Another one written for the 100 challenge XD My obsession with zombies has turned it into a multichapter story D: I haven't even got to them yet and it's already longer than what I usually write =.= Ah well, it's fun XD I have probably completely decimated most of the characters, and for this I apologise in advance. OTL.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto ^^
The doomsday clock loomed over them. The death tally steadily growing higher and higher as the hours went by. This whole ordeal had changed them all. Tobi especially, he hadn't said anything for days, not after Zetsu…
It had started about two weeks ago, things had started getting…weird. Any animal activity had ceased, leaving the streets eerily quiet. Technology had started acting up, clocks had stopped. It was as if the world knew what was coming. Then the dead had started walking and everything had gone mad. Riots broke out and people were killing each other left and right, regardless of whether they were living or dead. Nobody was trusted. The Akatsuki however were smart enough to stay together, and with Kisames "experience" from the countless amounts of books, games and movies he had seen about zombies, they were safe. Well as safe as one could be in these times.
"I'm hungry," Even in all this chaos Hidans bitching had not quit and to some extent they were grateful for it, it presented them all with a sense of normality, of familiarity. They had all met up at the Uchiha 'mansion'; it was the most fortified while they came up with a plan. Sasuke had decided (been forced) to put aside his differences with Itachi if he wanted to get out of this with him and his friends alive. He had told his little blonde friend to 'get his scrawny ass over here and bring as many people as you can as soon as possible'. Even the youngest Uchiha recognised the sheer immensity of the danger they were facing right now. Thankfully his little orange boyfriend, Naruto, they learnt his name was, was smart enough not to bring anyone infected with him
"I had to leave Sakura and Neji, they'd both been bitten," He hadn't cried, he wouldn't cry, but there was a look in his eyes that none of them could miss. He had latched on to Sasuke, burying his head in his chest and murmuring softly to himself
"They- they told me to go, they knew what would happen, they told me to go," he was repeating this phrase over and over, growing more ashen faced the more it left his lips. He had managed to bring Chouji, Gaara, Lee, Shikamaru, TenTen and Hinata. The Hyuga was currently sobbing in the corner mourning the loss of her cousin while Konan, who harboured a soft spot for the girl, stroked her hair comfortingly.
Shikamaru and Hidan were arguing softly, well as softly as one could argue, while Kakuzu kept an eye on them. They were known for getting violent with each other. Something about the other just got their blood boiling; enough to make the usually lazy Shikamaru motivated enough to fight.
"You've got a pineapple on your fucking head,"
"You've got the hair of a ninety year old man," Chouji was also keeping an eye on them, but more for amusement than for anything else. He would often place bets with Kakuzu as to who would win. Never using money of course. Unless it was a particularly interesting match, in which case they would bet money and the last crisp, which Kakuzu had come to understand was as important to the chubby boy as money was to him.
Lee and TenTen were also comforting Hinata; the three of them (Lee, TenTen and Neji) had been friends since nursery and his death was just as hard on them. Gaara had kept to himself, simply watching out the window, emotionless. He had been the one to fill them all in after Naruto had broken down. Sasori, an old friend to the Sabaku family, had tried to ask about his brother and sister, but the younger redhead had just clammed up and turned away. It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened. Most of them had been at Narutos' house when Sasuke had called, so they didn't have far to go to find each other. Lee and TenTen had been picked up on the way (along with an injured Neji, who, knowing his fate, decided it safer for them to go on without him) only a few blocks away from their destination.
"Oreo-kun?" Tobi looked up from his game, noticing his long time best friends' uneasy mood.
"Yes?" He didn't even look at Tobi, his eyes were fixated on Konan and the young girl who had arrived with Narutos' little group.
"Are we- are we going to die?" Zetsu stared at the smaller boy, shocked. It wasn't like him to ask something so morbid. He didn't answer for a while and Tobi went back to his previous time waster
"Everyone dies eventually," Morbid question, morbid answer, made sense right?
"Why can't we just stay here? It's safe and there's plenty of space and food!" There was a desperate tone in his voice, quite understandably. So far going outside had only led to death. Madara had been killed trying to escape, Fugaku had been killed trying to escape, and Mikoto soon after that. Nobody had made it out yet, what made them so special?
"Tobi…" Zetsu pulled him into a hug, seeing he was going to get hysterical, "Even if we did stay here we wouldn't be able to for long. We don't know how long this thing will last and running out of food will be unavoidable,"
"Well can't we at least wait? So we have more time to prepare?"
"That does make sense," Kisame admitted after a few minutes thought. Murmurs of agreement broke out in the room and they turned to Pein, whom they had all accepted (albeit reluctantly on most of their parts), as the leader.
"Rest for now. Nobody's in the mood to make a move today anyway,"
The next few days passed slowly with nothing much to do other than plan, attempt to get over friends deaths as much as possible, and think. Even Hidan and Shikamaru had given up on bickering and Tobis' game hadn't been touched. It was another few days still before they were ready to move out. But the time came.
"So what's the plan –ttebayo?" Naruto had demanded upon hearing of its completion. The group was gathered around a table they had found in a store cupboard while searching for supplies and ways in or out, listening intently to the Akatsukis' (or rather, Kisames') plan.
"Alright, it's a bit of a long shot but just bear with me," Thankfully the internet had still been up and running so they had managed to get a map of the city and access to reports on where the most zombies were appearing. Neither the radio nor the TV was working anymore. Itachi had suggested that they were dubbed more important than 'us mere commoners' and had been jetted away to a zombie free Hawaii…Or Alaska, as Kisame had pointed out was far more likely, due to the undead freezing from lack of body heat.
"Well first we need to get out of this place, that much is obvious,"
"If it's obvious then why'd you need to fuckin' tell us!"
"Now is not the time. Shut up and listen," Kakuzu swatted him round the head
"Anyway, you…the green one, Lee was it?" The spandex clad teen nodded excitedly in affirmation, as if ecstatic they were going to be walking straight to their deaths, "Yeah, Lee found a way out of here. There are still some of them out there but it gives us our best shot. It's one of the back doors, one of the ones Hidan was supposed to check," he paused, glaring up at said Jashinist, who merely flipped him the bird in return.
"It leads to a small tunnel like thing which should allow us to get onto the roof. You know, because heaven forbid the great Uchihas' do anything the straightforward way. Like install a fire exit. Anyhow, once we've gotten onto the roofs we can make our way to the shopping center, where we can prepare for the next step," There was a few minutes silence while everybody took in the plan, Itachi wondering who would break the silence first; Hidan, Tobi or Naruto? Really they were all as bad as each other.
"W-What will w-we do th-then?" Oddly enough it was little Hinata who had spoken up first, taking them all by surprise. Over the past few days she had cried silently to herself when she thought nobody was looking. She hadn't really said much since she had arrived. Kisame, who seemed to have grown quite fond of the shy girl and saw her as sort of a younger sister, smiled… gently? Usually it was only Itachi who got that.
"You'll find out if we survive,"
I quite like Hidan and Shikamaru bitching at each other... Sorry I fail at Naruto and Hinata ._. I quite like the idea of Hinata being the Akatsukis pet, as you can probably tell XD And KisaHina, the height difference is so adorable :3 The age difference...Not so much ¬¬ Well it's been not even one chapter technically, this is only the intro type thing, and I've already killed Temari, Kankuro, Neji, Sakura, Madara, Mikoto and Fugaku :D And I regret none of them :| Especially Sakura. In fact, it brought me joy to kill her off :3