I'm back. Just as I promised. Now if only Cthulu would stop bitching at me for losing my tomes on Necromancy, I'd be just fine and dandy... Yep.
Been a little over a month. Last Chapter was just a little shorter than I wanted, but meh. I'll get over it. I was also joking about the citrus. If FanFiction wants to fight about it, I'll just move to AFF and post it there. I'll also put where you all can find it on my profile. If it comes to that.
It irks me that, a lot of good stories have been removed just because of that. I've read Teen rated books from stores that have, although brief, descriptions of Lemons in them. The rating boards let those get through, so why the hell are M rated ones deleted just because of a bit of Citrus content? I'll probably never know. All I can say is that Logic, and Common Sense is either dead or are dying things right now. And it's mainly because the site listens more to idiot guests, instead of active members and authors.
Anywho, enough rambling. In this chapter I will start the 'All DEAD's Attack.' So Expect a bit more action than we've seen previously. One good question I was asked by ShahLOL is if I'll save Yuriko, and if I'll add her into the already Large Harem. (Because I do say it's large. Even though I've seen bigger.) Those were actually good questions, but I also pointed out that I may just save Souichiro as well. I always did like his attitude, and general standing anyways. Should chaos errupt, I'd rather follow a hardass that knows what the fuck he/she's doing. Instead of a pussy ass bitch that doesn't know shit.
I would like to thank everyone for reading, and I also thank the reviewers for their input. I hope to keep everybody interested in this story. Now let's roll!
Disclaimer: Let's see here... I own... An Xbox 360, an Xbox One, a PS2 with varrying games. A POS Windows 8 PC, a few movies. A copy of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. A copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula (Book, and the 1992 Academy award film on DVD.). An Assload of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. An Accoustic Guitar, and a Starcaster Electric Guitar. A set of Musashi Steel Katana's that are forged to be used for combat, and sharper than most razors I get for shaving. Now, do I own Naruto, and Highschool of the Dead? ... ... ... (Sigh) No. I wished, but no.
AN: I apologise for leaving breaks as the xxx you all see. I've been posting quickly after each chapter is finished, and just haven't bothered using FF's line breaks. Also this chapter was written while listening to 'Call Out The Dead' by Vampires Everywhere! and 'Is You (Le Castle Vania Remix)' by D.I.M., along with my usual mix of music when writing this story. It's a good song. Though I've been listening to a lot of Seether lately. - Don't know why I put this here... I doubt anybody cares what music I listen to.
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Chapter 9: Call Out To DEAD.
Last Time:
Kohta nodded, then remembered something. "Oh yeah, Naruto-san." Naruto turned, and raised his hand. "Please stop with the formality. It makes me sound old." Kohta nodded, but pressed on. "Anyway, Saya-san wanted everyone from the school to meet at her room. She wants to talk about something." Naruto nodded, and started to walk away again. "No doubt it's about her wanting to leave here. I'll be along shortly. Have fun with those." Kohta smiled, before turning back to the workbench he was at. "I will, and arigato."
Naruto walked away, but sighed. "I have a feeling that tonight is going to be one hell of a party." He whispered, but slowly smiled at the thought.
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Saya sighed as she waited for the group to arrive. She thought about the small argument she had with her mother not even halfway through that morning. 'Why can't they see that I am capable of going on? I don't need thier... Protection. Not with Naruto-kun around.' She thought as Rei and Yuuki watched her. They all knew that Naruto was back, having seen Saeko. They didn't know how he arrived so quickly, but shook it off as unimportant. 'That man can be just like a ghost...' Saya sighed again, still only knowing so much about the blonde enigma that she found herself enamored with. The door opened, and Kohta walked in, smiling as though it were his birthday. He was followed by Saeko, and Kyoko.
