HOTDR Chapter 12: The Dead's Aftermath
Author's Note: Hello to our loyal fanboys and fangirls and anyone new to HOTDR! This is a message from the author himself, Chazzard, and the co-author and editor, IamJstar. Since we didn't post anything on this past Saturday, September 5, 2015, we've made the season finale a tad longer for you guys to enjoy! Thank you for understanding and showing your support! Be sure to follow us on Twitter HOTDRevamped and stick around for Season 2 in mid to late fall!
The sun was just rising over the city of Tokonosu and our protagonists were resting in the center of what seemed to be a stone platform in the middle of a fountain. The fountain was ground level and had water in a wide circle on the ground and two swans in the center. It had to be a rather large fountain, seeing as how the ground was letting the humvee travel in circles inside of the fountain. Everyone was sleeping inside the Humvee; Shizuka at the wheel, leaning forward on her breasts but they weren't honking the horn, Lars with Alice in his lap, Kohta on the floor with his back to the right rear door, Tak with his back to the left rear door, adjacent to Kohta, Momosuke with Saya on his lap, Kiba with Saeko on his lap, and Takashi with Rei on his lap. Rukina, Ame and Nado were sleeping in the back seat. Kiba was the first to wake this time, Saeko's hair was over his face as he let her sleep against his chest. He moved her long, purple hair from his face and began running his fingers from her scalp down to the tips of her hair. As he did that, Saeko began to wake up, turning towards him; Kiba continued to stroke her hair.
Kiba: Well, good morning sunshine. How'd you sleep?
Saeko: It was a well needed rest. I don't think I've slept that good since this whole thing started.
Kiba: As long as I'm around, you can get as much sleep as you need.
Kiba then began to feel the fingers of someone else through his hair. He looked to his left and saw Momosuke's hand in his hair.
Kiba: What the hell are you doing?
Momosuke: Hm? What? I thought we were all giving scalp massages.
Kiba (thinking): Nice cockblock, asshole.
Saya began to wake up; she was sleeping with her face against Momosuke's chest and her left arm wrapped around his waist. She sat up with a thin trail of drool going from Momosuke's school shirt to her mouth.
Momosuke: Ew! Saya!
Saya (wiping her mouth): Huh? What?
Momosuke: You drooled on me! Again!
Saya: No I didn't. *yawn* What are you talking about?
Kohta: Could you guys keep it down? I was having a fantastic dream about Shizuka-sensei!
Momosuke, Saya and Kiba all stared at him with a very concerned look on their face. He turned his head to the side and squinted his eyes before going back to sleep.
Kiba: Yeah. We need to find this guy a girlfriend.
~One Hour Later~
The sun was shining bright in the sky on day five of the outbreak. The 10 a.m. sunlight lit the entire city of Tokonosu and the group was around the humvee on the side of the street. An explosion rang through the city earlier that morning and that must have drawn most of "them" in that direction. The explosion woke everyone up immediately and they decided to move to a very vacant street so that they could see if anyone or anything was coming their way. Momosuke was laying on his back with his hands locked behind his head with Saya laying next to him. She had one hand on his stomach, rubbing his stab wound because he had said it was bothering him. On the opposite side of the street was Saeko and Kiba, walking together along the sidewalk. To the left of them was a small pond that had a few fish still happily swimming about, unaware of the apocalypse at hand. The two were still awkwardly walking next to each other.
Saeko: How is your shoulder doing?
Kiba: It's alright. I probably should've picked up that sling though. I feel like I need it. Just to keep it supported, you know?
Saeko: Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't see it fast enough. I could've stopped it from biting the sling and you'd still have it… If only I'd seen it faster.
Kiba: No, no. Don't blame yourself. I should've been more aware. Never blame yourself for something like that, Saeko. Things happen for a reason.
Saeko looked away from him, blushing. He used his index, middle and ring fingers on his left hand to grab her fingers on her right hand. She looked to him and looked away again, still blushing. Kohta looked in front of them and saw Takashi giving Rei a piggy back ride. The two had gone around the corner to scout ahead and didn't see a single one of "them". The two reached the rest of the group. Momosuke and Saya sat up.
Kohta: You two see anything?
Takashi: No. That noise earlier must've got their attention.
Momosuke: That's good. It'll keep them off of us for a while.
Ame: Woo! Come on, Rukina!
Rukina: Right behind you!
Momosuke, Saya, Rei, Kohta and Takashi looked to see Ame and Rukina running up behind them. They went around the corner to the bakery to see if there was anything edible. The girls were running down the street, full speed with smiles on their faces.
Takashi: What's got you two running?
Rukina: Nothing serious guys!
Ame: Me and Rukina used to run track because we have a lot of energy. Getting to run like that every once in a while feels good.
Kohta (whispering): I know what else feels good.
Momosuke: What did you say, Kohta?
Kohta: Huh? What?
Momosuke: Never mind.
Nado: It's about time you two came back.
Ame: Hey, Nado.
Nado: Did you two find food or not?
Ame: No. That bakery had things that were sitting out. And since it's a bakery, everything is made fresh. So there wasn't anything in the back.
Nado: Such a disappointment.
The angry boy walked away and went to sit inside the car. The rear left door opened and out came Alice. Lars followed behind her; Alice was holding his hand, pulling him along.
Lars: What's wrong, Alice?
Alice: I don't like that Nado, onii-chan. He's mean.
Lars: Yeah, he sure is.
Rukina: We know Nado isn't the most likeable kid on earth.
Ame: He blamed our parents for everything. Why he didn't have many friends-
Rukina: If any at all…
Ame: Why he had to repeat a grade.
Rukina: Why he was born with freckles.
Ame: And when our parents died, he blamed us.
Rukina: When it was no one's fault.
Ame: We love our brother… But he's not very easy to get along with.
Kiba: Yeah, tell me about it.
The group looked to see that Kiba and Saeko were walking up to them. The two were holding hands and Rei noticed, giving Saeko a slight grin. The grin made Saeko embarrassed and she looked away, with her cheeks turning bright red.
Rukina: So! How is everybody?
Ame: We got a game plan or what?
Takashi: I was trying to think of a plan for us.
Rei: We need to find somewhere safe. That should be a priority.
Takashi: Hey, Rei. Can you get down off of my back?
Rei: Oh. Yeah. Sorry.
He let her down.
Takashi: I was thinking maybe Gansho Hospital? It's only 3 stories high. And if we can get there, clear it out, do whatever else we need to do, we can live there. It's a hospital, so it has to have beds. It has to have a cafeteria. Even if the food isn't non-perishable, we can go out on supply runs and gather food. And store it in the cafeteria. We could be set like that.
