AN: It took a while to get this chapter as I wanted it to be as I'm not exactly great with the whole fluff but I hope I got down good enough to be 'readable'
I do not own H.O.T.D or any of its characters.
After getting the all clear that there was no zombies in the apartment, the girls instantly demanded access to the bathroom and some privacy which caused the guys to sweat-drop. Takashi was shooed away and James had to literally drag Kohta upstairs so he couldn't peek on the girls as they were changing.
"Come on Hirano-san. Lets search the place." James told him as he was dragging him up the stairs.
The girls meanwhile had hurried to the bathroom to avoid being seen from the guys, they had the hot water running in the bath and in the sink as the bath would not fit all of them would fit in the bath comfortably anyway. Shizuka and Rei took the bath whilst Saeko and Saya took the sink. All of the girls were blushing as they had not seen each other in this way before.
As soon as they were settled Rei noticed something.
"Sensei, they're huge." Rei made note of the Nurses noticeably larger bust compared to the rest of the girls.
"Yeah I get that a lot." Shizuka bragged as she looked at her own bust.
"Is that a fact?" Rei evilly smirked before literally jumping Shizuka and grabbed her breasts.
"Let me see them, they can't be real." Rei shouted as squeezed Shizuka's breasts as the nurse frantically squirmed and moaned both in pain and pleasure.
Meanwhile Saya had picked up a bottle of shampoo and began using it on her hair.
"No more, please!." Shizuka shouted behind them.
"Why do we have to take a bath together anyway?" Saya complained.
"I think you already know the answer one, do you not Takagi-san?" Saeko told her with an evil smile on her face as shot hot water directly on to Saya back.
"WAH!." Saya screamed as the hot water hit her back in which Saeko giggled of the noise the pink haired girl was omitting.
"You have a nicer voice than I thought." Saeko giggled as she turned her away from Saya.
Unknown to her, Saya was filling a bowl of hot water and with an evil smile on her back she tipped the bowl's contents onto Saeko's back in revenge. Saeko tried to not make noise but some moans escape her as brought her knees up to her chest.
"Hmmm, I didn't get much of a reaction out of you as I'd hoped." Saya disappointingly said at how little she got of the swords-woman.
With the guys
James had taken his weights off and was showing his bare chest whilst not having a large muscular frame like his brother, he does however have a smaller compact muscular frame which suited him better, he looked to his left and saw Kohta and Takashi placing a crowbar against a locker they had found whilst they were upstairs. Hearing the noise coming from the bathroom the guys were thinking what they were up to.
"Seems like they are having fun, want to take a look?." Kohta asked with a smile on his face.
"I don't want to die just yet." Takashi told him.
"I've walked through those gates before, it doesn't end well. Well, unless you know what you're doing of course." James chuckled.
"Well then, go on then Carter-san, do it." Kohta dared James.
"Give me a good reason to go in there then." James stated.
"Protect them from something." Kohta smirked.
"From what?" James once again asked.
"There's an air grate going into the bathroom, if we can get a large spider in there, that would be enough right?" Kohta asked as he put the crowbar down.
"Can we get this open first?" Takashi asked with a slight bit of annoyance in his voice.
"Here, I'll make it easy for guys." James said as he approached the locker, taking the crowbar he wedged it in the door and with some effort he pulled on the crowbar and the door flew open revealing its contents. Which there were three in there. James knew that one of them was AR-10 as he had fired one a while ago whilst training with his father, another was was the Springfield M141 Super Match and the final gun was a Ithaca shotgun. He couldn't be asked to learn the specs when he was training with them back then and he didn't want to listen to Hirano talking about them right now.
"Anyway, whilst Hirano-san inspects his new toys, I'm going to go down and prank the girls." James told them.
"Oh really? I must see this, the guns can wait." Kohta grinned.
Kohta and Takashi followed James to the corpses of the zombies they had previously killed. James drew his sword and cut off one of the corpses arms, after cleaning the blood off his blade to cover his tracks he turned to the boys, and gave them an evil smile.
"Ok guys, I'll place myself at the window, go inside and go into the lounge area which has vision on the door to the bathroom, and enjoy the show." James whispered.
Takashi and Kohta chuckled as they nodded and they went inside to take up their positions. James looked a ways to escape the blame himself, he could jump to the balcony of the bedroom and get in that way but he would to jump a whole story with no hand holds to support him. He looked around and saw that there was a drainage pipe leading down past the balcony, provided it didn't break as he was climbing it he could get up there without too much hassle.
