A/N: You know I feel like the world hates me. I mean I have some creative stories that you haven't seen before, right? Like this one. I mean how many zombie stories have you seen on SasuSaku fanficition before this? Not that many, right?

And then right after I get mine posted, more zombie stories start coming. And then after That High School Desk is up some more stories that involve nerd but actually hot Sasuke also appear.

And by no means am I inferring that someone is copying all my crap, cause by no means are they similar except for the general theme. But it makes me feel so ordinary… -sigh-

Anyways enough with my whining. Here is the next chapter.

XxX Surviving Death XxX

XxX Halfkyuubikat XxX

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Immortal

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;

What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

~Albert Pike

But the fear was still there, because no matter how brave a person may act, they are still afraid of death. They are always afraid of the unknown. They are always afraid of the dark and monsters hidden in its shadows.

A hiss escaped from his parted mouth.

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"It's a carrier."

Those were the words that left the man's lips. And Sakura could almost have sworn that they actually were words. But the diseased could not speak. They couldn't think clearly either. They only acted on instincts to kill. That was all, they could not speak.

And it was then Sakura figured the sickness had already spread through her entire body. That she was reacting to the words of another mindless creature. Of just another zombie.

But when she looked at the man she realized that she had overlooked more than just his red hair and the deep black circles around his eyes. She hadn't take notice of how his clothes were still intact and how his muscles were defined underneath the cotton. She also hadn't taken notice of the automatic machine gun that he carried in his hands.

The man before her certainly was not a zombie.

He was human.

"A carrier?" A voice called from the foliage as a man clad in a black hoodie stepped out of the green. The hood was raised over what appeared to be brown hair. Blood covered his face and left almost design-like patterns over the skin.

The red haired man made a grunt at the back of his throat.

Sakura knew the meaning of the word "carrier."

When the disease started it became the most horrifying word that could be spoken to a human. After all it was a term used for those who had been bitten and were about to succumb to the infection.

It was a word that only meant death.

She blinked once as she watched the two men look at her. Their eyes held no pity, no mercy. Sakura was going to be killed in a matter of moments and she could feel no regret at that. Because she would much rather be shot through the skull then become one of the creatures that had been terrorizing her for the last 17 months.

So she didn't open her mouth in an attempt to beg or cry or plead.

This type of death was a much better end in her eyes.

"She's a really beautiful one." The brown haired man said quietly.

"Shut up Kankuro."

She stayed emotionless as the redhead raised his automatic gun into the air; pointed directly at where Sakura lay still in the shallow water.

"Gaara…maybe—"

"She's a carrier." Came out of his lips once again.

"But I mean! It's impossible that she isn't immune! It's been a year and a half since the zombie thing started going around, how could someone who wasn't immune survive that long? She must have been bitten a hundred times—"

"Are we going to take that chance?"

Sakura almost laughed. It was so true though. It should be impossible for someone to go through over a year's worth of endless attacks and still not manage to be bitten. But Naruto, Kakashi, and especially Sasuke had somehow prevented it.

"Tell me Kankuro, are you willing to waste our lives for the sake of one girl that could be immune?"

It was silent for a while after that.

Sakura did not expect for any more words in her defense after that and she was glad. She just wished they would kill her now.

She would welcome peace from this world; from endless fighting.

She only would miss 'Team 7.' That was all that was left to live for in this world. But Sakura would much rather die in order for them to survive than to lose one of them. And that was why she was lying here at this moment.

She had no regrets.

In fact she was almost happy. Sasuke would live. Her family would live. That was all that was important to her. Death was nothing, but something every human and zombie would eventually have to face.

A single gunshot split through the still air.

She felt the force of the helicopter lifting itself off the platform.

And then she felt something slam it back down.

Her body feel forward, hitting the seat with a loud crunching noise. Sakura almost cried out in pain, but kept her mouth sealed shut. Sasuke would smoother her if he heard a single sound of distress leave her lips. But she didn't have to worry about that at this point in time.

The way Naruto and Sasuke were cursing and the screams and cries from the zombies just outside of helicopter probably would have prevented anyone from hearing her.

The guns started going off faster and Sakura could not mistake the sound of bullet after bullet hitting the flesh of zombies.

"Get them off it Sasuke!" Kakashi growled out as he hit some buttons on the control panel.

"I'm fucking trying!" Was the only response.