They waited another five minutes, before Shizuka arrived. After waiting just a bit longer once the blonde school nurse walked in, Saya sighed again before just deciding to get the small meeting over with. She had hoped that Naruto would show up, but assumed that he was busy since he didn't. "We need to decide what we are going to do." She said with a determined hardness shining in her eyes. The others straightened themselves from their slouched positions. "What do you mean, Saya-san?" Rei asked, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"What I mean is, we need to decide whether or not we will join this larger, and supposedly safer group." She replied. When she knew all of their attention was on her she stood up from her leaning against the wall. "Will we stay with my father's group, or see if Naruto-kun will take us? If he can't then we should also see if we can strike out on our own." Kyoko looked towards the door, and bit her lip as a nervous sign. "But wouldn't it be safer to stay?" She asked after a moment.
Saya, and Saeko sighed at the teacher. Saeko knew that it might have been a good idea, if they had a good place that was easy to defend. Saya also knew this. "It may seem safe, but what you have failed to see is that should even one of the people be infected, it could tear apart the entire group. Numbers are only safe when you have a spot that can be locked down, and defended easily. If one does not have such a place, it is safer to stay moving. The problem is that when you are in a moving group, high numbers will slow it down. That increases the chances of infection spreading." Spoke a voice that everyone knew, looking around for the blonde Hayabusa Member the group almost jumped when he fell from the roof.
Landing as silently as an abandoned graveyard, Naruto spoke again before anyone could shout or say anything as he stood up from the crouch he landed in. "One must be wary, even during times of peace. Larger groups make it harder to survive, no matter the situation. It is why we Shinobi only operated in groups of four to twelve, depending on the mission. Some of our missions were so dangerous that we even had to send just one Shinobi. These were SS to SSS ranked jobs, and most only came back in body bags... Or not at all." He then turned to Shizuka, and slightly sweatdropped as he watched her peel a banana.
"It is also recommended that a medical practitioner is in such small groups in order to keep the survival rates high." He then turned to Saya. "The Reckoning is almost ready to head out, should any of you wish to, you may come." He then turned to leave, but stopped as he opened the door. "Be ready, and be warned. There will be havoc this night." He spoke coldly, then continued to leave.
As the door closed, everyone sighed. Kohta then spoke with excitement. "That was awesome! I don't know about any of you, but I'm sticking with Naruto. He's got better equipment." He then toned it down a little. "But he's right. In such situations, traveling in a large group is far more dangerous than just a small one." Saeko, and Saya nodded, before turning to the others. Yuuki nodded, which made Kyoko think for a moment before agreeing. Rei grabbed the bayoneted gun that she had aquired, and Shizuka just nodded. Though the blonde nurse didn't seem to be paying too much attention.
Saya then spoke. "Then we leave with Naruto-kun... But I wonder what he meant about tonight?" Saeko turned to the window, and her eyes widened when a bright light nearly blinded everyone. Then a large noise spread across their ears. When it was over, Saya looked towards the light that had gone out. "What the hell?" Kohta asked. Saya looked towards her digital clock and noticed that it was dark as well, a small Sizzleing noise sounded from her phone, which she picked up. Her eyes widened as she saw that it was smoking slightly, and had lost power.
"Rei, look through your scope, see if you have the red dot sight in it." Rei nodded, and looked through the scope, but frowned. "I don't have one." Saya then cursed. "Damnit, that was a H.A.N.E." She then turned and ran towards the door, leaving to find Naruto. But stopped at the door when Rika appeared. "We're going to have to get ready. Meet at the Reckoning in thirty minutes. The sun's about to go down." She said, and then left.
Rei then heard a small noise from her gun, looking back into the scope, she blinked as she noticed the small red dot reappear. "Uhm... My dot's back." Saya turned to look at her, and raised an eyebrow. "What? Did he make those small things immune to EMPs?" Kohta nodded to the rosette, as he moved to go past her. "We should go."
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Souichiro sighed as he saw the flash, and then was covered in darkness due to the lights giving out. Yuriko stood next to him, but made no move when the flash appered from outside of the window. Many shouts were heard, as the civillians they had rescued started to move in confusion. "You were right Naruto-san." He spoke as the blonde seemed to melt out of the shadows. The blonde responded. "Thank the gods that we were able to pick up that small bit of info. Comms are not working as well as they should."
