Later they were riding the humvee through the road. Takashi and Rei were sitting on the roof while the others are inside. Alice was looking out the window
Alice – wow.. there's so many big bikes!
Hirano – they sell stuff like imported buggies there. Some of them were trashed by the military
Takagi lowered her head and whispered to herself
Takagi – why does he know all this..?
Takashi was looking at the sky
Rei – what's wrong?
Takashi – we haven't seen any helicopters or airplanes. But yesterday, we saw so many of them
Rei – everything will be alright, wont it?
Takashi – yeah, definitely
Rei – hey Takashi, did you notice?
Takashi – notice what?
Rei – we haven't seen any of them today
Takashi – yeah, you're right
Takashi then noticed how peaceful it is. He closed his eyes to relax when Hirano shouted
Hirano – its them!
Takashi's eyes blasted open
Hirano – ahead and to the right! Distance: 300!
Takashi and Rei saw the zombies ahead
Takagi – turn right!
Shizuka – okay!
Shizuka turned the humvee to the right but there were zombies ahead
Shizuka – they're here too!
Takagi – turn left! Left!
The humvee turned left. Tetsuya came out of the hatch
Tetsuya – Takashi! You two alright!?
Rei – yeah!
Takashi – what the.. we're seeing more and more of them as we get closer to Higashisaka 2-chome
Tetsuya – maybe.. just maybe I might know.. but I might be wrong
Takashi – what is it?
The humvee was still moving forward fast. There were multiple of them ahead
Takagi – keep up the speed and push them aside!
Tetsuya saw this
Tetsuya – you two, get down! We'll talk later!
Tetsuya went inside and both Takashi and Rei got down on the roof. The humvee then ran through a lot of them. Rei turned pale as she saw what's ahead
Rei – no.. stop the car! Don't! Stop!
Saeko saw something ahead
Saeko – holy shit it's a wire! Turn the car!
Shizuka turned the car to its left and the humvee slammed into the wire crushing through zombies
Hirano – don't look!
Hirano was covering Alice as the blood splashed on the window. The humvee was still digging through the wire
Shizuka – why wont it stop!?
Hirano – the tires are locked! Just ease up a little on the brake and step on the gas!
Shizuka – locked?
Shizuka did what Hirano said to her and the humvee moved forward. But Rei saw that they were heading to the wall
Rei – hey, Ms. Shizuka!
Shizuka – oh no!
Shiuzka slammed the breaks and sent Rei flying off the roof forward. Takashi tried to grab her hand but he cant reach it. Rei hit the ground and rolled down.
Rei – my ankle..
Rei saw her left ankle and it was bruised. She looked up and saw four of them walking towards her. She then head Takashi's voice
Takashi – open the slide, aim for the head..
Takashi leaped from the roof and landed in front of Rei. He then aimed his shotgun at the closest zombies
Takashi – shoot!
Takashi shot the shotgun and killed one but the other two were only knocked back
Takashi – what? But I aimed for the head. It didn't hit any of them
Hiran – you're a lousy shot!
Hirano went through the hatch
Hirano – the recoil's raising your muzzle and your fire pattern's slipping upwards! Hold the gun straight and aim at their chest!
Takashi aimed at the chest and shot two of them down.
Takashi – woah cool, but there's too many of them
Takashi cranked the shotgun. Hirano used his sniper rifle and shot two on the head
Hirano – after firing, leave the trigger and just open the side!
Takashi did what he was told and shot two zombies down. He shot two more times and took out five of them. He then grinned
Takashi – this rocks!
Takashi pulled the trigger but realized he was out of bullets
Takashi – shit, bullets!
Takashi pulled the bullets out of his pocket and some all came rolling off
Takashi – fuck!
Saeko – Komuro, we'll help you!
Tetsuya – help Miyamoto up!
Saeko and Tetsuya went out the humvee with their weapons
Takashi – there's too many of them for you guys to fight!
