Highschool of the Dead: Fanfiction Darkpenn

The american adventures part 4:

Part 4: Imoutosama

Sachiko, Hotaru and Jill stepped off the boat and started heading for the building that Kowalski used as her mayoral office. Kazuki and Sam were unloading the goods sent by the Vancouver Island community to Columbia. Rise, Lian, Dean, and three people from the island were making the journey by land, with twenty horses from the MacLean farm.

The three women had not gone far when they saw two large, older men coming towards them. They did not look friendly.

"Uh-oh," said Jill.

"Hey!" shouted one of the men, looking at Jill. "Where'd you disappear to, bitch? Get your ass back home where you belong!"

"Relatives?" said Sachiko to Jill.

"No," said Jill. "Two guys I used to live with. The Jones brothers. They're the reason I wanted to go with you."

"Live with?" said Sachiko. "How come?"

"My parents died last year, in the Shortage, and I had to have somewhere to live. So ... them. Pretty common in Columbia. You do what you have to do for food and a roof."

"What did you do for them?" said Sachiko.

"Cooked. Cleaned. Other stuff."

"What other stuff?" said Hotaru, in English.

"What do you think?" said Jill.

The two men were in front of them now. They stopped, glowering.

"I don't want to go back," said Jill to them.

"And when did what you want ever matter?" growled one of the men. He suddenly punched her, on the chin, so hard she fell to the ground.

"That was a bad idea," said Sachiko to them. She helped Jill up. Jill rubbed her jaw.

"Stay out of it!" snarled one of the men. "It's none of your fucking business!"

"Is now," said Hotaru. She stepped between the brothers and Jill.

One of the men reached out to shove her aside. She pushed his hand away.

"You clearly don't know who you're fucking with," said Sachiko to the men. "But I expect you will find out."

The man punched at Hotaru. She casually stepped out of the path of the blow, and grabbed the man's arm. She swivelled, using his own momentum to bring him to his knees. With her other hand, she punched out, hitting the man on the shoulder. There was a crack, and the man screamed in pain.

The other man began to reach for the pistol in his belt. But before he could touch it he found himself looking down the barrel of a Makarov.

"I will shoot you now," said Hotaru, in English. "And then the other one."

"I warned you," said Sachiko, softly.

"Hotaru!" said a voice. Shizuka Marikawa came up to them, with Satsuki and Mayor Kowalski. "You, uh, probably shouldn't kill them," she said, in Japanese.

Hotaru looked at her. "I guarantee that they will then be no further problem," she said, in the same language.

"Maybe, but we are, after all, guests here," said Shizuka.

"If you're saying what I think you're saying," broke in Kowalski, "I might say that I really don't have any difficulty with you putting a bullet in these guys. They've been trouble for years."

"Perhaps only a major wound," said Hotaru to Shizuka.

"No," said Shizuka.

"A flesh wound, then," said Hotaru. "And that is my final offer."

"What the hell is she saying?" said the man looking down the barrel.

"That she really doesn't like you," said Sachiko, in English. "They are debating whether to kill you or merely cripple you." She looked at Jill, and said: "Since it is this woman who has been wronged, I believe it is she who should decide what to do with you."

"Kill the bastards," said Jill.

Hotaru cocked the gun. The man gave a gasp. The other man was still sobbing in pain.

"No, maybe not," said Jill.

Hotaru said something in Japanese.

"She says that it would be no trouble, and that you should make up your mind," translated Sachiko.

"I suppose I don't really want them dead," said Jill.

Hotaru sighed.

Then she moved her gun slightly. And fired.

There was a spurt of blood - from the man's ear. He cried out in pain and surprise.

"You are lucky," said Sachiko, "that she is a good shot." She took the man's pistol from him and handed it to Kowalski.

Kazuki and Sam, carrying bags of vegetables on their shoulders, came up, pushing their way through the little crowd that had formed to watch the show.

Kazuki looked at the two men, and then at Hotaru. Hotaru shrugged, and holstered her gun.

Sachiko said to Kowlaski: "We made contact with a group on Vancouver Island. They are sending some representatives by land, with the rest of our people. They have horses as well."

"Great!" said Kowalski. "Come to my office and give me a full report."

Kowalski, Sachiko, Hotaru, Jill, Kazuki and Sam headed towards Kowalski's office.

Shizuka and Satsuki looked at the brothers. Shizuka sighed. "Oh, don't be such a baby," she said to the man with the injured shoulder, who was still on his knees. "It's only dislocated. Here, I'll put it back into place. Now, this is going to hurt." She took hold of the man's arm, put her knee on his shoulder, and wrenched. The man screamed in pain, but the arm popped back into its socket.

A ripple of applause ran around the crowd.

Shizuka turned to the other man. She inspected his ear, which was still gushing blood. "I really should stitch that," she said, as Satsuki translated, "but to tell the truth I can't be bothered. It will stop bleeding in a while. Probably. If not, then you'll be remembered as the first person to bleed to death from being shot in the ear."

It was evening. The group, with Kowalski, was sitting at one of the tables in the communal kitchen.

"Tell me again how a ninety-pound girl took down two big guys," said Sam.

"You've already heard it three times," said Sachiko.

"But it never gets old," said Sam.

"While I appreciate what you did," said Jill, "I have to say that I don't really understand why."

"We protect our own," said Hotaru.

"I should apologise for the Jones brothers," said Kowalski. "Living here can be pretty tough, and that always gives rise to some thugs."

"We're familiar with the type," said Satsuki. "Too familiar."

"There were many in Japan in the period immediately after the Outbreak. My mother killed one, according to the family story," said Sachiko.

"So did mine," said Kazuki.

Kowalski, Sam, Dean and Jill all looked at Shizuka.

"Funny story," she said. "Ends with me throwing up."

"Huh," said Kowalski. "Tell me, when do you think your friends will arrive?"

"Six, seven days, maybe a bit more, depending on the territory," said Kazuki. "Then we will take some of the horses and ride east, maybe. Explore."

"East of here is the Rocky Mountains," said Kowalski. "Difficult to cross. Maybe you should go south, head towards California, and then cut east from there."

Kazuki nodded. "South, and then east, it is," he said.

END