Souichiro nodded, and turned to Yuriko. "Have the men set up candles, we'll be needing them to get through the night." The lady of the manor nodded, and left. "Having so many people with us could be a problem right now... Will you help us Naruto-san?" The blonde nodded, but thought of something else. 'We have too many here that aren't trained... Most, if not all of them will die.' He then turned to leave. "Should the worst happen, know that I'll get us out of here. We can't afford to lose any of the Hayabusa." His voice sounded cold still, but Souichiro paid little mind. He just nodded as Naruto left.
'I may have to use more Chakra than I have been... My own group doesn't seem to fear it, but I can't be too sure about the others.' The blonde thought, as he moved like a phantom. The guards never even knew he passed by them, unless thay were looking when he did so. Many felt chills when he passed, and almost all of them were on edge.
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"Sanosuke, is everything ready for our departure?" Naruto asked, as he reached the Reckoning's Command Bridge. The bandaged man nodded, having gotten used to when Naruto appeared out of nowhere. Though he would still shiver at the blonde's tone. "Hai. The Reckoning is ready." He then paused, turning to his commander. "Boss, what'll happen to Takagi's group?" Naruto sighed as the gunner asked that.
"Many of them won't make it. I may be fast, and I'll have bunshin ready... But even I can't be everywhere at once." He then turned to head up to the nest. "I'll do what I can, however." Jack nodded to the blonde, and then asked what he really wanted to know. "What about Mira?" The blonde stopped for a second. Just in the door. "... She should be heading towards the base I have set up. I left directions with the MIA Hayabusa Kagaro." He then continued, as Jack sighed in relief.
The blonde released some of his Chakra as he made it up to the nest. It made everyone around the Reckoning stop for a second, and look around. They couldn't see the energy as it was small enough to hide, but they could feel the cold and warm feelings it gave. He did so in preperation of what he knew would happen that very night. He then placed his hands into an old, yet trusted hand sign. "Kage Bunshin." He whispered, as five clones appeared next to him. They then vanished in bursts of speed.
'Let us see if those five will be enough. They'll last, but...' He then turned as the manor's guards finished setting candles. 'We have ten minutes before the sun goes down. Then all of hell will start knocking.' His eyes glowed slightly brighter, and he smiled as Rika approached from inside the Reckoning. "May we dance to a fine tune this night." He said, just loud enough for her to hear. 'Why do I not like that smile?' Rika asked herself. He then turned to her. "We'll have to pull Souichiro-san and his family out. We should also grab as many of his guard as we can if possible. Try and get as many of them, and the civs into his own vehicles. We'll have to replace parts in them, so have Hanzo ready." Rika nodded, and left to carry out her orders.
'I'd say we have twenty minutes after sundown... Then the dead will knock on the gate.' He thought, as he spied multiple dots heading towards the manor. 'Those guards and civillians are too loud. Untrained... They will panic and cause more of them to come.' He then turned as the group of teens that he had brought, made their way to the Reckoning. Followed by Shizuka and Kyoko after a few moments. 'There they are.'
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"The boss is kind of a hypocrite, right?" Said one of the clones as they stayed hidden on the rooftop of the manor. "Quite! Don't you know that he can hear? What do you think he'll do when he finds out you just dissed him?" Said another. The other three watched, one nearly laughed as the two arguing clones started to butt heads. The last clone looked towards where the original Naruto had disappeared to, and sighed.
"He still has a small hero complex. You all should know that. He'll save as many as he can, even at the cost of his own life... If anything can kill him, that is." The others nodded, and looked back towards the gate. "There will be a lot of burning zombies tonight. Can't believe he wants us to torch the place when he gives the signal." The quietest clone spoke. The others nodded, though the first smirked. "You all can worry, but I'ma make one big ass fire." The clone chuckled, with a pyromanic gleam in it's eyes.
The others sighed, and started to wonder if having slight independence was a good thing.
