Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 18:00:56 GMT
NEW CAST:
Yuya Akai - Kimino Yuma
Mr. Akai – keisuke okada (actor)
Mrs. Akai- Sayuri Kokusho
Yui Kinoshita (CAMEO) – Aoi Morikawa
The Stranger - Ryo Iwase
Summary: The season begins with a race against time, as Jun and his people try to get a dying Shinji back home.
EPISODE 501 – Blood
“COME ON SHINJI! HANG IN THERE!!” screamed a terrified Tomoko, as blood oozed onto her lap, as Shinji slowly drifted in and out of consciousness. Jun and Ronin pumped the gas, turning the corner only to find a small group of walkers blocking the path ahead. Ronin angrily growled and slammed the gas pedal harder, cutting through the group and getting stuck by one whose arm was jammed in the wheel junction. Jun and Shinsuke jumped out, cutting through the dead, with Shinsuke shouting “We don’t have time for this shit man!!!” Jun nodded quickly and shot another walker, running over and yanking the arm out of the junction. The flesh slipped off in his hands, but he gritted his teeth and yanked harder, dislodging the obstruction.
Shinji’s face was quickly turning white, and Tomoko shook him trying to keep him awake. “Don’t you dare leave me here alone!!” she sobbed, as Shinji weakly reached to touch her face, only to have the arm drop to his side. Suddenly Shinji awoke, lying in his bed, but it was not his bed back at The Garden…but instead it was his bed in his home in Tokyo. He pulled the clean sheets back, and could smell his mother cooking fish and steaming vegetables for breakfast. He walked down the steps and was greeted by his father who smiled and exclaimed “Help with my tie, will you?” Shinji felt confused, but went on to help tie his tie.
Jun sliced the top of one walker’s head off, with brain and blood splattering across his face. He screamed “WE’RE CLEAR! LETS GO!!!” Jun jumped in the truck and started the engine, tearing out of the pile of dead walkers and roaring through the forest. Emiko sat beside Tomoko and put her ear next to Shinji’s chest. “He’s still breathing, but it has become very shallow…he won’t make it much longer” Tomoko nodded while still sobbing.
Shinji sat at the dinner table and noticed his mother tying back her hair in a bun. She smiled and poured him a tall glass of orange juice, while his father sat and cut off a piece of sweet bread for himself. Shinji looked around and saw his mother mouthing the words “Shinji…Shinji…”
“SHINJI!!!” screamed Tomoko, as the truck arrived at the gates of The Garden, the area now littered with the dead bodies of Chinese soldiers, as well as a transport truck having slammed into the wall, creating a large crack in the foundation. Jun jumped out and shouted “Ren, open the gates!!!” Ren, a thin man with a spotty beard, waved to the other wall guards as they opened the gates, allowing the truck to drive in. Jun ran up to Ren and asked “What the hell happened?” Ren replied “These Chinese bastards tried to slam through the gates. I shot the driver, and it hit the wall instead. We picked off the rest of the soldiers. What happened to you and-” he noticed Shinji being carried by Shinsuke to the infirmary and shut his mouth.
Tomoko kicked open the door to the infirmary and yelled “DR. YOSHI WE NEED HELP AT ONCE!!” An annoyed Dr. Yoshi peered his head from behind a curtain and saw the bleeding Shinji, at once changing his demeanor. “Get him on a bed! I am going to have to perform surgery at once!!” Dr. Hwang ran up and began to dress him, and soon dressed herself too. Kwan and Shinsuke backed away from the procedure, gently pulling Tomoko away from the doctors.
Dr. Yoshi cricked his neck and placed the light directly over him, getting the best view of the bullet wound. He pulled back the chunk of flesh that covered the wound and found a shiny, jagged piece of lead stuck in the bone. He gently pulled it out, and then noticed the artery that was gushing blood. “Dr. Hwang, I need you get a shot of muscle relaxant. His heart is beating too fast and he is bleeding out. This will stabilize him” Dr. Hwang grabbed a syringe and pulled out a small amount of liquid muscle relaxant, passing the needle to Dr. Yoshi. He jammed the needle into Shinji’s chest, and noted the heart rate slowly dropping.
