A/N:
Ok, here I am again. It took me a little longer this time, I've been busy.
This is second half of the previous chapter.
I really appreciate the people who reviewed and also the people who considered my story worthy of their favorites.
It´s not that I'm complaining… (TT) OK I´m complaining, please review more. I need some kind of motivation to keep doing this thing.
That would be it. Now to the chapter.
IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER
After the fight with the demon wolves a wounded Naruto was leaving the now crowded place where his fight took place.
-"Honestly I need to patch myself up first. But apparently going to town isn't an option. Sadly there wasn't any shinobi in that town so I don't think there´s any survivors. There were just too many demons."
-"I see you´re thinking straight again"
-"I have a problem though; all my things including bandages are sealed in my scrolls so if I want to get them I have to use chakra."
-"Not an option Kit"
-"I know. Hey!! How´s your healing ability??
-"You will heal faster than a human, but slower than before"
-"Then I'll have to avoid any encounters until I recover." Naruto said as he walked slowly through the forest while grabbing his shoulder.
-"I just hope that everyone is ok…" were his thoughts before disappearing in the forest shadows.
Naruto kept travelling during all night. He managed to avoid any more demon encounters, but at the price of travelling speed. Besides he was still wounded, not bleeding but the wound didn't completely close during the night.
The day finally came again and Naruto could see the forests were becoming less and less dense as he advanced; a clear sign that he was approaching the border.
He stopped for a moment to check his wound again; he removed his hand from his left shoulder and took a look.
-"Damn!! Not yet Fox??It has been all night!!
-"It was a deep wound Kit, just healing you this far has left me exhausted"
-"I thought you were Mr. powerful bijuu with unlimited chakra"
-"You know well that the circumstances have changed""At least you can move your arm again Kit"
Naruto confirmed this by moving his arm in a forward circular pattern, he winced a little at the pain that the movement produced, but he was indeed able to move his arm.
-"I guess you´re right"
-"That´s all I can do for now, I´m going to rest.You should find something to cover the wound on your own. Don´t contact me unless it´s an emergency"
-"Wa-Wait!! Fox!!... And now he´s gone. He goes to sleep just like that; like we were in some kind of picnic or something.
Naruto did the only thing he could think of right now… he kept going. After about an hour of travelling the forests ended abruptly and he faced the endless grasslands of the Grass country where Kusagakure no Sato resides (Hidden Grass Village). So he finally crossed the border. There wasn´t any border patrols which under any other circumstances would've been suspicious, but right now was perfectly normal.
-"I guess Kusa is destroyed by now too" were Naruto´s Thoughts before he continued his way.
He entered a road while walking at a normal pace, not too fast not too slow, trying to take in all his surroundings in an attempt to not being caught off guard again, but he knew that even if he walked slower the probability would never completely disappear.
While walking he noticed how awfully quiet the place was. Besides the occasional bird or the rustling of the grass by the wind there wasn´t a single sound, there weren´t any animals and certainly there weren´t any humans. For a place with so much green it certainly didn't' look alive.
-"With all that has happened I would´ve expected at least some corpses on the road or some remains, not that I want that, but it´s strange that there isn´t any".
The silent and empty road continued for a while until something was visible in the horizon.
-"Hmmm… What´s that??" He thought. "Some kind of building??"
He increased his pace to get a better look, when he got close enough he could recognize the building as a fort, a wooden fort; Thick logs were the main component of the four meter height wall that protected an inner building. At first sight just the walls were visible from the distance, but as Naruto got close he could see that there were houses outside the fort, apparently there was a small town there.
At last he made it to the town only to realize that it didn´t survive through the night, the houses were torn and there was blood on the floors and walls, again he was surprised by the absence of corpses.
-"What happened to the people?"
He kept searching with no luck. So he decided to head to the fort that looked incredibly intact considering the condition of the town.
He managed to take three steps forward when he had to abruptly stop. A wheezing sound alerted him of the danger. Now in the place where he would be standing if he continued walking an arrow was cleaved to the floor.
-"What the…!" Said Naruto grabbing his wakizashi and looking in the possible direction from which the arrow came.
-"Stop right there stranger!!" said a feminine yet strong voice from one of the roofs. Naruto looked at the figure. A tall young woman with blond hair short like a man´s, blue eyes, a green kunoichi dress, a Kusa headband as a belt and a crossbow pointing at Naruto.
