Narutimate Evil: Konoha
Summary: An crack team of specialists is sent to the wasteland known as Konoha to investigate the cause of the T-Virus outbreak in the stricken city. But they're not the only ones. Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and Resident Evil, ok?
Chapter 1: Foxhound
In an empty airfield just on the outskirts of the virtual ghost town that was Konoha, a matte black C-17 military transport plane makes a safe landing despite not having any kind of assistance or guidance from the long abandoned flight tower.
Inside the cockpit of the cargo plane, the pretty but severe looking female pilot with her sandy blonde hair tied in four ponytails sighs in relief as she finishes her post landing checklist. Landing a military transport plane in an unlighted airstrip was already tricky enough. But landing it on her own in an unlighted airstrip under the cover of night? Suicide even with the most sophisticated onboard nightvision equipment available and even then, most pilots wouldn't even think of making the attempt.
Thankfully, she wasn't like most pilots. She was Sabaku Temari codenamed Weasel and she was known for her superb flying skills, her experience in flying Black Ops missions like these as well as her tough as nails demeanor. And unlike most of the jocks who flew planes these days, she actually knew how to take of herself as evidenced by the .45 Colt Commander with the well worn grip holstered on her hip and the slightly battered but fully functioning Mac 10 on the empty seat where the co-pilot usually sat.
Getting up from her seat, she stretches her arms above her head making her already snug flightsuit hug her voluptuous figure even more. She then glances out the cockpit window and as far as she could see, there was no activity in the airfield.
"So this must be one of THOSE areas huh?" Temari muttered to herself with a shudder. Places like this ALWAYS reminded of THAT mission. The mission where she lost 1/3 of the only family she had left.
As she made her way towards the cockpit door which led to the rear cargo hold, Temari scowls as her free hand automatically grabs her pistol as she reached for the doorknob and she had to verbally remind herself that this wasn't Guatemala.
A few years back she and her co-pilot brother Kankuro had flown a full platoon of Spec Ops soldiers into a remote jungle in Guatemala to investigate some strange rumors there. They soldiers were fine going into the mission but when it came time for the extraction, she found a decimated, bedraggled team of hysterical survivors who looked a step away from total breakdown suffering from scratches and horrific bite wounds all over their body. She and her brother airlifted the remaining soldiers out of the jungle but in the middle of the flight, a commotion had broken out in the cargo hold.
Kankuro had gone to the back to investigate but after a few minutes, started yelling for his sister to lock the cockpit door. Temari herself went to the back to see what was happening and much to her horror, found Kankuro futiley fighting off the surviving soldiers who were all somehow transformed into flesh eating zombie freaks and were starting to overwhelm her brother. Temari tried to help her brother but Kankuro had again yelled for her to lock herself in the cockpit before the zombified soldiers dragged the unfortunate co-pilot back and literally started eating him alive. Everything after that had been a blur to Temari. She remembered drawing her pistol and running back to the cockpit while shooting at the pursuing zombies and locking the door to the cockpit before radioing for help and landing somewhere where military authorities had disposed of the zombies and rescued her.
The botched mission in Guatemala haunted her since then and she developed a habit of keeping a hand on her piece everytime she ventured out of the cockpit wether there'd be danger or not. So far, she hadn't had a reason to draw her gun inside the plane yet since Guatemala but one can never tell especially on these kinds of missions.
"Expecting trouble?" A cool voice inquires which snaps Temari back to reality. She had been so preoccupied with her thoughts that she had unconsciously walked up to one of her passengers with one hand on her Colt.
"Ohh... Sorry about that Naruto." The pilot apologized to the speaker who was a blonde haired, blue eyed young man no older then 22 and had whiskerlike marks on his cheeks. He was also dressed in tan bdu pants tucked into a pair of brown/black combat boots, black t-shirt under a flak vest which had 2 built in holsters under the armpits for his two pistols and a sheath on the back which held a kukri as well as numerous pockets for ammunition and ordnance, a utility belt, black fingerless gloves and tactical elbow/knee pads. He also had a pair of goggles hanging from his neck and in the blonde man's hands he held a rifle which he was currently checking over.
"No problem." The identified Naruto said as he went back checking on his weapon. "So how does it look out there?"
"Like its the end of the world." She said flatly. "Just what the hell happened here? Is this another one of THOSE hotzones?"
"That's what we're here to find out and from the looks of things so far, thats a likely possibility." Naruto answered as he clips a couple of grenades onto his vest. "But this was done on a whole different scale then before."
"A whole goddamned city now. Kami... It's escalating." Temari whispered in disbelief. Hardened and experienced Black Ops operator she may be but she still found it difficult to wrap her head around the idea that someone may have purposely used an entire city for their sick experiments.
"Yeah." Naruto agreed. The blonde soldier knew that their pilot has flown a number of missions to hotspots like this but NOT on this scale so her reaction was natural. Hell... Even HE had trouble believing that Konoha might have turned into an infected area.
"We'll radio homebase when we're ready for pickup." Naruto said as he gets up from his seat and starts making his way towards the back to join the rest of his team. "Don't worry Temari. I'll watch your baby brother's back." He added before disappearing towards the back leaving the pilot to her thoughts.
As he walks towards the cargo hold where he knew his team was waiting, Naruto's thoughts were on the current mission on hand.
Ever since the annihilation of the previous Alpha Team in that disastrous mission to Guatemala, Spec Ops had taken greater care in the selection of operatives for mission such as these. Not only should they have the physical skills needed for the job, they would also have to have the clarity of mind and mental fortitude for the horrors that they were going to face.