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"Are you sure we should help him, Mira?" Kagaro asked, as the two spied the Takagi Manor from the forest surrounding the area. The Doctor sighed, but kept looking at Death's Reckoning. Feeling as though there was a familiar presence there. "I don't care about him... But something feels familiar about that vehicle, almost like someone I know is there..." She then turned to the Gunblade wielder. "We'll have to make sure that those people get through this. Are your Nanobots okay?" The man nodded, and allowed a small amount of electricity to pass between his fingers. "HUD says they're at 60%, I should be good in five."
Mira nodded, and turned back to the manor. Spotting five figures on top of the mansion. "Kagaro, look at the rooftop. Tell me what you see." She said as she fixed her glasses. Kagaro looked up a ways, and allowed his eyes to zoom in on the five figures. "Now that's just cheating." He said, frowning as he spotted five Naruto's on the roof.
"What is it?" Mira questioned, noticing his frown. He looked towards her and spoke, sounding slightly concerned. "He can make copies of himself, that or he has brothers that look just like him." Mira raised an eyebrow, before grabbing a pair of binoculars from her pack. She looked, and then her mouth opened in slight surprise. "What the hell?!" She then gasped as one of the blondes turned to look in their direction. "Shit!" She said, as the blonde stared right at her for a moment and then looked back towards the gate.
She then grabbed Kagaro's hand and stepped backwards into the darkness. "He knows we're here." Kagaro grunted, and went to grab his weapon. He then decided to wait. "Why don't we see just how good he is?" Mira, hesitated for a second, before nodding. "Hai... Let us see just what all he can do, and if those rumors are true."
The two then climbed one of the trees to get a better view of the battle. They would help the civillians, but wanted to see just how powerful the Blonde Hayabusa Member was.
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Yuriko watched as her daughter got on board Naruto's truck. She had just finished giving the orders to set up candles in in the courtyard when she noticed her daughter and friends. She sighed, recalling the argument they had earlier. 'That must be why she is going with him... I wonder if you can actually keep her safe, young Namikaze. I also don't know why they'd be using that. Our own vehicles are down.' She then turned to the gate, and noticed the increasing number of the undead that were heading towards the manor.
Her face took a worried expression, as the numbers increased every moment. The Guards were working as quietly as possible, but the noise was still too high. She looked back towards the Reckoning, and saw Naruto step out of it. She hadn't seen Rika leave it, but noticed the Sniper rounding up civillians and taking them towards safer areas. Areas away from the front of the manor. 'That'll help for a little while.' She then noticed Naruto walking towards the gate.
He stopped about halfway there, and just stood still. His arms crossed, and watching the mass amount of zombies as they approached. "What is he doing?" She whispered, as Souichiro approached her. "Looks like he's ready. I wonder if what the Emperor said about him is true..." He spoke from behind her. Yuriko nodded, and then looked to the Reckoning. She saw that Kohta had gotten onto the nest, along with Rei and Saya.
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Naruto waited, his Katana sheathed and held in his left hand. His crossed arms tensed slightly, and he glanced towards the guards as they moved back towards the manor. The sun was finally disappearing fully beyond the horizon. The darkness of night was growing, and even though the candles had been lit, it was still dark. 'That is fine, I've dealt with near complete darkness before.' He thought as he noticed the vast numbers of the undead getting even closer.
He sighed, and closed his eyes for a short time. Counting the time as the undead finally started to claw at the gate. He opened his eyes, and uncrossed his arms. Just as a guard started to twitch in nervousness, he flicked the blade's tsuba away from the sheath. Waiting for the gate to be brought down from the amount of bodies pushing against it. "It begins... Come and dance with me, abominations." He whispered, and placed his right hand on the handle of his blade.
The Gate strained slightly, and his eyes narrowed. It finally gave way, toppling over, with a few zombies falling on it. The nervous guard finally snapped, bringing his rifle to bear and firing before Souichiro could give the order. 'Damn!' Naruto sighed again, as the undead fell into a frenzy and tried to rush forwards. Hundreds of 'them' moving just slightly faster than normal, Naruto then moved at a speed that surprised most of the residents of Takagi Manor. Seeming to vanish, and reappearing in front of a zombie, before a flash appeared. Slicing through four of 'them', rendering the abominations headless.
