This story is set after the Naruto series, and mainly revolves around Sasuke's daughter Sarada. I really quite enjoy Sarada's character, and think everyone who hasn't read Naruto Gaiden should go read it. The story will be full of spoilers for Naruto, so I would advise you not to read unless you're okay with that. That being said, even if you haven't read the later chapters of Naruto and the following Gaiden, you can still read this. I'll be slowly incorporating the manga in, but this is pretty much based in the Walking Dead and will have very few Naruto characters in it. You shouldn't be too lost!

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"English"

If I did own the Walking Dead/Naruto, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction.

...Who am I kidding, I so still would be.

Sarada Uchiha carefully ran her fingers over the old photograph, smoothing out the creases. Her eyes traced the image of her father in the flickering light of the fire, his handsome face staring up at her impassively.

Beside him stood a woman; the redhead who had been haunting her thoughts ever since she'd first seen her. The woman with her glasses.

She had only wanted to find her father and get the truth about her heritage, but everything had changed so fast.

'You stare any longer at that picture and it might just burst into flames.'

Sarada stiffened, turning to look at the blond across from her. The Seventh Hokage smiled benignly as he stoked their campfire.

'How long until we can get home?' Sarada asked the war hero. She hesitated before adding, 'Can we get home?'

'Well it won't be easy,' the Seventh admitted, gaze falling to the fire as a frown marred his whiskered face. 'Summoning doesn't seem to work here, so I can't just reverse summon us to our dimension. And I'm not well versed in Space-Time Ninjutsu to send us back myself.'

Sarada felt her hope sink at his words, staring at the dirt. If theNaruto Uzumaki couldn't find a way back, then it was likely there wasn'ta way back.

'However,' the Hokage continued, and the Uchiha snapped her head up to see his blue eyes watching her. 'I have full in confidence your father to find us and return us home.'

His calm tone was brimming with confidence and Sarada felt herself relax. 'Right!'

The blond grinned, the fire light changing his skin to the same orange of his shirt. 'Until then, just think of this as an extended training trip.' He pointed his thumb at his chest. 'Call me Naruto-sensei!'

Sarada smiled back, only to shiver slightly as a sudden gust of wind hit her. A moment later something heavy and soft fell around her shoulders - the Seventh's cloak.

'I-I can't take this, Seventh!' she protested, even if the cloak protecting her bare shoulders from the cool night air felt heavenly. She'd never realised how impractical her dress was in harsh weather. In her defence, she hadn't expected to leave Fire Country when she'd gotten changed this morning.

'Naruto-sensei,' he corrected and tugged at an orange sleeve. 'I've got plenty of warmth. Besides, worse comes to worse, Kurama's chakra can be used as a furnace.'

Sarada giggled at the image of the Nine Tailed Fox being used as a heater, which the blond grinned to.

'Go to sleep,' the Seventh - Naruto-sensei - instructed softly. 'We'll look for civilisation in the morning.'

Nodding, the twelve year old curled into the warmth of the makeshift blanket, falling asleep as the Hokage watched the fire die.

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The Seventh, her father and Sarada all stared in shock at the sword protruding from the blond's stomach.

'Seventh!' Sarada screamed, terrified as her Hokage fell to his knees with a grunt. The Fox construct guarding them flickered.

'I'm fine, Sarada,' he reassured her, sounding slightly strained.

'It is my eye's technique,' Shin Uchiha - the father - boasted as he stared at them with an unhinged grin. 'Now that you've got a taste to it you're not going to lose to it, are you?'

Sarada sucked in a startled breath as the Seventh chuckled weakly, his large shield flickering. 'I see. So your eye has the ability to manipulate weapons freely. And Sasuke's sword was inside my guard.'

Shin smirked and suddenly her father was gone from beside her. A short gasp of pain from behind her made her spin; there he was, blades littering his back as he protected her from harm.

'Dad!' she cried just as the Hokage yelled, 'Sasuke!'

'Now!' Shin hissed as the blond was momentarily distracted, and suddenly Sarada felt like she was being ripped away.

'Sarada!' the Seventh shouted as the world warped around her. Two golden claws grasped her arms tightly and tried to pull her back, only to be dragged along with her. The last thing she saw before she was torn from the world was her father's horrified face.

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Sarada shot up as she woke, sharingan blazing. A large hand rested on her shoulder and she tensed before relaxing as she realised who it belonged to.

'Nightmares?' Naruto-sensei questioned, looking concerned.

The Uchiha shook her head, deactivating her dojutsu. 'Memories,' she corrected, wrapping her hands around her knees.

Naruto-sensei's face turned solemn before he smiled and ruffled her hair. 'Cheer up, brat,' he ordered as he stood. 'Come on, we've got a long day ahead of us.'