Kohta: I like the way that sounds. It's a hospital, so it only has a few entrances and a lot of emergency exits. It's got multiple rooms, so more than enough for everyone. It's more than likely going to have a backup generator or two which is all we are going to need. We could settle on the second floor and live like that.
Momosuke: Why the second floor?
Kohta: Safety reasons. If we get invaded, it'll be safer to stay on the second floor. On the first floor, we'd be vulnerable. If we stayed on the second, we'd know they were coming and be ready to intercept the attack. Not the third floor because incase we need to evacuate, I'd rather leap from a second story window than a third, know what I mean?
Kiba: Damn, Kohta. That was actually…
Saya: Smart. Good job, lard ass.
Kohta: Thanks! *short pause* ...Hey!
Tak stepped out from the humvee and walked over to the group.
Tak: What we talking about guys?
Saya: Just discussing our plan on what we want to do. And I don't know if I like it.
Momosuke: What's wrong with the hospital?
Saya: It's a huge place, Momo-kun. There's going to be-
Takashi: Momo-kun?
Saya: Shut up.
Takashi: Ah… I see! You two got some news for us? Made it official yet?
Momosuke: We'll… talk about that later. Let's talk about the plan for a sec.
Takashi: Yeah, okay.
Saya: As I was saying. There's going to be a lot of those… things probably in the hospital. You never know what could've happened when everything went down.
Momosuke: That's true… Now that I think about it. We don't know how many people got infected with the virus when things went to shit. That hospital could be flooded with them.
Kiba: I think it's risk we're going to have to take. Best thing to do would be send in some runners to scout the place. Make sure it's safe. Not go in guns blazing.
Saya: I actually agree with that.
Momosuke: Okay, so when we get there it can be Lars, Saeko, Me-
Saya: Absolutely not!
Momosuke: What? What's wrong?
Saya: You still wanna be a runner for this group? Even after what happened to you?!
Momosuke: Well, yeah. I can't let that stop me from-
Saya threw her hands down in anger and walked away from the group. Momosuke tilted his head down and scratched the back of his head.
Takashi: Uh… Maybe we should talk about this later?
Ame: That was intense.
Momosuke: No, don't worry about it. She'll be okay. I'll talk to her in a second.
Rei: Maybe she's right, Momosuke. Are you sure you're ready to continue runs for us even after being stabbed? You know she worries about you as is with that wound. Her not being with you on those runs would kill her heart.
Momosuke: But I'm fast. And I know Tokonosu well. Who's going to replace me as a runner if I don't go? Kohta?!
Everyone looked to Kohta and he was gently stroking the barrel of his AR-10. He noticed the group looking at him and walked away while giving a death stare.
Rei: I see your point, but still. Think about her feelings. How would you feel if she went out on a supply run without you there. You'd be worried about her, wouldn't you?
Momosuke: Well, yeah but-
Rei: Now times that by two since you've been stabbed, Momo. Think about it for a second. She's trying to protect you.
Momosuke looked down and thought for a second and realized his mistake. Saya wasn't just being mean for no reason. She actually cares about him and wants to keep him safe the best way she can. She knows she's not the strongest, so she won't go on supply runs with him. So the best thing she can do is try to get him to stay out of harm's ways.
Momosuke (thinking): Dammit, Rei. You're right. I'm an idiot.
He turned around and began walking towards the humvee.
Kiba: Saeko, you're cool with me being a runner still, right?
She nodded to him.
Kiba: Good. Because I don't think Kohta would make the cut. He'd probably eat the food before getting it back to us.
Takashi: Wow.
Tak: That was… a little mean man.
Kiba: Pfft. Am I wrong?
Takashi: Eh… no…
Kiba: Me one, group zero.
Takashi: Whatever. Hey, girls.
Ame and Rukina looked to Takashi.
Takashi: What are you guys good at? Like how have you been surviving by yourselves?
Rukina: Well…
Ame: We're fast!
Rukina: We've all got pretty good speed. Even Nado can keep up with us.
Kiba: That little shit is fast?
Lars elbowed him in the arm.
Kiba: Ow! Hey! Watch it! Bad arm!
Ame: Yup! We're all really fast. We ran track and Nado… When he was angry, he would run out his anger. I guess he just developed speed from running a lot.
Rei: That's actually helpful. If we can get you girls to go on close supply runs, you can quickly go out and grab food and run back before attracting attention.
Rukina: Oh! Runners?!
Ame: We can be supply runners?!
Takashi: Um… Maybe just close range runners. Just to see how you girls do.
Ame: But we can run long distances!
Takashi: Baby steps, girls.
Rukina and Ame: Aw, man…
Kiba looked to Momosuke who was walking over to the Humvee and opening the door.
Kiba (thinking): Good luck with that, bro. You're going to need it.
Momosuke opened the humvee door and saw Saya laying across the backseat with her face facing the back of the seat. He looked down and then back into the vehicle and saw Nado looking through the window.
Momosuke: Nado, can you give us a second?
Nado: For what? You don't like me, so why should I listen to you?
Momosuke: Never said I didn't like you. That's Kiba. I'm asking you nicely. Can you please?
Nado: Whatever. Make it quick, tough guy. It's hot outside.
The kid hopped over the seat, careful not to hit Saya and exited the vehicle on the opposite side of the car. He grabbed her leg and moved it gently back and forth.
Momosuke: Hey. Can I sit down?
Without saying a word, she flipped over, so now her back was facing the seat, and she let her legs down, opening up a seat for him. He climbed in and sat down, closing the door behind himself. He put his hand on her back and started slowly rubbing her back to calm her down.
Momosuke: What's-
Saya: Why won't you listen to me?
Her question made him freeze his words. It was such a sudden question, even cutting him off. He knew what she meant though. It seemed that he was going to ignore her request and still be a runner even though she's obviously not comfortable with it.
Momosuke: What do you mean?
Saya: Supply running. I know we need supplies. I'm not dumb. But do "you" have to go?
Momosuke: I'm good at it, Saya. I can greatly help the squad by being a runner. I'm fast and I know the majority of Tokonosu City like the back of my hand.
Saya: I just don't want you to get hurt or worse, okay? Is that too much to ask?
Momosuke: I know I can't promise that I won't get hurt, but the others need my help-
Saya: What about what I need?
Momosuke: Hm? What do you mean?
Saya: I need you… alive. With me. I don't want anything to happen to you. I… I love you Momosuke. I really do. And I don't want to lose you.
Momosuke: Saya…
Saya: Just… please? For me? Stop being a runner. Please?