Suddenly Shinji began to shake violently, with Dr. Hwang shouting “He is having a seizure from blood loss WE NEED TO GIVE HIM BLOOD PACKS!!” Dr. Yoshi ran to the storage facility and dug through the refrigerators, finding only one pack of B-, Yoshi’s blood type. “Shit” he muttered as went back and hooked the blood up.
Meanwhile, Takeshi ran to a distressed Jun who was holding his face in his hands. “What the hell happened Jun? Who-” he looked at the body under the tarp and remarked woefully “God…Sung-Min…” Jun nodded and sniffed, trying to not burst into tears. “The Chinese bastards killed him…and then shot Shinji…” Takeshi pulled Jun close to him and held him in his arms. Jun sobbed, as Takeshi cradled him, softly cooing “It’s going to be okay Jun… It’s going to be alright I promise” Jun held to Takeshi as she continued to bawl.
Dr. Hwang grabbed the defibrillator and charged the paddles, ordering Dr. Yoshi “MOVE I AM CHARGING TO 200!!” Yoshi backed away, and Dr. Hwang placed the charges on Shinji’s chest. “CLEAR!!” the paddles jolted Shinji and soon his heart rate peaked. Dr. Yoshi smiled, and then noticed the blood bag draining quickly. “We don’t have any more B-” he grimly noted, with Dr. Hwang nodding.
Dr. Hwang stepped out, and was grabbed by a hysterical Tomoko. “PLEASE TELL ME HE IS ALIVE!!!” she wailed, as Jae Eun and Emiko gently pulled her aside. “He is stable, but we have a problem. He lost a lot of blood due to the bullet fragments nicking an artery. We have plenty of blood, but he requires B-…which we are totally out of now” Jae Eun piped up “Then we send an envoy to Station 62 and get more blood. If we drive there and back after talking to Miss Nakajima, the trip will take only an hour”
Dr. Hwang cricked her neck and sighed. “I don’t know if he will last that long. He has enough blood to last him 10 minutes at best. Unless…we check the medical records and have blood donations. It would have to be a temporary solution however”
Jun patted Takeshi on the back, sniffling and saying through his tears “I will go. I owe him that much” Ando walked up and added “I am Akira’s brother. They will listen to my demands, so I will go too” Jun smiled at Ando who did the same to him. Sensei Shoji stepped out of his office and said “I will allow Jun and Ando to go on the run. I would suggest you bring another in case the dead block the roads along the way” Ronin raised his hand. “I will go” Jun shot him down with “No, you are too tired. Kuma, you come with” Kuma nodded, grunting “You got it” as he grabbed a nearby shovel.
Jun was stopped by Jae Eun and Esther who squeaked “Jun…you don’t have to do this…we can send someone else instead” Jun shook his head, murmuring “He is my brother…I owe it to him” Jae Eun slowly nodded, as Jun hopped in the green car with Ando at the wheel. Tomoko stood there, tears rolling down her face as Sensei Shoji asked her “Why did you not volunteer?” “Because, if he passes, I need to be the one to put him down…I want to be there for him”
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Ando pumped the gas, tearing through the jungle and landing on the road with a loud screech. Walkers wandering around the area soon followed while Jun grabbed a long range radio and barked “This is Jun Masumoto hailing Kasune! We need 6 bags of B- blood ready as soon as we arrive!!” Kasune on the other end replied “What happened?!!” “Just get them ready!!” Miss Nakajima, who was listening in on the call bluntly butted in with “And what do you have to trade? We are not going to give out blood on a whim” “If you don’t give us the blood, you all starve. Now get the bags ready or our arrangement is over, got it?” Miss Nakajima angrily scowled and remarked “FINE. We will have the ready for you when you arrive”
Ando shot Jun an irritated look and said in a hostile tone “You would scrap this agreement for this?” Jun remarked back “I don’t care. Its Shinji’s life on the line and nothing else matters. I will give a couple of shits later”
