Okay my lovely reader which I love and adore here is the second chapter which I MADE IN A WEEK! That means I'm totally in advance! You won't believe how happy and proud of myself I am! I love writing this story it's unbelievably fun and the theme is just amazing. Anyways check out my community I would appreciate it and I love to hear from you guys. FINDING LOVE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WRITTEN SINCE I HAVE EXTRA TIME OKAY? OKAY! It's all slow because I lost my muse ;_; which is really sad. This is the first time I experience something like this trust me it's horrible. ' It's like screaming but nobody can hear you' ._. yea that from we found love gawd +_+ I thought it was fitting. Trust me I hate sitting in front of my computer screen, unable to write ANYTHING. It's terrible! Anyways I could have started earlier but I had a stupid history project to deliver and like I also have finals coming up well I mean like second term finals. X_X

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You hear that, now if you read the word 'biters' I'm referring to our scary neighbourhood zaaaammmbiesss!

IMPORTANT! THIS CHAPTER IS TAKING PLACE WHILE SASUKE AND KIBA ARE IN THE ARENA SO IT'S THE SAME TIME AS THE GOVERNOR AND ARENA CHAPTER!

Disclaimer: NARUTO DOES NOT BELONG TO ME , STOP RUBBING IT IN ;_;

Summary: ;) not even gonna say it you treasure hunters.

Warnings for chapter: Zombies, blood, gore, tears, angst, swearing.

Chapter 10: Mad world

Naruto's pov:

I knew where I was heading. The building I had left my companions at was just two blocks away from my father's supposed current location. However, I prayed that he wasn't there not because I didn't want trouble but because I hoped the military had took him to a shelter... If any were left.

We really needed some sort of radio to try to communicated with whoever is out there, surviving just like us. Neither Kiba or Sasuke had mentioned anything about their parents, they hadn't attempted to communicate with them whatsoever.

I looked around, shaking my head clear of my thoughts. There was no time for irrelevant thoughts right now. I had a path filled with zombies that could cause my death. That path was a negative, I couldn't take it. The biters didn't see me yet so I was in the clear but I wouldn't take chances. We don't have all the necessary information we need to fully understand what we are facing. I looked to my left, a long dark alley was an option but not a smart one. Taking that path would risk being cornered by those things, if that were to happen the biters would surely take their chance to bite.

Then I looked below, a sewer entry way. It's rough, sturdy metal trap looked promising to stop the undead but I had no source of light to guide me in those tunnels and there might be something lurking down there anyways so another negative path. Getting to my dad was proving to be tougher then I had initially thought.

I looked up, the building were close together, easy to jump across. Perfect. I quickly rounded the corner, dodging a nearby ghoul* who laid limp on the cement ground littered with pebbles, dust and residue of paper. New york had never been this dirty, sure it was dirty before but this was as if all the dump that was taken by the garbage disposals was dumped on the roads. I searched frantically for the pull down ladder* I was looking for until I heard a feminine voice come from behind me. My head snapped back quickly to see who the voice belonged too.

It was a tall woman, her long blond hair was neatly tied in a ponytail by a blue hair tie that complimented her azure blue eyes and pale complexion. She wore a track suit the color of plums and her feet sported comfortable looking sneakers.

"What are you looking for?" her cherry glossed lips moved to form words, that was almost incomprehensible due to my surprise at seeing her. She looked like one of those sheltered rich girls that depended on their daddy's money to be content. Those were the type of people I hated the most. It pissed me off.

" Something that doesn't concern you." I spat out, I hated the arrogance that came out of her tone when she addressed me just a few seconds ago. She glared at me with fierce blue eyes.

"Well I already know what you are looking for but I will only tell you if you agree to make a deal with me by the way my name is Ino." She stated as she placed her hands on her wide hips. I smirked.

" If you knew then why did you ask? Stupid." I mocked and she snorted, obviously pissed. She flipped her tied hair with annoyance and a scowl on her almost flawless features. She was undeniably pretty but she wasn't Sasuke. She wasn't beautiful inside and out like sasuke. The boy was kind and caring with a beautiful, flawless face to match.

" Fuck you, now do you accept or not?" she snapped, looking around with fear at the sound of approaching groans and moans, they were coming. I could hear their limping footsteps.

