Hey everyone! Here's the next chapter, and I hope you enjoy! As for my absence, work, post school stuff, etc. I dunno, kinda starting to run out of excuses...ANYWAY, you guys know the drill, any and all feedback, good, bad, and ugly, is greatly appreciated!

Here it is-A Broken World

Sasuke smiled as he tossed Mei into the air, making her giggle like a madman. He tossed her up high once more, pulling her close as she laughed. She wrapped her small arms around his neck and squeezed.

"I love you daddy" she murmured, looking up at him and smiling. He pulled her close and squeezed his eyes shut, suppressing the urge to cry. He pulled her up in front of him and smiled brightly. He'd never known he could value something in his life so much.

"I love you too baby." She planted a kiss on his lips and flopped down on his chest. He cradled her as he lay on the couch, staring at the ceiling. He was interrupted from his peaceful time with his daughter as he heard a scream come from upstairs. Mei perked up, looking at him with worry. He pulled out his HK23 and stood up, holding his daughter close. He nearly shot Naruto down in cold blood as the blonde reeled around the corner with a panicked look on his face.

"GO TELL SAKURA TO START PACKING EVERYTHING. GET CHO AND NEJI. GRAB A GUN AND MEET ME ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THE FRONT GATE'S DOWN AND THEY'RE COMING THROUGH. I'LL GET THE OTHERS, JUST MOVE!" he screamed, as he ran off. Sasuke felt a lump in his throat as he looked down on his daughter. She looked at him, tears beginning to well up in her eyes.

"Listen sweetheart, you know I won't let anything happen to you, but I need you to focus with me here okay?" he asked determinedly as he crouched in front of her. She sniffled, but nodded her head.

"Okay baby, go to our room and get all the clothes you can and start putting them in our bags okay?"

"O-okay daddy." she replied hesitantly. The raven-haired soldier hugged her tightly before motioning her to move. He swallowed hard before sprinting towards the basement.

Tayuya smiled as she watched Kiba play with their daughter. He was on his back, while she laid on his feet and he did leg-lifts, imitating an airplane for her. 'Even for a wildman like him, he's gentle where it counts' she thought. Izumi pushed off of his feet, briefly going into the air before she hit Kiba's chest with a thump. She giggled as he pulled her close, playfully biting her cheek. He finally stopped, holding her above him and grinning happily.

"Daddy, why don't we play with mommy too?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. Kiba grinned and set her down, slowly looking in the direction of his red-haired wife.

"I dunno, why DON'T we play with mommy?" he drawled, slowly getting on his hands and knees. Tayuya laughed nervously, her eyes flitting from the door to her husband. Just as she was about to sprint for the door, she was tackled by Kiba. He mercilessly tickled her, causing her to squeal in protest.

"K-Kiba stop! STOP!" Tayuya yelled fruitlessly, laughing. Kiba laughed as he collapsed on top of her. Izumi climbed onto the bed and crawled to her parents, smiling brightly as they pulled them into their embrace.

"KIBA!" Naruto's voice echoed down the hallway, causing the Kiba to perk up.

"THEY GOT THROUGH THE FRONT GATE. TAYUYA HELP THE WOMEN PACK EVERYTHING AND GET THE KIDS. KIBA, GO TO THE BASEMENT AND GRAB A GUN, MEET ME ON THE THIRD FLOOR!" Naruto yelled before running off. Kiba looked at his wife with a blank expression before pulling her and Izumi in a tight embrace. He cupped Tayuya's face in his hands, staring into her eyes.

"Do as he says, everything's gonna be fine." he said calmly, pressing his lips to hers before running off. Tayuya quelled the nervousness as she smiled to her daughter.

"Alright sweetie, help mommy pack, we're going somewhere else for vacation!" she said brightly. Izumi giggled as she began to grab her clothes.

Shikamaru dozed lightly as he shifted his position, bringing himself to lay on his wife's wonderful breasts. He flickered an eye open in annoyance when she flicked him. She glared at him, but smirked, gently running her hand through his hair in slow strokes. The couple was startled as a panting Naruto reeled around the corner, panic evident on his tan, whiskered face.