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Shinji suddenly found himself at his father’s place, an empty bottle of Rum on the ground. “Dad, what the hell, you’ve been drinking again?!” his father slurred “Shinji you shit, don’t talk like that to me! I am your father!!” Shinji picked up the bottle and remarked “This has become your life! You drink, and drink, and DRINK to try and cover up the fact mom left you for being a screw up!” His father curled up a loose fist and hurled it at his son, only to miss and fall onto the coffee table. “Don’t you walk away from me boy!!” Shinji’s father slurred as Shinji walked over to the door and opened it. “You did that to us already, dad” Shinji muttered at he left the apartment, Yui standing there nervously. “You going to be okay?” she asked, as Shinji shook his head, hearing his father wailing as he was now out of rum. “No, but I have to be for my family”
Dr. Hwang pulled Dr. Yoshi aside and whispered “We need to consider a failsafe in the event of Jun failing to obtain more blood” Dr. Yoshi frowned and pondered “I guess the possibility for failure is high…but I fear that such a drastic response would make enemies” Dr. Hwang looked back at Shinji and remarked coldly “Making a few enemies is better than having an infected in the Garden. You and I both know that”
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The truck pulled up to the gates of Station 62, where Kobayashi and Kasune greeted them. “What happened? Why do you need the blood Jun?” Kasune inquired, as Jun loaded the bags into the back seat of the car. He stopped and looked at her with tears I his eyes. “Kasune…Sung-Min is dead…he…” “He was shot by Chinese soldiers trying to take over The Garden” finished Ando, noting Kasune’s demeanor become mixed with horror and sadness. She choked and buried her face in her hands as she held back her tears. Jun walked over to her and gave her the necklace Sung-Min gave him. “He wanted you to have this…” he said, as Kasune took the necklace and held it in her hand. She nodded and hugged Jun as the car rumbled to life. “Shinji is dying Kasune…that is why we need the blood. I have to go now” Kasune’s lips quivered as Jun ran a hand down her face.
The car turned around, and roared down the road, as Kasune watched, still holding the necklace in her hand. The road was soon filled with random walkers that clawed and snarled at the car. Jun coldly issued to Ando “I don’t care how many we bring back with us…just get us home Ando”
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“Where are we going?” Yui demanded, as Shinji held her hand, the riots now getting out of control. They went inside the hospital and pushed past the scrambling nurses and doctors treating freshly bitten patients and soldiers. Eventually they arrived at the room where his younger brother, Yuya was succumbing to cancer of the small intestine. Shinji’s mother and fiancé sat there, watching as Yuya stirred, awakening to see his big brother. “Shinji!!” he weakly yelped. Shinji hugged his little brother, as his mother asked “How bad is it out there?” Shinji replied calmly “The JSDF are beginning to gather any suspected infected to designated locations. This thing is spreading faster than they can contain it”
Her fiancé quipped “I guess that means we should leave” Yuya pleaded weakly “No…I like having my family here with me…Shinji, you know my toy soldier over there?” Yui grabbed it and gave it to Shinji who in turn gave it to Yuya. “Yuya…here you go buddy” he cooed, as Yuya clutched the toy. “It’s yours Shinji…here” Shinji took the toy and held it in his hands, remarking “But it’s your favorite…” Yuya coughed and said sadly “I am going to see grandpa and grandma again…I want Mr. Soldier to have a new friend” Shinji’s mother broke down, as her fiancé told him “Go…I will try and take your mother out of the city” Shinji brushed his mother’s hair and then kissed Yuya on his forehead before leaving the hospital. Yuya waved at a leaving Shinji, then his arm became limp.
Shinji weaved in and through the crowd with Yui in tow as bottles and smoke grenades flew past him. Yui was grabbed by a hysterical man, only to get struck across the head by a SWAT member’s baton. Shinji looked back the hospital as a fire began to overtake the top floors. Shinji felt his lip quiver and a tear roll down his cheek while Yui tugged his arm yelling “Come on!! This way!!” They then ducked into the boarded off mall as a SWAT van parked across the way.
