Hey everyone, this is my second fanfic, and another AU. I'm a huge zombie fan, and I found that there wasn't that many zombie-based stories within the naruto universe, so I figured i'd make one :D! This is just another idea that had been kinda giving me an itch, so I figured i'd write it and see where it went!

Story's rated T for the moment, may change to M depending on the violence/gore as well as possible lemons.

Also, while it's labeled adventure/horror, it's got a little of almost every category thrown in. Couples, well, you'll see 'em this chapter :D. However, if there's any others you'd like to see, don't be afraid to tell me!

As always, feedback of any form is greatly appreciated, so reviews good, bad, and ugly are welcome! Also, since this story is going to be substantially larger than my other story, fan-based ideas and input is valued even more, so don't be afraid to tell me what you want to see or happen!

Anyways, enough of the intro. Enter: A Broken World

Two children, one with spiky navy-blue hair, the other with long, platinum blonde hair held in two pigtails, crept into the main bedroom of their house as quietly as they could. Grinning, they both nodded to one another and pounced on the bed.

"What the-!" Naruto grunted as his 9 year old daughter Akari landed on his chest, smiling brightly. He drowsily grabbed her and pulled her into a huge hug. She giggled as his stubble scratched her pale face.

"Good morning daddy!" she chirped brightly.

"G'morning Akari. Why are we up so early? It's Saturday" He mumbled drowsily in protest. On the opposing side, Hinata had been hit by a similar weight. She squealed as her son began tickling her madly, waking her up.

"Shinji! S-stop! I'm awake! I'm awake!" she giggled. He laughed as he jumped into the bed with her, snuggling close.

"Come on mom! Wake up! It's Saturday!" he barked. She winced as he assaulted her awaking ears with a raucous voice not unlike his father's. She put a pillow over his face as she tried to descend deeper under the covers. Shinji frowned as he shoved the pillow off. He rolled over and began poking his hulking frame of a father with his small hands.

"Wake up Pops! Come on your not that old are you?!" he yelled, making Naruto and Akari wince. Naruto grabbed his son and pulled him close with Akari.

"Great idea guys, why don't we just go back to sleep?" he grumbled as he closed his eyes.

"NOOOOO!" the both screeched in unision. Naruto flashed an ocean blue open in reluctant defeat. Grumbling, he sat up with them in his lap.

"Alright you demons, go ahead into the kitchen. Turn on some cartoons or somethin', me and your mom'll be out in a sec" he said, yawning tiredly.

"Pancakes, waffles, and ramen?" they asked, looking at him with two sets of deep violet eyes. He gave a rumbling chuckle and set them down.

"Pancakes, waffles, and ramen it is" he smiled happily. The two 10 year olds that stood before him couldn't have made him happier.

"Now get! we'll be out soon!" he barked. They eagerly ran into the living room, various yells of 'breakfast!' following them. Naruto stretched before walking back over to the bed. He pulled the covers down to see his gorgeous wife, half dozing at the bottom of the bed. He gently put her in his arms and laid against the headboard of the bed.

"Hime, wake up baby." he spoke softly, tucking a few strands of midnight lavender hair out of her face. Her opal eyes fluttered open, blinking a few times to get used to the light. She smiled up at her rugged looking husband, before bringing his head down into a kiss. He broke the kiss and smiled at her.

"Come on baby, the kids are waiting" he said. She yawned and sat up, only to let out an 'Eep!' of surprise when she was picked up by Naruto. He smiled down her as they walked in to see their two kids happily watching Saturday morning cartoons.

"You guys wanna help make breakfast?" Hinata asked smiling as Naruto set her down. Shinji roared as he hopped on his father's tree trunk leg and grinned up at him, while Akari giggled in delight as she hopped into her mother's arms. With a deep chuckle, Naruto hefted Shinji onto his hip as they walked into the kitchen with Hinata and Akari.

"Pancakeswafflesandramen, pancakeswafflesandramen!" the two chanted happily. Naruto grabbed a box of pancake mix, along with a few bowls, and began making the batter while Hinata and Akari made eggs and sausage for the ramen.

