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Chapter 9 - Chapter Nine: Operation Fabled Part 1

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Rika used her right hand to cover her mouth, knowing that she had to keep it down otherwise they would be caught in an awkward situation.

The pleasurable yet sensational feeling she got with Takashi was never-ending.

Her body quickly becoming hot and sweaty as she caressed the back of Takashi's head as they came together as one, her hand moved from the back of his head and quickly down to the bulge that was building in his pants.

Rubbing her hand against it as she felt the rod form in her hand.

The two clung to each other like glue as the pleasure was enough to bring them to their knees, their faces flushed as Takashi moved away from kissing her neck and back onto pressing his lips against her own.

"Takashi?"

The hard nipples of Rika pressed against Takashi's chest as they made out, his hands moving to her ample ass as she grinded against him.

Her mouth opening and allowing Takashi's tongue to rule her domain freely.

The two fought for dominance as they made out relentlessly, swapping spit and moaning in between each kiss, Rika's hair becoming messier and messier as they made more noise that could disturb the others.

"Takashi... Uhhhhmmm!"

Takashi smirked devilishly as he picked up the older woman as she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Takashi!"

"Huh?"

Snapping back to reality, Takashi moved his head from the window he leaned against and turned to the girl who was shaking him furiously, his expression quite dazed as the other ladies gave him odd looks.

Takashi raised his eyebrow as he looked back and forward from the ladies in the front and at Rei.

"Sorry I was in deep thought and my mind was wandering very far..." Takashi scratched the back of his head as he lied, in reality, his mind recollected a memory from the night before.

"What were you thinking about that made you unable to respond to me for minutes?"

"... Nothing much, I was just thinking about something that doesn't even matter, it's actually quite silly!" Takashi let out an awkward chuckle as he began to sweat buckets under pressure.

Rika's eyes narrowed at him in particular as she suspected him of something.

Although she had no way to prove it, Rika placed the thought in the back of her mind and focused on the now.

Rei, Takashi, Shizuka, Rika, Saya, Kiriko were all squished into the humvee at nine in the morning as they drove through the bad weather, with rain pouring it down and each team remained calm and composed as they knew what their mission was and how they were supposed to accomplish it, of course, the humvee could not be in two places at once.

With Saeko, Kohta, and Alice staying behind at the academy, this meant they could begin to work on the projects in their new home.

However since the rain had begun, there was a slight change in plan for Kohta and Saeko, which meant they would have to create the wooden poles to stick into the ground while the rain cleared.

"Everyone knows what they are going to have to do right?" Takashi asked as he turned his attention to the ladies.

With Shizuka at the wheel, The woman with blonde hair drove through the crowded streets of the city which were full of many broken and damaged cars and zombies loitering in the barren streets.

Some of the streets with many houses looked all too familiar to Takashi as they made their way to the center.

"I will drive once you, Miss Shizuka, and Rei get out of the vehicle and lead these ladies to get the fuel and then loot some more if there is any space, is there anything you want us to do other than that?"

Kiriko questioned as she turned to her side and looked at Takashi.

"I do not have anything for you to do except for that today, I believe if you finish quicker than you expect, head back to the academy and begin to set up the farm that I and Kohta had begun."

Saya nodded alongside Rika as they agreed with Takashi's requests.

"As for me, Rei and Shizuka, once we get out we will head to the west district where all of the stations from the military are set up on the bridge, if we can bring one or two more vehicles for future missions then we have succeeded."

Takashi said as he knew they were not far away from the center of the town.

"Be careful, Takashi, Rei, and Shizuka being in the middle of the city is the worst place to be in at the end of the world." Rika's expression turned slightly serious.

"... I will."

Takashi's eyes quickly looked at Shizuka and Rei for a few seconds, the two women catching on before he looked away.

"I would recommend a bus of some sort, if you three can get one of those, we can modify the interior and use it for looting in the near future."

Kiriko suggested as she watched as they approached the center.

"..."

"..."

"Right."

Takashi nodded as he saw the center of the town which split off into many different roads which they were on.

"I will say this ladies."

Takashi stopped talking as he crossed his arms, waiting for his friends to turn to him except the woman on the wheel.

"Hmmm?"

"Just in case we are a little later than usual, just know we will soon come back."

Takashi's words left the ladies confused as they tried to figure out what he meant, although Takashi knew what he meant, of course, he knew if they ran into trouble they would have to defend themselves...

...

...

The gentle breeze of the airbrushed against Takashi's face.

The young man watched as the Humvee with Rika, Kiriko and Saya drive away through a road filled with many zombies walking towards it before being run over without mercy.