Dr. Hwang looked at a curious Tomoko and said sternly “He is slipping…unless Jun comes back with the blood he needs within 10 minutes, he isn’t going to make it. The blood donations have kept him stable for now, but they weren’t enough” Tomoko pulled out a knife and choked “I will put him down if he passes. I need to be the one who does it doctor. He would do the same for me”
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Jun shouted “HOW MUCH FURTHER?!” Ando yelled back “Another mile and a half. Almost there!!” Suddenly a shot pierced the windshield, narrowly missing Jun and Kuma. They stopped the car to find 2 Chinese soldiers step out of the bushes and aim their rifles at them. Instantly two shots rung from the forest, striking the two soldiers in the head. A man dressed in grey, muddy rags walked out and remarked “Now you owe me” Jun and Kuma looked behind them to see if anyone was behind them, with Ando yelping “He’s gone! I looked away for one moment and he vanished!” Jun exclaimed “It doesn’t matter let’s go!!” the car started again and soon the car tore through the forest, eventually reaching the gates of The Garden. Ren opened the gates and the car drove through, with Dr. Hwang running out of the infirmary.
“Do you have the blood bags?” she asked, with Kuma handing her the cooler containing the bags of B- blood. She immediately ran back to hook them up to Shinji, watching as the blood pumped through the medical tubing and into Shinji. She watched with nervous breath as Shinji’s blood pressure soon began to rise ever so slowly, with the heart rate monitor noting the small yet persistent spikes.
Dr. Yoshi sat down and hung his head from pure exhaustion while Dr. Hwang leaned against the wall. “Think this will help him?” She asked, with Dr. Yoshi muttering “It better. We should see results in about two to four hours. For now, we let him sleep it off as the blood circulates in the body”
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Shinji awoke to find Tomoko holding his hand, a tear filled smile across her face. “Hey you…” he weakly muttered as Tomoko leaned over and kissed him. The door to his room opened, and in came Dr. Yoshi with a large clipboard. “Tomoko, I need to ask him questions so I do other things afterwards” he grumbled as Tomoko kissed Shinji on the forehead. Dr. Yoshi sat down and asked Shinji “While you were out cold you mentioned a name…Yuya…who is that?” Shinji sighed and murmured “Someone now long dead…”
Tomoko ran out and squeaked “He is awake!!!” Jun and Ronin grinned while Emiko and Jae Eun embraced. Dr. Hwang felt Kwan side hug her and looked up at him with a large smile.
Sensei Shoji, Jun, and Tomoko sat next to Shinji’s bed as Shinji talked to them about his experience. “How are you feeling Shinji?” Shoji inquired, with Shinji replying “I could eat a whole field…how long was I out?” “Doc says around 6 hours. You lost a ton of blood, but you pulled through” Jun answered with a cheeky grin “Now we are both in the ‘saved by Dr. Hwang’ club” Tomoko looked at both Jun and Shoji, remarking coyly “Can I have some alone time with him, please?” Jun nodded and joked “Yeah, but keep in mind he needs to conserve that blood, so no funny business” Shinji waved Jun away and watched as they left the room, leaving Tomoko and him alone. “Shinji…I never felt as scared as I did when you were bleeding out on the table. I couldn’t cope with losing the man I love”
Shinji perked his head and said incredulously “You…love me?” Tomoko nodded and clutched his hand tight. “I do…do you feel the same?” Shinji put his other hand on top of hers and said softly “I never want to be without you…I want to live my life with you until I am an old man, Tomoko. I love you” Tomoko laughed as she cried, clutching he face in her hands and kissing him. “Not the best way to ask me for my hand in marriage, but I’ll take it” she joked.
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Everyone gathered around Sung-Min’s grave as Sensei Shoji laid a bouquet of flowers across the gravestone made from a slab of marble. Jun stood at the head of the group of mourning individuals as he began with “I knew Sung-Min for 4 months…short by most standards, but enough for me to know his character. He was the bravest, most forward thinking man I ever met, and we are wanton without his presence. I…was there when he died, and I can’t help but think others were on his mind at that final moment” He paused, looking at Kasune who allowed her tears to flow. “I cannot say enough of his praises, but in the 4 months that I knew him, he was not only my friend…but he was also a brother, and…” he choked and began to sob, as Takeshi put his arm around him. “And…I miss him so much” Jun finished as every laid a flower at Sung-Min’s headstone which read: “Sung-Min Cho AKA Mr. Black. 1981-2010 Family is forever” Kasune knelt down and laid a pack of cigarettes down, whispering “I will meet you again, my love”
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On the next episode of The Walking Dead Japan: A new era begins, as a 1 year time skip occurs.