"Hey love, how much longer till the ramen's re-damnit Shinji I told you to stop trying to eat the batter!" Naruto sighed exasperatedly as he wiped off batter from around the giggling boy's mouth, his wife and daughter trying to stifle giggles behind him. "Shinji go put the waffles in the toaster, okay?" he chuckled.

"Waffles!" Shinji yelled as he ran to the freezer.

"To answer your question, we just have to make the actual ramen, the season it, so about 10 more minutes" Hinata answered.

"Akari go help your brother load the waffles, i'ma help mommy" Naruto said as he finished the first set of pancakes. He walked beside Hinata and began to boil the pasta. Akari nodded with a smile and went and started jamming waffles in the toaster with her brother.

"They may be nine, but they're still little kids" Hinata giggled to her husband, who let out a rumble of a laugh.

"Hey, at least they're mature when it counts. I've never seen a 10 year old with a black belt in Shotokan, and i've never seen a 10 year old nearly beat Shika in chess. he said, chuckling. He wrapped an arm around her waist as they watched they're kids bicker over which way the waffles needed to go in the toaster. He shook his head with a foxy grin as he strained the noodles.

"Oh damn" he muttered as he flashed over to check the numerous pans of pancakes. He quickly flipped the second batch onto a few plates as he began cooking more.

"Are you sure that isn't too many pancakes" Hinata asked as she raised an eyebrow. Naruto raised an eyebrow of his own with a smirk.

"Woman have you NOT seen how this family eats?" he asked incredulously. She giggled as she finished making the homemade breakfast ramen.

"True, we do eat a lot. I still don't get how you, much less our 9 year old KIDS can eat ramen for breakfast" She stuck her tongue out to emphasize her point. He grinned back at her.

"How can you NOT eat ramen for breakfast?" he asked. She shook her head as she put the pancakes that had finished on plates and set them on the table. Naruto walked over to see a towering pile of waffles made by the kids. He chuckled as he picked both of his kids up.

"Why'd you guys make so many?" he asked as he grabbed the plate with what had to be well over 20 waffles on it.

Akari and Shinj both giggled.

"Cuz we're hungry!" they answered in unison. Naruto smiled at both of them. At first glance no one could tell they were twins, lest they didn't look like it. Whenever it came to behavior, they almost seemed to act as one. He let them go as they reached the table, and took a seat next to his beautiful wife. The family ate together happily. Naruto took Hinata's hand in his own and smiled at her. She smiled in return and both looked at their entire world that had taken shape of the smiling twins before them.

*FLASHBACK*

"Mr. and Mrs. Uzumaki?" The doctor called as he entered the room, an estranged look on his face. Naruto perked up as he held a tiny Shinji in his arms, Hinata's head dragged up from the small bundle that was Akari.

"I have some...strange news" He spoke, looking at his clipboard. The young parents' stomachs dropped, and they looked at one another in fear. The doctor immediately picked up on in and spoke quickly.

"Don't worry, the children are fine, one perfectly healthy boy and one perfectly healthy girl." He smiled. Both parents visibly relaxed, and looked at him with a small smile. Seeing as they were doing better, he continued.

"It seems they're fraternal twins, like we had thought, but they have each individually inherited a mix of different dominant traits from each of you. For instance, Akari will have a more pale blonde than you're bright blonde Mr. Uzumaki, while Shinji appears to have inherited his mother's hair, although a tint lighter." he said as he observed his clipboard again. Both parents looked at each other and smiled.

"It's not a bad thing right? I mean, it's not dangerous is it?" Naruto asked. The doctor shook his head.

"As I said, they're perfectly healthy, I just figured I should let the two of you know." He turned his head as he left "One more thing, it seems they'll have violet colored eyes" he said with a chuckle. The young couple looked at eachother with blank faces, then laughed.

*END FLASHBACK*

It's a shame good things don't last. As if on cue, Naruto's phone rang. With a groan, he stood up and lumbered to his bedroom, only to catch a blur of light blonde hair streak past him and grab the phone.

"Helloooo?" she chirped. Naruto frowned as he quickened his pace. "Okie doke Uncle Sasu!" Akari grinned as she handed Naruto his phone. "It's uncle Sasuke!" she whispered. He chuckled and nodded as she ran back in the other room to continue breakfast.