Saeko smiled
Saeko – just get the girl
She then hit one of them with the handle. She charged at the other two and smacked their heads. Tetsuya beheaded one of them and kicked it away. Another tried to grab him but he stabbed its head with his left machete and kicked it away
Takashi was picking up the bullets but some of them were already below the zombies
Takashi – shit!
Rei – Takashi, use my gun!
Takashi – right!
Takashi grabbed Rei's gun
Takashi – Hirano, how do I use this!?
Hirano – push the lever in the front of the trigger guard, then disengaged the safety, after pull the operating rod on the right side, finally shoot!
Takashi did what he was told and shot the gun. Takashi repeatedly shoot them down along with Hirano. They did their best not to hit Saeko and Tetsuya who was fighting up close to them. Hirano took out the magazine
Hirano – I'm out! Someone get me one of these from the back!
Alice – Kohta?
Hirano – this!
Hirano showed the magazine. Alice then hurried to get another magazine
Alice – Kohta here!
Alice held two magazines at Hirano. Hirano grinned like a psycho again
Hirano – time to kill!
Hirano loaded the magazine
Hirano – KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!
Shizuka was trying to start the humvee
Shizuka – what the.. the engine's stalled and I cant start!
Takagi tried to get out
Shizuka – where are you going Takagi?
Takagi – I'm going to pick up Komuro's gun and use it!
Shizuka – t-that's dangerous!
Takagi – yes I know
Takagi stepped out
Shizuka – Takagi!
Takagi grabbed the shotgun on the ground
Hirano – Takagi, do you know how to use it?
Takagi – of course, I'm a genius after all!
Rei – Takagi?
Takashi – Takagi, its too dangerous!
Takagi – in the future, call me by my first name!
A zombies tried to grab Takagi but Tetsuya beheaded him from the back. The blood splashed around Takagi
Tetsuya – you okay!?
Takagi – I'm.. not a coward!
Takagi loaded the bullets and shot three of them down. She repeated shooting them
Takagi – I'm not gonna die! None of us are gonna die here! My house is just around the corner!
Tetsuya saw Takagi being fine and charged at them again. Saeko took out two of them as one tried to grab her from behind. Tetsuya threw his left machete and hit it on the head. He then leaped to the one nearby and slashed its torso off
Tetsuya – you okay Saeko!?
Saeko – yup
Tetsuya grabbed his other machete as Saeko hit another one of them away
Saeko – how many of them are they?
Tetsuya looked in front of him and saw dozens of them approaching their group. Tetsuya grinded is teeth
Tetsuya – who cares how many!? JUST FUCKING KILL THEM ALL!
Tetsuya roared as he charged at the horde in front of him
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Hours later it was sunset and they were still fighting the zombies. Hirano dropped another used magazine. Takagi was out of bullets and was backing away while holding the shotgun as a bat. Saeko and Tetsuya were panting hard. Rei was still on the ground with her ankle sprained. Takashi was running low on bullets. Shizuka lowered her head on the driver's wheel praying for it all to stop. Alice had her knees on her chest an her arms wrapped around them. Her head was lowered and was pretending that nothing is happening. Tetsuya kicked another one away as more and more were approaching them. He was sweating a lot and panting. Saeko was stepping back as the horde was coming in closer
Saeko – Tetsuya! Are you okay!?
Tetsuya – y-yeah..
Tetsuya stepped back as the horde was almost at him
Rei – there's no end to them..
Takashi – is it really hopeless..?
Takashi just closed his eyes in despair but he opened them as he heard a bark. They all saw Zeke leaped from the roof
Alice – Zeke!
Alice looked at the window. They all saw Zeke bit a zombie's leg as hard as he can. Zeke wasn't doing anything else to it. Tetsuya then got an idea
Tetsuya thoughts – this might actually work..
Tetsuya – Takagi, your house is at Higashisaka 2-chome, right?
Takagi – y-yeah
Tetsuya stood up straight and walked forward
Takashi – bro?