Yuya Akai - Kimino Yuma
Mr. Akai – keisuke okada (actor)
Mrs. Akai- Sayuri Kokusho
Yui Kinoshita (CAMEO) – Aoi Morikawa
The Stranger - Ryo Iwase
Summary: The season begins with a race against time, as Jun and his people try to get a dying Shinji back home.
EPISODE 501 – Blood
“COME ON SHINJI! HANG IN THERE!!” screamed a terrified Tomoko, as blood oozed onto her lap, as Shinji slowly drifted in and out of consciousness. Jun and Ronin pumped the gas, turning the corner only to find a small group of walkers blocking the path ahead. Ronin angrily growled and slammed the gas pedal harder, cutting through the group and getting stuck by one whose arm was jammed in the wheel junction. Jun and Shinsuke jumped out, cutting through the dead, with Shinsuke shouting “We don’t have time for this shit man!!!” Jun nodded quickly and shot another walker, running over and yanking the arm out of the junction. The flesh slipped off in his hands, but he gritted his teeth and yanked harder, dislodging the obstruction.
Shinji’s face was quickly turning white, and Tomoko shook him trying to keep him awake. “Don’t you dare leave me here alone!!” she sobbed, as Shinji weakly reached to touch her face, only to have the arm drop to his side. Suddenly Shinji awoke, lying in his bed, but it was not his bed back at The Garden…but instead it was his bed in his home in Tokyo. He pulled the clean sheets back, and could smell his mother cooking fish and steaming vegetables for breakfast. He walked down the steps and was greeted by his father who smiled and exclaimed “Help with my tie, will you?” Shinji felt confused, but went on to help tie his tie.
Jun sliced the top of one walker’s head off, with brain and blood splattering across his face. He screamed “WE’RE CLEAR! LETS GO!!!” Jun jumped in the truck and started the engine, tearing out of the pile of dead walkers and roaring through the forest. Emiko sat beside Tomoko and put her ear next to Shinji’s chest. “He’s still breathing, but it has become very shallow…he won’t make it much longer” Tomoko nodded while still sobbing.
Shinji sat at the dinner table and noticed his mother tying back her hair in a bun. She smiled and poured him a tall glass of orange juice, while his father sat and cut off a piece of sweet bread for himself. Shinji looked around and saw his mother mouthing the words “Shinji…Shinji…”
“SHINJI!!!” screamed Tomoko, as the truck arrived at the gates of The Garden, the area now littered with the dead bodies of Chinese soldiers, as well as a transport truck having slammed into the wall, creating a large crack in the foundation. Jun jumped out and shouted “Ren, open the gates!!!” Ren, a thin man with a spotty beard, waved to the other wall guards as they opened the gates, allowing the truck to drive in. Jun ran up to Ren and asked “What the hell happened?” Ren replied “These Chinese bastards tried to slam through the gates. I shot the driver, and it hit the wall instead. We picked off the rest of the soldiers. What happened to you and-” he noticed Shinji being carried by Shinsuke to the infirmary and shut his mouth.
Tomoko kicked open the door to the infirmary and yelled “DR. YOSHI WE NEED HELP AT ONCE!!” An annoyed Dr. Yoshi peered his head from behind a curtain and saw the bleeding Shinji, at once changing his demeanor. “Get him on a bed! I am going to have to perform surgery at once!!” Dr. Hwang ran up and began to dress him, and soon dressed herself too. Kwan and Shinsuke backed away from the procedure, gently pulling Tomoko away from the doctors.
Dr. Yoshi cricked his neck and placed the light directly over him, getting the best view of the bullet wound. He pulled back the chunk of flesh that covered the wound and found a shiny, jagged piece of lead stuck in the bone. He gently pulled it out, and then noticed the artery that was gushing blood. “Dr. Hwang, I need you get a shot of muscle relaxant. His heart is beating too fast and he is bleeding out. This will stabilize him” Dr. Hwang grabbed a syringe and pulled out a small amount of liquid muscle relaxant, passing the needle to Dr. Yoshi. He jammed the needle into Shinji’s chest, and noted the heart rate slowly dropping.