"Yo!" Naruto answered. He got a strange feeling in his stomach as he heard his best friend and squadmate, Sasuke Uchiha, giving quick orders to his own family.

"Naruto?" his dark voice called.

"Yeah, what is it dude?" His nerves became more and more on end as he realized Sasuke hadn't greeted him with the normal 'Oi dobe' he always used.

"Listen, cause I can only say it once. Turn on the news if you don't believe me, but there's some sort of nerve agent or virus that's reached Tokyo. It's been spreading and it's reached South Konoha. Pack your bags, everything you can, any preservable food, grab all the weapons and ammo in your house okay? Me, Sakura, Miko, and Yushin are on our ways to pick you up. We're bringing the avalance with it's bedguard, so we should have enough room. You've gotta be ready in 15 minutes, cause we're leaving now."

He heard Sasuke take a painful pause. His heart was thumping so loudly in his chest, he swore Sasuke could hear him on the other line.

"I can spare 3 minutes to help you grab anything else you might need, but if you're not ready by then...I've gotta leave you. No time for questions, just do what I said. See ya soon." With that, he hung up. Naruto took a second to let his mind process all he'd heard. Nerve agent? Virus?

"Hinata!" He yelled as he dragged out suitcases. and began throwing clothes in them.

"What is it Naruto-kun?" She asked with a worried look on her face. He looked at her, still in a tanktop and flanel pajama pants.

"Listen, something bad hapend in South Konoha and it's headed this way," She immediately went for the phone and t.v remote to call Sakura, but he held her firm.

"W-what do you mean?" she asked, her anxiety mounting. He took a deep breath.

"Some sort of virus or biological agent, i don't know. I was just on the phone with Sasuke, they're on their way hear to pick us up. We've got around 12 minutes now, so you need to go pack everything you can that belongs to the kids, and any and all perishable foods, bottled water, that sort of thing, okay?" The dead calm in his voice shocked her, for she had never heard it before.

"N-naruto what're you tal-"

"Listen Hinata! You have to do this!" Naruto continued to pack all of their things as he spoke. "Sasuke wouldn't call me if this weren't serious, he said he'd explain anything else when we're with him, now go!" he barked.

She took on a more determined expression and nodded before running into the kitchen. Naruto quickly took of his dog tags, and unlocked his weapons cabinet with the key on his necklace. Grabbing a few duffel bags, he began haphazardly filling each of them with as much of his arsenal as he could. He checked his watch. 6 minutes. Deciding he would use the 3 minutes Sasuke gave him, he put on a black tanktop, a pair of army cargo pants, his boots, and a combat vest. He figured it would be enough for the time being, and went in to check on Hinata and his kids.

"Hina how're we doing?" He asked as he checked what she had packed so far.

"I managed to get the kids cleared away, the food is only about halfway done though" she said quickly, dumping a cabinet's worth of ramen into a trashbag. He silently cursed as he checked and saw they had 2 minutes left.

"It'll have to-" he paused when he heard the horn out in front. Rushing out the front door, he nearly barreled over Sasuke who was just about to knock. He quickly pulled him inside and gave him a sit-rep.

"I know the whole Q&A can wait. My guns are about 3/4 packed, kids are clear, Me and Hinata's stuff is clear, the kids are good to go, but we've only got about half the food packed." He spoke as he dragged Sasuke back to the weapons cabinet. "Finish packing everything you can. More duffel bags and Combat packs up top, anything weaponized is in the cabinet." he said quickly, already leaving the room to help Hinata. Sasuke gave a strained 'Hn' as Naruto left the room.

"How're we doing Hinata?" he called as he began dumping contents from cabinets and drawers into bags.

"That should really be all" she breathed frantically.

"Grab the kids and their things, get to the truck, Sakura should be waiting with their kids. Sasuke and I have the rest." He had gathered their children's things and given to his wife as he turned to go back to their room. Hinata quickly took the kid's bags and ushered them outside.

"Where are we going?" Shinji asked.

"Yeah, we wanna finish cartoons!" Akari whined.