Tetsuya – this is the only thing left for us to do. Saeko, I'm gonna need you on this
Saeko – I'm in, what're you planning?
Tetsuya gripped his machetes tight
Tetsuya – copying Zeke
Tetsuya charged at the horde. He roared as he slashed through them. He skilfully dodged the zombies grasps with his footwork and slashed more to move forward. With each slash he takes out two to three zombies out. Saeko took a second but she got what he's doing and charged at the horde again
Tetsuya – this way! Follow me!
Takashi was amazed at Tetsuya's will to live
Takashi – you guys..
Tetsuya and Saeko ran through the horde making a lot of noises as possible
Tetsuya – this way!
Tetsuya dragged his right machete on the wall
Saeko – over here!
Saeko smacked the electric pose creating a loud gong.
Tetsuya – come here!
A lot of zombies turned away from the rest of the group and made their way to Tetsuya and Saeko. Tetsuya slashed one of the zombies as Saeko hit two of them. Tetsuya stabbed a zombie's head with his left machete but backed away as another tried to grab him. His other machete was left stuck on the head of the zombie he stabbed
Tetsuya – shit! There goes one of my machetes
Saeko – Tetsuya, over there!
Saeko pointed at the stairs that led to the other road. They went up as the zombies followed them. But they saw there were still a lot of them walking towards the rest of the group
Tetsuya – fucking hell..
Tetsuya raised both his machetes
Tetsuya – I SAID COME OVER HERE!
Tetsuya slammed both of his machetes on the railing creating a loud gong
Tetsuya – COME OVER HERE MOTHERFUCKERS!
Takagi stumbled down backwards as the horde was closing in.
Takashi – get behind me you two!
Takagi – Takashi..
Takashi was holding the gun and was going to use it like a bat
Takashi thoughts – Tetsuya never gave up whenever he's in a hopeless situation. Even in this hell, I cant call myself his brother if I lose hope here!
Hirano raised up Alice from the hatch
Hirano – here you go
Alice – Kohta..
Hirano – you and Zeke need to jump to the other side of the wire
Alice – what about you guys?
Hirano – we'll be there shortly
Alice – liar!
Hirano – huh?
Alice – daddy said the same thing you said when he died. He died even though he said he was okay!
Hirano – Alice..
Alice – no! no! no! I don't wanna be alone! I wanna be with you and Takashi and Tetsuya and the girls forever!
Alice was crying
Alice – don't leave me alone! PLEASE!
Tetsuya and Saeko heard Alice's cries from where they were. Tetsuya was shaking and grinded his teeth at how helpless they were
Hirano – Alice..
Hirano raised Alice and was about to throw her across the wire when they heard something
Voice – everyone duck!
All of them turned to where the voice came from. They then saw multiple men who were dressed as firemen. One of them aimed a hose at them and fired a ray of water knocking four of them away from Takashi, Rei, and Takagi. Another did the same from behind the Humvee knocking three away. One of them put a ladder on the wire and climbed over. They rescued the group. Tetsuya and Saeko watched as this happened
Tetsuya – they're.. saved..?
One of the masked people held their hand to Takagi who was carrying Rei
Masked person – come this way immediately, we'll pick up the car later
Takashi – thanks
Takagi, Rei, and Takashi were rescued
Tetsuya – who are they?
Saeko – I don't think they're from the fire department
Back with the rest of the group the masked people all rescued them
Shizuka – thank you for saving us
Masked person – its only natural..
The masked person took off their mask and revealed a beautiful woman with purple long hair
Yuriko – for a mother to help her daughter and her friends
Takagi – mom!
Takagi hurried towards her mother and hugged her. She was crying in joy to know that her mother was okay. This person was Yuriko Takagi. Takagi Saya's mother
Tetsuya – so that's Takagi's mom? They're saved!
Saeko – our situation on the other hand does not look well. I don't believe they can help us all the way out here
Tetsuya – yeah, lets take a detour. I usually ride my motorcycle around this area. We can make it to Higashisaka 2-chome. Lets go
Saeko – yeah
Tetsuya and Saeko ran off. The others watched them ran off
Alice – Kohta..