Momosuke sighed and scratched his cheek. He wanted to be a runner for the group's sake, but for her sake… He'd do anything for her. And that was more important at the moment.
Momosuke: Okay, Saya.
Saya: Okay? Okay what?
Momosuke: I won't be a runner anymore.
She sat up next to him and put her hand on his hand.
Saya: Really? You'd do that for me?
Momosuke: Yeah, I would Saya. I care about your feelings, and I don't want to hurt you again. I know you were terrified when it was just me and Kiba. We can handle ourselves, but we got lucky that time. And I'd rather not press my luck.
She hugged him tightly around the waist with a big smile on her face. He returned the hug and rubbed her back.
Saya: Thank you so much, Momosuke. I know you can help the group, but I just don't want you to die.
Momosuke: I get you. I'd rather not die either.
Nado opened the humvee door again.
Nado: Time's up. It's hot as shit out there-
Saya looked to him with a menacing glare that made the boy flinch and stop in place. He backed out of the humvee.
Nado: Geez… Calm down…
He closed the door and walked away to find shade.
Momosuke: Come on. Let's go back to the others.
The two exited the vehicle, with Ms. Marikawa still in the front seat catching up on sleep. When they closed the humvee door, holding each other's hand, the see Kohta crawling along the ground with his rifle on his back. He looked like a turtle that was running from an alligator.
Momosuke: What the hell's the matter with you?
Kohta: It's… sooo… *HUFF* hot! Need… *HUUUFFFFF* water… *faints*
Momosuke: Kohta…
Saya: It's not that hot, moron.
Takashi: I take it you guys have things worked out?
Saya: You could say that.
Kiba: Kohta is right though. It's hot out here. At least 108 degrees.
Momosuke: it is NOT 108 degrees, Kiba.
Tak: Isn't there a 7 Eleven nearby?
Momosuke: I think so. It should be around the corner to the right and all the way down that long road.
Saeko: We could refuel and pick up some drinks as well.
Kohta: Don't forget snacks!
Lars: Alice is getting pretty hungry. I think food is a good idea.
Zero barked.
Lars: And Zero.
Takashi: Well, let's wake up Marikawa-sensei. She's the driver.
Kohta quickly stood up with a shine in his eyes.
Kohta: I'll wake her up!
Rei: Not gonna happen.
Rei walked over to the humvee and knocked on the driver door window. When Shizuka didn't move, she opened the door and saw that Shizuka was drooling onto her shirt where her breasts were.
Rei: Shizuka-sensei? Wake up. We gotta get going.
Shizuka (drowsy, drooling): Huh? What?
Rei: Sensei…
Takashi: Damn. She was out cold.
Saya: Let's get loaded into the car. It's pretty hot out here.
Kohta: I… told you. *HUFF*
Shizuka stepped out of the front seat and stretched, holding her hands up into the air. The stretch made her chest raise higher and when she relaxed her arms, they dropped and jiggled from the height.
Momosuke (thinking): Jesus fuck!
Kiba (thinking): Dammit, why does Saeko have to be right there!
Takash (thinking): Rei will kill me if she sees me looking!
Lars (thinking): Her chest is… very large. Like two bowling balls. The heavy ones.
Kohta (thinking): She is… my GODDESS!
Tak: Why is everyone staring at Shizuka-sensei?
Momosuke: Uh…
Takashi: What? Who's staring?
Kiba: Hey! No staring! That's indecent!
Momosuke: None of us were staring dude. What are you talking about?
Tak: I don't know… You guys-
Takashi covered his mouth and dragged him to the backseat of the humvee by his head.
Momosuke: Anyways! Let's get going!
Everyone loaded up into the Humvee and Shizuka tried to start it. As she twisted the key, the engine began making a sputtering noise. She tried a second time and the humvee's engine roared.
Takashi: What the hell was that?
Shizuka: I don't know… It wouldn't start for a second.
Kiba: I don't like the sound of that. Saya, you sure this was the "working" humvee?
Saya: It's been working so far, right?
Kiba: Yeah, yeah. Just making sure.
Saya: Maybe it's the heat getting to it.
Tak: That's possible. It could be messing with something under the hood.
Rei: Well let's get to the mall. I think we all need a change of clothes and we can find more things to use there.
Kiba: Rei, you need the change of clothes the most. You smell like a wet hamster.
Rei: Shut up before I break your other arm!
Kiba: Whoa! Hey! I was just kidding!
Takashi: Cut it out, guys. Come on. It's way too hot for arguing.
Momosuke: He's right. I feel like a baked potato in this tin can. Shizuka-sensei, does the AC work still?
Shizuka: It should.
She turned it on and it started blasting steaming hot air into the car. Everyone put their hands in front of their face to block the heat.
Ame: Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!
Kohta: Holy crap! It's like sitting in a sauna!
Takashi: Sensei! I said AC! Not heat!
Shizuka: I did! This is the air conditioning knob!
Momosuke: Dammit, Ms. Marikawa! TURN IT OFF!
She twisted the knob that controlled the air conditioning and turned it off. Everyone let out a sigh of release.
Kiba: Saya! Are you SURE this is the working one?!
Saya: I don't know anymore!
Takashi: Just get it in drive and we'll put the windows down. Kohta, open the overhead hatch thing.
Kohta: On it!
Saeko rolled down the rear left window while Rei rolled down the rear right window. Kohta unlocked and pushed open the hatch. He stood and let his upper half feel the burning air. Shizuka put the humvee in drive and drove off. She hot air was blowing into the humvee windows, but the faster she went the cooler the air would get. Takashi took his shirt off and put it over his shoulders and Rei admired his torso. She was too nervous to touch him, so she let her eyes do all the touching. Saya put her hand on her forehead to check her temperature and leaned against Momosuke.
Saya (to Momosuke): I think I'm starting to run a fever.
Momosuke (to Saya): No, no. I think you're just overheating. You should take off that cotton overshirt.
Saya: Good idea.
She reached for the bottom of her shirt and started pulling it up over her head. Tak and Kohta noticed her basically stripping in front of them and tried not to watch since Momosuke was right there. When she pulled off her shirt, it was revealed that she had on a white tank top underneath. The shirt stopped just below her belly button, so she wasn't showing too much skin.
Momosuke: There you go. Better right?
Saya: Yeah. I can actually breathe now.
Kohta (thinking): But I can't!
Momosuke leaned forward and saw that Shizuka was coming up on the gas station.
Momosuke: Right up here, Sensei. That's it all the end of the street.
Shizuka: Before the stop light?
Momosuke: Yeah, that's it.