Suddenly Shinji began to shake violently, with Dr. Hwang shouting “He is having a seizure from blood loss WE NEED TO GIVE HIM BLOOD PACKS!!” Dr. Yoshi ran to the storage facility and dug through the refrigerators, finding only one pack of B-, Yoshi’s blood type. “Shit” he muttered as went back and hooked the blood up.
Meanwhile, Takeshi ran to a distressed Jun who was holding his face in his hands. “What the hell happened Jun? Who-” he looked at the body under the tarp and remarked woefully “God…Sung-Min…” Jun nodded and sniffed, trying to not burst into tears. “The Chinese bastards killed him…and then shot Shinji…” Takeshi pulled Jun close to him and held him in his arms. Jun sobbed, as Takeshi cradled him, softly cooing “It’s going to be okay Jun… It’s going to be alright I promise” Jun held to Takeshi as she continued to bawl.
Dr. Hwang grabbed the defibrillator and charged the paddles, ordering Dr. Yoshi “MOVE I AM CHARGING TO 200!!” Yoshi backed away, and Dr. Hwang placed the charges on Shinji’s chest. “CLEAR!!” the paddles jolted Shinji and soon his heart rate peaked. Dr. Yoshi smiled, and then noticed the blood bag draining quickly. “We don’t have any more B-” he grimly noted, with Dr. Hwang nodding.
Dr. Hwang stepped out, and was grabbed by a hysterical Tomoko. “PLEASE TELL ME HE IS ALIVE!!!” she wailed, as Jae Eun and Emiko gently pulled her aside. “He is stable, but we have a problem. He lost a lot of blood due to the bullet fragments nicking an artery. We have plenty of blood, but he requires B-…which we are totally out of now” Jae Eun piped up “Then we send an envoy to Station 62 and get more blood. If we drive there and back after talking to Miss Nakajima, the trip will take only an hour”
Dr. Hwang cricked her neck and sighed. “I don’t know if he will last that long. He has enough blood to last him 10 minutes at best. Unless…we check the medical records and have blood donations. It would have to be a temporary solution however”
Jun patted Takeshi on the back, sniffling and saying through his tears “I will go. I owe him that much” Ando walked up and added “I am Akira’s brother. They will listen to my demands, so I will go too” Jun smiled at Ando who did the same to him. Sensei Shoji stepped out of his office and said “I will allow Jun and Ando to go on the run. I would suggest you bring another in case the dead block the roads along the way” Ronin raised his hand. “I will go” Jun shot him down with “No, you are too tired. Kuma, you come with” Kuma nodded, grunting “You got it” as he grabbed a nearby shovel.
Jun was stopped by Jae Eun and Esther who squeaked “Jun…you don’t have to do this…we can send someone else instead” Jun shook his head, murmuring “He is my brother…I owe it to him” Jae Eun slowly nodded, as Jun hopped in the green car with Ando at the wheel. Tomoko stood there, tears rolling down her face as Sensei Shoji asked her “Why did you not volunteer?” “Because, if he passes, I need to be the one to put him down…I want to be there for him”
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Ando pumped the gas, tearing through the jungle and landing on the road with a loud screech. Walkers wandering around the area soon followed while Jun grabbed a long range radio and barked “This is Jun Masumoto hailing Kasune! We need 6 bags of B- blood ready as soon as we arrive!!” Kasune on the other end replied “What happened?!!” “Just get them ready!!” Miss Nakajima, who was listening in on the call bluntly butted in with “And what do you have to trade? We are not going to give out blood on a whim” “If you don’t give us the blood, you all starve. Now get the bags ready or our arrangement is over, got it?” Miss Nakajima angrily scowled and remarked “FINE. We will have the ready for you when you arrive”
Ando shot Jun an irritated look and said in a hostile tone “You would scrap this agreement for this?” Jun remarked back “I don’t care. Its Shinji’s life on the line and nothing else matters. I will give a couple of shits later”
