Naruto vs the Walkers:
A/N: Hey all, sorry about the massive break, I just lost interest to be honest and started to get more into reading fanfictions than I did writing them. My new buzz is currently coming from Naruto and the walking dead crossovers…
I know right… a bit random but a real shame about the lack of them around – currently my favourites are 'A single flame in a dying world' by Felixecho and 'Two shinobis, a fox and the dead' by Flightorfight.
Anyway, I thought I would give it a go and see if I could get everyone's favourite hero into the world of the walkers and Rick's group. I very highly recommend the two fanfics above as they are perfect for what I will be aiming to do. I have changed a few base plot points and abilities as I don't want Naruto being 'invincible' but I can tell you that he will still kick ass; he wouldn't be Naruto otherwise…
Also, I'm really struggling for a title of the story if you have any ideas please leave any ideas in the reviews or PMs thank you again.
Disclaimer: I own neither Naruto or Walking dead so I'm stuck doing weird crossovers between the two.
Chapter 1: Prologue
The Sandaime Hokage was currently reading over the report that had been filled in by Iruka not even 2 hours ago. It was a matter of village security and was very important to file and alert the villagers and council that everything was under control as
soon as possible.
He didn't want to have to deal with the headless chickens running around screaming nonsense any longer than absolutely necessary. He may be the strongest shinobi in the Village hidden in the leaves but that meant little, according to the elder and civilian
council at least, in the politics of the village.
He let out a disgruntled sigh, letting lose the soothing smoke that he had inhaled from his trusty pipe.
He just didn't understand how he was still losing power and authority in a village that was ran by him with the Fire Daimyo's blessing! He knew that trying to do anything with force would only make matters worse so that lead to the problem of trying to
find a peaceful way of taking back his village from the vultures that were slowly circling above.
Anyway, that was a problem to think about later. He had more pressing issues to deal with; this report card being the first and foremost. The Third Hokage refocused himself again, having re-read the same line five times already whilst deep in thought.
He had got to the part where Mizuki had 'spilled the beans' about the Kyuubi to Naruto and inwardly winced realising that he was going to have to talk to Naruto about this. It didn't change the fact that Naruto was going to get a lecture anyway but now
it seems a bit more depressing. And that in itself was depressing seeing as the conversation they were going to have was about an academy instructor revealing 'A' rank secrets and trying to kill one of their students.
'Uhh, Mizuki was a promising shinobi… but it was painfully obvious to see he was jealous of Iruka. At least sending him to Ibiki was worth every single sheet of paperwork I had to do.' The Hokage thought darkly, he was going to enjoy going over
the reports of the interrogations that one was going to go through over the next couple of weeks.
You don't survive three Shinobi Wars and the stress of sending thousands to their deaths without developing a certain dark humour. That wasn't to say that he found them funny at all but he did have an appreciation for pain to those that deserve it.
You may be wondering why he was so nonchalant about losing a good level Chunin and academy instructor seeing as the Village was still recovering from the devastation it had received from the Kyuubi even after 12 years had gone by.
The answer was simple to the aged Hokage; any sensei that would lie and use their own students for their own ends was no shinobi of his. They were much better suited in Ibiki's care than his…
"Mebuki can you please collect the paperwork for the extended interrogation of a certain prisoner please, I need to ensure that we get as much valuable information as possible from him before his trip to the Correctional Facility." The Third called out
over the intercom. He leant back in his chair to have another drag of his pipe – it must be the job; he was never that petty when he was younger. Hell he thought he was more merciful in his old age and yet here he was letting Ibiki have complete assess
to him…
'hmm maybe Anko should get a crack as well?'
Mebuki Anami was a pretty twenty-something year old secretary and had been patrolling and organising the workload that the poor Hokage had been getting recently. It was thanks to her that he was able to see his grandson and Naruto at all!
Well maybe that was a slight overreaction, but the Third was nonetheless very grateful to his thoughtful secretary.
'I just need to keep Jiraiya away from this one…'
She came in with a quick bow and wordlessly collected the sheets neatly stacked on his desk (having been completed and signed almost immediately after Mizuki had been reported and taken into custody) and left to copy them before sending them to the required
people.
The Sandaime read through the rest of the report quickly and efficiently showing his experience with reading mission reports for over fifty years. He couldn't help but smile with pride at the part where Naruto learnt the Shadow clone jutsu in just two
hours of practice. That took skill and a crap load of chakra. He had always been on Naruto's side and was prepared to be patient with him seeing as he could see the potential rolling off the orange-knucklehead.
