Apocalypse 20

by Yorokobi-san

It's been 2 years since the disease started spreading – officially. We've been fighting our way through ever since. It's a hard life, knowing you could die anytime, anyplace. But the Infected aren't even the worst. Our rations are getting slim here and the flesh of the Infected isn't quite the tastiest... Zombie/Apocalypse-AU Info and Pairings inside

1. Info Prologue

Apocalypse 2.0

Characters (Main):

Minato

Position: Team Leader, Fighter

Weapons: Two Tonfas

Clothing: Black Shirt, Black Pants, A belt for the two Tonfas

Kushina

Position: Second Team Leader, Fighter

Weapons: Flame-Thrower, Baseball-Bat

Clothing: Dark-Grey Shirt, Black Pants, Waist-strap for the Baseball-Bat

Naruto

Position: Fighter

Weapons: Two Baseball-Bats and a small axe.

Clothing: Black headband, Orange Shirt, Black Pants

Sasuke

Position: Fighter, Hunter

Weapons: A long sword / Katana

Clothing: Black Shirt with the Uchiha-Fan on the back, Black Pants

Sakura

Position: Fighter, Hunter, Medic

Weapons: Crossbow

Clothing: Red Tank-Top with a thin black vest, Black Pants, Black Messenger Bag for the Medical Supplies

Hinata

Position: Fighter, Sub-Medic

Weapons: Double-sided Spear

Clothing: White Tank-Top with a thin black vest, Black Pants

Characters (Side):

Kakashi

Itachi

Pairings:

MinaKushi

NaruHina

SasuSaku

Prologue

Third Person POV

"5 ahead, Kushina and Naruto, direct approach!" Commanded Minato and waved his hand as a sign for his team to to approach to target. His team followed the order without a complaint and ran forward to finish the Infected off.

"I'll take the three on the right!" Yelled Naruto and rushed forward to finish the Infected off. Kushina followed suit, not arguing with her son, knowing she could do so later.

Naruto swung his two baseball-Bats one after one, easily hitting two Infected and rendering them useless. The last one growled in anger, bared it's teeth at him and crouched to jump him. Naruto was about to swing the bat in his right hand to hit the Infected right in the face but his mother was faster than him and slammed her bat down on the beasts back, snapping it in two.

"Mom, that one was mine!" Yelled Naruto at his mother that was already walking back to his father. Sakura sighed and shook her head.

"Do you two have to make a competition out of everything?" She asked and leaned against the wall of the house they had been standing next to while Naruto and Kushina had finished off the small threat.

Ever since the disease broke out, nothing's been the same as before. It had spread quite slow at first and there even was a working cure but the virus soon mutated and the Infected got more aggressive. Some had called it a Zombie-Invasion at first but that proofed to be the wrong choice of words because it made many teens think they needed to be hero's and fight the Infected off.

But it wasn't as easy as a Zombie-Invasion. The Infected didn't rot. They were alive, still human. And that was probably the worst. They still looked like humans and sometimes, there was a chance you once knew them.

But you couldn't save them. Their minds were lost forever to the virus that infected them. A far as the scientists could declare before all hell broke loose, it changed something in the brain. Usually, the three parts of the brain worked together, though two parts did the most work. The third part was the Brain stem. This part was once – when the era of the humans had just begun – ensuring that we ate, slept and reproduced correctly. It's the part of the brain that had the humans rely on their instincts during emergencies.

Oh well, nature really didn't see this virus coming. It was said that the virus disabled the other two (main) parts of working and instead fueled the importance of the brain stem.

Long story short, the Infected were slaves of their own brain.

The only things of importance to them were eating, sleeping and procreation.

So they really weren't Zombies.

Zombies would have been easier to handle anyway. The Infected weren't as intelligent anymore, sure, but they still weren't stupid. They were as fast and as swift as before they were bitten.

The virus can't be stopped once you were bitten, though blood on blood contact is also dangerous. Just touching the Infected poses no danger, though once they get a hold of you, they'll make sure you won't get out of their grasp without either a nice bite on your arm or no arm whatsoever.

Though they don't eat human flesh all the time, it seems to be the tastiest for them.

"Let's go back to the underground base, Sasuke-san and Hinata-san are probably already waiting for us." Said Minato and lead his team back to what posed as a home for them.

"I'm happy that Sasuke-teme got on guard-duty today." Naruto mused whilst he walked next to his father.

"But that means you'll be on guard-duty tomorrow." Countered Sakura with a smile as she walked behind her blond friend. Naruto shrugged.

"But not today." He explained and turned around with a smile. Sakura shook her head again.

"Welcome back!" Called Hinata as she saw her fellow team-members enter. Sasuke only nodded at the Team's Captain Minato before once again closing his eyes. He was resting on the couch when he noticed a shadow looming over him. The Uchiha opened his eyes and saw Sakura standing in front of him.

"Can you scoot over? I'd like to take sit on the couch." She explained and obviously wanted him to do as she said. He closed his eyes again and shrugged.

"I'm trying to sleep here." Sasuke murmured. Sakura huffed and walked away, in no way wanting to deal with this idiot-friend of hers.

Everyone turned around when they heard a groan from the kitchen.

"Kushina, not now, I have to prepare dinner for the kids." Complained Minato, followed by a giggle and another groan.

"Mom, Dad. Just stop!" Yelled Naruto and put his hands over his ears.

A/N: Based off a story I once started but then discarded. I looked over it and noticed that the idea itself wasn't all bad, thus I'll recycle the idea and write a story with it.

This time more than just one chapter, for sure!