Hirano – its okay, Ms Bushijima and Tetsuya are the strongest among us all. They'll be fine
Takashi then shouted
Takashi – bro! Saeko! We'll be waiting for you two! Don't you two dare die on us, you got it!? DON'T YOU DARE DIE!
Nearby Tetsuya and Saeko smirked
Saeko – we shall Komuro
Tetsuya – of course bro, of course
Tetsuya and Saeko jumped down the railing and into street and ran through it. Tetsuya led the way as Saeko followed him. Despite the situation they found themselves in all of them kept their heads high. Because after all of the fights and fighting, they were still alive
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Minutes later Tetsuya and Saeko were still running through the streets. Tetsuya has only one of his machetes left and Saeko still has her wooden sword. Tetsuya stopped and peaked around the corner. He saw a group of zombies
Tetsuya – they're here too
Saeko – it doesn't seem as though we can make it back to 2-chome
Tetsuya – lets go back, there weren't any of them on the way here
They then ran back to where they came from. Tetsuya then saw a mansion on the top of the hill
Tetsuya – Takashi told me that one of his friends lives on that house. That must be Takagi's house
Saeko – do you want to walk on the fence again?
Tetsuya – if I just had a bike.. a bike!
Tetsuya remembered that they passed a shop full of bikes
Tetsuya – Saeko, follow me for a sec
Saeko – alright!
Tetsuya turned to the right at the next corner and went to the shop.
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Minutes later they were in the shop
Tetsuya – I'll pick up the bike, get whatever you need
Saeko – a bike is okay by itself but in tandem it would be dangerous or are we on a date?
Tetsuya – huh?
Tetsuya looked at a poster where a guy and a girl are kissing while riding a motorcycle. Tetsuya just laughed it out. Saeko smiled but saw something in a room. She turned on the lights and revealed a six-wheeled ATV
Saeko – would this work?
Tetsuya saw a magazine about the ATV
Tetsuya – it can go on water? Hell yeah!
Tetsuya put the bag on the ATV and rode on the driver's seat
Saeko – so you find it satisfactory?
Tetsuya – yup
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Minutes later it was about to go dark. Tetsuya and Saeko were riding the ATV through the street
Saeko – well this is amusing
Tetsuya – yeah
Saeko – so what should we do from hereafter? Do you have a plan?
Tetsuya – yup, but..
Saeko – but?
Tetsuya – this could get interesting
Saeko smiled. They were driving towards the river
Tetsuya – hang on!
He drove the ATV down the slope. The zombies followed them but all came rolling down the slope
Tetsuya – they can us the stairs but not a steep slope?
Tetsuya – say what you please but their recovery is impressive
The zombies all stood up like nothing happened and walked up to them. They found that they were surrounded by them
Tetsuya – same outcome huh?
Saeko – it would be too easy otherwise
Tetsuya – guess I have no choice
Tetsuya drove the ATV forward
Saeko – what are you doing Tetsuya?
Tetsuya – this thing's amphibious
Saeko – amphibious?
Saeko gasped as Tetsuya drove the ATV on the water. The water splashed but the ATV remained afloat
Tetsuya – oh sorry Saeko are you o-okaaay?
Tetsuya saw Saeko. Her uniform is wet and he can see her lingerie on top.
Tetsuya – uhhh..
Tetsuya tried not to blush but he failed miserably. Saeko saw him staring at her chest and blushed. She then covered it up
Saeko – I-I'm a woman you know, you don't have to stare!
Tetsuya – oh shit, sorry!