Souichiro smirked as he saw this, while the others looked on in shock. The Lord Takagi then shouted. "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, FIRE!" It brought the guards and his wife out of their shock, and they followed his orders.
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Kohta crouched and brought his rifle to bear. Having mounted a scope and added a supressor to the gun he chose to grab from the armory. It was different than the ones he had grabbed before. Housing a revolver styled cylinder magazine, using .357 rounds as the primary rounds. He took aim just as Naruto moved, and fired at one of the undead. Not expecting the slightly higher recoil, his eyes widened when the monsters head was blown away.
He grinned as he aimed once more, tightening his shoulder he fired again. The ammo box he had set next to his left leg was open and full. He chuckled as he aimed again, and grinned as those he shot no longer had heads. "Naruto, you have got to be more of a Badass than I've heard." He said, reloading the rifle just like one would a revolver that had eight rounds. Kohta's fingers were moving at a decent pace.
Saya looked at the gun enthusiast with a raised eyebrow, while Rei kept hers at the ready. They weren't the best with the weapons, but could at least cover him when the zombies got closer.
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Naruto breathed calmly as another abomination fell to his blade. He sidestepped to the left, his right arm moving at speeds that defied human norms. He cleaved another in half, and spun around it bringing another slice through another head. His face was calm, and if one could see his eyes, they would think that he was in a trance. Stepping over the corpse, he crouched slightly and raised his blade in another vertical slash.
He then sidestepped right and jumped. Flipping so that he was head first, he brought the blade out while spinning in a counter-clockwise rotation. Removing the heads of those around him, before completing his flip and landing on the shoulders of another. He kicked as he jumped again, hard enough to remove half of the thing's skull. Blood and grey matter nearly exploded out with the force.
He landed again in front of four, as silent as a ghost. Flipping his blade into a reverse grip, he channeled some Chakra, summoning another Katana into his left hand held in the same way. He slashed with the left blade, while the right was brought in the opposite direction. Creating a similar cut that scissors would. He then flipped the blades into a normal hold, and stepped two paces forward. Binging his blades down from an overhead slash and slicing one more into thirds.
'The clones should be ready in ten. Three will acumulate Nature Chakra to empower the fifth, who will blast out a Katon: Gouka Mekyaku, and fourth a Daitoppa. That's why I had everyone stay back.' He thought, as he removed a group of eight zombies from the world. He decided to slow down a little, to let the others rack up a few kills. He raised his right blade and slashed horizontally taking another group of four out.
He leapt over the falling corpses and brought his left blade down through another vertically. Cleaving it in half, and then stepping right to take another. To most his cuts looked like flashes of light, but to him the flashes were slow. Barely even moving to his eyes. He was almost hyper focussing on the creatures he was slaying, which in turn made everything crawl to a near standstill. He wondered, briefly, if this was all there was. 'I could easily wipe out all of the creatures, if this is all they can do...' He thought, rushing forward just as fast as when he started.
He stopped after passing by at least twenty, his blades gleaming in the light of all of the candles. He then flourished his Katana's, cleaning them of blood. Once the last drops hit the ground, all twenty fell in four to ten peices. He then sighed, and looked towards the other survivors. Frowning as he noticed how many had gotten past him in his ponderings. "Pay attention, Naruto. These things can be almost as dangerous as Shinobi." He chastised himself, but then heard a familiar gunshot from a ways away.
Looking towards the sound, he saw two people he didn't expect to be there. Defending the area that lead to Takagi's trucks, that also held civillians. "... Didn't I tell those two to get the hell out of Tokonosu?" He sighed, as Kagaro shot another zombie that was getting too close. Naruto's left blade then slashed through another as his arm reacted instinctively to the thing trying to shuffle past him. "Well as long as they help." He said before turning to find even more of the undead coming through the gate.
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"He is pretty fast, isn't he?" Kagaro asked, as Mira pulled out a silenced .9mm. Mira said nothing as she fired thrice, hitting two of the zombies while the last shot only grazed one. She frowned slightly, but nodded to the man's question. Noticing the flashes of light pick up speed in Naruto's direction. Kagaro then moved forward and beheaded the one she missed. "Relax, Mira. Otherwise you won't hit anything." He said reloading, and then firing at another zombie.