-"What the hell is a Konoha ANBU doing here at a time like this!?" Said a man´s deep voice from a different roof across the street. This one was bald, with a beard, has big muscles and wasn´t using clothes in the upper half of his body with a kusa headband in the right arm.
-"Don't move and keep your hands away from your weapons" Said another male voice from a roof behind Naruto. The young man was brown haired, of middle height and was using a white shinobi suit, with his forehead protector on…erm… his forehead.
-"gu-guys I-I think we should stop, he-he´s human" Said a fourth, shy and soft feminine voice. Again from behind Naruto. A young small woman, with long green hair, red eyes, black pants and shirt and a short white jacket. The forehead protector was on her neck.
Besides the crossbow all of them had kunais ready to throw at Naruto.-"Crap!! I´m surrounded" Thought Naruto.
-"How can you know?? He´s wearing a mask, he could be a beast disguised as a human." Said the first man.
-"Or this entire catastrophe could be caused by Konoha and he was sent to see the extension of the damage" Said the first woman.
-"Ok, I get that they don´t trust me, but that last theory went a little too far."Thought Naruto.
-"Guys!! Calm down… I´m not here to fight you." Said Naruto while removing his hand from his sword and moving it to his mask.
-"Shut up and don´t move!! Shouted the blond woman.
-"Relax!!Look I´m human!! He said slowly taking off his mask."I could probably take them all out, but I don´t feel like killing humans right now" Thought Naruto.
The act of taking off his mask gave the kusa nins enough ease so they could talk.
-"Ok ANBU boy, what are you doing here?" Asked the bald man.
-"I´m just passing by, I´m on my way to Iwagakure to complete a mission"
-"A mission at a time like this?? Do you have any idea what happened last night?? Asked the brown haired man.
-"I´m pretty sure that YOU don´t have idea" Thought Naruto.
-"You should go back to your village and see if it still standing" Said the blond woman this time.
-"I would like to do that, but this mission must be completed no matter what". He said. "Even though I have no idea what I´m going to do there"He thought the last part.
-"Sh! Do as you like!! Said the blond woman lowering the crossbow.
-"Rika!! What the hell are you thinking!" Shouted the brown haired man.
-"Shut up Mamoru!! We don´t have time for this!! We must continue what we were doing!!" Rika shouted back.
-"Now leave!! Said Rika while turning around.
-"Wait!! Shouted Naruto.
-"What now!? Rika said while looking above her shoulder.
-"Do you have any medical supplies you could share with me?? I got wounded last night fighting some of those demons".
Rika narrowed her eyes while looking at Naruto.- "How is that a Konoha ANBU is in a mission without any supplies and how can you tell that those things yesterday were demons??.
Naruto cursed inwardly.-"Damn I'm getting careless when talking, I relaxed too much when I realized they were humans"
-"You see, my equip is all sealed in scrolls and without chakra I can´t get it out" He said, which was technically true."And those things looked like demons to me so I just call them that"
Rika could tell that Naruto was hiding something and she didn´t want to take any risks.
-"You´ve managed until now, some more time without help won´t hurt you" She said.
-"Crap!!" Thought Naruto. "I guess I will have to keep relaying on the Fox, at least we didn´t have to kill each other" He was about to leave when…
-"Wait!! W-We can´t just leave him like that!! Said the green haired girl.
-"And what do you suggest we do Mina??" Asked Mamoru.
-"Why don´t we just lend him some medical supplies?" She responded.
-"I refuse!" Said the bald man."This guy is too suspicious and besides we already divided the supplies; there isn´t any left to spare"
-"How can you say that Kanji-san?"
-"I´m sorry Mina, but I agree with the jiji" Said Rika.
-"Then I will give him from my share!!" Said Mina frustrated.
-"He will only delay us!!" Said Mamoru.
-"But-Bu-But!!"
-"aaahhh!!" Rika let out a sigh."Fine!! Do as you want, but you have to stay with him during the time he stays!! And he will be here just for the time that takes you to give him the supplies."
-"Thank you Rika-nee!!"
-"Yeah, yeah" She said."Let´s go boys, let Mina handle the rest"
The two men followed her reluctantly.
-"Thank you very much Mina-san" Said Naruto.
-"Eh?? How do you know my name??
