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"Turn right here and on the next crossroad." Kakashi pointed to Shizuka who nodded.

"Say, Mr. Hatake." Shizuka began.

"Just Kakashi is fine. We are probably around the same age anyway." He said sitting on the free seat next to the driver.

"Okay, then call me Shizuka too!" As expected of an airhead, she quickly agreed. "I wanted to ask if that was necessary? The whole thing with Shido?" It was bothering her for some reason. In the end, they threw out a group of students.

Kakashi hearing the question sighed and raised his voice so that everyone on the bus could hear him. "It was. That guy was trash. He abandoned his student to death just because he tripped. He didn't even hesitate to kick him in the face. If he stayed with us, it would bring only troubles, and sooner or later the conflict would escalate." Stating the obvious no one objected, nor regret what Kakashi had done.

"I'm still worried about the students..." Shizuka's expression turned a little gloomy.

"No our problem. They choose their leader, they should stick with their leader." He responded flatly and leaned his head back, staring at the ceiling. 'I would like to eat something...' Thought Kakashi as he could feel his stomach demanding food.

A little further away, Tomoe changed her seat and sat next to Nino.

"Hey, where exactly are we going?" She asked looking at the passing-by buildings.

"To our apartment, I guess."

"Whoa, it's been a while since I've been there! But will there be enough space? There are 10 of us." Tomoe quickly counted people on the bus.

"Nah, it will be fine. With three rooms and a living room, there wouldn't be any problem. And if there is we can just take a floor below us. They aren't rented for some time now." Nino explained while struggling with her vest. It was very uncomfortable, especially in her chest area.

"What are you talking about?" Rei sat behind them and leaned between them.

"Ah, we were talking about where we are heading to." Tomoe briefly resumed what they were talking about a moment before.

"But it's close to the center. There can be a lot of them there..." Rei assumed just as they drove past the group of the undead.

Nino smiled and glanced at a certain white-haired man. "With him around we are safe." She said absentmindedly with a smile and only after a few seconds did she realize she said that aloud.

"Oooh~ I see, I see," Rei smirked and nodded her head.

"Indeed, Indeed. That girl is lost in the ways of lo-." Tomoe started acting like an old sage, stating the secrets of the universe.

"Aah! Shut up you two!" Nino spat at the two girls and turned her head to look outside the window. And to hide her blush.

Tomoe and Rei turned to look at each other and started giggling, having a lot of fun teasing their friend.

Hearing their conversation, a certain girl with a sword could feel her interest rising, as her eyes also fell at the back of Kakashi's head.

******

"Park here, the entrance to the parking lot is blocked. We will use the back entrance."

"Okaay~." Shizuka agreed and did as she was told.

They stopped near the alley Kakashi used to run towards Nino's school. Unfortunately, it was too narrow to park there, and Kakashi was afraid that if they park near the front gate, they could have problems getting to it later.

Stepping outside, Kakashi took a quick look around. There were only a handful of walkers circling, too far to notice them. One by one they exited the bus and followed Kakashi and Nino who were walking at the front.

Takashi looked up at the building they were heading to and was sure it was the tallest building in the vicinity.

Using ID from Homura, Kakashi unlocked the door and led everyone inside. Soon, they found themselves in a spacious reception. Everybody was curiously looking around the place, marveling at the clearly expensive interior.

"Oh my! I should have dressed properly!" Shizuka gasped comparing her clothes to the place.

"No one here is going to look at this like that, Ms. Shizuka. There is an outbreak outside." Saeko comforted the bubbly nurse.

"Ah! You are right! Sorry."

"At least the place has some class," Saya said snobby and brushing her hair. Kohta next to her just laughed awkwardly at her remark.

"Nino, take everyone upstairs. Homura can be inside so don't be surprised." Kakashi turned to a pink-haired girl and informed her.

"You are not coming with us?"

"Not yet. I want to check the parking lot first." Kakashi said after walking towards the stairs.

"Okay... but please be careful." She was worried that something could happen to him.

******

Walking downstairs Kakashi soon spotted a door to the underground parking lot. Before opening, he checked his weapons, and after making sure everything was okay, he slowly pushed them open.

Slowly taking steps deeper inside, his ears were trying to pick up any noise, but surprisingly, Kakashi couldn't hear anything. The place was quiet.

'Strange... I remember there should be a few of them...'

With a small frown, he continued checking the area. He could even spot "his" black SUV.

The parking wasn't huge, it's just that there were many cars, making it easy to hide if someone wanted to. But still, Kakashi thought it was weird. There were many cars, but he didn't meet their owners yet, and only the apartments owners and staff were allowed to use the parking lot. He didn't think much about it, he just concluded that they had to be in their apartments or were in close vicinity to the building so they didn't need the car.

Walking past the blue Hyundai he encountered the first undead. It was motionlessly lying on the ground with a wound at the side of the head. The black goo-like blood started drying up. Bracing himself that he may meet another survivor, Kakashi reminded himself to not hastily pull the trigger.

'The way out was blocked by the cars, I should check it.' He headed towards the place.

As he walked by the cars he also found out what happened to the zombies that roamed the area. All of them were killed in the same manner with seemingly the same weapon, forcing Kakashi to conclude that the same person was responsible for that.

"...fuck...I can't move it... That silvery bastard would become handy..."

Looking over the driveway, Kakashi spotted a familiar brown-haired man examining the crashed cars.

Walking quietly behind Homura, Kakashi pressed the back of Homura's knee with his feet, making the former stumble and cry in fear.

"Guabah!!!" Homura rolled to the side and quickly turned around pointing his gun at Kakashi.

The silver-haired man just stood there, with a "seriously?" look on his face.

"You stinky bastard! I could have died! You could have died!!!" Frightening and embarrassing at the same time Homura spat at Kakashi, pointing his finger at him accusingly.

"1:1 asshole." Kakashi gave him his hand to help him stand up. "I saw you cleared the place. are you trying to move it?" He looked at the cars.

Two sedans crashed into each other. The first one, a red Audi, looked like it crashed into the wall at the full speed. Seeing the driver trashing around inside the wreck, Kakashi assumed that he must be already bitten when he tried to escape. The second one, a silver Volkswagen, basically drove inside the first car. Perhaps they were too close when the Audi crashed? Anyway, the wrecks were impossible to move out of the way.

"We will need something to push them out of the road... And why you didn't finish off the driver?" Kakashi looked at the still kicking undead, trying to reach them with his broken arm. Unfortunately for it, it was stuck inside the car.

Homura shrugged and gave mercy to the turned man. "He wasn't bothering me that much, so..."

Kakashi looked at the Homura, checking his attire. He noticed that he was wearing one and last of his vests, as well as a similar knife. He also took another Glock from Kakashi's cabinet.

"Already geared up, huh?"

"Yep," He spun around, "Though it's a shame you don't have more of this." He pointed at the short AK in Kakashi's hands. "There was only an MP5 and a shotgun."

"Let me guess, you didn't take them because you wanted to save ammo?"

"Yep, one of the basic rules of the Apocalypse: save the ammo! I just took the Glock in case." Homura tapped it, as he put it in the holster on his hip.

"Anyway, let's go upstairs. We should discuss with the rest what should we do next." Kakashi massaged the back of his neck and started going back to the stairs.

Homura stood in place for a few seconds, dumbfounded. "Rest? What rest?"