"Okay okay I accept as long as I find the deal reasonable." I gambled with my choices, I could also say no and find the ladder myself and let her deal with the walkers by her damn self. It was cruel but I had no choice. The people at the place I left Sasuke and Kiba were right, they couldn't give charity to everyone.

"Alright I'll show you a way up on the roof if you agree to lead me to Kiba Inuzaka." I raised an eye brow in confusion, how did she know that I was travelling with Kiba? Was he as famous as he saw himself to be? She grimaced at the time I was taking to respond.

"Fine." I quickly stated as I saw a zombie turn the corner. She faced the zombie, a terrified look on her face before she grabbed me by the collar of my shirt to pull me away towards the place she was bringing me that would surely lead me to the rooftops of one of the buildings. She ushered me into an obscure building by the back door before closing the rusted door behind her.

It was dark and I was unable to see anything until she opened her cellphone. The light was feeble and didn't project as much light as needed but it was good enough for the time being. She turned to me suddenly, her movement echoing in the empty building. Her eyes were brightened by the pale light of her cellphone.

"Okay look I'll take you up to the roof but you have to lead me to Kiba Inuzaka." She stated seriously, it sounded like it was a pressing matter so I nodded and let her lead the way. We walked up creaking metal stairs, my guard high at the the littlest of sounds. I had to be alert but the woman in front of me looked completely relaxed. She looked determined, taking confident strides up the steps only illuminated but the small light coming from the pink cellphone that she held in her small, elegant palm.

Suddenly she stopped and reached forward. Next thing I knew I was blinding by a bright light. We were on the roof. The roof was filled with pebbles and dirt, a lone sofa in one of the four corners of the simplistic yet wide rooftop. I moved towards the edge to glimpse at our surroundings. From what little I could see the city of New York was in wreck, I could hear screams and the smoke coming from signal fires calling for help that would hopefully come. Newspapers and sheets of lone paper were drifting in the wind onto the dirty, empty streets. A pack of the undead wandered below us but that was the extent of my view.

I turned to Ino, giving her a calculated look. She had been watching me as I viewed the situation carefully. She was rather suspicious to me, how did she know I wanted to go on the rooftops, I thought to myself.

"Because I was standing behind you the whole time. You were talking to yourself." she pouted, upset that I was questioning her. I looked to the left, a close alignment of buildings were conveniently laid out. Hopefully the alignment of building would go as far as my father's building, I could easily jump it.

"Why do you want to see Kiba anyways?" I asked curiously, it was rather suspicious that she would even know that I was acquainted with Kiba. I squinted my eyes, "How did you even know I was travelling with Kiba?" I added cautiously.

She looked nervous, her azure blue eyes were wide and alarm and her face turned a shade paler. She shook her head, the nervousness disappearing from her features. She went back to her normal complexion.

" Well Kiba's father is looking for him but sadly he isn't in the best condition and wants to see his only son so he sent me, a close family friend to find him for him." She said in a sweet voice as she ran her fingers through her long blond hair that flowed to her wide hips. Her story made sense I guess, I wouldn't dwell on it.

" I found out a blond man was with him along with a dark haired boy from a nice man called Iruka who I met along the road." she added, answering my second question. So Iruka was alright that's great. I nodded, accepting her story. It seemed legitimate to me, after all Iruka and Kakashi were the only ones that knew where we were.

"You wait here, I'll bring you to them when I come back. I have somethings to take care off." I stated without waiting for her reply, I took the leap of faith to the next building. My foot almost slipping as I barely reached. My heart was pumping loudly in my chest as I ran to jump the next roof.

It took fifteen minutes or so of heart palpitations until I arrived at a familiar roof top. The one that would lead me to my father. I took a deep breath, looking around the rooftop for some sort of weapon I could use to defend myself but found nothing. I was going to have to risk it.

I took long strides towards the door that would lead me inside the building, the door was falling off it's normally sturdy hinges. It looked as if someone had broken the door open with brute strength. I felt my heart clench, there must have been a struggle from the looks of it.

Things only got worse as I entered the building, bloody hand prints littered the walls, some dragging but no signs of bodies. It was as if everything had vanished. I climbed up a make shift barrier that blocked access to the stairs that I needed to take to get to out apartment. I quickly descended the steps of the old, worn out building. I just needed to go down one flight of stairs and I would be on my floor.

