A/N: Well, here's a little short story from yours truly. Now keep in mind, the timeline is going to be a little out of it when it comes to these two anime so I'll place the HOTD cast in the School-Live!verse. Now sit back and enjoy the zombies and the yuri.

Disclaimer: I do not own School-Live! and/or High School of the DEAD. They belong to their rightful owners.

DEAD and Live!

First Period: First DEAD Encounter

All was silent in the city with the sun coming down. The only sounds that could be heard in the ruined streets were the low the groans made by Them. They were wandering around aimlessly in the streets as usual. The only the sound that did stand out from the scene were running footsteps. It wasn't loud enough to attract Them but the two girls running weren't going to take any chance. One of them peeked around the corner from a building and gauged their route. "How many are there?" One of the girls asked.

The other one counted them off. "There's not much. About a dozen or so."

It could've been worse for them. "I don't suppose we take them out Saeko?"

Saeko shook her head. "No Rei. It's not worth the effort. Remember, they only respond to sound. As long as we keep quiet, they won't notice us. Let's go." Saeko started to move with Rei following behind. They were lucky they haven't encountered a horde of Them yet and would prefer it to keep it that way. They didn't need a repeat of what happened last time. They passed by Them easily without any incident.

It appeared that was the only sign of Them from there on out. The two girls began to walk now since there wasn't any danger…for now at least. Rei looked around at the city "Do you think Takashi and the others made it out okay?"

Saeko had no doubt about it. "They'll be fine. Komuro won't let anything happen to them and Hirano is with them as well." Of course. As long as they were with the rest of the group, there was no need to worry. "We'll still meet up with them at the rendezvous point like he before we separated."

That was the plan for now but time wasn't on their side. Rei noticed that from the sun going down. "It'll be night soon. We may have to squat in one of the houses nearby."

The other girl agreed to that. "There's also the means of finding food. If we're lucky, we should hit up a convince store somewhere along the way. It'll have to be quick since it's more dangerous to scour at night."

It wasn't an ideal situation for them but they had to work with it. As they continued walking through the ruined empty street, Rei couldn't decide what was worse. The silence around them or the fact they'll run into another horde of Them. Anything was good to break this dead silence. So, she chose to speak about a topic only to ease. "Hey, Saeko?"

"What is it?"

Rei tried to come up with subject to talk about but was coming up with nothing. That is until one came up but it was still a sensitive topic only between them. "About…what happened between us on the island-"

"No."

Rei thought the other girl would stop the conversation but they really couldn't avoid it forever. "But, Saeko-"

"I said no." Saeko stopped walking as did Rei and turned around to look at Rei. "I thought we agreed never to speak of what happened on that island."

Of course, Rei remembered that but still. "I know but the longer I ignore it, the more I keep thinking about it. Do you?"

Saeko sighed at the question. "Time to time but what's happened is in the past. It's best to move on." And that's what she did. Saeko started to walk away from the other girl.

Rei sighed as well and couldn't argue about what Saeko said. There was still a problem about it though. "Kinda hard to forget when we were naked and kissing each other at the time. Maybe some other things too. I do admit I…did kind of like it." She whispered to herself at that last part. Rei shook her head and continued walking behind Saeko. Of course, Rei continued thinking about that moment. Sure, everyone agreed to forget about it and chalk it up to bad hallucinations. The thing was, ever since that day, Rei has been seeing Saeko a little differently. She noticed how beautiful the other girl was and graceful (if she could call slashing at Them graceful.) Saeko was whenever she had to fight. Plus, if Rei had to be honest, she did sometimes glance at the other girl's breasts time to time without her noticing. That and trying to sneak a peek under that short skirt of hers. Rei was so confused about these feelings and didn't know what to make of them. Those thoughts were pushed out when both girls heard a scream. They looked around the area. "Where did that scream come from?"

Saeko looked off to the side. "Over there! Let's hurry." She took a running start across the street with Rei following her behind. With a scream like that, it was obvious it from a survivor. Finding survivors was uncommon and could also be dangerous. There was no telling if they were more of a danger than Them.

