HOTD part 3: without a cage or...chains.
"talking"
[System]
*actions*
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when akashi was saving hisashi something was happening in the left side of the school.
inside a classroom that has been Bracketed, five people were resting there as everyone was sitting in different positions from each other.
the blonde guy was standing by the window watching the zombies outside while rotating the knife in his hands.
a woman with long brown hair was sitting on a desk while playing with her hair as she glanced at the other girl in the room from time to time with sadness in her eyes.
there was a young man with glasses sitting on the teacher desk as he was looking through a book that has a map about the school but he was not contrasting on the book as he was just flipping pages.
faraway from them there was a boy and a girl. the girl buried her head in her knees as the boy held his sword while patting the girl head trying to comfort her.
the silence filled the room as everyone didn't speak.
Kevin kept looking at the window while watching his watch from time to time and rotating his knife before glancing at everyone in the room.
"you know we can't stay like this" Kevin said but no one answered him as he started to get angry.
"guys we are in a mission. you can't stay in this situation at least let's do something useful" Kevin said but nobody cared about him only John put down his book.
"are just going to give up the mission for this" Kevin said as Rebecca looked at him.
"oh, and what do you know" Rebecca said as she stopped playing with her hair.
"I know that acting this weak and pathetic way just because of who love the other is ridiculous" Kevin said as Rebecca stood up.
"I will say it again...what the hell do you know about us" Rebecca said.
"pathetic bunch that loses all there will of fight just because of few words" Kevin said as Rebecca was furious.
"SHUT UP!!!" Rebecca moved forwards and caught Kevin from the collar.
"WHAT THE HELL DO TOU KNOW!!!. IF NOT YOU AND THE OTHER GUY AKI-" Rebecca stopped her words because she felt a cold and sharp stare like a sword staring at her.
"...don't you dare say her name" Akio held his sword and said.
"guys stop we can't fight between each other like this" John stood up and said.
"do you think we could work together after that" Akio said towards John.
"don't you see this exactly what he wanted" John said as everyone looked at him.
"he wants to separate us and break our trust in each other and when we are weak he strikes" John said as Akio stood up.
"even if that was true how do you plan to fix this" Akio said.
"We need to believe in each other and work together...why did we even believe in that guy words anyway" John said, but everyone heard a small voice.
"like I believed in you or when you didn't deny anything he said" Akiko raised her head with tears and said.
everyone stopped as they went silent. Rebecca released Kevin as they both stood there in silence and Akio sat down next to Akiko that buried her head again.
John didn't know what to say as he sighs and moved back towards the desk, but suddenly everyone raised their heads in surprise.
[hisashi Igou joined the protagonist team]
"what in the..." Kevin said in surprise but before anyone answers him Rebecca rushed to him.
"EVERYONE DOWN!!!" Rebecca screamed as the window broke and all her team was surprised.
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meanwhile, Akashi was moving in the hallways while killing zombies around with D4C or his knife.
[task progress (65/200)]
"This is too slow" Akashi frowned as he watched the zombies all over the ground behind him.
"I don't have time to stay here and kill zombies" Akashi said as D4C killed another zombie from behind him.
"I should really consider the feasibility of bombing the school" Akashi said as he started moving again.
walking for a while Akashi heard fighting sound from the front as he moved closer he saw a purple-haired female fighting zombies with a wooden sword.
the woman was skilled using just a wooden sword to shack off or crush every zombie skull next to her without letting then getting closer.
the woman crushed the skull of the last zombie around her before she looked at Akashi that was also looking at her.
the silence filled the hallway as they both looked at each other without a word until Saeko raised her sword.
"you..." Saeko said as she entered a combat stance facing Akashi.
the atmosphere turned serious as Saeko clutched her sword and Akashi kept his normal stance.
"...me" Akashi said with a straight face as the serious atmosphere broke and Saeko eyebrow started twitching.
"you are the new transfer student Akashi that won the shooting tournament this year" Saeko said without lowering her sword.
"yes, it's me...and you must be Saeko Busujima the last year national kendo champion" Akashi said with a smile, but in the inside.
"you seem to be calm in this situation going around" Saeko said.
"I could say the same about you" Akashi said while waving his knife and removing the blood from it.
"it looks like you take shooting more than just a sport" Saeko said looking at all the corpses behind Akashi.
"first of all I used a knife. secondly is this coming for someone breaking skulls with a wooden sword" Akashi said pointing at the zombies around Saeko.
"your movements and breathing are calm...too calm for someone was fighting just now and those eyes...of a killer" Saeko said as she took half step forward while raising her knife.
