It was the middle of the night.

Naz, Ashley and the group was getting near the bridge when they got stuck in a massive traffic jam cause by a roadblock. Ashley was on the backseat of the bike leaning on her lover's back and Naz was laying his head on the bike handles with a pout as he was getting more and more bored by the second.

"Ash..." Naz moaned tiredly as he held onto his axe.

Ashley got off the bike and stretched. "Yes honey..." She replied with a smile but Naz didn't say anything and shook his head.

She ignored it and opened the box on the back of the bike. She looked inside and smile. Inside the box was three MREs, two instant noodle cups and 5 bottles of water. 'I'm guessing Mr. G was taking care of him.' She thought to herself. She grabbed a bottle and took a drink then she passed it to Naz which he drank like a quarter from the bottle's amount.

She looked at him staring into the bus in front of them and saw him grip onto his axe tighter. She gazed over and around the massive traffic jam and saw a DVD store. The light inside was turned on. "Naz... why don't we go to that store?" She asked him and he nodded.

"What about Michael? Naz can't leave Michael here." She thought about it but he beat her to it as he talked to himself. "No... Mr. G... Naz is getting lazy... Don't wanna... ugh fine!"

Ashley just listened to him talk to his other side then watched him got off and bend down to his knees. Ashley was confused but kept quiet.

Naz pulled the keys out and put it in his pocket. She watched him put his hand under the bike and suddenly lifted the bike on his shoulder like he was picking up a potato sack. Her jaw dropped as did the other people inside the cars around them.

"I forgot... that... you can... do that... huh." Ashley pointed her finger in the direction of the store and he started walking like nothing is on him.

Meanwhile inside the bus Saeko was talking to Ms. Marikawa. "How much longer do you think we're going to be here?" Saeko asked the doctor at the wheel and she groaned.

"Probably a while..." She answered and looked into the side mirror.

"Hello? Saeko? You there?" A faint voice came from the walkie talkie and Saeko answered.

"Yeah. What do you need?" She whispered into it and sat down.

"Naz is getting bored by the second and he was staring at the back of the bus for awhile now." Ashley said and Saeko saw Ms. Marikawa's hand waving at her. Saeko ignored it and kept listening. "So... I'm getting him off the road before he kills someone."

Ms. Marikawa stood up and looked outside the bus then she rubbed her eyes.

Saeko just grinned when she heard it. "Yeah... that's probably a good choice." Saeko replied but then her arm got grabbed forcefully by Ms. Marikawa. "Ugh! What?!" She snapped, annoyed.

"Look!" She pointed outside and Saeko saw a motorcycle getting carried by Naz. She blinked twice and looked closer. "Isn't that the guy that was protecting Ms. Ashley!?" Ms. Marikawa exclaimed.

"Um... Ashley... is yo-"

"Yep... Even I forgot about that." Ashley said.

Takagi who was sleeping next to Hirano woke up from the noise and yawned. "What's... with the noi~se...?" She asks with another yawn in between.

Saeko just pointed at the direction with a faint "Look..." and Takagi followed with her eyes.

Takagi squinted her eyes and saw a floating motorcycle. She blinked three times, dumbfounded. She quickly pulled her glasses and put it on. "Oh wow..." She saw Naz carrying it on his shoulder with a pout.

"Uh-huh..." Ms. Marikawa just sat back down and looked at her hands.

Takagi sat down and looked at Saeko. "No way... I gotta be dreaming. You, slap me." She ordered Saeko and she really did got a solid slap. "Yow! I didn't think that you'll actually do it!"

Saeko just shrugged it off with a smirk and started to pick at her nails. "I'm glad he's on our side." She sighed in relief.

"I don't really think that's the case. We're supposed to be glad that she's on our side." Takagi said and Saeko raised her eyebrow. "I have this feeling that if anything is gonna happen... He's gonna just grab Ashley and run. Only her." She pointed out in a dark tone.

Saeko gripped her wooden sword tightly and spoke. "And by the looks of how they were back at the school... He listens to her... and her alone, right?" Takagi nodded and Saeko looked out the window.

Ms. Marikawa who has been listening to them talk was just thinking only one thing and said it aloud. "I wonder... why do you think he's like that, you know... off? I don't know how to put it better."

Saeko just snickered. "He's not the only one that's a little crazy you know? Remember when I picked you up from the infirmary?" Ms. Marikawa thought about it.

"Ah! Hey! I'll admit... I was a little sleepy okay..." She defend herself and Saeko just nodded cheekily.

Meanwhile...
At the store...

Naz and Ashley stepped inside the DVD store and immediately heard the groans of the dead. She just guessed that it was used to be the owner. So she asked Naz to kill it cleanly.