Now that he, Rei, and Shizuka were now in the center of the city, they had multiple districts they could explore.

Of course, the sight around them was unlike anything they had ever truly experienced before, destroyed cars in every direction, bloodstains on the buildings with many people around the area dead or walking with the undead, the doors of cars were open and left exposed, the dismembered body parts of normal day to day civilians had been left rotting on the ground.

If hell ever existed, Takashi knew he was definitely in it.

However, it did not change his mindset and his will to live and thrive in the dangerous world. The three of them were dropped into the middle of the park that loitered within the center of the city they had known their whole life, in the middle stood a large fountain which had spewed water down, the color of the liquid had now been changed due to a rotting corpse left inside of the fountain.

The park was not too big for the three, each side had an exit leading to different districts, signs on the lamposts that told them all the information they needed to know about the surrounding areas.

"This should be it."

Takashi reached inside of his backpack and picked out a small ax-like weapon.

Either girl at his side, Takashi turned to his left which Shizuka was on, and handed her an extra weapon, gesturing for her to take it while their eyes met.

"Place on that belt of yours, it can come in handy if you find yourself in a dire situation."

"Do you not have one for yourself?" Shizuka cocked her head.

"I have one, it is also under here as well, anyway... I believe we should focus on what is in front of us already, and we all know what that is." Takashi stepped away from the fountain, placing his backpack on his back and making sure the straps were placed on correctly.

Takashi admired his view, the grass in front of him looked as if it was cut recently, his eyes lingered back and forward between the exits in front of him and the many dead bodies that appeared to be 'unfunctional', spewed out on the ground, lifeless as ever with no signs of them being zombies in the slightest, although the thought of them quickly rising and attacking the three stuck in his mind.

The smell was rancid, it left an aroma that made Takashi hold his breath.

"God, the smell of rotting corpses is disgusting..." Rei covered her nose as she began to feel like she could puke.

"And the smell of feces, bodies naturally let out whatever is in our bowels whenever we die so the stench of it still lingers in the air." Shizuka used her knowledge as a nurse to point out the facts before covering her face.

Takashi's eyes lit up for a few moments.

"This sign tells us that once we leave this place we are to head down the street to our left." Takashi analyzed the sign.

Their goal ultimately was to get a vehicle big enough for them to grab the remaining items in the military outpost on the edge of the city, near the bridge opposite Shizuka's apartment. Takashi thought deeply as he and the other girls walked quickly and silently, thinking and remembering the various different places he could get a good enough vehicle to bring back.

Preferably a minibus of some sort.

The exit of the park took a sharp bend, turning corners before meeting the view of the street-filled chaos that had tons of zombies loitering. grogerly walking around without a care in the world.

Takashi's mind remembered a moment at the start of all of this, it was then when he made his discovery that zombies could not see but only hear.

"!"

Takashi turned around, signaling for the girls to remain quiet.

Pulling the straps of his backpack down as gently as possible, Takashi brought it to his view and began to unzip it slowly, just enough for him to attempt to get a particular rock he had held in his backpack.

"Takashi."

Rei whispered very quietly, causing him to turn his head and see she held a brick in her hands and was gesturing him to take it.

Takashi nodded, letting go of the hard-shaped rock he had in his bag before slowly zipping it up once more, turning it over and slowly but quietly placing it on his back before taking the brick out of her hand.

"Back up a little..."

About twenty or thirty zombies roamed the street in front of them.

"Got it."

"Right."

Takashi nodded and stepped forward, spotting a black SUV that still had its front windows intact perfectly.

'Please work!'

Takashi pulled his arm and hand back, aiming at the car as he prayed in his mind.

FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

Takashi let the brick travel through the air, it spun multiple times through the air as it got ever so closer to its target.

Every small millisecond that passed by had felt like centuries.

Takashi knew that he could successfully pass the zombies by without the noise of them walking without any trouble if enough noise was caused.

BEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

'Thank god...'

Takashi let out a small breath of relief as he began to walk slowly.

The girls following behind him as the zombies on the pathway and around them began to walk over towards the car.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Their small yet gradual steps towards glory were progressing, each step got them away from the large crowd of zombies that were everywhere.

Takashi and the two girls were almost circled by them.

However, with the noise being caused by the alarm in the car, Takashi knew they would not pick up on their movements.

"AWWWWWWWWWWWWHTR!"

The noise of the car alarm had been drowned out by Takashi, instead of focusing on the other road in front of him, which seemed to expand for a long time ahead.

The horrible smell of the undead had made Rei's eyes water.

The girl covered her nose once more with her hand and looked in disgust.

'Oh my god! Why does it smell so bad!? It gets worse as the three of us progress!'