They passed by a few buildings until they heard the sound of something hitting Them. "Get the hell away damn it!" Rei and Saeko stopped from behind some bushes and saw four girls. Judging from the look on their clothes, they were students. One of them was fighting against Them alone with oddly enough, a shovel. The other three looked terrified and huddled neared a wrecked car smashed into the railing with one of Them crushed in-between. The girl with the shovel smashed another one of them but more was still coming. "Of all the times…"

The two girls from afar clearly saw she wasn't going to make it. Not with the number of Them. Rei was worried about them. "Saeko…"

The other girl grabbed the hilt of her sword. "I know."

The girl swung her shovel at the head at another one of Them and was panting. "I can't…keep this up." She brought up her shovel to her. "But I have to. I'm the only one who can protect them."

She readied herself for the next one of Them. It lunged forward at her and she pulled back with her shovel. The head was decapitated and was flying in the air. The funny thing though was that it wasn't her doing. In front of her of Saeko with her sword drawn. The corpse in front fell down in front of her. The four girls were in shock that someone unexpected came to their rescue. Another one of Them tried to attack Saeko but it was attacked by Rei who slashed at the downward using the bayonet attached to the front the gun barrel. Not one but two people the four girls they have never seen before were in front of them. Saeko flicked her sword to get the blood off of it. "Don't fire off any shots. We don't need the extra attention."

Rei brought up her gun. "I know that. Why do you think I have a bayonet attached to this?"

The other girl counted how many of Them there were. "There's a little more than what we've encountered before. Let's make this quick."

Rei nodded in agreement. "Right."

Both girls rushed toward the group of Them. Saeko wasted no time slashing several at Them easily as she passed by them. They all fell down behind her. She smiled as Saeko was beginning to feel the effects once again. Another one of Them tried to attack Rei but she impaled it with her blade and lifted the corpse over her to send it away. After that one was down, she aimed the blade once more and thrust it in the skull of the next one closest to her. Rei took it out and swung her gun with the blade slashing at her next target. Over to Saeko, she jumped up and slashed down at her next target. She turned around to decapitate the one from behind her. The more Saeko took out, the greater the feeling she was experiencing. She just couldn't stop. Saeko swung her sword at the next small group as she passed them. A few quick slashes faster than the eye could see and they fell down to the street behind Saeko. She looked over at Rei who had taken down two more of Them. Saeko turned to the rest of Them saw that there weren't that many left. She flicked her sword once again and rushed over to the remaining ones. Soon as the first slash came to the first one, Saeko kept going. One slash from her sword is all that it took to bring Them down one after another. Most of them were decapitations. The girl with the shovel, along with the other three girls was in awe of Saeko's power. She was taking them down as if it was second nature to her. Rei, on the other hand, was the same but her eyes were more focused how Saeko's breasts were moving along with the attacks. Saeko came in fast to the last one and thrust her sword into its skull. She then removed the sword via by taking it out while it was still in the skull as the corpse fell to the street. The shovel girl could only say one thing about what she saw. "Oh wow."

Saeko flicked her sword one more time before sheathing it. "Saeko…" She looked at Rei who was approaching her smiling. "That was good work."

The other girl smiled back at her. "Thank you. You too as well." Both girls looked over to the group they saved and walked up to them. Once they were at a considerable distance, they stopped. One thing that they learned was to take precaution. Judging from what Rei and Saeko saw before, the girl with the shovel was their only fighter and to Saeko's opinion, not that good to say the least. "Are all of you okay?"

All of them nodded at the question. "Y-Yeah. We're fine. Thanks for rescuing us." The shovel girl replied.

Now Saeko had to ask the big question. "Are any of you bitten?"

That elicited a much bigger response as the shovel girl waved her hands in front frantically. "No! No! None of us are bitten. We swear!"

Both girls observed the group closely. There seemed to be no injury among them. That alone brought a smile to Saeko. "That's good. We're glad that all of you are safe."

"Kurumi!" One of the girls with the coat rushed over to Kurumi and hugged out of relief from behind. "I was so worried."