After that, she made him sit on a chair at the counter. "Now, how are you feeling?" She asked as she casually check out the DVDs on the aisles.

There were blood stains here and there either on the floor or the racks but she ignored them. "Naz is bored... but okay. Just a little." He replied as he tapped his finger on the cash register's buttons.

There was a pause as she picked up a DVD that caught her eye. "Mm mm... so tell me. What happened while I was gone? Hmph... crap." She asked and threw away a porn DVD behind her and it smacks on the ground.

There was a loud 'ding!' as the cash register opens. Naz just grabbed the money inside the register and put it all in his jacket.

"After Ashley went away. Naz waited for Ashley to come back home for 160 days. After that, Naz keep going around and put bad people to sleep. Some of the bad people even brought this big green metal car with a lollipop on top to put Naz to sleep. And then! And then! Naz put a red stick inside its back and it went KABLOOM!" He recalled his story to her and got excited as he jumped from the chair to emphasize his 'KABLOOM!'

Ashley just giggled at his childish attempt of storytelling and picked a country music DVD. "Mm... Blues Sacareno, nice.... then where did you go?" She asked him again and then he kept going as she played the CD that she picked on the player. Naz told her everything that he had done in his two year travel.

As country music played in the background, she listened, nodded and ask another question every now and then either when Naz stops, gets sidetracked or distracted.

Then Naz stopped and yawned. Ashley just smiled and opened her arms. "Come here baby... its sleepy time for you." Naz slowly went over and snuggled into her warm embrace.

They lay down on the ground. Ashley laid her head on one of her arms and hugged Naz with the other while Naz used her chest as a pillow. "Boing boing~"

Ashley lightly and playfully slapped his forehead as she giggled. "Don't be cheeky now~" She herself was feeling a little hot as she said that because her thigh was getting gently caressed by Naz's hand. "I missed you... ah~"

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Ashley was standing next to Naz's half-naked sleeping body as she clips her bra back into place. She gazed around the store and saw a door at the back.

There was a plaque stamped on it. [Staff Only]

She shrugged and went over with her machete in her left hand. "Oh zombies~ ya better not be behind this goddamn door or you're gonna get a Machete up your ass..."

Ashley gripped her blade tighter and readied herself. She turned the doorknob and slowly pushed the door open. The moment it swung wide, a horrid stench stung her nose. Her face scrunched up as she saw a body hanging from the ceiling on a rope. It was a male corpse and it was still moving despite it dangling by the neck with a rope.

The zombie was groaning and it's hand waving around as it reacted to Ashley entering the room. "I guess you tried this and it didn't work huh?" She looked down at her weapon and back at the zombie. "Alright buddy... I'll put you to rest..." She sighed and brought her Machete up before swinging it with all her might, aiming right at it's neck, severing it's head from the body and ending it's life. Not really ending it... because you know... already being dead and all.

There was blood staining her hands and she looked at it. Her breathing picked up as her hands trembled. 'Relax... relax... he's already dead! You're jus- just doing him a service! Yeah...' but the shaking did not stop and she started to get scared. Ashley dropped her blade and hurriedly wiped her trembling hands on her skirt.

The blood didn't come off cleanly as it stuck to her palm like glue and her panic rose. "Oh my god! What did I do?!"

What her eyes is seeing was totally different than what she is really looking at. In her mind, she saw a man on the ground and she was in a dark room which looked like a bathroom. Her machete was sticking from his chest. "Why did I kill him?! My god! What did I do?!" She screamed as her PTSD kicked in.

She heard something burst open behind her and in a flash, she picked up her machete and point it at the door. She saw another man standing there. "Don't fucking take another step! Or- or I'll kill you too!" The man raised his hands but he still advanced a step. "I said don't get near me!" She swung once but she was swiftly disarmed. Her blade cluttered to the ground and she felt a pair of arms wrapping around her.

The man hugged her tightly and Ashley thrashed wildly as she tried to pry the man's arms off her. "Get off me!" She yelled but the man only tighten his grip and laid his head on hers.

"Hush child..." He whispered in her left ear. The man's grip loosen a little and they both fell to the ground, sitting. "Mr. G is here..." Ashley stopped her thrashing and started to cry. She turned around and hugged the man. "You're safe..." The man told her. The man's face started to crack and crumble like a mask to show another familiar figure.

She saw the man's face clearly. "It's all in the past now..." It was Naz's but his eyes are different. They have a more mature look in them.

She stuttered a "Thank you." And continued sobbing in his chest as Mr. G rubbed her back. "I love both of you..."

"We know... we love you too."