Akashi stared at Saeko that measuring him up and down with a crazy look in her eyes and a small blush on her face.
"your words and actions now" Akashi said as Saeko clutched her sword more tightly.
"...and that look in your eyes" Akashi said as Saeko was going to strike.
"...are you hitting on me?"Akashi said while tilting his head in confusion.
an awkward silence filled the hallway even the zombie's voices seemed to get quite at this moment.
Saeko almost dropped her sword as she stared at Akashi in amazement.
"huh?" these all the words that Saeko could think of now.
"I know that I am handsome and all, but I can't believe that Saeko Busujima is actually hitting on 15 years old me" Akashi moved backward as if he was scared from Saeko.
"no it not like that" Saeko tried to explain that she only wanted to fight him but Akashi didn't let her have the chance.
"and now you are playing with my feelings. you should feel ashamed of yourself" Akashi said as he was really hurt as he dropped his head down.
"...you" Saeko said angrily as she understood he was playing with her.
"pfff...hahahahahaha" Akashi laughed without even caring about the zombies around.
"Your expression was priceless" Akashi wiped the nonexistence tears from his eyes and said.
Saeko raised her sword again as from her look she was going to fight to the death just to wash this shame, but Akashi next words stopped her.
"I didn't expect to see all these expressions in a sadistic tendency woman" Akashi said as Saeko opened her eyes wide.
"how do you know" Saeko said with disbelieve, but more fear.
"that mask of yours won't work on me miss Busujima" Akashi said as Saeko started to shack.
"Are you afraid?...that stupid I really expected more of you" Akashi said with disappointment as Saeko lowered her head because she was afraid of herself.
"Is there a reason to be afraid of yourself," Akashi said as Saeko raised her head with surprise.
"I am not really a therapist, but as a someone who had a split personality I will say this" Akashi said towards the surprised Saeko.
"never fear yourself or push things away everything you feel now is what made you like this today" Akashi said before his expression turned serious.
"accept it and make it one with yourself believe me when I say rejecting it will only hurt you more or even break you from the inside" Akashi said as he took a step forward, but Saeko moved backward.
"nobody should tell what right and wrong live as yourself and for yourself," Akashi said
"the person should understand what the difference between the right and wrong and understand what he has to do as long as you keep that in mind you will be fine, but..." Akashi said before he showed a sad smile.
"if you don't it in time what you will hurt wouldn't just be yourself...you will even lose some people that are more precious than this world" Akashi turned to look at the sun from the window as he smiled.
"well that all...you are free to follow the advice or not" Akashi said as he turned to leave.
"wait..." Saeko said, but Akashi suddenly turned around.
"oh yeah about your hitting on me" Akashi said as he smiled.
"I was happy and all, but...I REFUSE!!!" Akashi said with a serious face as Saeko froze in her place.
"I, Akashi, don't like women that are taller than me" Akashi said before leaving the shocked Saeko in her place.
"what just happened?" Saeko that recovered asked in confusion.
"...accepting yourself" Saeko looked at her bloody sword before striking a zombie from behind and moving forward.
Saeko kept sweeping zombies with the same look as before but this time it looked more natural even with a small smile on her face.
Akashi that left the hallway entered the gap by putting himself between the wall and the door.
"in these times something like violence tendency can be useful and also dangerous to the people around that person if they weren't able to control him" Akashi floated and said.
"the girl that lived inside a cage that she made for most of her life will be forced to go out because of this apocalypse, but she was afraid from the reality to the degree that she put a chain on herself...and that chain called Takashi Komuro" Akashi said with his usual smile.
"now if the girl had the idea of standing up herself without any bound or chain and accept the reality...that idea might be small now, but it exists and this world condition is the best accelerator for her growth" Akashi said.
"How are they going to deal with a violence tendency woman skilled in swords" Akashi said as he started moving.
"I feel I did something terrible...well it's their problem now" Akashi waved his hand, but his smile disappeared when he remembered something.
"was that Last part necessary...why did I even say it" Akashi raised his head looking at the chaotic gap.
"it seems some scars will never heal...and we know that well" Akashi put his hand on his orange-colored eyes as he said.
"well enough with that...I should check on my 'team' " Akashi said as he started to senses the mental energy around the school to locate them.
"found them" Akashi said as he started to move fast in the gap until he arrived at some kind of classroom.
the windows were broken with some bullets holes in the walls.
Kevin was injured from his shoulder as Akiko was healing him, but everyone was lying on the ground.
"so...what did I miss" Akashi said with confusion because of the situation he was facing.
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