-"Well, you all pretty much shouted your names. So it´s kind of obvious""You should be more careful with what you say"."But this time I thank you"
-"Tehe! I guess you´re right!!
-"But why did you help me?? Asked Naruto.
-"Well, I think that a time like this all humans should be together. I really don´t know if this happened all around the world or not, but I have the feeling that it did"
-"I see". Said Naruto."Actually I don´t know either, All I know is that the chakra sealing was worldwide, but was the attack too? I should ask the Fox later."
-"So?? What´s your name??
-"Oh! I´m Naruto."
-"Ok Naruto-san, please follow me"
-"Lead the way!" Said Naruto while doing a little reverence and stretching his hand to the side so she could pass. Mina let out a giggle before going ahead.
When they got close to the fort Naruto could see lots of mounds of dirt, one beside the other in multiples rows. They were all around the wall.
-"Is that the people of the town? He asked.
-"Yeah… we´ve been burying them since the morning. We didn´t want to leave them all over the place. We have lived here for a couple of years, so we knew everyone here. They were good people" She said with a soft voice and a sad face.
-"I´m sorry"
-"Thanks. This is the least we can do for them… erm… We´re here, please help me open the gates" She said while pushing the big doors.
-"Oh! OK!
When they got inside Naruto could see the inner building, a two floor wooden building. It was a very simple place.
-"You buried people here too??"Asked Naruto when he saw the inner yard.
-"Yes, we will leave this place when we finish; so it doesn't matter really. In fact, there´s people buried inside the building too. It doesn´t have a wooden floor."
-"I see" Said Naruto confirming the fact that there were buried corpses inside the building.
They entered the building and Naruto could see Rika standing in front of a specific mound that had a wooden cross and a name on it, she was irradiating hate.
-"Mamoru!!" She called.
-"What?" Came the response.
-"Who buried this guy here?? He shouldn't be here!!.
-"What are you talking about!! He was a good person!!
-"He was a cheater!! A bastard!! A…
Naruto stopped listening right there, this wasn´t his problem. He had more important thing to take care off.
He and Mina got to the second floor; there, Mina led him to her room. She got a box from a drawer and opened it.
-"Here they are!" She said showing him some bandages and a disinfectant."Now Naruto-san take off your armor"
-"Eh? Hahaha… that won´t be necessary Mina-san I can do it myself." Said Naruto blushing a little.
-"What are you saying? Just do it!! I want to help you!""Now sit on the bed and take off your armor"
-"eem… Ok Mina-san, thank you" He said while taking off his armor.
It was Mina´s turn to blush, as was said previously Naruto´s body was quite the sight to the opposite sex. And Mina was a young woman not immune to his charms.
-"Na-Na-Naruto-sa-san, p-please stay still" She said trying to concentrate in his wound. The sight of the wound helped her to concentrate.
-"I-I can see that this wound has healed for some time, It must have been very deep" She said regaining some composure.
-"I guess so, I didn´t really look. I just tried to stop the bleeding"
-"OK, I´m going to start now. This might hurt a little" She said while preparing the disinfectant and some cotton.
After some minutes she finished cleaning and bandaging the wound. Naruto put back his armor, and even though it wasn´t obvious a little of disappointment could be seen on Mina´s face.
-"Thanks Mina-san" Said Naruto. He arose from bed and walked outside to the second floor balcony. He was soon followed by Mina who stood to his left.
He watched the picture in front of him. The inner yard with the many dirt mounds that signaled where the bodies were buried, the fort´s walls and some houses roofs outside that didn´t look in good condition.
From there he noticed that he could hear Rika and Mamoru still arguing.-"She is so noisy, she reminds me of Ino"
-"Huh?" Was all that Mina managed to say.
-"Eh? Sorry, I was just thinking about how Rika-san reminds me of a friend of mine" Said Naruto."I wonder if she´s alright and I wonder if she´s with Sakura-chan" He thought.
-"I see" Said Mina.
Naruto was about to say something else when…
-"Kit! Where are we?"
-"OH! Good morning sleeping beauty?? He said sarcastically.
-"You insolent brat!!"
-"We are in a fort in Grass country. There are some humans survivors" He said ignoring the Fox´s outburst.
-"Naruto-san are you ok?? Suddenly you went silent" said worried Mina.
-"Yes, don't worry I just spaced out a little" He reassured her.
Finally Kyubi got a view of what Naruto was looking at.