"Not now, come on guys, we're going with uncle Sasuke and aunt Sakura!" Hinata forced a smile to quell the hurricane of emotions inside of her. Her words seemed to placate the kids, for the time being anyway, and they moved to the truck and got inside.

"Just toss their stuff in the back! Naruto and Sasuke-kun'll sort it out when they get back" Sakura said quickly. Hinata quickly obliged, before taking the passenger seat with Sakura.

"Hey guys!" Both pairs of kids greeted each other warmly. Even if there was a slight age difference between the twins and Sasuke and Sakura's child Mei, who was 8, while Yushin was 10 as well, they still were practically family.

Naruto and Sasuke had finished right on their deadline, managing to pack up all of Naruto's weapons, as well as an ample supply of him and his wife's clothes. Naruto paused, then looked back at their room.

"One more thing I gotta grab!" he called as he rushed into the room he and his wife shared.

"Hurry the fuck up! We gotta move!" Sasuke growled as he hefted a few of the weapon bags and began walking. Naruto grabbed the other weapon bags and the suitcases he had packed belonging to him and Hinata and followed on Sasuke's heels.

"Damn dobe, you've got almost more armament than me" he said with a smirk. Naruto flashed a grin.

"I was just about to go shooting tomorrow too, lucky this thing came when it did" He grunted.

"We're in the back of the truck dobe, hop in." he said as he climbed into the expanded bed of Sasuke's custom truck.

He'd always said it was only second to his family. It ended up looking like a slightly narrowed humvee without the full roof. He'd expanded the bed to hold whatever he could think of, and right now, even with two families worth of supplies, it could still hold more if it needed. On top of this, he had 3 spare compartments put into it: One in the bed, and one in each wheel well. The final extension he had added, had been the retractable bedguard. Made of titanium, it extended out of the sides of the bed, and was conjoined by carious clasps over the top of the bed, making a useful, bulletproof canopy. With the tailgate pulled up, it almost looked like a troop transport truck. (Think of those trucks with the canvas canopy over the top.) The only thing mroe impressive than the truck, as the fact that Sasuke had done it all himself. It surprised everyone but Naruto, who had known of Sasuke's reputation as a mechanic back in the marines.

"So you mind telling me what the fuck is going on?" Naruto asked as he began stowing gear in the various compartments. Sasuke sighed as he took a seat in the bed.

"I just...got a feeling you know? I turned on the t.v this morning, and there was some talk about a riot in Konoha...but it wasn't right Naruto. There were people getting..." Sasuke gulped as he tried to fight the fact that what he had seen was real. "People were getting eaten man. They had a chopper covering the whole damn thing. I mean, I knew something was strange when the cops started opening fire into the crowd, instead of just trying to round them off or giving warning shots. It's just...when they just started eating those people..."

he trailed off again, a scared look in his eyes. He looked up at Naruto for the last part.

"Another disturbing thing...when those cops started shooting, I saw them tear those people apart. The guys fell, but they'd just get back up and keep going. Some of them looked like they were killed, but the damage that was inflicted on them was astronomical to say the least..."

He trailed off. Naruto stared at him in disbelief. People who were eating other people? Not only that, but the people were apparently invincible. Naruto shook his head.

"There's a way to beat these things, but we'll figure that out later. In the meantime, where are we headed?" Naruto asked sternly. Sasuke shook himself out of his stupor.

"Not sure yet, one thing's for sure, we gotta get as far away from South Konoha as we can, and we oughta call everyone else." Naruto nodded and whipped out his cell phone, Sasuke followed suit.

Naruto called Kiba Inuzuka, one of the canine bomb-sniffer units, and the explosives expert in their squad. "Oi Ace! I've been trying to fuckin' reach you! You see that riot in South Konoha?! People are getting eaten!" He yelled over the phone, making Naruto wince.

"Kiba shut up! I know! Listen, where are you?" Naruto asked. He heard Kiba yelling something to his wife, before he brought the phone back up to his ear.

"At my house, we figured we would just hunker down here and wait it out, where are you?" He asked in return.

"I'm with Sasuke, it's the two of us and our families. We're gonna come and get you okay?" Naruto spoke, noticing something strange on the road up ahead.