When I finally reached the bottom of the steps I heard a loud groan and I knew I was in shit. A walker was surely in the premiss. I looked around for everything and anything that could help me, my eyes spotted an old janitors broom. Well, it would surely keep distance. So I took it, grabbing it firmly into the palm of my hands.

I threw the door open but it hit something hard and flew back. I quickly reopened it to see that it was the undead that I had been lucky enough to bash with the door. It was a woman, her clothes and skin were caked in dust. A big piece of her neck and ear were bit off leaving spewing ooze and moist looking veins accompanied by torn muscle. It tried to get up on it's dirty feet but I refused to give it a chance. I knocked the biter down with the wooden part of the broom before I pulled my arm back, aiming carefully before giving a powerful strike. The end of the brook rammed into her dead left eye, the juices of her eyes make a sloppy sound of the broom crushed it into her head. Then with all my might I pushed down, sending the broom straight into her brain. She fell limp instantly.

I grimaced as I felt bile work it's way up my throat but I willed it down, refusing to be sick in such a critical mission. That reminded me of a show that used to play on TV when I was a child. It was of missions and ninjas. I shook my head, this was no time to think of the past.

I moved quickly, dodging tossed furniture before I finally reached the door to my apartment that I shared with my father. Room 89. The door had scratch marks that weren't there before and the paint was scrapped off at some places. I took a deep breath, praying for the best.

" Dad?" I called but received no answer as I opened the door. My heart dropped, the place looked as if a tornado had whirled through. Furniture was turned over, broken glass and wood littered the floor the only thing that stood intact was the bed. When I moved closer, I froze. The bed had a large smear of blood on it and a large paper with writing laid untouched on the pillow.

I picked up the note with shaky hands, it read;

Dear Naruto,

It's been a week or so, I'm not sure, since the last time I saw you. I've been worried sick, I might never see you again. Nobody is coming for us, most of the neighbours left but didn't take me with them. I don't blame them, It would be a burden to carry around a sick man like me. I have also burdened you in life Naruto, and for this I'm sorry. I wished I could make everything better, I wish I could have been there to save your mother and your childhood but I wasn't.

I wasn't there when you needed me the most and when I fell ill you were there even if you resented me. I didn't deserve your care or your mother's love. I did many bad things in life that I regret. I have a confession, the criminal that killed your dear mother that night wasn't after her. He was after me. I had done some bad things, I refused to pay him back the money I owed him because I didn't want to admit to being a bad person. My pride caused the murder of your mother, my wife.

There's also something you must know, I am dying. I've been in terminal condition for a long time but I didn't tell you because I didn't want to burden your life any further. I will be taken by those things soon, we can't hold them off forever. The barricade will probably only last a few days or I could be wrong.

I tried to do some investigating to atone for my sin. Sitting in front of my window for days while those things took over gave me a lot of time to examine them carefully. I had asked our next door neighbour, who had kindly stayed with me till the end to hide the sheet of paper I wrote explaining all the various things I found out that I thought could be helpful in your survival. The sheet of paper can be found under the nightstand. I was afraid that somehow the only hope that I had of you surviving would be ruined.

It's too late for me Naruto. I know that if you're reading this you had the intention to find me here alive but sadly I cannot realize that intention. I have accepted my death sentence. I will be with your mother very soon, we will be watching over you from heaven my son.

Please live, for us.

-Your father, Minato.

A tear dripped onto the sheet of paper from my clenched shut eyes. I had an overwhelming guilt pooling into the pit of my stomach. I didn't even get to tell him I loved him even if I had resented him, I still loved him. He was not a bad father, he was never a bad father. I took a deep breath, wiping my tears away with my sleeves.

I folded the paper carefully, putting into my pants front pocket so it wouldn't fall off. I took slow, wavering steps towards the nightstand that was placed beside my father's bed. My father, he was dead. He was gone. I felt my heart freeze in my chest, giving me a cold feeling.

I bent down the pick the paper that laid neatly under the dusty nightstand. As I grabbed the note I could barely breath, these were the sheets of paper that my father had touched just before his death or near his death. I felt faint as I recalled the other note, he had been in terminal condition but didn't tell me.