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

The car alarm worked like a charm, it allowed Takashi, Rei, and Shizuka to walk and walk without attention being drawn to them, many zombies on the new road that they had just gotten on had also begun to trudge down the street.

"!"

"!"

"?"

Takashi noticed a wave of zombies heading towards them on the pathway from the road and quickly pulled the girls into a small shop.

"AAAAAAAAAAAART!"

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTH!"

"GRRRRRRRRRR!"

Countless waves of zombies made their way towards the car alarms that were getting distant, Takashi could still hear them in the darkly lit shop.

The door that he had pulled them into had been left open slightly so Takashi could hear any noise from the outside.

Zombies with ragged clothing passed by seamlessly.

Not noticing the presence of Takashi and the two girls as they passed by.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEP!

Takashi felt he was living his life in a dangerous mode.

All it took was the car alarm to go back off and the three to make too much noise and they were in deep trouble.

Takashi searched around as he heard the now distant alarm go off.

"Get to the back."

Takashi ordered the girls as spotted a trolley in one of the isles, walking closer to it as he watched the two ladies walk quickly.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Takashi grew nervous, any moment now the alarm would go off and he knew if the noise was heard from the shop he could be found out.

Moving the trolley ever so slightly, Takashi noticed the many piled-up bodies to this right that looked like they were about to start moving, his eyes widened at this sight and pushed the trolley on its own slowly towards the door.

Takashi held his breath, noticing one of them beginning to move.

'Oh god...'

His steps grew small as he walked away from the entrance and towards the back of the shop, towards Rei and Shizuka.

"GRRRRRR!"

Takashi moved quickly, Rei and Shizuka trying to rush him as he stood on his tiptoes and checked out the reawakened zombie.

The sweat of nervousness threatened to fall down his eyebrow.

He kept looking over towards the now standing zombie to check up on it, watching its every movement as it caused the noise.

Takashi knew it was only a matter of time.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEE-

The sound of the car alarm seemingly stopped halfway through, a daunting thought ran through Takashi's mind.

'It's finally off, I must be as quiet as humanly possible.'

Not only was the standing zombie lingering, but Takashi also noticed many other dead bodies waking up from the noise.

"GRRRRRR!"

"BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTHG!"

Takashi reached the exit of the back of the shop, almost letting out a sigh of relief as he walked straight through.

Rei reached for the handle and closed the door slowly.

Unknowingly, Takashi's boots that he wore with his school attire had gotten blood on the bottom of his shoes.

While the door closed, Takashi got a quick look into the large shopping room that now had zombies roaming down towards the entrance.

"This is more stressful than I imagined..."

"No kidding..."

"Heart-wrenching and scary too..."

Takashi, Rei, and Shizuka all let out a breath as they became slightly more relieved with the obstacle an undead had to get through to face them, the room they stood in at the back of the darkly lit shop appeared to be a staff room of some sorts.

A fridge in front of them had long been switched off due to the power across the entire city being permanently shut off for good. To the right of them was a wooden table which was filled with half-eaten food, Takashi predicted that the staff was eating and on their break as the world ended that day.

The wall was painted bright white with a counter next to the fridge, with essentials like a kettle, microwave, cupboards to store items that were necessary for the workers to have back then.

With the minimal light they had in the daytime, Takashi could just about make out what was in the room.

To the left of them was another door.

"So, what is the plan now Takashi? What does our gracious leader have in mind for us next? Another gut-wrenching risky moving scenario?" Rei tried to lighten the mood in the room between the three which worked like a charm.

Takashi was on the brink of letting out a laugh while Shizuka snorted.

"Well..."

...

...

A while later.

Takashi, Rei, and Shizuka roamed the small and tight alleyways.

Sun beamed down on them, although the skies were still grey, the color was quickly disappearing alongside the grey clouds.

A thought popped into Takashi's mind as he realized something he had not thought about.

'Is the sky grey because of the destruction that has been caused?'

It was definitely something to consider, although Takashi knew that natural weather change could have occurred in general, hence the bad weather now being overridden by the bright and colorful sun.

Takashi knew going into the overcrowded streets was asking for death, however, he also knew moving through the alleyways was also the safest option until they found a vehicle to use on the road, one that would not break down from damage so easily anyway.

"How long have we walked...?" Shizuka let out a breath, not used to moving around so much.

"A while, if I had some sort of time or watch I would let you know, I can only predict we have been on the move for thirty or so minutes." Takashi twirled the bat in his hand, taking a deep breath as they looked out onto the road in front of them.

A road filled with the undead appeared before their very eyes.

