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It was dark and Sasuke watched the alleys warily as he made his way down the street as silently as he could. He cursed his luck, considering it was already so dark, when he should have been home an hour ago. Well, if he could even call the abandoned store his home. But, desperate times call for desperate measures, and right now he was far beyond desperate considering the circumstances. He tensed quickly as soft groaning filtered from down the street, making its way towards him. He cursed under his breath once more and ducked into an abandoned alley once he made sure it was empty, weaving around the garbage and gore littering the ground, having to physically stop himself from throwing up.
He dropped down into a crouch behind a dumpster near the end of the alley before waiting. He could hear their groans and moans as they shuffled closer, until he could hear them right at the end of his alley. He held his breath as he waited for them to shuffle past, but they were slow, and soon his foot slipped from underneath him, not stopping until it hit the empty food can in front of him.

He froze as the can made a clattering noise, rolling away from him and further into the open. Breathing as silently as possible, his eyes widened as he heard their shuffling stop for a moment, before resuming, but this time in his direction. Sasuke's hands came up to clamp around his mouth as he cursed insistently in his mind, shaking his head at how stupid he had been. Why the hell had he gone out this late? It was risky and he knew it, but he had thought he would have more time. How could he have been so stupid? Now he was going to be eaten by these fucking zombies and he would either turn into one of them or die. He stood up suddenly and looked around for a weapon. No way was he going down without a fight. He cursed himself once more at not bringing his bat with him. His only excuse was that he wasn't going far, and that it would've been a short walk. Fuck him.

He shook his head in desperation when he came up empty handed, finding literally nothing to defend himself with. He lifted his head and glared at the zombies that had finally spotted him and were making their way towards him faster each second. He pulled up his fists and readied himself. He knew he was going to die, and he didn't care anymore, but he wasn't just going to let himself be taken down.

The crawlers had just reached him, and he was about to charge, fists swinging when he heard a shout above him.

"Duck!"

His instincts took over and he felt himself crouch down once more as a gunshot sounded, landing right between the closest zombie's eyes. His own eyes widened suddenly when someone dropped right in front of him, swinging his axe around, parts and heads flying each time it connected with the bodies. In a few short moments all the z's were dead – again – and the man in front of him turned around. The first thing he noticed was that this guy was wearing a thick black sweater, with equally black cargo pants and black combat boots. He was obviously prepared for the dark. The raven was taken slightly aback once he noticed the huge bump that showed itself when the guy turned around. It was about around his chest's height, and at first he thought it was fat, before he noticed it squirming. His gaze quickly snapped up to the person's face when fingers were snapped in his own. He took in the tan skin, whisker marks and blond hair before he inhaled sharply, admitting that he savior was most certainly attractive.

The man in front of him was staring at him with obvious annoyance, as well as concern, which was a weird combination.

"Are you ok? God how many times do I have to repeat myself. Hurry up and answer, we can't stay long, the noise probably attracted more."

Finally snapping out of his daze, Sasuke nodded quickly. "Yeah no, I'm fine, just shaken. Thanks for saving me, I was as good as dead without you."

The blonde's mouth twitched slightly before he nodded, clearing his throat. "It's no problem, I wasn't just gonna let you get eaten by them. Now come on, we gotta get out of here ASAP."

They both made their way out of the alley and down a couple of blocks before the bump on his savior's chest moved once more and a small head popped out of the sweater. Sasuke's eyes widened and he stared hard at the small, chubby face of a three or four-year-old.

The blond man smiled softly and pressed his lips to the kid's forehead soothingly as he whispered.

"You did so good Kurama, I'm proud of you. You stayed silent and compact like I told you to."

The boy beamed wide and bright at the man he was physically attached to, before turning to Sasuke and whispered – or at least tried to.

"Is that someone you just saved Nar'to?"

The man chuckled softly and nodded. "Yeah little dude, he is."

He turned to Sasuke and introduced himself briefly.

"Hey, name's Naruto, this is my little bro Kurama."

The raven nodded before answering.

"I'm Sasuke."

Naruto nodded before pointing ahead of them. "We have a safe camp not too far from hear, if you wanna tag along with us. We got food, weapons, medicine, the lot."

Sasuke's eyes widened before he nodded. That was pretty impressive, considering how hard it was for him to find anything for himself. An invitation like that was not one anyone in their right mind should refuse.

Naruto's eyes sparkled as he smiled as wide and bright as his brother.

"Okay then, off to home then, with our new friend Sasuke."