Hello people, and welcome back to Highschool of the Dead: Resurrection. Let the rest of Itachi's clean-up act commence.
In the morning, Rei and Takashi both got in the shower together, then immediately started mashing lips together, and explored each other's bodies again with their hands. Rei felt Takashi's slender, but lean torso, while Takashi kneaded Rei's buttocks like the dough it felt like, all while filling the space around them with their pleasured moans. Rei then began sucking on Takashi's neck and continued moaning as her butt was played with, eventually inspiring her to dang her tongue up his neck while also exhaling deeply.
Her treatment made Takashi tense up from the intimacy, and then ran his hands up her back until he was holding her head in place against his neck. Rei then pressed her breasts into Takashi's chest even harder, then gripped his buttocks with one hand while using him as a support with the other. Takashi then flexed his buttocks and made Rei giggle as she kept squeezing each side.
"And you think I have a tight ass." Rei teased.
"You do." Takashi groaned before lightly spanking her, which made Rei tense up and chuckle.
"You bad boy." She said sensually before mashing lips with Takashi again...then coaxing groans out of his mouth while she stroked his manhood, and felt it swell even more. Takashi then gripped Rei's breasts and began squeezing, fondling, and weighing them as they continued their moment of lust. Takashi then groaned and tensed up as the pleasure built up in his manhood more and more, thanks to Rei's hand that was moving slowly but steadily, just like Takashi's were on her breasts.
She then let go of his manhood, and then turned around and then rubbed her butt against Takashi's groin as her breasts were still being played with...and her nipples were pinched and twisted.
"O.k...o.k...that's enough, let's get soaped up and leave." Rei said, and then the two helped each other washed their hair, rub body wash over their torso, and legs, and paid special attention to the flesh they were treating. After cleaning each other's skin and hair, and stimulating each other's nerves, the couple then got out of the shower, got dressed, and joined the others in Masato's home...and ran into literally everyone.
"Itachi?" Takashi asked.
"Hey Takashi." Itachi said.
"I...wasn't expecting to see you here." Takashi said.
"Well, it occurred to me last night that I never apologized to you, man to man." Itachi said.
"Really?" Takashi asked.
"Yes, you may have attacked me first, but nevertheless, I goaded you into doing so, and a man can only handle so much before he snaps." Itachi said.
"You didn't apologize." Takashi said simply.
"Because I didn't get there. Anyway, credit where it's due, it was quite impressive that you helped Rei out by yourself, but nevertheless I should have helped you, or at least not add insult to injury. I take full responsibility for my screw-ups, and I swear I will not do that again, and I certainly won't clobber you like that again as long as we're on the same side. Do you forgive me?" Itachi asked, and Takashi smiled.
"You know...that might be the best apology I've ever heard. To answer your question: yes, I do." Takashi said.
"I'm also sorry to the rest of you. I may have done things for you wholeheartedly, but I also hid behind them and thought of them as a get-out-of-jail-free card when I was just being a coward. Yes, I said coward. Saeko was right...I did deserve that. I've been making this about me since the first moment, whether it was warranted or not. Well, I got what I wanted...and what do I have to show for it...? An injured body, and broken bow, and a shattered heart, all of which I lead myself towards in the first place. I'm glad you gave me a replacement bow, especially since it's superior to my original bow in every way, but..to tell the truth, I barely feel worthy of it. But I promise all of you, that's going to change; I will never take any of you, or anything you do for granted again." Itachi said, and everyone smiled one by one.
"That's the smartest thing you've said all month Itachi." Saeko said.
"Yeah, welcome to the team." Kohta said.
"Thank you." Itachi said, and Alice hugged his leg.
"I knew you were a good man." She said, before Itachi knelt down and hugged her back.
"You know before I did." He said softly.
"Oh, I forgot to wish you a happy birthday." Alice said, and Itachi stroked her hair.
"That bow is the best present I ever received." He said.
"How is your back?" Rei asked.
"Mostly fine now; I still feel some pain, and had to muscle past quite a bit during the school rescue, but thank God for hot water." Itachi said.
"Amen to that. I got better myself thanks to hot water...and Rei here." Takashi said, and Itachi chuckled.
"One thing we have in common, and one thing I envy you for...well, in my own way." He said.
"Well, with that out of the way, what's next on the list of places to hit?" Takashi asked.
"None." Masato said.
"What?" Rei asked.
"We have too many things to do before we even think about hitting more places. Like helping Masato recover completely." Shizuka said.
"Why not use hot water yourself? I.e. a shower?" Saya asked.
"I have, but my bones are the problem, not just my flesh, and as much as I hate waiting to recover...I cannot kill zombies if I'm dead myself." Masato said.
"Most obvious thing I've heard all month." Saya said.
"Anyway, we can also train in that time...and Itachi could use some gun training...right?" Kohta asked.