"THEY'RE THROUGH THE FRONT GATE. SHIKA GET A GUN AND GO TO THE THIRD STORY, TEMARI PACK WHATEVER YOU CAN AND GET THE KIDS." he screamed before speeding off. Shikamaru looked at Temari, kissing her furiously before sprinting off. She lingered for a second before throwing all the clothes she could in their bags before running off to find Shikaru.

Naruto's hands were shaking as he grabbed an m-14 propped against the wall. grabbing a couple magazines, he ran and broke a window before laying the rifle down.

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death," He cocked the bolt, turning the safety off. "I shall fear no evil," he sighted the first undead, a middle aged man with a baseball sized hole in his hip, lining his crosshair on the man's forehead.

"For I am the EVILEST MOTHERFUCKER," he fired, the bullet going clean through the man's head. Just as he sighted his next kill, a second gunshot rang out, sending the man to the floor.

"That you will EVER see" Neji said with a smirk, pulling the bolt to chamber another round to his SR-25. Naruto gave a relieved nod before returning to the oncoming horde. He began taking rhythmic shots, putting the undead down one at a time. He was startled once more as the burst of an M-16 echoed, plastering a young woman with her jaw hanging.

"Bout time Teme." he grunted, executing two more zeds. Sasuke gave a 'Hn.' before returning to work. The group continued to bide their time, trying to hold off the undead long enough for everyone to move, but the numbers only seemed to be gaining.

The undead passed the approximate 100 meter mark, and everyone began to panic. Albeit, panicking for a special forces team was just as noticeable as a snowflake in a blizzard, they were still scared nonetheless. The three had been ignoring the sounds of tinkering behind them, figuring Shikamaru, Kiba, and Choji were simply arming themselves, but said thoughts were put to shame as Choji kicked out a window and mounted his M-60.

"500 rounds in your extended magazine. 2 more extended mags after this then we're back to normal boxes, LET 'ER RIP!" Kiba barked, holding the ammo belt. Choji gave a deep chuckle as he unloaded round after round into the horde. It seemed unnoticeable at first, but Choji's skill with a machine gun was unparalleled, and 300 rounds into the second magazine, the horde began to thin. Everyone else was busy taking stragglers as their gunner continued to shred the horde of encroaching zombies. Naruto and Sasuke both felt a pit in their stomachs as 4 figures sprinted towards the house at an alarming speed.

"Sasuke, Shika, with me! Everyone else stay up here!" Naruto barked before rushing out of the room. Shikamaru and Sasuke were hot on his heels as they descended.

"Sasuke where are they?!"

"I told them to go into the basement after they packed up!" Naruto continued sprinting down the stairs, pausing as he heard a smash, followed by speedy footsteps. He turned the corner, coming face to face with the spirinters. All of them grinned evilly as they slowly came into the trio's full view. Their grins seemed to only get wider as they observed the trio's eyes flit to the basement door

"On my count." Naruto muttered, barely audible. He gripped his m-14 tightly, saying a silent prayer.

"NOW!" He bellowed, shouldering and firing at record speed. Shikamaru and Sasuke, both armed with M-16s simply fired from their hip, shredding one of the sprinters. Naruto managed to get a lucky headshot on his foe before he and his comrades were knocked aside by the fiends. Naruto let out a yelp of pain as one of them jabbed him in the stomach with it's nails. Shrugging it off he rushed in after them, looking wide-eyed as the wives and children of the group screamed at the sight before them. One snatched Shinji and Akari in it's arms whilst the other swatted Sakura aside and grabbed Mei. They both gave a sharp-toothed grin before sprinting out of the ruined doorframe, the three screaming children in their hand. Everyone let out another cry as they sprinted after them. As they exited the house, Naruto's panic rose higher and higher as he saw the distance between him and his children increase. He let a hint of relief creep over him as Sasuke and Shikamaru took careful aim and plastered the assailant carrying Mei. Naruto continued running, his boots pounding the dirt as Shinji and Akari continued moving away, ignoring the cries of his teamates

Some thing seemed to snap within him, tossing his rifle aside, he let out a roar before pushing himself even harder. His focus only intensified as he actually seemed to be gaining on the attacker. Ignoring the burning sensation is his gut, he pulled out his custom, chrome-skinned ka-bar, then let out another battle-cry before pushing his limits once more, panting as he raced merely a few feet behind them. He saw the panicked looks in his children's eyes as they screamed and reached out for him. Realizing he was at the end of his inhuman endurance, a fleeting thought passed his mind.