Kurumi smiled at the girl and placed her hand on the other girl's. "So am I Yuuri. We're all safe now thanks to them." She turned to them. "Thank you so mu-"

"You two were so cool!" Another one of the girls with pink hair like Saya's came up to them. "The way you appeared and fought those things, it was like something out of a manga!"

And the other two girls didn't know how to react to that. Rei laughed awkwardly. "Thanks…I guess."

The last of the girls who had short grey hair sighed. "You interrupted again, Yuki-senpai."

Yuki giggled at that. "Sorry, Mii-kun."

Rei and Saeko had the exact same thought. "Mii-kun?"

Saeko looked at the sun and it was lower. "We should get going now. We'll go to one of the nearby houses and spend the night."

The four girls agreed to that. "Alright then." Kurumi turned to her group. "Miki, get the supplies out of the car. You too Yuki."

Yuki saluted to the other girl. "Got it!" The two girls went over to the crashed car and opened one of the back doors.

They rummaged around in the backseat and Yuki was holding several bags while Miki held another pack. Rei was surprised to see the bags Yuki was holding. "Good god. Where did you get all of that?"

Yuki smiled at her. "We came across a gas station and picked what we could find. We have it all here. Chips, candy, water, and snacks." At least they were prepared.

Saeko took point. "Let's go." She started to walk with the new larger group following her into the closest neighborhood.

B

The group ran through the neighborhood seeing little to none of Them around. So far so good for them. They decided to go for the house that was the furthest away from them in case they needed to break open a window. Saeko, Rei, and Kurumi jumped on a stone wall. One thing the other two girls are learning about Kurumi is that she's also athletic if she could jump on a wall with ease. Speaking of the girl, she took Yuuri's hand while Rei took Yuki's hand and Saeko took Miki's hand. All three girls pulled up the others and all of them jumped down the wall. The group made it to the backyard which was rather quite large with a pool albite dirty though. They ran up to the back door and Kurumi was the first to turn the knob. "It's open." She opened the door slowly and quietly until all the way. The group went inside the house one by one until Kurumi was the last one to enter and closed the door with a soft click to lock it. The girls saw the state of the house. It was a little disorganized with some of the chairs knocked over and the cupboards were open. Rei walked up to them and saw there still some canned goods left so the people who lived here from before grabbed what they could quickly. Before any of them could become comfortable, they had to search the house for anything dangerous. The three girls with the weapons did the searching. They made separate searches in the house. Kurumi opened the door to the hallway bathroom and it seemed empty enough. She walked in carefully as she approached the bathtub and pulled back the curtains. To her relief, there was nothing.

Rei opened up a door to see a bedroom. From the look of it, it once belonged to a young girl. The room was pink and decorated with flowers and several stuffed animals on the dresser. The bed looked undisturbed for some time even if it looked someone got out in hurry. She went over to the next door and opened it to see another bedroom. This time, it looked like it belonged to someone older. Probably the girl's older brother. There were posters of video game characters on the wall and for some reason had a bunk bed. The room itself looked like someone was in a rush to hurry out. Saeko opened a door that led to the master bedroom. The whole room looked to be in disarray. The drawers in the dresser were open and so was the closet and there were some clothes missing. In the room led another bathroom and Saeko walked over to it. The bathroom had a separate bathtub and shower stall. The bathroom itself looked rather nice. She could only hope the water was running. "A shower sounds good right about now." Saeko approached the sink and turned the faucet. Sure enough, there was water. Now the only question was if there was hot water. A tall order but a girl could hope. She turned on the other faucet and put her hand under the water. She waited for a few seconds and felt the temperature rise. Saeko smiled as that was enough for her to tell. She left the room and rejoined with the rest of them. Yuuri and Yuki were sitting on the couch while Miki was looking over a bookshelf. Rei and Kurumi were standing around. "Well, it doesn't appear there is anything dangerous. On top of it, we have running hot water so we can take turns showering."

Rei sighed in relief. "Thank god. I feel like I need one."

Miki turned around to the rest of the group. "Who's going to go first?"

Kurumi raised her hand. "I'll take it. After everything that's happened, I need it." She looked over to Saeko. "Is that…alright with you?"

