Chapter 2

I have decided I must enter Tokyo it is my only hope of staying alive at least for the next three days. That is how long I can go without water, food I could survive a week but I would gradually lose strength. Grabbing my rifle from the ground where I had placed it, I got up to head into the city. The sun has just broke over the horizon, the zombies should still be asleep or very slow at the moment. Sighing I begin the trek down the hill into the city I use caution with every step I take. The signs no longer light up and the town is so quiet every step I take sounds like thunder to my ears. My eyes constantly survey the dark corners and alleys between the buildings. I spot a clothing shop ahead and look for any motion my clothing is starting to get holes everywhere I look. Surveying the area I step toward the building and test the door. It clicks open with no alarm I let out the breath I am holding. Stepping into the lite building I search for some new clothing. I grab a couple of long sleeve shirts and two sweatshirts the more layers the better but they can't be too heavy. Grabbing a pair of cargo pants I switch out all my stuff into the pockets, I stop as I look down at the picture in my hand.

It is of my family, I clutch it tight and place it back into my pocket. Just as I finish raiding the limited food supply I hear gunshots. I flinched and jerked my head up looking to see if anything was startled awake. Growling I grab my rifle and head for the door, looking out the windows of the door I sigh as I see zombies appearing from various buildings. Sighing in anger I kick the door open and open fire. More gun shots ring out behind me in a square, catapulting over a zombie I run and twist my pistol around shooting it straight through the head it's brain covering the pavement below. I stop in surprise, before me there is a blonde haired man firing repeatedly at the onslaught of zombies shuffling towards him. They have him surrounded and he cannot shoot them down fast enough. Letting out a sigh of defeat I raise my pistol and start firing making a path to the man. Swearing I dodge the clawed hand that shot out at me. Slipping my pistol into my holster I slid my Katana from its sheath in a fast turn dodging the zombie again I raise my katana and severe his head from his body. I watched only for a split second as it bounced across the pavement.

Running I disappear into a blur as I kill zombie after zombie. I am now back to back with the man, he nods at me in appreciation and continues to fire at the few remaining zombies left. As the last one falls I turn toward him and glare. He laughs nervously and rubs the back of his head in a nervous gesture. I point for him to follow me towards a collapsing Wal-mart as soon as we make sure the store is secure, I turn towards him and growl. " What in the seven hells are you doing without a silencer and firing a gun". Just as he goes to answer a walkie talkie on his belt crackles to life.

" Naruto… come in Naruto are you alright we heard the gunfire stop" I glare at him and tell him to answer it. " I'm fine teme you won't believe what happened" the man named Naruto spoke into the walkie. The person on the otherside ignored him and asked for his location. I listened astounded as a third voice appeared over the radio. " That's wonderful Naruto and you already secured the building thats smart of you for once" Naruto let out a huff of annoyance and told them that he would be waiting. I stood leaning against one of the checkouts while the man named Naruto rambled on and on. It is a miracle he is not dead yet with how loud he is, let alone using a gun without a silencer. Just as I went to leave I turned around only to have a pistol pointed at my face and a pair of onyx eyes staring me down.

" Teme don't point that at her she saved my life" this so called teme snorted and lowered his pistol. Walking over to Naruto he smacked him across the back of his head. " Where in the godforsaken world is your silencer" Naruto let out a yell of pain and fell to the ground clutching his head. Standing behind them was an older male with silver hair that stuck up like a porcupine. He smiled at me and raised two fingers up in a peace sign as a form of greeting. I nodded my head and turned back to the two males my age. I picked up my bag and began to head to get more supplies including stopping at the weapons department. I stop and glare at Naruto who started walking by my side.

"Go away I don't need you getting me killed" I hear a snort of indifference and without a sign of movement I pulled my katana from its sheath. I swung it around and met another katana, they clashed together and caused sparks to fly. The onyx eyed man stared back at me with an expression of interest. " excellent speed, nice sword and my name is Sasuke" he said lowering his sword and bowed his eyes keeping track of me making sure I didn't kill him while he was bowing. I nodded and replied back with my name. " Sakura, cherry blossom it suits you and your hair is a beacon for the zombies" I growled and stuffed my hair into my beanie.