"SHINJI! LATERAL DROP!" he screamed. His son looked at him and gave a frantic nod before wiggling within the creature's grasp. Locking an underhook, and a fist to it's chest, he lowered himself to just a few inches below the ground. He took one deep breath, realizing his sister and father were counting on him. He wasn't going to let them down.

He threw every ounce of his strength into his underhook as he slammed a foot into the ground. The creature's insane momentum caused it to topple over, tossing Akari into the air whilst it dropped Shinji with a thud. Naruto caught Akari and let her to the ground as he made a massive leap towards the creature. It had just begun to recover when the force of a freight train collided with it. Naruto raised his ka-bar and plunged it with every bit of his strength into the creature's chest. It thrashed wildly and roared, but Naruto screamed right back, pressing the knife deeper. He panted as he watched the light in it's eyes fade. Not missing a beat, he rushed over and embraced his wailing children.

"Shhhh, it's okay, it's okay, daddy's here. Don't worry guys, i'm here, nothing's going to happen, I promise, I promise." he shakily sobbed, clutching them closely. They both wailed as they gripped him for dear life. Hearing the assorted moans, he slowly looked up to see the ring of undead that were slowly circling around them. He ground his teeth, then suddenly let out a scream of pain as his arm began to...change. Veins twisted and twirled as the muscles expanded and stretched out. Bones moved and elongated, changing the arm ever further. He fell to his knee panting, and stared at his arm. A large, porcelain white blade , streaked with black, jutted out at the elbow, a mixture of bound black and red muscles and veins creeping up about one-fourth the way of the blade. The blade seemed to extend out of his elbow into a large, foot and a half spike.((My own [slight] version of the blade arm from prototype by the way, if my crappy description can't get the visual across, just think of that!). Rising to his feet, he stared at the undead that were closing in on him and his children.

"Stay close guys!" he said determinedly. They whimpered as they held on to his pants. He lifted the blade effortlessly, awing at how light it felt. He narrowed his eyes as he held his kids close and made a swipe, which literally cleaved the zombie in two. He spun on his back leg and swiped once more, felling 8 more undead, and also creating his opening. Grabbing his children with his normal arm, he made a run for the house. He looked up to see that Choji and the others had abandoned the third floor. Sprinting around back, he looked to see everyone loading the vehicles, but hard pressed due to the undead pouring in from all sides. He quickly made his way to Hinata with Shinji and Akari, who immediately ran to her. She stared wide-eyed at her husband's mutant arm and opened her mouth to speak but was cut off.

"I'll explain later, make sure their safe!" he called as he ran towards the horde and began slashing away. She quickly put them into Sasuke's truck before tossing several bags in as well. After firing a few more rounds, everyone made their way to the vehicles and revved them up.

"EVERYONE FOLLOW MY TRUCK!" Sasuke bellowed, climbing in the back with, Hinata, Akari, Shinji, Mei, and Yushin. "NARUTO COME ON!" he yelled once more, catching the blonde brawler's attention. He hacked a few more zombies before running towards the truck and getting inside. A sudden fatigue overcame him as his arm lurched and morphed, returning back to normal. He shook his head though, now was no time for rest. He pulled his pistol from it's holster and began pelting the lumbering undead as they made their way towards them. He felt the truck give a lurch, then begin moving. Only Choji and Kiba's cars followed them as they raced away from the Namikaze estate.

"Where do we go Sasuke-kun?!" Sakura called form the driver's seat. Sasuke wracked his brain for places as Naruto began losing consciousness.

"The...Kage mountain...campgrounds..." he mumbled before nodding off. Hinata gasped as he fell into her lap. She checked his pulse, and let a sigh of relief escape her upon realization that he was alive. Sasuke pulled the bed guard up and shut it, bringing up the tailgate afterwards. He checked over some of the bags while Hinata tended to Naruto. Shinji and Yushin grabbed a few blankets before ushering their sisters into the cab. All of them huddled together and covered up, trying to seek safety from what they'd just endured.

"Naruto's right babe, to the campgrounds on kage mountain!" he called softly. She gave a nod as she continued driving. With a sigh, she readjusted her grip for the 6 hour drive back to the mountain...