"No way man! We gotta stay where we are, else whatever the fuck is out there's gonna snatch us while we're running!" He barked. Naruto's eye's widened as he realized what was in front of them.

"Kiba, keep Tayuya and izumi stay safe alright? I've just gotta check on something" Naruto ignored Kiba's protests as he set the phone down and grabbed an M-4 carbine out of one of the bags and began loading a cartridge.

Sasuke tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Neji to answer. Exhaling in relief at the calm, yet cold voice that picked up on the other end.

"Sasuke? Hey, what is it?" he asked, a slight strain to his normally collected voice.

"Neji, are you TenTen and Hana okay?"

"Yes, we're fine. I assume you're calling about the riot in the lower part of Konoha?" his voice emitting more traces of fear. Sasuke clenched his teeth.

"Yeah, I've got my family, along with Naruto's. We're headed as far away form there as we can, and we're gonna pick you up after we get Kiba. Call Choji and Shika and tell them to meet you at your house unless they wanna be left behind okay? Holding up is not an option, we've got- Neji you know what to do, i'll call you soon." Sasuke said curtly as he saw Naruto loading a rifle.

"Dobe what the fuck are you do-" His eyes widened as he saw what was in front of the truck. He rapped on the glass, causing Sakura to stop.

"Get a gun Sasuke" He muttered as he shouldered his rifle, using the cab of the truck as a rest

In the middle of the street were 4 individuals in bloodied tatters of clothes. They shambled around slowly, seeming to wander aimlessly. That is, until they spotted the rumbling truck and it's inhabitants. With a bloodcurdling moan, they began shambling towards the truck at a moderate jog.

"DON'T MOVE" Naruto roared, his deep voice like an earthquake in a silent forest. The group wasn't phased in the slightest, and continued their advance.

"Damnit teme, you loaded?!" Naruto yelped as he saw the...things, or whatever they were, charge their truck. Sasuke shouldered an M14 and rested it on the cab, imitating Naruto.

"Take another step and we'll shoot!" Sasuke yelled. Still, they received no response from the shambling crazies.

"12 meters and closing" Sasuke stated calmly.

"Cut 'em down at 8" Naruto muttered. Sasuke nodded as he pulled the bolt on his weapon.

Sakura and Hinata had talked about what little they really knew about everything that was happening. They were in the middle of discussing what they're next move should be when Sakura heard knocking on the cab glass. Slamming the brakes, she stopped around 40 feet in front of a few people covered in blood.

"W-what's wrong with those people" Hinata whispered. Sakura gripped the steering wheel like a lifeline. Both mothers knew something was really wrong with whoever, or whatever, the group in front of them. Sakura quickly pushed the gear in reverse, but stopped when she felt Hinata hold her arm back.

"Hinata what are you doing?! We've gotta get outta here!" she shrieked.

"Huh? Why do we have to leave?" the twins asked simultaneously. Mei perked up and looked at the stragglers in front of them.

"Why are they all dressed up?" she squeaked. "It's not halloween yet is it mama?" she asked. Yushin peaked out from the seats and looked. His face scrunched in puzzlement.

"Who are those guys aunt Hina?" he asked as he tugged on her arm. Hinata turned quickly and climbed in the back with them.

"Don't worry about it, I think they may just be lost sweetheart. Here why don't I teach you guys how to play chopsticks?" she forced a smile, trying to cover the worry that was threatening to take her over. Mei giggled happily as Yushin, Akari, and Shinji eyed the pale beauty carefully, but decided to play anyway.

"Naruto and Sasuke-kun will take care of it Sakura, trust them. Sakura squeezed the steering wheel with a white knuckle grip as they begin moving towards the truck, but she nodded with gritted teeth.

Back in the bed of the truck, Naruto breathed deeply to steady his nerves as the group closed distance. Sasuke gripped his rifle tighter as they reached 10, clenching his teeth.