He then turned as a bullet flew by his head, hitting another of the undead. He glanced back at the teen who had made the shot, and almost whistled at Khota's rifle skills. "That kid's a good shot." He said as two more were taken out by the gun enthusiast. He then swiped his blade across the neck of another, that was getting too close to Mira.
Mira and Kagaro then looked back towards the gate, and the doctor frowned as she noticed too many of the undead coming from other directions. "This is bad, I don't think anyone... will..." She stopped as she saw Naruto spit a human sized fireball into a small group of zombies, and then appeared behind another two. She also noticed quite a few of Takagi's Guards running in to fight. Her eyebrow twitched when Naruto's hand was engulfed in electricity that everyone could hear.
"He's not even human, is he doc?" Kagaro asked as the blonde appeared inside another group, and discharged the built up lightning. The scything energy tore the zombies apart, and Kagaro could have sworn that he saw a red glow from under the right lens of Naruto's goggles. He would have Mira check the recording later.
Mira nodded, and turned to see the amethyst haired member of the blondes group leave the Reckoning.
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Saeko grinned slightly as she walked out of the Reckoning. Her blade casting a small amount of mist from the edge as she pulled it from the scabbard. Her eyes softening as she saw Naruto's area getting fewer numbers of the undead. She may have been better since meeting him, but she still liked seeing the amount of corpses he left. Rubbing her legs together slightly, she swung her blade to the right as a zombie approached her from just slightly behind.
She then looked towards the front of the manor, and noticed how many guards were left there. She frowned slightly. "Undisciplined..." She whispered as one fell after running into a group. She then spun and beheaded another of the abominations, watching in fascination as the blood froze before it could hit the ground. She started to feel a heat that contradicted the chill from her blade. Her blue eyes glazed slightly as she turned to see a few more zombies shuffling towards the form of Kagaro as his Gun-blade made the most noise nearby.
She couldn't exactly place where she had seen him before, but for a moment, she felt as though he shouldn't be anywhere near 'Death's Reckoning.' She then stabbed behind her, and looked over her right shoulder. Grinning as the zombie she ran through slowly seemed to get frost on it's flesh. She almost laughed when she took the blade out, and it shattered as it fell. She looked to the blade she held and smiled when she noticed it was clean. "You really are special... Just like Naruto-kun." She said, her voice soft.
She then grinned, as she decided to join the fight. Letting her inner demon out to play for awhile, she had decided, wouldn't be too bad for now.
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Naruto stopped for a moment as he caught the memories of a sixth clone he had sent out to seal most of the civilians away for easy transport. Frowning as he had only caught a third of them since many tried to run. 'Damn... That's where a lot of 'Them' are coming from...' He then turned to the last few that were trying to gey through the gate. "Fuck it..." He said as he sheathed his blade, and crouched. Channeling Chakra into the Katana, he drew it while blitzing forward at a pace no normal human could see. He reappeared a second later in the same spot, sheathing his sword again. The group of eight zombies then fell in pieces.
He then turned to release another fireball, and watched as it incinerated three more.
He then turned to see most of the guards trying, and failing to over come the vast amount of enemies that were moving towards them. He sighed, and made a handseal while looking to the five clones on the roof. One nodded, and barked out at the other four. Three of them sat down to start gathering some nature energy, while the other two started channeling Chakra. The real Naruto then looked towards the battlefield and saw Souichiro and Yuriko making a stand.
"Hanzo..." He spoke into his small radio. "Get everyone on board. I'm torching the place." He then rushed to grab the two Takagi members. The two didn't know what had grabbed them as he appeared, and jumped onto the top of 'Death's Reckoning.' "SAEKO, GET IN!" He shouted as the purple haired swords woman sliced through another zombie. She turned and ran back to the mobile barracks.