Thus was born Team Foxhound.
Though they came from different branches of the military, it was impressive how rapidly they learned to work together as a unit. Fighting together against a horde of bloodthirsty zombies probably does that to you. And thus far, he and this team have been able to survive ANY mission thrown at them.
But this mission was different. As he pointed out to Temari, this was a whole different scale then before because it involved an entire city.
An entire city that was probably crawling with zombies.
But that was also why he and his team of specialists were the ones assigned to the mission. Because they were the best at what they did.
With these thoughts weighing on his mind, Naruto reaches the area where his team was preparing their equipment and made a mental roll call.
Snoozing in the corner propped in a seated position against the wall was his second in command Nara Shikamaru. Honestly speaking, the guy was lazy as hell and had no motivation whatsoever. If not for his scary brilliant tactical mind and often underrated knife skills, Shikamaru would have probably be drummed out of the service many times over had Naruto not found him.
Doing what looked like a tai chi kata in another portion of the plane was his girlfriend as well as the team's resident recon and CQC expert Hyuuga Hinata. The pale eyed beauty hailed from a clan who was famed for their exceptional eyesight and prowess in hand to hand combat. Hinata herself was no exception and was one of the besr in her field of expertise.
Haruno Sakura was seated by the side doing an inventory of the supplies she would be bringing as the Team Medic. Being her former teammate in Squad Seven before its unfortunate dissolution, Naruto was well aware of Sakura's skills and capabilities as a medical practitioner and soldier as well as her explosive temper when pushed too far.
On the onboard computer uploading some last minute information about their mission was the team scientist Aburame Shino. Even after working together on a number of missions. Naruto still didn't know a thing about him. But he was highly professional and damned good at his job and that's the only thing that's important to him.
Higarushi Tenten had the parts of a rifle laid out on a tarp in front of her as she skillfully assembled it. The girl was considered as one of the military's top sniper despite her age and was also deadly accurate with throwing knives. She also served as the combat driver of the APC they brought along for the mission.
The final member of the team was Temari's youngest brother Sabaku Gaara who was calmly loading rounds into his magazines. The redhaired soldier was the team's demolitions expert who also had a degree in chemistry and was capable of creating explosives even out of scratch. He was also Naruto's closest friend.
The team had flown from a secure homebase in the middle of the desert where they received their initial instructions and requisition weapons and equipment.
Besides their tan/black bdu's, vests, grenades and other Black Ops essentials, each member also selected their preferred weapons.
Naruto himself had gone with an M4 Carbine with an M203 Grenade Launcher attached under the barrel and a wicked looking Kukri. But he brought his own sidearms to use which were a pair of custom 'Samurai Edge' Beretta 92F. One with a rust colored finish and the other had a dark blue finish which belonged to a former teammate.
Aside from a bayonet equipped M4 Carbine, Shikamaru carried a Browning HiPower as well as his trusty 'Flying Swallow' trench knife which was a gift from his old CO.
Hinata was armed with a Heckler and Koche MP5, a Glock 17, a 'Cold Steel' Tanto, a ballistic knife and a collapsable compound bow.
Sakura also chose an MP5 and got a .44 Colt Anaconda as well as a Jet Aer fighting knife to supplement the pink barreled Custom 'Samurai Edge' Beretta 92F she brought with her which was a holdover from her time in Squad Seven.
Shino equipped himself with an M4/M203 combo rifle like Naruto and had gone with a Browning HiPower as his sidearm. In addition, he had strapped on a Gerber boot knife.
As the team's designated marksman, Tenten got a scoped L86 rifle for any ranged work as well as a Beretta 93R, a 12 inch K-Bar Combat Knife and 6 small throwing blades as her personal sidearms.
Gaara selected the awesome Atchisson Assault Shotgun as his primary weapon as well as his own gold plated Custom 'Samurai Edge' Beretta 92F and a CQC6 Folding Knife as backups.
"Alright people. Listen up." This prompts the team to gather around Naruto. "This mission isn't like the ones we've done before. This is a whole new ballgame because it involves an entire city and I don't need to tell you how much more dangerous it is when you've got over a hundred thousand infected gunning for you." Looking around, he takes note of the collective dead serious demeanor of his team in grim approval before continuing.
"When we go into Konoha, we are to find out anything and everything we can about this latest outbreak. And when I say anything and everything, I meant it." Naruto said before his expression turns cold. "We WILL find whoever it is that's responsible for this debacle and when we do, I've got a green light to eliminate the root cause of the outbreak so that nothing like this ever happens again."
"Mendokuse. Sounds like quite a body count. "Shikamaru comments. "Do we even have enough ammo for that?"
"It's not like we're here to annihilate the zombie population. Just the ones responsible for causing it in the first place." Gaara reminds him.
"It still sounds like there's gonna be a lot of casualties though." Tenten comments. "Something like this can't be accomplished without the necessary resources. Resources that only major companies have access to."
"I suppose you are referring to Umbrella Corporation are you not?" Shino asks. "While it may be true that their company's name and influence has surfaced in a number of our investigations, we still lack sufficient evidence to prosecute them."
"I agree with Shino." Sakura said. "It may not even be Umbrella who's behind this and even I they are, they're known to cover their tracks quite well."
"It's also important to assist the uninfected survivors." Hinata stated. "There may not be that many of them left but we still have to try."
"We'll help the survivors whenever and wherever we can find them but for now, we have our orders people. Does anyone have any questions?" Naruto asks and upon seeing nobody speak up nods his head. "Good. Let's move out then. Let Operation: Konoha begin."
Author's Notes: Something new for you guys. Enjoy