After a few more moments of driving, they had reached their destination. Shizuka pulled up to the seemingly abandoned gas station and stopped the vehicle in front of one of the pumps. Takashi was the first to step out of the humvee and then the others followed. Shizuka put the car in park and then exited the driver's seat. Alice stayed close to Lars, holding his hand, while Zero was standing in front of her.
Kiba: It's dark inside the gas station… Do you think anyone could be inside?
Rei: It's definitely possible. We should have someone check it out.
Takashi: Not someone. A team. I'll go. I need 3 other volunteers.
Lars: I'll go.
Kohta: I'll go with you.
Alice: But scary onii-chan! It looks really bad in there!
Lars: I'll be right back, Alice. I promise.
Momosuke: I'll-
He looked over to Saya who was looking down at the ground, seeming bashful and sad at the same time. Momosuke quietly sighed.
Momosuke: Uh… Nevermind.
Saya grabbed his hand. Momosuke looked to her and she was now smiling.
Takashi: If you're not going, then I'll take Kiba or Saeko.
Kiba: I'll go. Don't want Saeko to be put in danger again.
Kohta cocked the hammer of his AR-10 and checked the magazine. He only had about 10 shots left and he had just one spare clip. Momosuke handed Kiba the bokken and Lars was still unarmed, not that he needed a weapon. And of course Takashi had his baseball bat that he found in the school. The four began quietly and slowly advancing towards the gas station entrance. Once they reached the front door, Kohta and Kiba took one side and Takashi and Lars went to the other side; as if they were about to breach a building.
Kohta looked to Takashi and started doing a bunch of military style gestures with one hand and Takashi looked at him like he was an idiot.
Takashi (whispering): What are you doing?!
Kohta (whispering): Covert ops man! Gotta be the best of the best!
Takashi (whispering): It's a fucking gas station dude!
Kiba (whispering): Are we going in or not?!
Lars put his hand on the door and gently pushed it open. It was one of those doors that closed by themselves if someone wasn't holding it, so Lars held it and let the others go first. Kohta was first and aimed his gun left and right, carefully keeping his eyes open; watching for any infected or people. From the front door, the cash register was immediately to the left. To the right was the snacks and the far right was the drinks in the freezers. In front to the right was a slushie machine that seemed to have 3 flavors in it and directly in front of them, past the slushie machines, was a hallway that seemed to have no more than 4 rooms in it. And at the end of the hallway was a small resting room (a room with 2 couches and a tv) and an exit built into the wall next to the human sized glass windows.
Kohta (whispering): Looks clear.
Takashi (whispering): Yeah. Keep an eye out. We're going to get the snacks and drinks for the road.
Kiba (whispering): Wait! There's one!
Everyone looked down the hall to see that one of "them" were slowly trotting towards them.
Kohta (whispering): I got it.
Takashi (whispering): No. The noise. Lars?
Lars nodded and slowly creeped up towards it while crouched. He looked to his left and saw that there was a rusty screwdriver on the counter and grabbed it. Once it was close enough, Lars kicked it so hard on the knee, the it shattered to the undead's right kneecap, causing it to fall. He quickly jumped on it's back and drove the screwdriver straight into the back of it's skull, stopping its movement completely.
Kiba: Good shit, man.
Lars nodded and the guys continued over to the drink section to clear it. Since there was no sign of "them", Takashi and Lars headed down the hall where the single walking abomination came from. They went through and opened each door, making sure there was nothing dangerous behind it and then went to the resting room at the end of the hall and didn't see a single body, dead or alive.
Takashi: It's really weird that there was only one dead guy in here this whole time.
Lars: It's possible that there were others, but they managed to wander outside.
Takashi: Yeah. I guess you're right. Let's go let the other's know it's safe.
Takashi and Lars regrouped with Kiba and Kohta and they went outside to the others.
Kiba: All clear!
Takashi: And it's air conditioned!
Rei: Yes! Cool air!
Ame and Rukina: Woo!
Nado: My god, can you two not make so much noise?
Rukina: Oh stop being such a grouch, Nado. Lighten up.
Saeko: Let's get inside before the heat kills us.
Momosuke: I feel like a snowcone in an oven.
Saya: Then let's go cool off, Mr. Snowman.
Everyone went inside to enjoy the cool air and Takashi hooked up the gas line to the humvee to fuel it. He had Lars go inside and set it up where he was able to get $100 worth of gas from the pump before it turned off. Before going inside, Rei turned around and saw Takashi staring up at the clouds passing overhead while fueling up the humvee. She walked over to him and stood next to him.
Takashi: Hey, Rei. You ever wonder why this happened?
Rei: What? What do you mean?
Takashi: This whole apocalypse. Ever wonder why it had to happen now and not 100 years from now when we're all dead?
Rei: All things happen for a reason. You told me that.
Takashi: Yeah, I sure did, huh? Still though. It makes me wonder how this all started. I mean, I love my new friends. I'd do anything for them. But that question still lingers in the back of my mind. "Why did this have to happen to us?"
Rei: If this whole thing never happened, I'd still be with Hisashi and you'd still hate me.
Takashi: I never hated you. I hated Hisashi for taking you before I got the chance to.
Rei: You had all the time in the world though… Even before Hisashi and I dated… I kinda liked you and I thought you liked me but… You never acted upon it.
Takashi: It's because I didn't know how… Could you blame me?
Rei: No. No I couldn't. And I still don't.
She hugged him against the side of the humvee and wrapped her arms around his waist. He hugged her back.
Rei: I can't blame you because we're together now. Even if it took us a while, we're both with each other now.
Takashi: Yeah. And I wouldn't change a thing.
The two hugged for a long, peaceful while as the clouds began to block a little of the sun's rays, cooling the area down just a tad. It was a nice day out; a little on the hot side, but an overall nice day. Not too many undead to kill, the fortunate explosion in the distance was definitely the contributor to that. So for now, the group could relax and enjoy themselves. Just for a little bit.
~Tokonosu Offshore International Airport~
At the Tokonosu Offshore International Airport, or just Tokonosu Airport, Rika Minami and Tajima were on the roof of the airport ahead of them were a graveyard of undead corpses on the ground. They had just got silently taking out a great number of "them" by themselves. Rika saw it as "target practice".
Tajima: Good shooting, sir. You seem to be more on point than usual.
Rika: Oh please, Tajima. I'm always at the top of my game.
Tajima: What do we do now? We were ordered to just keep watch out here but you K.O'd anything that moves.
Rika: I suppose for now, we get to relax.
She laid down on the roof on her back and put her hands behind her head. She then used one hand to unzip her vest and then her black jacket, revealing her sports bra.
Tajima: Whoa there! What do we have here?
Rika: What? It's hot and boobs get sweaty in this gear.