He then gathered Chakra into his throat, and released it out towards the front of the Reckoning. Flames and Lightning flew out from his mouth, and disintigrated the undead in the way. "Get us out of here, Hanzo." He spoke into his radio, as Saeko got in through the main entrance at the back with Rika right behind her. He sighed in slight relief as 'Death's Reckoning' lurched forward after starting up.
Everyone turned as the mobile barracks rushed out of the front gate, watching as a massive wave of flames took over the cortyard. "Katon: Gouka Mekyaku! Futon: Daitoppa!" Two voices shouted just before the wave started. The two voices were the exact same, but others could tell it was two people saying those. Naruto then turned to the left. "You two may as well get up here." He said, before Kagaro leapt up from the back of the Reckoning. Mira was wide eyed, while Kagaro looked like he had swallowed something foul.
"Welcome aboard 'Death's Reckoning.' Please enjoy your stay." The blonde spoke in a monotone, before he opened the hatch to head inside. None of the others noticed him pause for a moment, and clenched his fist.
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When the five clones caught their creator's signal, one sighed before giving the orders. 'Mixing the Majestic Flame Destroyer and the Great Breakthrough... This'll blow up in our faces.' The clone then turned to the one that would use the Mekyaku. 'Yep... We're doomed...' He sighed after noticing that clone's gaze. "Fuck..." The one that would cast the Futon said, before both started channeling Chakra.
Two minutes later, the three gathering energy dispersed and over powered the two casters. As they shouted out their techniques, the wind using clone had one last thought as everything was consumed by the flames. 'I guess Yami was right... We are insane, and the boss probably controls the urges through us... Damnit.'
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Naruto frowned as Death's Reckoning drove through the streets. There was even more undead than he had at first thought that were walking around. He could tell that 'Jack' was nervous, now that Mira and Kagaro were aboard. The man wouldn't be able to take his station at a hundred percent, so the blonde went straight to the armory.
He grimaced a little from the energy the clones absorbed. 'This world still isn't in good health... Better not absorb Nature's Chakra directly.' He thought, almost feeling sick from it. Grabbing an assualt rifle and heading back to the nest, the blonde grumbled before making a clone to write a report.
He sensed where the others were, and sighed at how tense Saya was. He also made another clone to carry the scroll he had grabbed before departing into the medical room. 'At least I was able to get them out... Why do I get the feeling this going to be a long few days?' He then spoke into his shortwave radio. "Hanzo, head for the nearest mall. We may have survivors there, and in a few other areas." He then reached the ladder, heading up to the nest.
Checking the firearm he had grabbed, he sighed. "I really don't like this one, but it's the best I've got... Should have loaded an actual turret last week." He sighed at his lack of forthought, and went up. He frowned as he saw Kagaro still up there, holding another assualt rifle. 'Where the fuck...? Nevermind.' The Nano user turned to the blonde, and frowned as well.
"Let us see if you're as good as they say. I will not attack, for now, but I will not stand by when The Doctor is in danger." The blonde nodded, before turning to the front of the Reckoning and raising the rifle up. He could already see a lot of the undead just a ways away. "... Damnit." He sighed, waiting for when they got closer. "This'll be a long drive..." He whispered as Death's Reckoning slowed down, due to the amount of vehicles littering this street.
Shrugging, he finally fired two rounds to hit one of the approaching zombies. While Kagaro also started to fire, he never noticed Naruto's pale features as the blonde ground his teeth in slight pain.
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Souichiro sighed as his daughter ignored him and Yuriko. The two frowned as Saya left, heading towards Naruto's office with Rei.
"You just had to piss her off, didn't you Yuriko?" He said while looking towards his wife. She scoffed at him, looking away. "And you didn't?" She replied, seemingly angry. He knew she really wasn't, but did grimace. "Fair enough..." He then decided to go talk with his daughter, though knew that it might drive them further apart. Yuriko frowned, but followed him. Both were hoping to at least keep a small connection with Saya alive.
Neither noticed Saeko behind them, watching and nearly laughing at the Drama that was going to unfold. She decided to follow them, but stopped for a moment. 'Maybe I should help Saya... Naruto-kun wouldn't want her to feel bad.' She then followed the two. Hearing Saya start an argument with Souichiro.