-"Kit!! What are those dirt mounds?"
-"What else Fox?? Those are the bodies of the people killed by the demons that you knew would come"
-"Get the hell out of here fast!!""Don´t ask why!! There´s no time!! Right now you´re surrounded and outnumbered and you haven´t even noticed it!!"
-"Shit!! What now??" He said out loud.
-"Naruto-san??"
-"Mina-san!! Don´t ask why, but we need to get out of here quickly!!" He said as he ran to the stairs." We need to tell your partners"
She quickly followed him.
-"Naruto-saaaan!! What´s goin…?
-"There´s no time!!"
When Naruto got to the first floor he could see that the discussion was over. Mamoru was nowhere in sight and Rika was stomping with one foot the tomb of the man she hated while screaming some insults.
-"Rika-san we must…
-"Just leave them Kit!! They don´t matter!!"
-"Shut up Bastard!! I´ll save as many humans as I can, even if they are from a different village!! He responded in his mind.
He tried again.
-"Rika-san!! We must…
-"Hold it right there ANBU boy, what do you think you are doing??" Said Kanji while blocking his way.
-"Kanji-san don´t stop me please, I must warn Rika-san, we have to leave this place immediately. There´s a great danger here!!" Said Naruto not looking directly at the man, instead he watched Rika while she continued her cursing. She was so entranced that she didn´t hear the low growl that came from under the dirt mound. Naruto however heard it.-"aaaaaaagghhhhhh"
-"The only danger in here it´s you stranger". Responded Kanji.
Naruto ignored the comment. He was more worried by what he just heard.
-"What was that??" He thought.
-"It´s futile kid!!They aren´t listening. Just leave them before it´s too late!!
Rika was about to stomp the dirt mound one more time.
-"AAArraraaaaaaaaaarggg!" A louder growl was followed by a hand that came from under the dirt and grabbed Rika´s leg.
-"Wh-what!? What the hell?! Let me goooo!! She screamed.
The hand didn´t let go though. Naruto was shocked of what he was witnessing, a person that was supposed to be dead was moving.
Meanwhile Rika took her crossbow and shot an arrow to the arm, however the arm didn´t budge. She tried kicking, pulling and shooting again, but she couldn´t get free. Suddenly the corpse got his upper half out of the ground and grabbed her leg with both hands this time. Rika screamed horrified at what she was looking.
-"Let me goooo!! Damn it!!
-"Look Kanji-san!! She needs help!!" Said Naruto starting to run in her way. Kanji ran to help her too. However as soon as he said that the corpse bit her leg and took a considerable piece of flesh, blood gushed from the wound and Rika´s pained scream filled the air.-"AAAAAAAArrrrrrrgggggggg!!"
-"Rika-saaaaan!!" screamed Naruto.
-"Forget her Kit! She was dead the moment she was bitten!"
-"What?" Said Naruto stopping.
-"Just as you heard! Don´t argue with me kit, not now!! And whatever you do don´t let them bite you!!
Naruto was about to ignore the advice when something else got his attention… Growls…from the ground in every direction, they were all around them. Soon the growls were followed by movement. The dead rose from underground all around the place. Some just got their hands out first; others came out in one move. Naruto cursed inwardly, the Fox was right again, they were surrounded. Seeing as Kanji was going to help Rika, Naruto focused his attention in the other person present in the place. Mina was paralyzed by the sight in front of her.
-"The-they are de-dead! Ho-how can this be??
Mina was quickly being surrounded. So Naruto ran to her side.
-"Mina-san!! Snap out of it!! If you don´t move soon you´re going to get trapped!!
He grabbed her right hand with his left while grabbing his sword with his right. He began to run to the stairs, he guessed that all the buried bodies must have gotten out of the ground, so going directly outside would be suicide. It would be better to seek an escape route from the roof.
While they were running some corpses grabbed Naruto´s legs.
-"Crap!! They´re so strong!!It´s very difficult to get free!! Said Naruto while struggling.
-"Damn it!! Let go!!" He said as he slashed the corpse's limbs off. He was free, but the corpses didn´t react at all and kept coming for him. He started running again, some more corpses stood in his way, he slashed their chests and they fell to the floor, but they quickly stood and tried to catch him again.
-"Are they immortals??"
-"Cut their heads off or pierce their brains! That will stop them." Said Kyubi.