"Let it fly" Naruto whispered as he fired into the group of crazies. He caught the front straggler in the chest with 3 rounds, and in the hip and thigh with 4 more. Sasuke shot down the middle and left-back ones, clipping one's knee while hitting him in the gut, while he caught one in the throat and arm. Naruto and Sasuke held their aim as the group crumbled to the ground under the barrage of gunfire. Naruto sucked in a sharp breath as Sasuke gasped. The group stumbled to their feet, albeit barely, but still advanced. Naruto's assailants sported a collapsed lung, broken hip and what had to have been a shattered femur, judging by how the bones in his thigh jutted out the back and side of his leg. Sasuke's targets sustained a shattered knee, and had it's intestines hanging out, while the other had blood flowing freely from it's torn throat, along with an arm that dangled uselessly by it's side.

"What the fuck are these things?" Sasuke asked fearfully, gripping his rifle even more tightly.

"Let's see you move after this you bastard" The blonde muttered. He breathed slowly as he sent a shot right through the frontmost's forehead. Both of them stared as it ceased to move. Looking at one another, they grinned.

"Head it is" Sasuke muttered as he took aim and fired. The three remaining crazies dropped in less that a second. Both light out a sigh of relief as they dispatched their attackers. Sasuke rapped on the glass once more, signalling Sakura to move. The pinkette wasted no time in slamming the gas, nearly throwing Naruto and the raven haired Uchiha on their backs.

Hinata was straining her smile more and more as she played chopsticks with the children, all of them giggling and laughing as they prodded their eachother's hands, playing chopsticks. They heard the gunshots above the cars, and all of them turned just in time to see the 4 person mob that was in their way get shredded with bullets. Mei and Akari began crying as they saw the people go down. Akari began whimpering and dove into Shinji's arms, who was looking rather pale. He looked over at Yushin, who was sweating bullets as he stared out the window.

Hinata, who was cradling Mei, followed her and her best friend's sons eyes to the macabre sight splayed out before them. The people her husband had just shot down, had simply gotten back up and kept moving.

"I know he's got no function in his right lung, and that one should be convulsing from blood loss" she whispered to herself in disbelief. "Look away guys!" She spoke harshly, causing Shinji to retreat behind one of the seats with his sister, who was still sobbing. Seeing Yushin's horrified look, Shinji grabbed him and pulled him behind the seat with him and Akari. He huddled the three of them together as he looked at his mother with worried eyes. She met her son's eyes, and couldn't help but think he was almost TOO mature for his age sometimes,even if he was an immature hellion at others. Showing that little fear in a situation like this? It was unnatural to say the least. Hinata heard a single gunshot, and watched as one of the scraggly people dropped to the ground, and didn't move. She watched as three more gunshots sounded, sending Akari and Mei into more fits of sobbing. She swore she could Yushin whimpering as Akari and Shinji pulled him closer.

"Cranial Trauma" She breathed, as the headshots put the group down for good.

Shinji peaked out from behind the seat as he saw the strange people hit the ground again. He thought it was kinda strange that they didn't get up the second time. Just as he was about to ask his mom, he heard the glass being tapped. He was startled when aunt Sakura started driving so fast.

Naruto stared at the grisly scene that slowly faded from view. Shaking his head, he quickly picked up his phone.

"Kiba? You there?" He asked tentatively. He held the phone at arm's length when he heard Kiba screaming something incoherent over the other line. "KIBA! SHUT UP!" He yelled. The line went silent, and the blonde took a deep breath. "Alright now listen, we're on our way to get you alright?"

"Yeah,yeah, roger that" he grunted.

"I advise you to pack up your 4x4 with everything you can carry, gas, food, guns, water, clothes, all that stuff, okay?"

"Yes sir, Lieutenant Uzumaki, sir!" Kiba scoffed. Naruto chuckled.

"See you in a few you dog breathed bastard" he said. Clicking his phone shut, he looked up at Sasuke, who seemed to be observing the surrounding suburbs with a scope he stuck on his rifle.

"Anything outta the ordinary?" The blonde soldier asked. The raven haired Uchiha shook his head.

"Can't be too careful, ya know?" He grunted. Naruto nodded, and took a seat next to the window at the back of the cab. He decided to check on the kids and wives in the few spare minutes they had. He unlatched and folded up the window, eliminating the barrier between the bed and the cab, and peered inside the rather large, 8 person cabin (driver seat, passenger seat, 2 rows of 2 person seats.)