Sarada nodded, scrambling to her feet. It was still fairly dark, but she could make out the bright rays from the sunrise peeking through the thick brush and hear the early bird singing dawn's tune.

'We'll be searching for civilisation today,' Naruto-sensei explained as he pulled a kunai from his pouch. Faster than Sarada could see, it disappeared from his hand, the only sign he'd thrown it was from the dull thud as the songbird hit the ground. 'But first, breakfast.'

As the Hokage cooked the bird over the smouldering ashes of their fire, he reviewed their plan for the day aloud.

'Unfortunately, we're going to have to find civilisation the old fashioned way,' Naruto-sensei noted with a faint grimace. 'I don't think it would be a good idea to try sensing again.'

Sarada copied the facial expression as she remembered his first attempt. Sage mode, the blond had explained, let him feel every being on the earth unless they were purposefully hiding (and even then in some cases). The Seventh had activated it to find their way back to Leaf when they'd first been dumped here, only to fall unconscious from sensory overload. Apparently there was billions of people in the world - more in their immediate area (in shinobi terms) than in all of the Elemental Nations. That made them both realise they were no longer in their world. They were reassured that they were still on some version of Earth thanks to the familiar flora and fauna.

'After we find civilisation, we can hopefully meet up with the local daimyo or Hokage and maybe get some help to speed our return home,' Naruto-sensei continued as he handed her half of the bird.

Sarada nodded in agreement before biting into the meat. The flesh was edible, which wasn't surprising. Cooking from scratch was a necessity for any shinobi. Still, the taste of the bland meat would never be her favourite and she couldn't quite hide her distaste before the Seventh caught it.

He chuckled, pulling a face himself. 'Heh, I agree. Almost as bad as cold ramen.'

After finishing their meal, the Hokage made any sign of their camp vanish with a quick jutsu. 'I'll teach it to you later,' Naruto-sensei promised, noticing her longing look. 'Pick up your Dad's sword, would you? Better not leave that behind or the bastard might skin me.'

'Right,' Sarada agreed as she bent down and picked up the sleek blade. She also picked up the Seventh's cloak, which the man clasped around his neck once more. A spare roll of bandages from Naruto-sensei had her father's blade sheathed and strapped to her back.

It was a little disconcerting knowing that this very sword had been in the Hokage's stomach not even a day ago. Still, the Hokage looked untouched from the injury, excluding his torn and slightly bloody clothing. 'Does it have a name?'

Naruto-sensei looked faintly surprised and scratched his head. 'Uh, not that I know of?'

Sarada flushed slightly, realising that the Hokage didn't exactly converse with her father too often, and that they likely didn't talk about sword names when they did. 'Forget it.'

As they trekked through the forest at a moderately fast pace away from the sun, Sarada took in the sights around them. 'The trees are so small,' she commented as they ran past. 'Are they younger than the one's in Leaf?'

Naruto-sensei laughed lightly, shaking his head. 'Older,' he replied, much to her surprise. 'I forgot that you haven't been out of Fire Country before. These trees are relatively normal sized around the world, unlike the trees around Leaf.'

Sarada's eyes widened. 'Are Hashirama trees really that huge?'

'Biggest trees in the world, excluding the God Tree,' the blond shinobi confirmed. He suddenly stopped and Sarada skidded to a halt just in front of him. 'Look over there.'

Panting slightly, Sarada took in the sight of ploughed fields. 'A farm?'

'Right,' Naruto agreed. 'And what might the farmer have?'

'A phone?' Sarada tried as she caught her breath.

'That, or some sort of map we may be able to borrow,' Naruto-sensei agreed as they began to walk through the fields. 'Even then, if nothing else, the farmer can point us in the direction of the nearest town.'

If Sarada was reading the sun correctly, they were nearing midday now. That meant that they'd be stopping soon. Which was good because the girl was getting thirsty, alongside her hunger. They hadn't passed any water source the whole way here.

Her eyes caught sight of cubical shaped blur in the distance. 'Over there!'

Naruto-sensei turned to look in the direction she pointed and he grinned. 'Good job, brat.' He ruffled the Uchiha's hair. 'Well done.'

They sped up their pace a bit, with their target now in sight. Sarada couldn't help the bright smile on her face as they closed in. Finally, they would get some answers and maybe a good meal, if the farmer was kind enough. If Naruto-sensei was Hokage in this dimension as well (and Sarada couldn't imagine a dimension without Naruto-sensei as the Seventh), then they would very likely be pointed in the direction of the Land of Fire.

Arriving on the porch, both of them noticed the boarded door and windows. 'Sensei?' Sarada questioned as the Hokage frowned.