James got underneath the window as he took aim with the detached arm, he could still here the moaning coming from inside the bathroom as he threw the arm through the window, he knew there was a bath in still and wanted to get the arm to land in there to create a better scene, he saw the arm hit the bathroom ceiling before falling and a sound of water meant that he had hit his target. Instantly...
"AHHHH." Came the screams from inside the walls.
'Better make tracks.' James thought as he took a run up and launched himself onto the pipe and after jumping a few times to hold the brackets of the pipe, he managed to climb onto the balcony before hearing more shouts.
"Who did this?" a voice shouted which James recognised was Rei's.
"I think I know who." another voice which James heard was Saeko's
James ran inside detached his sword and grabbed both the AR-10 and M141 and ran for the stairs, he used his bottom to slide down the stairs to create as little noise as possible and threw the AR-10 to Kohta who caught it easily.
"Look busy. Hirano, teach Takashi how to load clips, I'll be right back." James whispered and winked as he put the M141 down and ran back upstairs.
The bathroom door burst open as James got out of sight and Saeko whilst wearing a towel around her came out with an angry look on her face as she approached the boys, following her was Saya and Rei both with towels wrap around them too.
"Where. Is. He?" Rei asked them both with clear rage in her eyes as Kohta was trying not to let the blood gush out of his nose.
"Where is who?" James asked back as he made his presence known behind them. He had a towel as well over his shoulder and he was carry two boxes of ammunition. He walked past the girls and set the boxes down next to the weapons as Saeko approached him and he could tell she wasn't happy.
"That. Wasn't funny." Saeko panted as in the middle of shock and anger at the same time.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." James dismissed.
"You threw an arm into the bath did you not?" Saeko asked him as she got closer,
"How could I? I have been upstairs the entire time, my sword is up there, how can I throw an arm into the bathroom from outside, run inside, get back upstairs, bring two boxes down, all without you girls noticing? Komuro-san and Hirano-san can vouch for me as we decided to move down here so we have more room to prepare the guns we found earlier." James explained.
"Yeah, the light will attract people and that will attract the dead, plus I was going to teach Komuro-san how to load weapons anyway." Kohta defended James.
"Well, men can be persuaded to lie to women." Saeko reasoned with the girls nods. She stopped her train train of thought though as she and the other girls for that matter finally realised that James had no shirt on, their gaze was noticed by James.
"Well women can be seduced to do what men want as well." James argued as he took the towel of his shoulder to make the girls jaws drop at the sight of his bare chest.
James smiled before using the towel as a whip to smack Saeko on her legs causing her to moan in pain as the girls made a quick retreat back into the bathroom after James issued more threats of whipping. After the girls had shut the door, the boys instantly roared with laughter as James took his place next to the ammunition.
"Carter-san my friend, you just made my night." Takashi laughed as he, James and Kohta fist bumped.
Meanwhile
In the bathroom, Rei, Saeko and Saya just stood there blushing like crazy. After hearing the boys laughing, they knew they had done it but they came off far worse in terms of pride than anything else.
"What happened, was it Carter-san?" Shizuka asked them as she noticed the red marks on Saeko's leg where she had been hit.
"I'm sure it was him but we got side-tracked." Saeko spoke as she and the rest of the girl went even more red in the face.
'It looks they saw something good if all three of them are as red as tomatoes.' Shizuka thought as the other girls eventually took their places in the bath after having thrown the arm back threw the window.
With the boys
"Komuro-san could you help me load these bullets please? They are pretty tough to get in." Kohta asked Takashi as he sat there watching the other two. James was having less trouble loading the bullets because he was loading the smaller rounds as some of ammunition could be used with his own guns.
"Did you receive any training as you seem to know your way around a gun?" James asked.
"Yeah, I went to America for a month as was training and was trained by a Blackwater instructor." Kohta spoke as he continued to load more bullets.
"Remind me to never get on either of you two's bad side." Takashi gulped which caused the two to roar with laughter.
"What kind of person is Shizuka's friend anyway? No ordinary person can get ahold of these." Takashi pointed out.
"Its illegal to get these in Japan, you would have to order them specially and even then its illegal to own them." Kohta explained.
"So she isn't a normal police officer isn't she?" Takashi asked them and James decided it was his turn to answer.
"I think she may be in a specialist unit, considering the weapons she has here, I would say she would be a marksman or something along those lines." James answered which caused Kohta to speak up then.
"So she's maybe in the S.A.T?" Kohta spoke with a hint of excitement.
"Its a good possibility." James answered.
With the girls
Rei had finished her assault on Shizuka and know had her attention on Saya whilst the other two looked on.