Sakura lifted her body as she looked over Sasuke and Naruto to stare at the massive horde that managed to gather on the rooftop. Her breath was quiet as it left her.

"Sasuke-teme! You have to get them off the rope!" Naruto cried out.

And Sakura realized what was keeping them planted on the ground. The rope that was connected to the bottom of the copter was used for the group to lower onto the ground without the copter having to land. That way they could best keep the horde from overpowering and keeping them on the ground. It was no evident that the small device was being horded and stepped on by thousands of zombies.

They were not going to be off the ground any time soon.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Naruto cried as Sakura could see the limbs of the beings start grabbing onto the sides of the helicopter in an attempt to pull themselves on.

That suddenly reminded Sakura of the other side of the copter which was currently unprotected. She whirled around with every expectation to be faced with a blood soiled creature, but instead she saw nothing. Quickly grabbing the closest gun—which happened to be her small pistol—she looked over the edge to see that still no zombies had swarmed this side of the roof.

"Naruto, Sasuke! The copter is going to stall if I don't fucking get us out off the ground." Kakashi called from his seat, and Sakura assumed he was trying to increase the amount of force used to lift the thing off the ground.

The copter was currently a few feet from the air and kept going higher or lower a small amount every time it attempted to fly off the ground.

It was not working.

"Fuck! They keep swarming!"

The words were being blurred to Sakura at this point. The only thing that was registering in her mind was the fact that they were not going to make it. This time they weren't going to escape.

This was the end.

And she was just a useless as she always was.

It suddenly reminded her of when she first joined the boys and Sasuke had detested ever move she made. She was weak. And she couldn't do anything, but watch as Naruto or Kakashi or Sasuke had to save her again and again. They were the only reasons she had survived so long.

They had allowed themselves to be hurt so many times; to be bitten over and over just so that the one non-immune member of 'Team 7' was hurt herself.

Useless.

She suddenly felt like it was all her fault that they had ended up here. If it hadn't been for her, would they have already reached safety?

Would they be able to live?

Her eyes flashed toward where the weapons were stored.

If she gave them the chance to live…would they make it?

She owed it to them. To all three of them, but most of all Sasuke. He had been the one that hadn't wanted her following them around; he was the one that had seen her as the threat to survival. But yet all the same he had been the one that protected her the most.

Her hands reached out before she could even think of the consequences.

She didn't consider Sasuke's anger or how they would react to her actions.

Because deep down in her heart she knew that she would not see them again.

The grenade was in her hands as she lightly leaped out onto the ground below. Her legs collapsed underneath her as her hands hit the ground with a clunk.

Her body turned around and for the first time she actually could see the sheer size of the horde. It left her quiet for a moment and she froze up. She felt suddenly like she had made a stupid decision. But when she looked back at the helicopter she noticed the way the blades were starting to slow down.

She wouldn't stop.

Not now.

She was done being useless to them.

She wasn't sure exactly how she caught the swarm's attention, but one second they were still charging the helicopter and the next one male was running toward her. She knew that the site of living prey right in the line of sight was so much more appealing that just repeatedly attacking people with guns.

Of course they would find her the better choice.

The grenade flew open as she tossed it toward the edge of the roof top; planning for it to collapse and crumble to the ground. The skyscraper had no other use anyway.

Sakura was happy though as she watched the helicopter lift into air. Obviously enough zombies had been distracted for Sasuke and Naruto to clear the rope and get enough force to complete get off the ground. That was good; the copter shouldn't be near when the explosion occurred. It would have destroyed everything.

The male was nearly at her. She watched as his quick steps brought him closer and closer to her body. It was obvious by the swarm that followed the one stray that she would be mauled by all of them.

She hoped that the grenade would explode before then.

Would that make the pain quicker?

"Sakura!"

She looked up at his agonized scream. He was standing at the entrance of the copter and was looking down at where she stood with onyx eyes filled with horror.

She was happy that was the last thing she saw before she heard the blast and the light blinded her eyes.

She would always be happy that Sasuke and his beauty was what faded into the darkness of her awareness.

A/N: Next chapter will have more information on the characters and their age and what happened with the outbreak started.

And this story is based on Left 4 Dead 2. Congrats to the people who got it right.

I feel like this was a crap chapter….whatever….

She wished that it would kill her quickly, so that instead of being a blood thirsting monster she would just be dead. That was a much better fate.