Tetsuya and Saeko looked at them on the riverside. The zombies all walked away as they heard no sound. Tetsuya then sighed in relief. Saeko went closer to Tetsuya's left ear
Saeko – its not admirable for a young man to sigh
Tetsuya – ah okay, but wait Saeko.. you're too close-
Saeko – shh, use your bedroom voice
Tetsuya then nodded and drove the ATV to a small landscape in the middle of the river
Saeko – good idea to use the sandbank
Tetsuya – I remember when I was a kid and both me and Takashi were told not to play here because the water is too deep and the stream was too fast. Well.. me being an idiot and a black sheep back then disobeyed them. And in the end I nearly drowned myself, guess that was karma
Saeko – you were stubborn back then huh?
Tetsuya – yeah, never realized it until it was too late
Saeko – for now we should rest and regain our strength
Tetsuya – okay, we'll take turns sanding guard. Saeko, you can rest firs-
Tetsuya was cut as he heard a light sneeze. He turned around to see Saeko slightly shaking
Saeko – s-sorry, I'm freezing my ass here..
Tetsuya – oh right, sorry about the splash earlier. Should've slowed down back there
Tetsuya grabbed something in the bag. It was a black tank t-shirt. He handed it to Saeko
Tetsuya – wear this for now
Saeko – thank you
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Saeko was changing her wet uniform with the tank top. Tetsuya politely looked away and kept an eye out
Saeko – I'm done
Tetsuya turned around and gasped a little to see Saeko wearing the black tank top
Saeko – do I look strange?
Tetsuya – ah no! it's the other way around!
Saeko giggled
Saeko – you always look at me as a woman, don't you Tetsuya?
Tetsuya – uh.. would you rather.. sor-
Saeko – its fine, I am a woman aren't I?
Tetsuya – uh.. yeah
There was a slight silence between them and Tetsuya then spoke
Tetsuya – Saeko, is there someone you like?
Saeko – that came out of the blue
Tetsuya – I-I'm just trying to make conversation
Saeko – there is a man that I like, I almost thought it was love
Tetsuya – so.. should we leave now? There's less of them now
Saeko – ah, yeah
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Later it was almost night time and they were driving the ATV through the road. Saeko saw more zombies
Saeko – more of them, at this rate we'll just have to repeat the sandbank
Tetsuya – we'll know when we turn at the next corner!
Tetsuya skidded the ATV to the right hitting a zombie. He saw that they were driving straight towards the park
Saeko – a park?
Tetsuya – doesn't mean we have to make a cardboard box house!
Tetsuya drove the ATV towards the fountain and they splashed on the water
Saeko – agh! Do you like getting me wet?
Tetsuya – get the tape out of the backpack, I got a plan
Saeko grabbed the tape and handed it to Tetsuya. Tetsuya taped the handle of the ATV to the right and started the engine. The ATV drove by itself around the fountain causing loud noises. The noise attracted a lot of zombies around
Saeko – I see, while they are distracted by the noise
Tetsuya – we can go out the east exit and we'll end up behind Takagi's house. All we need now is to break through them
Saeko – leave it to me
Saeko leaped to the zombies and hit one of them. She slid down across between the second one's legs and smack it from behind. Another tried to grab her but she kicked it away and smacked its head. Tetsuya was amazed at Saeko's fighting skills
Saeko – there's no need for me to hold back
Saeko charged and hit two of them before leaping to another and kicking it in the head
Tetsuya – that's hot.. What am I doing? I don't want to be left behind
Tetsuya charged and slashed a zombie's torso and kicked another one. He then followed up to Saeko. Saeko hit another zombie and kicked the other one next to it. She then raised her wooden sword above her head with a psychotic grin on her face. But her grin disappeared as she saw two zombies who were little kids. Nearby Tetsuya slashed a zombie's head off and kicked the other one who was about to grab him
Tetsuya – what are you doing Saeko!?
The little zombies approached Saeko as she froze where she stood. Tetsuya rushed towards her
Tetsuya – Saeko what's the matter!?
The little zombies opened their mouths and was about to bite Saeko when Tetsuya pushed her aside and slashed their heads. Tetsuya then grabbed her hand and pulled her away
Tetsuya – lets go! Hurry!
Tetsuya ran away while holding Saeko's head
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