-"I would appreciate that kind of information sooner Fox!!"
They managed to take three steps when Mina got caught by her hair.
-"Aaaaahh!! Naruto-san!! Help me!!
The dead woman that caught her tried to bite her, but only got her hair. It tried again and was getting really close to her when her head went flying and blood spurt from her now headless neck. The body fell and stopped moving.
-"Are you ok??" Asked Naruto while getting rid of the blood from his sword.
-"Yes… Thank you" She said as she was dragged by Naruto again.
They finally got to the stairs.
-"Mina-san you go ahead… I´ll hold them here. Go get something to block their path!!
-"Eh?? But!!
-"I´ll hold them back so Kanji-san can bring Rika-san here!!"
-"Ok!!" She and then she went to search for anything that would help block the entrance to the second floor.
-"Kanji-san!! Get Rika-san here!
-"Fine boy!!" He answered with his foot through the chest the corpse that had bitten Rika. The corpse was still moving thought.-"Damn! Don´t these things die??"
-"Crush their skulls!!" screamed Naruto.
Kanji did as he was told and stomped on the head of the corpse, Hard. The brain was scattered on the ground and the corpse stopped moving.
Naruto kept slashing the dead villagers that got close to the stairs.
Kanji started to advance to the stairs while carrying the unconscious body of Rika on his back. He was already surrounded. He had great physical strength though, so when the dead villagers got closer he began to hit their heads with his strength. Naruto could see the bodies as they went flying through the air, the force wasn´t enough apparently because they got back up again. Kanji was getting close when more hands rose from the ground and grabbed both his legs. He fell to his knees. He tried to stand but couldn't.
-"Hey boy!! Help me!!
Naruto tried to get close to them, but his path was blocked by too many villagers. It didn´t matter how many he killed, more took their place.
The villagers around Kanji threw themselves at him and started to viciously bite him and Rika. Naruto could hear his horrible screams as he was devoured alive. The villagers bit his legs, arms, neck, and abdomen. Rika had the same luck; the only difference was that she was unconscious so she didn't suffer when she died. There was so much blood everywhere. This seemed to provoke the villagers even more.
All Naruto could see was Kanji´s arm above the crowd that was currently eating him.
-"Damn!! I couldn´t do anything!! He said running back to the second floor.
-"That´s why I told you to leave them!!"Said Kyubi.
-"Not now Fox!! I´m busy trying to survive!! Answered Naruto."Mina-san!! Forget the barricade!! We must get to the roof, fast!!"
Mina dropped the table that she was carrying and followed Naruto to the balcony.
-"Naruto-san!! Naruto-san!! Where are Kanji-san and Rika-nee?? She said worried.
Naruto stopped and looked at her, his face serious.-"I´m sorry Mina-san, they didn´t make it. The villagers got them."
-"Wha-wha?" She said with tears in her eyes.
-"I´m sorry Mina-san, but we don´t have time to grieve for them now. We must escape." He said while hugging her.
She sobbed a couple of times on his chest before regaining her composure. Despite her looks and attitude she had a strong heart.
-"Ha-hai" She said as she let go of him.
-"Mina-san, if you fight the villagers you must destroy their brains in any way to stop them. Pierce, crush, decapitate. That's the faster way to do it."
-"Eh? Bu-!"
-"I´m not forcing you to do it Mina-san, I´m only telling you that if you choose to fight that´s the better way." Said Naruto.
They climbed to the roof and looked their surroundings attempting to find an escape route. All at ground level was crowded with the walking dead. But there wasn´t any of them on the roofs or the wall. Naruto could see some stairs that went to the top of the fort´s wall.
-"If we could get there, we would be able to jump outside the fort."
-"Naruto-san!! Look!! Said Mina pointing in the direction of one of the roofs outside the wall.
There stood Mamoru. He was starting to freak out. He didn´t move for a couple seconds and then he jumped to another roof and to another one and he continued, apparently looking for some way to escape. He didn´t notice Naruto and Mina. Mina tried to call him but he didn´t hear her.
-"We must go help him Mina-san"
-"Hai!"
But they needed to find a way to get to the place where he was.
-"This way Mina-san!!" said Naruto.
Suddenly the ground started to tremble, Naruto and Mina had to crouch to avoid falling from the roof. Mamoru however wasn´t so lucky, he fell from the roof he was standing on, but he reacted quickly and grabbed the edge of the roof so he was hanging right now, just above the dead villagers.