"Right. I'm almost at mastering the pistol, but I think I'm ready for something bigger." Itachi said.
"Really?" Kohta asked.
"If Alice can, so can I." Itachi said.
"I meant you mastered the pistol? What do you mean?" Kohta asked.
"I took two apart and put them back together, at least twice; I forgot how many it was total, but I also used one in battle, and in training...which you already know. Anyway, I haven't gotten comfortable using one, but I'm on the way there. I even have the idea of using two pistols at once, Matrix style, as back-up of course; the bow is kind of my thing." Itachi said.
"Interesting..." Saeko said.
"You know dual-wielding is easier said then done right? Using a pistol with one hand sacrifices stability, which can lead to less accuracy, and possibly a loss of focus." Kohta said.
"Which is exactly why I'm not doing that until I'm ready." Itachi said simply.
"Well...good...then..." Kohta trailed.
"Maybe I can show Itachi what I learned about an M4?" Alice asked.
"That's not a bad idea. You two can bond some more, and you get some experience teaching while he gets new knowledge. Everyone wins." Rei said.
"Alright! Let's go Itachi!" Alice exclaimed as she dragged Itachi by the door towards the door.
"O.k. o.k.! Sheesh, you're going to tear my arm off..." He trailed off before the two left.
"I never thought I'd see Itachi in a situation that can be called cute." Saya said.
"Me neither, but...that's life." Takashi breathed out.
"Speaking of life, I'm starving." Kohta said, then Saeko clapped her hands.
"Then let's eat." She said before everyone grabbed some food, some pots, then put some water on to boil, and ate some snacks to hold them over until the food was done.
"Should the gun...look down the sight...point at a zombie's head...fire!" Alice said, and Itachi put a bullet through a zombie's head.
"Bullseye." He breathed out.
"Try the rest." Alice said, and Itachi smirked.
"Yes ma'am..." He said, before shooting more zombies one by one until his clip ran out.
"Here's another clip." Alice said before handing one over.
"Thanks. You know, I can see why these things are so popular. They handle like a dream, they're light, they hit whatever you point them at; I actually had much worse results with the pistol. Then again, I just got started at the time, I was using an inferior weapon...and I had no teacher." Itachi said.
"Well, not anymore you don't." Alice said.
"I'll bet." Itachi said.
"I also know how to work that SAW Kohta has." Alice said.
"One miracle at a time kid- Alice." Itachi said.
"You said my name!" Alice exclaimed.
"Hey, keep your voice down! I only killed 30, and there's more coming." Itachi said.
"Oh...right. Well, I actually put some of your scouting training to use at the school." Alice said.
"Did you now?" Itachi asked.
"Yep, not much, but I still did it." Alice said.
"Well...next time, maybe you and I can go on a mission together and we can show each other more things, and better things." Itachi said.
"O.k. now, show more zombies who's the boss!" Alice said while pointing at some approaching zombies.
"Yes ma'am!" Itachi said before smirking and opening fire.
After going back inside having more food, Itachi went back to his apartment, and Saeko followed him.
"Itachi?" She asked.
"Yeah?" Itachi said.
"Follow me." Saeko said, and Itachi got off the couch and followed her to her room. She then took out a wrapping and revealed two bokkens.
"What are those?" Itachi asked.
"Practice swords. I found them in the mall, and I kept them mostly as a reminder of sorts, but now...I want you to have one." Saeko said seriously.
"What for?" Itachi asked.
"I want to teach you Kenjutsu." Saeko said...and Itachi stared at her.
"Uh...I'm sorry...what?" He asked.
"You heard me right." Saeko said.
"But...that's a samurai thing, and I'm as far from a samurai as a person can get." Itachi said.
"Yes, you used to be, but now you've done quite a few things a samurai would absolutely do, and you especially turned back on the man you used to be. That's all the reason I need." Saeko said.
"Really...?" Itachi asked.
"Itachi...as far as I'm concerned, that sniper killed you the moment he broke your bow, the very symbol of the arrogance that was tying you, and the rest of us in a know. Now, you stand here reborn, free of everything that I myself wanted to kill you for...but like I said, that man is dead, and a new man stands before me, worthy to follow the way of Bushido." Saeko said, and Itachi smirked.
"I would say you're something else, but that would be a grand understatement." He said before Saeko dropped one bokken then bowed as she handed the other to Itachi with both hands extended. Itachi then grabbed the handle, then looked the bokken over.
"Well...I can finally call myself a master." Saeko said.
"And I cannot say I mind...so when do we start...master?" Itachi asked.
"The temple me and Rei went to has yet to be looted, and the ideal place for a training session." Saeko said.
"Alright, let's go ask for a bus ride." Itachi said.
"No...we're walking." Saeko said.
"That's one hell of a walk. What if we run into zombies?" Itachi asked.