Saeko smiled at her. "Of course. You were very brave protecting your friends."

"Actually, Kurumi-chan and Rii-chan are together." Yuki blurted out.

Rei and Saeko were surprised to hear that and didn't know how to react to that. Kurumi and Yuuri, on the other hand, were blushing. Kurumi growled as she hit the other girl on the head. Yuki groaned in pain. "Did you really have to say that?"

The other two girls still didn't know what to make of the news they've heard. Yuuri felt a little worried. "You don't…have a problem with that right?"

Rei waved her hands in front frantically. "Oh no. Not at all."

Saeko was the same. "Your sexual preference is your own. I have no say in it."

Kurumi and Yuuri sighed in relief. At least they didn't have a problem with two girls being together. "I'm going to take that shower now." She placed her shovel against the wall. Kurumi walked away from the group and headed to the hallway bathroom.

"We'll leave a set of clothes for you." Rei pointed out.

Kurumi raised her in confirmation she heard the other girl. She went into the bathroom and closed the door. Kurumi turned on the water to wait for it to become warm. As she waited, she started to take off her clothes. As she took off the jacket, it was reveal that her upper arm had a bite mark although a little aged. Kurumi looked at it and couldn't help but feel a little worried. "At least, I wasn't bitten again. I don't know how they'll react if those two saw this." The best thing she could do now was hope. Kurumi knew that keeping secrets isn't a good thing. Especially in the world they were living in now. Once she saw the steam appearing, Kurumi undid her hair and removed the rest of her clothes.

B

As night fell, the rest of the group took their turn in the shower and it was a godsend for all of them. They were all sitting in the living room with Rei and Saeko sitting on the couch while the other four were sitting on the floor with an electric lantern Miki brought out from the pack she brought along in the middle of all of them. The change of clothes all of them were wearing what Rei and Saeko could find in the house from all the rooms. Miki was wearing a light T-shirt and grey sweatpants, Kurumi was wearing a green long sleeved shirt (much to her relief.) and purple shorts, Yuki was wearing a bright pink T-shirt and black shorts, and Yuuri was wearing a white nightgown. Rei and Saeko were wearing less than conventional clothing. Saeko was wearing a black tank top that showed off her cleavage and deep lace purple panties while Rei was wearing a pink nightdress that showed off her cleavage as well. Yuki was actually impressed by the size of the other two girls' bust. "Amazing. You two are bigger then Rii-chan." Kurumi had to admit they had good pairs. Miki just looked away in shame while Yuuri thought of the same thing.

Rei and Saeko laughed awkwardly. Since all of them were here now, Saeko decided now it was the time to get to know of the girls they had saved. "Now that we're all comfortable, I think we should start introducing ourselves. I'm Saeko Busujima."

Rei waved to the other girls. "And I'm Rei Miyamoto. It's nice to meet all of you."

The other four girls smiled at them. Yuuri lowered her head in respect to them. "It's nice to meet you Busujima-san, Miyamoto-san."

"You can call us by our first names." Saeko advised.

Yuuri didn't mind that at all. "Fair enough. Allow me to introduce ourselves. I'm Yuuri Wakasa and these are my friends and…my girlfriend." She was still a little embarrassed to say that Kurumi was her girlfriend to other people.

Speaking of her, she waved at the other two girls. "I'm Kurumi Ebisuzawa."

"And I am Miki Naoki."

Yuki raised her hand cheerfully. "I'm Yuki Takeya! Nice to meet you!"

It was a welcome change to Rei and Saeko. They were glad to meet nice people for a chance. "It's actually pretty reassuring we get to meet other survivors. There were times we thought we were only ones here." Kurumi pointed out.

That struck Saeko as interested. "Is that so? We're the first people you've come across?"

Miki nodded at the question. "Yes. We've been mostly…living at our school during all of this."

Now the other two girls wanted to know more about them. "Wait, you were living at your school during all of this? What's it called?" Rei asked.

Yuuri decided to answer. "It was…Megurigaoka High."

Saeko recognized the name. "I've heard of that school before. It's supposed to be well equipped."

