Fuyu(Author): It's me again. Anyways, to those who submitted their OCs I'll be trying to find a time for them to come in so please be patient. They'll get their turn soon.

Chapter 4: Settle in and plan

Me, Suita, and Suzuki are working on the guns with instructions while Kiko and Haruko help our newcomer settle in. As the three of us worked on the guns Suita said after he finished putting together an M16 and checking the action, "We cleared the place quite well, but what should we do now once we're done putting these together?" I finish assembling two 9mm Glocks as I said, "my dad mentioned some safe places that can't be accessed normally but are easy to get to. Most of them are well-stocked rooftops he seemed to have the foresight to set up." Suzuki looked at me after checking the bolt of a .22 hunting rifle, "He seems to have seen something coming."

I shrug, "I don't think a thing at this magnitude was what he predicted but it's close."

Suita leaned in as he began putting together a 12 gauge Benelli semi-automatic hunting shotgun as he said, "Well thankfully he has some guns."

I gave him a look as i said while i put together an M16, "Hopefully, I could teach you how to use them in time. It's not as easy as it looks in the movies and your stance and position has to compensate for mostly the kick of the gun."

Suzuki nods, "I understand that since the guns themselves are quite heavy."

I start loading bullets into the magazines where they are needed as Suzuki finished up another .22 hunting rifle. While we do that, I can't help but overhear the girls talk to each other. They seem to get along really well talking about what happened before they got here but then it came down to like casual girl talk and I could've sworn they were talking about us guys a few times. It's hard to even follow their conversation but I picked up things about Hiromi's life amongst the chatter.

"I-I'm sorry to hear about your father and mother," Kiko said to her but Hiromi shook her head in response, "It's okay, Kiko-senpai." Haruko looked at her, "For living through all that, you must be very strong."

Hiromi just shrugged her shoulders but giggled which sounded out of place for such a somber conversation, "I guess so." She then looks and sees where my late father now lays under a blanket saying, "What's that?"

Kiko and Hiromi look at each other and Kiko went to her ear and spoke in a hushed tone, "That, under the blankets was Fuyu-kun's father. He died yesterday and...Fuyu-kun had to shoot him by his final request."

"O-oh..." was what came out of Hiromi's mouth in response.

I felt that same weight on my shoulders as yesterday. Suita noticed and patted me on the back for comfort, "Hey don't let it get ya down, Fuu-kun. Besides, he wanted it and he said he'll be watching ya, right?" We smiled and bumped fists together as I said, "I'll keep that in mind, Sui-kun."

"By the way, and this may seem outta the blue, but what do you think of our newcomer?"

Noticing the tone as he lowered his voice I was kind of taken off guard, "What do you mean about that?"

"Like what do you think about her now that we are getting to know her better?"

Suzuki joined in, "She seems very dependable."

Suita looked at him, "Not like that, Suzu-kun, come on it's been a while since we had some actual guy talk."

I noticed what he meant, "Well she's just nice to me. Before all this world went to shit she was pretty polite."

Susuki leaned in and lowered his voice as well as he finished loading some pistol clips, "I'm going along with Fuyu on this."

Suzuki blushed a bit as he said with his trademark smile, "I think she's cute. She seems so innocent that I feel like I just wanna protect her, y'know."

Me and Suzuki looked at each other then back at him and i glanced back at the girls who seemed to be minding their own business. I had to chuckle and say with a smile, "Well it looks like you found a match, for you Sui-kun, man have I always waited for that day to come."

Suzuki smiled and joined in, "It seems our little Suita wants to finally get a girlfriend."

Suita's face began turning red as he said, "H-hey n-not so loud you guys, geez."

To tell the truth, it was only Suita who never gotten a girlfriend. Me and Suzuki had only a few short relationships but it counted as much. I'm thankful that my dad had found ways to soundproof the majority of the apartment because me and Suzuki can't contain our laughter. Suita was getting ready to punch us so we had to get away with him chasing after us creating quite a show for the girls. Just this moment alone was like the apocalypse never happened it felt more like a sleepover. We were reminded as we were cut off by the sound of copters fly over head so we settled down to think.

The three of us sat in a semicircle near the girls allowing them to join in. "So what now," Suzuki began as I lay down a map in the center of our circle. "Well first off we can't stay here forever while our supplies last and the dead still out there." I point to several highlighted areas on the map, "these are the many safe places that my dad set up, God knows how many are taken over my survivors or overrun by zombies."

Everyone looked and Hiromi seemed to be thinking hard, "How about we check the nearest one?"

I check the map and there's one on the roof a few blocks from here, "It's still a ways away. But how about we try it? Suita, can you check outside and see if the roads are clear."

"Clear for what," Kiko asked.

"My dad enhanced a car so it could take more punishment than any other car."

"You mean like a tank," Inquired Suita.

I shake my head, "It's more like a tougher-than-average car. The windows are tougher, the frame is reinforced, and it's built to resist an EMP. The only downside is the need for gas and it hasn't been driven in a while."

Suita nodded went to check from the balcony armed with a .22 rifle. As he did that me and the rest of the group began planning routes on the map. The shortest route was scrapped as it would take us near a clinic, which is bound to be swarming with zombies. Hiromi had some good input on the majority of the such. She'd point out which place is which and we identify if we're familiar or not with it. When it seems we can take that part we add on to the line we make. Sooner than we thought, we have planned out our route to the first safe zone.

As we began packing up, Suita alerted us to something. He told me to get down and everyone shut off the lights, saw a very familiar face driving a bus that I know everyone knows about. "Shido-sensei," We both said at the same time.

Suita said through gritted, "While we were running i remember catching a glimpse of that pastard kicking a helpless student off of him."

"I always knew he's a heartless son of a bitch, but right now, even though I'd love to shoot him, that scum is not worth wasting a bullet."

Suita nodded even though his hands were gripping the rifle tightly as though restraining himself. The three of us had some bad history with that guy. First was that he had us framed for one student's actions, next were times of him sabotaging our group projects, another one was one i cant forgive, he embarrassed my father and disgraced Suita's and Susuki's parents and my friends themselves. It was my only chance to have my revenge but I resisted that as me and Suita went back into the apartment and continued packing our things.