'Stay on guard,' he instructed as he used a kunai to pry open a window. Sarada nodded, gripping her own kunai tightly.

Entering through the window, the first thing Sarada noticed was the dust. It could be seen layering everything even in the dark, at least an inch thick.

'Hello?' Naruto-sensei called, summoning a small glowing ball of rotating chakra. It bathed the house in a cold blue light.

They were currently in a kitchen, which obviously hadn't been used in a while. Cupboards were empty and the telltale hum of the refrigerator missing. Across the room was a small lounge and a thin hallway that no doubt led to the rest of the house. 'Anyone home?' Naruto-sensei asked again, a little louder, but obviously not expecting a response.

To their surprise, a thump sounded from down the hallway. With a quick look, they headed towards the room that it originated from.

Seeing as Naruto-sensei had his hands full with a kunai and his strange light source, Sarada moved forward and opened the door.

As tense was she was, when what was on the other side lunged at her she immediately slashed it with her kunai and gave a cry of alarm.

'Easy,' Naruto-sensei soothed as he stepped in after her and gazed down at her victim and wrinkled his nose. 'Ugh, it smells disgusting.'

It was a rat. Large and fat, it was as ugly as hell. She'd managed to efficiently decapitate it with one swing and it's head lay on the floor just a little bit away at the foot of a dresser, oozing dark blood.

The blond Hokage raised his arm, letting the blue light fill the room. The windows were boarded in here too, and a mirror with strange symbols that she faintly recognised were drawn in the dust. 'Romaji?' she whispered in confusion, bringing a hand up to trace the characters.

'I found our farmer,' Naruto-sensei informed her grimly and she turned to see what he was looking at. Sitting on the bed in the corner was a half-eaten corpse, eyes staring hollowly at her.

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'Strange machine,' Naruto-sensei muttered as he turned the metal weapon in his hand. It was what the farmer had apparently used to kill himself with. From the placement of the exit wound, he'd obviously activated while pointing it in his mouth. 'But awesome.'

He aimed it at the wall, putting his thumb in what was obviously the trigger. Pulling it, the resulting BANG made both of them jump in surprise.

'That's so loud!' Sarada shouted over the ringing of her ears.

'WHAT!?' Naruto-sensei yelled back, hands clapped over his ears.

'THAT'S SO LOUD!'

He frowned. 'WHAT!?'

Shaking her head, the girl dropped it.

Once the ringing had subsided, the blond grimaced and pulled his pinkies out of his ears. 'That's so loud.'

Sarada rolled her eyes before she looked at the wall and gaped. 'W-what!?'

The wall now had a massive hole, looking like a small explosion had taken place.

'Holy shit,' Naruto-sensei swore, looking both terrified and gleeful. 'It looks like one of Sakura-chan's monstrous punches!'

The Uchiha slammed her fist into his stomach. 'Don't talk about my mum like that, shannaro!'

Nursing his stomach, Naruto-sensei laughed sheepishly. 'Sorry, Sarada.'

Adjusting her glasses, she turned to the door. 'Come on, we should search the rest of the house.'

The two nodded, splitting up and searching the house now that it was deemed clear.

'I found a compass and a map!' Naruto hollered from the study. 'And there's some water here!'

Sarada turned from the photograph she examining, pulling her eyes from the young girl's smiling face. 'Coming!'

The two sat on the porch nursing water bottles as the Hokage examined the map. 'I don't recognise any of this land,' Naruto-sensei admitted as he frowned at the map. 'And the weird squiggles aren't helping.'

Sarada hummed in agreement as she stared at the large stone a few feet from them. In front of the stone was freshly dug dirt.

'Sarada?'

The Uchiha turned to look at her Hokage. 'I think I know why the farmer killed himself.'

Naruto-sensei's expression sobered as his eyes flickered to the small grave before back to her. 'Did your mother ever tell you the story of Wave?'

'You mean their economic turn around?' It had been one of the more tame history subjects in the Academy. One of the more believable ones as well.

Naruto-sensei chuckled slightly. 'That's not exactly what I meant, but I guess that's part of it. Wave was our first - that is, Sasuke, Sakura-chan and I's first mission as genin.'

Sarada stared. 'My parents were on the same team as the Seventh?'

Naruto-sensei grinned a little. 'I wasn't always Hokage you know. I was a kid too.'

The girl found that hard to imagine. Naruto was a living legend, the Chosen One. Imagining him as anything other than the powerful Hokage she knew was impossible.

'That mission was our first out of the village. It was also the first your father recognised me as your rival.' The man smiled sadly. 'It was also the time that we were challenged in our belief of ninja.'

