Naruto - Zombie Apocalypse
AN: I don't like having Naruto appear as a moron so on top of his ninja prowess, he will be a scientist in this fic. There will be a few ideas that are resident evil related but I will try to keep them minimal as I want this to be as original as it can.
Chapter 1: IT HAS BEGUN!
Konoha was known as the most powerful of the five great shinobi nations. However, that wasn't good enough for them. The people of the leaf village needed to be feared. As such, the council ordered research to be done for a new weapon. A secret weapon. It had begun. Three people had the most involvement in the project. Shikamaru Nara, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha. Granted, the council had only sent the Uchiha there to keep him happy, and he wasn't being much help. Luckily, there were tons of other scientists there to get things done, even if they aren't important enough to have notable names.
It had taken several months but the lead scientist Naruto Uzumaki could finally say that his team had succeeded. They had developed a serum that would allow them to create super ninjas. He was sure it would work even if it had only been tested on rats so far. The last thing left to was perform the final 'human test' and show granny Tsunade in the morning. With recent success on their mind, everyone went home for the night. Well, everyone except Sasuke Uchiha.
Naruto had slept good for the first time in years. As a result, he was running late. He left his apartment in a hurry and arrived at the lab the same time Shikamaru did, lazy bastard. Naruto opened the door and the two went inside. Things were unusually quiet. They went through the hallway and entered an empty lobby. Naruto turned to Shikamaru and asked the mutual unspoken question. "Where is everybody?" The genius Nara's eyes widened as groaning could be heard a short distance away. "Something's wrong. Naruto, send some shadow clones to go check that out." He nodded and formed an odd handsign. "Shadow clone jutsu!"
Most people would go rushing to see if that person was alright. However, Naruto and Shikamaru were certainly not most people. They were highly intelligent ninja that didn't want to take chances. A trait that would increase their chances for survival in the days to come. The shadow clones left the lobby and walked down another hallway towards the direction of the groan. A few seconds later, Naruto fell backward in surprise at the memories he received. He took on an almost 'Orochimaru-like skin tone' and looked up at Shikamaru. "The staff have turned rabid and cannibalistic. We need to leave. Now!" He stumbled to his feet and quickly led Shikamaru back out the way they came.
The Uzumaki was a powerful ninja. In fact, he was one of the best ninja the leaf village had to offer. Shikamaru couldn't remember another time where Naruto looked so serious. It was for that reason that he wouldn't question Naruto. He wouldn't freak out like that needlessly or lie about such things. Two infected scientists came out of seemingly nowhere and rushed toward them. Naruto brought forth more shadow clones in order to witness firsthand what those things could do.
One clone drew a kunai and stabbed the scientist in the chest. However, that didn't stop the infected staff member from pressing on. It bit the shadow clone's arm which in turn made it disperse. The remaining shadow clones attacked simultaneously to keep the infected occupied while Naruto and Shikamaru snuck past, running for the exit.
Two two left the building and Naruto faced the door. He went through handsigns in desperation. "Earth style: Earth wall!" A rocky pillar came out of the ground in front of the door, effectively blocking it. Shikamaru turned to Naruto with an obvious look of worry. "Naruto? Why didn't that thing die? Your shadow clone stabbed a fucking kunai through its chest!" The Uzumaki shook his head rapidly. "There's no time! We have to warn Granny Hokage. The earth wall should hold them back for now... Come on!" He shunshined away, leaving the Nara to grumble, "troublesome," and follow suit. If they would have stayed for a few more moments, they would have seen a chidori pierce the earth wall and the infected staff pouring out of the building.
Hokage's Office
Tsunade was sleeping in her office instead of working. It was probably safe to assume that her dream consisted of her actually winning whatever gambles she made and getting drunk. Those two things were high on her list of favorite things in life so getting woken up in the middle of such a dream would not make her happy. Consequently, only Naruto was hit over the head for his sudden disturbance. Why just him? Who knows?
Fortunately for Naruto, Tsunade saw a rare look of seriousness on his face and decided against a continued punishment. It was time for business. "Granny, something went wrong in the lab! We completed the development of the serum last night and went home. I slept in for once so I was late... So was Shikamaru but that's nothing new... Anyway, we went in and the whole staff... Someone must have used the serum on themselves and got infected and spread it to the others. It must not have been as 'complete' as we thought..."
The fifth Hokage looked toward Shikamaru as if expecting more information. The Nara sighed lazily and gave his report. "The workers bit Naruto's shadow clones so we can assume the infected pass the disease through broken skin. Once we got outside of the building, Naruto sealed the exit with an earth wall but who knows how long that will last."
Tsunade rubbed her temples. The stress was getting to her. She shook it off and went back into 'Hokage mode'. "What do you think the best course of action-" Unfortunately, she was interrupted when Shizune burst in. "Lady Tsunade! There have been reports of crazy people biting villagers and Konoha-nins! The hospital can't keep up with the sheer number of victims!"
AN: I will be needing a Beta reader for this. Pm me if interested. I'd prefer to have grammar edits or whatever done the same day which shouldn't be a problem as I don't make many mistakes with my typing. Plus, there should only be around 1k words per chapter.
This offer still stands until I remove the words. ;p
