Arrival of 'them'

*THUD!*

A lifeless corpse with rotting flesh fell to the ground.

"You can come now." Yuuji said with a low voice.

"Just what is going on, Yuuji-kun?" Shizuka appeared from the corner as she asked with a worried expression.

"I also don't know, Sensei. We have to first meet up with anyone else who has not turned into... 'that'." Yuuji replied as he pointed at the dead corpse.

*Grrrrh!*

An uncanny voice came from nearby causing Yuuji to raise his guard.

Compared to him, the Zombies weren't much of a big threat, but he didn't knew how he would feel if he got bit because of his carelessness.

And turning into a mindless rotting piece of flesh was the last thing he wanted to do.

*Grrrh!*

Yuuji could sense Shizuka fiddling around due to nervousness at his back.

*Grraaaahhh!!*

Two zombies simultaneously jumped at him while growling loudly.

They had a blank expression on their faces while chunks of flesh were hanging down their mouths.

Yuuji didn't had time to mull over their appearance since the zombies were already in a close approximity.

Yuuji targeted the zombie who was nearer to him. He crouched down to his knees and sent an uppercut right into it's jaw.

Due to the immense strength in the attack, the Zombie flew into the air a little and dropped down to the floor.

The second zombie leapt at Yuuji's back just as he was finished with the first one.

Yuuji's back muscles shrank as a premonition of the upcoming attack.

He turned around and rolled out of the range of the attack. Moving behind the zombie quickly, he delivered a punch to the back of it's head, downing it effectively.

Despite knocking them to the ground, Yuuji knew that they still weren't dead. The only way to kill a zombie is to decapitate it's head.

As if to prove this theory, the zombies started moving on the ground.

Yuuji frowned watching the knocked down zombie trying to get back at their feet.

He knew that he will have to either bash or slice their heads off to finish them off.

He saw that he was in fact standing in front of the entrance of an empty classroom where Shizuka was also hiding.

Not having too much time to think, he ran inside and grabbed a chair.

There wasn't any hint of reluctance in his actions as he brought down the chair with a massive force at the Zombie's head.

He followed the same action with the other one. Blood and brain matter splattered all over the floor as Yuuji's clothes were also partially covered in gore.

"Is it over?" Shizuka's head popped out from the entrance of the classroom.

Her eyes widened proportionally as she took in the sight of the area.

Yuuji moved closer to her as he saw that her grip on the door was losing.

"T-That… T-Tha-t-t.." Her voice stuttered as she struggled to utter even a single word.

Yuuji grabbed her shoulders firmly and squeezed them with tight grip

"You have to get a hold of yourself, sensei. We have to first get out of this current situation."

Giving her shoulders another squeeze, Yuuji placed his hand on her cheeks and made her look straight into his eyes.

"I-I… B-bu-t... "

Sensing that she was still extremely shamed up, Yuuji looked around for any nearby zombie. Making sure that their wasn't any in his current field of vision, he focused on the trembling woman in front of him.

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders firmly and pulled her closer into his chest.

It took a few moments, but he felt her stop trembling. He moved his face near her ears and whispered with a gentle tone

"I'm sorry, sensei. But we have to first get out of here. You have to pull yourself together."

Finishing his words, he let her go and moved away a little to give her some space.

Shizuka wiped a tear from the corner of her eye as she replied: "I'm fine."

Yuuji nodded his head and turned around making his back facing her. Just as he was about to move, he heard her

"Hey! Kazami-kun... I-I'm sorry."

Yuuji released a confused voice as he turned his head back

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I... You know… I am the one who should be leading you as a teacher. But instead, you are the one who is protecting me…"

"… I also held you back by losing control of myself. I know I might be bothering you-"

"It's nothing like that."

Yuuji interrupted her with a calm voice. He turned around and stood in front of her with a sincere expression.

"There is nothing like 'holding me back'. This is what you assumed by yourself. As for me, it never came to my mind."

"Kazami-kun…"

"If it was someone else, I wouldn't have cared less if someone even died, but if I can, I won't ever let anything happen to someone close to me."

"Kazami-kun…"

Her eyes started watering as she felt moved by the sincerity of his words.

"Now, just like I said, get a hold of yourself, sensei."