Tajima: Well, you could just take it off. Let those godly breasts of yours air out.
Rika: Haha, nice try.
Tajima (sarcastic): Oh, darn. I've been caught.
Tajima sat down next to her and stared off into the clouds. He glanced over to Rika every now and again to get a look at her bodatious D-cup breasts.
Tajima: So, boss? What do you think we should do after we're done here?
Rika: What do you mean?
Tajima: You know, when we're done here. This airport is bound to fall apart sooner or later.
Rika: I'm heading out soon to find my little brother and his friends. So I won't be here for the fall of this airport. You're more than welcome to come along with me.
Tajima: Hm? Oh really?
Rika: Of course. You've been my partner for 2 years. I actually trust you. That's better than I can say to most.
Tajima: Since you put it like that, yeah. I'll tag along.
Rika: Good. We should get back inside soon. Captain-
Gunshots rang out from within the airport, two of them. The gunshots brought Rika and Tajima to their feet.
Tajima: That sounded close.
Rika: Inside.
Rika quickly put her gear back on and picked up her sniper while Tajima drew his pistol from the holster. The two ran to the center of the roof and found the entrance they used to get on the roof in the first place. Tajima let Rika down first and then he followed. They landed in the ventilation system and had to crawl back through the vents to get to the lounge; the employee break room.
Tajima: Hey, Rika. Who told you to have such a nice butt in my face like this?
Rika: Oh shut up. We're in a danger zone. Stay focused. You can look at my ass later.
Tajima: Oh yeah? With or without pants on?
Rika: You'll have to wait and see.
After a few minutes of crawling, they reached the lounge and dropped down from the vent. Rika and Tajima both aimed their guns around the breakroom, being extremely careful.
Rika: We're on the second floor. Let's head downstairs.
Tajima: On it.
Downstairs, another branch of the S.A.T. (Special Assault Team) known as Bomb Squad was in the area with the main terminals; the highest traffic area in an airport. Everyone was scrambling around, searching for cover as a crazy man pulled out a handgun and fired two rounds into the air. One of the officers and Captain of the Squad, Takeo Naoko was the first on scene. He went by Rodack since Bomb Squad had an internal decision to go by nicknames instead of their last names. He aimed his MP5K submachine gun at the civilian and tried to reason with him as the man aimed his weapon at the officers.
Rodack: Sir! Please, put the gun down! We don't want to hurt you!
Civilian: This place… this world man. It's all going to die.
Rodack: Sir! I'm not going to ask you again! Please put down your weapon!
Civilian: Only way I'm putting down this weapon is when one of you pry it from my lifeless fingers.
Rodack: Don't do this, sir.
Civilian: As a matter of fact, let me help you with that.
He put the gun to the side of his own head.
Rodack: Whoa! Hey!
Civilian: This world will die. There is no saving it. Be like me and set yourself free early instead of dying a gruesome death.
Rodack: Wait!
The man pulled the trigger and blew his brains out through the left side of his skull; pieces of his brain and skull fragments landing on the ground next to him and some managed to splatter on a little girls' shoe that just so happened to be nearby. His body laid lifelessly on the ground and the other citizens cried out in fear. Rodack got on his radio.
Rodack (into the radio): General. It's Captain Naoko, Bomb Squad, 2nd Squadron.
General (over the radio): It's General Yuramura. I hear you loud and clear, Captain. Status report.
Rodack: We uh… We just had someone commit suicide in front of everyone in the airport, sir.
General: You've got to be kidding me! I gave you the responsibility along with Captain Minami to take care of that airport, son! Where is she?
Rodack: I'm not sure, General. I haven't seen her since I arrived.
General: Well find her and get that airport under control!
Rodack: Yes, sir.
General: Yuramura, over and out.
Rodack sighed and removed his helmet for a brief moment to think. He scratched the back of his head and then put the helmet back on.
Rodack: Lieutenant Voka.
Voka was second in command of his squadron and his trustworthy partner.
Voka: Sir?
Rodack: Take a squad of 3 with you and find Captain Minami.
Rika: You boys don't have to look far.
Rodack and Voka, along with the rest of the squad, turned around to see Rika and Tajima walking up behind them. Rodack and Voka both stood at attention and saluted her.
Rika: Skip the formalities. We don't have time for it.
Rodack: Yes, Senior Captain.
Rika: And just call me Rika.
Rodack: Yes, ma'am. Did you see what just went down here?
Rika: Yeah. We need to get the situation under control. Rally up all civilians and check them for weapons. We don't need another outburst.
Tajima: I'm on it.
Rika: Naoko, was it?
Rodack: Just call me Rodack, ma'am.
Rika: Alright, Rodack. You and I need to-
A lady screamed out from the crowd of people and grabbed everyone's attention. They looked to see that a woman was being bitten on her thigh by one of them.
Rika: What?! Where did that come from?!
Rodack: I don't know!
Rodack aimed his gun at the man biting the woman and fired two rounds into its skull, immobilizing it. Rika quickly ran over to the woman; she was lying on the ground, twitching from the blood loss.
Rika: Tajima.
Tajima: Yeah?
Rika: End it.
Tajima looked the woman in the eyes and the lady gave him a head nod signifying that she wanted him to do it. He put his pistol on the top of her head and pulled the trigger, sending a round digging into her skull.
Rika: We need to evacuate everyone to minimize fatalities.
Tajima: Evacuate to where?
Rika: I haven't figured that out yet. Rodack.
Rodack: Yes, ma'am?
Rika: Does your radio work?
Rodack: Yes, ma'am.
Rika: Get a hold of HQ. We need about 12 choppers for extraction.
Rodack: That many choppers would take a while, ma'am.
Rika: Then you'd better get on it, kid.
Rodack: Right!
Another group of people started screaming and Rika saw that 3 of them were chomping down on a man and his son a few yards away. Rika aimed her sniper at the undead, but didn't fire because there were civilians running around like chicken with their head cut off. Everyone around them were now dying left and right; the infection had reached the airport and there was no stopping it now. The number of infected were beginning to outnumber the humans 2 to 1.
Rika: The airport is lost…
Rodack: We have to neutralize the infected immediately.
Rika: There are too many people. It's impossible to pick out who's alive and who's dead with this many bodies moving around.
Tajima: We should get out of here, Rika. Like right now.
Rika: I'm with you on that. Let's go.
Rodack: You're going to abandon the mission?!
Rika: I'm not abandoning the mission. I'm going to save my brother and best friend. That's "my" mission.
Rika and Tajima turned around and left the airport terminal using the elevator.
Rodack: Voka.
Voka: Sir?