"Yours are enormous too." Rei exclaimed loudly as she was groping Saya.
Saya was moaning in pain and pleasure whilst trying not to form tears in her eyes, as Saeko and Shizuka looked on with huge smiles on their faces at the pink haired girl's discomfort.
With the Boys
The boys had finished loading bullets and took the guns back upstairs so they could relax. Well, at least try to as the girl's cries were not exactly providing peace and quiet.
"They are getting louder." Kohta pointed out.
"Don't worry about it, they are attracted to sound and common trend links the flesh-eaters to hoard to where the highest amount of people are as they are more likely to cause more noise than us and the nearest cluster of living is on that bridge." James pointed out.
"For now, lets not draw the living here. Turn the light out Hirano-san. Lets keep light to a minimum." James continued.
"I never thought you'd see things that way." Takashi spoke out.
"True, but remember we can't save them all, the more people we add to this group, the less chance I can guarantee that everyone will make it out alive." James replied.
"How many more?" Takashi asked once again.
"Depends if they can fight or not. If not maybe two, if they can fight then four maybe five at the most but if the group gets too big then we'll attract more flesh-eaters which could wear us down more, there has to be a balance of the groups numbers to fighters ratio. Right now, its a good number but Hirano and I need to teach you guys how to use these weapons more effectively." James explained.
"That reminds me, why do you call them 'zombies' or 'flesh-eaters'?" Kohta asked as Takashi nodded in agreement.
"There's nothing to fear but fear itself." James spoke as he looked out of the window.
"That quote from the US President Roosevelt. What do you mean by that?" Kohta asked with interest.
"That quote has a purpose, he said that line because we have to step up to face our fears, that is how we truly grow as a person, that's why I refer them to what they are because I am facing my fears. If I don't my mind will not conquer it and that will be my downfall." James explained.
"So you fear them do you?" Takashi piped up.
"No, I do not. I fear a dishonorable death." James looked at his sword.
"A dishonorable death?" Takashi asked.
"These flesh-eaters rely on sheer numbers to win their battles. Dying to them when they had an advantage over me is not honorable in my eyes, I prefer to die to someone or something that can match me in ability. Speaking of which." James went on but noticed a pair of hands behind Takashi.
The arms quickly grabbed Takashi and form of Shizuka revealed herself to the boys whilst wearing nothing but a towel covering her 'assets' although they were trying hard to show themselves. She quickly began placed her arms around Takashi who was trying to keep her hands away from his 'sensitive' areas.
"Shizuka-sensei, are you drunk?" Takashi exclaimed.
"Only a little bit..." Shizuka giggled before turning her head to face Kohta.
"Kohta-chan!" Shizuka happily shouted.
"Chan?...Me?" Kohta pointed to himself.
Shizuka grabbed him as he remained stationary and planted a kiss onto his cheek. However, it was all too much for Kohta as he nose exploded with blood. This had caused James and Takashi to roar with laughter at them both which lead to Shizuka turning to face James.
"I didn't forget you James-kun." Shizuka rushed over the bed and jumped out trying to tackle James to the ground.
James waited till the last moment before side-stepping Shizuka's lunge, he delivered a small chop to the back of her neck whilst she was in mid air sending her to the floor knocked out.
"Why'd you do that for?" Takashi exclaimed.
"Because of the amount of noise she is making. The fact that she is drunk which means she'll be a liability until she gets over it. Its better for all of us if she is asleep." James told them before bending down to pick up the sleeping blonde.
"But the alcohol has got me an idea, I'll take her downstairs to rest. Away from Hirano-san's prying eyes." James went on.
"Hey, I'm not that bad." Kohta pouted as James chuckled as he headed downstairs.
James carried Shizuka down the stairs on his shoulder. He knew if she was awake, she would have tried something to allow for her to be more imtimate with him and though tempting it was, he had reasons to not get close to her.
He reached the middle of the living area where he placed her down gently on the rug on the floor and covered her 'assets' with a thin blanket he found on the sofa behind him. After doing that he looked up to if anyone else was around, he immediently spotted Saya on another sofa nearby asleep wearing a tight blue top with a pair of small black short which left a lot of 'Saya' showing.
'Great, first Shizuka-sensei now Takagi-san, what next? Saeko in the kitchen wearing nothing but a apron?' James thought as he rose and walked towards the kitchen.
As he approach the entrance to the kitchen, he took a moment to look at who was in there.
'Me and my big perverted brain.' James face-palmed himself.
As he thought earlier, Saeko was cooking some food in the kitchen but wearing nothing but a white apron along with a black thong. Resisting the urge to think up of sexual fantasies he regained his composure and entered the kitchen drawing Saeko's attention.