The tremor continued; Mamoru had to use all his strength to avoid falling.
-"Help! Somebody help me!!" He screamed desperate.
This only seemed to attract more dead villagers that were gathering under him, their hands stretched in his direction trying to catch him. They growled in a desperate way, like they were impatient to get their hands on him.
Meanwhile Naruto noticed that the tremor wasn´t just an earthquake. There was something emerging from the ground about twenty meters away from were Mamoru was hanging. First, the ground level rose, then a black mound appeared, the mound became a hill and soon something else followed; a head. Naruto cursed when he noticed that the "Hill" was in fact the back of a creature, an enormous creature, probably a demon.
-"When will the surprises stop?? Oi Fox! Is that…?"
-"A demon, yes.I´m pretty sure that you know what to do now."
-"I must get the hell out of here." Said Naruto."I really don´t like to run away all the time, but until a find a way to bring them down I must endure the urge to fight them." He thought.
The demon finally got all its body out of the ground. It was a huge beast. Black skin, four legged, a thin tail, with two long horns on its head that were pointing forward, a row of pointed bones that protruded from its spine, sharp fangs and the bloodshot red slit eyes that were common to all the demons that Naruto had seen so far. Ignoring the obvious differences it looked similar to a bull, one that was bigger that the fort walls.
It looked to the sky and it let out a loud roar, the tremor had stopped when it got out of the ground, but the roar made the place tremble again.
Suddenly it began to run forward, it crushed everything that stood in its way, houses, light poles, dead villagers. Nothing that was on its way was left standing. After 15 meters it stopped, it looked in another direction and repeated the same again.
-"It looks like its only purpose is destruction" Thought Naruto.-"It doesn´t appear to have a well thought attack pattern, or aim specifically for humans."
Sadly Naruto was wrong, as soon as the demon saw Mamoru hanging from the roof it let out another roar to the sky, it pointed its horns to him and charged. Mamoru noticed this and tried harder to climb back up, but he wouldn't make it in time.
-"Help me please!! Somebody!! Someb—wahaaragaa!! It was all he managed to say before the demon pierced through his chest with one of its horns with amazing accuracy for something so big. Mamoru tried to struggle, but it was too late. He attempted to say something, however only blood came from his mouth. After a couple of second his body went loose. The creature stopped and lifted its head; Mamoru´s body was still cleaved on its horn. The demon shook its head from side to side in an attempt to get rid of him. Blood flew in every direction until the body was released from the horn and thrown away. He was launched with such strength that his corpse went through 2 houses before reaching the ground leaving a small crater where it landed. Naruto could see that when the body reached the ground some villagers approached it with obvious intentions.
Mina was covering her face with her hands, horrified with what she had just witnessed.
-"Mina-san!! We must get out of here before it sees us!!" He said while searching for an escape route. He needed to get to the stairs on the fort´s wall.
-"There are fewer villagers here"."Mina-san!! This way, follow me!!" He said jumping down from the roof.
Mina didn´t answer, but obeyed.
In mid air Naruto put his mask back on and unleashed a downwards slash that cut a villager in half when he got to the ground. They needed to advance fast, so when Mina got to his side he began to kill the villagers closer to them. His mask was practically painted in a dark red, the color of the blood of demons and dead men.
Meanwhile the demon continued its mindless destruction. One quarter of the town was destroyed by now.
-"This way!!" Said Naruto as he decapitated another dead person.
Finally they got to the stairs. Naruto went up quickly and looked outside the wall. Mina stood in the midway of the stairs keeping their followers at bay with kunais.
-"Crap!! There are too many of them outside the wall. If we both jump down they are going to catch us"
-"Bu-but!! What do we do now Naruto-san!?
Naruto thought for a couple of seconds, and then he looked at her face. He took off his mask and said.-"Mina-san, I´ll jump first and attract as many of them as I can, then you can jump safely."
-"Bu-But!!
-"No buts!!" Said Naruto as he jumped. Once again he did the mid air slashing and when he landed he ran as fast as he could. He was surrounded. He decided that was best to concentrate in one direction if he wanted to get through. So he pushed forward, cutting heads, piercing brains, cutting bodies in half. It wasn´t pretty, but he finally got through, thanks to the speed of his reaction he wasn´t neither grabbed nor bitten.