"Then you get to watch your master in action." Saeko said, and Itachi smirked.
"Can't say no to that..." He said before they left.
The pair went through their neighborhood, with Itachi hauling the bokkens, and a bag of food. However, they didn't even get halfway to the temple before they encountered a large group of zombies. Luckily, Saeko had her gunto as well as a bokken, so she could show how it was done for real. Itachi glued her eyes to Saeko's stance, and noted how she poised herself to strike.
"Itachi? Study closely..." Saeko breathed out before using her thumb to pop her blade out of it's sheath, then rushed forward to behead several zombies at once. She then went out to behead more zombies while dashing between them, then stood her ground, let several more approach her before beheading them as well. The whole time, Itach studied what little he could track of her movements, and recognized her movements from all the previous times he watched her fight...but it became extremely clear that she wasn't going easy on the zombies this time.
Then...Saeko's mood, and her style altered, she was no longer calm, focused, and methodical...she was frenzied, wild, entranced even. She was just like Masato when he went on his rampages, except Saeko was...happy. When the battle was over, she had the most ecstatic look on her face he's ever seen, and it took no small amount of time for her to compose herself. When she did, she wiped the blood off her blade with the zombies' clothes, then sheathed it.
"That was...quite a show..." Itachi said.
"Did you see everything?" Saeko asked.
"Yes I did...including the way you fight." Itachi said.
"Oh...that..." Saeko trailed off.
"Now I know why you took it so personally when I laughed at you getting attacked..." Itachi said.
"Yes, and I'm not proud of it, but I love fighting...more than I probably have any right to." Saeko said.
"Well, unlike me- no, the man I used to be, you keep a lid on it. That alone makes you the master before you even met me..." Itachi said.
"Flattery won't make me go easy on you, but...I know you were being serious." Saeko said, and the two shared a smile.
"Let's keep going...master." Itachi said and Saeko kept walking.
When they finally reached the temple, Itachi sat on the stairs while exhaling.
"Damn...that was a walk..." He groaned.
"Now you know why we brought food with us." Saeko said.
"You mean I did some bitch work while you had fun slaughtering zombies." Itachi said, and Saeko giggled.
"Yeah, doesn't seem fair does it, but I'll make it up to you somehow." She said.
"You can start by continuing to talk to me." Itachi said.
"Say what?" Saeko asked.
"Saeko...I don't know if anyone told you that you sound as good as you look, but it doesn't happen often enough." Itachi said and Saeko stared at him.
"Are you...flirting with me?" She asked.
"What? It's true." Itachi said seriously.
"Well, you're telling me what someone should tell you; you may have had a conceited streak days ago, but...I can't say I blame the girls who checked you out, not one bit." Saeko said.
"Now who's flirting with whom." Itachi said.
"First off, I applaud you for proper grammar. Secondly, and more importantly, I'm your master; I'm allowed to pull stunts like this." Saeko said and Itachi snickered.
"My master is the one who sets the example, which I'm overdue for following to be fair." He said.
"Let's just keep going up the stairs." Saeko said...then Itachi eyeballed the broken ground in the middle of the temple.
"Whoa, what happened here?" He asked.
"Hamato happened." Saeko said.
"Oh...that crazy son of a bitch who tried to pull a kamikaze stunt on you." Itachi said.
"Right." Saeko said.
"Well...what are we going to do now?" Itachi asked.
"Put those bokkens to use." Saeko said.
"You...want me to fight you?" Itachi asked.
"I want you to spare with me." Saeko said.
"O...k..." Itachi said, before Saeko took a bokken, and set the bag of food by the stairs. She the took a spot on the side, then Itachi did the same.
"Now, show me your stance." Saeko said, and Itachi did what he was told. Sword in front, eyes on her, one foot forward, the other to the side and behind him.
"Now what?" Itachi asked.
"Bend you knees a little more. Without any tension in your legs, you won't be ready when someone tries to knock you down, or you'll simply lose your balance." Saeko said and Itachi bent his knees a quarter of the way down.
"Now?" Itachi asked, and Saeko took her own stance.
"Now." She said, before Itachi lunged at her with a thrust, only to get deflected hard enough to make his bokken fly out of his hand.
"What the hell!?" He exclaimed.
"Your opponent isn't going to just stand there and let you hit them; you have to prepare for any sort of counter, including a deflection. Now get your weapon and try again." Saeko said seriously, then Itachi went to get his bokken, came back, then lunged forward again, and got deflected again and pulled back as Saeko tried to swing at his head.
"You're not going to fool me twice." Itachi said.
"Promise?" Saeko asked.
"Yes." Itachi said...and Saeko smirked.
"Let's see if you keep your word this time. Try to swing at me." She said, before Itachi wound up and swung at her as quickly as he could, but Saeko moved back before he got close.
"How did you...?!" Itachi trailed off.