Dried up blood, flipped over cars, burnt-out cars, dead bodies with their intestines hung out, the traffic light lampost had been rammed into and now was bent at an odd angle, the many buildings around them had been heavily destroyed with items laying on the ground.

Windows smashed, cars had gone through the windows, signs of a fire that was there previously.

All around hell on earth.

The building behind the myriad of piled-up cars was a familiar sight he had seen before.

"Is that..."

"The..."

"Police station?"

Rei finished off the sentence with a raised eyebrow, the exact same building that her mother and father had worked at before the apocalypse had erupted onto the world and messed lives up.

The three could not see the entrance due to the piled-up cars.

To the far left was a drawn bridge which had been down, many bodies that wore police uniforms lay dead and unmoving.

A thought crossed Takashi's mind as his eyes went back onto the station, he knew it would be an excellent opportunity to check for supplies or a vehicle that had been left there, like an armored vehicle he had seen multiple times over years.

Rei noticed Takashi's intense staring at the station as she turned to him.

"You want to go in there?"

Rei pulled back as she watched an undead figure walk past the end of the alleyway as they hid behind a green moveable dumpster, peaking over every once and a while as she rested up.

"I don't know if it's a good idea to go in there, guys..." Shizuka looked worried as she watched on.

Her perky breasts threatening to fall out of her tank top that had a denim jacket over the top, a grey color with light blue shorts, and a pair of combat boots to go with her attire. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail as she peeked over the dumpster.

"The risk to reward could be worth it, we could be missing out on a big opportunity." Takashi said as he stepped forward, a meter away from the end of the alleyway.

"I thought our objective was to find a minibus of some sort?"

Takashi turned around, looking at Shizuka and then Rei for a few moments before turning back around.

"It still is but I'm saying we take a 'look' around inside of the building, take a small break and see if we can find anything valuable for us to acquire." Takashi tried his best to convince the girls.

Rei and Shizuka looked at each other with a myriad of emotions.

"If you say so..."

"Fine..."

Takashi smiled wryly, trying to tell them that he was right in his own plans, although the girls were not too convincing.

Takashi's hand came back slightly, signaling for the girls to follow his lead but stay a bit behind as he stepped closer towards the alleyway, walking ever so closer to the point he could see what is down to his left and right.

Just like he expected, to his left was the undead walking, crawling, and trudging without any regard, one of the cars in the junction was turned on its head, blood spilled on the ground that had become dry.

Takashi looked to his right, a medium-sized building that had the sign 'Kazuko's bakery and delicious goods!', he had seen the store before, the road that went back behind him had led to the school, approximately thirty or so minutes away.

"There's too many Takashi!" Rei whispered in his ear.

To an extent, Takashi knew she was right, although Takashi did not fancy walking around to be disappointed.

His eyes scanned as his mind began to pace, thinking about the various different ways he could distract the zombies with noise that they could hear, being as blind as bats, the noise was their best ally and their vision was their worse enemy.

Nothing, in particular, stood out to him, he knew himself he had very limited options to go by.

'Dammit! Is there not anything?!'

Takashi looked for a car, he considered using the exact same method he had used earlier, which was to set off a car alarm, however, the majority of the cars had been destroyed, flipped over at an odd angle, or was too far for him to be able to reach with a throwing shot.

If life was a game of poker, Takashi knew he was dealt a shit hand.

Takashi looked around him, this time in the alleyway they peaked out of, looking everywhere his eyes scanned, his eyes spotted a ladder some height in the air which he knew he could not reach, however, he had a different idea in mind.

Standing up straight, he turned to the girls and gestured.

"I have an idea but I have to go alone..." Takashi said as he brushed his bangs out of his face.

"!"

"!"

Rei and Shizuka stared at him with confusion.

"You girls will have to go up there and keep a watch until I cause a loud distraction big enough to draw all of the zombies, then you girls come down when the coast becomes more... clearer."

Shizuka and Rei turned to each other, not wanting to accept the terms but they knew the type of character Takashi was.

"But..."

"That could be really dangerous!"

Rei whispered quietly as she argued against Takashi's quickly made-up plan, the young man rolled his eyes and nodded but kept a stern expression on his face that told the two he was serious.

"Rei I will be fine I can promise you that as well, please trust me."

Takashi's left hand grasped the palm Rei as he gave her a reassuring look, Takashi then proceeded to do the same to Shizuka as he wanted her to be reassured also.

"..."

"..."

"Alright?" Takashi smiled wryly.

"Fine..."

"If that is what our leader wants us to... we will comply."

The two of them let out a breath and walked over to Takashi, the thoughts of how they were going to reach the ladder washed over them as they became confused at the dangling ladder within the air.

