<strong>"Ha, don't think of it as being outvoted.  Without a crystal ball, I'm going to say that we're all probably going to be doing things that go against our best laid plans."</strong>Naoki replied, giving at best what was a nervous chortle,<strong>"Really, the only thing even close to a strategy I can muster is just staying together and doing the best we can.  Given what I...what we've just seen out there, if we've made it this far we're one step ahead of..."</strong>he paused, trying to think of a good way to put it, "...basically everyone else." he sighed, shaking his head, resting the tip of his yumi against the lock room floor, "I hope there's lots of other groups around here doing just what we're doing."<br/><br/>The yumi's length twirled slightly, it's end swiveling against the ground while he listened to the crackling voices upon the radio,<strong>"Blue-chan, eh?  Heh heh heh..."</strong>it was silly, but it made him smile.  It was good to get those last few potential smiles out of the way before possibly having your intestinal track used as a jump rope by some biological monster.  He turned his head to look toward Anko.  She was not taking things well, of course he was not taking things well either, but he was a decent actor.  Leaning his yumi against the wall, he rested his back against a set of lockers and slowly slid down onto the ground, next to the short haired girl.  Really he wasn't exactly sure what to do.  He hadn't had a huge amount of experience with women, and he certainly hadn't had any experiences that could compare with...<em>this</em>.<br/><br/><strong>"Anko-san."</strong>he said, putting his hand on her shoulder,<strong>"We're going to get through this.  You, me, Minoru-san, Blue-chan, Baseball Bat Guy, hopefully, even Crazy Sword Girl.  We'll take it one step at a time, little by little.  Small goals, yeah?  We'll watch each others back.  I'll watch yours, and I need you to watch mine.  Depending on what kind of food and supplies they have, I'll even try to cook up something good.  I <em>am</em> the head of the Home Economics club, you know."</strong>he said, giving her a playful push,<strong>"We've got to get up though, get this stuff together, and get ready to move.  What do you say?"</strong>he said, extending his hand toward Anko.