Sarada listened attentively as Naruto-sensei spun a tale of treachery and unsung heroes. It was far more interesting than listening to it in the Academy, and she could hear the raw emotion in his voice as he spoke of starving people and of little Inari's struggle.

'And so I trained all night,' Naruto-sensei continued, as he swallowed the last of his water. 'I had to prove, not only to that little boy, but to myself, that heroes do exist.' He wiped his chin. 'And, that's where I met him.'

'Who?' Sarada asked, finding herself entrapped in his words.

'Haku,' he said softly. 'Haku Yuki.'

Sarada knew that name. He was the creator of the Shinobi Nindo that the Seventh swore by.

'When you protect your precious people is when you are strongest,' the kunoichi quoted and Naruto-sensei looked momentarily surprised before he nodded his head.

'Right. And after that piece of wisdom, Haku left. The next time I saw him was on the battlefield.'

'W-what?' Sarada stammered, off balance from the sudden turn around.

'Haku was the fake hunter nin, Zabuza's accomplice,' Naruto-sensei explained. 'While Zabuza fought Kakashi-sensei and Sakura-chan guarded Tazuna, Sasuke and I faced off with Haku.' He smiled sadly. 'Sasuke activated his sharingan for the first time that battle. He also sacrificed himself to save me.'

Sarada could hardly breathe. She hadn't known, of course she hadn't known that. She could never even think that because both of her parents were alive and healthy. The fact that they had nearly died was unthinkable.

'Your father has a way with words,' the Seventh chuckled. 'My body moved on its own. Then he fell limp in my arms, stopped breathing. No pulse, no chakra, gone. All purposes dead, and truly dead if Haku wasn't a gentle soul. I had no idea why he did it.'

'Why wouldn't you?' Sarada had to ask. 'It was his duty to his comrades to die for them. Dad was just doing his job!' She took a deep breath. 'Shinobi Rule One: Those who break the rules are trash, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash!'

Naruto-sensei chuckled deeply, shaking his head. 'That's the revised rule, under Kakashi-sensei's leadership. The words of Obito Uchiha, his teammate who sacrificed himself to save Kakashi-sensei.'

Sarada idly noted the pattern of self-sacrificing in her ancestors lives before pushing forward. 'Then what was the original rule?'

'Shinobi Rule One: A shinobi is nothing more than a tool to his Hokage, followed by Shinobi Rule Two: A shinobi must always complete his mission.'

Sarada felt cold hearing the robotic rules. 'When you say must always complete his mission...'

'I do mean even if you have to leave a comrade behind, yes,' Naruto-sensei confirmed, much to her horror. 'You remember that guy who attacked us - what was his name?'

'Shin Uchiha,' Sarada supplied numbly and Naruto nodded before continuing.

'Shin, right. What he did with his 'son'? That was real common when Kakashi-sensei was a genin. By the time I was in duty, it was frowned upon, but still around. That's why I didn't understand. I didn't expect anyone, especially your father, to step in and save me, the demon container.'

Sarada stared down at the grave again, hands in lap. 'Why are you telling me this?'

He jerked his head back to the house. 'The farmer? He lost his precious person. He gave up. But shinobi are different. Because even when they lose everything, they keep fighting for what is right.' He smiled, blue eyes bright. 'Shinobi Rule Three: Shinobi are those who endure.'

Something wet dropped on her hands, and it was only then that Sarada realised that she was crying. She hastily wiped her eyes before fixing her glasses, ducking her head behind her bangs so the Hokage wouldn't see.

'Sarada,' the man caught her attention. 'This will be hard for you. You'll miss your family, your friends, your home. This won't be easy.'

Sarada hunched into herself, wrapping her arms around her legs and closing her eyes. She knew that, she didn't know why he was telling her it.

'But I believe in you,' Naruto-sensei said firmly. 'I believe you're strong enough to survive this. Strong enough to endure until we can get home.'

Something heavy and cloth was placed at her sandalled feet. She peered open her eyes to see a battered hitai-ate. One that had obviously had a hard life and was no doubt owned by the man beside her. 'I...'

'This will be your first mission, your Wave,' the Hokage said, straightening and voice becoming commanding. 'A long standing S rank mission, return to Leaf. Do you accept Genin Uchiha?'

Carefully, she bent down and grasped the cool metal plate. Tracing the leaf insignia briefly she nodded before tying the black cloth around her head. Sarada Uchiha, genin of Leaf, knelt before her Hokage with the Will of Fire burning in her coal orbs. 'Yessir!'

This chapter was an introduction to Sarada's character for those who haven't read Naruto Gaiden, while bringing them to the Walking Dead Universe. If you don't understand things, no worries, they'll probably be explained in later chapters.

I hope you enjoyed reading!