Now Yuki wanted to know something about the other two girls. "What about you? What school did you go to?"

Rei would answer that one. "It was Fujimi High." So they were from another high school. That led her to her next question. "Were you there when all of this happened?"

The four girls looked at each other sharing the same worried expression. That alone told Rei her answer. They looked back at the other two. "Yes. It did. It was a horrifying time at the moment. We didn't know what to do. We've been…living at the school ever since." Yuuri explained.

Miki raised her hand. "I wasn't there when it happened. I was at the mall with a friend of mine. She couldn't stand being in the same place day after day so she left while I stayed behind. It wasn't long after Yuki-Senpai and the other's came to my rescue. I've been with them ever since.

Saeko would find that hard to believe but considering what she heard about it… "So, you have been living there."

Yuuri nodded. "Yes. Our school had solar powered batteries and a water purification system. There's even a garden at the rooftop where we grew our own food."

Rei was impressed by that. "Oh wow. It does sound like a good place to live at time like this. If it was that well equipped, why did you leave?"

That brought up some bad memories for all of them. "There was a storm last month. The lightning struck the antenna and it fell on the batteries. It caused a fire and that burned the crops. On top of that, They were coming to our school." Kurumi explained as well.

Talk about a perfect storm. Literally. "How did you escape?" Rei asked.

Miki decided to answer that. "It may sound strange but as the months passed, They would start to gather back in the front of the school. When the storm hit, they flooded the school." Yuuri grabbed Kurumi's hand and held it tightly. The other girl did the same. "It was Yuki-senpai who turned on the P.A system and said that school is out. Next thing we knew, they were leaving."

Now that seemed a little out there to the other two girls. "They just…left because you told them to?" Rei wondered.

"Uh-huh." Yuki confirmed.

Saeko was still having trouble believing that. "How is that even possible?"

Yuuri had a theory for that. "We believe they may have retained some of their memories from when they were still alive. That's why they were coming back to the school in the first place."

Even with the explanation, Saeko still had a hard time believing it. "Forgive me for saying this but that seems very unlikely. They're nothing more than walking corpses wandering aimlessly. However, if that's what you say how it happened then we'll believe you." They were expecting that kind of response. Who would believe that but at least they accepted it. "With that said, it's incredible all of you made it out. Still, surviving is one thing. Dealing with it is another."

Yuuri smiled at that. "It was simple. We've managed by creating a club. The School Living Club. It was an idea both me and…" She hesitated to speak the next words. "Megu-nee came up with."

"Megu-nee?" Rei and Saeko asked at the same time.

Yuki lowered her head with a saddened face. The expression alone told the other two what may have happened to them. Miki placed a hand on the other girl's shoulder. "Megumi Sakura was their teacher. They would always call her Megu-nee. From what I heard, she sacrificed herself to keep her students safe. However, that was when Yuki-Senpai had PTSD."

Saeko raised an eyebrow. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?"

Yuuri nodded. "Yes. Yuki-chan here was living like it didn't happen at all."

Rei understood that clearly. "In other words, she was living in denial."

Saeko understood clearly. "It's one way to cope with all of this."

Yuki gave a small smile. "I'm alright though. Being out here now means I've accepted it. Besides, it's what Megu-nee wanted."

After hearing all of that, it was clear these girls had a slightly harder time. They were on their own with no one looking over them. Sure, Rei and Saeko had Shizuka but that didn't amount to much. Saeko actually admired how they survived this long. Saeko decided to change to a more cheerful topic. "Before you were in this School Living Club, were any of you in different clubs?"

That seemed to perk up Yuki. "I wasn't in any clubs and neither was Mii-kun but Rii-chan was in the gardening club."

"And I was in track." Kurumi added.

Now Saeko was more impressed. They weren't like her, Rei, Takashi, or even Kouta. Even if track did somehow help Kurumi a little but she wasn't much of fighter. "Well, I'm glad all of you made it this far but if had to say something…" She looked over to Kurumi's shovel. "I find your choice of weapon a little unusual."

Now Kurumi glared a little at the other girl. "Hey! It helped me out more times than I can count. What about you two? What clubs you in?"