This incident had only highlighted that there was a deeper intelligence and talent that Naruto had not shown him before. That thought alone nearly wiped the smile off his face until he read the next line of the report. Where his smile went into a full-blown
grin when he saw that Naruto had gotten a field promotion from Iruka and was nearly an official shinobi of the leaf. He immediately signed it without a second thought.
About time the poor boy got away from those idiotic civilian council and even his fellow elders now that he thought about it.
Shit! He had just jinxed it…
As a royal middle finger from Fate, the door flew opened and his three 'dear' teammates came in looking like they owned the place as usual. Hiruzen was already not liking the smug look on their faces as they walked in without bowing, only nodding
slightly in a small gesture of respect. Well at least Homura and Koharu did; whilst Danzo looked on without moving.
Why did he keep him around again?
He regretted sending Mebuki on paperwork duty but alas, he knew that she had no chance at stopping these three from entering here. She would be so far out of her element that it didn't bare thinking about.
He sighed and put up his best blank expression knowing that whatever they were here for was not good news. He would find out soon just how right he was.
"Hiruzen we have heard some disturbing news about 'the boy' that we cannot ignore." Started off Danzo with his clipped and stern tone of voice showing he wasn't going to back down from his stand on the matter.
'Like you don't have multiple reports already of the incident' thought the Third sardonically. He never liked his teammate's tone of voice and lack of respect but he had always put up with it seeing as it was just less effort and less of a headache
that way.
He knew he was just avoiding the issue but now was really not the time to bring up old arguments.
He took a deep calming breathe before replying,
"That 'boy,' as you call him, was not only tricked by his own Sensei but also leant a Jonin level 'B' rank Kinjutsu in under 3 hours of practice. He has received a field promotion for his efforts in the unofficial mission." He tried not to sound too proud
of the boy but it was damn hard right now.
He was met with three very unimpressed looks and literally felt himself deflating… it would have been far too easy he assumed.
"Not only did the boy steal the scroll of sealing from under your noise Hiruzen, but he also had the nerve to open it and use it for his own ends… this cannot be overlooked!" Said Homura, speaking for the first time since entering the office. His face
conveying nothing more than what he believed to be fact, pure and simple.
"I apologise Hiruzen but I must agree with Homura's point there -" started Koharu, not sounding sorry in the least. "The boy is clearly not able to be trusted to think for himself should the situation arise. He needs to be put into a better learning environment
so that he can become a more suitable asset… for the village of course." Finished Koharu unable to keep the slight malicious undertones that entered her voice throughout the speech.
The Sandaime narrowed his eyes at the three fellow elders before him. He was quickly getting tired of their attitude but knew he had to tread carefully seeing as they all held significant political power themselves and all had friends in the right places.
He decided to go straight for the blunt approach, he was too tired to go into the passive aggressive bullshit that made up the usual politics of this village.
"Well sorry to disappoint you, my dear teammates of mine, but as of 2 hours ago, Naruto Uzumaki was given a field promotion to Genin and has been approved by me. He is no longer under the control of the civilian and your council." Hiruzen said as casually
as he could whilst showing them the signed and stamped field promotion certificate for one Naruto Uzumaki.
It was Danzo this time that took a step forward, leaning carefully on his cane, nothing showing on his face or in his voice as he spoke.
"That is not entirely correct Hiruzen, you see Law 50, article 2, paragraph 2 clearly shows that all field promotions outside of war, have to be analysed and gain more than 50 percent of votes at the council. I am surprised you did not know of this rather
important law seeing as you signed it." It didn't take a Kage-level shinobi to hear the condescension leaking into the last sentence.
He held up the official document of the law and the large 'DENIED' stamp on the top of it. To the Hokage's horror he saw that he had indeed signed it without properly reading through and thinking of the possible consequences 12 and a half years ago; 3
days after the Kyuubi attack. He cursed his underhanded teammates but knew that he had lost – if you weren't prepared to follow your own rules and regulations then how on earth could you expect your followers to do so.
He could see why they were doing this, they thought they were so clever, and yet he had always been able to get a good read on them. He had also wished that eventually they would have been able to change but the answer was quickly becoming clear for that
particular outcome. In hindsight, the Uchiha Massacre should have been the last straw for that theory.
He knew already that the civilian council were all trying their very best to keep the 'demon' weak whilst his three foolish teammates were trying to get the boy and by extension his heritage under their thumb. The annoying thing was that in politics that
was a solid plan of action and could easily lead them to gaining a massive amount of influence each if it was to work out. Of course, the Third would have to be a cold dead corpse before ever letting that happen!