"How's everyone?" he asked. The truck swerved as everyone yelped in surprise. Naruto swore as his head became a pinball in the window frame. Sakura finally managed to get control of the car, but not without plenty of shrieks involving 'WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? WHY'D YOU JUST POP IN HERE?!' and 'DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT DAMNIT!' Naruto cursed as he rubbed his bruised head.

"Babe calm down!" Sasuke barked. She obliged with a grunt. The two husbands looked on grimly at their distraught wives and cowering children. Naruto immediately noticed his kids huddled with Yushim in the corner of one of the seats. Akari looked up from her brother's shoulder, and jumped into her father's arms, still crying softly.

"Shhh, baby it's okay, it's okay, they're gone now, no one's coming, your safe." Naruto gently cooed into her ear, she clung to him like a lifeline as he motioned for Shinji to come and join them. Shinji crawled out of the cab and walked to his father. Naruto knelt down and embraced his trembling son.

"Hey pal, you okay?" he asked softly. Shinji nodded, but his violet eyes were the size of dinner plates.

"W-why'd you and uncle sasu shoot those people" He asked with a shaky voice. Naruto sighed as he pulled his son closer and held him against him.

"They were mean, scary people, they were trying to hurt us, so we had to stop them." Naruto spoke remorsefully. Shinji nodded into his shoulder as he held on.

Sasuke had taken Mei and Yushin into the bed of the truck with Naruto. He silently rocked Mei back and forth, mumbling encouragement that they were safe. He took off his jacket and laid her small sleeping form on it, careful not to disturb her. He crouched down to Yushin's level and grabbed his son's shoulders.

"How're you doing buddy?" he inquired gently. Yushin simply grabbed hold of his father, shaking like a leaf. "Hey pal, it's okay, we're safe now. they can't get us. Look up around us, see the bed covering?" he asked, motioning to the titanium shell that incased the back of the truck, only daylight escaping through the tail end. Yushin nodded, sniffling.

"See how it's linked to the cab? that way even if you move in between the two, you're still safe." he said gently, smiling at his son.

"You promise we're safe?" Yushin asked worriedly. Sasuke pulled his son close to him again and held him.

"I promise buddy, I promise" he whispered in his ear.

The group reached Kiba's house around 30 minutes after their encounter with the crazies. As they pulled up and honked, they saw a figure flitting behind the window shades before the door opened. revealing Kiba, his wife Tayuya, and their 6 year old daughter Izumi. the little girl broke off into a run when she saw two of her uncles hop out the back of the truck.

"Unca Naru! Unca Sasu!" she squealed as she ran towards them. Naruto smiled as he picked her up. She giggled as he threw her in the air.

"Careful with my kid!" Tayuya yelled. Naruto stuck his tongue out at her, and gave a deep chuckle when Izumi did the same. Izumi just giggled.

"You guys set?" Sasuke asked curtly a few of the surrounding houses. Kiba began looking with Sasuke too. Both of them sensed it. Something wasn't right in the small neighborhood, it was too quiet.

"Yeah, I think I got everything." Kiba said calmly. Sasuke curtly nodded.

"You sure? cause once we split, we're probably not gonna come back." Naruto chimed. Kiba nodded.

"Tayuya! Come on, we're leaving." Kiba called as he walked towards his jeep, filled to the brim with supplies.

"Don't forget your little bundle of joy." Naruto said as he handed Tayuya her daughter. Tayuya smirked as she went to the jeep with Kiba. Naruto and Sasuke climbed into the back of the truck and closed the tailgate as Kiba cranked the ignition on his car. Sakura started the truck again, but paused.

"Sasuke-kun, where are we headed next?" she called.

"We're meeting Neji, Shika, and Cho at Neji's house" He responded. His eyes darted to the trees as he saw the brush rustle.

"Catch that dobe?" he muttered, shouldering the M14 to scope in on the disturbance. Naruto had in fact caught it. His cold blue eyes darted through the woods as he attempted to locate what they'd just seen.

"Yeah teme. Whoever...or whatever it is, has been following us since Kiba's house" he said. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, but continued to observe the trees silently.

