get in. Nothing can get inside these walls of the Fort without either the Colonel's, or the Major's call...
I guess it's time for some introductions. I am Yakumo Hoshi, an 18 year old guy who was born here in Yorkdam, this city has been hit by the zombie apocalypse, just like any other major city out there. We now call this city New-Yorkdam, as we are trying to rebuild a newer and better Yorkdam. This mall, this fort we're in, is the capitol, the heart of this city. Ah, you could see me as the leader of the squad, well, I am actually. There is Kamijou Toshiro, and that's Makoto Yuji, my 2 best friends, seriously, we've known each other since kindergarten, and even now in the apocalypse we’re still best mates. Tosh is the smart-ass of our group, I see him as a little brother, even though he is 8 days older than me. Yuji, heh, the black guy, he doesn't take any offence in our usual jokes about his race, in fact, he finds them funny, and to get us back, he makes jokes about us. Izumi Meiya is a girl I have known for about 5 years now, we've always been good friends, and she is just a really nice person to hang out with, a wonder child when it comes down to killing, she's not like any other girl you would know. Meiya grew up as a gamer, her father was a senior executive at Nontendih, all her experience came through videogames. Hmmm, now that I think of it, all of our experiences in killing and surviving was from media entertainment, we were all gamers, I think we should thank videogames for bringing us this far in the apocalypse.
Day 114
A day passes by, I'm at the doctor's office right now, I was bitten in my leg remember.
Meiya: ''Yakumo, how are you feeling?''
Yakumo: ''Good good, my leg is feeling better already.''
I smile as I say that. Meiya smiles back with a little tear in her eye.
Yakumo: ''Aw come one, don't cry now.''
Meiya: ''Shut up, you know how sensitive I become when my friends are hurt.''
She's right, even though Meiya could seem like a ruthless killing machine, she is still a girl with feelings.
Toshiro rushes in the doctor's office.
Toshiro: ''Yak, how's yer leg, hmm?''
Yakumo: ''It's fine man, I just told Meiya the same thing.''
Toshiro: ''Good good, because we need you now, Yuji is at it again.''
Meiya: ''Does he never get tired of doing the same thing over and over again?''
Yakumo: ''You know how determined he is, he's black remember.''
The 3 of us chuckle and go to the courtyard. My leg is feeling a lot better now, so I don't need any help in walking.
Yuji: ''Ladies, don't forget that it was I who made it all happen.''
Is he for real?
Yuji: ''You don't need to thank me, who am I kidding, of course you should thank me.''
Yuji is in the center of the courtyard, trying to flirt with a couple of girls.
Yakumo: ''Kuro, get over here, NOW!''
Yuji: ''Eh, Kuro, you calling me dark?''
The sound of my voice gives him the chills, I know it.
Yuji: ''Yakkeh, how ya doing man, is your leg any better now? You need some help there bro?''
Meiya: ''He's fine, Yuji.''
Toshiro: ''We came here to stop you from doing stupid things again.''
Toshiro's face looks disapproving.
Yuji: ''Chill the
**** out guys, I got this.''
He says this with confidence.
Yakumo: ''You sure? Because it seemed like you told everyone here that it was all YOU, without the help of US.''
the girls are whispering each other, what would they be saying?
Girl 1: ''So what exactly happened out there?''
Yakumo: ''What's your name girl?''
The girl smiles blushingly and tells me her name.
Girl 1: ''Sachiko Miki.''
Yakumo: ''That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl.''
I wink to her as I say that.
She smiles and blushes once again.
Meiya: ''Ehum...''
Yakumo: ''Just sayin' Meiya...''
I smile secretly at Meiya.
Yakumo: ''Excuse me for Yuji's actions, he is kinda a joker, but he means it all positively.''
Yuji: ''Yesh.''
He smiles to the girls. Some of them smile back, but Miki seems to be focusing her attention at me.
I sit on the bench in the courtyard.
Yakumo: ''Gather around girls, let me tell you what really happened out there.''
As I reach for my pocket to get a cigarette, the girls round up next to me, some of them get really close to me, smiling and giggling, and Miki is holding my arm around her arm.
Yuji whispers to me: ''Dude, try exaggerating a bit on my part will ya, these are the finest girls around.''
I poke his head: ''Shut up, I'll tell them the true story of what happened, people love heroic stories, and don't forget, we're all heroes in these dark times.''
Toshiro stands with his back against a wall, eating a candy bar.
I light my cigarette and begin telling the story.
Yakumo: ''So we got an order from the higher ups right? We had to investigate that building in the distance.''
I point my finger to a burning sky, where once stood a small apartment complex.
Yakumo: ''Well it's not there anymore, but you get the point. There were 4 of us, me, Meiya, Yuji and Toshiro.''
Girl 2: ''Is that the guy eating a candy bar there?''
They look at Toshiro, who's eating his candy bar while talking on a walkie-talkie.
Yakumo: ''Yeah, he is the smarty pants of our squad, I'm kinda like his bigger brother, but he's 8 days older than me.''
some girls are whispering again, with the usual smiles.
Toshiro walks up to me.
Toshiro: ''Yakumo, Colonel Takeshi wants to speak to you.''
Miki: ''Aaawh, but we want to hear the story.''
Yakumo: ''But I'm telling a story here.''
Toshiro: ''Your choice bro, he said it wasn't too urgent.''
What could the Colonel want to talk about other than a new mission? But he also mentioned that it wasn't too urgent, so I guess that it isn't about a mission.
I look around me, the girls are looking at me and I can sense Miki's intimidating eyes.
DECISION 1:
*Stay to tell the story.
*Speak with the Colonel.
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