He was being followed by the majority of the dead villagers that were on this side of the wall.
-"Now Mina-san!!"
Mina, that was still in the mid way of the stairs taking care of the villagers that got too close to her, heard the scream and turned around to get to the top of the wall. Unfortunately she tripped and her leg got grabbed by a dead woman.
Mina struggled to get free; she moved her leg desperately while kicking the dead woman´s face. The woman tried to bite her, out of reflex she threw the kunai that she had in her hand to the dead woman´s forehead, instantly the woman stopped moving. Mina tried to stand up to reach the top of the wall, but she was grabbed again, this time by a dead man.
-"Yiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" She screamed before falling to the floor again. This scream had an unwanted effect.
The tremor that has been occurring at a constant rate stopped.
-"What´s taking Mina so long?!" Asked Naruto while distracting the mob of dead people."And why did the tremor stop??
-"It can´t be!!... Where is it?? Where is the demon??" Asked Naruto to himself.
From outside the wall he didn´t have a good view of it, but he found it. And as he thought the demon had stopped attacking. It was currently looking intently in a specific direction… that Naruto calculated it was where Mina was.
-"Shit!! Mina-san!! Mina-san!! Get out of there the demon is going to attack you!! He screamed without thinking that the noise would attract even more villagers.
Mina was still fighting the dead man that had grabbed her leg, but she heard Naruto. Her eyes widened when she saw the beast releasing another roar and then starting to run in her direction.
The density of dead villagers rose after Naruto´s scream, he wasn´t surrounded, but the access to the wall was practically impossible. So he couldn´t get closer to where Mina was.
Mina freed herself from the dead man and ran to the top of the wall. Meanwhile the demon continued its charge.
Mina jumped from the wall; the ground below was free from dead villagers thanks to Naruto.
She was still in mid air when…
-"AAAAAArrrrrrrrggg!!" She let out a pained scream as her lower body half was crushed under the demon´s fangs. Amazingly the demon had changed direction right in the middle of its charge.
-"Minaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!" Screamed Naruto when he saw her.
-"Na-Naru-to-san!!" Was all that she managed to say before her body was cut in half, her lower body was devoured by the demon while the top half fell to the ground where it was soon surrounded by villagers.
-"Let´s go kit. There´s no reason to stay here anymore. If the demon finds you, you will be next"
Naruto turned around and ran out of the village as fast as he could. He ran until the town was far enough. But he could still hear the roars of the demon in the distance.
He clenched his fists. His arms were trembling. He fell to his knees and started to hit the floor with his fists.
-"Damn it!! Damn it!! Damn it!! I couldn't save them!! I couldn't save any of them!!
He stayed there for a couple of hours, he needed to calm down. Keep going in his current state would get him killed.
When he considered that he had calmed enough he got on his feet and touched the bandage on his left shoulder.
-"I´m sorry Mina-san and thank you" He said as he walked to Rock country.
Naruto walked for a few hours and it was getting dark. He didn´t say a single word in all that time.
-"It appears that there isn´t a safe place to camp, another sleepless night for the Kit"
-"Oi Fox! Will you tell me what happened to the villagers? Finally asked Naruto.
-"They were dead"
-"I noticed that thank you!!" But what were they?"
-"Undead"
-"Undead?? What do you mea…?
-"That´s all you need to know for now, that and how to kill them"
-"Sh! At least tell me something else Fox"
-"What?"
-"Is this happening all around the world??"
-"…"
-"Well?"
-"Yes"
Naruto didn´t say anything else for the rest of the night.
The next morning he could see the border of the grass country with the rock country. Finally he was getting close to the place where he hoped the Kyubi would reveal the truth at last.
At the same time in Konoha…
-"I´m getting tired of asking this but… what the hell is that thing?? Said Sakura looking outside from the Hokage´s tower window.
Neither Hinata or Moegi answered, they were too stunned to say a word. The sight in front of them was definitely from another world.
A giant bull like creature was razing the Village…
CHAPTER 3 END
AN: Another chapter complete or half chapter.
-I know that maybe I committed a terrible sin, yep, I created OCs. It was inevitable, I had to do it. I´m sorry.Hehe
-I´ll try to update soon again, especially if I get some "motivation".
-I have the general idea of what is going to happen with my story in the future, but I can´t say the same for the next chapter. So you will have to wait and see.