After a short 15 minute drive, the two vehicles came to a stop in front of Neji's house. Sasuke pulled out his phone and punched in Neji's number, impatiently tapping his foot as he waited for an answer.

"Uchiha? What is it?" Neji answered. Sasuke let go of the breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding.

"Damnit Neji! Answer quicker next time, you had me worried sick you bastard!" He barked, but quickly calmed himself. "Well? Where the hell are you guys?" Sasuke growled.

"We didn't wanna draw attention to the house, so we parked them in the back, we're pulling out as we speak." Neji said, hanging up. On cue, Neji, TenTen, and their 10 year old daughter Hana were inside Neji's white and purple streaked skyline, followed by Shikamaru, Temari, and their 10 year old son Shikaru in Shikamaru's mustang, with Choji and Ino, who'd had no kids yet, in Choji's monster, not to mention custom made and tuned, Ford Scout. After a few greetings, everyone formed up a convoy. Bluetooth walkie talkies were handed to all the former G.C squad members for ease of communication, and all of them figured it would only be a short time before cell phone's started losing signals.

"I wish we could go to the Uchiha district" Sasuke sighed. Everyone was silent as they knew of Sasuke's banishment from the prestigious clan. Yushin walked up to his raven haired father and tugged on his hand.

"Why not?" he asked curiously. Sasuke sighed, substantially heavier than the last one. He looked down at his son's emerald eyes. Just like his mother's.

"I'll tell you when we get off the road, just remind me" he said, giving Yushin's hand a squeeze. Yushin nodded, and walked back over to where the twins were sitting.

Naruto followed Yushin in suite, and climbed into the cab with his wife, pulling her close. Hinata had suppressed her worry and curiosity long enough, and all their close friends meeting together in such a manner, with so much stuff, and so many guns...she knew something was terribly wrong, but up until know, she hadn't really felt the fear had begun to creep it's way into her mind.

"Naru what's going on?" she whispered. Her husband pulled her closer.

"I'm...i'm not sure Hina-hime. we'll figure things out when we're off the road. Speaking of, you geniuses got any good ideas?" Naruto asked over their comm link.

"Nothin" Kiba responded.

"I don't know" Neji said.

"You're askin the wrong person" Choji boomed

"I'm still thinkin, but nothing's come to mind yet. What about you, ace?" Shikamaru inquired. Naruto racked his brain with thought as he tried to think of somewhere relatively away, somewhere people didn't know about...That's it!

"We could always go to my parent's estate" he suggested. Everyone murmured in question at Naruto's suggestion. "What? It's about 5 miles out from Konoha, which I know isn't as far as we'd like it, but it'd still be a good temporary place to hunker down, don't you think?" he rumbled.

"Hell, I got no better ideas" Shikamaru commented lazily

"I'm game" Kiba replied

"Seems great to me!" Choji responded

"It seems like it'll suffice" Neji said blandly.

"Alright, Sakura hand the wheel over to Hinata. Babe you know how to get there right?" Hinata nodded as she climbed out of Naruto's arms and took Sakura's place.

"To the Namikaze estate it is" Naruto chuckled deeply, grinning.

Well? whatcha think? Go ahead and tell me, don't be afraid to speak up! I know relationships and the group's past are really in the dark, and some things may be confusing, but i'll be delving into the mystic G.C military group that Naruto and his buddies were a part of :D. Also, I think I did okay with the kids, but I wanted to put a spin on Naruto and Hinata's kids since they're the only twins.

What is the secret behind Naruto's squad? What was their past? Could it be linked to the mysterious virus that's unleashed itself? Will the Namikaze estate be safe? What will our group's next step be?

One last note, no i'm not going to release spoilers, BUT, there will probably be slight crossover sections, which will be revealed along with the chapter they're a part of.

TONS OF QUESTIONS, and only one way to find out...

Stick around, to find out, NEXT TIME, on: A Broken Road.

As always, feedback, good, bad, and ugly, is greatly appreciated, so get those reviews in!

Also, if you haven't yet seen it, check out my other fanfic-Path of a Champion

Later guys!

-urnextnoob