Saeko smiled at the question. "I was the captain of the kendo club back at my school."

"And I was VP of the martial arts club." Rei added.

Well, that explained why they were such good fighters. Another question came to Kurumi. "Has it been just you two all this time?"

Saeko shook her head. "No. We were part of a bigger group but we were separated when a horde of Them attacked us. We're going to meet up with them at the rendezvous point which is a warehouse we learned about. It'll take some time though. What about you? Where are you heading?"

Miki reached over to her pack and opened the zipper to pull out a map. She unfolded it and placed it in front to the other two girls. There were two Xs marked on it and she pointed at the lower placed one. "We're going to Saint Isidore University. We think we may find other people there."

Rei saw the name of the second marked place. "What's Randall Corporation?"

That was something they couldn't explain yet. "It was marked like that when I found it in a wreckage." Miki pointed out.

Saeko took a closer look at the map. "It seems your destination is a little ahead of where we're supposed to meet up with the others." She looked at the rest of the other group. "You can come with us since it's in the same direction. After that, we can go our separate ways. Is that alright with you?"

They smiled at the offer. "Of course. It would be much better if we stuck together." There was something that worried Yuuri. "Are you sure your group will be okay with us?"

Saeko smiled at the other girl. "They're good people so you don't have to worry."

That was the plan now. All of them would go to the warehouse and meet up with the others. After all of that, everyone heard a strange sound. They turned to Yuki and she giggled nervously. "Guess I'm a little hungry."

Everyone giggle a little. "Well, we do have food now. We can have what's left in the pantries. On top of that, there's the food all of you have brought. It's not much but it'll be good enough." Saeko stood up. "We'll leave first thing in the morning. Everyone okay with that?"

All of them smiled. "Yes!"

B

After everyone ate, they all went to bed. They each occupied one of the bedrooms. For Yuki and Miki, they were in the bedroom with the bunkbeds. Yuki was on the top bunk and Miki was in the bottom. "Hey, Mii-kun…"

"Yes?"

Yuki stared at the ceiling. "What do you think of Rei-chan and Saeko-chan? I think they're pretty cool."

The other thought of them as well. "They seem like good people. I'm glad they ran into us."

Yuki giggled happily. "Yeah…" She yawned. "Good night Mii-kun." She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Miki did the same. "Good night…Yuki-senpai."

Over to Kurumi and Yuuri, they were sleeping the other bedroom and were close together. Even they met Rei and Saeko, she was still worried. She was worried about Kurumi. Kurumi could see it in her eyes and cupped her cheek. "Hey, it'll be okay. We'll be with a bigger group for a while."

Her girlfriend was grateful for the words. Something else was on her mind. "When we were talking about our school, I thought back when you were…"

Kurumi brought Yuuri closer to her. "I know but I'm still here. You don't have to worry about me." She thought back to one certain moment. "I'm glad you…confessed to me after that happened. It made happier than I've ever felt during the entire time this has been going on." Yuuri was happy to hear that and was happy that Kurumi returned her feelings. This is what they both needed. Each other. Kurumi leaned in and closed her eyes as she gave Yuuri a soft gentle kiss. Yuuri closed her eyes as well and returned the kiss. The kiss lasted for a good few minutes before they broke it and opened their eyes to look at each other. "Goodnight Yuuri. I love you." She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Yuuri smiled at her lover and closed her eyes as well. "I love you too Kurumi. Good night."

Last but certainly not least, there was Rei and Saeko sleeping in the master bedroom. For Rei, it was a little awkward since both of them were under the covers. Right now they were facing in opposite directions. Rei had some last thoughts about today. "It's a good thing we ran into them. Who knows what would've happened if we didn't."

Saeko shared the same feeling. "Yes and they're good people. They made it this far because they have each other."

Rei gave a small chuckle. "Yeah…" She gave out a yawn. "I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight Saeko." Rei fell asleep.

Saeko closed her eyes as well. Goodnight Rei." The last thing Saeko thought of before falling asleep was the image of both her and Rei kissing each other back on the island.