Rodack: Stay here and be sure to clear the area of the infected. I'm going with Captain Rika to get her brother and we'll rendezvous at HQ.
Voka: Understood. We'll get it done!
Rodack and Voka made a hammer fist and bumped the bottom of their fists together. Rodack left and followed Rika and Tajima by using the stairs. Outside of the airport was a medium sized boat on the water used as an escape boat. Rodack saw that Rika and Tajima were boarding it.
Rodack: C-Captain!
Rika: Hm? You coming along?
Rodack: Are you sure it's a good idea to leave the airport?
Rika: Your men back there can handle the situation, am I wrong?
Rodack: No, ma'am. As Bomb Squad, we not only specialize in deactivating and locating bombs, we also specialize in crowd control.
Rika: Then they can handle it. My little brother is out there somewhere and I'm going to find him.
Rodack: Then I'll go too. But after we find him, we have to get back to headquarters. General Yuramura is expecting us.
Rika: Well, the old man is going to have to wait.
The three got into the boat and Tajima pulled the lever to start to the motor. The boat motor roared and the group was on their way back to the shoreline. Rodack turned around and looked at the airport as he travelled further and further away from it.
Rodack (thinking): Voka… Loban… San-Jeon… Please be safe until I get back.
Just then, a bomber jet flew overhead. It was passing directly over Rika, Tajima and Rodack and flew right over the airport.
Tajima: A Stealth B-90? What are one of those things doing around here?
As the bomber flew away, it dropped an object that seemed to look like a very small teardrop. Once the teardrop shaped item landed on the airport, it detonated. It completely obliterated the airport, sending it up in a fiery blaze and sending building debris in every direction.
Rodack: NO!
Rika: What the hell are they doing!?
Rodack got on his radio and tried to get a hold of General Yuramura.
Rodack: General Yuramura! Come in! We have an urgent matter! The airport-
General Yuramura (over radio): Is this Naoko?
Rodack: Yes, sir!
General: You're alive? Fantastic! You made it out of the airport in one piece.
Rodack: What… What are you talking about, sir?
General: My higher-ups decided that the airport was a hot zone. A lost cause.
Rodack: So you bombed it?!
General: Calm down, son. It had to be done. We couldn't risk-
Rodack: No General! My men were in that airport! My FRIENDS were in that airport! You know what? FUCK YOU!
General: What the hell did you just say to me, son?!
Rodack ripped the radio from his vest and threw it into the water.
Tajima: Hey uh… You alright man?
Rodack turned around and looked at the blazing remains of the airport.
Rika: Leave him be for a while. I think he needs some time to think.
Tajima: Well, we could've used the radio.
Rika: Don't worry about it. We'll find another one. Right now, I'm just worried about my brother.
She looked ahead, in the direction they were travelling, and thought about Kiba, Momosuke and Shizuka. The three people she cared most about in the world.
Rika (thinking): Please… stay safe until I get there.
~7 Eleven Gas Station, Tokonosu City~
The entire group was inside the gas station, enjoying the cool air and free refreshments. Momosuke and Saya were sitting on the counter, cuddled up together while they shared a blue and green slushie. Lars had an energy drink and Alice had a vanilla ice cream cone with sprinkles. Kohta was given water since Kiba and Takashi thinks he needs to start being more healthy. Saeko simply had a flavored bottled water as well and a granola bar.
Rei (to Takashi): This is nice. Being able to relax once in a while.
Takashi (to Rei): I wish we had all the time in the world like this. Everyone having a good time and bonding and not worrying about the outside threats. I'll get us there one day.
Rei (thinking): You will? Seems like you're finally embracing this leader role.
Rukina: Hey, can someone help us open the ladies restroom? It seems to be locked from the inside.
Tak: Yeah, I think there's a crowbar in the trunk. I'll get it.
Momosuke: Careful out there, dude.
Tak: I got it.
Tak went outside and walked over to the driver's seat of the humvee. He opened the driver door and looked near the peddles to find the lever to pull for the trunk. Once he pulled the lever, he stood up and closed the door and saw a little surprise in front of him.
Tak: Whoa. Where did they come from?
In front of him was a small group of about 15 of "them". They seemed to have wandered over from across the highway to the gas station. Tak ran inside to the others.
Tak: We got a problem outside!
Everyone's attention went to Tak. They dropped what they were doing and everyone rushed outside to the humvee. The group saw the group of infected and took action.
Takashi: Shizuka-sensei, take Alice and get inside the humvee. Saya, you too. I don't want you getting hurt.
Saya: No, I'll be okay as long as I stand behind you guys.
Takashi: Suit yourself. We need the weapons.
Kohta: Momosuke, go to the trunk and grab Takashi's shotgun and the other stuff.
Kiba: Other stuff?
Momosuke: What other stuff?
Kohta: Just hurry and go!
Momosuke: Okay, okay. Calm yourself.
Momosuke went to the trunk and raised the door to see Takashi's Ithaca shotgun, Rei's Springfield rifle and the Beretta and Crossbow laying underneath.
Momosuke: Are you serious?! You had the pistol and crossbow all this time and didn't tell us?!
Kohta: Oh yeah… I forgot man. Sorry about that.
Kiba: What?! YES! Rika won't kill me!
Momosuke picked up the Wildcat Crossbow and Beretta from the trunk along with Takashi's shotgun and walked them over to the group. Kiba took the Beretta and Takashi took the shotgun and pumped it, checking for ammo.
Takashi: There's nothing in it!
Momosuke: Oops. Ammo's in the trunk.
Takashi: Screw it. I'll use my bat this time. Guns would be too loud anyway.
Takashi, Kiba, Saeko, Lars and Tak all lined up in front of the humvee with their weapons ready; Momosuke, Saya and Rei stayed close to the Humvee.
Takashi: Stay together, watch each other's backs.
Tak: Yeah.
Kiba: Saeko, please be careful.
Saeko: I always am.
Kiba: Yeah, that's true.
Suddenly, the group heard what sounded like a Tarzan yell from a distance. They looked to the left and saw that someone was running towards them from a thrift store that was next to the gas station. The guy came running and slid in front of the group with his back towards them. He was wearing a blue and green t-shirt that was obviously too small for him, some black and red swimming trunks that stopped at about his mid-thigh, a red beach towel he was using as a cape, penny loafer dress shoes, and circular wireframe glasses.
Kiba: The fuck is this guy?
Stranger (nerdy, nasally voice): Don't worry! I'll protect you! I'm a level 69 Champion Lancer!
Takashi: Why do you have a paintball gun?
Kiba: Why are you dressed like that?
Stranger: No time for questions!