Yuuji said with a small smile on his face. Shizuka nodded her head and weirdly enough, a very determined expression formed on her face.

Yuuji knew that she was fine now, he gestured her to follow him and started making his way down the stairs.

Climbing down the stairs, he thought about everyone who was at least even a little close to him.

'I am not entirely sure, but Takashi, Rei and Hisashi should be together.'

'I am not really close to Saya, but I think I will help if I run into her.'

'As for Saeko....'

'...She might be having a great time instead.'

'Shizuka is hypothetically the only one I think who would need an emotional support in this situation. I am glad that I was with her when this started.'

*Grrrh!!*

*Grrrhh!!*

*grrrrhhh!!*

*Grrrhh!!*

Moving down the stairs, Yuuji spotted a bunch of zombies just sluggishly walking around with blank expressions.

He jumped down the railing and landed beside one of the zombie who turned towards him due to the noise of the fall.

Yuuji got down and swept the legs of the zombie making it fall to the ground. He used all his strength to punch it's face causing it's head to explode.

Strangely but conveniently enough, the floor didn't made too much noise.

The other three zombies were already running towards Yuuji.

Two were coming from left while the third one from the right. He was about to deal with the zombie who was alone when he realized that the two zombies were nearer to the stairs, which means that there is some chance they might start attacking Shizuka instead.

Reevaluating his plan, he started running towards the duo and leapt at them. Passing ny the side with a front flip, he managed to get behind them.

One of them was faster as it turned around quickly only to be met by s kick in the mid section sending it flying into the other one.

*SPLASH!!*

He made short work of them after that. His hand trembled ever so slightly as he clenched it to a fist.

*TREMBLE!* *TREMBLE!*

He could feel his own hands trembling. But what shocked him the most was the fact that it wasn't because of guilt, or some trauma.

It was due to…

Excitement!!

Yeah, he didn't realize it before but it was pretty thrilling to fight such fantasy figures like zombies…

*Grrraaahhhh!!!*

'Shit!'

'I totally dropped my guard under excitement…!!'

'Moreover, my senses didn't even detect any danger!!'

*THUNK!*

'Oh, I see. So that's why!'

"I didn't expected you to drop your guard like that, Yuuji-kun."

"What can I say except, 'my bad'."

Standing behind him, Saeko had a wooden Shinai in her hand that was covered in blood.

"You weren't bit by them, right?"

"No"

"Good, I see that you also protected Marikawa sensei. That's commendable."

"That's your reward." Saeko said as he threw a Shinai towards Yuuji.

He caught it with a smile on his face. This was the only thing he wanted.

Even though he had no qualms with it, Yuuji still preferred to not be barehanded.

"Thanks, but we shouldn't stay at the same place for too long. Let's go!"

Yuuji nodded towards Shizuka as a gesture to follow them. Saeko also nodded her head in agreement as they all started running to a direction with less zombies.

The zombies which they met in their way were all met by the same fate.

Death!!

"ouch!"

Shizuka suddenly exclaimed from the behind as Yuuji turned back.

It seems she tripped over and fell to the ground.

"Your dress is not appropriate for running around." Saeko stated as she moved closer to her.

Saeko took a hold of Shizuka's skirt and ripped it off from the ends.

*Gasp!*

"That was my brand new skirt." Shizuka mourned with a pitiful expression.

"Which do you think is more important, your skirt or your life?" Saeko asked as she got up.

"Of course both of them!"

Yuuji shook his head at them. He knew that Saeko was more logical here, but it's just that the way of her speaking wasn't very convincing.

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh"

A loud shout came from somewhere making Yuuji frown a little.

Saya Takagi?

Yuuji looked at Saeko for a moment before they both came to a silent agreement.

"Uh? What's happening?" Shizuka asked with a confused expression as she saw both of them looking at each other silently.

"Just follow behind."

Saeko stated as she and Yuuji dashed forward to the direction from where the shout came.

"Heh? Why are you both running also of a sudden?" Shizuka asked with a troubled expression, eventually she also started following them.

Going down the stairs, they both took a turn and saw Saya and some fat guy surrounded by hordes of zombies.

Giving each other another look, They both separated and started going to massacre the horde like a wolf in the horde of sheeps.