"Never wind up. I knew what you were going to do because of that fact alone. Now, try again...without winding up." Saeko said, and Itachi swung at her again, and this time Saeko had to block him.
"Like that?" Itachi asked.
"Much better...you still wound up, but no one is perfect." Saeko said.
"Plus I'm just getting started; you've done this...how long now?" Itachi asked.
"Since I was child." Saeko said.
"Huh...maybe we should get Alice involved sometime." Itachi said, and Saeko took a moment to think.
"You know you might be onto something..." She said.
"But like I told her earlier, one miracle at a time." Itachi said.
"True, now, trying attacking me multiple times. I don't care how." Saeko said, and Itachi threw multiple vertical, horizontal, and diagonal swings at her, and each one was blocked.
"Wow...you have been doing this for years..." Itachi said with a raised eyebrow.
"Indeed, now did you notice how I blocked each strike?" Saeko asked.
"Yeah." Itachi said.
"Copy what I did." Saeko said, and Itachi held his bokken to either side, down low, up high, or with the point facing the ground.
"I know that wasn't the exact order but..." He trailed off.
"It doesn't matter, you made your point. Now...let's see how you defend yourself." Saeko said before throwing her own barrage of strikes, and Itachi frantically put his bokken in the way of each strike, and moved back, and to the side to avoid her, and Saeko stopped and stared at him.
"What?" Itachi asked.
"We didn't even go over maneuvers like that, but what really gets me is that you could have countered me if you wanted to." Saeko said.
"I didn't think of that, and for the record I've been in fights before." Itachi said.
"Even still...you're progressing much faster than I thought; I'm almost tempted to call you a prodigy." Saeko said.
"Like I said, I've been in fights before, and I've watched you fight for almost a month...and it's the product of a lifetime of training, and...that looks like a point of authority to me." Itachi said.
"True. Well, that's enough for now, go fetch the food and let's eat." Saeko said.
"Great, more bitch work." Itachi said.
"Hey, how often does a girl ask you on a date after a training session." Saeko asked.
"Date?" Itachi asked.
"Don't get greedy." Saeko deadpanned, and Itachi snickered before fetching the food, and then they sat down to eat.
When they were done, they inside the main house, and saw a weapon rack with a handful of surprises.
"Damn! That's a big katana!" Itachi exclaimed.
"That's no katana. The one beneath it is, but that big one is a nodachi." Saeko said.
"Never heard of them." Itachi said as Saeko approached the rack, and removed the nodachi from it's sheath.
"Nodachis are swords designed to defeat cavalry, and this one is in very good condition." She breathed out.
"A sword made to take out cavalry...who said size doesn't matter?" Itachi said.
"I'm curious to see how this one performs against zombies, but I will do that myself first." Saeko said before putting the nodachi back in it's sheath.
"What about that katana? Can I have it? I mean...you already have a katana, so..." Itachi trailed off.
"This is a gunto, and before you ask, the difference, aside from the eras they come from, the forging process, and the type of steel, is that a katana is...less robust, than a gunto is. So we may find a gunto for you, but until then, this katana will do, once you master the bokken first. And one more thing, a bokken is harder to use than an actual blade." Saeko said.
"Good to know. What about that last one?" Itachi asked, and Saeko grabbed the last blade on the rack and pulled it out.
"Now...this a Wakizashi, which of course is a back-up weapon, and I'm torn between taking this, or sticking to the bayonets we found." She said.
"I think it fits you like a glove." Itachi said.
"In that case, I'll take it." Saeko said.
"Hey, why didn't what's-his-face use any of these blades instead of that naginata?" Itachi asked.
"Maybe he thought them too sacred, or he thought the naginata was superior somehow." Saeko said.
"Eh, fuck him." Itachi said.
"Yeah...fuck him." Saeko said.
"Now, did you tell the others where we're going? Because, it's going to be dark by the time we get back." Itachi said.
"Then let's go back now, and continue training tomorrow." Saeko said before they left.
"Wait, what about these other buildings?" Itachi asked.
"Look at them." Saeko said, and Itachi went into one before Saeko went into the other. They then came back to tell the other what the found...and Itachi wasn't empty-handed.
"I found a yumi..." He breathed out as he showed her the two-meter-long bow he found.
"You've got to be kidding..." Saeko said.
"Not as all. It's a little big for my liking, but the range and power speaks for itself, or it should." Itachi said.
"I've seen people use these, and they make using them look easy." Saeko said.
"I hope so...but for now, I'll stick to my compound bow." Itachi said.
"Right." Saeko said.
"Hey, I might even teach you some archery myself." Itachi said and Saeko smiled.
"That would be nice." She said softly.
Score another one for the good guys, more weapons, more training, more development...more sparks flying. That's, all I have to say for this outro since...everything I said speaks for itself...oh just Rate, Review, Share, and stay tuned please? O.k. thanks bye.