"Subject-01, 'Hades' has activated. Project Sage Rebirth can begin." someone spoke to another man who was busily studying something under a microscope. The man grinned as he observed his virus mutate and take over the batch of blood cells he'd provided.

"Very good, continue to monitor the virus's progress. Report any important milestones and/or mutations back to me. Now leave me to my work." He spoke curtly. The figure gave a short bow before walking back to his own study.

"Now for the rest of them..." he muttered, smirking.

Naruto gave a groan as he awoke. There was a searing pain in his right arm, and he felt like his stomach was doing backflips. He clutched his arm as he sat up. He looked around and found he was in the bed of Sasuke's truck, also in a makeshift bed. The second thing he noticed, were the snoring forms of Ino, TenTen, Temari, Sakura, and Tayuya, all with their respective children, dead asleep. He smirked as he stood to his feet, shaking his head. Ignoring the urge to puke, he slowly got to his feet and walked to the bedguard. He opened it with his good arm, and dropped down to the ground. He looked around and saw that they had made it to the campgrounds, but apparently only with Sasuke's truck. He bent over and began vomiting, clutching his arm as it flared in pain. He clenched his teeth and breathed deeply as he finished. Looking down at where puke would normally be, his eyes widened. Remember, where PUKE would normally be. Not the vicious black and red-flecked mess that was splayed out on the ground before him. Even scarier that the fact that he'd just vomited god knows what, was the fact that said substance almost seemed...alive. He cried out in pain as his stomach contracted and flared in pain, before falling backwards into several pairs of arms.

Shinji and Akari were rummaging through the packs with their mother for a snack when they herd a small bang. They all looked at one another and shrugged, figuring it was just something in the woods. As they continued to look through the bags, they heard a violent retching.

"That's NOT an animal!" Shinji said worriedly before rushing to the source of the sound. He looked around frantically before seeing his father heave once more, throwing up something gross and black. He ran to his side, Akari and Hinata only a step behind. He opened his mouth to speak, but paused when he saw him rock back on his heels and fall towards him. The three caught him in mid-fall and laid him to the ground. Hinata immediately took off the jacket of Naruto's that she was wearing, folding it and putting it under his head. She looked at her watch while checking his pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief once she counted it normal.

"I'll be right guys, keep an eye on daddy okay?" She asked with a smile. They nodded as she ran off. Akari took her sleeve and wiped some of the sweat that had begun to accumulate on his forehead while Shinji fanned him with his hat. Hinata came back with a bottle of water, some aspirin, along with a incense stick. He groaned as she broke the stick in front of his nose, pulling him to the conscious world. He looked around bleary-eyed at his wife as Shinji and Akari went off to find something, he groaned once more as he tried to sit up, only to barely make it four inches off the ground.

"Naruto stay still!" Hinata scolded. He rolled his eyes as he laid still. "Head up, take these. Now drink" Hinata commanded as she gave him the aspirin and followed with water. He obeyed before laying back down. His mind cleared like lightning and he sat up, ignoring what felt like fire engulfing his insides. He turned quickly and grabbed Hinata's shoulders.

"Where are the kids?! Are they okay?! Please tell me I got them in time!" he yelled, tears streaming down his face. Hinata immediately pulled him close, rocking him back and forth.

"Their fine, their fine baby. They just went off to get something, they'll be- there they are now. Kids, daddy wants to see you two!" she called as the two came running from the truck. He came up from the crook of his wife's neck and looked at them, tears escaping his eyes. He went to his knees and pulled them close, both squeezing him in return. He came up and looked them over quickly before pulling them back close.

"Y-you guys are okay right? I saved you?" he asked through choked cries. Both of them came up and looked at him, smiling.

"Don't worry dad," Shinji started.

"We're indestructible." Akari finished softly. Naruto grinned as tears streamed down his face. They sat like that for a few minutes, Naruto clutching his beloved children like they may fall apart if he let go. Finally gaining control of himself, he let them go and smiled. He frowned as he remembered the two missing vehicles along with all of his missing friends.

"Where did everyone go?" he asked curiously, painfully rising to his feet.

"Went down into the outskirts of Konoha to scavenge us some food, maybe some weapons. We lost so much at the estate..." she trailed off sadly. Naruto cursed silently as he took a step, ignoring the pains in his abdomen and arm. He walked to where his back was turned to everyone.