The Hokage tilted his hat downwards not allowing his three fellow seniors to see his face before nodding once barely keeping the disgust from his face and voice as he spoke.
"Very well, Naruto will not have his rightfully deserved promotion, I also agree with you that it is time for Naruto to receive training in a 'better learning environment' as you so wisely pointed out-"
"Excellent, we were just thin-" interrupted Koharu, ignoring the thinly veiled contempt behind the words and desperately trying to push their agenda before losing this particular advantage in the matter.
However, the Third was having none of it and released a concentrated blast of killing intent at Koharu making her choke on her words before composing herself in the next instance. Of course, that split second was all the aged Hokage needed to continue
what he was going to say without the hassle of worrying about anyone else interrupting him.
"As I was saying, Naruto will be under MY tutelage until the next academy graduation exam and-" This time the Hokage was cut off by something so much worse than his foolish teammates. The interruption came from the biggest blast of chakra that the village
had felt in more than a decade. It was filled with so much...
'Oh no… I know this chakra!'
Hiruzen quickly turned to his window to see a massive beam of deep, crimson chakra making its way up into the darkening sky above. It was so large that he had no doubt you would be able to see it from miles around but that was the least of his problems
at the moment. The only thought going through his mind currently was –
'Please Naruto, please tell me the seal hasn't been broken.'
He instantly regretted not talking to him earlier about what he had learnt but he had a job to do; he needed to lead his people against whatever may come out of that pillar of chakra. Taking off his Hokage clothing he quickly throw on his old battle armour
whilst shouting to the ANBU and the three elders/teammates in front of him.
"Everyone prepare for battle! Possible level 10 security risk! Homura and Koharu you need to get Shikaku immediately and start organising the evacuation of civilians and defensive strategies against the Kyuubi. Danzo you're with me and the ANBU, I need
you to go get every available Jonin and ANBU member and meet me 200 metres south-west of the pillar in a maximum of five minutes. I don't know how long we have; I know a few seals that may be able to seal it away but only temporarily."
All this was said rapidly and leaving no moments for anyone to give off their thoughts. They were orders and were to be carried out. You didn't survive and lead through 3 shinobi wars and a Bijuu attack without being able to sort out priorities. Questions
were not a priority in the event of a possible Bijuu attack – he had learnt that the last time.
The three elders burst into action the second the Sandaime was finished, they may like to make life difficult but seeing as the Kyuubi destroyed half the village last time they were not going to hesitate this time and immediately began doing what was
ordered. If they were still alive then they can enjoy telling Hiruzen that they were right and the Kyuubi should be passed over to them for proper training and conditioning.
After 12 and a half years the Kyuubi no Kitsune's chakra was once again felt throughout the entirety of Village hidden in the Leaves. However, despite the massive panic and carnage that ensued from the villager's terror it was to all to end in a massive
anticlimactic ending when by the time the Hokage made it to the selected position along with 100 of his best men the pillar was already beginning to dissipate along with the feeling of dread that came along with it. Not even ten minutes later, the
chakra had all but vanished completely showing nothing more than a crater of 15 meters in diameter where Naruto's building use to be.
The Elders were the only ones to voice their curiosity and fear about the matter.
"What the hell happen here?"
"Where's our Jinchuuriki?"
"He's just gone? Just like that, I don't even feel his chakra anymore?"
The Hokage however, stood quietly ignoring the confused murmurs and casual gossip of the shinobi around him, his only thoughts were to the now missing Naruto.
'Naruto please be alright; I know you are not dead… otherwise the chakra output would have levelled the city three times over… please to any deity out their let the boy finally live in peace.'
Ha! Fat chance.
And Cut.
This is the prologue of the story and just so you guys know, next chapter and the following, will be entirely Naruto's storyline. I just wanted to have a nice way of leading into it, I personally thought it would change it up a little to start with the third Hokage before moving onto Naruto's POV in the next chapter at roughly the same time so you can all get the idea behind what happened.
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and sorry about the slow prologue it was mainly there to set the scene and build a bit of storyline into it as well. Don't worry to all those that want to see some action there is going to be plenty in the following chapters.
But alas, I'm a little out of practice so please be nice…
Any R&Rs are massively appreciated and thanks again for checking out the story.
Next chapter is Naruto's chapter and the world of the walking dead. Can't wait to see you guys there.
Again just a reminder that any title ideas are greatly valued at this point. I may even take a few ideas and use then as chapter names as well if you want them to of course.
Peace out,
Hollow Lives.