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Shinji suddenly found himself at his father’s place, an empty bottle of Rum on the ground. “Dad, what the hell, you’ve been drinking again?!” his father slurred “Shinji you shit, don’t talk like that to me! I am your father!!” Shinji picked up the bottle and remarked “This has become your life! You drink, and drink, and DRINK to try and cover up the fact mom left you for being a screw up!” His father curled up a loose fist and hurled it at his son, only to miss and fall onto the coffee table. “Don’t you walk away from me boy!!” Shinji’s father slurred as Shinji walked over to the door and opened it. “You did that to us already, dad” Shinji muttered at he left the apartment, Yui standing there nervously. “You going to be okay?” she asked, as Shinji shook his head, hearing his father wailing as he was now out of rum. “No, but I have to be for my family”
Dr. Hwang pulled Dr. Yoshi aside and whispered “We need to consider a failsafe in the event of Jun failing to obtain more blood” Dr. Yoshi frowned and pondered “I guess the possibility for failure is high…but I fear that such a drastic response would make enemies” Dr. Hwang looked back at Shinji and remarked coldly “Making a few enemies is better than having an infected in the Garden. You and I both know that”
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The truck pulled up to the gates of Station 62, where Kobayashi and Kasune greeted them. “What happened? Why do you need the blood Jun?” Kasune inquired, as Jun loaded the bags into the back seat of the car. He stopped and looked at her with tears I his eyes. “Kasune…Sung-Min is dead…he…” “He was shot by Chinese soldiers trying to take over The Garden” finished Ando, noting Kasune’s demeanor become mixed with horror and sadness. She choked and buried her face in her hands as she held back her tears. Jun walked over to her and gave her the necklace Sung-Min gave him. “He wanted you to have this…” he said, as Kasune took the necklace and held it in her hand. She nodded and hugged Jun as the car rumbled to life. “Shinji is dying Kasune…that is why we need the blood. I have to go now” Kasune’s lips quivered as Jun ran a hand down her face.
The car turned around, and roared down the road, as Kasune watched, still holding the necklace in her hand. The road was soon filled with random walkers that clawed and snarled at the car. Jun coldly issued to Ando “I don’t care how many we bring back with us…just get us home Ando”
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“Where are we going?” Yui demanded, as Shinji held her hand, the riots now getting out of control. They went inside the hospital and pushed past the scrambling nurses and doctors treating freshly bitten patients and soldiers. Eventually they arrived at the room where his younger brother, Yuya was succumbing to cancer of the small intestine. Shinji’s mother and fiancé sat there, watching as Yuya stirred, awakening to see his big brother. “Shinji!!” he weakly yelped. Shinji hugged his little brother, as his mother asked “How bad is it out there?” Shinji replied calmly “The JSDF are beginning to gather any suspected infected to designated locations. This thing is spreading faster than they can contain it”
Her fiancé quipped “I guess that means we should leave” Yuya pleaded weakly “No…I like having my family here with me…Shinji, you know my toy soldier over there?” Yui grabbed it and gave it to Shinji who in turn gave it to Yuya. “Yuya…here you go buddy” he cooed, as Yuya clutched the toy. “It’s yours Shinji…here” Shinji took the toy and held it in his hands, remarking “But it’s your favorite…” Yuya coughed and said sadly “I am going to see grandpa and grandma again…I want Mr. Soldier to have a new friend” Shinji’s mother broke down, as her fiancé told him “Go…I will try and take your mother out of the city” Shinji brushed his mother’s hair and then kissed Yuya on his forehead before leaving the hospital. Yuya waved at a leaving Shinji, then his arm became limp.
Shinji weaved in and through the crowd with Yui in tow as bottles and smoke grenades flew past him. Yui was grabbed by a hysterical man, only to get struck across the head by a SWAT member’s baton. Shinji looked back the hospital as a fire began to overtake the top floors. Shinji felt his lip quiver and a tear roll down his cheek while Yui tugged his arm yelling “Come on!! This way!!” They then ducked into the boarded off mall as a SWAT van parked across the way.