"Did everyone make it?" he asked with an edge to his voice.

"Yes, but we lost Shikamaru and Neji's cars. We've got Sasuke, Choji, and Kiba's trucks, and a few assorted guns. We've got enough food for maybe a week, and enough gas for maybe 150 miles, probably less though." She sad crestfallen. Naruto turned around and walked to her, bringing her chin up and staring into her beautiful lilac eyes.

"Only a bump in the road. We'll find somewhere safe soon enough, I promise." he said determinedly. She smiled, pressing her face into his chest, pulling him close. He gave her a squeeze before bring her to arm's length.

"I...I know you guys want answers about what happened back at the estate, but I honestly don't have any. I was just so worried about saving you two," he paused, kneeling down and putting a hand on each of their shoulders before continuing, "I don't know what came over me. All i knew is that i had to protect you guys." he said weakly, swallowing the lump in his throat. Akari stepped forward and wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him a squeeze. Shinji did the same soon after. Naruto let them both go, smiling as Akari smiled her sweet, angelic smile, whilst Shinji grinned at him.

"Hey c'mon dad, perk up! Yeah it was kinda scary, but it was so COOL! I mean, the way your arm turned into that giant sword, and-and then how you hacked those zombies to pieces, it was awesome!" Shnji yelled animatedly reenacting the whole scene. A vein flared in Akari's temple as she bashed Shinji upside the head, scolding about him needing to be more sensitive to his dad's feelings.

"OI! YOU WANNA GO?!" he barked, taking a step forward.

"BLACK BELT OR NOT I'LL TEAR YOU A NEW ONE!" she screeched before pouncing. As the two engaged one-another, Naruto let out a deep chuckled while Hinata giggled. Naruto looked up to his wife, seeing her smile, but noticed something off in her eyes.

"Hey guys, wanna go get us all some more snacks?" he asked. They both immediately broke their brawl eager nods before darting off in a blur of white and blue. He slowly made his way over to Hinata, holding her small hands in his frying pan sized ones.

"Is there something wrong hime?" he asked softly, his voice similar to distant thunder. She shook her head, trying to turn around, but he held fast. Looking at her beautiful, lavender tinted eyes, he spoke.

"I know when you're lying..." she let out a strangled sigh, letting Naruto notice the tears that had begun to cascade down her face. He immediately placed his arms around her, pulling her close as she sobbed softly. She quickly got herself under control, and she looked up at him as she finished wiping her eyes.

"There's something wrong with you." she said softly. He looked at her, confused, until she slowly lifted his shirt up, revealing a strange, yet disturbing image implanted onto his stomach. His granite hard abdominal muscles still rippled with each movement, but they were marred over by a strange black and red painting. Naruto's eyes widened as he realized what it was.

"This is...Hinata this is an ancient seal! I've read tons of books about the ancient and fabled art of Fūinjutsu and I remember this one! It's the...um, the...Double Tetragram Seal! It was apparently used to seal away massive demons in the ancient times. Well, so the book said." he finished, still staring at his stomach. Hinata frowned as she traced the strange 'seal' as Naruto had called it, noticing that the swirl in the middle, along with the strange characters that extended outward, were made of something organic. She couldn't tell if it was made of veins, muscle fibers, hardened tissue, she couldn't figure out for the life of her medical experience what it was. The thing that intrigued her most was that one of the eight segments that jutted out from a circle around the swirl of it, seemed to pulse with energy. Naruto shrugged as he continued to observe the strange markings. He quickly pulled his shirt down as the twins came back, bickering amongst themselves about whatever they could think of.

"I don't think we should tell anyone about this. If all else fails, just say it's a tatoo, okay?" Naruto quietly asked. Hinata nodded vigorously, thinking it may cause more harm than good if they outright showed everyone. But she still couldn't help but wonder to herself what exactly the Double Tetragram seal was, and what it may do to her husband...

What's with the seal on Naruto's stomach? Why did he have that crazy mutation back at the estate? Why is he secretly known as 'Hades'? And most importantly, what is Project Sage Rebirth?! You know what to do if you wanna find out! Until then, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and remember, get those reviews in!

Take it easy guys-urnextnoob