They continued to follow me throughout the store collecting supplies as they went. Naruto was blabbering on and on about how amazing it was to come across another human and the fact that I am a girl. At that I turned around and glared, Sasuke saw this and placed his hand over Naruto's mouth. " If it wasn't for this girl you idiot you would be dead" Sasuke sneered and smacked Naruto's head again. I shook my head and smashed a bat through the weapons cabinet. "yowh and you yell at me for making noise" I began to look through the weapons seeing if they were worth taking or best left behind. I shoved a throwing knife into my combat boots chucked another towards Sasuke who caught it with a deft swipe.

"We travel together from now on is that a deal, your skills are outstanding" Sasuke proposed to me away from Naruto and the man I came to know as Kakashi. I nodded and shook his hand he smirked and we headed back to the other two. " Sakura will be traveling with us from now on she is a supporter of our cause and her skills are useful" Kakashi kissed the back of my hand and bowed. I blushed and pulled my hand from his and bowed back in respect for my elder. Side by side we stood together and walked out into the blinding sun weapons raised.

We fired shot after shot into the hoard that surrounded the outside of the building. The groaning of the zombies was profuse and the sound of brains splattering across the ground was disturbing. As soon as the hoard was taken care of Naruto ran over to a bush and began to vomit at the sight of the brains. I flinched and walked past him, Sasuke looked at me with a confused look upon his face. He placed his hand upon my shoulder I shrugged him off and continued on walking. Then I turned around and hefted Naruto up over my shoulder and handed him over to Kakashi. Kakashi looked at me in awe as he nearly toppled over with the weight of Naruto. I turned back around and began to head east toward the coastline of Tokyo, the boys began to follow me and we traveled for a few hours in silence. At dusk Naruto began to complain about being tired. This astounded me, as I would go days without stopping. Sasuke and Kakashi acted as if it was normal and began to set up camp. We set up a small fire and cooked food quickly then we put the fire out.

When the topic of watch came up Naruto quickly dropped the topic for him to have to do it. I sighed and stated that I would take the first watch Kakashi and Naruto automatically nodded and went to their tents. Sasuke stared at me for a couple minutes and then when I didn't look at him he walked into his tent. The time for second watch came and went then the time for the third watch came up and Sasuke walked out of his tent. He looked at me then looked around for Naruto or Kakashi. He came over and sat next to me on the log. "What are you still doing up you should be sleeping¨ I shrugged. ¨ I'm used to going days without sleep this is nothing.¨ Sasuke shook his head and laid my head upon his shoulder. I yawned and my eyes began to flutter. "Liar you're tired and you know it.

There I slept for the rest of the night my head upon his shoulder I slept the best I had slept in a long time. I stretched my hand hitting Sasuke in the face who had been too busy surveying the area to notice my hand coming toward his face. ¨Ow hey watch it Sakura¨ he said holding his nose in pain. Apologizing i stood up, lending him my hand I helped him up, stretching he yawned and began to walk over to Kakashi and Naruto in their tent. Smirking he looked back at me and pulled the cord on the tent causing it to collapse in on itself. One body sat up calmly and began to untangle himself from the netting of the tent where another continued to snore like a log. ¨Good morning sir, madam I am going to wash up¨ Kakashi began to walk away after his statement his glock in his hand and a towel over his shoulder. Naruto continued to snore lazily in the tent the top of it moving with his breathing. Grinning at Sasuke I walked over to the fire pit and started a small fire to start breakfast. The oatmeal looked like something my mother would feed me when I was a kid I would constantly complain about how it was boring and nothing but mush. My mother would smile and add some brown sugar then tell me to eat it anyway. Now the brown goop looked absolutely delicious and I could feel my saliva filling up in my mouth. Sasuke leaned over my shoulder and sniffed at the oatmeal. Smirking he pulled a packet out of his bag and poured it into the oatmeal a sweet scent filled the air. ¨Sorry I only eat oatmeal with brown sugar¨ I smiled and stirred the oatmeal.