"How could I have not noticed?" I spat, hatred directed to myself and to every thing around me. I was so angry but I had to calm myself down. I sat down the the bed, careful not to touch any blood. My fingers were curled tightly around the fragile paper that was embedded by my dad's delicate yet masculine writing.

I pried the sheet of paper open, careful not to tear it. It was categorized and neat definitely something my dad had written.

It read;

The 'zombies' or reanimated corpse seem to be attracted by sound, from multiple observations, I was able to observe that not only do they have incredible hearing, they can also detect the direction the sounds came from. Much like animals such as the dog. They do not depend on their sight but on the sounds that we tend to ignore.

They seem to be very cautious of the difference between humans and their own kind. Humans are more supple and agile, while they are more rough around the edges. That agility and supple body movement is what informs the undead that we are not one of their kind. That we are food. I had seen many survivor try to mimic the rather awkward walk the biters use.

When the wind is low and strong the zombies seem to approach the areas that humans tend to be. That would lead me to believe that they have an excellent sense of smell. As for food, after a certain point in time the zombies take no interests in already dead flesh, meaning they would rather fresh kill instead of a dead one.

They can not heal, however it does not feel pain meaning that the brain is no longer functional. They will keep moving until they no longer had limbs or a brain.

They do not need sleep, water or air for survival giving them a greater advantage on us.

They posses the same strength as the average human being but they have a hard grip that is hard to pull out of from what I've seen. On a high note our intelligence is our advantage over them, they do not posses the ability to form thoughts nor do they have the ability to learn, they simply attack based on instinct only.

They do not recognize loved ones, meaning they have no memories of their past as a human. I had seen many of my friends try to get their undead loved one to listen to them but to no avail.

The only way to kill them? Destroy the brain.

I do not know how this started or how this is even possible but this is happening. I wrote this to help others into surviving, to help my son. Naruto if your reading this, be careful.

Namikaze Minato.

I let a smile form on my lip, a small sad smile. My father was an intelligent man who wanted retribution and he got it. This piece of paper could save lives, no it could preserve the continuity of mankind itself. This paper could lead us out of darkness and into the light.

I swiftly tucked the paper into my pocket before bolting to the door. Taking one last look into the small apartment, I whispered in a soft tone;

" Thanks dad." And with that I was off. Bolting up the stairs and onto the roof. Taking those scary leaps of fate, surrounded by the undead who crowded the ally ways below. It took be an additional twenty minutes to get back to Ino because I had almost slipped at the second building because my mind was in the gutter. I was filled with mixed emotions. Anger, sadness, hatred, fear and hope filled my empty soul.

When I arrived to Ino, she was sitting on the floor fiddling with the pebbles on the ground. She jumped at my presence, opening her mouth to speak but I interrupted her as I walked past her, she stared at me with wide eyes.

" Come on, I'll lead you to Kiba. They are waiting for me anyways." I stated coldly. I could already picture sasuke's worried face, his eyes bewildered and his eye brows creased cutely. I needed to see him, I needed to let these emotions get carried away by his warmth.

CHAPTER END!

Dammmmmnnnnnn okay done with that. So I don't know if I should post two chapters in the same week, I think I want to wait since I want to be true to my schedule and I can get back to Finding Love as well. I mean that's one of my favourite stories too. Well back to this story ummm okay well Ino is in it ^.^' hope you guys remember her and well SADLY minato is gone :( I wonder if any of you expected him to be dead. I mean it sure would have been a miracle if he lived in my opinion but don't worry he will be appearing in some flashbacks I got planned so if your a hardcore Minato fan then just be patient ;) Anyways I am so happy that I got TWO chapters done by friday but this won't be posted until well the next Friday. Kay kay? Well I don't know yet I want to see your opinions gawsh I'm a people pleaser!

Anyways I loved the new change in writing biters! I even added ghoul. Oh right!

(*)= Ghoul is a way to call a zombie as well if you didn't know :3

Midterms werrreeee EASSSYYYYY by the way if any of you just had it. Mind you I sadly go to a french school -.-'

SOOOOOOOO any of you guys sense the attraction between sasuke and naruto? Huh? Huh? Wink wink nudge nudge ;B

Imma stop talking now. SEE YOU NEXT CHAPTER.

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