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"You're an idiot." Jack said as he and Hanzo watched the amount of zombies increase in body count. "Why did you take this road? Granted that it'll be quicker to get there, but really?" He was slightly worried about his boss, knowing what happened the last time he knew the blonde used Sage Mode. "This'll just make it worse..."
Hanzo huffed, as he turned the wheel. Heading around another abandoned car in the middle of the road. "What's the worse that could happen? The Reckoning will be fine." He didn't notice the gunner grimacing. "It's not the damn truck I'm worried about." He grumbled, before seeing a fireball shoot from the nest area. It exploded when it hit a group of the undead, taking out the surrounding ones in a forty foot radius.
"Well... Expect a lot more of those, and expect bigger too. The boss will have to get that energy out, and should he lose control... Tokonosu will be nothing but a hole in the ground." He then turned around to head inside, and found Mira standing in the doorway. Looking at him in confusion.
'Shit...' He grimaced again. 'This wasn't supposed to happen.' He almost sighed as Mira narrowed her eyes and spoke. "You are... Familiar, but I can't recall from where." She said, before moving around him to see the road they were traveling on. She almost jumped when another fireball exploded to the left of the viewscreen.
"Just what the hell is he?" She whispered, though just loud enough for Rika to hear. The sniper giggled slightly, before answering the bespectacled woman. "He is many things, but the most apt thing to call him... Is a Shinobi." She then looked back out the window, focusing on the mall they were getting closer too. "We'll have to stop in a safer area to let everyone rest, Hanzo." She said to the driver, who nodded and decided to take another road.
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As Death's Reckoning turned to the right, heading down another road, Naruto stopped firing for a moment. He turned his gaze towards the mall, and shifted his head. Kagaro would've wondered what the young blonde was thinking, but then stopped. He also turned to gaze at the mall. Both men stood there for a moment, both of them narrowing their eyes. Kagaro's eyes then widened when they heard a whisper that wasn't actually in the air. It reached into their minds. 'Help us, Kami-sama... Please.'
Naruto sighed before firing another blast of wind, and then reloading his gun. "Seems we have a sleeping Psychic in there." Kagaro turned to the blonde. "What do you mean by sleeping?" Naruto clenched his fist again, but felt the Natural Energy leaving at a slightly faster rate now. He then turned to look directly into Kagaro's eyes, making the White haired man almost gasp at the glow from his goggles.
"A Sleeping Psychic is someone who has obvious Psychic powers, but can not fully call on them. Their power lies in a dormant state, and only activates when they are subconciously trying to call someone, or actually gets trained to unlock said power. Most times, they will only be able to use it for a little while when they are desperate. As the power will quickly seem to leave them afterwards." The blonde then turned back to the mall, knowing it wouldn't be untill morning when they got there. "Though it never really leaves... We better head back in. Reckoning will be parked for a rest soon. We'll need our strength." Naruto then turned to head back inside.
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Alright I'll stop it here for now. It's only about eleven days later than I'd hoped for. Had to stop for about a week and a half to let my phone company work on issues they were having with the lines, so there's not a lot I could do about that. It's a little shorter than I originally planned, but meh.
I probably should've put in a bit more action, but I'm not that good at writing those scenes. If I actually take the time to write those out, it would be a few months for the next update...
Anyway's, I'll be a little bit busy this next month and come December I'll be away for a week or two. November is when Fallout 4 will be released, so I'm anxiously waiting for the tenth of next month. I'll have a blast.
Who is the Psychic that called out to Naruto, and how many survivors will be in the mall? I'll plan on working as much as possible given the time I'll have, but it might be awhile. And yes I had him seal away about a third or fourth of the civilians from the Takagi manor. I purposefully left the small bit of the argument between Saya and Yuriko, plus the speech she gave for a reason. I am not the best with speech skills out there, and even if I had cards to read from, I'd still fail. I can take control in an emergency, but I'll never be a good public leader.
I hope everyone has a good time in the next few months, and I hope everyone will still be interested by the time I next update.
Dueces! Methos-Kyuubi777 is out. Have a nice day.