Dr. Hwang looked at a curious Tomoko and said sternly “He is slipping…unless Jun comes back with the blood he needs within 10 minutes, he isn’t going to make it. The blood donations have kept him stable for now, but they weren’t enough” Tomoko pulled out a knife and choked “I will put him down if he passes. I need to be the one who does it doctor. He would do the same for me”
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Jun shouted “HOW MUCH FURTHER?!” Ando yelled back “Another mile and a half. Almost there!!” Suddenly a shot pierced the windshield, narrowly missing Jun and Kuma. They stopped the car to find 2 Chinese soldiers step out of the bushes and aim their rifles at them. Instantly two shots rung from the forest, striking the two soldiers in the head. A man dressed in grey, muddy rags walked out and remarked “Now you owe me” Jun and Kuma looked behind them to see if anyone was behind them, with Ando yelping “He’s gone! I looked away for one moment and he vanished!” Jun exclaimed “It doesn’t matter let’s go!!” the car started again and soon the car tore through the forest, eventually reaching the gates of The Garden. Ren opened the gates and the car drove through, with Dr. Hwang running out of the infirmary.
“Do you have the blood bags?” she asked, with Kuma handing her the cooler containing the bags of B- blood. She immediately ran back to hook them up to Shinji, watching as the blood pumped through the medical tubing and into Shinji. She watched with nervous breath as Shinji’s blood pressure soon began to rise ever so slowly, with the heart rate monitor noting the small yet persistent spikes.
Dr. Yoshi sat down and hung his head from pure exhaustion while Dr. Hwang leaned against the wall. “Think this will help him?” She asked, with Dr. Yoshi muttering “It better. We should see results in about two to four hours. For now, we let him sleep it off as the blood circulates in the body”
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Shinji awoke to find Tomoko holding his hand, a tear filled smile across her face. “Hey you…” he weakly muttered as Tomoko leaned over and kissed him. The door to his room opened, and in came Dr. Yoshi with a large clipboard. “Tomoko, I need to ask him questions so I do other things afterwards” he grumbled as Tomoko kissed Shinji on the forehead. Dr. Yoshi sat down and asked Shinji “While you were out cold you mentioned a name…Yuya…who is that?” Shinji sighed and murmured “Someone now long dead…”
Tomoko ran out and squeaked “He is awake!!!” Jun and Ronin grinned while Emiko and Jae Eun embraced. Dr. Hwang felt Kwan side hug her and looked up at him with a large smile.
Sensei Shoji, Jun, and Tomoko sat next to Shinji’s bed as Shinji talked to them about his experience. “How are you feeling Shinji?” Shoji inquired, with Shinji replying “I could eat a whole field…how long was I out?” “Doc says around 6 hours. You lost a ton of blood, but you pulled through” Jun answered with a cheeky grin “Now we are both in the ‘saved by Dr. Hwang’ club” Tomoko looked at both Jun and Shoji, remarking coyly “Can I have some alone time with him, please?” Jun nodded and joked “Yeah, but keep in mind he needs to conserve that blood, so no funny business” Shinji waved Jun away and watched as they left the room, leaving Tomoko and him alone. “Shinji…I never felt as scared as I did when you were bleeding out on the table. I couldn’t cope with losing the man I love”
Shinji perked his head and said incredulously “You…love me?” Tomoko nodded and clutched his hand tight. “I do…do you feel the same?” Shinji put his other hand on top of hers and said softly “I never want to be without you…I want to live my life with you until I am an old man, Tomoko. I love you” Tomoko laughed as she cried, clutching he face in her hands and kissing him. “Not the best way to ask me for my hand in marriage, but I’ll take it” she joked.
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Everyone gathered around Sung-Min’s grave as Sensei Shoji laid a bouquet of flowers across the gravestone made from a slab of marble. Jun stood at the head of the group of mourning individuals as he began with “I knew Sung-Min for 4 months…short by most standards, but enough for me to know his character. He was the bravest, most forward thinking man I ever met, and we are wanton without his presence. I…was there when he died, and I can’t help but think others were on his mind at that final moment” He paused, looking at Kasune who allowed her tears to flow. “I cannot say enough of his praises, but in the 4 months that I knew him, he was not only my friend…but he was also a brother, and…” he choked and began to sob, as Takeshi put his arm around him. “And…I miss him so much” Jun finished as every laid a flower at Sung-Min’s headstone which read: “Sung-Min Cho AKA Mr. Black. 1981-2010 Family is forever” Kasune knelt down and laid a pack of cigarettes down, whispering “I will meet you again, my love”
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On the next episode of The Walking Dead Japan: A new era begins, as a 1 year time skip occurs.