Chapter 1: Inside the Wall

(Hello, my faithful twelve subscribers. Heh. Anywho, this is a post apocalyptic world with an evil overlord and an underground revolution apocalypse survivor group. There will be death. There will be blood. There will absolutely be foul language. Hell, there might even be dirty sex. Little children: keep out. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any way shape or form.)

Sasuke woke up, rain pouring down on his stone cold body. The dead tree, in which he hid the night before, was breaking down. He needed to find more shelter from this rain. His eyelids were heavy as he crawled out from under it. This forest had been dead for a long time. Ten years ago, he could look up and see nothing but leaves. Now the darkened dawn of a new day greeted him.

He wore only a worn pair of black pants. His bare feet were ice cold and digging into the freezing mud. He covered his bare chest with his arms, trying to stay warm as he worked his way to the destroyed village before him.

"K-Konoha." He murmured, shaking from the cold.

It had been nearly fourteen years since he graduated Konoha academy with his teammates...Naruto and Sakura. They were most likely dead by now, but there might be some shelter and some supplies he could use until he made it to Pain's layer out in the dust by where the Sand Village used to be.

"May-Maybe I'm not the only survivor." Even as he spoke it, he knew it was bullshit. The Akatsuki had succeeded in destroying the world.

Now they ruled what people were left. The giant village he had escaped from with the help of Jugo...who had died helping him. Sasuke couldn't die out here...Jugo couldn't have been killed for nothing.

Sasuke saw the giant pillar in the middle of Konoha where his own brother kept watch over it. There was a small town just around the tower where some from Konoha lived, but very few. Konoha had been one of the first villages to burn...even with Sasuke's best friend as its Hokage.

Naruto.

He remembered that little fool fondly. Naruto had grown into the man, Sasuke knew he would. Even with Sasuke's disappearing act at a young age, he wished he could go back and see Naruto become Hokage.

Sasuke wanted to beat himself over the fact of never coming back. He could have protected the village with Naruto.

And Sakura. She would be a strong beauty by now. The pink haired woman probably went down fighting along side her comrade.

How could Sasuke have been so stupid? He might have lost his family, but he had a new family he completely abandoned.

Naruto, a brother who would have protected him.

Kakashi, a father who would teach him everything he knew.

Sakura...a loving, caring person who wanted to protect him even though she couldn't protect herself.

He fell down the hill that led to the giant gates of the old village.

"It's boarded up?" He ran up to the gate and tried to pry the wood off. "How am I supposed to..." He trailed off.

"Sasuke?!" A small voice caught his attention.

He looked around. Only seeing the cracks in the wall and the dead forest behind him.

"Who's there!?" He whispered loudly. Turning rapidly to find whoever had spoken.

A moment later, the voice spoke again. "I think it's really him. I'm letting him in." It was definitely a woman's voice.

"Where are you?" He said, louder.

She spoke to him again. "Be quiet, Uchiha! Or we are all dead!"

He looked to the left of the wall to see a piece of plywood move. A blond woman uncovered a large crack in Konoha's wall.

She waved at him. "Quickly. This way."

He ran to her and slipped inside and she dragged the plywood back over the entrance.

Sasuke only saw darkness until a man close to them relit a lantern.

"Sasuke Uchiha. It has been a while." The woman said and he finally identified her.

"Ino?" He asked.

She wore a brown gown with no shoes and the gown was torn in most places. Ino seemed to have to adjust it every now and then keep her lady parts hidden from view. Her normally bright blue eyes were dim and sorrowful. Her hair was messy and muddy and her face looked just tired.

The man who had lit the lantern, he recognized as Kiba. But Akamaru was no where in sight. Kiba had the same expression Ino held: tired. He only wore a pair of brown shorts and his old Leaf headband was tied around his right arm.

"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" Ino said. "Now, give me an honest answer. Should I or should I have not let you in?"

Sasuke didn't process what she said, he was too amazed that the two of them survived.

"Sasuke? Hello?" Ino waved her hand in front of his face.

Sasuke nodded slowly and asked quietly. "How did you survive?"

Ino sighed. "We'll explain later. We have to go. The patrol will be out soon and I'm pretty sure someone can hear us if they're by the wall."