He aimed his paintball gun (the type of paintball gun with the extra big container on top to hold the paintballs) at one of "them" and pulled the trigger.
Stranger: Shit, I'm out! Quick! Kohta, toss me a mag!
Kohta: How do you know my name?!
Momosuke: We don't use paintballs!
Saya: Who the hell are you?!
He turned around to the group.
Stranger: No time for questions, dammit! Quick, I need a mag!
Lars: Look out!
One of them grabbed the strange guy by the back of his neck and fell onto him. Two other infected quickly followed him to the group and began taking bits out of him.
Stranger: Ow! Dammit! Help me out!
Kiba: Weren't you supposed to protect us?
Takashi: Come on, Kiba!
Takashi ran over to the guy and smashed in the heads of the infected that were devouring him. He laid on the ground, bleeding profusely from his neck, stomach and right thigh. Tak, Takashi, Lars, Saeko and Kiba charged into the horde with their weapons swinging. Momosuke, Saya and Shizuka quickly hurried over to the boy on the ground.
Momosuke: Dude, what the hell were you thinking? How were you going to kill those things with paintballs?
Stranger: I… I have no idea. I'm a level *cough* 69 Champion Lancer. I can't be beaten… so easily.
Saya: But… you're dying.
Shizuka: I would try to stop the bleeding, but once you're bitten you turn.
Stranger: Don't worry about me, fair maiden. This is *coughs* mirely a basic scratch. A squirrel can do this much damage.
Momosuke: What the hell kinda squirrels do you fight, kid?!
Stranger: My name… is Agent Lightsaber 2.5… I have beaten many in my day, but those things are worthy adversaries.
Kohta: Agent Saber?! Are you the guy from the Final Fantasy MMORPG?!
Stranger: Yes, Kohta. That is how I know your name. *COUGH*
Kohta: Do you have any dying wishes, Master Saber?
Saber: My dying wish is… to caress a fair maiden's breasts until my last breath.
Kohta: You may pick any from the fine assortment of women that stand before you!
Saya's eye twitched and she punched Kohta on the cheek, sending him into the side of the Humvee.
Saya: Nobody is grabbing anything!
Momosuke: Uh, I think you should reconsider that last wish, dude.
Momosuke looked back to Saber and saw that he was lifeless on the ground. His face was sideways, letting his cheek rest on the ground with his tongue out and touching the asphalt.
Saya (disgusted): Ugh…
Momosuke: Eh… gross.
Shizuka: That's so sad… I would've let him touch my boobs.
Saya and Momosuke looked at her with the strangest, dumbfounded face ever. The others had slain every infected that stood before them and walked back to the humvee. Kiba turned around in front of Saeko while they were walking, keeping pace in front of her.
Kiba: You're okay, right Saeko-chan?
Saeko nodded.
Saeko: Yes. I'm fine. How is your shoulder?
Kiba: With a little exercise, it'll be back to normal in no time.
As he said that, he tripped over Saber's lifeless arm and fell to the ground; Saeko too tripped over the lifeless arm and fell on top of Kiba. Kiba put his hand out in front of him to catch Saeko and make the fall as painless as possible, but it just so happened that he put his right hand on her left boob and his left hand on her shoulder. Everyone froze in place and looked at the two on the ground. Saeko and Kiba were both staring blankly into each other's eyes, both blushing from embarrassment.
Kiba (thinking): Ho-ly shit… they're so soft.
Saeko quickly blinked twice and that snapped Kiba out of whatever boob trance he was in. He quickly removed his hand from her chest and helped her to her feet.
Kiba: Uh… S-Sorry about that.
Saeko: It's… It's okay, Kiba-kun.
She quickly walked away from the group and went to the humvee, still blushing. Rei looked at Saeko's blushing face and then looked at Kiba and winked.
Tak: Whoa… Poor guy…
He was looking at Saber's lifeless carcass in the middle of the road.
Kohta: You will be avenged Agent Saber! I swear it!
Momosuke: Shut up, Kohta. Help me move him.
Tak grabbed his arms and Momosuke grabbed his legs and the two moved him over to the side of road on the sidewalk.
Takashi: How is the car looking?
Saya: It's gas tank is full and everyone seems to ready to go.
Takashi: Good enough for me. Shizuka-sensei, fire it up.
Shizuka: R-Right!
Everyone got loaded up into the humvee after putting away the weapons in the trunk. Shizuka put the keys in the ignition and twisted it, trying to start it. The engine sputtered and didn't start after a few seconds. She tried a second time and it made the same sputtering noise before Shizuka stopped twisting the key.
Kiba: Hey, Saya. Are you sure this is the working one?
Saya: Don't start that again. Just… Try again sensei?
Momosuke: No. Don't. It could mess up the car.
Kiba: I didn't know you were a fucking mechanic.
Momosuke: Whatever. I know that starting it again when it's not working could damage what's under the hood.
Kohta: Let's see what's wrong.
Takashi, Kiba and Momosuke got out of the car and went to front. Shizuka popped open the hood and smoke poured out from the engine. The three tried fanning away the smoke while coughing.
Momosuke: Well, damn. I'm not a mechanic, but I think I was right Kiba.
Kiba: Shut up. What are we going to do now?
Takashi: We can walk to the mall. It can't be that far away, right?
Momosuke: Maybe another 10 minutes up the road by car. Depending how many breaks we take, we can make it in a half hour or so.
Takashi: Better load up on drinks then.
Kohta: Aw maaaan! More walking?!
The group was now forced to abandon the humvee at the gas station and proceed to the Taiei Shopping Town, a large mall with 3 stories and 73 stores. Momosuke grabbed the Wildcat Crossbow by the strap and slung it over his left shoulder and held Saya's hand with his right hand while she held the bokken in her right hand. Saya had on a black backpack that she brought from her house and had in the trunk. She loaded it up with some bottled water and energy drinks for the group. Kiba slid the Beretta into his belt loop on his hip and made his Fujimi Academy jacket into a sling for his shoulder since it was bothering him a bit. Saeko was walking next to him and simply had the katana in its sheath, attached to her left hip.
Takashi, too, had a red backpack that he found in the gas station filled with drinks while Rei had green backpack filled with snacks for the road along with her Springfield rifle on the strap over her right shoulder. Kohta had his rifle with the strap over his shoulder and Lars had Alice on his shoulders and Zero on the top of his head. Tak was walking with the crowbar in hand and he had taken off his red undershirt that he used with his school uniform, revealing his grey tank top. Shizuka had her rolling suitcase style bag that she carried her medical supplies in and Ame and Rukina were holding hands and walking together while their brother, Nado, walked behind the group looking angry as always. Everyone was now ready and the group began moving as one to the shopping mall.