Kakashi came back just as the food finished. Naruto continued to snore in his sleeping bag oblivious to all around him. Silently a zombie began to creep up behind us. His tongue lolled out of his head and he was missing an eye in its place was dead flesh maggots crawled their way through one side and out the other. Various pieces of rotten flesh flaked off and littered the ground sending a slight decaying smell through the air. The zombie approached Naruto clicking his teeth together and lowering his broken jaw toward Naruto's spiky blonde hair. Just as the creature was about to sink his teeth into Naruto's flesh a bullet splattered the beasts brains upon the tree behind him causing the creature to collapse. Naruto shot up in a sleepy haze and looked around then towards the gun pointed where his head was. ¨Morning idiot, how was your sleep¨ Sasuke stated as he continued spooning oatmeal into his mouth taking the gun from Sakura to replace it back on the ground.

Naruto looked at the dead zombie behind him and gulped ¨thanks Sakura that could have been my head¨ I nodded and dropped the tin that held the oatmeal into a bag of trash that sat nearby. Stomping out the fire I set to gathering up the tent and making sure everything was packed. Naruto chowed down on the oatmeal so fast I doubted he had even tasted it at all. He began to dispose of the rest of the trash in the bag and threw it into a garbage that was near by even though it was useless as there was garbage all over the area in places due to the dump near by.

The sun rose higher in the sky as noon approached, it was unusually warm for the time of year and we were all sweating. I had long ago removed my sweatshirts and now was only in my tank top and khaki pants. Naruto was worse off he had sweat pouring off of him and had already stripped his shirt off and had unzipped the bottom of his pants. I had high hopes that we wouldn't encounter any zombies todays the high heat would do us no good in a fight we would tire out to quickly.

We had to stop walking around one to hide under a canopy of trees. The heat was getting to us all and we soon found that it was hard to stay alert and no one could stand to take the watch as we all collapsed upon the earthen surface relishing in the coolness that the ground permeated. "Naruto you're taking first watch" I stated when he tried to object I pointed my gun at his face he shut up immediately and stood to take the first watch.

I sighed in relief and laid upon Sasuke's broad chest as we rested beneath the trees. "I think it will be best to stop here then travel tonight when it's cooler". I nodded in agreement at his statement and closed my eyes to take a quick nap. Dusk soon began to melt upon the horizon and we happily packed to begin traveling again. The night had cooled down the air. I now regretted packing all my long sleeves away in the bottom of my bag. Instead of focusing on how cold I was I focused on matching Sasuke's long strides.

He noticed that I was constantly rubbing my hands and arms to keep them warm and that I was constantly watching his feet. He smirked and lifted his overcoat off of his shoulders and draped it across mine. I frowned and he just smirked at me out of the corner of his mouth. Secretly I smiled into the collar of his coat and pulled it tighter to my body. Daylight began to creep over the horizon and the air began to warm up. The sun crawled higher into the sky and just as we climbed over the top of a steep hill. The sun lite up the sides of multiple skyscrapers causing beacons of light to bounce off into the distance.

We stopped for a moment and Kakashi pulled a map from his bag. Placing it on the ground he pointed to where we currently were. " If we follow the road through here it will take us a couple of months at the most. However, if we track around the outside of the city it could take us at least five." I nodded contemplating the time and the season. The nights were getting longer and the days shorter. Winter was fast approaching and within a month it would be here. " I think we should find a safe house and sit for winter if we travel now the likelihood is that we will get trapped unaware in a blizzard and freeze to death our best bet is to wait for winter to be over". Naruto began to whine at my statement staying here meant not getting closer to the shore which meant no helicopters looking for survivors. It meant we were stuck with the zombies for at least another four months.