Kiba and Ino turned and started walking. Sasuke followed them silently. It seemed they had walked for an hour before Ino turned and pried more plywood off to the right of them. She crawled through a hole into an abandoned house and the two men followed. Ino then walked down into a basement and pulled the cover off what appeared to be an entrance to the sewers.

"Come on, Kiba. You first. You have the light." She whispered.

Kiba jumped down into the mucky water and Ino followed suit. Sasuke put his arms on the sides of the hole and gently eased himself down. Then he grabbed the lid above him and closed the entrance.

"Thanks." Ino whispered and they all continued to walk through the disgusting water.

"I don't know how everyone is going to react to Sasuke." Kiba told Ino.

Ino shrugged. "It'll be fine."

"Who all is still alive down here?" Sasuke asked.

Ino looked back for a second and shook her head. "You'll find out."

There was a door to their right made out of more plywood and Ino walked up to tap on it.

"Password." A gruff voice muttered from behind it.

"Konohamaru." Ino said, surprising Sasuke a little.

The door opened to what had to be the center of the sewers. A camp laid out before him with small tents, blankets and a well in the very middle. From what Sasuke could see, it was definitely a revolution camp in the making.

The one who had asked for the password leaned around the plywood door. "Uchiha?" He whispered.

Shino.

And he was wearing the same get up as Kiba and pretty much everyone else at the camp.

"It's alright, Shino." Kiba said, turning out the lamp and walking inside.

"What's she going to think, though?" Shino asked Kiba.

Kiba rubbed his chin. "We'll find out. Come on, Sasuke. I'll show you were you can set up camp."

Sasuke followed Kiba away from Shino and Ino who started talking about Itachi's guards.

"How did this start?" Kiba asked. "You know. Don't you, Sasuke?"

Sasuke sighed. "People from another land came in with weapons that shoot lead. They can kill someone just by pulling a lever. The Akatsuki got a hold of these weapons."

Kiba nodded as he set up Sasuke a blanket in an open area.

"K-Kiba." I small feminine voice stuttered.

Sasuke instantly knew who it was. "Hinata?!"

She had grown, but she had cut her hair again. Her eyes were so pale, he could barely distinguish the byakugan. She wore a long black t-shirt that went to her knees and she had mud smeared all over her face.

"I-It's good to see you Sasuke." She looked back over to Kiba. "The others went on a hunt. They'll be back in about an hour."

Kiba smiled. "Good. That'll give us time to show Sasuke around before they beat him down with questions."

Hinata nodded and then went back to her chores.

Sasuke noted that she was boiling the water she had pulled out of the well.

Kiba got up after fixing Sasuke's bedding area. "Okay so, Hinata takes care of teaching the young ones and boiling the water from the well over there. Ino, me and Shino keep watch on the inside of the walls...making sure to catch any stragglers out there like yourself or kill any patrols that come inside the walls."

"What are patrols?" Sasuke asked.

Kiba grinned. "I'm glad you asked. They are little machine things that we can malfunction and throw back outside. Don't let it take a picture of you or hear you. Just let the three of us handle them." Sasuke nodded as Kiba continued his tour. "Over there, Shikamaru and Choji are in charge of cooking and preserving food." Sasuke was a little saddened to see how skinny even Choji was. This was all getting to him and he didn't like it.

Kiba continued on without missing a beat. "Neji, Rock-Lee and Tenten have collected some weapons and are upgrading them for our use when it's time."

For the next little while, Kiba told him about their plan to overthrow Itachi and take their land back. Then as soon as they were ready, they'd make their move for Pain.

"Oh and I almost forgot." Kiba said as they made their way back to the middle of the camp. "We have hunters that go on supply runs for us every now and then. It's hard to do what they do, but they keep us alive."

"Who are the hunters?" Sasuke questioned just as they watched Shino pull the door open.

"Good timing." Kiba said as three figures walked through that door, sporting backpacks and duffle bags.

Sasuke's mouth dropped as he saw the people he thought he would never see again.

(Oh my gosh! I am so sorry for the cliffhanger, but I ran out of room on my pages today. Don't worry. The next chapter will be out shortly. Let me know what you guys think! I'm really excited about this fanfic. Thanks for reading!)