It was a shorter walk than expected; only 45 minutes of walking. Kohta, of course, was dying from the extensive walk but the others were just fine. Alice got tired of sitting and Lars put her down to walk next to him. The heat had started to fade away; instead of the 90 degrees it was, it had dropped to about 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The group walked over the small hill and there it was.
Tak: So this is it? Taiei Shopping Town.
Shizuka: It's so big! I've never been to this mall before!
Rei and Shizuka: SHOPPING!
Takashi: Hold on ladies. We need to be careful. Let's not forget that we don't know what could be inside.
Rei: Yeah… You're right. We're going to be careful and look out them. But after we clear it out…
Rei, Shizuka, Ame and Rukina: SHOPPING!
Momosuke: Shhh! Keep your voices down.
Ame and Rukina (whispering): Sorry!
Kiba: Do you want to go and get some new clothes from some of the stores, Saeko? You can go with the girls if you want to.
Saeko: I'll consider it. I was never much of the shopping type.
Rei: Oh come on, Saeko-chan! We girls can go out and try on clothes together.
Saeko: I still have clothes from when I was 15 years old…
Saya: Wow… really?
Saeko: Yes. I don't update my selection too often.
Shizuka: Now we HAVE to go shopping!
Ame: We can pick you out a nice skirt or maybe some yoga pants or even leggings!
Rei: Oh I'ma get a pair of yoga pants!
Takashi: Ladies, can we actually get inside first?
Momosuke: Aw hell yeah. New clothes boys.
Kiba: Thank god. You guys have had the same shit for like a month.
Lars: A month?
Kohta: But it's barely been a week.
Kiba: Yeah, yeah. Week, month, same thing.
Takashi: Come on.
He walked forward first, leading the group to the front doors of the shopping centre. Once the group first walked in, they noticed it was quiet. There were very few dead bodies scattered out along the floor; only maybe a half a dozen bodies. They looked up and could see the second floor; the cafe floor. The second floor had the majority, if not all, of the main eateries that the mall had to offer. The first and third floors were the main shopping areas and the 3rd floor had the arcade upstairs.
Kiba: Damn… This place is bigger than what I remember.
Momosuke: That's because we haven't been here in 3 years. They've more than likely added on to it since we were last here.
Takashi: Alright, let's get some clothes, change and meet back here in 15 or 20 minutes. Is that cool?
Saya: Sounds good.
Rei: It shouldn't take us too long.
Shizuka: Shopping!
Ame and Rukina: Woo!
Momosuke: Whoa, whoa! Keep your voices down. We're not in the clear just yet.
Ame and Rukina: Sorry!
The girls got in a group together and began walking towards the stores. Saya looked back over her shoulder to Momosuke and smiled. She turned her head back forward and continued walking with the girls.
Kiba (calling out): Be careful!
Rei (calling out): We will!
Ame (calling out): Don't worry about us!
The guys watched as the girls disappeared after turning left down the hallway. The guys all got together in a group and looked at one another.
Takashi: Well boys…
Momosuke: Time to get some new gear!
Kiba: FUCK YEAH!
The guys ran through the mall, searching for clothing stores while Nado followed close behind them. They found a sporting store along and across from it was a clothing outlet store. The guys split up and went to the different stores, enjoying the little bit of care free time that they have from the ravenous flesh eaters. Takashi went with Kiba and Tak to the clothing store and Momosuke went to the sporting store first with Lars, Kohta and Nado. Takashi looked around to the guys he was with and smiled.
Takashi (thinking): This is what I want forever. Me and the guys having fun without worrying about being killed or losing the girls. Just seeing the smiles on my friend's faces. Well, except for Nado. He's forever angry at the world. But everyone else, they actually seem happy. Even Lars who hated us at first. He's definitely taken a liking to us and even Alice isn't afraid of him anymore. Everyone is coming together. And that's the way I wish it could stay… I will do whatever I can to make sure that my friends stay safe!
END CHAPTER 12
NEXT TIME ON HOTDR
Rei: Thanks you guys sooo much for a fantastic first season! We really appreciate the support!
Kiba: It's been an amazing first season! I can't wait for the second!
Momosuke: Bro, the second season is going to be fucking AMAZING!
Takashi: Thinking back to season one, I feel like we all had our ups and downs and that we all saw things no one should ever see.
Kiba: But it was awesome! Like when we got separated from the group?! That was epic!
Lars: And the entire school scene. That was pretty cool too.
Saya: Next season is going to be a lot more action packed I'd think.
Saeko: What makes you say that?
Saya: Well, in tv shows they normally try to make the newer season better than the last. So boobs and action for us.
Momosuke: I'm down with that.
Kiba: I second that motion!
Kohta: I don't care what happens, as long as I have my gun!
Nado: Just like I thought. Beating your slim jimmy 24/7.
Ame: Nado! Be nice!
Rukina: It's not nice to point out a person's flaws!
Souichiro: Slim jimmy? What's that?
Saya: Uh! Nothing!
Takashi: It's nothing, old man Takagi. Nothing at all!
Momosuke: Alright! We would like to thank you readers for a fantastic first season! It was fucking awesome guys! Seriously!
Kiba: Stay tuned for the next season later this fall! We can't wait to keep doing these dumbass stunts to entertain you guys!
Takashi: It's been great and we'll see you next time everybody!
Saya: Come on, Momosuke. You gotta meet my mom's sisters and brothers!
Momosuke: Aw… man…
Kiba: Saeko-chan, want to go for a walk?
Saeko: I think I'd like that.
Rei: Takashi, aren't you going to take me somewhere?
Takashi: I would, but my mom wants me to walk the dog. You can come if you want!
Rei: Why in the hell would I want to walk a dog instead of going on a date?
Takashi: Because dogs are people too, Rei.
Alice: Yay! Scary onii-chan! Let's go to the fair!
Lars: Okay.
Totsuka: Well damn! You guys just gonna leave us out then?
Chie: Not cool guys!
Momosuke: We'll all hang out before next season.
Nado: I'm not hanging out with anybody.
Kohta: Why do you have to be such a douche, Nado? I mean, we're all friends here but you hate everyone.
Nado: It's in my jeans.
Everyone looked to the pants he was wearing and on one pant leg it read "Hate" and the other leg read "Everything".
Rei: Wow. He wasn't lying.
ALL: See you guys next time!
END SEASON ONE
Author's Note: Thanks again, guys! All of you that support the HOTDR project are amazing! Don't forget that we're currently accepting OCs for season TWO! It will be here later this fall so be sure to stick around for that!