"How long till its ready Saeko-san?" James asked her.
"Its shouldn't be too long now."
"Good, by the way where did Shizuka-sensei get the alcohol from?" James asked again.
"In the cabinet to my right. Why?" Saeko pointed to a nearby.
James walked past her and opened the cabinet to reveal two bottles of wine left in the cabinet, he took both of them and closed the cabinet door before placing them further along the kitchen work-space not too far on Saeko's left.
"Its a idea that came to mind when that bus exploded last night. I noticed that the zombies whilst taking a while to die to the flames, do die nonetheless. If we ever need to get away from a large crowd of them for some reason, we can use them to escape and thin out their numbers." James explained as he opened the drawers underneath the work-space and finding two pieces of cloth to place with the bottles, he also removed a corkscrew and a lighter so he could use the bottles as a Molotov.
"What about my bokken though? I won't be able to use on them if they are on fire." Saeko pointed out.
"Maybe one or two hits but you're right. At some point we need to get you an upgrade." James agreed with her.
"I look forward to getting one. I suppose you won't lend me yours?" Saeko asked.
"Don't bet on it." James said bluntly as Saeko pouted.
"What? Assignment procedure, we can't let others use our 'bound' weapons whilst we are capable of using them." James explained to the pouting Swords-woman.
"Bound weapons?" Saeko asked once more.
"Weapons we take on assignments with us. Standard procedure is to take three items of our arsenal and we keep them till the assignment is complete. Disposable weapons like ammunition or throwing knives to give an example does not count. Any weapon we pick up during assignment though can be traded or disposed of. If we die on assignment, whoever finds our remains must give back the weapons to our family. Each weapon has a built in fingerprint recognition so if I don't handle my sword for example for a while and someone else does then the signal sends a warning back home and we check it out. Our weapons are like our dog-tags of the military in that way." James explained.
"That explains why you didn't give Hirano-san your weapon." Saeko said to James.
"Exactly. Although he won't ask again with what we found upstairs." James chuckled before turning to face Saeko.
"Oh, by the way. Is that the only thing you could wear?" James asked Saeko with a small grin on his face.
"Oh...this...nothing else fit...and this is the only thing that was my size." Saeko blushed as she tried to hide her embarrassment.
"Relax, its nothing. Besides you look good in it." James teased her as he got a little bit closer to her.
"Oh do I now?" Saeko closed the distance between them.
"Of course, you wearing this, Takagi-san wearing tight clothing, Shizuka-sensei wearing nothing at all. If Miyamoto-san is wearing a tight pink tank top and white underwear, I think Hirano-san will die of nose bleeds before dawn." James chuckled as he heard footsteps behind them which caused Saeko to step back to her pot.
"Where's Takashi?" Rei walked in wearing exactly what James had said seconds before, but Rei was looking like she also took some of the alcohol Shizuka found earlier.
"He's upstairs with Hirano-san." James told her bluntly.
'Oh for god's sake, I swear next time I'll keep my mouth shut about women's clothing.' James mentally face-palmed himself as Rei turned to head for the stairs with a giggling Saeko behind him.
"If I didn't know any better, I think you were watching her putting those on." Saeko took a step closer towards James with a menacing look on her face.
"Trying to get back at me for the arm thing are we?" James teased back.
"HA, I knew it was you." Saeko exclaimed.
"Congratulations Detective Busujima, you caught me red handed, what is my punishment for committing such a heinous act?" James sarcastically held his arms up as if Saeko was an officer about to handcuff him.
"This." Saeko seductively spoke out as she got up in his face before both of them started to lean in but a faint noise sounded throughout the apartment which caused the pair to stop just before their lips touched each other.
"Ah just as when it was getting interesting." James pouted in a disappointed tone as both of them moved away from each other.
"There are other people that need you more than I do right now." Saeko told him as the noise sounded again.
"Wait. That was a bark. I'd better get up there." James realised before turning rushing up the stairs past a concerned Rei near the top.
James approached the balcony through the dark bedroom as Takashi and Kohta already out there, he opened the door as he stepped outside onto the balcony.
"How is it looking out here?" James whispered asked the two but Kohta was the one to speak up.
"Its quite bad." Kohta spoke as James leant on the rail to look out into the night.
'When isn't it?' James thought.
AN: As I've said before, this took a while as I wanted to get this chapter to a good level. I had several ideas for this chapter but it would be a restructure of the latter parts of the story which I have another one of these types of chapters lined up bring those out but that will be much later in the story.
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