Rei standing in front was met with a surprise with a pair of strong hands asserting themselves on her hips as she began to be lifted up, a light blush appeared on her face as she looked down and moved slightly.

Grabbing the first bar on the ladder and using her strength alongside Takashi trying to readjust himself to lift her up better.

"!"

Rei's hand slipped slightly causing her to panic and her to move into a position she would have never expected, her eyes widened as she felt her butt pressed against something or someone.

Rei being above Takashi made her realize that he could be the only thing her butt was pressed against.

"Oh my..."

Shizuka said as she blushed deeply, watching the two students in an awkward position.

"Sorry...!"

Takashi whispered to Rei who was above him, trying to move her and push her up more and towards the ladder.

Takashi walked forward once more and waited for Rei to grab the first bar.

"BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTH!"

The sound of groaning zombies making loud and obvious noises did not sit too well with Takashi, the daunting feeling of them hearing the three of them had put the fear of God into him.

"Ummm Takashi..."

Rei said as she looked out of the alleyway, now securely going up the ladder, stopping for a moment as she saw one zombie begin to make its way over towards him, Shizuka and Rei.

Rei pushed herself up the ladder as her heart raced.

Leaving Takashi and Shizuka to be the ones on the ground, for now, the daunting realization of his original plan to distract the undead had now gone out of the window entirely.

"Quick Shizuka..."

Takashi hurried the nurse as she quickly walked below and in front of the ladders.

The ladders above her were unreachable by jumping and she waited for Takashi to grab her waist and hoister her upwards towards awaiting Rei who sat on the metal frame that the ladder leads up to, numerous stairs going up to the top of the building.

Grabbing her waist quickly, Takashi pushed her high in the air with all of his strength.

Allowing Shizuka to be able to get onto the ladder quickly with Rei now reaching down towards her and helping her to climb up.

The single zombie that Rei had seen just a few moments ago had multiplied due to the amount of racket they had made with the ladder and talking, after pulling up Shizuka onto the platform, she looked down towards Takashi.

"Takashi?"

"One moment..."

Takashi saw the two dumpsters to his sides and quickly grabbed the edge and turned it around.

SKRRRRRRRRT!

Causing a loud noise to be made with the said dumpster, Takashi did the same with the one on the right.

SKRRRRRRRRRRRT!

Pushing the one on the left forward first, and then the one on the right as he began to create obstacles.

'Perfect...?'

The undead that had multiplied since the first undead to notice them began to groggily push forward.

"BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTH!"

"GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRTH!"

"GGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Some of the zombies created loud noises as they struggled to push back the heavy dumpsters filled with trash, although the consistent reinforces of the undead would soon make that vanish.

Takashi knew that all too well as he turned around.

Rei held out her hand as she waited to catch his own grip with Shizuka seemingly holding her lower body parts up just in case of Takashi's body weight.

The young man looked towards the brick wall to the side of him and had an idea.

'I hope this works!'

Takashi took a step back slightly, letting out a breath as he zoned out of the zombies who began to push the dumpster forward.

"!"

"..."

"..."

The wall being so close to the ladders allowed Takashi to have the idea of getting considerable height on the wall and then using the power to project himself onto the ladders.

Takashi did just that.

Takashi used any speed he could muster to push his legs and feet onto the wall before pushing himself off and into the air as his arms sprang out...

Reaching for the out-of-reach ladders as everything moved slow...

His hands were just in touching distance of it, all Takashi had to do was close his hands...

"!"

"!"

"!"

Takashi closed both of his hands as he swayed to the left and the right.

Just in time as the zombies broke through the dumpster barricade, he had forcefully put in front of them, giving him time to climb up and be entirely out of the undead's reach.

A relieved smile as he felt the soft and gentle hand of Rei and Shizuka help push him up until he was secure and safe above the zombies, his heart raced from the dangerous situation he and the girls had gotten themselves into.

"GRRRRRRRRRRRTH!"

"BRRRRRRRRRTHDF!"

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRF!"

"BTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTH!"

Takashi sat back on the railings behind him as he let out a sigh of relief with the two ladies doing the same thing.

"It's official..." Rei said as she stared at the waves of zombies heading their way.

"I never..." Shizuka looked like she could pass out.

"Want to be dealing with zombies again..." Takashi looked at the sky.

Zombies groaning and knocking each other down below them was the sight and sound they could hear, the three out of reach with the undead reaching out for them as they took a break.

The sun that had come out began to beam down on them, Takashi used his left hand to cover his face as it got in his eyes.

The realization that they had only just begun their mission was ringing in Takashi's head.

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